Chapter 330: Korryn VS Marcellis - V ( Finale )

Chapter 330: Chapter 330: Korryn VS Marcellis - V ( Finale )

Chapter 330: Korryn VS Marcellis - V ( Finale )

The purple vortex swirled wildly in the sky.

Hundreds of millions of people across the Solathane Dynasty held their breath, their eyes glued to the projection arrays.

Terror gripped their hearts.

Rumble—!

A bolt of purple lightning tore through the heavens.

It completely bypassed Marcellis and struck directly against Rhain’s Purple Moon Mystic Furnace!

The starlight-infused cauldron vibrated intensely under the devastating impact.

The innate stabilizing arrays etched into the furnace blazed with a blinding purple light, fiercely resisting the heavenly might.

Rhain also hurriedly channeled his essence to stabilize the furnace, but just then—

BANG—!!!

A second bolt of heavenly thunder crashed down upon the cauldron.

Rhain’s pupils contracted.

He instantly discovered a fatal problem.

The Emperor-Grade cauldron was virtually indestructible and could easily survive the lightning, but the fragile, unformed pills refining inside were not!

They simply could not withstand the internal shockwaves of the remaining strikes.

If one more bolt hit the cauldron directly, all his might be in vain.

Crack—!

The dark sky thundered with fury.

The third lightning bolt descended from the vortex, trailing a blazing purple tail.

It was twice as thick as the previous two.

Rhain gritted his teeth.

He had to protect the furnace at all costs!

But he was in a deadly trap.

If he used his Origin Domain of Darkness, the Red Tribulations Heavenly Flame, or any of his signature Mystic-Grade martial arts, the royal court would instantly recognize him.

The disguise of Grandmaster Korryn would be shattered.

He was left with only one choice.

The next instant, Rhain pushed off the ground and leaped directly into the sky.

Relying purely on his raw physical strength and base essence, he threw a bare fist straight into the descending heavenly thunder.

"HE IS INSANE!"

"HE IS USING HIS BARE BODY TO BLOCK A PILL TRIBULATION?"

The Royal Grandmasters shrieked, their eyes nearly popping out of their skulls.

BOOM!!!

The destructive might of the Emperor’s Pill Tribulation ripped straight through his protective barrier.

The overwhelming force and rampant lightning essence of the Heavenly Thunder blasted directly into his flesh.

CRACK—!!!

Rhain’s body was blasted out of the sky.

He plummeted like a falling meteor, crashing into the floor with an impact that cratered the ground beneath him.

When the dust cleared, the dignified, composed figure of Grandmaster Korryn was in a miserable state.

He struggled to push himself up onto his knees.

His white robes were coloured crimson with his own blood.

Thousands of miles away, in the secluded courtyard of the Valdris Royal Academy.

"HUSBAND!" Seris screamed, her heart stopped beating as she watched the projection array.

Her tears instantly spilled from her pale purple eyes as she saw him coughing up blood on the scorched earth.

Her knees bent, almost hitting the floor before Liana caught her by the arm, but Liana’s own face was ghastly white, her emerald eyes glistening with unshed tears as she stared at the projection array hovering above their courtyard.

Lyra and Elara stood frozen, their faces deathly pale.

Back atop Cloud’s Apex, the tribulation clouds swirled even faster, condensing an even more terrifying fourth strike.

The purple lightning glowed ominously, gathering a destructive force.

Rhain gritted his teeth, desperately trying to force his battered body upward.

But because he was forced to suppress the dark essence recovery of the Abyssal Sovereign Physique to maintain his disguise, his healing was extremely slow.

He could not stand up in time!

Seeing his master heavily wounded and vulnerable, Vulcan’s eyes turned bloodshot.

"MASTER!" Vulcan roared.

Without a single second of hesitation, Vulcan and the nineteen Domain Master guest elders launched themselves into the sky simultaneously.

"PROTECT THE GRANDMASTER!"

Twenty Domain Master auras erupted in unison, forming a massive, overlapping wall of essence high above the arena to intercept the descending fourth strike.

BOOM—!!!

The fourth bolt of purple lightning crashed into their combined defenses.

SHATTER!

The defensive barriers shattered like fragile glass under the wrath of the heavens.

"Pfft!"

Vulcan and the nineteen Domain Masters coughed up mouthfuls of blood.

They were blasted out of the sky simultaneously, crashing heavily onto the edges of the mountain peak like broken ragdolls.

They were severely injured, their bones fractured and their auras dimmed, but they had successfully neutralized the fourth strike, saving their Master’s life.

But the tribulation was not finished.

The purple vortex collapsed inward, and the fifth and final strike descended.

It was unimaginably fast.

Its destructive force was completely on a different dimension compared to the previous four.

Rhain pushed through the pain, forcefully launching his battered body into the air to intercept it.

But he was a fraction of a second too late.

The purple lightning bypassed his outstretched hand completely.

BANG—!!!

The heavenly thunder struck the Purple Moon Mystic Furnace directly!

CLANG—!!!

A deafening metallic sound rang across the mountain peak.

The heavy lid of the Emperor-Grade cauldron was forcefully blown high into the air.

A thick cloud of smoke erupted from within the furnace, completely obscuring the interior.

The thunder ceased.

The purple vortex in the sky slowly began to dissipate, the morning sunlight gradually returning to Cloud’s Apex.

However, the mountain peak eerily silent.

Every single gaze was locked onto the smoking purple cauldron.

Marcellis, the Royal Grandmasters, and even Emperor Haldrion stepped forward, peering through the dissipating smoke.

Inside the cauldron... there was nothing but a pile of blackened ash.

"BWAHAHAHA! Ash! It is nothing but ash!" Marcellis threw his head back and burst into mocking laughter.

He pointed a trembling finger at Rhain, projecting his voice for the entire dynasty to hear.

"Look at this arrogant fool! His arrogance has reduced his own creation to cinders! He thought he could defy the heavens with his limited skills, and he destroyed his own pill! This is Heaven’s retribution!"

A wave of crushing despair enveloped the millions of Korryn’s supporters watching the screens.

The Celestial Elixir Pavilion was finished.

Grandmaster Korryn had lost!

Even Vulcan, struggling to lift his head from the dirt, felt tears of utter despair mixing with the blood on his face.

But right as Crown Prince Lucius began to step forward with a triumphant, victorious smirk...

Buzz—!

Suddenly, the pile of black ash erupted!

A dazzlingly bright pill shot out of the cauldron like a fleeing comet.

It radiated an unearthly light that instantly flooded the entire mountain peak with an unimaginably profound medicinal fragrance.

But that was not the most shocking part.

As the pill shot toward the dissipating clouds, it actually paused mid-air.

Sensing the gaze of the millions of people upon it, the pill physically changed its trajectory, actively trying to escape into the heavens!

"I-It changed direction?!" A Grandmaster of royal court stammered in disbelief.

"IT HAS GAINED SENTIENCE!"

A sentient pill!

It was a mythical phenomenon thought to only exist in the ancient legends of the martial world!

The pill tore through the sky, desperately trying to flee.

But Rhain was already moving.

Ignoring the pain tearing through his internal organs, Rhain leaped high into the air.

Smack!

His fingers closed firmly around the fleeing, sentient pill, capturing it firmly before it could vanish into the clouds.

Rhain landed heavily back onto the arena floor, his breathing heavy, blood continuously dripping from the corner of his lips and his scorched white robes.

Slowly, under the unblinking, horrified, and stupefied gazes of Emperor Haldrion, Alchemy Emperor Marcellis, and the entire Solathane Dynasty...

Rhain slowly opened his bloodied hand.

Resting perfectly in the center of his palm was a glowing pill.

It radiated a holy light. And etched across its entire surface were perfect, leaf-like golden veins.

Pill Veins!

A Pill-Veined Emperor-Grade Pill!

Marcellis stared at the pill. The color completely drained from his face.

"No... impossible... this is impossible..." Marcellis mumbled blankly.

Rhain slowly lifted his bloodied hand, raising the pill high into the air for the entire dynasty to see.

Bleeding from his mouth, his dignified voice echoed across the silent mountain, carrying through every single projection array, and striking directly into the souls of the hundreds of millions of people in the Solathane Dynasty.

"Open your eyes, Solathane Dynasty!" Rhain declared, his chilling gaze sweeping over the paralyzed Royal Court. "Look upon this pill and tell me... does my Celestial Elixir Pavilion look like a fraud?"