Chapter 3836 — The True Qi Bomb Returns!
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Yet even though Nan Tianyong had sensibly decided to retreat, Wei Zhao would not give him the chance. The thing in his hand was flung out at once, and before Nan Tianyong's utterly terrified eyes, this object that had condensed endless true qi exploded in an instant, less than a foot away from him!
Boom! A thunderous report shook the heavens, and the ground for dozens of li around trembled violently. In the marketplace not far off, countless stalls set out by the shops were shattered on the spot, and the assembled cultivators all turned pale, their faces filled with panic.
Even the guest experts stationed by the many merchants of the inner street could not help but feel shocked and doubtful. A commotion of such magnitude—even if they exerted every ounce of their strength, they might not be able to produce it!
Only Hong Zhong of the Hong Trading Company seemed to have anticipated this earth-shaking upheaval. Yet even so, now that he truly felt the heaven-shaking commotion, he could not help but stand dumbstruck, bereft of speech.
"Truly worthy of a grand endeavor that took a full hour to prepare. This Lin Er is no creature meant to remain in a pond!" Hong Zhong shook his head with a rueful laugh. He considered himself no ordinary man, yet compared with Lin Er he still fell far short—at least, back when he was at the peak of the early Foundation Establishment stage, he could not have dealt with a peak late-Foundation Establishment expert, much less possessed such heaven-defying means.
To say nothing of the uproar in the marketplace—at this very moment, the heart of the explosion had flattened several nearby hills and carved out a circular crater fully a dozen or more zhang deep, giving the impression of a celestial pit blasted out by a falling meteor!
The dust thrown up by the blast blotted out the sky and refused to settle for a long while; at this rate, it would be at least a day before the air cleared.
Moments later, a figure suddenly darted out from the dust and fled without a word. That figure was none other than Wei Zhao, the very author of the earth-shaking upheaval.
"True qi pent up for a full hour—this true qi bomb is really not something a human should toy with!" Even Wei Zhao himself felt his heart still pounding with lingering dread.
Indeed, to deal with Nan Tianyong, a peak late-Foundation Establishment expert, Wei Zhao had deliberately lingered a full hour at the Hong Trading Company, with one purpose alone: to condense a true qi bomb.
Back in the mortal world, the true qi bomb had always been Wei Zhao's signature move, often used to overawe and deal with powerful foes above his level. Thanks to its tremendous destructive power, far exceeding his own cultivation grade, this technique had never once failed him.
Yet powerful as the true qi bomb was, it had one inescapable, fatal flaw: it required charging, and the stronger the opponent, the longer the charging time!
Otherwise, with insufficient charging time, the true qi would be inadequate, and the true qi bomb thrown out would naturally lack power, failing to achieve the desired effect.
Moreover, the true qi bomb was always extremely wasteful in its use of true qi. For the same expenditure of true qi, if a corresponding martial technique could produce a destructive force of ten, then applied to the true qi bomb, it might yield only five. (To be continued...)