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Chapter 1309: Chapter 701: Countering with a Ruse

Li Shiming split his consciousness into five parts, each controlling one of the mid-stage golden corpses.

However, he did not intervene in the battle of the mid-stage golden corpses and only directed them at crucial moments.

The combat instincts of the mid-stage golden corpses were extremely terrifying. Corpse Refining is naturally born as a battle machine, with combat instincts ingrained in its soul.

Upon realizing the terror of the five mid-stage golden corpses, the Nascent Soul cultivators at the gathering point attempted to escape while sending rescue signals to their sect.

But escaping from the gathering point was no easy task. Whenever the golden corpses discovered cultivators trying to approach the edges of the gathering point, they would focus on them particularly.

With the speed and fighting prowess of a mid-stage golden corpse, once targeted, it’s difficult to survive.

Great Cultivator Ning Xi was monitoring the situation at the gathering point. Due to the distance, his attention was focused merely on observing whether any great cultivators approached, not realizing how much trouble the five golden corpses caused the cultivators within.

There were over forty Nascent Soul Middle Stage cultivators at the gathering point. How could they possibly not handle four mid-stage golden corpses?

It’s universally acknowledged in the Cultivation World that the fighting power of mid-stage golden corpses is limited. Their strongest traits are their defense and the corpse poison on their bodies. As long as one is cautious not to let the mid-stage golden corpse near, it’s entirely manageable.

When he received the rescue signal from the gathering point, he was in disbelief.

He no longer hid himself and let his aura rise, preparing to leave the concealing array and head for support.

At that moment, Li Shiming’s figure flashed. He left the grotto heaven and appeared in the outside world. It was the first time he’d shown himself in a long time.

Upon appearing, he used ’One Step to Heaven,’ disappearing along with Great Cultivator Luo Pei, and reappeared beside Great Cultivator Ning Xi within the concealing array.

Great Cultivator Ning Xi’s attention was entirely drawn to the gathering point. He never expected a cultivator could suddenly enter the concealing array.

His reaction was swift. As his natal treasure, the mountain peak type magical treasure, took time to activate, he wielded another fourth-grade top flying sword to strike at Great Cultivator Luo Pei.

But faster than him was Li Shiming, this Nascent Soul Middle Stage practitioner.

Li Shiming stood within close range of Great Cultivator Ning Xi, enduring the suppression of the great cultivator’s realm.

However, with 191 consciousnesses sharing the burden, Ning Xi’s realm suppression had no effect on him.

The spiritual treasure ’Heavenly Strike Thunder Hammer’ above his head unleashed a ’Thunder Fall Skill’ at Great Cultivator Ning Xi — thunder skills have always been the fastest attacks.

Moreover, this ’Thunder Fall Skill’ was prepared by a single consciousness in advance, ready to attack instantly after using ’One Step to Heaven.’

With his Nascent Soul Middle Stage cultivation, causing harm to Great Cultivator Ning Xi was almost unrealistic, but with the addition of the ’Shenxiao Thunder Pearl,’ it was different.

The ’Thunder Fall Skill,’ enhanced by the ’Shenxiao Thunder Pearl’ and the spiritual treasure ’Heavenly Strike Thunder Hammer,’ reached a great cultivator level of power.

Additionally, being a close-range ’Thunder Fall Skill,’ with no time interval, the lightning struck directly on Great Cultivator Ning Xi.

Great Cultivator Ning Xi was hidden there, reducing his aura leakage with no defensive spells or treasures activated.

As the journey from there to the gathering point required some time, he planned to enhance his defense spells while flying over.

But he never expected Li Shiming to be so unreasonable, piercing through the concealing array and appearing right next to him.

Thus, the ’Thunder Fall Skill’ landed solidly on Great Cultivator Ning Xi, making him feel waves of paralysis even with his great immortal’s body.

If not for the Earth Element practitioner’s body being stronger than that of a normal great cultivator, this ’Thunder Fall Skill’ might have heavily injured him.

While Great Cultivator Ning Xi was paralyzed, Great Cultivator Luo Pei’s attack arrived as well, not a simple assault, but the secret technique ’Black Water Flood Sky’ unleashed by the spiritual treasure ’Black Water Sword.’

The spiritual treasure ’Black Water Sword’ transformed into huge waves, engulfing Great Cultivator Ning Xi.

In his paralyzed state, Great Cultivator Ning Xi didn’t even have time to react as the massive waves washed over his body.

During this, Li Shiming’s ’Thunder Fall Skill’ persisted. He knew the terror of a great cultivator — giving them even a chance would cause him great trouble if they counter-attacked.

This time, he exposed two spiritual treasures. If he didn’t ensure Ning Xi’s demise, many great cultivators and possibly even supreme cultivators would hunt him.

Great Cultivator Ning Xi’s physical defense failed in an instant, allowing the water formed by the ’Black Water Sword’ to invade his body.

Li Shiming’s lightning left Great Cultivator Ning Xi’s body and nascent soul in a constant state of paralysis, granting Great Cultivator Luo Pei the opportunity to fully employ ’Black Water Flood Sky.’

Among the great cultivators, Great Cultivator Luo Pei was considered weak, but with the ’Black Water Sword’s’ enhancement and the tidal rules’ imprint boosting ’Black Water Flood Sky,’ its power reached a relatively strong level among great cultivators.

At this moment, without any defense, and facing Great Cultivator Luo Pei’s full-strength strike, the outcome for Great Cultivator Ning Xi was inevitable.

Great Cultivator Ning Xi retained only a faint clarity of mind, deeply regretting not enhancing his defense and leaving himself unprotected for the sake of concealing his aura.