Chapter 3873 — This Very Move
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 3
That way, not only would Kang Jingming lose every shred of face, but Xu Lingchong, the patron behind him, would be shamed along with him. Whether Young Master Xu would still look after him as he did now - that was very much up in the air!
So this time, facing Shi Yuda's public provocation, Kang Jingming dared not slip up for any reason. Otherwise, having lost Young Master Xu's patronage, who knew how miserably he might end up!
What left Kang Jingming helpless was that even as a fine early Foundation Establishment hand, facing an aggressive peak Heaven-rank opponent, he truly had no certainty of victory. If the other side seized the initiative on the arena stage, then for all his early Foundation Establishment true qi, he might still end up choked to death on the spot.
His one sure-kill move, the only one he had confidence in, was the dan-fire bomb.
The power of the dan-fire bomb went without saying. If he could truly charge it up, then never mind a mere peak Heaven-rank opponent - even a fine early Foundation Establishment hand of the same tier could very likely be annihilated in a single strike. The greatest flaw, however, was that this move required charging time, and the greater the power, the longer the charge had to be prepared in advance!
Normally, Shi Yuda would never give Kang Jingming such an opportunity. But for a cunning sort like Kang Jingming, finding an excuse to stall for time was simplicity itself!
I am the newcomer steward. If I step straight onto the stage to accept the challenge and get injured, it could well affect my duty of publicly recording the newcomers' points, and that would be irresponsible. So I need a little time to find someone to take over my work, just in case.
Such was the reason Kang Jingming gave - high-sounding and beyond reproach.
Shi Yuda could never have imagined that Kang Jingming would slyly use the delay to charge up his ultimate move. And once both stepped onto the arena stage, Kang Jingming, without another word, flung out a dan-fire bomb, and Shi Yuda was blasted on the spot into utter incapacity. The fight was over in a single exchange, and the Ultimate Golden Core had been swallowed for nothing!
Watching Kang Jingming strut off the stage with a smug look, everyone present was struck dumb. Before this, they had taken Kang Jingming for a soft persimmon who had risen only on Young Master Xu's coattails - never had they expected him to be such a ruthless character!
Against a mere peak Heaven-rank opponent, he had actually unleashed such a devastating killing move, blowing nearly the entire formation-reinforced arena stage to smithereens. Just how deep must the grudge be, damn it!
For a time, everyone's gaze toward Kang Jingming unconsciously took on unprecedented awe, and Kang Jingming secretly gloated immensely over it!
All along, though he had thrown his weight around before the Skyward Pavilion's newcomers, it had all been on the strength of Xu Lingchong's backing; people simply dared not speak their anger. But today, with one move he had taken out that blind Shi Yuda - and with a move as intimidating as the dan-fire bomb, no less.
This time, Kang Jingming truly felt what it was like to be the top dog among the Skyward Pavilion newcomers. Absolutely exhilarating!
Yet Kang Jingming never dreamed that while this dan-fire bomb of his had indeed stunned the Skyward Pavilion newcomers thoroughly, it had at the same time fallen into the eyes of Nan Tianguan and Yu Jiang!
"That's right - that's the very move Lin Er used to kill our master back then, the dan-fire bomb!" Yu Jiang was overjoyed at the sight and hurriedly pointed it out to Nan Tianguan.