Two-Colored Thundercloud
Above the boundless blue sky, the deep rumble of thunder echoed continuously, and the thick, oppressive clouds created an extremely suffocating atmosphere.
"Bang!"
Under the watchful eyes of countless people, a low, booming explosion suddenly echoed from somewhere in the sky. Everyone's hearts sank, and their gazes raced in that direction. They saw a middle-aged man staring blankly at the medicine cauldron before him. Within it, chaotic energy fluctuations emanated, clearly indicating that some accident had occurred during the refining process. "How could this be?"
The middle-aged man stared blankly at the medicine cauldron, his eyes instantly turning bloodshot. He had worked hard for nearly twenty days, but now all his efforts had been in vain. This blow was simply too much for him to bear.
Looking at the middle-aged man's blank expression, everyone sighed inwardly, feeling a pang of regret for him.
Failure is not uncommon in alchemy, but in such a final moment, even a small failure is enough to disqualify one from competing with other masters.
In the following time, some of the remaining thirty-odd people successfully refined the pills. Of course, some failed. Without exception, these people became much more dejected. Even if they succeeded, they might not be able to get into the top ten, but at least they still had some chance. However, if they failed, they would have no chance at all.
Five more days passed quietly amidst countless expectant gazes.
In these five days, nine people successfully refined pills. The highest quality pill was a high-grade seventh-rank pill. As soon as this pill was produced, it immediately triggered pill lightning. The continuous rumbling of thunder made many people tremble with fear.
Meanwhile, seven people failed to refine the product and, amidst many regretful glances, reluctantly chose to withdraw.
With the withdrawal of these sixteen people, plus those who withdrew earlier for various reasons, only seventeen people remain on the stone platform to continue refining pills.
Time is the most precise filter. The seventeen people who remain are definitely not ordinary people, judging from their aura alone. The one with the lowest badge level is a mid- Seventh-grade Intermediate alchemist, while the highest level is a true Eighth-Rank Alchemy Grandmaster!
Xiao Yan was unfamiliar with this Eighth-Rank Alchemy Grandmaster, and he had never noticed him before, so it was clear that the former had deliberately concealed his aura.
This unfamiliar Eighth-Rank Alchemy Grandmaster was an old man with gray hair and an aged face like orange peel. Clearly, he was also a powerful elder. Although his appearance was not good, his face was always full of a gentle smile, making him much more pleasing to the eye than the Old Man Mu Gu he had met in the Pill World before.
Time is the ultimate filter; it washes away the superficial from thousands of participants, leaving only the truly strong.
"I never expected it to be Old Man Qinghua."
On the high platform, Xuan Kongzi and the others were slightly taken aback when they saw the gray-haired old man finally emerge from the crowd. They then exchanged a glance, feeling somewhat helpless.
"This old guy really has the nerve to lower himself. Judging from the fluctuations inside his medicine cauldron, it's probably Rank 8 Pill."
Xuan Yi nodded slightly and said.
"This old fellow's lifelong wish is to subdue a Heavenly Flames. Back then, he and Yao Chen stayed in that godforsaken place for several years, but in the end, Yao Chen still obtained the Bone Spirit Cold Flame. Now that he has the opportunity to obtain the Three Thousand Burning Flame, he naturally wants to give it a try."
The dark-skinned old man said calmly.
"It's a pity. He lost to Yao Chen once back then, and now he's probably going to lose again."
Xuan Yi said with a smile.
Above the azure sky, the wind howled, and the dark clouds had long since dispersed. However, a deep rumble of thunder, seemingly from nowhere, continued to echo across the land.
This strange scene surprised many people who were seeing something like this for the first time, but some experienced people knew that the thunder did not come from the sky, but from the medicine cauldrons on the stone platforms.
"Boom!"
Suddenly, a deep voice rang out. Before everyone could quickly shift their gaze, they felt a surge of immense energy erupt from a stone platform. Along with this surge of energy, the dark clouds in the sky instantly condensed, and countless silver snakes darted about.
"It's Song Qing!"
Someone with sharp eyes finally noticed that under the dark clouds, Song Qing, who had been sitting cross-legged the whole time, suddenly stood up and looked at the thick, dark clouds in the sky with great pride. This was his masterpiece! The lightning that appeared this time was more ferocious than ever before, which was enough to make him proud.
"It's actually a peak seventh-grade pill! Judging from its appearance, it's of even higher quality than the peak seventh-grade pills we've seen before."
Against the backdrop of thunder and lightning, Song Qing slowly raised his hand, holding up an exceptionally round pill, like a dazzling luminous pearl!
In that instant, thunder roared across the sky!
Hearing the numerous exclamations mixed in with the thunderous roar, a wild smile slowly crept onto Song Qing's face, and then his gaze swept casually toward Xiao Yan.
Xiao Yan ignored the furtive gazes and withdrew his gaze. This kid still doesn't realize his own strength. He only has a Grade 7 Pill, yet he wants to compete with others.
Thinking of this, Xiao Yan couldn't help but sneer. With this result, it might not be difficult for him to enter the top ten, but that's all. In the real battle for the championship, Song Qing is not qualified!
As this thought crossed his mind, Xiao Yan's gaze once again focused on the medicine cauldron. Within the rising emerald flames, a perfectly round pill was slowly rotating. The pill was dark red, as if it were condensed from the essence of blood, and it faintly shimmered with light, like an eye, giving people an extremely strange feeling.
"It'll be soon!"
Gazing at the pills slowly rotating within the flames, a burning desire quietly rose in Xiao Yan's heart.
The dark clouds in the sky were layered upon layered, and occasionally a huge silver snake would tear through the sky and rush toward the stone platform where Song Qing was, only to be caught by it all.
Seeing that Xiao Yan completely ignored his gaze, Song Qing's face twitched involuntarily. He glanced around and found that apart from those outside the arena, Cao Ying, Dan Chen, and the others hardly cast any surprised glances at him. This made him feel quite frustrated. Even some of the more senior elders of the Danta had a low success rate in refining peak seventh-grade pills. Now that he had refined them, they hadn't caused the sensation he had imagined. This meant that he couldn't even enjoy the vanity of being the center of attention.
Suppressing his frustration, Song Qing quickly focused his mind. The pill lightning formed by this top-grade seventh-rank pill was no weakling. If he didn't take it seriously, the pill might be destroyed, and then he would truly be the one crying.
As Song Qing began to exert all his strength to deal with the lightning in the sky, the energy in this area also became much more turbulent, clearly caused by the lightning.
Perhaps due to the influence of the lightning, several contestants' cauldrons began to emanate astonishing energy fluctuations, indicating that their pills were nearing completion.
Sensing this situation, the contestants' expressions became much more serious. If anything went wrong at this moment, all their efforts would be in vain.
"Boom!"
Above the sky, dark clouds covered the ground, and deep thunder rumbled continuously. Suddenly, another powerful energy wave swept out, and then everyone saw that heavy dark clouds suddenly formed above a certain stone platform.
"Another top-grade seventh-rank pill has been produced!"
Upon seeing this, the square erupted in excited uproar.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
However, before their uproar could subside, several bursts of energy surged forth in succession. Dark clouds rolled in from the sky, and countless silver snakes covered the horizon. What was once a bright sunny day was now as dark as night. Every now and then, a silver lightning bolt streaked across the sky, its blinding light piercing through the heavens.
In less than ten minutes, nine high-grade seventh-rank pills were produced simultaneously!
In other words, nine bolts of lightning appeared in the sky at this moment! Such a sight was truly a once-in-a-lifetime spectacle. As a result, the dense crowd around the square was stirred up by the atmosphere of the thunderous storm in the sky, and deafening cheers resounded. Finally, they merged with the earth-shattering thunder, turning into a terrifying sound wave that spread in all directions. The entire Pill Domain could faintly hear the aftershocks of that terrifying sound.
The sudden appearance of the eight bolts of pill lightning startled Song Qing. He glanced at the surrounding pill lightning and a look of relief flashed in his eyes. Fortunately, the power of these guys' pill lightning was not as great as his, which meant that the quality of their pills should also be inferior to his.
Whoosh! A deluge of silver lightning streaked across the sky, finally exploding towards the stone platforms. For a moment, the entire sky was filled with the deep rumble of thunder.
Amidst this spectacular display of thunder and lightning, Xiao Yan, Cao Ying, Dan Chen, and the others seemed oblivious, their eyes fixed intently on their respective medicine cauldrons! On a stone platform, Dan Chen sat cross-legged, her face extremely pale. Her body had always been frail, and if not for the support of her soul power, she would not have lasted this long. Fortunately, she had endured it.
"We're almost there!"
At this moment, Dan Chen's eyes were almost fixed on the medicine cauldron. His hand seals kept changing, and a vast and boundless soul power poured into the medicine cauldron. Faintly, there was a faint spiritual Spiritual Energy permeating the soul power.
"Pfft!"
As the hand seals shifted, Dan Chen's cheeks suddenly flushed red, and then he spat out a mouthful of blood, which shot into the medicine cauldron and finally merged with a pill rolling in the flames.
"Boom!"
As blood stained the pills, a dazzling, intense light, like a sun, suddenly appeared within the cauldron. A terrifying energy surge erupted forth with a loud bang, and the cauldron, capable of withstanding the burning of Heavenly Flames for a long time, shattered into countless fragments under this terrifying energy surge! "Sizzle!"
The medicine cauldron exploded, and a massive green beam of light, ten zhang in length, shot out from the cauldron and into the sky! Beneath this green beam of light, the dense silver lightning in the sky seemed to have encountered something terrifying, and retreated rapidly. The previously arrogant thunderclouds also hurriedly shrank back, not daring to touch the beam of light in the slightest.
Amidst countless shocked gazes, the beam of light shot straight into the sky. Immediately afterward, as the beam of light passed over the area, clouds and mist suddenly appeared, and in just a few blinks, they condensed into a thundercloud nearly a hundred meters in size!
Moreover, what was most shocking was that the thunderclouds that formed this time actually possessed both blue and silver colors! "Two-Colored Thundercloud?"
Looking at the thunderclouds that displayed two colors in the sky, the entire square erupted in excitement at that moment!
The presence of two colors of thunderclouds was something many people present had never seen before in their lives! On the high platform, Xuan Kongzi and the others also looked at the Two-Colored Thundercloud with slightly solemn expressions. After a moment, they exchanged glances and nodded. "This girl from the Dan Family is indeed extraordinary. She actually managed to refine Rank 8 Pill and even attracted Two-Colored Thundercloud."
The sky was vast, with Two-Colored Thundercloud hovering in the air, emanating a powerful thunderous aura. The thunderbolts that Song Qing and the others had attracted appeared extremely small under these Two-Colored Thundercloud.
Looking at the Two-Colored Thundercloud, Song Qing and the others opened their mouths, then their mouths were filled with bitterness. The Two-Colored Pill Lightning completely suppressed them.
On the stone platform, Dan Chen wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth. Her pale face looked at the Two-Colored Thundercloud in the sky, and a smile appeared on her lips. She stood up with some difficulty. Her thin and petite body was a strength that even Dou Zun level expert would not dare to underestimate.
Regardless of today's outcome, the Dan Family's name will resound throughout the Central State because of this little girl!
"Hehe, little sister Dan Chen, you've indeed improved a lot over the years, but it won't be that easy for me to admit defeat!"
Just as a smile appeared on Dan Chen's face, a delicate laugh suddenly came from afar. She turned her head and saw Cao Ying slowly getting up. Her alluring face was also pale at this moment, but even so, the smile on her beautiful face was still so charming.
Alchemy is also a source of pride for Cao Ying. The title of "Enchantress" is not only an evaluation of her appearance and behavior, but also an acknowledgment of her Yao Tian. After years of hard work in the Danta, today, the title of "Enchantress" will be fully displayed in front of everyone!