Cultivation is just so scientific! Chapter 1685 - 889: Long-Range Assault

Countless foreign cultivators scattered across the Yuzhu Islands, realizing the formation had released its hold on them, fled the premises whenever possible.

Those lacking the means to depart scrambled to beg fellow cultivators for a ride out.

The chief cause lay in the sheer horror of the Yuzhu Islands' calamity; even the half-step great power's desperate full-power strike failed to repel the invader.

No soul could predict future perils; lingering there spelled inevitable doom.

All cultivators dwelling on the central island met their end amid the onslaught.

Cultivator Dai Biao harbored no desire to remain either; witnessing the half-step great power's inability to prevail at maximum effort drove him to alert his sect. Additionally, the Grotto Heaven space gate situated on the Yuzhu Islands' main isle demanded immediate reporting.

A Grotto Heaven anchored to an island strongly indicates an Inheritance Cave Heaven.

An Inheritance Cave Heaven carries the promise of birthing a great power, rendering it priceless to every faction.

Even under the guard of a half-step great power owner, rival forces would spare no affordable expense to seize such an Inheritance Cave Heaven.

Part of Cultivator Dai Biao's resolve to depart stemmed from unease. He dreaded that the Yuzhu Islands' half-step great power might seek to conceal the discovery by eradicating every outsider.

Though the odds appeared slim, the dangers following the space gate's revelation made silencing all witnesses the optimal course.

Unbeknownst to him, the half-step great power yearned to eliminate them; if opportunity allowed, it would gladly massacre every cultivator who glimpsed the space gate.

Yet a prior outburst of fury triggered a one-time full-force activation, and with the Cave Heaven still unrestored from an earlier blow, rampant energy chaos gripped the interior.

The bulk of the half-step great power's strength now labored to soothe the Cave Heaven's turbulent energies, rendering assaults on external cultivators impossible.

Cultivator Dai Biao had barely departed the Yuzhu Islands aboard his flying boat when he crossed paths with three familiar great cultivators hurrying back nearby.

These three hailed from the Yuzhu Islands and remained ignorant of the catastrophe. Their frenzied faces sparked various guesses in Cultivator Dai Biao's mind.

"Are you three fellows heading back to Yuzhu Island?" Cultivator Dai Biao vaulted from his flying boat, offered a salute, and inquired.

The trio recognized Cultivator Dai Biao, an acquaintance; chiefly because his sect wielded tremendous might, they had forged ties deliberately.

Though gripped by worry, they paused to salute Cultivator Dai Biao in return.

"Precisely!" one great cultivator answered with a bitter tone.

"Has Yuzhu Island provoked some powerful cultivator?" Cultivator Dai Biao questioned gently.

"What do you mean?" The great cultivator jolted in surprise and, puzzled by his aim, shot back.

"Yuzhu Island just suffered an attack, and seeing you rush back, I asked on purpose!" Cultivator Dai Biao explained.

"What! Yuzhu Island was attacked? How bad was it?"

"It has to be Li Shizhen!"

"We need to hurry back!"

At Cultivator Dai Biao's revelation, the three great cultivators flew into disarray, their words tumbling out in panic.

"You should head back and witness it yourselves!" Cultivator Dai Biao, at a loss to convey the Yuzhu Islands' devastation, responded thus.

The three great cultivators wasted no time on further chatter, surging ahead toward the Yuzhu Islands at top speed.

Gazing at their vanishing silhouettes, Cultivator Dai Biao gave a faint headshake.

He had already concluded that the sword cultivator Li Shizhen assaulted the Yuzhu Islands.

He knew these three great cultivators had joined Grandmaster Wu Ding, alongside over a dozen others, in blocking Li Shizhen.

With only these three returning now, a cold shiver pierced Cultivator Dai Biao's heart.

Yet recalling Li Shizhen's rampage on the Yuzhu Islands, the death of more than a dozen great cultivators paled in comparison.

He felt nearly convinced that tranquil times had fled the Yuzhu Islands, with some faction poised to obliterate them entirely.

The three great cultivators raced at utmost velocity toward the Yuzhu Islands, their thoughts consumed by the disasters and casualties afflicting their home.

The mere fact that Cultivator Dai Biao fled the Yuzhu Islands at such a moment convinced them the incident was gravely severe.

As they mulled over these fears, a sword light flashed from nothingness, impaling the forefront great cultivator's form.

The two remaining great cultivators detected the familiar yet terrifying sword intent from the abruptly emerging flying sword—the potent sword intent of Li Shizhen, which had swiftly claimed over a dozen great cultivators before.

Li Shiming materialized behind one of the two great cultivators before they could respond, his Fourth-Grade Sword Foundation striking down the foe in an instant.

The final great cultivator attempted to activate a lifesaving treasure, yet Li Shiming was too near; the ’Glazed Flying Cloud Sword’ launched from his flank, slaying him before he could trigger the item.

"Unlucky for you!" Li Shiming remarked casually, gazing at the three bodies.

While he had been lying in wait on the fringes of the Yuzhu Islands, hoping for another shot at assaulting them, Li Shiming never anticipated these three great cultivators would come right to him.

Although dispatching the trio took mere moments, the disturbance was massive, drawing eyes from the Yuzhu Islands’ side.