Cultivation is just so scientific! Chapter 1325 - 709: Mission

Li Yuanba concealed the true grade of the Spirit Treasure ’Xingyi Sword’, masking its power so it appeared only as a top-tier fourth-grade flying sword.

Despite this suppression, the weapon’s lethality remained formidable; his ’Void-Breaking Sword Intent’ had already surpassed the level of most Nascent Soul Middle Stage Sword Cultivators within the Jian Family of the Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion.

Opportunities for cross-realm combat were rare for most Sword Cultivators, yet through such battles, his ’Void-Breaking Sword Intent’ had flourished at an incredible pace.

Furthermore, the shared experiences of his original body, Li Shiming, combined with the combat insights of the Great Cultivator Luo Pei, provided the essential nourishment for the evolution of his ’Void-Breaking Sword Intent’.

The moment the Spirit Treasure ’Xingyi Sword’ was unleashed, it struck the formation’s shield. Bolstered by the ’Void-Breaking Sword Intent’, the barrier was shattered in less than a heartbeat.

The sword light tore through the structure, leaving a jagged fissure across the surface of the wooden building.

As the heart of the market’s formation and the residence of the Guardian Cultivator, this wooden edifice was embellished with extravagant ornaments.

Under the relentless edge of the Xingyi Sword, these costly decorations were sliced to ribbons.

The Guardian Cultivator had no time to mourn his property, for the sheer terror radiating from that blade gripped his soul.

Fortunately, the formation barrier had stalled the sword light for a fraction of a second, granting him just enough time to avoid meeting the strike head-on.

As he sensed the unmistakable ’Void-Breaking Sword Intent’, he realized with a shock that his opponent was a core Sword Cultivator from the Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion.

Such an elite Sword Cultivator was beyond his ability to resist, particularly since he was not a core disciple of the White Emperor Sect.

Even among the White Emperor Sect’s core members, a clear divide existed between those who had mastered the ’Invisible Primordial Magnetism’ and those who had not.

Any core cultivator lacking that divine skill would have to think twice before engaging such a powerful foe.

Seizing that brief half-breath of time, the Guardian Cultivator triggered the formation beneath his feet, utilizing its power to catapult himself out of the building.

A thunderous "boom" echoed as the building, now lacking the Guardian Cultivator’s support to withstand the assault, was cleaved in two by Li Yuanba’s blade. The ’Void-Breaking Sword Intent’ did more than just cut; it unleashed an explosive burst of power after the initial strike.

Without the protection of the formation, the structure disintegrated from the point of impact, unable to endure the destructive ’Void-Breaking Sword Intent’, and collapsed into a cloud of flying debris.

The Guardian Cultivator, having scrambled to safety, stood as a Nascent Soul Middle Stage Practitioner trembling with fear. He watched the ruins of his former residence, witnessing the devastating potency of Li Yuanba’s sword.

He had already gripped a life-saving talisman, preparing to activate it and flee the scene immediately.

However, Li Yuanba was a master of the unexpected. The moment the Guardian Cultivator triggered the formation, Li Yuanba’s deep understanding of such arrays allowed him to predict exactly where the man would reappear.

Simultaneously, Li Yuanba executed ’Limitless Horizons’, manifesting directly behind the Guardian Cultivator at his exit point.

Before the life-saving talisman could be activated, the Guardian Cultivator stared down in horror as a sword tip erupted from his own chest.

This Nascent Soul Middle Stage Practitioner failed to push Li Yuanba to use his full repertoire; without even summoning the Spirit Treasure ’Xingyi Sword’ back, Li Yuanba used his fourth-grade sword foundation to run the man through.

While a core Nascent Soul Middle Stage cultivator from the White Emperor Sect might have survived a strike enhanced by ’Void-Breaking Sword Intent’, this Guardian Cultivator was merely a peripheral figure with minor ties, possessing little combat skill.

Even Li Yuanba felt a surge of surprise, not expecting a Nascent Soul Middle Stage cultivator of the White Emperor Sect to fall so easily to a single strike from his fourth-grade sword foundation.

It must be noted that the fourth-grade sword foundation’s quality was relatively low, scaling only with Li Yuanba’s physical strength; even the suppressed Xingyi Sword far outclassed it.

With the destruction of the building that served as the formation's core, the market’s protective array dissolved into nothingness.

Terrified by the display of power, the local Cultivators began to flee in every direction.

"Touch no Spiritual Objects!" Li Yuanba’s voice boomed, his divine sense expanding across the area in a stern warning.

The Spirit Treasure ’Xingyi Sword’ flashed through the air, executing two cultivators who tried to loot the chaos, instantly silencing any similar thoughts in the minds of the others.

The bustling market soon turned into a ghost town, draped in a heavy, deathly silence.

Li Yuanba’s divine sense combed through every inch of the market, systematically gathering every valuable Spiritual Object in sight.

Aside from the items he personally required, the rest of these Spiritual Objects were destined to be handed over to his Sect.

By destroying the formation core with his opening move, he had made the task of looting the area much simpler. The market’s warehouse, now stripped of its magical protection, was emptied in a single sweep of his divine sense.

He worked with practiced efficiency, dismantling precious decorations and even extracting the market’s Nascent Soul Level Spirit Vein into a vein-locking plate.

Not long after Li Yuanba departed, other cultivators arrived to scavenge, only to find a hollowed-out ruin devoid of anything valuable.

Li Yuanba utilized ’Limitless Horizons’ once more, vanishing as he moved toward his next objective.

On the very first day that the hundreds of Sword Cultivators from the Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion stepped onto the Beiyan Continent, they gave the local practitioners a lesson in true efficiency.

In just twenty-four hours, the White Emperor Sect suffered staggering losses. Although these setbacks did not yet threaten the Sect’s foundation, the sheer scale of the disaster was unprecedented.

The psychological impact was massive, as hundreds of White Emperor Sect outposts fell under coordinated attack in a single day.