CHAPTER 1008: CHAPTER 550: ESCAPE (PART 2)

This is not a remote place, and the means he can employ are limited.

He put away his spiritual pet and golden corpse, as Mu Jing was too cautious, rendering the spiritual pet and golden corpse useless.

He donned the Fourth Grade Color Changing Cloak and drew several runes on his body, a solution developed through the IBMz15 artifact based on the Sun Concealing Sect’s Thousand-Mile Sensing Plate, using several runes to disturb the tracking of the Thousand-Mile Sensing Plate.

His body vanished on the spot, using the Fourth Grade Color Changing Cloak to enter invisibility mode. First, he used Thunder Escape and flew for a while, only using ’The Ends of the Earth in a Step’ to accelerate once he was genuinely far from the Taichu Sect’s range.

Returning again to the secret cave beneath the pond, the cave was now filled with Yin Cold Energy, especially in the space where his avatar Li Yuanba was, the Yin Cold Energy was even more intense.

At this time, Li Yuanba had transformed into a Silver Corpse, and his aura was much stronger than when he had last left.

Li Shiming took out the ’Xuanyin Ghost Fire’ and tossed it toward Li Yuanba.

In his corpse refining state, Li Yuanba opened his mouth and swallowed the ’Xuanyin Ghost Fire’ into his body.

As he consumed it, Li Yuanba cast a spell to refine the ’Xuanyin Ghost Fire’.

The ’Xuanyin Ghost Fire’ was in its weakest state; although his strength was only at the late-stage Golden Core, refining the weakest state of the ’Xuanyin Ghost Fire’ was still quite easy.

As he cast the spell into the ’Xuanyin Ghost Fire’, a connection was established between them.

The ’Xuanyin Ghost Fire’ acknowledged its master. Without needing his command, it automatically found the location of the corpse pill after entering his body.

The ’Xuanyin Ghost Fire’ floated above the corpse pill, and Li Yuanba practiced the ’Evil Corpse Spirit Record’, converting the Yin Cold Energy from the environment into Yin Cold Spiritual Power entering the corpse pill.

The ’Xuanyin Ghost Fire’ at this time was still at the lowest level, so the absorbed Yin Cold Energy could be almost neglected.

However, the ’Xuanyin Ghost Fire’ had found the best environment, allowing its advancement rate to be quite rapid.

Soon, the ’Xuanyin Ghost Fire’ advanced from First Grade to Second Grade, and each absorption of some Yin Cold Spiritual Power would allow the ’Xuanyin Ghost Fire’ to grow rapidly.

After another thirty minutes, the ’Xuanyin Ghost Fire’ advanced to Third Grade again.

After reaching Third Grade, the growth rate of the ’Xuanyin Ghost Fire’ finally slowed down, but with its current growth rate, advancing to Fourth Grade would take no more than several dozen days.

Certainly, that’s in the most ideal situation, as Li Yuanba himself was still at the Golden Core Stage, and couldn’t allow the ’Xuanyin Ghost Fire’ to advance to Fourth Grade until he ascended to the Nascent Soul Stage.

Li Shiming took out some Fourth-grade Corpse Refining Materials, and although these materials had limited growth enhancement for Li Yuanba’s corpse refining state, they could still accelerate Li Yuanba’s cultivation speed to some extent.

He didn’t stay here long, and used ’The Ends of the Earth in a Step’ to leave the cave.

The vibration from the Identity Jade Disc caused Li Shiming, who was flying, to pause. He took out the Identity Jade Disc.

He had already entered the area of the Ten Thousand Beast Sect, thinking it was a friend sending a message, but after taking out the Identity Jade Disc, he found it was a distress signal.

A distress signal is sent by sect cultivators in danger, requesting support from fellow sect members.

Every sect cultivator usually has one free request for assistance, and any subsequent use of a distress signal requires a contribution point payment.

This system prevents sect cultivators from using distress signals indiscriminately, as distress signals are highly prioritized, and any sect cultivator outside the sect who receives one must go to assist.

As a cultivator of the Ten Thousand Beast Sect, Li Shiming naturally had to abide by the rules.

If he ignored a distress signal in the absence of sect emergencies, he would be penalized upon his return to the sect.

Based on the location of the distress signal, he removed the Fourth Grade Color Changing Cloak, revealed his form, and flew toward the target location.

Inside him, the Mu Lei Nascent Soul held the Heavenly Strike Thunder Hammer, halting the cultivation of several Nascent Souls, as he would not be careless about letting four Nascent Souls continue cultivating during combat.

’Divine Sight’ observed the situation ahead, as two Nascent Soul cultivators were chasing and fleeing.

Both Nascent Soul cultivators used their Nascent Soul Dharma Manifestations, shattering the rocks and flora on the ground as they passed, not to mention the living beings.

Even the battle aftermath unintentionally leaked by the two Nascent Soul Dharma Manifestations had massive impacts on the environment.

This is why Nascent Soul cultivators rarely used their Dharma Manifestations on the ground, as the destruction to the environment is profound, and the rule influence accompanying the Nascent Souls makes recovery near impossible.

"Brother Song, I’ll help you!" Li Shiming recognized the pursued cultivator as Junior Master Song, who had previously asked him for alchemy.

Of course, he had already advanced to the Nascent Soul Stage, and Junior Master Song had become Brother Song.

"Watch out, he’s Xiong Long from the Gu Feng Sect!" Brother Song warned upon seeing Li Shiming come to aid.

Li Shiming didn’t recognize Xiong Long from the Gu Feng Sect, although he knew of recent friction between the Ten Thousand Beast Sect and the Gu Feng Sect, he had never expected a cultivator from the Gu Feng Sect would dare chase and kill a Ten Thousand Beast Sect cultivator here.

Even if this place was still far from the Ten Thousand Beast Sect’s mountain gate, it was already within their area of influence.

Seeing Li Shiming, Brother Song wasn’t particularly pleased, mainly because he knew Li Shiming hadn’t been a Nascent Soul cultivator for long. Despite entering Grandmaster Hu’s tutelage, he didn’t believe Li Shiming had become notably strong.

Li Shiming sensed Xiong Long’s level, late Nascent Soul Early Stage, exceeding him in spiritual power volume, yet not by much, still some distance from Nascent Soul Early Stage Peak.

Theoretically, Xiong Long’s strength should roughly match Li Shiming’s. Seeing this prime opponent stirred his hunting thrill.

"Brother Song, fly upward!" Li Shiming called, as the Mu Lei Nascent Soul cast the Nascent Soul Dharma Manifestation, sheltering his body within.

The Mu Lei Nascent Soul Dharma Manifestation aimed a finger at Xiong Long, as a bolt of lightning shot from the Heavenly Strike Thunder Hammer toward him.

"Thunder Cultivator!" Xiong Long had long sensed the thunder energy from Li Shiming. As lightning approached, golden earth-element spiritual power armor appeared over him.

Li Shiming’s Mu Lei Nascent Soul Dharma Manifestation kept the Heavenly Strike Thunder Hammer within and didn’t wield it.

The Heavenly Strike Thunder Hammer’s potency, a Fourth Grade Artifact Tribulation Treasure, with Brother Song nearby, made him withhold its presence from other cultivators.

He had too many secrets, and one slip-up could invite huge troubles.

Yet even without using the Heavenly Strike Thunder Hammer, his combat power had greatly improved from before.

This lightning hit Xiong Long, whose earth defense technique, one of the strongest, particularly resilient to lightning, blocked most of its might.

The aftermath merely erected Xiong Long’s hair, leaving his eyes full of shock and doubt.

"This is Heavenly Thunder!" Xiong Long exclaimed, stunned by the lightning’s aftershock.

Mastering Heavenly Thunder catches others’ notice. Those converting thunder into Heavenly Thunder among Thunder Cultivators are rare legends, all exceptionally powerful.

"Junior Li, I’m here to help!" Brother Song turned back, offering.

Calling him Junior Li not Master Li kept Xiong Long from learning Li Shiming’s identity as an Alchemy Master.

If Xiong Long learned Li Shiming was an Alchemy Master, he feared Xiong Long would target him at all costs.

Injuring or killing an Alchemy Master like Li Shiming would both damage the Ten Thousand Beast Sect and elevate the Gu Feng Sect’s fame.

"Brother Song, don’t come, leave first!" Li Shiming frowned.

He sensed Brother Song was already injured, especially without his spiritual pet, suggesting more severe injuries, as it was likely stored away.