Chapter 3724 — Still the Same Old Provocation
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And this time, the request Xu Lingchong had made of him happened to fall squarely within the limits of his authority—it was merely a matter of lifting a finger.
Xu Lingchong's request was simple: when Elder Zhao was sealing the strength of these Law Enforcement Hall experts, he only had to leave a little leeway in the sealing process for the examiners representing the early Foundation Establishment and peak early Foundation Establishment levels.
By a normal seal, each examiner's strength would be locked into place. Once sealed to the corresponding level, the power of every move they unleashed would be fixed, with no possibility of variance up or down. That is to say, if the newcomers chose the same level, the force of the attacks they faced would be strictly identical—this was the only way to guarantee the maximum possible fairness of the trial.
However, Zhao Hongbo—having been tipped off by Xu Lingchong—left room for up or down variance during the sealing of the examiners at the early Foundation Establishment and peak early Foundation Establishment levels. Though the power on the whole remained roughly the same, as long as the examiner had the intent, he could raise the power by thirty percent upward or lower it by thirty percent downward.
That way, during the trial, they could both go easy on Meng Jiong—so that there would be no risk of accidentally killing him with a single strike—and also ensure with absolute certainty that Wei Zhao was put to death.
Just think about it: if Wei Zhao chose the peak early Foundation Establishment opponent, everyone already considered that an extremely difficult challenge above his level. If thirty percent more power were added on top of that, then death would be all but inevitable—there would be absolutely no chance of survival.
And the reason they had additionally tampered with the early Foundation Establishment examiners as well was simply to serve as a fallback. Although Meng Jueming's plan had a greater than ninety percent chance of forcing Wei Zhao to choose the peak early Foundation Establishment opponent, there was still, after all, a chance of failure.
With this contingency in place, even if Wei Zhao lost his nerve and chose the early Foundation Establishment level, the examiner could go all out and deliver a vicious blow that would be more than he could stomach—and even if he survived by some stroke of luck, he would still be bedridden with severe injuries for at least half a month before there was any hope of recovery.
Just as Li Zhengming's intelligence had reported, Xu Lingchong and Meng Jueming's gang had gone to enormous lengths, racking their brains and exhausting every scheme, in order to deal with Wei Zhao—all to ensure there would be no mistakes, so that they could rid themselves of this thorn in their eyes and splinter in their flesh!
Watching the astonished reactions of everyone present, Meng Jueming smiled with a hint of sly amusement. Wei Zhao was no ordinary opponent, after all; he was not so easy to deal with. If Meng Jiong had only made a feint, rather than being the very first to register, how could they possibly have made this creature fall for it?
After Meng Jiong registered, however, Meng Jueming did not have Li Zhengming—who stood beside him—register second. Instead, he walked straight up to Wei Zhao, and at once every gaze in the hall converged on Wei Zhao, each one tinged with amusement and expectation.