With the resources inside the Green Fruit Barrier beyond his reach, the things Lu Xiaotian had obtained had all come from killing other Alchemy Saints in Dragon Abyss.
They included the belongings of fourth-grade Alchemy Saints like Ge Wunian. But they had already endured countless dangers in Dragon Abyss, and any life-saving treasures they might have had were long since spent. In that regard, Lu Xiaotian was at an absolute disadvantage.
Lu Xiaotian also realized that his only advantage right now was his speed at refining pills and his superior control over pill energy compared with Yin Pingzhi. If he could decide the fight in the first half, that would be ideal. The longer it dragged on, the more pills Yin Pingzhi would refine. With the boost from the Eight Apes Embracing the Pill Furnace, Lu Xiaotian's position would only grow more unfavorable.
After all, the alchemy materials in Lu Xiaotian's hands were limited. He couldn't keep refining pills without pause forever.
At the beginning, Yin Pingzhi's speed had limited the number of pills he had on hand, leaving him with relatively little pill energy. But as time went on, he was bound to catch up.
Recognizing this, after refining his second batch of pills, Lu Xiaotian gathered pill energy into soul-origin flying swords and launched a sweeping, overwhelming assault on Yin Pingzhi.
Yin Pingzhi's Sea Cloud Bowl and Huaxiao Immortal Parasol had astonishing defensive power, withstanding wave after wave of ferocious attacks. The soul-origin flying swords' peerless, razor-sharp onslaught, amplified by pill energy, made everyone watching—including Daoist Yihua, Wu Lieshi, and Dongxiaozi—turn pale. They reckoned that even they would struggle to hold out if they took the field themselves. Fortunately, Yin Pingzhi had made such thorough preparations; the two Zhan Ge Talisman Swords earlier had also drained a great