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Chapter 1704: Chapter 898: Great Battle (Part 2)

The four Peak Great Cultivators had no way out; unless they left the battlefield right now, they had to find a way to block Li Yuanba’s attacks.

Fortunately, the four Peak Great Cultivators were all extremely wealthy, so of course they didn’t only have one Defense Treasure, but the backup Defense Treasures were no longer of Fourth Grade Top Quality.

The newly produced Defense Treasures could withstand at most two or three strikes under Li Yuanba’s Xingyi Sword. This time it wasn’t their internal Spirit imprints being destroyed, but the treasures themselves being directly chopped apart.

Although Xingyi Sword was suppressed to the level of Fourth Grade Top Quality, its actual quality was at the Spirit Treasure level. Even with its quality suppressed, it was still the strongest among Fourth Grade Top Quality.

When facing Fourth Grade Top-level Magical Treasures of the same grade, with the Spiritual Power Pattern blessing of a Peak Great Cultivator, they could still hold out until their internal Spirit imprints were destroyed. But when facing a fourth-grade high-stage Magical Treasure, the power of Xingyi Sword was not something a fourth-grade high-stage Magical Treasure could withstand.

"Attack with everything!" Master Cui sent a voice transmission to the three Peak Great Cultivators.

The feather fan in his hand unleashed its strongest strike, "Flames Skyward," a sea of fire surging toward Li Yuanba, sealing off the space in front of him.

Great Cultivator Yu waved his hand, and an Array Plate flew out. The Array Plate instantly appeared behind Li Yuanba, transforming into a Formation that sealed his retreat completely.

The other two Peak Great Cultivators likewise unleashed their most powerful Secret Techniques. Two large-scale offensive Secret Techniques that had been brewing for quite some time appeared to Li Yuanba’s left and right.

In an instant, Li Yuanba’s front, back, left, and right were all blocked off by attacks, and his speed could no longer be brought into play.

This was something the four Peak Great Cultivators had long agreed upon. They had been continuously suppressed and battered by Li Yuanba precisely for this moment.

They had all been silently preparing their strongest methods; this kind of Secret Technique required time to set up.

But once activated, its power would be the strongest attack a Peak Great Cultivator could unleash.

Among them only Great Cultivator Yu used a Formation, but there was no helping that—only his Formation could suddenly appear behind Li Yuanba.

The sole purpose of his Formation was to block Li Yuanba. As long as the attacks from the other three directions hit Li Yuanba, even if they couldn’t kill him on the spot, heavily injuring him would be no problem.

Li Yuanba was facing a desperate situation. In fact, he had never used his full means all along, precisely so he could enjoy this battle more thoroughly.

For a Sword Cultivator, battle was the best way to increase strength.

Four extremely powerful Peak Great Cultivators—this was a rare chance to face such formidable opponents.

If he used Ten Thousand Sword Peak, that would ruin the fun of the fight.

In this seemingly desperate situation, he instead smiled faintly and retreated into the Formation.

A Formation released by an Array Plate was basically equivalent to someone gifting him the Array Plate.

Even though this Array Plate had been acknowledged by Great Cultivator Yu as its master and undergone all kinds of improvements to be more suitable for combat, it was still just an Array Plate.

Li Yuanba merely swept it once with "Divine Eye," and IBMz15, which was linked to him, immediately provided him with the Array Plate’s cracking information.

Once he entered the Formation, a strand of Divine Sense forcibly broke Great Cultivator Yu’s master-recognition imprint.

Great Cultivator Yu felt a stab of pain in his brain; this was the backlash from having his master-recognition imprint forcibly erased.

However, he quickly suppressed this minor backlash, only to find the other three Peak Great Cultivators looking at him with blaming gazes.

Obviously, the three Peak Great Cultivators had pinned the reason for this most promising opportunity to eliminate Li Yuanba failing on him.

Just as he was about to explain, Xingyi Sword suddenly appeared in front of one of the Peak Great Cultivators.

This strike from Li Yuanba was truly executed with full power. He blessed Xingyi Sword with his Sword Intent Rule, and at his current realm, using Sword Intent Rule blessing would weaken the "Sword Intent Rule Imprint" on his Nascent Soul.

He wasn’t worried about that at all. His "Sword Intent Rule Imprint," with Li Shiming’s "Sword Intent Rule Imprint" as a reference, had always been rapidly improving.

As long as his realm was high enough, his Sword Intent Rules would automatically rise to a level matching his realm.

Even if he consumed the Sword Intent Rules within the "Sword Intent Rule Imprint" right now, after resting for some time they would naturally recover.

Xingyi Sword slashed onto that Peak Great Cultivator’s fourth-grade high-stage Defense Treasure, which had already endured two previous strikes from Xingyi Sword.

With IBMz15’s assistance, Li Yuanba had a crystal-clear grasp of every situation on the battlefield.

The reason he chose to attack this particular Peak Great Cultivator was precisely because his fourth-grade high-stage Defense Treasure was already on the verge of collapse.

Xingyi Sword struck the fourth-grade high-stage Defense Treasure, and this backup Defense Treasure shattered into fragments with a single blow.

Xingyi Sword scarcely slowed down at all and continued slashing toward the Peak Great Cultivator.

The Peak Great Cultivator wanted to take out his Jade Talisman, but he had been careless. Before he could even take out the Jade Talisman, both his physical body and Nascent Soul lost all ability to move.

Chaos Sword Intent simultaneously launched attacks at his body and Nascent Soul, and in just one breath’s time, this Peak Great Cultivator’s life aura disappeared.

In truth, when facing a Sword Cultivator like Li Yuanba who possessed terrifying offensive power, if one wanted a chance to use a Jade Talisman, the only way was to keep the Jade Talisman in the palm of one’s hand so it could be used at any time; only then was there any hope of successfully activating it.

Master Cui and Great Cultivator Yu were both inwardly horrified. They recalled the previous battle, when right before their eyes Great Cultivator Lin’s body had been cut down and even his Nascent Soul captured alive.

Now, the four of them were besieging Li Yuanba, yet the first to fall was one of their own.

Xingyi Sword returned to Li Yuanba’s side, and he once again blessed it with Chaos Sword Intent and Spiritual Power Pattern.

That last strike had caught the opponent completely off guard. The four Peak Great Cultivators were in the instant shift from elation to frustration, their minds unguarded, allowing him to fully exploit Xingyi Sword’s speed and execute an instant kill.

This was only possible because his mindset was excellent. Facing a lethal crisis, not only did he find a way out, he also counterattacked at the same time.

Master Cui and Great Cultivator Yu both took out Jade Talismans and held them in their hands. This action showed they had no confidence in the battle to come.

Their movements were very subtle, and the remaining Peak Great Cultivator failed to notice. His gaze was locked on Xingyi Sword, unable to believe that a single flying sword had killed that Peak Great Cultivator, without even allowing his Nascent Soul to escape.

Once a Cultivator advanced to the Nascent Soul Stage, they essentially had two lives.

Because even if a Nascent Soul Cultivator’s body was destroyed, the Nascent Soul itself could rely on its superior speed to escape with its life and find a spare body to rebuild cultivation.

But Xingyi Sword’s attack had annihilated even the Nascent Soul. How could this not leave the remaining Peak Great Cultivator deeply shaken?

"Slash!" Li Yuanba’s voice rang out again.

Xingyi Sword turned into a blur and chopped down onto the Defense Treasure.

It was obvious that the Sword Intent he blessed on Xingyi Sword this time was even stronger, making the damage inflicted on the struck Defense Treasure even more severe.

Master Cui and Great Cultivator Yu exchanged a glance. The Defense Treasures on their bodies were nearly exhausted; they no longer had the capital to continue fighting Li Yuanba.

So they didn’t wait for Xingyi Sword’s next round of attacks and simultaneously activated the Jade Talismans in their hands.

They turned into two streaks of light, fleeing into the distance, quickly disappearing from sight.

The remaining Peak Great Cultivator, seeing his companions flee, instinctively wanted to take out his Jade Talisman as well—but Xingyi Sword had already descended.

The reason Master Cui and Great Cultivator Yu hadn’t notified this Peak Great Cultivator was that with no Great Cultivator staying behind to stall Li Yuanba, they had no confidence they could definitely outpace Li Yuanba’s Sword Escape.

In Jade Talismans crafted by great powers, the Escape Skill contained within was at the level of a great power. Even if the energy inside was limited, in terms of speed it still far surpassed that of a Peak Great Cultivator.

But they had witnessed Li Yuanba’s Xingyi Sword—the flight speed of this sword was simply too terrifying, forcing them to act as they did.

Great Cultivator Yu in particular; this wasn’t his first time fleeing before anyone else, and he was especially practiced at it.