Chapter 2443 — Looking Awfully Pale — If It Worked, Many Troubles Would Be Avoided; If Not, Wei Zhao Had No Choice but to Fight Head-On!
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But if Wei Zhao could injure a Heavenly Rank expert, then what level of strength did Wei Zhao himself possess?
Han Jingyi was only an alchemist, but she could sense the fluctuations of true qi emanating from Wei Zhao and from the cultivator among the robbers. From those fluctuations, she too had discerned the strength of the two cultivators.
The tall cultivator's strength had flashed past in an instant, but she had still managed to sense it. As for the short cultivator, who had been treating his injuries with true qi ever since he vomited blood, his level was naturally even clearer to her.
Yet even knowing that one was an expert at the peak of the late Earthly Rank and the other an expert at the early Heavenly Rank, Han Jingyi was not afraid in the least. She believed Wei Zhao was stronger than either of them.
The ones with the most unpleasant expressions, however, were Right Panhu and his two subordinates. They were all cultivators, so naturally they could sense what Han Jingyi had sensed. The instant the tall robber was struck by Wei Zhao's palm, he had instinctively tried to shield his body with true qi. But it was already too late. He had shown no sign of life afterward, and was probably beyond saving.
And the short robber, an early Heavenly Rank cultivator, had actually been unable to withstand even one move from Wei Zhao? What on earth was going on?
Of course, that was not the fundamental reason their faces looked so grim. The real reason Right Panhu looked so awful was that he had suddenly realized he had been wrong—horribly wrong. Judging from the way they had acted, these two men were the experts sent by the Hidden Right Family. The group of robbers from earlier, meanwhile, had been genuine robbers.
That explained why the earlier robbers had acted so differently from what Right Panhu had anticipated, and why they had refused to cooperate with Kang Jinglong, instead making a complete fool of him.
Right Panhu felt like crying when he thought of it. How could things have coincided so perfectly? He had arranged for a robbery, only to encounter real robbers on the road as well. With luck like that, he could have gone out and bought a lottery ticket. What incredible fortune.
"Brother Right, what's wrong? Why do you look so pale?" Kang Jinglong suddenly noticed that Right Panhu's face had gone deathly white and that his entire body was trembling.
"I... I..." Right Panhu had just begun to speak when he saw Wei Zhao walking toward them. His heart jolted, and his gaze darted away. Could Wei Zhao have figured something out?
That did not make sense. Although Right Panhu had been the one to find the men, he himself had never even met them. How could Wei Zhao possibly know? Right Panhu lowered his head and pretended nothing was wrong.
Yet, as fate would have it, once Wei Zhao reached them, he stopped. He stood beside the row of seats occupied by Kang Jinglong and Right Panhu, and did not continue forward.
"Wei Zhao, what are you trying to do? Show off because you beat two robbers? What's there to brag about? If you're so capable, why didn't you help when Brother Kang was dealing with the robbers earlier?" Right Panhu felt increasingly uncomfortable under Wei Zhao's gaze. With no other choice, he braced himself and challenged him.