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Chapter 708 - 400 Hidden_2

Chapter 708: Chapter 400 Hidden_2

Although his Body Refinement strength had not yet reached the Great Elder Level, within the corpse of the Fourth Grade Spirit Beast, he was confident that nothing could go wrong.

If an ordinary Golden Core cultivator were to approach the corpse of a Fourth Grade Spirit Beast at such a close distance, they might be affected by the imposing presence of the corpse.

But never had he expected that while inside this gigantic corpse, he would be suppressed.

The terrifying dominance was beyond his imagination, his spirit was affected, leaving him without the ability to even move.

However, Li Yuanba was not panicked, for although he could not move, his true self, Li Shiming, was ready to take over his body control at any time.

Furthermore, because this takeover could be done remotely and forcefully, it would not be affected by such suppression.

He didn’t immediately request his original self to take over his body, knowing that under the current circumstances, this place was actually the safest.

He didn’t know where the Fourth Grade Spirit Beast had gone, but as soon as he left the belly of the mountain, he could encounter the Fourth Grade Spirit Beast.

Li Yuanba maintained the Corpse Refining state, which allowed him to better resist the oppressive force emanating from the terrifying corpse.

He was now one hundred percent certain: this was definitely not the corpse of a Fourth Grade Spirit Beast, as just a corpse would not be able to suppress him—a Golden Core cultivator close to Great Elder Level—like this.

He saw the Fourth Grade Spirit Beast chasing after Elder Jing Geng through the unmanned satellite system.

Thinking the time was right, he was about to ask his true self, Li Shiming, to take control of his body to leave.

But the strength of the Fourth Grade Spirit Beast was beyond his imagination. Elder Jing Geng managed to escape for only about twenty breaths of time before being caught, and then he disappeared from the surveillance of the unmanned satellite system.

It seemed likely that Elder Jing Geng had already been crushed to pieces, hence the satellite system could no longer track him.

Afterwards, the Fourth Grade Spirit Beast returned to the Nanyuan Mountain Range, and the entire process took only a few dozen breaths of time.

Li Yuanba truly understood the difference between a Fourth Grade Spirit Beast and a cultivator at the Golden Core Stage. It was evident that Elder Jing Geng’s speed was incredibly fast; so much so that if it hadn’t been for the satellite system monitoring from ten thousand meters in the sky, Elder Jing Geng would have likely been lost from sight much sooner.

He could be sure that Elder Jing Geng’s speed was almost comparable to his "Step by Step Lotus"; theoretically, even a Nascent Soul Ancestor not employing Nascent Soul Emergence would be unable to match this speed.

Yet even at such speed, he was quickly caught up by the Fourth Grade Spirit Beast.

It appears that this Fourth Grade Spirit Beast excels in speed, and might even possess a talent for it, which made him even more hesitant to act rashly.

The wolf-headed human-shaped Fourth Grade Spirit Beast returned to the belly of the mountain and found no Corpse Lotus on Elder Jing Geng’s body.

With the racial talent of the wolf clan, his tracking skills were top-notch among spirit beasts.

He sniffed lightly and detected a faint hint of the Corpse Refining scent.

Li Yuanba’s Refinement Body had not reached the Great Elder level, so he was unable to completely conceal his scent, which was then caught by the wolf-headed human-shaped Fourth Grade Spirit Beast.

However, the wolf-headed human-shaped Fourth Grade Spirit Beast then found that the scent of Corpse Refining had disappeared.

Disbelieving, he exercised his abilities and began to inspect the vicinity, but no matter how much he checked, the result was the same—the Corpse Refining scent had simply vanished without a trace.

He let out an angry roar, as decades of preparation had been lost.

He glanced at the pond water, thought for a moment, and decided to go look for the seeds of the Corpse Lotus; that corpse was not something that could be consumed by a single Corpse Lotus.

Without hesitation, his figure flew out from within the mountain and headed towards the distance.

Li Yuanba let out a sigh of relief, ready to have his true self, Li Shiming, take over his body and move away from the giant corpse.

But when Li Shiming took over the body, he found it stuck, unable to emerge from the huge corpse.

Li Yuanba, when he entered the interior of the huge body, had used the "Great Distances Within Reach" technique of space movement.

However, at that moment, the spiritual power within Li Yuanba’s Golden Core was almost completely exhausted, and it could not be replenished in a short time.

Li Shiming took control of Li Yuanba’s body and attempted to forcibly break through the giant corpse by using his body refinement ability, but he quickly realized that such efforts were futile.

The strength of the giant corpse was far beyond what Li Yuanba could penetrate, even using his Third Grade Sword Base, he could not inflict the slightest damage on the corpse.

Li Shiming felt somewhat embarrassed, he had not expected to encounter this situation.

Of course, given some time and allowing Li Yuanba to take Third-grade Spirit Pills to replenish spiritual power, he would be able to use the "Great Distances Within Reach" technique again once his spiritual power was restored.

He took a Third-grade Spirit Pill from Li Yuanba’s space ring and swallowed it.

What followed was a long wait, without cultivating his main cultivation technique and relying solely on the Third-grade Spirit Pill to recover spiritual power, the recovery speed was extremely slow.

Moreover, one could not ingest Third-grade Spirit Pills continuously without pause, consuming too much could lead to the formation of pill toxins inside the body, which would have a severely detrimental effect on the body.

As time ticked by, Li Shiming initially didn’t feel it, but as time went on, he noticed strands of Yin Cold Energy seeping into Li Yuanba’s body, which was in a state of Corpse Refining.

He quickly checked on Li Yuanba’s condition, wary that the body of such a terrifying entity could potentially be contaminated, leading to damage to a cultivator’s body.

What surprised Li Shiming was that Li Yuanba’s body condition was very good, with the Yin Cold Energy that entered his body actually strengthening his Corpse Refining body.

A thought crossed his mind, and he began to operate the "Evil Corpse Spirit Record," a cultivation method for Corpse Refining.

As the "Evil Corpse Spirit Record" was in motion, more Yin Cold Energy seeped into Li Yuanba’s body from the giant corpse. This Yin Cold Energy, following the circulation route prescribed by the "Evil Corpse Spirit Record," continuously transformed the Corpse Refining body from within.

With a ’boom’, Li Yuanba’s Corpse Pill in his Corpse Refining state was influenced by this surge of Yin Cold Energy and underwent a direct breakthrough.

He went from the Silver Corpse Early Stage to the Silver Corpse Middle Stage, and the Yin Cold Energy flowing into the Corpse Refining body from the giant corpse showed no signs of decreasing. In fact, as his realm advanced and the effectiveness of the "Evil Corpse Spirit Record" increased, even more Yin Cold Energy was entering his body.

"This is a breakthrough?" Li Shiming and his clone, Li Yuanba, were both in amazement.

Li Yuanba had not been as lucky as Li Shiming who, after observing the spirituality within Venerable Huijing and having an epiphany, coupled with a mental elevation after a trip home, barely lingered in the Golden Core Early Stage before breaking through.

Instead, Li Yuanba, who was cultivating the "Sky-Surging Sword Intent Technique" and specializing as a Sword Cultivator, did not match Venerable Huijing’s spiritual power system, and therefore, the insights gained were much less significant.

He had been stuck at the peak of the Golden Core Early Stage for over seven months and, without this opportunity, it was uncertain how much longer it would take for him to break through.

Within the Cultivation World, it was common for cultivators to remain at bottlenecks of the Golden Core Stage for decades, and there were many who could not break through for their whole lives.

After Li Yuanba’s Taiji Dao Body in his Corpse Refining state broke through, his human state would also breakthrough following the return to his human body.

What shocked Li Shiming even more was that Li Yuanba’s body continued to be strengthened, quickly bringing his Corpse Refining body to the Great Elder-level Body Refining.

And upon reaching Great Elder-level Body Refining realm, it did not stop enhancing. It was unclear whether it was because the Corpse Refining realm had room for more improvements or if the Yin Cold Energy from the giant corpse was just too special.

The Yin Cold Energy from the giant corpse was indeed special, as it was Li Shiming’s first encounter with such high-quality Yin Cold Energy.

By his estimate, the quality of this Yin Cold Energy was likely at the Nascent Soul Level energy quality, which correlated with his experience as he had not seen energy quality above the Nascent Soul Stage, and could only judge to this extent.

The "Evil Corpse Spirit Record" continued to operate, and within Li Yuanba’s Corpse Pill, due to his recent promotion to the Silver Corpse Middle Stage, there was only a very small amount of Yin Cold Spiritual Power.

And this very small amount of Yin Cold Spiritual Power was a transformation of the Yin Cold Spiritual Power that was previously in his Corpse Pill, now at the Silver Corpse Middle Stage level.