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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.

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

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

A breathing technique specialist that generally fought by

he could amplify certain parameters by was incredibly high, matching

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

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 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

was not a viable fighting style in his previous life. It was simply too data-intensive 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

this barrier, otherwise he

his head, putting asides such nebulous thoughts. They

to hold back. So far,

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

met up with his

and hope for the best." Squire

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

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 tell who did it

day passed and the third round was ready

the third round, ladies and 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

loudly, hyped for this

arena simultaneously as they walked up

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

wordlessly. He didn't care to engage in a juvenile exchange of

his eyes,