Chapter 4464 — Exchanging Pieces Once More
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If they succeeded, this would be the first five-great-agency-caliber power the Qingtian Escort Agency had devoured, enough to inject a shot of vigor into every soul in the agency, and to show all the world that the Qingtian Escort Agency was no empty name, no top dark horse riding on a streak of dung-luck, but a force with the true strength to claim the throne of escort overlord!
"Damn it!" By contrast, Zhao Shanying's mood at this moment was exceedingly heavy.
To outside eyes, the Xuanying Escort Agency had certainly lost a little in this exchange, but at present each agency still had four men on the arena: the Qingtian Escort Agency with three Gold Core consummate experts and one peak late-stage expert, the Xuanying Escort Agency with four Gold Core consummate experts. In raw strength they still held the advantage!
Even if that advantage was slight, it was enough to tip the scales of victory a fraction further toward the Xuanying Escort Agency—at the very least, they would never fall to a disadvantage.
But Zhao Shanying was not so shallow as the rest. What he watched was not the gain or loss of a single position, but the drift of the whole tide—and plainly, after this last exchange, the tide had turned to the Qingtian Escort Agency's side.
On Qi Wenmo's side, two Gold Core consummate experts harried him together; even if they could not bring him down soon, there was no need for great worry. But on the other side, the three remaining men of the Qingtian Escort Agency could still form the wedge formation, while the Xuanying Escort Agency had only two—and that was where things began to look grim.
Before, it had been three against four, and little disadvantage showed; now it had become two against three, and they were clearly struggling. Zhao Shanying's real fear was that if the other side worked the same trick again, trading yet another peak late-stage expert for one of his Gold Core consummate experts, then their position would collapse utterly.
It was not merely possible—it was highly likely. After all, on the wedge formation's side the enemy still held the advantage in numbers and the initiative, fully capable of launching another exchange.
By then, the arena would be left with nothing but Gold Core consummate experts, and both sides would be split into one against two—only Qi Wenmo had the strength to fight two alone, while the Xuanying Escort Agency simply could not manage it. They might well be cut down in an instant by two foes striking as one!
What to do? Zhao Shanying was frantic, and at the same time shot a look of deep dread toward Wei Zhao in the distance. Both were field commanders; his own habit was to look two moves ahead, a cut above the common run—but set beside this calm young man, he was no better than a three-year-old child.
The other was not merely reading two moves ahead: before a single piece was placed, he already held the whole game in his hand!
No—a countermove had to be found at once!
Zhao Shanying dared not wait so passively any longer. If he truly waited for the other side to strike again, he would not even have a chance to hit back.
"Pick the soft persimmons to squeeze! Vulture, hold Qi Wenmo down; Falcon, go help!" Zhao Shanying decided on the spot. Outsiders might not catch on at once, but the several Xuanying escorts on the arena understood instantly. (To be continued...) R640