Chapter 2118 — Dead or Alive?
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
Wei Zhao had not tried the early Heaven Rank blow out of recklessness, nor to seize another championship and win those bets. Wei Zhao was not the sort to fight desperately for a few spoils of war; he had his reasons for making the attempt!
His repeated victories had already aroused the dread and jealousy of the group of old masters and sect heads led by Old Master Zhao. If this continued, they would certainly not let him off easily! Yesterday's endurance contest was proof enough!
These people wanted to join forces and kill him with pressure, so Wei Zhao, sensing their hostility, wanted to test just how badly he would be injured after taking a blow from an early Heaven Rank fighter. Death was impossible; Wei Zhao was confident that with a single blow like that, so long as he gritted his teeth and held on to a breath, so long as his head was not blown off, there was hope of recovery!
So Wei Zhao would first test the might of the early Heaven Rank, and second, if he could take a full-power early Heaven Rank blow and still continue in the contest unscathed, those Heaven Rank old masters would surely be filled with dread and would not dare strike lightly again!
Because they could no longer gauge his strength. Angry or jealous as they might be, until they knew what cards he held, they could not openly tear off all pretense.
Back at the Mystic Rank, how lofty the Heaven Rank had seemed to Wei Zhao, how infinitely majestic, so far beyond reach and unattainable! But now, at the Earth Rank, Heaven Rank strength was no longer so utterly beyond his grasp!
At least he would not be killed in a single move by a Heaven Rank fighter! That was something that made Wei Zhao very happy!
After landing, Wei Zhao did not dare pause. Once inside the jade pendant's space, he began repairing his internal injuries. Of course, he did not heal everything—only the more serious wounds to his five viscera and six bowels and his meridians. As for the broken sternum and the like, there was no rush; it would not be too late to repair them once he returned to his temporary lodging!
Wei Zhao sat cross-legged without a word, which left Han Xiaohu, not far away, frantic with worry! Seeing Wei Zhao sent flying, his heart clenched, and he wanted to go check on him, yet he feared that disturbing Wei Zhao while he circulated his heart method to settle his injuries would only do harm. For a moment, he was caught in a dilemma!
"Wei Zhao, are you alive or dead? Say something!" Old Master Zhao, seeing that Wei Zhao sat motionless where he had landed, could not tell whether he was dead or alive, and so called out. In his heart, though, he still leaned toward having Wei Zhao die on the spot!
"What are you shouting for? Mr. Lin is regulating his breathing to heal his injuries and cannot speak—do you want him to suffer qi deviation?" Han Tianba retorted angrily. It was the first time he had dared to defy these old masters of the other hidden families.
"Hmph!" Old Master Zhao, for his part, would not stoop to a battle of words with Han Tianba just then. He merely said, "Then we'll wait a while for him—though I fear he's already done for! Heh heh, a blow from the early Heaven Rank—even I would not dare take it head-on. Whoever takes it dies!"