Martial Arts Worlds - Chapter 379

Chapter 379: Mediocre Style
Within the darkness of the forest, a battle that would overshadow New Rakuya’s nationals finals was about to start!

Dante and Gunwoo both were strong enough to put Zachary to shame, and they were going to fight Kiernan, who was all by himself!

“Hey… Can’t we talk about this?”

Kiernan asked with a twitching lip.

“But that wouldn’t be fun~”

Gunwoo said with a smirk, and as his leg muscles firmly tightened, he leaped forward with a flash—the only remnant of him left was the footprint on the soil.

“Rendering Ed—”

With shadowed eyes, Kiernan swiped his right hand to the side, but the speedy flash had already run past him.

Spurt!

A deep, bleeding cut appeared on his thigh, forcing him down on his knees, and the black fortress’ mighty walls cracked.

“?!”

Kiernan’s expression turned ugly, and he looked at his bleeding thigh that was done by a hand—strong hand that had been trained for years.

“Whew~”

Gunwoo stopped running, his right hand drenched in crimson blood.

Unbelievable—Kiernan was feeling strange kinds of emotions as he felt like there was absolutely nothing he could do against that attack.

He had faced fast opponents before—Ryan, a teammate of his, fought him in the ranked match, and he was able to use his speed to push Kiernan close to his limits.

It was Kiernan’s greatest weakness, but he had always found a way to overcome it, and he overcame Ryan’s speed.

One of his greatest strengths was his calculative nature—he was able to calculate Ryan’s speed quickly during their first meeting at the Red vs. Blue fight.

With that, he was able to defeat him, and with calculations, he was able to overcome Ryan’s speed during their eventful ranked match.

Therefore, he believed that with calculations, he could overcome Gunwoo as well, but his speed was crazy.

“Gunwoo’s speed always takes everyone by surprise. You expected him to run in a straight line, didn’t you? Well, he’s also known for his unpredictable movements and ability to change directions quickly.”

Dante said smugly.

‘I see. When I was ready to parry his attack, he changed his direction slightly to cut me in the leg. I expected him to go straight for my hip in the first attack, and that’s what I defended. I didn’t anticipate him being able to change trajectory from such crazy speed.

‘Is he also… Natural Fighter? Is this what kind of person Natural Fighter can be when they’ve reached Martial Master rank? Insanity.’

Kiernan breathed heavily, used Tight Binding to close the wound, and then stood back up with veins bulging in his forehead.

“Hehe~”

Gunwoo leaned down and then rocketed forward, his fist extended forward, and he aimed for Kiernan’s back, but when his fist smashed through Kiernan, he disappeared like a ghost.

“?!”

Gunwoo frowned and stopped next to Dante, looking back, and saw Kiernan standing in the same position as he had before.

However, for some reason, his punch went straight through.

“What in the world?”

“Iron Style, Ghost Spring…”

Kiernan slid his right foot forward and planted himself in a solid stance of Iron Style, tempting them to come forward.

“Heh, very well.”

Gunwoo grinned and was ready to pounce forward, but Dante suddenly put his arm in front of him.

“Hmm?”

“It is my turn.”

Dante said, and started strolling towards Kiernan, not looking anxious or nervous, but very calm and collected, as if he had complete control of the situation.

“I do not have crazy natural capabilities like Gunwoo. I don’t have his supernatural physical abilities. I am very normal, but… I know how to throw a punch.”

Dante showed his right hand, and as soon as he formed it into a fist, it started smoking like a chimney.

Then, he reeled it far back, and with a step forward, he hurled it over, and like a demon, his fist connected with the air in front of him, causing his fist to catch fire!

“Yokai Style, Shakunetsu no Oni!”

“Rendering Edge!”

Kiernan smashed his palm against the flaming fist, but his palm got pushed back by the sheer force, and the flaming fist continued to move closer to his face.

“Iron Style, Drunk!”

Kiernan weaved his upper body like a drunken sailor, narrowly missing the flaming fist, and with clumsy movements, backed away.

However, he wasn’t left without injuries, as his palm was left severely burned.

The flames disappeared from around Dante’s fist, but it was still smoking.

Dante pressed his arms against his chest, weaved close, and jabbed his smoking fist forward, but Kiernan unleashed his Rendering Edge.

Smack! Smack! Smack!

The sides of his hands smacked Dante’s fists away, and then, with a quick glance, he noticed an opening.

“Iron Smash!”

Kiernan punched through Dante’s barrage of attacks and straight towards his chin, but he suddenly placed his left shoulder in the way, dampening the attack.

‘A trap!’

Kiernan’s eyes narrowed.

“Yokai Style, Akaryu Soken!”

Dante’s fist burned with scarlet-red flames, and he then threw it towards Kiernan, but as he finished the swing, a flaming spear shot out from his fist.

Kiernan’s eyes widened in shock, and he quickly moved his head to the side, but the burning flames of the spear scratched his neck.

Sizzle~

His flesh started burning.

The walls of the black fortress started burning and were on the brink of crumbling apart like a sandcastle.

It wasn’t looking good!

“Mm~”

Dante smiled, but at that moment he started to feel pain and turned to look at his left shoulder. It suffered some fractures!

‘That… was his doing? It looks like he is also quite a good striker, much better than in defense, that’s for sure. His defense is not much to be worried about.’

Dante shook his right hand and made the flames disappear and the smoke as well.

“…What is your style’s name?”

Dante asked.

“Iron Style.”

Kiernan said casually.

“Hmm, Iron Style… It is quite a mediocre style. Why don’t you come to learn Yokai Style properly? You have… somewhat decent talent.”

Dante asked with a smug smile.

“Mediocre… style?”

Kiernan repeated his words, and his eyes turned cold with a silent rage brewing inside him.

“No one has called my style mediocre yet. You think Yokai Style is superior to mine? I can’t have that, you know… Because you haven’t seen anything yet.”