Everyone were speechless.
The referee looked at the destroyed ring and gulped.
He then touched his earpiece. "What will I do? Does that count as win? Markus is out of the ring, yes, but I mean seriously, what could he possibly do in that situation?"
A voice came to his earpiece.
After the conversation was over, he raised his hand and shouted.
"The winner is Johan Yeager!
"Match has been won by Tiamut High, and they will advance to the second day of the nationals!"
The crowd erupted in cheers, and everyone started chanting Tiamut High's name. However, some only chanted Johan's name.
Easton High's members looked dispirited. They were utterly and completely destroyed in the match.
"Yes!" Kara excitedly clapped her hands, and Yves, beside her, kept his mouth shut, but he also smiled.
"Good~" Marquise touched his mustache and chuckled. "One step closer to the championships."
With that, the match ended, and the two teams left through the east, and south entrances.
As soon as the teams vanished from the sight, the crowd also started to disperse while excitedly talking about the outcome of the match.
The scene of Johan Yeager lifting up the ring was still very vivid in their minds. The difference between Johan's and Kiernan's lifting the ring was the size.
Johan Yeager lifted up the Big Ring, while Kiernan only did so at the smaller ring. Thus, in the minds of many, Johan's feat was greater.
However, those who thought so were amateurs in terms of fighting knowledge.
While walking out of the stadium, Nathaniel looked at the stars above and laughed.
"Johan copied what you did. Why?" He asked out of curiosity from Kiernan, who was walking right beside him.
They were heading straight to their hotel, which was only a walking distance away.
"I don't know." Kiernan shrugged his shoulders.
"Could you also lift that Big Ring?" Klaus asked out of curiosity.
"Yes," Kiernan replied.
"Haha, is that factual or your pride talking?" Nathaniel teasingly elbowed him in the waist.
"Factual," Kiernan said. "Also, Johan's lifting the ring was crude, zero control, just brute strength."
"Huh?" Jin looked over. "What do you mean by that? Isn't it all about physical strength?"
"Hardly," Kiernan said. "This Johan. He's just a wild brute, no technique at all.
"That's because he is Natural Fighter." Ryan said while walking behind him. "Not only that. He has a unique physique like Nathaniel. It's called Superhuman Physique."
"Superhuman Physique?" Kiernan raised an eyebrow.
"Yes, that physique increases his muscle mass and durability. It pretty much gives him superhuman strength. It also gives him limitless endurance."
"What is that shit?" Klaus scoffed. "That is some cheat code!"
"I thought so." Kiernan chuckled.
At that moment, Shura, Leon, Kang, and the rest walked over to them. They tried finding him in the stadium, but since it was so crowded, they decided to wait outside.
"Congratulations for reaching the second day~" Shura said with a sweet smile.
"Good job." Leon waved his hand and pointed at Kang. "He's been sulking the whole day."
"How come?" Jin raised an eyebrow.
"It's because if we had reached the nationals, we would've lost to Raimei High, at least." Shura said with a smile. "That angers him."
"Hmph." Kang scoffed.
"Are all of you hungry?" Jin asked. "We can order some food to the hotel."
"Yes, please!" Nathaniel rubbed his stomach. "I am starving. It has been a long day!"
Inside the hotel room, while others were stuffing their stomachs with food, Kiernan was outside on the balcony on a phone.
"Good night, father." He said.
"Good luck for tomorrow." Karma's voice came from the other side.
After the call ended, Kiernan pocketed the phone and rubbed his neck.
"What a long day. Right, I leveled up…"
After opening the interface, he noticed that he had 10 stat points to assign. It made him think about today's matches and whether he was lacking something.
'Vitality. I need it. This kind of format needs good vitality, especially now that the incoming matches are going to be so much harder.
He quickly decided on what to assign the points.
[Name: Kiernan Hunter]
[System Level: Beginner]
[Martial Rank: Low Stage Martial Fighter]
'Hmm…' Kiernan looked at the interface thoughtfully.
'Zero Gold. I've never tried adding some gold to the interface. It is this world's currency, and maybe the shop will open once I've put some gold?
'I wonder what the shop has to offer.
'This lottery also doesn't work.'
He tried tapping the lottery button, but it just didn't open.
Out of curiosity, Kiernan took his wallet out, grabbed a single gold coin, and touched the interface with it.
Shockingly, the gold coin got sucked inside the interface!
He tried opening the shop, but it still didn't work.
'Maybe I need something else to open it.' He patted the back of his head. 'I hope there will be some good stuff on sale.'
At that moment, the balcony's door opened.
"Close." Kiernan quickly whispered under his breath.
Even though no one could see the interface, he closed it out of reflex.
"What're you doing here?" Ryan asked from the doorway.
Kiernan showed his phone. "I had a call with my father."
"How's your father?" Ryan sat on another chair by the balcony.
"Nothing much." Kiernan said. "He is proud, I think."
"My phone has also been ringing all night." Ryan said and showed his phone that kept ringing.
"All my relatives are calling me to congratulate."
"I feel like my ears are about to fall off if I keep listening to them one more second."
"That's good though, no?" Kiernan said. "It means they're proud."
"Yeah, but the job is not finished, right?" Ryan said with a smirk.
"True that." Kiernan looked towards the sky. "Do we know who is our next opponent yet?"
"We're supposed to find out tomorrow morning," Ryan said. "I hope it is a good opponent."
"Mm…" Kiernan nodded in agreement.