Cultivation is just so scientific!

Chapter 1344: Chapter 718: Slaughter_2

The Spiritual Treasure Xingyi Sword, having stored power for a long time, completely unleashed the terrifying might of the Lifebound Flying Sword in an instant of attack, which was why Master Shi Dong sensed danger.

By Master Shi Dong’s normal instinct, he could strengthen his defenses, but the Spiritual Treasure Xingyi Sword bore the Speed Rule Imprint; its speed was so fast, not just at a short distance attack, but even if pulled back hundreds or thousands of meters away, it was extremely difficult to evade.

The Spiritual Treasure Xingyi Sword pierced the wound previously cut open by the Fourth-Grade Sword Foundation, its ’Void-Breaking Sword Intent’ strengthened by the Power Storage Secret Method, and with the terrifying attack power of the spiritual treasure, the sword penetrated Master Shi Dong’s skin, muscles, and bones.

The ’Void-Breaking Sword Intent’ carried the power to obliterate everything, destroying Master Shi Dong’s physical life force.

Originally, Master Shi Dong was gravely injured, plus he forcibly endured the backlash of the cultivation technique, causing him to lose control over his internal energy.

His internal energy couldn’t resist the attack of the Spiritual Treasure Xingyi Sword, and in a short time, the ’Void-Breaking Sword Intent’ had swept over all his flesh.

Master Shi Dong understood his plight. Unwillingly, he let out a sharp shriek, emitted from the mouth of his Nascent Soul.

From above his head, the Nascent Soul emerged from his body.

But Li Yuanba had anticipated his action. Earlier, Li Yuanba activated the ’Sanmei Divine Wind’ Divine Skill.

When Master Shi Dong’s Nascent Soul appeared outside, it encountered the ’Sanmei Divine Wind.’

The ’Sanmei Divine Wind’ was practically the nemesis of the Nascent Soul. It had extremely strong attack effects on the soul and spirit, perfect for an unprotected Nascent Soul.

Every grain of ’Sanmei Divine Sand’ in the ’Sanmei Divine Wind’ caused substantial harm to the Nascent Soul’s soul and spirit upon impact.

Master Shi Dong’s Nascent Soul struggled in the ’Sanmei Divine Wind,’ but to no avail; his Nascent Soul grew smaller, a result of massive energy consumption.

When the Nascent Soul’s energy was consumed to a certain extent, it suddenly exploded, scattering into pure energy bits.

What surprised Li Yuanba was that the energy scattered after Master Shi Dong’s Nascent Soul exploded promptly flowed in one direction.

The energy surged towards the Taoist Lotus, which absorbed the dissipated Nascent Soul energy of Master Shi Dong.

Li Yuanba exhaled deeply, realizing that his action had been risky, yet he succeeded.

He reached out with his Divine Sense and extracted a soul crystal ring and a Top-Grade Fourth-Grade Mountain Treasure from where Master Shi Dong’s Nascent Soul dissipated.

He then looked at Master Shi Dong’s body, knowing how formidable it was.

Nowadays, his standards for refining Corpse Refining were exceedingly high; even ordinary Nascent Soul Middle Stage cultivators’ bodies held no value for him.

Over there, his main body had refined five Golden Corpses, all from core practitioners of super forces at the Nascent Soul Middle Stage.

He was somewhat curious about the strength of a Corpse Refining if using Master Shi Dong’s body.

He shook his head and stored Master Shi Dong’s body away.

It was only then that Li Yuanba looked at the Taoist Lotus, which grew in a shallow pond where Master Shi Dong had been sitting.

He couldn’t help feeling distressed, knowing that the water from which Master Shi Dong had soaked in was top-grade spirit water, capable of elevating Spiritual Tea’s flavor to another level if used for brewing.

Yet, considering Master Shi Dong sitting in the water, he abandoned such thoughts.

He wanted to collect the Taoist Lotus; he couldn’t leave it here, so he wished to examine its uses back home.

However, when his Divine Sense locked onto the Taoist Lotus, he discovered it was intricately linked with the entire space, impossible to remove.

He examined his surroundings; this must be an ancient hall built by some old force, whose other structures had vanished with time.

All that remained was this hall, which had a mysterious connection with the Taoist Lotus; residing here allowed the formation of the hall to continually operate, providing an environment for the lotus to thrive.

Li Yuanba frowned. Knowing the Taoist Lotus was a treasure but unable to take it was frustrating.

If this were the Central State Continent, it wouldn’t be a problem, as he could visit occasionally.

But here was the Beiyan Continent. Once the Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion’s mission ended, returning to Beiyan would be inconvenient, not just due to time but potential heightened dangers.

Without further ado, he approached the Taoist Lotus and, imitating Master Shi Dong, attempted to cultivate the ’Sky-Surging Sword Intent Technique.’

He didn’t consume any Spirit Pill nor did he release the vein-locking plate, instead cultivating simply with the most primitive environment.

The Spiritual Energy within this space was not exceedingly strong; if it were, many cultivators would have long discovered this place.

But as he circulated the cultivation technique, he felt a trace of strange energy enter his body, enhancing his cultivation to levels exceeding what he achieved using the vein-locking plate and High Grade Fourth-Grade Spirit Pills.

If he were to constantly cultivate here, his effectiveness would double, and compared to other cultivators, it would be multiple-fold.

Diligently cultivating for a short while, he slowly gathered his energy and stood.

He looked at the Taoist Lotus, thrilled yet puzzled, uncertain of its nature, yet aware it played a significant role in Master Shi Dong’s achievements.

The greater the thrill, the deeper the sense of helplessness.

The Taoist Lotus and the hall coexisted; to take the lotus, he had to take the whole hall.

But his perception told him the hall was protected by a force, difficult to retrieve.

"Something’s not right; there must be a way!" Li Yuanba murmured.

He flew to the hall wall, fully opening his ’Divine Vision,’ magnifying the wall’s details.

He examined meticulously; his main body, the IBMz15, recorded every detail of the hall.

IBMz15 constructed the hall anew using a 3D model, integrating all details.

With its mastery of Artifact Refining, formation, and rune knowledge, IBMz15 analyzed the hall continuously.

Li Yuanba stayed in this space for fifteen days. Besides the first five busy days scanning the hall, the remaining ten days were uneventful.

After ten days of computation, IBMz15 finally got results.

The greatest challenge stemmed from many unknown array runes; those from ancient eras were vastly different from modern ones.

Although IBMz15 had documented ancient array runes, it was usually minimal and fragmented, but this time was different; the entire hall was constructed based on ancient array runes.

However, IBMz15’s powerful computation did yield some outcomes.

From the damaged array runes in the hall, along with the lack of spatial barrier effects, it judged that the damaged runes were related to Space Movement.

Once a lead was found, IBMz15 identified all space-related runes in the hall.

It found the obstacle preventing the hall from moving was the spatial anchor points locking it in place.

Now that the reason was found, remedying it was easy.

Under IBMz15’s guidance, Li Yuanba severed the spatial anchor array runes.

Once the spatial anchor array runes were cut, he sensed the hall becoming separated from the rocky mountain and even the outside world.

With a swift thought, his figure flashed out of the hall, worried that he’d lose contact with it.

When he emerged from the hall, he found his Divine Sense was tethered to a tiny structure; a palace of ancient grandeur, small enough to fit in a palm.