Chapter 3948 — Let Go of Me, Now!!!
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For some time now, Kang Jingming had made no small use of this same trick. He was not like Wei Zhao, after all—this fellow was a pill refiner. Even if he had latched onto a backer like Xu Lingchong and managed to scrape through Foundation Establishment by relying on pills, his actual combat strength remained his fatal flaw. He had no powerful martial arts, and against a skilled opponent of his own level he had virtually no chance of victory.
Fortunately, he had at least learned one skill: the pill-fire bomb. There was no question about the lethality of this move. Its only weakness lay in the fact that it required a long time to charge. If he did not use some trick to buy time, once he was on the arena platform his opponent would hardly be foolish enough to leave him such an opening.
There was another point as well: the pill-fire bomb might be immune against certain attributes' mental cultivation methods. But Kang Jingming was no fool—he would choose his targets before employing it.
"You need a bit of time?" Wei Zhao raised an eyebrow. Given all the bad blood between him and Kang Jingming, there was no way this little scheme of Kang Jingming's could escape his eyes. Yet he had no intention of calling it out in front of everyone. With an indifferent expression he said, "Suit yourself. After all, you are a new steward—you're bound to be entitled to a few privileges."
That one sentence made every new disciple in the hall look at Kang Jingming with a shade more hostility and envy.
Unlike Wei Zhao, the others might envy Wei Zhao's prominence, but in private they still held a fair degree of awe for his formidable strength. Kang Jingming was different. Apart from the various favors shown him by Xu Lingchong and the Pavilion Master Hu Yunfeng, the crowd could see no sign of strength whatsoever in this fellow!
True, he had occasionally made a few moves, and each time had been a dominating one-hit kill. But the impression Kang Jingming gave was never that of a true powerhouse; he was more like a sycophantic wretch who had risen through favoritism.
For a person like that to be held in contempt was only natural. Even if Wei Zhao himself was hardly a popular figure, if someone could trample this Kang Jingming underfoot, that would be a fine sight to gladden the heart.
Facing the hostile gazes of the crowd, Kang Jingming did not take it to heart at all. Instead, the corners of his mouth curled up in a crafty grin. This posturing fool Wei Zhao was as stupid and arrogant as ever!
And that suited him just fine. In a moment he would send the man to the Western Paradise with the pill-fire bomb, and then he would take his time savoring what sort of expressions these people would wear!
After dawdling for quite a while, everything was ready. With the smile of a victor on his face, Kang Jingming slowly stepped up onto the platform and crooked a finger at Wei Zhao from afar. "Come on, at last the two of us can settle this. But let me say this upfront—though we are old acquaintances, I make no promise that this steward will hold back. I might just kill you later on, you know!"
"Heh heh... I truly find it hard to understand. You, a creature who knows nothing but cheap tricks—where do you get such confidence and nerve? From that piddling trick of stalling for time?" Wei Zhao smiled without a care.
A specimen like Kang Jingming had never been a formidable foe in his eyes. At most, his threat was on par with Meng Zhou's. Even if he had more brains than Meng Zhou, it was a pity that his strength was ultimately his fatal weakness.
Before absolute strength, any stratagem was nothing but a joke. And besides, a petty trick like Kang Jingming's could hardly even be called a stratagem—at best it was a bit of cheap showmanship.
"Hmph, piddling trick? This is the only time you get to flaunt that sharp tongue of yours. If you die with your eyes open later on, then don't blame this steward." Kang Jingming sneered without end.