For two people who had been attacked so abruptly, it was difficult to block the other side's attacks completely in the scramble.
Lu Xiaotian was ultimately rather far from the subsidiary altars. Still, the sudden turn of events did not throw him into confusion. He struck out with both palms, and the Five Thunder Arrows shot out at just the right moment. In that instant, they seemed to cross the restraints of space. If their opponents had been strong enough, they could have relied on the mysteries of the Cave-Heaven Dao Realm to suppress spatial fluctuations. After all, Lu Xiaotian was not using his full strength. But against two mere third-rank alchemy sages, whose cultivation had barely been piled up with resources, this was more than enough. The Five Thunder Seed Arrows crossed the spatial restraints in an instant, seeming to teleport. With a crackle, they struck the immortal artifacts released by the two alchemy sages. The violent thunderclaps immediately suppressed both artifacts.
The two streams of alchemical qi from the third-rank alchemy sages, however, proved rather troublesome for Lu Xiaotian. After all, anyone selected by Daoist Yihua to participate in refining the immortal pill was among the best of the third-rank alchemy sages. The combined alchemical qi of the two was no small matter. Even Lu Xiaotian would not dare claim that his alchemy surpassed theirs by much, especially with the two working together.
Buzz! Two surging, pure streams of alchemical qi plunged into Lu Xiaotian's pill furnace, completely disrupting the medicinal liquid that had nearly been brought under control in the final stage. They also affected Lu Xiaotian's own alchemical qi. Under the nearly self-destructive assault of the two third-rank alchemy sages, the furnace before Lu Xiaotian fell into chaos, shuddering violently.
Hu Jianyi and an alchemy sage