Chapter 4505 — A Mountain-Opening Power Arrives
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The old man's sinister, cunning eyes swept contemptuously over the whole hall. He radiated no particularly overwhelming aura. And yet an invisible pressure bore down on everyone, so that none dared even draw a deep breath—especially Qi Mingyuan and those nearest him, who felt the blood and qi in their bodies seem to freeze solid, pierced through by a chill for which they could find no cause.
"Why does this man look so much like Wu Baoliang?" Wei Zhao murmured to himself in puzzlement, watching the strange old man from afar.
Wu Baoliang had a pair of uncanny triangular yin-yang eyes; and this old man who had descended from the sky, bizarre as his appearance was, had eyes remarkably like Wu Baoliang's. Could this man be some relative of Wu Baoliang—or perhaps his own father?
By now no one dared speak a word. All stood staring blankly at the strange old man. Though he had not attacked the moment he arrived, everyone could see that he had not come with good intentions.
"What foul creature dares to make trouble at our South Continent Escort Assembly? Cheng Haonan, do you think that finding yourself a backer means you can look down on us of the righteous path? Hmph! Today I, the Chief Escort, shall carry out Heaven's justice!" As everyone stood dazed, Hai Wuliang leapt to his feet with a great shout and made to spring at Cheng Haonan.
This was a rare chance for a turnaround, delivered right to his door! If only Cheng Haonan had come, then even if Hai Wuliang were the first to capture him, it would hardly be convincing enough. But now a strange old man who was plainly not to be trifled with had appeared, and everyone was too frightened to move—would this not be the perfect chance to display Hai Wuliang's courage and sense of duty?
With an unobtrusive glance at Qi Mingyuan beside him and the ridiculous sight of the man behaving as though facing a mighty foe, Hai Wuliang felt immensely pleased with himself.
It is not the goods one fears failing to recognize, but the goods set beside other goods. Only with Qi Mingyuan—this so-called newly installed overlord of the escort agencies—for comparison could his own towering stature be thrown into sharper relief. After today's affair, it would be plain to all who was better suited to lead the South Continent Escort Alliance in the days to come!
With all manner of calculations churning in his mind, Hai Wuliang felt his very body grow light. He was no fool, of course—he would strike only at Cheng Haonan, whom he was sure he could handle. As for that strange old man who was so obviously not to be provoked, it would be safer to wait until he could raise a rallying cry and lead everyone present in a joint assault.
But Cheng Haonan, the very target Hai Wuliang had marked for polishing his reputation, was now watching him with an ambiguous half-smile, arms folded at his ease, showing not the slightest intention of raising a hand to meet the attack.
"What manner of thing are you!" A shriveled, grating cold shout came from behind him, and at the same moment a force beyond words descended upon his back. Before Hai Wuliang could even shake off his smugness, he was swatted flat to the ground like a fly, driven more than three feet into the earth...
Hiss! The entire hall drew a sharp breath in unison. Hai Wuliang was a peak late-Nascent Soul expert—if not among the top two in the whole South Continent Escort Alliance, then at the very least among the top five. And yet before this strange old man he could not withstand even a single move; and from the look of it, the man had not even been in earnest.
A Mountain-Opening stage titan! Qi Mingyuan and the other knowledgeable few felt their hearts churn like a stormy sea. Though the old man had not yet revealed his full strength, that single simple blow made it plain—this strange old man was a Mountain-Opening stage expert! (To be continued.)