Chapter 2131 — Champion Once More
The Blossom Guardian · Page 1 of 2
But when he saw the power of Wei Zhao's single strike, he regretted it—regretted that he had not listened to Wei Zhao and made Ma Dashen concede!
At last... the flying sand and shattered stone above the platform all settled, and on the platform there stood only one person, one and only one, and that person was Wei Zhao!
Ma Dashen was gone, but from the flecks of blood and scraps of flesh scattered among the sand and stone, it was plain that he had perished!
"My disciple!" Adamantine Diamond roared, about to charge up onto the platform, but reason prevailed in the end. Wei Zhao's strike had blasted Ma Dashen into nothing, not even dregs remaining—if he went up there himself, was he a match for such a man?
And when the time came, he must not, just as Wei Zhao had said, let his temper carry him off to seek death—for then the Golden Bell Sect truly would be wiped out! At that thought, Adamantine Diamond grew calm instead. Against Wei Zhao's methods he could not fight head-on; his only regret was that he had not heeded Wei Zhao's words sooner!
"Sect Master Adamantine Diamond, do not act rashly. On the platform, life and death are decided by Heaven—such is the rule of every Hidden Family Summit through the ages, and no family may take revenge!" Elder Zhao, fearing Adamantine Diamond might charge up in a moment of rage and throw his life away, hastened to remind him.
"I know that..." Adamantine Diamond sighed in despair, as though he had aged many years all at once. He shook his head and dropped heavily into his chair...
His disciple was dead, and there could be no recovering even the body—only a blur of blood and flesh scattered among the flying sand and stone...
"The champion of the single-competitor platform challenge has been decided: the hidden Han family! Next, we proceed to the contest for second and third place!" Elder Zhao announced.
Originally, Wei Zhao and Ma Dashen should have taken first and second place, while Yu Ba and Tang Yuyi would have fought it out for third. But now Ma Dashen was dead, so Yu Ba and Tang Yuyi were left to contend for second and third place...
At first, Yu Ba and Tang Yuyi had been rubbing their palms together, eager to fight for third place—after all, third place and fourth place meant utterly different things!
But now the contest had become one for second and third place, and there was little point in fighting at all. Second and third place carried much the same treatment: each family simply took back its own stake, and as for the stake-exchange spring, that depended entirely on Wei Zhao!
If Wei Zhao wished to exchange, the exchange would be made; if Wei Zhao did not, then no treasure you produced would make the slightest difference!
So Yu Ba and Tang Yuyi went through a token exchange of a few moves on the platform, and then one side conceded according to their respective levels of strength.
"Brother Yu Ba, my strength is no match for yours, and if we fought on I would only lose. I concede in advance!" Tang Yuyi said, cupping his hands in salute.
"I accept your concession!" Yu Ba likewise cupped his hands.
Both sides knew that to fight to the bitter end, battering each other bloody and trading life for life over second and third place, would be sheer foolishness, so Tang Yuyi conceded with perfect dignity.
And Old Master Tang, naturally, had nothing to say about it. Yu Ba's strength had always been a shade above Tang Yuyi's; if they fought to the end, even a lucky victory over Yu Ba would surely come at grievous cost—far better to concede outright!
"The rankings are decided: champion, the hidden Han family; second place, the hidden Yu family; third place, the hidden Tang family. Is there any disciple who wishes to challenge?" Elder Zhao asked.