Cultivation is just so scientific! Chapter 1637 - 865: Certain Kill

Li Yuanba held off on entering the fray, his gaze sharpened by the activation of his 'Divine Eye Sight' technique, which caused his eyes to flicker with an ethereal brilliance.

'Divine Eye Sight' scanned the intricate web of spiritual energy circulating within the Ice Crystal Fortress Array, funneling the gathered data directly to Li Shiming, who relayed it to his life-bound magic treasure, the IBMz15.

A brief moment passed before the IBMz15 provided Li Yuanba with a calculated strategy to dismantle the Ice Crystal Fortress Array.

Under normal circumstances, the Array Plate guarding this formation would be trivial to overcome, yet the integration of Ice Rules into the reinforced ice walls made breaching it a significantly more formidable challenge.

Deep within the structure, the majority of the spiritual meridians were shielded by durable ice crystals.

"Shatter!" Li Yuanba commanded, channeling his full power into the Xingyi Sword as he launched it forward.

Instead of engaging Great Cultivator Lin or Great Cultivator Yu directly, the Xingyi Sword traced a peculiar, sweeping arc along the outer boundary of the Ice Crystal Fortress Array.

"Intercept that blade! It is tearing the formation apart!" Great Cultivator Yu shouted to Great Cultivator Lin, having felt the jagged feedback rippling through the Array Plate.

In response, Great Cultivator Lin brandished his feather fan, launching a barrage of ice shards at the encroaching weapon.

With blinding speed, the Xingyi Sword pivoted, effortlessly darting away from the ice shards before they could make contact.

"Crack!"

The supposedly indestructible Ice Crystal Fortress Array began to fracture under the seemingly erratic, yet precise, movements of the sword.

Great Cultivator Lin abandoned his defensive maneuvers against the sword, instead frantically waving his feather fan in an attempt to mend the growing fissures in the barrier.

Regardless of his haste, the pace of his repairs could not match the relentless speed at which the cracks propagated.

The spiraling trajectory of the Xingyi Sword was far from random; each pass served to slash at and misdirect the vital spiritual lines of the array.

Although the bulk of these lines were concealed, Li Yuanba utilized the small, exposed sections to incite internal volatility, effectively turning the array against itself.

The physical structure of Great Cultivator Lin's ice walls relied entirely upon the foundation provided by the array.

As the energy destabilized within, the integrity of the ice wall’s base crumbled, causing the damage to spiral rapidly.

Desperate to salvage the formation, Great Cultivator Yu reached into his robes and deployed a Fourth Grade Array Flag. As each flag struck the ground, it bolstered the crumbling structure slightly.

Hailing from the Beidou Sect, Great Cultivator Yu was a master of their specialized school of integrating complex formations directly into combat.

Such battlefield tactics were incredibly rare, but once the formation materialized, it granted him a massive tactical advantage.

Were it not for his previous encounter with Great Cultivator Jian Tianyi—whose 'Void Shattering Sword Intent' could brute-force his way through such defenses—Yu could have easily held off multiple Peak Great Cultivators on his own.

Li Yuanba’s eyes glowed intensely as 'Divine Eye Sight' fed the details of Yu’s strengthening process into the IBMz15, which immediately calculated a counter-strategy and uploaded it back to his mind.

Despite the constant enhancements provided by Great Cultivator Yu, the Xingyi Sword continued its assault, systematically tearing the formation to pieces.

The Ice Crystal Fortress Array began to shudder, caught in a perpetual cycle between collapse and artificial stabilization.

Great Cultivator Yu’s deep understanding of the array meant he could deploy his Fourth Grade Array Flags instinctively, without hesitation.

Conversely, for Li Yuanba, the process of feeding observations to the IBMz15 for analysis might have seemed laborious, yet the unmatched processing speeds of the machine allowed him to match the pace set by his opponent perfectly.

The battlefield became a bizarre sight; the array was riddled with cracks, only for the placement of a new Fourth Grade Array Flag to partially mend the gaping holes repeatedly.

The Xingyi Sword banked around the barrier once more, and a fresh wave of substantial fractures carved through the ice.

This was a quintessential master-level duel of formations. While Yu leaned on thousands of years of specialized study, Li Yuanba, confronting it for the first time, held his own through sheer calculation.

Despite his composed exterior, Great Cultivator Yu was inwardly anxious. Though he maintained a standoff, his reserve of Fourth Grade Array Flags was finite.

The moment his supply of flags dwindled to nothing, the fragile equilibrium he had managed to cultivate would vanish.

After tallying his dwindling hardware, he made a cold, pragmatic decision.

Meanwhile, Great Cultivator Lin continued to pour his energy into the ice crystal attacks directed at Jian Tianyi and Li Yuanba, oblivious to the fact that his efforts were ultimately futile.

Suddenly, instead of another flag, Great Cultivator Yu produced a Jade Talisman.

With a flick of his wrist, he activated the item. A surge of potent Rule Power engulfed his body, distorting space as he transformed into a streak of light and bolted toward the horizon.

Abandoned by its master, the Ice Crystal Fortress Array was immediately shattered by a single, decisive strike from Great Cultivator Jian Tianyi.

Even the primary Array Plate was cleaved clean in two by the weight of that sword strike.

Great Cultivator Lin, having received no warning of his comrade's departure, was still pouring his soul into ice attacks meant to support a formation that no longer existed.

Great Cultivator Yu’s abrupt betrayal left Lin in a dire, vulnerable position.

In reality, Li Yuanba had been the first to sense the shift. Detecting the subtle change in Yu’s intent moments earlier, he had already anticipated the treacherous flight.