Cultivation is just so scientific!

Chapter 1959: Chapter 1026: Exploration

Li Shiming collected Half-step Fifth Grade Corpse Refining Materials in the ancient ruins, with the help of one hundred and thirty-three Holy Spirits and a Heavenly Ghost. It was almost a sweeping momentum; the Half-step Fifth Grade Corpse Refinings he encountered couldn’t last long under such overwhelming strength of the same level.

Don’t be fooled by his ease in the ancient ruins; it also depends on who is here.

Ordinary Great Powers, even if it’s a Great Power’s true body here, will have to expend some effort to continuously defeat the Half-step Fifth Grade Corpse Refinings without being able to use the Cave Heaven Energy.

Once encountering multiple Half-step Fifth Grade Corpse Refinings, even a Great Power’s true body will need to tread carefully.

Needless to say, a Great Power Avatar in such an environment has a glaring flaw of low defensive power.

Even if a Great Power Avatar has sufficient energy, without being able to use Space Movement, it can’t withstand the attacks of Half-step Fifth Grade Corpse Refinings for long.

Li Shiming is different; he doesn’t even need to take action himself. The Space Movement of one hundred and thirty-three Holy Spirits can be used here. The Space Movement of the Holy Spirits is instinctual, and since the Holy Spirits are not creatures of this world, the restrictions here are very weak against them.

Just the one hundred and thirty-three Holy Spirits alone can crush the Half-step Fifth Grade Corpse Refinings, not to mention having the special spiritual entity of the Heavenly Ghost around.

The Heavenly Ghost in the ancient ruins is like a mouse falling into a granary; the soul fire of the Half-step Fifth Grade Corpse Refinings is a great supplement to it.

As Li Shiming delves deeper, the black stone steles become more numerous. Initially, there was one Half-step Fifth Grade Corpse Refining for every ten black stone steles.

Later, as he went further, the frequency of Half-step Fifth Grade Corpse Refinings appearing under the black stone steles increased.

Li Shiming was very satisfied, he realized that the deal with the Sword Elder gave him a great advantage.

It seems the Sword Elder didn’t expect that his abilities could just restrain the situation in the ancient ruins.

Just as he passed two peaks and reached the foot of the third, over three hundred Fourth Grade Ghost Souls flew out from under the ground, rushing towards him.

As the over three hundred Fourth Grade Ghost Souls flew over, they also used soul calls, attempting to attack Li Shiming and his Spiritual Pet with a soul impact.

But clearly, the soul calls of the Fourth Grade Ghost Souls had no effect.

Needless to say, Li Shiming’s soul, due to having the equivalent of one hundred and ninety-one brains, is equal to having one hundred and ninety-one souls. Moreover, his soul strength had undergone three Half-step Great Power Heavenly Tribulations at the Peak Great Cultivator Realm and had received the baptism of Heaven and Earth Reward Energy three times.

This made his soul strength far surpass others of the same level, forming an unbreakable solid defense when the one hundred and ninety-one souls merged together.

Not to mention, he also has the helper IBMz15. Even if his soul’s defenses were insufficient against attacks, IBMz15 would assist him.

The other two Spiritual Pets, the Holy Spirits, and the Heavenly Ghost; the Heavenly Ghost itself is a spiritual entity and to some extent belongs to the same category of creatures as ghost souls, but the rank of Heavenly Ghost is much higher than ghost souls.

The Heavenly Ghost is a combination of a Heavenly Demon and a ghost, having undergone multiple advancements and enhancements through the Heaven and Earth Reward Energy.

This is completely different from creatures hiding in Special Spaces, only improving their realm without enduring Heavenly Tribulations.

As for the Holy Spirits, these beings are extremely special, having been refined into corpse refinings and then autonomously transformed into holy beings. Although they aren’t spiritual entities, they possess some characteristics related to spiritual entities.

Over three hundred Fourth Grade Ghost Souls screamed their soul calls as they charged toward Li Shiming.

Li Shiming remained motionless; the one hundred and thirty-three Holy Spirits around him formed multiple layers of defense. He didn’t believe that just this number of Fourth Grade Ghost Souls could break through the multiple defenses.

Most importantly, the Heavenly Ghost is the nemesis of ghost souls.

The Heavenly Ghost let out an excited shrill howl and lunged back at the over three hundred Fourth Grade Ghost Souls.

Perhaps in the eyes of the Heavenly Ghost, the over three hundred Fourth Grade Ghost Souls were just over three hundred spiritual masses waiting to be absorbed.

Its speed was faster than that of the Fourth Grade Ghost Souls, touching them first.

Its body swelled, transforming into a massive thirty-meter form, and simultaneously it opened its mouth grotesquely wide, equal to its body size.

The massive thirty-meter mouth generated an astounding suction force.

This suction had no effect on physical entities but is highly effective against spiritual entities.

It passed through the over three hundred Fourth Grade Ghost Souls like a vacuum cleaner, engulfing any within a hundred-meter radius as it moved.

By the time the Fourth Grade Ghost Souls reached the Holy Spirits, fewer than ten were left.

Those that remained were shattered into fragments by the holy light emitted by the Holy Spirits, and even as fragments, the Heavenly Ghost did not spare them, coming over to swallow them all.

Li Shiming watched the Heavenly Ghost, shaking his head.

The Heavenly Ghost devoured over three hundred Fourth Grade Ghost Souls, yet this spirit energy was negligible to the Heavenly Ghost, not enough to elevate its realm.

The grade of these Fourth Grade Ghost Souls was indeed somewhat low; he was already anticipating the appearance of Half-step Fifth Grade Ghost Souls.

He moved up the third peak, where under each black stone stele at the third peak, a Half-step Fifth Grade Corpse Refining would fly out. Given the denser arrangement of the black stone steles than before, he needed to face at least more than five Half-step Fifth Grade Corpse Refinings simultaneously.

Though the attacks were more frequent, his harvest was also greater.