Cultivation is just so scientific! Chapter 1450: 771: Harvest (Part 2)
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A quantity of ‘Hell Disgust Crystal’ turned up, and the Hell Cave Heaven holds a considerable reserve of this material. In the zone under current control, a modest vein of exposed ‘Hell Disgust Crystal’ lies visible.
Li Yuanba chose not to extract the ‘Hell Disgust Crystal’, fearing that fellow cultivators might notice his unusual fascination with it.
Moreover, ever since acquiring the ‘Hell Disgust Crystal Essence’, his enthusiasm for standard ‘Hell Disgust Crystal’ had sharply waned.
He had tried refining the ‘Hell Disgust Crystal’ to military-grade purity, but that proved utterly unfeasible at present. Even employing a centrifuge to elevate it to ‘Hell Disgust Crystal Essence’ quality might demand centuries of effort.
What's more, relying solely on a centrifuge to reach military-grade purity seems out of the question. It's not merely an issue of duration—the ‘Hell Disgust Crystal’ ranks as a fourth-grade spiritual item, rendering purification techniques from his past life woefully inadequate.
That's the reason the primary body, Li Shiming, abandoned efforts on purifying ‘Hell Disgust Crystal’—he avoids fruitless endeavors.
That said, surrender isn't on the table; this venture into the Hell Cave Heaven aims to reveal superior purification approaches.
“Get ready to move out!” ordered Great Cultivator Lou.
The sword cultivators launched into their pre-battle routines, while the five mid-stage Golden Corpses stood at full readiness, bolstered by Li Yuanba’s ‘Innate Wood’ divine abilities.
Without those enhancements, sustaining the intact forms of the five mid-stage Golden Corpses amid such relentless and fierce engagements would remain a mere pipe dream.
Li Yuanba cast an ‘Innate Wood’ divine skill upon himself, allowing verdant energy to course through his frame.
He realized that the ‘Innate Wood’ divine skill, amplified by the Innate Jianmu Tree Heart, effectively neutralized the bulk of the radiation's impact.
Paired with his radiation-proof attire, anti-radiation medications, and the shielding jade talismans forged by a mighty expert, the radiation levels in his system over ten days not only failed to rise but actually dropped.
He felt confident that, upon exiting the Hell Cave Heaven's irradiated depths, a handful more applications of the ‘Innate Wood’ divine skill would purge the radiation entirely from his body.
Great Venerable Hongfa finally had duties assigned; following the Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion's choice to distribute the ‘Space Acceptance Array’, he stationed himself at the array's site. Each time a cultivator materialized via teleportation, he swiftly guided them away to free up the space.
Most cultivators unaccustomed to spatial shifts lack robust tolerance, typically suffering bouts of vertigo upon return.
Leaving such cultivators within the ‘Space Acceptance Array’ would severely prolong the wait for subsequent teleports.
Besides, Great Venerable Hongfa's oversight guaranteed that no arriving cultivator could harm the ‘Space Acceptance Array’ in their disoriented state.
Never dismiss these possibilities; adversarial factions often deploy infiltrators for destructive acts.
Stationing a great venerable to watch over the ‘Space Acceptance Array’ flawlessly thwarts any such sabotage.
Li Yuanba trailed close to Great Cultivator Lou, noting the thinned-out Hell Creatures nearby—outcomes of ten days' worth of fierce clashes.
Over those ten days, vast hordes of Hell Creatures fell, at last easing the concentration of these foes in the vicinity.
Provided no additional Hell Creatures swarm in from distant regions, securing the base near the Hell Cave Heaven's entry should present little security challenge.
He cast another look at Lou Wu; across these many days, Lou Wu had joined the fray as well.
Though Lou Wu's fighting prowess fell short, he repeatedly fired off sword beams, syncing with the Nascent Soul Middle Stage sword cultivators during combat.
His sword beams may fail to breach the Hell Creatures' guards, yet against those already cracked open, they delivered noticeable damage.
Lou Wu's aptitude shone brightly; through these brief days of warfare, his sword intent had evidently advanced somewhat.
This pitted him against foes far above his level. Even under safeguards, the overwhelming masses of fourth-grade mid-stage Hell Creatures offered him, however slight individually, an immense overall boon.
Li Yuanba unleashed a streak of sword light that obliterated multiple Hell Creatures before coming to a stop.
He kept firing sword lights in succession, cutting down the Hell Creatures with effortless dominance.
His cultivation realm misled onlookers; his battle strength matched that of a great cultivator, despite lingering at Nascent Soul Middle Stage.
The sword light he projected carried ‘Chaos Sword Intent’, forcing even great cultivators to tread warily—let alone these fourth-grade mid-stage Hell Creatures.
Truth be told, across the ten days, his gains topped all others; the frequent deployment of ‘Chaos Sword Intent’ amid fights sparked fresh understandings of it.
As he battled on, the main body, Li Shiming, devoted multiple minds to dissecting the Sword Intent Stele, leveraging combat revelations to solidify the ‘Chaos Sword Intent's’ base.
The studied sword intent could then manifest in Li Yuanba’s clashes, confirming the main body Li Shiming's theoretical breakthroughs.
This cycle of study intertwined with real-world testing propelled the ‘Chaos Sword Intent’ to swift heights.
Earlier, unleashing ‘Chaos Sword Intent’ required focused effort to amplify strikes and fell several Hell Creatures at once.
Yet now, with casual execution, every sword light laced with ‘Chaos Sword Intent’ felled multiple Hell Creatures effortlessly.
His remarkable feats also lured the gaze of fourth-grade late-stage Hell Creatures, turning him into prime bait.
This eased the dangers for fellow sword cultivators considerably; the two great cultivator sword experts merely had to monitor Li Yuanba to pinpoint incoming fourth-grade late-stage Hell Creatures.
Through days of joint efforts, the sword cultivators operated as a seamless unit.
Li Yuanba’s eye-catching exploits stemmed partly from design, and partly from his vastly superior might compared to other Nascent Soul Middle Stage sword cultivators. No longer did his peers view him as an equal in standing.
On this push forward, speed came easily; the scattered Hell Creatures could scarcely impede the sword cultivators' advance.
At times, a single sweep from Li Yuanba’s sword light dispatched fewer Hell Creatures than the full group might handle otherwise.
Still, after pressing ten miles deeper, Hell Creature numbers surged back to hazardous heights.
The sword cultivator squad decelerated, signaling the real onslaught of combat.
At this rate of purging, depending only on the current team would stretch the full clearance of the Hell Cave Heaven over a decade.
Yet with incoming reinforcements swelling the ranks, the purge would gain dramatic momentum.
Furthermore, having mapped the Hell Cave Heaven's layout, every major power would dispatch their follow-up cultivator waves, ramping up the operation's pace immensely.
As Great Cultivator Lou surveyed the skirmish, his Lifebound Flying Sword abruptly soared above. A Hell Creature had primed an ambush on Li Yuanba, which Great Cultivator Lou sensed ahead of time.
After enduring numerous ambushes from fourth-grade late-stage Hell Creatures, he had honed his countermeasures, spotting their aura shifts and striking preemptively.
Naturally, Li Yuanba acted as the lure above all; Great Cultivator Lou once had to oversee the whole sword cultivator squad, but Li Yuanba’s dazzling prowess drew nearly every late-stage fourth-grade Hell Creature ambush his way first.
Li Yuanba’s realm stayed too modest, his offensive might overwhelmingly potent—his offhand blows inflicted damage far exceeding that of other sword cultivators.
The fourth-grade late-stage Hell Creature lifted a limb to deflect Great Cultivator Lou’s assault, forfeiting its shot at surprising Li Yuanba.
Grandmaster Wu’s strike landed next, aimed squarely at the fourth-grade late-stage Hell Creature.
A fierce clash erupted between the two sword-cultivator great cultivators and the fourth-grade late-stage Hell Creature, as the duo intentionally shifted the fight farther off—a tactic refined over repeated encounters.