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Chapter 2009: Chapter 1051: Bow Cultivator

”Halt, whoever’s coming. Li Shizhen of the Ten Thousand Beast Sect is undergoing tribulation!” Li Shiming still made a final effort, speaking in a deep voice.

His voice carried a special cadence as it spread toward Great Power Xie Gan’s direction.

Great Power Xie Gan heard Li Shiming’s words, but not only did he refuse to stop, he instead sped up as he closed in.

At the same time a smile appeared on his face. Originally he’d been worried it might be some superpower’s Great Cultivator undergoing Artifact Tribulation; if that were the case, he might have had to show some restraint.

He knew of the Ten Thousand Beast Sect, a large sect sheltered by Luanyang Palace. In this resource-poor land of Dongqi Continent they couldn’t even claim hegemony, let alone in the entire Cultivation World.

No matter how the Ten Thousand Beast Sect had ended up with a Great Cultivator, he could just pretend he didn’t know. First snatch the fifth-grade Spiritual Treasure, then talk.

Great Power Xie Gan’s figure appeared at the outer edge of the ”Thunder Prison”. He sensed the many cultivators all around watching the tribulation, and among them he discovered quite a few Thunder Cultivators.

That made him a bit puzzled. Why did Dongqi Continent have so many Thunder Cultivators?

Weren’t Thunder Cultivators supposed to belong to the Yuqing Sect? Judging by the aura of these Thunder Cultivators, they were all cultivating the ”Yuqing Thunder Scripture”, yet they were in Dongqi Continent.

These Thunder Cultivators didn’t look like an external branch. From the Qi Refinement Realm up to Great Cultivators, every stage was present; that showed the Thunder Cultivators here formed a complete cultivation system.

But he only scanned them briefly before shifting his attention onto Li Shiming.

Or more accurately, onto the Fifth Grade Sword Base in Li Shiming’s hand; the aura on that Fifth Grade Sword Base was immensely powerful.

With three hundred billion rule runes etched into the Fifth Grade Sword Base by Li Shiming, how could it not be powerful?

Aside from a few Spiritual Treasures that some Great Cultivators had spent an extremely long time refining, few Spiritual Treasures could match the ones he refined.

If you only considered the state before any extended sacrificial refining, the Spiritual Treasures he refined definitely ranked tied for first among all Spiritual Treasures.

The reason it was ”tied for first” was because he still had four Spiritual Treasures left unrefined, and the Fifth Grade Sword Base was meant to stand tied for first together with those four.

Great Power Xie Gan was captivated by the Fifth Grade Sword Base at a glance; it was the highest-grade Spiritual Treasure he had ever seen.

Though the Fifth Grade Sword Base’s form was a bit strange, just the quality alone already made it worth his taking action.

”Who are you? Don’t you know intervening in someone’s tribulation is against the rules?” At this moment the first Heavenly Thunder was about to fall, and Li Shiming spoke in a low voice.

”You’d better focus on your tribulation. Once you finish, just hand this Spiritual Treasure over to me!” Great Power Xie Gan waved his hand confidently as he gave his order.

Li Shiming’s eyes went cold; he hadn’t expected the other party to speak so bluntly.

”State your identity. Let me see who is so shameless.” he asked in a deep tone.

”Originally I only planned to take your Spiritual Treasure. Since you’re so lacking in sense, I’ll let you experience the true combat strength of a Great Cultivator!” Great Power Xie Gan’s voice also chilled a few degrees at Li Shiming’s mocking words.

He took out his Lifebound Spiritual Treasure, a Spirit Bow.

Li Shiming glanced at the Spirit Bow Great Power Xie Gan had taken out and immediately recognized his origin.

He had obtained the Inheritance Techniques of the Sun-Shooting Sect, the ”Sun Shooting Technique”. Although he hadn’t acquired the full inheritance, he was extremely familiar with the ”Sun Shooting Technique”.

Great Power Xie Gan’s Spirit Bow was refined using the method of the ”Sun Shooting Bow”, so naturally his identity was that of a cultivator from the Sun-Shooting Sect.

”Sun-Shooting Sect—once I’m done here, I’ll go and wipe the Sun-Shooting Sect out!” Li Shiming said, killing intent surging.

A bolt of Heavenly Thunder fell from the sky, heavily striking the Fifth Grade Sword Base in his hand.

A terrifying Sword Intent erupted from within the Fifth Grade Sword Base. As he slashed out with that sword, the Heavenly Thunder collided with the sword base.

The Fifth Grade Sword Base cleaved the Heavenly Thunder into countless tiny bolts of lightning. The tiny bolts spread out, wrapping around both the Fifth Grade Sword Base and Li Shiming.

Li Shiming split off part of his mind, feeling the Heavenly Thunder entering his body while recording the process through the IBMz15.

At the same time, he split off another part of his mind to monitor Great Power Xie Gan.

The moment Great Power Xie Gan launched an attack on him, he would have to respond immediately.

The main issue was that Great Power Xie Gan’s position was far too close, and Great Power Xie Gan specialized in long-range attacks.

Great Power Xie Gan could easily avoid placing himself under the Heavenly Thunder, yet still attack Li Shiming.

Great Power Xie Gan was stunned by Li Shiming’s sword. Even with his vast experience, he had never seen such terrifying Sword Intent.

At the same time, the strength Li Shiming displayed gave him a sense of foreboding.

He recalled what Li Shiming had said about exterminating the Sun-Shooting Sect, and only now realized that might not have been empty talk.

Li Shiming might truly have that strength; he had dragged himself and the Sun-Shooting Sect into a huge disaster.

Great Power Xie Gan did not strike immediately. He was waiting—waiting for an opportunity, a chance to kill Li Shiming in one blow.

Li Shiming could not be allowed to live. Taking advantage of Li Shiming being too busy with his tribulation to attend to anything else, he could use the Heavenly Thunder to obliterate Li Shiming.

As for the fifth-grade Spiritual Treasure, that would depend on luck. If the fifth-grade Spiritual Treasure could pass the Heavenly Tribulation, he would reap the spoils of war; if it couldn’t, then there was nothing he could do.

Li Shiming’s display of strength had exceeded Great Power Xie Gan’s expectations. There was no way Great Power Xie Gan could let Li Shiming live.

Bolt after bolt of Heavenly Thunder fell as Li Shiming gripped the Fifth Grade Sword Base, displaying the combat style of a close-combat Sword Cultivator.

Through the Fifth Grade Sword Base in his hand, he shattered the Heavenly Thunder again and again, preventing the Heavenly Thunder from fully unleashing its power.