Thunder

The Power of Heaven and Earth condensed, emitting a terrifying pressure, while Qin Ming tilted his head back, his hands working on the Medicinal Pill without a moment's pause.

The Ban Lan Rat beside him had already collapsed in fear; watching the Heavenly Thunder that was about to take shape, the Ban Lan Rat lay on the ground shivering.

"It has been a long time since I last saw you, my old friend."

The Heavenly Thunder had formed, and Qin Ming greeted it, "I need your help now. Help me break this barrier."

The Heavenly Thunder was constructed from the Power of Heaven and Earth, and the barrier was also composed of the Power of Heaven and Earth; furthermore, the Power of Heaven and Earth in both originated from the same source and would consume one another.

Qin Ming had absolute confidence that this barrier could not withstand the attack of the Heavenly Thunder.

"Boom!" A massive sound erupted from the Heavenly Thunder as it roared, and with a flash of light, it struck the ninth-grade elixir.

The Qinggang Elixir shook once, and Qin Ming focused all his attention on the Medicinal Pill, striving to channel the Power of Heaven and Earth onto the barrier.

"Although the Qinggang Elixir is a ninth-grade elixir, it usually only attracts five bolts of Heavenly Thunder. It seems I will need to push harder to shatter the barrier."

For different ninth-grade elixirs, the Rank of the Heavenly Thunder also varies.

The Qinggang Elixir belongs to the ordinary type of ninth-grade elixirs, so the Heavenly Thunder only strikes five times.

Qin Ming guided the power of the Heavenly Thunder toward the barrier; the entire barrier shook once, but it did not break.

"Keep it up!" Qin Ming was not anxious; there were still four bolts of Heavenly Thunder left, and since the barrier had already shown signs of shaking, he believed it could definitely be destroyed.

He focused all his Mental Energy on the Medicinal Pill, struggling to maintain its stability.

This was much harder than when he used to perform Alchemy for ninth-grade elixirs; previously, he only needed to withstand the Heavenly Thunder and let it act as a catalyst for the Medicinal Pill. Now, not only did he have to withstand the attack of the Heavenly Thunder, but he also had to maintain the stability of the Medicinal Pill to allow it to sublimate, and most importantly, channel the Power of Heaven and Earth from the Heavenly Thunder into the barrier.

"Boom!" Another bolt of thunder struck down, and Qin Ming's whole body shuddered.

Performing Alchemy for a ninth-grade elixir was already mentally draining, and having to simultaneously guide the Heavenly Thunder to attack the barrier made it even more difficult.

"Steady." Qin Ming secretly encouraged himself; he was, after all, a Pill God. It was just a matter of channeling the Power of Heaven and Earth into the Secret Realm while performing Alchemy, and he had to succeed.

Although it sounded simple, doing it was far more difficult than he had imagined.

If it were that simple, the ancient Sect would not have placed the spirit-dissolving liquid here so easily.

The Experts of the ancient Sect believed that in this world, no one could break the barrier without breaking into the Secret Realm.

First of all, the Power of Heaven and Earth in the Secret Realm would automatically attack any Expert above the level of a Martial King; even if a Martial Saint came, they could only destroy the Secret Realm and would not be able to obtain the spirit-dissolving liquid.

As for Martial King Experts, it was even less possible for them to break the barrier.

Martial Kings had not even learned how to use the Power of Heaven and Earth, so how could they possibly break a barrier connected to the entire Secret Realm?

The Experts of the ancient Sect had also considered that someone might use Alchemy to guide the Power of Heaven and Earth.

However, unless one was performing Alchemy for a perfect elixir, the attack of the Heavenly Thunder would not likely reach the intensity required to destroy the barrier, and performing Alchemy for a perfect ninth-grade elixir was something only a Pill Emperor could do.

An average Pill Emperor would have already surpassed the strength of a Martial King.

Moreover, the most critical point was that even a Pill Emperor could not, while performing Alchemy for a perfect elixir, simultaneously channel the Power of Heaven and Earth onto the barrier.

This arrangement could be said to be foolproof.

However, they never expected that a freak like Qin Ming would appear.

Although Qin Ming's strength was only that of a Martial King, his Alchemy prowess had reached that of a Pill God.

Not only could he perform Alchemy for a perfect ninth-grade elixir, but he could also channel the Power of Heaven and Earth during the Alchemy process into the barrier.

This was something the ancient Sect could never have imagined.