Martial Arts Worlds
Chapter 48 Smash!

"Hey, what the hell?!" Jin shouted, trying to make the referee stop that.

However, the referee didn't move. The bite was sure dirty, but it wasn't lethal.

Kiernan quickly rolled out of the way and retreated to the edge of the ring. He looked at his leg that had bite marks and was bleeding.

The wound looked much worse than it actually was.

"Hahaha!" Kalen stood back up and wiped the blood off his lips. "Grappling, aye? A bad choice."

"What the hell was that?" Jin sat back down and crossed his arms. "How can that shit be allowed?"

"Calm down, coach." Ryan said. "That was a bad move from Kalen."

"How come?" Jin asked.

"He angered Kiernan." Ryan cracked a smile. "He awakened a sleeping beast."

Jin looked over to Kiernan. To him, it didn't look like he was angry. Instead, it looked like he was in pain as he kept holding his injured leg.

However, Ryan was Natural Fighter, so there must be something that no one else was seeing.

…

In the VIP Room of the stadium.

While most of the people there were focused on entirely different matches, Muriel looked at the confrontation between Kiernan and Kalen.

She couldn't help but smile.

'That beautiful soul is shining more brightly than ever before. I thought he would lose some confidence in his own martial arts, but no, it's stronger than ever before!'

…

"Kalen, Kalen, Kalen, Kalen!" Raimei High's cheerleading squad chanted loudly.

Kalen placed his arms in front of him and moved into Raimei Karate's offensive style. He wanted to go all-out and finish his opponent!

'Kiernan must be terrified.' Arthan thought with a smile. 'That must've been a traumatizing experience. It's not the first time that someone Kalen has fought became terrified after seeing that he would do literally anything to win.'

"Coach, start packing things up." Arthan said. "The fight is ending soon."

The coach agreed, and started packing up his backpack.

"…"

Kiernan silently placed his hand over the wound and whispered. "Iron Style, Tight Binding!"

The wound started to close in. He was using his leg muscles to close the wound. It worked, and the bleeding stopped.

"Huff!" Kalen took a deep breath and then rapidly advanced forward. "Raimei Karate, Skull Breaking Punch!"

The fist speared through the air. It was the strongest punch in Kalen's arsenal.

He had stopped counting how much time this specific attack had knocked out his opponents. The number of tattoos in his arms had grown significantly since he first learned the technique.

It wasn't far-fetched to say that most of the victories came because of this attack!

'Be proud; you'll be able to become a part of my body—a loser tattoo!'

The fist was about to smash into Kiernan's face!

Squeeze!

The cheers of the victory quieted down like a dying echo.

"Iron Style, Iron Fingers."

Kiernan grabbed Kalen's fist. His fingers dug deep into his flesh. The fist couldn't move the slightest!

'What?!' Kalen's eyes widened in shock.

Arthan, and the coach looked shocked.

'What is happening?' Kornelius wondered in shock. 'Why is Kalen struggling against him?'

"Iron Style, Sceneric Shift." Kiernan, controlling Kalen's center of gravity, lifted him up to the air and moved him towards the ground.

When Kalen was about to crash on his head, Kiernan suddenly stepped closer with his fist raised high in the air.

"Iron Style, Iron Smash!"

The fist smashed into Kalen's face and slammed him straight to the ground with a thunderous ground.

The whole ring shook for a moment.

As Kiernan stepped away, the referee caught a sight of the unconscious Kalen, and without further ado, he blew into his whistle.

"The match is over; the winner is Kiernan Hunter!"

"Yes!" Jin, Timothy, and Klaus jumped to their feet in excitement.

"What a crazy guy." Nathaniel grinned. "It looked like he didn't use all his strength either, right, Ryan?"

"Mm." Ryan nodded. "That's how it has always been, hasn't it? Have you ever seen Kiernan actually struggle in a match?"

"Hmm…" Nathaniel frowned and shrugged his shoulders. "Not really. It always seems like he wins easily."

"Yeah…" Ryan took a deep breath. "I kind of want to see him face a real challenge for once."

"Well, you don't have to wait for long." Nathaniel's expression turned serious. "His next opponent is that monster!"

…

Karuza High's principal office.

"Yes!" Azer pumped his fist in excitement. "That was starting to look bad for a moment!"

It was hard to see, but he tried to see Kiernan's injured leg through the laptop screen. Unfortunately, the camera angle wasn't the best for that.

'I hope the damage is not too bad. He needs to be in perfect condition to beat Arthan!'

…

1-A classroom.

The whole class cheered upon Kiernan's victory. Most of them were smiling, as it was shocking that they were able to push Raimei High this much!

Most of them expected Raimei High to destroy them, but now they were at the last match!

It was already an amazing accomplishment against the tenth seed!

'That monster.' Dominic thought. 'Seriously, where did Kiernan come from?!'

…

In the stadium's stands, Shura, and Jonathan cheered for Kiernan's victory.

Kang sat with his arm crossed, occasionally scoffing and muttering about something.

"One more, please!" Shura cheered.

In the ring, Arthan slowly walked up the steps to the ring. At the same time, the medical team moved Kalen away on a stretcher.

He managed to catch a glimpse of him, and noticed the fist mark on Kalen's face. It wasn't easy to make such a mark, which spoke a lot about Kiernan's insane physical strength.

'I must avoid his punches.' Arthan thought to himself and finally reached the ring.

"The last match between Raimei High and Karuza High!" The referee shouted.

"Arthan Mercury vs. Kiernan Hunter!"

The area around this ring silenced down. Both teams were holding their breaths in anticipation.

Raimei High wasn't anymore thinking that this was just another walk in the park. This was an extremely tense situation!

The coach of Raimei High grinded his teeth together and shouted. "Arthan, you can do it!"

'Shit!' Kornelius grabbed his hair. 'They shouldn't have subbed me out. I am sure I could've also injured Kiernan, and Kalen would've defeated him.

'Well, doesn't matter now. Arthan definitely doesn't lose to this bastard! After all, he is the only one from Raimei that I actually respect!'