Martial Arts Worlds - Chapter 437

Chapter 437: Ridiculous Plan
Earlier this morning, in Yokai Dojo’s projector room.

“And this young man is Jaden Carter—don’t let his smile fool you, he is a very bloody fighter—he practices bare-knuckle boxing, a variation of Wraith Style.

“He uses his knuckles to break your bones, and his smile never fades while he does it.”

Master Arakawa said while looking at Jaden’s picture on the projected screen and then pressed the “continue” button on his remote.

The projected screen showed Jaden fighting against Kitsune Dojo’s Sora, who struggled under his bare-knuckle punches.

It wasn’t a pretty sight, as whenever his punch landed at her, it seemed to make a sickening thud, and the match ended when Sora’s brother stepped between them.

It wasn’t a long fight and was very one-sided.

“Unfortunately, the match was short, and the amount of study material we could get was very little, but we know of Jaden’s specialty.

“He’ll come swinging right away, and no matter what, don’t get hit by him.”

Master Arakawa said.

“…”

With a silent expression, Ren stared at the screen with wide eyes, his eyes reflecting the face of Jaden, and a flicker of fear coursing through him.

‘Those punches look like they hurt. I don’t want to be on the receiving end of that.’

Ren thought, but he gulped and scratched his forearms restlessly.

…

The present time.

The gong’s sound reverberated throughout the temple’s grounds, signifying the start of the first match.

‘I chose Ren to fight Jaden because his survival instincts are really valuable against him. Jaden’s punches hurt, and knowing that, Ren’s survival instincts are working overtime.

‘It also doesn’t matter who Ren fights. If he gets punched once, he will most likely lose. If I chose anyone else against Jaden, they might also get defeated in a single punch, so it was the perfect time to use Ren either way.’

Master Arakawa thought.

As soon as the word “fight” left the temple priest’s mouth, Jaden jumped ahead, and with his knuckles clenched, he swung towards Ren’s jaw.

Ren immediately backed away with a chill running down his spine, and he felt creeping fear wash over him.

Those punches really looked scary!

Jaden’s knuckle fist missed by a great deal, but with a smile on his face, he took a long stride towards him and swung his fist with full force.

Ren slid through the sand, keeping his distance from Jaden, not daring to go anywhere close to him.

“This is not good. Ren’s far too fearful, so he doesn’t even dare to go close to Jaden. It’s different from when he was fighting Koa Mokana.

“How can he win this way?”

Dante asked with a frown.

“Ren did a similar kind of tactic against Koa Mokana. He ran away to drain her of stamina, but indeed, this is different and worrisome.

“He isn’t even thinking about fighting back.”

Kiernan said.

“Come back here!”

Jaden said with a laugh and chased after Ren, but he just ran off and didn’t allow Jaden anywhere within five meters of him.

It was an eye-twitching moment for everyone, as it looked like this fight was going to last forever at this rate.

“Coward! Stop running and fight back!”

“Is this the way of Yokai Style? Run away from the stronger opponents?”

“Pathetic!”

Wraith Dojo’s students shouted in unison.

“Hah!”

Jaden sprinted off and inched his hands close to Ren, but as his fingertips were about to reach him, he crossed to the left and dashed away from him.

“This is like a game of cat and mouse!”

Jaden said it aloud and chased after Ren.

It was actually obvious to everyone that Jaden was a faster runner than Ren, so it might only be a matter of time before he caught him!

However, it was unclear whether Jaden would lose all his stamina doing so!

“Huff! Huff! Huff!”

Ren ran, his arms waving wildly next to him, and as he looked over his shoulder, he saw that Jaden was catching up to him.

‘This temple area is far too small for me to keep dodging!’

Ren then caught the eye of the broken wall that had yet to be repaired and ran towards there, soon going through it and into the forest.

“Are you serious?!”

“He ran to the forest, what the hell?”

“Is this coward really planning to run the entire day?”

The corner of Jaden’s mouth twitched, and he ran after him through the broken wall, but even he was starting to get quite annoyed.

Everyone rose from their seats and ran through the broken wall to watch the match happening in the forest.

Hopping from tree to tree, Kiernan found himself a good spot to observe the action and just saw Ren running through the forest with Jaden chasing after him.

They ran past trees, dodged branches, went through thick bushes, and splashed through a shallow stream.

“Anything happening?”

Aoi appeared on the tree beside his and asked.

“Well, whenever Jaden is starting to catch up, Ren changes directions, so he’s never able to actually catch him.

“Jaden is not saving his stamina at all, though. He knows that as long as he catches Ren and punches him, he will win.”

Kiernan said.

“However, at this rate, he’ll be too exhausted, so you think that’s when Ren will make his move?”

Aoi asked.

“Haha, that’s the thing. Ren is actually not planning to do that at all. He is just running because he is afraid, so I am not sure if he will do any fighting at all.”

Kiernan said with a wry smile.

“Then… how can he win?”

Aoi asked.

“He can’t.”

Kiernan said.

With strained breathing, Ren made his way through the forest and then saw a root of the tree that was sprouting out of the ground.

He jumped over it, looked over his shoulder to see Jaden chase after him, and then continued running with all his might.

“Tch!”

Jaden sprinted faster, but at that moment, he tripped on the root and fell face-first to the forest floor.

The eyes of everyone watching widened in shock.

Shockingly enough, the first one to be damaged in the match was Jaden!

“Wait… This might actually be Ren’s plan, haha, ridiculous.”

Kiernan said with a hearty laugh.

“A plan? What is it?”

Aoi asked

“He is planning to make Jaden injure himself.”

Kiernan said with a wry smile.

As Jaden stood back up with a grunt of pain, he noticed that his knees were bleeding, which would hinder his running.

“Shit!”