The Strongest Dandy in the City-Chapter 2166 - 2155: Delaying for Time?

Today’s alchemy competition has truly been full of twists and turns.

The esteemed Pavilion Master of the Alchemy Pavilion, a genuine Eighth Grade Alchemist, actually challenges a prodigy Fifth-Rank Alchemist.

Is there even a need to look at the result?

How could a Fifth-Rank Alchemist possibly defeat an Eighth Grade Alchemist? Especially when they are competing to craft an Eighth Grade Divine King Boundary Breaking Pill.

Ye Chenfeng doesn’t have the slightest chance of winning and is almost certain to be obliterated by the energy within the life and death boundary.

All eyes at the scene are fixated within the white barrier.

Xue Wanqing and Zhao Xingtu are in a state of turmoil.

Inside the barrier, Liang Kangan is rapidly crafting the Divine King Boundary Breaking Pill, handling every step with unhurried perfection. It’s fair to say he truly has a knack for alchemy.

Opposite Liang Kangan stands Ye Chenfeng, calmly observing his every move. Within this barrier, once one begins alchemy, the other is blocked by a force within the boundary, unable to approach.

This life and death setup is purely for alchemy deathmatches.

According to Ye Chenfeng’s analysis, in crafting the Divine King Boundary Breaking Pill, Liang Kangan has reached near perfection in fluency and other aspects. His technique in crafting the Pill Pattern is also quite exquisite; at the very least, during the crafting process, everything is under his control.

Ye Chenfeng advanced to Eighth Grade Alchemist in the ancient Sky Imprisonment Realm, so his mastery over Eighth Grade elixirs isn’t great, having just recently stepped into Eighth Grade, whereas Liang Kangan has been at Eighth Grade for a long time.

Although Ye Chenfeng’s alchemy techniques are much more profound than Liang Kangan’s, Liang Kangan is more familiar with the Divine King Boundary Breaking Pill, as this elixir is his specialty.

Currently, for Ye Chenfeng to surpass Liang Kangan, he can only win on the Pill Pattern, but how many Pill Patterns can Liang Kangan craft?

As time slowly passes.

Liang Kangan’s alchemy movements become faster and faster, with rich aromatic fragrances wafting from the medicine cauldron.

Liang Kangan uses a High Grade Earth Cauldron.

The thick aroma within the barrier grows more intense.

The sky over the plaza suddenly darkens; several clouds obscure the sun.

Rumbling thunder begins to sound from within the clouds.

Once an Eighth Grade elixir is crafted, it will certainly trigger elemental phenomena, as the Eighth Grade elixir is a high-grade pill.

The phenomena triggered below Eighth Grade elixirs might not pose any danger, but Eighth Grade or higher elixirs can trigger extremely dangerous phenomena, so alchemists generally prepare thoroughly when crafting Eighth Grade or higher elixirs to defend against such occurrences.

But currently, within the life and death boundary, Liang Kangan need not worry about the ensuing phenomena; the boundary can guard against those dangerous phenomena, allowing him to successfully craft the Eighth Grade elixir.

However, this life and death setup requires two people, with one ultimately being obliterated by the boundary’s power, or else it would indeed be an excellent place to craft high-grade elixirs.

Each type of Eighth Grade elixir’s phenomena has different powers. Even with preparation, Liang Kangan often ends up in a sorry state, so the Alchemy Pavilion’s annual output of Eighth Grade elixirs is extremely limited.

Lightning begins to flicker within the clouds.

Those around the life and death barrier step back slightly; they know Ye Chenfeng and Liang Kangan within the barrier won’t face life-threatening risks before the competition concludes, but those outside the barrier could be harmed by the elemental phenomena triggered by the Eighth Grade elixir.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!—"

Tremendous booms echo through the skies.

Massive streaks of Purple Heavenly Thunder descend swiftly from the clouds, forcefully impacting the white barrier.

As the Purple Heavenly Thunder strikes down, the surrounding crowd retreats even further back.

The Purple Heavenly Thunder instills terror, such that even Earth God Realm experts could be killed in an instant if struck.

A total of eighteen Heavenly Thunders strike down from the clouds.

After all eighteen Purple Heavenly Thunders are blocked by the white life and death barrier.

The clouds in the sky gradually dissipate, and the aromatic scent from within Liang Kangan’s medicine cauldron reaches an uncontainable intensity.

Once all the clouds disperse and the sun reemerges.

Liang Kangan swiftly retracts the flame from within the medicine cauldron, revealing three green elixirs, each with three circles of Pill Pattern, indicating Liang Kangan crafted Three-Pattern Divine King Boundary Breaking Pills.

Three-Pattern Pills are also the current limit Ye Chenfeng can craft; he hasn’t attempted to craft a Four-Pattern Pill yet!

Currently, to surpass Liang Kangan, Ye Chenfeng must bravely attempt crafting Four-Pattern Pills, but can he craft a Four-Pattern Divine King Boundary Breaking Pill on his first try?

After Liang Kangan crafts the Three-Pattern Divine King Boundary Breaking Pills, Sun Changnian, the Alchemy Pavilion’s elder, nods approvingly, "Not bad, it seems Kangan’s alchemy skills have improved considerably over the years, becoming more adept at crafting the Divine King Boundary Breaking Pill."

Yuan Kun, Yuan Jia, and Gao Deming have nowhere to vent their anger; facing such dire circumstances, they can’t help Ye Chenfeng at all.

Having finished crafting, Liang Kangan turns his gaze to Ye Chenfeng, saying, "Now it’s your turn to craft the Divine King Boundary Breaking Pill. Do you want to borrow my medicine cauldron? Oh, do you know the formula for the Divine King Boundary Breaking Pill? I almost forgot, the formula is my private property, and I cannot show it to you."

"However, as the first-place winner of this alchemy competition, this shouldn’t be much of a challenge for you, right?"

Ye Chenfeng doesn’t take out the Heavenly White Jade Cauldron; instead, he retrieves a Middle Grade Fire Dragon Cauldron.

Though the Fire Dragon Cauldron is only Middle Grade, it is not inferior to a typical High Grade Earth Cauldron. The Heavenly White Jade Cauldron isn’t suitable now, but Ye Chenfeng believes he can surpass Liang Kangan using the Fire Dragon Cauldron. He just needs to mentally rehearse crafting the Divine King Boundary Breaking Pill a few times.

The mere formula for the Divine King Boundary Breaking Pill doesn’t faze Ye Chenfeng. As a supreme alchemist, Wu Fengxian would surely have the formula for the Divine King Boundary Breaking Pill.

After taking out the Fire Dragon Cauldron.

Standing before the Fire Dragon Cauldron, Ye Chenfeng astonishingly closes his eyes under the watchful eyes of the crowd.

He begins rehearsing in his mind repeatedly.

Seeing Ye Chenfeng close his eyes, Liang Kangan scoffs coldly, "Are you stalling? You’re merely making a last-ditch effort; my elixirs are already complete. If you can’t craft elixirs within five days, you’ll be obliterated by the boundary’s energy. You’re doing something meaningless; why not end it quickly? Being obliterated by the boundary is painless."

Ye Chenfeng doesn’t respond to Liang Kangan, continuing to rehearse the Divine King Boundary Breaking Pill crafting method in his mind with closed eyes.

To everyone, Ye Chenfeng’s silence and closed eyes indicate he has given up.

Even Zhao Xingtu and others think so; expecting a Fifth-Rank Alchemist to compete with an Eighth Grade Alchemist in crafting Eighth Grade elixirs is akin to sentencing Ye Chenfeng to death.

Seeing Ye Chenfeng ignore him, Liang Kangan snorts, "I can wait; within five days, whether you craft anything or not doesn’t matter, none can change your fate. Enjoy these last five days!"

Xue Wanqing watches Ye Chenfeng in the barrier with worried eyes, wanting to believe Ye Chenfeng can ultimately defeat Liang Kangan, though it seems unrealistic.

As Xue Wanqing’s mind grows more anxious.

Ye Chenfeng, with closed eyes, suddenly opens them.

He turns over his right hand.

A Green Flame emerges from his palm.

He flicks his fingers.

The Green Flame flies into the Fire Dragon Cauldron, and Ye Chenfeng finally decides to begin crafting.

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