Chapter 4466 — Convincingly Beaten
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"More than that, those two escorts from the Xuanying Escort Agency were clearly holding something back for defense just now. They did not strike with full force, and that is the only reason that brat Qi Wenmo escaped with his life. Otherwise, with his meager strength, if two Gold Core consummate experts had truly hit him with everything they had, do you really think he would have survived?" Wu Baoliang's cold laughter did not cease.
"Quite right, quite right. We were both too close to the matter to see clearly; the Strategist alone saw through it. The boy truly is nothing to worry about. The two of us were fretting over nothing—hahahaha!" Cheng Haonan and Long Kuiba exchanged glances and burst out laughing.
Even as the three of them talked, the situation on the arena had already become perfectly clear. Having successfully traded himself for two opponents, Qi Wenmo left a three-against-two fight, and the Qingtian Escort Agency's advantage was plain for all to see.
Under such circumstances, even without Wei Zhao directing operations from the sidelines, the three Qitian escorts on the field were already standing on undefeatable ground. They were all seasoned hands within the agency; they might not be able to erupt in sudden bursts of power like Qi Wenmo, but at the very least holding their ground posed no problem for them.
In the end, only one man remained on the arena—the sole surviving expert at the peak of the late Gold Core stage—and he did not disappoint, carrying the Qingtian Escort Agency through to the final laugh!
Faced with that outcome, the whole hall was silent for a long moment. This arena battle had claimed no lives on the spot, but a full nine contestants were out, and apart from Qi Wenmo every one of them was gravely wounded. The ferocity of the contest needed no further illustration.
In this duel the Xuanying Escort Agency had sent five Gold Core consummate experts into the field, and the strength they displayed could hardly be called unimpressive—yet in the end they had lost. A narrow loss is still a loss. The crowd might feel some regret for them, but the points would not be discounted.
The whole of the Qingtian Escort Agency erupted in celebration, gathering Qi Wenmo and Wei Zhao—the two men whose contributions were greatest—into their midst, cheering and leaping about, unable to contain their excitement.
At that moment, Zhao Shanying, the chief escort of the Xuanying Escort Agency across the arena, walked slowly through the crowd and up before them, under the eyes of all present.
The hall fell silent at once. Everyone watched Zhao Shanying with wary faces. This was a man who had rebuilt the Xuanying Escort Agency through his own efforts alone—an out-and-out overlord, who had come back breathing vengeance, only to be trampled into the dirt by the Qingtian Escort Agency. Faced with so crushing a blow, who knew whether the fellow might do something extreme?
"You are Ling Yi?" Zhao Shanying came up close and looked Wei Zhao up and down, studying him carefully.
"That's right. What can I do for you, sir?" Wei Zhao's expression was calm as he in turn sized the other man up.
"I would not presume. Today I have finally come to understand one thing: that the Qingtian Escort Agency's rise to prominence was indeed never a matter of luck, but of real, solid strength." In front of everyone, Zhao Shanying bowed his head to Wei Zhao and the others. "In today's battle, I am convinced. You are truly stronger than my Xuanying Escort Agency!"
At those words, the hall erupted in discussion! (To be continued) R752