Chapter 3831 — Swaggering About
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Perfect. Yu Jiang was secretly delighted. Once Nan Tianyong dealt with Lin Er, he would find a chance to sneak back and search the man's body for the Star Ink Stones. And if he could also dig up a few more top-grade Foundation Establishment Barrier-Breaking Pills, so much the better.
Just then, a slightly familiar voice suddenly sounded before the two of them: "Is that so? What a pity. I had rather hoped to beg a few pointers from you, Senior. It seems I shall not get the chance."
Nan Tianyong and Yu Jiang started in alarm, for the face that appeared before them with that voice was a familiar one indeed—none other than the very brat who had made them grind their teeth, Lin Er.
In Yu Jiang's estimation, even if this creature had mustered the nerve to leave the Hong Merchant Guild, he would surely have bolted at once, never daring to linger in a place like this, much less show himself before the two of them.
Yet here Wei Zhao stood, bold as brass, right in front of them—less than a zhang away.
Looking at that half-smiling, half-sneering expression on Wei Zhao's face, Nan Tianyong and Yu Jiang, in their astonishment, instinctively took a step back in unison. Only afterward did they realize: one a peak late-stage Foundation Establishment expert, the other mid-stage, and they had actually fallen back a step before a peak late-stage Foundation Establishment whelp! What disgraceful behavior was this?
After leaving the Hong Merchant Guild, instead of seizing the moment to flee, he had actually come strutting up to them of his own accord. Such conduct was nothing short of a suicidal provocation!
In that instant, even a schemer as deep as Yu Jiang became just like his arrogant, overbearing master Nan Tianyong—goaded into a fury by Wei Zhao's utterly provocative gesture!
"Tch. Since you've so obligingly delivered yourself to my door, this granddaddy will teach you a lesson right now. Ready to die?" Nan Tianyong sneered, his aura surging to its absolute peak in an instant, and he made to strike at Wei Zhao, who stood but a few feet away.
This creature really was even stronger than expected! Wei Zhao had known it long before, but now, feeling Nan Tianyong's aura firsthand, he was all the more certain of it.
With his peak early-stage Foundation Establishment strength, when facing other opponents in the past, even if he held no advantage in rank, he was at least never reduced to the absolutely weaker side—never left wholly without room to fight back.
But now, facing Nan Tianyong, a peak late-stage Foundation Establishment expert, even with all the powerful trump cards at Wei Zhao's disposal, he could not bridge such a gulf in rank. If it truly came to blows, Nan Tianyong would not even need any martial technique—a casual palm strike could annihilate Wei Zhao. That was the cruel reality no one could escape.
Yet in the face of Nan Tianyong's utterly unrestrained, biting killing intent, Wei Zhao showed not a flicker of fear. Instead, his face calm as ever, he grinned and said, "Heh. Senior Nan, are you sure you want to do this here?"
"Hah? What sort of dogshit talk is that? Must this granddaddy pick a blessed geomantic spot just to kill you?" Nan Tianyong sneered with utter contempt.
Beside him, Yu Jiang wore the look one gives a fool: "Saying that—are you afraid and trying to stall for time, or trying to beg for mercy? Pity, either way it's a fool's hope. My master isn't so stupid as to believe the drivel of an enemy!"
Those words were meant, of course, to goad Nan Tianyong into striking at once. Yu Jiang would not allow any exchange of words between Wei Zhao and Nan Tianyong—one careless slip, and the secret of his Star Ink Stones might be exposed. That he would never permit; even the faintest possibility had to be nipped in the bud.