Cultivation is just so scientific! Chapter 1519 - 806: Offense and Defense
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Li Shiming patiently awaited the instant when the Taichu Sect's grand array hit its maximum power, while the seven Great Cultivators inside the formation loomed gigantic through their Nascent Soul Dharma Forms, giving the entire array the appearance of being draped in massive armor.
He sought to overpower the foes right at their mightiest point, and only in that way would he manage to dismantle their false beliefs.
"Zap!" The White Emperor Sect’s Great Cultivator suddenly unleashed a strike, launching a tiny Top-Grade Fourth-Grade Flying Needle Magical Treasure from his grasp.
By borrowing the surge from the Taichu Sect’s array, he boosted the velocity and might of this Top-Grade Fourth-Grade Flying Needle Magical Treasure tremendously, even stretching its striking distance across the array's full span.
He had anticipated this exact opportunity; that Flying Needle Magical Treasure served as his secret weapon, resolving countless issues for him before.
However, what appeared as an incredibly swift Top-Grade Fourth-Grade Flying Needle Magical Treasure to the White Emperor Sect’s Great Cultivator looked perfectly visible to Li Shiming.
Although Li Shiming appeared at ease, his 'Divine Eye Skill' remained constantly engaged in truth, and his natal magical treasure, IBMz15, kept aiding by monitoring, evaluating, and assessing the combat scene via his divine sense alongside the 'Divine Eye Skill'.
Despite the abruptness of the White Emperor Sect’s Great Cultivator’s Top-Grade Fourth-Grade Flying Needle Magical Treasure, Li Shiming spotted it immediately.
"Still too young, too little battle experience to be so reckless in such fights!" The White Emperor Sect’s Great Cultivator mused with satisfaction as he observed the Flying Needle Magical Treasure hurtling toward Li Shiming.
Yet the events that followed nearly caused his jaw to hit the ground in shock.
Li Shiming extended his hand and caught the Top-Grade Fourth-Grade Flying Needle Magical Treasure between his fingers.
The White Emperor Sect’s Great Cultivator verged on panic; he had never witnessed any Great Cultivator attempt to seize a magical treasure from an equal-ranked opponent using just bare hands.
After all, magical treasures hold Spiritual Power Patterns and inherent rules; clashing with another magical treasure might not hurt much, but these items deal devastating harm to a Great Cultivator’s body on direct contact.
Even those who practice body refinement methods would typically only use their physique to deflect same-rank magical treasures, keeping exposure to the foe's item as brief as possible.
In combat, summoning vast reserves of internal energy to counter a magical treasure proves unfeasible, and even if one could, threats from the enemy's other assaults demand attention.
Li Shiming grinned, holding the Top-Grade Fourth-Grade Flying Needle Magical Treasure firmly between his digits.
The advantages from practicing the 'Heavenly Human Technique' elevated his bodily power to match that of a Top-Grade Fourth-Grade Magical Treasure. Every training period strengthened his form further, with the 'Heavenly Human Technique' in body refinement outshining nearly all elite Body Refining Techniques.
Thanks to the 'Divine Eye Skill' revealing the precise trajectory of the Flying Needle Magical Treasure, combined with IBMz15 delivering exact timing for the action, all Li Shiming had to do was extend his hand precisely when needed to grip the Flying Needle Magical Treasure—that was all.
His fingers glowed subtly with tiny particles of sand—this represented a reduced-scale use of the 'Sanmei Divine Wind' divine skill, enveloping the diminutive Flying Needle Magical Treasure.
The intent was to wipe away the owner's mark from the Flying Needle Magical Treasure, a technique that required very little effort amid the fight.
The White Emperor Sect’s Great Cultivator's complexion drained of color, as a piercing ache stabbed his mind, the unmistakable symptom of the rebound from yanking the owner's imprint out of the Flying Needle Magical Treasure by force.
"Are you alright?" Master Qiao inquired gravely.
From that single action by Li Shiming alone, Master Qiao and every Taichu Sect Great Cultivator felt stunned; Li Shiming's prowess went beyond what they had predicted.
Catching a magical treasure hurled by a peer-ranked cultivator barehanded—this feat prompted Master Qiao to scrutinize Li Shiming’s hand closely, wondering if Li Shiming had mastered Body Refining Techniques and raised them to the Great Cultivator stage.
Should that hold true, standard magical treasures striking Li Shiming would inflict only minor harm; solely the natal magical treasures belonging to these Great Cultivators could deliver a truly effective blow.
The Taichu Sect’s Great Cultivators usually possessed just one Top-Grade Fourth-Grade Magical Treasure, seldom more than that—a gap when set against the major powers.
Observe the White Emperor Sect’s Great Cultivator, who tossed out a Top-Grade Fourth-Grade Flying Needle Magical Treasure so offhandedly, suggesting he carried at least two of them.
And this particular White Emperor Sect’s Great Cultivator ranked as merely average among his sect's Great Cultivators.
"He’s very strong, don’t attack proactively; focus on defense." The White Emperor Sect’s Great Cultivator stated with resignation once he recovered his poise.
Li Shiming noticed the Taichu Sect’s Great Cultivators holding back from any offensive actions, realizing his turn had arrived.
"Watch me break this grand formation!" His presence surged dramatically, with fearsome lightning crackling over his frame and surging into the emptiness.
The 'Heavenly Strike Thunder Hammer' released a barrage of ten beams of light, as he deployed ten instances of the 'Thunder Cloud Skill'.
A colossal thundercloud materialized abruptly over the Taichu Sect, rapidly shrouding the sect in gloom and transforming daytime into midnight.
The dread-inducing lightning pressure spread through all parts of the Taichu Sect, yet Nascent Soul Cultivators endured its effects shielded by the array.
Still, those below the Nascent Soul Stage quaked even under the array's safeguard from the lightning pressure; battling was out of the question, and restoring their mindset to stability post-conflict would prove extremely tough.
"Activate the Thunder Summoning Array!" Master Qiao bellowed firmly.