Chapter 4878 — Some Rather Bad News
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Her meager strength was nothing in his eyes—or more precisely, he had never regarded any perfect Nascent Soul expert as worth his notice, for he was acknowledged as the foremost man of the Nascent Soul realm.
The situation was on the verge of erupting when suddenly a figure stepped out from the crowd and said slowly, "All right, enough of your foul bleating. I've taken a liking to this place. Those with sense, get lost. Those who don't—die!"
As the words fell, the man walked unhurriedly up to Huo Yudie and regarded Wang Dianxing with an easy expression, utterly calm and unruffled.
Wei Zhao! Though she saw only his back, Huo Yudie recognized him at a glance, and in her shock and joy she nearly cried out—but catching the subtle gesture Wei Zhao made behind his back, she hastily swallowed the words on her tongue.
Not only Huo Yudie; Yi Xiaotian, Yao Jiali and the others nearby recognized him too, and every one of them paled with astonishment, speechless for a long moment.
"What did you just say? I didn't catch it. Care to repeat that?" Wang Dianxing dug at his ear and stared at Wei Zhao in disbelief, thinking he must have let his attention wander and misheard. With Ren Zhongyuan's example fresh before him, he truly could not believe anyone would dare provoke him in public.
"Huh? So you're a cripple after all this? And they call you the foremost seat of Lei Dong Academy—more like the foremost cripple's seat, eh?" Wei Zhao said with a sidelong glance and a curl of his lip.
The whole crowd erupted. Everyone had assumed Wang Dianxing had Huo Yudie cornered, and they had been hoping for a glimpse of the legendary beauty of one of the Three Fairies—who would have thought a troublemaker would suddenly pop up?
The others were shocked; the Chenxing Academy group was even more so. Lu Xiaozhong, who had long detested Lei Dong Academy, was capering with glee, while the rest of the Chenxing disciples all wore the look of people who had stumbled into disaster. Wei Zhao was their temporary captain—by doing this, he wasn't just courting ruin for himself; all of them would suffer for it too.
Regret filled every heart. He had been steady enough all along the way—how had he suddenly turned like this? Had they known, they would have died rather than agree to let this creature be captain!
Only Wang Xinyan and Huang Xiaotao remained relatively calm. They knew of the relationship between Wei Zhao and Huo Yudie—if Wei Zhao held back and did nothing at a time like this, that would truly be a wonder to behold.
Bao Zuoliang and Su Kesheng, meanwhile, wore conflicted expressions. Wei Zhao was courting death and inviting disaster, deliberately provoking a formidable foe like Wang Dianxing. At any other time the two of them would have been overjoyed—but now they were both holding back, preparing to use the Lightning-Guiding Banner!
If Wei Zhao were simply killed on the spot by Wang Dianxing, that would be one thing—but what if he were only beaten half to death and became too frightened to attempt the Profound Ascension breakthrough? Then all their preparations would have been for nothing.
"The foremost cripple's seat? Hahahaha, you really are a funny one!" Wang Dianxing did not fly into a rage as everyone had expected. Instead, as though he had heard the greatest joke in the world, he rocked back and forth with laughter, nearly choking on it.
At length Wang Dianxing raised his head and looked at Wei Zhao with the eyes one reserves for the dead, his tone cold and grim: "I do like amusing fellows like you. But there's some rather bad news—I like turning them into dead men even more!"