Chapter 4457 — Have You All Lost Your Minds
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In a life-or-death bout on the arena, the most important thing is morale. Once morale is gone, no matter how great one's strength, it cannot be brought to bear, and one can only be carved up at will. Look at the Qingtian Escort Agency now—what morale could they possibly have left? If not for fear of the agency's punishment, those five contestants on the arena would likely have raised their hands and surrendered long ago!
As Wu Conglong laughed in smug triumph, the five Wuma escort fighters on the arena seemed to draw some spiritual encouragement from it; every move they made grew more violent and ferocious. The Qingtian fighters, chased all over the arena, were like a small boat caught in towering waves, in danger of being swamped at any moment, and the sight made the onlookers tremble with fear and break out in a cold sweat for them.
"Heh heh, this match is already a sure win. It won't take half a stick of incense before the victor is decided!" Wu Conglong said with utter certainty, then turned to his deputy beside him. "Hurry and get the challenge list ready, and go wait by the panel of judges. The moment this is over, submit our challenge application at once!"
"Chief Escort, who are we challenging next?" the deputy asked.
"Fool, the Qingtian Escort Agency again, of course!" Wu Conglong shot him a glare, greed written across his face. "Such an obvious soft target—easy points and plenty of fame to be had. There will surely be a crowd of agencies fighting to challenge them later, and we can't let others snatch the bargain!"
"Yes, sir!" The deputy finally understood, and hurried off excitedly to make preparations.
"Haha. Challenging the Qingtian Escort Agency this time was a stroke of genius—we'll reap both fame and fortune. At this rate, we can start seriously looking ahead to the Big Five!" Wu Conglong said smugly.
Things were going so smoothly that even he could hardly believe it. To rank among the Big Five had been his cherished dream for many years, one he had long since given up as hopeless—and who would have thought the Qingtian Escort Agency would prove to be such a peerless stepping stone, delivered right to his doorstep!
Wu Conglong eagerly awaited the quick decision of the match, so he could seize the momentum and squeeze the other side for all it was worth. Yet a full half-stick of long incense passed. The arena was still a scene of chaos and flurry, but not a single one of the five Qingtian fighters had fallen.
Not only that—the crucial point was that these five bore hardly a scratch on them!
As chief escort of the Wuma Escort Agency, Wu Conglong might have been bent on climbing to the top over the Qingtian Escort Agency's back, but his powers of observation were still beyond the ordinary, and he had already sensed that something must be fishy here.
Though for the moment he could not yet make out what trick the other side was playing, one thing was certain: those five Qingtian fighters on the arena were not truly this cowardly—they were acting on someone's instructions.
"Stop wasting time. Concentrate our strength and kill one of them first!" Wu Conglong suddenly ordered in a low, grim voice.
"Yes, sir!" The Wuma fighters on the arena had already grown somewhat restless, and at these words they at once formed a killing encirclement. It was nothing sophisticated, but given the arena's constraints, it was enough to easily trap one opponent in a corner—provided, of course, that the other four were temporarily left alone.
No matter what, take one down first; that way, even if the entire stick of incense burned out, the Wuma Escort Agency would still win, and at least nothing would go wrong.
Five against one—and the one cornered was the weakest of the Qingtian Escort Agency's fighters, a late-Nascent Soul expert. The drowsy spectators below the arena were instantly excited; given the Wuma Escort Agency's一贯 iron-blooded style, no one could save this poor wretch!