Martial Arts Worlds - Chapter 257

Chapter 257: Switching Man-to-Man Defense
Willa handed the ball to Kiernan.

“You can do it. If you score, I’d rather die than allow them another goal!”

She said with determination.

‘It is just a game of Punch Ball, not that serious. However, it looks like everyone in the field is quite competitive. I am the same. I don’t want to lose.’

Kiernan nodded to her and then started making his way through the field. It didn’t take long for him to cross the middle of the field.

At that moment, two people appeared in front of him—they were Thorsten and Roy!

“We’re not letting you do anything with that ball, Kiernan!”

Thorsten and Roy pressed their bodies against Kiernan, blocking his way. They were waving their arms as if they were human windmills and made sure that Kiernan wouldn’t even be able to breathe properly.

The pressure they were putting on him was immense!

“Pass to me!”

Ariadne shouted, but then Dietmar stepped in front of her and made sure that she wouldn’t be able to breathe properly either.

Because their attackers were incapacitated, Mirin and Kenneth started making their way to the other end of the field.

Kenneth was limping through the grass field, and Mirin dashed through, her red hair flowing behind her like a fiery stream.

At that moment, Roy’s eyes moved to check the other two, but then Kiernan looked like he was turning into water as he slowly slipped between the two of them.

“Iron Style, Sea Fall!”

“Shit!”

Thorsten and Roy ran after him and grabbed him by the shirt, trying to pull him back to them, but it only caused his shirt to rip.

They weren’t able to stop him from moving even slightly!

“Stop him!”

Dietmar shouted angrily, but as he removed his attention away from Ariadne, she suddenly accelerated, and in a swift motion, was already running towards the goal!

“Shit!”

Dietmar ran after her, but she was shocked to see that she was much faster than he was!

“…”

Kiernan narrowed his eyes and burst into greater speed, but he couldn’t shake the two off. They were grabbing his arm and the back of his shirt.

It was like he was pulling two dead corpses on his back.

‘This is how you want to play? Very well!’

Kiernan hugged the ball against his chest and made his way deep into the offensive end.

“I am free!”

Ariadne waved her arm as she was making her way through the left field, but Dietmar’s threatening pressure was approaching her.

Mirin was making her way through the right field, but Miroslav was keeping her busy. Kenneth was nowhere to be seen.

“…”

Kiernan’s eyes were locked into the goal, and he ignored the two passing options and instead started running straight to the goal.

It didn’t take long for others to understand what he planned to do!

“He is planning to run straight to the goal!”

Dietmar shouted.

“Hmph!”

Miroslav stopped guarding Mirin and ran over to Kiernan. He smashed his body against him, but he got immediately pushed to the side.

He immediately ran after Kiernan and tried to drag him by the arm, but he couldn’t stop his momentum even slightly!

With a rageful scream, Kiernan pushed past him, and with a leap forward, he smashed into Lionel, the goalkeeper, and also pushed him aside.

Dietmar suddenly ran to him and kicked him in the leg. It caused Kiernan to trip, but he then let go of the ball and tossed it forward.

The ball rolled past the defenses and into the goal.

Whistle~

“Goaaaaaaaal!”

“Shit!”

Dietmar’s expression looked ugly.

The score was two to two!

“Good job!”

In the crowd, Julian, and other members of Karuza High cheered for their ace.

It was really fascinating to watch someone they know playing a game of Punch Ball against other aces they had only seen on television before.

It finally dawned on them that Karuza High was also a powerhouse school, and their ace, Kiernan Hunter, was one of the strongest!

“Here!”

Ariadne offered Kiernan her hand. She helped him to stand, and then they started walking back to their side.

“We must stop them from scoring, or they will win. Any thoughts?”

She asked.

“Is two goalkeepers allowed? We could go with two goalkeepers to make sure that no balls reach the goal.”

“Haha, that isn’t allowed, unfortunately.”

She giggled and then rubbed her chin, wondering if there were any other good plans they could use.

“Let’s do switching man-to-man defense. I’ll defend whoever has the ball at all times. Relay the information to be ready to switch the marks as soon as their mark receives the ball.”

Kiernan said.

Ariadne looked at him, then nodded and went to tell the team the new plan.

Whistle~

The game resumed.

Dietmar had the ball in his hands and slowly made his way to the middle of the field, but as soon as he arrived there, he was met with Kiernan staring straight at him.

The others were marked with man-to-man defense.

‘This same shit? Well, it worked well with them the last time.’

He looked around the field and saw that Roy was being marked by Kenneth. It was easy to tell who was currently the weakest link in the field.

It was none other than Kenneth.

‘Once Roy shakes off his mark, it will be easy to take the ball all the way to the goal.’

Dietmar tossed the ball in a high arc through the air, and Roy leaped off the ground, snatching the ball from the air.

However, as soon as he landed on the ground, Kenneth started running towards Dietmar, and Kiernan immediately switched marks, appearing right in front of Roy.

‘Switching man-to-man defense?!’

Dietmar thought in shock, but he quickly shook off Kenneth and raised his arm to tell Roy that he was available for a pass.

However, Kiernan’s pressuring defense made it so that Roy wouldn’t even be able to think of passing.

He was being pushed backward until he was back on their own side of the field. The ball was getting further and further from their opponent’s goal!

“Shit!”

Roy thought, clenching his teeth in frustration.

Kiernan smacked his hand at the ball, almost managing to smack the ball away from Roy, but his tight grip saved the possession.

‘If this keeps up, Roy will lose the possession!’

Thorsten thought with an ugly expression on his face.