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Chapter 734 - 413 Battle_2

Chapter 734: Chapter 413 Battle_2

This spar couldn’t go on forever; the time of a Nascent Soul Ancestor was precious. Once the fight reached a deadlock, the spar would come to a halt.

Shiming’s thoughts stirred slightly, and the formation formed by the twelve Silver Corpses suddenly changed.

Previously, the formation of the twelve Silver Corpses used the twelve Silver Corpses themselves as the nodes, and these corpses were the power source of the formation.

At this time, the change in the formation turned Grand Elder Lan Hongxi into a formation node.

No other Array Master could accomplish such a maneuver, as it required ultimate mastery and control over the Spiritual Power Patterns.

It wasn’t just the twelve Silver Corpses that needed to be mastered and controlled; it also required mastering and controlling the Spiritual Power Patterns of Grand Elder Lan Hongxi to an extreme degree.

But when Grand Elder Lan Hongxi stopped attacking the Silver Corpses and instead fully powered the Red Silk Magical Treasure for defense, her Spiritual Power Patterns changed less. Shiming’s "Divine Eye" detected and took advantage of this.

Sixty-eight Third Grade Array Flags connected to Grand Elder Lan Hongxi’s Spiritual Power Patterns, directing her spiritual power into the formation.

In just an instant, Grand Elder Lan Hongxi felt the spiritual power she had fed into the Red Silk Magical Treasure suddenly depleted, uncontrollably drawn elsewhere.

Just as she attempted to regain control, a large silver foot kicked the Red Silk Magical Treasure, causing the now significantly weakened magical treasure to fly aside and thwarting her immediate attempts to regain control.

More silver feet followed, each attack concealed by the formation, rendering her unable to anticipate or judge their coming.

She was struck by one, a hit from a Mid-stage Silver Corpse, which under normal circumstances would not damage her significantly even without the defense of the Red Silk Magical Treasure.

However, it was a kick controlled by Shiming, targeting the node of her Spiritual Power Patterns. The strike destabilized her spiritual power, rendering her protective spiritual power ineffective.

As her spiritual defense vanished, continuous attacks from the silver feet ensued.

Grand Elder Lan Hongxi felt like a punching bag, being hit repeatedly.

What was most infuriating was that the attacking Mid-stage Silver Corpse was too weak—it could only bruise her skin but not injure her body.

Being attacked in such a manner by someone weaker made Grand Elder Lan Hongxi feel even more humiliated.

The observing Nascent Soul Ancestors had no idea what to say, as the twelve Silver Corpses were tormenting Grand Elder Lan Hongxi. The Silver Corpses cared nothing for beauty, much less for a female cultivator’s seductive appearance and tactics.

The twelve Silver Corpses struck Grand Elder Lan Hongxi repeatedly, each blow dispersing her spiritual power and preventing it from consolidating.

"Hongxi admits defeat!" Ancestor Lan Weiyan couldn’t bear to watch her daughter being humiliated any longer and hastened to admit defeat.

She was worried that if she didn’t concede, her daughter might suffer a psychological trauma significant enough to prevent any further breakthrough in the Nascent Soul Stage.

Shiming waved his hand, and the twelve Silver Corpses disappeared.

With the disappearance of the twelve Silver Corpses, the formation also vanished, revealing the figure of Grand Elder Lan Hongxi.

At this moment, Grand Elder Lan Hongxi’s face was bruised and slightly swollen, lacking her former beauty.

Ancestor Lan Weiyan glanced at Shiming but said nothing, not wanting to create animosity over this affair.

"Ahem, Master Li, I fear that only you could deploy such a method of combat!" Ancestor Ling Xueling coughed lightly, somewhat at a loss for words.

Her comment encompassed not just the cultivation of Silver Corpses but also mastery over the formation and an acute observational skill in combat.

The recent fight between Shiming and Grand Elder Lan Hongxi might have seemed ordinary, but it involved far too many complexities.

As Ancestor Ling Xueling mentioned, no other cultivator could replicate this method of fighting.

Firstly, one would need sufficient wealth to refine the twelve Silver Corpses and a substantial amount of Third Grade Array Flags.

Next, the ability in Formation had to reach the level of an Array Master in order to control twelve Silver Corpses in formation.

Finally, one must possess strong combat instincts. Ancestor Ling Xueling was unaware that Li Shiming had mastered "God’s Eye" and also had the life-bound magical treasure IBMz15 to assist him. She mistook Li Shiming’s control of twelve Silver Corpses that broke through the defenses of Grand Elder Lan Hongxi during the fight as a natural combat instinct.

"Shiming, your Silver Corpses are so formidable!" Elder Zuo said with a smile.

The entire Shushan Sect knew that Li Shiming had many Silver Corpses, but as he was an Alchemy Master, no cultivator said anything.

It was only today that they truly understood the terror of the Silver Corpses in Li Shiming’s hands; without lifting a finger himself, he relied solely on the Silver Corpses to defeat the Great Elder.

The performance of Li Yuanba and Li Shiming made the subsequent battles look tense but failed to arouse the interest of the Nascent Soul Ancestors present.

After the Great Elders stopped sparring, the gathering moved into free time.

Eight Nascent Soul Ancestors and Li Shiming sat down together to enjoy the Spirit Fruits, Spiritual Wine, and Spiritual Tea prepared by the Senluo Sect, while the younger generation exchanged views on the other side.

"I have a bottle of Fourth Grade Demon Pill here and wish to exchange it for Fourth Grade Gold Attribute Refining Material!" Ancestor Lu took out a jade bottle and said.

"A Fourth Grade Demon Pill, such a rarity! You’re willing to offer it, so it must be for finding materials for Mr. Jian’s life-bound magical treasure, right?" Elder Zuo said with a laugh.

A thought crossed Li Shiming’s mind; a Fourth Grade Demon Pill was equivalent to the output of a Nascent Soul Stage spirit beast, but he was unsure of its origin.

"It’s not easy to have a Sword Cultivation Nascent Soul; our sect’s stores are insufficient. I ask for everyone’s help!" Ancestor Lu said straightforwardly with a smile.

Of course, none of the Nascent Soul Ancestors present truly believed Ancestor Lu’s words; some of it might be true, but one should never fully believe him.

A millennium-old major sect has terrifying accumulations.

Perhaps they could not produce Fourth Grade Spiritual Medicine, but they would not lack Fourth-grade materials.

However, finding Fourth-grade materials that matched him perfectly was somewhat difficult.

"I have a piece of Fourth-grade Metal here; does it meet the requirements?" Ancestor Lou Song of the Earth Evil Sect took out a jade box and slightly opened a crack to ask Elder Sword.

The other Nascent Soul Ancestors knew the rule and did not deliberately sense the Spirit Item in the jade box.

Only Elder Sword sensed the Fourth-grade Metal inside the jade box; he frowned tightly and finally shook his head in resignation.

Ancestor Lou Song was not surprised; he put away the jade box.

Ancestor Lu looked at the other Nascent Soul Ancestors, and as none of them spoke up further, disappointment was evident in his eyes.

In fact, this situation was not unexpected; on the Beishu Continent, it was slim for a Nascent Soul Ancestor to find perfectly matching Fourth-grade Refining Materials.

However, Elder Sword’s situation was different; he had only one magical treasure, a life-bound flying sword.

Other Nascent Soul Ancestors could choose a Fourth-Grade Magical Treasure from the sect to use first and wait for suitable Fourth-grade Refining Materials to appear.

But Elder Sword could not wait; without suitable Fourth-grade Refining Materials, he would never be able to form a real combat power.

Then, each of the Nascent Soul Ancestors brought out some items for trade, all being Fourth-grade resources; some trades succeeded, but most did not.

In the Beishu Continent, the circle of Nascent Soul Ancestors is really too small, and it is also difficult to gather all Nascent Soul Ancestors together.

Being able to gather eight Nascent Soul Ancestors this time was extremely rare, especially coinciding with the event involving an external Nascent Soul Ancestor from the Skywalk Trading Company, which necessitated one of the Nascent Soul Ancestors from the six major sects to be present; otherwise, organizing such a gathering would have been uncertain of when it could next occur even with Elder Sword advancing to the Nascent Soul Stage.

Although eight Nascent Soul Ancestors brought Li Shiming along for events, they did not expect much from him in terms of Fourth-grade resources.

Although Li Shiming had Fourth Grade Spirit Items in his possession, he dared not bring them out as they were acquired from False Infants and Nascent Soul Ancestors; revealing this could cause significant trouble.

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