Chapter 4466 — Convincingly Beaten
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If even Qi Mingyuan reacted like that, the rest of the crowd needed no explaining. Every last one of them stood with jaws hanging open, staring blankly at Qi Wenmo, trading looks of utter disbelief and not a word to say.
Zhao Shanying of the Xuanying Escort Agency, in particular, wore the face of a man who had seen a ghost. He looked at his two Gold Core consummate experts lying on the ground, their lives hanging in the balance, then looked at Qi Wenmo, whom they had traded their lives to take down, and there was not the slightest sign of injury on him. If that was not seeing a ghost, what in the world was?
"Wenhan, are you really all right?" Only then did Qi Mingyuan manage to get out a complete sentence, and he began checking Qi Wenmo up and down with anxious care. What he found left him stunned—there truly was not a scratch on him!
"Don't worry, Dad. I'm really fine." Qi Wenmo stretched his arms and legs. He moved freely, without the faintest sign of injury.
The entire hall was struck dumb. When they looked at Qi Wenmo again, it was as though they were looking at some kind of monster, and their faces held nothing but shock upon shock.
The Xuanying Escort Agency's Gold Core consummate experts were formidable by any measure; among cultivators of the same level, they could hardly be called weak. Yet Qi Wenmo had taken the full force of two men's killing strikes head-on—and the Vulture had even seized the chance to rake him with two claws—and all he had done was rest a moment after being knocked off the arena. He was perfectly fine.
By contrast, the two men from the Xuanying Escort Agency now lay there with their lives uncertain, clearly nearing their last breath. With so stark a contrast, anyone could see that although all of them were Gold Core consummate experts, the gulf in strength between them was anything but small.
Some could not help but wonder: if this had not been an arena duel but some other occasion, Qi Wenmo in this condition could have stepped right back into the fight. Who then could have stood in his way?
Seen in that light, this young master of the Qingtian Escort Agency was simply an invincible presence within the Gold Core stage!
What none of them knew was that Qi Wenmo, whom the whole hall had just mythologized, was himself utterly baffled. He could only guess that it was Wei Zhao's doing, and so he had tacitly played along with the act.
"Qi Wenmo is this strong? Has he been hiding his true ability all along?" Long Kuiba frowned deeply at the sight. Given the bad blood between the Longzhou Escort Agency and the Qingtian Escort Agency, he had dealt with Qi Wenmo often enough, and he had always known the young man was no weakling. But never had he imagined he could be strong to this degree!
"Indeed, and that could be a problem. If, when the agency leaders' challenge comes later, this fellow takes the field first on the Qingtian Escort Agency's behalf, what then? What do you make of it, Strategist?" Cheng Haonan was worried too. His target had been Wei Zhao from first to last, and he had not counted on this sudden interloper charging onto the scene. He might well ruin things halfway through, and that would be trouble indeed.
"Hmph. There is nothing to worry about." Wu Baoliang gave a cold, sharp laugh. "I watched his martial techniques closely just now. Their power is only so-so. He failed twice in a row to kill an opponent of his own level outright—so just how strong can he be?"
"The Strategist has a point." Cheng Haonan and Long Kuiba nodded again and again. Because Wei Zhao had not taken the field himself, the two of them had not observed so carefully; hearing Wu Baoliang's analysis, they were at once reassured. The minimum requirement for being invincible at one's level was the ability to kill an opponent of the same level in a single strike. Qi Wenmo could not even manage that, so his strength was clearly nothing much.