Chapter 4209 — Let's Just Concede Together?
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 3
Still, formidable as Yu Jiang and Nan Tianxiong's partnership was, for those truly powerful core disciples of the inner sect, there was no need to take it too much to heart. The pair of newcomers about to step onto the stage next were the real formidable foes they needed to be on their guard against—Xu Lingchong and Meng Zhou!
Meng Zhou, a newcomer who, like Wei Zhao, hailed from the Welcoming Pavilion, had displayed strength in the earlier singles matches in no way inferior to Yu Jiang's—perhaps even surpassing it. At least in terms of ranking, he had fared far better than Yu Jiang, who had been shut out of the top fifty by Wei Zhao.
And Xu Lingchong's formidable strength was plain for all to see. From the first round of the singles matches all the way to seizing first place, he had crushed his way through without the slightest suspense. Among all the Golden Core disciples participating in this inner sect tournament, one could not find a single rival worthy of giving him a real fight.
Wei Zhao, who had initially enjoyed similarly high expectations, had been thought by many to be a possible contender—after all, he too had forced his way into the singles finals on the strength of his domineering power. But facts had proven that this show-off rookie king was utterly worthless before the mighty Xu Lingchong.
He did not even have the courage to fight Xu Lingchong—what strength was there to speak of? He was nothing but a show-off ringleader who only knew how to bully the weak and fear the strong!
Bearing an aura of formidable might, Xu Lingchong and Meng Zhou walked side by side slowly up onto the platform, looking down upon the spectators below like emperors lording over their realm, the corners of their mouths curved in arcs of boundless confidence.
At this moment their opponents had yet to be drawn, but Xu Lingchong already knew who they would be—for he had long since spoken with Xu Yuanzheng: in the first round of the doubles matches, he wanted to fight Wei Zhao!
In the earlier singles matches, he had deliberately avoided meeting Wei Zhao, holding off all the way until the final, precisely so that he could trample Wei Zhao to death in that final and consider his merit complete. Yet he had never expected Wei Zhao to be so cunning as to simply concede and surrender, giving him no chance to strike at all—and Wei Zhao had even collected forty-nine points, making him secretly curse his miscalculation!
So this time, he would kill Wei Zhao right from the start, giving him no opportunity whatsoever. If Wei Zhao conceded outright again, then he would earn not a single point in the doubles matches—and the loss would be no small matter.
Sure enough, the opponents drawn next once again set the whole arena abuzz—none other than Wei Zhao and Huang Xiaotao.
Amid the clamor of discussion, Wei Zhao and Huang Xiaotao stepped onto the platform and stood facing Xu Lingchong and Meng Zhou, calm and composed. Wei Zhao, naturally, feared neither Xu Lingchong nor Meng Zhou; as for Huang Xiaotao, she was in truth a little nervous at this moment, but with her veil covering her face, no one could see it at all.
"Show-off rookie king, since you already chose to concede outright in the singles final, why not be sensible this time too and just concede together?" Xu Lingchong was the first to speak, sneering with a chuckle.
"After all, both of you are defeated foes of Chongchong and me. Put together now, you'll only lose faster and more miserably. Since Chongchong has kindly offered you a way out, you may as well be sensible to the end and just concede like that—spare yourselves from being beaten to tears by the two of us in a moment, which would be far too humiliating. Wouldn't you say so?" Meng Zhou chimed in from the side, his face full of contempt.