The Martial Unity

"Winner; representative Fiona Roschem!"

"And there you have it folks! Representative Fion Roschem makes it to the third round as well! This brings us to an end to the second round. Be sure to be here at the Martial Colosseum same time tomorrow to catch it in time!"

The crowd cheered loudly in response.

Rui sighed as he left the viewing balcony along with squires Kyrie and Dylon, deep in thought.

The following matches of the third round were;

Ian Nepomniachtchi vs Rui Quarrier.

Mia Marnt vs Fiona Roschem.

The winners of those would go onto fight each other in the finals.

"Freshen up a bit." Squire Kyrie told him before parting ways. "We'll meet in an hour."

Rui nodded as he headed his own way.

He had a lot to think about.

His next opponent was Ian Nepomniachtchi. He definitely had a lot to think about.

He had already gathered two round worth of data on Ian. Not idea, but not bad, and definitely better than nothing.

at the prospect of fighting him. Ian was incredibly strong, Rui would probably test

bath, soaking

on Ian. A breathing technique specialist that

him quite a formidable opponent. The first was that the degree to which he could amplify certain parameters by was

it incredibly tricky to fight him, far more so than any of the other contestants. One moment he was

ever-changing meant that Rui couldn't just create a single adapted

be a problem, but he couldn't. It was too difficult. He would need

in its entirety. That problem had not yet been solved in this life either, he had been able to mitigate the problem to a certain degree with his powerful mind, but that was

way to overcome this barrier, otherwise he wouldn't be able to travel his Martial path

such nebulous thoughts. They weren't relevant to the issue at

had the leeway to hold back. So far, he had

up using all his trump cards and still end

met up

for the best." Squire Dylon

his everchanging flexibility." Squire Kyrie had told him. "In a

his opponent. Of course, he did this in a different way than Rui did, only time would tell who

the day passed and the third round was

Rui Quarrier and his Flowing Void Style representing the Hajin branch facing off against representative Ian Nepomniachtchi and his

cheered loudly, hyped for this

simultaneously as they walked up towards each

time has come." Ian coldly stated. "I'll show

care to engage in a juvenile exchange

closed his eyes,