Cultivation is just so scientific!

Chapter 594: Chapter 343: Success_2

He didn’t transform the body of the Nascent Soul Ancestor into his own combat force, but merely possessing a Nascent Soul Ancestor’s body for research could make his cultivation goals much clearer.

The Nascent Soul Stage is the ultimate goal for all cultivators, at least on the Beishu Continent.

Li Shiming acknowledged that he couldn’t resist such a lure; he also had his reliance, it wasn’t just pure greed.

He changed his direction and took a big detour to reach the original location of Patriarch Weng Zhao.

Thinking of Patriarch Weng Zhao’s action of severely wounding two Arhats to set a trap, Li Shiming changed into a cloak with a hood, covering his entire body including his head.

This cloak was a Spiritual Artifact, with the ability to block Divine Thought probes.

This was originally a Spiritual Artifact designed by various auction houses in the Cultivation World to protect the privacy of their clients. Although it was merely a Spiritual Artifact, after years of development, this type of single-function Spiritual Artifact could now rival a treasure in its ability to block Divine Thought probes.

He then summoned three Iron Corpses and three cannons, this time setting the cannons at a distance of fifty miles.

The shells were also very special, with ‘Thunder Cloud Talismans’ placed inside the warheads.

Li Shiming didn’t know if the ‘Thunder Cloud Skill’ could harm the Nascent Soul, but Patriarch Weng Zhao was seriously injured; at the very least, the ‘Thunder Cloud Skill’ could be used to harass the opponent.

He was already proficient in using Iron Corpses. Since Patriarch Weng Zhao dared not get close to the Iron Corpses who could possibly enter promotion status and endure the Golden Core Thunder Tribulation at any moment, he didn’t have to worry about the Iron Corpses being destroyed.

Besides, he had now discovered the best method to upgrade Iron Corpses to Silver Corpses. Given enough time, he had the capability to cultivate more Silver Corpses, so he didn’t need to feel sorry for the three Iron Corpses.

“Finally, it’s here!” Patriarch Weng Zhao’s Nascent Soul sensed the incoming shells, aimed not at his original body but positioned between the two Arhats and his original body, right above the Nascent Soul.

He didn’t know that it was Li Shiming’s intention to save the two Arhats using this method to block him from getting to his original body.

Or if Li Shiming had discovered the existence of the Nascent Soul and deliberately used this method to attack the Nascent Soul.

While he was thinking, the shells had already approached closely.

Immediately, he sensed a different feeling from the shells; as they neared the Nascent Soul, there was an evident fluctuation of Spiritual Power.

Thunder clouds gathered, almost making him think it was another Iron Corpse undergoing Heavenly Tribulation. However, he soon realized it was the Third Grade Technique ‘Thunder Cloud Skill’.

The Heavenly Thunder induced by the ‘Thunder Cloud Skill’ was not the same as the Heavenly Thunder of the Heavenly Tribulation.

The Heavenly Thunder of the Heavenly Tribulation was a transformation of the Heaven and Earth Rules, whereas the ‘Thunder Cloud Skill’s Heavenly Thunder was just ordinary lightning.

If Patriarch Weng Zhao’s Nascent Soul had not been injured, he genuinely wouldn’t fear this ordinary lightning, but he was indeed injured. After considering, he moved toward the direction of the two injured Arhats.

This was his choice, as he believed that Li Shiming’s target was very likely to save the two Arhats.

Besides, even if his judgment was wrong, a distance of about five miles, the Nascent Soul could almost reach instantly.

Just as he arrived near the two injured Arhats, he sensed a bit of Spiritual Power fluctuation coming from the direction of his original body.

Normally, he shouldn’t have discovered it only at this moment. With his strength, even if the other party used some Secret Technique to hide, he could have found them from a much greater distance.

But the influence generated by the ‘Thunder Cloud Skill’ impaired his sensing ability a lot. With his realm being suppressed, he couldn’t reach the perceptual ability of the Nascent Soul Stage.

“Found you!” Patriarch Weng Zhao didn’t get angry from being deceived; instead, excitement flashed through his eyes.

He had felt extremely stifled recently, with Li Shiming hanging behind him like a ghost, continuously causing him troubles, and yet he had been unable to locate Li Shiming.

Now, Li Shiming had finally revealed himself, and judging by his perception, this was a Golden Core Early Stage cultivator, not an Iron Corpse or Silver Corpse.

“Divine Foot Skill, it really is a bald monk from Qianye Temple!” Patriarch Weng Zhao then sensed that Li Shiming was using the Divine Foot Skill ‘Step by Step Lotus’.

A white lotus appeared beside a Fourth-grade Array Plate, and Li Shiming’s figure appeared simultaneously with the white lotus, his Divine Thought opening a pathway on the Formation of the Fourth-grade Array Plate.

According to Patriarch Weng Zhao’s idea, this fourth-grade Array Plate could at least block Li Shiming for a while.

Even for the strongest Array Master, breaking through a fourth-grade Array Plate was not an easy task.

However, this did not include Li Shiming, whose life-bound magical artifact, the IBMz15, had unimaginable computing power, not to mention that this was just an Array Plate, not a complete Formation set by an Array Master.

As soon as Shiming’s Divine Thought made contact with the Formation, he grasped the spiritual power circuits of the Formation. He used the most brute force method of cracking it, forcibly altering the spiritual power routes of several Formation nodes with his Divine Thought.

He had long known that Patriarch Weng Zhao possessed a fourth-grade Array Plate, and although he had not approached to inspect it when Weng Zhao had set it up previously, he had mentally prepared and had already maximized the computing power of his life-bound magical artifact, IBMz15, before getting close to the Formation.

So, in the end, as he used “Step by Step Lotus” to approach the fourth-grade Array Plate, his figure merely paused slightly before he entered the Formation.

Upon entering the Formation, Shiming immediately saw the motionless body of Patriarch Weng Zhao’s true self.

Since this Nascent Soul Body had been sealed by Patriarch Weng Zhao’s own Nascent Soul with a binding technique, the aura of the Nascent Soul Body was suppressed within his body.

Therefore, even though he was facing a Nascent Soul Body this time, it did not suppress him to the extent that he had experienced when facing the Fake Infant Body previously.

Perhaps if Patriarch Weng Zhao had not sealed the aura of the Nascent Soul Body, it might have caused Li Shiming to waste a bit more time. Now, as Shiming’s Divine Thought swept over the Nascent Soul Body, he collected it into the machine room space.

Not just the Nascent Soul Body, but the fourth-grade Array Plate was also collected.

After finishing everything, his figure once again quickly escaped on the support of a white lotus.

“No!” Patriarch Weng Zhao’s Nascent Soul let out a mournful scream.

The scream was filled with intense regret; he should not have allowed his Nascent Soul to emerge. He had lost the connection with his true body.

At the moment he lost the connection with his true body, his mind was almost blank.

He could not imagine what kind of situation he would face with the Nascent Soul separated from its body.

However, he quickly reacted. The Nascent Soul’s speed was extremely fast; if he risked his life, it was still possible for him to catch up to the speed of “Step by Step Lotus.”

But when he sensed Li Shiming’s figure, he was stunned.

He knew about the Divine Foot Skill, but Li Shiming’s Divine Foot Skill was very different from what he knew.

Each instance of the Divine Foot Skill “Step by Step Lotus” was performed with very brief intervals.

But no matter how short this interval was, it should not be like the current instance of Li Shiming’s “Step by Step Lotus,” which had no interval at all.

Li Shiming’s figure was almost impossible to see clearly; he appeared every few hundred meters, and the time between appearances was too short, so short that if you were not paying close attention, you would completely miss the moment his figure appeared.

Patriarch Weng Zhao’s Nascent Soul did not pursue because it simply could not match such speed.

Moreover, three breaths later, a “Thunder Cloud Skill” appeared on the pursuit path, and this “Thunder Cloud Skill,” as if requiring no preparation, was continuously cast at a rate of three times per breath, blocking the route behind Li Shiming.

Even though Weng Zhao’s Nascent Soul had secret techniques to accelerate the chase, it still needed to continuously contend with the “Thunder Cloud Skill.”

This was Li Shiming’s preparation; at this time, the spiritual power in his five Golden Cores was being consumed at a very fast rate.

“Step by Step Lotus” was being executed by him using ten brains, achieving an almost extreme speed of execution.

The most consuming of spiritual power was the “Thunder Cloud Skill;” he used thirty brains to activate the “Thunder Cloud Skill” at the speed of once every third of a breath, in sequence. After the initial three breaths of preparation time, he could continue to activate “Thunder Cloud Skill” continuously.

His spiritual power was almost dropping in a straight line, but fortunately, his speed was fast enough, and soon he had escaped a thousand miles away.

Through the unmanned satellite system, he saw that Patriarch Weng Zhao’s Nascent Soul stayed in place and did not pursue him; he also saw that Qianye Temple was alerted and cultivators were rushing over.