No more pills

What gave him a headache right now was the Formation on the seventh level.

This Formation was a combination of a Trapping Formation and a killing Formation; it was quite difficult to break, and several Martial Kings had already died, yet there was still no clue on how to proceed.

Even the Formation Master from the Family had no way to deal with this composite Formation and could only try to break it by force.

Fortunately, this Formation was old, and its operation had already developed some issues.

But the most critical issue right now was that they had no Medicinal Pills left.

Although they had prepared sufficient Medicinal Pills before entering the Secret Realm, who knew that this Secret Realm would be so perverse, with traps and Puppets everywhere inside.

To continue advancing, they must have a supply of Medicinal Pills; otherwise, after the Martial Artists under his command were injured, their strength would decrease, and they would have no way to break the Formation.

"Have the Martial Artists sent to collect Medicinal Pills returned?" the Fifth Prince asked in a deep voice.

A Martial King standing nearby stepped forward and said in a low voice, "Your Highness, they have returned, but the Medicinal Pills collected are few and far between, nowhere near enough for the next attack on the Formation. Should I send more people to collect some?"

Although this Martial King spoke very softly, everyone present was highly skilled, and since they were in an open area, how could they not hear him?

"There are too few Martial Artists coming in from outside now, and their strength is generally low; it is very difficult to collect Medicinal Pills from them," Yang Quan said in a deep voice. "Why don't we pool all the Medicinal Pills we have and attack the Formation one more time?"

Having come this far and already seeing the shadow of a High Grade Ninth-Rank Medicinal Pill, Yang Quan really did not want to give up.

A shifty-eyed Martial King suggested, "Why don't we send people to rob the independent Martial Kings of their Medicinal Pills? I suspect some of them still have a large quantity. As long as we gather the Medicinal Pills in their hands, I believe this Formation will not be able to stop us."

The Fifth Prince glanced at the shifty-eyed Martial King and turned his head away in disdain.

Who would dare to rob independent Martial Kings? They would be condemned by their own Power upon leaving.

Any act that damages the Family's reputation, once done, would become an indelible stain of shame for the Family for a lifetime.

Of course, although the suggestion Yang Quan proposed sounded good, it was completely impossible to implement.

Medicinal Pills have now become bargaining chips for various Powers to compete for treasures. It can be said that whoever has more healing Medicinal Pills and whose Martial Artists are stronger will have a greater chance of seizing the treasures next.

Don't be fooled by the current harmony; as soon as the Formation opens, there is guaranteed to be another round of slaughter.

In fact, most Martial Kings did not die from stepping into traps; most of them were killed by 'their own people'.

Under such circumstances, who would take out their Medicinal Pills?

"Why don't we find an Alchemist to refine some Medicinal Pills?" a Martial Artist suggested.

"It's not possible," the Fifth Prince shook his head. "Medicinal Pills are not so easy to refine. Refining a Sixth-Rank Medicinal Pill for Martial Kings takes at least half a day per batch. Even with the highest success rate, it is only thirty percent."

At this rate of accumulating Medicinal Pills, waiting until we meet the requirements to attack the Formation would take forever.

Most importantly, how many Pill Kings are there in the entire Secret Realm?

It's just a drop in the bucket; it's useless!"

This Martial King might not understand the refinement of Sixth-Rank Medicinal Pills, but as a prince, how could the Fifth Prince not understand how to refine them?

A typical Pill King needs at least half a day to refine a batch of Sixth-Rank Medicinal Pills.

It's not that refining a batch of Medicinal Pills takes that long, but after finishing the refinement, the Alchemist needs to rest and needs to settle their state of mind.

If an Alchemist refines continuously, the probability of failure increases. If the failure rate is too high and the Alchemy is not successful, it will cause the Alchemist refining them to collapse.

It is not worth the loss.