Chapter 2103 — The Third Match
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"You may be confident, but the rest of us are rather short on confidence!" Old Master Pi frowned. "I hear Wei Zhao wiped out three Earth-rank fighters with a single move. His martial skills must be formidable indeed. In tomorrow's martial arts contest, I fear the Hidden Pi Family will not be a match for Wei Zhao!"
"That is not necessarily so!" The old master of the Hidden You Family spoke up. "From what I know, Wei Zhao cultivates fire-element martial arts. Fire techniques are formidable, yes, but only against a living foe. Our contest is to strike a great boulder—whoever shatters it into the most fragments with a single blow wins. Fire techniques may burn a man to death, but they cannot burn stone. High heat is useless against rock. Even striking with inner force would only break it into two or three pieces at best. But your Pi Family excels at external arts—not to mention that you have some connection with the ancient sect Divine Fist Hall... When the time comes, one punch from you can split the stone into any number of small pieces. Who could hope to beat you?"
Divine Fist Hall was an ancient sect devoted to external body techniques, famed for the might of its fists—a single punch could split mountains and cleave seas. That was how it had earned its name. One of the Hidden Pi Family's ancestors had once served as its Grand Elder, and though he had vanished afterward, the Hidden Pi Family still maintained certain ties with Divine Fist Hall.
Of course, once a man is gone, his influence cools. Had that Grand Elder still been around, the Hidden Pi Family would never have declined so far—they would long since have stood shoulder to shoulder with the Yu and You Families as great established houses.
Even so, the Pi Family's fighters had gained a measure of favor from Divine Fist Hall, achieving great mastery in fist techniques. Their martial arts in particular came directly from Divine Fist Hall—overbearing to the extreme.
"Indeed. Even I could not withstand a single blow from those Heaven-rank experts of Divine Fist Hall. Heh heh, so what is there for your Pi Family to worry about in this martial arts contest?" The speaker was Adamant Diamond, sect master of the Golden Bell Sect.
"There is sense in that!" Old Master Pi nodded, much reassured. The trouble was that the day's events had cast too great a shadow over his mind, leaving him somewhat uneasy.
"Enough. There is no need to trouble ourselves over nothing!" The old master of the Yu Family spoke as well. "When the time comes, for both the single-competitor and the paired-contest arenas, we need only add a rule: martial arts techniques are not permitted. Without them, let us see how Wei Zhao can win!"
"Exactly!" Old Master Zhuang immediately chimed in his agreement.
The single-competitor arena was the Yu Family's forte, and the paired contest was the Zhuang Family's. If Wei Zhao were barred from using martial arts techniques, their chances of victory would be far greater! And with Wei Zhao unable to use them, there would be no fear of their own young disciples being injured!
With the matter settled, the family elders and sect masters all retired to rest at ease, making ready for the next day's contests...
Sure enough, at nine the next morning, the same Zhao Family disciple from the day before came running over. "Is the venerable head of the Han Family present? Today's contest is about to begin. Please, Elder Han, bring your family's competitors to the council hall to register and place your wagers!"
"Good!" Han Tianba and Wei Zhao had been ready for some time, so the moment the disciple arrived, they set off with him for the council hall.
As for being the last to arrive at the council hall, the three of them had grown used to it by now. In any case, even under these people's joint schemes, Wei Zhao had still won—so there was no fear of them playing any further tricks.