Chapter 2147 — Accepting the Terms

"Of course. The very moment I brought out that ancient spirit beast, I had already made my preparations for sacrifice—otherwise I would never have asked for stakes as compensation from you all." Master Wo said this aloud, yet inwardly he was thoroughly dismissive. Did Wei Zhao truly believe that, having gotten lucky and killed a spirit wolf, he was now invincible?

Did he not know that this ancient spirit beast, the Wind-Thunder Violet Lightning Beast, was an ancient spirit beast bearing the bloodline of a divine beast? Not only did it possess exceedingly high intelligence, its strength was also first-rate! Most crucially, an ancient spirit beast with divine beast bloodline differed from ordinary ancient spirit beasts—it could unleash martial techniques!

This was something no other combat-attribute spirit beast possessed, and moreover, this spirit beast's martial techniques would keep improving as its rank rose! Of course, at this moment the Wind-Thunder Violet Lightning Beast possessed only the peak strength of the late Yellow rank—unleashing martial techniques was impossible.

Yet the strength it held at the peak of the late Yellow rank was already enough to contend with early Heaven-rank experts! This too was why the Qianshan Sect's disciples, despite mediocre strength, could hold the same standing as the Hidden World Families!

They had guardian spirit beasts, and their disciples could also drive spirit beasts, establish contracts with them, and execute the ultimate move of man-and-beast as one—all of which the other Hidden World Families could not match.

Still, then again, if the Qianshan Sect could produce a few Heaven-rank experts, it would no longer be an ordinary sect; it would surely be promoted to an ancient sect, for it would have the capital for it!

So in Master Wo's view, when Wei Zhao faced the Wind-Thunder Violet Lightning Beast, there simply could not be a second outcome—only death. Even if the beast did not exert itself much against Wei Zhao, a few swats of its paw would be enough to smash him dead!

Of course, if possible, it would be best to kill Wei Zhao outright the moment the fight began, to vent the hatred in Master Wo's heart! But although the Wind-Thunder Violet Lightning Beast was one of the Qianshan Sect's guardian spirit beasts, it had established a contract with no one in the sect!

It was not that the sect's disciples and masters down the generations had not wished to establish a contract with it—it simply did not deign to look at them at all! The Wind-Thunder Violet Lightning Beast and another guardian spirit beast resided within the Qianshan Sect for no other reason than that the spiritual qi of heaven and earth there was somewhat richer than elsewhere, and the entire sect kept it supplied with fine food and drink, spirit medicines, and rare treasures of heaven and earth—only then did it grudgingly stay.

Otherwise, the Wind-Thunder Violet Lightning Beast would long since have turned tail and left.

This time, getting the Wind-Thunder Violet Lightning Beast to take the field had required Master Wo to swallow his pride and beg and plead endlessly before he got his wish. In truth, it was only out of consideration for the Qianshan Sect's constant gifts of spirit medicine that the beast reluctantly agreed to appear once.

But these matters, Master Wo knew in his own heart, and it was impossible for him to tell anyone else! If others learned that the Qianshan Sect could not even control this ancient spirit beast, the Wind-Thunder Violet Lightning Beast, other sects would surely covet it—and who knew, perhaps even those at the ancient level would fix their eyes on it, and the destruction of the whole sect might follow!

Above the ancient sects, there was little that could restrain them, and many ancient sects went their own way, specializing in murder and plunder. Had not that ancient sect of old been destroyed precisely because it possessed a great treasure and drew envious eyes?

Such was the way of things: an innocent man is guilty by virtue of the jade he carries. Master Wo was no fool—he dared not recklessly speak the truth!

When he first brought the Wind-Thunder Violet Lightning Beast out for a show, his original intent had been to enhance his sect's prestige before these Hidden World Families and sects and overawe them! To let them see that although the Qianshan Sect had no Heaven-rank experts, it possessed an even more formidable ancient spirit beast.

But by now events had developed beyond a mere display of power—he wanted to destroy Wei Zhao. Even without the great treasures the Hidden Zhao Family and other families had given him, he would still destroy Wei Zhao; after all, Wei Zhao had killed his nephew, Wo Jindao.

"Oh? Since Master Wo has made such a great sacrifice, we cannot simply take advantage for nothing. It is only one stake, is it not? Very well—our Hidden Han Family does not take advantage of others for free!" As he spoke, Wei Zhao turned his head to look at Han Tianba. "What does Old Master Han think?"

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