Chapter 2221 — Wanting to Swallow It Whole
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But to his astonishment, they meant to swallow the whole thing—and to do so with such righteous indignation, as though the essence cores must belong to their family by right, and Wei Zhao were merely a hired hand brought along to help.
"So you mean to take it by force, then?" Wei Zhao's temper finally rose. He had been holding himself in check all this while, but this business was simply too infuriating.
"Take it by force from you? You're not worthy!" Tagan Lon cast him a look of contempt. "In my eyes you're nothing but a little ant—and you fancy yourself formidable? Let me tell you, this is the Wulong Haote Mountains of Ruileida Town, not some ordinary place! You think you're still back where Yellow-rank fighters like you are a rarity? I'll have you know, even the dogs at my side are Yellow-rank!"
Wei Zhao nearly laughed aloud at Tagan Lon's words. The dogs at his side were Yellow-rank? The dog at Wei Zhao's side was Mystic-rank—and at that, at the very peak of the late Mystic stage!
But just then Sun Jingyan tugged at Wei Zhao's sleeve, and he cooled down.
Precious as these two spirit beast essence cores might appear, the crux of the matter was that Wei Zhao had no idea how to use them. Giving them all to the Tagan family would do no harm; once he returned, he could trade with other great clans for more. Few people, he suspected, even knew how precious these things were.
"Fine. Take these two essence cores—we admit we're no match for you, and we'll forgo the five Spirit Gathering Pills as well!" With that, Wei Zhao took Sun Jingyan's hand. "Let's go!"
"Go? Too late for that!" Seeing Wei Zhao back down, Tagan Lon only pressed his advantage, his arrogance blazing. He stretched out a hand, pointed at Wei Zhao, and said to the Eighth Protector, "Kill that man. The woman stays with me—I still have use for her!"
"What is the meaning of this?" Wei Zhao's expression changed. He had not expected Tagan Lon to be so utterly unreasonable.
"No meaning at all. I've wanted you dead for a long time. Since you're so blind to your own interests, then go and die!" Tagan Lon said. "I'll be honest with you—I've taken a fancy to your woman, so you have to die!"
"Good. Very good. So this is how the Tagan family treats the adventurers who risk their lives for you." Wei Zhao looked at Tagan Lon and the Eighth Protector with a cold smile.
"No one will ever know. The other three adventurers are already dead, and everyone left here belongs to my Tagan family. So once you're dead, we can pin it on the Great Fire Lion—say you overestimated yourself and got yourself killed by it." Tagan Lon spoke with insolent confidence, secure in his impunity.
"Is that so..." Wei Zhao's face was very grim.
"I can't be bothered wasting words on a nobody like you! Eighth Protector, kill him!" Arrogantly, Tagan Lon pronounced Wei Zhao's death sentence.
Watching the Eighth Protector stride toward him, a sharp, fierce light flashed through Wei Zhao's eyes!