Chapter 198 - Sudden Misfortune

Bang!

One of the people fighting currently was immediately knocked out by a heavy punch to the nose by his opponent, causing him to fall to the ground with a heavy thud and immediately slipping into the unconscious state.

"Great! That was a really brilliant finish. I want to see more like that, more!" Lin Bao said with an excited expression in his face.

He then said further, "Take that guy off. He is lying on the battleground. I don't want anyone sleeping on the battlefield. Then the next group should come up immediately!"

As soon as Lin Bao said that, people from the group that the disciple lying unconscious on the ground came out from, immediately rushed out to pick up his unconscious body.

And immediately the ground was cleared, other disciples from opposing groups came out to fight one another with the winner emerging after sometime of intense, high-speed battle.

...

Many moments later, it was Xiao Lin's turn again to fight.

Immediately he came out with the sword that he wielded tightly clasped in his hand, he looked at his opponent who had appeared in front of him with a smile in his face and simply asked, "Ready?"

"Yes I am" Xiao Lin's opponent replied with a nod of his head.

Then suddenly, he rushed out towards Xiao Lin to hit him with the practicing sword that he wielded.

Swoosh!

He arrived before Xiao Lin's body in the next instant and used his sword to slash out at Xiao Lin's abdomen.

Swoosh!

However, his sword simply cut through the air as there was nothing in its path.

Then when he looked to see why his sword only cut through the air instead of Xiao Lin, he saw that Xiao Lin had virtually disappeared from his presence.

He then quickly looked around to search for Xiao Lin. Then immediately he caught sight of Xiao Lin, he immediately dashed out towards him to attack him with the sword that he wielded.

But the moment that he arrived in front of Max to impact him with the sword that he wielded, Max had disappeared once again.

"Arghh!!" Xiao Lin's opponent screamed out in frustration.

He then began to look around again to search for Xiao Lin.

"Looking for me?" Xiao Lin suddenly asked from behind him.

The instant Xiao Lin's opponent heard that, he immediately turned around to block the sword strike that Xiao Lin might send out at him.

However, he was wrong, as Xiao Lin only disappeared once again from his presence, seemingly toying with his mind.

"What sort of ungodly speed is this?" One asked with his brows deeply furrowed.

"I don't know too. And he seems to be able to pull it off rather easily. Then one other thing that keeps me baffled is how he does that without utilizing his Spiritual Energy." Another said as he constantly looked around to see where Xiao Lin who kept on disappearing would appear at.

"Well, you guys shouldn't forget that he is a body cultivator, as mentioned by our teacher, senior Eight Flashing Swords. So, as a body cultivator who are always, usually far stronger than Spiritual Energy cultivators, since they have torturously infused huge amounts of Spiritual Energy into the veins, arteries, tissues and delicate organs of their bodies to strengthen them to great degrees, he will surely be able to move at high speeds that can never be rivaled by a Spiritual Energy cultivator, unless that cultivator has mastered a particular Movement Skill that will enable him or her to move at speeds greater than that at which the body cultivator can really move at." Someone suddenly said, contributing to the ongoing topic being discussed by his fellow group members.

"But who is he by the way? Why don't we know him? Didn't he shine during the test for everyone to take note of him? Or he kept his outstanding abilities hidden till now?" One suddenly asked with his forehead wrinkled.

"Well, I can't say..." Another group member was trying to speak when someone suddenly cut in and interrupted his speech.

"Yea, you guys wouldn't exactly know him because you could possibly be at the back and might be entirely focused on what you were doing when the difficult tests came up. So, you wouldn't have noticed the shocking feats that he pulled during each of the tests. Now, that guy, emerged as one of the best examinee for this year's batch. He was among the top three that showed unrivaled brilliancy during the tests. And here he is again, replicating a bit of what he demonstrated during the discipleship tests." That person who was a female, said with a smile in her face as she easily, clearly recalled the spectacular feats that Xiao Lin and the other two exhibited during the tests.

"Oh. No wonder he has this confident, unique but bizarre aura around him." Another said as he looked at Xiao Lin who had appeared before his opponent once again with a frightening smile in his face.

"But I wonder why he's so pale-skinned like a corpse? It's possible that he has practiced some type of cultivation art or battle art that caused his skin color to change so terribly." Someone said as he stared at Xiao Lin.

"It's possible. If you discover an art that will make much more stronger than your peers and would only change your skin color and tone, wouldn't you practice it and find numerous ways to advance further in the art?" A person in their group who had been quiet all this while, suddenly asked with a contemptuous look in his face as he gazed at that person that he was responding to.

"Yea, that's right. I was only being ignorant." The person said and then kept quiet.

"Why do you keep disappearing and appearing? Fight me like a true man if you can!" Xiao Lin's opponent unexpectedly said out loud in frustration and anger.

"Really? Then I will fight you like a true man." Xiao Lin said with a serious look in his face.

Swoosh!

He appeared before his opponent before he could even blink his eyes and easily lifted him into the air by the neck which he grasped with a hand.

As soon as Xiao Lin did that, he turned around and flung his opponent far away.

Thud!

A moment later, his opponent who was hurled about twenty feet away from his initial position, crashed against the smooth marbled ground of the hall and even dragged along it for sometime before coming to a halt, after smashing slightly hard against a large round pillar of the room which raised it ceiling higher.

Once Xiao Lin had done that, he left where he was and returned back to his group.

As he returned to his group, his group members and the members of other groups couldn't help but gaze at him with shocked expressions in their faces.

"What strength!" One of them said with an astonished look in his face.

"Well, I guess we already know the group that will win. So, fighting any further is pointless. Or who would like to go against that guy whose true physical strength we can't really fathom yet." Someone from a particular group suddenly asked.

"Yes, you are right. Fighting any further has no meaning as we have caught a glimpse of the group that will definitely win. The group already have all that they would need to win, which is that guy. He is tremendously fast, super-strong, highly skilled, and above all, one of the three best examinee for this batch. So, we already have a clear understanding of who would win. Therefore, we should all drop our swords. It's better to honorably surrender than obstinately fight him and be embarrassedly knocked out the way he did that frustrated poor guy." Another person in that same group said with an inexplicable look in his face.

"Hmm. What a brilliant, awe-inspiring show of great strength" Lin Bao said with a smile in his face to the different groups looking at him once he appeared where Xiao Lin previously stood at.

He then unexpectedly said as a serious expression manifested in his face, "Well, it's the great luck of the group that chose Devil Fang to be a member. However, I am here to ruin that luck. Now, Devil Fang, because you are way stronger than the individuals that compose a particular group, therefore making you a cheat, I want you to stop participating in any of the battles currently taking place. Let's see what your group can really do without you pushing them all the way to the top."

As soon as Lin Bao said that, the eyes of everyone immediately lit up with joy.

"Hahaha! Nice one, senior Eight Flashing Swords" Someone from a particular group laughed and said with great joy in his voice.

As everyone began to rejoice and gloat at the sudden misfortune of Xiao Lin's group, the people in Xiao Lin's group who thought that they had simply won all the group matches because of Xiao Lin, couldn't help but develop sad and frustrated expressions in their faces, as they weren't really sure if they could win against the people from other groups that will come up to face them anytime soon.