Chapter 4452 — Rejoicing Instead of Worrying
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
"Brother Qi, you are the young master who holds the whole enterprise together—how could it ever make sense for you to step into the ring yourself?" Wei Zhao laughed, clapping him on the shoulder. "Since, as you say, it's aimed at me, then of course it has to be me who goes up. Otherwise, if I tuck my tail and stay out of it, these people will surely be disappointed—they might even beat you to death."
"This—" Qi Wenmo started at those words and for a moment could say nothing. What Wei Zhao described was not merely possible; it was very likely!
Under the challenge rules, a contestant could name a challenge as many times as he liked against any Golden Core–stage upper echelon of an agency. Even if he could not name Ling Yi directly, and Qi Wenmo went first instead, the other side could simply kill him outright, and then, if the challenges continued, Ling Yi would have no choice but to enter the ring.
"So in the end it still has to be me up there. Rather than take such a meaningless and wholly unnecessary risk, better that I go up directly," Wei Zhao said mildly.
"Ah…" Qi Wenmo could only heave a deep sigh and say nothing more; he did not know what there was to say.
Just as Wei Zhao had said, even if he, the young master of the agency, stepped into the ring to fight first, it would not change the situation in the slightest. What was to be done, then? Was there nothing for it but to resign themselves to fate?
Qi Wenmo's brows were knit tight with worry, yet Wei Zhao, standing at the very eye of the storm, seemed calm and at ease with the situation—entirely unconcerned.
In truth, when Wei Zhao heard Hai Wuliang's rule on challenges by an agency's helmsman, his first reaction had not been worry at all, but rather a certain delight!
By Wei Zhao's strength—though his stated cultivation was only mid Golden Core—he was a peerless Golden Core expert who had achieved a perfect breakthrough. Add to that his many formidable trump cards, and calling him invincible at the Golden Core stage was no exaggeration at all.
Moreover, unlike other experts, Wei Zhao had no fear of being worn down by a wheel fight. With the jade pendant's space endlessly replenishing his true qi, essentially no matter how many Golden Core opponents came at him, they would all meet the same end: cleanly cut down by Wei Zhao in an instant, while handing the Qingtian Escort Agency a batch of points. There was no second possibility.
More crucial still was this: Wu Baoliang's identity was that of strategist to the Dragon Boat Escort Agency—likewise belonging to the upper echelon of an agency—and he was also a Golden Core consummation expert, fully qualifying under the helmsman challenge rule. Since others could challenge Wei Zhao, Wei Zhao could naturally challenge Wu Baoliang as well!
This was a rare and precious opportunity. To come all this way to the South Continent Sea, to fight in the South Continent Escort Gathering on behalf of the Qingtian Escort Agency—was it not all for the sake of dealing with Wu Baoliang?
Just as Cheng Haonan and the others had been racking their brains over how to ensure a match against Wei Zhao, Wei Zhao had been worrying over the same problem—except that, unlike the other side, he had not resorted to crooked tricks but simply let nature take its course. It would be all the better if they met; if not, he would think of something afterward.
Even Wei Zhao had not expected that a matter which should have depended entirely on luck would suddenly produce such a turning point. This was a one-of-a-kind opportunity—and since the man had already delivered himself to his door, how could Wei Zhao possibly turn him away? (To be continued…)