The Undisputed Number One Alchemist of the Medicine Realm, Alliance Leader Flowing Cloud!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Under such earth-shattering bombardment, even the entire Medicine Mountain trembled, while deafening rumbles echoed without end.

Within the cocoon of light being relentlessly blasted by thunderbolts was the Ninth-grade Profound Pill. Only after enduring this lightning tribulation could it break free from its shell.

Outsiders could not assist a Ninth-grade Profound Pill through its tribulation. Flowing Cloud could only watch. Ninth-grade Profound Pills differed from other pills: when other pills underwent tribulation, the alchemist relied on their own strength to ward off the lightning tribulation. A Ninth-grade Profound Pill, however, had to survive the tribulation itself in order to gain that immense power.

Rumble!

A bolt of lightning struck fiercely. Not only was the cocoon of light unharmed, but the light upon it grew even more brilliant, while arcs of black lightning continuously flickered over its surface.

Crack!

Such violent lightning tribulation continued for over half an hour before finally ending. Once it was over, a crisp cracking sound came from the surface of the shell. At that moment, everyone grew somewhat tense. A crack suddenly appeared upon the tiny shell.

Crack, crack, crack!

With the first crack came the second. Before long, its entire surface was covered in cracks, and intense light seeped out through them.

Boom!

At a certain moment, another terrifying bolt of lightning suddenly shot down from the sky and struck the cocoon fiercely. The countless cracks instantly spread, and with a bang, it finally exploded.

The instant the cocoon exploded, an astonishing medicinal fragrance spread through the sky. The fragrance swirled about, actually condensing into the shapes of various herbs that filled the heavens, an extremely strange sight.

Whoosh!

Just as everyone was distracted by this phenomenon in the sky, a streak of light suddenly flashed into the air, then shot beyond