Cultivation is just so scientific!

Chapter 344: Chapter 218: Slaying Demons_2

Training an Iron Corpse to reach the Foundation Establishment Stage was not an easy task, and it required a massive amount of resources and time, all of which would be lost after performing the secret technique.

If it weren’t a matter of life and death, the Devil Cultivator would not have taken such an action.

Not all Devil Cultivators were as fortunate as Li Shiming, who had the assistance of the Netherworld Ghost Realm Array during corpse refining, saving a considerable amount of time and resources.

The increased speed of the Iron Corpse also caught Li Yuanba off guard; he had not anticipated that an Iron Corpse at the Foundation Establishment Stage would possess such capability.

The Iron Corpse turned into a streak of blood, rushed in front of Li Yuanba, and recklessly embraced him.

Li Yuanba, being a Sword Cultivator, was not easily approached; sword intent shot out from all over his body, slicing through the Iron Corpse.

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Yet, the Iron Corpse truly managed to hold him still for a moment, providing an opportunity for the other Devil Cultivators.

The first to close in was actually the invisible Devil Cultivator, who, at the moment the Iron Corpse self-destructed, powered forward towards Li Yuanba.

While the half-body of the Iron Corpse held Li Yuanba, the invisible Devil Cultivator appeared behind him and silently stabbed a pitch-black dagger towards Li Yuanba’s back.

Even the strongest Invisibility Secret Technique would reveal the user when they attacked. Activating an attack required the manipulation of Spiritual Power, which would disrupt the invisibility; this was inevitable.

Wang Chengjun was slightly late in his reaction; he forcibly recalled the blood-eating spiritual insect using a secret technique and sent it flying towards Li Yuanba again, his hand also launching a flying sword towards Li Yuanba.

At that moment, the situation on the battlefield seemed to place Li Yuanba in peril, yet he remained quite indifferent.

“Clang!”

A sound like metal striking metal rang out across the battlefield, and the Devil Cultivator behind him was slightly stunned because his Spiritual Artifact dagger, stabbing into Li Yuanba’s body, felt as if it was stabbing into a mass of iron and stone.

But even if it were iron and stone, the Spiritual Artifact dagger should be able to easily penetrate.

Of course, due to the surprise attack from invisibility, the Devil Cultivator couldn’t mobilize the strongest Spiritual Power, but this strike definitely had the power of a Mid-stage Foundation Establishment Cultivator’s normal attack.

It was precisely because Li Yuanba was a pure Sword Cultivator that the invisible Devil Cultivator chose such a method of attack, considering there were no defensive Spiritual Artifacts on Li Yuanba.

But who would have thought, the strongest defense Li Yuanba possessed was his own Taoist Body. Having consumed Monkey Wine, his ‘Sword Demon Secret Manual’ had already reached full mastery, his defensive power equivalent to a Late-stage Foundation Establishment Body Refinement Cultivator’s level.

A normal strike from a Mid-stage Cultivator could not break through his defense.

Additionally, the Spiritual Artifact in the hands of the Devil Cultivator was only top-grade, a bit short of supreme grade, while Li Yuanba’s body strength was in no way inferior to the Devil Cultivator’s Spiritual Artifact.

Li Yuanba was also annoyed; he had nearly been tricked due to his lack of combat experience.

His Third Grade Sword Base first swept through the Iron Corpse, and in a moment of turning back, his sword beheaded the Devil Cultivator who was attempting to flee from behind.

At this moment, Wang Chengjun’s flying sword also neared him, and the spiritual insect was right before his eyes.

“Slash!” An infuriated Li Yuanba roared, and a network of sword light formed in front of him, containing numerous thin threads within the net, creating a nearly seamless barrier of swords in front of him.

Wang Chengjun’s flying sword, merely an ordinary Spiritual Artifact without any Sword Intent, felt like it was heavily struck upon contact with the sword light, its internal spirit marking erased by a significant percentage.

Then the threads of Sword Intent entwined around the flying sword, completely erasing its spirit marking, causing the flying sword to fall from the sky.

As for the spiritual insect, under the dense attack of sword light and threads of Sword Intent, their bodies were severed into several pieces.

Wang Chengjun and another Devil Cultivator both spat out a mouthful of fresh blood, one due to the annihilation of the Iron Corpse and the other due to the destruction of the spiritual insect and Spiritual Artifact, both suffering a certain degree of backlash to their spirits.

They turned to flee immediately, no longer caring about anything else, recognizing that their lives were what mattered most.

They all regretted, wondering how they had provoked such a Sword Cultivator, a Sword Cultivator who could break all spells with a single strike. Only today did they truly realize how terrifying a pure Sword Cultivator could be.

How could Li Yuanba let them escape? As they turned around attempting to flee, the sword light chased them at a speed even faster than their own.

Wang Chengjun and another Devil Cultivator had no choice but to activate their defensive Spiritual Artifacts, but this greatly reduced their speed of escape, making it even more impossible for them to get away.

The sword light danced around the two Devil Cultivators, and strands of Sword Intent transformed into a sword tail behind the light, lashing at the Devil Cultivators’ defensive Spiritual Artifacts.

Within two breaths’ time, the two Devil Cultivators spat out fresh blood again; the continuous destruction of their Spiritual Artifacts had caused them significant spiritual trauma.

However, they no longer needed to worry about their spirit being hurt, as the sword light severed their injured brains and bodies from each other, completely resolving the issue of spiritual damage.

The fight, from start to finish, did not last long, but the perils involved were unimaginable.

The Devil Cultivators’ various unpredictable tactics, coupled with all four being of a higher realm than him, did put some pressure on the battle.

Li Yuanba shook his head; this battle was utterly meaningless. He had killed four Mid-stage Foundation Establishment Devil Cultivators and earned not even one contribution point.

He took the storage pouches from the four Mid-stage Foundation Establishment Devil Cultivators, placed the four bodies into one of the bags, cleaned up the battlefield, and left without any hesitation.

The fluctuations of Spiritual Power caused by the battle would likely attract other Cultivators to investigate soon.

In such environments, battles must be concluded quickly, otherwise opportunists might lurk nearby, hoping to benefit from the situation.

Only after moving a distance away from the battlefield did he slow down and allow his Spiritual Thought to enter the few storage bags to check his loot.

The storage bags of the Mid-stage Foundation Establishment Cultivators contained numerous Spirit Stones and various Spiritual Objects, with each bag potentially being exchanged for several hundred thousand Spirit Stones.

Particularly in the storage bag of that invisible Devil Cultivator, he found a golden Jade Scroll.

The golden Jade Scroll is used only for top-tier Cultivation Techniques and it definitely did not belong to the Senluo Sect, because regardless of the level, all techniques must be learned within the sect and not taken outside.

Considering the strength of Mid-stage Foundation Establishment, this must have been an opportunity the Devil Cultivator found outside.

Many Cultivators encounter such fortunes; each Cultivator, during their over hundred years of cultivation, must have come across some opportunities.

However, the fortunes Cultivators encounter vary greatly. Some Cultivators seize the opportunity and soar to great heights, while others perish due to the burdens of such chances.

‘Charming Soul Concealing Secret Technique’, a top-tier invisibility secret technique.

Li Yuanba was unaware that this invisible Devil Cultivator was rather well-known among the Inner Sect Disciples, primarily because his Invisibility Technique caused many Cultivators significant trouble.

Invisibility techniques can be used during the Qi Refinement Realm, but such techniques work only against ordinary people and new Qi Refining Cultivators.

For Qi Refining Cultivators who can truly sense Spiritual Energy, invisibility techniques are utterly useless and may instead provoke preemptive attacks from Cultivators; in any circumstance, being counterattacked when approaching a Cultivator invisibly would be a deserved consequence.

After reaching the Foundation Establishment stage and acquiring Spiritual Thought, invisibility becomes even easier to counter; a mere sweep of Spiritual Thought can reveal an invisible Cultivator.

Yet, in the recent battle, Li Yuanba had not sensed the position of the invisible Devil Cultivator. His Spiritual Thought was exceedingly powerful, far surpassing Cultivators of the same level, but he still detected nothing.

Had not the invisible Devil Cultivator attacked on his own accord, perhaps he would have been the only one among the four Devil Cultivators to survive.

“It’s true that ‘murder and arson bring gold belts’; ordinary Cultivators indeed have some good things!” Li Yuanba said with a satisfied smile on his face, murmuring to himself.

He had killed no small number of Foundation Establishment Cultivators, including Li Shiming himself, and had never discovered anything particularly valuable in the storage bags of ordinary Foundation Establishment Cultivators.

It was the Devil Cultivators; they trusted no one. Even when participating in such significant conflicts, they would carry all their possessions on them to feel secure, which made Li Yuanba’s spoils extremely rich.