Xiao Yan Wins?!
The Spiritual Light Cluster that Yao Chen had carefully prepared for Xiao Yan was thrown into the White-blue Fused Exotic Fire by Xiao Yan. Without making a sound, it quickly dissipated into nothingness, as if ice and snow were melting away.
However, if a powerful individual with extremely keen Soul Perception were present, they would be able to clearly perceive that the concentration and quality of Spirit Qi within the flames, which were already brimming with Spirit Qi due to the forced out of the pill's Spirituality, seemed to have become exceptionally rich and pure in that instant! It was as if some higher-level Spirituality origin had been injected into them.
The Spirit Qi surged and boiled instantly, like a drop of boiling oil being thrown into water!
Xiao Yan's expression turned extremely solemn at this moment, even showing a hint of ferocity.
He knew that the most dangerous moment, the moment that would test his control over his soul, had arrived! He dared not be negligent in the slightest. His vast, ocean-like Soul Power, which had already entered the Spirit Realm, surged forth from between his eyebrows without reservation, like an invisible tide, all flowing into the flame that enveloped the pill.
This immense Soul Power, with breathtaking precision, instantly took over every tiny corner of the flame, controlling every slight change in the heat.
Then, like a tightrope walker on the edge of a cliff, Xiao Yan, with extreme caution and at a snail's pace, forcibly compressed and guided the dense, restless Spirit Qi permeating the flames, attempting to pour it all back into the pill whose surface had become dry, cracked, and uneven!
At this moment, if an Alchemist were to use their Soul Perception to scan the pill at close range, they would be horrified to discover that the uneven surface of the pill was covered with countless tiny holes! These holes were so small that they were invisible to the naked eye, and were forcibly created in an instant by Xiao Yan's Soul Power and the Heavenly Flames.
Most importantly, deep within these tiny holes, there are faint, extremely faint threads of Spirit Qi formed by Xiao Yan's Soul Power. These threads are like the most skillful fishing lines, precisely winding around and pulling at the pure Spirit Qi that is spreading around, trying to "fish" it back into the pill!
This was an extremely exhausting process that drained both mental and Soul Power. Xiao Yan's face turned pale at a visible speed, and his body trembled slightly.
"Pfft!"
Seeing that the speed at which Spirit Qi was compressed and expelled was starting to slow down, and that he seemed to be running out of steam, a ruthless glint flashed in Xiao Yan's eyes. He bit his tongue again, and a piercing pain shot through him. Then he spat out a mouthful of bright red blood.
The blood mist did not dissipate; instead, under the control of its Soul Power, it slowly drifted away, eventually scattering into the white-blue flames.
"Blood Sacrifice, Spirit Return!"
As the blood mist fell, Xiao Yan's face turned sickly pale, but a deep and resolute shout suddenly came from his mouth!
The pure Spirit Mist that had initially resisted the flames seemed to find its home and leader after coming into contact with Xiao Yan's Soul Power, which contained his Natal Blood Essence. It became much more docile, like bees returning home.
Under Xiao Yan's terrifyingly precise soul control, they transformed into countless tiny streams of light, spreading out and rushing into the pill through the tiny, invisible pores on its surface!
When the last wisp of mist successfully entered the pill, a strange scene unfolded!
To everyone's astonishment, the surface of the pill, which had been cracked and uneven due to the forced extraction of its Spirituality, rapidly became smooth and rounded at a speed visible to the naked eye!
The deep, dark red color became more restrained and pure. Although the Spirit Mist surrounding the pill was temporarily subdued, everyone could feel that a Spirituality fluctuation that was far more powerful and full of vitality than before was awakening and growing from within the pill!
At the same time that the surface of the elixir regained its smooth and round appearance, and its internal Spirituality underwent a transformation and sublimation—
In the distant sky, the Three-colored Thundercloud, which had been gradually dissipating due to the formation of the elixir, suddenly began to churn and roar violently again, as if they had been subjected to some powerful pull and provocation!
Within the clouds, lightning of blue, silver, and red surged wildly, emitting an even more deafening roar than before, as if the heavens and earth were enraged!
This scene was like a bomb dropped into a calm lake, causing the entire square to instantly erupt into a sea of shock and uproar!
"The Lei Yun in the sky are starting to change! Xiao Yan's Pill Lightning isn't over yet!"
An incredulous exclamation suddenly resounded throughout the land. Immediately, countless gazes shifted from Lin Ming's Four-colored Thundercloud and fixed intently on the Three-colored Thundercloud above Xiao Yan's head, which were about to dissipate!
Sure enough, as the Lei Yun surged wildly, the color and size of the already fixed Pill Lightning began to change and expand visibly once again!
Gazing at this incredible and defying-the-sky scene, countless people were dumbfounded, their minds blank.
Xiao Yan actually did it! After the pill was formed, he forcibly used a secret technique to improve its quality and trigger a second mutation in the Pill Lightning!
"Wow! That's incredible! Defying Fate!"
Amidst the stunned silence of countless onlookers, a few knowledgeable individuals were the first to recover from their shock, their faces flushed with excitement as they waved their arms and shouted.
Today, Xiao Yan has allowed them to witness a miracle in the Yao Realm! A feat that was almost impossible to accomplish!
Upon witnessing this sudden and earth-shattering change, those close to Lin Ming, such as Elder Yao, Xiao Yi Xian, and Zi Yan, who had initially felt somewhat relieved after Lin Ming activated the Four-color Pill Lightning, couldn't help but feel their hearts pounding again, and deep worry appeared on their faces.
Xiao Yan's move undoubtedly brought the suspense of the championship back into focus!
"Call..."
On the high platform, even a great figure like Xuan Kongzi, who had seen many storms, was slightly lost in thought at this moment. His gaze was fixed on the pale-faced but incredibly bright-eyed young figure on the stone platform, and a hint of envy, which he himself did not realize, appeared in his eyes. He murmured.
"Yao Chen, you old codger... it's truly enviable that you were able to find such an outstanding and charismatic disciple..."
"The situation is changing again, truly full of twists and turns." The beautiful woman in Xuan Yi nodded slightly, her charming face showing amazement, and then smiled.
"Next, let's see just how far Xiao Yan can improve the quality of the pills with this Forced Spirit Ascension. Regardless of the final outcome of this year's Pill Gathering, Xiao Yan is destined to be one of the main characters, just like that old fellow Yao Chen back then, always managing to create astonishing miracles..."
Upon hearing this, Tian Lei Zi and the many Pill Tower Elder nodded in agreement, their gazes then focusing with a mixture of tension and anticipation on the churning Lei Yun in the sky.
The situation, which had been almost settled due to Lin Ming's Four-color Pill Lightning, has been dramatically altered by Xiao Yan's desperate actions. However, the final outcome still depends on the ultimate transformation of the Lei Yun...
Across the vast sky, Lei Yun rolled in, and energy surged.
The entire sky was abruptly split into several areas, each occupied by colorful Lei Yun. A powerful aura of thunder emanated from these areas, causing many people in the square to feel a chill run down their spines and their scalps to tingle.
If those thunderbolts, imbued with the power of heaven and earth, were to fall indiscriminately from the sky, countless unfortunate souls would likely be blasted to pieces.
Among these Lei Yun that divide the sky, two are the largest and most eye-catching.
One of them was Lin Ming's four- Four-colored Thundercloud colors: blue, silver, red, and gold. It was beautiful yet incredibly powerful!
Meanwhile, the other place that was violently churning and expanding, its color deepening and expanding, was naturally the Three-colored Thundercloud had just undergone a tremendous change because Xiao Yan had forcibly added spiritual Spirit Qi from the pill and completed his Spirit Ascension!
Everyone's heart pounded violently with the rolling Lei Yun.
Under the intense gaze of countless eyes, the Three-colored Thundercloud above Xiao Yan's head churned more and more violently, the thickness of the clouds increased wildly, and the thunderous power contained within them seemed to rise without limit!
At a certain moment, at the core where blue, silver, and red intertwined, a dazzling golden light finally appeared, like the light of dawn tearing through the darkness!
"It's appeared! The fourth color! Gold has appeared!"
This ray of golden light was extremely dazzling and noble. The moment it broke through the clouds and appeared, it was noticed by countless sharp-eyed people. Immediately, earth-shattering cheers and uproars resounded like a tsunami, shaking the entire Sacred Pill City!
Under the gaze of countless excited, almost frenzied eyes, the golden light became increasingly dazzling and radiant, rapidly spreading and deepening.
Later on, the intensity and extent of the gold color became comparable to the gold in Lin Ming's Four-colored Thundercloud. In fact, many people thought that the purity and brightness of the color were similar to it, not inferior at all!
Four colors! After undergoing Spirit Ascension, Xiao Yan's pills successfully advanced to the Tier 8 Medicinal Pill with Four-color Pill Lightning!
However, just as the golden light had completely stabilized and everyone thought that this was Xiao Yan's limit, and the champion would be decided between the two refiners of the Four-color Pill Lightning, they were suddenly horrified to discover that the churning and roaring of the Lei Yun above Xiao Yan's head had not stopped!
Deep within those clouds, something even more terrifying seemed to be brewing and accumulating!
"This... how is this possible?!"
Having experienced the changes in Lin Mingdan's lightning earlier, those present had gained some understanding of the evolution of thunderclouds in the sky. They naturally knew that this situation meant that the energy of the lightning had not yet stabilized!
Who knows, deep within those violently swirling clouds, a fifth color is quietly brewing!
The Lei Yun were like a boiling, demonic sea, churning wildly, with bolts of lightning roaring and darting about like Giant Dragon.
The entire square fell into an eerie silence. Everyone held their breath, their eyes fixed on the Lei Yun as if drawn by a magnet, not daring to even breathe.
They knew that if, at this moment, the Lei Yun showed even the slightest other color, the championship title of this year's Pill Gathering would instantly shift from Lin Ming's head to Xiao Yan, who had created a miracle!
"Gurgle."
Everyone tilted their heads back in unison, their throats bobbing violently as they swallowed, the sound of saliva clearly audible. A tense, suffocating atmosphere enveloped the entire square as if it were a tangible reality.
At this moment, even the proud and arrogant Cao Ying, Song Qing, and others couldn't help but clench their fists tightly, their nails digging deep into their flesh. The speed at which their hearts were beating suddenly accelerated to an alarming level, as if they were about to burst out of their chests!
Boom!!!
In this extreme silence and tension, far above the horizon, an exceptionally terrifying thunderous aura, seemingly capable of destroying souls, suddenly emerged without warning, then swept across the sky like a storm!
When Lei Wei descended, the world lost its color!
All those who looked up at the sky saw that the Lei Yun churning above Xiao Yan's head, which had reached their peak, finally stopped churning at that moment.
After a moment of deathly silence, the thick, mountain-like clouds at their very center suddenly parted slowly to both sides, like a flower bud blooming.
A wisp of... noble, mysterious, and seemingly containing the strongest power in the world, like the divine radiance that pierces through the endless vastness, quietly yet domineeringly pierced through layers of clouds and shone down!
The appearance of this wisp of purple light instantly transformed the Lei Yun it touched into a dreamlike yet majestic pale purple!
Blue, silver, red, gold, purple!
Five colors, intertwined and dazzling, are breathtaking!
As soon as the purple color appeared, the Lei Yun instantly transformed into an unprecedented five- Five-Colored Pill Lightning!
Wow!!!
The deathly silent square erupted into a frenzy and explosion in that instant! Countless people trembled with excitement, their faces flushed crimson, and their frenzied cheers resounded like a deafening roar, the sound waves coalescing into a terrifying torrent that soared straight to the heavens!
The entire magnificent Sacred Pill City trembled slightly under the terrifying sound!
Five-Colored Pill Lightning!
The legendary Five-Colored Pill Lightning was actually created by Xiao Yan against all odds at this Pill Gathering!
At this moment, Xiao Yan was undoubtedly the sole focus of the entire arena! He had pushed the suspense of the championship to its peak in an almost miraculous way! Everyone's gaze, filled with immense shock and complexity, was cast upon the Lin Ming's Stone Platform at the very center, still shrouded in purplish-red flames and yet to make its final move.
Will he stop here? Or will he create a miracle even more awe-inspiring than the Five-Colored Pill Lightning?