Chapter 3833 — Got Away?
The Blossom Guardian · Page 2 of 2
This trick of using the acupoints to burst out true qi was not complicated, and in many situations it could produce wondrous effects. Anyone with a bit of insight and a bit of talent would find it no hardship to manage; it was simply not necessarily practical.
For one reason only: the trick consumed vast amounts of true qi. Release too little, and the wondrous effect was hard to achieve; release too much, and it was a tremendous waste.
After all, the true qi within a normal person's body was very limited; if it could not be converted into a martial skill and made to display its utmost might, that was an unforgivable waste.
But Wei Zhao was different. For him, who possessed the jade pendant's space, true qi had never been a problem—give him the slightest opening, and replenishment would come pouring in endlessly. So this trick, which consumed vast true qi yet so often produced wondrous effects, might as well have been tailor-made for him!
"Damned brat!" With the strike he had been so certain of falling wide, Nan Tianyong flew into a shameful rage and, without another word, gave chase with all his strength. He was not about to vex himself with the headache of why the boy had managed to dodge.
If one blow missed, then just strike again—was that not the way of it?
Nan Tianyong's mind might not be reckoned sharp, but once he truly set to fighting, his instincts in battle were astonishingly keen; he was a formidable man through and through—otherwise he could never have borne the great name of the Three Heroes of Nan!
As a great expert at the peak of late Foundation Establishment, once Nan Tianyong grew serious, even though speed was not his forte, his pace was still far beyond anything any peak early-Foundation Establishment expert could match.
Even if Yu Jiang held no real affection for this so-called master of his, on this point he was utterly convinced: Lin Er absolutely could not escape!
Yet what followed once again exceeded Yu Jiang's expectations. Nan Tianyong had plainly been roused to true fury—and yet he had failed to catch Wei Zhao at the first opportunity!
"Good—just as I expected. Otherwise this hurdle today would truly have been hard to clear!" Wei Zhao glanced back at Nan Tianyong, clinging to his heels, and felt a touch of relief; even so, he dared not relax in the least, for though he had spent every ounce of his strength, he had still not managed to shake the man off.
A place crowded with people like the market district was exactly where his Butterfly Steps and Wind-Chasing Lightning Boots could exert their greatest power. Against an expert of his own level, he would likely have left him a whole street behind in an instant.
But against Nan Tianyong, an expert at the peak of late Foundation Establishment, though he was not caught, the distance between them never widened either.
It was instead Yu Jiang, trailing behind Nan Tianyong, who was gradually being left further and further back. At this rate, he might soon drop out of the chase altogether.
"Was this boy really this strong?" Yu Jiang was startled, and on the heels of that came a surge of bitter indignation. He, an expert at the mid Foundation Establishment stage, was actually being pulled away from by a mere peak early-Foundation Establishment cultivator—how could he possibly swallow such a damned outrage!
If I can get the Star Ink Stone, I'll become the strongest Golden Core expert alive. A rootless rogue cultivator like this does not even deserve to be mentioned in the same breath as me!