Chapter 3534 — Three Martial Brothers

Second Senior Brother swaggered out through the mountain gate alongside Junior Brother Wang. He cast a glance at Wei Zhao and the women behind him, and his eyes lit up at once, turning lecherous. "Hey, Wei Zhao! Why don't you kill yourself? I'll leave your corpse intact. As for your women, they're staying with me! I'll take your place!"

Wei Zhao stared somewhat blankly at the fat-headed, big-eared man before him. He was only a Heaven-rank late-stage peak expert. Where had he found the nerve to order Wei Zhao to kill himself?

"Forget it. I won't bother making a move. Bingtang and Xueli, take Yunyun and get some practice in." Wei Zhao truly had no interest in killing the creature before him. It would take only one move.

"All right!" Bingtang and Xueli nodded. Though the two of them usually had their differences, at this moment they were both Wei Zhao's women, and so was Tang Zhi. They would stand united against outsiders.

Since they all cultivated water-element methods, they were better suited to support Tang Zhi.

"Yuning, Xiaoxiao, you two help protect Yunyun as well." Wei Zhao glanced at Yuning and Feng Xiaoxiao. Tang Zhi lacked battle experience, after all, and it would be troublesome if she fell into that thing's trap.

In an instant, Bingtang, Xueli, Yuning, and Xiaoxiao surrounded Tang Zhi, while Tang Zhi locked her gaze onto Second Senior Brother.

At first, Second Senior Brother had not thought much of it. But when Tang Zhi revealed that she too possessed the strength of a Heaven-rank late-stage peak expert, he was dumbfounded. How could this woman be so powerful?

Even so, he was not overly frightened. His opponent was only a woman, while he was a renowned expert of long standing. As for Wei Zhao, he dismissed him entirely. In his eyes, Wei Zhao was probably an ordinary Heaven-rank expert, with strength at the early stage at most.

Otherwise, why would Wei Zhao refuse to fight and send one of the women behind him instead? What kind of man did that? Thus, in Second Senior Brother's view, Tang Zhi was the strongest person here.

Junior Brother Wang, however, immediately sensed that something was wrong. Second Senior Brother and Tang Zhi were evenly matched, which gave them only a fifty-fifty chance of victory. If Wei Zhao interfered from the shadows, their odds would plummet. With that thought, he hurriedly turned and ran back, intending to report to First Senior Brother, Third Senior Brother, and the Iron Robe Ancestor, so they could send reinforcements at once.

He had barely gone a few steps when Second Senior Brother's anguished cry rang out behind him. "Aaaagh!"

Junior Brother Wang was startled and quickened his pace. Was this the sound of Second Senior Brother dying? It probably was. But if that man and Second Senior Brother were evenly matched, how could he possibly have killed him?

Within the Iron Robe Sect, at the place where the Iron Robe Ancestor cultivated, his First Senior Disciple and Third Senior Disciple were present. The Iron Robe Ancestor was currently explaining matters of cultivation to them.

Junior Brother Wang stumbled inside and came before the three of them.

"Junior Brother Wang, what are you doing? Didn't you hear that Master is explaining the principles of cultivation to us?" First Senior Brother glared at him. "What sort of conduct is this, rushing in so recklessly?"

"It's bad, Master! The Wei Zhao that Qiu Lingshan and Feng Tianlong mentioned after we beat them last time has arrived. Second Senior Brother... Second Senior Brother was beaten to death by Wei Zhao!" Junior Brother Wang gasped, barely able to catch his breath.

"What? Beaten to death?" Iron Robe Ancestor stared in disbelief. "What happened? What level is this Wei Zhao? Your Second Senior Brother is a Heaven-rank late-stage peak expert. How could he be killed just like that?"

"Even if he isn't dead, he's in terrible shape. Master, please send someone to break the siege at once!" Junior Brother Wang said. "They have a Heaven-rank late-stage peak expert on their side too!"

"Oh, so that's how it is. Still, he won't die in a moment. Even if there is a gap between them, it won't be very large. Even if the other side is on the verge of reaching Great Perfection, before the breakthrough, the difference won't amount to much. All right, Third Brother, you go. Finish Wei Zhao off for me." Iron Robe Ancestor nodded at Third Senior Brother. "You're a Great Perfection expert. Dealing with him will be child's play."

"Yes, Master!" Third Senior Brother nodded, picked up his Heaven-rank divine weapon, and dashed off with Junior Brother Wang. "Leave it to your old brother Sha to kill him!"

As he spoke, Third Senior Brother unleashed the full might of a Heaven-rank late-stage peak Great Perfection expert.

But when Junior Brother Wang and Third Senior Brother reached the mountain gate, they discovered that their Second Senior Brother Zhu was already dead, lying on the ground without a breath left in him.

Third Senior Brother had originally intended to put on a grand show and unleash a torrent of bluster, but what good would that do now? He flew into a rage. "Who did this?!"

Tang Zhi had not expected her opponent to be so weak. A single use of the nineteenth form of her martial technique, "Mist Filling the Heavens," had killed him. This was no way to accumulate battle experience; it was sheer one-sided crushing.

Of course, that was also because the Iron Robe Sect had shut itself away, built its own little world, and grown arrogant, believing itself formidable when in fact it had even less battle experience than Tang Zhi. Besides, Bingtang, Xueli, Feng Xiaoxiao, and Yuning were all protecting Tang Zhi, and the four of them had revealed their strength outright. Their pressure alone left Second Senior Brother gasping for breath. Thus, when Tang Zhi struck, he had not even possessed the courage to fight back before she killed him. He really was pathetically weak.

"I..." Tang Zhi's timid voice drifted up. "I didn't expect him to die from just one hit, either."

"Hmph. Then pay for his life with yours!" Third Senior Brother spoke as he unleashed the strength of a Heaven-rank late-stage peak Great Perfection expert. "You think being a Heaven-rank late-stage peak expert makes you impressive? Don't you know that Heaven-rank Great Perfection exists in this world? Hmph. Now I'll show you what it means that there is always someone better, and a higher sky beyond the sky!"

"Yunyun, step aside. You're no match for him." Wei Zhao glanced at Third Senior Brother's strength and said calmly. As he spoke, he revealed his own strength as a Heaven-rank late-stage peak Great Perfection expert.

That left Third Senior Brother stunned. How could there be another Heaven-rank Great Perfection expert here?

Junior Brother Wang was also alarmed. This was bad. Their opponents had one Heaven-rank late-stage peak expert and one Heaven-rank Great Perfection expert. If the two of them attacked together, Third Senior Brother would certainly suffer.

With that thought, Junior Brother Wang turned and ran again to carry the news and call for help. Wei Zhao naturally saw him running back and forth, but he did not care in the slightest. How could he lure all the Iron Robe Sect's experts out without leaving someone to carry word? Going after them one by one would be far too troublesome.

"Aaaagh!" Junior Brother Wang had not gone far when another scream came from behind him. One listen told him it had come from Third Senior Brother. Had Third Senior Brother already met with disaster? No, he had to hurry and report back for reinforcements! (The events of these past two days were suggested by a reader, and Fishman thought they were pretty good, so he used them.) RS