Chapter 4229 — Someone Cuts In
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Before he could finish, Cheng Qitian's voice cut off short, like a duck suddenly seized by the neck—not a single word more could come out. It was not that he did not want to speak; the situation had shifted so abruptly that he truly could not.
The reason was simple. Just as he was strutting and throwing his weight around, Wei Zhao and Huang Xiaotao—the two weaklings he had taken for fish on the chopping block, utterly incapable of striking back—had suddenly and boldly made their move.
What he never could have expected was that the targets Wei Zhao and Huang Xiaotao now aimed at were not him at all, but none other than his attendant Old Kong, whose strength reached the Nascent Soul stage!
Two early-stage Golden Core cultivators daring to strike at a Nascent Soul expert—was that not the height of absurdity?
Not only Cheng Qitian himself, but even the onlookers gathered around could not help but feel a sense of derision mingled with disbelief. Even a cornered dog leaping over the wall did not leap like that.
Even Old Kong himself could not help but be astonished. He truly had never imagined these two would dare attack him—this was unprecedented. Even if he had been completely off guard, there was still no chance whatsoever these two could harm him!
This was not arrogance on his part. The vast gulf in strength between them was plain as day, an ironclad fact no one could change.
Yet in the next instant, Old Kong's expression changed drastically—two blazing-fire Eight Trigrams Combined Palms, bearing the intricate Eight Trigrams pattern, slammed into his chest simultaneously, one from each side!
Bang! Caught utterly off guard, Old Kong spat out a mouthful of glaring blood and was sent flying backward on the spot, a full several dozen zhang, smashing through several thick walls of the sea region dock before he finally came to a wretched halt.
This astonishing spectacle nearly blinded everyone present. The two scantily clad women clinging to Cheng Qitian's side went pale with fright and screamed in panic, while Cheng Qitian himself was so shocked he nearly bit through his own tongue and for a long while could not utter a word.
A deathly silence fell over the whole scene—until Old Kong, in sorry shape, climbed to his feet from the rubble and dust. He fixed his gaze on Wei Zhao and Huang Xiaotao, his face contorted with savagery.
With his strength, had they been merely two ordinary early-stage Golden Core cultivators, they could never have hit him in the first place; and even if they had, they could never have reduced him to such a sorry state.
In truth, even before the blows landed, with the strength of a Nascent Soul expert he had, despite his momentary carelessness, still reacted in time. Yet what he never expected was that even after summoning his protective true qi at the very last moment, he would still end up like this.
Two insignificant early-stage Golden Core ants—yet the power of this single martial technique, once joined together, could rival the peak of the late Golden Core stage! This was truly unheard of and never before seen. No wonder these two dared to be so brazen as to attack him of their own accord!
At this very moment, the killing intent in Old Kong finally surged skyward without the slightest concealment. A dignified Nascent Soul expert, wounded by two early-stage Golden Core ants—if word of this got out, he would be laughed at for the rest of his life!
Seeing this, Wei Zhao and Huang Xiaotao felt their hearts turn cold. The opportunity just now had been excellent, and their blazing-fire Eight Trigrams Combined Palms had indeed unleashed their full might. To wound this Nascent Soul expert as grievously as possible, they had not dared divide their firepower, directing both their palms squarely at Old Kong.