Facing the descending Silver Lightning Serpent, the bronze sword in Puppet General’s hand emitted a dazzling sword light and struck fiercely.
Under the slash of the bronze sword, most of the lightning dissipated, but a small portion still struck Puppet General.
Puppet General’s body crashed onto the stone chamber floor, creating a human-shaped pit.
The thunderclouds rolled more violently, as if provoked, emitting loud thunder.
The fourth thick Silver Lightning Serpent descended!
Puppet General flashed up again, standing above the Ascension Pill.
As expected, Puppet General was struck down again.
Puppet General felt no pain, making it perfect for dealing with Pill Thunder.
The fifth, sixth, and seventh Silver Lightning Serpents struck down one after another.
Puppet General was repeatedly struck down onto the stone floor.
After the eighth thunderbolt, the range of the thunderclouds began to shrink, gathering completely above the Alchemy Hall.
This indicated that the final Pill Thunder, the ninth one, was about to strike.
Soon, the ninth thunderbolt, carrying even more destructive power than the eighth, descended.
Puppet General faced it once more.
Puppet General was struck down again, creating a deep pit in the stone floor.
With this, the nine thunderbolts of heavenly punishment were complete.
In the night sky, the thunderclouds gathered above the Alchemy Hall quickly dissipated.
Seeing this, Leo exhaled lightly, a hint of joy on his face.
Leo’s gaze shifted to the purple Alchemical Pills flickering with lightning in mid-air.
With a wave of his right hand, a surge of spiritual power emerged, and the floating purple pills flew towards Leo.
A total of twenty-one Ascension Pills flew into Leo’s hand.
Out of thirty portions of medicinal materials, successfully refining twenty-one pills with Spirit King level cultivation was quite an achievement.
With the Ascension Pills, Leo could prepare to step into the Spirit Saint realm.
Only with absolute strength could he prevent anyone from taking Sophia away from him.
Leo believed it wouldn’t be long before he stepped into Frostwhisper Clan and appeared before Sophia.
Taking out a pill bottle from his Storage Sack, Leo placed all twenty-one Ascension Pills inside.
Finally, he controlled the Mystical Sky Bagua-Patterned Alchemical Furnace to shrink and stored it in his Storage Sack.
After finishing everything, Leo looked at Puppet General in the deep pit on the ground.
With a thought, Puppet General flew out of the pit and stood beside Leo.
At this moment, there were still lightning serpents entwining Puppet General’s body, and there were over ten dents on Puppet General’s armor.
“The power of heavenly punishment is indeed formidable,” Leo sighed inwardly.
But then, Leo’s gaze suddenly focused, revealing a trace of surprise in his eyes.
He saw that the lightning on Puppet General’s body was actually being absorbed into its body.
Puppet General was absorbing the power of heavenly lightning, causing a faint silver lightning glow to appear in its lifeless eyes.
Soon, Puppet General’s aura became slightly stronger than before.
This indicated that Puppet General had evolved.
Leo opened the Bronze Scroll and put Puppet General away, then turned and walked out of the alchemy room.
Leo knew very well that the commotion just now must have alarmed everyone in Watts Mansion.
Fortunately, no one had come in from beginning to end.
The night was as dark as ink outside the Alchemy Hall.
“Patriarch, the thunderclouds have dissipated. The person in Alchemy Hall should have successfully passed the Pill Thunder punishment,” Elder Catalina said with a hint of excitement in her voice because she knew they were about to meet a master alchemist who could trigger Pill Thunder.
Wade Watts nodded heavily, his eyes shining as he stared intently at the door of Alchemy Hall.
After waiting for a while, Wade Watts seemed to suddenly remember something. He turned to everyone and solemnly instructed, “When the master alchemist comes out of Alchemy Hall, no one is allowed to act rashly. Anyone who disobeys will be punished by family law!”
“Yes, Patriarch,” everyone responded in unison.
At this moment, Wade Watts and all the high-ranking members of the Watts family, as well as the younger generation, held their breath and stared at the door of Alchemy Hall, waiting quietly.
Arthur thought to himself, “Leo is truly amazing. Even my father and the elders have to wait respectfully for him to come out.”
Amber Watts, dressed in a white snow dress, had her beautiful eyes shining as she looked towards the door.
As an alchemist herself, being able to witness Pill Thunder firsthand fulfilled a part of her wish. She was also very curious about the master who could refine such pills.
Four or five minutes later, as everyone in the Watts family held their breath and waited expectantly, the door of Alchemy Hall finally opened from inside.
Everyone in the Watts family held their breath and stared intently.
A figure walked out of Alchemy Hall with head held high and chest out. Standing on the stone steps outside the door under the bright moonlight.
For a moment, no one could see Leo’s face clearly because he was wearing a black cloak with a hood.
Leo’s gaze swept over everyone in the Watts family and finally stopped on Wade Watts because Leo could sense that Wade Watts was the strongest among them.
Everyone in the Watts family just watched Leo quietly without speaking. For a moment, it was extremely quiet outside Alchemy Hall; even a pin drop could be heard.
Leo had to break the silence first. “I borrowed your Alchemy Hall just now. Sorry for any disturbance.”
Leo’s voice was somewhat low and sounded like an old man’s voice at first listen.
Wade Watts quickly cupped his hands and replied, “Senior, you honor us by using our Alchemy Hall. It is our family’s honor.”
In Wade Watts’ view, someone who could trigger Pill Thunder while refining pills was likely a top-tier fourth-grade alchemist or even a fifth-grade alchemist. Such a person would be respected even by royalty in the capital city.
Leo had already guessed Wade Watts’ identity and said directly, “Patriarch of Watts family, Alchemy Hall has been damaged by Pill Thunder. I won’t say any more polite words. I don’t like owing favors.”
Leo had promised Arthur earlier to give his father an Ascension Pill. So he decided to give it now.
With a wave of his right hand, a purple round Alchemical Pill flickering with lightning flew out like a stream of light and floated in front of Wade Watts.
As soon as the purple pill appeared, a rich pill fragrance spread under the night sky and filled the air.
The fragrance was so peculiar that everyone present felt their spiritual power circulate faster just by smelling it once.
Everyone’s eyes were fixed on the pill floating in front of Wade Watts. Even those who didn’t understand pills could see or feel its extraordinariness.
Leo’s low voice sounded again, “This pill is called Ascension Pill. It can increase your chances of breaking through to Spirit Saint by forty to fifty percent.”