Chapter 3334 — And You Call This Showing Mercy?
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
Xiao Qi had been on his guard against the palm coming at him, but he did not take it too seriously. After all, when Wei Zhao circulated his heart-method mantra, he had seen that Wei Zhao was a capable hand of the mid Heaven rank. He was somewhat surprised that Wei Zhao's strength had risen so quickly, but mostly he was dismissive—for all Wei Zhao's improvement, he still did not enter Xiao Qi's eyes. Xiao Qi was a capable hand at the peak of the late Heaven rank.
Thus Xiao Qi unhurriedly circulated his heart-method mantra, preparing to shield his body with true qi. He did not dodge; instead he meant to wait until Wei Zhao's blow landed, then deliver Wei Zhao a devastating counterblow—clashing head-on with him!
"Boom!"
The eleventh stance of the Frenzied Fire Eight Trigrams Palm slammed into Xiao Qi's chest. It took less than a second for Xiao Qi's eyes to go from initial disdain to sudden shock. The next moment, Xiao Qi's body was sent flying backward with tremendous force, crashing into the Ice Palace's wall with a deafening roar that smashed a great hole through the Ice Palace's gate pillars of frozen crystal!
Xiao Qi was aghast—but Bingtang and Feng Xiaoxiao were even more so. A complex light flickered in Bingtang's eyes. Wei Zhao could actually kill a capable hand at the peak of the late Heaven rank? How was that possible? The strength Wei Zhao displayed was clearly mid Heaven rank—how could he unleash a move of such enormous power? Bingtang could scarcely believe her own eyes.
And Feng Xiaoxiao? Shocked as she was, she was even happier. Wei Zhao had grown stronger than when they last parted—strong enough to injure a capable hand at the peak of the late Heaven rank. Then who in the entire cultivation world could still look down on Wei Zhao?
"No... impossible!" Xiao Qi clutched his chest. He was not dead yet—thanks to the true qi he had circulated to shield his body. But even with that true qi shield, the power of the eleventh stance of the Frenzied Fire Eight Trigrams Palm, together with the essence necklace, was more than he could withstand. He had suffered extremely severe internal injuries!
"Those three wastes in the Night Palace before—one dead, two crippled—they were your senior brothers, weren't they? Tell me, Xiao Qi, why doesn't your Five Luminaries Sect ever learn its lesson? You think being killed by me is some kind of fun?" Wei Zhao gazed at Xiao Qi and spoke calmly.
"What?! Third Senior Brother, Fourth Senior Brother, Fifth Senior Brother—you did all that?" Xiao Qi's eyes flew wide with horror as he stared at Wei Zhao in disbelief. But his words also gave away the identities of Xiao San, Xiao Si, and Xiao Wu.
Wei Zhao had only spoken offhandedly before, because Xiao Qi's attire resembled that of the three bandit-gang men in the Night Palace. He had never expected that those three were actually Xiao Qi's senior brothers!
Haha—this Ancestor Xuanchen had lost three disciples all at once! He must be weeping his eyes out... oh, no, that should be four by now!
Even if Xiao Qi did not die, he was a cripple now, beyond healing. So instead of finishing him off, Wei Zhao had second thoughts and decided to spare him a way out. "Xiao Qi, do you know why I showed mercy and didn't kill you?"
"Huh?" Xiao Qi nearly burst into tears. You call this showing mercy? If you weren't showing mercy, what would that even look like? (To be continued)