Nico took a deep breath and stood silently in his position.
Sariel's eyebrow twitched, 'Do you think you are strong enough to make me do the first move? How arrogant.'
Outside of the arena, Giron was looking at the scene, 'Don't let him provoke you… That's their plan, to use your arrogance against you.'
''Attack him!'' Michael shouted.
Sariel gritted his teeth and raised his leg.
*STOMP*
*CRASH*
*BOOM*
*CRACK*
Sariel started stomping the ground below him, making the arena shake uncomfortably.
Nico stabilized his stance— with a mocking face, he looked at Sariel.
Sariel's face turned into anger.
[Wyrward Family Technique - Whirlwind of Misery!]
He put his two hands together.
*SWOOSH*
Sariel disappeared from his position, appeared in front of Nico, and pushed his hands towards Nico's torso.
A small whirlwind started appearing on Sariel's hand— it was like his arms were a small tornado.
Nico widened his eyes and jumped instantly out of the way.
But Sariel's hands touched his shoulder, which made his shoulder dislocated.
''AGHHH!'' Nico was sent flying.
*CRACK*
He crashed on the ground, but he dug his hands on the ground, stopping him from falling from the arena.
He gritted his teeth and stood up with shaky legs.
His right arm's shoulder was dislocated, which made his right arm completely useless.
''Agh…'' Nico tried to touch the dislocated shoulder, but his body screamed in pain if he tried to do anything to it.
*CHEERS*
The audience erupted in loud cheers.
''The Kings are so strong!''
''Michael, Sariel, and Rafael are amazing!''
''Why isn't only Three Kings? Why is that black-haired weakling a King?''
''You are just jealous because he is handsome!''
''Pfft, no I am not! It's painfully obvious that Ichigo, or whatever his name was, is weakling!''
The audience members around him nodded thoughtfully.
The reason they don't think that he is some kind of secret weapon is because Richard is with them, and many recognizes him.
Richard is their secret weapon, and they definitely don't need two.
Members from Frozenland didn't look good. If Nico can't last long, the second member will definitely lose in the hands of Sariel as well, and their plan becomes worthless.
Their third member can't defeat three Kings alone.
They had a plan of using the King's arrogance against them, and maybe that way, Richard won't compete, and instead Kings want to win by themselves.
It could work, especially because they aren't that strong. Only two Middle Martial Captains, and they should be capable of defeating them without the help of Richard.
''Nico, you can do it!'' Anax shouted. He was their team captain. He had short black hair, an attractive face, and little baby fat on his cheeks.
''Don't lose!'' Liroy shouted. He was another Middle Martial Captain, and he had medium-length brown hair with an above-average face.
Other members from Frozenland started shouting as well.
Nico heard them all— he gritted his teeth and pushed his body to the limit.
Sariel appeared in front of him and unleashed his strikingly fast punch!
Nico dodged swiftly, but the punch slightly touched Nico's dislocated shoulder.
''AGHH!'' Nico cried in agony, but he quickly retreated.
His forehead was drenched in sweat, and his face looked like he was in great pain.
''Stop running away!'' Sariel shouted— he ran after Nico, who kept dodging and retreating.
[Wyrward Family Technique - Perfect Synchrony!]
Sariel punched, and Nico again dodged, but suddenly Sariel raised his leg and kicked towards Nico!
It was like he knew the direction he was planning to go, and he managed to perfectly use his combo move.
Nico widened his eyes in shock and put his left arm as a block.
*BAM*
Sariel's leg contacted with his block, which sent him flying towards the edge of the arena.
*CRACK*
Nico crashed painfully on the ground, and he dug his left hands' fingers on the ground, barely staying on the arena.
''A-Ahh…'' Nico took deep breaths and was about to stand up, but then he noticed that his body didn't listen to him!
'M-Move!' Nico cried out in his mind, but then he saw shadow overlapping his figure.
Anax and Liroy watched with pale faces.
Sariel raised his leg and stomped powerfully on Nico's head, which knocked him out instantly.
''Match over! The winner is High School of Fighting's, Sariel!'' The Referee shouted.
'Nice…' Giron nodded.
Irwin who was watching the matches was also impressed, 'How do they get these kinds of monsters every year… Alice, I am afraid it won't be easy to win…'
*CHEERS*
''Hmph.'' Sariel snorted and pushed Nico's unconscious body out of the arena and started waiting for his next opponent.
Liroy gritted his teeth hatefully and arrived at the arena.
''I will make you pay,'' Liroy said hatefully.
''Hmph.'' Sariel snorted and went into his fighting stance.
''FIGHT!'' The Referee instantly shouted.
Liroy started moving closer to Sariel using zigzag movement.
Soon he was close enough to unleash his mighty punches.
*SMACK*
*SMACK*
Liroy unleashed his strikingly fast jabs.
[Wyrward Family Technique - Unleashing Hell On World!]
Sariel's arms became blurry, and he started exchanging blows with Liroy.
*SMACK 100X*
Liroy only saw a flurry of punches and then felt hundreds of fists hitting every part of his body.
''ARGH!'' He cried out and had to retreat.
His face was bloodied and bruised.
Sariel snorted and chased after him.
He chased after him for 1 minute, but Liroy managed to somehow keep dodging.
*BOOO!*
The Audience didn't like what they saw.
But… Liroy's plan was working.
Sariel had sweatdrops appearing on his forehead, which started trickling down his cheeks.
Liroy watched closely and saw Sariel's concentration dropping.
'NOW!' Liroy shouted in his mind, and with quick hands, grabbed Sariel's arm.
''?!'' Sariel was shocked seeing Liroy finally making his move, but it was too late to do anything.
[Throwing Obstacle!]
Liroy crouched, and contacted with Sariel's body, and did an overhand throw.
Sariel only watched as his vision started getting blurry, and soon he felt himself crashing on the ground and saw a large ceiling.
''GOOO!'' Anax shouted with a thrilled expression.
Liroy clenched his fist and punched!
Liroy's fist started approaching Sariel's face.
Sariel only watched as the fist was approaching his face, but his face was calm… His previous anger long gone.