Chapter 495: One vs. Two

The floor beneath Lin Xiao’s feet shattered. His feet sank deep into the ground. The middle-aged man forcibly stopped his forward momentum.

Although the middle-aged man blocked Lin Xiao’s thunderous punch, it wasn’t easy for him either. His body slid back several feet, and his feet carved two deep grooves into the smooth floor. His face flushed red—an obvious sign of internal turmoil.

“Take another punch.”

Cold lightning flashed in Lin Xiao’s eyes. He pulled back his left fist, dropped his shoulder and waist, and blasted out his right fist.

Another tiger’s roar echoed. This punch was even faster and stronger than the previous one.

The middle-aged man’s eyes widened in rage, like a Vajra statue in a temple. He let out a thunderous shout, and his body swelled again. One hand clenched into a fist—a fist nearly twice the size of Lin Xiao’s.

At the very moment when the two fists were about to clash again, Lin Xiao suddenly sensed a gust of wind coming from his left, sharp and fierce. Though it hadn’t touched his body yet, it made his skin sting.

Without a doubt, the middle-aged woman standing to the side had made her move.

She held a sharp throwing dart in her hand, which lashed out like a venomous snake, stabbing toward Lin Xiao’s waist. The strike was silent, not even the sound of air being cut.

The dart was made of ultra-hard tungsten steel. Coupled with her late-stage Dark Force strength, even a steel plate could be pierced—let alone human flesh.

Although Lin Xiao had great confidence in his physique, he did not dare allow the dart to pierce him. That would not be confidence. It would be arrogance and foolishness.

If the dart were coated in poison, even with his cultivation level, it would still be troublesome.

In the blink of an eye, Lin Xiao made an accurate judgment. He retracted his punching fist and simultaneously stomped the ground. The floor exploded beneath him as his body violently leaped backward

Lin Xiao’s movement was unimaginably fast. In the blink of an eye, he retreated three meters, trailing a residual shadow behind him.

The middle-aged pair refused to let up after gaining the upper hand. After witnessing Lin Xiao’s skills firsthand, they had completely abandoned the idea of fighting solo and launched a joint attack on him.

With a flick of her wrist, the middle-aged woman sent out another dart like a black shadow too fast to see, aiming at Lin Xiao’s waist.

She had excellent control. This dart was meant to injure, not kill.

As the dart flew, the massively built middle-aged man lunged fiercely toward Lin Xiao. Leaping high, both hands clenched into hammers, he slammed them downward at Lin Xiao’s shoulders.

‘At last, a bit of challenge.’

A thought suddenly flashed through Lin Xiao’s mind.

His left hand curled its fingers into a hook. The middle and ring fingers pressed together. His entire palm turned a bluish-black color as he grabbed at the incoming dart.

At the same time, his right hand clenched into a fist like forged steel and launched upward toward the man’s descending double fists.

A massive sonic boom erupted in the air. The echo lingered.

A crisp sound like steel clashing.

Lin Xiao caught the dart and shot it back, only at an even faster speed, going straight at the middle-aged woman.

Her expression changed, but fortunately, she had been prepared. Twisting her body at the last second, she narrowly dodged the dart, which grazed her waist and embedded itself into the wall with a soft puff—not even the tail end visible.

She suddenly felt a chill on her waist. Looking down, she couldn’t help but suck in a cold breath.

Her qipao had a long tear. Had she been just a tiny bit slower, she would’ve been seriously injured.

At that moment, intense fear of Lin Xiao surged in the woman’s heart.

As the woman was still reeling from Lin Xiao’s frightening power, Lin Xiao’s other strike had already clashed with the middle-aged man’s fists.

A deafening explosion rang out. Even Wan Caixuan and the others in the meeting room heard it. The entire floor seemed to tremble. The ceiling shook from the impact, and dust rained down from above.

Under the tremendous force, Lin Xiao’s feet sank deep into the ground. His height suddenly shortened by half a foot. From where he stood, spiderweb cracks radiated outward.

Yet even after taking such a fierce blow, with both legs buried in the floor, Lin Xiao’s body remained straight as a spear, spine unbent, eyes radiating with divine brilliance. Internal energy surged crazily into his raised arm.

Another loud explosion. Lin Xiao’s feet sank even deeper. His entire skeleton crackled and popped. His body swelled sharply, muscles tightening like steel cables. His short hair stood on end, and a faint blue aura flowed across his skin. His iron-like fist shot skyward.

A terrifying power erupted like a volcano, breaking through the man’s fists and blasting toward his chest.

The man was midair with no leverage to dodge. The punch was coming straight at his chest.

However, his rich combat experience came into play. He compressed his chest inward, sucking in his breath and bending back. His chest sank several inches inward, narrowly avoiding the full force of Lin Xiao’s punch.

Even though the punch missed, the gust it generated seemed strong enough to blow the man away. It lashed his face painfully.

The man forcibly suppressed his shock and dread. Pressing his hands on Lin Xiao’s arms, he used the force to rebound. His massive body glided backward like a great bird, retreating several meters away.

Lin Xiao did not pursue. His feet were still sunken in the floor, and a chase wouldn’t be effective. Besides, another Dark Force expert skilled in throwing weapons was still lurking nearby.

However, once Lin Xiao got serious, these were minor concerns. And now, he was about to get serious.

The middle-aged man had no way of knowing Lin Xiao’s thoughts. Still, he was rattled.

He landed lightly four meters away, pupils contracted to pinpoints, eyes locked tightly on Lin Xiao, filled with disbelief.

Only now did he finally speak, “How is that possible? You actually took my attack?”

A man of such composure rarely showed emotion. For him to ask such a question showed how shaken he was inside.

He had no choice but to be shocked.

He never imagined that his full-force, unstoppable double-fist strike could be neutralized by a single punch from Lin Xiao.

That strike carried enough power to crush a sedan into scrap metal. Yet it failed to harm Lin Xiao in the slightest.

This result was nothing short of a massive blow to his confidence.

The woman standing behind him wasn’t doing much better. Her eyes stayed locked on Lin Xiao, afraid he’d suddenly move. She flipped her wrists—four darts appeared between her fingers, ready to be thrown at any moment.

The two stared silently at Lin Xiao, turbulent emotions roiling in their hearts.

They had never thought that, as two late-stage Dark Force experts teaming up against a young man barely twenty years old, they would feel completely outmatched.