Cultivation is just so scientific! Chapter 1541 - 817: Great Battle

The superior fourth-tier Mountain Treasure owned by Yan Gao Great Cultivator shot upward into the heavens, leaving Yan Gao Great Cultivator himself stunned and even catching Master Wang He off guard, both of them equally amazed by the astonishing spectacle unfolding right there.

Within the inner domain, the Mountain Treasure ranks as one of the mightiest artifacts, relying on its immense weight to crush down on cultivators.

Breaking free from the Mountain Treasure's lockdown can happen through several methods, like darting away quickly beyond its reach, disrupting the caster's incantation prior to its release, or staying in a mobile position right from the start to evade being easily targeted by the Mountain Treasure.

Yet, clashing head-on with the Mountain Treasure using raw strength is definitely not among those options; pitting force against force demands a power that surpasses the Mountain Treasure's strike to succeed.

"What sort of monster is that?" Yan Gao Great Cultivator snapped back to his senses and cried out in disbelief.

Even knowing it was a late-stage Golden Corpse, whose clan's late-stage Golden Corpse possessed such ferocity, strong enough to smash aside the Mountain Treasure controlled by a Peak Earth Element Cultivator?

"Mr. Yan, you handle those ones, while I take on Master Wang!" Li Shiming burst into laughter and declared.

After the first clash that revealed the might of the five late-stage Golden Corpses, he confidently left Yan Gao Great Cultivator to deal with those five late-stage Golden Corpses.

"Mr. Li, let's see if your practice of the 'Yuqing Thunder Scripture' holds up!" Master Wang He uttered in a grave tone.

Meanwhile, Yan Gao Great Cultivator couldn't spare a moment to answer Li Shiming, as the five late-stage Golden Corpses rushed toward him, driving him to fall back far away.

The pace of those late-stage Golden Corpses exceeded what he expected, forcing him to summon earth barriers in their path nonstop while pulling back.

Still, these barriers proved ineffective, since the ones raised by a Peak Earth Element Cultivator infused them with traces of Earth Element Rule Power; though minimal, that essence could easily overpower ordinary Great Cultivators.

The late-stage Golden Corpses merely swung their iron hammer artifacts to demolish the earth barriers with ease; the embedded Earth Element Rule Power couldn't hold up against the combined 'Power Rule Imprint' and 'Speed Rule Imprint' acting on the late-stage Golden Corpses, unleashing devastating might.

A faint shimmer danced across Yan Gao Great Cultivator's form as he invoked the 'Invisible Primordial Magnetism' Divine Skills, aiming to control the iron hammer artifact and drag down the Golden Corpses' velocity.

The iron hammer artifact did suffer from the 'Invisible Primordial Magnetism' Divine Skills, as though ensnared in endless threads.

That said, the late-stage Golden Corpses didn't halt entirely, just slowed in their motions; drawing on their vast strength, they pushed onward despite the binding pull of the 'Invisible Primordial Magnetism' Divine Power Field.

Yan Gao Great Cultivator's core treasure, the Mountain Treasure, floated back into the sky, but this round it didn't crash down—instead, it generated a gravity zone to weigh heavier on the five late-stage Golden Corpses.

All his techniques only managed to drop the five late-stage Golden Corpses' speed to match his own, but they kept chasing after him relentlessly.

His choices boiled down to throwing up earth walls now and then, or deploying rock puppets and similar tactics to obstruct the late-stage Golden Corpses.

Dealing serious damage to the late-stage Golden Corpses wouldn't come quickly; he had to bide his time for an opening, convinced that the late-stage Golden Corpses would eventually show a weakness.

The fight with Yan Gao Great Cultivator settled into a deadlock, where neither could dominate the other anytime soon.

Those five late-stage Golden Corpses boasted incredible melee prowess and decent speed, but facing Yan Gao Great Cultivator, their quickness got curbed by his array of tricks, blocking any real chance for close-quarters brawling.

For Yan Gao Great Cultivator, the late-stage Golden Corpses' tough defenses stopped him from landing his most potent strikes without proper buildup.

Li Shiming squared off against Master Wang He; neither struck first, both just building up their Thunder Energy steadily.

Li Shiming held back, opting for a straightforward strategy with little mental strain, planning to confront Master Wang He in a standard fashion during this showdown.

This presented a precious chance to observe the actual fighting style of another Peak Great Cultivator versed in the 'Yuqing Thunder Scripture'.

He wanted to spot his own weaknesses by watching Master Wang He's moves.

After all, Master Wang He truly mastered the 'Yuqing Thunder Scripture' through proper True Inheritance, unlike Li Shiming, who only obtained a Jade Scroll filled with notes and understandings about the 'Yuqing Thunder Scripture'.

The legacies they held differed vastly; without Li Shiming's access to Half-Life Cave Heaven and his grasp of how Thunder Rules form inside it, his version of the 'Yuqing Thunder Scripture' would fall short compared to a genuine Thunder Cultivator's.

"Thunder!" Master Wang He bellowed, at last making the first move.

He skipped broad-area Thunder and Lightning spells, opting instead for the focused 'Thunder Fall Skill', boosted by the gathered Thunder Energy to deliver overwhelming force.

Given the rapid strike of a targeted Thunder and Lightning spell, foes find it nearly impossible to sidestep once it's launched.

Unless they counter with a matching Lightning Method—like Electric Evasion.

Li Shiming's body shifted into Electric Evasion, veering aside to evade, and then, with a flick of his wrist, he unleashed the 'Heavenly Strike Thunder Hammer' to fire a 'Thunder Fall Skill' straight at Master Wang He.

Master Wang He felt the incoming thunderbolt's intensity and instantly executed Electric Evasion, his form dissolving into a streak of electric light that vanished from where he stood.