"Rumble..."
Within the Ancient Ruins, the mountains and forests were empty. The once peaceful world was suddenly filled with rolling thunderclouds. The dark thunderclouds quickly covered the entire sky, and in just a dozen breaths, the light in this world became dim.
The rumbling thunder startled countless magical beasts in the forest below. Some of the more powerful beasts raised their heads, their large eyes revealing excitement and greed. Many of them even started heading towards the center of the thundercloud.
Outside the cave, the Lin She and the Heaven-Reaching Giant Ape stared in surprise at the sudden scene before them. Then, in an instant, they both came to their senses, their gazes turning to the cave below, both showing shock in their eyes.
"This is Pill Lightning! Doesn't that mean the Purple Jade Pill has been successfully refined?!"
"It's only been two days, and the Purple Jade Pill has already been refined. This grand formation is truly amazing!"
At this moment, both the Lin She and the Heaven-Reaching Giant Ape showed expressions of surprise and joy. The Heaven-Reaching Giant Ape, in particular, was delighted. The completion of the Purple Jade Pill meant that the seal within his body could be broken, and at that time, his cultivation would be able to fully recover to the Origin Transformation Realm.
He believed that when that time came, with his Origin Transformation Realm, no one in the Western Region would be his match!
Thinking of this, the Heaven-Reaching Giant Ape couldn't help but feel secretly delighted. Just then, the thunderclouds in the sky suddenly changed, and at the same time, in the distant mountains and forests, many high-level magical beasts rushed towards this place. These beasts had obviously realized the extraordinary nature of the pills that Xiao Yan had refined and wanted to take the opportunity to compete for them.
Upon seeing this, both the Lin She and the Heaven-Reaching Giant Ape frowned. Just as they were about to make a move, a thunderbolt suddenly shot down from the violently churning thunderclouds above, its target pointing directly at the cave below.
Thunder descended, and a terrifying aura instantly filled the heavens and earth. The powerful force, even from a great distance, caused a sense of tension and uncontrollable unease. The Lin She and the Heaven-Reaching Giant Ape's expressions changed drastically. The thunder summoned by the fifth-grade pill was far more powerful than they could easily contend with. In addition, the demonic beasts in the mountains were getting closer and closer to them. The current situation was extremely unfavorable for them!
However, the next moment, just as the thunderbolt struck down above their heads and the demonic beasts attacked from the forest, a dark figure flashed out from the cave below like a ghost. With an extremely terrifying speed, it soared into the sky in the blink of an eye, and then its fist collided fiercely with the descending thunderbolt!
"Boom!"
A deafening roar instantly reverberated, followed by a terrifying energy storm!
A powerful energy storm swept across the forest like a hurricane, causing the mountains and forests to collapse, and all the attacking magical beasts were blasted away by this powerful energy storm.
When the Lin She and the Heaven-Reaching Giant Ape looked up, they saw that the person who had withstood the lightning was none other than Xiao Yan!
With a single punch, Xiao Yan forcefully stopped the descending lightning, but the remaining power still clashed with Xiao Yan Xiao Yan, even climbing up his arm and surging into his body.
Upon seeing this, Xiao Yan's expression changed slightly. With a tremor of his arm, terrifying power surged forth, shattering the remaining lightning. At the same time, with a thought, the Heavenly Flames within his body rapidly surged forth, enveloping the lightning power that had entered his body and frantically refining it.
Below, the Lin She and the Heaven-Reaching Giant Ape were shocked to see this scene. The latter, in particular, was well aware of the terror of the lightning. Even at his peak, he would not have dared to face it so easily. But seeing Xiao Yan rushing forward without the slightest hesitation, one could see just how powerful Xiao Yan was!
"Rumble..."
But just then, as Xiao Yan shattered the lightning bolt, an even more terrifying lightning bolt suddenly struck down from the sky, directly hitting Xiao Yan's head. The sheer force of the lightning was enough to send shivers down one's spine!
However, the latter's expression remained unchanged, a fierce glint flashed in his eyes, his body trembled, and terrifying power instantly gathered in his arms. He clenched his right fist and then swung it out fiercely.
The fist whistled through the air, and a deafening sonic boom echoed between heaven and earth. Immediately afterward, this punch collided fiercely with the second bolt of lightning!
"Boom!"
A terrifying energy storm swept through again. This time, Xiao Yan was actually knocked back by the second bolt of lightning, his figure plummeting hundreds of feet from the sky before he finally regained his footing with a furrowed brow.
Looking up at the sky, while controlling the Heavenly Flames within his body, Xiao Yan frantically refined the lightning power, devouring each surge of energy. As a result, his own cultivation level subtly improved.
Realizing this, Xiao Yan was not alarmed but delighted. He activated his Origin Qi to dispel the numbness in his arm, and then leaped into the air again to meet the lightning head-on.
"Boom boom boom boom..."
The successive strikes of dozens of lightning bolts caused Xiao Yan's face to turn pale, but conversely, the light in his eyes became even brighter and more radiant, his spirit soaring.
Seeing that Xiao Yan was so powerful, managing to block so many Pill Lightning all by himself, the Lin She and the Heaven-Reaching Giant Ape below were dumbfounded. The muscles on their faces twitched uncontrollably, and they looked at Xiao Yan as if he were a monster.
"Hahaha! Not bad, as expected of the power of heaven and earth, let's go again!"
Suddenly, Xiao Yan's blood-stained lips parted into a wide grin, revealing a fanatical expression. His eyes arrogantly stared at the thunderclouds above the nine heavens. His body trembled, and the Origin Qi within his body surged outward once more. He quickly raised his hands, his ten fingers moving in unison, forming hand seals like ghosts. At the same time, a giant energy finger rapidly condensed above his head.
" Wasteland-Spanning Finger, go!"
With a loud shout, the enormous energy finger above Xiao Yan's head, carrying an extremely terrifying force, hurtled fiercely towards the thundercloud in the sky.
"Boom!"
At the same time, the thunderclouds in the sky began to churn again, thunder roared, and then another bolt of lightning struck, its destructive aura several times stronger than before!
"Boom!"
The two collided, startling heaven and earth. The invisible void collapsed instantly, completely destroying the battle circle between Xiao Yan and the thundercloud. Xiao Yan's figure also stepped into the Endless Void, facing the pill Pill Lightning from afar.
A moment later, the lightning in the sky dissipated, but Xiao Yan's figure had vanished into the void at some unknown time.
Upon realizing this, the expressions of the Lin She and the Heaven-Reaching Giant Ape changed drastically. But the next moment, the thunderclouds above the nine heavens suddenly began to churn violently, with lightning shooting out in all directions. However, it was not as violent and powerful as before. At the same time, there was a strange suction force surging out from the thunderclouds, forcibly tearing the outward-flowing lightning bolts back in.
This bizarre scene left the two, Lin She and Xiao Yan, utterly astonished. It wasn't until much later, when the Pill Lightning dissipated and the figure within was revealed, that the two suddenly realized that the source of that suction force was none other than Xiao Yan, who had entered the thundercloud!
At this moment, twenty black curtains stood in the void around Xiao Yan Xiao Yan, surrounding him. The lightning was completely swallowed by these twenty curtains, and after being refined by Xiao Yan, streams of pure and massive energy were injected into Xiao Yan body.
As for these twenty tents, half of them originated from the energy node in the cave below.