CHAPTER 975: CHAPTER 534: OCCUPATION

Li Shiming hasn’t even studied the Inheritance Techniques of the Ten Thousand Beast Sect. He has already apprenticed under Grandmaster Hu, and his contribution points are sufficient. If he truly needs it, he probably has the qualification to learn any Inheritance Technique within the Ten Thousand Beast Sect.

Regarding the Inheritance Techniques of the Sun Concealing Sect, even if the Netherworld Emperor could truly transcribe them, would he dare trust it?

At this level of Inheritance Technique, even the smallest mistake could lead the cultivator to go astray and into madness.

The Heavenly Ghost continually enters the Formation Nodes. After entering more than two-thirds of the nodes, the Netherworld Emperor couldn’t stand it any longer.

For the remaining one-third of his avatars, he would rather fight to the death with Li Shiming than die under these strange and silent methods.

Thirty-odd avatars flew out from the Formation Nodes, merging into one and rushing towards Li Shiming.

Li Shiming smiled faintly. To his perception, the Fourth Grade Ghost Soul, now at one-third strength, had already dropped from the Nascent Soul Middle Stage to Nascent Soul Early Stage level.

Yet, he did not wish to use the Heavenly Strike Thunder Hammer, as under it, this Fourth Grade Ghost Soul would likely be instantaneously annihilated.

"Slash!" He softly uttered, and five ’Flowing Light Star Meteors’ shot out, carrying the Heavenly Thunder Sword Intent as they flew towards the Fourth Grade Ghost Soul.

The speed of the Netherworld Emperor’s Fourth Grade Ghost Soul was fast, but compared to the ’Flowing Light Star Meteor’, it was still slower. The five ’Flowing Light Star Meteors’ were executed using pure Sword Cultivator control methods, plus their own speed boost, striking the Ghost Soul while it was still in mid-air.

The ’Heavenly Thunder Sword Intent’ of the five ’Flowing Light Star Meteors’ was not released externally but instead increased their cutting power.

The five ’Flowing Light Star Meteors’ transformed into a sword net. Generally, flying sword treasures find it difficult to harm a Fourth Grade Ghost Soul, but under Sword Cultivator control techniques, enhanced by the Heavenly Thunder Sword Intent, the sword net formed by the five ’Flowing Light Star Meteors’ sliced the Fourth Grade Ghost Soul into hundreds of pieces.

The Netherworld Emperor had not even issued a wretched scream before finding that a large mouth had devoured all the fragments, and his consciousness disappeared with it.

Until his death, the Netherworld Emperor did not know what had devoured him, what creature in the Cultivation World could devour a ghost!

Li Shiming shook his head, casually collecting the ’Flowing Light Star Meteors’ and Heavenly Strike Thunder Hammer.

He checked the Heavenly Ghost’s condition; it was clearly overfed, digesting the energy within it.

In his estimation, the Heavenly Ghost only needed to digest a tiny fraction of the energy to advance to Fourth Grade.

Who would have thought that the Netherworld Emperor’s Fourth Grade Ghost Soul, with its Fourth Grade Middle Stage level, would in ordinary times come to be prey for a Third Grade Heavenly Ghost.

This put him in an excellent mood. Once the Heavenly Ghost advanced to Fourth Grade, the benefits to him would be enormous. In future encounters with enemies like the Fourth Grade Ghost Soul, the Heavenly Ghost could handle it independently.

He put away the Heavenly Ghost, and only then did he begin to explore the grotto.

Li Shiming could already surmise that the owner here was not a Loose Cultivator but a Nascent Soul Middle Stage practitioner from the Sun Concealing Sect.

An experienced Nascent Soul Middle Stage practitioner wouldn’t be lacking in wealth, and at this point, he could certainly not underestimate it.

Consider the six Nascent Soul Independent Cultivators whose fortunes he seized, who lost their lives at his hands rather than falling to a Nascent Soul Middle Stage practitioner from the Sun Concealing Sect using a Secret Technique for Body Seizing.

In the six storage cabinets in this space were Fourth-Grade Magical Treasures, which he did not touch. Those six Fourth-Grade Magical Treasures were of medium quality, quite decent among Loose Cultivators, but of no use to him.

Rather, he might as well leave them here as decorations, since he planned to keep this grotto as a base.

He was more interested in the secrets hidden by the Formation.

According to the Formation model provided by IBMz15, he quickly found the core of the Formation, engraving his Spirit mark at its core.

The original master of the Formation had perished, so his action encountered no obstacles.

The core of the Formation was also the core of the grotto. Once he became the master of the Formation core, the entire grotto bore his mark.

All the secrets within the grotto became known to him. The Netherworld Emperor had chosen this site because of a peculiar spatial rift, which emitted pure Yin Cold Energy, an extremely valuable resource for Devil Cultivators.

The Netherworld Emperor constructed this grotto upon that foundation.

However, being a Cultivator, Spiritual Energy was also necessary, so he relocated three Nascent Soul Level Spirit Veins here.

This explained why Li Shiming sensed the exceptionally dense Spiritual Energy upon entering the grotto.

Li Shiming couldn’t help but marvel at the rich cultivation resources of the Dongqi Continent; a single grotto had concentrated three Nascent Soul Level Spirit Veins, and this wasn’t even a sect’s internal grotto.

He certainly wasn’t going to leave the three Nascent Soul Level Spirit Veins here. The Ten Thousand Beast Sect had a Secret Technique for relocating veins, available for any Nascent Soul Cultivator to learn.

The three Nascent Soul Level Spirit Veins in this grotto served merely to mask the Yin Cold Energy, to deceive any cultivator who entered.

All energy sources within the grotto were derived from the Formation, and the energy source of the Formation was the spatial rift.

Thus, relocating the three Nascent Soul Level Spirit Veins wouldn’t adversely affect this grotto.

His Divine Sense locked onto a Nascent Soul Level Spirit Vein, activating the Secret Technique. This vein wasn’t deeply embedded in the earth but rather positioned inside the Formation.

This greatly reduced his consumption needs, allowing him to easily seize the entire Nascent Soul Level Spirit Vein into the void.