Chapter 2293 — Wei Zhao Escapes
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The Twelfth Elder was addressed as Twelfth Martial Uncle, and the one up the mountain as Sixth Martial Uncle. That meant the fellow on the mountain was surely the stronger of the two. What truly made Wei Zhao click his tongue was that number—"twelfth." What sort of clan was this? More formidable than the ancient sects, with at least twelve Heaven-Rank experts to its name?
How many Heaven-Rank experts did the Ice Palace even have? Who would have thought that in this remote little town of Ruileida, there existed such a clan?
Astonished as he was, Wei Zhao could not help but fall into thought. His own vantage point was simply too low. Only from a height can one see far—and that height was one's own strength. He was merely a small Earth-Rank mid-stage expert...
There had been a time when Earth-Rank was something Wei Zhao looked up to. But now, it truly amounted to nothing much. Yet that was simply how things went: change the frame of reference, and the conclusion changes with it.
Shaking his head, he set these thoughts aside for the moment. What also gladdened Wei Zhao was that Sun Jingyan had evidently escaped these people's search. From the Twelfth Elder's words, the man still believed Sun Jingyan was up the mountain with him, not yet descended.
That in turn proved Sun Jingyan had already gotten away safely—which meant Wei Zhao could act without any scruples! By his reckoning, Sun Jingyan had been gone three days now, ample time to leave Ruileida Town and reach the border town.
Moreover, neither Tagan Long nor the Twelfth Elder had mentioned Sun Jingyan's capture, which meant she was truly safe and sound.
What struck Wei Zhao as rather odd, though, was that Tagan Long seemed to set great store by those two spirit-beast essence cores. Wei Zhao had assumed such things were commonplace, but now it appeared that was not the case at all.
If even the Tagan clan, so rich in Heaven-Rank experts, valued them so highly, they must truly be important. But what exactly were they good for? Wei Zhao wanted more information, yet Tagan Long had said no more—merely mentioned them once before leaving.
It was time. Wei Zhao rose to his feet. At this hour, in theory, no adventure teams were descending the mountain, and the men searching the mountain pass had grown lax. This was the perfect moment for Wei Zhao to escape. Of course, he hardly expected to slip past the Twelfth Elder unnoticed.
Slipping silently away from a Heaven-Rank expert was unrealistic. All he could do was leave quickly, then draw him somewhere else and see whether to use the Heaven-and-Earth Net or the true-qi bomb. If there were many people, he would use the net; if there was no one but the Twelfth Elder alone, he would use the bomb.
"In a moment I'll go first. Then you seize the confusion to slip away along the edge and follow me at a distance nearby. Once the danger has passed, regroup with me!" Wei Zhao instructed the Thunder Pig beside him.
"Oink, oink!" The Thunder Pig nodded in understanding.
Having made his decision, Wei Zhao wasted no time. He leaped straight down from the mountain range, and in the darkness his figure flashed swiftly past the checkpoint at the mountain's exit, darting off toward a spot not far away...
"Hmph!" A cold snort came from the Tagan clan's temporary tent. The moment Wei Zhao came down the mountain, the Twelfth Elder sensed it. He knew the real quarry had arrived. Leaping out in one bound, he gave chase in the direction of Wei Zhao's flight!
Behind him, the Second and Third Protectors moved in concert with the Twelfth Elder, racing off in Wei Zhao's direction.