Chapter 3777 — How to Choose?
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
A fellow who had forced a strongman like Wei Zhao to concede—spread such an unprecedented credential around, and it would be absolutely wild and domineering and cool. Then, after entering the Azure Cloud Pavilion, any normal person would have to look at him, Zha Wu, with new eyes!
Put plainly, in this challenge he did not fear that Wei Zhao was not strong enough—he only feared that Wei Zhao was not strong enough!
Because the stronger Wei Zhao was, the more this day's deed would serve as a signboard, and the more he, Zha Wu, would benefit from it!
As a newcomer, the path to standing out was not limited to the newcomer assessment alone. So long as one's mind was nimble and adaptable, using the shoulders of other powerful newcomers to climb up was likewise a fine choice. Never mind the points—in the days to come he would at least have something to brag about, and that was enough.
So stepping forward now to challenge Wei Zhao, which seemed inconceivable to the other newcomers, was to Zha Wu a heaven-sent opportunity. So long as Wei Zhao's mind was as normally wired as his lackey Xiao Che's, and he was the least bit sensible, the success rate of today's affair would be at least ninety percent.
Not only would Wei Zhao almost certainly choose to cooperate, but Zha Wu had another advantage besides: before the tournament began today, Meng Jueming had called the newcomers together and told them something—an important countermeasure aimed at Wei Zhao and his gang.
Among all twelve newcomers, Meng Zhou included, competition among themselves was unrestricted. But when facing the three of Wei Zhao, beyond the overt challenge rules, Meng Jueming had deliberately added an internal rule.
That rule was: after any one of the twelve newcomers challenged Wei Zhao's gang, the remaining eleven were forbidden to issue him a challenge for one week, and violators would be severely punished!
This rule amounted to a one-sided attack rule aimed at Wei Zhao's gang, its purpose self-evident—to encourage the newcomers to challenge the three of them as much as possible. Even if they could not kill them, they would wear them to death by sheer exhaustion!
And the newcomer who had challenged Wei Zhao could also gain ample time to rest and recover!
With this tacit rule as cover, Zha Wu's decision to challenge Wei Zhao immediately became all the more secure, all the more reckless.
Once he succeeded in making Wei Zhao concede and took Mountain-Low No. 1, the other newcomers—whether out of consideration for point interests or for Meng Jueming's extra tacit rule—would be unlikely to challenge him for some time.
And for one whose aim was to gain bragging rights, that was already enough.
Watching Wei Zhao's placid expression as he took the stage, Zha Wu grew all the more certain of his conjecture, and his heart bloomed with joy. A heaven-sent opportunity—today was indeed a fine day for a salted fish to turn over!
After a moment, the murmuring of the newcomers below the stage gradually died down. Some had already seen through Zha Wu's clever scheme, and though they sighed and envied him, there was little they could do about it.
After all, they were not as shamelessly desperate as Zha Wu, the dead last. To them, points were not merely optional—they were their very lifeblood. Even knowing this opportunity had a high success rate, they might not be willing to risk it all.
The referees of the Mystic Mechanism Pavilion each glanced at Wei Zhao and Zha Wu standing face to face. Seeing that both seemed ready, they at once announced: "Azure Cloud Pavilion Newcomer Challenge Tournament, first round, second match: Zha Wu of Mountain-Low No. 12 challenges Wei Zhao of Mountain-Low No. 1. The match begins."