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Chapter 1540: Chapter 816: Showdown (Part 2)

"You truly are bold, knowing that Brother Yan and I are here, yet you still came!" Master Wang He said in a deep voice as he summoned the ’Heavenly Strike Thunder Hammer’ from within his body.

"Li Shizhen, you won’t escape today!" Yan Gao Great Cultivator said as he took out a jade compass and tossed it beside him.

Using his ’Divine Eye Skill,’ Li Shiming glanced at the jade compass and discovered that as soon as it landed, it was activated. The faint spatial energy began to spread outward, covering an entire radius of a thousand miles in just a breath.

He sensed that the void in the surroundings was filled with a faint spatial energy, making him feel as if the space was locked, unable to move freely anymore.

"A space barrier, an item capable of affecting even a Great Cultivator’s space, the White Emperor Sect truly is abundant in resources to possess such treasures!" Li Shiming said with a dismissive smile.

"With your space movement abilities, if we didn’t block your space movement technique, no number of Great Cultivators would be able to stop you from leaving!" Yan Gao Great Cultivator said with a smile after seeing the jade compass successfully activate and Li Shiming did not flee in advance.

"But then, wouldn’t your life-saving jade talismans crafted by powerful figures also be unable to activate?" Li Shiming asked with a similar smile.

"Li Shizhen, sometimes confidence isn’t a good thing; overconfidence turns into arrogance!" Master Wang He said sternly, with lightning flashing around him.

He didn’t particularly like Li Shiming’s attitude of speaking so casually even in the presence of the two Peak Great Cultivators.

The presence of just one Peak Great Cultivator in any setting commands reverence from all cultivators present, and yet the simultaneous presence of two couldn’t suppress Li Shiming’s arrogance.

"Li Shizhen, today is not a duel; we won’t give you the chance for a fair fight!" Yan Gao Great Cultivator said as he held a mountain peak treasure, working in tandem with Master Wang He to lock onto Li Shiming.

In a two-on-one scenario, Li Shiming’s apparent realm was only at the early stage of the Great Cultivator Realm, making the two Peak Great Cultivators a bit uneasy.

Yan Gao Great Cultivator’s remark was addressed to Li Shiming, but it was also a reassurance to themselves.

For the sake of the sect’s interest, using the advantage of numbers against a lesser opponent seemed justified.

"Of course, it’s not fair, but I have helpers too!" Li Shiming responded with a mocking tone.

With a wave of his hand, five late-stage Golden Corpses appeared beside him, and a ’Heavenly Strike Thunder Hammer’ floated above his head just like Master Wang He’s.

Yan Gao Great Cultivator and Master Wang He were both startled by the appearance of the five late-stage Golden Corpses. Upon careful observation, Master Wang He realized they weren’t upgrades of Li Yuanba’s original mid-stage Golden Corpses, which gave him some relief.

Master Wang He remembered how terrifying Li Yuanba’s mid-stage Golden Corpses were, their speed troublesome even for Great Cultivators, along with formidable defense and power. A single mid-stage Golden Corpse could rival an ordinary Great Cultivator in combat strength.

If those mid-stage Golden Corpses had advanced to late-stage, their combat power would have become unimaginably terrifying?

Yan Gao Great Cultivator first focused on the five late-stage Golden Corpses, then on the hammer treasures in their hands. He immediately recognized what treasures they were modified from.

Even though White Emperor Sect cultivators weren’t Thunder or Sword Cultivators, many of them only owned a single treasure in their lifetime, which was the mountain peak treasure.

The mountain peak treasure could both attack and defend, especially when teamed up with Earth Element cultivators, producing extremely powerful combat strength.

The hammers in the hands of the five late-stage Golden Corpses were modified from five top-grade fourth-grade mountain peak treasures, which meant that Li Shiming had at least slain five Great Cultivators or core disciples of the White Emperor Sect.

This kind of top-grade fourth-grade mountain peak treasure was only possessed by core disciples prioritized by the sect and powerful Great Cultivators.

Li Shiming transformed the mountain peak treasures of White Emperor Sect’s Great Cultivators and core disciples into weapons for late-stage Golden Corpses, an insult to the White Emperor Sect.

This discovery nearly boiled Yan Gao Great Cultivator’s aura, his fury turning his eyes crimson.

"How dare you, how dare you!" he roared.

"You recognized them. White Emperor Sect’s mountain peak treasures make excellent hammer materials!" Li Shiming, knowing the source of his anger, smiled as he explained.

"Die!" Yan Gao Great Cultivator thrust his hand forward, his palm releasing the mountain peak treasure, transforming it into a gigantic peak pressing towards Li Shiming.

Li Shiming felt a powerful binding force, the weight of the massive peak affecting him.

This was also the White Emperor Sect’s special technique, harnessing the inherent terrifying weight of the mountain peak treasure, using the built-in gravity array to create instant multi-layered gravity that restricted the speed of cultivators attacked by the mountain peak treasure, preventing them from escaping its attack range.

Li Shiming was extremely familiar with mountain peak treasures, having crafted the spirit treasure ’Ten Thousand Sword Peak’ himself and handled numerous mountain peak treasures.

Yan Gao Great Cultivator’s mountain peak treasure had achieved top-grade fourth-grade status, its power being the strongest he’d seen aside from ’Ten Thousand Sword Peak.’

Combined with Yan Gao Great Cultivator’s Peak Great Cultivator Realm, its attack power faintly exceeded the expected attack strength of a Peak Great Cultivator.

Previously, Li Shiming would have simply dodged out of the mountain peak treasure’s attack range.

Even though the mountain peak treasure had gravity constraints, the impact was negligible for someone with a naturally robust physique like his.

But it was different now, as the five late-stage Golden Corpses stood beside him, it was a great opportunity to test their power against the mountain peak treasure.

Seeing the mountain peak treasure pressing down on him, Li Shiming didn’t even move. Yan Gao Great Cultivator found this strange, as did Master Wang He, who stood nearby with a puzzled look.

Master Wang He was well aware of the mountain peak treasure’s power, and if faced with such an attack, he would only have the option to retreat first.

Though Yan Gao Great Cultivator didn’t fully grasp Li Shiming’s intentions, his absolute confidence in his own power made him believe no cultivator could withstand a full-force strike from the mountain peak treasure.

Li Shiming was on guard, not against the mountain peak treasure, but against a sudden attack from Master Wang He.

However, it was apparent that this time, Yan Gao Great Cultivator’s angry strike wasn’t coordinated with Master Wang He, who didn’t react in time, and by the time the mountain peak treasure’s power had formed, even Master Wang He couldn’t act.

At this point, any intervention from Master Wang He would help Li Shiming break through the mountain peak treasure’s attack force.

The mountain peak treasure was about to crush Li Shiming, when the five late-stage Golden Corpses moved simultaneously, their bodies covered in custom robes without any skin showing. If not for deliberately revealing their corpse core aura, the two Peak Great Cultivators might have mistaken them for five Great Cultivators.

Li Shiming didn’t want the two Peak Great Cultivators to notice the uniqueness of his five late-stage Golden Corpses, at least not before the battle started.

"Boom!"

The heavens and earth seemed to tremble violently in this confrontation, as the five hammer treasures struck the mountain peak treasure, displaying their wild power to the fullest.

The five hammer treasures, originally five top-grade fourth-grade mountain peak treasures, were remade into hammer treasures, retaining the mountain peak treasures’ weight, especially when wielded with full force. Although still small in size, their actual weight reverted to their strongest state.

The five late-stage Golden Corpses bore the ’Power Rule Imprint’ and their intrinsic strength matched that of Body Refining Great Cultivators. Holding such massive weapons, and under the five-on-one scenario, they managed to deflect the mountain peak treasure back.

Yan Gao Great Cultivator likely had never encountered such a situation, staring at his natal treasure being deflected, momentarily unable to comprehend what had transpired.