Chapter 3714 — Finally Out
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
As for the Law Enforcement Hall experts who were likewise parties to this, though their inner shock ran far deeper than anyone's, Wei Zhao was not worried about them spreading gossip: what they were doing could not bear the light of day, and once it was known, the first to fall would be themselves!
Glancing at the sixth stick of incense nearing its end, Wei Zhao smiled faintly and answered the ghostly thing with his divine sense: "Senior, once the seventh stick is lit, let us stop."
Holding out for six sticks of incense meant thirty points for duration, and with fifteen points for first place in the rankings, Wei Zhao had already secured the theoretical maximum of forty-five points; holding on further would raise his score no higher, and served no purpose.
"Oh? You brat do know when to stop!" The ghostly thing chuckled, still unsated. "Very well, since you say so, this old man will not make trouble. But after playing with them so long, I ought to leave them a little memento."
Wei Zhao smiled to himself. He did not know what the ghostly thing intended, but he could already begin observing a moment of silence for these Law Enforcement Hall experts; the ghostly thing's methods, needless to say, were bound to be extraordinary.
When the sixth stick burned out and the seventh was lit amid the astonished, doubtful gazes of all present, Wei Zhao still sat like an old monk in meditation—while the Law Enforcement Hall experts charged with controlling the pressure had fine beads of sweat on every brow, plainly at the end of their endurance!
The men exchanged glances. A wise man does not eat a loss before his eyes; better to let the brat off for now and call it quits, and at worst suffer a few scoldings from young master Xu—surely not worth sinking themselves for the sake of one mere newcomer!
But just as they meant to withdraw, the pressure in the arena suddenly began to climb wildly beyond control, breaking through the twelvefold limit in an instant and racing toward fifteen, sixteen times—and in less than a breath it had reached an unprecedented twentyfold height!
The Law Enforcement Hall experts paled in shock, and before they could react, Wei Zhao—the very man they had schemed so hard to crush—rose unhurriedly and strolled down from the platform with perfect ease.
At last the fellow was willing to come down!
The crowd below erupted in uproar: in the first trial, Wei Zhao was the only newcomer of the Tri-Layer Pavilion to score the full forty-five points!
Even if every one of them was stung to fury at being "played" by Wei Zhao, his strength spoke for itself; however bitter and resentful they felt, before such a godlike display they could only offer one word from the heart—submission!
Looking over the performance of all the newcomers in this round, even Kang Jingming of the Soaring Sky Pavilion—the designated newcomer steward and current favorite—had scored only thirty-five points. Setting aside the fifty bonus points granted to the newcomer steward, beside Wei Zhao's perfect, god-tier showing he was plainly outshone. RS