Thirty-three days.
Only thirty-three days.
Liu Bai was about to refine a top-tier Tier 8 Pill with Nine-Colored Pill Lightning. Was this the gap between them?
He withdrew his gaze and continued focusing on his medicinal cauldron.
His pill was not finished yet. He could not afford to be distracted; he had to focus on himself.
Above the sky, the nine-colored thunderclouds grew increasingly heavy.
The lightning became more and more dazzling.
Finally!
"Boom!"
A bolt of nine-colored lightning suddenly crashed down from the thunderclouds, striking straight at the stone platform where Liu Bai stood.
The lightning was as massive as a mountain and contained power capable of destroying heaven and earth. If it struck an ordinary Dou Venerate, they would likely be reduced to ashes in an instant.
Yet Liu Bai merely raised his head, looked at the nine-colored lightning that could destroy everything, and gave a light wave of his hand.
A golden figure shot into the sky from behind him, charging directly into the nine-colored lightning.
It was the Heavenly Demon Puppet.
"That's Grandmaster Liu Bai's Heavenly Demon Puppet!"
Countless people widened their eyes.
They watched as the golden figure collided head-on with the nine-colored lightning.
"Rumble—"
A deafening explosion resounded across the sky.
Terrifying shockwaves spread outward, tearing pitch-black cracks even through space itself.
Yet that golden figure passed through the lightning completely unscathed and continued charging upward.
It spread its arms, allowing the nine-colored lightning to strike its body. The thunderous power that could destroy everything was actually absorbed into its body bit by bit.
Crack—the lightning shattered.
The mountain-sized bolt of nine-colored lightning exploded beneath the golden figure's impact, turning into streaks of lightning that scattered through the sky.
The Heavenly Demon Puppet hovered in the air, electricity flickering around its body. Its aura