As eighth-tier pills appeared one after another, Xiao Yan, who had been sitting cross-legged like a stone statue on a distant stone platform, slowly rose to his feet!
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
The instant Xiao Yan stood up, countless fervent gazes from the spectator stands fell upon him!
On the raised dais, Xuan Yi and the others also turned their eyes toward that slightly lean figure beneath the sky full of dark clouds!
Facing the gazes converging on him, Xiao Yan remained composed, but his eyes were fixed firmly on the Black Demon Cauldron. A moment later, he swept his sleeve fiercely!
Clang!
With that sweep of his sleeve, the lid of the Black Demon Cauldron flew off, and an earth-shaking surge of energy swept out from within!
Several stone platforms near Xiao Yan burst apart with a bang under the force of that energy, scattering stone fragments through the air.
Boom!
As the energy spread, the Black Demon Cauldron suddenly began to tremble violently. Then, beneath countless shocked gazes, an enormous dark-green pillar of flame shot into the sky with a whoosh!
The pillar of flame soared skyward, its scorching radiance clearly visible for a hundred miles around. The energy fluctuations faintly emanating from within it brought solemn expressions to the faces of many powerful experts.
"These fluctuations..."
On the raised dais, Xuan Kongzi's gaze sharpened slightly. "It should be another eighth-tier pill," he said softly. "We just don't know how many colors of pill lightning it will summon..."
The moment Xuan Kongzi finished speaking, strange mist rapidly gathered at the upper end of the towering pillar of flame. Within moments, it had formed a lightning cloud!
Under everyone's watchful eyes, the lightning cloud churned, slowly revealing blue-green and silver. Immediately afterward, however, a trace of red began to emerge!