Chapter 2813 — Breakthrough! Second Layer of Great Perfection!

Wei Zhao's injuries were truly too severe. At this moment he could not spare a thought to check on the Thunder Pig or the beautiful girl from before—he could only heal his own wounds first and worry about the rest afterward.

Once inside the jade pendant's space, Wei Zhao swiftly circulated the second layer of the Xuanyuan Dragon-Taming Art, repairing the injuries within his body...

Time always crawls when one is healing, and Wei Zhao, still fretting over the safety of the Thunder Pig and the beautiful girl, could only keep quickening the circulation of his mantra, as fast as he possibly could, to restore himself quickly.

But what Wei Zhao had not expected was that the faster the mantra circulated, the faster it still became—like a car hurtling out of control at breakneck speed, faster and faster, until it was frighteningly fast! Wei Zhao hastily tried to slow the circulation of the mantra, yet though he tried, in truth the speed did not diminish in the slightest.

Moreover, Wei Zhao discovered that the vast energy true qi within the jade pendant's space was pouring into his body from every direction at extraordinary speed—and this sudden change gave him a violent start.

What was happening? He had only wanted to heal himself faster—why did it feel as though his mantra had run out of control? Could this be the prelude to qi deviation? Yet the sensation felt strangely familiar, as though he had encountered it before.

Endless energy true qi surged into Wei Zhao's body; in an instant he nearly felt as though he might burst apart, yet there was nothing he could do—he had already stopped the circulation of the mantra, but it was utterly useless.

Cold sweat broke out at once on Wei Zhao's forehead. What was going on? Had he truly gone into qi deviation? In a panic he asked, "Elder Jiao, what's happening? The energy true qi is out of control—what should I do?"

"What should you do?" Jiao Yazi glanced at Wei Zhao indifferently and said carelessly, "Isn't this perfectly normal?"

"Perfectly normal?" Wei Zhao was dumbfounded. He was nearly frantic with worry, yet Jiao Yazi spoke to him in such a calm tone—frightfully calm.

"Indeed. Aren't you about to break through? That's a good thing—why are you scaring yourself like that?" Jiao Yazi said mildly.

"What? Break through? But it's only been a few days since I reached the late Earth rank!" Wei Zhao was all the more stunned. He had only just broken through to the late Earth rank and had not yet touched the barrier of Great Perfection—how could he break through again? Was that not a little too fast?

"Who ever told you that you were about to break through the late Earth rank?" Jiao Yazi rolled his eyes and said, "I meant your Xuanyuan Dragon-Taming Art mantra. It is about to break through the second layer and advance to the Great Perfection of the second layer!"

"Pff—cough, cough..." Wei Zhao was so startled by Jiao Yazi's words that he nearly spat blood. He was about to ask further when a memory suddenly flashed through his mind—the scene of the first time he had entered the jade pendant's space. That was right; when he had broken through to the Great Perfection of the first layer, the sensation had indeed been very much like this.

No wonder it had felt familiar to Wei Zhao—it was the scene of his first mantra breakthrough. Only, it had been so long ago, and Wei Zhao had always broken through in cultivation level and never again in mantra, so he had simply overlooked it.

At this thought, Wei Zhao finally set his heart at ease and let the energy true qi from all around pour into his body.

At this moment Wei Zhao's body was like a magnet, ceaselessly absorbing the energy surging toward him from every side, while the energy within him grew greater and greater. Gradually Wei Zhao felt that his body could no longer contain such vast energy—and then his whole body seemed to explode like a firecracker, with a thunderous boom, and the clothes on his body were instantly blasted into scorched fragments that flew in every direction.

A breakthrough! Wei Zhao had not expected to advance so quickly to the Great Perfection of the second layer of the Xuanyuan Dragon-Taming Art. Originally this should have been a matter to vex him sorely, yet unexpectedly, while healing his wounds, he had broken through by a strange twist of fate.

But wait—that was not right! Was it not said that the prerequisite for breaking through to the Great Perfection of the second layer of the Xuanyuan Dragon-Taming Art was that the five elemental void attributes within one's body must first be transformed into true attributes? Yet he had not gone to receive the inheritance—how had they become true attributes?

At this thought, Wei Zhao could not even spare a moment to savor the delight brought by the mantra's breakthrough. He hurriedly asked Jiao Yazi, "Elder Jiao, the void attributes in my body have not been transformed into true attributes—how could I break through to the Great Perfection of the second layer of the Xuanyuan Dragon-Taming Art?"

"They have been transformed. You now possess the true attributes of all five elements; only the mist and ice attributes are still lacking, but that does not affect the breakthrough of the second layer of the Xuanyuan Dragon-Taming Art, because those two are branch attributes and need not be transformed for the time being," Jiao Yazi said.

"Ah? Already transformed? When were they transformed? Was it not necessary to go to the Land of Inheritance to receive the inheritance?" Wei Zhao was stunned on the spot, finding it rather incredible—when had he ever received an inheritance?

"Just now," Jiao Yazi said.

"Just now?" Wei Zhao was taken aback, and suddenly he remembered the bizarre events that had occurred in the cave. At the time he had seemed to be in a strange and mysterious state—could that... have been the inheritance? But even an inheritance could not bestow all five elements at once, transforming five attributes into true attributes simultaneously. It gave Wei Zhao the feeling of a dream. "You mean, when I was in the cave?"

"Precisely then." Jiao Yazi nodded and said, "Though I do not know why you came to receive the inheritance there, that place did indeed contain the source power of the five elemental attributes!"

"Could it be that the name Five Baleful Land... means the Five Elements?" Wei Zhao knitted his brows. The characteristics of the Five Baleful Qi that Tianji Suan had described earlier did seem rather similar to the qi of the Five Elements. Could it be that he had inadvertently come to the source land of the Five Baleful Qi and received the inheritance there?

"That I cannot say." Jiao Yazi said, "I have never been here either. But one thing is certain—you have already received the inheritance. Why must you insist on figuring out why you received it?"

"You have a point." Wei Zhao nodded, and for the moment he stopped fretting over why he had received the inheritance—though some doubts remained. And what stirred his heart was this: since this place allowed one to receive the inheritance so easily, could Feng Xiaoxiao and the little candy girl come here as well? Could they too receive the inheritance in this place?