Chapter 2135 — Going Back on One's Word, Part 1
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"Boss, you really are something! I was worried I wouldn't be able to handle myself up there, but in the end, a few words from you and the hidden Pi family conceded. And to think they were putting on such a swaggering front before—turns out they were just paper tigers, all show and no substance!" Han Xiaohu said excitedly.
"Just luck," Wei Zhao said. "They insisted on entering the arena. Otherwise, you might well have been hurt."
"Hmph—me, hurt? If they'd gone up, they'd have died outright. Anyone with half a brain knows which is the heavier loss and which the lighter," Han Xiaohu said carelessly.
Wei Zhao smiled and neither confirmed nor denied it, offering no further explanation.
About half an hour later, the results of the other matches came out as well. The final four were the hidden Han family, the hidden Zhuang family, the hidden Yu family, and the Qianshan Sect. When the hidden Yu family saw the list of the remaining four, they began to have second thoughts.
None of these old masters was a fool. Old Master Yu had watched the hidden Pi family run into Wei Zhao and concede outright. So in this final-four contest, if the draw went badly and they pulled Wei Zhao, they would simply concede; if they drew anyone else, they would at least put up a fight.
The final-four showdown began after a short rest, and the order of the draw was announced: the hidden Han family against the hidden Zhuang family, and the hidden Yu family against the Qianshan Sect!
Wei Zhao did not much care about this outcome, but the hidden Yu family drew a sharp breath.
The Qianshan Sect's one-man-one-beast arrangement had never been favored by these old masters of the hidden clans. After all, they reckoned that a man and a spirit beast working together could hardly be as tight as two men working together—so a man-and-beast pair should be the easiest to deal with. Take out one, and that counted as victory!
But the earlier battle between the hidden You family and the Qianshan Sect had made the hidden Yu family aware of the danger! That one-man-one-beast combination from the Qianshan Sect was no boast—their coordination was actually more in sync than that of two men. Most terrifying of all, that mid-Yellow-Rank spirit beast could hold its own against a late-Earth-Rank expert, and one slap could send a late-Earth-Rank expert of the hidden You family sprawling face-first in the dirt!
There is no fixed relationship between a spirit beast's rank and its actual strength. Some spirit beasts may reach the Heaven Rank and still not be a match for a human expert at the Yellow Rank. Yet some spirit beasts at the Yellow Rank already possess tremendously powerful combat skills—and this spirit beast of the Qianshan Sect was one such case!
Wei Zhao, however, was no stranger to this. Back in the ancient tomb, the tomb-guarding spirit beast had also been a Yellow Rank beast, yet it had beaten Yu the leader so badly he could not fight back—and yet before General Weiwu it had been docile as a lamb!
The hierarchy of the spirit beast world was truly nothing like that of human cultivators.
The Zhuang brothers had long since heard tales of how fierce and formidable Wei Zhao was. In the singles arena challenge, his opponents had conceded one after another! And today, the two Pi brothers had conceded as well, leaving Zhuang Niaodao and Zhuang Niaopao baffled and unwilling to accept it.
Was this Wei Zhao really that formidable? After all, the two Zhuang brothers were no pushovers either. The pair had trained in joint-attack techniques since childhood. Frankly speaking, with the combined strength the two brothers had at present, they would not come off badly even against early Heaven-Rank experts. It would be no exaggeration to call them invincible below the Heaven Rank!