Cultivation is just so scientific!

Chapter 1656: Chapter 874: Divine Beast_2

After all the Great Cultivators had launched their first round of attacks, Li Shiming followed with his second attack, typically solving the prohibitions’ assault with his second ’Thunder Fall Skill’.

Once or twice was fine, but continuously for several days, under an environment where Spiritual Energy could not be replenished, Li Shiming’s reserves of Spiritual Energy had become extremely limited.

This was also why the Great Cultivators dared to let him explore first; they believed his exploration would not go far and would soon halt due to insufficient Spiritual Energy.

In fact, they were wrong. After progressing a bit further, Li Shiming summoned Little Feng and the Illusion Spirit Dragon, both at the Late Stage Fourth Grade, to aid him in attacking.

Due to environmental issues, Little Feng could not fly and simply followed on the ground behind Li Shiming.

Li Shiming was deeply connected with them, attacking together with great synergy.

Moreover, one major benefit of acting alone was that there was no need to limit the quality of the ’Heavenly Strike Thunder Hammer’; the spiritual-quality ’Heavenly Strike Thunder Hammer’, combined with the ’Shenxiao Thunder Pearl’ in the drone space, saw an increase in power.

The drone satellite not only monitored the top of the Divine Perception Stele but also provided him with a bird’s-eye view, allowing him to see the landscape in front of the mountains and forests.

The Golden Winged Dapeng, unseen for several days, appeared in the sky. Li Shiming had his own methods; a string of Buddha Beads dropped to the ground, and a Concealing Array instantly formed.

Elsewhere, at the Divine Perception Stele, Great Cultivator Shen Ze also activated a precious mirror, hiding the Great Cultivators.

Li Shiming, from the drone satellite’s monitoring, discovered that the silhouettes of six Peak Great Cultivators in Shen Ze’s area vanished, yet this did not affect the Divine Perception Stele. Even the ground where several Peak Great Cultivators stood was entirely visible.

The mirror’s concealment effects were incredible, only hiding the six Great Cultivators while everything else remained unchanged.

Though the Concealing Array had similar effects, it operated differently by merely using the surrounding scenery to obscure the target location.

If the Concealing Array were to hide the Divine Perception Stele, the Stele itself would disappear.

The Golden Winged Dapeng did not discover the drone satellite, likely because these Divine Beasts prioritize observing with Spiritual Energy; things without Spiritual Energy responses do not garner special attention.

According to the drone satellite’s tracking, the Golden Winged Dapeng flew in a direction and disappeared into the distance.

Li Shiming had a hunch that perhaps in that direction was the ’Divine Beast Garden’ mentioned by the Great Cultivators earlier.

He used the bird’s-eye view to draft a map in the IBMz15, plotting a route to where the Golden Winged Dapeng went missing.

With this route map, he didn’t have to worry about getting lost.

He changed direction and proceeded towards the target.

With Little Feng and the Illusion Spirit Dragon, his progress speed increased once more.

After nine hours, using the drone satellite’s monitoring streamed through the IBMz15, he noticed that three Righteous Path Great Cultivators had collectively left the Divine Perception Stele, leaving three Devil Cultivators to continue their comprehension.

Originally the three Righteous Path Great Cultivators didn’t plan on acting alone; they simply switched from a seven-person large team to a three-person small team.

Based on the movement routes of the three Righteous Path Great Cultivators acquired from the drone satellite monitoring, Li Shiming analyzed that these Righteous Path Great Cultivators did not share the same target as him.

Actually, even if they aimed for the same target, he wasn’t worried, for he had set out first and moved considerably faster.

He observed the three Righteous Path Great Cultivators’ method of advance; each time they encountered a prohibition, they would attack while retreating and dodging, significantly affecting their speed.

Every prohibition delayed them much in time. In contrast, Li Shiming directly countered the prohibitions, making his progression more convenient.

Were it not for Great Cultivator resources on the ground, Li Shiming’s pace might have been even quicker.

After another nine hours, the three Devil Cultivators also left the Divine Perception Stele, also forming a team.

Upon seeing the direction in which the three Devil Cultivators progressed, Li Shiming furrowed his brow, suspecting they might indeed head towards him.

There was a chance they might bump into each other, and while his pace was fast enough, his lack of knowledge about the Divine Palace’s interior posed his greatest weakness, potentially slowing his exploration more than expected.

Though there was pressure, it didn’t hinder Li Shiming from acquiring Great Cultivator resources. In fact, upon discovering extremely rare resources, he would even take a slight detour.

Even with abundant High-level Spirit Pills for Great Cultivators at his disposal, he had many cultivators to supply.

Not to mention himself, consuming as much as five Great Cultivators; Li Yuanba, his clone, had also reached the Great Cultivator Realm, and in the future, Yin Shilan would require Great Cultivator resources too.

Yin Shilan had now joined Luanyang Palace and become its core cultivator.

With Luanyang Palace’s cultivation inheritance and Li Shiming’s cultivation resources, as long as Yin Shilan’s talent wasn’t extremely lacking, advancing to a Great Cultivator was a certainty.

In the future, Li Yuanba’s mentor Jian Wuwei, and several other cultivators he cared about, would more or less need his support.

Therefore, Li Shiming never missed Great Cultivator resources when encountered; although it wasted some time, it was worth it.

Outside, a few Great Cultivator Spirit Medicines could incite a battle among Great Cultivators.

Yet here, only a few steps forward and Great Cultivator resources appeared, making it an endless treasure trove for Great Cultivators.

After two days of advancing, he finally neared the target location.

Depending on his judgment, the three Devil Cultivators indeed shared the same target as he did, but with their speed, it would take at least two more days to reach here.

Unexpectedly, ahead was not a chaotic forest, but a garden with a surrounding wall.

There was no estimating the size of this garden; he attempted to launch another drone satellite, but not long after it took to the sky, it was shattered by prohibitive energy.

It seemed that launching a drone satellite successfully at the Divine Perception Stele was indeed due to the fewer prohibitions near the Stele.

Being too far from the Divine Perception Stele here, the height of the drone satellite was limited, unable to monitor this area.

”How does one enter this garden?” he muttered as he approached the wall.

Though the wall was only four meters high, such a height he could easily leap over.

However, he was well aware that gardens in the Cultivation World were never simple, especially those within the Divine Palace, where arrangements were of extremely high caliber, far beyond his imagination.

If he dared leap over the wall, he’d either be blasted by prohibitions or sliced by spatial cuts; neither outcome was something he wished to encounter.

As he touched the wall, trying to determine its material, the teleportation ring on his finger flickered slightly.

Subsequently, a doorway appeared on the wall in front of him, with a plaque above it inscribed with ’Divine Beast Garden’.

Seeing the words ’Divine Beast Garden’ sent a heavy weight through his body; he quickly withdrew his gaze, startled at how just three words nearly suppressed him.

His once-proud Spirit felt diminutive in the face of ’Divine Beast Garden’.

He hesitated briefly, considering that at least the three Devil Cultivators were also intent on exploring the ’Divine Beast Garden’, and he believed his combat strength surpassed those three Great Cultivators.

Moreover, how could one leave a mountain full of treasures empty-handed?

With that in mind, he stepped forward to push the door.

Before his hand could touch the door, when his teleportation ring was still a little distance from it, the door opened automatically.

Li Shiming observed the teleportation ring on his finger. Knowing its significance, he kept it on, especially after discovering all six Peak Great Cultivators possessed jade tokens; he placed even greater importance on his teleportation ring’s role.

Indeed, the teleportation ring served as a form of identification, though its rank within the Divine Palace remained unknown.