The Born Winner (Jack and Katherine)

Chapter 848 Iaido Slash

“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. NôvelDrama.Org: owner of this content.

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!

“Jack, oh Jack… your arrogance has exceeded my imaginations.” Iga TobiRyuu composed himself and

said with frustration. His right hand still gripped the katana tightly until his veins throbbed and scolded,

“I wanted to spar with you because I regarded you as a worthy opponent but now you’ve tested my

patience, and I…”

Before Iga TobiRyuu could finish saying, Iga TobiRyuu’s expression changed drastically and was

horrified. Jack was bare-bodied, bleeding and slowly took up the stance of the “Iaido Slash”.

Then, Jack calmly and softly said but what he said exploded in Iga TobiRyuu’s ears, “Focusing my

internal strength towards the sword, I’ll give it a try!”

At that moment, Iga TobiRyuu became horrified. He felt as though he was a prey being hunted by a

predator. Terror gripped his entire body and the other two ninja lords also felt similar.

However, compared to Iga TobiRyuu, the other two ninja lords still had the luxury to watch in relative

safety.

“That’s impossible. He couldn’t possibly learn it.”

“Fuck! Does he think that he can learn it simply by experiencing it twice? Even God could not possibly

allow this to happen. No one could possibly learn such form of swordplay just by observing it twice…”

The doubts of the two ninja lords echoed through the bamboo forest. The next second…

“Iaido Slash!” On Jack’s declaration, he bolted towards Iga TobiRyuu like an arrow shot from the bow.

The atmosphere was tensed and death lingered in the air. At that moment, Jack’s ferocity brought chills

to all the ninja lords. They could feel the coldness of death piercing straight into their bones.

Iga TobiRyuu shuddered as his wide-open eyes looked on in disbelief. When his eyes regained their

focus, he could see that Jack was already inches from him.

There was no hesitation nor any desire to dodge. He knew that it would be impossible for Jack to grasp

the swordplay and Iga TobiRyuu did not believe that Jack could possibly successfully replicate the

“Iaido Slash”.

That was why he simply stood in place and braced for the impact, just as Jack did a moment ago.

Boom! The wind rushed.

Clank! The two swords impacted in a shower of sparks.

It was as if Jack and Iga TobiRyuu were frozen in time and place as both stood in position with their

swords raised.

The other two ninja lords saw the exchange and were initially startled but now broke out in sniggers,

“What a joke, that chap is far too arrogant.”

“He barely knew how to swing his sword and now after enduring the “Iaido Slash” twice, he thinks that

he could learn and replicate the “Iaido Slash”? What an embarrassment!”

Then, as both of them were chuckling.

Crackle! A loud sound interrupted the two ninja lords’ chuckles. Their expressions turned into horror as

they looked towards Jack and Iga TobiRyuu who were still in their respective stance.

Iga TobiRyuu was facing slightly towards the two ninja lords and both of the ninja lords could see that

the face mask of Iga TobiRyuu had been cut in two and slowly slid down from Iga TobiRyuu’s face onto

the ground.

At the same time, Iga TobiRyuu’s body started to shudder and then stumbled backward a couple of

steps. Regardless of how he tried to resist, he could not conceal the mouthful of blood that he threw up

and it started to trickle down the corner of his mouth…