The Battle Through Heaven
Cauldron Explosion
Following Xiao Yan's soft mutter, the dark black ring on Xiao Yan's finger fell silent for a moment before suddenly shaking gently a moment later. A faint ice-cold taste began to envelop Xiao Yan's fingertips, causing his finger joints to turn slightly white.
The Purple Flame within the medicinal cauldron seemed to sense something and it actually started dancing around uneasily. It was fortunate, however, that there was an absolute suppression of Xiao Yan's Spiritual Strength. Therefore, his uncomfortable movements did not cause any problems.
At that moment Yan Li's uncontrollable laughter on the open ground gradually weakened, weakening, the gaze that was cast onto the ‘Purple Heart Barrier Breaking Pill’ was once again shot towards where Xiao Yan was. Right now there was only him who was still refining the entire stage. The remaining alchemists either chose to admit defeat or had long since withdrawn from the competition. After all, in front of the four tier pinnacle medicinal pill that Yan Li had refined, they did not have the ability to defy fate and came back with an outcome that would shock everyone.
Yan Li stopped throwing ‘Pil Breakers Purple’ Heart Barrier in his palm. He crossed both his hands in front of his chest and coldly smiled at Xiao Yan's last struggle before his defeat was not far away.
On the high platform, Fa Ma, whose expression was originally rather dark, frowned slightly. He raised his head and looked in the direction where Xiao Yan was. As the highest tier alchemist of the entire place, he could naturally quickly sense the fire changes in the area where Xiao Yan was.
"What's been going on? Why did the flames in the cauldron begin to show signs of uneasiness and discomfort? " Fa Ma muttered, clearly confused. At that moment, his expression suddenly changed drastically. His eyes, which were staring at the medicinal cauldron in front of Xiao Yan suddenly shrank. At that place, he seemed to faintly see a white-colored object. Moreover, a chill actually slowly seeped out from the medicinal cauldron.
"A cold air?" He felt the temperature of the entire open ground suddenly drop, Fa Ma's expression changed once again. Right now he was completely confused by this sudden situation that had occurred.
"The temperature here has gone down. The cold air. It can actually affect such a large area. Don't tell me it was made by Old Man Ice? " Jia Lao involuntarily came to Fa Ma's side and said as he looked at Hai Bodong beside him in a strange way.
"If I can spread cold air all over the place without the two of you feeling my actions, I'm afraid I've long since become a member of the Dou Zhong class." Hai Bodong rolled his eyes. In his heart, he clearly knew that this cold air should be because Xiao Yan started using that thick white ‘ Heavenly Fire’. Back then, he had exchanged blows with this type of flame and clearly understood the terror of this thing. It contained extreme heat in the extreme cold. It was an incredible headache when one had to handle it.
"No, it's not that. That cold air seemed to be emitted from Xiao Yan's medicinal cauldron. " Fa Ma shook his head and said in a deep voice.
"What's he doing? Creating cold air while refining pills? Was he not afraid to put out the fire in the cauldron? Don't tell me that guy decided to destroy everything and give up? " Jia Lao frowned and said.
"No. Given his character, he would definitely not do such a ridiculous thing. I think he should have other intentions. " Fa Ma shook his head. From what he knew about Xiao Yan, it was impossible for him to think that the latter had given up on himself.
"Little boy, what exactly are you doing?" Fa Ma sighed softly as he looked at the young man in the middle of the open ground.
The vibrations of the dark black ring became increasingly intense. Following the intensity of the shaking ring, Xiao Yan's Spiritual Strength once again came out, ready to control the withdrawal of the Purple Flame from the medicinal cauldron at any moment. Of course, none of these two flames really belonged to him. Therefore, the change of fire this time would be much more difficult compared to the last time. However, with his last successful experience and his strange condition being so good that it could not be better, Xiao Yan still had considerable confidence.
"Teacher, please pray for me." Xiao Yan slowly exhaled. His finger, which was slightly bent at the fire outlet, suddenly protruded. His dark black ring once again shook. Thick white colored flames suddenly surged. At this moment, the temperature around Xiao Yan once again dropped.
"Interesting!" Xiao Yan let out a soft scream in his heart. At the same time as the thick white flame surged into the medicinal cauldron, the purple-colored flame was quickly expelled from the other flame outlet on the other side on a regular basis. After that, it slowly disappeared.
"Raise the temperature." In a lightning-like manner, Xiao Yan's Spiritual Strength wrapped around the thick white flames that surged into the medicinal cauldron. His feet violently stepped on the ground and several lines of cracks began to spread from there. Sweat came out from his forehead as if it was raining. The alchemist robes on his body were instantly drenched. Fortunately, the workmanship of the robe is very good and able to absorb sweat until it is completely absorbed all the sweat on the surface of his skin. It was because of this that Xiao Yan did not seem to be in too bad a condition.
Under the control of his Spiritual Strength that was unleashed entirely, the temperature of the thick white flames began to rise rapidly. At one point, it finally wrapped around the green-colored medicinal pill under Xiao Yan's burdened eyes.
Although Xiao Yan did his best to raise the temperature of the ‘Bone Chilling Flame’ cluster wrapped around the medicinal pill, the rest of the unpressured flames still repeatedly emitted ice-cold air. Fortunately Xiao Yan had already wrapped the medicinal pill inside the flame whose temperature had been raised. Hence, the wriggling cold flames did not pose too much trouble for Xiao Yan. All of this, however, is only temporary.
As ‘Bone Chilling Flame’ wriggled inside the medicinal cauldron, a thread of white cold air seeped out from the inside of the cauldron. Finally, it covered the medicinal cauldron until it became a little hazy.
"What's he doing?" Little Princess and Liu Ling looked at the cold air that spread out and then faced each other. Their faces looked very confused. Because Xiao Yan had stretched out his finger to the fire outlet while using ‘Fire Cold Bone’ and cold air flowed out afterwards, even the Little Princess and the others who were not far from Xiao Yan still remained ignorant that the third flame was being transformed within the ordinary deep red cauldron.
"A strange cold air. It's obviously icy cold, yet why would a probe using my Spiritual Perception tell me that it's as hot as fire? " Yan Li looked at the cold air and said with a frown as he held the ‘ Purple’ Heart Barrier Pill in his hand. For some unknown reason, he was starting to feel uneasy at this moment.
"Buzzling." The strange sound suddenly caused Xiao Yan to be confused while his gaze stared intently at the round medicinal pill within the thick white cluster of flames.
Xiao Yan's gaze swept over the stone table and finally stopped at the dark red medicinal cauldron. The sound of buzzing came out of there.
Xiao Yan frowned. As he was perplexed, the sound of a one-minute crack caused his expression to suddenly sink. He twisted his neck as his gaze stopped on the deep red cauldron. His eyes suddenly shrank to the size of a pinhole.
He noticed that a line of small cracks began to spread from the exterior of the refined cauldron!
The cauldron explosion is about to happen. Xiao Yan's throat moved slightly as he looked at that small crack line. His mouth suddenly felt a little dry. After the change of the three types of flames, this cauldron finally reached the limit it could withstand and nearly exploded. Xiao Yan, who had always ignored finding a good cauldron finally realized for the first time how a good medicinal cauldron was not the kind of external object that an alchemist like he had imagined.
It's troublesome. Sweat once again slowly rolled up his face. Xiao Yan had not expected such a funny scene to actually appear at the very last moment.
Not long after the sound of the first crack appeared, the second followed closely. After that, the third and fourth followed. In just an instant, the medicinal cauldron, which was originally in good condition, was completely covered in a small crack line. Through the crack line, Xiao Yan could even see the white flames dancing within it.
"Paradise."
Since Little Princess and the others were within a short distance of Xiao Yan, they sensed something not long after that ear-piercing crack sound appeared. When they saw Xiao Yan's face that was filled with cold sweat, everyone exclaimed. Who could have imagined that this fellow would actually cause the cauldron to reach the point where it would explode.
On the high platform, the tip of Fa Ma's mouth twitched. He had imagined the many methods by which Xiao Yan would be defeated. However, he never thought that Xiao Yan would fail due to the explosion of the caldron, a method that caused people to be speechless.
A while later, Fa Ma finally shook his head with bitterness. He said softly, "Ah, it's over. What exactly did this little boy do during this last period of time? Before this, the medicinal cauldron had to withstand such a high temperature. Suddenly there was so much cold air. Adding this to the low quality of the cauldron, it would be surprising if the cauldron did not explode. "
Hai Bodong frowned slightly. He was much clearer about the whole story compared to Fa Ma. It was likely that Xiao Yan intended to use a thick white flame to refine ‘Green’ Spirit Pill until it reached the class of ‘Three Garis’, but inadvertently ignored this small matter. However, it is this small issue that determines who the champion's place is at the crucial moment.
"Ha ha, your medicinal cauldron will explode. What can you fix? " Yan Li was stunned as she looked at the medicinal cauldron that was covered in a line of cracks. After being perplexed for a moment, he could not help but slap the stone table while laughing uncontrollably. Seeing how he had lost himself, it was clear that he had received quite a serious shock over Xiao Yan's mysterious actions earlier.
Xiao Yan ignored the voices and gazes of the outside world. His head was sweating as he tried his best to keep the medical cauldron from further damage. Unfortunately, he was an alchemist, not a blacksmith. Hence, even after he exerted all his effort, he could only helplessly watch the medicinal cauldron obtain an increasingly large crack line.
When the crack line in the medicinal cauldron had expanded until it reached its limit, the speed at which the spreading crack line stopped. It was silent for a moment before the turbulent white-colored cold air suddenly surged out from the crack line of the cauldron, completely wrapping the entire stone table inside.
As the cold air appeared, the medicinal cauldron began to swell. Xiao Yan's gaze stared intently at the increasingly larger medicinal cauldron. At the moment before exploding, he suddenly slapped the bottom of the medicinal cauldron violently while his eyes were red.
"Bang!"
The medicinal cauldron that had already reached its limit finally exploded with this slap from Xiao Yan.
A violent explosion resounded throughout the open ground. Countless medicinal cauldron fragments shot out in all directions, frightening the alchemists in the surroundings as they hurriedly retreated.
"Haha. I already said that the champion spot is mine! " Yan Li laughed wildly. He finally completely relaxed as he stared at the stone table covered by the white-colored cold air.
In the entire open, only the sound of remnant explosions and Yan Li's wild laughter could be heard. Everyone is silent. Xiao Yan's failure was a definite conclusion.