Chapter 4442 — A Mere Parlor Trick?
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
Then Wu Baoliang's spread palms slowly closed into fists, and everything suspended in midair instantly went berserk, smashing violently against one another. What had merely been torn apart was now, after this mutual collision and slaughter, ground even finer—reduced at last to powder.
"The Military Advisor is indeed a man of extraordinary skill. Such godlike arts—this Long has truly never seen nor heard of the like!" Long Kuiba was instantly awestruck. If it came to a real fight, his own strength was not weak either, but it was limited to straightforward hacking and killing; he had no such wondrous, marvelous techniques as Wu Baoliang.
"A trifle, no more. This move is called All Things Slay One Another. Whatever is of weaker substance will in the end be ground to powder by what is stronger—and the escort chests are forged of special dark iron, so barring accident, their substance should be the hardest of all. Thus when All Things Slay One Another is complete, the only thing left will be the escort chests." Wu Baoliang smiled with profound mystery.
"Before the Military Advisor's All Things Slay One Another, formations and all are destroyed together. No concealment method is of any use—so long as it is hidden here, it will inevitably be forced to show its true form!" Cheng Haonan added from the side. Given his relationship with Wu Baoliang, he was naturally perfectly clear on such methods.
"Hahahaha, then I shall wait to toast the Military Advisor's success! After this round, my Longzhou Escort Agency will leap to second place on the rankings, with the Skysupport Escort Agency close at hand!" Long Kuiba laughed in smug delight.
"It is only to be expected. Soon now." Wu Baoliang's triangular yin-yang eyes gleamed with satisfaction as he remarked, "Still, this Ling Yi does have some real skill, to hide the escort goods away like this. Ordinary methods truly would not turn them up—no wonder Hai Wuliang and his lot came off the worse."
"Heh, compared to the Military Advisor, is such a trick anything more than a mere parlor trick? The Skysupport Escort Agency only knows how to play at cleverness; they will never amount to anything on the great stage. This time we will let them taste what it is to kick a steel plate!" Cheng Haonan sneered darkly.
While the three chatted in smug satisfaction, the All Things Slay One Another suspended in midair finally ran its course. Everything of weaker substance had already lost all shape, and the reef stones along with them had been crushed to powder.
"The clear rises, the turbid sinks!" Under Wu Baoliang's command, the mass suspended in midair slowly split into two layers: the lighter portion all floated up, the heavier all sank down. And in this process of separation, anything that still retained even a trace of shape could be seen with perfect clarity—and among them, the escort chests were certain to be found.
Long Kuiba, Cheng Haonan, and Wu Baoliang himself—all three stared wide-eyed at it all, hoping to see the chests they had anticipated. Yet when the separation was entirely complete, there was simply nothing at all.
"This... this..." Wu Baoliang choked, unable to string together a full sentence for quite some time. Long Kuiba and Cheng Haonan were both dumbstruck as well. A moment ago he had cut such a figure of serene, lofty mastery, so confident and composed—and in the end the bastard still could not find it? Was this not making a spectacle of themselves for all to laugh at?
"Military Advisor, what are we to do now?" Long Kuiba was utterly flustered. Because they had scored not a single point in the second round, across the previous three rounds combined the Longzhou Escort Agency had earned only one hundred sixty points. Even counting this round—fifty points for lasting a full stick of incense—that made only two hundred ten in all! (To be continued)