Chapter 3725 — Beneath His Notice
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Bitter Senior Brother grew frantic. "Junior Brother Lin, you may be at early Foundation Establishment now, and it looks like only a hair's breadth from peak early Foundation Establishment, but in truth the two are worlds apart! Challenging above your level is no easy thing! Otherwise—let me go speak to Pavilion Master Hu, and you can just forfeit this round. Even without earning points, it's better than losing your life. I'm serious—I'm not joking with you!"
This Bitter Senior Brother truly spared no effort in looking out for him!
Wei Zhao was moved. He glanced toward Shangguan Lan'er in the distance, who looked about to speak but held back. If he really did withdraw midway as Bitter Senior Brother suggested, it would bend the rules somewhat, but this young senior sister would certainly step in to help—and he could dodge the disaster.
And yet, it was only a full-power strike at peak early Foundation Establishment. Others might not dare to imagine it, but did he have any need to fear it?
Never mind that his own strength was, in truth, a concealed peak early Foundation Establishment; even if his opponent struck hard at three-tenths greater power, it could not take his life in one blow. And with the jade pendant's space to swiftly replenish his true qi, and the self-healing of the Xuanyuan Dragon Taming Art, no wound, however grievous, was worth a thought.
Wei Zhao at once cast Shangguan Lan'er a look to set her mind at ease, then clapped Bitter Senior Brother on the shoulder with a smile. "Senior Brother Ku, don't get so worked up. I really wasn't acting on impulse this time—I'm confident I can handle it. Set your heart completely at ease!"
"Truly?" Even with Wei Zhao's words, Bitter Senior Brother could scarcely believe it, and Xiao Che and Qiao Hongcai exchanged glances as well.
Wei Zhao had always surprised them, but this went beyond what they could comprehend. A capable early Foundation Establishment fighter challenging a full-power strike at peak early Foundation Establishment—this was truly not something an ordinary man could do!
"Truer than true gold—just wait and see," Wei Zhao said with a firm nod.
At that, Bitter Senior Brother, Xiao Che, and Qiao Hongcai had nothing more to say. Since Wei Zhao had put it that way, further argument was pointless; they could only marvel in bafflement and let him be.
A short while later, all of Qingyun Pavilion's newcomers had finished registering. Counting all fifteen of them: three had chosen peak late Heaven Rank, ten had chosen great consummation of the Heaven Rank, and the remaining two—Meng Zhou and Wei Zhao—had chosen peak early Foundation Establishment!
Setting Meng Zhou and Wei Zhao aside, the other Qingyun Pavilion newcomers had all made rather conservative choices; not one had opted to challenge above his level. Great consummation of the Heaven Rank and early Foundation Establishment were, after all, two entirely different tiers, and the gulf between them was even wider than that between early Foundation Establishment and its peak. They were no fools—naturally none would make such an idiotic choice.
And among the crowd, three had even chosen to challenge at a lower level. Such a showing might look somewhat timid, but for those with true self-awareness, it was a sensible choice nonetheless.
Just as Hu Yunfeng had said, challenging above one's level was the act of a fool; but without the strength to back it up, forcing oneself into a same-level challenge was no less foolish—and in the end it was always creatures like these, blind to their own limits, who were hurt the worst and died the most miserably.
Especially a certain creature who, seeing others choose peak early Foundation Establishment, had let his head go hot and made the same choice—that one was the fool of fools.