Boom!
Silver lightning converged ever more violently within the dark clouds. By the end, the entire sky had grown immensely oppressive. Roughly a dozen seconds later, a fissure abruptly tore open in the clouds.
Then, a bolt of silver lightning about half a foot long and wide burst from the clouds with a thunderous roar that echoed between heaven and earth, like a colossal silver python.
Its target was none other than the pale green pill before Xiao Ling atop the mountain...
As the silver lightning came crashing down, Yao Chen's expression remained utterly calm. This Seventh-grade Pill Lightning was simply incomparable to the eighth-grade Pill Lightning he had faced while alive.
With a light flick of his finger, the massive Heavy Black Ruler floated out from the Bone Flame Ring and landed steadily in Yao Chen's hand.
Yao Chen's aura suddenly erupted. His robes billowed, his white hair streamed behind him, and an invisible pressure spread outward.
His eyes remained fixed upon the silver lightning descending swiftly with destructive force. Both hands gripped the Heavy Black Ruler, while Bone Spirit Cold Flame rose from his palms and instantly enveloped the ruler.
Just as the silver lightning was about to strike Yao Chen, he suddenly shouted, "Flame Wave Breaks the Firmament Ruler!"
With that roar, Yao Chen swung the Heavy Black Ruler with both hands. Bone Spirit Cold Flame instantly transformed into blazing fire clinging to the ruler's body, and an enormous flaming ruler-blade howled forth, carrying scorching heat and surging energy as it fiercely slashed at the silver lightning.
A heaven-shaking boom rang out, as though the entire world trembled from the violent collision.
Blinding, incomparably brilliant light erupted where the ruler-blade and silver lightning met, like two stars crashing together.
A powerful energy shockwave raged wildly in all