Tier 8 Emerges
Xiao Yan merely glanced at the smug and provocative gaze that shot from Song Qing's stone platform in the distance, as if brushing away a speck of dust, before withdrawing his gaze and refocusing it on his Medicinal Cauldron.
A faint sneer crossed his mind. This kid had always kept a good eye on things in the Pill Tower, appearing humble and polite. But today, having refined a Seventh Grade Peak Pill, he was really too excited and had lost his head.
Seventh Grade Peak Pill?
Thinking of this, a cold smile involuntarily appeared on Xiao Yan's lips.
With this result, it might not be too difficult for Song Qing to enter the top ten of this Pill Gathering, but that's about it. The real battle for the championship is the battlefield of Tier 8 Medicinal Pill, and he, at the peak of Tier 7, is not qualified to participate!
As this thought flashed through his mind, Xiao Yan's gaze sharpened and focused once more, firmly fixed on the dark Medicinal Cauldron. Enveloped in the blazing white and blue flames, a perfectly round pill was slowly rotating at a constant speed.
The elixir had a deep, dark red color, as if it were condensed and refined from countless drops of blood essence, with an incomparably delicate texture.
What's even stranger is that on the smooth surface of the pill, there are faint, intermittent flashes of light, like breathing. Upon closer inspection, the rhythm of the light faintly forms the shape of a pair of blurry eyes, giving one the eerie feeling that some kind of Spirituality life is being nurtured inside the pill.
"The condensation of the Bone-Growing Blood-Melding Pill... is almost complete..."
Gazing at the dark red pill slowly rotating within the flames, its aura growing increasingly restrained and profound, Xiao Yan felt an irrepressible surge of heat and anticipation welling up within him. He could sense that the pill was only one step away from its ultimate perfection!
Above the sky, the dark clouds summoned by Song Qing piled up one after another, with silver snakes dancing wildly. Occasionally, a huge bolt of Silver Lightning would tear through the dim sky with a whoosh, like a spear from the heavens, hurtling towards the stone platform where Song Qing was. He would then use all his skills, whether it was Dou Qi shield or a soul barrier, to intercept them all. Although he looked somewhat disheveled, he managed to protect the dazzling "pearl" in his palm.
However, seeing that his provocative gaze was simply ignored by Xiao Yan with a casual glance, and as for Lin Ming, who was at the very center, he never took his eyes off the Medicinal Cauldron for even a moment, as if Song Qing and that imposing Pill Lightning did not exist at all.
This utter disregard caused Song Qing's face to twitch involuntarily, a surge of frustration welling up in her chest.
With a final trace of unwillingness in his eyes, he glanced around, only to find with some dejection that, apart from the ordinary spectators watching from the sidelines and exclaiming in surprise, Cao Ying, Dan Chen, and the gray-haired old man Qinghua, who had just revealed his strength, had hardly cast any surprised or serious glances at him.
Their attention was either completely focused on their own Medicinal Cauldron, or they looked towards Lin Ming, Xiao Yan, and the others with a hint of expectation.
This left Song Qing feeling quite frustrated, like punching cotton.
Even some of the most senior elders within the Pill Tower have a very low success rate in refining Tier 7 peak pills, making them treasures that are kept at the bottom of their chests.
Now that he has successfully refined it and triggered such a large-scale Pill Lightning, it has not caused the scene of the whole audience being shocked and the focus of attention that he had imagined. This has prevented him from enjoying the vanity of being the center of attention and being proud of himself.
Suppressing the frustration in his heart, Song Qing quickly composed himself and dared not be distracted by anything else.
The Pill Lightning generated by this Seventh Grade Peak Pill is quite powerful. If he doesn't take it seriously, a moment of carelessness could turn the painstakingly refined pill into charcoal by the lightning, leaving him truly heartbroken.
As Song Qing began to exert all his strength and frantically deal with the increasingly violent silver lightning bolts in the sky, the energy in this area also became abnormally turbulent due to the Pill Lightning energy) of him and several other successful individuals, and the air was filled with a tingling electric current and an aura of destruction.
Perhaps stimulated and resonated with by the energy from the successful activation of the Pill Lightning by many people, several contestants who were still persisting also began to have amazing energy fluctuations emanating from their Medicinal Cauldron. The cauldrons trembled slightly, and faint sounds of wind and thunder came from within.
Clearly, the pills they were refining, after a long period of nurturing and condensation, were nearing the final stage of taking shape.
Sensing the uncontrollable energy fluctuations within the Medicinal Cauldron, resembling an imminent volcanic eruption, the contestants' expressions instantly turned extremely solemn and tense. As their hand seals shifted, their Soul Power surged forth in an attempt to stabilize the situation within the cauldron.
If something goes wrong at this point, causing the energy to go out of control, then all the hard work of the past few days will be completely wasted, with no chance of recovery.
"Boom!"
The sky above was already covered with dark clouds due to Song Qing's Pill Lightning, and the low rumble of thunder echoed continuously.
Suddenly, another powerful energy surge, no less potent than the previous one, erupted from another stone platform, like a sleeping Fierce Beasts awakening!
To everyone's astonishment, the heavy dark clouds, as if stirred by an invisible giant hand, suddenly gathered and formed a shape above the stone platform, with lightning rapidly brewing within them.
"Another Seventh Grade Peak Pill has been produced!"
Upon witnessing this scene, the excitement that had just subsided in the square was reignited, and a deafening uproar erupted.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
However, before their uproar could completely subside, as if a chain reaction had been triggered, several powerful energy surges suddenly erupted one after another from different stone platforms, soaring into the sky, as if in a race!
The scene in the sky instantly became extremely spectacular! Dark clouds surged forth from all directions, and in the blink of an eye, the sky, which was originally somewhat bright, was completely obscured by dense, layered Lei Yun!
Countless silver lightning bolts crisscrossed and roared through the clouds, illuminating the sky and earth in a flickering light. What was once daytime was now as dark as the dead of night, with only the occasional blinding silver lightning bolts tearing through the thick darkness and bringing a brief moment of light.
Within the short span of an incense stick's time, a total of nine pills of at least the Tier 7 High-Grade were simultaneously produced, triggering the Pill Lightning!
In other words, at this moment, in addition to Song Qing's bolt, eight more powerful bolts of Pill Lightning suddenly appeared in the sky!
Nine bolts of lightning appeared simultaneously, and countless silver snakes danced wildly in the sky. The destructive power of thunder enveloped the entire square! Such a spectacle, rarely seen in a century, is truly something one might never witness again in a lifetime.
Therefore, the dense crowd surrounding the square was also stirred to a fever pitch by the violent atmosphere of thunder roaring in the sky, as if the end of the world had arrived! Deafening cheers, exclamations, and shouts resounded, finally merging with the earth-shattering thunder to form a terrifying torrent of sound that spread in all directions.
The aftershocks of that soul-shaking sound could probably be faintly heard throughout the entire Inner Domain of Sacred Pill City...
The sudden appearance of eight more Pill Lightning of pill lightning startled Song Qing, who was struggling to resist his own Pill Lightning. He quickly glanced at the stone platforms around him that were also shrouded in Lei Yun, his gaze lingering particularly on the size and color of those Pill Lightning.
A moment later, a barely perceptible sneer flashed across his eyes. Fortunately, the Pill Lightning unleashed by these later arrivals seemed to be slightly less powerful than his own, both in terms of the thickness of the dark clouds and the ferocity of the thunder.
In other words, the quality of the pills they successfully refined was probably inferior to his Seventh Grade Peak Pill.
This discovery finally eased some of the frustration he felt from being ignored by Lin Ming and Xiao Yan.
Swish, swish, swish!
A deluge of silver lightning, like a torrential downpour, swept across the dim sky, finally blasting towards the nine newly appeared stone platforms beneath the Lei Yun with a devastating force!
In an instant, the entire sky was filled with the deep, continuous rumble of thunder, as if the heavens and earth were trembling. Silver lightning intertwined into a web of destruction, making the stone platforms and the Alchemist's figure on them look like a small boat struggling in a raging sea.
However, amidst this spectacular and noisy scene, which attracted almost 99% of the attention, several stone platforms maintained an unusual tranquility.
Xiao Yan, Cao Ying, the gray-haired old man, Qinghua, and Lin Ming at the very center, along with two or three other individuals with profound auras, all seemed oblivious to the situation.
Their gazes remained fixed intently on their respective Medicinal Cauldron, as if the collapse of the world outside could not shake their concentration. Within their Medicinal Cauldron brewed a power far more terrifying than that of a peak Tier 7!
On a relatively secluded stone platform, Dan Chen sat Cross-legged. Her petite figure appeared even more frail against the backdrop of the massive stone platform.
At this moment, her face was deathly pale, and even her once pink lips had become chapped. Her body was already weak from birth, and if it weren't for her extraordinary Soul Power that was supporting her, she would have given up long ago after nearly twenty days of intense exertion. Fortunately, with an astonishing willpower, she persevered and reached this final step!
"We're almost there!"
At this moment, Dan Chen's clear eyes were almost completely fixed on her somewhat ancient Medicinal Cauldron. Her slender fingers were constantly changing mysterious hand seals at a dazzling speed. The vast and boundless Soul Power, like a river bursting its banks, poured into the Medicinal Cauldron, trying its best to maintain the fragile balance inside.
Faintly, a faint, almost tangible Spirit Qi began to emanate from that Soul Power. This was a manifestation of the Soul Power being refined to a certain degree and resonating with the Spirituality of the elixir!
However, at the very last moment before the pill was about to completely solidify, Dan Chen's already pale cheeks suddenly flushed with an unusual redness, her delicate body trembled violently, and then she couldn't help but spit out a mouthful of bright red blood!
The blood did not fall to the ground, but was drawn by the Soul Power and shot entirely into the Medicinal Cauldron burning with purple flames. Finally, it precisely fused with a bright green pill that was violently churning in the flames and about to take shape.
"Boom!"
The moment the blood stained the elixir, a strange change occurred!
A dazzling, indescribable green light, like a green sun suddenly being born, burst forth within the Medicinal Cauldron!
A terrifying energy fluctuation, which alarmed all the Alchemist present, including the giants on the platform, erupted from the cauldron with a loud bang, like a volcanic eruption!
That ancient Medicinal Cauldron, which was clearly of a high grade and capable of withstanding the burning of its purple flames for a long time, actually couldn't withstand the sudden and terrifying energy impact for even a moment. It exploded with a loud bang, breaking into countless fragments that flew in all directions!
"Laugh!"
At the very moment the Medicinal Cauldron exploded, a massive, solid, emerald-green beam of light, ten zhang in size, shot out from the center of the shattered Medicinal Cauldron and soared straight into the sky, which was obscured by layers of Lei Yun!
Before this green pillar of light, brimming with boundless vitality and boundless Spirituality, the numerous silver lightning bolts that had been densely covering and raging in the sky suddenly seemed to have encountered some natural nemesis and superior being, emitting a faint wail and rapidly retreating!
The Lei Yun that had been swaggering above the other stone platforms, constantly unleashing lightning, also retreated hastily like startled rabbits, not daring to touch the emerald pillar of light in the slightest!
Under the gaze of countless stunned and almost speechless eyes, the beam of light shot straight into the depths of the sky with unstoppable force!
Then, a miraculous scene unfolded.
Around the trail of that emerald beam of light, the clouds and mist were not dispersed, but rather seemed to be given life, spontaneously and abruptly emerging from the void!
Moreover, the color of these clouds is not a single gray or black, but in the blink of an eye, they condensed into a strange Lei Yun that is nearly a hundred meters in size!
Moreover, what is most shocking and unbelievable is that the Lei Yun formed this time are not a single color, but have two distinct colors, blue and silver!
The blue and silver intertwined and swirled like two Giant Dragon rolling in the clouds, radiating a divine might far greater and more terrifying than any previous bolt of Pill Lightning!
"Two... Two-colored Thundercloud?!"
Gazing at the strange Lei Yun in the sky, clearly displaying two distinct colors, the entire vast plaza fell into a deathly silence. Then, a burst of exclamations, like a volcanic eruption, suddenly erupted!
The fact that the Pill Lightning had two colors was beyond the comprehension of most people! It was something that most of them had never seen before in their lives!
On the high platform, Xuan Kongzi, Yao Chen, and the others also looked at the Two-colored Thundercloud with slightly solemn expressions. After a moment, they exchanged glances, a hint of amazement flashing in their eyes, and nodded slightly.
Xuan Kongzi spoke slowly, his tone filled with undisguised admiration. "This girl from the Dan Family is indeed extraordinary, possessing exceptional soul talent. She actually managed to refine Tier 8 Medicinal Pill on her own, and even triggered Two-color Pill Lightning in one fell swoop."