Cultivation is just so scientific! Chapter 1716 - 904: Battle_2

"Withdraw the formation, let’s find another opportunity!" stated a peak great cultivator in a deep, resonant voice.

Their collective reputation had suffered a blow, yet fortunately, it wasn't a solitary super force facing humiliation. The embarrassment was shared amongst all, thus alleviating the fear of being mocked by rivals.

Since Li Shiming had managed to escape, remaining on-site was no longer a viable option.

Echoing the sentiment of this peak great cultivator, others in similar positions directed their teams’ great cultivators to dismantle the trapping formation and make preparations for departure.

Precisely as the trapping formation was being lifted and the great cultivators began to address the floating mountain, Li Shiming’s form materialized.

Employing the 'Divine Foot Skill,' Li Shiming assessed the unfolding situation. Seizing the moment when the great cultivators' vigilance waned with the lifting of the trapping formation, he executed a 'one-step reach,' instantly appearing beside a floating mountain.

He eschewed the idea of engaging the great cultivators directly, instead setting his sights on the floating mountain itself.

He perceived the floating mountain's unique nature, noting its inherent complex formation capable of generating potent offensive and defensive arrays. When six such floating mountains converged, their formations would synergize, magnifying their power exponentially.

In collaboration with the great cultivators, such combined formations could render even peak great cultivators trapped within exceedingly vulnerable.

Arriving beside a floating mountain, Li Shiming enveloped it with his divine sense and promptly stowed it within an unoccupied soul crystal ring.

Within the cultivation world, the soul crystal ring stood as the preeminent spatial artifact, possessing the capacity to house not merely one, but a dozen floating mountains.

His abrupt appearance sent a shockwave through all the great cultivators, their immediate impulse being to converge and eliminate Li Shiming.

After securing the first floating mountain, Li Shiming offered a slight smile. His form vanished once more, reappearing beside another floating mountain, which he then enveloped with his divine sense and stored away.

It was only at this juncture that the great cultivators grasped Li Shiming's intention: he was intent on collecting the floating mountains.

A division emerged among them; some great cultivators shifted their focus to defending the remaining floating mountains, while others, whose floating mountains Li Shiming had already claimed, turned to pursue him.

Amidst this developing chaos, Li Shiming unleashed the power of a hundred minds within him, coordinating with the 'Heavenly Strike Thunder Hammer' and the 'Shenxiao Thunder Pearl.' This represented his most formidable offensive maneuver since achieving the status of a peak great cultivator.

Ominous thunderclouds gathered overhead, unleashing a palpable sense of dread that unsettled every great cultivator present.

Never before in the annals of the cultivation world had a spectacle unfolded where a hundred peak thunder cultivators simultaneously invoked the 'Thunder Fall Skill.'

On this occasion, Li Shiming unleashed a hundred instances of the 'Thunder Fall Skill,' depleting nearly half of a Nascent Soul's spiritual power in the process.

This engagement deviated starkly from conventional combat. In a typical battle, deploying a hundred 'Thunder Fall Skills' would be unthinkable, let alone executing them all at once. The sheer expenditure of spiritual power proved far beyond his initial estimations when he actually unleashed the technique.

However, the resulting power was undeniably astonishing. To maximize its devastating efficacy, he directed his assault towards ten pursuing great cultivators, including two who were peak great cultivators.

Within a blinding spectacle of electrical discharge, the figures of the ten great cultivators were engulfed by incandescent lightning.

Across the entirety of the battlefield, all great cultivators ceased their endeavors, their gazes fixed intently on the zone enveloped by the hundred 'Thunder Fall Skills,' awaiting the disposition of the ten targeted cultivators.

In truth, having already sensed the potent energy emanating from the hundred 'Thunder Fall Skills,' they had largely anticipated the grim outcome for the ten great cultivators.

The conflict ignited in an instant and concluded just as swiftly. As the lightning subsided, the scene within was revealed.

Of the ten great cultivators, eight ordinary great cultivators vanished without a trace, their physical forms, Nascent Souls, and accompanying magical treasures reduced entirely to ash.

The remaining two peak great cultivators experienced a marginally better fate, appearing to have employed a clandestine technique that preserved their bodies in a relatively intact state.

The surviving great cultivators on the scene experienced a profound internal collapse, having lost nearly a third of their fighting contingent in this initial, cataclysmic clash.

Li Shiming's formidable 'Divine Foot Skill,' lacking any effective countermeasures, rendered him nearly impossible to contain or target.

In stark contrast to the stunned great cultivators, Li Shiming’s figure moved with astonishing speed, successively securing the remaining four floating mountains.

He had definitively ascertained that each floating mountain harbored a super force’s paramount achievements in formation research, fortified by substantial investments of top-tier fourth-grade formation materials.

Indeed, the six floating mountains could be considered six apex fourth-grade magical treasures. More precisely, they were extraordinary formation artifacts meticulously assembled from a vast array of high-quality fourth-grade magical treasures.

His primary objective was securing the floating mountains. A thorough investigation of these mountains would grant him nearly all the formation knowledge of the Cloud Island Sea.

Just as he gathered all the floating mountains and prepared to engage the remaining formidable cultivators, an astonishing sight unfolded before him.

The twenty-six great cultivators remaining all produced their life-saving jade talismans, their figures dispersing in every direction.

"What is this?" For a moment, Li Shiming was unsure whom to pursue, leading him to abandon the chase entirely.

He hadn't anticipated his combat prowess being so overwhelming. Among all his magical treasures, his innate magical treasure, IBMz15, initially the weakest in combat, proved most invaluable in the later stages.

Imagine possessing a hundred and ninety-one minds; with sufficient spiritual strength, he could unleash a hundred and ninety-one spells simultaneously.

This capability meant he alone was equivalent to one hundred and ninety-one cultivators of the same rank. As a peak great cultivator, he could unleash the power of a hundred and ninety-one peak great cultivators in a single assault.

Naturally, he could currently only activate a hundred minds to cast spells concurrently, but the outcome of this endeavor clearly demonstrated the immense potential of this strategy.

Ten great cultivators, including two peak great cultivators, hailing from the power-holding halls of superforces, each possessed combat power far exceeding others of their rank. Yet, before him, they were annihilated.

Without IBMz15, without a hundred and ninety-one brains, relying on a single mind, even with the spiritual treasure 'Heavenly Strike Thunder Hammer' and the 'Shenxiao Thunder Pearl,' he would be, at most, slightly stronger than an ordinary peak great cultivator, incapable of obliterating vast numbers of cultivators of the same rank.

It was his terrifyingly displayed combat power that had instilled fear in the remaining great cultivators.

These battle specialists from the law-holding halls of the six super forces were genuinely terrified. The more adept they were at fighting, the more they understood Li Shiming's might.

Li Shiming shook his head and proceeded to collect the remains of the two peak great cultivators.

Even the soul crystal rings contained no particularly rare spiritual objects, yielding only items he considered commonplace.

"Golden Wing, you, Little Feng, and the Illusion Spirit Dragon, go play in the Heavenly Person Cave Heaven; the coming days are growing perilous!" Li Shiming summoned his three spiritual pets and issued instructions to the Golden Winged Dapeng.

Although the Golden Winged Dapeng showed some reluctance, it obediently returned to the Heavenly Person Cave Heaven with Little Feng and the Illusion Spirit Dragon.

Li Shiming had no alternative; he believed that after this engagement, the six super forces would cease sending great cultivators against him.

Therefore, unless the six super forces were prepared to concede, their next move would undoubtedly be to dispatch formidable beings after him.

Whether it was an avatar or the main body of a powerful entity, he was not equipped to handle such a threat.

He possessed a teleportation ring, but if he left the Golden Winged Dapeng and the others outside, should something critical occur, he would lack the time to retrieve his three spiritual pets.

He was preparing for the worst, considering it an unavoidable turn of events.

"Let's first explore the central region of the Cloud Island Sea!" Having reached the Cloud Island Sea and perused some travelogues from his loot, he developed a keen interest in its central area, resolving to depart only after experiencing it, even if forcefully evicted by powerful beings.

He elected not to use the flying boat, despite his ability to pilot fourth-grade top-quality vessels; his 'one-step reach' surpassed the speed of any such boat.