Chapter 4607 — Mid-Stage Nascent Soul!
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For all Ma Dangfeng's bluster, in the eyes of ordinary folk he was a lofty, top-tier Rookie King—but in Wei Zhao's eyes he was at most a child. Wei Zhao had seen every kind of top-tier existence in the Southern Continent. Never mind the Mountain-Opening stage; he had witnessed the finest savage beasts above even the Earth-Rending and Sea-Splitting stages. Set against such colossi, what was a Rookie King of the Tri-Layer Pavilion but a wisp of lint?
Seeing Wei Zhao suddenly release his aura without the slightest reservation, the onlookers packed outside the door were stunned on the spot. Even Lu Bianren and the others standing beside him could scarcely believe it. They had always assumed Wei Zhao's strength was only at the Golden Core stage—which was why they had worried so over Ma Dangfeng making trouble—never imagining that after this short separation, Wei Zhao had already become a peak early-stage Nascent Soul expert!
The crowd had favored Ma Dangfeng for no other reason than that he was a Nascent Soul expert who held absolute strength over Wei Zhao, the Rookie King of the previous intake. Even knowing Wei Zhao could fight above his level, no one would believe a Golden Core cultivator could challenge a Nascent Soul one.
But now everything had changed. Wei Zhao was not merely the Golden Core cultivator they had assumed—he was peak early-stage Nascent Soul, and had instead ground Ma Dangfeng beneath his heel. It seemed this so-called top-tier Rookie King had truly kicked an iron plate. After all, Ma Dangfeng was only at the early Nascent Soul stage!
This scene turned not only the crowd's faces pale—even Ma Dangfeng himself was struck dumb. The lofty contempt that had filled his gaze when he looked at Wei Zhao vanished in an instant. The corners of his mouth curled in an inscrutable grimace. "Peak early-stage Nascent Soul? How impressive. Do you think that makes you invincible under heaven—that it's enough to scare me off?"
Hearing Ma Dangfeng's strange tone, everyone couldn't help but freeze. Was the fellow unable to stomach such a crushing gap in expectations, and now preparing to slap his own swollen face and play the fat man?
But when they saw Ma Dangfeng's next move, they finally understood—and could not help but show astonishment once more. By all accounts Ma Dangfeng, this top-tier Rookie King, had always been flamboyant; who would have thought the fellow had been hiding his strength all along? He had never been an early-stage Nascent Soul expert at all—he was mid-stage Nascent Soul!
The crowd's interest surged at once. Two generations of Rookie Kings facing off was already a spectacle full of gimmick—and now the situation had shifted like a plunging roller coaster. They had thought Wei Zhao's sudden reveal of peak early-stage Nascent Soul strength had settled the matter beyond doubt, never expecting that the new Rookie King, Ma Dangfeng, was actually stronger still!
This was a show worth watching today. At this rate, the two sides would surely come to blows next, and it would become the focus of the entire North Island. At last they would have no shortage of material for bragging and idle chatter.
"Hahahaha!" Ma Dangfeng laughed and laughed. The crowd's dazzled expressions gratified his vanity nicely, and his face returned to its initial condescension. He glanced sidelong at Wei Zhao. "Well? Didn't see that coming, did you?"
"Oh. And what of it?" Wei Zhao, from first to last, had not so much as twitched an eyelid. He still watched this Ma Dangfeng with a half-smile, his gaze brimming with mockery.
"What of it? Is your brain waterlogged?" Ma Dangfeng looked at Wei Zhao as though at an idiot. "I'm a mid-stage Nascent Soul expert. If you're sensible and kneel down and kowtow, then for the sake of our being fellow disciples, I can spare your life. But if you're not sensible—then don't blame me for showing no mercy..." (To be continued...)
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