Cultivation is just so scientific! Chapter 1609 - 851: Going Home

With each hand, the late-stage Golden Corpse seized the throats of two Fourth Grade Middle Stage Dragon Beasts.

Although the pair of Dragon Beasts struggled against the grip, the overwhelming force from those palms rendered them helpless for anything else. All they could do was strain every fiber in their necks to counter the crushing pressure.

"Crack!" Regrettably, the two Dragon Beasts didn't last even a second; their necks were brutally broken by the late-stage Golden Corpse.

The demise of these two Dragon Beasts triggered a severe spiritual backlash for the two Great Cultivators inside the Beidou Seven Stars Formation, who happened to be their owners as Spiritual Pets.

Even without two participants, the Beidou Seven Stars Formation crafted by seven Great Cultivators could still hold together, thanks to their ingrained teamwork.

Using the Formation to fight against three late-stage Golden Corpses was completely impossible.

Letting three late-stage Golden Corpses approach so closely turned the situation into a horrifying ordeal.

At the same moment, the three late-stage Golden Corpses swung their war hammers toward three Great Cultivators.

The protective barriers around the three Great Cultivators shattered immediately upon impact.

Not to mention being Independent Cultivators, even elite Great Cultivators from major powers wouldn't boast about surviving a strike from a late-stage Golden Corpse's war hammer.

Those war hammers wielded by the late-stage Golden Corpses had been reforged from Top-Grade Fourth-Grade Mountain Treasures, retaining the essence of a supreme mountain's quality even in their compact form during assaults.

Combined with the matchless might of the late-stage Golden Corpses swinging them, such a strike would pulverize any Body Refining Great Cultivator.

Once hit by the war hammer, the bodies of the three Great Cultivators froze briefly in the air, then burst apart with a thunderous explosion.

Due to the horrifying impact's force, both the physical forms and Nascent Souls of the three Great Cultivators were obliterated by the sheer power.

This strike incorporated ’Rule Power’, ensuring that the rule-infused assault damaged both the body and Nascent Soul at once.

"Escape!" The eyes of the tall, burly Great Cultivator turned red with fury, smeared with his allies' blood that trailed down his face, giving him a fiendish appearance.

A veteran of endless fights, despite the burning anger from losing his comrades filling his heart, his thoughts stayed sharp.

After seeing the devastating might of the late-stage Golden Corpses firsthand, he knew this assignment had been a grave error.

True to their fame, no true powers lurked behind empty titles. Though Li Shiming appeared only via energy clone, the safeguards around him were beyond what they could challenge.

Alerted by the tall, burly Great Cultivator's realization, a Jade Talisman on him broke apart, transforming his form into a rushing torrent of water that fled far away.

In Water Escape at sea, diving into the depths would make it impossible for any pursuer, no matter their skill, to follow.

However, this was solid ground; the West Sea Seven Wolves rarely operated on land, which emboldened them to confront Li Shiming.

If Li Shiming sought retribution, pinpointing them across the enormous West Sea expanse would prove challenging.

The late-stage Golden Corpse's cunning was no small thing. In its assault, it deliberately spared the two Great Cultivators reeling from the Dragon Beasts' spiritual backlash, reserving them for the follow-up strike.

Following the tall, burly Great Cultivator's urgent ’escape’ order, just one Great Cultivator managed to act on it properly. The remaining two were still recovering from the spiritual backlash and couldn't respond in time.

The two Great Cultivators executed Water Escape, their bodies morphing into liquid streams as they sped off into the horizon.

The pair of Great Cultivators hindered by the spiritual backlash faced the descent of two war hammers.

The leftover late-stage Golden Corpse, together with the one that had finished off the two Fourth Grade Middle Stage Dragon Beasts, exchanged their weapons for longbows.

Its fearsome power pulled back the longbow, inscribed with eight hundred million Power Storage Runes and four hundred million Power Storage Runes. Bolstered by the late-stage Golden Corpse's strength, the bow amplified the force to an astonishing degree.

With that might bending the longbow, the Rune Array within it coalesced into an Energy Arrow. Upon loosing the string, the energy shifted into propelling momentum for the Energy Arrow.

The Energy Arrow shot forth, aimed straight at the two fleeing Great Cultivators.

Indescribable velocity marked the Energy Arrow's flight. Though the draw time was brief, not tapping the bow's full potential, its released speed and force alone exceeded all expectations.

Overcome with sorrow, the tall, burly Great Cultivator vowed to seclude himself for hundreds of years once he got back.

Li Shiming's terror was beyond measure; without glimpsing his real body, in just a flash of battle, only two of the West Sea Seven Wolves survived.

Thoughts of vengeance were futile—even at their peak, the West Sea Seven Wolves lacked the means, much less afterward.

Mid-thought, an acute piercing feeling hit him, and he sensed upon checking that an arrow had nailed him.

The Energy Arrow tore through his frame, bearing colossal energy that overwhelmed him even in his Water Escape state.

Theoretically, Water Escape turns one into water, which should lessen or nullify certain strikes, particularly those relying on raw physical might.

Yet, when the arrow's power exceeds a critical limit, survival proves impossible, no matter the Water Escape form.

At the same time, the tall, burly Great Cultivator's body and Nascent Soul ballooned outward, the explosive destruction from the vast force leading to their instant rupture and blast.