Chapter 4415 — Cutting Sarcasm
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
Provoked so recklessly by the woman, the four from the Qingtian Escort Agency visibly began to lose their composure. They had come onto the field to fight for their lives, not to listen to this woman's wanton mockery; with so many eyes upon them, they could not afford to lose face.
Besides, before a woman, a man is by nature an extremely competitive creature—even if it means slapping his own face swollen to look plump, he must put up a front. This is an inborn instinct, written into the genetic code before one even leaves the womb.
Unable to contain their anger any longer, the four finally launched their first attack. The strongest among them, the Golden Core Great Perfection cultivator, struck first—yet he had not been entirely blinded by rage. Though he struck in anger, he consciously picked the one among the four opponents who seemed weakest, a late Golden Core, as his breakthrough point.
Wei Zhao watched this scene from the sidelines and did not speak to stop it. Though he had told the four to deliberately hold back during the first half stick of incense, a probing attack like this was not unacceptable.
On the other side, by contrast, the woman head escort of the Yongxing Escort Agency suddenly wore a pleased, cold smile of a scheme brought to fruition. Fierce and sharp-tongued she may have been by nature, she would not have gone so far as to heap such cutting sarcasm on them before so many people, heedless of her own image—she had done it deliberately, all to goad her opponents into charging in rashly.
The defending side held the natural advantage: as long as they lasted out the full stick of incense while keeping the escort goods intact, they were assured of their points. But this woman head escort of the Yongxing Escort Agency was not one to be so easily satisfied.
She had placed her four strongest escorts in this escort-defense battle. As for the escort-raid battle, she held no hope for it at all, for their opponent was the Four Seas Escort Agency, the mightiest of the thirty-two agencies—to try to score against them was no different from a fool's dream.
This escort-defense battle was crucial to the entire Yongxing Escort Agency. They had to score, and score as much as possible—only thus could they avoid being left behind by the other agencies.
So merely holding the goods was not enough; she also had to find a way to make their opponents charge in rashly and blunder of their own accord. Only then could they reap the head-count points from the Qingtian Escort Agency. And as things stood, her provocative strategy had plainly worked.
This Golden Core Great Perfection expert of the Qingtian Escort Agency was, in individual strength, the highest among the eight on the field, and the breakthrough point he had chosen was the weakest of the eight, a late Golden Core. At first glance this seemed very wise—but if the Yongxing Escort Agency dared to use such a provocative strategy, how could they possibly have no countermeasures prepared at all?
"Blazing Fire Burns the City!" The four from the Yongxing Escort Agency suddenly formed hand seals in unison, and four walls of fire surged skyward without the slightest warning, instantly trapping the lone, deep-penetrating Golden Core Great Perfection cultivator within. From the look of it, they meant to seize this chance and annihilate him in one stroke!
"No good—save him, quickly!" Fortunately, these escorts of the Qingtian Escort Agency still kept Wei Zhao's instructions firmly in mind and had not entirely left the Golden Core Great Perfection cultivator to venture forth alone. The other three, though a step behind, could at least provide support.
At that thought, the three at once struck out together with all their might...(to be continued...)
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