Chapter 2951 — The Rain One Appears

Still, watching Shen Yushu being beaten before his very eyes was agony for Zhao Qitan.

Yet at that critical moment, a tremendous roar came ringing through!

"Roar, roar--" It was the Wind-Thunder Violet Lightning Beast. Sensing the danger at the villa's gate from the back courtyard, it cast aside all worry about being discovered and charged out with General Mighty, hurtling straight at Zhao Qibing, who was about to do violence to Shen Yushu!

The arrival of the Wind-Thunder Violet Lightning Beast and General Mighty let Wei Zhao breathe easy. Though he had known all along that his two spirit beasts could never stand idly by and would surely come to Shen Yushu's rescue, that had been mere conjecture after all; only when they truly appeared did Wei Zhao feel reassured!

Zhao Qitan breathed a sigh of relief as well, only then recalling that Wei Zhao still had reserves to play. Without these two spirit beasts, Shen Yushu would likely have been in grave danger today!

What neither Wei Zhao nor Zhao Qitan had anticipated, however, was that Zhao Qibing was not the least bit afraid. Instead, he burst out laughing!

"Heh! I knew you foolish spirit beasts would come!" Zhao Qibing sneered, and all at once swept out his hand, flinging a handful of powder at the two beasts racing toward him. "Did you think I'd dare kill Shen Yushu here without making any preparations?"

Struck by the powder Zhao Qibing threw, the two spirit beasts dropped straight to the ground and lay there senseless. It happened in the space of an instant, leaving everyone present dumbstruck!

Zhao Qibing had naturally come prepared. The medicinal powder in his hand had been supplied by Sect Master Wo of the Qianshan Sect; it could deal with any spirit beast below the earth rank. Any beast struck by the powder would fall into a deep sleep and wake naturally an hour later. It did the beasts no harm, but it could put them out cold for a time.

Such powder was scarce. Had it not been for the need to deal with Wei Zhao on this occasion, the Qianshan Sect would never have brought it out.

"Shen Yushu, let's see who can save you now! Your spirit beasts are finished, aren't they?" Zhao Qibing said smugly. "Now come and meet your death, quickly!"

"Damn! You little Zhao, getting full of yourself, are you? You think just because I hit you once, I won't dare hit you a second time?" At some point the black iron fine-steel rod had appeared in Shen Yushu's hands, and she raised it to swing at Zhao Qibing!

It turned out that the Thunder Pig, seeing from afar that things were going badly, had brought the black iron fine-steel rod to Shen Yushu!

"Hmph!" Zhao Qibing assumed Shen Yushu was only struggling in her death throes. In his view, a single punch of his landing on her carried far more force than her one swing of the rod; with luck he could kill her on the spot, and in that case she might not even manage to land the rod on him.

So Zhao Qibing did not dodge at all, but charged straight at Shen Yushu and smashed down at her.

"Bang!"

It was a tremendous crash, but it was not the sound of Zhao Qibing's fist striking Shen Yushu; it was the sound of Shen Yushu's black iron fine-steel rod smashing onto Zhao Qibing's head!

"Aah--" Zhao Qibing let out a miserable scream, his head split and streaming blood from Shen Yushu's blow. As for his fist, though it had landed on Shen Yushu, she had only staggered back two steps and seemed otherwise unharmed!

Zhao Qibing stared at Shen Yushu in disbelief. How was this possible? He had not used any martial technique, true, but a fist driven by early earth-rank true qi had struck her; even if she did not die, she should have been half crippled. How could she be completely unhurt?

Instead it was Zhao Qibing himself who had been beaten bloody about the head!

"Wah yah yah yah yah! Courting death!" Zhao Qibing was beside himself with rage. Baring fang and claw, he charged at Shen Yushu once more, bent on striking her down beneath his palms!

"Stop!" At that very moment, before Zhao Qibing could reach Shen Yushu again, a black figure suddenly appeared before Shen Yushu, blocking her way!

"Gah!" Zhao Qibing was astonished, but he was no fool; he hastily pulled up short, for this black-clad man who had appeared out of nowhere actually possessed early heaven-rank strength! Yet when Zhao Qibing fixed his eyes on the man's features, he was instantly stunned! This man was none other than Yu Yi of the Hidden Yu family! The heaven-rank expert who always attended Old Master Yu!

Zhao Qibing had been to the Hidden Yu family, so he had naturally seen this Yu Yi before.

What Zhao Qibing could not understand was why Yu Yi would appear here!

"Is this not Mr. Yu Yi? From what I know, your Hidden Yu family bears a grudge against Wei Zhao, do you not? Why come here and meddle in others' affairs?" Zhao Qibing was somewhat puzzled by Yu Yi's sudden intervention.

Wei Zhao, too, was greatly astonished by Yu Yi's appearance. Could Yu Ning have sent him to help? On second thought, that seemed unlikely. This Yu Yi was Yu Tianxing's personal attendant, of transcendent standing within the Hidden Yu family; even the family head, Yu Xiaochen, could not command him, let alone Yu Ning.

"Zhao Qibing, you had best know when to stop!" Yu Yi did not answer Zhao Qibing's question, for there were certain matters he could not answer! The time of that betrothal and the inheritance was almost at hand; to guard against any mishap befalling Shen Yushu, Yu Yi had stopped by to take a look along the way, never expecting to run into Zhao Qibing trying to kill her!

Were it not for certain things Yu Yi could not speak of, he would have liked to finish Zhao Qibing off on the spot! Was Yushu someone he could touch? Setting aside Shen Yushu's identity as an inheritor and that betrothal, even without all that, he could not stand by and watch Zhao Qibing bully her!

"What do you mean by that?" Zhao Qibing was utterly baffled. "Yu Yi, are you going to protect Wei Zhao?"

"Hmph!" Yu Yi gave a cold snort and did not answer.

"Is it because of Yu Ning? Has your Hidden Yu family turned to Wei Zhao's side?" Zhao Qibing had a vague sense that he had guessed something, and he was shaken to the core. Somewhat unable to believe it, he asked, "Could it be that a family like your Hidden Yu family is also starting to forge friendly ties with Wei Zhao?"

"That is not your concern," Yu Yi said faintly.

"Mr. Yu Yi, let me offer you a word of advice: Wei Zhao is finished. Even a god could not save him now. Whether he dies or not, he is doomed to be a cripple for the rest of his life. And he has no end of enemies; who knows, someone may come seeking vengeance as early as tomorrow. I advise you to keep your distance from him, lest you bring trouble down upon yourselves!" Zhao Qibing counseled.

"That is a matter for our Hidden Yu family; the Hidden Zhao family need not trouble itself over it," Yu Yi said flatly. "Are you finished? If you are, then get lost, and be quick about it! Shall I see you on your way?"RS

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