Chapter 2429 — The Gambler's Call
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No sooner said than done: after resting a brief moment, Wei Zhao began circulating the mental formula and mnemonic of the Wildfire Fist, triggering it from the first form onward — first form, second form… all the way to the sixth with smooth sailing, and at last Wei Zhao set about triggering the seventh form of the Wildfire Fist!
"Boom!"
"Whoosh…" After the seventh form of the Wildfire Fist was successfully triggered, Wei Zhao let out a long breath. Though the seventh form had finally been unleashed in one continuous flow, in Wei Zhao's eyes it was far from perfect — barely triggered at best.
This was a far cry from the flawless execution of the sixth form before it. It would take at least some time to adapt; otherwise, though its power was great, it could not bring out the might the seventh form ought to have.
Once it ended, Wei Zhao tried triggering the seventh form of the Wildfire Fist on its own. This time he could just barely force it out, but its power was far weaker than when unleashed in one continuous flow — only a shade stronger than the sixth form.
It seemed the seventh form still needed practice! He supposed it was because he had only just broken through to the peak of the mid Earth Rank; the Resting Grass had shored up his strength, but after all, it had been far too short a time since the breakthrough. To be able to force out the seventh form at all was already no small feat.
Still, Wei Zhao was not too disappointed. Since he could trigger the seventh form of the Wildfire Fist, all that remained was to grow proficient with it over time. Next, Wei Zhao would try the Wildfire Eight Trigrams Palm!
To no surprise at all, Wei Zhao triggered the sixth form of the Wildfire Eight Trigrams Palm without a hitch, but when it came to the seventh form, he simply could not bring it out no matter what. Fortunately, Wei Zhao had been prepared for this. He began from the first form of the Wildfire Eight Trigrams Palm and triggered them one after another — second form, third form, all the way through the sixth — and then made ready to trigger the seventh in one continuous burst.
This time, however, Wei Zhao was disappointed. The seventh form of the Wildfire Eight Trigrams Palm he had imagined did not come out in one continuous flow. It failed!
It seemed the seventh form of the Wildfire Eight Trigrams Palm corresponded to the seventh form of the Wildfire Fist. Since Wei Zhao could not yet proficiently trigger the seventh form of the Wildfire Fist, it was only natural that he could not fuse the Five Elements Eight Trigrams Palm with it!
Most likely, only a martial art one could trigger with complete mastery could be fused with a new one. If both were half-baked, fusion would probably be impossible.
At that thought, Wei Zhao gave up further experimentation. Once he could proficiently trigger the seventh form of the Wildfire Fist, he would naturally be able to successfully trigger the seventh form of the Wildfire Eight Trigrams Palm.
Wei Zhao wiped the sweat from his brow and was just about to return to the villa for a rest when his phone began to ring.
Taking out his phone, Wei Zhao frowned: it was an unfamiliar number.
"Hello?" Wei Zhao answered.
"Hello, this is Gambler Bro!" Gambler Bro said cautiously. "May I ask… is this Brother Goodhand?"
"Brother Goodhand?" Wei Zhao was briefly taken aback before he realized he had never told Gambler Bro his name, and the account he had given him was anonymous too — naturally the man would not know his name! So he said, "Gambler Bro, is all your money ready?"