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Chapter 532: Chapter 312 Heavenly Demon_2

Behind him was the Angry-eyed Vajra—he wasn’t sure if the Angry-eyed Vajra truly existed, but the one he manifested through his true intentions indeed carried a trace of the Buddhist Vajra’s might.

The illusion of the Angry-eyed Vajra glared at Li Shiming, its gaze piercing through Li Shiming’s body and focusing on the Heavenly Demon.

Golden Ten Thousand Character Buddha Seals appeared around the illusionary Heavenly Demon from all directions, forming a cage that sought to trap the demon.

Being the natural nemesis of the Heavenly Demon, even a mere incarnation of a genuine Buddhist Vajra weakened the demon significantly, reducing its powers to a hundredth in the human realm.

The Heavenly Demon let out a roar. Its ethereal form flickered as it attempted to escape the prison of the Golden Ten Thousand Character Buddha Seals.

But no matter how the Heavenly Demon moved, the Golden Ten Thousand Character Buddha Seals adjusted accordingly, maintaining the confinement.

Such a huge commotion in the sky inevitably caught the attention of the Golden Core Elder in charge of the sect’s grand formation.

Recognizing his identity and seeing him manifest a form with true intention, the Elder chose not to intervene.

It was because of Li Shiming’s unique identity that the Golden Core Elder showed him such respect, yet it also meant that Li Shiming lost the chance of receiving help from the sect.

Otherwise, the sect would have some means to help Li Shiming if they discovered he was possessed by the Heavenly Demon.

The Golden Ten Thousand Character Buddha Seal tightened further and soon shrank into a cage without a single gap.

Just as a surge of joy rose in Li Shiming’s heart, he realized that because his own realm was too low, and his training in the “Vajra Body Protection Divine Skill” was only at the Foundation Establishment Stage, the might of the Angry-eyed Vajra manifested from his true intention was also only at the Foundation Establishment Realm.

Therefore, although this manifestation of the Angry-eyed Vajra could trap the Heavenly Demon, it could not completely kill it; it could only continue to weaken the demon.

Li Shiming encountered the greatest trouble—that the duration of the Angry-eyed Vajra’s manifestation through true intentions was limited, lasting only a few two hours, a duration he could sustain only because he was at the Half-step Golden Core Realm.

Given the rate at which the Heavenly Demon was being weakened, the Angry-eyed Vajra manifestation would dissipate first.

If the Angry-eyed Vajra manifestation disappeared, the Heavenly Demon would be able to devour his soul and recover fully.

Li Shiming thought of the “Nine Heavens Thunder Strike Technique” that he had primarily practiced before planning to switch to dual cultivation.

He had found a higher-ranked “Five Rhymes Qi Cultivation Technique,” but he still couldn’t give up the “Nine Heavens Thunder Strike Technique,” primarily because it was a Thunder Skill.

Thunder Skill is among the most powerful in the arts of the Cultivation World, one of the few Cultivation Techniques that could match a Sword Cultivator.

So even though practicing the “Nine Heavens Thunder Strike Technique” might affect his cultivation speed, he still insisted on training it.

“Heavenly Thunder Embody!” he declared in a deep voice.

As he softly spoke, countless bolts of lightning surged from Spirit Lake, flowing through his meridians and permeating his body.

Every part of his body was filled with electricity; “Heavenly Thunder Embody” was originally meant to enhance a cultivator’s resistance to thunder and significantly increase control over lightning for a short period.

But used in this situation, the lightning became a weapon against the Heavenly Demon.

Perhaps because both the Golden Ten Thousand Character Buddha Seal and the lightning originated from Li Shiming himself, the Golden Ten Thousand Character Buddha Seal neither rejected nor resisted the lightning but allowed it to pass through unimpeded.

The lightning did not attack the Golden Ten Thousand Character Buddha Seal either, smoothly penetrating the cage.

“Ah!” A piercing and shrill cry, like the grating sound of metal scraping, resounded in Li Shiming’s soul, causing his entire body to tremble involuntarily.

While on Sky Sea Island, Li Shiming had learned a technique called “Devil’s Sound into the Ear,” reportedly crafted to mimic the cries of the Heavenly Demon.

He could now confirm that “Devil’s Sound into the Ear” was nowhere near the real scream of the Heavenly Demon; the direct and intense influence on the soul exerted by the demon’s scream was several levels stronger than “Devil’s Sound into the Ear.”

His soul was strong enough to withstand the Heavenly Demon’s howl without any harm, though it did make Li Shiming somewhat dizzy and his body trembled as an instinctual response.

He forcibly endured the Heavenly Demon’s howls, continuously mobilizing the lightning in Spirit Lake, constantly activating “Heavenly Thunder Embodiment.”

The reason the Heavenly Demon howled so miserably was precisely because “Heavenly Thunder Embodiment” had taken effect, causing it significant damage.

After “Heavenly Thunder Embodiment” persisted for a few moments, Li Shiming found his control over thunder and lightning had greatly improved.

Every streak of lightning within him was connected to his senses; the lightning was like his eyes, his hands, his tongue, his nose. He could see, touch, taste, and smell everything the lightning touched.

He had practiced “Heavenly Thunder Embodiment” many times and felt that he had mastered its instantaneous activation, which he considered the pinnacle of mastery in this technique.

But he now realized that he had never truly mastered “Heavenly Thunder Embodiment.” Whether it was fighting the Heavenly Demon or the appearance of the Heavenly Demon that provoked an anomaly in the lightning, he now had a deeper understanding of “Heavenly Thunder Embodiment” and “Nine Heavens Thunder Strike Technique.”

Previously, the lightning that passed through the Golden Ten Thousand Character Buddha Seal was irregular. After his control over thunder and lightning increased, this lightning became a part of his body, carrying his senses and subject to his precise control.

The lightning no longer chaotic, became ordered, forming another cage of electricity around the Heavenly Demon within the Golden Ten Thousand Character Buddha Seal.

Although Li Shiming’s power could not compare to the might of the Angry-eyed Vajra, assembling a formation composed of dense, moving streaks of lightning wasn’t a problem using the lightning as nodes.

Of course, this involved unimaginable calculations, which even he, as an Array Master, could not achieve. But with the addition of the computational power of IBMz15, what was originally a highly improbable operation became reality.

The damage of the lightning to the Heavenly Demon was not high, but its persistence was its strength.

And the cage of lightning could indeed trap the Heavenly Demon. Given the amount of lightning in Li Shiming’s Spirit Lake, it could last for several days without a problem.

If during this time Li Shiming further cultivated the “Nine Heavens Thunder Strike Technique” to replenish it, the duration could be extended indefinitely.

Only then did Li Shiming feel at ease; he had never expected to trap the Heavenly Demon so smoothly.

The Heavenly Demon was not so easily trapped. Even with his current understanding of the “Nine Heavens Thunder Strike Technique” and his control over thunder and lightning, had he not trapped the Heavenly Demon with the true manifestation of the Angry-eyed Vajra first, the demon would have escaped before the lightning cage was completed.

Li Shiming opened his eyes and looked around. He was ten thousand meters above the sect’s gate. If he stayed any longer, many cultivators within the gate might notice him.

He didn’t know how the sect would handle a Heavenly Demon possession, and as he was capable of dealing with the situation himself, he didn’t want the sect to intervene.

Because he couldn’t guarantee that the sect wouldn’t kill the Heavenly Demon along with him, even though this possibility was very low, he dared not risk it.

He retracted the true manifestation of the Angry-eyed Vajra, carefully sensing the state of the Heavenly Demon during this process.

After the Golden Ten Thousand Character Buddha Seal cage disappeared, the Heavenly Demon’s resistance noticeably increased, but under the restraint of the lightning cage, apart from being severely punished by the lightning, it couldn’t stir up any trouble.

Without the true manifestation of the Angry-eyed Vajra, he wasn’t so conspicuous.

He activated Sword Escape, flew downward, and returned to Sword Holding Peak, immediately entering the Cultivation Room in his dwelling.

He didn’t know if the fourth-grade “Sumeru Mustard Seed Array Plate” would be effective against the Heavenly Demon, but either way, it was his most powerful formation.

He set up the “Sumeru Mustard Seed Array Plate,” placing himself in an isolated space.

With “Heavenly Thunder Embodiment” from the “Nine Heavens Thunder Strike Technique,” he needed not worry about being possessed by the Heavenly Demon, but he also didn’t want the demon to escape.

This “Sumeru Mustard Seed Array Plate” was a barrier he had set up. Although he didn’t know if it would be effective, as long as it could delay the Heavenly Demon’s escape, it would be enough.

If the Heavenly Demon broke out of his body, in such a confined space, he could release more lightning without worrying about overstimulating the lightning and damaging his Taoist Body.