Chapter 104: Meeting Every Change with Unwavering Constancy

Luo Yao had no idea that Lin Xiao could see her.

She was still searching for an opening, ready to finish him with a single decisive strike.

Whether it was the power Lin Xiao had displayed in the classroom or the speed with which he had evaded her judgment of light just now, Luo Yao understood that dealing with him would not be simple.

For that reason, she no longer treated him as an ordinary second-tier awakener; in her eyes, he was now an equal.

Lin Xiao was even less anxious. A long sword had appeared in his hand.

Against a fourth-tier powerhouse like Luo Yao, he did not dare be careless.

At the very least, having a weapon gave him a greater sense of security.

His shadow stretched long under the streetlamp, and Luo Yao slipped directly into it, advancing toward him along the darkness beneath his feet.

She thought she was being extremely discreet, but in truth Lin Xiao could see everything with perfect clarity.

When he saw that she had finally lost patience and struck, he immediately pointed his long sword at his own shadow.

If Luo Yao kept attacking, she would surely run straight into the blade.

Luo Yao was shocked. She had underestimated him; he had discovered her presence so quickly.

Naturally, she could not stupidly rush in headfirst. Once more she melted into a patch of shadow and waited silently for another chance.

Lin Xiao also admitted that compared with the dark wolf he had encountered before, Luo Yao was far more troublesome.

He did want to spar with her properly, but not play hide-and-seek.

"Luo Yao, stop hiding. I know where you are. It’s impossible for you to ambush me."

Hearing this, Luo Yao remained unmoved. She did not believe for a moment that Lin Xiao could really detect her.

Lin Xiao had anticipated that. He pointed toward her position.

"I’m not joking. I know you’re there. Come out."

Seeing him indicate her exact location without the slightest mistake, Luo Yao finally took form again.

She looked at Lin Xiao in disbelief.

"How did you find me?"

Lin Xiao did not want to reveal all his cards just yet, so he gave an evasive answer.

"Well... do you believe in a man’s sixth sense?"

Luo Yao: I believe your head!

She had never suffered so many setbacks at the hands of someone her own age. This guy truly was not simple.

"Hmph, don’t think that just because you can find my position, you can act without fear. Let me show you this next move."

After speaking, Luo Yao once again vanished into the shadows. Lin Xiao immediately found her hiding place.

While he was still wondering why hiding in the shadows was useless against him, Luo Yao moved.

Her figure began darting rapidly through the darkness.

Lin Xiao raised an eyebrow; he already knew why she was doing this.

Although Luo Yao knew he could track her outline, rapid movement would cause his own line of sight to keep shifting as well. As long as he moved too, he might reveal an opening.

If he had guessed correctly, Luo Yao was preparing to strike from behind the moment he showed a flaw.

Against someone else, it might have worked. Unfortunately for her, she had run into him.

When he activated his vision enhancement, his field of view became nearly three hundred and sixty degrees. Even if there were a tiny blind spot, it was not something as large as Luo Yao could hide in.

All he needed to do now was remain unchanged and meet every change with stillness.

Luo Yao was also surprised to see Lin Xiao standing motionless. This was completely different from what she had expected.

Could it be that Lin Xiao could not actually tell where she was at all?

Had pointing out her hiding place just now been nothing more than blind luck?

Otherwise, now that she had moved behind him, why had he shown no reaction at all?

Luo Yao could not make sense of it, but she felt this was still a chance to attack.

She immediately launched a strike from behind Lin Xiao.

To her surprise, the moment she made her move, Lin Xiao turned around at once, his long sword aimed directly at her.

"How is that possible? Do you have eyes in your back?"

Lin Xiao only smiled faintly and gave no answer.

He would never be foolish enough to reveal his trump cards.

Having failed in her ambush, Luo Yao grew angry. Her body turned into shadow itself, attacking from all directions toward Lin Xiao. She refused to believe he could truly evade every blow without a single blind spot.

The truth proved that he really could. No matter where Luo Yao attacked from, Lin Xiao remained unmoved, meeting every assault with calm stillness. What greeted Luo Yao each time was the tip of his sword.

Forcing her flesh and blood to clash with a treasured blade that was clearly no ordinary weapon was something Luo Yao had no intention of doing.

At last she understood that defeating Lin Xiao through the mobility of shadow power alone was impossible.

All of this was watched by Chu Wentian and Murong Bo, not far away.

"How is that possible? How does this kid manage to predict his attacks so precisely every single time? Does he really have eyes on his back?"

"I don’t know how he’s doing it. But his ability concerns the eyes, so there are only two possibilities: either his field of vision is stronger than other people’s, or his sense of danger is extraordinarily sharp."

It had to be said: those who could become ninth-tier powerhouses all had real skill.

They had already guessed seven or eight parts of Lin Xiao’s trump cards.

"That may be true, but how did he discover Luo Yao’s hiding place? Don’t give me that nonsense about sensing danger. When that girl is hidden, she doesn’t leak the slightest aura."

"Then why are you asking me? I don’t know either!"

"Weren’t you the one who already knew this kid was not simple? Otherwise, why would you dare bet on him winning?"

Chu Wentian looked at Murong Bo as though he were looking at an idiot.

"If this kid didn’t have any tricks up his sleeve, would I bet on a second-tier brat beating a fourth-tier powerhouse? Do you think I’m as stupid as you?"

Murong Bo lifted his eyes to the sky in speechless frustration, completely unable to refute him.

……

"I’m furious. Just how do you know the direction of my attacks every single time?"

"With my eyes."

Luo Yao: ∑(°口°?)

Sooner or later, this guy would drive her mad.

"Hmph, don’t think you’ve won. I was going to let you lose with some dignity, but since you insist on courting misery, I’ll defeat you head-on!"

The instant her words fell, a long spear appeared in Luo Yao’s hand.

This greatly surprised Lin Xiao. He had assumed that what came next would be a storm of spiritual techniques crashing down on him, but he had not expected Luo Yao to prepare for close combat instead.

There was no denying that Luo Yao was a genius, and Lin Xiao acknowledged that.

Still, in his view, as a light-and-dark mage, her close-range combat should have been her weak point.

It seemed Luo Yao was not as simple as he had imagined.

And the appearance of the spear also meant that Luo Yao possessed a spatial ring.

So she really was a little rich lady.

Luo Yao clearly knew what Lin Xiao was thinking.

"Who are you looking down on? Do you know that I was the champion of the martial arts tournament for the Jinling junior division?"