Chapter 4211 — The Contest Is Decided!
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
"Obviously—what kind of eyes do you have, to only figure that out now? I knew this newcomer king was formidable all along. In the singles final he was obviously throwing the match on purpose—anyone could see that!"
"Exactly. He probably couldn't even be bothered to fight Xu Lingchong one-on-one—he was saving it for the doubles, so he could take care of them both at once and save himself the trouble!"
"That does sound about right... Huh? Wait a minute! You two weren't singing that tune before—didn't you say Wei Zhao couldn't possibly be a match for Xu Lingchong? What changed?"
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"Grandfather, see how formidable little junior brother and Senior Sister Xiaotao are? This joint palm of theirs is a killer move I've been practicing with them for the past few days!" The worry on Shangguan Lan'er's face had vanished completely, and as she rejoiced for Wei Zhao and Huang Xiaotao, she boasted to Shangguan Tianxia.
"Heh heh, Little Lan'er, you only went to watch them practice, didn't you?" Shangguan Tianxia teased with a smile.
"That still counts as being together, so I get a share of the credit!" Shangguan Lan'er stuck out her tongue cutely.
Shangguan Tianxia burst into hearty laughter, patted Shangguan Lan'er lightly on the head, and as he looked far off toward Wei Zhao, his gaze held visibly more admiration than before.
Truth be told, even he had not expected Wei Zhao's counterattack from the brink of defeat to come so ferociously and so violently. Plainly only at the early Golden Core stage, yet facing the insufferable Xu Lingchong, he had killed him in a single move—such a showing was truly appalling to hear of!
If Xu Lingchong had merely been an ordinary mid Golden Core expert, that would have been one thing—but the trouble was, he too was a perfect-breakthrough Golden Core expert!
Two perfect Golden Core experts, equals in that regard—and Wei Zhao's sudden reversal in this match had, by his actual deeds, made one thing plain to all: even among geniuses, there are grades and tiers!
Xu Lingchong and Meng Zhou had been the pair most favored to take the doubles championship, yet they were cut down in a single move by Wei Zhao and Huang Xiaotao—and after that, the doubles matches simply became the stage for those two alone.
Whatever opponents they faced, it was a one-move kill from first to last, with no variation whatsoever—the same Fury Fire Bagua Joint Palm from beginning to end.
By the final stages, everyone present could even work out the pattern of their moves—yet even so, nothing changed the outcome. It was one move, the Fury Fire Bagua Joint Palm; so what if you saw the pattern coming? Unsolvable at the start, still unsolvable at the end—that was the gap of absolute strength!
Cutting down one opponent after another, Wei Zhao and Huang Xiaotao gave the whole crowd a fine demonstration of what it meant to be an invincible presence at the Golden Core stage!
In several rounds, their opponents, facing such a domineering pair, could not muster even a shred of fighting spirit and hurriedly conceded the moment they stepped up. Wei Zhao's team was invincible for all to see; there was no shame in conceding, and it spared them injury besides—so why cling stubbornly on?
It is worth noting that among these were Yu Jiang and Nan Tianxiong's pair. They had dreamed of grinding Wei Zhao underfoot, but circumstances overmatched the men—Xu Lingchong had nearly been beaten to death, so for them to come blundering up now would have been courting death outright, no?
In the end, Wei Zhao and Huang Xiaotao locked in the top spot of the doubles tournament beyond any doubt, and their glory and dominance far outshone Xu Lingchong's first place in the singles. R1152