Chapter 2482 — Wei Zhao Strikes
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"What? Not convinced? Doesn't matter if you are!" The young guard curled his lip and said mockingly, "A top-notch expert at the peak of the mid-Earth rank, and he's forgotten his own name. Have you even looked at what kind of place this is? Is this a place for brutes like you to run wild? You've gotten used to throwing your weight around outside, and now you dare to put on airs with me here?"
"Boss, how about we..." Han Xiaohu drew a deep breath and forced down the rage in his heart. He was, after all, the young master of a hidden family; true, the hidden Han family had once ranked last among the hidden families, but ever since the Hidden World Families Summit, the hidden Han family had become famous across the world. Everyone knew that the hidden Han family had Wei Zhao backing them!
But Han Xiaohu knew that Wei Zhao still needed to trade for things here, so for the time being they could not tear off all pretense of civility with these guards. Surely they were not really going to skip the **者 market?
Han Xiaohu's words carried an obvious note of submission, and everyone could tell that he was preparing to offer some tribute. Of course, the others were also somewhat puzzled, unable to guess what these two guards were thinking, suddenly coming to make trouble for an Earth-rank expert. This left the several Earth-rank experts behind Wei Zhao and Han Xiaohu a little uneasy, wondering whether it would be their turn to be picked on in a moment.
Wei Zhao nodded, and when the two guards saw him nod, the disdain on their faces deepened. They thought Wei Zhao had also agreed with Han Xiaohu's meaning and was submitting, preparing to give them some tribute. Of course, their tribute came with conditions—their target was the blue crystal in Wei Zhao's hand!
Skinny Scarecrow had already passed word of the earlier incident to them, and the reason these two guards were making trouble for Wei Zhao and the others was precisely because of that.
They were determined to get the blue crystal. Not only would they seize it back, but they would also take the opportunity to humiliate Wei Zhao and his group, to let him know who was master of this territory! To throw one's weight around before the **者 Trade Association? Did he still want to come here to trade in the future, did he still want to keep living in this world?
Still, in their eyes, Wei Zhao's submission was only natural. After all, everyone who came here came for harmonious dealings and prosperous business—who would dare openly tear off all pretense of civility?
"Xiaopo, you're right. Some people won't take a face offered to them, so we'll just beat them into submission!" As Wei Zhao spoke, he suddenly struck, slapping the young guard across the face with a crisp "smack." Wei Zhao's slap was just as abrupt as before; the young guard had never imagined Wei Zhao would dare hit him here!
Wei Zhao daring to hit Skinny Scarecrow was excusable, because Wei Zhao did not know Skinny Scarecrow's true identity. But these two guards represented the **者 Trade Association—the absolute authority in this place. And Wei Zhao had actually struck without hesitation. Was it because Wei Zhao's backing was hard enough, or because Wei Zhao was an idiot?
"You... you damn fool, are you tired of living? You little brat, you dare hit me?" The young guard clutched his face, his eyes full of incredulous shock and fury. "Are you damn well asking to die?"
With that, the young guard circulated his internal energy technique and swung a fist at Wei Zhao, bellowing, "Earth-rank martial skill, ninth stance—Heaven-Piercing Fist!"