Chapter 2225 — The Thunder Pig Seeks Help

If even the Fifth Protector was no match for him, then Tagan Long would have had no choice but to expose his true strength and fight Wei Zhao to the bitter end—but now it seemed there was no need for him to lift a finger.

Beside him, however, Sun Jingyan was watching with her heart in her throat.

Earlier, when Wei Zhao had held the upper hand, Sun Jingyan had been overjoyed—but the good times did not last. In the blink of an eye, Wei Zhao's situation had turned dire.

Though Sun Jingyan was no cultivator, she was no stranger to fights between cultivators. She knew that Wei Zhao's earlier advantage had not come from being stronger than the Fifth Protector, but from the endless surprise attacks he had launched from out of nowhere.

Now, however, the Fifth Protector had seen through all of Wei Zhao's tricks, and so the Fifth Protector had begun a frenzy of retaliation and counterattack.

Yet for all her anxiety, Sun Jingyan was helpless—there was nothing she could do to help Wei Zhao.

"Bang!"

Another thunderous crash—before Wei Zhao could even scramble up from the ground, the Fifth Protector drove a kick into the small of his back and sent him flying once more!

"Pff—"

Wei Zhao spat out a mouthful of blood in midair, his face turning instantly deathly pale. His body tumbled over and over through the air before slamming hard into the ground, and another gush of blood welled from the corner of his mouth—he had clearly taken serious internal injuries.

Wei Zhao had not gotten up before because he had been healing himself the whole time! Even when he was struck the second time and sent soaring into the air, Wei Zhao had not left the jade pendant's space, but continued healing within it! Wei Zhao had hoped to find a way out by stalling for time, only to discover, to his dismay, that he could not stall at all.

The injuries the Fifth Protector inflicted on him were simply too severe—each time he recovered, it was not even a third of what the Fifth Protector's blows had cost him! In other words, Wei Zhao's healing could not possibly keep pace with the Fifth Protector's attacks.

"Still not dead? Very good, boy—don't die too fast. I haven't finished tormenting you yet!" The Fifth Protector thought of the dead Eighth Protector, thought of his manhood, which was in a state still unknown, and a sinister sneer slid across the corner of his mouth. He was going to torture Wei Zhao—torture him to death!

At that thought, he was in no hurry to finish Wei Zhao off. He came to Wei Zhao's side and kicked out again: "Mountain-Splitting Leg—Fifth Form!"

This time the Fifth Protector did not use the Tenth Form of the Mountain-Splitting Leg, but the Fifth Form instead. The reason was simple: Wei Zhao was already lingering on his last breath. A few more kicks of the Tenth Form and Wei Zhao would likely be dead in short order.

But with the Fifth Form, he could toy with and humiliate Wei Zhao a good many more times. Wei Zhao could not even get up now, so there was no fear of him turning the tables.

"Bang—"

Another heavy thud, and Wei Zhao was sent flying again. Feeling that the force of this blow had lessened considerably, Wei Zhao breathed a sigh of relief—at least his recovery could now gain some ground. If only the Fifth Protector would ease the force a little more, that would be even better…

Wei Zhao hit the ground, twitched a couple of times, and lay there like a dead dog.

He was faking it. In truth, he still had the strength to get up, and the strength to strike back—but he did not. He wanted to feign weakness, to make the Fifth Protector ease the force a little more.

So he put on the appearance of one at death's door.

"I never thought you'd be so fragile!" The Fifth Protector sneered, yet did not ease the force in the slightest: "Mountain-Splitting Leg, Fifth Form!"

Another Mountain-Splitting Leg, Fifth Form. The Fifth Protector meant to toy with Wei Zhao, but he could not keep this up indefinitely.

Wei Zhao's body flew up again, fell, twitched, spat blood.

Sun Jingyan saw it all and burned with anxiety… Then, suddenly, she felt something in her backpack scratching at her back, again and again!

The Thunder Pig! It was the Thunder Pig!

It struck Sun Jingyan all at once—the Thunder Pig was still in her backpack. Could it be that the Thunder Pig had some good plan?

She did not know what the Thunder Pig meant by it, but if it was calling to her now, it surely had its reasons.

And Sun Jingyan had no choice but to grasp at the last straw. While Tagan Long and Lazi had their attention fixed on Wei Zhao, she stealthily unzipped her backpack—and the Thunder Pig inside leapt out and vanished in an instant into the bushes behind her…

Watching the Thunder Pig disappear in a flash, Sun Jingyan was slightly taken aback. She did not know what it had gone off to do, but surely it would be able to help Wei Zhao. At that thought, she could not help but feel a stir of hope…

Tagan Long and Lazi's attention was all on Wei Zhao, so naturally they paid no heed to what Sun Jingyan was doing.

For neither Tagan Long nor Lazi would guard against Sun Jingyan at such a moment. What waves could a frail girl with no martial skill, who had not even set foot in the Yellow Rank, possibly stir up? And it was out of the question that she, like Wei Zhao, was hiding her strength.

Wei Zhao had been beaten into such a sorry state, and still she had not lifted a finger to help—that was plainly the behavior of one who knew no martial arts at all.

Sun Jingyan was frantic with worry, yet utterly powerless. She watched as Wei Zhao was kicked flying again and again by the Fifth Protector, humiliated like a football, and she could not stop it.

Only by kicking Wei Zhao over and over like this, sending him flying and falling like a ball, could the Fifth Protector vent his hatred!

That he did not simply kick the man to death, but tormented him in this way instead, showed plainly how bitterly the Fifth Protector loathed Wei Zhao!

Wei Zhao had ruined him, had made him no longer a man—so he would give Wei Zhao no easy death, would make him suffer every torment before he died! He would kick apart every bone and every organ in Wei Zhao's body, and let him die in agony!

But just as the Fifth Protector was kicking to his heart's content, a heaven-shaking roar suddenly came from not far behind him!

It was the Great Fire Lion! It had come back—gone and then returned!

Behind the Great Fire Lion followed the Little Fire Lion, and a Thunder Pig with a smug look on its face!

It was true that the Thunder Pig had the gift of finding treasure, but it had another formidable ability as well—the finding of spirit beasts. It could locate the spirit beasts within a certain radius! In truth, this was merely an instinct of spirit beasts; other spirit beasts could likewise track their own kind by scent. It was just that the Thunder Pig's sense of smell and perception were keener—it could detect not only its own kind, but other species of spirit beast as well, and at a greater distance!

Finding people, finding treasure, finding things—these were the Thunder Pig's innate gifts.

Inside the backpack it could not see what was happening outside, but it could sense that Wei Zhao was losing. So it had made Sun Jingyan let it out, and it had gone to the Great Fire Lion for help!

Wei Zhao had secretly helped the Great Fire Lion before, and the Thunder Pig, in Sun Jingyan's backpack, had sensed it too!

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