339: The scramble for the precious pill

"Great Five Elements Sword Formation! Rotation! Defend!"

Hum—!

The sword wheel rotated, the power of the Five Elements generating and overcoming each other, instantly laying down a layer of incomparably thick sword shields, flowing with five-colored brilliance, above Yao Delong's head!

Rumble—!!!

The crimson Heavenly Tribulation struck fiercely upon the Five Elements sword shield!

The piercing roar and energy shockwaves raged crazily!

The sword shield trembled violently, the five-colored brilliance flickering crazily, uncertain and dim, emitting a groan of being overwhelmed!

But the Five Elements rotated, endless and unceasing, hard-headedly weakening, dividing, and guiding the terrifying lightning fire power that was enough to burn mountains and boil seas!

Yao Delong's face turned another shade paler; controlling the sword formation to withstand the Heavenly Tribulation was also a huge drain on his Divine Sense and Nascent Soul power!

But his eyes remained as sharp as ever, desperately maintaining the operation of the sword formation!

The eighth strike! Pitch-black as ink, deathly silence, annihilation!

The ninth strike! Pure white and dazzling, purification, judgment!

Two ultimate Heavenly Tribulations representing destruction and the end, entangled like twin Dragons of world destruction, descended with a terrifying might that even made Spirit Transformation Cultivators change color!

"Five Elements rotation, Yin and Yang reversal! Break for me!"

Yao Delong roared, his hands driving the sword technique to the extreme! The Five Elements sword wheel above his head instantly reversed, erupting with chaotic and violent cutting and grinding power!

It was no longer simple defense, but a fierce counterattack!

Boom—!!!!

An indescribable, terrifying explosion erupted above the Peak of Pill Cloud Peak!

The dazzling light made the world lose its color! The destructive energy storm swept in all directions.

If it weren't for the fact that Dan Chenzi and other great powers had already joined forces to set up a barrier, the entire plaza would have been reduced to dust!

The light faded, and the thunder gradually ceased.

The thick tribulation cloud slowly dissipated, revealing a clear sky, as if the scene of world destruction just now was merely an illusion.

In the Void Realm, Yao Delong's figure stood proudly!

He was pitch black all over, covered in scorch marks, and his aura was somewhat weak.

But his spine remained straight, like a divine Peak that had withstood ten thousand tribulations and would not fall!

What was even more shocking was that on his exposed skin, mysterious patterns flickering with faint purple-gold lightning light appeared and disappeared, like natural lightning armor, emitting a heart-palpitating sense of toughness and strength!

These were the dao rhyme left by the Lightning Tribulation tempering his Physical Body, proof that his Physical Body had advanced further!

In his hand, he tightly clutched a warm jade bottle. The mouth of the bottle was sealed with layers of talismans. Through the bottle wall, one could vaguely see a Golden Core the size of a dragon's eye, round and flawless, quietly suspended.

On the surface of the Golden Core, nine profound and mysterious pill patterns flowed clearly, the golden light restrained, yet it emitted an eternal dao rhyme that had been tempered by the Heavenly Tribulation and would never be worn away!

The medicinal fragrance was perfectly locked, but that aura of life and Power of Creation that pointed directly to the Origin of the Divine Soul still made the hearts of those nearby sway.

Yao Delong quickly took out a clean white robe and put it on, covering the scars and lightning patterns all over his body, but that slightly weak yet still straight-as-a-pine posture added even more of the shock of returning from a bloody battle.

After a brief, suffocating silence—

"Senior Brother Yao! Invincible!"

"Alchemy myth! Unparalleled Physical Body!"

"Yin Yang Sect! Yao Delong!"

The fanatical cheers, like a mountain landslide and tsunami, were like a volcano that had been accumulating for ten thousand years, erupting suddenly!

The sound waves went straight into the sky, shaking the entire Pill Cloud Peak slightly!

Countless Disciples were flushed with excitement, waving their arms, and their eyes looking at Yao Delong were filled with extreme worship and fanaticism!

Refining a seventh-grade pill at the Nascent Soul stage, hard-resisting the Pill Lightning, using lightning for Body Tempering!

Each and every one of these things was enough to be recorded in the annals of the Sect and become an immortal legend!

Yao Delong flashed and landed on the high platform, bowing deeply to Dan Chenzi, his voice slightly hoarse but clear and firm: "Junior Martial Uncle, this Disciple has lived up to the mission."

Dan Chenzi's hands trembled slightly as he carefully took the jade bottle.

He took a deep breath and untied a corner of the Seal on the bottle mouth.

Hum!

A medicinal fragrance, more pure and restrained than before, yet seemingly containing the Origin of the world's Divine Soul, instantly permeated the air!

Just a wisp of it escaping made the several Soul Transformation Stage judge Elders on the high platform perk up, feeling that their Divine Souls, which had been stagnant for many years, seemed to become active for a moment!

Dan Chenzi poured the Medicinal Pill into his palm. That nine revolutions spirit nurturing pill lay quietly in his calloused palm, the nine pill patterns flowing slowly like living things, golden light contained within, and the dao rhyme was naturally formed.

Inside the Medicinal Pill, one could vaguely see the phantoms of green and dark red flames slowly merging, emitting a unique aura of creation that transcended the Medicinal Pill itself!

"Perfect... Flawless!" Dan Chenzi's voice carried uncontrollable excitement and trembling, "After the baptism of the Heavenly Tribulation, the pill patterns are more stable, and the medicinal properties are more rounded! It even contains a trace of the power of life and creation... The quality of this pill is infinitely close to a seventh-grade Peak-grade!"

He handed the Medicinal Pill to a white-haired, most senior Alchemy Elder beside him.

The Elder took the Medicinal Pill, his hands trembling, his eyes erupting with shocking brilliance, his Divine Sense carefully probing, murmuring: "Incredible... Incredible... The medicinal power is condensed to the extreme, without any Impurities! These pill patterns... naturally formed, containing dao principles! And this trace of the Power of Creation... Wonderful! Wonderful! I have been refining Alchemy for eight hundred years and have never seen such a perfect seventh-grade Medicinal Pill! Its efficacy is definitely far superior to ordinary nine revolutions spirit nurturing pills! It can be called a seventh-grade Peak!"

The other Elders also passed it around, all nodding in exclamation, looking at Yao Delong with eyes that had long since changed from their initial questioning and scrutiny to complete shock and awe!

For such a Treasure Pill, even for these Soul Transformation Stage Alchemy Great Masters, the success rate was pitifully low, let alone succeeding in one go and refining such a perfect quality!

The Disciples below the stage heard the Elders' evaluation and exploded!

"Seventh-grade Peak?! My god!"

"Senior Brother Yao not only refined it, but also refined a top-grade one?!"

"Alchemy reaching the Dao! This is the true Alchemy reaching the Dao!"

"In the future, those Inner Sect Elders will probably break the threshold of Luoxia Peak begging Senior Brother Yao to take action!"

Before the words fell, on the high platform, a burly Inner Sect Elder (Mid-stage Soul Transformation) with an aura as fierce as a volcano spoke impatiently, his voice loud: "Martial Nephew Yao! Such a Divine Pill is a pearl covered in dust in your hands! This old man is willing to offer 20,000 Mid-Grade Spirit Stones to buy this pill! How about it?"

"20,000 Mid-Grade Spirit Stones?!"

The Disciples on the viewing platform gasped; this was enough to buy several decent low-grade heavenly artifacts!

However, as soon as he finished speaking, an Elder (Early Stage Spirit Transformation Peak) with a refined face and a feminine temperament beside him snorted disdainfully: "Hmph! You want to buy such a seventh-grade Peak Divine Pill containing the Power of Creation for 20,000 Mid-Grade Spirit Stones? Daydreaming! Martial Nephew Yao, this old man has a mid-grade heavenly artifact here, the 'Crimson Sun Burning Heaven Armor'! This armor is mainly made of ten-thousand-year earth-core fire copper, supplemented by various fire-type Spiritual Materials, possessing the 'Burning Heaven Body Protection' Divine Ability, with amazing defense, and can even amplify the power of fire-type Cultivation Techniques! It fits your pure Yang power the best! How about exchanging it for your pill?"

He waved his hand, and a phantom of a mighty treasure armor, entirely crimson, engraved with flame patterns, and emitting a scorching aura, appeared.

"Mid-grade heavenly artifact armor?!"

Even some Inner Sect Elders were moved. Heavenly artifacts were already precious, and defensive treasure armor was even rarer! Its value was far beyond 20,000 Spirit Stones! For a Spirit Transformation Cultivator, a good defensive heavenly artifact was a life at a critical moment!