Chapter 2004 — The Peak of the Early Earth Rank!
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And Wei Zhao, too, was for the first time using the second-layer heart method of the Xuanyuan Dragon-Taming Art to break through a level. He felt that his speed in drawing in the spiritual qi of heaven and earth was now far greater than with the first layer; in the same span of time, he could absorb far more spiritual qi into his body.
With this sudden, massive influx of true qi, Wei Zhao even found it somewhat hard to bear! He drew a deep breath and gritted his teeth, holding on. He did not switch back to the first layer of the Xuanyuan Dragon-Taming Art, but instead kept rapidly circulating the second-layer ** heart method, because he vaguely sensed that the first layer could not break through this shackle—the second layer was the right choice.
With his eyes closed, Wei Zhao carefully controlled the true qi surging into his body, guiding it to flow and coil through his meridians. And once this true qi entered his meridians, it seemed to take on a life of its own, threading back and forth through them under the drive of the second-layer Xuanyuan Dragon-Taming Art!
This sensation was very comfortable to Wei Zhao. As the true qi threaded through his meridians, with every step of its flow it seemed to twist together with the true qi already in his body, forming a single unified current of force. This was completely different from his breakthroughs before the Earth Rank; the first layer of the Xuanyuan Dragon-Taming Art could not drive the true qi that poured into the body to circulate back and forth—it merely drew the true qi into the body, nothing more...
But the present benefit was this: the true qi was drawn into the body and fused with the original true qi, and that original true qi likewise grew vast and mighty, seeming more vigorous than before, making it all the easier for Wei Zhao to assail the bottleneck at the peak of the early Earth Rank!
Yet breakthroughs at the Earth Rank were plainly harder. As more and more true qi poured into his body, Wei Zhao felt as though his whole person were being consumed by raging fire, on the verge of bursting. The sensation was a torment to him; several times he wanted to give up, but each time he gritted his teeth and held on.
For Wei Zhao understood that ** was like rowing a boat against the current—advance or fall back. If he gave up now, then the next time he wished to make a second attempt it would be somewhat harder. After all, this kind of limit-breaking in the midst of battle was something one could only encounter, never seek; once he gave up, there was no telling how long he would have to wait for the next chance...
So no matter what, Wei Zhao had to hold on!
Suddenly, Wei Zhao felt a tremendous shock burst from the meridians within his chest, as though some obstruction had been smashed through, and his body convulsed violently in response. With a "pfft," he spat out another mouthful of black blood. This startled Feng Sanmang beside him, and not far away Xu Shilan and Cheng Yiyi were badly frightened as well. None of them knew what had happened to Wei Zhao, yet none dared step forward to disturb him...
In truth, nothing was wrong with Wei Zhao; on the contrary, the rapid circulation of true qi had forced the congested blood from his injuries out of his body, and his wounds were gradually healing as the true qi flowed. The heart method of the second-layer Xuanyuan Dragon-Taming Art seemed able to heal injuries in the midst of a breakthrough—painful, yes, but truly marvelous!
After spitting out that mouthful of blood, Wei Zhao felt his chest grow much easier. The vast, mighty true qi within him had begun to break through the bottleneck; little by little it strove forward through the meridians, gradually swelling to fullness!