Chapter 1711 — Aren't You Leaving Yet?
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Yu Shuixing meant to remain rooted to the spot, just as he had after trading fists with Wei Zhao earlier. Otherwise, how humiliating would it be if he were sent flying?
But Yu Shuixing had made things far too simple in his mind. This was no longer a question of humiliation. As the true qi bomb burst, its violent shockwave blasted Yu Shuixing into the air. And because he had stubbornly remained where he was, trying to withstand Wei Zhao's true qi bomb, the result was all the more dreadful. He had taken the full force of the explosion.
Had he allowed himself to be carried away by the first blast, he would at most have been injured. The true qi within the bomb Wei Zhao had condensed was not particularly great; constrained by time, Wei Zhao had formed only a medium-sized true qi bomb. At worst, it could have left Yu Shuixing lightly wounded, allowing Wei Zhao to press his advantage and strike while he was down.
But Yu Shuixing's resistance had turned his position into the very center of the explosion. The tremendous force tore a gaping hole through his chest. His breastbone was blasted into dust, while his internal organs were reduced to a chaotic mass of bloody fragments.
Yu Shuixing did not even have time to scream before he toppled stiffly to the ground, killed by Wei Zhao's true qi bomb. A colossal bloody cavity yawned in his chest, still gurgling blood. The sight was horrifying.
The dramatic turn of events left everyone present stunned. They had gone from initially believing in Wei Zhao, to losing faith in him, and then to watching Yu Shuixing die a gruesome death, all in the space of a few moments. None of them could quite adjust to it.
Of course, they were shocked, but Wei Zhao was even more so. What shocked him was that Yu Shuixing had actually died. His true qi bomb should, at most, have blasted him away. At worst, it should have left him lightly injured. It absolutely should not have killed him.
As long as Yu Shuixing had been wounded, Wei Zhao would have had a chance of finishing him off, provided he maneuvered carefully. But Yu Shuixing had neither dodged nor evaded. He had gritted his teeth and stood there, only to get himself killed by the blast?
"He's dead just like that?" Wei Zhao walked over and glanced at Yu Shuixing on the floor. The man was beyond dead. A huge cavity gaped in his chest, and his heart and everything else inside had been shattered to pieces. If he could still be alive after that, it would truly be a miracle.
Wei Zhao's words were met by silence throughout the arena. No one dared pass judgment on him now. Even though the question had sounded somewhat absurd, nobody found it amusing. Yu Shuixing had been killed by Wei Zhao; that was a stark, undeniable fact. Who would dare provoke Wei Zhao at a time like this?
An Liwen had been watching Wei Zhao from the moment he entered the arena. Only after Wei Zhao killed Yu Shuixing did An Liwen let out a long sigh, realizing that his defeat had been entirely justified. Wei Zhao was actually an early Earth Stage master. Naturally, dealing with the fake Wei Zhao had been child's play for him.
Moreover, An Liwen had underestimated this opponent from the very beginning. At first, he had regarded Wei Zhao as nothing more than a rogue cultivator and bodyguard who had trained out in some rural backwater. In his eyes, Wei Zhao and the great families belonged to entirely different worlds; a few minor tricks should have been more than enough to deal with him.
But after witnessing Wei Zhao's prowess today, An Liwen finally understood that those little tricks would never be enough. If he wanted to deal with Wei Zhao in the future, he would need methods far more formidable than that.
"It's all over..." Wei Zhao let out a sigh. His only regret was that he had still failed to learn where Pangolin was. But he also understood that even if Yu Shuixing had survived, he would never have remembered anything about Pangolin.