Chapter 2774 — The Gale-Chasing Lightning Boots
The Blossom Guardian · Page 1 of 2
So Wei Zhao began running toward the edge of Snow Valley as best he could, meaning to circle around and then make his way out through the valley's main gate...
But Wei Zhao's sudden change of direction made the Supreme Elder's heart lurch violently—it nearly exploded from the fright!
The direction Wei Zhao was running in was exactly where Tang Zhi was cultivating. If Wei Zhao kept running that way, there was no telling but that he might draw Tang Zhi out! When that happened, Wei Zhao seeing Tang Zhi would be a small matter—after all, Wei Zhao did not know Tang Zhi—but if Tang Zhi should step forward to defend him, how could she, an early Heaven Rank expert, possibly be a match for this late Heaven Rank man in black? If anything were to happen to Tang Zhi, the Supreme Elder would regret it beyond all remedy!
At that thought, the Supreme Elder no longer dared to sit back and enjoy the show. She flew straight down from Snow Valley's highest peak and drifted toward the man in black. Without a word, before the man in black had any chance to react, a snow-white jade ruyi was already before him. The ruyi instantly enlarged, transforming into a vast expanse of misty white that enveloped the man in black. The next moment, the ruyi returned to the Supreme Elder's hand, and the man in black had become a snow sculpture, every inch of him covered in mist-attribute crystals. With a thunderous crash he toppled to the ground, lifeless...
This jade ruyi was naturally the Supreme Elder's Heaven Rank weapon—a water-attribute Heaven Rank weapon as well. Though paired with her mist-attribute mental cultivation method it could produce quite decent results, it was still a notch inferior to the mist-attribute Heaven Rank divine weapon Wei Zhao had brought.
But the Supreme Elder's strength spoke for itself. With a lift of her hand, she killed without leaving a trace...
The man in black had been chasing Wei Zhao in the playful spirit of a cat toying with a mouse. In his mind, Wei Zhao would eventually run out of strength and be captured by him. Moreover, when he had entered Snow Valley, from the initial obstruction by the valley's disciples to the later indifference of everyone, the man in black had taken it to mean that Snow Valley was giving the Blood Robe Yellow Springs Sect face, allowing him to chase his man here undisturbed. The man in black had been gloating—never imagining that a jade ruyi would descend upon him and he would die!
Still, his death could be called painless—frozen to death in an instant, without suffering.
The Supreme Elder's sudden appearance and sudden strike left Wei Zhao stunned. Only when he saw the man in black lying dead on the ground did Wei Zhao realize he had been wrong: this man was not from Snow Valley! Otherwise, however magnanimous Snow Valley might be, it could not casually kill off a late Heaven Rank expert!
In truth, the man in black had died most unjustly. By rights, he was a late Heaven Rank expert, only a single minor grade below the Supreme Elder. Had the two of them fought fair and square, blade against blade, then even if the man in black could not win, he need not necessarily have been killed in a single blow—at the very least, he could have fled.
But as things stood, he had assumed Snow Valley was giving him face. With Wei Zhao running ahead and himself chasing behind, he had not the slightest sense of caution. And the Supreme Elder had struck directly with a divine weapon, while the man in black had not even drawn his own weapon before he died. His death was truly fitting.
In fact, though, even if he had drawn a Heaven Rank divine weapon it would have been useless, for his divine weapon simply could not be used to attack! Though his late Heaven Rank strength was high, in actual combat power he was not as formidable as an ordinary late Heaven Rank expert—he relied on a different kind of ability altogether!