Chapter 2214 — A Clash Erupts
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 3
"Kid, I hear you've got some skill—a mid-Yellow Rank expert. But don't think that little bit of strength lets you look down on everyone!" Without waiting for Lazi to speak, the burly man in white robes laughed darkly. "I don't mind telling you—I'm at the peak of mid-Yellow Rank, already close to Great Perfection, just half a step from late Yellow Rank. If you won't submit, then..."
But before the burly man in white robes could finish, a slap landed across his face, and the man spun like a top, whirled several times on the ground from the force of the blow before he finally stopped... and the owner of that slap was, of course, Wei Zhao.
"Lazi, I'm here to do a mission, not to listen to this idiot prattle on. If he keeps this up, don't blame me for being unkind!" Wei Zhao's tone remained utterly calm, as though that slap had not been delivered by his own hand.
Within the squad, Wei Zhao could be neither too low-key nor too high-key; he had to strike just the right balance, so that he would have a certain say in the squad—which would also benefit him when he went up the mountain to continue exploring after the mission was done.
Mid-Yellow Rank strength—it really was mid-Yellow Rank strength! Everyone present was shocked. Wei Zhao, with merely mid-Yellow Rank strength, had struck the burly man in white robes—an expert at the peak of mid-Yellow Rank—so hard that he spun like a top. Such strength was enough to leave anyone shaken!
As for the black-robed and green-robed experts from before, they were now rather relieved—thankfully they had not mocked Wei Zhao too harshly earlier. Who would have thought this fellow was even fiercer than the burly man in white who had come later!
Of course, now that Wei Zhao and the burly man in white robes had come to blows, the two of them were quite pleased. For Wei Zhao's earlier disregard of them, for the burly man's insult—all in all, if these two ended up badly wounded on both sides, that would be for the best.
The burly man in white robes spun several times on the ground before he finally came to a stop. His face flushed red, his eyes filled with disbelief and resentment! In his view, Wei Zhao was merely a mid-Yellow Rank expert—a whole tier below himself—and yet could strike him like this. It had to have been a sneak attack!
"You're asking for death, kid!" Once the burly man in white robes came back to his senses, he grew considerably more wary as well. Forming his hand into a fist, he drove a punch straight at Wei Zhao's face without the slightest intention of holding back—he had been provoked into a fury.
"Boom..." A tremendous crash.
Just when everyone thought Wei Zhao would be smashed into serious injury by the burly man in white, something strange happened once again!
The burly man in white robes was sent flying backward, and on the white robe over his chest was a large footprint—he had been kicked out by Wei Zhao!
Once could be chalked up to unpreparedness and luck—but twice? Even then, the same? Twice is the proof of true strength!
Apart from Sun Jingyan, everyone else realized with a shock: Wei Zhao could fight above his rank! Fighting above one's rank was not all that common among cultivators, but it absolutely existed—and Wei Zhao was clearly one of those people!
"Pff—!" After the burly man in white robes landed, he violently spat out a mouthful of fresh blood, his face somewhat pale. He sat on the ground and regulated his breathing for a moment before his complexion returned to normal.
"Neither of those two moves used true qi. Once, twice—but never a third time. If there is a third, you can go die." Wei Zhao looked at the burly man in white robes, his voice still as flat as ever.