Chapter 4884 — The First to Break Through
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It must be said that although Bao Zuoliang and Su Kesheng were full of wicked schemes, their strength was quite decent. Having drawn down the tribulation lightning, they succeeded in their breakthrough in a mere day, becoming the first from the Morning Star Academy to emerge as Xuan Sheng stage experts!
At this very moment, everyone else—Wei Zhao included—had not even drawn down their tribulation lightning, let alone succeeded in charging at the Xuan Sheng stage.
That the two should be the first to break through with such terrifying, astonishing speed left the onlookers outside stunned as if they had seen gods. They exchanged glances and broke into excited chatter: when had this obscure Morning Star Academy become so formidable?
First a heaven-defying Nascent Soul at the great circle whose strength rivaled the mid Xuan Sheng stage, and now two fellows who had broken through in a single day, succeeding in their charge at the Xuan Sheng stage within the span of one day—surely this broke every record in history?
Every breakthrough is a process of long accumulation released in a burst; with breakthroughs of a major realm especially, a matter of months is commonplace. Only the process of charging at the Xuan Sheng stage is somewhat special, in that it draws down a lightning tribulation, which shortens the time a little—yet the principle remains unchanged: the faster one breaks through, the stronger one generally is.
Following that logic, did it not mean that these two Morning Star Academy disciples, who had broken through in a single day, were also beings whose strength could effortlessly crush those of their own level?
The onlookers all wore expressions of awe, and only after a long while did someone finally dare to steel himself and edge forward, fawning with lowered eyes and a flattering smile: "Congratulations, brothers, on breaking through in a single day—a miracle unprecedented and unrepeatable! You two are truly dragons among men!"
Bao Zuoliang and Su Kesheng were taken aback for a moment, then nodded with a touch of smugness. Everyone loves flattery, and the two of them were no exception—Bao Zuoliang especially, who had grown up hearing such words and felt downright uncomfortable on any day he went without them.
"Brothers, you are already exalted Xuan Sheng stage experts and have no need of these two lightning tribulation nodes. Might you let this little brother make some small use of them? I would be endlessly grateful and would repay you richly in the days to come!" Seeing his chance, the man hastened to state his purpose—had it not been to snatch a tribulation node, he would never have come fawning over these two; he was not so idle as that!
"Get lost!" Bao Zuoliang, who a moment ago had been beaming with pleasure at the flattery, turned hostile the instant he heard this. He cursed and snarled, "Damn it, you think a few sweet words buy you a tribulation node? You take me for a fool? Looking for death?"
"Uh—" The man was startled and did not dare utter so much as a peep in the face of two newly risen early Xuan Sheng experts. He nodded and bowed hastily, apologizing again and again, and was shrinking his neck to beat a retreat.
"Hold on!" Su Kesheng called him back, then turned to Bao Zuoliang and said in a low voice, "Young Master Bao, these tribulation nodes of ours will just sit empty anyway. Better to give them to these people—it will conveniently help us deal with that fellow surnamed Lin. After all, our Lightning-Baiting Banner can't conjure tribulation lightning out of thin air; the more people around us charging at the Xuan Sheng stage, the more smoothly we can marshal the lightning."
"What do you mean?" Bao Zuoliang blinked, glancing at the tribulation nodes around them—fifty-odd of them at least. Surely they could spare one or two?