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Chapter 1024: Chapter 558: Backlash (Part 2)

”’Silver Winged Spirit Gu Insect’ has rebelled!” Suddenly, a chill ran down his spine, as he sensed two crazed auras.

’Silver Winged Spirit Gu Insect’ is special, as this spiritual insect cannot perceive realms. In fact, the twelve ’Silver Winged Spirit Gu Insects’ he cultivated all reached the Fourth Grade Middle Stage.

Although ’Silver Winged Spirit Gu Insect’ is at the Fourth Grade Middle Stage, its defensive power is extremely formidable. Without knowing its weakness, even a Great Cultivator attacking it with all might would find it impossible to deal with.

Furthermore, the close-range attack of ’Silver Winged Spirit Gu Insect’ is even more formidable, possessing characteristics that ignore defenses.

Even though Great Cultivator Zhao knew the two ’Silver Winged Spirit Gu Insects’ had rebelled, he was powerless, as his physical condition rendered him unable to regain control over the frenzied ’Silver Winged Spirit Gu Insects’.

Regaining control over the frenzied ’Silver Winged Spirit Gu Insects’ is far more difficult than regular control, and his current state could not even manage regular control, let alone restraining the frenzied ’Silver Winged Spirit Gu Insects’.

The two ’Silver Winged Spirit Gu Insects’ pounced toward Great Cultivator Zhao, who gritted his teeth as his Nascent Soul emerged from his body.

Due to the Nascent Soul previously having its Spiritual Power Pattern sealed, it couldn’t deploy Secret Technique after emergence, relying solely on its inherent ability to fly, failing to reach the speed of normal Nascent Soul transit, not even a fifth.

The two ’Silver Winged Spirit Gu Insects’ also noticed the Nascent Soul; their combat instincts led them to abandon Great Cultivator Zhao’s body and chase the Nascent Soul.

”Did it escape?” Li Shiming observed via the drone satellite system as a Nascent Soul and two ’Silver Winged Spirit Gu Insects’ flew from the peak, heading far away.

The spatial blur created by the Nascent Soul made the drone satellite system hard to discern, but the working tracked robots in that direction saw clearly.

Li Shiming was still somewhat skeptical; such a powerful Great Cultivator, how could he flee in Nascent Soul Emergence after being bombarded twice with an electromagnetic cannon?

Yet through the transmitted images, he clearly saw Great Cultivator Zhao’s Nascent Soul indeed fled, with the two ’Silver Winged Spirit Gu Insects’ following behind.

Not daring to inspect himself, he released a Silver Corpse, sending a brain into its body, manipulating the Silver Corpse to fly toward that mountain peak.

The Silver Corpse arrived at the peak, finding the entrance to the cave dwelling.

Since the formation of the cave dwelling was broken, the entrance was easily found, encountering no trouble upon entry.

This temporary cave dwelling held nothing special, without even a cultivation zone found in regular dwellings, the highest arrangement being no more than Third Grade; evidently, Great Cultivator Zhao did not highly regard this dwelling.

However, the temporary dwelling was not entirely devoid of good items. Li Shiming manipulated the Silver Corpse, sensing the Spiritual Energy here was extremely dense.

Such a concentration of Spiritual Energy approximated that of the Fourth Grade Seclusion Room at Ten Thousand Beast Sect.

He did not immediately search for the source of Spiritual Energy, instead heading to Great Cultivator Zhao’s room.

With Great Cultivator Zhao’s Nascent Soul having left, he wanted to see if anything good was left behind.

Upon the Silver Corpse entering the room, its movements suddenly became sluggish.

Great Cultivator Zhao’s body lay on the ground, face pale, yet the terrifying aura belonging to a Great Cultivator was expanding outward.

Had the Nascent Soul not departed the body, just the aura alone would be enough to crush the Silver Corpse’s spirit immediately.

The Silver Corpse was at the Silver Corpse Peak realm, but before the body of Great Cultivator Zhao, it felt substantial pressure all around.

Li Shiming, through the Silver Corpse, clearly saw the situation within the cave dwelling.

Not aware of what had transpired, why Great Cultivator Zhao’s Nascent Soul would leave the body, as the body hadn’t died, just severely injured.

Even with severe body injuries, one should not abandon the body.

Unless faced with a situation of body destruction, cultivators would not abandon their body.

Body Seizing seemed a decent path, yet rebuilding was full of uncertainty; after Body Seizing, cultivators entered an extremely weak state for a long period.

Not to mention the cultivation issues encountered, even before gaining self-preservation abilities, the likelihood of dying prematurely was alarmingly high.

A spirit beast or a treasure-stealing murderous cultivator could cause an unprotected Body Seizing cultivator to fall prematurely.

Even if everything went smoothly, stepping into the Nascent Soul Stage remained a significant bottleneck, still uncertain whether one could achieve Nascent Soul.

Li Shiming didn’t know that Great Cultivator Zhao was forced into Nascent Soul Emergence escape due to his own ’Silver Winged Spirit Gu Insects’ rebellion.

Li Shiming did not hesitate further; the Silver Corpse in the cave dwelling couldn’t do anything, already suppressed by Great Cultivator Zhao’s body, making actions slow; removing Great Cultivator Zhao’s body was impossible.

He executed ’Distance of a Thousand Miles’, quickly arriving in the cave dwelling.

Observing Great Cultivator Zhao’s body, sensing the aura belonging to a Great Cultivator’s body.

Remembering the usage of the electromagnetic cannon previously, attacking this body with the Fourth Grade Conical Magical Treasure, yet it didn’t break the body’s defenses, evident of the strength of a Great Cultivator’s body.

If this body had not suffered severe trauma, relying solely on the electromagnetic cannon’s power couldn’t inflict any damage on it.

Li Shiming did not hesitate, waving his hand to store Great Cultivator Zhao’s body into the device space.

Regardless of where the Nascent Soul fled, securing the body this time was a huge gain.

His Divine Sense scanned the cave dwelling, subsequently locating a Fourth-grade Spirit-locking Plate containing a Great Cultivator-level spiritual vein inside.

Such a spiritual vein, even at Ten Thousand Beast Sect, was exclusive for Great Cultivators to use, unavailable for Li Shiming to access.

Without politeness, he stored the Fourth-grade Spirit-locking Plate; finding no other useful Spiritual Objects, he lingered no more, as the Nascent Soul might return at any moment.

He once again executed ’Distance of a Thousand Miles’ to leave the cave dwelling, simultaneously monitoring the movements of the two ’Silver Winged Spirit Gu Insects’ and the Nascent Soul.

The drone satellite system struggled to discern the Nascent Soul’s image, relying only on blurry visuals for judgment, yet the two ’Silver Winged Spirit Gu Insects’ were clear to see.

”That’s not right, why does it look like the ’Silver Winged Spirit Gu Insects’ are hunting the Nascent Soul?” Li Shiming found it increasingly peculiar.

He retrieved the footage shot earlier by the tracked robot, not distant camera footage from the drone satellite, but close-up footage, clearly showing the appearances of the ’Silver Winged Spirit Gu Insects’ and the Nascent Soul.

Magnifying the images of the two ’Silver Winged Spirit Gu Insects’, he spotted discrepancies.

Retrieving footage of the battle between Great Cultivator Zhao and Grandmaster Hu, these ’Silver Winged Spirit Gu Insects’ were distinctly different from those two.

The two ’Silver Winged Spirit Gu Insects’ had eyes red as blood, even without perceiving the frenzied aura in the video, just from the visual one could discern the frenzy.

”Did they rebel?” Li Shiming speculated the truth.

Though speculating the truth, he did not intend to risk himself.

Mainly, those two ’Silver Winged Spirit Gu Insects’ were terribly formidable; he feared even if the Nascent Soul was exterminated by the ’Silver Winged Spirit Gu Insects’, approaching would provoke their pursuit.

He thought, having gained great advantage, he should report the pursuit of the Nascent Soul by two ’Silver Winged Spirit Gu Insects’ to his master, Grandmaster Hu.

Deciding swiftly, he took out the Identity Jade Disc.

”Master, I discovered two ’Silver Winged Spirit Gu Insects’ pursuing Great Cultivator Zhao’s Nascent Soul while returning to the sect!” He refrained from mentioning the temporary cave dwelling, sending only this message to Grandmaster Hu along with a route map.

”You didn’t see wrong?” Grandmaster Hu received the message and responded immediately.

Not doubting Li Shiming, but the discovery was indeed too unexpected.

”I didn’t see wrong. I just witnessed the ’Silver Winged Spirit Gu Insects’ and Great Cultivator Zhao’s Nascent Soul!” Li Shiming confirmed.

”Shizhen, absolutely don’t pursue, return to the sect first; I’ve already departed!” After a pause, Grandmaster Hu replied, having evidently set off upon receiving the message.