Chapter 3695 — A Sneak Attack, of All Things
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
At this very moment, Li Zhengming stood barely two paces from Wei Zhao, and Wei Zhao's back was turned. Between experts of the same rank, this would indeed have been a lethal ambush, all but impossible to evade. Unfortunately for him, Wei Zhao was not a Heaven-Rank Great Perfection expert of his own rank, but a peak early Foundation Establishment expert a full two ranks above him!
Against a peak early Foundation Establishment expert, even a hundred Heaven-Rank Great Perfection experts could never land a successful ambush. This was absolute rank suppression, without the slightest possibility of a comeback.
Even the Wei Zhao of old could never have fought across so many ranks!
With the faintest shift of his feet, before Li Zhengming's Heaven Frost true qi could even touch him, the figure before his eyes had already become an afterimage indistinguishable from the real thing—and in the next instant, Wei Zhao appeared behind him, his tone unfathomable. "What is the meaning of this?"
Li Zhengming gave a violent start, and before he could make any response at all, Wei Zhao had already pinned him to the wall with a single kick, sending a tremor through the cave dwelling.
In that kick, Wei Zhao had used no martial technique whatsoever. Under such overwhelming rank suppression, pure speed and strength alone were more than enough to crush Li Zhengming utterly.
Pfft! Li Zhengming spewed a mouthful of fresh blood. Staring at the unfathomable Wei Zhao before him, his heart sank straight to the bottom of his chest, and he could not help but curse inwardly: What kind of early Foundation Establishment expert is this? This aura is plainly on par with Meng Jueming's—this bastard is a genuine peak early Foundation Establishment expert!
The thought that he had just launched an ambush on a peak early Foundation Establishment expert made Li Zhengming's head spin. This was like a three-year-old brat provoking a heavyweight boxing champion—if you're going to throw your life away, at least do it properly! This time Meng Jueming and his gang of bastards had truly done him in!
Seeing that look of utter horror on Li Zhengming's face, Wei Zhao silently cursed his own misstep.
His original intent had been to conceal his strength and keep up the pretense of being a Heaven-Rank Great Perfection expert; but having broken through only recently, he could not yet perfectly command every ounce of his power. When the ambush came, instinct had driven him to reveal the strength of a peak early Foundation Establishment expert!
Though he had used no powerful martial technique, unwilling as he was to see a life lost in his own cave dwelling, that single exchange—simple fists and feet though it was—had been enough for a man of Li Zhengming's discernment to gauge his true strength.
Looking at the trembling Li Zhengming, Wei Zhao frowned slightly, and a thought flashed through his mind. If not... silence him forever?
True, a death in one's own cave dwelling would be a troublesome business no matter how one looked at it, but Li Zhengming had struck first. Even if Wei Zhao killed him on the spot, no one could raise a word of complaint.
By the rules of the cultivation world, trespassing in another's cave dwelling was an unforgivable offense, whatever the reason. Should the matter come to light, even Meng Jueming and those behind him would have no choice but to swallow their loss in silence.
Yet no sooner had the thought taken root than the sharp-witted Li Zhengming sensed the killing intent, perilous beyond measure, and fresh terror and desperate struggle flooded his eyes—for from where he stood, this was a very real threat of death.