Senior Brother Du stood on the flying boat, looking at Li Shiming from afar, his eyes full of murderous intent, treating Li Shiming as if he were a dead object.
Being in the Qi Refining Stage, disciples with natural spiritual roots have a strong advantage.
The best main cultivation techniques, the most powerful body-refining techniques, and a large supply of resources are all designed to allow disciples with natural spiritual roots to gain the most solid foundation during the Qi Refining Period.
Another advantage of having good talent is that you have plenty of time.
Since they do not need to consider secondary cultivation jobs during the Qi Refining Stage, they have more time to practice powerful techniques and can also gain training and combat experience from the guiding monks sent by the sect.
At least in the Holy Ice Sect, cultivators with natural spiritual roots and other cultivators are on two completely different levels.
Senior Brother Du has all the information about Li Shiming in his hands. He has cultivated the 'Vajra Body Protection Magic Skill' to the point of transforming his true meaning into a physical form, which is even stronger than his body training.
Li Shiming also learned the most powerful "Sword Controlling Technique" and had in-depth research on battle formations.
Looking at the information, Senior Brother Du could imagine that this was an extremely hard-working cultivator. However, with the talent of three spiritual roots, if he had a talent for body refining, he should use all his energy to strengthen his body.
However, Li Shiming in the information wanted to get involved in everything, including the "Sword Control Technique", formations, and even learned spiritual plant cultivation in the early stages.
Li Shiming has only been in the sect for four years. He wants to develop comprehensively in such a short period of time. Does he really think he has natural spiritual roots?
The only thing that Senior Brother Du needed to pay attention to was Li Shiming's body training. As for the "Sword Control Technique", he didn't take it seriously at all.
When Li Shiming's body is used in combat on the sea, its power is naturally reduced by more than half.
A cultivator in the Qi Refining Stage is not a Foundation Building Stage cultivator and cannot fly freely. He needs to rely entirely on magic weapons. He lacks flexibility and cannot bring into play the advantages of body refining.
There is a reason why Senior Brother Du completes every mission perfectly. He will analyze the enemy thoroughly before going out on a mission and will only take action when he is absolutely sure that there will be no mistakes.
Li Shiming felt that the spiritual power in his body was very active. Since he entered the late stage of Qi Refining, he had never fought with cultivators of the same level.
The main reason was that he had entered the late stage of Qi Refining for a short time and had not encountered an opponent who could fight him.
After seeing Senior Brother Du and five Qi-refining monks holding formation flags in five directions, he sighed that he finally had a chance to fight with people of the same level.
Since entering the world of cultivating immortals, he has had very few opportunities to fight with people of the same level, and has always been facing enemies who are much stronger than him.
This meant that he usually won battles by clever tactics, using bombs, refining corpses, or strategies.
Today he wanted to fight honestly, like a monk.
"Du Bingyan from the Holy Ice Sect!" Du Bingyan flew to within fifty meters of Li Shiming, put away his flying boat, cast a flying talisman on himself, and then frankly introduced himself to Li Shiming.
Since Li Shiming did not escape, he deserves Du Bingyan's respect. He should tell Li Shiming who killed him so that he can die with a clear conscience.
"Li Shiming from the Tianhai Sect!" Li Shiming responded calmly in the same manner.
He felt the aura of the ninth level of Qi Refining from Du Bingyan, and could also feel the sound of blood flowing from his body.
Hearing the sound of blood flowing, he knew that the other party had also made some progress in body training.
Li Shiming had also heard rumors that there were genius cultivators in the Tianhai Sect, but his usual circle was mostly around formation stratagems, and he had no connection with the circle of that genius cultivator, so he didn't know much about genius cultivators.
But he knew that the standard for genius cultivators was extremely high. The number of genius cultivators in a sect was always in the single digits, and the Tianhai Sect had only about five genius cultivators.
It’s not that the sect is unable to train enough monks, but that there are too few monks who meet the requirements for training talented monks.
Among these five, there are three cultivators with relatively higher talents selected from those with double spiritual roots.
Genius cultivators are the sect’s treasures and are the seeds of the sect’s golden elixir for the next generation.
The first talented cultivator Li Shiming had ever seen was Baili Jinyan. Even with his current strength, he did not dare to say that he could defeat Baili Jinyan.
Although Yin Shilan has a natural spiritual root, she is not a genius cultivator in the sect. The main reason is that she is more passionate about formations, and all her cultivation is for the sake of formations.
The sect cultivates talented monks in order to gain stronger combat power.
Of course, Yin Shilan's situation is more special. She does not need the sect's quota of talented cultivators, and she still has the best resources given to her by Elder Yin.
These thoughts flashed through Li Shiming's mind in just a moment, and a broken jade sword appeared in his right hand. The turtle shield in his left hand emitted light, protecting his body.
After knowing that his enemy was a genius monk, he did not dare to be careless at all.
At the same time, Du Bingyan also had an extra layer of ice armor on his body, and a super-grade sword-shaped magic weapon was flying beside him.
The reason why it is called a super-grade sword-shaped magic weapon instead of a flying boat is because since Li Shiming obtained the "Ten Directions Sword Cultivation Art", although he has not yet started to let his clone learn it, he has a deeper understanding of sword cultivation.
He would no longer regard the flying sword as a flying sword, and a sword cultivator was not a cultivator who could control a flying sword.
A true sword cultivator follows the concept of serving the sword, from the main cultivation method to the flying sword he uses.
Neither he nor Du Bingyan were sword practitioners, they just used magical weapons to fight.
"Kill!" Du Bingyan made the first move. With a light shout, a super-grade sword-shaped magic weapon flew out and slashed towards Li Shiming.
The Broken Jade Sword in Li Shiming's hand flew out. The quality of the Broken Jade Sword was much worse than that of the super-grade sword-type magic weapon, so he did not choose to collide head-on.
The Broken Jade Sword was like a jumping elf, continuously touching Du Bingyan's super-grade sword-shaped magic weapon.
Every time the Broken Jade Sword touched, it landed on the sword spine of the super-grade sword-shaped magic weapon. This kind of control over the sword made Du Bingyan secretly shocked.
In particular, Li Shiming's speed in manipulating the sword was obviously much faster than Du Bingyan's.
"How could he have practiced the 'Sword Controlling Technique' to such an extent?" Du Bingyan thought in horror.
In fact, with Li Shiming's current level of "Sword Controlling Technique", even with the analysis supplemented by IBMz15, it is only similar to Du Bingyan's sword control level.
It is almost impossible for a cultivator in the Qi Refining Stage to crush the top cultivators of the same level in sword-riding. Li Shiming has IBMz15 to help him, and Du Bingyan also has a guiding cultivator to give him guidance.
The main reason why Li Shiming was able to take such initiative was his spiritual thoughts. The blessing of spiritual thoughts on the Broken Jade Sword made the Broken Jade Sword far more flexible than Du Bingyan's super-grade sword-shaped magic weapon.
Although Du Bingyan received the focus of training from the Holy Ice Sect, he did not receive any method for cultivating spiritual thoughts, nor did he obtain any high-quality elixir that could generate spiritual thoughts.
This is also the reason why Du Bingyan wants to become a disciple of a Jindan master. Only a Jindan elder can provide such precious resources.
The rhythm of the super-grade sword-shaped magic weapon was disrupted by the continuous attacks of the Broken Jade Sword and it could no longer achieve the effect of extreme speed.
The wings behind Li Shiming flapped, making his figure always faster than the super-grade sword-shaped magic weapon.
Although he gave up the idea of becoming a sword cultivator, the sword cultivator's fighting style was so refreshing.
He did not even use the defense of the Spirit Turtle Shield. Just a Broken Jade Sword, which was a sword one level lower in quality than the super-grade sword-type magic weapon, was able to suppress Du Bingyan's super-grade sword-type magic weapon.
Seeing that the magic weapon could not have much effect on Li Shiming, Du Bingyan clapped his hands on his waist and a talisman appeared.
Li Shiming had been paying attention to his movements. Seeing the spiritual energy stimulated by the talisman, he quickly increased his flying speed and made an evasive move.
The talisman sealed some kind of spell from the late stage of Qi Refining. He didn't do much research on spells, let alone the spells of the Holy Ice Sect.
However, by observing the spiritual energy that activates the talisman, one can judge its power.
As the talisman was activated, the air around him suddenly flowed wildly, forming a strong wind.
Ice crystals appeared in the strong wind, which then turned into a blizzard.
Affected by the blizzard, a layer of ice crystals quickly formed on Li Shiming's body.
Especially the pair of wings behind, due to the influence of the blizzard, even the flapping speed has slowed down a lot.
His speed dropped significantly, but the spell had limited effect on his body.
The magic shield formed by the turtle shield blocked most of the impact of the blizzard outside the body, and the ice crystals on the body were mostly caused by the rapid drop in temperature.
He just moved his body, and the ice crystals on his body immediately broke and fell off.
If it were an ice crystal with its full power, it would not be broken so easily.
Du Bingyan now understood that Li Shiming was not only very powerful in combat, but also had extraordinary defense.
He took back the super-grade sword-shaped magic weapon, and when the super-grade sword-shaped magic weapon returned to his side, he mobilized the spiritual power in his body and suddenly injected it into the super-grade sword-shaped magic weapon.
"Kill again!" The super-grade sword-shaped magic weapon shot towards Li Shiming as he shouted again.
This time was different from the previous attacks. Before, he thought of using his combat experience and skills to defeat Li Shiming, but it turned out that Li Shiming's control over the magic weapon was far better than his.
After several methods failed, he chose his own advantage and used the spiritual power at the peak of Qi Refining to forcibly suppress Li Shiming.
A super-grade sword-shaped magic weapon can hold more spiritual power, and the spiritual power makes the super-grade sword-shaped magic weapon emit a faint blue light.
The speed of Li Shiming's Broken Jade Sword suddenly increased, and the speed of the sword light transformed from the Broken Jade Sword was even faster than before.
This sword speed exceeds the speed that the "Sword Control Technique" should have in the Qi Refining Stage. Similarly, the power of the Broken Jade Sword is also increased, and there is a hint of strange energy in the sword light.
He had discovered this a long time ago when he was practicing, but this was the first time he actually put it into practice.
After his research, he found that this was the influence of the sword bone.
The sword bone seemed to have no abnormalities, but when he controlled the sword light, it was able to increase the speed and power of the sword light. And that strange energy was something he could not understand.
This time, Du Bingyan's super-grade sword-shaped magic weapon did not avoid the interception of the Broken Jade Sword because it contained more spiritual power.
He was surprised to find that this time, after each contact between the Broken Jade Sword and the super-grade sword-type magic weapon, the impact on the super-grade sword-type magic weapon was greater.
Every time the Broken Jade Sword came into contact with a super-grade sword-shaped magic weapon, his spirit would tremble. That was the strange energy carried by the Broken Jade Sword during the attack, which was affecting his spiritual imprint inside the super-grade sword-shaped magic weapon.
"Come and help!" Du Bingyan no longer had the idea of fighting Li Shiming alone. He frowned slightly and shouted to his five companions.
The methods of cultivators in the Qi Refining Stage are relatively simple, and very few cultivators have a variety of attack methods.
The main reason is that the realm is too low and the time is too short. Most of the talented Qi-refining cultivators are trying to advance to the foundation-building stage, so having one or two powerful means of attack is enough.
This was the case with Du Bingyan. When he reached the ninth level of Qi Refining, he changed to a super-quality sword-shaped magic weapon and no longer needed any other means of attack.
For cultivators in the Qi Refining Stage, he can defeat them with just one sword.
Li Shiming was very disappointed. He wanted to have a good fight with Du Bingyan.
For this reason, he didn't even use the Broken Jade Sword to attack, but fought back and forth with Du Bingyan. This was very helpful for him to understand the battle of cultivators in the late Qi Refining stage, but Du Bingyan didn't want to fight him properly.
Five Qi-refining monks held formation flags in their hands. Their task was to stand in five directions and use the formation flags to trap Li Shiming.
Originally, they thought they were just watching a good show to see how Du Bingyan beat Li Shiming.
But after only a few rounds of fighting, Du Bingyan called on them to join in, which was extremely inconsistent with Du Bingyan's usual style.
But they did not hesitate, and took out their magical weapons and approached the center of the battle.
"Forget it, let's end the fight!" Li Shiming looked helpless and said softly.
He didn't want to face the siege of six late-stage Qi Refining masters at the same time, so he no longer held back on his strength.
Du Bingyan also heard his words. He was stunned at first, and then anger rose in his heart.
Although he was somewhat suppressed by Li Shiming in the battle with Li Shiming, the difference was not huge.
He was thinking in his mind and was about to retort when he felt a sharp pain in his head. His spirit was severely damaged.
Li Shiming's sword light arrived instantly and pierced his heart with one sword.
Du Bingyan did not react until his death. For a cultivator in the Qi Refining Stage who has not mastered spiritual thoughts, having the means of attacking with spiritual thoughts is another level of blow, and a cultivator in the Qi Refining Stage cannot even detect it.
Li Shiming used the 'Bing Xin Yu Nian Jue' to transform into a spiritual jade sword, which pierced into Du Bingyan's brain and destroyed Du Bingyan's spirit.
In fact, Li Shiming didn't even need to strike him with another sword. Du Bingyan was already doomed to death due to his mental injuries.
After killing Du Bingyan, the spiritual consciousness swept through Du Bingyan's body and collected his corpse and magic weapons.
Li Shiming's flying speed then increased, and the wings behind him gave him more flexible flying. Perhaps compared with a genius cultivator like Du Bingyan, he did not have much advantage in speed, but compared with the five relatively ordinary Qi-refining cultivators, the speed gap was far ahead.
Before the five Qi-refining monks approached the center of the battle, he used his faster speed to counterattack one of them.
The sword light flashed, and the middle-grade defensive magic weapon of the Qi-refining cultivator was directly broken, and the Broken Jade Sword killed the cultivator with one strike without any hindrance.
His figure flew towards the nearest Qi-refining monk again, the sword light flashed again, and another Qi-refining monk was killed.
"Run away!" After seeing Du Bingyan being killed by Li Shiming, the five Qi-refining monks lost all their fighting spirit. As Li Shiming killed two of them in a row, the last three Qi-refining monks no longer had any intention of continuing to fight.
Unfortunately, Li Shiming, who had the advantage of speed, would never let them escape.