Martial Arts Worlds-Chapter 419: Ren’s Tactics

Instead of trying to block the fists, Ren went to his back foot and twisted his body to avoid Koa's punches.

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

Koa swiped her heel in a wide arc, aiming for Ren's head, but he ducked just in time and jumped back to distance himself from her.

'He really is scared of confrontation. He isn't doing anything to fight back, and it will be only a matter of time before my attack lands.'

Koa thought to herself.

She smirked, slid her feet through the golden sand, and sent her punches forward, but there was something different in her punches this time around.

They started wobbling uncontrollably, and it was impossible to tell if they would hit the target or not.

"?!"

Ren's eyes widened in surprise as he didn't know what to do in this situation.

Those wobbling fists at one moment looked like they would miss him, but then they wobbled again and looked like they were heading in his direction.

'This is what Master Arakawa told me about. He guessed that Koa Mokana would most likely be my opponent, and she has a rare body condition that makes her bones as soft as jelly.

'However, that also makes her bones very stretchy, so instead of her bones breaking, they will bend and flex like rubber.

'Thus, she can make her arms wobble like this as if they are made out of rubber!'

It wasn't hard to guess that Koa would be his opponent, as she has an ability that makes dodging her attacks extremely difficult!

Ren turned around and started running away from the wobbling punches, which made everyone watching burst into laughter as they watched him try to escape.

It looked pretty goofy, but the temple priest didn't look amused and instead just crossed his arms.

"Tch… this is his counter to my attacks. Run away?"

Koa's face turned red, and she chased after him, trying to punch him in the back, but whenever she got close enough, he stopped running in a straight line and turned to the right.

This went on for another ten minutes.

Everyone watched, entertained by the ridiculousness of the situation, and wondered how long they could go for.

"Huff! Huff! Huff!"

Koa breathed heavily from exhaustion as she had run as fast as she could for those ten minutes, but the worst part was that Ren didn't seem exhausted!

"…"

Ren turned his head around and saw that Koa's legs had turned heavy. It didn't help that they had been running on sand.

She could definitely go for longer if it was solid road under them, but she didn't take into account that there was sand below their feet.

'This is what I've been training for the past year—endurance—my secret weapon to win this match!'

Ren stopped running away, turned to face Koa, and put his hands up in a defensive position.

"Oh! He finally stopped running around!"

"It looks like Koa is very exhausted. So, Ren's plan was to exhaust his opponent and then go for the win."

"It's crazy that Koa fell for such an obvious bait."

"What else could she do? Do nothing and wait for Ren to get bored? This match would last days, then!"

Koa gritted her teeth, and pushing through her exhaustion, she summoned all her strength and punched forward.

Her arm started wobbling like a rope in a storm.

Ren grabbed the wobbling arm and twisted it behind her back.

When her eyes widened in surprise, he put his hand on her chin, kicked her feet out from under her, and pushed her head toward the ground.

The back of her head hit the golden sand, and she swung her fist at him wildly, but he quickly dodged her punch and pinned her arms down.

'This bastard! None of this hurt me in the slightest, so what the hell is he planning to do?'

Koa wondered with a heart filled with anger and wished she had the strength to break free from his grip.

"Come on, Ren! Choke her out!"

"You got it! She is completely exhausted!"

However, despite all the cheering, Ren wasn't doing anything else and just kept her pinned down on the sandy ground.

It started to make others frown and wonder what the hell his plan was from here on.

They knew that Ren was afraid of pain.

Therefore, if Ren just started choking her out, he would have to stop pinning her arms down to the ground so she could use her arms again.

She didn't have much strength left, but Ren didn't want to allow her a chance to try to punch him.

"If it keeps going on like this, Koa will regain some of her stamina and can soon fight back!"

"Ren has to end the fight now!"

"Yes, but how? He doesn't want to take any risks of giving Koa free shots at him, even though the punches thrown from such a bad angle wouldn't hurt for shit!"

"This damn coward! Just choke her out already!"

Ren's hands started trembling as he tried to keep her arms pinned down, but she started to regain strength and began fighting back!

"ARGH!"

Koa screamed and tried to lift her arms, but Ren still had more physical strength to keep her restrained.

At that moment, she started thrashing her leg around wildly, trying to somehow kick Ren, but he sat on her legs, preventing her from moving them.

"You…"

Koa gritted her teeth.

"Why won't you just give up, haha?"

Ren asked with sweat falling off his forehead, and it took everything in his power to keep her restrained, but he wasn't a fool.

He knew that he wouldn't be able to keep this up for long.

"…"

Ren stayed silent, clearly thinking about something, and then let out a deep breath before standing up and jumping away from her.

"What?!"

Everyone cried out.

"?!"

Koa jumped to her feet immediately and looked at Ren with shaking eyes, wondering what the hell he was planning.

"He was in a winning position, but he decided to give that up and let her go free?!"

"This is a huge mistake from him!"

However, while everyone wondered what the hell was going on in Ren's mind, Master Arakawa raised his head and smiled slightly.