Chapter 4609 — A Short Rest
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
"What? A stool?" The guild steward was dumbstruck. Were it not for his post, he would long since have fled as far as everyone else—why would he stay here waiting to be buried alongside them? Yet given his position, if he simply ran off and let the North Island Cultivators' Guild be reduced to ruins, what awaited him afterward would be worse than death. Better to stay and play the part of one suffering for the cause—who knows, he might even earn a commendation for holding his post...
Seeing the steward too terrified to move a muscle, Wei Zhao shook his head with a smile, dragged a stool over himself, and sat down at his ease right in front of Ma Dangfeng, entirely as though nothing were amiss.
Everyone was stunned at the sight. What was this? Realizing he couldn't beat Ma Dangfeng, had he simply conceded? But it didn't look that way at all.
And yet to say Wei Zhao could ignore Ma Dangfeng's attack was utterly impossible. Ma Dangfeng was stronger, after all. There was no reason a peak early-stage Yuan Ying master could disregard the killing move of a mid-stage Yuan Ying master.
The crowd was merely astonished; Ma Dangfeng, standing across from Wei Zhao, was nearly going mad. To be honest, though he had set his heart on trampling Wei Zhao underfoot, ever since Wei Zhao had revealed peak early-stage Yuan Ying strength, he had put aside any thought of taking him lightly. Piecing together the rumors about Wei Zhao, he knew this fellow would not be easy to deal with.
But he still had absolute confidence in himself. A single Earth Dragon Emerges could kill even a mid-stage Yuan Ying master in one blow—let alone a mere peak early-stage Yuan Ying.
"Whatever mystery you're playing at, I'll kill you first and sort it out later!" Ma Dangfeng was certain Wei Zhao was putting up a bluff. His Earth Dragon Emerges was already primed. This move was his trump card—not only did it carry enormous power, but more crucially, once unleashed it granted him a deadly follow-up privilege.
Every martial technique has a casting time—the only difference being whether it is a little faster or a little slower. And where there is time, there is a flaw; where there is a flaw, one can be targeted. But Ma Dangfeng's Earth Dragon Emerges broke free of that rule. Not because it had no casting time, but because of its follow-up privilege.
Once Earth Dragon Emerges was cast, so long as Ma Dangfeng could lock onto his opponent with his divine sense, he could control the timing of the earth dragon's emergence at will. The dragon coiled beneath the opponent's feet from first to last; a single thought and the blow landed. The entire process left the opponent no time to react whatsoever. If the opponent dared to make a move at such a moment, that was a sure invitation to death. This was the so-called follow-up privilege—and Ma Dangfeng's most fearsome ace.
And throughout, the longer the earth dragon was held in check, the greater its power grew. Thus Ma Dangfeng held the initiative from beginning to end. Unless Wei Zhao had struck first before he even began his move, this duel was a foregone conclusion—at least in Ma Dangfeng's eyes, no suspense remained whatsoever.
Ma Dangfeng had wanted to seize on a flaw while Wei Zhao cast his technique and strike through the opening. But Wei Zhao's present posture showed not the slightest intent to attack. Since no move was coming, he could only strike first himself—after all, holding the earth dragon down there too long would spell trouble too. Its power was now more than enough to kill any peak early-stage Yuan Ying master in one blow. He refused to believe Wei Zhao could withstand it!
"Earth Dragon Emerges! Burst!" Ma Dangfeng bellowed. (The web drama "School Beauty" premieres on iQiyi on July 13th! Don't miss it! For the latest news, follow **yuren22, and the mobile QQ School Beauty's Close Bodyguard clan!)(To be continued. If you enjoy this work, you are welcome to)
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