Chapter 1605 — Clashing Again

Watching Shen Yushu's move, Wei Zhao suddenly felt a pang of pity for the bald man — his head certainly wasn't harder than a bowling ball! But after taking two steps, Wei Zhao's expression darkened even further, because he actually recognized this bald man!

"What, no respect? You refuse to dance with this young master, and now you won't even share a drink with him?" The bald man glared at Gu Mengyao, his tone dripping with displeasure. Had it not been for his aversion to roughing up women, he would have had her dragged away long ago.

"No drinks? Then how about a bowling ball!" Shen Yushu swung the bowling ball and smashed it straight into the back of the bald man's skull. He dropped face-first onto the ground, blood streaming from the back of his head!

"Young Master You!" The thugs surrounding Young Master You never expected a wild card to charge in from nowhere and attack him! They were all Profound Tier experts — no small feat by any measure — but their attention had never been on guard duty, and none of them had anticipated a sudden assault!

The reason Wei Zhao hadn't stopped Shen Yushu was that he had already recognized the bald man's identity. This was the so-called Young Master You he'd encountered in the exam hall — the one who had tried to copy Wang Xinyan's paper!

So Wei Zhao wasn't worried that Shen Yushu might kill the bald man. If he died, he died. Clans and Hidden Clans each had their own ways of settling scores.

"Damn it, you're courting death!" The blond-haired thug beside Young Master You spun around, ready to beat Shen Yushu down. He no longer cared whether she was a girl — she dared smash a bowling ball into Young Master You's head, and he was supposed to let her walk away?

But Wei Zhao had already pulled Shen Yushu behind him a beat earlier, staring coldly at the blond thug. "What, you'd like another round of flying through the air?"

"Huh?" The blond thug froze. The moment he made out Wei Zhao's face, his expression turned hideously ugly. He never would have guessed these two girls were connected to Wei Zhao! He'd already gotten the worst of it during the exam, and now — suddenly, his eyes lit up!

He couldn't best Wei Zhao himself, but someone here could! After the incident last time, Young Master You had specifically requested an external-style expert from the family at the late peak of the Profound Tier as his personal bodyguard — and the sole purpose was to deal with Wei Zhao!

So the blond thug shouted in a hurry, "Brother Gun, this kid is an internal-style expert at the late Profound Tier! He's a tough one — you'll have to handle him! He's the one who embarrassed Young Master You last time!"

Brother Gun lived up to his name — built like a hemp stalk, tall and gangly. Unlike the blond and purple-haired thugs, he hadn't dyed his hair; instead, his was a salt-and-pepper gray. Clearly, no matter how hard he tried to look young, he could never pass as a student alongside Young Master You. So a bodyguard like him could only follow Young Master You outside — returning to school with him was simply out of the question.

When Brother Gun heard that Wei Zhao was a late Profound Tier expert, he gave a slight start, but he didn't pay it much mind! He had long been established as a late-peak Profound Tier external-style expert. In his eyes, Wei Zhao was merely a youngster who didn't know how to break through — even if he had some strength, it was probably unstable.

As for Wei Zhao's background, Young Master You had spent half a day investigating after returning home without uncovering anything! He was only a second son of the family, so he couldn't mobilize the full resources of the You clan. He could only inquire here and there whether any Hidden Clan had a member resembling Wei Zhao — but from the reports brought back, no one matched Wei Zhao's appearance at all. So Young Master You put his mind at ease!

Since he wasn't from a Hidden Clan, there was nothing to worry about. As for the Ancient tier — he hadn't even considered it! Disciples from the Ancient tier rarely appeared in the secular world. They wouldn't deign to fight ordinary experts of a Hidden Clan. They devoted themselves entirely to reaching the Heaven Tier, hoping to comprehend the Heavenly Dao — where would they find time to take some exam?

Young Master You, after all, was a cultivator too. Though he had no real strength, he still had true qi protecting his body, so the bowling ball hadn't inflicted any serious damage. He climbed to his feet, swallowed a pill, and the bleeding at the back of his head quickly stopped.

"Gunzi, crush this kid for me!" Young Master You recovered his breath and glared venomously at Wei Zhao! He'd already lost face spectacularly in front of Wei Zhao last time, and before he could reclaim his dignity, he'd been hit with a bowling ball. Unless he ground Wei Zhao into the dirt, how could he ever vent this rage?

"Kid, I hear you're a late Profound Tier expert?" Brother Gun studied Wei Zhao and asked evenly, "Which family are you from? State your name!"

"What? Probing my background? Want to see whether the You clan has the power to stand against the forces behind me?" Wei Zhao regarded Brother Gun with a mocking smile.

Brother Gun was older and had made his name early — long past the age of reckless youth. So he thought things through more thoroughly. Although Young Master You had told him that none of the clans had a member by the name of Wei Zhao, he still wanted to ask: what exactly was Wei Zhao's background?

"Hmph — you're just afraid of the flood sweeping through the Dragon King's own temple! When has the You clan ever feared anyone? Among the Hidden Clans, even the Hidden Yu Clan defers to us!" Brother Gun had been read like an open book and lost face instantly. "No matter who you are, you owe me an explanation for this! Either cripple your own cultivation, or come back to the You clan with me and await judgment from our patriarch!"

"Ha — I'm a lone cultivator. No clan to speak of." Wei Zhao smiled lightly. "Feel reassured now? But as for those two conditions of yours, why don't we swap them? Either you cripple yourself, or I cripple you — and then you go home and wait to be cast out by your patriarch."

"Hmph! Sharp tongue!" Brother Gun's face twisted into a cold sneer. He wasted no more words, suddenly surging his strength to the late peak of the Profound Tier, and brought his palm crashing down toward Wei Zhao! He had already made up his mind — even if he were to drag Wei Zhao back, he'd have to cripple him first!

Otherwise, Young Master You's fury would never simmer down so easily.

Wei Zhao smiled faintly and didn't dodge. He simply raised his right palm, and in an instant, his late-peak Profound Tier power blazed forth in full!

In that single heartbeat, Brother Gun's face — moments ago smug and certain of victory — swiveled a full one hundred and eighty degrees! Before this, he had believed that with his late-peak external-style strength at the Profound Tier, taking down Wei Zhao, an internal-style expert at only the late tier, would not be easy, but certainly not difficult either!

True, internal and external styles differed by a full sub-tier — but it all depended on how you fought!

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