Chapter 3310 — Setting Out for the Palace of the Night
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This was likely not merely a benefit of his rising strength; the most important factor was the Essence Necklace he wore. The Essence Necklace enhanced not only attack and defense but, correspondingly, stamina as well, so the physical true qi Wei Zhao possessed was somewhat greater than before—entirely reasonable. Yet the discovery thrilled him. The tenth stance of the Mad Fire Eight Trigrams Palm could leave an expert at the peak of the late Heaven Rank gravely wounded; if tomorrow he could unleash it twice in succession and injure two such experts, that alone would overawe everyone present.
Still, if at all possible, the most important thing was to unleash the eleventh stance of the Mad Fire Eight Trigrams Palm. After Wei Zhao unleashed the tenth stance once more, the stamina left to him was not enough for another tenth stance—but it was sufficient for a single ninth stance, or for making his escape.
Wei Zhao sat cross-legged on the ground and set the Xuanyuan Dragon-Taming Art circulating; his physical true qi recovered at a flying pace. He noticed that his recovery speed was now a notch faster than before—plainly another effect of the Essence Necklace. That Essence Necklace truly was a fine thing!
Soon, once his physical true qi had recovered, Wei Zhao began attempting to unleash the eleventh stance of the Mad Fire Eight Trigrams Palm. The eleventh stance, however, was plainly not as easy to unleash as the tenth; his first attempt ended in failure. Yet Wei Zhao was not disheartened—the earlier stances had failed on occasion too. This time he could clearly feel that he had come up just a tiny bit short, and that with continued attempts he would succeed.
Driven by that one conviction, Wei Zhao spent the entire night ceaselessly attempting to unleash the eleventh stance of the Mad Fire Eight Trigrams Palm. At last, as day broke, he succeeded—and by then he had already grown thoroughly proficient at it!
He had also roughly worked out the pattern by which the Essence Necklace boosted attack power: the chance was fifty percent. That is to say, if Wei Zhao unleashed the same move and the boost failed the first time, it would invariably succeed the next.
And if it succeeded this time, then the next time it would invariably fail. In other words, the chance was not random at all but a solid, dependable fifty percent. This discovery delighted Wei Zhao beyond measure. So before setting out, he unleashed the eleventh stance of the Mad Fire Eight Trigrams Palm once at home—and the next time, he would have the attack-boosted eleventh stance of the Mad Fire Eight Trigrams Palm!
Having uncovered this pattern, Wei Zhao mounted the Wind-Thunder Purple Lightning Beast at daybreak and set off for the Palace of the Night, brimming with confidence!
This was Wei Zhao's first visit to the Palace of the Night, but Gu Mengyao had already given him the address, so he simply rode the Wind-Thunder Purple Lightning Beast straight toward it.
Since the sky was still dark in the early hours, no one took any notice of Wei Zhao and his beast.
Gazing at the Palace of the Night's majestic mountain gate, and at the stone phoenix statue shattered across the ground before it, Wei Zhao heaved a silent sigh. Kang Jingming was truly too arrogant. Did he really think himself a stray dog with no home to return to?
(Happy Little New Year to all my readers—only one chapter today.)
(To be continued,