Chapter 4930 — The Kaishan Stage Is Nothing Much
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The Alliance Chairman stared at him, momentarily struck dumb, while the crowd around them exchanged bewildered glances. Wei Zhao's words were plain enough to understand, but to say such a thing to a Kaishan-stage titan like Zang Zili—when he was merely a master of the early Xuan Ascension stage, no matter how formidable—was surely far too arrogant for spoken words. Had the man lost his mind?
Before the Alliance Chairman could open his mouth, Zang Zili threw his head back and howled as though he had just heard the greatest joke in the world, rocking back and forth with laughter, then fixed Wei Zhao with a look of pure mockery. "Hahahaha! No wonder you dared lay hands on my Ting'er. You've got a mouth on you, boy, and I'll tell you plain: if you can beat me to death today, you'll answer for nothing, but if you can't—hmph—I'll let you taste what it means to wish you were dead!"
"Excellent. With you saying that, I'm reassured." As he spoke, Wei Zhao extended his right arm. Arcs of lightning seethed wildly along it, and the aura around his whole body burst fully open in an instant, startling all who saw it.
"A lightning cultivator—no wonder you dare act so brash!" Zang Zili's expression shifted slightly at the sight. The lightning attribute was among the rarest of the strange-spirit-root attributes; because of the peculiar nature of lightning power, lightning cultivators were at nearly all times synonymous with overwhelming, domineering force. Ordinary cultivators simply could not contend with them.
Had Wei Zhao been a peak Xuan Ascension master rather than an early-stage one, Zang Zili might well have been inclined to withdraw of her own accord at this moment—for as the weakest of the Kaishan stage, she would have had little hope of victory against a lightning-attribute Xuan Ascension master at the peak. But as things stood, he was merely a master of the early Xuan Ascension stage, and the gap in strength was enough to crush everything before it.
"Then let this be my chance to sample the strength of a Kaishan-stage titan." As Wei Zhao spoke, the arcs dancing at his fingertips swelled violently into a terrifying deep-blue pillar of lightning—none other than the newly unveiled Thunderous Thousand Bursts.
In the blink of an eye, Thunderous Thousand Bursts hurtled straight for Zang Zili at a speed beyond the limit of the naked eye. The distance between them was no more than a few zhang; practically the instant it appeared, it had already struck dead at Zang Zili's face, and no one nearby had time even to react.
But Zang Zili reacted in time.
She was of the early Kaishan stage after all. Even if she was an alchemist unsuited to combat, she was still a titan-realm master through and through, and her reaction speed was far beyond anything the onlookers—at best early Xuan Ascension masters—could hope to match. Besides, she was no fool; having just seen that Wei Zhao was a lightning cultivator, she had long since been on guard against precisely this move.
As everyone knew, what made lightning cultivators so troublesome was not only their tremendous destructive power but the near-limit speed of their lightning. In essence, the moment they made their move, the lightning had already struck the opponent, and even the most basic attempt to dodge was a vain hope.
Under such circumstances, one facing a lightning cultivator had to make an accurate prediction in advance, for no one could evade lightning purely by reacting on the spot—otherwise, no matter how strong, one could only become a lightning rod.
Though Zang Zili was unsuited to combat, she was a Kaishan-stage titan after all, and she knew this most basic principle. So even before Wei Zhao raised his hand, she had in fact already reacted.
Faced with the onrushing Thunderous Thousand Bursts, Zang Zili showed not the slightest intention of retreating. She was a Kaishan-stage titan—to actively back away before a mere early Xuan Ascension master? That would be a laughingstock!