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Chapter 579: Chapter 336 Intrusion

This cavernous base was enormous, not a common cave dwelling but rather a large-scale base built in the form of a stronghold.

Due to not triggering the formation, Li Shiming’s intrusion went undetected by any cultivator.

Two Golden Core Middle Stage Cultivators were killed by him in an instant. To prevent the blood from the corpses from flowing out and spreading the scent, his Divine Thought scanned over the two bodies, collecting the storage bracelets and placing the corpses into his Space Ring.

His Divine Thought detected another cultivator in advance—this was a Golden Core Early Stage cultivator walking through the corridor.

It had to be said that the remnant cultivators of the Skywalk Trading Company had a rather high rank, for he had encountered three Golden Core cultivators upon entering.

Golden Core cultivators were not common as cabbage. Apart from the six major sects, it was incredibly difficult for other forces to produce a single Golden Core cultivator.

Unless they were extremely lucky, with the sheer number of cultivators at the peak of Foundation Establishment, there were bound to be some who could break through to the Golden Core Stage with just a few resources.

Especially since the six major sects often deliberately released some resources for forming the core, in order to weaken the resentment of smaller forces and Loose Cultivators towards their restrictive control over resources.

Moreover, in the long-term scarcity of resources, smaller forces and Loose Cultivators found alternative ways to replace resources, using forbidden Spiritual Medicines to forcefully break into the Golden Core Stage.

Such Golden Core cultivators who forcefully broke through would either be False Core cultivators or would forever remain at the initial realm of the Golden Core Stage, without any further progress in their lifetime.

The branch of the Skywalk Trading Company on the Beishu Continent, it could be seen that they were very rich in resources, otherwise, they could not have cultivated so many Golden Core cultivators.

Major sects and forces rarely recruited Golden Core cultivators. Those of the Golden Core Level were mostly cultivated in-house.

On one hand, in-house cultivated Golden Core cultivators could be trusted, as they wielded the main power in sects and forces. If a Golden Core cultivator were untrustworthy, it could greatly affect the allegiance of the sect or force.

On the other hand, there was the issue of espionage. Who could know whether a recruited Golden Core cultivator was a spy for other forces?

Behind the Golden Core Early Stage cultivator in the corridor, a white lotus appeared, and as Li Shiming’s figure materialized, one hand covered the cultivator’s mouth and nose, and a Third-Grade Sword Foundation Magical Treasure, refined from the ‘Sword Demon Secret Manual’, pierced his vital spot.

The Golden Core Early Stage cultivator did not know who killed him until his death. The ‘Step by Step Lotus’ method of movement was too strange, and Li Shiming had completed the assassination the moment he appeared.

Li Shiming separated the spatial items and bodies, collecting everything. Not a whiff of the scent of blood had time to spread before the battle was resolved.

His Divine Thought continued to probe inward, where in a room, fifteen Foundation Establishment Cultivators were organizing paper documents.

They were far inferior to Li Shiming in strength. With a slight stirring of his Divine Thought, fifteen strands directly acted upon the fifteen Foundation Establishment Cultivators, breaking their necks.

Li Shiming’s figure flashed rapidly throughout the vast base. Wherever his Divine Thought detected cultivators, he followed up with corresponding attacks based on their strength.

From the entrance of the base all the way to the depths, within just a few breaths, he had killed thirty-six cultivators, including an impressive eleven Golden Core cultivators.

In the process of the battle, because there was hardly any resistance, the ten ‘Supreme Mysterious Divine Thunders’ he had prepared were never used.

This was also not bad, as it caused not the slightest damage to the interior of the base. Apart from the absence of cultivators, there was no difference from when he first entered.

He realized he was approaching the core of the formation, which was more heavily guarded.

Of course, this had no effect on him; instead, it isolated all the other fluctuating auras that the base might produce.

In other words, the battles he had previously fought in the base had not alerted anyone here.

In other parts of the base, he did not discover the warehouses that should exist in a stronghold, with so many cultivators gathered. How could there be no warehouse?

According to his deduction, the warehouse should be located up ahead, which is why the security was much increased.

He passed through a formation barrier and saw a cultivator facing him.

The cultivator was also looking at him in astonishment, with a look of utter surprise in his eyes.

“Who are you, and why are you in this forbidden area?” the cultivator bellowed before his aura surged tumultuously, a terrifying might rising from him.

Li Shiming’s eyes narrowed. He had not expected to encounter a Great Elder Level Golden Core cultivator here.

Peak of Golden Core Late Stage, just one step away from attempting to break through to the Nascent Soul Stage.

Such an existence was extremely important to any force; no wonder he was stationed in the safest place of the base.

Furthermore, the spiritual energy here was extremely dense, not something that merely a Golden Core Level spiritual vein could emit.

Without the slightest hesitation, Li Shiming acted simultaneously with a few moves.

Opening his mouth, he emitted a piercing howl with the ‘Heavenly Demon Entering the Ear’ secret technique.

This was the first of several attacks. The second attack was from himself. As he used ‘Heavenly Demon Entering the Ear’, the ‘Step by Step Ascending Lotus’ was also triggered, making his figure appear almost simultaneously in front of the Golden Core cultivator, as ‘Heavenly Demon Entering the Ear’ took effect.

The Silver Corpse appeared behind the Golden Core cultivator while two flying swords, one on each side, attacked the Golden Core cultivator. Li Shiming’s hand, holding the Third-Grade Sword Foundation Magical Treasure, stabbed towards the Golden Core cultivator’s heart.

Ten ‘Supreme Mysterious Divine Thunders’ were also activated. At such close distances, Li Shiming had to activate ‘Heavenly Thunder Embodiment’ first, otherwise even he would be affected.