The situation on the stage was clear: the Federation was in a precarious position. The pressure of representing the Federation's honor, combined with the struggle for survival, had everyone on edge. Yet, as is often the case, the greater the anxiety, the easier it was to make mistakes.
Among the eight, Lin Fengnian was the most emotionally volatile. As the tide of battle shifted, he was the most severely affected, and predictably, an Empire contestant spotted an opening and nearly landed a strike on him. The audience felt that for the youngest among them, lasting this long was already his limit. Seeing his opponent’s onslaught intensify, the live-stream comments flooded with advice for him to find a way to step down from the stage.
However, students taught by the Jiang Family were stubborn to a fault; none of them were willing to admit defeat. After dodging a strike, Lin Fengnian didn’t play it safe—he became even more reckless. With a stomp of his feet, he exploited a gap in his opponent's reaction time to launch a fierce, all-out assault, ignoring any thought of retreat.
Chapter 305