Chapter 3233 — Exposed?
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
"Good. You may go." Wei Zhao go collect? Wei Zhao was not about to lose his mind and go collect from the Black Horse Society—wouldn't that be courting death? Putting on a show of force here to intimidate the Grand Elder was one thing, but going to the Black Horse Society would likely expose him!
"Very well... then I'll see you on your way!" A trace of a sinister smile slid across the corner of the Grand Elder's mouth; he raised a finger and made to strike at Wei Zhao!
Wei Zhao was utterly aghast. He had not expected the Grand Elder of the Black Horse Society to strike the instant he chose—one moment he was about to leave, and the next he was lashing out to wound. Could it be... he had seen through the bluff?
But whatever the case, Wei Zhao had no choice but to brace himself and meet the attack!
A true-qi bomb compressed to ninety percent burst from Wei Zhao's hand and flew at the Grand Elder! Still, so as not to destroy the entire dormitory building, Wei Zhao had restrained the direction of the true-qi bomb, aiming the angle as much toward the window as he could, so that it would only drive the Grand Elder of the Black Horse Society into the wall and explode beyond it, without blowing up the whole building!
True, no orphans lived in this building—they had all moved into the larger cluster of dormitories, and this one housed only the supervisors, of whom there were at present only the old director and Yu Xiaoke—but Wei Zhao still did not want the money spent building it to go to waste!
Yet what Wei Zhao had not anticipated was that before his magnificent true-qi bomb could strike the Grand Elder, he saw the Grand Elder raise a hand and, who knew what he did, the true-qi bomb was drawn entirely into the Grand Elder's fingertips before it could even explode, vanishing without a trace!
It was as though Wei Zhao had never unleashed a true-qi bomb at all! Where had it gone? Wei Zhao was utterly horrified!
And the next instant, a bolt of azure true qi shot abruptly from the Grand Elder's fingertips straight at Wei Zhao. Wei Zhao's reflexes were quick enough—he had the Butterfly Microstep he had learned from his master in his assassin days—and only just managed to keep the true qi from striking a vital point!
Even so, the true qi from the Grand Elder's fingertip still punched through Wei Zhao's left shoulder, blasting a great bloody hole clean through it!
Cold sweat broke out on Wei Zhao's forehead—the pain was unbearable! He had not even seen what the Grand Elder did, and already he had been hit!
No—he had to use his final life-preserving move. Wei Zhao had no other choice; he drew the last Heaven-and-Earth Net straight from his jade pendant's space and cast it over the Grand Elder!
The Heaven-and-Earth Net was taken from Wei Zhao's jade pendant space out of thin air, without the slightest warning, and before the Grand Elder could react he was wrapped up like a giant rice dumpling, unable to move a hairsbreadth.
"Phew..." Looking at the ensnared Grand Elder of the Black Horse Society, Wei Zhao let out a long breath and swiftly circulated the third level of the Xuanyuan Dragon-Taming Art to heal the wound on his left shoulder. As he healed, he looked at the Grand Elder. "Just now... was there a flaw?"
"Are you really Wei Zhao?" The Grand Elder of the Black Horse Society, caught in the Heaven-and-Earth Net, showed neither shock nor fury nor fear; instead he asked in a very calm manner.
"I am." Wei Zhao nodded. "Could there be a impostor? At a time like this, there's no need for me to pretend!"