Chapter 2110 — The Rankings Are Wrong
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After all, the grudge between the Tang family and Wei Zhao could not be spoken aloud, and back when they first discussed doing away with Wei Zhao, Elder Tang had not been particularly eager. In his eyes, Wei Zhao could not possibly pose any threat to the hidden Tang family. But things were different now. In his heart he feared that Wei Zhao would take revenge, and so he meant to seize this opportunity to cut Wei Zhao down!
"With all our strength?" Elder Zhao was briefly taken aback, but then he nodded and said, "A good idea!"
"No problem!" Elder Yu and Elder You nodded as well. Elder Yu and Elder Zhao were in-laws by marriage, and Elder You and Elder Tang were likewise connected by marriage; and since all of them bore some grudge or other against Wei Zhao, none of them minded using this opportunity to do away with him!
With the four of them thus agreed, an instant later they fell into perfect accord and raised their true qi to its peak. At once their Heaven-rank strength was laid bare, and Heaven-rank true qi poured like a raging tide into the formation!
Wei Zhao frowned at once. True, the formation had scattered the oppressive true qi of those Heaven-rank elders outside, but with the four of them driving it with all their might, it still brought tremendous pressure to bear on him!
Even after being dispersed and divided, the pressure was not as fearsome as true Heaven-rank force, yet it could still reach the peak of the late Earth rank... or perhaps even higher! Feeling the pressure upon him intensify, Wei Zhao gave a cold laugh and knew at once that those four old things outside had turned murderous!
The Hidden World Clan Summit had its rules, and unless it truly could not be helped, they would not break them—after all, the ancient powers above were watching. But this sort of dirty work in the dark, this underhanded trick to do Wei Zhao to death, fell outside those rules.
If Wei Zhao could not withstand the formation's pressure and died of it, even the ancient powers would not ask too many questions. After all, that would count as overreaching oneself in the contest—if you could not take it, you could simply withdraw. No one was forcing you to stay inside the formation; you could leave at any time!
But since you chose not to come out, since you sought your own death, then you had no one to blame but yourself!
Wei Zhao opened his eyes, cast a faint glance at the Fire Wolf Gang's contestant, a strange smile flickering at the corner of his mouth, and then rose and strode quickly out of the formation!
"Whoosh..." Wei Zhao's exit from the formation actually set the elders of the Zhao, You, Tang, and Yu families at ease. Since Wei Zhao could no longer withstand the pressure, he was probably not a Heaven-rank expert after all—or at most, only at the early Heaven rank!
"So the boy has finally lost one, and not easily either!" Elder Zhao gave a cold snort and said.
He had only recently broken through to the Heaven rank, and his realm was not yet stable, so having used so much true qi earlier left him feeling drained of strength.
"Even if it was not a disciple of our four families who won, at least it is a good start—we have successfully turned our bad luck around!" Elder You said.
That Wei Zhao had failed to hold out to the end came as something of a surprise to Han Tianba and Han Xiaohu. After all, they had watched him persevere all along with an air of perfect composure, and so they had naturally assumed that Wei Zhao would surely be the last one to leave the formation. But unexpectedly, Wei Zhao was still the second-to-last to emerge.
Surprising as this result was, it was not too great a disappointment. After all, it was hardly realistic to expect Wei Zhao to take first place in every single contest; second place was quite good too, and at least they would not lose their own family's wager.
Wei Zhao's emergence meant the contest was over. The last person remaining inside the formation was the winner!