Chapter 4676 — Joining the Fight
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It was pure performance, of course. At first glance the giant vines whistled and whipped around him in a show of peril, dangers crowding in on every side; in truth there was not the slightest threat. Butterfly Microstep alone was more than enough to handle it with ease. As for Super Butterfly Microstep, and the still faster Ultra-Limit Butterfly Microstep, bringing those out now would be using a poleaxe to crack a nut.
Naturally, Wei Zhao did not merely dodge. Now and then he would strike—but only when Huo Yudie was in danger, covertly lending her a hand and finishing off a vine or two for her without a trace.
It had to be said that the false-man vines were truly ferocious and terrifying. Even with so many Nascent Soul Great Perfection cultivators attacking in concert, they were instead pinned down hard; one and all were roused to real anger and fighting in earnest, and still the situation could barely be held at even odds. A single slip, and it would be total annihilation.
Wei Zhao took the opportunity to observe closely. Though all four were Nascent Soul Great Perfection, when it came to actual combat, Huo Yudie was the strongest, Ren Zhongyuan and Yi Xiaotian next, and Yao Jiali the weakest.
In mere moments, Yao Jiali took a vicious lash across the back from a giant vine and spat out a mouthful of blood on the spot. Had the azure soft armor not absorbed the greater part of the damage for her, that one blow might have cost her her life then and there.
By comparison, Ren Zhongyuan and Yi Xiaotian, possessing a defensive art like the golden bell of protective qi, coped a little more calmly than Yao Jiali—but not by much. The golden bell could withstand only so much damage, and the might of these giant vines had already reached that threshold; once it shattered, the two of them would fare no better.
Of the four, it was Huo Yudie who shone brightest. She had no golden bell for defense, nor did her footwork twist and warp like Yao Jiali's; yet every stance and every move was beautiful and yet swift to subdue the foe.
Before this, Wei Zhao could scarcely have imagined that a frail young woman who could act coy and cute might fight with such prowess. Whenever a giant vine came near, she met it head-on without flinching or dodging—and already a dozen-odd giant vines lay severed at her feet. That tally was more than the other three combined!
Seeing Huo Yudie's performance, Ren Zhongyuan and the others could not help but feel a little ashamed. If a man were outdone by a woman at a time like this, would people not laugh their teeth out?
Ren Zhongyuan especially—how could he ever again have the face to court Huo Yudie? A single casual remark from her would burn him with shame...
Little did they know that at least half of Huo Yudie's extraordinary tally was owed to Wei Zhao, who covertly finished off vines and broke her out of tight spots. Otherwise she might well have been wounded by now, just like Yao Jiali.
"Ah!" Ren Zhongyuan suddenly let out a maddened roar, and the golden bell of protective qi shrouding his body burst apart with a bang. Within five zhang of him, the giant vines were in an instant shattered to powder—a whole swath of them wiped out at once!
So he's using a killing move now? Wei Zhao narrowed his eyes slightly. He had thought the golden bell was a purely defensive art; he had never expected it could detonate of its own accord! (To be continued.)