Chapter 4554 — Breakthrough! Late Golden Core
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Here it comes! Amid the excruciating pain, the true qi within Wei Zhao suddenly surged and raced of its own accord, spontaneously forming a counterforce against the five-element killing aura outside. Uncontrolled, it swelled violently—the moment of breakthrough had arrived!
The thick, solid barrier standing before Late Golden Core began to loosen at once under the frenzied pounding of true qi. Breakthrough was close at hand. Wei Zhao dared not slacken; he hurriedly sank his stance, withdrew from the Five-Venom Marsh, and without a word leapt down from the platform to sit cross-legged, focusing his mind to begin the breakthrough.
For one thing, facing the baptism and tempering of the five-element killing aura directly—that instant just now had already been the limit of what he could endure. For another, the process of breakthrough could not suffer the slightest disturbance; otherwise, at best he would be injured by backlash, at worst he would fall into qi deviation, and there were no few cases of men dropping dead on the spot. The five-element killing aura could only be used to seek the moment of breakthrough. To endure its baptism while still attempting to advance—that was simply seeking death, and even seeking death is not done this way.
All was ready, and the east wind had come. This breakthrough of Wei Zhao's was as natural as water finding its channel—in a mere half hour's time, without wind or danger, he was reborn anew, his whole bearing utterly transformed.
From the peak of Middle Golden Core to Late Golden Core might seem only a hair's breadth apart, yet the two meant entirely different things. Before, he had merely been a typical Golden Core expert; now he stood at a level from which higher realms could be glimpsed. The vast majority of cultivators, upon entering Late Golden Core, began preparing for the next charge—toward Nascent Soul. Chu Bubai, whom he had met earlier, was one such example.
Ordinary cultivators were like that; how much more so Wei Zhao, the strongest Golden Core who had ever broken through in perfection? For him the road from Late Golden Core to Great Perfection of Golden Core would be far quicker than for others. Setting foot in Late Golden Core already meant, for him, that Nascent Soul was not far off.
Carefully sensing the newborn power within him, Wei Zhao drew a long, deep breath. From the peak of Middle Golden Core to Late Golden Core—he could clearly feel that the rise in strength was not a meager one or two notches; it had simply surged! Naturally, Wei Zhao did not let too much delight show on his face.
To remain unmoved by favor or disgrace had always been Wei Zhao's way, and besides, having lately witnessed a mountain-opening-stage devil-cultivator titan like the old sect of the Western Mountains, and then the even more terrifying spirit-beast guardians of the spirit-beast clan, he knew this little rise in strength was nothing worth mentioning before those lofty, supreme beings. Naturally Wei Zhao would not go wild with joy over such a small breakthrough.
This journey to the Southern Continent had opened Wei Zhao's eyes wide; the heights he could now see were far loftier than before. Ascending to Late Golden Core was but a tiny, insignificant step—the road ahead was still long. (To be continued...)