Chapter 2807 — Showdown at the Summit
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Or perhaps this place had been exceedingly dangerous many years ago—a century, even a millennium past—but the danger no longer existed. Otherwise, Wei Zhao truly could not explain why he remained safe and sound to this moment, having met with nothing at all.
At last Wei Zhao set foot upon the summit. Standing there, he had meant to take in the whole of the trial grounds, but to his surprise, dense fog shrouded the distance, and he could see no great distance at all. Perhaps this was simply the natural climate of the trial grounds.
Wei Zhao shook his head and did not squander more time on the matter. Instead he asked Thunder Pig, "We've reached the summit—so where is the treasure?"
"Oink, oink..." Thunder Pig turned and pointed its claw toward a cave in the distance. But before Wei Zhao could respond, something he had not expected happened: a vast surge of true qi came rushing forth! Not only did Wei Zhao's heart clench—even Thunder Pig's fur bristled!
Since first following Wei Zhao, Thunder Pig had rarely bristled. When it sensed danger, the fur on its body would stand on end, tipped with poison; Wei Zhao had witnessed it once in the ancient tomb. That Thunder Pig now bristled unbidden was proof enough of how terrifying that aura was.
Following the direction of the energy fluctuations, Wei Zhao lifted his head and looked. There, atop a nearby peak, in the deep blue sky, a riot of multicolored light had begun to flash—light that carried violent energy fluctuations, booming and rumbling like thunder before a storm, filling Wei Zhao with an inexplicable sense of oppression from head to toe!
"Boom—" It was the thunderous crash of colliding energies. Wei Zhao fixed his gaze: the sound seemed to come from the cave at the summit, and the multicolored clash of energy came from the cave as well!
"Boom—" Another mighty crash, and blast-like energy swept outward on all sides, carrying flying sand and shattered stone. In an instant, the whole mountainside was filled with whirling grit and debris; the once-clear sky turned ashen in a heartbeat. Though Wei Zhao was a cultivator, even he felt a flicker of fear at this portent.
"What... what kind of sound is that? A duel between masters, perhaps? Is there... someone up there? Or two spirit beasts crossing swords at the summit?" Wei Zhao drew a deep breath and murmured in wonder.
"Oink, oink..." Thunder Pig nodded, then shook its head.
"You mean... there's someone up there... a man and a beast locked in combat?" Wei Zhao looked at Thunder Pig in some astonishment.
"Oink, oink!" Thunder Pig nodded. At this distance, it could already sense what was happening over there.