Chapter 4663 — Dangerous!
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
At these words, the whole crowd perked up at once. Many among them harbored the very same designs as Kang Jingming, hoping to seize this rare chance, unseen in a century, to rise to the heavens in a single step.
"Simple. Whoever obtains the most heavenly treasures and earthly rarities in the trial is the final victor," Yan Xinlan answered tersely. Seeing the varied expressions on their faces, she added: "Of course, the treasures you obtain belong to you. West Island will not take a single piece. So there is no need to hide or hoard anything—every item has its corresponding value, converted into spirit jade at the average prices of the great merchant guilds."
Having received this answer, the crowd fell silent. Heavenly treasures and earthly rarities could not in themselves prove anything directly, but in this perilous West Island Trial they could indirectly reveal a person's strength and ability—including, perhaps, fortune and destiny. Measured by this standard, it was reasonable enough.
"Very well, since there are no more questions, line up in order and prepare for teleportation," Yan Xinlan announced at once.
Guided by the West Island disciples, the crowd cooperatively formed a long queue, ready to proceed to the teleportation formation. Just then, a commotion broke out at the back of the line; Wei Zhao looked over at the sound and was struck dumb.
Every eye was fixed on a single figure: Kang Jingming!
But by now he was fully armed. Not only was he wearing an intelligent suit of armor, he was also jauntily shouldering a laser cannon, looking insufferably smug and imposing—like Megatron out of Transformers! By comparison, Xu Lingchong, walking at his side, was utterly ignored.
"What is that? It looks pretty fierce?" The crowd exchanged puzzled looks. They were all natives of Cloudscale Island, and naturally had no notion of such ultra-high-tech contraptions; each of them took it for some divine weapon of extraordinary power. After all, the West Island Trial had never said weapons were forbidden.
At that moment, almost everyone wore a look of baffled awe. Though they did not know what the thing actually was, the swaggering silhouette alone told them it was not to be trifled with, and a measure of wariness crept into their hearts. This was, after all, a rival they would soon have to face!
By contrast, Wei Zhao's and Han Jingyi's expressions were rather subtle.
The others were baffled; these two knew exactly what they were looking at. Han Jingyi, a devotee of technology, needed no explanation, and even Wei Zhao was no stranger to those two items.
He was an assassin by upbringing, after all. Weapons of that kind were not only equipment he might need on a mission—they were threats he had to handle with the utmost caution. How to deal with high-tech weaponry had been one of the key subjects of his training.
Watching Kang Jingming strut about flaunting his might, and especially eyeing that intelligent armor and laser cannon of his, Wei Zhao was all but stunned.
The Central Chamber of Commerce had already whipped up a tide of technology across Cloudscale Island, true enough, but never in his wildest dreams had he imagined encountering a scene like this at the West Island Trial. High-level cultivators pitted against ultra-high-tech weaponry—what kind of absurd, mismatched melee was this?!
"Be careful, Brother Wei Zhao. That thing is no good. It looks quite formidable, and this level of technology is definitely not something the ordinary mortal world could possess. Either it is a bluff, or... I fear ordinary cultivators will not be able to withstand it," Han Jingyi said, a hint of worry in her expression. (To be continued...)