Cultivation is just so scientific! Chapter 1527 - 810: Battle
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In the vast emptiness, Li Shiming faced off against Master Ren Mu across a span of five kilometers. Such a gap might offer some security to lesser Great Cultivators, yet for these two, it lay squarely in their ideal striking distance.
At the outset, Master Ren Mu spared little regard for Li Shiming, given the youth's tender years and his somewhat fragile cultivation within the Great Cultivator Realm.
Yet as the standoff intensified, Li Shiming's presence swelled dramatically, unleashing a fearsome thunder cultivation aura that compelled Master Ren Mu to abandon any ordinary approach toward this young Great Cultivator before him.
The thunder cultivation aura radiating from Li Shiming even stirred in Master Ren Mu the unsettling impression of clashing with Master Wang He.
"You're not cultivating the 'Yuqing Thunder Scripture'; sure, echoes of it appear in your thunder aura, but it's never this mighty. What technique are you using?" Overwhelmed by intrigue, Master Ren Mu voiced his question.
The 'Yuqing Thunder Scripture' stands as the foundational legacy method of the dominant Yuqing Sect, where every thunder cultivator follows this identical scripture. What sets them apart lies in their unique grasp and perceptions of it, yielding enormous gaps in their battle prowess.
Absent the living proof of Li Shiming standing there, Master Ren Mu would have forever insisted that the 'Yuqing Thunder Scripture' topped all thunder cultivation techniques throughout the Cultivation World.
That intense curiosity gripped him about Li Shiming's secret technique—what method could possibly outstrip the 'Yuqing Thunder Scripture'?
"You're mistaken; this truly is the 'Yuqing Thunder Scripture'!" Naturally, Li Shiming refused to confess, denying it with a firm shake of his head.
Through the 'Heavenly Human Technique's' emulation of the 'Yuqing Thunder Scripture', even stuck at the Early Stage of Great Cultivator, he projected the might of a Peak Great Cultivator—this came from the 'chaotic spiritual power' nurtured by the 'Heavenly Human Technique'.
"If you'd rather keep it hidden, no issue, but what sort of prodigy do those headquarters idiots chase away!" Perceiving Li Shiming's unwillingness to share, Master Ren Mu let it go without pressing, though a wave of regret washed over him; a talent like this had come so close to joining the Central State Commerce.
With those words spoken, his own aura surged upward, a vast pressure blanketing the heavens and the ground below.
Li Shiming steadied his mind, summoning a Thunder Shield to guard himself, and in the process, he tapped into the 'Shenxiao Thunder Pearl' from the machine room space to boost the shield's strength.
It dawned on him that he'd selected a misguided arena for battle, since Master Ren Mu specialized in water attributes as a Water Element Great Cultivator.
Battling a Water Element Great Cultivator out at sea erased every bit of terrain edge he might have held.
"That Thunder Shield aura of yours doesn't feel right!" Master Ren Mu shook his head once more, compelled to remark.
No common Great Cultivator could match his keen sense for spiritual energy.
He might not cultivate Thunder Skills himself, but countless encounters with the lively Peak Great Cultivator Master Wang He had honed his awareness.
He'd observed Master Wang He's Thunder Shield up close, and while Li Shiming's thunder cultivation aura nearly matched it, this shield's performance surpassed even Master Wang He's version.
Such an oddity begged questions, though a Yuqing Sect thunder cultivator present would instantly spot that unique trace from the 'Shenxiao Thunder Pearl'.
All Master Ren Mu could detect was how Li Shiming's Thunder Shield far outclassed the one wielded by the elite Thunder Cultivator Master Wang He; even with his natural surroundings in his favor, a hint of futility gnawed at him.
Simply piercing Li Shiming's Thunder Shield demanded Herculean effort, and the way thunder skill energy scattered in water added layers he had to navigate with extreme care.
His supposed environmental edge proved far less overwhelming than expected, while thunder cultivators unleashed devastating assaults—even their scattered force amid the waves packed serious punch.
Li Shiming saw no point in chatting further; the sharp-minded Master Ren Mu loomed too powerfully. A single thought brought the 'Heavenly Strike Thunder Hammer' hovering above his crown.
The instant the 'Heavenly Strike Thunder Hammer' took form, he unleashed the 'Thunder Fall Skill'.
He'd deliberately woven extra Thunder Rules into this 'Thunder Fall Skill', with the 'Shenxiao Thunder Pearl' providing even more reinforcement.
Master Ren Mu had braced himself; the moment Li Shiming struck, he swept his hand, driving seawater skyward to raise a towering water barrier ahead.
The horrifying thunderbolt slammed into the water wall, detonating in a roar of crackling lightning.
That wall, thick as several meters, did scatter the thunderbolt's fury, but it gouged out a colossal twenty-meter-wide crater in its midst.
Gazing at the massive breach in his water wall, a icy dread flooded Master Ren Mu's core.
He pulled back hastily, manifesting a top-grade fourth-level defensive shield to layer on extra safeguarding.
Where he'd once felt assured of victory over Li Shiming—driven more by a senior's urge to instruct the junior—the unleashing of that 'Thunder Fall Skill' flipped his entire outlook.
"Flip Cloud and Overturn Rain!" He unleashed his life-bound magical artifact, a sheer top-grade fourth-level Water Element Flying Sword, aiming it toward the heavens.
This top-grade fourth-level Water Element Flying Sword served no purpose in sword-based assaults, especially against equals, where he avoided such moves altogether.
He wielded the Water Element Flying Sword instead as a core tool to direct and intensify water magic's force, much like the 'Heavenly Strike Thunder Hammer' operated.
Overhead, brooding clouds amassed in a flash, distinct from thunder cultivators' 'Thunder Cloud Skill'—for here, rain poured down before any bolts could spark within the murk.