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Chapter 1677: Chapter 885: The End

The late stage fourth grade ’Xuan You Wujin Beast’ broke through the array shield and, along with a batch of ’Xuan You Wujin Beasts,’ entered the array’s interior.

Li Shiming, being the nearest Great Cultivator, suppressed the urge to strike with full force, since he wasn’t sure if his ’Glazed Flying Cloud Sword’ could withstand the corrosion from a late stage fourth grade ’Xuan You Wujin Beast.’

He didn’t believe that the Yuzhu Islands had no contingency plan, and if the situation became truly unmanageable, he planned to use ’One Leap Away’ to escape.

As for the hired compensation, who would risk their life for such a reward!

He still differentiated hundreds of sword lights from the ’Glazed Flying Cloud Sword,’ slashing toward the ’Xuan You Wujin Beasts’ pouring in through the array gap, deliberately avoiding the late stage fourth grade ’Xuan You Wujin Beast.’

Though the late stage fourth grade ’Xuan You Wujin Beast’ had entered the array’s interior, each island still had another defensive shield, acting as a second line of defense.

Li Shiming planned to withdraw once the second defenses were breached, knowing that even Yuzhu Islands couldn’t blame him by then.

Just as he was slaughtering a large number of ’Xuan You Wujin Beasts,’ a terrifying aura emanated from the main island.

Then a beam blasted from the main island toward the late stage fourth grade ’Xuan You Wujin Beast.’ The beast sensed the attack but couldn’t move an inch. It could only watch as the light shot toward it.

The light pierced through the late stage fourth grade ’Xuan You Wujin Beast,’ extinguishing the life force of this spirit beast as powerful as a human Great Cultivator.

The light did not stop, transforming into a beam heading into the distance.

Using the ’Heavenly Eye,’ Li Shiming observed that the beam was wrist-thick, dissipating only after reaching ten thousand meters away.

During its ten thousand meter journey, everything before it was annihilated.

Neither the ’Xuan You Wujin Beast’ nor the seawater could withstand the light; everything in contact vanished.

From the direction of the main island, Grandmaster Wu Ding employed a method to retrieve the late stage fourth grade ’Xuan You Wujin Beast’s’ corpse, leaving Li Shiming a bit regretful as he initially hoped to study it.

This was Yuzhu Islands’ territory, and given the recent strike by a Half-step Great Power, Li Shiming didn’t want to risk enmity with Yuzhu Islands over a spirit beast corpse.

The fall of the late stage fourth grade ’Xuan You Wujin Beast’ deterred the rest of the ’Xuan You Wujin Beast’ group.

A large number of ’Xuan You Wujin Beasts’ ceased their advance; some turned back, while others dispersed to the sides.

Li Shiming sighed in relief, thinking that the beast tide was finally over.

He recollected the Half-step Great Power’s assault and the attack’s inherent multitude of rules; its power far surpassed that of a Peak Great Cultivator. Even his most potent ’Shenxiao Thunder Pearl’ combined with the ’Heavenly Strike Thunder Hammer’s’ Thunder Skill couldn’t match a tenth of that strike’s power.

His Life Magic Treasure, IBMz15, recorded the Half-step Great Power’s attack, displaying extensive data in front of Li Shiming, all pertaining to that light beam.

"Prepare, it’s not over yet!" came the voice of Grandmaster Wu Ding.

Li Shiming immediately snapped back to reality, observing the retreating ’Xuan You Wujin Beast’ group seemingly reassembling and charging forward once more.

He glanced at the breached gap in the array. Although patched by an Array Master, time was short, and that shield section was still considerably thinner than others, so it might soon break again.

The most terrifying aspect of the ’Xuan You Wujin Beast’ was their corrosion fog. Without it, any Nascent Soul Cultivator could easily destroy these third grade ’Xuan You Wujin Beasts.’

However, the corrosion fog made cultivators hesitant to use their artifacts directly, and even energy attacks couldn’t last long within the fog.

Broad-area attacks by cultivators were rendered less effective, necessitating continuous strikes to eliminate the ’Xuan You Wujin Beasts.’

The sheer numbers of ’Xuan You Wujin Beasts’ were overwhelming, causing the breach of Yuzhu Islands’ array.

Of course, Li Shiming noticed that among the thirty-six Great Cultivators present, aside from those native to Yuzhu Islands, the others hadn’t displayed many of their skills.

Even Li Shiming was the same; if he fought with no reservations, he could individually resist an entire region of ’Xuan You Wujin Beast’ onslaughts.

Li Shiming dispatched another three hundred sword lights, positioning them outside the array shield, particularly at the prior gap.

Hundred-meter-tall waves surged in like a wall, appearing black due to the sheer number of ’Xuan You Wujin Beasts’ within them, enough to change the wave’s color.

The Great Cultivators continued utilizing various long-range energy attacks, relentlessly striking the ’Xuan You Wujin Beasts’ within the waves.

Each attack generated a large area of corrosion fog.

Yet the attacks barely slowed the waves’ advance.

Just as the waves were about to crash into the array shield, an unexpected event occurred.

The ’Xuan You Wujin Beasts’ within the wave all self-destructed simultaneously. While the self-destruction power of each third grade ’Xuan You Wujin Beast’ was limited, the cumulative power from innumerable such beasts was immensely formidable.