Chapter 2771 — Can't Shake Him Off
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If that was the case, then this Blood-Robed Yellow Springs Sect probably really did exist. But who had that expert been speaking to when he shouted "Wei Zhao kills me" before he died? Could he have been carrying some kind of communication device? Reporting back to his headquarters?
Still, all of that was secondary. Once he got back, if he had the chance, he would ask Chief Bai about this Blood-Robed Yellow Springs Sect. Chief Bai had once been the head of the Five Luminaries Sect, which stood even higher than the ancient order—if this organization truly existed, then Elder Bai ought to know something about it.
Wei Zhao rapidly recovered his strength, little knowing that far away, another man in black was racing toward this very spot at top speed!
When the Blood-Robed Yellow Springs Sect carried out a mission, it was usually with three people. This man in black was the leader of that particular team—only, he had not come when they ambushed Wei Zhao. In his estimation, Wei Zhao was a single Earth-rank expert; two early Heaven-rank fighters were more than enough to finish him. But the last message he had received was "Wei Zhao kills me." Which meant both of his team members were dead?
He could not believe it, yet he could no longer reach either of them—their communicator signals had cut off there as well! Horrified, the man in black hurried toward the scene! His steps flew, his brows knitted tight, his eyes full of coldness. He was one of the Blood-Robed Yellow Springs Sect's gold-medal assassins, possessed of late Heaven-rank strength!
An assassin of that caliber rarely stirred himself to kill ordinary targets. To him, Wei Zhao—an Earth-rank cultivator—was hardly worth a butcher's cleaver for a chicken. What two of his team members could accomplish, there was no need for him to trouble himself over!
So he had waited in the nearest small town. Just moments ago, he had been enjoying himself atop a prostitute's belly—and then, all at once, the dreadful news arrived...
Even so, he dared not believe that both of his team members had met with disaster. It was a little too unreal, beyond his comprehension—how could an Earth-rank expert possibly kill two early Heaven-rank experts? Unless he had accomplices!
Wei Zhao recovered his strength swiftly, but before it was fully restored, he keenly sensed that someone was coming—someone racing toward him at extraordinary speed. The man was still far off, though, too distant for Wei Zhao to gauge his rank.
Friend or foe, Wei Zhao could not tell, though most likely not a friend—especially given what that other early Heaven-rank expert had said before dying, which had left Wei Zhao with a very bad premonition...
Sure enough, as the man drew closer and closer, Wei Zhao's jade pendant flared with a violent warning signal! This man, it seemed, was extremely dangerous. If his life were not under threat, the pendant would never have warned so fiercely.
Wei Zhao cursed inwardly. His physical strength and true qi had only just recovered a small fraction—there was no way he could unleash a major move like the seventh or eighth stance of the Frenzied Fire Eight-Trigram Palm. At best he could manage the fifth stance; even the sixth might be a stretch.
As for a true-qi bomb, that was not even worth considering. For one thing, there was no time to compress it; for another, the energy and true qi currently in his body were simply insufficient.
Five hundred meters away, a dark figure came racing toward him, and Wei Zhao could now make out the newcomer's rank clearly—late Heaven-rank!
Wei Zhao's heart lurched. Was this not out to claim his life? Never mind a late Heaven-rank—even one more early Heaven-rank and he would be no match. In his present condition, he could barely hold his own against an expert of his own rank.