Chapter 775: Chapter 434: Enter

Li Shiming had reached a distance of one li from Elder You Xia and dared not get any closer; he was this close only because he had activated the “Charming Soul Concealing Secret Technique” and “Sky Concealing Secret Technique.”

Furthermore, Elder You Xia was overly focused, which was understandable. Except for Elder You Xia, the others here were all Nascent Soul Ancestors.

Considering the Nascent Soul Ancestors had gone to fight on the Thirty-third Heaven, Li Shiming did not believe there were any other cultivators present.

Li Shiming activated his sword cultivator’s flying sword control technique. Although his swordsmanship was still somewhat inferior to his clone, Li Yuanba, he shared Li Yuanba’s knowledge and experience.

He was gathering his strength and waiting for an opportunity to deliver a fatal blow.

Although Elder You Xia was completely engrossed in drawing runes, it was still possible for him to react if a real attack was launched.

Li Shiming was waiting for the moment when Elder You Xia was most distracted and least guarded to make his move.

The rune drawing by Elder You Xia soon reached its final stage. As he placed the last stroke, his mental focus slightly relaxed, and a strong fluctuation suddenly appeared in the space in front of him.

The method to enter and exit the Grotto Heaven, as told by Elder Jin Kai to Elder You Xia, was not false.

However, some preparatory work was still needed before opening the Grotto Heaven, all handled by Elder Jin Kai alone, hence it was not mentioned to Elder You Xia.

Elder Jin Kai likely did not expect that Elder You Xia, usually obedient and compliant, would have the audacity to attempt to claim ownership of the Grotto Heaven while the Nascent Soul Ancestors were engaged elsewhere in a decisive battle.

Feeling the intense spatial fluctuations before him, Elder You Xia was immensely shocked. How could the energy fluctuations from opening the Grotto Heaven be so vast? Could it be detected by the Nascent Soul Ancestors in the Thirty-third Heaven?

At the moment his focus was disrupted, Li Shiming launched his attack.

At a distance of one li, the “Flowing Light Star Meteor,” a third-grade flying sword treasure, crossed the distance in an instant.

The “Flowing Light Star Meteor” was engraved with 360,000 Six Trigram Arrays, and each array included a speed-up rune. In terms of speed, the “Flowing Light Star Meteor” surpassed any other third-grade flying sword.

In addition, Li Shiming’s Heavenly Thunder Sword Intent could somewhat speed up the “Flowing Light Star Meteor,” and the sword cultivator’s technique of flying sword control also played a role in accelerating it.

All together, in just the time it took for Elder You Xia’s mind to wander, the “Flowing Light Star Meteor” had moved from launching its attack to behind Elder You Xia.

Elder You Xia’s danger sense kicked in, his hairs standing on end. If it were any other cultivator attacking from a distance of one li, his reaction would have been quick enough to dodge.

But facing the “Flowing Light Star Meteor,” a third-grade flying sword with the quality of a fourth-grade, concealed in the hands of a Golden Core cultivator, his reaction was a beat too slow.

The defensive spiritual power of a Great Elder level did not stop the “Flowing Light Star Meteor” at all.

The “Flowing Light Star Meteor” penetrated his body, causing him to falter.

However, the Heavenly Thunder Sword Intent contained within the “Flowing Light Star Meteor” did not produce the impactful effect Li Shiming had hoped for.

Elder You Xia was still able to move; he pulled out a talisman from his spatial item, and just as he was ready to activate it, Li Shiming appeared in front of him.

Li Shiming had used “In the Blink of an Eye”; as he launched his attack, he was already prepared for his second action.

In fact, he too was startled by the spatial fluctuations caused by the Grotto Heaven opening, having one hundred ninety-one brains. Although also affected, the disturbance didn’t impact his meticulously prepared action plan.

He wasn’t counting on “Flowing Light Star Meteor” to succeed with a single strike; his Body Refinement strength had not only recovered but had also grown stronger. By employing “In the Blink of an Eye” for a close-quarters attack, he was ready to initiate a melee attack.

In the process of executing “In the Blink of an Eye,” his “Divine Sight” spotted Elder You Xia pulling out the talisman and understood it definitely had to be a life-saving talisman.

He absolutely couldn’t allow Elder You Xia to use his life-saving talisman; a life-saving talisman in the hands of a Great Elder would undoubtedly be a Fourth Grade Talisman.

Therefore, in his move following “In the Blink of an Eye,” he chose to grab the talisman in Elder You Xia’s hands instead of attacking Elder You Xia’s body.

Activating a talisman only requires a bit of spiritual power. For a cultivator, it generally takes less than half a moment from reaching for the talisman to activation.

Elder You Xia had the talisman in hand and was ready to activate it, but just then, another hand also grasped the talisman. He didn’t bother about whose hand it was; the opponent holding the talisman didn’t matter as long as he could activate it, and the talisman would work.

However, just as spiritual power was about to enter the talisman through his palm, he felt a void as the talisman mysteriously disappeared from his grip.

He was one hundred percent certain he had not let go. Even if the enemy wanted to store the talisman in a spatial item, it was impossible without him letting go.

But that was the reality; Li Shiming’s space, with its exceptionally high-level dimension, was incomparable to ordinary spatial items. He could collect any unbound item with a thought.

And under circumstances like these, just by touching the item, he could also store it in his spatial chamber.

Having lost his backup talisman, Elder You Xia felt the “Flowing Light Star Meteor” within him relentlessly extinguishing his life force.