Martial Arts Worlds

With the grayish moon hovering high in the sky, the nearby street lamps cast light over the fighting pit.

With the pirates drinking and laughing, the match started.

"I admit, you two were smart," Galahad said coldly and smacked his hand across a tree.

The tree split in half and collapsed on the ground.

"You robbed me. Used the navy as bait. Then left with the ship. Unfortunately for you two, I thought further, and here we are; this is your grave."

"You're still speaking some nonsense!" Julian said and moved to a boxing stance. "We never robbed you!"

"You're still lying?" Galahad's eyebrow twitched. "You think I'm that stupid?

"Yes!" Julian and Kiernan shouted at the same time.

"Foolish morons!" Galahad stepped forward, and with a twist of his waist, he punched his fist through the air like a harpoon.

With the shockwave from his punch, the trees started shaking, and the ground beneath their feet trembled.

Julian and Kiernan jumped out of the way of the shockwave. One of them jumped to the right and another to the left. The shockwave missed them and struck the wall at the end.

The steel wall had a slight dent.

While weaving his upper body, Julian approached Galahad and started raining punches with his quick jabs.

Smack, smack, smack!

Galahad shielded himself behind his right arm, blocking the blows with ease. It felt like the jabs were thrown by a child!

"I'll break your leg now." Galahad moved his left leg and did a low kick of doom, but Julian hopped over it like a rabbit, moving his knees up to his chest.

As soon as Julian landed back on the ground, Galahad's fist came crashing down towards his face.

"You should keep an eye on your other opponent, y'see!" Julian said with a smirk. Read the latest on empire

"?!" Galahad turned to the left, but it was too late.

"Iron Smash!"

Kiernan slammed his fist into Galahad's chest and forced him to take a step backwards. There was a slight red mark on his chest.

It was clear that this punch wasn't thrown by a mere child!

The pirates watching looked surprised at the force of the punch. It didn't seem like it was something done by a mere Martial Fighter!

Within the depths of Kiernan's body, the martial soul started shaking. A corner started to slightly peel off as if it was just tempting Kiernan!

'Come on. I am ready to become Martial Champion and you know it!' Kiernan shouted inside his mind. 'I need your strength, now!'

As if the martial soul heard his voice, it started to peel off even more. It was making Kiernan stronger. However, it wasn't fully peeled off yet!

"Hmph!" Galahad moved his right arm and smacked Julian across the face.

It was such a quick smack that no one saw it coming!

Julian crashed through a tree and rolled on the ground before coming to a stop with a bloodied nose.

Galahad then moved towards Kiernan, and with his brick-sized fists, he started throwing jabs at Kiernan's face.

"Rendering Edge!"

With the sides of his fists, he smacked a couple of jabs away, but Galahad's overwhelming strength soon broke through the impenetrable wall and landed at Kiernan's face!

SMACK!

The punch sent Kiernan flying like a ragdoll, but with great control of his body, he landed back on the ground and slid for a few meters before coming to a stop.

"Ptui!" Kiernan spat out the blood from his mouth.

Julian jumped over the fallen trees and rushed at Galahad with a loud scream. It was like he was running to the jaws of death, but he didn't seem to care!"

"Oh?" Ambrose rubbed his chin. 'These two young men are crazy. I wonder where they came from. It's quite a waste to let them rot as slaves.'

Galahad grabbed one of the fallen trees from the ground, then used it like a baseball bat and smashed it into Julian, sending him flying across the fighting pit.

Julian collided with the steel wall and collapsed on the ground while struggling to stand up. Quite a few of his bones broke upon impact.

The pirates clapped. It was pretty obvious that Galahad was going to win, but they still had to keep appearances and clap as if he was doing something great.

"Huff!" Kiernan looked at his tattoo and at those three etched words on his fingers.

As he clenched his right hand into a fist, those words were right next to each other—Iron, Valor, and Mortality!

'I chose three techniques for this match…' Kiernan licked his lips, his eyes narrowing as his muscles tightened with power.

With his boots shaking under the force of his steps, he launched himself forward to Galahad while his martial soul kept pumping him with even greater strength.

With each passing second he was getting stronger!

"You've come to die?" Galahad raised his fist and punched it towards Kiernan.

"HYPERION'S SMASH!"

Kiernan's rotating right fist slammed into Galahad's fist. The two forces collided with an explosive shockwave. The trees got unrooted and slammed into the walls.

SPURT!

Kiernan's right fist ruptured with blood. A couple of his fingers broke. The pain shot through his arm, but he clenched his teeth and pushed forward.

He kept pushing his rotating fist into Galahad's fist!

"…" Galahad narrowed his eyes and grunted in surprise.

However, it was clear that Galahad's punch was stronger than Kiernan's Hyperion Smash!

Kiernan suddenly moved his right fist back and let Galahad's fist slide past his body. It opened Galahad's body to a devastating counterattack.

"Iron Style, Rock n' Roll!"

With his left palm, he started rotating it as if it were a motorized drill and pushed it towards Galahad's face.

However, Galahad moved his head out of the way, but the left palm still touched the side of his neck, causing a rupture on his skin, and blood spurted out.

It looked like Galahad's skin was twisted apart like it was made out of rubber. It was just a very short, minor touch, but it caused so much damage.

"Ah!" The pirates cried out.

"Wait, Galahad is bleeding?"

"What the hell is he doing?"

"Has he actually become weaker during his time in retirement? What a disappointment!"

Hearing those words made Galahad smoke with anger. He wanted nothing more than to crush Kiernan's skull right now!