Cultivation is just so scientific!

Chapter 1338: Chapter 715: Pursuit and Assassination (Part 2)

Li Yuanba, while swiftly moving through space, noticed an unusual fluctuation in the Spiritual Power Pattern with his ’Divine Eye Skill’, causing his body to instinctively change direction.

This abnormal fluctuation was caused by Master Shi Dong when he discovered Li Yuanba, as he voluntarily removed the Concealing Array just as Li Yuanba was about to use ’Heaven within Reach’ to close in on his position.

If Master Shi Dong hadn’t been so confident and had waited for Li Yuanba to appear in front of him, first suppressing him with the Great Cultivator’s aura before removing the Concealing Array, Li Yuanba wouldn’t have been able to escape so easily.

Although it seemed like a long time, it was actually just an instant.

Li Yuanba, realizing something was amiss, immediately employed ’Heaven within Reach’ to flee into the distance.

Master Shi Dong let out a cold laugh, channeling his internal spiritual power into the fourth-grade top medium-sized flying ship.

This medium-sized flying ship, named the Jiguang Xunying Boat, was the vehicle of a powerful figure from the White Emperor Sect, sent to Master Shi Dong to capture Li Yuanba.

The greatest feature of the Jiguang Xunying Boat is its speed, enhanced by a speed rule imprint bestowed by an expert familiar with the speed rules invited by the White Emperor Sect.

This was a strategy developed by the White Emperor Sect after studying Li Yuanba’s abilities.

Li Yuanba mastered the Divine Foot Skill, making him nearly unmatched in speed among cultivators at the Nascent Soul Realm.

Unless another cultivator had also learned the Divine Foot Skill or a similar space-movement divine skill.

But unfortunately, in the Cultivation World, space-movement divine skills are extremely rare, and even if the Buddhist Venerable possessed such skills, a Taoist sect like the White Emperor Sect couldn’t persuade the Buddhist Venerable to intervene.

So, to surpass Li Yuanba’s Divine Foot Skill in speed, other measures had to be employed.

The Jiguang Xunying Boat is one of the fastest flying boats, ranking in the top three in the Cultivation World.

Of course, the Jiguang Xunying Boat also consumes a lot of resources, but for someone with Master Shi Dong’s strength, the consumption of driving the Jiguang Xunying Boat was negligible.

Moreover, with Master Shi Dong’s spiritual power augmenting it, while it couldn’t match the speed under the full control of a powerful figure, the speed nevertheless reached a terrifying level.

Li Yuanba made the first move, with the Jiguang Xunying Boat just a beat slower.

As he continued to move through space in front, each time he appeared he could feel the aura from Master Shi Dong and the twelve Nascent Soul Middle Stage Practitioners on the Jiguang Xunying Boat behind him.

Furthermore, with each emergence from the space movement, the aura he sensed was drawing closer.

He was shocked beyond measure; since acquiring the Divine Foot Skill, he had never encountered a rival in speed.

Now, however, the fourth-grade top medium-sized flying ship was closing in on him, and at this rate, it was only a matter of time before Master Shi Dong caught up.

He contacted IBMz15, and based on his current situation, IBMz15 provided him with a route.

The safest option was to revert to his original direction and flee towards the base where Great Cultivator Lou was located.

Before the Jiguang Xunying Boat caught up, all he needed to do was reach the base to be under the protection of Great Cultivator Lou.

As a Sword Cultivator, Li Yuanba had naturally strong mobility, and he began to purposefully change direction little by little with each space movement.

He did not want his intentions to be discovered by Master Shi Dong behind him, for if his plan was detected, Master Shi Dong might try to prevent him from altering his direction.

A few moments later, Master Shi Dong realized something was amiss, noticing that Li Yuanba had changed course, but by then it was too late; he had already given up part of the angle and Li Yuanba had successfully changed direction, heading towards the base where Great Cultivator Lou was located.

"What a strategy!" Master Shi Dong secretly praised in his heart.

In such a pursuit scenario, he was still able to keep a clear head, accurately analyze and judge the situation, and make the most correct choice.

Master Shi Dong was also well aware that the time he could use to chase Li Yuanba from here to the base where Great Cultivator Lou was located was limited.

His aura increased, and the spiritual power surged into the Jiguang Xunying Boat multiplied several times, the speed of the Jiguang Xunying Boat increased once again.

Li Yuanba hesitated slightly, having already taken out the protective artifact given by Sword Elder.

Truly, it was only when faced with danger that he understood the mood of seeing the protective artifact taken from an enemy’s storage space with his own eyes.

It was truly a pity; against the pursuit of a Great Cultivator from such a superpower, using a Great Cultivator’s protective Jade Talisman wouldn’t be much help.

One should know that the speed of the Jiguang Xunying Boat driven by Master Shi Dong was much faster than a Great Cultivator’s full speed.

Only the protective artifact from Sword Elder would be useful, but even though he had a good relationship with Sword Elder, such a life-saving artifact could only be obtained this once from Sword Elder.

Getting another life-saving artifact from Sword Elder would require accomplishing a monumental achievement.

Li Yuanba sensed the Jiguang Xunying Boat approaching rapidly from behind, and he calculated the distance to the base where Great Cultivator Lou was located, letting out a helpless sigh.

It seemed he would have to use the ultimate life-saving artifact, which he had relied on to act recklessly within the Qianren Sect.

Just as he was about to activate the life-saving artifact given by Sword Elder, he sensed the Jiguang Xunying Boat slowing down, causing him to hesitate in activating the artifact.

At this moment, he perceived an overwhelming Sword Intent emanating from ahead, like a volcanic eruption into the sky.

"It’s Great Cultivator Lou!" Li Yuanba identified the owner of the Sword Intent, which was indeed Great Cultivator Lou.

Great Cultivator Lou had also received intelligence on Li Yuanba’s whereabouts, as the intelligence department of the Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion was also involved in the search for Li Yuanba.

When Li Yuanba returned to the base, he did not conceal his presence, so all the forces interested in the information received the relevant intelligence.

Great Cultivator Lou had promised Lou Wu that he would personally escort Li Yuanba back.

For this, he even went to the temporary base of the White Emperor Sect, hundreds of miles away, to threaten the Great Cultivator guarding it to behave, before going to rendezvous with Li Yuanba.

It was precisely this delay that prevented him from encountering the scene of Li Yuanba being intercepted by Master Shi Dong.

Nonetheless, as Li Yuanba was being pursued, trying his best to turn back towards the base, he coincidentally met Great Cultivator Lou.

"Shi Dong, how dare you break the rules, come, come, face me in battle!" Great Cultivator Lou shouted in anger upon seeing Li Yuanba being chased.

The more furious he became, the more terrifying his Sword Intent grew, which was the characteristic of Flame Sword Intent that escalated under the pull of rage.

Master Shi Dong was unwilling to engage in battle with Great Cultivator Lou in such a state, wondering if Li Yuanba was perhaps Great Cultivator Lou’s illegitimate child, judging by Great Cultivator Lou’s extreme reaction.

"Lou Mian, I haven’t broken any rules, I didn’t lay a finger on Li Yuanba, all I did was send twelve Nascent Soul Middle Stage Practitioners to battle him!" Master Shi Dong would not admit to breaking the rules; if it were confirmed, the repercussions would escalate the conflict between Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion and the White Emperor Sect to the Great Cultivator level.

At least for now, both the White Emperor Sect and Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion were exercising restraint, with neither side intent on escalating the conflict.

Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion had many enemies on the Central State Continent, but the White Emperor Sect was also not free of adversaries; even in the West Yan Continent, the White Emperor Sect couldn’t rule over everything.

Once either Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion or the White Emperor Sect showed any sign of weakness, opposing forces would seize the opportunity to attack.

Thus, both sides were keeping the conflict limited to the Nascent Soul Middle Stage level, as victory at this level signifies future triumph.

"Shi Dong, don’t evade the battle, take my three sword strikes and this matter will be concluded!" Great Cultivator Lou eyed Master Shi Dong and issued a challenge in a low voice.

Though he didn’t utter any threatening words, the meaning in his words was clear, and the threat from a Sword Cultivator Great Cultivator is extremely intimidating.

With the combat power of a Sword Cultivator Great Cultivator, few Great Cultivators could retreat unscathed if a sudden attack were launched.