Cultivation is just so scientific!

Chapter 777: Chapter 435 Ghost

Li Shiming’s thinking speed, with the assistance of his life-bound magical artifact IBMz15, could instantaneously surpass that of any cultivator in this world.

When the ghost souls flew towards him, the IBMz15 had already analyzed several solutions, merely awaiting his choice.

He chose the safest among them. With a slight stir of his mind, a Heavenly Ghost flew out from the space of the server room.

As soon as the Heavenly Ghost appeared, its body continuously swelled in size, large enough to engulf Li Shiming’s body. It pounced towards Li Shiming, draping over him like a garment.

The Heavenly Ghost was transparent, as if non-existent, making it unnoticeable when draped over Li Shiming.

However, the ghost souls instantly lost their target, as ghost souls did not possess eyes. They located their enemy through perception.

The shell of the Heavenly Ghost, originated from a Heavenly Demon, was of intermediate Third-grade strength. Influenced by Li Shiming’s realm, it couldn’t advance further, but the Heavenly Demon’s shell enabled it to block the ghost souls’ perception.

Li Shiming first tested this as he slowly walked up to a Third-grade Ghost Soul, merely centimeters away from it, yet it had no sense of his presence.

He smiled in satisfaction, ready to activate ”Step by Step Lotus.”

But his smile froze as he found that ”Step by Step Lotus” could not be used. Unwilling to accept this, he switched to the more energy-consuming ”Chizhitiya,” yet still couldn’t use it.

He tried to fly off the ground, only able to rise one meter high before he couldn’t ascend any further.

”Are the rules of Grotto Heaven different from the outside?” he wondered.

This posed a significant problem for him since his greatest lifesaving method was the speed granted by Divine Foot Skill.

The advantage of Divine Foot Skill’s speed was lost in Grotto Heaven. Even flying, the flight speed was significantly limited—as if a cultivator’s running speed on the ground.

However, he soon discovered that using his Great Elder-level Body Refining power, he could burst forth with a speed much faster than flying by simply running.

This discovery made him even more cautious as he flew one meter above the ground.

With ”Divine Vision Skill,” he didn’t need to worry about accidentally bumping into any invisible ghost souls.

Flying through countless ghost souls, he grew increasingly horrified the deeper he went.

The multitude of Third-grade Ghost Souls in this Grotto Heaven far exceeded the number of Golden Core cultivators on the entire Beishu Continent.

What method had Great Power Zhai Ge used to produce so many ghost souls, and what was their purpose in being there?

With questions in mind, he continued to progress inward.

Suddenly, he tensed up. Under the observation of ”Divine Vision Skill,” he detected a massive ghost soul ahead.

”A Fourth Grade Ghost Soul?” he questioned incredulously.

This Grotto Heaven was not a place for cultivators to explore. Just the sheer number of Third-grade Ghost Souls alone would be extremely problematic even for a Nascent Soul Ancestor, let alone the presence of a Fourth Grade Ghost Soul, making entering further virtually impossible.

Li Shiming froze in place, worried that the Heavenly Ghost’s trick might not deceive a Fourth Grade Ghost Soul equivalent to a Nascent Soul Ancestor.

The Fourth Grade Ghost Soul seemed to be patrolling. It flew past ten meters from Li Shiming, never noticing him the entire time.

Only after the silhouette of the Fourth Grade Ghost Soul had disappeared did Li Shiming finally exhale deeply, continuing to fly inward.

The life-bound magical artifact IBMz15 was drawing a map based on his travel route. Although it was impossible to tell directions in this space, with IBMz15’s computational abilities, a real-time map was provided for him.

Every place he crossed, observed by ”Divine Vision Skill,” was mapped out by IBMz15, and the map would become more comprehensive with his movements.

Thus, Li Shiming didn’t need to worry about the lack of a sense of direction here. By referring to this map, he could explore the entire space given some time.

He wasn’t very worried anymore about the Nascent Soul Ancestors discovering the opening of Grotto Heaven.

The multitude of ghost souls blocking the way, along with the presence of that Fourth Grade Ghost Soul, would obstruct other cultivators for a considerable time.

Due to the ”Divine Vision Skill,” the speed of map drawing was actually quite fast, mapping everything within a five-hundred-meter radius from where he passed.

Cultivators who came later would find it hard to draw maps here. Without any landmarks and nothing distinguishing the directions besides the black soil and completely black sky, it would be even more difficult.

This was only possible because cultivators could see in the dark; otherwise, it would be even more troublesome.

While Li Shiming was probing the Grotto Heaven, two factions of Nascent Soul Ancestors from the Thirty-Three Heavens were confronting each other.

Although they were preparing to battle, starting a fight was not a simple matter for Nascent Soul Ancestors.

”Senior Jin, to take that as belonging solely to Beishu Continent is indefensible!” Ancestor Lu said blandly.

When did Great Power Zhai Ge become a person of Beishu Continent?” Ancestor Ren Xun heard Ancestor Lu’s words and couldn’t help retorting.

Elder Jin Kai frowned, but it was too late to intervene.

”That site is the relics of a Great Mahayana Cultivator, Wuwei, have you ever heard of the relics of a Great Mahayana Cultivator before?” Ancestor Lu thought to himself and, using telepathy, asked Elder Sword.

Although Beishu Continent had no understanding of Grotto Heaven, they still knew that Great Power was a term of respect for cultivators above the Nascent Soul Stage—Great Mahayana Cultivators.