Cultivation is just so scientific! Chapter 1783 - 938: Erasure

Deprived of the void's spiritual energy, the 'storm eye' could not maintain its continuous drain. Great Cultivator Le sensed this energy deficiency and raised his spiritual power to compensate. However, this brief delay provided an opening for the 'Beidou Formation Map' to breach the 'storm eye's' defenses.

The 'Sun Shooting Bow' in the hands of the late-stage Golden Corpse unleashed an arrow that found the gap, piercing Great Cultivator Le's body. A miserable cry erupted as the arrow's Yin Cold Power, coupled with its immense force, overwhelmed his physical form. His only recourse was to abandon his body and allow his Nascent Soul to emerge.

The Nascent Soul immediately activated a life-saving Jade Talisman, transforming into a breeze and vanishing. Yet, mere moments later, its flight was halted a hundred meters away. The Jade Talisman's energy was not fully depleted, but it could no longer propel his Nascent Soul further.

The Beidou Array's spatial restrictions, even diminished, were too potent. The original Beidou Array certainly would have been inescapable with just a single Great Ability Life-saving Jade Talisman. As Great Cultivator Le's Nascent Soul utilized the escape skill, he lost control over the 'storm eye'.

With no other option, the Nascent Soul could only carry energy-converted spiritual objects. Non-energy converted items required manual handling for the escape skill, which would also impede its speed. Furthermore, having activated the life-saving Jade Talisman to safeguard his Nascent Soul, there was no time to retrieve the 'storm eye' and reactivate it.

Consequently, the 'storm eye' was abandoned, uncontrolled, and suspended in mid-air. Li Yuanba, disregarding Great Cultivator Le's Nascent Soul for the moment, swiftly moved to the 'storm eye'. He struck it with numerous prohibition talismans, sealing it completely. Only then did his attention turn to Great Cultivator Le's Nascent Soul.

With a slight mental exertion, the 'Beidou Formation Map' intensified its binding power, ensnaring Great Cultivator Le's Nascent Soul. Disploying 'At Arm's Length', Li Yuanba materialized beside the trembling Nascent Soul. Great Cultivator Le looked upon Li Yuanba with palpable fear, realizing his end was nigh, though uncertain of his ultimate fate.

Li Yuanba observed the Nascent Soul with a look of deep satisfaction. He produced more prohibition talismans, sealing Great Cultivator Le's Nascent Soul and placing it within a jade box. He then approached Great Cultivator Le's corpse and discovered a Spirit Storage Gourd.

Inside the gourd, he found four Great Cultivator Nascent Souls – the very ones belonging to the Guiyuan Sect cultivators whose bodies were previously destroyed by the late-stage Golden Corpse. He had sealed all these Nascent Souls as well. After a thorough sweep of the battlefield, he retrieved the 'Beidou Formation Map'.

Meanwhile, Great Master Yu Jin of the black market, witnessing the Beidou Array's dissipation, mistakenly believed the combined might of the five superpowers had subdued Li Yuanba. As he stepped forward to claim credit, he was shocked to see Li Yuanba standing before him.

Their gazes met, and Li Yuanba immediately activated his 'Telepathy'. He instantly grasped Great Master Yu Jin's thoughts, realizing this man was also a cultivator involved in the ambush. "Courting death!" Li Yuanba uttered softly.

This quiet declaration carried the killing intent of a peak sword cultivator Great Cultivator. Having just dispatched thirty-one Great Cultivators, the sheer force of his killing intent struck Great Master Yu Jin's soul like a physical blow. Had Great Master Yu Jin possessed the backing of a powerful Sect, he might have endured such an assault.

However, as a loose cultivator, Great Master Yu Jin occupied a low rung among Great Cultivators. Regardless of his motives for joining the ambush, Li Yuanba's killing intent alone was far beyond his ability to withstand. A searing pain shot through his soul, followed by utter mental blankness. 'Telepathy' might not be inherently lethal, but its impact depends entirely on the target. While it lacks direct killing power against equals, it can roughly probe the minds of those a level below.

However, when the disparity in cultivation levels becomes too immense, one's 'Telepathy' can convey far more, precisely as demonstrated when Li Yuanba channeled the totality of his killing intent, accrued from vanquishing thirty-one Great Cultivators, directly into the soul of Grandmaster Yu Jin in a single, overwhelming surge.

The consequence was the utter shattering of Grandmaster Yu Jin's soul, reducing him to a mere shell of his former self, bereft of his mind.

Once more, Li Yuanba gestured toward the black market, and the imposing 'Ten Thousand Sword Peak' materialized in the heavens above.

All the energy-converted flying swords within 'Ten Thousand Sword Peak' that had not been expended were unleashed, indiscriminately obliterating all within the black market's confines.

The shops and defensive formations of the black market were reduced to rubble by the relentless barrage of energy-converted flying swords.

Fortuitously, his objective was not annihilation; the primary reason being the utter lack of necessity to eliminate these cultivators of lesser standing.

After a period, the torrent of energy-converted flying swords ceased, and the 'Ten Thousand Sword Peak' was withdrawn back into his physical form.

The black market bore no resemblance to its former state, with not a single intact wall remaining.

Li Yuanba ceased his attention on the unfolding scene, his form dissolving from the area. He reappeared atop the summoned Golden Winged Dapeng, which had been waiting at a distance.

A gentle stroke from his hand conveyed his unspoken command to the Golden Winged Dapeng, which promptly understood.

With a surge of speed, the Golden Winged Dapeng propelled itself forward, traversing the void with astonishing rapidity, and within moments, drew near the Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion.