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Chapter 1112: Chapter 602: Watching the Battle

Li Shiming was most concerned about the magical artifact in Lei Xiu’s hand, which was the ’Sky-Thunder Hammer’, further confirming that Lei Xiu was cultivating the ’Jade-Clear Thunder Code’.

His ’Jade-Clear Thunder Code’ was obtained from a cultivator he had slain, but after being informed by Grandmaster Hu, he learned that the ’Jade-Clear Thunder Code’ was actually an inheritance technique of the extremely powerful sect, the Jade-Clear Sect.

Previously, he didn’t pay attention to these matters because he had made many friends on the Dongqi Continent, but he had never encountered a cultivator practicing the ’Jade-Clear Thunder Code’.

His ’Sky-Thunder Hammer’ was a Fourth Grade Top-level Artifact Tribulation treasure, and he used it cautiously, deliberately concealing it, aware that only a few cultivators knew he used the ’Sky-Thunder Hammer’.

He thought for a moment and used a Fourth Grade Array Flag to arrange a Concealment Formation, releasing four Fourth Grade puppets, followed by the Illusory Spirit Dragon and Little Feng.

This was a precaution, to deliver a fatal blow with overwhelming force when needed.

The Illusory Spirit Dragon flew towards the battlefield, its invisibility ability quite formidable, making it undetectable by cultivators below the Great Cultivator level.

The two sides engaged in battle were at the Nascent Soul Early Stage, absolutely unable to detect the Illusory Spirit Dragon.

As the Illusory Spirit Dragon approached the battlefield, Li Shiming used its perception to assess the strength of both sides.

Although Lei Xiu and the eight Nascent Soul cultivators were all at the Nascent Soul Early Stage, they were close to the Nascent Soul Early Stage Peak, and their aura exceeded that of cultivators of the same level from the Ten Thousand Beast Sect.

This discovery made Li Shiming more cautious, confirming that Lei Xiu and the eight Nascent Soul cultivators belonged to significant sects or higher forces.

He suspected that Lei Xiu might be from the Jade-Clear Sect, but he couldn’t recognize the origin of the eight Nascent Soul cultivators from their combat styles.

The Illusory Spirit Dragon got close enough for Li Shiming to hear the conversation on the battlefield through shared perception.

”Wang Yuan, there’s no escape. Hand over the ’Divine Dawn Thunder Pearl!’” one of the eight Nascent Soul cultivators urged.

Wang Yuan looked coldly at the speaking Nascent Soul cultivator, his gaze filled with lightning.

He immensely hated these Nascent Soul cultivators from the White Emperor Sect. If he hadn’t accidentally fallen into their trap, how could he be in such a predicament?

He indeed carried the ’Divine Dawn Thunder Pearl’ this trip, with its enhancement, his combat power could transcend ranks.

But the trap had seriously wounded him, yet he still managed to confront the eight Nascent Soul cultivators for so long.

”I’ve sent out the news. Doing this is to provoke a mortal feud between the Jade-Clear Sect and the White Emperor Sect. Have you considered the consequences?” Wang Yuan shouted, not worried about his life but unwilling to let the ’Divine Dawn Thunder Pearl’ fall into the hands of the White Emperor Sect.

”Before the Jade-Clear Sect receives your message, we’ll have long taken the ’Divine Dawn Thunder Pearl’ back. With it in our possession, would my White Emperor Sect fear the Jade-Clear Sect?” laughed the speaking Nascent Soul cultivator.

The conflict between the Jade-Clear Sect and the White Emperor Sect had existed for millennia, with the Jade-Clear Sect leveraging the natural restraint of Thunder Skills over metal attributes, always suppressing the White Emperor Sect.

Acquiring the ’Divine Dawn Thunder Pearl’ would not only damage the Jade-Clear Sect’s strength but also enhance our resistance to Thunder Skills.

Especially in top-level confrontations, the ’Divine Dawn Thunder Pearl’ has a decisive role.

The White Emperor Sect executed this plan, investing abundant resources, setting up a Treasure Land on the Dongqi Continent especially suitable for Wang Yuan, and managed to spread the news of the Treasure Land to him using various means.

In fact, the Treasure Land was real, but it was also a trap, specifically engineered for Wang Yuan.

Wang Yuan was the direct descendant of the Jade-Clear Sect’s Supreme Master. To train him for a better future, no other cultivators accompanied him this trip.

However, the White Emperor Sect, using agents planted within the Jade-Clear Sect, mobilized significant resources to invite key cultivators to suggest to the Supreme Master that Wang Yuan should carry the ’Divine Dawn Thunder Pearl’ for safety.

The Supreme Master considered that Wang Yuan carried sufficient life-preserving spiritual objects, coupled with his concealed actions and the help of the ’Divine Dawn Thunder Pearl’, making him capable of facing various dangers.

Yet, the Supreme Master hadn’t foreseen that Wang Yuan would use up all his life-preserving spiritual objects in the Treasure Land.

Loaded with gains from the Treasure Land and with all his life-preserving spiritual objects depleted, Wang Yuan was severely injured by the final trap and surrounded.

Li Shiming sensed through the Illusory Spirit Dragon that there seemed to be a peculiar energy among the eight Nascent Soul Early Stage cultivators, even faintly perceiving the aura of Divine Skills.

He became more cautious; if any among these eight Nascent Soul Early Stage cultivators could wield attacking Divine Skills, the threat would be even greater.

Although Li Shiming rarely used the ’Nanming Leaving Fire’ in battle, it did not mean that this fire attribute Divine Skill was not powerful, but he had many equally formidable methods available.

He mainly considered the ’Nanming Leaving Fire’ as a flame for artifact refining and alchemy, yet its combat potency was a fearsome flame capable of incinerating everything.

Li Shiming did not underestimate any Divine Skill; despite encountering few in the Dongqi Continent, it did not affect his respect for them.

Given his body was somewhat distant from the battlefield, even with ’Divine Eye Skill’ observation and shared perception with the Illusory Spirit Dragon, it wasn’t his own senses, making it impossible to determine what type of Divine Skill it was.

”Join forces, Falling Stone!” The leader of the Nascent Soul Early Stage cultivators saw Wang Yuan stop his Thunder Skill and didn’t want him to rest, speaking in a deep voice.

The eight Nascent Soul Early Stage cultivators simultaneously drew complex spell patterns in front of them. With Wang Yuan trapped at the center, they were not worried about his escape, enabling them to use powerful spells.

Typically in battle, such powerful spells are difficult to execute due to the lengthy prerequisites.

Unless it is crafted into a talisman or utilizing a special spiritual object to solidify the spell within a magical artifact, allowing quick execution.

Falling Stone Technique, a type of area attack spell, is a strong spell among earth magic.

The Falling Stone Technique can be performed during the Qi Refinement Realm, but its power greatly increases with cultivation level.

The eight Nascent Soul Early Stage cultivators crafted complex spell patterns but did not immediately activate the Falling Stone Technique.

The eight complex spell patterns flew out and converged into one that was several times larger.

The leader of the Nascent Soul Early Stage cultivators pointed a finger, the spell pattern activated the energies within and in the void.

Li Shiming sensed a spatial rift opening above, from which several dozen massive meteors flew out.

These meteors, already imbued with tremendous kinetic energy, exhibited power surpassing Nascent Soul Early Stage Peak, each sustaining a full-force strike of a cultivator at that level.

Li Shiming placed himself in the situation, determining that if faced with such an attack, his only choice was to use the Divine Foot Skill for evasion, as none of his defenses could withstand such power.

”Thunder Body!” Wang Yuan bit his tongue, using the blood from the tip to forcibly perform the secret technique from the ’Jade-Clear Thunder Code’.

This was a secret technique that Li Shiming had not mastered; his insight into the ’Jade-Clear Thunder Code’ was entirely self-learned without any guidance.

Lacking guidance meant he was exploring as he cultivated, achieving his current accomplishments was already exceptional.

If not for his innate magical artifact IBMz15 constantly analyzing and researching, his understanding of the ’Jade-Clear Thunder Code’ would have been far less than it is now.