Chapter 4279 — Could I Have Guessed Wrong?
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Cao Shishi opened her mouth, rather afraid. But at the sight of Chang Daoping's stern expression, and fearful of being scolded as Luo Tuoxiang had been, she dared not make another sound. After dawdling a moment, she finally mustered her courage and walked over.
Close behind, the other three were sent off by Chang Daoping one after another to their respective Northern Dipper positions. When at last it came to Wei Zhao and Huang Xiaotao's turn, Chang Daoping suddenly froze—for the two of them had actually walked off to one side of their own accord.
"Boy, now that the moment has come, do you mean to turn deserters?" Seeing this, Luo Tuoxiang immediately stamped his feet inside and mocked, "Hmph, cowardly yokels, rats at heart—I knew these two could not be relied on, good for nothing. When the critical moment comes, all they do is stab their teammates in the back!"
His tone was such that he had quite forgotten his own reaction moments before. When Chang Daoping had ordered him to be the first to enter, he had nearly wet his pants with fright—yet now, having found there was no danger, he had turned arrogant.
"Exactly! We are already inside, and these two still mean to slip away in secret. Are they not simply wasting our time and putting us all in peril?" Cao Shishi likewise sneered, and said to Chang Daoping, "Brother Chang, you cannot let the two of them just slip away like this!"
The other three chimed in as well, cursing and denouncing. After all, standing where they now stood, they were all taking a risk no matter how one looked at it; if Wei Zhao and Huang Xiaotao simply ran off, would their own risk not have been taken for nothing?
"What do you two mean by this? I have told you so much, and now at the last moment you want to back out—that hardly seems fair, does it?" Chang Daoping's expression had darkened as well. Breaking the formation required eight people; if Wei Zhao and Huang Xiaotao would not cooperate, then no matter how great his ability, it would all be in vain.
"Oh? Could it be that I have guessed wrong, Brother Chang—you do not intend for us to stand here?" Wei Zhao pointed at the spot not far before him: the remaining two Northern Dipper positions.
"Tch, shrinking from battle is shrinking from battle. You are plainly gutless cowards, yet you still dare put on a bold face and play the part? Truly laughable!" Luo Tuoxiang's mockery grew even more reckless at this. Pointing at Wei Zhao and Huang Xiaotao, he laughed loudly. "A formation as profound as the Moon Shadow Formation—boy, you would not mean to tell me that even you know how it should be broken? Hahahaha!"
"Nothing but an early Golden Core yokel. If even the likes of him could break a formation, then sows could climb trees! For this trip to the ruins, for the breaking of this formation, even Brother Chang spent a good half year making special preparations!" Cao Shishi curled her lip and added.
She had not known of the Moon Shadow Formation before, but as Chang Daoping's dual-cultivation partner, she was perfectly clear on what he had been doing previously. To study the formation, Chang Daoping had gone into secluded cultivation for a full half year of preparation.
From their behavior earlier, Wei Zhao and Huang Xiaotao were plainly just like the rest of them—they too had never heard of the Moon Shadow Formation. And to break it, even Chang Daoping had gone to such great trouble. If those two could see through the mystery so easily, that would be utterly impossible—nothing but a fool's dream.
"So you see, these two yokels are certainly trying to desert on the eve of battle, and still they quibble here. Truly ridiculous..." Luo Tuoxiang sneered without cease.