Cultivation is just so scientific!

Chapter 742: Chapter 417: Battlefield_2

He applied the ”Sky Concealing Secret Technique” to himself, concealing his aura, activated ”Divine Vision” and ”Telepathy,” and turned into a sword light that left the coast and flew towards the sea.

His true cultivation level was actually the best disguise; if anyone really treated him as a Golden Core Middle Stage Cultivator, they would probably not even know how they died.

However, this was his first time entering the battlefield, so he also wanted to take a look at the situation within the battlefield before anything else.

From the coast to Yongle Island, there was a distance of roughly eight hundred li, and considering the distance to the other two islands on both sides, the width was about twelve hundred li.

This expanse of sea was the Yongle Battlefield, the chosen battleground for both sides.

A sea battlefield like this one differed from typical land battlefields; enemies could be found not only in the sky and on the sea surface, but also hiding deep in the sea.

When Golden Core cultivators extend their Divine Thought below the sea surface, they experience a great interference. The sea bed here is very deep, making it highly suitable for hiding.

Li Yuan Ba took no chances; with ”Telepathy” continuously active, within the range of his Divine Thought, as long as he did not encounter a Late-stage Golden Core Cultivator, he could detect others in advance.

Even if he encountered a Late-stage Golden Core Cultivator, if they harbored hostility towards him, he could still sense some traces and thus prepare in advance.

”Be alert, this one’s an easy target; make sure to strike only after he’s inside the encirclement!” Li Yuan Ba heard a thought through ”Telepathy”—someone was using a secret sound transmission method to inform other cultivators. This secret sound transmission method required the user to think of the content they wanted to speak.

Li Yuan Ba shook his head helplessly; he had anticipated such a scenario.

This area of the sea was already extremely chaotic. Although some Golden Core cultivators had sided with Skywalk Trading Company, after receiving resources and improving their strength, they not only opposed cultivators from the Beishu Continent but also other cultivators within the Skywalk Trading Company.

No one knew which Golden Core cultivators were innocent; as long as they weren’t recognized, they were all enemies.

On guard against each other, whether friend or foe, upon meeting they would either avoid each other or engage in battle.

Probably only the disciples of the six major sects counted as allies. Disciples of the great sects would never side with the Skywalk Trading Company, as that would be considered a grave sin of betrayal to their sect.

Li Yuan Ba’s robe bore the mark of the Senluo Sect. These Golden Core cultivators had set their sights on the disciples of the great sects, which showed the extent of courage given to them by the Skywalk Trading Company.

This surprised him because in the Beishu Continent, Golden Core cultivators from small and medium sects as well as Loose Cultivators always treated Golden Core cultivators of the great sects with respect. There had never been any provocations, let alone assassination attempts.

As he was musing, four figures flew out from beneath the sea surface. These were four Golden Core Middle Stage Cultivators who instantly sealed off all of Li Yuan Ba’s escapades, and four magic treasures were launched at him.

A white lotus flashed beneath Li Yuan Ba’s feet, and he vanished.

At the spot where he disappeared, the Xingyi Sword shot out towards one of the Golden Core Middle Stage Cultivators.

Overwhelming Sword Intent enveloped the targeted Golden Core Middle Stage Cultivator, and the other two showed a look of terror in their eyes.

”Sword Cultivator!” they exclaimed in shock.

What shocked them even more was that behind another one of their companions, a white lotus appeared, and by the time Li Yuan Ba’s figure emerged, this Golden Core Middle Stage Cultivator was punched to death by Li Yuan Ba.

The Xingyi Sword then slew the Golden Core Middle Stage Cultivator and flew toward another one.

The one targeted by the Supreme Yang Sword Intent understood why the previous Golden Core Middle Stage Cultivator hadn’t made any defensive move.

When the Supreme Yang Sword Intent locked onto him, his entire body was in agony, and his spirit was so suppressed by the Supreme Yang Sword Intent that he couldn’t use his magic treasure.

He could only watch as the Xingyi Sword pierced his heart, erasing his life.

The last Golden Core Middle Stage Cultivator did not live past the death of his companions; a white lotus appeared behind him, and with another punch, his life was ended by Li Yuan Ba.

Throughout the entire battle, Li Yuanba didn’t feel any pressure from the fight; it was simply too easy for him.

These Golden Core cultivators were obviously Loose Cultivators who had likely just used Spirit Pills to advance their realms, thinking they could match the Golden Core cultivators from a major sect.

Perhaps, in a four against one situation, they really could have fought on par with an ordinary Golden Core Middle Stage Cultivator from a major sect.

But they encountered Li Yuanba, who had used the ”Sky Concealing Secret Technique,” leading them to believe Li Yuanba was merely at the Golden Core Early Stage when, in fact, he was stronger than a Late-stage Golden Core Cultivator.

Li Yuanba was also not satisfied with this fight; without a sense of pressure, there was no meaning in battle, and his Sword Intent hadn’t been honed.

However, through this battle, he also saw the disparity between ordinary cultivators and those from major sects.

Although his Supreme Yang Sword Intent had improved quite a bit over the course of a year, influenced by Elder Sword’s teachings, to say that he could immobilize a Golden Core Middle Stage Cultivator solely with Sword Intent was not possible.

It could only be said that the Golden Core Middle Stage Cultivator he faced just now had not reached the combat power of the Golden Core Middle Stage.

Li Yuanba’s Divine Thought picked up all the corpses, took their space items, and casually threw their bodies into the sea.

Such Golden Core cultivators with that level of talent didn’t even qualify to be used for his Corpse Refining.

Among the four space items, the only thing worth a second glance were the Third-grade Spirit Pills.

He obtained three Third Grade Spirit Pills, which were of Intermediate quality and displayed a unique refinement technique; the Alchemy Master’s skill level exceeded that of Elder Ma from Shushan Sect.

Elder Ma was the inheritor of Shushan Sect’s alchemy, implying that Skywalk Trading Company might surpass Shushan Sect in terms of alchemy inheritance.

In terms of alchemy inheritance, it wouldn’t be appropriate to include Li Shiming in the comparison; Shiming’s alchemy skill was related to the alchemy inheritance but not significantly so.

Li Shiming’s alchemy skill mainly depended on his life-bound magic treasure, IBMz15, and his previous micron-level, now nanometer-level control over the compute space; these were the reasons he could refine Third Grade Advanced Spirit Pills.

Considering how highly Beihai Continent valued Third-grade Spirit Pills, and yet Skywalk Trading Company distributed them to the four Golden Core cultivators just now, those cultivators of such caliber would probably never have advanced beyond the Golden Core Early Stage without a new type of Third-grade Spirit Pill, one never before seen on the Beishu Continent.

From this, it can be inferred that Skywalk Trading Company doesn’t place much importance on such Third-grade Spirit Pills; perhaps the quantity of these pills is so vast that they can afford to squander them freely.

Li Yuanba thought further, recalling Elder Sword’s comments about the scarcity of resources on the Beishu Continent; now it seemed likely to be true.

Although the three Third-grade Spirit Pills were a new variety, their quality was too low for him to consider taking.

He casually stored the three Third-grade Spirit Pills, planning to exchange them with other cultivators for Spiritual Objects later on.

His gaze turned toward the distance. The battle had been very short, but he had sensed several gazes; with nothing between sea and sky, any cultivator who had practiced visual secret techniques could see events happening far away.

His ”Telepathy” also spotted some cultivators, some of whom appeared to be using communicators, seemingly passing on messages. He couldn’t be bothered to deal with them.

Those cultivators were simply too weak and too poor to evoke his desire for battle.

Instead, he stopped and hovered in midair, contacting the drone satellite system while waiting.

As soon as Li Yuanba noticed that some cultivators were signaling to one another, his immediate thought was whether they were informing cultivators from Yongle Island; he didn’t need to look for them.

With ”Telepathy” and the drone satellite system, if any cultivators were to approach, he would be able to detect them.

The likelihood of them approaching underwater was very low, as their speed would be greatly hindered in water. Generally, they would hide beneath the surface in advance, and movement underwater would be unlikely unless they had mastered secret techniques like Water Escape.

Yet Water Escape techniques tend to be noisy and fail to achieve the element of surprise, not as quick and convenient as flying through the sky.