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Chapter 1687: Chapter 890: Drawing the Enemy

If this Grotto Heaven was constructed by a Half-step Great Power himself, then he would not have found it so difficult to stabilize the energy balance within the Grotto Heaven.

An Inheritance Cave Heaven is a shortcut to ascending to a Great Power, and since it’s a shortcut, it naturally comes with corresponding consequences.

The Inheritance Cave Heaven is too powerful. After a Cultivator acknowledges it as their master, they would need to harness the vastness of the Cave Heaven with their weaker cultivation to ascend to a Great Power. Even after acknowledging it as their master, the pressure they endure is extremely severe.

The Half-step Great Power inwardly seethed with the desire to tear Li Shiming to pieces, but the Half-step Great Ability Realm is in a special stage, and he cannot leave the Cave Heaven.

Moreover, to fully transition through the Half-step Great Ability stage, he even retracted all his previous energy clones.

Building a Grotto Heaven requires the aid of the soul, and the energy clones had separated from the soul.

Thus, the Half-step Great Power had no way to leave the Cave Heaven, and since Li Shiming would not come near, he was unable to utilize any of his techniques.

Of course, even if Li Shiming were to approach near the Grotto Heaven now, the Half-step Great Power would find it difficult to launch an attack again.

Li Shiming maintained his frequency of attacks because he wanted the Half-step Great Power to continue responding. He had realized that although the Half-step Great Power possessed unparalleled offensive abilities, he was greatly restricted.

Looking at the situation, even with such provocation, the Half-step Great Power no longer attacked, suggesting that he had possibly reached his limit.

He did not rashly approach but continued to attack, intending to force out all the potential of the Half-step Great Power.

Meanwhile, he was also observing from afar, where five Flying Boats were stealthily watching his battle with the Yuzhu Islands using a Concealing Array.

The Concealing Array was exceedingly clever, but he was currently in a state of high alert, always cautious of potential attacks from the Half-step Great Power, and he even launched a drone satellite into the sky.

His life-bound treasure, the IBMz15, was analyzing every movement around them based on the drone satellite’s surveillance. As the five Flying Boats, using the Concealing Array, approached slowly, they were detected by the drone satellite.

The Concealing Array could hide its presence, remaining unnoticed by the drone satellite, but the activation of the array had been detected by the drone satellite beforehand.

After receiving the alert from the drone satellite, Li Shiming used ’Divine Sight’ to locate the Concealing Array, thereby discovering its existence.

Li Shiming could deduce that the Cultivators inside these five Flying Boats were definitely not from the Yuzhu Islands.

Given the dire state of the Yuzhu Islands, the Cultivators of the Yuzhu Islands would surely not tolerate such a situation.

Therefore, it was most likely that these were Cultivators seeking to reap the benefits after others had done the work, yet he didn’t know how strong these Cultivators were.

Nevertheless, for Cultivators daring to target the Yuzhu Islands and, having witnessed Li Shiming’s combat power, still not leaving, their strength shouldn’t be underestimated.

"When should we make our move, Brother Jiao?" Cultivator Dai Biao voiced his question.

Cultivator Dai Biao had left the Yuzhu Islands and used the communication array on his Flying Boat to contact a group of Great Cultivators nearby on a mission.

The strongest among them was the Peak Great Cultivator, Jiao Xian.

This team of Great Cultivators were all from the Purple Cloud Sect, here because of Master Ji Chuan, who was tracking down information on Li Shiming.

Upon receiving a message from Cultivator Dai Biao about the presence of an Inheritance Cave Heaven on the Yuzhu Islands, Peak Great Cultivator Jiao Xian took interest.

Peak Great Cultivator Jiao Xian happened to be not far from the Yuzhu Islands, so he chose to come and take a look at the situation before deciding on the next course of action.

However, they never would have guessed that upon arriving at the Yuzhu Islands, they would witness such an unbelievable scene—Li Shiming waging war on the Yuzhu Islands with a treasure bow.

And that Half-step Great Power had ceased attacking after multiple unsuccessful attempts.

Peak Great Cultivator Jiao Xian, hailing from the Purple Cloud Sect, was researching how to ascend to Great Power Status, and the knowledge he had allowed him to understand the dilemma of the Half-step Great Power on the Yuzhu Islands.

From his observations, this Half-step Great Power was likely in a state of backlash, unable to make a move and finding it hard to even protect himself.

Upon hearing Cultivator Dai Biao’s question, a confident smile appeared on his face.

This was his opportunity. Once he obtained the Inheritance Cave Heaven, he would immediately claim it, getting ahead of other factions as well as his own sect.

If another Peak Great Cultivator were to join, whether from another force or his own sect, it wouldn’t be so easy for him to succeed.

"Get ready to strike!" Peak Great Cultivator Jiao Xian ordered solemnly.

"Brother Jiao, be cautious. This Sword Cultivator, Li Shizhen, has formidable combat strength. Over ten Great Cultivators from Yuzhu Island have fallen to him!" Cultivator Dai Biao cautioned with some concern.

"What kind of Great Cultivator could a tiny Yuzhu Island nurture? When facing truly powerful Great Cultivators, as long as you find the right method, you can easily target them!" Peak Great Cultivator Jiao Xian waved dismissively with pride.

When dealing with Great Cultivators of such forces, even ten ordinary Great Cultivators could all be defeated with some means.

Although Cultivator Dai Biao’s words made him regard Li Shiming with a bit more seriousness, he still did not consider Li Shiming as a formidable adversary.

He wasn’t alone in this, accompanied by five fellow sect members with strength approaching Peak Great Cultivator level, strength originally meant to deal with the Li Shiming emerging from the Divine Palace.

"Purple Cloud Sect is conducting affairs, irrelevant personnel are to stand down!" With a wave of his hand, Peak Great Cultivator Jiao Xian retracted the five Flying Boats, revealing the figures of seven Great Cultivators, and he shouted loudly.