Martial Arts Worlds-Chapter 281: Painful Weakness

"Woooow!"

Roy's eyes shone.

In his imagination, he imagined himself flipping through the air and smashing his kick into the opponent's face, knocking them out in one clean blow.

"Undefeated Champion's Flipping Kick of Victory!"

Roy took some speed, then jumped into the air, did about five front flips, and then, as if his leg was a steel whip, kicked through the air.

Julian ducked under the kick and punched towards Roy, but he miraculously balanced himself on top of his head and flipped out of harm's way.

'What in the world? How can he move through the air like that?'

Julian was left amazed by Roy's acrobatic abilities.

Roy landed back on the ground with a smirk on his face, then he stabbed his fingers into the ground, lifted a broken concrete block, and threw it towards Julian.

'Wait a fucking moment. I've been trying to condition my body to be able to stab my fingers through flesh like Kiernan with Iron Lance, but I hadn't been able to reach that state.

'Yet, this guy is as well conditioned as Kiernan? That's ridiculous!'

Julian grimaced and then ran through the block of concrete. The block shattered into pieces with a loud crash.

'I don't get it. Sure, Roy has muscles and has done some body-improving training, but body conditioning is an entirely different thing.'

Kiernan scratched his forehead and tried to make sense of the situation.

"Champion's Karate!"

Roy lunged forward and shot his fists forward, but Julian responded with his Sharpening Edge, which easily parried Roy's attacks away.

"I can… hit you!"

Roy's punch suddenly sped up, so fast that Julian didn't have time to react, and it landed squarely in his face.

Spurt!

Julian's nose spurted blood.

'How is he suddenly faster?'

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"Heh."

Roy grinned.

Within his imagination, he suddenly imagined that his punches were faster than before so that he could punch Julian in the face.

…

Baobab City, in the Blue-White Dojo of Dark Karate.

"Go, Roy!"

Young, aspiring martial artists cheered at the television. They were all dressed in their white karate uniforms with blue belts tied around their waists.

"…"

The sensei of the dojo sat alone in his office, occasionally looking through his window towards the television when he heard cheers from his young students.

"I suppose I failed to see his talent."

He sighed to himself and sipped on his tea, wondering how he could have missed such potential in the student who had once been overlooked.

However, despite the fact that Roy had grown older, it was still clear that he was the same old, imagination-filled young man that he had always been.

"Bring Baobab to the top."

With his right hand, he raised the teacup, gulped it down, and smacked it back down on the table.

…

The speed of Roy's punches kept changing, and more and more of the punches kept landing across Julian's body.

It had been a long time since he had suffered such punishment in a fight.

'Shit! How embarrassing!'

Julian grimaced and glanced towards Kiernan, who was sitting by the bench.

'What would Kiernan do in this situation… No! That is a dangerous thought to have. I've finally fixed my martial soul, I can't go breaking it now!'

The muscles of his right arm bulged, and he then punched ahead, but his fist was met with Roy's fist.

'Fool, your fist must get broken. I am Martial Champion. The difference between our strength is too much for your fist to handle!'

However, what he thought would happen didn't.

Instead, Julian's fist splattered with blood, and a few of his fingers got crushed under the force of Roy's punch.

"This is bullsh—"

Roy's elbow cut through his face. The cut went from his cheek to his jawline.

"Metal Smash!"

Julian screamed and buried his fist into Roy's stomach, then at the same time stepped forward before sending him flying across the ring.

"Cough!"

Roy coughed out blood, quickly pressed his feet against the ground, and slid all the way to the edge of the ring.

"Cough!"

He coughed out blood again and felt lightheaded as if he was about to pass out.

"I-It is alright… The adversary usually fights back when they're cornered. I-It is my turn now."

Roy spoke to himself, but as he wobbled forward, Julian suddenly appeared out of nowhere and kept punching him in the chest as if he were a human punching bag.

Smack! Smack! Smack!

Constant rain of punches!

"Urgh! Urgh! Urgh!"

Roy shook violently after each punch and tried to dig into his imagination to bring some techniques to life, but because of the pain, he could barely think straight.

This was the weakness of Imagination Fighters!

If they couldn't use their imagination because of some reason, they were pretty much powerless!

In this case, Roy's weakness was pain. It was the weakness of many people. But he couldn't really think straight at all if he were in pain.

Even a paper cut would make him unable to focus.

The silence fell over the ring, and everyone's chest tightened in anticipation of what would happen next.

The referee put a whistle in his mouth.

Julian punched him in the face, grabbed him by the collar, and then rained jabs down on him relentlessly.

The blood dripped off his face like a waterfall and drenched his white jersey with crimson paint.

"U-u-uh…"

Roy collapsed on his chest, barely able to blink over his swollen eyes, and then Julian pushed him gently on the shoulder.

It was powerless, yet it was still enough for Roy to fall off the edge of the ring.

Whistle~

"The winner is Julian Noah! And... the winner of the match is Karuza High!"

The chairs under Karuza High's supporters shook as they all jumped to their feet in excitement.

Clap! Clap! Clap!

"Wohoo!"

Karma's friends cheered loudly.

"It looks like your son still has to wait before he can fight. At least they've reached the quarterfinals!"

Karma wryly smiled, but he also clapped at his son's school's success, but there was also desire to see his son fight.

It wasn't only him. The people were getting restless. They wanted to see Kiernan.

In the thousands of households in Irio, people cheered and shouted in joy. Explosions suddenly filled the sky as fireworks colored the sky in rainbow colors.