Chapter 5113 — The One Who Started It All
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"Who are you?" If Sun Baixu could not piece it together now, he would truly be a fool. Even with his toes he could work it out: this man before him was certainly the one who had set the whole thing in motion, the one secretly ambushing him.
"Ah, I'm his brother." Wei Zhao pointed at Ergoudan, who came chasing up behind.
Ergoudan froze for a moment at the sudden sight of Wei Zhao, then it sank in. Wild with joy, he rushed forward and threw his arms around Wei Zhao. "Boss! When did you get back? Why didn't you tell me?"
"Just got back to the village. Had a meal with the old man, then came out looking for you. You've run a fair distance, you know—gave me quite a chase." Wei Zhao complained with a half-genuine, half-feigned laugh. The running had indeed been far; whether the finding had been hard was another matter. After all, the racket the Blood Corpse Worm had raised was hardly small—Wei Zhao had sensed it from far off and followed the trail all the way here.
"I don't usually come this way either—it's all because I was chasing this lunatic! Boss, you don't know, this madman keeps a huge, disgusting worm that specializes in stealing chickens and ducks. It even ate my family's old ox, and he won't pay for it. Tell me, how could I let him off?" Ergoudan said indignantly.
Sun Baixu felt like weeping but had no tears. Being called a lunatic over and over, he could bear. What made him want to die was that Ergoudan had chased him so relentlessly all because he wanted compensation. Why the hell didn't you say so earlier!
"Then you certainly can't let him off. This thing is a monster of the worst sort—I'll leave him to you, Ergoudan," Wei Zhao said with a smile.
"Right away! Give me a moment, I'll be done in no time." Ergoudan answered, then immediately charged at Sun Baixu once more, full of vigor.
Sun Baixu shot Wei Zhao a look of profound dread. Seeing that Wei Zhao indeed seemed content to stand by with folded arms, he hurriedly turned to flee. He could not gauge Wei Zhao's depths for the moment, and this monstrously strong fool Ergoudan was no easy mark either. For now, retreat was the best course.
Those two earlier setbacks had taught him a lesson. As Sun Baixu spun swiftly around, he carefully wrapped his whole body in true qi—this way, even a sneak attack of true qi ought to be blocked. What he had not expected was that this time no true qi came; instead, there came an arc of blue lightning.
His whole body went numb without the slightest warning. Even with willpower enough to keep himself from falling, Sun Baixu could not keep his steps from faltering—and the Ergoudan who caught up did not hesitate for an instant, slamming a fist hard into the center of his back. Sun Baixu gave a muffled grunt and was sent flying on the spot, falling into a ravine dozens of meters deep, never to rise again.
Wei Zhao probed with his spiritual sense and, after confirming that all vitality in the thing was utterly extinguished, gave a nod and clapped Ergoudan on the shoulder. "There, this thing's breathed its last. I'll send some people over to clean up the scene in a bit—let's head back."
Though Sun Baixu was one of the Primordial Alliance, this was the mortal world after all; a death was a serious matter, and leaving it unhandled would invite complications. But with the Mysterious Investigation Bureau around, cleaning up the scene was, for Wei Zhao, no more than a single phone call. (To be continued.)