Chapter 3685 — It Must Be Broken!
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
By all reason, with Meng Zhou leading so many people against Wei Zhao's group, barring any major mishap, perfectly eliminating the three of them should have been simplicity itself. Yet here they were: before Wei Zhao's turn had even come, Xiao Che had already broken past a thousand points and reserved a top-three spot in advance!
"Can't even handle such a small matter—utterly useless!" Meng Jueming turned and cursed under his breath.
"Cousin Jiu, you really can't blame me for this. There were genuine extenuating circumstances—I'll explain in detail later," Meng Zhou said, scratching his head awkwardly in self-defense.
"Extenuating circumstances? I'd like to hear just what excuse you've cooked up!" Meng Jueming did not believe for a moment that any reason could explain such a failure given the enormous disparity in strength. But this was hardly the occasion for a long conversation, so he had to let Meng Zhou off for the time being and settle accounts with this good-for-nothing who spoiled everything after the event.
"Qiao Hongcai, five hundred points."
Meng Jueming's expression darkened several degrees further. Five hundred points was not high, but against the general backdrop of the Azure Cloud Pavilion's new disciples mostly scoring three or four hundred, it already counted as a rare high score.
By now he had given up all hope of eliminating Wei Zhao's group. The one thing he counted himself lucky for at this moment was that he had prepared a wood-attribute sensor for Meng Zhou in advance—at least the first place would not slip away. After all, a high score of one thousand six hundred was something no ordinary new disciple could possibly reach unless they plundered the other newcomers wholesale or simply cheated.
Yet when Wei Zhao's turn finally came, and Meng Jueming saw clearly the number displayed on the basket, he was struck dumb on the spot, unable to react for a long while.
"Hm? Jueguang, what are you standing there dazed for? Hurry up and call it out!" Hu Yunfeng shot Meng Jueming a glare of displeasure. Wei Zhao was the last one, and everyone in the hall, the three elders included, was waiting.
"Oh, right." Meng Jueming came back to his senses, rubbed his eyes in disbelief, and finding the number unchanged, finally announced incredulously: "Wei Zhao, one thousand eight hundred points."
One thousand eight hundred points! The whole hall went wild in an instant. Meng Zhou's one thousand six hundred had already given them a shock, and now, unexpectedly, an even more staggering figure had burst out at the very end!
"Good heavens! How is that possible?" Meng Zhou, who had been so sure of victory, was struck completely dumb.
He had already been preparing to celebrate first place! That fool Wei Zhao had clearly given Xiao Che and Qiao Hongcai a full thousand points between them—how could he possibly still have one thousand eight hundred? Cousin Jiu must have misread it; it should have been eight hundred!
Yet when he lunged over to see for himself, the basket plainly displayed: one thousand eight hundred points!
"Th-this basket must be broken, surely?" Meng Zhou stammered to Meng Jueming, who was equally incredulous.
The thousand points Wei Zhao had seized earlier had clearly all been distributed to Xiao Che and Qiao Hongcai. That meant every point remaining to him had been gathered by his own hands.
One had to remember that Wei Zhao had no cheating device like Meng Zhou's wood-attribute sensor. Gathering everything bit by bit on his own, how could he possibly have amassed a terrifying figure of one thousand eight hundred points? There was only one explanation left: the basket must be broken!
"Indeed, that is possible. I demand it be opened and inspected!" Meng Jueming did not believe for a moment that Wei Zhao could have earned such a high score on his own. Hearing Meng Zhou's words now, he found them deeply convincing.