Martial Arts Worlds

Chapter 80 Karuza High vs. Tiamut High

The lights fell over the ring at the stadium.

There was only one ring left—the big ring—and it was almost three times as big as the small rings that had been used so far.

Instead of multiple matches at the same time, from the quarterfinals onwards, only one match would be fought at a time in the big ring.

At the large screen that was hovering over the big ring, the two teams that were about to fight were displayed for everyone to see.

It was extremely loud at the stadium because the fan favorite, Tiamut High, was going to fight at the first quarterfinals match!

...

At the commentator's booth.

"The first quarterfinals match is upon us!" Chris Chang shouted into the microphone.

"There are a total of four quarterfinal matches, and that will conclude the second day of the nationals.

"Tomorrow the last three matches will be held—the two semifinal matches and finally the grand finals—however, now we will decide the semifinalists!"

"And we will start with a banger." Luca Pop said with a smile. "In the purple corner, the favorite to win it all, Tiamut High, and their superstar, Johan Yeager!"

"Their vanguard, Yves Rechermen, hasn't lost to a single fighter in this tournament yet. He is the shield of Tiamut High, and to get through him, one must be ready to push themselves to the absolute limit, as he is infamously known for his impenetrable defense.

"The second fighter, the sweet Kara Rousseau, the fastest fighter in the tournament. People usually underestimate her because of her petite frame, but looks can fool you.

"She had fought in three matches so far in the nationals, and she had won them all with relative ease. Last round, she fought another Middle Stage Martial Fighter, but won without a scratch.

"By the way, she is also Middle Stage Martial Fighter, but it is clear that her real strength is above that.

"And lastly, Johan Yeager, the superstar from Tiamut High, a young man who might become New Rakuya's first-ever person to compete in the World Fighting League, where the best of the best fight.

"After all, he has already been invited to Martial Academia, which is the doorway to the World Fighting League!"

Luca Pop finished introducing Tiamut High and took a quick sip of the water.

"And their opponent is not as well-known, but slowly making a name for themselves, Karuza High from Irio!

Fighting in the big ring of the nationals was many a young man's dream. It had been Nathaniel's for a long time now.

While Ryan hadn't cared that much, now that they were both here, he didn't want anything more than to participate in the match.

"The first quarterfinals match!" The referee shouted. "Is between Karuza High and Tiamut High!"

Hearing his words, the crowd started to calm down a little bit.

"Bring forth your first fighters!"

"I guess it is me?" Timothy started to slightly stand up.

"Mm." Jin nodded. "You'll start."

At Tiamut High's bench, Yves cracked his neck and was about to stand up, but at that moment, a hand pressed him back down to the bench.

"?!" Yves turned to the young man next to him and asked. "Johan, what is it?"

"I will fight first." Johan said coldly and stood up.

"Eh?" Yves' eyes widened in shock.

Kara and their coach, Marquise, were equally shocked.

"I want to fight him at full strength." Johan looked straight towards Kiernan with a fiery gaze.

When the crowd saw Johan stand up, they started screaming in excitement. They couldn't believe it!

They were fearing that they might not see Johan fight as Tiamut High would crush Karuza High, but now it looked like he was going to be the vanguard!

"J-Johan is going to fight!" Timothy felt light-headed. "I am going to lose in one second!"

Jin gulped with a pale face. "They're planning to crush us like this? How ruthless!"

At that moment, a black-haired young man stood up, which shocked them all.

"K-Kiernan?" Ryan whispered in shock.

"Leave this to me." Kiernan cracked his knuckles and approached the ring. "This is between me and him."