Martial Arts Worlds-Chapter 274: Sharpening Edge

'That punch was ridiculously strong. Is he really a high school student?'

The referee was stunned for a moment, then received a word in the earpiece and quickly blew into a whistle.

"The winner is Julian Noah!"

Cheers~

Karuza High's supporters played their trumpets, and the opposing team hung their heads in defeat.

Shan Kuan was taken away on a stretcher.

It was one of the fastest defeats in the history of the nationals, and it happened in the round of 32, which shocked many.

It didn't take long for the audience and the people watching from home to take note of Julian. It was clear that Karuza High had another ace up their sleeve!

Gao High quickly sent their next fighter, Liwei Quan, and after getting ready, the referee started the fight.

Just like before, Julian made the first move and smashed his Metal Smash against Liwei's arms. It was too much for his arms to handle, and he got knocked back several feet.

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The spot where the fist landed left behind a large bruise that was already starting to swell.

'Unbelievable… unbelievable… unbelievable!'

Liwei couldn't believe his eyes and then saw another fist head over his way, which he quickly used his nimble footwork to dodge.

He circled behind Julian, and with a sharpened spear hand, the fingers acting as the tip of the spear, Liwei struck Julian in the back.

"Gao Style, Spear of the Windless Mountains!"

With the spear hand, he had grown used to being able to stab through his opponent's flesh with relative ease, but this time around, his fingers couldn't quite pierce through.

"Metal Style, Metal Human…"

Julian turned around with a smirk and then smacked his hand across Liwei's face, sending him sprawling through the air like a rag doll.

When Liwei's spear hand landed on his back, he tightened his muscles to absorb all the impact and to stop the fingers from piercing through his flesh.

If he hadn't done that, he would've actually been seriously injured.

"Urgh!"

Liwei stood back up, wiped the blood off his lips, and slowly moved back to his fighting stance, but as he took one second too late, his opponent's fist came crashing down on his face.

"Metal Smash!"

His head got blown back, and he almost fell on his back but forced himself to stand back up.

"Urgh!"

Liwei coughed out blood.

"Metal Impact!"

Julian's fist hit Liwei directly in the chest, cracking his ribs and sending him flying backward.

With the spirit of Gao guiding him, Liwei tried to plant his feet back on the ground, but his feet kept sliding backward, and eventually he slid off the ring.

Thump!

On his butt, Liwei landed with a loud thud. He groaned with a pain and struggled to stand back up as the broken ribs stabbed at his side.

Whistle~

"The fight is over! The winner is Julian Noah!"

Within Karuza High's bench, everyone clapped with smiles on their faces. It was a shockingly dominant showing, even though they all knew how strong Julian was.

While the commentator of the global broadcast was busy showing Tiamut High's match happening in the other ring, even he couldn't help but look over to Julian.

"What an interesting sight happening in Karuza High's fight! It isn't Kiernan who is currently dominating over there, but their second fighter, Julian Noah, is single-handedly taking care of Gao High!

"He is strong!

"Could it be that Karuza High has another powerhouse in the same level as Kiernan? Who could possibly beat this team then!"

Some distance away, in Montclair High's fight, which was pretty much almost over as Zachary was dominating the competition.

He was again doing all the fighting by himself.

"…"

However, Alabaster wasn't paying attention to their fight but instead looked in Julian's direction with a cold and dark look.

'Zachary defeated him before, but something has changed… he has turned strong. Too strong. I don't like these current odds.

'Defeating one Kiernan shouldn't be a problem, but two… I don't like those odds.'

After Liwei limped back to his bench with a defeated look, Gao High sent their last fighter, Gen On, and soon the fighting resumed.

Blitzing through the ring, Gen moved like a whirlwind and attacked Julian with his kneeing and elbowing attacks.

"Metal Style, Sharpening Edge!"

Julian pushed the knees and elbows away with his hands, then slashed with his hands and left behind cuts on Gen's body.

Unlike Kiernan's Rendering Edge, the Sharpening Edge focused more on offensive defensive. It was less precise but had more power behind each move. It was a brutal style.

He believed that his Sharpening Edge was superior to Rendering Edge.

Gen leaped off the ground, but then Julian's fist smashed into his face with a force so strong that the ground under them cracked.

Crack!

Gen's nose broke, and his eyes rolled back to his skull for a moment, but he quickly regained his consciousness, and with a loud scream, he swung his arm back.

Yet, Julian just slapped the arm away, then elbowed Gen in the chest, followed with a headbutt to the face, and finally delivered a powerful kick to the stomach.

Gen shrank into a ball, clutching his stomach in agony, and tried to remember his teachings, but it was too late as Julian grabbed him by the back of his neck and slammed him to the ground.

The impact reached the back of his head, and with a last gasp of shock, he turned motionless on the ground.

The referee went to check on him, then waved for the doctors, and lastly blew into a whistle.

"The match is over! The winner is Julian Noah! And… Karuza High advances to the next round!"

Amidst loud cheers, Julian waved his hand and stepped off the ring, where he got hugged by the excited Jonathan and Dominic.

Julia clapped her hands excitedly, a sweet smile playing on her lips. Her cheeks got flushed with excitement as they had already reached the round of 16!

If they won one more round, they would be fighting in the big ring, where their journey last year ended.