Chapter 3728 — They Fell for It!
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So even though she knew Wei Zhao's situation was somewhat precarious at this moment, after struggling with herself for a long while, Shangguan Lan'er never did call a halt. Only after Wei Zhao quietly gave her a reassuring look did the heavy stone in her heart finally settle.
This little junior brother Wei Zhao really did have the confidence to handle this crisis!
Though she knew well how difficult such a challenge above one's level was, though she had met Wei Zhao only a handful of times and did not know how much he truly had in reserve, Shangguan Lan'er instinctively chose to believe in him—to believe that her little junior brother would surely pass with ease!
"Please," Wei Zhao said, raising his hand slightly to signal that the examiner might begin at any time.
Posturing! The examiner curled his lip in imperceptible disdain, then swiftly gathered his true qi into his palm, and soon it reached the sealed upper limit.
But that was not the end. Even having reached the sealed limit, through the not-quite-tight gaps in the seal, he could still continue to draw on his remaining true qi—though it was more laborious to mobilize, and limited in quantity.
After gathering power this way for a moment, the true qi condensed in the examiner's palm finally reached its peak, plainly far surpassing the level of a peak early Foundation Establishment expert—exceeding it by more than thirty percent!
This time it was different from when he had faced Meng Zhou. The palm strike that had sent Meng Zhou flying had not seemed particularly alarming at first; only at the final instant when it struck Meng Zhou did it unleash its thunderous might.
But this time, even before the examiner made his move, just the mere condensation of true qi was enough to set everyone in the hall on edge, carrying with it the air of a gathering storm that pressed the breath from their lungs.
Why did this palm strike feel so much stronger than the one used against Meng Zhou? A trace of doubt rose unbidden in the crowd's hearts, but since they themselves were only Heaven-rank great-perfection experts with no deep understanding of the peak early Foundation Establishment level, they soon dismissed the thought as an illusion.
After all, Pavilion Master Hu Yunfeng had stated plainly that each examiner's strength was fixed by the seal, and that attacks of the same level could never differ in weight from one palm to the next—so this strange notion must surely be an illusion.
And yet, how could it possibly be an illusion?
The palm strike Meng Zhou had faced carried only seventy percent of a peak early Foundation Establishment expert's might, but the one Wei Zhao now faced carried a full one hundred and thirty percent—nearly double the former. Naturally, the two were not remotely comparable in power!
"Damn it, Junior Brother Lin has fallen for it!" The Bitter Senior Brother's heart lurched. Unlike these newcomers, who could be forgiven for not understanding what peak early Foundation Establishment strength was, how could he not know?
Do not forget—he had been stuck at the barrier of early Foundation Establishment for a long time. After having Wei Zhao refine the Foundation Establishment Barrier-Breaking Pill for him last time, though he had not taken it immediately in order to guarantee a hundred percent success, he had spent these days making final, all-encompassing preparations for his breakthrough. He was now truly just a hair's breadth from the peak of early Foundation Establishment, so of course he knew full well what strength one could wield after breaking through!RS