Chapter 4891 — At Parting
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As a result, though the danger was greatly reduced—even those disciples who had not prepared Thunder Mystic Pills suffered no serious injuries—there was one enormous aftereffect: almost everyone found themselves in Huang Xiaotao's predicament, where insufficient lightning tribulation left their efforts just short of success.
And they did not enjoy Huang Xiaotao's good fortune. Wei Zhao was hardly going to stuff himself with nothing better to do than supplement their lightning tribulations for them—and in fact, even had he wished to, his lightning strikes were no longer powerful enough.
In the end, apart from Wei Zhao's group of four and the two who had left early, Bao Zuoliang and Su Kesheng, of the nearly fifty people remaining, only five succeeded in breaking through—and every one of them had struggled through the process with desperate luck. Had their fortune been even slightly worse, they too would likely have failed like the other unlucky wretches.
In other words, if Wei Zhao and his companions were excluded, the success rate among the rest was a pitiful ten percent and change. Such a dismal ratio, compared with any previous trial on the Road of the Titans, would absolutely rank at the very bottom—one would be hard-pressed to find a more wretched showing. One could only say that these people had truly had the worst of luck in running into Wei Zhao.
Of course, none of this could be blamed on Wei Zhao. If blame there was, it belonged to Bao Zuoliang and Su Kesheng. Without those two meddling, things would never have turned out so badly. One might say their misery had made Wei Zhao's glory—otherwise, an eight-spirit Xuan Sheng expert? Not even in their dreams.
They had not broken through, but fortunately they had not suffered grave injuries either—a blessing in misfortune. The crowd could only console themselves with bitter smiles.
What slightly surprised Wei Zhao was that among the five who had successfully broken through to the Xuan Sheng stage was none other than Qin Chan. With so many present having failed, anyone who could still succeed under such conditions was no ordinary person—clearly this Qin Chan was not simple.
Seeing Wei Zhao's gaze sweep toward her, Qin Chan hastily nodded in gratitude. But perhaps because of the many eyes around them, she did not dare make a show of it before the crowd, and could only be silently thankful.
To be honest, her success this time was owed in part to her own foundational strength, but also in part to the Thunder Mystic Pill Wei Zhao had given her. It was precisely because of that pill that she had been able to fuse her spiritual root with a single mind; otherwise, enduring the agony of the tribulation while simultaneously condensing her spiritual root, she would in all likelihood have failed as well.
Besides Qin Chan, among the five there was another familiar face—Lu Xiaozhong. This one was worthy of being the son of a Kaishan-stage titan: not only had he inherited his old father's rascally ways, but his foundational strength was no small matter either. If one had to name the one among the five who had broken through to the Xuan Sheng stage most effortlessly, it would have to be him.
Seeing that everyone had emerged, Wei Zhao spoke up: "Everyone, it is a rare thing to come to the Road of the Titans. I intend to go exploring inside next. Those of you who are so inclined may come along; those who are not, I will not press. But I would advise you to travel in groups as much as possible! After all, there are at least a few Xuan Sheng experts among you now, so hardly anyone should come looking for trouble with you."
The implication was plain: if anyone wandered alone, things would be far less certain. In a place like this, killing for treasure was perfectly normal—especially since the vast majority of them were still at the great perfection of the Nascent Soul. Once targeted by a Xuan Sheng expert, they would not even have the strength to fight back.