Chapter 3428 — The Trump Card Is Played
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(A reader asked why Song Lingwei did not recognize Wei Zhao. Note that earlier, when Song Lingwei was looking through the files, it was never mentioned that there were photographs attached.)
"Rest easy, Grandpa Song. I will do all I can, but I won't be foolish enough to fight head-on." Wei Zhao nodded as he spoke. In truth, this was exactly how he had planned things when he came here. Had it been Qiu Lingshan in trouble, he would have fought to the bitter end. But this was Song Lingwei, Qiu Lingshan's younger sister, and she was nowhere near as close to Wei Zhao.
Wei Zhao had never even met her before, and moreover, she had been sent on orders to kill him. Wei Zhao bore her no grudge, but neither would he throw his life away for her. He had come only after careful calculation; danger there would surely be, but not pointless death.
"That's good to hear." Song Xiangwen nodded.
"Ling Yi, let me take you to find a room so you can settle in and rest a while," Qiu Lingshan said.
"All right." Wei Zhao nodded.
At any other time, Song Lingwei would certainly have gone to Wei Zhao to pester him with questions, and might even have challenged him to a match to test his mettle. But now, how could she have the heart for any of that? Instead, she found herself thinking that this brother-in-law of hers was a man of honor and loyalty.
For all her dismissive talk, which sprang from a nature that refused to yield, in her heart she was thinking that Ling Yi's feelings for her sister were genuinely good. Never mind the mistresses and the other women—at least he had come to help when her sister was in trouble...
And so Wei Zhao settled in at the Song household. On the first day, the four of them did not come to make trouble, but the whole Song family wore grim, worried faces. Even when Wei Zhao went to the dining hall for his meals, they spoke very little, and seemed not to know what to say. As soon as they finished eating, they hurried back to their own affairs.
"Wipe out the Song family?" Wei Zhao took the lead, riding his Wind-Thunder Violet Lightning Beast as he appeared at the gate of the Song residence. "That's like a toad yawning—what a big mouth you have! Today, if you want to take Xiaorui away, then it's a fight to the death!"
"And who might you be?" Fire Wolf War God Number Five was momentarily taken aback. He had not expected a Cheng Yaojin to come charging out of nowhere, but he was not afraid either. The four of them were all top-tier fighters; even one more top-tier fighter could not tilt the outcome of the battle.
Even if this man had brought a spirit beast, it was only a beast at the peak of the late Earth-rank—nothing to fear.
"A man come to lend a fist," Wei Zhao said coolly, and let his mid-Heaven-rank strength show in full!
"I thought you were some kind of expert. A mere mid-Heaven-rank nobody, and you dare to bluster in front of me? You truly have never seen the world—or are you just a fool with nerve?" Fire Wolf War God Number Five was somewhat baffled. Did this man before him not know the strength of him and his companions?
With that thought, Fire Wolf War God Number Five waved a hand, and he and the other three fully unleashed their strength at the peak of the late Heaven-rank, the great perfection.
"Mm. Generally speaking, my contracted spirit beast and I can merge man and beast into one. And then you're dead, dead, dead!" Wei Zhao nodded as he spoke.
"What?! You're from the Qianshan Sect? You can actually merge man and beast?" Hearing Wei Zhao's words, Fire Wolf War God Number Five was finally moved. He had heard of the Qianshan Sect—a small sect, but one that did possess the man-beast fusion technique!
But he had never heard of a spirit beast of such high grade paired with a disciple of the Qianshan Sect. What was this man's background?
"Enough talk. Either get lost or fight—pick one, and don't waste my time," Wei Zhao said flatly.