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"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.

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 Martial Art in that

a tub bath, soaking in, relaxing as

information he had on Ian. A breathing technique specialist that generally fought by amplifying his parameters by using

the degree to which he could amplify certain parameters by was incredibly high, matching and even surpassing dedicated Martial Artists to

fight him, far more so than any of the other contestants. One moment he

a way, 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 to account for the rapid

sighed. If he was able to use the higher-end pattern recognition systems of the complete VOID algorithm, it wouldn't be a problem, but he couldn't. It was too difficult. He would need to analyze and memorize

in his previous life. It was simply too data-intensive in its entirety. That problem had not yet been

overcome this barrier, otherwise he wouldn't be able

thoughts. They weren't relevant to the issue

back. So

to fight Ian, bare minimum. The worst-case scenario was that he would end up using all his trump

he met up

and hope for the best." Squire Dylon

flexibility." Squire Kyrie had told him. "In a way, his fighting style is not too

to fight his opponent. Of course, he did this in a different way than

the day passed and the third

gentlemen!" The commentator welcomed. "In the first match of the third round, we have representative Rui Quarrier and his Flowing Void Style representing the Hajin branch facing off against representative Ian Nepomniachtchi and his Breathing Mountain Style representing

loudly, hyped for this anticipated

they walked

has come." Ian coldly stated. "I'll show you your

at him wordlessly. He didn't care to

his