Chapter 3234 — No Way Out
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
"There is of course one more thing: when you were at the door just now, you had been circulating your mental cultivation formula the whole time. I could sense it. That also shows that the moment I entered the room, you appeared—yet you did not come in, and you did not intervene when I made my move; instead you only came in after I spoke. That shows one thing as well: you have misgivings about me!" the Black Horse Society's Grand Elder continued. "And after you came in, you still did not strike at once, but kept circulating your mental cultivation formula. That proves the same point. If you truly could slay a peak late-stage Heaven-tier expert in an instant, there would be no need for you to circulate your formula at such a tense moment—that is a show of weakness!"
"I see..." Wei Zhao smiled bitterly. This was yet another flaw no smaller than the last!
"So, to sum up, these three points of doubt convinced me that you are all show and no substance!" the Black Horse Society's Grand Elder said calmly. "That said, if I had no trump card, then even if I harbored suspicions, I would not have struck at you directly. I would have left this place and avoided complications. But I do have a trump card—that is the greatest reason I struck! The doubts were merely supplementary!"
Hearing the Black Horse Society's Grand Elder's words, Wei Zhao could not help drawing a sharp breath. This man was terrifyingly clever and cool-headed! If he were not eliminated, he would surely become a mortal threat in the days to come!
But how was he to be eliminated? In truth, from the very moment Wei Zhao had trapped the Black Horse Society's Grand Elder in the Heaven-and-Earth Net, he had been thinking about how to kill him! With Wei Zhao's strength, there was simply no beating him to death!
Even caught in the Heaven-and-Earth Net, the man was protected by his true qi. No matter how Wei Zhao struck, he could not kill him! And the man had said as much himself: the power of Wei Zhao's present techniques could inflict no harm on him!
This was what vexed Wei Zhao most—he had clearly captured the man, yet could do nothing to him! No doubt the Black Horse Society's Grand Elder knew this perfectly well, and that was why he was so unruffled, chatting calmly with Wei Zhao!
"This so-called trump card of yours—you mean what you just did, drawing away my true qi?" Wei Zhao asked.
"Yes." The Black Horse Society's Grand Elder did not conceal it, and nodded directly. "Aren't you going to run? What are you dawdling here for? Don't you know the Heaven-and-Earth Net has a time limit?"
"A time limit?" Wei Zhao was slightly startled. He had never heard the Spider Clan mention such a thing. As a rule, anyone caught in the Heaven-and-Earth Net could not free themselves from the inside; it always took someone on the outside to open it.
But a time limit—that he truly had not known. Still, on reflection, the thing was a one-use item after all, and everything has a lifespan. It could not bind the Black Horse Society's Grand Elder forever, could it?
"It seems you didn't know? This is a treasure produced by spirit beasts of the Spider Clan, is it not?" the Black Horse Society's Grand Elder said flatly. "I advise you to run while you can. Once this thing fails, your time of death will have come. Though you won't get far—unless you all hide yourselves away in the depths of the mountains and old forests, I will still be able to find you next time. You can't have an inexhaustible supply of these Heaven-and-Earth Nets, can you?"