Chapter 1478 — Helpless; and Just Like That, Zhang Naipao's Name Resounded Far and Wide, As Disciples of the Other Hidden Families and Sects All Came to Court Him and Draw Close — Partly Because of the Halo of an Ancient Sect Above His Head, and Partly Because Zhang Naipao Was Formidable in His Own Right, Which Was Why These People Behaved As They Did
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Wei Zhao truly had never heard of the so-called Chrysanthemum Treasure Manual that Zhang Naipao spoke of; he had no idea what it was. But that Zhang Naipao could absorb his true qi was plain fact, and even when Wei Zhao stopped circulating the mantra of his inner art, it did no good — the true qi inside his body was still draining away at a furious rate!
"No wonder your strength has grown so fast..." A cold, dark glint flashed across Wei Zhao's eyes. Zhang Naipao was a terrifying man, able to wield such an overbearing inner art, and it laid tremendous pressure on Wei Zhao's heart.
How was he to deal with him? Wei Zhao found that for the moment he had no way to handle Zhang Naipao at all: his palm could not move, and the true qi within him was flying out of him. At this rate, it would not be long before every last scrap of his true qi had run over to Zhang Naipao's side and he himself became an ordinary man with no strength at all.
Wei Zhao had lost his strength many times before, and he was not especially afraid. So long as his meridians remained unbroken, with the jade pendant space, that top-tier golden finger of his, restoring his strength would take no more than a single night. But the crux of the matter was this: once he recovered, if he crossed hands with Zhang Naipao again, would it not end the same way? It would be as though he had gone out of his way to deliver his true qi to Zhang Naipao for nothing!
"Well? Shocking, isn't it? Green with envy and sick with jealousy, aren't you? No use — who told me to be a disciple of an ancient sect while you are only an ordinary cultivator?" Watching the look on Wei Zhao's face, Zhang Naipao spoke with great relish: "My starting point is higher than yours, and the inner arts I cultivate are a cut above yours as well. Wahahaha! Wei Zhao, back on the road earlier, I drained dry an expert at the peak of late Profound Rank, and I already showed faint signs of breaking through. Once I finish draining your strength, I may well break through to late Profound Rank. Hahahaha, and to think — before I have even entered the trial, I will have become an expert of late Profound Rank!"
Wei Zhao looked at Zhang Naipao's smug, petty-villain face and did not bother to answer him. Words were of no use now; he had yet to find a way to deal with him — which was to say, he had yet to find Zhang Naipao's weakness. Whatever he said would change nothing.
And yet Wei Zhao refused to accept it! It had not been long at all, and already more than half the true qi in his body was gone. If this kept up, Zhang Naipao really would drain him dry!
Wei Zhao hesitated a moment, then abruptly lifted his leg and kicked at Zhang Naipao's crotch! What Wei Zhao had in mind was to catch him off guard: while Zhang Naipao was wholly absorbed in absorbing his true qi, he would land a groin kick meant to end his line, dealing Zhang Naipao a severe wound and so interrupting the circulation of that Chrysanthemum Treasure Manual's inner art — and in that gap, Wei Zhao would pull his palm free.
"Bang!" Wei Zhao's leg struck square into Zhang Naipao's crotch — and yet it was as though he had kicked nothing at all. There was none of the feeling of a solid hit he had expected.
"You dare try a sneak attack?" Zhang Naipao had not expected Wei Zhao to dare strike by surprise under such circumstances, but he did not mind. Instead he burst out laughing: "Perfect. Thank you! A single palm transmits far too slowly — so let's use your foot to transmit as well!"
The moment Zhang Naipao's words fell, Wei Zhao discovered to his shock that his foot, pressed against Zhang Naipao's crotch, could no longer be pulled away — and the true qi inside him was pouring endlessly into Zhang Naipao through that foot as well!
"Other parts of your body can absorb true qi too?" Wei Zhao was instantly stunned.