"What is that little fellow doing? Taking pill lightning head-on with his body?!"
"No, even a Dou Zun wouldn't dare withstand two-colored pill lightning with flesh alone, yet that's exactly what he's doing. His blood seems to have been blasted into bloody vapor, but he looks as though he's enjoying it."
"Could it be... some kind of Body-Refining Cultivation Technique that uses thunder to refine the body?"
"Is this brat really that lucky? A Body-Refining Cultivation Technique that can make one's flesh rival a Dou Zun is a treasure rarely seen in this world."
"Heavenly flames, a Body-Refining Cultivation Technique, and perhaps other hidden secrets as well. I'm looking forward to seeing more from him with every passing moment."
"No, no, I must invite him to join the Pill Tower. Letting a monstrous talent like this slip through our fingers would be heartbreaking."
While Cao Yang and Chen Qi were reeling at Xiao Yu's actions, Tian Leizi had already pieced together the gist with his seasoned eye.
As expected of one of the Pill Tower's Three Giants, his knowledge was vast and his experience extensive.
Stroking his beard as he watched Xiao Yu undergo the pill lightning's tempering in the sky, Tian Leizi could not help smiling. Even among all the people of Xiao Yu's generation he had seen, such an outstanding prodigy could claim first place.
Xiao Yu knew nothing of Tian Leizi's thoughts. He remained focused on tempering his blood. Within every blood vessel in his body, his blood sizzled beneath the two-colored thunder, while thunder mingled with it and coursed throughout his body.
The liquid in those vessels no longer looked like blood, but two-colored lightning plasma!
A long, long time passed. Only well after the tribulation clouds had dispersed did Xiao Yu let out a long