Chapter 3460 — Kun Cun's Terror

So Wei Zhao decided to test the waters first. Without a word, he unleashed the sixteenth stance of the Frenzied Fire Fist! He had no intention of killing Pu Nimei outright, since the man's defenses were likely formidable, and so he did not resort to his strongest technique, the Frenzied Fire Eight Trigrams Palm.

"Boom!"

The Frenzied Fire Fist slammed into Pu Nimei's body, and yet Pu Nimei only staggered back half a step, showing no real injury whatsoever. Wei Zhao was momentarily taken aback, and then he understood! Just as he had expected!

Pu Nimei's defensive power was terrifying. Even at full strength, Wei Zhao might not be able to kill him—for this man could no longer be counted as a normal cultivator. He was a modified breed, and Wei Zhao could not judge him by the knowledge and common sense of ordinary cultivators.

"Is that all you've got?" Pu Nimei sneered, looking at Wei Zhao. "With that little skill, you'd best forget about leaving this place alive today!"

Pu Nimei had no idea Wei Zhao was merely probing. In his eyes, Wei Zhao—a top expert at the peak of the mid Heaven rank—was already impressive to be able to unleash the seventeenth stance! The power of the sixteenth stance of the Frenzied Fire Fist, he judged, was roughly equal to an ordinary martial technique's seventeenth stance.

"Sect Master Kun Cun, why don't the two of us exchange a few moves first," Wei Zhao said mildly, turning to look at Kun Cun, and simply abandoning his assault on Pu Nimei. Though he might be able to kill Pu Nimei if he unleashed his strongest move, that was only a possibility, not a certainty.

If he failed to kill Pu Nimei, a Wei Zhao drained of stamina and true qi would be in grave danger. So Wei Zhao shifted his target to Kun Cun instead.

"Huh?" Kun Cun was taken aback. What the hell was Wei Zhao playing at? Why was he upsetting his plan? This made no sense!

Normally, when cultivators fought, whoever had engaged whom fought on until victory was decided. Who ever heard of breaking off halfway and demanding a switch of opponents? Who the hell did he think this was—a tournament with substitutions?

"What's the matter? Is Sect Master Kun's strength so lacking that he dares not face me?" Wei Zhao said with a half-smile, his tone mocking.

"How could that be?" Kun Cun's face flushed scarlet on the spot! Yet Wei Zhao had hit the mark—for all his overwhelming attack power, Kun Cun's weak defenses meant he dared not fight Wei Zhao head-on, only strike from the shadows. "It's merely that this sect master disdains to soil his own hands on a minnow like you!"

"Since you've come, whether you strike or not is no longer up to you," Wei Zhao said with a cold laugh, then shot a meaningful glance at Ergoudan.

"Ai yo, this place is too scary—I've got to get out of here fast!" Ergoudan shouted and bolted for the door.

Just then Pu Nimei happened to be standing not far from the doorway. Kun Cun knitted his brows slightly. If Wei Zhao truly meant to fight him, his chances of winning were slim; he had to force Wei Zhao to submit, to make Wei Zhao fight Pu Nimei so that he could launch a sneak attack from the side!

Kun Cun's eyes darted about and lit upon Ergoudan, who was about to flee. At once he chuckled with a heh-heh and came up with a plan. "Deputy Sect Master Pu, seize that boy! Don't let him get away!"

"Understood!" Pu Nimei nodded and lunged for Ergoudan.

"Wei Zhao, if you fight Deputy Sect Master Pu properly, according to the rules, then I can spare your friends and your captured classmates. Otherwise, you'll have only yourself to blame for what happens to this friend of yours!" Kun Cun threatened Wei Zhao coldly. After all, Wei Zhao was a first-rate expert at the peak of the mid Heaven rank with no small strength; even though Kun Cun was an evil cultivator, whether he could actually beat Wei Zhao was still an open question.

A surprise attack while Wei Zhao was off guard might still win the day, but a head-on battle would be dangerous.

"Ai yo, don't grab me! Let me tell you, if you get me riled up, I'll kill you with one punch!" Blocked by Pu Nimei, Ergoudan began shouting at once. "Get out of my way, or I won't be polite!"

"Heh, won't be polite?" Pu Nimei was instantly amused. "You'll kill me with one punch? Fine, then I'll just stand here and let you hit me. If you can kill me, I'll let you leave. If you can't, then you'd better settle down and stay put!"

There was no true qi fluctuation from Ergoudan at all; he did not look like a cultivator in the least. And even if he were an accomplished external martial artist, Pu Nimei was confident in himself! The evil Gu he cultivated, the modified Vajra Gu, was a formidable thing indeed.

Though it was not as powerful as the Vajra Gu of that former High Priest, he still held a considerable advantage over masters of the Golden Bell Shield or Iron Shirt. He was a cockroach that could not be killed, and that was why he was so confident!

His tone carried a teasing note; in his eyes Ergoudan was nothing but a plaything. A bit of fun would also lift the foul mood left by the mourners' deaths.

"Then there's no helping it—I'll just have to kill you with one punch!" Ergoudan sighed somewhat helplessly, then suddenly swung out his fist...

With a "bang," it struck Pu Nimei square in the chest.

Pu Nimei's expression shifted from that initial mockery to utter, unbelievable horror! But by now he could not speak. His whole body flew backward in the direction of the door, smashing into it with a crash. Nor did he stop there—he kept flying outward, straight into the corridor wall, and burst through it!

Since Wei Zhao was staying in the top-tier presidential suite, the rooms on that floor lined only one side of the corridor, the other side being a solid wall; otherwise Pu Nimei would have crashed into someone else's room.

"The complete version of the Strength God Gu!" A look of horror flashed through Kun Cun's eyes. He stared at Ergoudan, then at Wei Zhao. "Who exactly are you people? How could you possibly possess the complete version of the Strength God Gu?! How is this possible?"

"Oh? You actually know the Strength God Gu? And even that it's the complete version?" This time it was Wei Zhao's turn to be surprised! Ergoudan had indeed, in his youth, accidentally consumed the culture fluid of the Strength God Gu's venom, and transformed into what he was now.

And it was precisely because of the Strength God Gu's side effects that he could not leave West Star Mountain Village for long; with the complete version of the Strength God Gu, after every three uses he had to return to West Star Mountain to drink that spirit spring water, or else his body would become utterly feeble.

"So it really is the complete version of the Strength God Gu! Who exactly are you? Who was your master?" At this, Kun Cun suddenly thought of something and cried out in horror, "Your surname is Lin? What is your relationship to Lin Dongfang?"

"Oh? You know quite a lot, don't you?" Wei Zhao only knew that Kun Cun was a wanted criminal of the Mysterious Investigation Bureau, but he had no knowledge of the inside story from back then!