Chapter 3435 — Breakthrough: Third Level, Great Perfection!
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A double breakthrough, then! With that thought, Wei Zhao set his mind at ease and simply let the surrounding vital energy and true qi pour into his body.
His body was like a lodestone now, ceaselessly drawing in the surging energy around him, while the energy within him only grew—more and more, until at last he felt his body could hold no more of that vast tide. Then, all at once, he burst like a firecracker, a thunderous report tearing from him as the clothes on his back were blown to scorched black shreds that went flying in every direction.
A breakthrough! Wei Zhao hadn't expected to rise so quickly to the third level of the Xuanyuan Dragon-Taming Art, to Great Perfection. It seemed hardly any time at all had passed since he'd reached Great Perfection at the second level.
Still, a breakthrough was a good thing—except for the question that now gnawed at him: when would he finally be able to open the fourth stone gate?
Before, his mental cultivation method had never reached such heights, so he'd given the matter little thought; after all, there was no use dwelling on what one hadn't yet attained. But now that the method had broken through to Great Perfection, it meant he could begin cultivating the fourth level of the Xuanyuan Dragon-Taming Art. And if he gained that fourth level—beyond hastening his cultivation and speeding the healing of wounds and the recovery of physical stamina and true qi—what other benefits might it bring?
And what rewards lay behind that fourth stone gate? Something like the universal martial technique, the jade pendant refinement, or the forging of divine weapons? Wei Zhao could hardly wait.
Yet waiting was useless. The prerequisites for opening the fourth stone gate were not only breaking the third level of the Xuanyuan Dragon-Taming Art through to Great Perfection, but also striking the gate with a fully forged divine weapon—only then would it open.
And now, Wei Zhao had the strength, but the divine weapon was not yet forged. His one consolation was that the materials had all been gathered; only the blood of the Five Fiends Dragon remained, and that was rather hard to come by—unless he entered the Five Fiends Wilderness once more. But even if he wished to go in, whether the Xuandan Sect would let him, and whether he could enter at all, was another question entirely.
It seemed he would have to find a chance to ask Kang Jingming about it...
Meanwhile, four Fire Wolf War Gods were dead, and Dr. Benjamin II and Qiu Shanlong were still anxiously awaiting word of them.
They had reported in earlier, after their show of force at the Song family, giving the Songs time to consider; and they knew the four had gone back to the Song compound today. Yet they had waited and waited—by the reckoning of time on the Chinese side, it should already be the middle of the night—and still there was no word from the four.
"Qiu Shanlong, why is there still no news of those four Fire Wolf War Gods? Could something have gone wrong, some complication arisen?" Dr. Benjamin II asked, a note of worry in his voice.
"By rights there shouldn't be any problem. They're all consummate masters at the peak of the late Heaven rank—the strongest existences in the whole cultivation world today. Never mind a mere Song family; even those ancient sects would find it hard to stand against the four of them unless they joined forces," Qiu Shanlong said with a shake of his head.
"That's true enough," Dr. Benjamin II said after hearing him out. "The reasoning holds, but I still can't shake this unease. The Center's rules are strict—once those four had the target in hand, they would have contacted us at the first opportunity."
"I'll try calling again." At Dr. Benjamin II's words, Qiu Shanlong picked up the phone once more and dialed Fire Wolf War God Number Five's number—but when the call connected, no one answered.