Martial Arts Worlds

Roland Becker looked seriously at Julian with cold sweat running down his back as he entered the ring.

"You can do it, Roland!"

Ace shouted from Rockstar High’s bench. He was the ace of the team.

’...Easier said than done. This is the fucking Julian Noah we are talking about...’

Roland rubbed the back of his neck and heard the referee ask whether they were ready. He just nodded and took his fighting stance.

"I am ready."

Julian took his offensive striking stance. The front of his body was leaning slightly forward. It was like he was ready to pounce on his prey.

"FIGHT!"

The referee whipped his arm down, and the crowd started roaring with excitement.

With a single punch, Julian landed his fist into Roland’s guard and sent him sliding backwards across the ring.

His arms were trembling. An ugly bruise formed on his forearm.

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’That’s just insane that he can do that with just one punch!’

Roland thought with an ugly look and knew that if he kept defending, he was going to lose very quickly.

Julian would just keep smashing into his guard until he couldn’t guard anymore and would deliver the final blow.

Thus, he had to keep pushing forward!

"For Rockstar High!"

With a ferocious lunge, Roland fearlessly dodged Julian’s jabs and threw his own punch that speared through the air like a bullet.

Julian brought his left arm down and smacked Roland’s fist aside. It was more of a chop than just merely redirecting the punch.

Roland’s fist ached. It was trembling. He gritted his teeth and brought his right fist at Julian’s face.

With a quick sidestep, Julian dodged it, grabbed his arm, and flipped him over as if he weighed nothing, like a feather.

Roland came crashing down on the concrete. It hurt like hell. He just swallowed the taste of blood in his mouth and jumped back up.

"You’ve clearly trained hard for this one moment. I apologize, but this champion belongs to Karuza High!"

Julian said, and unleashed his punch.

The fist extended. It came forward like an exploding bullet. It came fast and hard, so fast that not many people in the crowd were even able to see it move.

It appeared in front of Roland, and he only had time to blink once before the fist was already hitting his face.

SMACK!

The fist pushed his head back, and Roland’s eyes rolled back to his skull before he collapsed on the ground—unconscious.

"Winner is Julian Noah!"

With an excited shout, the referee announced him as the winner, and the crowd clapped their hands hard together.

Karuza High was only one victory away from winning the nationals for the second year in a row.

With a big smile on his face, Coach Jin watched proudly at his fighters and knew that Principal Azer must be extremely proud right now.

Not only did he successfully fulfill his father’s dream last year, but Azer had also made Karuza High into the strongest powerhouse of New Rakuya.

However, they had one more secret left...

"Whew!"

Julian raised his arm high and waved to the crowd, but then they all noticed that he was walking out of the ring.

He sat down on the bench and drank some water.

"...What are you doing, Julian? You still have one more fight."

Kiernan said.

"I don’t have any more fights left. It is just very fitting to leave the last fight to our ace, isn’t it?"

Julian looked at him and said.

With a surprised look, Kiernan saw all the team members smiling as well, and he then chuckled as he realized what they were doing.

’...I see.’

In that moment, Kiernan stood up and slowly took off his jersey.

When the crowd saw that, they screamed so loud that the ground and seats shook as if there was an earthquake in Tiamut.

The referee looked shocked at the sight of Kiernan standing up, and Rockstar High’s final fighter, Ace, looked absolutely stunned.

’...My opponent is Kiernan Hunter? That Kiernan Hunter... Are you kidding me?’

"Let’s rock and roll."

Kiernan rotated his shoulders, popping the joints, and walked up the short steps to take the ring in Karuza High’s side.

"Kiernan! Kiernan! Kiernan!"

The crowd was going crazy.

With frightened steps, Ace took the ring across from him and felt like he was about to pass out, as this was just unfair to him.

He was going to fight motherfucking Martial King, and he doubted that even the world’s most delusional fans would bet on him.

"Ace Reeker vs. Kiernan Hunter!"

The referee shouted.

As a martial arts fan himself, this was the best possible way to end the nationals, with the strongest high school student competing for the final last time on the high school stage.

This was the end for Kiernan.

His last match as a high schooler.

’...It hurts, but that’s fine.’

Kiernan thought as he put his right hand into a fist. He still smiled. It was the end, but also the beginning of a new Chapter.

"Are you ready?"

The referee asked.

Ace and Kiernan nodded.

The crowd quieted down. They all stood up. Their eyes sparkled with excitement as they didn’t want to miss a single thing.

Children sat on the shoulders of their parents, trying to look over the sea of people, and when they saw broad-shouldered Kiernan in the ring, they also wanted to be just like him.

This single young man had inspired thousands of children all around New Rakuya, and no one still had any idea how bright New Rakuya’s future really was.

"FIGHT!"

The referee swung his arm down with a smile.

"Rockstar Punch!"

Ace jumped forward with a scream.

This was his strongest punch. His ultimate trump card, which he had been training since he was eleven years old.

He had dreamed that one day he was going to stand on the nationals stage and win the nationals for Rockstar High with this move.

That truly seemed like a far-fetched dream. There was just too big of a mountain in his way.

"Iron Smash!"

Kiernan responded to his fiery fighting spirit with his own punch. The punch ripped through the air and landed against Ace’s Rockstar Punch.

BOOM!

CHEERS!

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End of the Fifth Volume - For Humanity.