Chapter 2514 — I Am Lost in Admiration
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The vice president put his full strength behind it. Even an expert of the early Heaven Rank who caught it head-on could not come away unscathed—an injured hand was all but inevitable, and at the very least he would not be able to move it for a month. He wanted to see whether Wei Zhao could take it head-on. If Wei Zhao did not dare, that would prove his strength still lacking; even if the vice president did not make trouble now, he would think somewhat less of him.
If Wei Zhao did catch it head-on, then naturally the grievances of today would be settled—but Wei Zhao's hand would surely be ruined for a month, which would serve as punishment. Who had told him to wipe out three of the vice president's disciples?
"Smack!"
Wei Zhao reached out and caught the card the Heaven Rank vice president had flicked at him, but the force behind it drove straight into his palm, shattering every bone in it and damaging the meridians to no small degree!
Wei Zhao had anticipated this. But to keep the Heaven Rank vice president from seeing through him, he still chose to catch it head-on rather than dodge.
The only thing was, the Heaven Rank vice president had misjudged Wei Zhao. The moment Wei Zhao caught the card, he swiftly circulated the second layer of the Xuanyuan Dragon-Taming Art to heal himself. Though the injury to his palm was severe, it covered only a small area—nothing compared to the wounds he had taken in battle, which made this seem trifling. And so, in moments, his palm was restored as good as new!
Wei Zhao raised his hand and turned the card over and over, playing with it. Palm and fingers moved with perfect agility, showing not the slightest sign of injury!
"Hm, this card is worth a pretty penny—pure gold. It seems the vice president truly did me honor. I'll be sure to keep it safe." Wei Zhao smiled and tucked the card into his pocket, and that hand even made a show of adjusting it back and forth a few times, as though settling its position in the pocket.
At this, the Heaven Rank vice president was struck dumb. Nothing wrong? Wei Zhao's hand had suffered not the slightest injury? How was that possible? Even an expert at the peak of the early Heaven Rank, with true qi shielding his body, could not have managed that, could he?
Even if such an expert used true qi to protect himself, he would more or less be affected. Even if the bones were not all broken, the hand would be contused and unable to move freely, no? But Wei Zhao seemed to have no problem at all?
"Mr. Ling is truly no ordinary expert at the peak of the mid Earth Rank!" the Heaven Rank vice president exclaimed. "Might I ask from what sect Mr. Ling hails? The cultivators of your esteemed sect truly cannot be measured by ordinary grades. Though Mr. Ling's rank is the peak of the mid Earth Rank, in truth—whether in the might of his martial techniques or in the defensive power of his true qi—he surpasses experts at the peak of the early Heaven Rank. I am lost in admiration!"
The Heaven Rank vice president privately admitted that even his own defensive power was not as formidable as Wei Zhao's, and that Wei Zhao's martial techniques were mightier than his own. So he spoke of himself as "this humble one" and placed Wei Zhao in the position of a senior.
Though Wei Zhao's rank was low, his strength spoke for itself. The vice president saw nothing improper in it at all.
"Indeed, Senior Ling's strength is truly formidable!" Third You chimed in. He did not know why Wei Zhao had taken the surname "Ling," but he was no fool—he would not expose it now. He had no wish to die. RQ