Li Shiming looked at Mao Gang's powerful clone. Now he no longer had the same feeling towards the powerful clone as before.
Perhaps the energy in Mao Gang's body could be used to unleash the power of Mao Gang's original attack once or twice, but these energies no longer posed any threat to him.
This does not require fighting. At their level, the difference in strength can be clearly felt as long as they face each other at close range.
The clone of the powerful Mao Gang was also helpless. He had originally wanted to defeat Li Shiming by taking advantage of the fact that Li Shiming had just been promoted and had not yet controlled his own strength.
But he never expected that before he could fight with Li Shiming, he, a powerful man who was good at formation, was trapped by Li Shiming's formation.
At least in terms of formation, he was defeated by Li Shiming.
At this point, he must attack with all his strength and use force to break the formation activated by the "Big Dipper Formation Diagram".
Li Shiming is not without weaknesses now. Having just been promoted to the realm of great power, Li Shiming's ability to control his own energy is far inferior to that of the great power Mao Gang.
In addition, the quality of the energy in Li Shiming's cave is far inferior to that of Mao Gang's clone. This is the opportunity for Mao Gang's clone.
The clone of the powerful Mao Gang did not bring many magic weapons this time.
In the battle between the half-step great power and the great power, magic weapons of the fourth grade or below are completely useless.
Because a fourth-grade magic weapon is not even as strong as the physical body of a half-step great power, if one wants to carry a magic weapon, one must have at least a fifth-grade spiritual treasure.
But it is not so easy to obtain a fifth-grade spiritual treasure. Even if it is a sect’s inherited spiritual treasure, it is not easy to obtain.
If one is unable to resonate with the inherited spiritual treasure, even a powerful person will not be able to use the sect's inherited spiritual treasure.
The only treasure that Mao Gang's clone brought this time was the 'Nine Heavens Stars Formation Map'. Under normal circumstances, with the 'Nine Heavens Stars Formation Map' combined with his control over the formation, he could gain the upper hand in the battle.
But there is a prerequisite, that is, his formation ability must exceed that of the enemy.
Li Shiming's formation ability almost crushed Mao Gang's clone, which made it impossible for Mao Gang's clone to suppress Li Shiming in terms of formation, and was instead suppressed by Li Shiming.
The 'Nine Heavens Constellations Formation' of Mao Gang's clone was also suppressed by Li Shiming's 'Big Dipper Formation'. Mao Gang's clone had no other means of fighting except for his energy-releasing spells.
He mobilized most of the energy in his body, and a terrifying aura rose from his body.
The sea surface was affected by this breath and became concave, and the sea water was discharged to the surroundings.
The great formation activated by the 'Big Dipper Formation Diagram' began to shake under the impact of this aura.
Li Shiming waved his hand and took over the control of the 'Big Dipper Formation Diagram'. The shadow of the 'Big Dipper Formation Diagram' changed continuously, and the surrounding formations also changed accordingly.
Mao Gang's powerful clone waved a beam of energy in the direction of Li Shiming, and a thick energy column rushed towards Li Shiming.
He was planning to break the formation with force, which was the most direct way to crack a complex formation.
The powerful are the strongest beings in this world. If they really want to break the formation with force, there are really not many formations that can stop them.
Li Shiming still did not make a move. He continued to manipulate the 'Big Dipper Formation Diagram', changing the formation activated by the 'Big Dipper Formation Diagram'.
He didn't even think of dodging the attack from Mao Gang's clone.
In fact, the attack direction of Mao Gang's clone was wrong. What Mao Gang's clone saw was just an illusion of Li Shiming.
The real Li Shiming was hiding in the formation, and Mao Gang's clone could not accurately find Li Shiming without breaking the formation.
However, even if the attack of Mao Gang's clone could not hit Li Shiming, it could still cause extremely serious damage to the formation.
Li Shiming just wanted to test the limits of the 'Big Dipper Formation'. It was not easy to get a powerful person like Mao Gang's clone to cooperate.
The nodes along the way of the formation activated by the 'Big Dipper Formation Diagram' were destroyed under the attack of the powerful clone of Mao Gang. However, even if the nodes were destroyed, new nodes would soon appear nearby.
The newly emerged nodes maintain the existence of the original formation.
The clone of the powerful Mao Gang stared ahead with an unsightly expression. The energy attack he released just passed through Li Shiming's shadow.
He knew very well that the figure was not Li Shiming's real body, but an illusion created by the formation.
What made him even more helpless was that the energy attack not only failed to do any harm to Li Shiming, but even the formation was not destroyed.
Li Shiming's formation ability was too terrifying. Some of his sophisticated manipulations were beyond the imagination of Mao Gang's clone. There really were cultivators in the world who could control formations to such an extent.
"Li Shiming, as a powerful person, do you dare to fight with me? Don't hide behind the formation!" The powerful Mao Gang's clone gave up attacking the formation and shouted in a deep voice.
The energy in the body of a powerful being is limited, so such attacks can only be launched a few times.
If he really had to waste most of his energy on breaking the formation, he would not have enough energy to fight Li Shiming when he faced Li Shiming later.
"Satisfy you!" Li Shiming had already tested the power of the 'Big Dipper Formation', and he replied with a big laugh.
Under the control of a powerful being, the power of the 'Big Dipper Formation' is many times stronger than when it is controlled by a half-step powerful being.
As long as he can continue to provide energy to the 'Big Dipper Formation', he can restrict the actions of the powerful to a certain extent.
When he cooperates with IBM z15 to control the 'Big Dipper Formation', he can even truly trap the powerful.
Of course, the powerful being mentioned here is a relatively weak powerful being, such as the powerful being's clone.
If he encounters the Free Power, he carries the Cave Heaven with him and can draw energy from the Cave Heaven at any time. No matter how Li Shiming controls the 'Big Dipper Formation', he cannot trap the Free Power just by the formation.
After Li Shiming finished speaking, his figure flashed and came to the side of Mao Gang's clone.
He punched towards the body of Mao Gang's clone, without calling upon any cave energy, but relying solely on the terrifying physical strength of the powerful person. When this punch was thrown, cracks appeared in the void.
The clone of the powerful Mao Gang only felt that the space in the entire area was shaking, and he didn't even dare to use space movement.
If you really want to perform space movement, you may be affected by the unstable space. If you are not careful, at best you will be inexplicably teleported to other places, at worst you will be cut by space, and your clone may die on the spot.
He could only move his body to dodge the attack.
But Li Shiming's movements were too fast. Even though Mao Gang's clone had no entity and moved extremely fast, Li Shiming's current physical body was equivalent to being blessed by the celestial state of "Heavenly Art", and all aspects were improved dozens of times.
This includes an improvement in speed. Even without the blessing of the speed rule, the bonus of dozens of times the physical speed of the powerful person makes his speed unmatched even by the powerful people with the blessing of the speed rule.
His punch hit the body of Mao Gang's clone, who could only dodge slightly and move away from an important part of his body.
The fist hit the right shoulder of Mao Gang's clone, and with a bang, his right shoulder was turned into nothingness by this punch.
If the real body of the powerful person was here, this punch would probably cause serious damage to him.
The clone is an energy body. Although it lost a piece of flesh and blood on its right shoulder, the actual damage caused was only the loss of some energy.
Li Shiming frowned slightly. He also discovered the shortcomings of his physical strength.
Attacks using physical strength act directly on the target without any subsequent effects. When used against a creature of flesh and blood, this blow is enough to make the opponent lose their combat effectiveness, but when used against an energy body, the power is much less.
However, this attack of his was also a test of his own combat power, allowing him to understand his own combat power level among the powerful ones.
He turned his body and gave up attacking directly with his physical strength.
A sword base appeared in his hand, and now the sword base has reached a level infinitely close to the fifth grade.
The reason why it is infinitely close to the fifth grade is because the "Sword Demon Secret Book" has reached its limit and cannot raise the sword base to the true fifth grade.
The "Sword Demon Secret Book" is a martial art that was extracted from the fragments of an ancient melee sword practice technique and then modified.
Even the creator of the 'Sword Demon Secret Book' had not expected that Li Shiming could cultivate this technique to its current level.
In fact, if it weren't for the continuous assistance and strengthening of IBMz15, the quality of the sword base would not even reach the half-step fifth grade, let alone the current level that is infinitely close to the fifth grade.
Li Shiming is still very satisfied with his current sword base.
Although it does not reach the fifth grade, but in a battle with a powerful being, in a close combat, the threat posed by a sword base that is infinitely close to the fifth grade is no weaker than a spiritual treasure.
He added 'Chaos Sword Intent' to the sword base, and combined with the sword intent rules, the power of 'Chaos Sword Intent' can be exerted 100% in close combat.
He summoned the sword base at the moment he turned around, and using the momentum of turning around, the sword base swept towards Mao Gang's clone.
The clone of the powerful Mao Gang is not used to close combat. When will such a close combat situation occur in a fight between powerful men?
When conflicts arise between powerful beings, they will distance themselves from each other and bombard each other with energy and magic.
Li Shiming's fighting style is obviously different.
But it was this kind of alienness that made Mao Gang's clone extremely uncomfortable.
The clone of the powerful Mao Gang had extremely rich combat experience. When Li Shiming turned around, he sensed that the aura of Li Shiming had changed.
Li Shiming had the aura of a great body cultivator before, but the moment Li Shiming turned around, he turned into a sword cultivator.
Mao Gang's clone immediately wanted to move away from Li Shiming. Fighting with a sword cultivator at close range was not a wise choice.
But his speed could not be compared with Li Shiming's. Even Li Shiming's close combat ability was the best in the world of immortal cultivation.
Li Shiming practiced the melee sword technique, which was almost lost. With the help of his heavenly state and the blessing of his body, it achieved incredible results.
As the sword swept out, Mao Gang's clone felt the 'chaotic sword intent', but it was too late to dodge.
The sword base swept across the clone of Mao Gang flexibly, cutting off the energy connection within the clone of Mao Gang.
Jianji is like a scalpel, Shenmutong is like a magnifying glass, and IBM z15 is a precise controller.
'Divine Eyes' observed the energy flow of Mao Gang's clone. Under the control of IBMz15, Jian Ji cut open the main energy channel of Mao Gang's clone.
The cut energy channel was completely blocked due to the existence of the 'Chaos Sword Intent'.
Li Shiming intentionally left a person alive. If he really wanted to kill Mao Gang's clone, this sword could kill him.
He had his own ideas, and with a slight movement of his mind, the 'Big Dipper Formation Diagram' changed its formation into a formation that isolated soul perception.
At this time, Mao Gang's clone really wanted to mobilize the remaining energy. Even if he could not do anything else, at least he could die together with Li Shiming.
But he couldn't do it. The 'Chaos Sword Intent' cut off the energy channels in his body, leaving him with a lot of energy but unable to mobilize much.
He didn't know what Li Shiming wanted to do, but Li Shiming would definitely not let him go.
Just as he was thinking about it, Li Shiming released the Heavenly Ghost.
As soon as the half-step fifth-grade celestial ghost came out, he looked greedily at the clone of the great Mao Gang.
In the eyes of Tiangui, Mao Gang's clone was like a big piece of fat meat in front of him.
The reason why it didn't pounce immediately was that it was waiting for Li Shiming's order.
"Swallow him!" Li Shiming gave the order.
The celestial ghost made a sound of the soul, opened its mouth wide, and swallowed the clone of the powerful Mao Gang in one gulp.
From the transparent body of the Sky Ghost, the figure of the powerful Mao Gang's clone can be vaguely seen.
However, the clone of the great master Mao Gang did not last long. The energy in the clone of the great master Mao Gang was expelled from the body by the heavenly ghost, leaving only the spirit and soul.
Mao Gang's powerful clone also completely perished after his spirit and soul were separated.
The Sky Ghost spat out a soul crystal ring, and the 'Nine Heavens Constellations Formation Diagram' remained in its belly, waiting for it to break the mark of recognition of the master within the 'Nine Heavens Constellations Formation Diagram'.
Li Shiming felt the energy increase in the Heavenly Ghost's body. The soul and spiritual energy of a powerful clone increased the energy in the Heavenly Ghost's body a lot.
When the Heavenly Ghost completely devours the spiritual energy of the powerful clone, although it cannot promote it to the fifth level, it can at least bring it closer to the fifth level.
Li Shiming couldn't help but envy Tiangui's situation.
The strength and realm of the Heavenly Ghost can be continuously improved as long as there is enough soul and spiritual energy.
In nature, although ghosts can also increase their strength by devouring, they have too many nemesis. The extremely yang energy, Buddhist techniques, or magic weapons targeting the spirit can all cause harm to ghosts.
Even the environment will affect the survival of the ghost, which makes it difficult for the ghost to be upgraded to the fourth level.
And he had never heard of a ghost being promoted to the fifth grade. To move from the fourth grade to the fifth grade, one needs to devour the soul of a powerful being. When a being reaches the realm of a powerful being, any random attack of theirs would carry the power to attack the soul, so there would be no possibility of it being devoured.