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.

couldn't help but feel a smirk come on his face at the prospect of fighting him. Ian was incredibly strong, Rui would probably test his limits with his ability and

immediately fixed himself a tub bath, soaking in, relaxing as the warmth

all the information he had on Ian. A breathing technique

that the degree to which he could amplify certain parameters by

far more so than any of the other contestants. One moment he was a speedster, the next moment he could be an offensive striker, the next moment he

countered Rui extremely hard in a way. The fact that he was ever-changing meant that Rui couldn't just create a single adapted fighting style, he needed to create multiple adapted fighting styles. Furthermore, he needed a way

couldn't. It was too difficult. He would need to analyze and memorize immense amounts of data

was also the main reason the VOID algorithm was not a viable fighting style in his previous life. It was simply too data-intensive in its entirety. That problem had not yet

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

shook his head, putting asides such nebulous thoughts.

the leeway to hold back. So far, he had just barely managed to

certain he would need the Phantom Step to fight Ian, bare minimum. The worst-case scenario was that he would end up using all his trump cards and still end up losing. If he could do it, he would likely to keep the Blink plus Stinger combo hidden

he met up

you best and hope for

Squire Kyrie had told

nodded at those words. He agreed. Ian was also able to change to fight his opponent. Of course, he did this in a different way than Rui did, only time would

the day passed and the third round was ready to

match of the third round, we have representative Rui Quarrier and his Flowing Void Style representing the Hajin branch facing off against

loudly, hyped for this anticipated

as they walked up towards each other, never breaking

coldly stated. "I'll show you your

stared at him wordlessly. He didn't care

he closed his eyes,