189: Three-striped Green Spirit Pill

Mo Yuhan's expression was solemn, his Soul Power pushed to its limit.

Under his precise control, the Xuan Huang Purple Flame displayed astonishing spirituality.

When extracting the essence of medicinal ingredients, the flame was either fierce and overbearing, instantly incinerating impurities, or gentle as water, carefully enveloping the purest medicinal properties.

When fusing the medicinal liquids, the flame transformed into countless tiny fire snakes, like the most skilled weaver, perfectly intertwining medicinal essences with different, even slightly conflicting, attributes.

Within the qingyan cauldron, the earth core fire crystal steadily provided pure fire energy, making the entire refining process as easy as moving an arm and reaching a superb level of mastery.

His movements remained fluid and precise, yet carried an indescribable sense of rhythm.

Each time he added an ingredient, each time he adjusted the heat, it seemed to contain some profound truth of heaven and earth.

Powerful Soul Power formed an invisible barrier, isolating all external interference and prying.

In contrast, Xiao Yan (Yan Xiao)'s side appeared much more serious.

He summoned Yao Lao's Bone Chilling Flame for assistance, while using his own Dou Qi to conceal the anomaly; the pale white flame carried a bone-chilling coldness.

He strictly followed the steps of the pill formula he had comprehended last night; although his technique was also exquisite, a hint of unfamiliarity and caution was clearly visible, and fine beads of sweat seeped from his forehead.

Yao Lao's voice continuously echoed in his mind, guiding him through the details of each step and the subtle changes in heat.

As for Yan Li's side, it was a completely different picture. Black-green poisonous flames surged, emitting waves of foul odor, and when they merged with the medicinal ingredients, they produced a horrifying 'sizzling' corrosive sound.

He unreservedly employed poison master techniques during his refining, occasionally flicking wisps of strange gray airflow from his fingertips into the medicinal cauldron, making the aura emanating from within the cauldron even more sinister and terrifying, causing the contestants on the surrounding stone platforms to subconsciously distance themselves, their faces showing disgust and apprehension.

Time slowly passed in a tense and oppressive atmosphere.

In the square, the humming of medicinal cauldrons, the rising of flames, and the sounds of medicinal ingredients refining intertwined, forming a peculiar symphony. The scent of pills, the smell of burning, and a faint sweet-fishy odor from Yan Li's side mingled together.

Two hours later, Yan Li's side was the first to show movement!

"Hehehe... It's done!"

Yan Li let out a piercing, strange laugh and slammed his black medicinal cauldron.

"Boom!"

A thick, impenetrable black-green poisonous mist soared into the sky, accompanied by a nauseating stench.

Within the poisonous mist, a completely black pill, its surface covered with strange blood-red patterns, slowly rose like an eyeball! The moment the pill formed, the surrounding air seemed to be polluted, and the light dimmed by a few shades.

"A Fourth-Grade Poison Pill—Corroding Heart and Eroding Bone Pill!"

A knowledgeable Alchemist cried out in alarm, his voice filled with fear, "This pill is extremely malicious; once afflicted, Dou Qi corrodes, bone marrow dissolves, making life worse than death!"

Yan Li looked triumphantly at the VIP seats, his eyes full of provocation.

Having refined a Fourth-Grade Poison Pill, he had absolute confidence in winning the championship!

Fa Ma, Jia Xingtian, and others' expressions instantly turned grim.

Just then, Xiao Yan (Yan Xiao) also reached the final critical moment.

His face was pale, clearly indicating immense consumption, but his eyes were unusually firm.

Under Yao Lao's full guidance, the Bone Chilling Flame enveloped a violently churning mass of azure medicinal liquid essence, undergoing the final pill condensation.

"Condense!"

Xiao Yan let out a low roar, and his Soul Power surged into the medicinal cauldron like a tide!

Buzz!

The cauldron lid lifted, and a pill, entirely verdant with two clear silver pill patterns circling its surface, flew out! A rich pill fragrance instantly dispelled the slight stench from Yan Li's poison pill nearby.

"Three-Pattern Azure Spirit Pill! Dual-pattern quality! Success!"

The monitoring deacon shouted excitedly.

"Good!" Fa Ma couldn't help but cheer aloud, Yan Xiao truly lived up to expectations! A dual-pattern quality Three-Pattern Azure Spirit Pill was already extremely rare.

It was enough to contend with Yan Li's Fourth-Grade Poison Pill!

Yan Li's triumphant expression froze, then turned sinister: "Hmph, what if it's dual-pattern? How can it compete with my Fourth-Grade Poison Pill?"

Everyone's gaze subconsciously turned to the last person in the arena—Mo Yuhan.

At this moment, Mo Yuhan was at the most crucial juncture.

Within the qingyan cauldron, the deep purple Xuan Huang Purple Flame enveloped a violently churning, terrifyingly energetic blue-gold liquid.

Within the liquid, the forces of wind and fire intertwined wildly, faintly emitting sounds of dragon roars and tiger growls.

Fine beads of sweat also seeped from his temples, his Peak Three-Star Da Dou Shi Dou Qi was rapidly depleting, and the burden on his Soul Power had reached a critical point.

But his eyes remained sharp as blades, and his hand seals changed like lightning! His Soul Power transformed into countless tough threads, forcefully binding and guiding the chaotic energy within the cauldron, compressing it frantically towards a central point.

"Not enough! Condense for me!"

Mo Yuhan roared inwardly, biting the tip of his tongue hard. A mouthful of vital blood mixed with even more immense Soul Power transformed into an invisible rune, fiercely striking into the cauldron.

"Buzz—!!!"

The qingyan cauldron let out an unprecedentedly loud hum.

The entire cauldron body vibrated violently, and the cloud-thunder beast patterns on its surface seemed to come alive, emitting a faint azure glow.

The three earth core fire crystals inside the cauldron even burst forth with dazzling red light!

Under the gaze of countless eyes, tense to the extreme, almost holding their breath, and under the fierce yet exquisite calcination of the Xuan Huang Purple Flame and the ultimate compression of Soul Power, that chaotic blue-gold liquid finally began to transform from liquid to solid state.

A perfectly round pill prototype slowly rotated and formed in the center of the flames.

The moment the pill formed, an anomaly suddenly occurred.

Rumble!

The originally clear sky, without any warning, gathered a thick dark cloud! Within the dark cloud, silver snakes danced wildly, and muffled thunder rolled in, an awe-inspiring heavenly pressure instantly enveloped the entire Imperial Plaza.

In the VIP seats, Fa Ma suddenly stood up, his old face flushed with excitement, his voice even changing pitch, "A peak Fourth-Grade pill, it can actually cause a heavenly anomaly! He succeeded! And it's the highest quality Three-Pattern Azure Spirit Pill!"

Jia Xingtian and Hai Bodong also abruptly stood up, their eyes filled with shock, this was the sign of a peak Fourth-Grade pill forming.

This child, he actually succeeded in one go!

Yan Li's face instantly turned ashen, his eyes filled with disbelief and malice.

Xiao Yan looked at the gathering thunderclouds, then at the Three-Pattern Azure Spirit Pill on his own stone platform, and an indescribable bitterness and powerlessness welled up in his heart. The gap... was too vast.

In the VIP seats, Princess Yaoye Princess heard Jia Xingtian's solemn and urgent voice transmission: "Ye'er! This child's talent is unprecedented, his future limitless, you must bind him to the Imperial family at all costs! If possible... marry him, it's not impossible! This is a thousand-year plan for the Empire!"

Yaoye Princess's delicate body trembled violently, and two blushes instantly flew onto her cold and beautiful face, her beautiful eyes filled with shock, shyness, and a hint of indescribable complex emotions.

She subconsciously looked at the tall figure in the arena who was facing the pill thunder with his head held high, and her heart involuntarily skipped a beat.