Chapter 3869 — Turning the Tables
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Against an ordinary early Foundation Establishment expert, that one move was already lethal enough.
Wei Zhao's heart jolted. He had sensed Nan Tianguan's presence just now, but he had no way of knowing what Nan Tianguan had said to Yu Jiang. Who could have guessed that this lunatic would suddenly attack him as though possessed, apparently intent on killing him for real?
With an expert like Nan Tianguan watching from afar, the question of how to respond at a moment like this presented Wei Zhao with a genuine dilemma.
If he had only been dealing with Yu Jiang, there would have been nothing difficult about it. In a one-on-one fight, Wei Zhao held a considerable advantage. Even if he exposed his identity, it would not matter much. After all, even if he could not silence his opponent, he still held a fatal weakness of Yu Jiang's in his hands. He would have plenty of room to maneuver.
But under the present circumstances, Wei Zhao no longer dared expose himself so easily. Once it was confirmed that Wei Zhao was the Lin Er they were searching for, who knew whether Nan Tianguan, hidden in the shadows, would leap out and crush him to death with a single palm?
This time, Wei Zhao had no chance to condense another top-grade true-qi bomb. He simply had no way to deal with an expert like Nan Tianguan, who stood at the peak of Foundation Establishment!
If matters truly came to that, Wei Zhao supposed he would have no choice but to throw out Yu Jiang's fatal secret of murdering his own master ahead of time. Yu Jiang, that unfilial and treacherous disciple, would certainly be doomed. But whether Wei Zhao himself could survive afterward would depend entirely on Nan Tianguan's mood.
Perhaps Nan Tianguan would spare him. Perhaps he would deal with Wei Zhao as well. Life or death would rest on a single thought in the other man's mind.
Besides, Nan Tianguan would also wonder where this video had come from, and why Wei Zhao had been at the scene.
Wei Zhao's reaction could hardly have been called slow. The instant Yu Jiang made his move, he reached a decision: keep up the act!
Since Yu Jiang had attacked, Wei Zhao would simply evade. Unless matters reached a truly desperate point, he could not afford to use his real strength and expose his identity. Otherwise, the situation would become genuinely troublesome!
Relying on instinct, Wei Zhao narrowly dodged the fierce sword qi in Yu Jiang's hand, his movements looking distinctly strained. But after his first attack missed, Yu Jiang was not about to give up. He raised his hand and unleashed another Twenty-One Forms of the Life-Reaping Chain Sword, forcing Wei Zhao into an even more desperate and disheveled retreat.
Wei Zhao managed to evade it again, but the sword qi that grazed past him raked across his right arm, leaving a vivid streak of blood. He had only suffered a slight graze because he had moved quickly enough. Otherwise, his entire right arm might well have been severed.
This was the awkward predicament Wei Zhao now faced. Deciding to keep up the act had not been difficult, but actually doing so was another matter entirely.
If he wanted to avoid exposing his identity before Yu Jiang, he could not use any martial technique he had previously displayed in front of him. The techniques Wei Zhao knew best and relied on most heavily, such as the Frenzied Fire Eight Trigrams Palm, Frenzied Fire Fist, and Butterfly Flicker Steps, were all forbidden. The moment he used any one of them, Yu Jiang would see through him. That was the truly difficult part.
Against Yu Jiang, an expert at the middle Foundation Establishment stage, Wei Zhao had not only exposed the true strength of an early Foundation Establishment peak expert, he was also unable to use any of his signature techniques. It was only natural that he had fallen into such a wretched position.