Cultivation is just so scientific! Chapter 2058 - 1075: Madness (Part 2)

Even Great Power Lu Wei couldn’t help feeling a stab of pain; this Immortal Residence had been built at the cost of a huge amount of Immortal Alliance resources.

But compared to the Immortal Residence, the Great Powers he had brought out this time were far more important, so he chose to sacrifice the Immortal Residence to preserve the human Great Powers.

If a large number of Great Powers really fell here, he feared that once he returned to the Immortal Alliance, he would have no way to explain it.

The kilometer-long light blade vanished, yet the battle formation of the "Exotic Realm Divine Soldiers" driving that kilometer light blade did not show the slightest disorder just because two Late Stage Fifth Grade Exotic Realm Divine Soldiers had suffered grievous damage to their vital energy.

Their battle intent was still burning high, and their blood-red eyes were filled with killing intent.

Great Power Lu Wei could not understand why these Exotic Realm Divine Soldiers were acting like madmen.

He was just about to launch a counterattack when his expression changed slightly—another Exotic Realm Divine Soldier battle formation had appeared, with about the same number of soldiers as the first, and with the same surging battle intent.

At this moment he felt a desire to retreat; he had come for revenge in the first place, and he had already slain quite a few Exotic Realm Divine Soldiers, which could be considered fulfilling the set objective.

Staying here to fight the Exotic Realm Divine Soldiers to the death was not cost-effective; most importantly, this was the Divine Domain, and after the Immortal Residence was destroyed, all Great Power battle strength was heavily suppressed.

"Retreat!" Great Power Lu Wei called out in a deep voice.

This had been agreed upon long in advance: as soon as Great Power Lu Wei issued this order, all Great Powers were to withdraw to the Immortal Domain side.

Great Power Lu Wei struck the Immortal Residence with a palm; the damaged Immortal Residence flew toward the Exotic Realm Divine Soldiers’ side, and as it flew out, its aura grew unstable.

He was controlling the Immortal Residence to self-destruct; unfortunately, it had already expended ninety percent of its energy, so even the power of self-destruction was extremely limited.

It was only because the materials used for the Immortal Residence were exceedingly precious that the self-destruction triggered a special energy shock that could not be ignored; otherwise, even if the Immortal Residence exploded, it would not be enough to buy them time to retreat.

Li Yuanba did not hesitate in the slightest; his figure flickered as he used Space Movement to teleport backward.

Before coming, the human Great Powers had already set a coordinate in the Immortal Domain close to the Divine Domain, precisely to facilitate using Space Movement in case of danger.

This place was less than a hundred li from the Immortal Domain, so a single Space Movement was enough to leave.

With the Immortal Residence’s self-destruction, the attempt by the Exotic Realm Divine Soldiers to stop them was blocked.

Li Yuanba’s figure appeared, and as he sensed the environment of the Immortal Domain, a deep sense of peace rose in his heart.

While he was inside the Divine Domain, even with the energy support from his Grotto Heaven, an uneasy feeling would still arise in his heart.

He was among the few Great Powers who appeared the fastest; among these Great Powers were Great Power Lu Wei and Great Power Peng Run, and then more Great Powers appeared one after another.

Great Power Lu Wei gave Li Yuanba a serious look; that tiny difference should not be underestimated.

Perhaps the earliest appearing Great Powers and the later appearing Great Powers differed by only an instant, but that tiny difference represented an enormous gap in their comprehension of spatial laws.

Great Power Lu Wei and Great Power Peng Run were both Late Stage Great Powers, so their understanding of spatial laws naturally took the lead.

Yet this young Middle Stage Great Power Li Yuanba had nonetheless surprised them by possessing such a level of spatial law comprehension.

This time Li Yuanba’s performance was not considered especially outstanding; he had merely done what Middle Stage Great Power sword cultivators like Great Power Yi Yao and Great Power Ding Feng should be able to do.

Previously, Great Power Lu Wei had only heard rumors and had some impression of Li Yuanba; if not for this final display, his assessment of Li Yuanba would not have been very high.

But through this small detail, he felt he had to reevaluate Li Yuanba.

"Thank you, fellow Great Powers. The mission rewards will be issued soon. In the coming days, everyone must watch out for the Divine Domain’s retaliation!" Great Power Lu Wei said to the gathered Great Powers in a deep voice.

He also needed to return to the Immortal Alliance immediately and use the Alliance’s means to investigate what exactly had happened in the Divine Domain.

Otherwise, the Exotic Realm Divine Soldiers could not possibly have gone mad; one had to know that, although he had paid a certain price to cast a Fire Dragon Technique beyond what he could bear, the price he paid still could not compare to that paid by the Late Stage Fifth Grade Exotic Realm Divine Soldiers.

The energy mobilized by the Late Stage Fifth Grade Exotic Realm Divine Soldiers far exceeded the energy he had used to cast the Fire Dragon Technique.

"We will be careful!" The Great Powers were well aware of this point and nodded in response one after another.

"Fellow Li Yuanba, please help treat Mr. Peng!" Great Power Lu Wei bowed to Li Yuanba and spoke.

Great Power Peng Run’s condition was very poor; not to mention the backlash from casting spells in overload, in the end he had even forced himself to use Space Movement while already in a backlash state.

At this moment his face was pale, a picture of grievous damage to his vital energy.

Li Yuanba nodded, stepped forward, and repeatedly used his Innate Wood Divine Skills.

Having previously experienced his Innate Wood Divine Skills, Great Power Lu Wei had specially requested his aid.

"Cough, cough, thank you, Mr. Li!" Great Power Peng Run let out a breath, barely managing a smile as he spoke.

Inside Li Shiming’s Grotto Heaven, he was studying the Holy Spirit of the dark-golden soul flame.

Even within his Grotto Heaven, the Holy Spirit of the dark-golden soul flame still had a feeling of controlling everything.

Although when it truly acted, its control over the Grotto Heaven could only be considered average, considering that this was his Grotto Heaven, and that without his intentionally granting permissions to the Holy Spirit of the dark-golden soul flame, the Holy Spirit was nonetheless able to exert control over everything in the Grotto Heaven.

This was absolutely abnormal; his Grotto Heaven did not allow unauthorized entities to manipulate it at will.

Yet the Holy Spirit of the dark-golden soul flame had broken this rule and could behave within his Grotto Heaven as though it were ordinary space.

Li Shiming shook his head and moved the Holy Spirit of the dark-golden soul flame back into the computer-room space.

With the fine-grained control of the computer-room space, he could scan the condition of the Holy Spirit of the dark-golden soul flame with much greater clarity.

Within this Holy Spirit’s soul flame, under the fine-grained control, that dark-golden filament actually presented itself as a single whole.

One had to know that this dark-golden filament had previously been formed by the fusion of two even thinner dark-golden threads; not to mention that earlier still, when the dark-golden filament was inside the sacrificial altar, it had not been in this state at all, but rather existed in the form of energy.

Yet within Li Shiming’s perception, no matter how much he magnified his view, the dark-golden filament remained a single, complete object, not composed of countless tiny bits of matter.

This was something he could not understand; such a thing should not exist.

He had analyzed many Spiritual Objects; all of them were formed by combining even smaller bits of matter, with some naturally formed runes mixed in.

Since he could not analyze the dark-golden filament, he began analyzing the Holy Spirit’s soul energy.

Because he had the soul energy of the other Holy Spirits as reference, he quickly obtained detailed comparative data.

That dark-golden filament had affected the Holy Spirit’s soul, causing a huge enhancement in the quality of the Holy Spirit’s soul.

He could be certain that the Holy Spirit had not yet fully digested the benefits brought by the dark-golden filament; once it passed through a period of adaptation, the Holy Spirit’s strength would see a dramatic increase.

Next, he conducted many studies on the Holy Spirit of the dark-golden soul flame.

He made another new discovery: when the Holy Spirit used Holy Spirit energy, its level of control over that energy was rapidly surpassing that of the other two Mid Fifth Grade Holy Spirits.

Plus, the realms of all three Mid Fifth Grade Holy Spirits were at the Peak of Fifth Grade Middle Stage; most likely, it would only take a very short time for the Holy Spirit of the dark-golden soul flame to advance to Late Stage Fifth Grade.

These minor-level advancements within a major realm were not restricted by the master’s cultivation level.

Li Shiming actually hoped that the Holy Spirit of the dark-golden soul flame could advance to Late Stage Fifth Grade, which would make operations much easier when he went deeper into the Divine Domain.

From Li Yuanba, he had learned of the madness of the Exotic Realm Divine Soldiers; those Exotic Realm Divine Soldiers had gone crazy precisely for the sake of the "dark-golden filament."

From this alone, he understood even more profoundly just how important the dark-golden filament was.