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Chapter 1740: Chapter 916: Strike (2)

But he had anticipated this point early on. He waved his hand toward the sky, and a golden figure passed through the defensive array of the large flying boat of Luanyang Palace, appearing at his side.

This sudden figure startled both the Phoenix Palace Master and Great Cultivator Jiang Hao.

If it weren’t for the fact that the Golden Winged Dapeng first extended its head to communicate with the phantom clone, the Phoenix Palace Master would have already launched an attack.

The Phoenix Palace Master incredulously inspected the formation of the large flying boat and found that the defensive array was perfectly intact, with no issues at all.

This discovery made her look at the Golden Winged Dapeng with a different gaze—it was a spiritual pet capable of breaking through defensive arrays.

Moreover, from the aura emanating from the Golden Winged Dapeng, it was a late-stage fourth-grade spirit pet.

Thinking of the Red Gold Phoenix shown by Li Shiming, the rarely seen Flood Dragon, the Thunder Beast frequently ridden by the phantom clone, and now the Golden Winged Dapeng, even if Li Shiming were a great cultivator from the Ten Thousand Beast Sect, it would be unthinkable to own so many powerful spirit pets.

"Phoenix Palace Master, Fellow Daoist Jiang, I’m going to capture Yi Xiao. Yi Xiao is too cunning. If we don’t catch him on the spot this time, it will be difficult to find him in the future!" said the phantom clone to the two.

"Just capturing Yi Xiao is enough!" Without any hesitation, Great Cultivator Jiang Hao immediately agreed with the idea.

"Be careful, Hua Ying of the Bitao Sect is not weak!" The Phoenix Palace Master did not stop him, only reminded him.

The phantom clone nodded and waved to four late-stage golden corpses on the side. The figures of the four late-stage golden corpses turned into golden lines and then appeared on the back of the Golden Winged Dapeng.

The phantom clone also jumped onto the back of the Golden Winged Dapeng. Although this made the back of the Golden Winged Dapeng quite crowded, the hundred or so miles to the safe point in the Bitao Sect’s sea posed no problem, and the additional people on its back had no effect on the Golden Winged Dapeng.

The Golden Winged Dapeng let out a cry, and with a flicker, it disappeared from the deck.

The Phoenix Palace Master was terrified; right in front of her, she witnessed the Golden Winged Dapeng ignoring the defensive array.

The defensive array here was supposed to have spatial restrictions, not allowing space movement, but these spatial restrictions had no effect on the Golden Winged Dapeng.

Great Cultivator Jiang Hao was not surprised in this regard because he didn’t know that the Golden Winged Dapeng did not have the permission to enter or exit the large flying boat of Luanyang Palace. He thought the Golden Winged Dapeng had the privilege, allowing it to come and go freely.

He was only curious about the spatial abilities of the Golden Winged Dapeng; such a spirit pet was incredibly captivating.

Every cultivator would hope to possess such a spirit pet—one that could fly and move through space.

Furthermore, the feeling the Golden Winged Dapeng gave him was that he was definitely not its match.

When the Golden Winged Dapeng’s figure disappeared from the large flying boat of Luanyang Palace, it used its spatial abilities to directly traverse over a hundred miles, reappearing at the safe point in the sea of the Bitao Sect.

The defensive array of the safe point in the sea had no effect. It wasn’t until the Golden Winged Dapeng appeared inside the safe point that it triggered a reaction from the formation.

As soon as the Golden Winged Dapeng manifested, four late-stage golden corpses flew towards Great Cultivator Yi Xiao.

The phantom clone then activated the ’Heavenly Strike Thunder Hammer’, launching the pre-prepared ’Thunder Fall Skill’ attack towards Great Cultivator Hua Ying.

Great Cultivator Hua Ying, being within the safe point in the sea, was completely unprepared for the attack. When the Golden Winged Dapeng appeared, he only managed to cast a spell shield on himself.

This was because he had already trained the casting of the spell shield to a reflex, allowing himself to apply a defensive spell at the first moment.

Then, a bolt of lightning struck his spell shield, causing it to continually shake under the attack of the lightning.

The phantom clone sighed in his heart with helplessness. This was already the phantom clone’s full power strike, yet it still couldn’t break Great Cultivator Hua Ying’s temporarily activated spell shield.

From this, it was evident that the battle power of the phantom clone could not compare to that of a peak great cultivator; to be unable to defeat Great Cultivator Hua Ying even in a surprise attack meant an even harder battle ahead.

On the other side, Great Cultivator Yi Xiao had been monitoring the scanning formation. When the formation detected the sudden appearance of a fourth-grade late-stage spirit beast’s aura, he had an ominous feeling.

Because of this, he cast two defenses on himself—a spell shield and an artifact defense.

Even as a fugitive, he, originally from the Guiyuan Sect, still had a fourth-grade top-quality defensive artifact at hand.

At the moment the Golden Winged Dapeng appeared, he hesitated for a moment and didn’t immediately use the Water Escape to flee.

As a peak great cultivator, he had to assess the enemy’s strength before deciding how to respond.

In truth, if the enemy only came with one peak great cultivator, he would end up fleeing, and afterward, he would become a laughingstock in the Bitao Sect.

However, when he sensed the enemy’s strength, it was too late for him to use the Water Escape.

He never anticipated that a single transmission would bring four late-stage golden corpses, a clone with the power of a peak great cultivator, and a late-stage fourth-grade spirit pet.

Before moving, the phantom clone had already devised a battle plan.

The four late-stage golden corpses needed not worry about anything and focus entirely on dealing with Great Cultivator Yi Xiao.

So when Great Cultivator Yi Xiao was just about to perform the Water Escape, the four late-stage golden corpses were faster than him. The ’Speed Rule Imprint’ effects on the late-stage golden corpses allowed them to move far beyond the speed of non-speed-type peak great cultivators.

By the time Great Cultivator Yi Xiao reacted, he was already surrounded by the four late-stage golden corpses.

The distance between Great Cultivator Yi Xiao and the four late-stage golden corpses was only two to three meters, and on them, they donned armor and wielded heavy hammers.

With a simultaneous "boom," the four heavy hammers struck, and within the safe point in the sea, all the cultivators heard was a deafening collision sound.

Great Cultivator Yi Xiao only felt his whole body go numb, as a terrifying force from four directions pounded against his defensive artifact.

The defensive artifact was instantaneously shattered, and it wasn’t just any normal defensive artifact being broken; the defensive artifact suffered a tremendous blow from four powerful forces, and even a fourth-grade top-quality defensive artifact couldn’t withstand such an attack, shattering into pieces that flew outwards.

The heavy hammers in the hands of the four late-stage golden corpses did not stop because of this; the remaining force struck the defensive magic of Great Cultivator Yi Xiao.

Great Cultivator Yi Xiao’s defensive spell was ice armor. This ice armor, when attacked, would freeze any enemies in close proximity.

This was originally very effective against late-stage golden corpses, at least enough to provide him a moment to react when the late-stage golden corpses were frozen.

But clearly, Li Shiming had learned from the previous experience of dealing with Great Cultivator Yi Xiao, sending the late-stage golden corpses into battle wearing armor.

At least for now, even the attack power of a peak great cultivator couldn’t breach the defense of these armored late-stage golden corpses.

The ice armor shattered under the attacks, and the four heavy hammers struck Great Cultivator Yi Xiao.

Everything happened so quickly that Great Cultivator Yi Xiao didn’t even have time to take out the life-saving jade talisman before being hit by the four heavy hammers.

The life-saving jade talisman wasn’t activated in time, and it was Yi Xiao’s own fault, as he had some confidence in his own strength, believing he’d have time to use the Water Escape to leave regardless of the situation.

He hadn’t considered using the life-saving jade talisman, intending to save it for the most dangerous moment.

His situation was different now compared to when he was in the Guiyuan Sect; once he used his life-saving jade talisman, there would be no supplement.

Without gaining the trust of the powerful within the Bitao Sect, he couldn’t obtain a life-saving jade talisman from them.

The four late-stage golden corpses were controlled separately by Li Shiming’s four brains, and the attack did not instantly kill Great Cultivator Yi Xiao.

When the heavy hammers struck Great Cultivator Yi Xiao, the four late-stage golden corpses applied the shock method, using great force to simultaneously shake the inside and outside of Great Cultivator Yi Xiao’s body.

Although Great Cultivator Yi Xiao’s body and Nascent Soul didn’t sustain a fatal blow, they were plunged into uncontrollable chaos upon being attacked.