Cultivation is just so scientific! Chapter 1665 - 879: The Demonic Path

Greed ultimately overpowered caution for the three Righteous Path Great Cultivators. They rapidly came to an agreement to join forces and snatch the Heavenly Mechanism Treasure.

While advancing toward the treasure's aura, they spotted three Devil Cultivators locked in confrontation with Li Shiming. Keeping their distance, they plotted to allow these two groups to battle first, easing their path to claiming the Heavenly Mechanism Treasure.

All bore wounds that hampered their full battle prowess.

In such a weakened condition, engaging the three Peak Great Cultivators and Li Shiming head-on was out of the question. They understood Li Shiming's formidable might well. Even if those three Peak Great Cultivators united against him, victory would come at a steep price.

After the three Devil Cultivators and Li Shiming determined a winner, the chance to profit from the sidelines would arise, injuries notwithstanding.

Suddenly, the three Devil Cultivators materialized, trapping him in a triangular formation that caught Li Shiming off guard.

Though lacking space traversal like the Divine Foot Skill, Peak Great Cultivator-level Devil Cultivators possessed unique short-range movement arts.

Right now, Li Shiming waited stationary, set to rendezvous with the fellow Peak Great Cultivators for joint exploration.

Upon exiting the Divine Palace, he discovered this wasn't the familiar Cultivation World.

He hovered over a vast ocean. Oceans resemble one another, yet the Spiritual Energy in this place diverged from his known Cultivation World.

Entering the Great Cultivator Realm had sharpened his perception of Spiritual Energy immensely.

Spiritual Energy differs not just in concentration but in distinct qualities, much like that inside a Grotto Heaven versus another, regardless of density.

A keen probe revealed to Li Shiming the unique nature of the local Spiritual Energy.

He realized he'd arrived in an unfamiliar realm inhabited by cultivators. With a potential twenty-year stay ahead, befriending locals was essential for probing this world.

The six Peak Great Cultivators who'd battled beside him in the Divine Palace offered prime chances for alliance.

Yet he never foresaw how his casual ventures into the Divine Beast Garden and Heavenly Mechanism Garden would spell doom for those other six Peak Great Cultivators.

Thus, as he sought camaraderie with fellow Peak Great Cultivators, three Devil Cultivators sprang their Secret Technique to surround him.

The three Devil Cultivators retained most of their fighting strength. Upon arrival, they unleashed their peak might without restraint.

Grandmaster Leng Hong brandished his treasured fan, fanning a frigid blast straight at Li Shiming.

Great Cultivator Zongjing's form split once more into skeletal remains. Now both his fleshly body and the bones clutched Bone Swords; the skeleton swung its Bone Sword at Li Shiming while the body formed a misty white barrier with its own.

Master Qiu Zhi produced a Jade Flute, positioned in the void, and began to play.

Chilling winds, slashing skeletal blades, and sonic assaults—all Peak Great Cultivator caliber—struck Li Shiming from every angle at once.

Any single Devil Cultivator strike landing would spell disaster for Li Shiming.

Li Shiming had no intention of taking those hits directly. Even with his robust defenses, Peak Great Cultivator assaults demanded utmost caution.

Activating ’So Close, Yet Worlds Apart’, he blinked free from the trio of devilish encirclement.

Ridiculous to trap a space-manipulating Great Cultivator that way.

Li Shiming materialized anew, hand sweeping to merge ’Heavenly Strike Thunder Hammer’ with ’Shenxiao Thunder Pearl’, birthing fifteen ’Thunder Fall Skills’ guided by fifteen minds, each aimed at a different Devil Cultivator.

Shock rippled through the three Devil Cultivators as Li Shiming slipped away effortlessly via Space Divine Power.

That blunder handed Li Shiming the upper hand, compelling them to defend against his barrage of ’Thunder Fall Skills’.

Grandmaster Leng Hong's fan fluttered relentlessly, whipping up icy gusts as his shield.

Great Cultivator Zongjing's bones moved with horrifying speed. Having lunged at Li Shiming before, they wheeled back the instant he vanished and returned, parrying the ’Thunder Fall Skills’.

Master Qiu Zhi's guard was more ordinary; a silk scarf emerged, hovering overhead to fend off the ’Thunder Fall Skills’.

Alarm stirred in Li Shiming's heart. He'd already detected the distant three Righteous Path Great Cultivators, and despite deploying fifteen brains for the onslaught, he'd barely gained ground.

Unbeknownst to him, Peak Great Cultivators from mighty sects had perfected counters to Thunder Cultivators and similar threats long ago.

These tactics stemmed from eons of elder wisdom within the sects, plus the vast battle wisdom any Peak Great Cultivator amassed—including clashes with Thunder Cultivators.

Li Shiming resolved not to prolong the fight. A union of the six Peak Great Cultivators would force his retreat.

Few moves remained usable now, particularly without revealing his spiritual treasure.

Indeed, unveiling the Spiritual Jade Spring Eye in this alien domain would doom him to two decades skulking in the Heavenly Person Cave Heaven.