Cultivation is just so scientific!

Chapter 1678: Chapter 885: The End (Part 2)

The power of self-detonation is one aspect, but the corrosive mist produced after the ’Xuan You Wujin Beast’ self-destructs is the truly terrifying part.

The gray corrosive mist obscured the front of the array, and when it touched the array’s protective shield, though the weakest spot was guarded by Li Shiming’s sword light, limiting the intrusion of the corrosive mist, the rest of the array’s shield was completely covered by it.

Li Shiming had a connection with the array, and through IBMz15, he could acquire more information about it.

He felt the energy of the array was rapidly declining, knowing it was the result of the corrosive mist’s erosion of the shield.

Just think about it, the corrosive mist could corrode even the artifacts of Great Cultivators. While the protective shield could resist small amounts of it, when the mist increased, the shield could not withstand it either.

"Transform the formation!" Grandmaster Wu Ding shouted sternly.

From the nearly cracking of his voice, it was evident his mood was definitely not good at the moment.

Thirty-six islands began to move once again, but this time it was different from before; some islands rose while others descended. Before the shield could be completely eroded, they formed a three-layered wall of islands.

This way, all thirty-six islands faced the ’Xuan You Wujin Beast’ group directly.

Li Shiming did not understand why the Yuzhu Islands would do this, as it seemed to leave no depth. If attacked by the ’Xuan You Wujin Beast’ group, all the islands would be attacked simultaneously.

While he was puzzled, the cultivators on the thirty-six islands pushed one wooden barrel after another toward the ’Xuan You Wujin Beast’ group.

At that moment, the protective shield of the array could no longer hold, dissolving into light points and disappearing. The small area Li Shiming had been guarding with sword light vanished along with the disappearing array shield.

The corrosive mist did not vanish; somehow the ’Xuan You Wujin Beast’ manipulated it to surge in this direction.

Hundreds of wooden barrels moved closer to the corrosive mist; the barrels seemed to have been drawn with simple floating runes, allowing them to form a wall-like structure, crashing into the wall-like corrosive mist.

The wooden barrels could not withstand the mist’s corrosion, the barrels were corroded, and the liquid inside splashed out.

"What a grand gesture!" Li Shiming couldn’t help but be surprised when he saw the liquid.

If he wasn’t mistaken, those liquids were all poison, and a fourth-grade poison at that.

He wasn’t sure how things were in the ’Cloud Island Sea’, but in the previous Cultivation World, the value of fourth-grade poison was considerable, never heard of being stored in barrels; they were always kept in jade bottles to preserve their quality.

This time, with hundreds of barrels’ worth of fourth-grade poison, Li Shiming felt for Yuzhu Islands.

When the corrosive mist met the fourth-grade poison, a peculiar fusion occurred, and the corrosive mist subsequently liquefied and fell into the sea.

A portion of the ’Xuan You Wujin Beast’ within the mist was also back-corroded by the poison, causing substantial deaths among the beasts close to the poison.

"All Great Cultivators, please inject spiritual power into the formation nodes; I will take over the attack next!" Grandmaster Wu Ding continued.

Given the display of power earlier, even those reluctant Great Cultivators couldn’t voice dissent at this moment.

Following the Grandmaster’s instructions, Li Shiming injected his spiritual power into the formation node.

He was joyful, as the transformation of the Yuzhu Island Array allowed IBMz15 to uncover more secrets about it.

When thirty-six Great Cultivators infused spiritual power into the nodes, energy lines began connecting between the thirty-six islands.

These connected energies were further refined into a smaller network.

The thirty-six islands rushed toward the ’Xuan You Wujin Beast’ group, directly facing an energy net.

Li Shiming was somewhat amazed; this was not merely a formation, but involved unknown techniques.

Looking toward the main island, the center of everything, he recognized from the subtle aura that it was the aura of a Half-step Great Power.

It seemed the Half-step Great Power took action again, but this time, instead of directly acting, it manipulated the formation energy of thirty-six Great Cultivators and islands to create this unique network, launching a counterattack against the ’Xuan You Wujin Beast’.

The ’Xuan You Wujin Beast’ group did not retreat because of the fourth-grade poison; at the cost of many of their own, the poison didn’t hold long.

The ’Xuan You Wujin Beast’ group charged the energy net, and whether it was a third or fourth grade, any beast touching it was sliced into pieces.

The dead ’Xuan You Wujin Beast’ turned into corrosive mist, but the mist couldn’t destroy the energy net.

This was not without cost, as Li Shiming noticed his spiritual power depleting rapidly, comparable to casting wide-ranging spells.

If this consumption continued, he wouldn’t be able to last for long.

The clash between the ’Xuan You Wujin Beast’ group and the energy net persisted for thirty minutes.

Li Shiming felt that half of his Nascent Soul’s spiritual power was already consumed, a situation that, for most Great Cultivators, was already close to a critical level.

Finally, perhaps realizing it was futile, or due to an unacceptable number of deaths, the ’Xuan You Wujin Beast’ group retreated.

The ’Xuan You Wujin Beasts’ collectively fell into the sea, withdrawing from there.

Soon, there were no ’Xuan You Wujin Beasts’ in front of Yuzhu Islands anymore, only patches of floating corrosive mist marked the place of the battle.

Mere moments after the ’Xuan You Wujin Beast’ retreated, the energy net disappeared, ending the consumption of Li Shiming’s spiritual power.

Cheers erupted from the mouths of the cultivators, but Li Shiming felt indifferent, as he didn’t know the consequences of a beast tide attack.

However, other cultivators, including Great Cultivators, understood the difficulty of withstanding a beast tide’s assault.

The Yuzhu Islands occupying this vast sea resource wasn’t by accident; it was their presence that could fend off beast tides from the deep sea direction.

Of course, Yuzhu Islands were just the first line of defense; if ever invaded, second and third lines of islands would block the beast tide.

According to Li Shiming’s information, outer islands like these were inhabited solely by cultivators.

As for mortals, they could only reside near the Cloud Island Sea’s central area, where those without self-preservation ability could survive.

The thirty-six islands of Yuzhu began returning to their original positions, and more spiritual power from the Great Cultivators was required.

Li Shiming judged that Yuzhu Islands consumed a massive amount of energy this time, and asking for Great Cultivators’ spiritual power aimed to reduce stored energy consumption.

Fortunately, it didn’t take long for the thirty-six islands to return to their original places, no longer needing the Great Cultivators’ spiritual power.

He noticed from Grandmaster Wu Ding’s expression there wasn’t much joy, unlike the excitement and thrill of other Yuzhu Islands cultivators.

Li Shiming paid no mind to it; he returned to Duiyi Island.

"Mr. Li, I have good wine, let’s gather when you have time!"

"Mr. Li, thanks to you!"

The Great Cultivators living on Duiyi Island all greeted Li Shiming, eager to befriend him.

This was not surprising; who wouldn’t want to make friends with a powerful Sword Cultivator like Li Shiming? Having such a friend meant a strong support in times of need.

Li Shiming was adept at such interactions, nodding to each one, though he brushed off all invitations.