Chapter 2154 — Champion Again
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When Han Tianba and Han Xiaohu first saw the Wind-Thunder Violet Lightning Beast come running toward Wei Zhao, their hearts tightened—but never in their wildest imaginings had they expected the beast to grovel and fawn over Wei Zhao like that.
"Wei Zhao... so it was your doing all along!" Wo the sect master was quickest to react; something seemed to click in his mind, and he leapt up, jabbing a finger at Wei Zhao and roaring, "What did you do to our Qianshan Sect's spirit beast?"
"Me? Do what?" Wei Zhao shrugged. "There's no rule in this spirit beast contest saying you can't pull a few strings, is there?"
"That..." Wo the sect master was momentarily struck dumb. Indeed, there was no such rule! After all, when the rules had been drawn up, he had never once imagined that anyone could possibly tamper with the Wind-Thunder Violet Lightning Beast. That beast was an ancient spirit beast—who would dare meddle with it? They would have to be tired of living.
And yet, tamper with it Wei Zhao had—thoroughly, at that. Not only was he himself unharmed, but he had even made the beast kill Qianshan Sect's disciple Wo Jincha!
"Elder Zhao, the results are out now. You can announce them, can't you?" Wei Zhao said coolly. Truth be told, even he had not expected to subdue an ancient spirit beast quite so easily. Still, it was all to the good—it meant he had gained another trump card. The Wind-Thunder Violet Lightning Beast looked formidable enough; he wondered whether it could hold its own against a heaven-rank expert.
"Ahem, that goes without saying..." Elder Zhao found the whole affair uncanny, and he was most reluctant to let Wei Zhao simply walk off with a spirit beast for nothing, but he announced nonetheless: "In the final extra round, the champion is the Hidden Han Family, second place goes to the Fire Wolf Gang, and third to the Hidden Pi Family. Will these three come forward to claim their stakes!"
"Hold on, Wei Zhao, you owe us an explanation. Just what did you do to the spirit beast?" How could Wo the sect master let it rest there? He reached out an arm, blocking Wei Zhao's path. "You won by trickery and swindled away my spirit beast..."
"Are you sick or something? Can't stand losing?" Wei Zhao glanced at Wo the sect master and said darkly, "Elder Zhao, at the Hidden World Family Summit, what is the penalty when someone privately makes trouble?"
"That... we will report it faithfully to the ancient sects..." Elder Zhao faltered. Reluctant as he was, he had no choice but to force the words out. Who knew whether the powers at the ancient level might not be watching from nearby? Experts of peak late heaven-rank strength could not be detected by the likes of them, so Elder Zhao could not openly utter anything that violated principle.
"Elder Zhao, this is not making trouble!" Wo the sect master said, cupping his hands. "Wei Zhao swindled away my spirit beast. How is that to be settled? If Wei Zhao hadn't first stolen what belonged to our Qianshan Sect, would I be troubling him?"
"Stolen your belongings?" Wei Zhao laughed. "Sect Master Wo, have you forgotten what you said at the time? You said that once the spirit beast was contributed, whether it lived or died, no matter what went wrong, it would have nothing to do with you. Those were your own words, weren't they? And it wasn't as though I took the spirit beast off your hands for nothing—didn't I give you a spirit medicine fruit?"
"You!" Wei Zhao's words left Wo the sect master speechless. Indeed, to trick a treasure out of the Hidden Han Family's hands, he had said those very words—but at the time he had said them offhandedly, as a joke. It had never occurred to him that the Wind-Thunder Violet Lightning Beast might actually be lured away by Wei Zhao.