Winner Takes All novel Chapter 861

“Howl!”

It sounded like a beast roar.

With a sound of a bang, gust of wind started channeling.

Mixed with bamboo leaves, the strong gust of wind blasted at his face.

The rotten and bloody smell made The Mysterious Man stayed on his edge. He tightened all his nerves and stayed cautious.

“Truth can be known, but it may not be the truth you know…”

In a sudden flash, The Mysterious man stood up. Veins could be seen bulging out from his neck, while he recited the ‘Tao Te Ching’ out loud.

At the same time, he writhed his body rapidly, and his body began to vibrate in a peculiar frequency.

He was not suppressing himself, but instead the vibration was quite rhythmical.

Creak… Creak…

As The Mysterious Man writhed his body, the sound of his muscles squeezing against itself could be heard clearly.

At this moment.

It was at if time had slowed down.

The Mysterious Man stared at Jack with much determination as his body was writhing and vibrating rapidly.

Simultaneously, he was still non-stop reciting the scriptures.

“Maybe… This is only way to end this!”

The Mysterious Man kept the thought in his mind. He focused on Jack, stopped the chanting and said softly, “Jack, it’s all up to you now. This is your opportunity!”

Bang!

In the blink of an eye, The Mysterious Man stretched his arm out like a python, and chopped a bamboo stem beside him, breaking it into half.

Without delay.

With a sound of ‘Bang’, the Mysterious Man slammed his feet on the ground and flew backwards. Using his right hand, he dragged the bamboo stem along with him as he was moving back.

Due to the staggering force, the bamboo stem was quickly dragged down by The Mysterious Man.

Jack, who was charging towards The Mysterious Man saw what happened. He paused there for a while and glanced up at The Mysterious Man.

However, it was this pause.

The short pause gave The Mysterious Man a chance.

When he moved backwards, one end of the bamboo stem was flattened. Then, a shocking scene occurred.

With just the strength of his right arm, The Mysterious Man grabbed the bamboo stem. With a deafening bellow, he forcefully pushed the bamboo stem towards Jack.

“Howl!”

Jack regained his attention, and saw the bamboo stem that was aimed at him. However, he did not try to dodge, but instead waved his arms and charged directly at it.

He did not care about the bamboo stem that was flying towards him.

With serpent-like arms, Jack smashed through the fresh and flexible bamboo stem piece by piece. With his unstoppable form, he continued on and charged towards The Mysterious Man.

“Truth… can be known, but it may… not be the truth… you know…”

Sweats blurred the eyes of The Mysterious Man. Nonetheless, he maintained his actions and pushed the bamboo stem towards Jack with a determination to die.

What happened was beyond description.

However, even during the process of these impacts, The Mysterious Man’s body was still making those ‘Creak… Creak…” sounds from the squeezing of his muscles. The unique and rhythmic vibrations of his body continued on as well.

The two of them were getting closer and closer to each other.

When the bamboo was left with less than one-meter length.

With his eyesight, The Mysterious Man could even see Jack’s face expression clearly.

Ferocious, frantic, bloodlust…

This was the first impression The Mysterious Man had when he looked at Jack’s face.

Instantly after that, Jack let out a roar.

This time, he did not smash the bamboo stem. Instead, he punched directly at the end of the bamboo. With a formidable force, the bamboo stem burst into numerous smaller bamboo strips.

His fist was formidable and unstoppable.

He charged all the way towards The Mysterious Man, smashing everything in his way.

A current of wind emerged and followed behind him as he ran.

And at this moment.

The Mysterious Man yelled.

“Wake up, Jack!”

“Annihilation...Strike!”

So right now, this tiny sound became exceptionally obvious.

And as the sound came upon.

A crease suddenly appeared on the left side of The Mysterious Man’s face. The wind that was generated by Jack’s punch tore The Mysterious Man’s face.

When the crease appeared, the fake skin on the left side of The Mysterious Man’s face cracked like a broken plaster wall, and fell to the ground, bit by bit.

The Mysterious Man’s body started trembling when it happened.

At the same time.

Jack’s right fist slid down, and his body curled up.

An extremely rough voice came out from his throat.

“Ho ho… Truth…”

It sounded as if he was mocking, or as if he was going crazy.

But as sound as he said those words, his curled up body suddenly turned soft, and fell to the ground with a sound of ‘thump’.

“I, I… won?”

The Mysterious Man looked at Jack who had fallen to the ground. Until this moment, he still could not believe what had happened. He was surprised and astounded at the same time.

When he was performing ‘Annihilation Strike’, he had no idea if he was able to survive this.

He could only try his best and leave the rest to God.

But now, it would seem like fate did not allow him to die yet.

“Why did he collapse? Based on his stamina, he shouldn’t be this weak…”

The Mysterious Man’s voice echoed among the darkness.

“Maybe… Because this is the first time he went bewitched, so it is easier for him to wake up?”

The Mysterious Man murmured to himself, and decided not to think about it. He dropped his right arm, dropped down to the ground with a sound of ‘Thump’, opened his mouth and panted heavily.

He stared at Jack who was in front of him. His whole body was covered with sweat and blood. Now that he had stopped moving, his muscles felt extremely sore and painful, as if his whole body was going to fell apart.

However, he let out a smile from the corner of his mouth.

“Although it was a life and death situation, at least we are all safe now.”

He raised and touched the left side of his face as he spoke, and said with a disappointed tone, “Too bad this face skin is now wasted. This power of Bewitchedness is really terrifying. So far, you are the first person who is able to tear off my face skin.”