Chapter 140 - The Shocking Universe Palm (2/2)

With a bang, the flame burned twice as strong and consumed all of Zhuo Fan’s Yuan Qi in an instant. At this moment, Zhuo Fan’s eyes flashed and his burning hand made a fist. The fire and the ingredients were all now squeezed inside.

In one blink, the towering flame had vanished into thin air. Only Zhuo Fan held his fist tightly. It was bright red and billowing smoke leaked from between his fingers.

This whole process of putting the ingredients inside the flame and closing his fist took a few short breaths.

Many didn’t even catch him doing it.

Scratching their heads, many looked at each other lost, not understanding what was going on.

Vicious Pill King stared fixed at the fist and laughed, “I was wondering what you’re planning. But it’s the same as before. Isn’t it destroying all ingredients again?”

With ragged breath and ashen-faced, Zhuo Fan collapsed from exhaustion. But his smile turned unprecedentedly wicked. It seemed to convey endless confidence.

“Old coot, I may have done the same, but the result isn’t.”

Taunting Vicious Pill King with his eyes, Zhuo Fan pumped his fist and then opened it, “Everyone, the refining of a 5th-grade pill is now complete!”

Zhuo Fan’s shout resounded throughout the hall and a golden pill gleaming brilliantly spun around in his palm.

The soothing fragrance, the luster, they all confirmed that it was indeed a 5th-grade pill.

In an instant, the audience devolved into chaos. Just what did Grandmaster Song do? How did he suddenly refine a pill?

The top ten alchemists, closest to Zhuo Fan, cried incessantly, “That’s impossible!”

They saw it most clearly. How Zhuo Fan turned a batch of ingredients into a pill in an instant. But this was also why they just couldn’t believe it and couldn’t accept it.

They not only never seen such a godly refining skill, but did not even catch a rumor of it.

Liu Yizhen watched Zhuo Fan in a daze, almost forgetting about his own task. His brain froze. He didn’t understand ancient refining skills, but read records of them. Yet none of them held any reference that might allude to what this heaven-defying skill was.

He made a 5th-grade pill just by closing his fist? [If refining is that easy, what pride would the alchemists of today have?]

[A pill taking two hours to make just took seconds in your fist!]

On the terrace, Long Jiu and the rest were dumbfounded. How was this alchemy? It was clearly pulling something out of thin air!

This refining skill was too goddamned insane! It was no different from swindling!

On the eastern terrace, Huangpu Qingyun and his men were dumbstruck as well.

“T-this brat…” Huangpu Qingyun was so surprised he could barely speak. His men didn’t fare any better

The only eyes not looking at the pill was Zhuo Fan who was holding it.

Swallowing hard, Zhuo Fan waved the pill before the flabbergast Vicious Pill King, “Old coot, ever heard of Universe Palm?”

Vicious Pill King blinked hard and swirled his head. He looked at Zhuo Fan like looking at a freak. He stammered for a long time but all that came out was a garbled mess.

The shocking Universe Palm was unlike any ancient secret skill he used before. This was a heaven-defying ability.

The alchemists seemed to have been in a dream. A refining skill that defined the heavenly laws actually existed in the world!

Snorting, Zhuo Fan said, “Did you see, old coot? This is our difference. The difference between Heaven Toppling Pill and Vicious Pill King is as big as heaven and earth.”

Vicious Pill King watched him dazed, and couldn’t get any word out in rebuke.

Zhuo Fan sneered with a shake of his head and showed the pill to Xiao Ya, “Forgive me, my cultivation isn’t enough and could only refine a high 5th grade pill. A perfect one shouldn’t influence my spot, right?”

The alchemists’ faces twitched, feeling like crying.

[Making a 5th grade pill in a blink is heaven-defying enough, so why in god’s name do you have to make it a high one too? Are you trying to steal our bread?]

Xiao Ya felt dizzy. Zhuo Fan had to call her out a few times before he got a reaction. She rushed to receive the pill and assess it in detail, “Grandmaster Song’s high 5th-grade pill is successful. He keeps the first place and enters the final round to compete for the position of Pill King!”

At her words, Zhuo Fan turned around and spread his arms. He looked at the audience, his cloak billowing, a manner exceedingly arrogant, and shouted, “As long as I stand in this spot, no one can take it!”

“Grandmaster Song~”

The crowd’s passion was ignited and pumped their fist as they called out his name.

The Pill King finals had yet to start, but he had already become a Pill King in their eyes…