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Ang~
A nearly thirty-zhang-long black thunder-fire dragon burst forth, tearing through the void.
Like a black thunderbolt that pierced the heavens, it streaked forward with terrifying speed, carrying searing heat and a destructive aura, flashing toward the yellow-robed old man named Huang Yi.
Along its path, space was scorched into pitch-black nothingness.
Huang Yi's pupils shrank, his expression turning extremely grim. From this lifelike black thunder-fire dragon, he sensed an aura of extreme danger. Fortunately, he was an experienced veteran, and when it came to battle, he wasn't without skill.
In an instant, he reacted, his feet stomping hard against the void. His figure blurred into a string of afterimages as he shot backward. Facing the incoming wave of destruction and heat, his expression grew heavy.
His hands danced rapidly, and as his palms drew out arc after arc, fiery red Dou Qi erupted from within him. It swiftly condensed before him into a massive flame cauldron over ten zhang tall.
Fire Cauldron Suppresses the Heavens!
Huang Yi roared inwardly.
His face was flushed red from the reflection of the cauldron flames, his eyes blazing scarlet. Both palms slammed heavily onto the cauldron before him, as though pushing it forward, ramming directly into the charging black thunder-fire dragon.
Dang~
Like the toll of a great bell, a resonant sound echoed through the heavens and earth. The black thunder-fire dragon slammed hard against the colossal flame cauldron. A shocking soundwave spread out in rippling waves of invisible force, instantly distorting the void.
Crack crack crack~
The collision held for no more than a single breath. In the next instant, countless cracks webbed across the red cauldron's surface. Then, with a loud boom, it shattered into fragments of energy that blasted outward in all directions.
Hmph!
As the cauldron exploded, Huang Yi let out a muffled groan, his body staggering backward in a flurry.
"What a powerful flame dragon!"
Retreating in a panic, his footsteps stamped deep imprints into the void, and a trace of horror surged in his heart. Just one exchange, and he already knew—the gap between them was far too great.
He stomped down hard on the void, forcing himself to stabilize his body, quickly suppressing the surging blood within his chest. As his face flushed red, a sweet taste surged into his throat.
His mood turned bitter. He had thought, after all, that he was at least a Seven-Star Dou Zong, and it wasn't as if he had never fought a Nine-Star Dou Zong before. He believed he could at least hold on for a while, maybe even avoid falling into disadvantage.
At the very least, he thought he could force the opponent into scruples, making them wary of unnecessary trouble, and eventually compromise by sharing some of the Core Soul Marrow with him. Not much, just thirty percent.
With even a portion of Core Soul Marrow, such a treasure, he would have a chance to glimpse the Spirit Realm and achieve Tier 8 alchemist!
A fine dream, but reality was cruel. Just one move, and he had already lost, even suffering internal injuries. And looking at the situation now, forget getting a share of the treasure—whether he could even escape alive was in question.
Ang~
With a thunderous dragon's roar shaking the heavens, that massive black thunder-fire dragon swept forward once again. A colossal dragon claw extended, black flames roaring upon it, lightning crackling.
The void crumbled, black thunder raging violently. The claw, vast enough to cover the skies, came crashing down. Even before it touched him, the terrifying heatwaves made Huang Yi's body unsteady. The deep rumble of thunder exploded in his ears.
Huang Yi frantically drew upon his Dou Qi, once again condensing a scarlet cauldron, raising it with both palms to meet that titanic claw.
Boom~
Like a hand slapping a cockroach, ripples spread outward once more. The cauldron lasted but an instant before exploding.
Huang Yi's figure plummeted, crashing into the ground with a thunderous impact, gouging out a massive crater.
"Pu~, cough cough cough"
Amid the rising dust, Huang Yi spewed a mouthful of blood, coughing violently as he lay in the pit.
His entire body felt as though it had been crushed beneath an Ancient Void Dragon, his bones on the verge of shattering. Weakly propping himself up, he gazed upward at the thunder-fire dragon towering above.
"Cough cough, young friend—no, my lord, please stop, this was my fault, I shouldn't have been greedy, I'll leave, I'll leave right now!" he shouted loudly in desperation. He was truly afraid. At this moment, what Core Soul Marrow? Staying alive came first.
Wei Yang stood with his hands clasped behind his back, gazing indifferently at Huang Yi lying in the distant crater. "You don't need me to remind you what happens next, do you?"
Hearing this, Huang Yi watched the black thunder-fire dragon overhead with extreme wariness, his palm tightening slightly. There, a space stone was already quietly hidden in his grip.
His eyes, filled with deep unwillingness, glanced at Wei Yang. He pleaded, "Cough cough, my lord, could you give me another chance, let me continue in the competition?"
"What do you think?" Wei Yang smiled, though that smile carried a trace of coldness.
If one didn't provoke him, he couldn't be bothered. But provoke him, and then still want to stay and compete?
Make a mistake without paying any price or consequence? Where in the world was such a good thing?
If it weren't for the sake of the Pill Gathering, a character like this might not even get the chance to crush a space stone to escape.
"Stop dawdling, my patience is limited, I don't have time to waste on you here." Wei Yang frowned. "Are you going to leave on your own, or do I send you off myself?"
"Fine, fine." Hearing this, Huang Yi let out a bitter laugh, tightened his grip, and suddenly crushed the space stone. At once, the space around him began to twist violently.
In this moment, his heart was filled with bitter disappointment. He had waited so many years for this Pill Gathering, only for it to end so abruptly.
"Youngster, you're ruthless. Do you dare leave your name, so at least this old man knows whose hands he fell to this time?" As the distorted space pulled at his body, preparing to teleport him away, Huang Yi suddenly raised his head and asked coldly.
But Wei Yang merely gave him a cold glance, not even bothering to respond. With a wave of his hand, the massive thunder-fire dragon shrank rapidly, streaking toward him. Finally, it turned into pure energy, returning into his body.
Wei Yang's silent disregard immediately filled Huang Yi with extreme humiliation. He glared at him deeply. "Brat, I'll remember you."
The moment his words fell, the space around him erupted with suction, pulling his body inside, and he vanished without a trace. As for such threats, Wei Yang didn't care in the slightest. He wasn't afraid of the Hall of Souls—so what was a mere Seven-Star Dou Zong supposed to be?
At this moment, he closed his eyes slightly, sensing the energy within his body. By recalling the thunder-fire dragon, it had also brought back with it much of the violent energy it had absorbed from the Pill Realm. Now, all of that energy had returned into him.
Of course, after the thunder-fire dragon's initial refinement, the violent energy had already become somewhat gentler.
Now, he intended to circulate his cultivation technique and Heavenly Flame, fully refining this violent energy, converting it into his own strength. Of course, with his current power, even if he didn't refine it, it wouldn't matter much.
After all, he was at the peak of Nine-Star Dou Zong. This kind of violent energy, as long as it wasn't absorbed in excessive amounts all at once, wouldn't cause much effect on his Dou Qi.
Only if too much was absorbed at once would it cause Dou Qi to become mottled, impure, damaging the foundation, or even causing the body to explode and die.
Hm?
Wei Yang suddenly found, to his surprise, that this violent energy entering his body didn't seem to pose any threat to his physique, his meridians, or anything else.
In fact, even without circulating his cultivation technique or Heavenly Flame to refine it, this violent Pill Realm energy could still be absorbed directly by his body.
"Huh? What's going on?"
Shocked, he quickly immersed his mind inward, carefully examining. He discovered that his cells and blood were greedily absorbing the violent energy, with no discomfort at all.
It seemed this so-called violent energy, for his body, was no different than ordinary heaven and earth energy from the outside world.
No—in fact, he faintly realized that his body gained even greater benefits absorbing this violent energy than it did from normal heaven and earth energy!
"This."
The discovery stunned Wei Yang, before he quickly came to a realization.
"For magic beasts with powerful physiques, this violent energy isn't harmful, but instead a great nourishment."
"And my body, after merging with the blood essence of the Hou, has undergone transformation. My physique is no weaker than magic beasts, perhaps even stronger!"
"So, this Pill Realm violent energy, for me, is also a great supplement."
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