Chapter 3727 — A Vicious Killing Intent
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So long as the blow was not instantly fatal, a Foundation Establishment expert with even a last breath left in him could be snatched back from the jaws of death by the heaven-defying efficacy of this fourth-grade Great Restoration Pill, and his vitality swiftly restored.
Applied to an ordinary person—provided his constitution was not so weakened that it rejected all tonics—even the gravest of injuries would heal in an instant; one moment he might be at death's door, and the next, after swallowing the pill, he would be bursting with vigor.
Applied to an expert at the early Foundation Establishment stage like Meng Zhou, whose vital essence that needed replenishing far exceeded that of an ordinary person, the effect would not be so miraculous—yet within a single day he would certainly recover.
Word had it that this fourth-grade Great Restoration Pill had been supplied personally by Xu Lingchong. To deal with him this time, the young master Xu had truly laid out no small sum!
Yet although Wei Zhao had seen Meng Zhou violate the rules by taking the pill in advance, he had no intention of denouncing him publicly—for if he did, the fourth-grade Great Restoration Pill would in an instant be swallowed into Meng Zhou's belly, leaving no evidence to be found on the corpse, and the only elder present with the authority to examine whether Meng Zhou had taken medicine beforehand, Zhao Hongbo, would certainly not take his side.
So rather than denounce him publicly and make a fool of himself, it was better to stand by coldly and watch how things unfolded, then give these scheming creatures a grand surprise later on!
Under the gaze of everyone present, Meng Zhou strode up to the examiner with a smug look on his face, and the crowd could not help but curse under their breath: what a petty man reveling in his petty triumph!
When he came to a stop a full zhang before the examiner, the examiner nodded to Zhao Hongbo and Hu Yunfeng, exchanged a subtle glance with Xu Lingchong, Meng Jueming, and the others, and only then signaled that the trial was to begin.
"What follows is the peak early Foundation Establishment level trial. Are you ready?" the examiner asked in final confirmation.
"Of course! Bring it on." Meng Zhou did not even deign to raise his eyelids, carrying himself with the air of an unmatched master who regarded his opponent as so much dirt.
My heavens! If Young Master Xu had not instructed me to go easy on you, then just for that punchable attitude of yours, I would damn well strike you dead with a single palm!
A creature who plainly needed to cheat just to muddle through, yet insisted on putting on an air of looking down upon all creation—Meng Zhou's sheer gall made the examiner's stomach churn with disgust, and he cursed him silently again and again.
Still, no matter how much he loathed Meng Zhou, for the sake of Xu Lingchong's grand plan, this examiner could only pinch his nose and endure it.
Not only could he not strike the man dead with one palm, he had to deliberately hold back thirty percent of his force to let him off easy; otherwise, with Meng Zhou's meager strength, if he truly delivered a full-power strike at the peak of early Foundation Establishment, there was a ninety percent chance it would kill him outright—and even if he had prepared a fourth-grade Great Restoration Pill to hold in his mouth, he would have no chance to swallow it!
Like the vast majority of newcomers, Meng Zhou had not cultivated any defensive martial technique; facing this kind of trial, his only recourse was to condense his true qi at his chest as much as possible to withstand the examiner's attack.