Chapter 4086 — A Traitor in the Ranks
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[Wei Zhao] smiled to himself. Fire did indeed counter spiders, but at the late-stage Foundation Establishment level, without sufficient strength of one's own, no amount of elemental advantage would matter—a few rays of light from the Thousand-Eyed Spider would have been enough to kill you.
With [Wei Zhao]'s strength, dealing with this Thousand-Eyed Spider was in truth as easy and pleasant as beating a dog. Had he not deliberately concealed his power and dragged things out, he could have killed the wretched spider in a single exchange, and would never have let it go on this long.
Of course, had [Cong Zhima] and [Chen Muzhuang] truly been in mortal danger just now, [Wei Zhao] would have had no choice but to abandon his plan to hide his strength and step in to rescue them.
"All right, everyone surviving today is already a stroke of great fortune. This place has been cleared by those five spirit beasts, so for the time being it should be the safest spot around. Let's rest and recover here first, and once we're more or less restored, we'll continue." [Huang Xiaotao] gave the order.
The others were just about to comply when, at that very moment, three figures suddenly descended from the sky, landing before them all with savage grins on their faces!
Glancing at the three, whose ill intent was plain, [Wei Zhao] looked up and, sure enough, saw a flying spirit beast circling in the sky above. Had they not come from the air, they could never have escaped his senses.
"Tsk tsk, how is it you're all so badly hurt? You've really been through a lot! Come on, hurry up and hand over the Myriad-Crossing Golden Elixir Fruits—no need to make me search you myself, is there?" The leader was a young man with a frivolous, arrogant cast to his face, who sneered at [Huang Xiaotao] with a raised eyebrow.
"Su Zhaohu, you despicable, shameless wretch!" Only then did [Huang Xiaotao] understand. Even with her face hidden by a mask, the trembling of her body made her feelings plain.
"Heh, shameless? Is this your first day out on a mission? This place has always belonged to the strong. If you don't want to die here, then be sensible and hand over the Myriad-Crossing Golden Elixir Fruits right now!" Su Zhaohu threw back his head and laughed triumphantly, then looked [Huang Xiaotao] up and down with a gleeful, taunting air. "Huang Xiaotao, tell me—if you'd become my sixth cousin's wife back then, would you have ended up like this? Women are all cheap; you brought this on yourself. Not only is your face ruined, but you've sunk to such a wretched state. Tsk tsk!"
"You!" [Huang Xiaotao] bit her lip in humiliation. Had she not just fought five spirit beasts to the point of mutual ruin, she would have had no reason to fear this Su Zhaohu at all—but now, with him plundering her misfortunes, it was too late to say anything.
"You really won't hand it over? Then don't blame me for being rude!" Su Zhaohu sneered viciously. [Huang Xiaotao] had once been hailed as a cultivation prodigy, and truth be told, he did not dare underestimate her too much—but now, well, everything was in his grasp.
Seeing Su Zhaohu about to make his move, [Huang Xiaotao] had no choice but to grit her teeth and hand over the two Myriad-Crossing Golden Elixir Fruits she had on her.
"Heh heh, now that's being sensible!" Su Zhaohu snatched the two Myriad-Crossing Golden Elixir Fruits into his hands, drooling with greed, while the two who had appeared with him likewise began pressing the others for their Myriad-Crossing Golden Elixir Fruits.
[Cong Zhima] glanced at [Huang Xiaotao] and could only obediently hand his over as well. But when it came to [Chen Muzhuang]'s turn, he hurriedly said, "Brother Su, you can't do this! Didn't we agree? I lured them here so they'd fight the spirit beasts to mutual ruin, and then you'd reward me with a Myriad-Crossing Golden Elixir Fruit!" (To be continued) R655