Chapter 2293 — Wei Zhao Escapes
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Wei Zhao glanced back at the five pursuers and cursed his luck under his breath. Of those three, only one was a Heaven-Rank expert—the other two were merely Earth-Rank—yet Wei Zhao had no confidence he could kill all three in one blast. After all, they were spread out one in front, one in the middle, one behind, and they clearly meant to flank him, which left Wei Zhao thoroughly frustrated.
If even one of them survived the blast, Wei Zhao's strength would be exposed, so he dared not act rashly. It seemed the Heaven-and-Earth Net was his only option. With any luck, the net would catch two of them; if it caught only one, Wei Zhao truly had no confidence of escaping.
Sensing the three closing in behind him, Wei Zhao led them straight into a back-alley lane—a place from which, after casting the Heaven-and-Earth Net, he would have an easy time fleeing and breaking away. Then he suddenly hurled it forward and shouted, "Heaven-and-Earth Net!"
The net flew straight toward the Twelfth Elder. This man was Wei Zhao's greatest threat; at the very least, the net could snare him alone.
Sure enough, when the Twelfth Elder saw a great net descending from the sky, his heart lurched in alarm. He had no idea what it was and instinctively tried to dodge—but how could anyone dodge the Heaven-and-Earth Net? Not only he, but the Second Protector close beside him was caught up as well. When the net fell, it enveloped the Twelfth Elder and the Second Protector both, leaving them utterly no room to resist.
Wei Zhao had experienced the Heaven-and-Earth Net firsthand and knew its power. Seeing it now, he found it every bit as formidable as promised—beneath the net, even a Heaven-Rank expert was nothing much. No wonder the Heaven-Rank spider had used this net to snare even a Heaven-Rank Fire Lion...
Only, the thought of the Heaven-Rank Fire Lions and Heaven-Rank Spiders who had vanished without a trace left Wei Zhao's chest tight, filled with an indescribable gloom.
"What is this thing?" The Twelfth Elder flung out his hand and drew a curved blade—his weapon. He meant to cut through the Heaven-and-Earth Net before him, but he underestimated it. He poured true qi into the blade and struck with the first form of a common martial technique, yet failed to damage the net in the slightest. Instead, the net only drew tighter and tighter.
At first, the Third Protector had meant to keep chasing Wei Zhao, but now, seeing this bizarre spectacle, he had no choice but to halt and lend a hand, for he had no idea what magic treasure Wei Zhao was using. Though he was of the Tagan clan and knew of the Spider clan's existence, he did not know the Spider clan's treasures.
"Earth-Rank Martial Technique, Thirteenth Form!" The Twelfth Elder had no choice but to give it everything, unleashing his strongest martial technique in hopes of shattering the Heaven-and-Earth Net in one blow—yet the net seemed to have a resilience all its own!