Chapter 60: Fiery Competition! (1/2)

“Ah! ——”

The crowd screamed in shock. This move came too suddenly, and no one was able to react to the sudden twist in the situation.

“Not good!”

Wei Hao’s face went pale in astonishment. Just like what Wang Chong said, he sliced through the ‘metal mountain’ with a single blow of his sword. He didn’t expect that anyone would attack him.

Furthermore, the person possessed a higher cultivation than him. He wasn’t a match for him at all!

Weng!

In the blink of an eye, Wei Hao instinctively grabbed the sword with both hands and raised it above his head.

Klang!

The greatsword split in two, and the tip flew nearly ten zhang away!

“Impossible! I’ve been forging swords for nearly ten years, how could there be a stronger and sharper sword than mine!”

The full-bearded bulky man stared at the broken sword in his hands. He was clearly extremely agitated. Right after saying those words, he spurted a mouthful of blood and fell to the ground.

Wei Hao was stunned for a moment before he understood what was going on. The full-bearded bulky man wasn’t trying to have a go at him, but the Wootz steel sword in his hands.

“Hahaha! This is the sword my brother forged, the world’s number one sword! Who still wants to give it a try!”

After a moment of silence, Wei Hao suddenly turned around and lifted the Wootz steel sword high in the air with a proud expression.

Wei Hao’s heart had been leaping nervously for this duel. He was concerned that Wang Chong’s sword may not be able to match up to the others, and he would owe an astronomical debt as a result.

Wei Hao could never have thought that the sword his brother forged would be so formidable.

Despite the members from numerous swordsmithing clans, weapon shops, and workshop being present, not a single one of their swords were able to match up to his brother. In fact, even the savage-looking full-bearded man spurted blood out of anger, unable to believe that there could be a stronger sword than him in the world!

With such a person as his brother, Wei Hao felt incomparably proud.

“This is my brother! This is my brother! Did you see that, did you all see that?”

Wei Hao stood before the entrance of the Bluebottle Pavilion haughtily. If he could, he would make the entire world hear this words.

“Hahaha, is there still anyone else? If you won’t challenge me, I will challenge you all in my brother’s stead!”

Wei Hao laughed heartily. Then, he leapt to the second floor and using the railing as a stepping stone, he jumped straight up to the third floor.

“Not good!”

All of the faces of the swordsmiths who had brought their best swords to participate in the duel gamble turned pale upon realizing what Wei Hao was going to do.

“Wait a minute!”

“We admit our defeat!”

What a joke! Even the Zhang, Lu, Huang, Cheng Clans who had centuries of history behind them were unable to stand up to them, needless to say, small clans like theirs.

Even if they had lost in the duel gamble, they should at least protect their own swords!

Shua shua shua, they immediately charged forth to retrieve their swords, but they were too late. Klang! A cold gleam flashed across the air and the remaining dozen of swords was immediately cut into and fell onto the ground.

“Hahaha, I’ll see if you all dare to mock my brother again!”

Wei Hao did a flip and landed steadily on the railing. With the Wootz steel in his hands, he chuckled heartily.

In the past few days, Wei Hao had suffered the contempt, ridicule and mock of all these people. This chance didn’t come by easily, so he wouldn’t give up on it just like that.

“Wei gongzi, what’s the point of doing this? We’ve already admitted our defeat!”

An elder from a swordsmithing clan glanced at Wei Hao with an awful complexion. If it was anyone else, they would definitely step forward to teach him a lesson.

But Wei Hao was the son of the Duke of Wei. He was of noble birth, and they weren’t qualified to lay their hands on him.

“Why? Your heart aches for your sword? Hehe, I believe that you said that my brother was still a brat previously, am I wrong?”

Wei Hao snapped.

The elder’s face immediately darkened and he shut his mouth, saying no more.

“Haha, alright, Wei Hao, come here.”

Wang Chong beckoned him.

Just the reactions of those in the surroundings told Wang Chong that he had completely fulfilled his purpose for conducting this sword duel gamble.

Peng! Wei Hao leapt from the railing and landed on the third floor of the pavilion. A cold gleam shimmered from the Wootz steel sword in his hands. Everyone, except for Wang Chong avoided the cold shine of the sword as though it was a poisonous scorpion, staring at it fearfully.

Wei Hao’s sword was incomparably sharp. Since it was able to cut through a metal mountain of a human’s height, naturally, if it fell on them, they would easily lose a limb or two.

No matter how high their cultivation was, it was impossible for their bodies to be harder than metal.

Wang Chong smiled in contempt. The attitudes of those here differed greatly from before!

“Wang Chong!”

Wei Hao placed the sword back into the scabbard and returned it to Wang Chong. His respect for Wang Chong had already reached new heights.

Wang Chong had truly given him a pleasant surprise in the sword duel gamble this time.

If say, Wang Chong had earned Wei Hao’s trust when he offered him guidance that helped him to defeat Gao Fei at the Eight Gods Pavilion previously, then this sword duel gamble had made Wei Hao completely submit to Wang Chong in awe.

Back then, Wang Chong had bought the Hyderabad ores from the Sindhi monks at a price of 90000 gold taels, borrowed a sum of 1700 gold taels from Eight Gods Pavilion, and taking into account this sword duel gamble as well, if he had lost, he would have to shoulder a debt of several hundred thousands of gold taels…

All of the incidents that happened regarding this Wootz steel sword flashed across Wei Hao’s mind.

Wei Hao had to admit that his good buddy whom he had grown up with possessed a quality which he didn’t have. Whenever Wang Chong decided on a matter, the guts and determination he displayed far surpassed Wei Hao thought he could ever possess.

Wang Chong would never know that it was this instant which Wei Hao began to place his absolute trust in Wang Chong.

“Alright, everyone! The sword duel gamble has come to an end. There should be no intact swords now! According to the rules, everyone has to pay 1200 gold taels. I believe that given your standing and reputation, none of you will default on the payment, will you?”