Chapter 2948 — Crippling the Dantian
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Zhao Qilei's expression changed! All his scheming had been for the sole purpose of preserving Wei Zhao. He knew Wei Zhao had a way to rapidly heal his injuries, which was why he had proposed crippling the meridians. Of course, he did not know that once all of Wei Zhao's meridians were destroyed, and with no way to circulate his cultivation formulae, recovery would be impossible.
He had merely reasoned out a plan that would protect Wei Zhao to the greatest extent and keep him from dying on the spot — never imagining that Zhao Qibing would add, with such malice, the crippling of the dantian!
Wei Zhao's heart jumped too, and his face turned incomparably grim. Earlier, when he heard Zhao Qilei speak of crippling his meridians, he had known at once that Zhao Qilei had not turned traitor, but was trying to help him out of danger.
And Wei Zhao had also hit upon a way to deal with the poison! His inspiration came from a poison he had once suffered — the Five-Step Power-Scattering Powder. At the time, to counter the rank-dropping damage it inflicted, Wei Zhao had swallowed a Qi-Gathering Pill outright, breaking through the rank limit and neutralizing the powder's toxicity.
Now Wei Zhao could likewise take a Qi-Gathering Pill or the like to break through his rank limit. Once his strength reached the Heaven rank, this ancient marvel of a poison would be useless against him — just as Old Master Zhao himself was now perfectly fine, was he not?
So when Wei Zhao heard Zhao Qilei's words, he breathed a sigh of relief. As long as he escaped this place today, he still had a way to save himself.
He need only take a Great Return Pill first to repair a small portion of his meridians, then take a Qi-Gathering Pill to break through the rank barrier; after that, he could mobilize the true qi within his body to repair his whole damaged body and meridians.
But who would have thought Zhao Qibing would devise yet another vicious stroke — crippling his dantian! Pills dissolve within a cultivator's dantian; if the dantian were destroyed, taking pills would be utterly useless. Wei Zhao could neither take a Great Return Pill to restore part of his meridians nor a Qi-Gathering Pill to break through his rank limit.
"Yes, the dantian as well!" At this point Zhao Qilei had no choice but to agree, and could only say so through gritted teeth.
"Hurry up and hit him, then. You take the arms, I'll take the legs!" Zhao Qibing said, excited and eager.
"Am I not doing this alone?" Zhao Qilei frowned.
"What difference does it make who hits him? Joy shared is joy doubled!" Zhao Qibing was growing impatient. "Are you going to do it or not? If not, I'll go first!"
With that, Zhao Qilei lifted his leg and drove a kick at Wei Zhao's legs!
Wei Zhao simply stood there without dodging, for he knew that even with his Butterfly Microstep lightness skill, without stamina and true qi to sustain it, a clean escape from the Hidden Zhao family was impossible. Besides, the monk may flee but the temple cannot; Old Master Zhao could pursue him all the way to his own villa, and if Wei Zhao were not there, he could even use Gu Mengyao and Shen Yushu to threaten him into showing himself.RS