Martial Arts Worlds

Chapter 55 Sea Steps

"A shocking development!" Chris Chang shouted. "Yves surrendered!"

At the crowd, Nathaniel frowned and asked. "Coach, why would they do that?"

"Hmm..." Jin frowned. "I think it is for a show."

"For a show?"

"Millions of people are here to watch one person fight—Johan Yeager—and if Yves wanted, he could've won the match single-handedly.

"But that will leave many people unsatisfied.

"Thus, Tiamut High will show all of the member's strength before showing the main character—Johan Yeager."

"You think Kara will also surrender after her match?" Nathaniel asked.

"Definitely," Jin said.

"That's risky." Timothy said and nudged his classes. "What if Johan accidentally loses? It is possible. He might, who knows, fall off the ring!"

"It is the pride of the strongest." Kiernan said. "Everyone knows they're a stronger team. They plan on showing why they're strongest as well."

...

At the ring.

'Thank god I don't have to face that monster.' Dennis thought with a relieved look. 'I didn't really want to get all my ribs broken!'

Kara reached the ring and stretched her hands out with a smile plastered across her beautiful face.

'She is the user of Tiamut Style's soft style.' Dennis thought. 'Opposite of hard style, she will mostly dodge and evade attacks.'

"The second fight is between Kara Rousseau and Dennis Howlman!" The referee's voice boomed across the stadium.

The crowd cheered loudly.

"Are the both fighters ready?!"

"I am!" Dennis shouted.

"Yep~" Kara responded with a confident smile.

The referee brought his arm down.

"FIGH—"

"Of course not!" He said. "My martial arts is not that shallow."

"..." Ryan narrowed his eyes.

For a moment, Ryan felt like he was starting to finally get understanding of Kiernan's true skill level, but after hearing his words, it again felt like he was barely touching the surface.

...

"Cough!" Dennis jumped back to his feet and slammed his fists at the ring before standing back up.

'That speed took me by surprise, but no longer!'

Kara bounced on her toes with a small smile playing on her lips.

'Y'know, I learned fighting at sea!' Dennis licked his lips, and his footwork changed.

With few random steps, his body started to look like it was falling back and forth. It made him look like a drunken sailor.

"It's Sea Steps!" Marc grinned. "The fishermen of Easton have to sail through the dangerous waters of the World Sea. To be able to walk on the deck of a ship that is constantly moving requires a unique skill set.

"They call it the Sea Steps, and Dennis learned it from his father!"

"Oh? I think I've heard about this." Kara looked excited, and then she charged forward but came to a sudden stop in front of Dennis.

Then she kicked her leg up and whipped her leg towards him.

With the Sea Steps, Dennis' upper body moved randomly down and happened to evade Kara's dangerous kick.

"Oh?" Kara exclaimed in surprise.

"Fishermen Style, Great Whale Hunt!" Dennis harpooned his hand forward towards Kara.

It was the same technique that Nico used, but he was foolish. It was never going to work against his extremely trained body.

However, Kara was different.

While she had been training her body, in the end, she had a female physique that made her physically weaker. It was an undeniable fact.

Thus, she was not going to be able to tank attacks like Yves was!

The hand came flying straight at her, but as it was about to pierce through her, her back arched backwards, and the hand flew over her head harmlessly.

"?!" Dennis looked down at Kara, who dodged the attack with insane flexibility that seemed out of this world.

With a smile, she grabbed Dennis' arm and wrapped her legs around his torso, flipping him over onto the ground with surprising ease.

She moved into a mounting position and pinned him so that he couldn't move at all.