Chapter 550: Even Dan Thunder Is Competing Now!
"As expected of Nine-Colored Dan Thunder! Even after that round of bombardment, all eight Earth Demon Puppets have shown some level of enhancement. Not bad, not bad at all!"
Wu Tian stood with his hands behind his back, gazing at the sky with a satisfied smile.
To everyone else, that smile was insufferably arrogant and to the Dan Thunder swirling above, it was nothing short of blatant provocation.
Yet, despite his taunting, the thunderclouds remained unfazed. Though they churned and rolled, they did not unleash their full fury.
"The Sky Demon Puppets are fully golden. You guys still need to work harder. Number Three, Number Nine, once the rest turn gold, all of you go up together and blast this damn thundercloud apart for me!"
A look of utter disdain flashed across Wu Tian's face as he spoke, his words echoing through the vast expanse.
This guy… He was treating Nine-Colored Dan Thunder like a joke!
Even with a hundred lifetimes of courage, no one would dare speak so arrogantly about something so terrifying.
But
When you had absolute power, you could afford to be arrogant.
Wu Tian sighed inwardly.
Honestly, he was already keeping a low profile. After all, he had only brought ten puppets.
During the great battle against the Hall of Souls, many had perished, and Wu Tian had hand-picked which corpses were worth refining.
The lower-quality Earth Demon Puppets had been left behind to guard Cai Lin Pavilion, ensuring that if the Hall of Souls ever attacked again, they would be fighting their own former comrades.
Brilliant.
A perfect countermeasure.
Yet despite all this restraint, no one else seemed to understand his humility.
A Saint-level expert hiding his power and joining a mere alchemy competition…
Was there anything more ridiculous?
But then again, with Gu You present, this kind of ridiculousness felt almost normal.
After all
They were both Saints.
It's just that one was a High-Level Half-Saint…
And the other was a true Dou Saint.
As if provoked by Wu Tian's words, the sky suddenly trembled with rage.
The thunderclouds boiled with wrath, and then
Something strange happened.
A massive suction force burst forth from the heart of the Nine-Colored Dan Thunder, and in an instant
Every other thundercloud in the sky began shifting toward it!
As if drawn by an unseen force, all of the other competitors' Dan Thunder clouds
Were being absorbed!
"Holy shit…"
"What the hell?! This is insane!"
"Nine-Colored Dan Thunder was already terrifying enough now it's absorbing the other Dan Thunders?!"
The entire crowd erupted in shock.
Even Xuan Kong Zi and the other great elders of the Pill Tower were left dumbfounded.
They had never seen anything like this in their entire lives.
Even Dan Thunder… was competing now?!
It was devouring the other Dan Thunders, as if it too was trying to prove its dominance.
Their expressions were filled with utter disbelief.
Cao Ying, Dan Chen, Qing Hua, and even Gu You himself could only watch in horror.
They could do nothing as the thunderclouds above their heads were ripped away and merged into the ever-growing storm above Wu Tian.
By the time it was over, the massive thundercloud looming above had expanded to an unimaginable scale
It was now larger than Sacred Pill City itself!
The dark, swirling storm covered the entire sky, pressing down upon the earth like the descent of doomsday.
No one dared to breathe too loudly.
Dan Thunder could devour Dan Thunder?
Wu Tian smirked.
So it was just like Heavenly Flames, then?
A ranking system, where stronger entities absorbed weaker ones?
It made sense.
Nine-Colored Dan Thunder was one of the most powerful elemental thunders in existence.
It was the king of its domain.
That it could consume lesser Dan Thunders was only natural.
For those who cultivated lightning-based techniques, witnessing this must have been a dream come true.
But
Even if someone wanted to absorb it…
They'd never be able to withstand it.
"Not only has this Nine-Colored Dan Thunder absorbed the others, but its power has also grown exponentially!"
"It was already a force of nature now, it's something that even we can't control!"
"This power is beyond Dou Zun, beyond Half-Saint! Even if we use the Pill Tower's defensive array, we can only protect the people here. We won't be able to stop the thunder itself!"
"Then should we activate the array?"
"If we do that, then what happens next?"
"Our only hope… is him. He doesn't seem even the slightest bit nervous, which means he must have a plan."
"But… why does it look like he's not planning to make a move at all?"
"…You don't think he's just going to let his puppets tank it, do you?"
"Uh… With this super rich bastard, is there anything that isn't possible?"
"Those puppets are already absurdly strong. Now, after being tempered by Dan Thunder, they're even stronger. Even if some of them break, the ones that survive will be monsters."
Hearing Xuan Yi's words, Xuan Kong Zi and Tian Lei Zi nodded solemnly.
Even they were feeling pressured by this Dan Thunder
That alone spoke volumes about its power.
Yet…
Wu Tian showed no concern at all.
He wasn't even preparing a defense.
He was simply watching.
That meant he had absolute confidence.
The Pill Tower had already entrusted everything to him
They could only place their faith in his power.
If they used the defensive array now, then when the Hall of Souls inevitably made their move, they would no longer have any protection.
That was unacceptable.
As the thunderclouds finished merging, the entire world seemed to shudder.
The very atmosphere was chaotic, filled with a pressure so immense that even powerful experts felt their Dou Qi stagnate.
And it wasn't just the thunder anymore
The storm was now absorbing other elements as well.
Fire.
Lightning.
Ice.
Every elemental energy in the heavens was being sucked into the storm.
It was absolute madness.
Everyone felt trapped, as if standing at the edge of oblivion.
If that Dan Thunder struck the wrong place…
It wouldn't just kill them
It would erase them from existence.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
The thunderclouds finally struck.
The colossal lightning bolts larger than entire buildings
Came crashing down.
It was a storm of annihilation, descending from all directions, tearing through space itself.
And its targets?
Not just the Earth Demon Puppets.
The Sky Demon Puppets as well!
This was it.
If the Sky Demon Puppets didn't step in now
The Earth Demon Puppets would be completely obliterated.
High above the sky, ten figures stood tall, unmoving
Like ascendant cultivators, facing the ultimate trial of the heavens, ready to shatter the storm itself and rise beyond mortal limits.
(End of Chapter)
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