Cultivation is just so scientific! Chapter 1709 - 901: Extermination of the Sect

Ba Run, the Great Cultivator from the Sun Concealing Sect, directed multiple Great Cultivators to step into the grand formation one after another; drawing from the prior assault on the mountain gate by Master Wang He and Great Cultivator Yan Gao, he had learned his lesson, making his reaction far quicker this round.

With all the Great Cultivators now inside the grand formation, it would safeguard them while they reinforced its power in return.

Still, a strong sense of security evaded his heart; any faction bold enough to strike the Sun Concealing Sect’s mountain gate surely possessed overwhelming faith in their might.

Through Master Ba Run’s assessment, alongside the Sun Concealing Sect’s recent moves, he felt nearly certain that the Ten Thousand Beast Sect was behind this mountain gate assault.

Surface-wise, the Ten Thousand Beast Sect’s Great Cultivator forces barely outmatched those of the Sun Concealing Sect.

A single Great Cultivator from the Ten Thousand Beast Sect matched two from elsewhere; bolstered by the grand formation, the Sun Concealing Sect side retained a fighting chance.

Yet, the true terror of the Ten Thousand Beast Sect lay in Li Shizhen—if he joined this battle, Master Ba Run couldn’t fathom the result.

On the flip side, intelligence from his own network, the Yuqing Sect, White Emperor Sect, and other major powers confirmed Li Shizhen’s vanishing; his return to Dongqi Continent so soon seemed impossible.

This thought eased Master Ba Run somewhat, shifting his focus toward the horizon.

The blistering speed of the two Late-stage Golden Corpses had evaded his Grotto Heaven control, hiding the intruders’ path from him.

Now, the grand formation’s scan revealed the presence of those two Late-stage Golden Corpses.

Naturally, Master Ba Run mistook them for odd Great Cultivators, unaware of their true nature as Late-stage Golden Corpses.

They were truly strange; though Cultivators in the Cultivation World sported wild habits, armored Great Cultivators were unheard of to him.

Furthermore, these two armored figures moved at insane speeds; by the moment he detected the Late-stage Golden Corpses, they were nearly upon the Sun Concealing Sect’s grand formation.

"Prepare area-of-effect Spells, their speed is too fast, we must not let them ram the formation!" Recalling how the pair had shattered the Grotto Heaven barrier swiftly before, he guessed they wielded a unique Secret Technique for speed-based strikes, prompting his urgent command.

Li Shiming’s dual brains piloted one Late-stage Golden Corpse each; leveraging their perceptive senses, he probed the Sun Concealing Sect’s grand formation.

His Life-bound Magic Treasure IBMz15 dissected the setup; from Ten Thousand Beast Sect intel, he knew its basics, so even without "Divine Eye Sight" from the Late-stage Golden Corpses, a brief scan uncovered its weak point.

The duo of Late-stage Golden Corpses kept their momentum, barreling straight at the Sun Concealing Sect’s formation shield.

Master Ba Run and four fellow Great Cultivators unleashed their ready area-of-effect Spells, unleashing waves of sinister-hued energy to halt the Late-stage Golden Corpses’ advance.

As Corpse Refining creations, the Late-stage Golden Corpses shrugged off Demon Sect energies far better than typical Cultivators.

Especially in their armor—their defenses laughed off assaults from Sun Concealing Sect Great Cultivators.

All Sun Concealing Sect Great Cultivators stood at Early Stage; such was the norm on resource-poor Dongqi Continent.

The two Late-stage Golden Corpses plunged through the sinister energy field, causing the formation shield to quiver faintly; what followed left Master Ba Run slack-jawed—the shield failed entirely to stop them.

Straight into the depths of the Sun Concealing Sect’s grand formation barreled the two Late-stage Golden Corpses, charging directly at the cluster of Great Cultivators.

"Quickly, unite the formation power to bind them!" Despite his shock and horror, Master Ba Run scrambled for a countermeasure.

With the grand formation unbroken by brute force, it remained functional; the Sun Concealing Sect’s array could harness internal energies to trap any intruder inside.

He figured that five Great Cultivators channeling the formation’s binding force in unison would at least hinder the speed of those two Late-stage Golden Corpses.

However, even as the binding power surged forth, the Late-stage Golden Corpses disregarded it completely; that feeble restraint failed to slow them in the least.

Just then, the auras of the two Late-stage Golden Corpses erupted outward; upon detecting their dreadful presence, Master Ba Run finally grasped the true nature of these adversaries.

As a Demon Sect Great Cultivator, he knew techniques for countering Corpse Refining.

Yet those worked only against standard Corpse Refining; Late-stage Golden Corpses with their extraordinary powers stood as an unbeatable force on the Dongqi Continent.

One Late-stage Golden Corpse blurred into motion, materializing beside a Great Cultivator; its massive hammer whipped out, shattering the cultivator’s defensive magic treasure, fleshly body, and Nascent Soul into oblivion before he could react.

The other Late-stage Golden Corpse unleashed an identical strike, claiming another Great Cultivator’s life.

"We surrender!" Seeing two fellow sect Great Cultivators slain in an instant, one survivor yelled desperately.

Regrettably, the Late-stage Golden Corpses ignored the plea; after felling the pair, they charged onward without pause, spurning any surrender.

Boosted by the "Speed Rule Imprint," their velocity outstripped the visual perception of the remaining three Great Cultivators; incapable of even tracking them, much less attacking, how could those three hope to hit the foes?