Kong Kong completely melted and fused all the medicinal ingredients inside his body. Outside, five days had passed.
During this time, Feng Xian and Xiao Yan had come to visit Yao Chen, but Venerable Skyfire told them at the door that he was refining a pill inside, so they did not go in and disturb him. Just as Yao Chen and Kong Kong finished fusing the medicinal liquid and the pill refinement entered its critical stage, the sky outside suddenly underwent a dramatic change.
The previously clear sky was blanketed by thunderclouds in the blink of an eye. Thick, ink-black clouds churned and surged, as if they were about to crush the heavens and earth.
Within the thunderclouds, flashes of lightning flickered, and muffled thunder rumbled, shaking the entire Star Fall Pavilion.
Everyone in the Star Fall Pavilion stopped what they were doing and stared at the sky in shock.
They knew this was Pill Lightning, triggered by a pill nearing completion. And Pill Lightning on such a scale foretold the extraordinary nature of the pill.
"What kind of powerful pill could summon such terrifying Pill Lightning!"
Someone cried out in astonishment.
Inside the secret chamber, Yao Chen's expression grew ever more solemn.
He knew that he could not afford the slightest lapse in concentration now. Otherwise, not only would the pill be ruined, but all his previous efforts would go up in smoke.
Yao Chen took a deep breath and increased the output of his soul force once more.
His soul force surged like a mighty tide, pouring endlessly into the pill taking shape.
As his soul force infused it, the pill's radiance grew ever more dazzling, as if it were fighting against the approaching Pill Lightning.
The thunderclouds in the sky seemed enraged by the pill's radiance.
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