Martial Arts Worlds

Chapter 226 Kiernan vs. Zachary

'I've seen all his fight videos because Alabaster made me watch them. For some reason, he thinks of him as a great threat in the nationals, but I don't see it.'

Zachary thought to himself with a scoff, and with the crowd cheering his name, he took a long lunge forward and chopped his hand down, like a sword.

Kiernan grabbed the chopping hand, but Zachary immediately brought his elbow towards his face.

This was part of his style. Always bringing the fight to close quarters, then unleashing his knee and elbow strikes with precision and force.

However, in this case, it was a mistake.

Kiernan placed his right fist against Zachary's chest.

"Iron Fist!"

SMACK!

A powerful force smashed against Zachary's chest, making his eyes bulge. His body lifted off the ground slightly as he got sent flying backward.

It felt like he was hit by a sledgehammer!

'What in the world was that?'

Zachary coughed painfully and quickly raised his arms back up in defense.

In the close quarters fights, Kiernan was the strongest with his Iron Fist technique!

"Hahahaha..."

Trying to shake off the pain, Zachary laughed as if that previous attack didn't do anything to him. His arrogance and ego didn't allow him to look weak, no matter what.

Zachary slowly approached Kiernan. He saw the backpack lying on the ground, and without thinking twice, he kicked it up from the ground and straight towards Kiernan.

Kiernan smacked the backpack out of the air, but immediately after, Zachary's fist came flying towards him like a bullet released from a gun.

It was fast and powerful!

Yet.

With only his right arm, Kiernan effortlessly parried away the strike. He didn't even bother to use his left arm.

Zachary didn't stop and kept punching like a relentless machine.

Yet.

Parry! Parry! Parry!

Every single one of his punches got parried away effortlessly. It didn't even look like those punches were anywhere close to landing!

The crowd's expression started to change into awkwardness. They couldn't believe that there was such a huge gap between the two.

'Is Kiernan really this strong?'

Kiernan kept calm and just parried the punch away, but then another punch came, which he also parried. Then the third punch came, and he parried that as well.

"Jabbing Storm!"

Zachary's jabs rained down like machine gun fire, and anyone else would be reeling in panic, but not Kiernan.

Parry! Parry! Parry!

The unbreakable defense didn't break!

With Rendering Edge, he stopped the jabbing storm right in its tracks. It didn't matter how many punches he kept throwing. None of them were going to land!

'Yeah, keep defending like a pussy. That isn't going to work!'

Zachary suddenly lunged forward and wrapped his arms around Kiernan's head. It happened very suddenly.

Then, with his knees, he started repeatedly driving them into Kiernan's midsection.

"Iron Human!"

With Iron Human, he tanked all the kneeing strikes and then punched Zachary in the face, pushing his face to the side, but he just grinned, pulled back his head, and headbutted Kiernan in the face!

Spurt!

Kiernan's nose started bleeding, but his eyes turned cold, and he grabbed Zachary by the hair before headbutting him straight in the nose.

The two young men's eyes turned white with rage as they engaged in a heated fistfight.

Zachary punched Kiernan in the side of his head, but then he placed his fist against Zachary's chest and unleashed the powerful Iron Fist strike!

SMACK!

"Argh, hahahaha!"

Zachary grinned through bloodied teeth and elbowed Kiernan across his face. The sharp elbow cut through his skin like a knife.

"Tight Binding!"

Kiernan tightened his facial muscles, made the bleeding wound close down, and then smashed his palm into Zachary's face.

"Iron Palm!"

The strike rocked Zachary's brain back and forth inside his head. It was like a pinball, bouncing around erratically.

It made him lose consciousness for exactly half a second.

When he regained his consciousness, a fist landed against his face.

"Iron Smash!"

SMACK!