Chapter 4968 — Victory at First Bout
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Both of them were great masters of the late Earth-Splitting stage. Once they truly came to blows, the might would be world-shattering—not only this dock beneath their feet, but the entire Thunder Plain Isle would feel the shock, consequences no one could bear. So their battlefield could only be the boundless open sea, where alone they could unleash their full strength without restraint.
In an instant the two vanished from everyone's sight. What remained now were only Chang Minghui and Wei Zhao's group.
"Town Master Chang, those two have already begun. Shall we have another round ourselves? Last night's bout hardly satisfied me." Wei Zhao looked up at Chang Minghui.
"Hmph, your time to die will come soon enough. No need to be so impatient!" Chang Minghui wore an unmoved expression. He itched to kill Wei Zhao and be done with it—but not now.
Haste makes waste. After all, word of what happened here would soon spread, and the League Guard's contingent of Mountain-Opening experts would arrive before long. Add to that Liu Ziqi, a mid-Mountain-Opening expert, and he would not have the slightest chance of victory—he might not even be able to flee.
"Heh, so even the imperious Town Master Chang knows fear. Could it be you're afraid your kinsman can't beat Guild Master Zhuang, and that he'll come back and settle accounts afterward?" Wei Zhao said with a faint smile.
"Don't gloat too soon, boy. Since I went out of my way to fetch my kinsman, he naturally has what it takes to deal with Zhuang Yifan. Once Zhuang Yifan falls, whether you live or die will be a word from my lips. If I were you, I wouldn't waste my breath playing tough right now—I'd be thinking hard about how to beg for mercy later." Chang Minghui sneered.
"From the sound of that, Town Master Chang seems quite confident in your kinsman. But judging by what the two of them said just now, how was it that he once ended up the defeated party under Guild Master Zhuang?" Wei Zhao said mildly.
"Times change. My kinsman lost once back then—that doesn't mean he'll lose again now!" Chang Minghui looked down on Wei Zhao and his companions from on high, lofty and aloof. "None of you know this yet, but Zhuang Yifan and my kinsman are both late Earth-Splitting masters. This time, however, Zhuang Yifan is certain to lose—because he is injured!"
"How would you know that?" Wei Zhao regarded him with interest. Such a matter was top secret; Zhuang Yifan would never casually let it slip, or every enemy he had would come knocking at his door, and his head would ache plenty.
"Heh heh, either way this serves my interests with no drawback, so telling you is no harm. Zhuang Yifan had my wife refine an Earth-Solidifying Pill—that is a Mystic-Tier, First-Rank pill made specifically to heal wounds and shore up the constitution. If he weren't injured, why would he pay such a price to have someone refine such a specialized pill?" Chang Minghui said smugly.
"So that's it. No wonder Town Master Chang is so sure." Wei Zhao smiled in understanding, then glanced at him sidelong. "But I have rather bad news. Guild Master Zhuang told me today that his injuries are fully healed, and that he has already recovered to his absolute peak. I'm afraid your clever scheme came too late."
"Rubbish! His injury can only be cured by an Earth-Solidifying Pill, and in the entire Yellow-Tier sea region my wife is the only Mystic-Tier, First-Rank alchemist. Where would he get an Earth-Solidifying Pill? Boy, if you want to bluff, you'd best use your head first—do you take everyone else for a fool like yourself?" Chang Minghui looked at Wei Zhao as though at an idiot.
"Oh? Don't tell me Town Master Chang is still unaware that I am a Mystic-Tier alchemist?" Wei Zhao said with feigned surprise.