Cultivation is just so scientific! Chapter 1456: 774: Reunion (Part 2)

“Thank you, Mr. Li!” As the three Great Cultivators sensed the easing of their pains, they each voiced their thanks to Li Yuanba.

For the moment, the appreciation came just in words, yet everyone realized a proper reward was sure to come later.

This act was nearly like rescuing them from death, since wounds in this perilous place turned them into prime prey for Late Stage Fourth Grade Hell Beings.

The ongoing purge mission hadn't ventured into the deadliest zones of the Hell Cave Heaven yet.

With a smile, Li Yuanba unleashed the ‘Innate Wood’ divine skill on the remaining Nascent Soul Middle Stage Practitioners. As an area-of-effect healing power, it wrapped more than twenty Nascent Soul Middle Stage Practitioners in its verdant light.

Having employed the ‘Innate Wood’ divine skill repeatedly over time, he no longer depended on IBMz15 for analysis and targeting; pure instinct now allowed him flawless recovery treatments.

He took care to avoid excess healing, steering clear of any potential complications.

Surrounded by thankful murmurs, Li Yuanba made his way back to the Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion cultivators, shrugging off the hungry glares from the wounded members of the Yuqing Sect and White Emperor Sect.

Right then, not even the allies of those two sects dared to intervene for them.

After facing the earlier clashes, everyone grasped the perils of the Hell Cave Heaven, and provoking someone with Li Yuanba's remarkable healing abilities would be a foolish move.

Scarcely had the two groups combined when fighters from different continents spotted an odd occurrence.

A fighter hit by a Hell Creature was on the verge of taking a follow-up strike from yet another Hell Creature, but the defenseless one abruptly disappeared into thin air.

“The Space Acceptance Array—you've installed a Space Acceptance Array on Hell Island!” shouted a Great Cultivator from a distant continent.

Recognition of the ‘Space Acceptance Array’ was impossible to miss for him. For years, Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion had deployed ‘Space Acceptance Arrays’ on multiple continents, boosting the boldness of Sword Cultivators immensely.

Emboldened by the ‘Space Acceptance Array’, these daring Sword Cultivators now confronted foes far beyond their usual limits.

Countless superpowers coveted the vital ‘Space Acceptance Array’ formation and yearned to master it, yet it remained exclusive to Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion, making it incredibly hard to obtain.

“You've hidden it well. Why keep this trick from us? We've suffered heavy casualties these past ten days!” The Great Cultivator shot a fierce look at Grandmaster Lou and demanded.

“The Space Acceptance Array has limited slots; it can barely handle our group. Honestly, there's no alternative!” Grandmaster Lou replied with a casual shrug.

Unconvinced, the Great Cultivator scanned the other Great Cultivators from the Central State Continent, discovering they all echoed the same view.

“Might we use the Space Acceptance Array to evacuate our wounded back to Hell Island?” Then, a fit Great Cultivator from Yuqing Sect piped up.

Grandmaster Lou ignored him completely, without so much as a look, and chatted with Grandmaster Wu instead.

The remaining Great Cultivators from the Central State Continent stayed silent too. True, they possessed ‘Space Acceptance Talismans’ each, but granting access to outsiders from other superpowers lay beyond their power.

Besides, every fighter carried just a single spare ‘Space Acceptance Talisman’, which needed returning to the ‘Space Acceptance Array’ post-use for a fresh one from Great Venerable Hongfa.

Who in their right mind would surrender their lifeline to another? Within the Hell Cave Heaven, such a ‘Space Acceptance Talisman’ often spelled the difference between life and death.

The Yuqing Sect Great Cultivator's face twisted in fury as he fixed his eyes on Li Yuanba, a flicker of killing intent flashing through.

Li Yuanba's actions had landed him in this humiliating spot.

Though the battlefield brimmed with all sorts of hostile auras, the Yuqing Sect Great Cultivator's killing intent stood out sharply to the assembled Great Cultivators.

Still, the Central State Continent's Great Cultivators viewed his demeanor as strange, while the pair of Sword Cultivators from Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion showed zero response to the threat, observing the scene like entertained spectators.

All Great Cultivators of the Central State Continent were well aware of Li Yuanba's fearsome battle prowess.

Should Li Yuanba merely unleash the ‘Chaos Sword Intent’, he'd hold his own against the Yuqing Sect Great Cultivator, to say nothing of his secret techniques.

That devastating technique capable of swiftly slaying Fourth Grade Late Stage Hell Beings—though most Central State Continent Great Cultivators hadn't witnessed it firsthand—they inferred its horror from the reverent looks Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion's Nascent Soul Middle Stage Sword Cultivator cast toward Li Yuanba.

Sword Cultivators from Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion brim with arrogance, revealing such awe only when something vastly outshines them.

A few Great Cultivators secretly hoped the Yuqing Sect Great Cultivator would clash with Li Yuanba, granting them a glimpse of his true might in action.

Sensing an undercurrent of wrongness, the Yuqing Sect Great Cultivator couldn't pinpoint it exactly.

He masked his killing intent, certain that ample time remained for a chance to strike.

Furthermore, the nearby duo of White Emperor Sect Great Cultivators made ideal partners, ready to join forces when the moment arrived.

Once the teams united, the group's forward progress quickened dramatically.

“There’s a building ahead!” Days afterward, a cultivator's startled cry pulled all eyes forward.

Through the endless stretch in Hell Cave Heaven, sights had been limited to desolate, plantless expanses of dirt and stone.

Spotting their first building in Hell Cave Heaven ignited a fresh wave of drive among the cultivators.

Regardless of Hell Cave Heaven's oddities, it remained a mighty Grotto Heaven, where any surviving Spiritual Object could prove an invaluable gem to cultivators.

Each Grotto Heaven delve invariably yielded rich gains.

Naturally, the cultivators tempered expectations for abundant treasures in Hell Cave Heaven. Any such items would likely degrade beyond use amid the fierce radiation energies.

Li Yuanba invoked the ‘Divine Eye Skill’ to examine the building.

A stone tower stood there; its exterior looked plain enough, yet scanning the energy flows via the ‘Divine Eye Skill’ revealed anomalies encircling it.

The tower appeared fused with the earth, linked somehow to far-off realms beyond sight.

From the array lore at his disposal, he suspected it served as a formation node, though encountering one spanning such vast reaches was entirely new to him.

Never before had he encountered a node separated from its counterpart by distances the ‘Divine Eye Skill’ failed to pierce.

Nearing the tower, the cultivators observed a shift: Hell Creatures now displayed far greater cunning.

Previously, Hell Creatures battled on raw impulse, with occasional teamwork that stemmed mostly from innate drives.

Yet these days, Hell Creatures acted under apparent orders; Hell Bull Head Spirits clustered into a battering rush squad, as Hell Sheep Head Beings grouped for distant assaults.

Hell Horse Head Spirits banded into a swift, mounted-style force.

Hell Deer Head Spirits lingered behind, dedicated purely to mending wounds.

This abrupt evolution blindsided the cultivator squad.

Luckily, aid from multiple Great Cultivators and the lack of Fourth Grade Late Stage Hell Beings kept things under control, averting any mishaps.

Nevertheless, the group's pace dragged considerably, consuming most of a day to close the gap from spotting the tower to arriving at its base.