Martial Arts Worlds

Chapter 35 Level Up

The sun scorched over the beach.

Kiernan appeared to be barely conscious, his breathing shallow and irregular, with scratches and bruises all over his body. His bandages had gone loose, revealing badly damaged arms, and his legs were broken badly.

It was unreal just how broken he looked, and it was clear that he was undergoing pain of immense proportion.

"Finally, he is down." Cadell patted off the blood from his fists. "I thought I will have to kill him."

'He continued to fight Cadell for another half an hour with his legs broken.' Johan thought. 'What insane willpower, but foolish.'

"Ngh..." Kiernan suddenly groaned and began to rise up once again.

"Tch." Cadell gave him a menacing glare. "If you stand up, I'll kill you and dump your body into the lake."

Kiernan rose to one knee and put his broken arm beside his waist—it was on a punching stance—it didn't matter that his body and mind were screaming for him to stop—he still continued to fight.

"Iron Style..." Kiernan whispered in great pain.

"Very well." Cadell raised his hand over his head in a chopping stance.

At that moment, Johan placed his hand over Kiernan's shoulder and pushed him down to the sand.

"Argh!" Kiernan tried to stand up, but he couldn't move an inch. It was like he was trying to fight against gravity.

Johan, for someone who didn't look like much of a physical fighter, held immense power that didn't seem too far off Cadell!

However, it was different between them.

Cadell had reached a much higher rank than Johan. They were in a whole different league. However, Johan had such insane physical strength that it narrowed the gap between them.

"Are you seeking to die?" Johan asked. "Why do you keep standing up?"

Kiernan didn't answer. He wasn't a fool. He knew the immense strength gap between them. It also wasn't out of foolish pride or a refusal to admit defeat.

To him, this whole fight was nothing but training—training to become so much stronger.

"..." Johan shook his head and walked to Cadell. "Let's go; this isn't worth our time."

"Remember what I said." Cadell shouted out while walking away. "Stay away from her."

"Hah..." Kiernan clutched his injured waist as he tried to laugh. "Right, I forgot the reason the fight began. It was all because of that girl. I guess the beauty of a woman can really start a war between countries."

Kiernan sat down on the sand with hot sweat rolling down his face.

"Whatever." Kiernan stood up with his broken legs. It was excruciatingly painful. "I gotta continue training."

Without further ado, he started sprinting around the beach. It didn't matter that his whole body was broken. It didn't matter that his legs were broken. It didn't matter that he could barely breathe.

He ran, ran, and ran.

Laps after laps.

The night turned darker.

In Karuza High's cottage, Kiernan finished taking a shower and changed his bandages for new ones. At this time, there weren't many spots left where he wasn't covered in bandages.

He sat down on his bed, which was right beside a window that saw the entire beach, the lake, and the starry night sky.

And then he opened up his system. There were another ten stat points waiting to be assigned.

'Strength, without a doubt.' Kiernan assigned instantly five points for strength.

He skimmed through the other options and scratched his cheek thoughtfully.

At that moment, he assigned the final points—three to stamina and two to charm.

With that, his system now looked like this:

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[Name: Kiernan Hunter]

[System Level: Beginner]

[Martial Rank: Middle Stage Martial Soldier]

[Age: 16]

[Level: 3]

[SP: 0]

[Gold: 0]

[XP: 20/500]

[Strength: 17]

[Agility: 16]

[Stamina: 11]

[Vitality: 22]

[Charm: 12]

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