Chapter 4993 — Never Back Down
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In truth, he could see perfectly well that Wu Che was not the sort to be cowed so easily. His show of force just now had been nothing but groundwork for the counterattack to come. If Wu Che truly dared provoke them again, he could strike the man down before all eyes without hesitation—and even the Island Lord's Court would have nothing to say about it then.
After all, he had already yielded once in public, already given the Island Lord's Court ample face. If Wu Che came again, that was Wu Che's own folly. By the rules of the cultivation world, Wei Zhao would be fully justified in killing him, and if the Island Lord's Court branded him a mortal enemy of the Central Island over such a thing, they would have neither reason nor principle on their side.
"But what if next time he brings the Central Island Lord himself?" Wei Shenjin was still uneasy.
"The Central Island Lord?" Wei Zhao thought back carefully. The last time Tianxing Dao and Southern Aurora had contended for the post of Vice Island Lord, he had glimpsed that Central Island Lord from afar. He had never seen the man make a move, but at the time he had not sensed any strength in him that reached the utterly transcendent—at the very least, the aura he radiated had not been earth-shaking.
Now, after his journey to the Eastern Continent and after witnessing a late Heaven-Opening expert like Zhuang Yifan, Wei Zhao's standards had grown exceedingly high. So what if the other man was the Central Island Lord? If he proved as unreasonable as Wu Che, then perhaps there would be no choice but to let fists do the talking.
Seeing that Wei Zhao still wore an expression of unconcern, Tianchan and Xueli were hardly surprised, but Wei Shenjin could only smile bitterly to himself. His leader was not only immensely powerful—his nerve was absurdly great as well. If the next one to step onto the stage really was the Central Island Lord, and that lord proved as unreasonable as Wu Che, then the show today would turn truly spectacular.
Perhaps the entire order of the Central Island would be shaken to its foundations because of Wei Zhao. It was only a pity that for Wei Zhao himself this was anything but a good thing—because even if he could defeat the Central Island Lord, what then?
The Central Island revered strength, yes, but it had not yet sunk to the chaos where whoever defeated the Island Lord could rule the island. That sort of thing happened only in the lawless waters of the Southern Continent, and could never happen on the strictly ordered Central Island. In the end, Wei Zhao would have only one fate: to be hunted down by every sect on the Central Island, all of them together!
However strong Wei Zhao might be, could he truly stand against the entire Central Island? That was plainly unrealistic. But if he could not defeat the Central Island Lord, his end would hardly be any better.
Turning it over and over in his mind, Wei Shenjin concluded that the only thing left to count on now was the Central Island Lord's character—he could only hope the man was not in league with the likes of Wu Che. Otherwise, this predicament today would have almost no solution.
"Ah, if only Elder Tian were here. With him around, none of this would have happened, and even if it came to this pass, at least there would be someone to step forward and mediate..." Wei Shenjin sighed.
"The world is ever changing. Since Brother Tian isn't here, we can only weather this crisis ourselves—there is no second option." At this, Wei Zhao glanced at Wei Shenjin and patted his shoulder. "You've worked hard these past two years, but this matter has nothing to do with you. There's no need for you to bear it with us."
"Huh?" Wei Shenjin was stunned on the spot.