Chapter 2134 — A Straight Surrender
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"It's fine. Just be careful of Pi Zhitao. Pi Zhifeng is the same rank as you, so you two are evenly matched. Between him and Pi Zhitao, you'd sooner take a hit from Pi Zhifeng than let Pi Zhitao land one on you!" Wei Zhao said.
"All right, I understand, Chief!" Han Xiaohu nodded and said.
Pi Zhitao had been brooding over his surrender in the earlier singles arena challenge, and so he meant to turn the tables in this doubles arena challenge!
"Old Master Pi." Wei Zhao's steps toward the arena suddenly halted, and he turned his head to look at Old Master Pi.
"What is it?" Old Master Pi's heart gave a sudden lurch at the look in Wei Zhao's eyes, though he still feigned composure as he asked.
"Nothing much. I only wanted to tell you—one move. One move is all it will take." Wei Zhao smiled faintly. "Don't imagine that beating Han Xiaohu means you've won. The moment I step onto the arena, I can wipe out two people in a single move..."
"Is this a threat?" Old Master Pi's expression changed on the spot! Earlier, he had discussed the matter with Pi Zhifeng and Pi Zhitao. Pi Zhitao had been full of confidence that the instant they stepped onto the arena he could finish Han Xiaohu in a flash, blasting him off the stage with a single punch—and then no matter how formidable Wei Zhao was, he would have no choice but to concede.
Moreover, from the way Wei Zhao had fought Ma Dashen, it was plain that Wei Zhao was arrogant, the sort who waited for his opponent to strike first! That being so, they would have their opening—while Wei Zhao had yet to make his move, they would strike first to seize the advantage!
That was exactly why Pi Zhifeng and Pi Zhitao were so confident. But this time Wei Zhao had abandoned his previous tactics and actually declared that he would attack the moment he stepped onto the arena. Old Master Pi had never expected Wei Zhao to have the same idea, and he could not help but worry!
"It's not a threat. Believe what you like—I'm only offering a friendly reminder," Wei Zhao said mildly. "I'd rather you didn't end up as brainless as Diamond."
"This..." Old Master Pi's expression turned shifting and uncertain, and Pi Zhifeng and Pi Zhitao, who had been about to step onto the stage, halted in their tracks as well!
This was nothing short of a barefaced threat from Wei Zhao, yet apart from feeling utterly humiliated and stifled, Pi Zhifeng and Pi Zhitao could not muster the least thought of resistance! When Wei Zhao said one move, he meant one move. Never mind that Wei Zhao had once wiped out three Earth Rank experts in a single move—just that one martial technique of his on yesterday's arena was enough to slay two people in an instant!
"Don't imagine I don't know what you're scheming. Target Han Xiaohu, is it? Very well—let's see who's faster!" Wei Zhao said mildly.
"Hah..." Old Master Pi drew a deep breath. But he was, after all, the head of a family, possessed of a certain magnanimity and depth of scheming. Though Wei Zhao's threat left him deeply embarrassed and shamed, and put him in an agonizing dilemma, he still made his choice!
Old Master Pi was no fool. In this doubles arena tournament, the family agreed upon in advance to advance was the hidden Zhuang family. However formidable the hidden Pi family might be, they were at best second or third rate—and with Qianshan Gate, that unpredictable factor of one man and one beast, thrown into the mix, who could say whether they might not rise out of nowhere?
Add to that Wei Zhao's side, and the hidden Pi family's chances of entering the top three had already grown very slim. So rather than be squeezed out of the top three when the time came, better to concede now! After all, Wei Zhao had already stated things that plainly. If the hidden Pi family still refused to see reason, that would be no different from courting death!