Chapter 4460 — Taking the Field Personally
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"Brother Ling is right—it was I who lost my composure!" Qi Wenmo came to his senses. As the young master, showing fear before the battle would badly sap morale. Secretly ashamed, he hastily thumped his chest and said, "Brother Ling, this is a hard fight, and it will be difficult to win by cleverness as we just did. Why not let me hold the line in person?"
In a life-and-death duel on the arena, in the end one had to contend with raw strength. Not every match could be won by outwitting the opponent, as they had just done against the Wuma Escort Agency.
"Brother Qi, are you sure?" This time Wei Zhao did not stop him outright, for in his view the coming battle with the Xuanying Escort Agency might well be the fight in which the Qingtian Escort Agency was reborn. If Qi Wenmo, as the young master, took the field in person, not only was his own strength formidable—more importantly, it would greatly inspire morale and substantially raise their chances of victory.
"Of course!" Qi Wenmo nodded firmly and grinned. "Brother Ling, I entrust the command wholly to you. As for charging into the fray, leave that to me to settle."
Bearing in mind the later challenge by the agency's helmsman, for which strength had to be conserved, Qi Wenmo would absolutely not let Wei Zhao take the field as well. So this time he would lead the team himself—already the strongest lineup the Qingtian Escort Agency could field.
"Very well. This battle concerns the fate and future of the entire agency. Since Brother Qi is taking the field in person, this fight is all the more one we must win and dare not lose. Also, Brother Qi, you must be sure to look after your own safety—if anything should go wrong with you, even a victory here would not be worth the cost." Wei Zhao cautioned.
"Rest easy, Brother Ling. I know my limits." Qi Wenmo nodded firmly.
"Good." Wei Zhao at once began selecting the roster. This battle was crucial and admitted no error, so he had no thought of conserving strength; he simply brought out the strongest lineup currently available—counting Qi Wenmo, a Golden Core consummate, three Golden Core consummate experts in all, plus two at the peak of late Golden Core.
Of course, if one insisted on fielding the strongest force on paper, he could have added one more Golden Core consummate. But that man had fought a match against the Wuma Escort Agency; though unharmed, he had used up no small amount of true qi and could not recover in a short time. Forcing him in now would be meaningless.
With such a strongest lineup, they could now give even a great house like the Sihai Escort Agency a run for its money; against the Wuma Escort Agency of moments ago, this lineup could simply crush them head-on without any scheming at all.
When Qi Mingyuan, seated among the panel of judges, saw the roster of competing escorts handed up by Steward Song, he was struck dumb on the spot.
"Outrageous!" Qi Mingyuan's eyes bulged, and he slapped the table, about to leave the platform to stop it. To be sure, for the fairness of the tournament, judges were normally forbidden to leave the platform on their own—but he could not care less now. This was, after all, his only son, the one in whom he had placed such hopes!
The match mattered, true—but compared with Qi Wenmo's life, it was not worth mentioning! (To be continued) R655