Chapter 2294 — Shadowing in Secret
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Had Wei Zhao not feared that those three might survive a single blast, he would certainly have hurled a true-qi bomb at them while they were snared in the Heaven-and-Earth Net!
Rounding a corner, Wei Zhao slowly reverted the true-qi bomb in his left hand into true qi and drew it back into his body, and he also withdrew the true-qi fluctuations around him. At this moment, Wei Zhao was no different from an ordinary man.
After a few more streets, Wei Zhao came to a dark hiding place. He stretched out his hand and gave a slight wave, and the Thunder Pig trotted obediently to his side. The little creature was clever; even if it lost track of Wei Zhao, it could still find him by the Fireflow Divine Pellet and the spirit-beast essence core within him.
"Phew..." Wei Zhao let out a long breath. Things had gone fairly smoothly. The Heaven-Rank spider had not lied to him after all—this Heaven-and-Earth Net was something even a Heaven-Rank expert could not escape. Getting it off one's body, he imagined, would be a very difficult business.
Wei Zhao had come down the mountain. At the exit of the Ulanhot Mountains, the rest of the Tagan clan were anxious. The Twelfth Elder, the Second Guardian, and the Third Guardian had all gone after Wei Zhao. Though two Earth-Rank experts remained here to hold the fort, both were on the weaker side. For one thing, they could not be of much help; for another, Wei Zhao had descended the mountain but Sun Jingyan had not, and they still had to block her here lest she slip down the mountain while their backs were turned.
"Lazi, go back to the Tagan clan right now and inform Young Master Tagan and the Patriarch of what has happened here!" It was the Fourth Guardian speaking, giving Lazi his orders.
"Yes!" Lazi nodded hurriedly, quickly climbed into a Humvee, and drove off in the direction of the Tagan clan...
Only, Lazi's vehicle had not gone far before someone marked it. That someone was, of course, Wei Zhao. Lazi would never have guessed that Wei Zhao had doubled back to the vicinity of the Ulanhot Mountains!
The most dangerous place is the safest place. Once the Twelfth Elder, the Second Guardian, and the Third Guardian broke free of the Heaven-and-Earth Net, their first move would likely be to search the whole town for him. So Wei Zhao had simply circled around and come straight back near the Ulanhot Mountains, intending to grab someone at random and ask for the exact location of the Tagan clan.
At present, the Tagan clan's best fighters had all been deployed, and their home ground must surely be empty. If Wei Zhao went and kicked up a fuss there now, and took care of Tagan Long along the way, he would be only too glad to do it. He had long since come to hate Tagan Long. If he could finish him off before leaving, why not?
Wei Zhao could see now that this Tagan Long seemed very important—even the Twelfth Elder cared a great deal about him. If he died, the Tagan clan would be in for a fine mess, or so Wei Zhao reckoned.
Of course, formidable as the Tagan clan's power was—in Wei Zhao's estimation at least twelve Heaven-Rank experts—those experts were certainly not in Ruileida Town. That much was certain. If they had been, the Twelfth Elder would not have spoken to Tagan Long the way he had, nor been so cautious. With twelve Heaven-Rank experts marching out together, any enemy at all could be dealt with.
So it was safe to predict that the Tagan clan's home ground was empty—just right for Wei Zhao to go and raise hell.
Originally, Wei Zhao had meant to grab some random member of the Tagan clan or another clan and ask where the Tagan estate was. But upon returning to the Ulanhot Mountains, he happened to witness this very scene: Lazi was heading back to the Tagan clan. So all Wei Zhao had to do was follow him!