Chapter 2246 — It Was Already Too Late
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Except that this "deadlock" was only relative. It probably would not be long before the strange Heaven-Rank man was suppressed by the Grand Protector.
Wei Zhao's guess was soon confirmed. Though for the moment the Heaven-Rank man was not about to be defeated, his loss was only a matter of time.
Wei Zhao had no choice but to speed up the compression of his energy bomb. If he could compress all the true qi in his body into a single bomb, its destructive power would be truly terrifying. Back when he'd fought Ma Zhu head-on, his strength had been far below what it was now, and even then the energy bomb he'd unleashed with every ounce of his power had been astonishing. Now, compressing all his energy into one bomb—the power would likely be even more frightening!
To deal with this Grand Protector, Wei Zhao had no intention of holding back. He would use as much as he had, even if it meant damaging his own meridians. After all, the Heavenly Thunder Pig was still there, and failing that, the little Fire Lion and the mother Fire Lion could serve as backup!
And even if all of them were gone, there was still Sun Jingyan—a "lover" who could heal his wounds. Wei Zhao truly had no worries left.
Watching the strange Heaven-Rank man being played around in circles, the Grand Protector sneered inwardly. So what if you're an expert at the late-stage peak of the Heaven Rank? With your mind lost, haven't you simply become my defeated foe?
The Grand Protector's sneak attacks kept landing, and though the Heaven-Rank man's raw power was great, by now he had taken a fair amount of damage and his movements had grown somewhat sluggish. His legs especially had been struck time and again by the Grand Protector's soft whip. At first it had been nothing, but as the hits piled up, the Heaven-Rank man's legs were injured, and naturally his speed suffered.
Yet though Wei Zhao was anxious, he could not act rashly. His energy bomb had been compressing for so long and was only half done. He was now an expert of the mid-Earth Rank, and to gather all his true qi into one whole naturally took much longer than before.
So Wei Zhao could only watch helplessly as the Heaven-Rank man kept faltering, unable to do a thing.
"Old madman, go die!" The Grand Protector flicked his right hand, and the soft whip lashed toward the Heaven-Rank man's legs again. This was the weakness he had found! The strange Heaven-Rank man must have forgotten his martial techniques; he fought without method, relying entirely on personal valor. So if his legs were injured—or even broken—and his mobility impaired, then in the Grand Protector's eyes he would be a lamb waiting to be slaughtered!
The Heaven-Rank man did not think much of it. He simply raised the black iron staff in his hand to block the Grand Protector's soft whip. But he did not know that this was only a feint. The whip never met the black iron staff head-on; instead it gave a light flick, swung around his guard, and came lashing at his legs from another direction with savage force!
"Raging Seas and Wild Waves—Form Twelve!"
For this strike, the Grand Protector poured in every ounce of his power, even recklessly triggering the twelfth form of Raging Seas and Wild Waves, which drained his stamina. As an expert of the early Heaven Rank, being able to trigger the twelfth form of a martial technique was a remarkable feat—but considering his identity, and where he came from, it was hardly surprising.
"Master, watch out!" Wei Zhao could not help shouting when he saw the situation. But his shout came too late. The Heaven-Rank expert—even if only an early Heaven-Rank one—was incredibly fast. By the time Wei Zhao grasped his intent and called out a warning, it was already too late, in terms of time; and the strange Heaven-Rank man's reflexes were poor besides. Hearing Wei Zhao's words, he hesitated a moment longer before reacting—and the Grand Protector struck him dead on!
"Boom!"