To be honest, Wu Wanzhong had never approved of Old Blade Zhao and Gu Li engaging in some Life and Death Duel. For one thing, it was not worth it. In his eyes, the cause of their conflict was likely nothing more than a few trivial scraps, with no deeper reason behind it.
For another, he had learned through unofficial channels that Gu Li was rumored to have close ties with the Tan Family. That was why he had done everything he could to stop their Life and Death Duel.
The reason was simple. If this was true, then setting aside whether the Tan Family would interfere in the Life and Death Duel, using their immense power and influence to manipulate the course of the duel—
Looking to the future alone, even if Old Blade Zhao defeated Gu Li and killed him, would he truly be able to live in peace after stepping down from the Life and Death Duel arena? Could the Tan Family possibly make no move at all?
Before a behemoth like the Tan Family, let alone Old Blade Zhao, even with Wu Wanzhong added in, they would merely be a mantis trying to stop a chariot. Unless Divine Saber Hall stepped forward to mediate—but that possibility was even slimmer than slim.
Though Old Blade Zhao had cultivated at Divine Saber Hall and received guidance and resources from them, he had never truly become an orthodox disciple of Divine Saber Hall. Once he left Divine Saber Hall, his life and death were left to fate. Divine Saber Hall would never fall out with the Tan Family over a nobody like him.
It was not that they could not; it was still a matter of whether he was worth it. Old Blade Zhao was simply too weak. Compared