Chapter 702: Puppet Again on Xiao Yan's Mind

However, thanks to Dan Chen's favor, those two-colored thunderclouds directly scared away their respective Dan Lightning.

Thus they no longer needed to bother welcoming the Dan Lightning.

Perhaps this is what they mean by fortune and misfortune depending on each other.

As for Dan Chen on the stone platform, she wiped the blood stain beside her lips, her pale cheeks facing the two-colored thunderclouds in the sky, a hint of joy appearing at the corner of her mouth.

Afterward, she rose with some difficulty, her frail delicate figure seeming as if a gust of wind could blow her over.

However, such a figure made even the Dou Zun-level powerhouses dare not show the slightest contempt.

Today, regardless of whether she can withstand that two-colored Dan Lightning, the reputation of Dan Family's Dan Chen will echo throughout the Zhongzhou Continent!

"Hehe, Dan Chen junior sister, it seems you've made great progress lately. But wanting sister me to admit defeat? Not that easy."

As a smile appeared on Dan Chen's cheek, a clear, sweet laugh suddenly came from afar.

Hearing that, she turned her head, only to see Cao Ying slowly rising from the stone platform in the distance.

That alluring, moving face, although now somewhat better than hers, was still covered with pallor,

yet even so, the smile on that beautiful face remained as charming as ever, captivating countless people.

As Dan Chen's longtime rival, Cao Ying naturally refused to fall behind; one could see a phoenix-like proud arc appear on her cheek.

Her jade hand suddenly extended, forming a hand seal, then she gave a coquettish shout: "Rise!"

"Boom!"

Following her shout, a blood-red light pillar even larger than Dan Chen's earlier one erupted from the cauldron before Cao Ying, shooting straight into the heavens!

Accompanying the surge of that light pillar, the clouds and mist in the sky suddenly condensed.

Then, amidst countless shocked gazes, two colors suddenly appeared.

These two colors were even richer than the Dan Lightning summoned by Dan Chen!

Moreover, keen-eyed people present could notice that the thunderclouds summoned by Cao Ying

beneath the blue and silver hues, seemed to carry a trace of extremely faint red.

"Good heavens, another Eighth Grade Pill!"

The surging massive thunderclouds made the whole square boil again at that moment.

Seeing that extremely faint third color in the former's thunderclouds, Xiao Yan's expression darkened somewhat in the distance.

He originally thought his strength could easily surpass these two women.

Even if he couldn't get first, he could still secure second or third place.

But now it seems it's quite uncertain.

Thinking this, he unconsciously glanced at the distant Mu Gu Old Man.

Because the cauldron used by Mu Gu Old Man was of good quality, it completely blocked the fluctuations of the medicinal pill inside.

But he had heard from Xuan Kongzi and them that this old brat is at least a three-color alchemist.

Now he really doesn't have much confidence in defeating the former.

Unless he risks using his teacher's secret alchemical technique.

But considering the risk, Xiao Yan couldn't help but frown.

Next, his gaze swept to another place, a stone platform possessing the unique spiritual aura fluctuations of the Spirit Realm Spirit Soul.

An elderly-faced gray-clothed old man, his visage like orange peel, sat upon that stone platform, his face perpetually filled with a gentle smile.

Before him hung conspicuously a badge of rank for an Eighth Grade Alchemist.

Looking at this, it's clear he is a senior powerhouse.

"Damn, I never expected this pill gathering to attract so many senior figures!"

Although his face was full of gentle smiles, in Xiao Yan's eyes it was an extremely provoking invitation to be hit.

Because of Lin Feng's influence, Xiao Yan feels more urgent and eager for power than in the original timeline.

Thus, Xiao Yan, who usually has a decent mindset, is now also feeling somewhat restless.

However, when he sensed that the medicinal pill inside his cauldron had successfully formed, he temporarily suppressed his emotions and turned his head to look at the cauldron before him.

"Boom!"

The next moment, a ten-zhang huge light pillar also burst forth from within Xiao Yan's cauldron before him.

Immediately afterward, the two-colored thunderclouds that caused the surroundings to exclaim again condensed above his head.

Perhaps due to the amplification of the strange fire and his own strength, even though Xiao Yan, like Dan Chen, barely stepped into the Spirit Realm Spirit Soul as an alchemist.

But Xiao Yan's two-colored thunderclouds, compared to the thunderclouds after Dan Chen used the Embracing Pill Method, are not lacking in color at all.

However, compared to the thunderclouds summoned by Cao Ying, they are somewhat inferior.

In Xiao Yan's thunderclouds, there is not a trace of a third color.

"Hehe, it seems this championship will surely be mine!"

As soon as the former's thunderclouds appeared, an old, echoing laugh resounded throughout the venue.

The next moment, under countless gazes, he lightly flicked his sleeve, shaking off the lid of the cauldron before him.

As the cauldron lid fell, a surge of energy stronger than that provoked by anyone before burst forth, shooting straight into the heavens and turning into thunderclouds.

After a violent rolling, two colors appeared within the thunderclouds.

However, soon amidst everyone's astonished gazes, a color quietly emerged.

"It's a three-colored thundercloud, even richer in color than Cao Ying's Dan Lightning!"

"Just who is this oldster? Even Cao Family's bewitching maiden Cao Ying can't compare to him!"

Gazing at the Dan Lightning finally solidified in three colors, the vast square erupted in an uproar at that moment.

As for Xiao Yan, upon seeing that old man summon three-colored Dan Lightning, his expression suddenly turned somewhat gloomy.

Each drop in his ranking means he is that much farther from the Three Thousand Yan Yan Fire.

For him, who desperately craved strength, this was obviously hard to accept.

"Damn it, if it really doesn't work out, then I'll have to use other means to obtain the Three Thousand Yan Flame!"

Xiao Yan clenched his teeth, silently thinking to himself.

"I didn't expect that Old Man Qing Hua would also come here, thick‑skinned."

At the same time, on the high platform, the senior figures of the Alchemy Tower, gazing at the gray‑old man on the stone platform, were slightly startled, then exchanged a glance, feeling somewhat helpless.

Looking at the person of his own generation, the one in black robes furrowed his brows and muttered, "This old guy really can lower his face."

Of course, she was more worried that this old guy would win the championship and absorb the Three Thousand Yan Flame.

By then, Xiao Yan would have been busy for nothing.

"You don't know how obsessed he is with strange flames. Back then, he and Yao Chen stubbornly stayed in that damned place for several years. But in the end, Yao Chen still got the Bone‑Chilling Cold Flame. Now that he has a chance to obtain the Three Thousand Yan Flame, he naturally wants to give it a try."

Heavenly Thunder Master glanced down at the old man called Qing Hua and said.

Hearing that, Mysterious Void Master helplessly shook his head, then his gaze suddenly turned toward a certain stone platform.

There, the black‑clad Old Man Mu Gu was concentrating on refining pills.

"His aura has been deliberately concealed from the moment he appeared until now, and even his appearance has been altered—I don't know which old immortal this is."

Mysterious Void Master lightly stroked his beard, beginning to ponder possible identities.

Since Xiao Yan, after leaving the Alchemy Realm, hadn't been able to explain to the Three Giants that Old Man Mu Gu had infiltrated the Pill Gathering.

The three of them still don't know Old Man Mu Gu's true identity and can only guess wildly.

"Rumble—"

At this very moment, the multicolored alchemy thunder triggered by Dan Chen, Cao Ying, Xiao Yan and the others also began to turn violent.

Looking at it, it was about to fall down shortly.

Dan Chen, seeing this, quickly flicked her storage ring and took out one of the many puppets Lin Feng had given her.

This puppet's whole body is a pure silver, its strength roughly at the peak of the Dou Zong level.

Because Lin Feng had previously told her that a puppet of this grade.

After undergoing the baptism of eighth‑grade alchemy thunder, perhaps it could step into the Dou Zun realm.

Therefore, she also chose to follow Lin Feng's advice, using a Dou Zong peak‑level puppet to block the alchemy thunder.

As for Cao Ying, she flicked her storage ring and took out a golden Heavenly Demon puppet.

Compared to the two girls who used puppets to resist the alchemy thunder, Xiao Yan and the old man called Qing Hua could only rely on their own strength to withstand it head‑on.

After all, one of them is a mortal enemy of Lin Feng, the other has no connection to him at all, and it's impossible for either to have such a puppet in hand.

However, seeing those puppets, under the girls' orders, flying up to meet the alchemy thunder, Xiao Yan also felt a bit tempted.

"Perhaps I should figure out a way to get some puppets from Lin Feng's hands. It's said these puppets can also absorb alchemy thunder to evolve, and when I find my teacher and stage a rescue, we'll also need a lot of combat power."

Looking at those puppets, Xiao Yan immediately decided that after this Pill Gathering ends, he will go discuss with the Three Giants.

See if it's possible, by some means, to get some puppets from Lin Feng's hands.

Mainly, after two months of fighting the Soul Hall, he finally got to see the intimidating power of those two words, "Soul Hall."

The vast majority of Dou Zun experts, upon hearing they were opposed to the Soul Hall, immediately turned and fled.

Even if he offered high‑grade pills as bait, the other side still dared not linger at all.

Although part of the reason is that his strength is too weak, giving the opponent no confidence of victory.

But after experiencing this, he began to yearn greatly for those puppets that firmly obey orders and never betray.