Battle Through the Heavens: The Road to Ascendance Begins at Jia Nan Academy

No wonder the kid had sounded so confident earlier when he said he could get master and disciple safely out of the Misty Cloud Sect. He had prepared a weapon like this all along.

An Earth Core Pearl contained a tremendous amount of earthfire energy. Refined into an Earth Core Thunder Pearl, it could unleash devastation enough to destroy heaven and earth. Even an ordinary Dou Zun might die on the spot if caught in its blast.

And Medusa had clearly controlled the power of the five Earth Core Thunder Pearls she had just thrown.

Otherwise, the consequences would have gone far beyond destroying Protector Wu's formation. Everyone present might have been caught in that terrifying energy and left without a trace.

Yao Lao did not believe Medusa had refined those astonishingly powerful pearls herself. Such exquisite craftsmanship had to be the work of a master alchemist.

Then Yao Lao suddenly remembered the volcanic region he and Xiao Yan had discovered near the Tagore Desert.

Damn it. You could use the Green Lotus Core Flame like that?

His Bone-Chilling Spirit Flame suddenly seemed much less appealing. If he had the Green Lotus Core Flame, he could find a deserted volcano and give it a good blast. Wouldn't Earth Core Pearls suitable for refining Tier 8 and even Ninth-Grade Pills then be his for the taking?

As the black fog vanished, the howling winds in the sky gradually died down, and the roiling clouds grew still.

Just then, a dark figure plunged out of the clouds and slammed to a halt in midair. It was Protector Wu, looking thoroughly battered.

The black fog that had once shrouded him had thinned almost to nothing, and his aura was in complete disarray.

"Cough, cough... Damn it!"

Protector Wu began coughing violently the moment