Chapter 199 - 'Against All Odds'

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.

However, Xiao Lin who didn't like what Lin Bao said, suddenly spoke with a smile in his face, "Senior Eight Flashing Swords, what about all the groups face me alone? Don't you think that it would make things more interesting for you?"

As soon as Xiao Lin said that, everyone in the hall including Lin Bao, all turned their heads to look at Xiao Lin with inexplicable expressions manifesting in their faces.

"You want to face all of them alone?" Lin Bao asked as he gazed at Xiao Lin.

He then asked further before Xiao Lin could respond, "Do you think that you are capable of facing all of them?"

"Yes, if they come at me with only their sword-fighting skills and their individual movement skills. But I don't know how I would perform if they come at me with Spiritual Energy attacks." Xiao Lin replied humbly.

"Hmm. You sound humble and arrogant at the same time. I like that" Lin Bao said as he looked at Xiao Lin who only maintained a smile in his face.

"Well, since you said that it would make things more interesting for me, why don't I go with that? I love really interesting and spectacular sights. Haha!" Lin Bao said and chuckled.

He then said out loud, "Everyone of you should assemble yourself and prepare to take down this arrogant, humble boy by all means, and by all means, I mean every other method that you can use without usage of your Spiritual Energy."

Once he said that, he looked at Xiao Lin and said with a dead serious expression in his face, "Then you, prepare to defend yourself from unceasing enemy attacks. And to take things up a notch, I forbid you from using your Movement Skill. Therefore, stand your ground and fight your adversaries with only the sword-fighting forms that I taught you. Now, begin the battle!"

Immediately Lin Bao said that, Xiao Lin instantly clasped the practicing sword in his hand tightly, while the other groups, both the ones still in line for battle with other groups, and those that have lost after being subdued by members of other groups, all came together to attack Xiao Lin. And as they would do so, they will unrestrainedly employ their individual Movement Technique to overwhelm and defeat Xiao Lin.

At the moment, since the fight had gotten more interesting, all the seniors in the hall had stood to their feet to see how Xiao Lin was going to come out of this form of overwhelming battle unscathed. Furthermore, many of them had began to call for their colleagues to come see an exciting match of what could be described as 'one against countless odds' taking place, as Xiao Lin was going to engage close to a hundred people who will be using Movement Skills.

Swoosh!

One of them suddenly rushed out towards Xiao Lin to attack him.

The moment he arrived before Xiao Lin and sent out his practicing sword towards his head, Xiao Lin immediately used the blocking form that they were taught to deflect the sword.

However, as soon as he blocked that attack, three more people dashed towards him at great speeds to hit him with their practicing swords.

Bang!

Bang!

Bang!

Xiao Lin who was incomparably agile and possessed an amazingly fast reflex that could be simply described as Superhuman Reflexes due to the uncanny vampiric power that transformed his body, moved his body at a shocking rate to block off the attacks that were directed at him by his three opponents. And as soon as he skilfully and rapidly warded off their attacks, he immediately entered a crouch position and powerfully swept out one of his legs in a 360-degree motion to sweep all three of them to the ground really hard.

The moment he did so and because of the speed and force that he used to sweep off his opponents, they were blown away like they were caught in a strong gale of wind into the distance were they landed dozens of feet away from their previous position.

"Wow!" Others who were watching the battle unconsciously said out loud with great shock appearing in their faces. Even Lin Bao was so amazed that he broke a wide smile in his face and nodded his head, seeming as if he was being seriously entertained by Xiao Lin's fight with the horde of fast-moving, sword-wielding opponents.

A few moments after Xiao Lin had knocked away his three opponents, six more people suddenly dashed towards him with their practicing swords to attack him.

Immediately they arrived in front of him, Xiao Lin who had quickly read off that they were a bit too much for him to handle, and had seized the sword of the first person that rushed out to attack him, immediately leapt into the air, where he reached a height of twenty feet above the marbled ground.

As soon as Xiao Lin reached the peak height of his amazing jump, he turned his body upside down and began to surprisingly spin himself really fast as he plunged back to the ground, seeming like he were blades attached to a furiously-revolving wheel that was falling to the ground.

Weirded out by the rapidly-improvised attacking style that Xiao Lin was exhibiting, the six opponents that rushed out towards him quickly backed away from him, or they could be brutally hit by the two swords that Xiao Lin wielded and spun with to deal damages on anyone that they would heavily struck.

Before Xiao Lin could fall to the ground headfirst since he was upside down, he immediately forced his body to twist into another position where he smoothly executed an aerial cartwheel and landed firmly to the ground.

The moment he landed, he suddenly jumped into the air towards one of the six people attacking him with one of his legs fully straightened out and the other folded.

Then like an arrow that was shot out from a bow, Xiao Lin's body whooshed through the air towards that person that he targeted.

Bang!

His leg that was straightened out struck that person in the chest and sent him flying like a projectile into the distance where he landed to the marbled ground dozens of feet away from his previous position.

As soon as Xiao Lin had taken care of that person, he jumped once more into the air towards one of them. But before he could really impact that person in the chest with his leg that had been straightened out like a pole, the person completely dodged it by falling with his back to the ground and immediately did a kip up to get back to his feet so that he could evade other types of attack that Xiao Lin might ruthlessly send out towards him in his disadvantageous position.

Since Xiao Lin's flying kick couldn't impact anyone, he shot away like an arrow into the distance before landing back to the ground with a fierce look slowly creeping in his face.

"Getting tired, huh? You shouldn't have said what you said" One of the five males attacking Xiao Lin said with intense mockery in his voice.

Once Xiao Lin heard that, he looked at the person that spoke and said with his lips curling into a slight smile, "I will say what I said over and over again with no regret. I am simply a man of no regret. I don't brood over any unfortunate, rash or stupid decisions that I may have made. I always man up to them and eventually clear them, sooner or later. So, the mocking swordsman, will you come for me or keep exchanging useless words with me and waste everyone's time?"

"Hmm." That person that Xiao Lin made that response at uttered with his brows furrowed in anger.

He then looked at the others and said wrathfully, "Let's take down this bragging idiot", which was completely obvious that he couldn't really take down Xiao Lin all by himself and needed people to do that with him.