Cultivation is just so scientific! Chapter 1609 - 851: Going Home

With each hand, the late-stage Golden Corpse seized the necks of two Fourth Grade Middle Stage Dragon Beasts.

Though the pair of Dragon Beasts struggled against the grip, the overwhelming force flowing from those palms rendered them helpless to do anything else. All they managed was to tense the muscles in their necks desperately against the crushing pressure.

"Crack!" Regrettably, the two Dragon Beasts lasted barely an instant before the late-stage Golden Corpse broke their necks.

The demise of these two Dragon Beasts triggered a severe spiritual backlash for their two masters—Great Cultivators inside the Beidou Seven Stars Formation—who suffered as owners of the fallen Spiritual Pets.

Even minus two participants, the Beidou Seven Stars Formation crafted by seven Great Cultivators held steady, relying on their ingrained teamwork to stay intact.

Activating the Formation against three late-stage Golden Corpses proved utterly impossible.

Letting those three late-stage Golden Corpses approach so near turned into a horrifying ordeal.

All at once, the war hammers gripped by the three late-stage Golden Corpses slammed down on three Great Cultivators.

Upon impact, the protective barriers around those three Great Cultivators shattered immediately.

Not just as Independent Cultivators—even elite Great Cultivators from mighty sects wouldn't boast of surviving a single strike from a late-stage Golden Corpse's war hammer.

Those war hammers held by the late-stage Golden Corpses had been reforged from Top-Grade Fourth-Grade Mountain Treasures, retaining the essence of a peak mountain's might without needing to expand to full form during strikes.

Combined with the matchless might of the late-stage Golden Corpses swinging them, such an assault would pulverize even a Body Refining Great Cultivator.

Once the war hammer connected, the three Great Cultivators' forms hung frozen in the air for a split second, then burst apart in a thunderous explosion.

The horrifying impact's influence pulverized the physical forms and Nascent Souls of the three Great Cultivators with its sheer force.

This strike infused 'Rule Power,' ensuring that the rule-infused assault ravaged both the flesh and the Nascent Soul at once.

"Escape!" Blood filled the eyes of the tall, burly Great Cultivator, smeared with his allies' blood in a streak across his face, lending him a fiendish appearance.

Seasoned from endless fights, despite the fury boiling inside over his fallen comrades, his thoughts stayed sharp and focused.

After seeing the late-stage Golden Corpses' might firsthand, he knew this undertaking had been a grave error.

True to the saying that mighty names hide no fools, Li Shiming appeared only as an energy clone, yet his safeguards were beyond what they could challenge.

Alerted by the tall, burly Great Cultivator's quick thinking, a Jade Talisman on him broke apart, swiftly morphing his body into a rushing current of water that fled far away.

Water Escape works best over the sea, diving into the vast ocean where no foe, however skilled, could pursue.

Yet here they stood on solid ground; the West Sea Seven Wolves rarely strayed onto land, emboldening them to confront Li Shiming in the first place.

Should Li Shiming seek retribution, pinpointing them amid the expansive West Sea territories would prove no simple task.

The late-stage Golden Corpse's cunning was far from lacking. In its assault, it deliberately spared the two Great Cultivators reeling from the Dragon Beasts' spiritual backlash, reserving them for the follow-up barrage.

Following the tall, burly Great Cultivator's 'escape' order, just one Great Cultivator managed to act swiftly. The remaining pair were still shaking off the spiritual backlash's grip, leaving no chance for response.

Two Great Cultivators executed Water Escape, their bodies shifting to liquid and speeding off into the horizon.

The other two Great Cultivators, still hampered by the spiritual backlash, faced the onslaught of two war hammers.

The leftover late-stage Golden Corpse, joined by the one that finished off the two Fourth Grade Middle Stage Dragon Beasts, exchanged their weapons for longbows.

Monstrous power pulled back the longbow, inscribed with eight hundred million Power Storage Runes and four hundred million Power Storage Runes. Bolstered by the late-stage Golden Corpse's force and the bow's amplification, the unleashed energy reached staggering heights.

With that pull on the longbow, the bow's Rune Array coalesced into an Energy Arrow. When the string snapped forward, the stored might fueled the arrow's blistering velocity.

That Energy Arrow shot forth, aimed straight at the two fleeing Great Cultivators.

Indescribable swiftness marked the Energy Arrow's flight. Though the draw hadn't built to the bow's full potential in that brief moment, the sheer velocity and force of the released shot defied belief.

Overwhelmed by sorrow, the tall, burly Great Cultivator vowed to seek a secluded spot and vanish for hundreds of years once he got back.

Li Shiming's terror was beyond measure; without glimpsing his real body, a short clash had whittled the West Sea Seven Wolves down to just two survivors.

Seeking vengeance? Not even at their strongest could the West Sea Seven Wolves manage it, much less later on.

As these thoughts raced through his mind, an acute piercing feeling hit him, and he realized too late that an arrow had found its mark.

The Energy Arrow tore through his frame, loaded with massive energy that overwhelmed him even amid Water Escape, unable to resist the devastating hit.

During Water Escape, the watery state should theoretically lessen or outright block certain assaults, particularly those relying on raw physical might.

However, the arrow's force exceeded any safe limit, rendering endurance impossible regardless of the Water Escape state.

At the same time, the tall, burly Great Cultivator's body and Nascent Soul ballooned outward, the colossal energy triggering immediate ruin and culminating in their total detonation.