Chapter 2519 — Martial Arts Have No Effect

"That is indeed a good idea, but hasn't Elder Pi already gone back? And besides, dragging Elder Pi out over such a trivial matter—wouldn't that cause trouble for the Hidden Pi Family? Isn't Zhong Yongliang backed by that Tomorrow Upon Tomorrow Sect or whatever it's called? If they learn that an expert from a hidden family is casually running around in the secular world, wouldn't that be a problem?" Gu Mengyao asked with some concern.

After all, this time was different from before. Last time, Elder Pi had acted in secret to rescue Wang Xinyan, and the kidnappers had been nothing but fools—not a one of them could have said a word about Elder Pi. But this time was different; this was happening in full public view.

"Exactly, so even the Omniscient Shu isn't omniscient sometimes..." Shen Yushu shrugged helplessly. "Actually, this matter is easy enough to handle too—we just ignore him."

"Ignore him?" Gu Mengyao was taken aback.

"That's right, just ignore him!" Shen Yushu said. "When Brother Arrowhead gets back, if he can beat him, great. If he can't, I'll find a way to swap out that golden cicada undershirt of Zhong Yongliang's, and then Brother Arrowhead will be able to beat him! After the swap, I'll tell him the earlier ring match doesn't count—that anything not fought under our watching eyes doesn't count—and make him fight Brother Arrowhead again. Then Brother Arrowhead will definitely win!"

"Xiaoshu, seems like you're acting with impunity—no wonder you're not nervous." Hearing Shen Yushu's words, Gu Mengyao immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

"I'm not acting with impunity, you know. Actually, I've been thinking too—how exactly am I going to get my hands on Little Liangzi's fine treasures? That iron staff of his is pretty nice too. If I could snatch it for Brother Arrowhead—heh heh heh heh..." Shen Yushu gave a most devious laugh.

"Snatching all of it—that doesn't seem quite right, does it?" Gu Mengyao said with some worry. "Will that Tomorrow Upon Tomorrow Sect behind him agree?"

"If they don't agree, then let them give Little Liangzi a few more treasures, and when he comes back to put on airs again, we'll snatch those too!" Shen Yushu said dismissively. "Little Liangzi really is a good man—he's practically devoted to delivering equipment to Brother Arrowhead."

"Pfft..." Hearing Shen Yushu's words, Gu Mengyao nearly sprayed out laughing. She thought to herself that Zhong Yongliang really was the unluckiest man alive—running into a skinflint like Xiaoshu, no fine thing he brought would ever make it back intact.

But Gu Mengyao didn't pity him either. Zhong Yongliang had once kidnapped her and Xiaoshu, and done many things disadvantageous to Wei Zhao—how could Gu Mengyao possibly pity him?

Wei Zhao rode in Han Xiaopo's car to Donghai City Engineering University. The moment the car pulled into the parking lot, Wei Zhao heard passing students discussing Zhong Yongliang's challenge ring, and naturally he paid attention.

What Wei Zhao hadn't expected was that Zhong Yongliang would use this method to force his hand—it was considerably smarter than before. But with Xiaoshu around, would this method really work?

"Let's go, let's take a look," Wei Zhao said to Han Xiaopo.

"Boss, do you have some conflict with this Zhong Yongliang fellow?" Han Xiaopo had roughly picked up on the signs.

"Heh, yes. Gu Mengyao's suitor, and my high school classmate," Wei Zhao said. "This man was always opposing me back then. Recently he joined the Tomorrow Upon Tomorrow Sect and got himself some mid-grade golden cicada undershirt—now he's not afraid of being hit by anyone below the Heaven Rank."

"So it was him!" Hearing Wei Zhao's words, Han Xiaopo suddenly understood. No wonder Wei Zhao had been asking about the mid-grade golden cicada undershirt yesterday—so this was what it was about.

The two followed the crowd to where Zhong Yongliang had set up his ring. They saw Zhong Yongliang standing atop the platform in full majesty, looking out over the crowd with utter disdain—yet no one else stepped up. It seemed everyone knew that knocking Zhong Yongliang down was a near impossibility, so they all just watched from below, waiting to see whether some idiot would go up and get himself killed.

"Wei Zhao! Ha, Wei Zhao, you're back?" Zhong Yongliang spotted Wei Zhao, who had just arrived, at once in the crowd, and shouted excitedly, "Wei Zhao, since you're back, get up on the platform—don't be a cowardly turtle!"

Wei Zhao hadn't intended to step up immediately. For one thing, he didn't understand Zhong Yongliang's situation; for another, he didn't want to act rashly before figuring out Shen Yushu's and Gu Mengyao's intentions. But Zhong Yongliang had already shouted those words, and in full public view, if Wei Zhao shrank back, it would be handing Zhong Yongliang an excuse to press him further.

He would go to Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu and say, Wei Zhao doesn't even dare come up and compete with me—what right does he have to be your personal guard? That would put Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu in a dilemma, unable to advance or retreat.

"Fine, since you've invited me, I'll come up and give it a try." Wei Zhao nodded, leaped up, and landed on the ring Zhong Yongliang had built. Actually, calling it a ring was a stretch—it was just the gymnastics platform on the athletic field.

"I'll just stand right here. Go ahead and hit me!" Zhong Yongliang looked at Wei Zhao with impunity, arms folded across his chest, the very picture of lofty superiority.

"Frenzied Fire Eight Trigrams Palm, Fifth Form!" Wei Zhao didn't go straight to his strongest move—that would waste too much physical stamina and true qi. He only needed the Fifth Form of the Frenzied Fire Eight Trigrams Palm to test whether Zhong Yongliang really was invincible below the Heaven Rank, and whether he could defend against a technique equivalent to the Eleventh Form of the Heaven Rank!

"Boom!" Wei Zhao's palm struck Zhong Yongliang's body. Though Zhong Yongliang was unharmed, the force of Wei Zhao's blow drove him back several steps before he barely managed to steady himself, staring at Wei Zhao with some astonishment!

"Not bad, you've got some skill—but to me, it's nothing much!" Zhong Yongliang hadn't expected Wei Zhao's move to be so powerful. After all, since coming down the mountain, Wei Zhao was the only one who had ever managed to shake him back a few steps! Everyone else simply couldn't touch him—basically all the force that came at him was canceled out by the golden cicada undershirt, and Zhong Yongliang himself felt nothing.

But Wei Zhao's single palm had forced him back several steps, which was enough to show how much stronger Wei Zhao was than the others! Still, Zhong Yongliang figured that his previous opponents had all been Mystic Rank and Yellow Rank, and only Wei Zhao was a Earth Rank expert—so it stood to reason he'd be a bit tougher. But even an Earth Rank expert hadn't done anything to him, had he?

Earlier he'd been too careless and overconfident, hadn't planted his feet firmly or adjusted his stance in time, and that was what made him retreat a few steps. Now he needed to focus!

Zhong Yongliang was astonished—but Wei Zhao was even more astonished. After all, Wei Zhao's earlier Fifth Form of the Frenzied Fire Eight Trigrams Palm was fully equivalent to the power of the Eleventh Form of Heaven Rank martial arts!

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