Chapter 2249 — Swift Healing
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Because his elder brother was still in the sect, he wanted to pass the news on. But the moment he opened his mouth, the last breath of true qi that had been keeping him alive came pouring out. The Grand Protector's eyes rolled back, and he died with his eyes wide open, departing this world still unwilling to accept it.
Wei Zhao frowned. He had meant to threaten and coax the Grand Protector, to wring some useful clues out of the old man, but he had never expected the old bastard to just drop dead on him!
Well, dead was dead. Wei Zhao had no time to bother with him. As it was, Wei Zhao was like a spent arrow—every last scrap of strength in his body had gone into those few words just now, and once he had finished speaking, he collapsed to the ground and, with the very last of his strength, bellowed: "Thunder Pig..."
"Squeak, squeak!" Thunder Pig leaped out and darted straight into Wei Zhao's arms.
Seeing Thunder Pig appear in an instant, Wei Zhao was rather taken aback. This little creature—it had been nearby all along? Had he known that, Wei Zhao would never have called out to it with such a torn throat, wasting so much strength!
After all, there was not a trace of true qi left in Wei Zhao's body; all he had to rely on now was pure physical strength.
Of course, what Wei Zhao did not know was that Sun Jingyan had been waiting anxiously in the cave. Wei Zhao had not returned, nor had the Heaven-Rank monstrous brute, and Wei Zhao had never sent out the warning howl. So Sun Jingyan had grown frantic with worry. Unwilling to go herself, she had sent Thunder Pig to scout the situation. The little thing was small and good at hiding, so once it went, it likely would not be discovered easily.
Sun Jingyan intended to wait for Thunder Pig to find out what was going on and come back to report.
And that was exactly how it had played out. Thunder Pig was tiny and had hidden itself at a distance. After it arrived, neither the Heaven-Rank monstrous brute nor the Grand Protector, locked in battle, had sensed Thunder Pig nearby—even Wei Zhao had not seen it... The little thing was clever, wasn't it?
However, Wei Zhao did not waste time analyzing any of that. He scooped up Thunder Pig and began absorbing its true qi, converting it for his own use to heal his injuries! Though Thunder Pig looked to be in great pain, it still let Wei Zhao absorb the true qi from its body.
Thunder Pig was very clever. It knew Wei Zhao needed to heal, so it kept gritting its teeth and enduring.
Wei Zhao first used the true qi from Thunder Pig's body to repair his own meridians. This was already second nature to him. But after Wei Zhao had repaired his meridians, he did not go on to repair his internal organs or his broken bones. Instead, he ran swiftly over to where the Heaven-Rank monstrous brute lay.
"Master, how are you?" This master before him was a fake, yet in Wei Zhao's heart he had already come to regard him as someone he respected. He was very likely Qing Bo's master, and he had stepped forward to stand in the breach when Wei Zhao was in danger, so Wei Zhao was deeply concerned for his condition.
"I... I'm afraid I'm done for. Li'er, what move was that you used just now? How was it so powerful?" A flicker of confusion crossed the murky eyes of the Heaven-Rank monstrous brute. "Why don't I remember you having such a formidable move?"
"I learned it later on," Wei Zhao said evasively. Seeing that there was still a breath left in the Heaven-Rank monstrous brute, he let out a sigh of relief. So long as the man was not dead, things could be managed.
"That's right... I'm about to die, so what am I asking these things for... I still have a few important words to say to you, about the enemy... cough, cough..." Here the Heaven-Rank monstrous brute suddenly broke into coughing, hacking up mouthful after mouthful of fresh blood—clearly he could not hold on much longer...