Cultivation is just so scientific! Chapter 1644 - 868: Supreme Power_2

Though the notion crossed his mind, he held back from acting, uncertain about the Great Power's might and their potential to detect his Water Escape amid the ocean depths.

This sensation filled him with profound unease. In earlier confrontations with foes, IBMz15's precise computations had always granted him a decisive edge.

Yet this pursuit differed entirely; lacking data on Great Power capabilities, IBMz15 couldn't provide reliable assessments.

A single error in his escape might seal his doom forever.

After departing Dongqi Continent, Li Shiming lost the precise tracking of the trailing Great Power's location.

With no drone satellite coverage over the vast sea, he depended on faint senses to gauge the pursuer's proximity.

This forced him to unleash ’One Step to Heaven’ at maximum, drawing vast spiritual power from his five Nascent Souls. Still, to preserve his speed lead, repeated activations of ’One Step to Heaven’ drained enormous spiritual power.

Between casts of ’One Step to Heaven’, he popped a high-level Spirit Pill into his mouth for spiritual power recovery.

Yet this proved woefully insufficient, barely offsetting the massive expenditure from ’One Step to Heaven’.

In this dire state, IBMz15 projected his spiritual power would deplete in just twenty-six hours.

He had already identified the pursuing Great Power.

The subtle thunderous aura pointed strongly to someone from Yuqing Sect.

A bitter smile touched his lips; at last, he faced cultivators of this supreme caliber.

These represented the apex of the Cultivation World’s elite, where one Great Power alone could hoist their faction to superpower status, claiming top-tier resource privileges across the realm.

Though superpowers controlled varied domains, the yields from those lands were staggeringly vast.

"No, this can’t be the Great Power’s true form!" Calming from his initial shock, Li Shiming drew deeper conclusions from the available clues.

The basis lay in his prior sight of the Sword Elder and even the Sword Elder’s avatar, offering a benchmark for Great Power auras.

The chaser's aura closely mirrored the Sword Elder’s avatar, nowhere near the Sword Elder’s genuine body.

Furthermore, his tests revealed Great Powers were bound near their sects, unable to roam freely.

Li Shiming refused to flee twenty-six hours straight, only to fall helpless into Yuqing Sect’s Great Power grasp.

A fierce glint sparked in his eyes as he rallied forty minds, each priming the ’Thunder Cloud Skill’.

The ’Heavenly Strike Thunder Hammer’ materialized in his grip. Given the considerable gap to Luo Yuan’s Great Power avatar, he paused briefly before unleashing the spiritual treasure-grade ’Heavenly Strike Thunder Hammer’.

He synced it with the ’Shenxiao Thunder Pearl’ in his room space to amplify the ’Thunder Cloud Skill’s potency.

His form halted briefly as ’Ruyi Zhenyue Peak’ hovered overhead. Masking his aura, he powered the ’Heavenly Human Technique’ fully to rapidly peak his condition.

Great Power Luo Yuan marveled at Li Shiming’s velocity; such prowess from the Divine Foot Skill posed a real challenge.

Even at his blistering pace, energy drain plagued him too.

Avatars lacked self-regeneration; every ounce spent progressively enfeebled them.

Though Thunder Escape’s toll was modest, sustained maximum output built up to a hefty drain.

He pinned his hopes on Li Shiming tiring first; else, this avatar dispatch would turn into a sect-wide joke.

He knew other Central State Continent Great Powers would spot his avatar’s outing.

Failure to snag Li Shiming post-mobilization would earn him endless mockery from peer Great Powers.

As Great Power Luo Yuan mulled this, he detected Li Shiming’s aura freezing in place.

Unclear on the ploy, he saw it as Li Shiming inviting doom.

Moments later, Great Power Luo Yuan spotted Li Shiming hovering midair over the waves.

The young aura stirred nostalgia in Great Power Luo Yuan, reminding him of ages since facing such a prodigy cultivator.

Should Li Shiming endure, he could eclipse the elder Great Powers—but fate decreed otherwise.

Li Shiming eyed Great Power Luo Yuan keenly, watching the avatar emerge from Thunder Escape, ’Divine Eye Skill’ verifying it as an energy construct.

’Divine Eye Skill’ revealed energy flows. With his own ’Phantom Avatar’, he delved into countless clone arts during refinement, gaining deep expertise on energy avatars.

IBMz15’s aid granted him masterful theory on every secret art he explored.

Now, Li Shiming activated his core magic treasure IBMz15 for combat simulations. As Great Power Luo Yuan’s avatar closed within striking distance, he struck first.

Great Power Luo Yuan’s avatar felt surprise; even as an avatar, its assault radius dwarfed any Great Cultivator’s.

Entering range, he slammed realm suppression onto Li Shiming.

Unleashing Great Power realm on a mid-stage Great Cultivator was sheer overkill.

Yet his suppression bizarrely fizzled.

Probably overlooking how the targeted pressure split across Li Shiming’s 191 brains, each shouldering a sliver.

This let Li Shiming shrug off Great Power Luo Yuan’s avatar realm suppression and launch a fierce riposte.

Truthfully, Great Power Luo Yuan’s core might lay elsewhere. A Great Power’s deadliest edge was summoning Grotto Heaven for war, unavailable to avatars.

He’d infused the avatar with Thunder Rule Origin, but held it in reserve, aiming to nab Li Shiming via standard tactics.

Releasing Thunder Rule Origin would squander two centuries of Grotto Heaven buildup.

Yuqing Cave Heaven’s two-century hoard would further hobble the strained Yuqing Sect, slashing output until origin recovery.

"Suppress!" Li Shiming’s ’Ruyi Zhenyue Peak’ soared from above, smashing toward Great Power Luo Yuan’s avatar.

Great Power Luo Yuan’s avatar registered the incoming ’Ruyi Zhenyue Peak’. At first dismissive, deeming it trivial.

But sensing the spiritual treasure aura from ’Ruyi Zhenyue Peak’, shock hit—this was a true spiritual treasure.

Then ’Ruyi Zhenyue Peak’ radiated a bizarre gravitational pull, bogging down Great Power Luo Yuan’s avatar.

Atop Great Power Luo Yuan’s avatar, immense thunderclouds swiftly gathered.

Positioned over the sea, with Li Shiming curbing ’Thunder Cloud Skill’ activation to minimal during prep, its full bloom was lightning-fast.

Forty ’Thunder Cloud Skills’ erupted together, each rivaling peak Thunder Cultivator might.

This unleashed Li Shiming’s ultimate thunder assault. Amid clouds, lightning danced wildly, thunder essence roiling so fiercely sea waves shuddered below.

"Boom boom boom", precisely as Great Power Luo Yuan’s avatar escaped ’Ruyi Zhenyue Peak’s gravity snare, the overhead ’Thunder Cloud Skill’ bombarded.

Thunderbolts plunged from heavens, zeroing on Great Power Luo Yuan’s avatar; each salvo hurled forty synchronized strikes, their fury making Li Shiming’s hair rise even from afar.