CHAPTER 968: CHAPTER 530: LEAVING THE SECT_2

The ability that even Yue Shan cannot track indicates that Li Shiming’s escape techniques are extremely advanced, at least in the cultivation world, such means would greatly increase the chances of survival.

After Li Shiming left the sect for a thousand miles, he stored his Identity Jade Disc in his spatial chamber and then activated the ’Divine Foot Skill’.

Not to mention the Nascent Soul Cultivators chasing him, even Venerable Huike, who also mastered the ’Divine Foot Skill’, could not compare to him in its mastery.

The strength of the Divine Foot Skill comes from the cultivator’s spirit, and Li Shiming’s spirit far exceeded Venerable Huike’s after advancing to the Nascent Soul Stage.

Through the drone satellite system, he also saw the Nascent Soul cultivators pursuing behind him, which he had anticipated.

His only relief was that Master Ding, due to wanting him for alchemy, had not sought him out concerning Chen Zhou’s disappearance.

As long as it wasn’t a Great Cultivator taking action, he had confidence in escaping unscathed.

He arrived at an area with relatively thin spiritual energy, where he prepared to complete the refining of the Heavenly Strike Thunder Hammer.

He summoned the Illusion Spirit Dragon, the Golden Corpse, and Venerable Huijing. Although Venerable Huijing’s strength was relatively weak, combined with the Illusion Spirit Dragon and Golden Corpse, they could still exhibit formidable strength.

After all, Venerable Huijing was still a Nascent Soul cultivator, and with Li Shiming’s grasp of Nascent Soul Stage abilities, Venerable Huijing’s strength continued to be developed.

As soon as the Illusion Spirit Dragon was summoned, it vanished. As a Five-clawed Dragon, it didn’t have the Dragon Clan’s inclination for direct combat.

This might be related to how Li Shiming had always used the Illusion Spirit Dragon, along with its young age and undeveloped thinking, influenced by the Five-clawed Dragon bloodline.

Of course, the main reason was the Illusion Spirit Dragon’s combat mode, which was engraved deep in its soul.

The Golden Corpse stood a hundred meters away from Li Shiming, guarding one direction, while Venerable Huijing stood at another spot, wearing a fourth-grade high-stage defensive robe, and holding a fourth-grade high-stage fire system flying sword.

Originally, Li Shiming had many inferior magical treasures on him, but when he went through the heavenly tribulation, he used those low-value magical treasures under the heavenly thunder.

Now, what could be given to Venerable Huijing to use were all fourth-grade high-stage magical treasures, which were considered high standards even in the Ten Thousand Beast Sect.

Li Shiming then halted the continuous cultivation of the Wood Thunder Nascent Soul, Earth Thunder Nascent Soul, Gold Thunder Nascent Soul, and Water Thunder Nascent Soul in his body; this process required some time to slowly stop the cultivation of the four Nascent Souls,

He dare not hold back when facing the heavenly tribulation, as this time’s heavenly tribulation was for the Nascent Soul stage, and he would not underestimate it.

Everything was prepared, and he completed the final part of the Heavenly Strike Thunder Hammer in the spatial chamber and then brought the hammer out.

His divine sense scanned the inside of the Heavenly Strike Thunder Hammer, activating all three hundred sixty thousand formations.

Just as the Heavenly Strike Thunder Hammer was activated, it emitted a golden electric light connecting to his forehead.

At first, he was startled for a moment, but even if the Heavenly Strike Thunder Hammer malfunctioned and attacked him, the hammer, without having endured the heavenly tribulation, could scarcely harm him.

The cultivation of the ’Yuqing Thunder Scripture’, with the help of Grandmaster Hu, had reached a deeper level of understanding.

The biggest benefit of apprenticing under Grandmaster Hu wasn’t his guidance, but rather the opportunity to access the core texts of the Ten Thousand Beast Sect.

His life-bound treasure, IBMz15, contained extensive thunder cultivator texts, including not only cultivation techniques but also many lifetimes of thunder cultivators’ experience and summaries.

This is the true foundation of a large sect, which allows sect cultivators to avoid many detours.

The golden electric light connected to Li Shiming’s forehead; inside him, the light extended towards the five Nascent Souls.

It seemed that the number of Nascent Souls within him was too many, making it difficult for the golden electric light to choose.

Li Shiming subtly moved his spirit, guiding the Wood Thunder Nascent Soul to actively contact the golden electric light.

Instantly, the Wood Thunder Nascent Soul connected with the Heavenly Strike Thunder Hammer, and Li Shiming slowly closed his eyes as much information from the hammer came to him, a spontaneous understanding of the ’Yuqing Thunder Scripture’ by the Heavenly Strike Thunder Hammer upon activation.

During the refining of the Heavenly Strike Thunder Hammer, each rune was a personal insight of the ’Yuqing Thunder Scripture’ from him, the quantity of three hundred sixty thousand times twelve thunder runes made the hammer transform wondrously.

Li Shiming’s IBMz15 opened its own database, extracting vast knowledge of thunder cultivation techniques and incessantly communicating with the Heavenly Strike Thunder Hammer through the golden electric light.

In this process, a unique dao rhyme emerged inside the Heavenly Strike Thunder Hammer, documenting a part of the understanding of the ’Yuqing Thunder Scripture’ cultivation technique by both the hammer itself and him, its owner.

Normally, fourth-grade magical treasures have varying quantities of dao rhymes inside them.

For example, fourth-grade high-stage magical treasures have three dao rhymes, mid-grade fourth-grade magical treasures have two dao rhymes, low-grade fourth-grade magical treasures have one rhyme, or even none.

Clearly, this single dao rhyme couldn’t bear the realizations from three hundred sixty thousand times twelve thunder runes, nor the insights from IBMz15 and Li Shiming himself.

Therefore, swiftly a second dao rhyme rose from the Heavenly Strike Thunder Hammer, and before long, a third appeared.

At this moment, the Heavenly Strike Thunder Hammer reached the quality of a fourth-grade upper-stage magical treasure, but it didn’t end there, as a fourth dao rhyme followed.

The Heavenly Strike Thunder Hammer broke through its own constraints, becoming a fourth-grade super-stage magical treasure; of such treasures, he had yet to see anyone using them in the cultivation world.

Just when he thought this was the limit, another dao rhyme appeared inside the Heavenly Strike Thunder Hammer.

Li Shiming’s perception revealed that the Heavenly Strike Thunder Hammer reached the material’s limit, and even if more dao rhymes could be added, the hammer couldn’t endure any more.

The quality of the Fourth Grade Thunder Radiance Profound Iron was high-stage, almost exceeding the quality limit when refined into a super-stage treasure, merely because of the toughness of the Thunder Radiance Iron itself, which enabled it to bear five dao rhymes.

Li Shiming forcibly interrupted the golden electric light, ending the dao rhyme brewing process.

As the golden electric light ceased, the surface of the Heavenly Strike Thunder Hammer emitted brilliant light.

Simultaneously, in the sky, a mass of thundercloud quickly formed.

Li Shiming looked at the thundercloud in the sky, a smile appearing on his face; his special artifact refining technique, when refining fourth-grade magical treasures, could also produce artifact tribulation treasures.

Although he didn’t know the power of a fourth-grade artifact tribulation treasure, he believed it would offer the strongest combat strength in the same grade, with the possibility of cross-grade battles not being impossible.

He held the Heavenly Strike Thunder Hammer, intending not to disregard it, as it was his treasure and would become one of his life-bound treasures; he held the hammer’s heavenly tribulation in high esteem.

Fourth-grade high-stage thunder elemental refining materials aren’t easy to find; he hadn’t discovered a second batch during this time, so the Heavenly Strike Thunder Hammer, capable of not failing, would strive not to fail.

He held confidence in himself, trusting that the ’Yuqing Thunder Scripture’ and his experience from undergoing hundreds of heavenly tribulations tempered with the thunder property, made his fear of heavenly thunder much less than other cultivators.

Li Shiming chose a place with few cultivators, but this time the thundercloud was of Nascent Soul level, its energy pulse spreading over ten thousand miles.

Cultivators within this range sensed the movement here more or less.

Upon feeling the Nascent Soul level thundercloud, most Golden Core cultivators, except for a few fearless ones, avoided investigating here.

However, inside a cave within this range, six Nascent Soul Early Stage practitioners were discussing forming a group for a mission and stood up together upon sensing the Nascent Soul level thundercloud.

"Looks like our opportunity has come!" one Nascent Soul Early Stage practitioner laughed heartily.

The other five Nascent Soul cultivators had flashes of excitement and caution in their eyes; excitement came from the thundercloud not far away, for no matter what triggered the heavenly tribulation, it was at least a fourth-grade spiritual object.

Caution came from among themselves, as despite being teammates, their alliance was only temporary.