Cultivation is just so scientific! Chapter 1458 - 775: Tower_2

Soon enough, specialized cultivators from all the superpowers were dispatched to begin constructing the base.

Even if it's labeled as a base, it mainly involved various formations. The superpowers, rich and fully equipped, tackled this enormous project without issue.

Arrays emerged one by one, while multiple layers of formations took shape.

Quickly, a base roughly fifty meters across formed right beside the tower.

The compact size stemmed from the intense risks in this area—the tinier the zone, the tougher the defenses could be.

Naturally, the key elements were the isolation and illusion arrays, which made it tough for hell creatures to spot the base.

This spot would act as a temporary rest area; they planned to hold off on pushing forward until the nearby hell creatures were wiped out.

Had the hell creatures kept battling on raw instinct with little teamwork, like earlier, a bold rush straight to the core might have worked.

Yet, now that hell creatures showed real coordination, the challenge skyrocketed, demanding a far more careful strategy.

The superpowers shuffled their duties; the Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion squad, carrying the toughest load, got priority entry into the base for recovery, joined by teams from a few other superpowers.

The leftover superpower teams started sweeping hell creatures from the base's surroundings.

Even though the hell creatures gained strength through their teamwork, human cultivators held the edge in smarts, letting them wear down the foes steadily without charging ahead recklessly.

Li Yuanba skipped resting and headed straight for the tower.

A spark lit up in his gaze as his 'Divine Eye' activated completely, linking to his life-bound artifact IBMz15.

He refused to pass up the chance to examine these mysterious formations.

Because the formation was running, the runes on the tower proved tricky to make out.

Through the 'Divine Eye,' he started unraveling these puzzling runes, drawing on his vast formation knowledge as the base.

After quite some time, he let out a heavy breath, surprise flashing in his eyes.

Even with Li Shiming's formation skills and help from IBMz15, they couldn't dig deeper into the tower's grand formation.

Above all, he had no clue about its role, much less a way to dismantle it.

Should the tower's formation boast an obvious purpose, he could perhaps crack it by grasping that intent.

Facing this tower's formation, he felt utterly stumped, marking the first time he'd met a formation beyond his grasp.

He understood that this tower's formation must hold vital roles.

He shook his head, figuring he might reveal its purpose after spotting other formations or reaching the Hell Cave Heaven core.

His study wasn't a total waste; he caught hints of space and stability in the tower runes, but lack of time, few array fragments, and failure to breach them blocked deeper insight.

On the thought of shattering it, he unleashed his 'Chaos Sword Intent' at the tower, yet it did nothing; the strike simply faded on impact.

"What a shame!" he mused inwardly.

Had Li Shiming been present, different methods might have brought some breakthroughs.

Still, Li Yuanba specialized in sword cultivation, his core power lying in battle, while his other skills mostly came from Li Shiming.

By the time he returned from the tower to the base, three hours had slipped by.

None of the great cultivators challenged his moves, thanks to his strong standing there.

"Yuan Ba, you should grant the 'Innate Wood' divine skill to the other great cultivators, excluding those from Yuqing Sect and White Emperor Sect!" Great Cultivator Lou came over with the ask.

A granted 'Innate Wood' divine skill plants a healing force in the body for two days, kicking in right away if hurt.

Once the two days end, that healing force fades on its own.

Before, Li Yuanba had only given the 'Innate Wood' divine skill to his key cultivators and great cultivators.

Now, Great Cultivator Lou sought it out of pressing need.

In earlier fights, great cultivators figured they'd just get hurt at most, no real danger to life, and could turn to Li Yuanba for fixes afterward.

But with hell creatures posing a deadlier threat now, great cultivators had to put safety first.

Seizing the moment, they offered favors to safeguard themselves.

"Sure thing, just send over the great cultivators who need the 'Innate Wood' divine skill!" Li Yuanba agreed with a nod.

Every granting tied the great cultivator to a personal debt.

Plus, since each 'Innate Wood' divine skill endured only two days, repeat grants would stack up the favors owed.

Once the mission wrapped, the superpowers' great cultivators would probably owe him heaps of goodwill, easing his later plans.

Besides Yuqing Sect and White Emperor Sect, every other great cultivator approached Li Yuanba with grins, taking his 'Innate Wood' divine skill.

The two from White Emperor Sect held up okay, staying in fair shape, but Yuqing Sect had one wounded great cultivator who couldn't battle even after swallowing healing spirit pills.

As fights ramped up, that injured great cultivator from Yuqing Sect faced escalating perils.

Stuck with just two great cultivators, keeping one back at the base slashed Yuqing Sect's fighting strength badly.

One lone great cultivator versus late-stage fourth-grade hell beings couldn't wrap up the clash fast, endangering Yuqing Sect's Nascent Soul Middle Stage Practitioner.

Lacking great cultivator backup, a Nascent Soul Middle Stage Practitioner's botched battle left no way to pull through.

Li Yuanba handing out 'Innate Wood' divine skill to great cultivators only widened Yuqing Sect's disadvantage against the rest.

After setting up a second base, the fighting style shifted, with each superpower's team tackling hell creatures on their own.

Yuqing Sect and White Emperor Sect played it bold, shouldering heavier risks solo on missions without backup from other superpowers.

This put both squads in tougher spots yet forced them to keep at their duties.

Li Yuanba's five mid-stage golden corpses got loaned out, with Luanyang Palace striking a sweet deal for Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion.

Aside from Luanyang Palace, a handful of other superpowers chatted with Great Cultivator Lou about borrowing mid-stage golden corpses.

Days of fierce combat underscored how crucial those five mid-stage golden corpses were to every superpower.

To cut down on their cultivators' losses, deploying the mid-stage golden corpses up front stood as the smartest move.

Li Yuanba didn't mind, lending them out with Great Cultivator Lou's okay, and reaping major gains for himself.

Truth be told, the top-tier fourth-grade corpse refining stuff he got, plus what's pledged but not handed over yet, sufficed to refine corpses for all his mid-stage Nascent Soul core cultivators.