Chapter 2149 — A Stroke of Bad Luck
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"Fine, step this way!" Master Wo nodded. He bore the Hidden Pi Family no grudge, so he spoke to the Wind-Thunder Violet-Lightning Beast in beast tongue, instructing it merely to toy with Pi Zhitao and force him to concede--there was no need to press him hard.
In truth, the Wind-Thunder Violet-Lightning Beast could understand human speech. An ancient spirit beast possessed of spiritual intelligence, its mind was far beyond the ordinary. It was only that, in its eyes, a weakling like Master Wo was not worth the trouble of even conversing with, so it merely gave a snort--neither consenting nor refusing, offering Master Wo an answer that was neither here nor there.
"Very well. So long as you do not harm the disciples of our Qianshan Sect, that will do." Seeing the beast's attitude, Master Wo had no recourse; he could only settle for the next best thing.
Pi Zhitao entered the cage, watching the Wind-Thunder Violet-Lightning Beast tensely, not daring the slightest negligence. And the next moment, the beast charged at Pi Zhitao as though gone mad!
Pi Zhitao was startled half out of his wits and took to his heels!
And so a wondrous scene unfolded: inside the cage, Pi Zhitao fled in front while the Wind-Thunder Violet-Lightning Beast gave chase behind. Yet the beast was plainly not exerting its full strength--for Master Wo knew its speed went far beyond this.
Still, no matter how fast Pi Zhitao ran, the Wind-Thunder Violet-Lightning Beast kept a fixed distance from him. Pi Zhitao ran himself to the very limit and past it, yet the beast followed unhurried at his heels, as though it were making sport of him.
At the sight, Master Wo breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed the Wind-Thunder Violet-Lightning Beast had still given him some face; so long as Pi Zhitao's life was spared, the Hidden Pi Family would not truly be offended.
But Master Wo knew this to be so--the others did not. The Wind-Thunder Violet-Lightning Beast pursued Pi Zhitao closely, Pi Zhitao ran like a madman, pursuer and pursued in hot chase, and old Master Pi was frightened into a sweat that drenched his whole head.
Pi Zhitao had come in with the notion of tempering himself, but he had never imagined the Wind-Thunder Violet-Lightning Beast could be so swift. He had meant to seize a chance to strike at it by surprise--but now it seemed that surprise attacks were out of the question; he would count himself lucky if the beast did not strike him by surprise instead!
After two laps of the chase, the Wind-Thunder Violet-Lightning Beast grew a little bored, and a little vexed. You, a mere external-school expert at the peak of the early Earth rank, come strutting before me? I have chased you two laps already--you do not kneel and beg for mercy, you do not concede, so what are you still running for?
So the Wind-Thunder Violet-Lightning Beast resolved to teach Pi Zhitao a lesson. It suddenly let out a great roar and quickened its pace...
"I yield, I yield!" At last Pi Zhitao gave in. He was afraid--to be beaten to death here by this Wind-Thunder Violet-Lightning Beast would be far too poor a bargain!
Master Wo thought to himself: you should have yielded long ago. Did you fancy yourself capable? And you would lock horns with the Wind-Thunder Violet-Lightning Beast? Even before an expert of the early Heaven rank, that beast is no inferior--let alone a mere peak early Earth rank, and an external-school one at that.
"Very well. I shall open the cage door--come out!" Master Wo said, betraying nothing on his face.
But the instant Master Wo opened the cage, the Wind-Thunder Violet-Lightning Beast swiped at him with a claw, striking Pi Zhitao squarely across the back. The blow was not landed with full force, yet it left Pi Zhitao's back a dripping mass of blood. He staggered out of the cage and, with a "blargh," vomited a mouthful of blood, his face ghastly pale. Outside the cage he stood no more than a few seconds before collapsing flat to the ground.