Ace Of Terrans

Allure was sitting outside the ruins when she saw the lightning clouds gather above the cave. She sniffed the air and was surprised. Just when she was trying to think what was going on, a red dot shot out from the cave, and the lightning descended on the pill.

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Inside the cave, Shi Lang was standing in a daze. He had just finished refining the pill and opened the cauldron to check the product when the pill floated in the void and shot outside the cave with the speed of light. The Terran was dazed, he did not understand what even happened.

Yama’s spirit phantom manifested and said hurriedly, “Go after the pill, and when it is done passing the tribulation, catch it quickly.”

Shi Lang dashed out. He did not fly but ran on his feet. Only recently has he faced his lightning tribulation and was not in the mood to face another one. The spirit beasts outside ignored him as they all focused on the pill levitating in the void, and the lightning streaks that kept landing on it.

The intensity was too low for Shi Lang but he looked around and found that the spirit beasts were quiet fascinated by the lightning in the sky. The pill was shivering constantly from the impact of the lightning strikes. After nine flashes of lightning the lightning clouds vanished and Shi Lang quickly flickered from his position to capture the pill with his spiritual energy.

Then he inspected the pill and found a few lines on the pill surface. The red pill that seemed to be a bit murky but now it appeared to be clear as if a gem. The Terran stowed it away in his pill bottle and went back inside the cave.

It was not that he did not know how big of an event it was to get a pill tribulation and pass it but it was not something that helped him achieve his goal. As far as Shi Lang was concerned, this was a fluke.

He did not have time to celebrate this achievement, one month deadline was around the corner and he was not yet a high grade master let alone being a Grandmaster. While he walked inside the cave, the spirit beasts could not tell what was going through his mind, but they looked at him with reverence.

Shi Lang was thinking about how to improve his skills in the shortest time possible. He found himself lacking. If Yama’s spirit phantom was to hear this, he might materialize and use the last of his might to break Shi Lang’s skull open and take a piss on it.

After reviewing his method of working and comprehending, he could not find a more optimal method, and with a sigh, sat down to comprehending the situation. After some minutes, he stood up again and began refining another pill. The pill formula was the same as the last time and the actions he used were the same as the last time too.

He wanted to see if the sequence of moves would summon another pill tribulation.

Sure enough, his precision was so high that in the next five attempts he summoned four pill tribulations. The one time he missed was to confirm that it was only one set of actions that could refine the pill to its limits and summon the tribulation.

Yama was doubting himself and thinking that he was acting like a big shot before a monster earlier. Even he would not be able to achieve something like this. Shi Lang settled his doubts and asked, “Senior, may I go outside to refine pills?”

Yama asked, “Why?”

Shi Lang said, “If I trigger a pill tribulation it wastes two minutes for me to go out and capture the pill. It is too much.”

Yama was in a daze and nodded. He could not understand if Shi Lang was overestimating himself or was he underestimating the Terran.

The next round of refining continued outside the cave, surrounded by uneasy Spirit beast emperors. They were all benefitting a lot from Shi Lang’s refining, because the pill tribulation caused high level of heavenly energy to be discharged in the void and they absorbed it.

In the next week, they had lost count of how many Pill Tribulations have occurred. Even Allure who was standing outside was in a shock. She knew that Shi Lang was very capable since he saved her, and even killed a Legendary Spirit Beast on his own, but this time he was doing something that was impossible for the alchemists sitting at the saint level.

She was alerted because she knew that this sequence of pill tribulations was being noticed by many superior Legendary level spirit beasts. They might not have arrived over at the moment, but that was only because they were waiting for someone from their clan to alert the elders.

Allure knew that the moment Shi Lang stepped out of this place, he would be targeted by a lot of legendary beasts. If they did not listen to reason then it would be a war. They would force him to make pills for them. She took a deep breath, and began to think what she could do about this.

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Inside the barrier, Shi Lang was also sure that he was being watched by more than five people. His sensory abilities were able to bypass the barrier, and he even knew the location of those people. However, it was not under his control so he directed his energy to one thing and one thing only, the pill refining.

He was akin to a machine, no emotions, no weakness, and one after the other his pills would reach the level to trigger a pill tribulation. Shi Lang perfected his pill refining skills by refining one recipe at a time.

Suddenly, he realized that he was at the peak of master level alchemist. However, now only one more day left for him to pass the test or all his hard work would amount for nothing. Shi Lang began to push himself to the limit.

His speed was improving and after four hours, he finished refining all the pills that were important for a Pill Master to know. The only test on his hand was the final formula, if he succeeded then he would reach the level of an Alchemist Grandmaster.

The final recipe was called Limb Reconstruction Pill. The effect of this pill could not only connect decapitated limbs back to the body, but if the quality of the pill was good enough, it could help the consumer to grow an entire limb from nothing.

It was said that a new limb growing from a high quality pill was better than attaching an old one, because no matter what an alchemist does, the connections would never reach the natural perfections.

This was how things worked and it was not an exaggeration. Shi Lang very carefully took out the herbs needed for the refinement. He measured them according to the formula and began to process them all one at a time.

The herbs levitated around him enveloped with spiritual energy, and they were being compressed to a high level that their essence condensed into liquid. Shi Lang was very careful and was taking his sweet time. He had only a few more hours left to do this, but yet he was not sure if he would succeed.

After another couple of hours of preparation, Shi Lang put the ingredients inside the cauldron. The process was slow, but steady. Shi Lang did not wish to trigger any tribulation. His goal was just to pass the test set up for him.

What he did not know was that in his act of caution, he has pushed his pill refinement to the limit. After a few minutes when Shi Lang finished combining all the essence of the herbs, a fragrance emitted from the cauldron.

Shi Lang did not know what was going on. He did not even pay attention to the fact that black clouds have gathered above him and they were flashing red. He made a few seals with his hands and shouted in a low voice, “Pill Condense.”

After a moment, he heard a dinging sound. It confirmed that the pill was condensed, and Shi Lang hurriedly opened the lid of the cauldron. He was about to reach in to inspect the pill, when the cerulean colored pill shot through the void and moved toward the black clouds.

Shi Lang took a deep breath when he gazed at the sky and said, “Fuck, I think I am in trouble.”

He finally noticed that the clouds flashing with red lightning streaks, and not only that, but other than Allure five more people stood around the barrier. Thankfully they were gazing at the pill and Shi Lang was not their concern.

However, the Terran was concerned because these people could come after him. They might not be looking at him at the moment, but when the pill finishes its tribulation, he will be under the crosshair.

The red lightning struck the pill, and the cerulean blob began to rotate at a quick speed. After half an hour, the pill stopped moving and landed back in Shi Lang’s palm. Just then he sensed the barrier tremble.

His worst fear came true, the legendary beasts had attacked him. He wanted to cry, because he did not even receive the inheritance at the moment. Quickly he rushed in and the Spirit Beast Emperors wailed.

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Allure said, “Red Dragon, you need to keep your claws away, or I will discount them for you.”

The person attacking the barrier stopped and looked at Allure with amusement as he asked, “Do you want to fight me?”

Allure replied, “Are you worthy?”