Chapter 1014 — Baffled Beyond Belief: Wei Zhao's Body, Like a Mere Relay Station, Channeling the Energy of the Jade Pendant's Space into Uncle Qing's Body
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As time passed, the energy flooding into Uncle Qing's body continued to swell. Several more hours went by, and Uncle Qing climbed from the mid Yellow Stage to the peak of the mid Yellow Stage; and then, right on cue, came the breakthrough one could well imagine.
When the sky outside began to pale with the fish-belly white of dawn, Uncle Qing already possessed the strength of the late Yellow Stage!
Barely a few days ago, Uncle Qing had despondently concluded that he was ruined — that the external-style strength at the peak of the late Yellow Stage he had fought so hard to cultivate was simply gone. Yet now he was not only on the verge of regaining the peak of the late Yellow Stage, but doing so with internal-style power, which held an edge over the external style by a whole measure!
On one side, Uncle Qing was cheerfully basking in the pleasure of his rising rank; on the other, Wei Zhao's lot was far less pleasant. After all, torrents of energy were passing through him, and he could feel himself hanging on by a thread.
Continue! I have to keep going!
Through gritted teeth, Wei Zhao silently kept the Xuanyuan Dragon-Taming Art turning, letting the energy within him flow on and on into Uncle Qing's body.
At last, Uncle Qing's strength surged toward the peak of the late Yellow Stage.
A flicker of a smile crossed Wei Zhao's lips. He was about to complete the leap of an entire great rank, and the thought filled him with a thrill he could hardly contain.
Wei Zhao could feel the change in rank within Uncle Qing's body with perfect clarity, and so as Uncle Qing's strength rose, his own heart pounded with excitement. The moment of witnessing a miracle was at hand!
Under the mighty torrent of Wei Zhao's energy, Uncle Qing's strength at last broke through to the peak of the late Yellow Stage!
A faint delight surfaced on Wei Zhao's face. In only a few hours, Uncle Qing had gone from an ordinary man to an expert at the peak of the late Yellow Stage — faster than a plane ride!
It seemed he would have to push harder. Uncle Qing was about to become an expert of the Profound Stage! The peak of the late Yellow Stage and the early Profound Stage were only a single step apart! At this thought, Wei Zhao worked the Xuanyuan Dragon-Taming Art with even greater effort, driving the energy swiftly into Uncle Qing's body.
But then, something bizarre happened.
The energy Wei Zhao was sending into Uncle Qing cut off abruptly, just as when you fill a car's tank and the nozzle suddenly clicks shut. Though Wei Zhao's Xuanyuan Dragon-Taming Art did not stop, the energy could no longer pass through his body into Uncle Qing's; instead, it was being absorbed by Wei Zhao's own body!
What was going on? Wei Zhao could not help frowning. He was certain his hand still rested on Uncle Qing's body; by rights, such an interruption should have been impossible — and yet it had happened anyway!
Wei Zhao halted the Xuanyuan Dragon-Taming Art, and the energy in the jade pendant's space ceased its surge into his body all at once.
After resting a while, Wei Zhao ran the Xuanyuan Dragon-Taming Art again, hoping to pass the energy through his own body to Uncle Qing. But to his helpless frustration, the energy was still drawn into his own body instead of being delivered to Uncle Qing!
Surveying the situation, Wei Zhao returned somewhat helplessly from the jade pendant's space to reality. After all, he could no longer feed energy into Uncle Qing; Uncle Qing's strength could now go no further than the peak of the late Yellow Stage — and that was precisely what left Wei Zhao utterly baffled.