A clash of unwavering drives!

With the first round of the third round decided, Mr.Brown starts to call the fighters to the field.

"From the left corner, we have Paul!"

As Paul walks out, Mr.Alex observes him closely.

"Kai is class four's last student in the tournament. So he will have to fight his hardest to beat Paul to stay in!"

Out of nowhere, Mrs.Doja smacks Mr.Alex on the head.

"Ouch, who did that?"

Mr.Alex turns around and sees Mrs.Doja.

"Oh, wait, you're Mrs.Doja, the teacher of class five, right?"

"Yeah, and what's is it to you?"

"Well, I'm just wondering why you punched me on the head."

"Because you keep spouting nonsense!"

"What!"

"That kid is a strong hand-to-hand fighter, but what makes you think any amount of effort is going to beat someone who never shows his true power? He should give up now before he gets embarrassed."

"He—"

Before Mr.Alex speaks, Mr.Chad disrupts him and responds to Mrs.Doja with a sleepy tone.

"You have no room to talk, Mrs.Doja. Your entire class made it through the survival round, and only one could make it through the first round. Then, in the second round, your only remaining student forfeited."

Mrs.Doja grits her teeth and jumps onto Mr.Chad.

"What did you say sleepy head!"

Mrs.Doja puts Mr.Chad in a headlock with a vicious smile on her face.

"So tiring"

As Mrs.Doja chokes out Mr.Chad, and Mr.Alex watches with a nervous expression. Mrs.Nova walks by and looks down at the three of them, but specifically has her vision on Mrs.Doja.

"Rabbid beast"

Mrs.Nova continues walking, and Mrs.Doja hops off of Mr.Chad. She then starts following Mrs.Nova to her seat.

"What did you just say!"

"It would be a waste of precious time repeating myself."

At the same time as this encounter, Mr.Brown started calling the next fighter to the field.

"Now from the right corner, we have Kai!"

Kai comes out of the left exit and continues walking to Mr.Zane. When he sees Paul, he keeps full eye contact with him, and Paul does the same.

"I know for sure now that you will be a worthy opponent."

When Kai gets to the middle, Mr.Zane reads the rules to them and then starts the countdown.

"Three! Two! One!"

Kai gets into the same fighting stance he used against Unknown, and Paul gets into his strong fighting stance.

"Fight!"

Kai and Paul instantly threw a kick at each other.

"You predicted my attack," Paul says.

Kai responds by saying, "The slightest movements tell you a lot about what your opponent is going to do!"

Kai flips away from Paul and starts walking on his hands.

"Kiai!"

Kai propels himself at Paul with his hands and attempts to hit him with both of his feet. Paul uses the accelerate technique to dodge it. Kai activates the accelerate technique as well and goes back on the offensive. Paul stands his ground and starts using the flex technique alongside the accelerate technique.

"You aren't planning to let up, are you?"

"For class four's victory, I won't ever let up."

Kai starts running faster toward Paul.

Paul swings the back of his hand towards Kai's head but gets evaded. Kai finally gets in close and gives Paul two powerful punches to the chest. He then does a front flip with little to no momentum and smacks Paul in the face with his right foot.

"I'll have to use this real quick!"

Kai uses Paul's face to jump into the air. With his face flying back, Paul sees Kai in the sky. While in mid-air, Kai pulled back his arm so fast that the movement wasn't even visible.

"Vacuum punch!"

All the air Kai built up behind him to clear the air between him and Paul shoots at Paul the second Kai throws his fist forward. The wind shoots out in the form of a fist. With not enough time to dodge, Paul gets hit by the air form vacuum punch.

Kai lands on the ground and rushes at Paul once again.

"I know that's not enough to take you down!"

When the dust clears, Paul is revealed to have been left with many bruises and his clothes in tatters.

"You're very correct, but can you say the same for yourself?"

Kai once again pulls his right arm back so fast that the movement isn't visible.

"Vacuum punch!"

Kai gets close to Paul and throws his fist at his head. Paul responds by applying the charged flex technique to his arm muscles and colliding his fist with Kai's. Both of them push their fists together in an effort to make the other person fly back.

"Wow, Paul I've never seen anyone actively challenge a vacuum punch with their own punch."

"Yeah, I've never met someone who could challenge my charged technique like this!"

Both Kai and Paul look at each other's left fist, which is not being used.

"Rahh!"

"Kiai!"

Both Kai and Paul lift their left fists and punch each other in the face. With their strengths clashing, an explosion erupts in the middle of the battlefield, sending both of them flying to opposite sides of the field.

"Woah! Two vacuum punches from Kai and a destructive punch from Paul! This battle is getting wilder by the minute." Mr.Brown says.

Kai gets up and wipes the blood out of his eyes. Kai looks at his body and notices the number of bloody scratches left on it. He also sees blood leaking from both of his fists.

"Wow, I knew I wanted to fight him in an honorable battle."

Kai smiles and tightens his headband.

"But if I want to keep class four in this, I'm going to need to fight this like it's my last honorable battle!"

Kai starts jumping up and down with a smile on his face, and then when he stops, he gets a ferocious look on his face.

"I'm ready!"

Paul, who is also standing with bruises and blood spilling from his wounds, tears his shirt and cloak off.

"I see you have a drive like no other!"

Paul gets into a defensive stance, and at the same time, Kai rushes at him.

"I have landed three solid punches so far! I have about twenty-five seconds to execute the next punch."

Kai turns around while still rushing at Paul.

Kai pushes forward with his feet, and while in mid-air, he bends his knee.

"Kiai!"

Kai hits Paul with a powerful mid-air back kick, and even with Paul using the flexed technique for defense, he gets pushed back and falls to his knees. Kai then uses the accelerate technique to get in front of Paul and then hits him with an uppercut.

"Kiai!"

With blood flying out of Paul's mouth, Kai quickly goes in for another punch. 

"Thirty seconds left!"

Paul dodges the punch and slams his head on Kai's head. Paul then goes to grab Kai, but Kai moves out of the way and backs away.

As Kai tries to gather himself together after taking massive damage to the head, Paul activates the charged accelerate technique to move so fast that Kai doesn't even notice. With great speed, Paul runs around Kai and rolls under him, causing him to fall to the ground.

With a face full of shock, Kai tries to get up, but Paul switches to the charged flex technique, and he brutally slams his fist onto Kai's stomach.

"Ahhh!"

When Paul tries to pull his fist out of Kai's stomach, Kai grabs his arm.

"I still have five seconds left!"

Kai punches Paul in the chest once again. Paul jumps away from Kai and spits out blood.

Kai stands up while holding his stomach and instantly rushes at Paul.

"Eight seconds left!"

Paul swings his arm at Kai while he's running at him, but Kai dodges it. Paul moves last minute, causing him to punch Paul in the shoulder.

Paul grabs Kai by the arm and throws him. Kai lands on both of his feet.

"Three seconds!"

Paul jumps at Kai and kicks him in the head. Even with that, Kai, who has a vicious look on his face, still pulls his arm back so fast that the movement isn't visible. When he pulls his arm back, he feels his right shoulder dislocate.

"Damn! It seems I did it too hard, but no matter! I must win this fight for class four's honor!"

Paul gets pulled in closer to Kai. With two seconds remaining, Paul slams his fist onto Kai's chin, but Kai still doesn't move an inch.

Paul once again, in an effort to knock Kai out, slams both of his elbows onto his head.

"Your drive is truly special, Kai,but I must win for the honor of my class as well!"

"Vacuum punch!"

Kai's fist starts to glow a fiery yellow, and with one second remaining to throw out his seventh punch, Kai punches Paul in the chest with his strongest vacuum punch yet. Paul takes the full brunt force of the punch, and even with him feeling his body taking massive damage, Paul activates the charged flex technique. Paul's face turns from calm and collected to determined.

"My drive will never be overtaken!"

Paul slams his forearm onto Kai's head at full force.

With Paul's and Kai's clashing, the entire field shakes aggressively, and then the entire field blows up. With the field destroyed and covered in dust, the entire crowd wonders about the result of the match.

"What a clash of power! Are any of the fighters still standing?" Mr.Brown screams.

As the dust clears, the crowd sees Paul on one knee with a part of his chest in a wreck. While breathing heavily, Paul remarks, "His punch broke through my charged flex technique.

Paul starts to feel lightheaded from all the blood he's losing.

On the other side of the field, Kai is using all his might to stay standing. Paul also tries to stand, but he suddenly stops.

"I can't; if I move now, I will just fall back down again, thanks to my injuries. I must beat him from where I am now."

As the suspense builds, Nixion gets on the mic and starts speaking.

"Yesterday, Unknown lost because Kai's skills in martial arts overpowered his talent with OGI control, but today Kai is fighting someone whose OGi control is strong enough to match up with Kai's martial artist skills. This is an example of perfect offense but better defense, and that is why Kai has lost this match."

On the battlefield, Kai smiles at Paul as blood rapidly spills from his head.

"This was truly an honor. To fight someone like you, Paul."

Kai throws up a massive amount of blood and falls to the ground.

Mr.Zane runs out of his stands with a face of urgency.

"Get Doc down here now!"

"That's it Paul does it once again and is the winner of this match! Which means class four is eliminated from the tournament."

Mr. Alex, who has been standing up in his seat the entire fight, sits down.

"Damn, I thought he had it for a moment."

Mr.Chad looks over to Mr.Alex, who has a smile on his face.

"So you're not upset?"

"No, why would I? I became a teacher not too long ago, and I had to pick up the slack of the last teacher, so seeing my students try so hard and make it this far makes me happy to be their teacher."

"Hmm, so tiring."

Back on the battlefield, Paul falls face-flat on the ground.

"This truly was an honorable battle, Kai."

Chapter 126 end