Cultivation is just so scientific! Chapter 1450: 771: Harvest (Part 2)
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A patch of ‘Hell Disgust Crystal’ was found, and the Hell Cave Heaven holds a substantial reserve of this material. In the zone now under control, a modest vein of exposed ‘Hell Disgust Crystal’ lies visible.
Li Yuanba chose not to extract the ‘Hell Disgust Crystal’, fearing that fellow cultivators might notice his unusual fascination with it.
Moreover, ever since he acquired the ‘Hell Disgust Crystal Essence’, his enthusiasm for regular ‘Hell Disgust Crystal’ had sharply waned.
He had tried refining the ‘Hell Disgust Crystal’ up to military-grade standards, but that proved utterly unfeasible at present. Even reaching the purity of ‘Hell Disgust Crystal Essence’ via a centrifuge would demand centuries of effort.
On top of that, achieving military-grade purity solely through a centrifuge seems out of reach. The issue isn't just duration—‘Hell Disgust Crystal’ ranks as a fourth-grade spiritual item, and the refining techniques from his past existence proved woefully inadequate.
That's the reason the primary form, Li Shiming, halted efforts on purifying ‘Hell Disgust Crystal’—he avoids fruitless endeavors.
Still, this isn't about abandonment; the venture into the Hell Cave Heaven aims to reveal superior approaches.
“Prepare to depart!” Great Cultivator Lou ordered.
The sword cultivators all geared up for combat, while the five mid-stage Golden Corpses stood at full readiness, bolstered by Li Yuanba’s ‘Innate Wood’ divine abilities.
Without those, considering how often and fiercely the five mid-stage Golden Corpses fought, keeping their forms intact would remain a mere dream.
Li Yuanba cast an ‘Innate Wood’ divine skill upon himself, letting a verdant glow course through his frame.
He noticed that this ‘Innate Wood’ divine skill, amplified by the Innate Jianmu Tree Heart, effectively neutralized the bulk of radiation influences.
Together with his anti-radiation armor, radiation-blocking pills, and the shielding jade talismans forged by a mighty expert, over ten days, the radiation within him not only stayed stable but actually lessened.
He felt confident that, upon exiting the Hell Cave Heaven's irradiated depths, a few more applications of the ‘Innate Wood’ divine skill would purge all radiation from his system entirely.
Great Venerable Hongfa finally had duties assigned; following the Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion's choice to distribute the ‘Space Acceptance Array’, he remained stationed at the array's site. Each time a cultivator returned via teleportation, he had to swiftly guide them away to free up the space.
Most cultivators unused to spatial jumps lack robust tolerance for them, typically suffering bouts of vertigo right after arrival.
Leaving such cultivators inside the ‘Space Acceptance Array’ would severely prolong the wait for the subsequent teleporter.
Besides, Great Venerable Hongfa's watchful presence guaranteed that no cultivator could harm the ‘Space Acceptance Array’ amid the teleportation process.
Don't dismiss these risks lightly; adversarial factions often deploy infiltrators to wreak havoc.
Stationing a great venerable to oversee the ‘Space Acceptance Array’ flawlessly thwarts any such sabotage.
Li Yuanba trailed close to Great Cultivator Lou, eyeing the thinned-out Hell Creatures nearby, a direct outcome of the ten-day skirmishes.
During those ten days, vast hordes of Hell Creatures fell, at last easing the concentration of these foes in the vicinity.
Provided no additional Hell Creatures swarm in from distant regions, securing the base near the Hell Cave Heaven's entry should present little security challenge.
He cast another look at Lou Wu; over these many days, Lou Wu had joined the fray as well.
Though Lou Wu's fighting prowess fell short, he kept firing off sword beams, syncing with the Nascent Soul Middle Stage sword cultivators in the clashes.
His sword beams might fail to pierce the Hell Creatures' barriers, yet against those already cracked open, they delivered noticeable impact.
Lou Wu's aptitude shone brightly; in merely these short days of fighting, his sword intent had evidently advanced somewhat.
This pitted him against foes far above his level. Even under safeguards, the overwhelming masses of fourth-grade mid-stage Hell Creatures offered him, however slight individually, an immense overall boost.
Li Yuanba unleashed a streak of sword light that obliterated multiple Hell Creatures before coming to a stop.
He kept sending out sword light waves, cutting down the Hell Creatures with effortless dominance.
His cultivation level misled many; his battle strength matched that of a great cultivator, despite holding only Nascent Soul Middle Stage.
The sword light he projected carried ‘Chaos Sword Intent’, forcing even great cultivators to tread warily, let alone these fourth-grade mid-stage Hell Creatures.
In truth, across the ten days, his gains topped all others; the frequent deployment of ‘Chaos Sword Intent’ amid combats sparked fresh understandings of it.
As he battled on, the core self, Li Shiming, devoted multiple minds to dissecting and probing the Sword Intent Stele, leveraging the fight-derived insights to solidify the ‘Chaos Sword Intent’ base.
The studied sword intent then entered Li Yuanba’s arsenal for real combats, confirming the core self, Li Shiming's, theoretical breakthroughs.
This cycle of study intertwined with battlefield testing propelled the ‘Chaos Sword Intent’ forward at breakneck speed.
Earlier, unleashing ‘Chaos Sword Intent’ required deliberate force to amplify, slaying several Hell Creatures per strike.
Yet now, with casual execution, every sword light pulse laced with ‘Chaos Sword Intent’ felled multiple Hell Creatures.
His remarkable feats also lured the four-grade late-stage Hell Creatures' focus, turning him into prime bait.
This eased the dangers for the rest of the sword cultivators immensely; the two great cultivator sword experts merely had to monitor Li Yuanba to spot incoming four-grade late-stage Hell Creatures.
Through days of joint efforts, the sword cultivators operated as a seamless unit.
Li Yuanba’s eye-catching displays stemmed partly from design and partly from his vastly superior might compared to fellow Nascent Soul Middle Stage sword cultivators. No longer did they view him as an equal in standing.
On this occasion, the forward push proceeded rapidly; the now-scattered Hell Creatures could scarcely impede the sword cultivators' advance.
At times, without intervention from the other sword cultivators, a single sweep of Li Yuanba’s sword light dispatched fewer Hell Creatures than usual.
Nevertheless, after progressing ten miles, the Hell Creatures' numbers surged back to perilous heights.
The sword cultivator squad slowed its pace, signaling the real onset of intense fighting.
Based on the ongoing rate of elimination, depending only on the current cultivators would stretch the full purge of the Hell Cave Heaven over a decade.
That said, incoming reinforcements would bring more hands, hastening the cleanup dramatically.
Furthermore, with the Hell Cave Heaven's layout now mapped out, every major power would dispatch their follow-up teams of cultivators, ramping up the operation's pace tremendously.
As Great Cultivator Lou oversaw the skirmish, his Lifebound Flying Sword abruptly launched skyward. A Hell Creature had geared up to ambush Li Yuanba, which Great Cultivator Lou sensed ahead of time.
Having endured numerous ambushes from fourth-grade late-stage Hell Creatures, he had honed his countermeasures, pinpointing their aura shifts and striking preemptively.
Naturally, Li Yuanba acted chiefly as the lure; Great Cultivator Lou had once needed to guard the whole sword cultivator group, but Li Yuanba’s stellar showings drew nearly all late-stage fourth-grade Hell Creature assaults toward him first.
Li Yuanba’s realm seemed too modest, his offensive might overwhelmingly potent, with his offhand blows inflicting damage far exceeding that of other sword cultivators.
The fourth-grade late-stage Hell Creature lifted a limb to deflect Great Cultivator Lou’s assault, forfeiting its shot at surprising Li Yuanba.
Grandmaster Wu’s strike landed next, aimed squarely at the fourth-grade late-stage Hell Creature.
A fierce clash erupted between the two sword-cultivator great cultivators and the fourth-grade late-stage Hell Creature, as the duo intentionally shifted the fight zone farther off, a tactic refined over repeated encounters.