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Chapter 1483: Chapter 788: Sword Elder

The area around the space rift was very quiet. Except for the occasional shifts to clear out the small number of hellish creatures that appeared, the cultivators present didn’t speak.

Even for those who had witnessed the most brutal battles, seeing cultivators from the same powerful sect fall in front of them in large numbers was not a pleasant experience for the majority here.

The death of the White Emperor Sect cultivators was something they brought upon themselves.

No cultivator would sympathize with a companion who struck from behind; it was betrayal, the most disgraceful act.

In such complex emotions, most cultivators fixed their gaze on the space rift, awaiting their team’s switch to defend.

Li Yuanba finished checking the spoils. This time, there were quite a few. He planned to transfer them to his true self, Li Shiming, upon his return and put them into the Treasure Pavilion.

The Treasure Pavilion had a special space for storing various materials and spiritual objects, capable of maintaining the quality of spiritual objects and materials unchanged over time.

He was too lazy to sell these spoils. Even if sold, they wouldn’t benefit him much. The spiritual objects he needed couldn’t be obtained through exchanges, at least not with these types of spiritual objects and materials.

He glanced at Lou Wu; probably the happiest and least concerned person here was Lou Wu.

Lou Wu was still examining his newly acquired fourth-grade upper-stage Flying Boat. If the conditions permitted, he might have already used it.

Li Yuanba smiled and returned his focus to the ’Nameless Sword Canon,’ beginning to receive recent research results on the ’Nameless Sword Canon’ from his true self, Li Shiming, and IBMz15.

Although there hadn’t been opportunities for close combat, he still formed a certain level of combat power with the ’Nameless Sword Canon.’

Especially the fourth-grade sword foundation, due to his own ’Chaos Sword Intent,’ even if the fourth-grade sword foundation was only of mid-fourth-grade quality, its power was enough to threaten any Nascent Soul Middle Stage Practitioner, and even provide a threat to slightly weaker Great Cultivators.

Of course, unless absolutely necessary, he would not engage a Great Cultivator in close combat. Given his defensive power, being struck by a Great Cultivator would have extremely severe consequences.

Three Sword Cultivator Great Cultivators sat in a seemingly intentional or unintentional protective circle around Li Yuanba.

During the days in the Hell Cave Heaven, Li Yuanba had shown sufficient importance, and as Sword Cultivator Great Cultivators, they had allowed him to face danger numerous times, feeling derelict in their duty.

Several hours passed, and although there was no night in the Hell Cave Heaven, cultivators could still judge the time accurately.

Suddenly, spiritual energy surged from Li Yuanba’s body. He operated his sword body technique and simultaneously pulled out the ’Ten Thousand Sword Peak,’ along with his Identity Jade Disc, poised to activate the ’Space Acceptance Talisman.’

The three Sword Cultivator Great Cultivators were startled, and then they sensed the tremors in the Hell Cave Heaven space.

The space in the Hell Cave Heaven was already partially collapsing, and inside lay a sealed space rift. A major spatial tremor in such conditions might cause the entire Hell Cave Heaven to collapse completely.

By then, these cultivators would likely not survive, and the space rift might undergo unknown changes, bringing great disaster to the Cultivation World.

As they pondered, a figure appeared before the space rift.

An aura of faint pressure emanated from the figure, though subtle, yet it made all cultivators feel akin to ants facing an elephant.

"Sword Elder!" Great Cultivator Lou exclaimed in surprise.

Li Yuanba also recognized the newcomer, it was the Sword Elder from the Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion.

He hadn’t expected the Sword Elder to appear here; in his impression, the Sword Elder had never left the Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion.

Soon, he realized something was off. The Sword Elder’s body was slightly transparent, as if it were a glowing body.

This was a clone. Although Li Yuanba had not practiced this technique, he had seen Great Cultivators’ clones, possessing similar appearances.

Cultivating a clone wasn’t difficult; Nascent Soul Stage cultivators could practice it.

However, the majority of Nascent Soul cultivators who actually cultivated clones were of the Great Cultivator level.

That’s because cultivating a clone requires splitting a portion of the soul, and for a Nascent Soul Middle Stage Cultivator, splitting the soul nearly cuts off the possibility of ascending to a Great Cultivator in the future.

In some small and even medium-sized sects, some Nascent Soul Middle Stage cultivators would practice clone secret methods, primarily for convenience, to send out a clone instead of appearing themselves.

But this plants hidden dangers; soul splitting leaves the soul incomplete, and during the ascension to a Great Cultivator, even the slightest disparity can ruin the chance of promotion.

In powerful sects and major schools, prior experiences have been summarized regarding this aspect. Unless a Nascent Soul Middle Stage Cultivator has lost hope for the future, they wouldn’t practice clone secret methods.

"Lou lad, Yuanba, and you two, it seems this loss is minimal!" Sword Elder said with a smile, looking at the Sword Cultivators.

All the surrounding Great Cultivators and Nascent Soul Middle Stage Practitioners bowed, paying the utmost respectful salute.

This was out of respect for a powerful figure, as well as awe for Sword Elder.

Cultivators with a keen eye noted the small details in Sword Elder’s words when he spoke.

Sword Elder first greeted Great Cultivator Lou. In part, this was because Lou was the first to greet him, and also because Lou was the leader from the Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion for this mission.