Black Demon Lightning Devours the Nine-Colored Thundercloud

"Is that so?" Xiao Yan slowly opened his eyes, looking perfectly at ease.

Under everyone's gaze, the two Medicine Cauldrons formed from Heavenly Flames before him began to tremble.

Then, as if coming alive, two fire dragons coiled around the cauldrons. Their roars rang out as Xiao Yan guided them together into one.

In an instant, a terrifying surge of energy shot into the sky and plunged straight into the pitch-black clouds. The clouds expanded rapidly, and an overwhelming pressure spread from within them.

"Look! What's happening to those black clouds?" someone cried out in alarm.

Everyone turned to look where he was pointing.

The Nine-Colored Thundercloud above Old Monster Hou's head sensed that aura and began to shrink frantically, like a mouse before a cat.

It did not stop there. The black clouds were like a black hole that swallowed everything. As soon as they touched the Nine-Colored Thundercloud, they swallowed it whole.

When the last trace of color vanished, only profound darkness remained across the entire sky.

That deep darkness was frighteningly still, oppressive and heavy.

Even from afar, the sight made their souls tremble.

"The Nine-Colored Thundercloud... was swallowed? How is that possible?"

"Those black clouds... they're terrifying."

Everyone's pupils contracted at the sight, their hearts thrown into turmoil.

They were all Alchemists. They knew that Pill Lightning capable of so easily crushing Nine-Colored Pill Lightning could only come from a pill above the Eighth-Tier.

Above the Eighth-Tier lay the legendary Ninth-Tier.

At that moment, they realized a truth that sent chills down their spines.

The pill Xiao Yan was refining... was Ninth-Tier!

And most terrifying of all, Xiao Yan was not refining just one Ninth-Tier Pill. He was refining two at once.

As that realization sank in, sharp gasps sounded all around.

Everyone present was at