Colored Pill Lightning
With a calm expression, Lin Ming's eyes were fixed on the Myriad Beast Cauldron, not daring to blink even slightly.
Inside the cauldron, the Pill Prototype, formed from the essence of dozens of rare medicinal herbs, especially the fusion of the three main medicinal ingredients, was slowly rotating under the influence of the Purple Extreme Annihilation Flame. The light on its surface grew increasingly brilliant, and the energy fluctuations it emitted became more and more terrifying. It was like a small universe teeming with life, as if some peerless ferocious creature was about to break out of the cauldron. It was violently churning, contracting, and expanding, radiating a terrifying and boundless energy!
This energy was too vast. Even with the suppression of the Myriad Beast Cauldron, a Heavenly Cauldron Ranking Medicinal Cauldron, it had already reached the limit that it could withstand!
It's time!
A moment later, Lin Ming took a deep breath, his eyes flashing with a sharp light, and then he suddenly waved his sleeve!
"Clang!"
With a crisp, resounding clang, the heavy Cauldron Lid of the Myriad Beast Cauldron was flung off by an invisible, immense force!
The moment the Cauldron Lid was opened—
"Boom!!!"
A tremendous surge of energy, like a volcano suppressed for millennia, erupted from the Medicinal Cauldron!
This energy was so powerful that it slammed into the inner wall of the Myriad Beast Cauldron, producing a deafening sound of metal clashing against metal. The entire Myriad Beast Cauldron trembled violently, and the Myriad Beast Relief on its body shone brightly, trying their best to suppress this violent energy.
However, despite the obstruction of the Heavenly Cauldron Ranking Medicinal Cauldron, a terrifying energy fluctuation still spread out like a tangible ripple!
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
Within the Courtyard, terrifying energy fluctuations spread out like tangible ripples. The stone platforms near Lin Ming, built of hard blue granite, were directly struck by this energy fluctuation, as if by an invisible giant hammer, and shattered into dust!
This is just the beginning!
"Boom!"
The moment the earth-shattering energy fluctuations spread, the Myriad Beast Cauldron suddenly trembled violently to its extreme. Immediately afterward, a massive purplish-red pillar of fire, several meters in diameter, mixed with the immense energy drawn by the pill that was about to take shape, shot into the sky with a whoosh, like a roaring fire dragon, under the gaze of countless shocked eyes!
The pillar of fire shot straight into the sky, its scorching light and violent energy fluctuations clearly visible even on the vast East Dragon Island, within a radius of a hundred miles!
The oppressive energy emanating from the pillar of fire caused many powerful beings on Dragon Island to feel terrified, and they all turned their bewildered gazes toward the VIP Pavilion.
"This fluctuation..." On a mountain peak shrouded in mist, several figures quietly emerged. Their gazes pierced through space, landing on the towering pillar of fire in the distance, their eyes filled with shock.
"Is this the energy surge before Tier 8 Medicinal Pill is created? To attract such a massive amount of Heaven and Earth Energy, it's definitely not an ordinary Tier 8! When did our Ancient Dragon Clan acquire an Eighth-Rank Alchemy Grandmaster?"
"This direction... leads to that VIP Pavilion that has been vacant for countless years, used specifically to receive foreign guests," another person mused.
"The VIP Pavilion? Could it be those two who came with Her Highness the Princess?" the third person suddenly realized.
"I reckon so. That young man, although his cultivation was only at the Dou Zong, possessed Soul Power so vast and refined that even I couldn't quite fathom it. This commotion must have been caused by him!"
"As expected of someone who can accompany Her Highness the Princess, at such a young age, to be able to refine Tier 8 Medicinal Pill that can trigger such a Heaven and Earth Phenomenon is truly monstrous!"
While they were still shocked, a hint of joy couldn't help but appear on their faces. An Eighth-Rank Alchemy Grandmaster was a highly respected figure anywhere on the continent. Even their proud Ancient Void Dragon Clan had to treat him with utmost respect, and befriending him would only bring benefits.
Just as the group was discussing this, another strange change occurred at the end of the towering pillar of fire on the horizon!
Strange energy mist, as if drawn by an invisible hand, rapidly converged from the void in all directions, churning the clouds and thundering, and in a short while, it condensed into an incomparably thick Lei Yun!
Pill Lightning is about to descend!
The entire arena held its breath. Not only the few powerful Ancient Dragon Clan, but also many other beings on Dragon Island with keen senses turned their gaze to the churning Lei Yun in the sky, which exuded Destructive Aura!
"However, I wonder how many colors of Pill Lightning he can summon?" On the mountain peak, someone spoke with anticipation and curiosity. The color of the Pill Lightning directly represents the quality and Spirituality of the pill!
As soon as he finished speaking, colors began to subtly appear within the churning Lei Yun!
The first to emerge were cyan and silver! The two colors of lightning intertwined and surged within the clouds, radiating a chilling pressure!
"Two colors! It's actually Two-colored Thundercloud!" A gasp of astonishment rippled through the mountain peaks as they gazed at the blue and silver hues revealed by the Lei Yun. Tier 8 Medicinal Pill capable of summoning Two-color Pill Lightning was already of exceptional quality!
"No! The Lei Yun are still churning, and they're even showing color!"
The uproar had barely begun when suddenly a series of exclamations rang out.
Hearing these exclamations, the group was startled and quickly focused their attention on the distant sky.
Sure enough, beneath the blue and silver hues, a vibrant red, like ink dropped into water, began to gradually emerge!
After a while, the red color became even more intense and dazzling. In the end, its depth and brightness were no less than the previous blue and silver colors!
Blue, silver, and red! Three colors of lightning roared in the Lei Yun, their destructive waves distorting even space itself!
"It's Three-colored Thundercloud! To be able to summon Three-color Pill Lightning, the quality of this pill is top-notch even among the Tier 8!" The Ancient Dragon Clan experts nodded in agreement, their eyes filled with even greater admiration.
However, just when everyone thought the Lei Yun would remain a fixed three colors—
"No! There's... still a trace there!"
A sharp-eyed elder of the Ancient Dragon Clan suddenly pointed to the point where the Three-colored Thundercloud converged at their center.
Their gazes instantly focused, and sure enough, they discovered that at the center point where the three colors were completely solidified and intertwined, a faint, yet pure, golden ray of lightning, like a tenacious seed, had quietly broken through the barrier of color and was stubbornly flashing!
Three-Color Half-Pill Lightning!
Although the gold color was extremely faint and far from being comparable to the other three colors, its appearance already represented that the Spirituality and quality of this Bone-Regenerating Soul-Melding Pill had reached a rather astonishing level, infinitely close to the point of triggering the Four-color Pill Lightning!
Lin Ming, at the center of the storm, paid no heed to the shock and discussion of the Ancient Void Dragon Clan. He looked up at the churning Three-color Half-Thundercloud in the sky, his face calm, but his mind was racing.
Lin Ming wasn't considering how to resist the Pill Lightning —having Puppet One and absorbing the Pill Lightning to strengthen himself was the best option.
At this moment, Lin Ming was contemplating another, bolder, and more adventurous idea—whether or not to use a secret technique he had found in the Venerable Yao's Storage Ring: the Method of Spirit Ascension!
This Method of Spirit Ascension, as the name suggests, is a special technique that allows one to forcibly infuse a pill with Spirituality at the very moment it is about to take shape and trigger the Pill Lightning, thereby elevating the pill's grade!
In the original novel, Xiao Yan used this technique at the Pill Gathering to forcibly upgrade the original Three-color Pill Lightning Bone-Regenerating Soul-Melding Pill to the astonishing level of Five-Colored Pill Lightning, thus winning the championship.
The Method of Spirit Ascension is extremely beneficial to elixirs, but it also has many limitations.
Not only does it require the caster to reach the Soul Realm in terms of the Spirit Realm cultivation, but it also requires many precious materials. Furthermore, the success rate is not 100%, but less than 50%. Lin Ming guessed that a 30% success rate would be considered extremely lucky.
If the Spirit Ascension fails, the Spirituality that has just been nurtured within the pill will completely dissipate, causing the entire pill to lose its medicinal properties and become a useless pill!
Extremely high risk!
Lin Ming's eyes flickered, and he was going through a fierce internal struggle.
If the Method of Spirit Ascension is successfully performed, the quality of the elixir will soar, which will undoubtedly be more beneficial to the foundation of Elder Yao after his resurrection. It may even turn misfortune into blessing, allowing him to reach a new level of strength. At the same time, I can also accumulate practical experience.
But if it fails... this Bone-Regenerating Soul-Melding Pill, which took countless efforts and the three main ingredients to refine, will be destroyed in an instant! Who knows when they will be able to gather the materials again.
Lin Ming glanced once more at the three-and-a-half-colored Lei Yun in the sky.
The Bone-Regenerating Soul-Melding Pill of the Three-Color Half-Pill Lightning is already powerful enough to revive the Peak Eight-Star Dou Ancestor soul body of Elder Yao, a peak eight-star Dou Zong. It is not only more than sufficient, but can even be said to be just right. If the quality is forcibly improved further, the medicinal power will be too domineering. Given that Elder Yao is not Alchemist, his Soul Strength may not be able to fully withstand it. Too much of a good thing could be bad, and it may even damage his potential after resurrection.
"Enough, don't bite off more than you can chew. Three-Color Half-Pill Lightning are enough. Safe and sound is the best policy!"
After weighing the pros and cons, a decisive look flashed in Lin Ming's eyes, and he gave up the tempting idea of using the Method of Spirit Ascension.
Now that the decision has been made, there's no time to waste!
"Puppet One!"
With a thought, Lin Ming's Dark Silver Puppet, which had been severely damaged in the previous battle with Ice River Valley and still bore some cracks and charred marks, instantly transformed into a streak of light and fearlessly rushed straight towards the roaring Three-color Half-Thundercloud in the sky!
"Boom!"
The first thick bolt of Azure Lightning, like Giant Python, struck down furiously and instantly engulfed Puppet One!
Lightning raged, and the dark silver light on Puppet One's body flickered violently under the baptism of lightning. The existing cracks began to repair and heal at a visible speed under the intertwining of the power of destruction and rebirth!
Immediately following, silver and red Thunder Pillar bombarded the area! A faint golden electric spark was also mixed in, bringing with it an even purer refining power.
Puppet One the most loyal guardian, Kui Yi spread its arms, allowing the terrifying Pill Lightning, powerful enough to make even Dou Zun expert take a serious look, to strike its body. Far from being destroyed, it was like a parched land receiving rain, frantically absorbing the energy from the lightning and transforming it into the source that strengthened itself!