Chapter 2837 — Finding the Weakness
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Zhang Nai Pao laid his trump card before Wei Zhao, and in doing so he was telling him: you are helpless against me. You can only watch while I torment you and your little followers, and die of frustration! Of course, killing Wei Zhao had never crossed his mind. For one thing, he meant to keep Wei Zhao around as a spur to his own cultivation; for another, he wanted Zhong Yongliang to be the one to kill Wei Zhao with his own hands one day. So in this trial, Zhang Nai Pao wanted nothing more than to vent his spleen, which was also why he had set his heart on turning Wei Zhao's followers against him.
"So that's how it is." Wei Zhao understood at once. "I'd guessed as much already. The force you bounce back might carry some of your own moves or true qi folded into it, but I never imagined it would be this monstrous."
"Wei Zhao, admit defeat. I don't mind telling you, with the strength you have now, that twenty percent of the damage won't do me much harm. Besides, I carry a Small Reversion Pill on me. Before I'm dead, you'll have been bounced to death." Zhang Nai Pao said, "But if you hand over your trial spirit herbs and swallow your pride, I might consider letting you off. Otherwise, don't blame me for being unkind."
"Oh? Is that so?" Wei Zhao suddenly smiled. Looking at Zhang Nai Pao, he recovered all his usual confidence. "Thank you for telling me so much and clearing up my confusion. Now, I'm about to make my move. Are you ready?"
"Hm? Knowing all that, you still want to hit me?" Zhang Nai Pao was taken aback, staring at Wei Zhao in disbelief. He truly could not fathom how Wei Zhao, fully aware that striking him would trigger a rebound, still dared to launch an attack.
"How will I know unless I try?" Wei Zhao said.
"You don't believe what I told you?" Zhang Nai Pao found it strange. Wei Zhao did not seem like the sort of arrogant fool who could not understand plain words. There had been so many precedents already—how could Wei Zhao still be so indifferent?
"It's not that I don't believe you. It's that sometimes, who knows, a miracle might just happen!" Wei Zhao laughed. "I'm making my move now. Are you sure you want to stand right there and let me hit you?"
"Since you won't believe me, I'll have to let you try. But a friendly warning: you'd best not use your strongest move, or you'll die very quickly." Zhang Nai Pao said, "It's no great matter if you die, but Brother Liang will be disappointed. He's been preparing to finish you off with his own hands!"
"Zhong Yongliang?" Wei Zhao chuckled. "He won't get the chance!"
"Suit yourself." Zhang Nai Pao stood rooted to the spot without moving, his eyes fixed on Wei Zhao, waiting for him to strike.
"Frenzied Fire Eight Trigrams Palm—Seventh Form!" Wei Zhao circulated the mental formulas of the Frenzied Fire Fist, then suddenly struck, slamming a palm toward Zhang Nai Pao's chest!
Zhang Nai Pao neither dodged nor flinched. He simply met Wei Zhao's outstretched right palm with his chest, standing there at his ease, waiting for Wei Zhao to go flying backward!
"Bang!"
Wei Zhao's Frenzied Fire Eight Trigrams Palm landed squarely on Zhang Nai Pao's chest!
"Boom!" The instant Wei Zhao's palm connected with Zhang Nai Pao's chest, he felt an immense force rebound from his palm into his own body. Yet the moment that force struck him, it vanished without a trace, as though it had never existed at all!
It really worked! Wei Zhao silently counted himself lucky. It seemed his earlier deduction had been correct. Just as Zhang Nai Pao had said, the force he bounced back was exactly two hundred and forty percent of the force Wei Zhao had sent out, and none of Zhang Nai Pao's own true qi was mixed into it. That meant all of this true qi belonged to the Earth Rank.