Chapter 3928 — Life or Death, No Objection
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Yet however unbelievable it might be, the spirit pet following behind Wei Zhao was indeed at the great consummation of the Heaven rank—everyone present could see it plainly, and it was enough to make their jaws drop.
Only, intimidating as the tier of Wei Zhao's spirit pet might be, it did not look especially formidable. At first glance it was nothing more than an ordinary pet pig.
Still, when even his two underlings, Qiao Hongcai and Xiao Che, had subdued such formidable spirit pets, the crowd dared not rashly underestimate Wei Zhao, however much they muttered inwardly—after all, this man was the leader of those two, and his conduct had always been unpredictable, not to be measured by common sense.
Just then, Meng Jueming's voice rose abruptly from behind the crowd. Studying the pig-like spirit pet behind Wei Zhao, he said in surprise, "A Heavenly Thunder Pig? Isn't that a domesticated spirit pet that can only hunt treasure and can't fight at all? Since when does the back mountain have such things?"
The back mountain was fraught with peril. Though the Heavenly Thunder Pig counted as a rare spirit beast, unmatched in the world at treasure-hunting, its combat prowess was notoriously feeble—it simply lacked the ability to survive alone in the back mountain. Meng Jueming's puzzlement was only natural.
Generally speaking, owing to their treasure-hunting nature and rather endearing appearance, Heavenly Thunder Pigs were kept as domesticated spirit pets by the scions of great clans on Cloudstep Island, and were rarely seen in the wild—let alone in the perilous back mountain.
At these words, Meng Zhou immediately breathed a sigh of relief and declared smugly, "So it's just a pathetic weakling with no fighting power! I thought this posturing ringleader had stumbled onto some dog-shit luck again, picked up some mighty spirit pet at the great consummation of the Heaven rank from who knows where, and could give my Blackback Staff Ape a run for its money. Turns out it's just a useless piece of pastry brought along to pad the numbers and put on a show—what a thorough disappointment!"
Even the other newcomers on his side were left speechless by this speech. Before Meng Jueming had spoken up, this boy Meng Zhou had plainly been so terrified he scarcely dared breathe, his expression cringing enough to make one laugh.
Now that he had discovered the other's spirit pet was not a combat type, the fellow's tail was instantly up again, putting on the grand air of one whose spirit pet was peerless under heaven—truly enough to make one's guts ache with secondhand embarrassment.
Wei Zhao paid him no mind, but turned to Xiao Che and teased, "Is this one an actor by trade? He changes faces quite nimbly—well up to taking a Best Actor award."
Xiao Che could not help laughing, and though the others present had no idea what a "Best Actor" was, they could guess the gist well enough, and all choked back their laughter.
When it registered, Meng Zhou's face flushed crimson, and it was a long moment before he blustered furiously, "Only weaklings fight with their mouths! If you've got the guts, then when the spirit pet duel comes, don't you dare concede on your own—let that idiot pig of yours have a proper go at my Blackback Staff Ape, how about it?"
For a non-combat spirit beast like the Heavenly Thunder Pig, even if Wei Zhao had raised its strength to the great consummation of the Heaven rank, how much of that strength it could actually bring to bear in a real fight remained unknown—of one thing at least one could be certain: it would absolutely be no match for the Blackback Staff Ape. Of that there was no doubt.
Unexpectedly, Wei Zhao showed not the slightest retreat. Instead he smiled faintly and said, "Very well. Life or death, no objection." R1152