Winner Takes All novel Chapter 848

“Is he insane? Does he think that Iga TobiRyuu’s Iaido Slash can be so easily countered?” The two ninja lords remarked in unison. Even for them, they would never attempt to take repeated blows of the Iaido Slash from Iga TobiRyuu. They would certainly try to avoid it if they could. In their assessment, Jack had other choices apart from standing his ground and receiving the Iaido Slash from Iga TobiRyuu. However, instead of choosing the other options, Jack chose the worse possible option which was to face it head-on!

“Die with your arrogance!” Even Iga TobiRyuu yelled when he saw that Jack did not choose to run.

During the fight with Jack, Iga TobiRyuu could sense that Jack was careful to avoid most of his fatal blows but this time, Jack who was holding onto the samurai shuriken, did not choose to dodge.

He looked determined to fight! That to Iga TobiRyuu was simply waiting for his death! There was a huge difference in Iga TobiRyuu’s sword skills!

“I’ll be able to counter this!” Jack remarked.

Time seemed to slow down at that moment. The slash of the sword was simple and powerful.

Boom! It rocked loudly. Shockwaves could be seen with the naked eye and radiated outwards in all directions. Even the leaves at Jack’s feet were tossed upward by the advancing shockwaves.

Rustle…

The surrounding bamboo stems knocked against each other, splintered, and shattered with the propagating shockwaves.

With the samurai shuriken extended, Jack could feel the intense energy in the shockwaves piercing his hands and then his body.

Instantly, his arms started to bleed, and felt the intense pain from the shockwaves. The shockwaves tattered his clothes and his body started to bleed.

“Spew!” Jack shuddered and spit out a mouthful of blood.

Iga TobiRyuu started to grin sinisterly when he saw this and said, “I regard you as my strongest opponent but I hope that you aren’t so arrogant. You deserve credit to be able to survive my blow but it was out of arrogance and stupidity rather than skill. You have disappointed me!”

Once he finished saying, the other two ninja lords also started to nod in agreement. To them, what Jack did was nothing more than youthful defiance and blatant arrogance. He was simply lucky to have survived this horrific and powerful blow. But his arrogance was unacceptable!

In the martial arts world, the most unbecoming of a warrior was arrogance. No matter how talented a warrior was, if he were to be arrogant just because of whatever skills he had, then he would not last long.

Then, Jack raised his hand and gently wiped the blood from his mouth. He then said something that blew away Iga TobiRyuu and the other two ninja lords.

Jack said firmly, “If I don’t endure another blow from you, how… would I be able to learn from it?” His tone was calm but had a hint of mischief. Jack grinned frostily as he looked at Iga TobiRyuu.

Kaboom! Jack’s words rocked Iga TobiRyuu and the other two ninja lords. Their minds were instantly blown away!

Learn? Was this chap insane? Did he think that everything could be learned?

Surprise, disbelief, disdain, and all sorts of feelings stirred within the three ninja lords.

Such swordplay could only be unleashed when a certain level of skills had been attained. Only then could a swordsman be able to even attempt to perfect the skill!

Learn? It was a dream made by a fool! No one could even attempt it without strong foundations in sword skills. If someone without such sword skills could master this technique, then it would break all rules and norms of the martial arts world!