Martial Arts Worlds

"Come on, Ryan!" Timothy clapped his hands loudly.

"…"

Jin sat with his arms crossed, deep inside his thoughts.

'Xenon is breathing heavily. However, there is still a long uphill climb ahead for Ryan to make it through. If he doesn't defeat Xenon…'

Jin side-glanced next to him, at Kiernan, and sighed heavily, knowing that Kiernan would need to defeat three people to advance to the quarterfinals if Ryan now loses.

It was already going to be hard enough even if Ryan lost because there were two more stronger opponents after Xenon.

The referee took his spot at the ring and shouted. "It is time for the second match!"

Xenon breathed heavily, but he still moved to his fighting stance.

Ryan tightened the white tape around his knuckles and slowly moved to his fighting stance. The two fan crowds roared in anticipation as the two fighters locked eyes with each other.

"Xenon Haworth vs. Ryan Lee!"

"Are both fighters ready?!"

"I am," Xenon said firmly.

"Yes," Ryan said.

"FIGHT!" The referee swung his arm down as if it were a sword.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

Xenon screamed and made his first move. With his right arm, he did a sweeping hook straight towards Ryan's face.

Easily, Ryan moved his head out of the way and took a few steps back to stabilize his stance.

Without stopping, Xenon lunged after him and started throwing punches with the intention of hoping that at least one of them would land.

There wasn't any clear technique behind those punches, and it looked like just a desperate attempt to hurt his opponent, but with his Martial Fighter physique, those punches were dangerous!

Ryan kept backing off, but when he was about to reach the edge of the ring, he used his insane acceleration to circle around Xenon and surprised him with a few punches to the torso.

'So fucking fast!' Xenon turned his head around and sent his high kick flying towards Ryan's face.

Ryan quickly ducked underneath the kick and did a couple more steps to increase the distance between the two.

Xenon, with a raging fury, closed the distance immediately and entered a heated confrontation with Ryan.

His punches and kicks came without any warning, pushing Ryan closer to the edge, but he couldn't keep him there as Ryan immediately used his insane acceleration to escape the dangerous zone.

'I guess that won't work.' Xenon thought with an ugly expression. 'I wanted to corner him so it would be easy to defeat him, but I think I must do this the hard way.'

'Good…' Jin thought to himself. 'Ryan, you know what your strengths are. Don't let Xenon get rid of your strengths.'

It was obvious what Xenon was planning to do. He wanted it to be impossible for Ryan to use his Super Acceleration and Jump.

Those were his most dangerous weapons, and without them, Ryan would honestly be weaker than Nathaniel!

'What more do you need?' Ryan thought to himself while touching his chest. 'Peel already, goddammit!'

Yet, the martial soul was misbehaving. It wasn't peeling off the layer even though it clearly wants to!

'I need to stay close to him!' Xenon thought and rushed after Ryan.

'With me close to him, he can't use his Super moves because he needs time to charge them up!'

Ryan calmly moved back to his fighting stance, knowing exactly what Xenon was thinking, and as soon as his opponent reached the attacking range, he threw a quick low kick.

Smack!

The low kick landed on Xenon's thigh, but the damage wasn't anything crazy. Stay tuned for updates on empire

"Hmph!" Xenon kept moving forwards and shot his fist forward, which landed against Ryan's right forearm.

SMACK!

With a loud smack, Ryan winced at the impact.

Xenon's punches rained down, but Ryan quickly moved his hands to either parry or block them.

SMACK, SMACK, SMACK, SMACK!

Ryan's arms started to get bruised after blocking a few of those punches, but he didn't change his strategy.

He kept blocking and parrying.

'What is he planning?' Xenon wondered, but he still kept punching because it was hurting Ryan more.

Ambrossa High's fans were cheering louder and louder with each passing second. They were realizing that the second victory was at the tip of their fingertips!

Karuza High's supporters, whether they were inside the stadium or back in the Irio, were losing hope with every passing second.

It wasn't looking good!

'It seems like it is the time…'

Ryan thought to himself and did a few steps back while shaking his arms to shake off the pain.

Whether he noticed it or not, his feet reached the edge of the ring.

Xenon's eyes brightened when he saw that while Karuza High's supporters paled even further.

'Fool, he forgot to keep his eye on the spacing!' Xenon immediately rushed forward. 'The match is mine!'

When Xenon stepped closer to the edge of the ring, Ryan suddenly shoulder charged at his torso, causing their bodies to collide with a powerful force.

Xenon barely flinched and was about to grab Ryan by his shoulders to toss him off the ring, but at that moment, Ryan circled past him, moving seamlessly like a skilled dancer.

He didn't stop there.

Ryan, with his arms moving alongside his legs, started running away from Xenon, getting further and further away from the edge of the ring.

However, in just a couple of seconds, he had run to the other side of the ring!

"What the hell?!" Xenon turned around, standing on the other side of the ring.

There was now the whole ring's distance between the two as they were both standing on the opposite sides of the rings!

At that moment, Xenon realized that this was all part of Ryan's plan!

'He lured me here so that he can use his insane acceleration to run past me and increase the distance between us two so he can use his Super moves without me interrupting him!'

Karuza High's bench started cheering loudly.

'That's great!' Jin thought with a smile. 'It is time for Ryan's Super moves!'

"Whoo…"

With a deep breath, Ryan moved into his sprinting stance, his legs bent and ready to explode off the ground.

The muscles in his legs were twisting and cramping, pumping more strength into the soles of his feet.

Slowly, the martial soul deep inside his body started peeling off!

CRACK!

The ground underneath him cracked.

This was about to be the fastest attack Ryan had ever done!