Chapter 3721 — Foolhardy
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Hu Yunfeng took the stage, motioned for the newcomers to quiet down, and then proclaimed in a ringing voice: "This Elder Zhao Hongbo—I trust I need not introduce him further. He has profound attainments in the healing of injuries. Since this endurance trial is highly prone to danger, the Elders' Council has specially assigned Elder Zhao to serve as the special judge for this newcomer trial segment. He will oversee fairness and impartiality, and should any of you suffer a fatal injury during the challenge, he will step in at once to treat it—though in that case, you may as well give up any hope of scoring points in this segment."
Pausing briefly, Hu Yunfeng then gestured toward the several Law Enforcement Hall experts. "These few—you met them just three days ago. They will serve as the examiners for this endurance trial. Of course, before that, Elder Zhao will seal their strength down to the corresponding level, so as long as you choose a given strength tier, you will not face an attack beyond that tier. Rest easy on that point."
Hearing this, the assembled newcomers visibly breathed a sigh of relief.
Judging by their aura, these Law Enforcement Hall experts were clearly beings who transcended the peak of early Foundation Establishment. With such people as examiners, the fear was that even if one chose the Heaven-tier grand-completion level, the other party might still misjudge his control and land an early Foundation Establishment strike—or something even stronger—on them. That would be no laughing matter.
Fortunately, since their strength would be sealed on the spot by Zhao Hongbo, there should be no problem. What was more, even if something did go wrong, Zhao Hongbo would step in to treat them in time. Such arrangements were already quite thorough; a fatal accident was hardly likely.
Unless one was foolhardy enough to challenge above one's tier—then death would truly be no one's fault but one's own. It really bore out the saying: if you do not court death, you will not die. But cultivators with that kind of idiot intelligence were better off done away with anyway!
Yet just as the newcomers were breathing their sighs of relief, the corner of Wei Zhao's mouth curved upward in a faint, mocking arc.
The intelligence Li Zhengming had provided stated it plainly: whether Zhao Hongbo or these Law Enforcement Hall experts, in truth they had all secretly colluded with Xu Lingchong—every one of them a key link in the scheme against him. Add Meng Jueming, Meng Zhou, and the rest, and one could say the entire endurance trial was a trap they had laid, just waiting for him to crawl inside.
What a grand piece of theater indeed! Wei Zhao curled his lip in derision. As for how things would unfold next, he already knew it like the back of his hand.
"Before the trial begins, this Pavilion Master will give you one last reminder: points are important, yes—but if you overreach yourselves and end up in a state where you have the life to earn them but not the life to enjoy them, then you have no one to blame but yourselves. Especially certain newcomers who love to show off. A challenge above one's tier sounds glorious, but alas—that is no hero, only a fool!"
As he spoke, Hu Yunfeng cast a meaningful glance at Wei Zhao amid the crowd, giving the distinct impression that the remark was aimed squarely at him.
The eyes of the surrounding newcomers converged on Wei Zhao, many of them laced with mockery and derision. Was not Wei Zhao precisely the kind of "newcomer who loves to show off" that Hu Yunfeng had spoken of?
"Heh... So the fatal trap tailor-made to target my weaknesses has already begun, has it?" Wei Zhao gave a faint, unconcerned smile.