Chapter 2136 — Going Back on One's Word, Part 2
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But now that plan no longer looked workable. Those Zhuang brothers had strutted and blustered, and the moment the bluster was over, they started playing the meek. What sort of logic was that?
The disciples of the hidden Yu family did not know the inside story; they assumed the Zhuang brothers were playing some kind of trick. So they dared not be negligent—after a few exchanges with the Qianshan Sect, they conceded and prepared to fight the hidden Zhuang family's disciples for third place.
"The final match, the championship duel: the hidden Han family against the Qianshan Sect. I hope this will be the finest spectacle of the entire tournament. Both sides are elite talents, so I hope it does not end in a concession—after all, everyone has placed high hopes on you!" Old Master Zhao truly did not want the Qianshan Sect to concede again; that would make Wei Zhao's championship come far too easily. So he did not mind needling the Qianshan Sect a little.
"Ha—conceding is the act of a coward! The Qianshan Sect will absolutely never concede!" The speaker was the Qianshan Sect Master's direct disciple, named Wojin Dao, one of the outstanding figures of the Qianshan Sect's younger generation who had established a pact with a spirit beast. He could already communicate with his beast to a certain degree, and their coordination was quite close.
Of course, such spirit-beast pacts were in truth built through long days and nights spent together, not forced into being. To earn a spirit beast's recognition was genuinely difficult—it required ample patience, and one had to win the beast's goodwill, and only then could a pact be built step by step, so that they fought as one.
Wojin Dao was one of the more formidable ones; he could command a mid-Yellow-Rank spirit wolf. This spirit wolf was ferocious beyond measure, and even experts at the peak of the late Earth Rank generally dared not meet it head-on!
This was Wojin Dao's pride as well. Last time he had brought the spirit wolf to the Ice Palace trial, hoping to shine brilliantly—but to his surprise, his own strength exceeded the contest's requirements, and he was eliminated in advance. It was a humiliation to him.
So at this summit of the hidden clans, he had mustered all his vigor, determined to make a name for himself! The Qianshan Sect had agreed among themselves that they would win this final added match. But now the whole order had been thrown into chaos—it was no longer the originally arranged one-man-one-bout scenario!
With Wei Zhao in the mix, victory would depend on each side's own ability. So in this two-man arena challenge, the Qianshan Sect meant to take a championship home as well.
When Wojin Dao finished speaking, the spirit wolf at his side howled twice in agreement: "Awoo, awoo..."
"Boss, this thing doesn't look like it's going to concede?" Han Xiaohu asked, a little worried.
"We'll see. If it comes to it, we concede," Wei Zhao said. He did not place much weight on winning or losing; entering the contest was, at bottom, just a way to carry some fine treasures home.
"No—we've come this far, we can't concede. Even if I have to grit my teeth, I'll see it through!" Han Xiaohu clenched his jaw and made his decision.
"Heh, but don't force it if it doesn't work," Wei Zhao said. He had already seen that this man-and-beast style would not be easy to handle, and he could not fathom what the hidden Zhao family had been thinking to approve such rules. Had he known the rules would be like this, Wei Zhao would have brought General Weiwu along—first to cow that spirit wolf utterly, then to deal with Wojin Dao of the Qianshan Sect!