Cultivation is just so scientific!

Chapter 1241: Chapter 667: Retaliation

Li Shiming looked incredulously at the dark red rock, analyzing it with his life-bound magical artifact IBMz15, which revealed that the rock’s composition was just ordinary material.

The dark red color was formed by some kind of blood that stained it, creating the dark red surface of the rock.

It seemed that only the means of the ancient dragon clan could cause such a transformation in this ordinary rock.

Unable to sample and analyze it, his divine sense couldn’t penetrate the dark red rock either, and since the rock was too massive, there was no way to bring it into the space of the equipment room, leaving him temporarily at a loss.

The Illusion Spirit Dragon was now lying comfortably on the dark red rock, belly up.

Seeing this, Li Shiming shook his head and thought he would find a way later.

He returned to his cultivation, while outside the living dead Zhao Qingfeng waited for a while, then returned to the dragon beast nest, only to find it abandoned.

It seemed that the dragon beast clan had given up this nest, and after he realized the ’dragon vein source crystal’ on the dark red rock couldn’t enhance the Illusion Spirit Dragon’s strength in a short time, his thoughts turned to this dragon beast clan.

Unfortunately, the opportunity was lost; the dragon beast clan had moved away, making it difficult to find them again.

Amidst the vast ocean, even the powerful nascent soul cultivator dared not fly recklessly, as no one knew how many formidable spirit beasts resided in the ocean.

Li Shiming had dared to come to this place because of Doruson’s map, which indicated this area had been explored.

The nascent soul cultivator feared encountering a fourth-grade upper stage spiritual beast or even a stronger one in the ocean; although the chances were slim, any encounter would spell certain death.

Realizing there was no advantage to be gained, Li Shiming calmly made his way back to Anyu Island.

On the way back, the living dead Zhao Qingfeng intentionally took a detour to allow IBMz15 to record the sea area.

After all, the living dead Zhao Qingfeng’s activities only affected the Water Thunder Nascent Soul’s cultivation, and Li Shiming still had four more nascent souls to train.

Even if the living dead Zhao Qingfeng didn’t go out, Li Shiming needed to keep one nascent soul awake, so in general, this kind of travel exploration didn’t affect Li Shiming’s cultivation at all.

At any rate, using the living dead Zhao Qingfeng’s travels, he could see more landscapes without affecting his own cultivation, which was a joy indeed.

However, Li Shiming did not know that by stealing the ’dragon vein source crystal’ from the dragon beast nest, he had brought trouble to Anyu Island.

One day, Anyu Island was as peaceful as usual, with the loose cultivators busy with their cultivation resources.

But suddenly, near the shores of Anyu Island, the sea waters churned, and a Fourth Grade Middle Stage Dragon Beast emerged from the water, its terrifying claws gripping what seemed like empty air.

The friction between the claws and the energy shield of the island’s protection array was extremely jarring, as the shield rapidly materialized at the point of attack.

The massive energy shield enveloped Anyu Island, and simultaneously, alarms sounded within the island.

This was a signal of an attack on Anyu Island, and the loose cultivators all looked skyward in unison.

Some of the nascent soul hunting teams that had remained on Anyu Island took to the air, but they did not immediately investigate what had happened, instead opting to wait.

They were naturally waiting for the three great cultivators of Anyu Island, for the three great cultivators were the true masters of the island.

”Anyu Island is under spirit beast attack, so all nascent soul cultivators can take on combat missions, and mission rewards will be doubled!” A grand voice resounded, followed by a figure emerging from the main peak.

The person who appeared was Great Cultivator Diao Zhuo of Anyu Island. Although he wasn’t fully informed of the outside situation, the feedback from the island protection array was not optimistic.

The attacker was a Fourth Grade Middle Stage Dragon Beast, and if it was just one such dragon beast, he could handle it.

But clearly, there wouldn’t be only one Fourth Grade Middle Stage Dragon Beast.

Fourth-grade spirit beasts possessed wisdom, especially a Fourth Grade Middle Stage Dragon Beast; no fourth-grade spirit beast would attack a human cultivator settlement with a great cultivator guardian for no reason.

A Fourth Grade Middle Stage Dragon Beast wouldn’t engage in meaningless actions, so if it attacked, it definitely had a purpose and a degree of confidence in dealing with the three great cultivators, hence the direct assault on Anyu Island.

Great Cultivator Diao Zhuo issued such a high task reward because he had no choice; at this moment, the only great cultivators on Anyu Island who could be mobilized were he and Great Cultivator Gan Bin.

The other great cultivator was in seclusion, and it wasn’t feasible to awaken him forcibly in a short time.

He had to muster as many nascent soul cultivators as possible to confront the invading dragon beast together.

”We are under the protection of Anyu Island; now is the time to repay that. Our team takes the combat mission!” a nascent soul middle stage practitioner loudly declared.

This nascent soul middle stage practitioner’s eyes met those of Great Cultivator Diao Zhuo’s, conveying a meaning known only to them.

In fact, this nascent soul middle stage practitioner was secretly aligned with Anyu Island, dispatched to oversee the nascent soul cultivators covertly.

If at any time there was abnormal behavior among a group of nascent soul cultivators, Anyu Island would be extremely passive.

Now, with a nascent soul cultivator stepping up, others eagerly followed, especially with double the mission rewards, even though they didn’t know what kind of enemy they would face.