Chapter 1708 — I Want to Ask You Something, But When It Was Given to Yushuixing, Yushuixing Still Treated It as a Treasure and Thanked Him Profusely

Now Yushuixing's third brother was dead, his nephew crippled, and his son freshly gone — what reason did he have left to live? Driven by hatred, he would sooner sacrifice thirty years of his lifespan and swallow the pill.

"An Earth-Rank expert! He's actually an Earth-Rank expert!" No one was more alarmed than Chen Kuanglan. At this moment Yushuixing's first target for revenge would surely be Chen Yutian, so Chen Kuanglan cried out in urgent haste, deciding on the spot: "Yutian, run!"

"Run? Run where? Not a single one of you will escape!" Yushuixing sneered. "Before Earth-Rank strength, you still think you can run? Chen Yutian, this old man will start with you — you can accompany my Feng'er in death!"

"Earth-Rank — is that so remarkable? Especially a false Earth-Rank, propped up by pills!" Wei Zhao, who had stood motionless at the doorway all this while, finally moved, speaking as he walked slowly toward Yushuixing.

Others might not understand what was happening, but Wei Zhao was no stranger to Yushuixing's sudden surge in strength. Black Panther had once shown something similar; it seemed Yushuixing had likely resorted to much the same means.

"Wei Zhao? Even if you too are an expert at the peak of the late Mystic Rank — the four of you peak late Mystic Rank experts together are still no match for this old man!" Yushuixing was clearly made of sterner stuff than Yu Lingtou, and bolder in risking his life.

Yu Lingtou had once cowered like a mouse before Wei Zhao alone, an expert at the peak of the mid Mystic Rank, not daring to make a move; yet this Yushuixing, facing four experts at the peak of the late Mystic Rank, was utterly unafraid!

But the dragon begets nine sons, each different — even though Yu Lingtou and Yushuixing were of the same house, their temperaments could not have been more opposite! Of course, if Yushuixing were to pit his current Earth-Rank strength against Wei Zhao and the other peak late Mystic Rank experts, he would still stand a fair chance of winning!

That is, of course, on the premise that Wei Zhao did not hold the energy bomb as his hidden card. With that energy bomb in reserve, even an Earth-Rank expert would be easy enough to blow to death.

"And what if I'm not?" Wei Zhao countered.

"Not? If you're not, then you have even less hope. It seems you're the one behind all of this — so I'll start by cutting you down!" With that, Yushuixing launched himself at Wei Zhao!

"Wait. Before we begin, I want to ask you something." Wei Zhao spoke.

"Haha, any last words you can leave behind! Though I can't promise anyone here will pass them on for you — because everyone connected to you dies today!" Yushuixing laughed triumphantly.

"I want to ask — has your Yu family ever served as close guards for an international drug-trafficking ring?" Wei Zhao pressed, staring straight at Yushuixing.

"Hm?" Yushuixing was momentarily stunned by Wei Zhao's words. He had not expected Wei Zhao to ask such a thing, and it caught him somewhat off guard! He had assumed Wei Zhao meant to utter some harsh threat or the like.

"Answer me. Have you or haven't you?" Wei Zhao asked.

"How could we? The Yu family conducts legitimate business — how could we possibly serve as close guards for some drug ring?" Yushuixing denied flatly. Yet his eyes flickered with suspicion and shock; he was trying to guess why Wei Zhao would know of such a matter.

"You haven't?" Wei Zhao had been an assassin, and his grasp of human psychology was sharper than Yushuixing's. Seeing the flicker in Yushuixing's eyes, he knew the man was lying. "You needn't deny it. I have two friends — one named Yang Huaijun, wounded at the hands of your Yu family, every meridian in his body severed, who nearly lost his life; the other named Pangolin, whose fate is still unknown..."

"What use is there in saying such useless things? If you want to press charges, then show me some strength!" Yushuixing neither admitted nor denied it. Beneath the Yu family's polished surface, doing a few unsavory things was no great secret — a little inquiry would reveal it, and the other great houses had some vague inkling as well.

Otherwise, Yang Huaijun could never have followed the trail so smoothly to the Yu family's door!

"Yang Huaijun... that business back then — it was your Yu family's doing?" Old Master Yang Daocha of the Yang family shot to his feet, glaring furiously at Yushuixing! Back then, the matter of Yang Huaijun had dealt the Yang family a heavy blow; it was only that after all these years they had never found the culprit. But with Wei Zhao's words, the old master naturally understood what had happened!

"Hmph! I have said nothing at all!" Yushuixing was not afraid of the old master either, and snorted coldly.

"I'll give you one last chance. Tell me what happened back then, and who else was involved, and I can promise your Yu family will not be wiped out." Wei Zhao walked toward Yushuixing, his voice devoid of any trace of life, as though it had risen from hell itself.

"How would I remember such a thing? What use is there in saying so much? The winner is king and the loser a bandit — if he was wounded or killed, that only means his strength was lacking!" Yushuixing said.

"Very well, then you may die." Wei Zhao shook his head with some disappointment. "To be honest... beating a false Earth-Rank like you gives me no sense of accomplishment at all."

"?" Yushuixing froze. He was about to say Wei Zhao was boasting, but in that instant the aura around Wei Zhao burst forth! Feeling the oppression of that aura, Yushuixing's eyes flew wide with terror: "You... you... you're actually an early Earth-Rank expert?"

"Yes. Which is why I said — beating a false Earth-Rank like you really gives no sense of accomplishment." Wei Zhao shook his head.

Yushuixing's expression shifted again and again. Truthfully, he had never imagined Wei Zhao would be an Earth-Rank expert — otherwise he would never have taken the pill to forcibly raise his strength to the early Earth-Rank at any cost!

Though after taking the pill his whole being would be plunged into a frenzied state, his power in that instant even greater than a true early Earth-Rank, followed by a month-long decline, growing weaker and weaker until he returned to his original strength — and then began to drop in rank.

But at this moment, he was at his strongest! Yet faced with Wei Zhao, a true Earth-Rank expert, Yushuixing's confidence drained away by instinct; he did not know whether he could beat Wei Zhao!

"Hmph! Before, you were merely an expert at the peak of the mid Mystic Rank — now you're suddenly early Earth-Rank. No doubt you used some crooked, underhanded means to climb up. The two of us are six of one and half a dozen of the other; who lives and who dies is still unknown!" Yushuixing gritted his teeth. There was no backing down now; he could only steel himself and charge ahead. "Boy, give me your life!"

Yet after saying this, Yushuixing did not charge at Wei Zhao — instead he twisted sideways and lunged at Chen Yutian!

Before dealing with Wei Zhao, Yushuixing had decided to kill Chen Yutian first, so that no matter who won or lost in his battle with Wei Zhao, he would not come out the loser!

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