Eight Extremes World-Ending, Purple-Gold Ice Puppet
A deathly silence lingered between heaven and earth.
The Pill Lightning, stretching across the sky, its eight colors swirling and its center a point of nothingness, exuded a pressure that far exceeded the comprehension of most of those present.
It was no longer just thunder; it was more like an ancient god awakened, wielding divine punishment, coldly looking down upon the insignificant beings below.
The shock brought by Xiao Yan's Five-Colored Pill Lightning earlier was directly crushed into insignificant dust under the majestic power of this Eight-and-a-Half Colors Imperial Heavenly Might.
However, after the initial shock and stunned silence, a very real and fatal question instantly surfaced in the minds of all those who were still clear-headed.
How can we possibly withstand such a terrifying, world-destroying Eight-and-a-Half-Colored Pill Lightning?!
Once this Pill Lightning fully erupt, not only will the stone platform where Lin Ming is located be reduced to ashes, but likely half of the Sacred Pill City square will also be reduced to scorched earth! The peerless pill that triggered this lightning will also most likely be reduced to ashes in the thunder!
On the high platform, Xuan Kongzi and the others' expressions changed drastically. Their powerful Dou Qi began to surge, ready to intervene at any moment. Even if it meant breaking the rules of the Pill Gathering, they absolutely could not allow this Pill Lightning to cause an irreparable disaster.
Countless gazes, filled with fear, worry, and despair, were fixed on the central stone platform, on the still calm figure in the blue robe.
How will he respond? Will he abandon the elixir to save himself, or...?
At this critical moment!
The Ice Puppet, which had been silently guarding Lin Ming like the most loyal protector, with its entire body in ice gold and exuding the powerful aura of Seven-Star Dou Venerate, suddenly moved!
Its icy blue eyes, devoid of any emotion, suddenly locked onto the Eight-and-a-Half-Colored Pill Lightning in the sky, and an extreme, chilling battle intent surged forth! It didn't utter any human roar, but the most primal energy roar originating from the Puppet's core swept out like an invisible Shockwave in an instant!
"Roar--!!!"
With a roar, the Ice Puppet stomped its foot on the stone platform, instantly shattering the incredibly hard white boulder! Its figure transformed into a streak of ice-gold light, ignoring the suffocating pressure of the thunder, fearlessly charging upwards towards the source of destruction!
The Ice Puppet's provocation seemed to have thoroughly enraged the Eight-and-a-Half-Colored Pill Lightning hanging high in the sky!
As Tier 8 Medicinal Pill Lightning seems to possess its own will and dignity, like an unparalleled emperor within the Pill Lightning!
Upon seeing that a mere Puppet dared to take the initiative to attack, the transparent Void Color at the center of the eight-colored Lei Yun fluctuated violently, and an even more terrifying Soul Pressure mixed with destructive lightning descended with a roar!
However, this "Emperor" Pill Lightning seemed disdainful of immediately taking matters into his own hands and crushing this "ant."
The Eight-and-a-Half Colors Lei Yun churned slightly, and an invisible wave, yet carrying an absolute command, like an emperor's decree, instantly spread throughout all the other Pill Lightning areas in the sky that had not yet completely dissipated!
Under this command originating from the source, those Pill Lightning that were originally locked onto their targets, whether it was the Tier 7 silver pill Pill Lightning that had not yet finished striking, or the Two-colored Thundercloud attracted by Dan Chen and Cao Ying, or the Three-colored Thundercloud of Old Monster Qing Hua, or even... the five-colored Lei Yun that had just been created and were shining brightly above Xiao Yan's head!
At that moment, everything changed direction simultaneously!
Rumble--!!!
Thunder roared once more, but this time, the goal was unified like never before!
Countless bolts of lightning, each a different color and with varying power, were like loyal soldiers who had heard the king's command. They abandoned their original targets and transformed into a destructive torrent of lightning, converging and crashing down from all directions towards the ice-gold figure that defied the heavens!
First, the most numerous but relatively weakest Tier 7 silver Pill Lightning poured down on the Ice Puppet like a torrential rain!
The Ice Puppet's body shimmered with a faint golden light. The Silver Lightning struck down, but they were like mud oxen entering the sea, only making its light more condensed and failing to stop it in the slightest!
Tier 7 Pill Lightning, ineffective!
Immediately following were the streaks of Two-color Pill Lightning! The intertwined blue and silver lightning, carrying even greater destructive power, bombarded the ice puppet! The Ice Puppet's body was filled with intense cold, forming a thick layer of ice crystal armor. The lightning shattered, and ice shards flew everywhere, but its upward momentum did not diminish!
The Two-color Pill Lightning barely managed to block the attack, but couldn't cause any real damage!
Then came the Three-color Pill Lightning! Azure, silver, and red lightning bolts, like three roaring Giant Python, slammed into the Ice Puppet! This time, the Ice Puppet's form finally froze slightly, and the icy golden light on its body fluctuated violently, even showing some tiny cracks!
However, just as the tri-colored lightning energy was about to be exhausted, a deep hum seemed to come from within the Ice Puppet's body. The lightning power that had invaded its body was forcibly absorbed and refined by it in a strange way! Its aura suddenly surged at this moment, faintly touching the threshold of the Seven-Star Dou Zun Peak!
The Three-color Pill Lightning not only failed to destroy it, but instead became its nourishment!
Finally, there is the most dazzling and terrifying one— Xiao Yan's Five-Colored Pill Lightning!
Azure, silver, red, gold, and purple! The five colors intertwined, carrying the immense Spirituality of Xiao Yan's pills and the might of heaven and earth, like five divine dragons of different colors, baring their fangs and brandishing their claws, unleashing the ultimate judgment strike upon the Ice Puppet!
At that moment, everyone held their breath!
Faced with the five-colored thunder dragon, the Ice Puppet finally stopped relying solely on defense. Its icy-golden arms suddenly crossed in front of it, and the extreme cold energy was frantically compressed and condensed, eventually transforming into a huge shield carved with ancient ice patterns, which fiercely met the five-colored thunder dragon!
Boom!!!!!!!!!
A deafening explosion echoed across the sky, and terrifying Energy Ripple spread out like a tsunami, completely tearing apart the clouds! The blinding light instantly blinded countless people!
As the light faded, everyone hurriedly looked in the direction indicated.
The Ice Puppet remained suspended in mid-air, but the giant ice shield in front of it was now covered in cracks and finally shattered with a bang. The icy golden light on its body had also dimmed considerably, and many charred marks had appeared.
However, at this moment, its aura seemed to break through some kind of bottleneck and surged dramatically!
The barrier of the Seven-Star Dou Venerate has been completely shattered!
A powerful aura belonging to Eight-Star Dou Venerate swept out from its body like a storm!
Its originally pure ice-gold body began to deepen in color, faintly shimmering with a metallic cold light. Most strikingly, a noble and mysterious purple-gold color quietly emerged in the depths of its originally emotionless ice-blue eyes!
After enduring and absorbing the barrage of pill Pill Lightning, especially the final Five-Colored Pill Lightning, the Ice Puppet's strength surged to the Eight-Star Dou Venerate, achieving a qualitative leap!
This scene sent chills down the spines of countless people, and their gazes towards Lin Ming were filled with horror. To be able to refine and enhance even a Puppet using the Pill Lightning —this young man's methods were simply unfathomable!
In the sky, the Eight-and-a-Half-Colored Pill Lightning, upon seeing that the myriad lightning bolts under its "command" not only failed to destroy this "ant" but also helped it break through, finally caused the transparent Void Color at its center to boil and churn violently!
An indescribable rage, as if it were a tangible force, filled the heavens and earth!
It no longer relies on others.
Eight colors of light—cyan, silver, red, gold, purple, blue, yellow, and green—spun and coalesced at an unprecedented speed, ultimately merging into the transparent void at the center!
That point of nothingness seemed to transform into Black Hole that devoured everything, or perhaps it was the origin of creation!
The next moment, a pillar of lightning, indescribable in color, seemingly containing all the colors of heaven and earth yet returning to absolute nothingness, radiating the ultimate destruction and soul annihilation, descended like the Milky Way pouring down from the heavens, or like a world-destroying spear thrown by a god-king, locking onto the Ice Puppet whose aura had just stabilized at the Eight-Star Dou Venerate level, and with the will of judgment and end, crashed down!
This strike far surpassed the sum of all the previous Pill Lightning! Space collapsed inch by inch in its path, revealing pitch-black nothingness!
Faced with this ultimate strike of the Eight-and-a-Half-Colored Pill Lightning, which could truly be described as world-destroying, the Ice Puppet, whose eyes shone with a brilliant purple-gold light, showed no fear whatsoever. Instead, it raised its head, which had become even more ferocious and majestic after its evolution!
Its purple-gold eyes burned with an intense fighting spirit!
There was no retreat, no defense.
Within its icy-golden body, all the energy erupted without reservation at this moment, converging at its eyes and transforming into a beam of icy-purple-gold light that surged upwards with unwavering determination, actively and fiercely crashing into the source of destruction!
Boom----------------!!!!!!!!!
A collision that defies description occurred at this moment.
The world lost its color, and all things fell silent.
Only a single, extreme light and extreme darkness intertwined and annihilated wildly in the sky.
The terrifying energy storm raged for a full ten breaths before slowly subsiding.
As everyone's vision gradually returned, the breathtaking Eight-and-a-Half Colors Lei Yun in the sky began to slowly dissipate, as if they had completed their mission.
Below where the Lei Yun had dissipated, a figure shimmering with a pale, icy-purple-gold aura floated silently.
Although the light emanating from its body was slightly dim and even covered with tiny cracks, a terrifying aura, far more vast and unfathomable than before, slowly spread from its body, just like Ancient Fierce Beast awakening, enveloping the entire square!
That aura had completely surpassed the limit of Eight-Star Dou Venerate, reaching—
Nine-Star Dou Venerate!
Ice Puppet, tempered by withstanding the ultimate strike of the Eight-and-a-Half-Colored Pill Lightning, has taken another step forward, reaching the pinnacle of Dou Venerate! Nine-Star Dou Venerate.
Its entire body of ice gold has completely transformed into a noble and powerful light ice purple gold!
It hovered in the air, its purple-gold eyes indifferently scanning the area below, like a newly crowned thunder king.
The entire square was completely silent.
The Pill Gathering Champion is no longer in doubt.