Martial Arts Worlds

Chapter 49 Reigning Fallow

The VIP Room.

"Well, Muriel, how is the match going?" Godfred asked. "Did Raimei already win?"

"No." Muriel smiled. "The last match is happening."

"The last match?" Godfred frowned and looked over. "That young man…"

"Kiernan won his previous fight. Now he is against Raimei High's last fighter."

"Oh?" Godfrey looked to Gray, who looked sullen.

It was clear that he was greatly disappointed.

Being the part of the Ashworth family, losing wasn't an option. Thus, that family had been spending quite a fortune on Raimei High to make it strong enough to allow future Ashworth family members to have a chance at the nationals victory.

It was still busy developing, and there was a long way to go before they would see the results of their investment, but still, they won the Summer Invitationals!

They should've had a rather easy journey to the quarterfinals, but now, in the round of 128, they were about to lose?!

That couldn't possibly happen!

…

"Are both fighters ready?" The referee asked.

"I am." Kiernan moved to his Iron Style stance.

While on his stance, he looked at his right hand, which showed slight bruising. He was still able to use it, but after a few more Iron Smashes, it would break.

"Yeah." Arthan moved into his Raimei Karate stance.

He was also a practitioner of Raimei Karate. It was the most famous style in Raimei and had been taught in Raimei High since its founding days.

"Alright!" The elderly referee shouted and swung his arm down. "Fight!"

Both fighters charged forward. They met at the center of the ring and immediately smashed their shoulders together in a fierce clash.

"Raimei Karate, Shoulder Crash!"

"Iron Style, Iron Human!"

Offense versus defense!

The exchange ended in a tie, but both looked like they were injured in the exchange.

Arthan stepped away and felt like his shoulder got slightly bruised. It felt like he crashed into a brick wall!

'Yep… Iron Human is too much for me…' Kiernan gritted his teeth.

Iron Human allowed him to make his body as durable as steel. However, his current body wasn't strong enough to handle the intense impact of the collision.

To do that without getting injured, he needed a much stronger body!

After shaking off the pain, Arthan rushed it and started raining down punches.

"Iron Style, Rendering Edge!"

Immediately, Kiernan responded with his ultimate defensive move.

The scene shocked everyone on Raimei High's bench. Every punch was missing Kiernan's body by mere inches!

Kiernan's defense was smooth, strong, and unbreakable!

Arthan tried to be more tricky with his punches and began to change trajectories, but still, it was as if he could see the future. Kiernan effortlessly redirected every punch away.

'Rock-solid defense!' Jin grinned. 'Try to break through that, brats!'

The nightmarish defense that everyone back on Earth feared had made its grand debut.

Arthan panted heavily, his tongue flapping out of his mouth, and he looked like he was about to faint at any moment, but he didn't stop throwing punches.

However, it felt like he was trying to hit someone who wasn't even there.

'Our strength can't be this far apart!' Arthan screamed inwardly. 'Why can't I hit that bastard?!'

The punches turned sloppy, and in that fraction of a second, Kiernan saw an opening and punched through that opening.

The fist smashed into Arthan's face and sent him sliding back.

He didn't use any Iron Style technique to punch.

It was simply an ordinary straight punch.

Kiernan rushed forward and clenched his hands into fists, then he started throwing punches. A storm of punches!

"Iron Style, Reigning Fallow!"

The fists came from every angle, and their trajectories were ever-changing. It was impossible to defend against!

Arthan lowered his body and hid himself behind his arms, but those punches kept coming relentlessly, each strike landing with an unyielding force.

This was a unique technique Kiernan created to counter Rendering Edge's rock-solid defense. If there came a day when he had to fight someone who also used Iron Style, he knew how to defeat that person!

Thus, of course, this technique was impossible to defend against someone who didn't have anywhere close to the same defensive capabilities as Kiernan!

Arthan looked pathetic. He was just hiding behind his arms, hoping that the onslaught would eventually stop.

The bruises covered his arms and face, a testament to his inability to protect himself.

A silence filled the Raimei High bench and among their cheerleading squad. It was like their world was breaking apart right in front of them.

They were about to lose in the second match of the first day.

What humiliation!

'Are we really about to win?' Jin stood up with his body shaking in excitement. 'Tenth seed of the Nationals are about to lose to us!'

Timothy and Klaus cheered for Kiernan.

"You were saying?" Ryan looked at Nathaniel with a smirk. "Challenge, huh?"

"What the hell is this strength?" Nathaniel asked with his eyes shaking. "This is impossible!"

In the stands, Karuza High's fans looked stunned. They forgot to cheer as they were too shocked at the scene that was happening before them!

"K-Karma…" A friend of his said. "Your son is a monster."

"Come on…" Karma clenched his hands into tight fists. "Son, do it!"

Back in the ring, the referee put the whistle closer to his mouth. He was going to end the fight at the first moment he saw a sign of danger.

Arthan didn't have any fighting spirit left. He was exhausted and could barely keep standing on his feet.

His defense was also nonexistent. His arms were just on the way, but there was no tenseness in his muscles. It was way too easy to just punch through.

At that moment, Kiernan punched past his arms and slammed his fist into Arthan's stomach. The punch rocked his organs and left him gasping for air.

With that, his eyes rolled back to his skull, and he slowly collapsed on the ground.

The referee immediately blew on the whistle.

"The match is over!

"The winner is Kiernan Hunter!

"Karuza High qualifies to the next round!"