Cultivation is just so scientific!

Chapter 1226: Chapter 659: Counterattack (Part 2)

It was all commanded by him, so much so that even the other Nascent Soul Thunder Cultivators involved in this action did not know the details.

Yet, despite this, Li Shiming still discovered his arrangements.

Li Shiming took out a Fourth Grade Array Flag and set up a Concealing Array. He had set up this Concealing Array so frequently before that it only took him a breath to complete it.

He stood within the Concealing Array and summoned Living Dead Zhao Qingfeng, along with four Fourth Grade Puppets.

The ‘electromagnetic cannons’ of the four Fourth Grade Puppets began charging, and Li Shiming infused the Fourth Grade Top Cone-shaped Magical Treasure with ‘Void-breaking Sword Intent.’

Speaking of the four Fourth Grade Puppets, as his realm advanced to the Nascent Soul Middle Stage, the cores of the four Fourth Grade Puppets also advanced to Mid Fourth Grade, marking the final grade for these four puppets.

The original grade of the Fourth Grade Puppets was capable of reaching Mid Fourth Grade, but due to Li Shiming’s previous insufficient realm, their core formations could only exhibit a Fourth Grade Lower Stage quality.

Now all four Fourth Grade Puppets had been elevated to Mid Fourth Grade, and correspondingly, their energy cores could provide more thunder energy.

The stronger thunder energy made the ‘electromagnetic cannon’ energy more abundant, and the power produced by the electromagnetic effect was also greater.

Li Shiming utilized four brains, controlling the four Fourth Grade Puppets, each aiming at a different target.

His other brain, in communication with the Heavenly Ghost, controlled Living Dead Zhao Qingfeng to draw the ‘Thunderous Mysterious Bow,’ and after holding for ten breaths, the ‘Thunderous Mysterious Bow’ fired first.

This was because the arrows shot by the ‘Thunderous Mysterious Bow’ were slightly slower than the Fourth Grade Top Cone-shaped Magical Treasure fired by the ‘electromagnetic cannon.’

Of course, the timing of the activation seemed as if Living Dead Zhao Qingfeng released the bowstring, while the four Fourth Grade Puppets simultaneously activated the ‘electromagnetic cannon.’

At this moment, Great Cultivator Duan Zhang was very anxious; he had lost Li Shiming’s position, and he knew that scattering the Nascent Soul Thunder Cultivators now would likely be futile.

But there was no way; he couldn’t bear to let this action end like this.

After spending so much time waiting, concentrating so many Nascent Soul Thunder Cultivators, and waiting on standby for a full month, if nothing was gained, his status in the Yuqing Sect would likely be affected.

Just then, he sensed a familiar aura.

“Be careful of the arrows!” He immediately warned all the Nascent Soul Thunder Cultivators.

But the warning was still a step too late. Although the attack came from hundreds of miles away, neither the arrows from the ‘Thunderous Mysterious Bow’ nor the Fourth Grade Top Cone-shaped Magical Treasure from the ‘electromagnetic cannon’ could be detected and evaded in advance by a Nascent Soul Middle Stage Practitioner.

As he issued the warning, five Nascent Soul Middle Stage Thunder Cultivators were simultaneously hit by different attacks.

The worst was the Nascent Soul Middle Stage Thunder Cultivator hit by the arrow. The arrow was unleashed using a Great Cultivator’s body, with an attack power close to that of a Great Cultivator.

This attack hit the Nascent Soul Middle Stage Thunder Cultivator, whose defensive skills, even at Yuqing Sect, were not proficient. Even when defenses were in place, they could not withstand the arrows shot by Living Dead Zhao Qingfeng.

The arrow broke through the defense, and before the Nascent Soul Middle Stage Thunder Cultivator understood, their body was pierced by the arrow.

After the arrow pierced through, energy began to explode, with power second only to the Great Cultivator Level.

The Nascent Soul Middle Stage Thunder Cultivator’s body, along with the Nascent Soul, was shattered into pieces by this energy explosion of power second only to the Great Cultivator Level.

The other four Nascent Soul Middle Stage Thunder Cultivators were lucky; at least they did not face the same dire fate as the previous Nascent Soul Middle Stage Thunder Cultivator.

Of course, the fate of the four Nascent Soul Middle Stage Thunder Cultivators was only marginally better; they did not fall on the spot.

With the realm of the Fourth Grade Puppets elevated to Mid Fourth Grade, the speed of the ‘electromagnetic cannon’ firing also increased significantly. Coupled with the ‘Void-breaking Sword Intent’ infused by Li Shiming into the Fourth Grade Top Cone-shaped Magical Treasure.

When the Fourth Grade Top Cone-shaped Magical Treasure hit the four Nascent Soul Middle Stage Thunder Cultivators, their defenses were breached by the ‘Void-breaking Sword Intent,’ and then the Fourth Grade Top Cone-shaped Magical Treasure pierced their bodies, completely annihilating them.

Fortunately, their Nascent Souls escaped disaster, thanks to the partial power of the ‘Void-breaking Sword Intent’ being consumed when breaking through defenses. The energy contained within the Fourth Grade Top Cone-shaped Magical Treasure was insufficient to destroy both the body of the Nascent Soul Middle Stage Practitioner and the Nascent Soul itself simultaneously.

Four tiny Nascent Souls flew up into the sky, looking in horror at their now lifeless bodies.

They still didn’t understand how they were attacked, where the attack came from, and they were executing tasks along with Great Cultivator Duan Zhang.

Although they were a dozen miles away from Great Cultivator Duan Zhang, for a Great Cultivator, this distance was covered in an instant. They never imagined being attacked at such proximity to Great Cultivator Duan Zhang without having their bodies destroyed.

Great Cultivator Duan Zhang ignored the attacked Nascent Soul Thunder Cultivators. As soon as the attack was discovered, he activated the Thunder Escape, flying in the direction of the attack trail.

He was one hundred percent certain that Li Shiming was in that direction and that the distance was not too far.

Li Shiming was decisive; after launching the attack, he used his Divine Sense to scan through Living Dead Zhao Qingfeng, the four Fourth Grade Puppets, and the Fourth Grade Array Flag, collecting them all with just a thought.

He executed the ‘One Step to Heaven’ divine skill he had long prepared, disappearing where he stood, and reappeared three thousand miles away.

Two breaths after he disappeared, the electric light that Great Cultivator Duan Zhang turned into arrived at his original position.

Great Cultivator Duan Zhang didn’t chase after Li Shiming any further. He stared blankly at the spot where Li Shiming disappeared, disbelief in his eyes.

“‘One Step to Heaven,’ it’s ‘One Step to Heaven,’ he actually mastered ‘One Step to Heaven’!” he muttered to himself, filled with disbelief.

Although he arrived two breaths late, he could sense that Li Shiming’s aura had completely vanished.

He used a special thunder-based sensing secret technique, transforming the tiny bits of thunder in the air into his eyes and ears, allowing him to sense over greater distances.

Li Shiming’s disappearance had instantly taken him out of Great Cultivator Duan Zhang’s sensing range. This sensing range was not something the ‘World Apart’ could escape, only showing that what Li Shiming executed was not ‘World Apart’ but a higher-level Divine Foot Skill.

Great Cultivator Duan Zhang was puzzled; ‘One Step to Heaven’ was not a divine skill that a Nascent Soul Middle Stage Practitioner could master.

Just think, each attempt required consuming a massive amount of spiritual power; Li Shiming, having five Nascent Souls, consumed one-tenth of his spiritual power. A regular Nascent Soul Middle Stage Practitioner would need to consume half of their spiritual power.

Practicing once required consuming half of one’s spiritual power, plus the difficulty of learning ‘One Step to Heaven.’ Without thousands upon thousands of practices, mastering ‘One Step to Heaven’ is impossible.

This is why it’s impossible for a Nascent Soul Middle Stage Practitioner to master the ‘One Step to Heaven’ divine skill, it’s just too consuming.

Great Cultivator Duan Zhang needed to reassess the difficulty of pursuing Li Shiming; he had underestimated Li Shiming once again.

Initially, as a top Great Cultivator, leading fourteen Nascent Soul Middle Stage Thunder Cultivators, all from superpowers, with such strength and the advantage of intelligence, capturing a Nascent Soul Middle Stage Practitioner should have been easily done.

But the abilities constantly demonstrated by Li Shiming made Great Cultivator Duan Zhang reevaluate Li Shiming.

Great Cultivator Duan Zhang heavily sighed; it seemed asking Yuqing Sect for reinforcements was necessary, at least dispatching several Great Cultivators to attempt capturing Li Shiming again.

This time, the best opportunity was wasted; it was indeed a pity. When to have such a chance again was uncertain.

He thought of the Nascent Soul Middle Stage Thunder Cultivators he brought, no longer considering capturing Li Shiming, turning to fly back in the direction he came from.

The nine Nascent Soul Middle Stage Thunder Cultivators at the scene were forming a formation. Outside their bodies, defensive magical treasures were stacked, forming layers upon layers of defense.