Cultivation is just so scientific! Chapter 1527 - 810: Battle
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Standing amid the empty void, Li Shiming and Master Ren Mu faced off across five kilometers. For typical Great Cultivators, such a gap offered decent safety, yet for these two powerhouses, it lay squarely in their ideal striking distance.
At the outset, Master Ren Mu spared little thought for Li Shiming, given the youth's tender age and the seemingly frail level of his Great Cultivator Realm cultivation.
Yet as the standoff intensified, Li Shiming's aura surged dramatically, unleashing his fearsome thunder cultivation presence completely, which compelled Master Ren Mu to see he mustn't handle this young Great Cultivator with standard tactics.
The thunder cultivation aura radiating from Li Shiming even evoked in Master Ren Mu the intense feeling of clashing against Master Wang He.
"You're not cultivating the 'Yuqing Thunder Scripture'; true, hints of the 'Yuqing Thunder Scripture' linger in your thunder aura, but the 'Yuqing Thunder Scripture' never packs this much punch. What technique are you using?" Overwhelmed by curiosity, Master Ren Mu pressed the question.
The 'Yuqing Thunder Scripture' stands as the pivotal inheritance method of the dominant Yuqing Sect, where every thunder cultivator follows this very 'Yuqing Thunder Scripture'. What sets them apart lies in their varied grasp and perceptions of its depths, yielding enormous gaps in battle prowess among thunder cultivators.
Absent the living proof of Li Shiming before him, Master Ren Mu would have clung to the conviction that the 'Yuqing Thunder Scripture' reigned as the supreme thunder cultivation technique throughout the Cultivation World.
Thus, an overwhelming curiosity gripped him about Li Shiming's practiced method—what manner of technique could outstrip the 'Yuqing Thunder Scripture'?
"You're mistaken; this truly is the 'Yuqing Thunder Scripture'!" Naturally unwilling to reveal the truth, Li Shiming denied it firmly while shaking his head.
Through emulation of the 'Yuqing Thunder Scripture' via the 'Heavenly Human Technique', Li Shiming, despite hovering at the Early Stage of Great Cultivator, projected the mighty aura of a Peak Great Cultivator—this power derived from the 'chaotic spiritual power' nurtured by the 'Heavenly Human Technique'.
"If you refuse to share, no matter; what geniuses do those headquarters fools chase away!" Perceiving Li Shiming's evasion, Master Ren Mu let it go without pushing, though a wave of regret washed over him—such a prodigy had come so close to joining the Central State Commerce.
With those words spoken, Master Ren Mu's aura swelled upward as well, a vast presence that cloaked the heavens and the land alike.
Li Shiming steadied his mind, summoning a Thunder Shield to guard himself; even as he raised it, he tapped the 'Shenxiao Thunder Pearl' within the machine room space to amplify the shield's strength.
Too late, he grasped that this battleground was a poor choice, since Master Ren Mu specialized in the water attribute as a Water Element Great Cultivator.
Engaging a Water Element Great Cultivator over the ocean erased any terrain benefits he might claim.
"That Thunder Shield's aura doesn't feel correct!" Master Ren Mu shook his head once more, compelled to voice it.
His keen sense for spiritual energy outmatched that of regular Great Cultivators by far.
Even without personal training in Thunder Skills, he'd engaged Master Wang He on countless occasions, the ever-energetic Peak Great Cultivator.
Master Ren Mu had observed Master Wang He's Thunder Shield up close, and though Li Shiming's thunder cultivation aura nearly matched Master Wang He's, this Thunder Shield's performance surpassed even that of Master Wang He.
Such an anomaly puzzled him deeply; of course, any Yuqing Sect thunder cultivator present would spot that unique aura hint from the 'Shenxiao Thunder Pearl'.
Master Ren Mu merely detected that Li Shiming's Thunder Shield far exceeded the version wielded by peak Thunder Cultivator Master Wang He; despite his hold on the surroundings, a touch of futility settled in.
Simply piercing Li Shiming's Thunder Shield already demanded immense effort, without even considering how thunder skill energy would spread in water—a hazard requiring his vigilant management.
The locale's edge fell short of expectations, while thunder cultivators unleashed devastating assaults; the dispersed force in water still carried real threat.
Li Shiming chose silence now, facing the sharp-minded and overwhelmingly strong Master Ren Mu; a single thought brought the 'Heavenly Strike Thunder Hammer' hovering above him.
Instantly upon the 'Heavenly Strike Thunder Hammer's' manifestation, Li Shiming invoked the 'Thunder Fall Skill'.
This 'Thunder Fall Skill' had been deliberately boosted with extra Thunder Rules, then intensified even more through the 'Shenxiao Thunder Pearl'.
Master Ren Mu waited in readiness; the moment Li Shiming struck, he swept his hand, sending seawater roaring upward to erect a water wall before him.
The horrifying thunderbolt slammed into the water wall, detonating in a roar of crackling lightning.
That wall, several meters deep, succeeded in scattering the thunderbolt's might, but it tore open a colossal twenty-meter-wide gap.
Gazing at the massive breach in the water wall, Master Ren Mu sensed a icy dread rising inside.
He retreated hastily, deploying a top-grade fourth-level defensive shield to stack yet another barrier around his form.
Whatever assurance he'd held earlier in overcoming Li Shiming had sprung mostly from a senior's urge to instruct the junior, but the unleashing of Li Shiming's 'Thunder Fall Skill' flipped his entire outlook.
"Flip Cloud and Overturn Rain!" He summoned his life-bound magical artifact, a sheer top-grade fourth-level Water Element Flying Sword, aiming it toward the heavens.
His top-grade fourth-level Water Element Flying Sword served no purpose in sword-strike combat, especially against equals, where he shunned such approaches.
Rather, he employed the Water Element Flying Sword like a tool to direct and magnify water magic's force, mirroring the 'Heavenly Strike Thunder Hammer's' function.
Dark clouds swiftly amassed in the sky above, and in contrast to thunder cultivators' 'Thunder Cloud Skill', showers of rain descended from the gloom before lightning had a chance to spark.