Chapter 3173 — An Impossible Calamity
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
"Ah, Father, shall I give Yinxing a call and ask?" Dongfang Jinxing was truly restless; unless he knew Dongfang Yinxing to be safe, he could not sit or stand at ease.
"If you call, I fear Yinxing may be in the middle of his assassination mission and you'll only distract him. Instead, send a text message—when Yinxing sees it, he'll reply," Dongfang Badao said after a moment's thought.
"Very well!" Dongfang Jinxing nodded and picked up his phone. But before he could send the message, the ringtone sounded. Dongfang Jinxing glanced at the caller display—it was actually Feng Tianhu calling!
What was Feng Tianhu calling about at such a late hour? Dongfang Jinxing was somewhat puzzled, but since the two were partners, he answered the call anyway. "Feng Tianhu, what's the matter?"
"Brother Dongfang, disaster has struck—Mr. Dongfang Yinxing and the Pure Yin Heavenly Worthy have both fallen!" Feng Tianhu said urgently.
"What!? What did you say!? What happened to Yinxing?" Dongfang Jinxing was aghast, scarcely able to believe his own ears. "I didn't mishear, did I? Say that again?"
"Brother Dongfang, you didn't mishear... Word has just come in: the two of them were killed in a single strike by Wei Zhao with a secret art, right at his own doorstep!" Feng Tianhu sighed. He understood Dongfang Jinxing's frame of mind—had he not himself been utterly shocked when the news first reached him?
"What? Wei Zhao killed them in a single strike? How is that possible? Both of them were experts at the peak of the late Heaven Rank, and Wei Zhao is a mere early Heaven Rank novice—how could he possibly slay them in a single strike? You're lying to me, aren't you?" Dongfang Jinxing refused to believe Feng Tianhu's words. Though he knew Feng Tianhu would never dare jest about such a matter, he still clung to a faint hope.
"Alas!" Feng Tianhu said helplessly. "Brother Dongfang, if Wei Zhao can slay a mid Heaven Rank expert above his own rank in a single strike, why couldn't he slay experts at the peak of the late Heaven Rank the same way? Didn't Zhang Naipao of the Tomorrow Upon Tomorrow Sect do the very same thing back then, finishing off Dongfang Bushu, an expert at the peak of the late Heaven Rank?"
"That was nothing but a trick, an opportunistic fluke! If it hadn't been in the savage wilds of the Five Baleful Lands, with so many spirit beasts about, Bushu would never have died—at worst he would have been temporarily dazed!" Dongfang Jinxing argued in retort.
"Wei Zhao used a secret art too, and word is he paid a certain price to slay experts at the peak of the late Heaven Rank!" Feng Tianhu said. "I don't know what price Wei Zhao paid, but at least for now it seems Wei Zhao is no worse for wear. It may well be that Wei Zhao can slay even experts of the great-perfection late Heaven Rank..."
"No... that's impossible! How could he be so formidable? How could such a person exist? He's a lone cultivator, not the scion of any sect!" Dongfang Jinxing roared, his composure slipping.