Martial Arts Worlds
Author: Alekzi
Chapter 835: Death Techniques of Iron Style
"HOOOOOOWL!"
Yet again, Kiernan the Demon Wolf blasted the giant demon Antonio with yet another atomic breath.
Antonio clumsily dodged the atomic breath, and then, he shouted, "Catch!" and threw the crimson trident at him.
Stab~
The trident pierced through the wolf’s chest, causing Kiernan to howl in pain, and then he started shrinking.
He returned back to his human self, and the giant trident fell to the ground beside him.
There were three stab wounds on his chest, and they were trickling with crimson blood.
THUMP! THUMP! THUMP!
At that moment, the ground shook as Antonio suddenly ran towards him, and he grabbed the trident from the ground.
He lifted it high and brought it down at the human-sized Kiernan.
Vrooom~
In that moment, Kiernan’s right fist started spinning—sounding like an engine was turning on—and he punched straight at the falling trident.
"HYPERION’S SMASH!"
The trident stopped in its tracks and started cracking!
The cracks spread throughout the trident, and then, shattered like a fragile glass that was knocked off a table.
"Black World!"
Kiernan touched the Cloud Fields underneath his feet, and black smoke started spreading in all directions.
The white cotton-looking clouds all turned black, and it turned very difficult to breathe for everyone.
The black smoke reached Antonio and started covering his boots and even started to make him sink into the darkness.
"Crack!"
Kiernan gritted his teeth so hard that they cracked slightly, and then, he leapt off the ground and straight towards Antonio.
"Black Hole!"
A vortex appeared in front of Kiernan’s left hand, and a very strong gravity-pulling force sucked Antonio towards him.
"...Ugh!"
Antonio tried stopping himself but couldn’t and got unwillingly pulled towards Kiernan.
"Iron Smash Breaker!"
Kiernan suddenly threw a punch.
It hit Antonio in the forehead, and the damage transferred to Antonio’s entire body.
"OW!"
Antonio stumbled backwards, and as his butt crashed against the clouds, it felt like the entire Heavens were shaking for a moment.
’...Not enough!’
Antonio thought, and he turned around, and looked straight at God of the Beast Realm, who sighed when he saw that gaze.
It was obvious Antonio was saying with his gaze, "Give me one more," and God of the Beast Realm was very much against it.
However.
They were just one obstacle away from winning the Battle of the Champions, and there was a wish that God of the Beast Realm wanted.
"...Fine."
God of the Beast Realm brought out another Pill of Beast Godhood, and tossed it over to Antonio.
With his giant mouth, he swallowed the pill, and his heart started beating even faster than before.
It was beating dangerously fast, and at that moment, Antonio started undergoing yet another transformation.
He grew another thirty meters—now standing at 60 meters—and from his back, more arms pierced through his flesh.
There were soon close to a hundred arms coming out of his back, and there were so many that they completely blocked the golden sky from view.
And at that moment, his crimson flesh turned golden, and his eyes turned as white as milk.
’...That’s the closest thing to a Mortal God.’
God of the Beast Realm thought in shock.
He thought that even he would have some difficulty beating this current Antonio, as he was really inching closer to the godhood.
"Hmph!"
Kiernan still looked calm and composed.
Ba-Dump~ Ba-Dump~ Ba-Dump~
His heart was beating like a drum in his chest, and despite his calm facade, he was still very nervous.
It was something that he could never get used to.
Losing here was equivalent to death.
"READY TO DIE?"
Antonio asked, his voice booming through the air, and then his hundred arms pointed towards Kiernan.
"No."
Kiernan replied with a serious look on his face.
With that said, Antonio’s hundreds of arms descended from the sky, and they started burning with golden flames.
Kiernan started running, and once he was at peak speed, he jumped off the ground towards the falling golden flaming fists.
"GOD’S EDGE!"
His hands moved through the air, swiftly and precisely carving through the burning fists. The fists crumbled and dissipated into nothingness.
In that moment, one of the golden fists slammed into Kiernan and punched him down to the Cloud Fields.
BOOM!
Kiernan got buried in the clouds, but then, he formed a fist with his right hand and screamed, "Haah!" as he punched back!
His fist smashed into the golden fist, and the golden arm cracked, and shattered into a million pieces.
Kiernan jumped out of the clouds—filled with scratches and bruises—and when he was back outside, he saw the rest of the golden arms raining down at him.
His hands moved like they were possessed, parrying the enormous golden fists that were the sizes of Martial Redemption Dojo buildings!
He managed to deflect a few, but the rest smashed straight into him and pummeled him down to the ground.
Kiernan’s body was at the breaking point.
Even one of those golden fists was strong enough to kill True Immortals in one strike.
And Kiernan tanked hundreds of those punches in the span of three seconds, and nobody knew how he was still standing!
"Aaaargh!"
Kiernan used "Black Ripper" and shredded through the golden fists and jumped to safety with blood trickling down his face.
"Huff! Huff! Huff!!"
He was beaten, exhausted, and at the verge of collapsing, but yet, he was still standing.
’Why isn’t the bastard going down?’
Death wondered as he watched from a distance away, and his hatred kept growing towards this little human.
However.
He also knew just how dangerous Kiernan really was.
When he got tricked back in the Afterlife by Kiernan, and after he stole the gift of reincarnation, when he saw which realm he ended up, he knew that it would become troublesome in the future.
Kiernan’s level of martial arts was already too high for someone from the weakest realm—Earth Realm—and then he ended up being sent to a realm with the strongest masters of martial arts.
It was obvious that he was going to become a force to be reckoned with.
And with the system backing him up, it was only matter of time before he rose to the pinnacle of the martial arts.
However, it took only twelve years for him to achieve that.
That’s crazy!
He would become God soon—they all knew that—and when he became one, he would most likely go after Death.
’I need to end him before it comes down to that.’
Death thought with a menacing look.
"Hunter Sovereignty!"
Kiernan’s kick sliced through the falling golden arms, disintegrating them into a shower of sparks, and then he punched towards Antonio’s golden face.
"MAGNETAR SMASH!"
With Abandoned Arts, Kiernan smashed through Antonio’s block of golden arms, and punched him perfectly in the face.
CRACK!
Even Antonio’s golden face started cracking as if it really wasn’t his real skin but a thin layer of brittle gold.
"High Supernove!"
With burning fist, Kiernan punched down at him, and Antonio felt like the sun itself just punched him in the face.
It was so immensely hot that it burned straight through him, and Antonio felt his skin sear and blister.
"Hooooooooooooooh!"
At that moment, Antonio opened his golden mouth, and from the depths of his throat, a blast of golden light shot out.
Kiernan dodged right at the last moment, and the blast of the golden light pierced through the golden skies.
"King Kung Fu!"
Kiernan punched repeatedly at his chest, trying to smash through the golden flesh, and it started cracking under the pressure!
Crack... Crack... Crack...
’Time for three Death Techniques of Iron Style!’
Kiernan thought with a determined look in his eye.
He planned to end this fight now...
In the whole arsenal of Iron Style, which had close to a hundred techniques, there were three techniques that stood out the most.
He used to use them plenty of times back in Earth, but not as often in Martial Arts World, because those techniques were meant to kill.
They were Death Lance, Stygian Strain, and Heart Tug—the ultimate three Death Techniques of Iron Style.
Kiernan, with his lungs burning with exhaustion, jumped straight towards the gigantic golden demon monster.
"DIE ALREADY!"
Antonio screamed hoarsely, resembling a demon with each passing moment, and then, his golden flaming fists started raining down.
"Death Lance!"
Kiernan stabbed his spearhand through the golden chest, and a loud "Crack" resounded in everyone’s ear.
The whole golden chest of Antonio cracked, and it looked like it would shatter after another punch.
"Stygian Strain!"
At that moment, Kiernan moved to Antonio’s head and snapped his head 180 degrees till it was facing backwards!
"Cough..."
Antonio coughed golden blood.
And lastly.
Kiernan jumped back down from his shoulders, looked straight at the cracked golden chest of his, and jabbed his spearhand through it.
"Heart Tug!"
CRACK!
"AHHHHHHHHHH!"
Antonio’s eyes started glowing golden, and then he exploded, and Kiernan got hit by the shockwave of the explosion, and was sent flying across the Heavens.
"...Ah."
The God of the Beast Realm lowered his head in defeat.
’When Antonio took the second Pill of the Beast Godhood, his death was sealed. It is impossible to survive two doses of that pill, no matter how strong one is.’
When the dust had settled, the gods and goddesses saw that Antonio was nowhere to be seen. He was completely evaporated.
However...
Kiernan had also disappeared somewhere as he got swept by the shockwave of the explosion.
Yet again, Kiernan the Demon Wolf blasted the giant demon Antonio with yet another atomic breath.
Antonio clumsily dodged the atomic breath, and then, he shouted, "Catch!" and threw the crimson trident at him.
Stab~
The trident pierced through the wolf’s chest, causing Kiernan to howl in pain, and then he started shrinking.
He returned back to his human self, and the giant trident fell to the ground beside him.
There were three stab wounds on his chest, and they were trickling with crimson blood.
THUMP! THUMP! THUMP!
At that moment, the ground shook as Antonio suddenly ran towards him, and he grabbed the trident from the ground.
He lifted it high and brought it down at the human-sized Kiernan.
Vrooom~
In that moment, Kiernan’s right fist started spinning—sounding like an engine was turning on—and he punched straight at the falling trident.
"HYPERION’S SMASH!"
The trident stopped in its tracks and started cracking!
The cracks spread throughout the trident, and then, shattered like a fragile glass that was knocked off a table.
"Black World!"
Kiernan touched the Cloud Fields underneath his feet, and black smoke started spreading in all directions.
The white cotton-looking clouds all turned black, and it turned very difficult to breathe for everyone.
The black smoke reached Antonio and started covering his boots and even started to make him sink into the darkness.
"Crack!"
Kiernan gritted his teeth so hard that they cracked slightly, and then, he leapt off the ground and straight towards Antonio.
"Black Hole!"
A vortex appeared in front of Kiernan’s left hand, and a very strong gravity-pulling force sucked Antonio towards him.
"...Ugh!"
Antonio tried stopping himself but couldn’t and got unwillingly pulled towards Kiernan.
"Iron Smash Breaker!"
Kiernan suddenly threw a punch.
It hit Antonio in the forehead, and the damage transferred to Antonio’s entire body.
"OW!"
Antonio stumbled backwards, and as his butt crashed against the clouds, it felt like the entire Heavens were shaking for a moment.
’...Not enough!’
Antonio thought, and he turned around, and looked straight at God of the Beast Realm, who sighed when he saw that gaze.
It was obvious Antonio was saying with his gaze, "Give me one more," and God of the Beast Realm was very much against it.
However.
They were just one obstacle away from winning the Battle of the Champions, and there was a wish that God of the Beast Realm wanted.
"...Fine."
God of the Beast Realm brought out another Pill of Beast Godhood, and tossed it over to Antonio.
With his giant mouth, he swallowed the pill, and his heart started beating even faster than before.
It was beating dangerously fast, and at that moment, Antonio started undergoing yet another transformation.
He grew another thirty meters—now standing at 60 meters—and from his back, more arms pierced through his flesh.
There were soon close to a hundred arms coming out of his back, and there were so many that they completely blocked the golden sky from view.
And at that moment, his crimson flesh turned golden, and his eyes turned as white as milk.
’...That’s the closest thing to a Mortal God.’
God of the Beast Realm thought in shock.
He thought that even he would have some difficulty beating this current Antonio, as he was really inching closer to the godhood.
"Hmph!"
Kiernan still looked calm and composed.
Ba-Dump~ Ba-Dump~ Ba-Dump~
His heart was beating like a drum in his chest, and despite his calm facade, he was still very nervous.
It was something that he could never get used to.
Losing here was equivalent to death.
"READY TO DIE?"
Antonio asked, his voice booming through the air, and then his hundred arms pointed towards Kiernan.
"No."
Kiernan replied with a serious look on his face.
With that said, Antonio’s hundreds of arms descended from the sky, and they started burning with golden flames.
Kiernan started running, and once he was at peak speed, he jumped off the ground towards the falling golden flaming fists.
"GOD’S EDGE!"
His hands moved through the air, swiftly and precisely carving through the burning fists. The fists crumbled and dissipated into nothingness.
In that moment, one of the golden fists slammed into Kiernan and punched him down to the Cloud Fields.
BOOM!
Kiernan got buried in the clouds, but then, he formed a fist with his right hand and screamed, "Haah!" as he punched back!
His fist smashed into the golden fist, and the golden arm cracked, and shattered into a million pieces.
Kiernan jumped out of the clouds—filled with scratches and bruises—and when he was back outside, he saw the rest of the golden arms raining down at him.
His hands moved like they were possessed, parrying the enormous golden fists that were the sizes of Martial Redemption Dojo buildings!
He managed to deflect a few, but the rest smashed straight into him and pummeled him down to the ground.
Kiernan’s body was at the breaking point.
Even one of those golden fists was strong enough to kill True Immortals in one strike.
And Kiernan tanked hundreds of those punches in the span of three seconds, and nobody knew how he was still standing!
"Aaaargh!"
Kiernan used "Black Ripper" and shredded through the golden fists and jumped to safety with blood trickling down his face.
"Huff! Huff! Huff!!"
He was beaten, exhausted, and at the verge of collapsing, but yet, he was still standing.
’Why isn’t the bastard going down?’
Death wondered as he watched from a distance away, and his hatred kept growing towards this little human.
However.
He also knew just how dangerous Kiernan really was.
When he got tricked back in the Afterlife by Kiernan, and after he stole the gift of reincarnation, when he saw which realm he ended up, he knew that it would become troublesome in the future.
Kiernan’s level of martial arts was already too high for someone from the weakest realm—Earth Realm—and then he ended up being sent to a realm with the strongest masters of martial arts.
It was obvious that he was going to become a force to be reckoned with.
And with the system backing him up, it was only matter of time before he rose to the pinnacle of the martial arts.
However, it took only twelve years for him to achieve that.
That’s crazy!
He would become God soon—they all knew that—and when he became one, he would most likely go after Death.
’I need to end him before it comes down to that.’
Death thought with a menacing look.
"Hunter Sovereignty!"
Kiernan’s kick sliced through the falling golden arms, disintegrating them into a shower of sparks, and then he punched towards Antonio’s golden face.
"MAGNETAR SMASH!"
With Abandoned Arts, Kiernan smashed through Antonio’s block of golden arms, and punched him perfectly in the face.
CRACK!
Even Antonio’s golden face started cracking as if it really wasn’t his real skin but a thin layer of brittle gold.
"High Supernove!"
With burning fist, Kiernan punched down at him, and Antonio felt like the sun itself just punched him in the face.
It was so immensely hot that it burned straight through him, and Antonio felt his skin sear and blister.
"Hooooooooooooooh!"
At that moment, Antonio opened his golden mouth, and from the depths of his throat, a blast of golden light shot out.
Kiernan dodged right at the last moment, and the blast of the golden light pierced through the golden skies.
"King Kung Fu!"
Kiernan punched repeatedly at his chest, trying to smash through the golden flesh, and it started cracking under the pressure!
Crack... Crack... Crack...
’Time for three Death Techniques of Iron Style!’
Kiernan thought with a determined look in his eye.
He planned to end this fight now...
In the whole arsenal of Iron Style, which had close to a hundred techniques, there were three techniques that stood out the most.
He used to use them plenty of times back in Earth, but not as often in Martial Arts World, because those techniques were meant to kill.
They were Death Lance, Stygian Strain, and Heart Tug—the ultimate three Death Techniques of Iron Style.
Kiernan, with his lungs burning with exhaustion, jumped straight towards the gigantic golden demon monster.
"DIE ALREADY!"
Antonio screamed hoarsely, resembling a demon with each passing moment, and then, his golden flaming fists started raining down.
"Death Lance!"
Kiernan stabbed his spearhand through the golden chest, and a loud "Crack" resounded in everyone’s ear.
The whole golden chest of Antonio cracked, and it looked like it would shatter after another punch.
"Stygian Strain!"
At that moment, Kiernan moved to Antonio’s head and snapped his head 180 degrees till it was facing backwards!
"Cough..."
Antonio coughed golden blood.
And lastly.
Kiernan jumped back down from his shoulders, looked straight at the cracked golden chest of his, and jabbed his spearhand through it.
"Heart Tug!"
CRACK!
"AHHHHHHHHHH!"
Antonio’s eyes started glowing golden, and then he exploded, and Kiernan got hit by the shockwave of the explosion, and was sent flying across the Heavens.
"...Ah."
The God of the Beast Realm lowered his head in defeat.
’When Antonio took the second Pill of the Beast Godhood, his death was sealed. It is impossible to survive two doses of that pill, no matter how strong one is.’
When the dust had settled, the gods and goddesses saw that Antonio was nowhere to be seen. He was completely evaporated.
However...
Kiernan had also disappeared somewhere as he got swept by the shockwave of the explosion.