Chapter 4884 — The First to Break Through
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But if his opponent were also at the great circle of the Nascent Soul, then this blow would be crushing beyond measure!
Wang Dianxing was not only the head of the Leidong Academy, but the foremost figure of the Nascent Soul stage, a man of the perfect Nascent Soul. Whether or not that title was truly deserved, one thing was certain: Wang Dianxing had always been a top-tier prodigy who drew every eye, a man who had never met a rival of his own level, and it was this lifelong crushing dominance that had forged the Wang Dianxing of today.
His strength came not only from his power itself, but chiefly from the confidence built upon his invincibility among his peers. Now, having encountered Wei Zhao, that confidence was shattered in an instant.
Once that formidable self-assurance was gone, Wang Dianxing was no longer the so-called foremost man of the Nascent Soul stage—he was merely an ordinary Nascent Soul at the great circle, and nothing more.
His spirit was utterly broken. Even if his injuries healed, that confidence would never return. This time, in all likelihood, even his attempt at the Xuan Sheng stage would fail.
The people of the Leidong Academy carried the dazed, soul-stripped Wang Dianxing away, farther and farther. Most of the onlookers dispersed as well; those who remained intended to try their luck, hoping that once Wei Zhao and his companions made their charge at the Xuan Sheng stage, they might, with a bit of fortune, snatch a lightning tribulation node—at worst, at the cost of some price.
The time needed to break through to the Xuan Sheng stage varied. By past experience, so long as there was a suitable lightning tribulation node on this Road of Giants, it took at swiftest three to five days, at slowest half a month—generally, the affair would be done.
Of course, outside this place, one might wait a year or half a year and still fail to draw down a lightning tribulation; that was another matter entirely.
This time, however, the crowd was fortunate enough to witness something remarkable, for they saw men who needed not even three to five days—from beginning to end, less than a single day in total!
It was not the much-watched Wei Zhao, nor the two fairies of the Three Fairies, Wang Xinyan and Huo Yudie, but two men the onlookers had paid little heed to before: Bao Zuoliang and Su Kesheng.
Of all the Morning Star contingent, these two had entered the lightning tribulation nodes first, and they had chosen rather remote spots that drew little attention. For this charge at the Xuan Sheng stage, they had made thorough preparations—each of them, in fact, held a Thunder Mystic Pill!
Bao Zuoliang was, after all, the son of a city lord; deep background made all the difference. He had even obtained a pill as rare as the Thunder Mystic Pill, and two of them at once, so that Su Kesheng benefited along with him.
Had it been only the Thunder Mystic Pills, that would have been one thing—they could merely preserve life beneath the lightning tribulation, not make one faster than others. But do not forget: Bao Zuoliang also had the Lightning-Baiting Banner.
In this place where lightning clouds gathered thick, a single light wave of the Lightning-Baiting Banner could effortlessly summon a lightning strike. Bao Zuoliang had only to make the slightest move, and the tribulation lightning of the two men came roaring down!
In truth, if they had not wished it, they could have used the Lightning-Baiting Banner to avoid even the most basic lightning tribulation. But then they could not have used the power of the tribulation to temper the spiritual roots within their bodies, and thus could not have merged the two kinds of spiritual roots into one—and naturally could never have charged at the Xuan Sheng stage.