The two monks who came were none other than the Saint Ice Sect's late Qi Refining cultivators. They were practicing the Saint Ice Sect's main technique, and their bodies were filled with icy spiritual energy, which was why they appeared dark blue in the infrared mode.
The two late Qi Refining monks arrived at Eagle's Beak Island under the cover of night and were very familiar with the route.
They were the ones who came to assassinate last time, and they are here again this time.
A cultivator in the late Qi Refining stage took out a formation-breaking talisman. With the activation of his spiritual power, the talisman emitted a white light and flew into the small mountain protection formation.
"What's going on? Why is the formation-breaking talisman useless?" He asked in confusion when he saw the white light disappearing like a stone bull entering the sea.
How could he know that the defensive magic circle on Eagle's Beak Island has now been replaced by a small mountain protection formation. Unless it is broken by brute force, it will take at least a powerful formation master who is many times more powerful than Li Shiming's formation level to show up in person to have a chance of breaking the small mountain protection formation.
The array-breaking talisman is extremely precious, because it can allow cultivators who have no foundation in array formations to break through the array.
But the formation-breaking talisman is not omnipotent. To make a formation-breaking talisman, the formation-breaking experience of a mid-level or above formation master is gathered onto the talisman through some kind of spiritual object.
Such a formation-breaking talisman can break a lower-level formation with one strike, but it has no effect on relatively high-level formations such as small mountain protection formations.
Of course, there are also levels of formation-breaking talismans. If a formation-breaking talisman is made by a formation master, it may be possible to cause chaos in a small mountain protection formation and open up a passage.
It is obvious that these two late Qi Refining cultivators did not use the formation-breaking talismans of the formation master. Such formation-breaking talismans would not be used against a Qi Refining cultivator, so it was really not cost-effective.
It's like using third-grade materials to self-detonate to kill a cultivator in the Qi Refining Stage. The difference between the cost and the goal is too great.
"What should we do?" A cultivator in the late Qi training stage asked his companion.
"Let's go back first. The talisman to break the formation is useless. Do we have to break the formation by force?" The companion shook his head helplessly.
Although they were only in the late stage of Qi Refining and the spiritual power fluctuations caused by their attacks were not great, this place was too close to the Nine Peaks and might attract cultivators from the Tianhai Sect at any time.
The two cultivators in the late Qi Refining stage no longer hesitated, and seeing that there was no way they could succeed, they left immediately. This was the best option.
When Li Shiming saw two figures about to leave, he summoned the bronze corpse in the "Netherworld Ghost Realm Array", then grew wings behind him and left the island through the underwater passage.
In the past, he didn't have the confidence to follow two late Qi Refining cultivators.
However, although he is still at the fourth level of Qi Refining, his actual combat power is no longer the same as before.
The strength of the bronze corpse increased rapidly, and it already had the combat power of the eighth level of Qi Refining. The middle-grade magical weapon Gatling gun could provide the output of the seventh level of Qi Refining. With the blessing of his spiritual thoughts, the 'Sword Control Technique' plus the Green Kite Wooden Sword were powerful enough to threaten cultivators in the late stage of Qi Refining.
His shortcomings are also obvious. Even though he has practiced the 'Vajra Body Protection Magic', he cannot withstand any attack from the late stage of Qi Refining.
The Turtle Shield makes up for this biggest shortcoming.
Of course, the premise of all this is that the strength of the two late Qi Refining cultivators is not too strong. He sensed through his spiritual sense that one of the two cultivators was at the seventh Qi Refining level, and the other was at the eighth Qi Refining level.
The speed of the two late Qi Refining monks was not slow, and the magic weapon they used was a transparent flying boat-shaped magic weapon.
The speed at which Li Shiming used the 'Black Bird Wing' was faster than that of the transparent flying boat, so he didn't have to worry about losing it.
For greater safety, he even intentionally increased the distance. Above the sea, he did not need any other equipment. With the IBMz15 sensing the direction of spiritual power fluctuations through his spiritual thoughts, he could locate the whereabouts of the two late-stage Qi Refining monks.
After tracking for three hours, when it was almost dawn, Li Shiming determined through the sect's identity jade disc that this place was a thousand miles away from the sect.
When he was hesitating whether to continue following, the figures of the two late Qi Refining cultivators in front of him suddenly disappeared.
He discovered a small island in the area where the two late-stage Qi Refining monks disappeared.
There are so many small islands like this that they hardly attract the attention of monks.
Li Shiming descended from the air to the sea surface, then put on a diving suit and immersed himself in the sea water.
He sank all the way to the bottom of the sea. The sea was not very deep, only about thirty meters deep.
He approached the island from the bottom of the sea. This was his experience. He discovered on Eagle's Beak Island that if you approach the formation from underwater, the possibility of being sensed by the formation is much lower.
Therefore, he also deployed a lot of surveillance probes under the sea surface of Eagle Island.
He extended his spiritual sense and discovered the formation set up on the island.
Just as he guessed, there was a formation set up here, and it was an extremely advanced formation. It was impossible to sense the fluctuation of spiritual power on the surface.
But once the spiritual thoughts came into contact, the fluctuations of spiritual power could not escape the spiritual thoughts' perception at all.
According to the induction of spiritual thoughts, IBMz15 drew a spiritual power circuit map of the formation and speculated on the operation trajectory of the formation.
Just as he was investigating, his heart was beating fast. He withdrew his spiritual thoughts and suppressed the fluctuations of spiritual power in his body.
A figure flew out from the island, paying no attention to what was below the sea, and soared into the distance.
Li Shiming was shocked and broke out in a cold sweat. He did not expect that there was a cultivator in the Foundation Establishment Stage on the island. Fortunately, the cultivator in the Foundation Establishment Stage did not discover him, otherwise he would be in big trouble.
The foundation-building cultivator was none other than Wei Yun, and he was waiting here for reports from two Qi-refining late-stage cultivators.
However, they did not expect that the two monks failed. After knowing that the formation-breaking talisman was ineffective, Wei Yun also understood that the matter must be reported to the master.
Although he might be punished by his master, hiding the matter would cause greater trouble.
As for the two late Qi Refining cultivators, he could no longer care about them. Whether they lived or died was up to his master.
Li Shiming wanted to leave, but was reluctant to do so. He was becoming more and more curious. Which force was targeting him?
Was it the Xuanming Sect? Or had he been exposed somewhere recently and was being targeted by the Holy Ice Sect?
Or maybe some force within the sect wanted to make money and knew that he had a large amount of spirit stones?
The truth is that he had too much to do. He killed Baili Jinyan, a genius from the Holy Ice Sect, and repelled the cultivators from the Xuanming Sect in Nanshan Kingdom. Then, he created the "Thousand Miles Mutual Vision" in the Tianhai Sect and obtained a large amount of spirit stones.
Each of these incidents is enough to make various forces take action against him, and he needs to determine which force wants to deal with him.
In addition, according to his judgment of the island, there is no spiritual vein on this island, which means that this island is simply unable to support the cultivation of cultivators in the late Qi Refining stage, let alone cultivators in the Foundation Establishment stage.
Therefore, after the departure of a Foundation Establishment cultivator, the possibility of another Foundation Establishment cultivator existing is extremely small.
Although the formation on the island was very sophisticated, after analysis by IBMz15, the rules of the operation of spiritual power were still found.
Li Shiming's spiritual thought successfully penetrated into the formation, and followed the entrance hidden by the formation into a cave.
Inside the cave, there were two monks sitting cross-legged with miserable expressions. They faced each other in silence, as if they were waiting for judgment.
They were indeed awaiting trial, and although it was an unintentional mistake, they did deceive Elder Baili.
However, their attempt to make up for their mistake failed, and what awaited them was the punishment from Elder Baili.
Li Shiming sensed their realms again, and found that it was the same as his previous observations, one was at the seventh level of Qi Refining and the other was at the eighth level of Qi Refining.
He did not notice the presence of other cultivators. There were other rooms in the cave, but no aura was coming from them.
The spiritual sense has an extremely strong ability to perceive aura. At this distance, unless it is intentionally hidden using secret methods, it will be sensed by the spiritual sense.
This made him less worried. He wanted to try whether the middle-grade magical weapon Gatling gun made with 10,000 spirit stones could really suppress a cultivator in the late stage of Qi Refining.
The two late Qi Refining monks in front of him were the best testing targets. At the same time, his other plan also lacked the bodies of two late Qi Refining monks.
Without further hesitation, Li Shiming's spiritual thoughts operated on the spiritual power lines of the formation, creating a hole in the formation that allowed him to enter.
The two cultivators in the late Qi Refining stage were alarmed. They all looked towards the direction of the cave entrance, thinking that cultivators from the Holy Ice Sect were coming.
It's no wonder they weren't alert, this place was protected by a formation specially set up by the Holy Ice Sect, plus it was concealed enough, so it was intended to be a long-term base.
Those who can freely enter from outside the formation are naturally the monks who have been given authority by the Holy Ice Sect to control the formation.
They saw a bronze corpse, in the left hand of which was a strange six-barreled mid-grade magical weapon.
"Enemy attack!" The two cultivators in the late Qi Refining stage understood what was happening instantly and shouted in unison.
The two late Qi Refining cultivators often complete tasks together, and their cooperation is extremely tacit.
The cultivator at the seventh level of Qi Refining summoned a top-grade shield magic weapon to block in front of him, while the cultivator at the eighth level of Qi Refining had an icy aura flashing in his hand, and a transparent ice sword was ready to be fired.
Their reaction was quick enough, but the bronze corpse's attack was also extremely fast.
As the bronze corpse pulled the trigger, the middle-grade magical Gatling gun sprayed out ice crystal bullets, 30 ice crystal bullets per second, each of which had the attack power of the seventh level of Qi Refining.
The attack of the ice crystal bullet has the ice attribute of the ice crystal bullet itself, and also has a strong impact physical attack.
"Help me!" The cultivator at the seventh level of Qi Refining cried for help.
At the moment when the ice crystal bullets from the middle-grade Gatling gun hit the high-grade shield, the seventh-level Qi Refining cultivator felt the strain.
He can block any attack from ice crystal bullets.
But the problem was that the speed of the attack was beyond his imagination, as if thirty Qi Refining Level 7 cultivators were attacking him with ice bombs at the same time.
In less than a second, he felt that the top-grade magic shield could no longer hold on, and even if he madly injected all the spiritual power in his body, it was useless.
The cultivator at the eighth level of Qi Refining immediately gave up the attack. Without defense, was he going to compete with the bronze corpse in defense?
Even if he injured the bronze corpse, he and his companions would be doomed.
He placed his hand on the top-grade magic shield and injected more refined spiritual power into it, instantly increasing the defensive power of the top-grade magic shield by a level.
But what made them feel heavy was that the bronze corpse's attacks maintained a stable frequency. If this continued, their spiritual power would be consumed too much.
However, they also did not believe that a bronze corpse could sustain this kind of attack for a long time. It was already a miracle that the bronze corpse could burst out an attack of this intensity in a short period of time.
They didn't know that the one that actually launched the terrifying high-frequency attack was not the bronze corpse, but the inconspicuous mid-grade magical weapon Gatling in the bronze corpse's hand.
For cultivators, the power of a magical weapon is determined by its grade.
A mid-grade magical weapon is stronger than a low-grade magical weapon, and a high-grade magical weapon is stronger than a mid-grade magical weapon. This is the knowledge engraved in the mind of every cultivator.
Li Shiming slowly entered the cave. He was not satisfied with the performance of the middle-grade magical weapon Gatling.
Perhaps this has something to do with the fact that he met an elite Qi-refining disciple of the Holy Ice Sect. The methods of the sect's cultivators far exceed those of independent cultivators, especially the elite disciples in the sect, who are all cultivators who have experienced life-and-death battles.
The two late Qi Refining cultivators saw Li Shiming's figure. In order to make up for their previous mistakes, they carefully looked at Li Shiming's portrait and recognized Li Shiming's identity instantly.
But at this time they no longer had the energy to ask anything. They were concentrating on resisting the violent attack of the mid-grade Gatling weapon.
"It seems that the firepower is still insufficient!" Li Shiming muttered to himself.
Even though the middle-grade magical weapon Gatling gun suppressed the two late-stage Qi Refining monks, the two late-stage Qi Refining monks definitely had not reached their limits and still had some strength to fight back.
Li Shiming opened his mouth, and the 'Devil Sound Lotus' was activated, and the 'life-demanding Sanskrit sound' was emitted by IBMz15.
Compared with the first time when the 'Soul-Calling Brahma Sound' was used on ten Han family mid-stage Qi Refining cultivators, the power of the 'Soul-Calling Brahma Sound' launched this time through the 'Demon Sound Lotus' was many times greater.
The Buddha's meaning in the "Soul-Calling Sanskrit Sound" magnifies the Buddha's greatness and compassion, while the devil's meaning amplifies the ugliness of the world. The coexistence of Buddha and devil raises the power of each to the limit.
The expressions on the faces of the two late Qi training monks changed with the sound of the 'Soul-Calling Sanskrit Sound', and it seemed that they might be trapped in the music of the 'Soul-Calling Sanskrit Sound' at any time.
Once their minds are controlled by the 'Soul-Calling Sanskrit Sound', they will no longer have the energy to control the top-grade magic shield to resist the attack of the mid-grade magic Gatling gun.
"Ice to calm the mind!" The eighth-level Qi Refining cultivator roared, and a jade bottle appeared in his hand. He poured the pill in the jade bottle into his mouth without even looking at it. Then, cold air surged in his body, and his eyes became clear again.
"I'll hold out for a while, you kill him!" he instructed his companions via voice transmission.
The cultivator at the seventh level of Qi Refining understood that this was their last chance. The bronze corpse was obviously Li Shiming's. As long as they killed Li Shiming, they could resolve the current crisis.
In addition, killing Li Shiming would also allow him to report to Elder Baili.
Li Shiming was helpless at this time. He and IBMz15 spent a lot of time to merge the two sonic skills of 'Magic Sound Into the Ears (Fake)' and 'Lotus Flower Out of the Mouth' into one, thinking that the combined 'Magic Sound Lotus' would be extremely powerful.
But the two late Qi-refining cultivators in front of him severely slapped him and IBMz15 in the face. Of course, if IBMz15 had any face.