They flicked their fingers, and the pills shot into their mouths like meteors, each finding its mark. The pills dissolved as soon as they touched their tongues, instantly turning into a pure, surging medicinal force that coursed through their meridians like a raging tide, nourishing their bodies, which had been ravaged by the heavenly lightning.
Color gradually returned to their faces, and their auras began to steady and grow stronger.
"We finally made it through. Now..." After a while, the Fifth Heavenly Venerable felt that half of his Dou Qi had recovered. He turned to look at Xiao Yao, who lay in another crater, his gaze icy. "Now it's time to settle the score. The losses Soul Hall suffered on this trip—you could die a thousand deaths and still not pay for them!"
The Sixth Heavenly Venerable's lips curled into a cruel smile. "While he's down and out, this is the perfect chance to finish him. It won't be as much fun this way, but... he brought it on himself!"
Just as the Fifth and Sixth Heavenly Venerables were plotting how to strike Xiao Yao down, their faces twisted with murderous intent, a strange ripple quietly stirred in the heavens and earth around them.
The Dou Qi energy in the area, thrown into chaos by the three bolts of Tribulation Lightning, was drawn by an invisible force and slowly converged on the enormous crater where Xiao Yao lay.
The Fifth and Sixth Heavenly Venerables, who had been about to attack him, instantly grew wary. They stared fixedly toward Xiao Yao, their eyes filled with uncertainty.
"What's that brat up to? He's practically half dead. Is he plotting something again?" the Sixth Heavenly Venerable blurted out.
The Fifth Heavenly Venerable didn't answer right away. He stared intently at Xiao Yao, his