Chapter 3834 — Interception from Front and Rear
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
So even with his strength at the peak of the late Foundation Establishment stage, even with a temper however fiery and overbearing, Nan Tianyong dared not erupt in such a place. Should he provoke the fury of the crowd—or worse, draw out some great figure hidden among them—then never mind hunting Wei Zhao; he himself would be the first to die here!
Yet even though he dared not unleash his full speed for fear of the crowd, Nan Tianyong still used his absolute advantage in speed to claw back the gap little by little. Delay much longer, and who knew when he would be caught!
"Looks like I must finish this quickly!" The thought stirred in Wei Zhao—not only because he would be overtaken at this rate, but more crucially because the thing coalescing in his palm had begun to stir restlessly. Hold it forcibly in hand too long, and it would spell real trouble.
After a brief survey of his bearings, Wei Zhao, under cover of the crowd, without the slightest hesitation dashed at random toward one of the market exits.
His figure swift as a ghost, flickering in and out among the flowing crowd, Wei Zhao soon reached the exit—only to find, to his astonishment, a familiar figure already waiting there: Yu Jiang.
"Didn't expect that, did you? Even Heaven won't help you—you really are out of luck!" Yu Jiang came forward to meet him, his face split in a hideous grin.
The outer and middle streets of the market had four exits in all. Even if the pressure of Nan Tianyong on his heels was too great for Wei Zhao to choose any exit at will, he still had at least two or more options; and since Yu Jiang had taken a shortcut to arrive early, he could not have known Wei Zhao's choice—still less changed his own position midway.
So even Yu Jiang himself had little confidence in blocking Wei Zhao—after all, the odds of guessing right were really quite small. As for Wei Zhao, he too harbored no great worry on that score, his attention fixed entirely on Nan Tianyong behind him.
Yet the scene no one could have foreseen unfolded just the same: Yu Jiang had guessed the exit aright, and what Wei Zhao now faced was a dead end—caught between front and rear!
After that relentless pursuit, Nan Tianyong was now only five zhang behind Wei Zhao—a distance that, for an expert at the peak of the late Foundation Establishment stage, was all but within arm's reach.
If Yu Jiang ahead delayed him even a little, Wei Zhao was doomed beyond doubt. After all, this was not like that instant when he had stepped out of the inner street; Nan Tianyong behind him had already launched himself at full speed, and should Wei Zhao's pace slacken even slightly, then never mind shaking the man off as he had before—the only outcome would be a palm strike that killed him outright.
And for Yu Jiang, an expert of the mid Foundation Establishment stage, even though last time he had come shamefully close to being killed by Wei Zhao, if all he need do was hinder the boy for a moment, that was simplicity itself.
In an instant his aura surged to its peak, and a keen sword-qi gathered at his fingertips. From the look of it, Yu Jiang intended far more than a mere delay—he was in earnest about running Wei Zhao through with a single sword to vent the hatred in his heart! (Fourth update! The new server of the school-belle mobile game *Cloud-Tier Isle* is open; henceforth each new server shall be named after a school belle—reply on WeChat yuren22, and the belle whose name appears most often shall give the server its name. Also, the launch of *Cloud-Tier Isle* will bring generous perks to readers~) RS