Great Elder Sun Ao was afraid. He had never been afraid since he became the Great Elder of Body Refining.
Even when facing Great Elder Shi Ming and Great Elder You Xia, he could handle it calmly. He could not defeat these two elders, but these two elders could not defeat him either.
He always thought that he was at the ceiling of his combat power in the Jindan stage, especially in close combat where he was invincible.
But at this time, when facing an alchemy master who was only in the middle stage of the Golden Core Realm, he actually lost.
He no longer had any idea of capturing Li Shiming. Li Shiming was not so easy to capture. In close combat, he couldn't even touch Li Shiming's edge.
Great Elder Sun Ao once again used his secret technique, and this time his target was the outer formation.
His blood and energy surged, and then he sprinted a short distance and appeared next to the shield of the formation.
Just as he was about to strike hard at the formation shield, he suddenly saw a white lotus appear beside him.
Appearing with Bai Lian was Li Shiming, who was holding a third-grade sword. Before he could launch an attack, he was hit on the arm by Li Shiming's sword.
Li Shiming is also a body refining elder. Although he cannot deeply break through the defense of elder Sun Ao, his full-strength attack is enough to block the attack of elder Sun Ao.
"The power of divine feet, you actually mastered the power of divine feet!" Great Elder Sun Ao exclaimed, his eyes full of disbelief.
He wanted to get to know the Northern Shu continent again. How could the water in the Northern Shu continent be so deep?
He is just a master of alchemy, but not only is he so terrifying in close combat, he also has mastered the ability of divine feet.
It’s horrifying to think that a great elder who practices physical cultivation has mastered the power of divine feet.
Think about it, when the Great Body Refining Elder fights with other Great Elders, the most troublesome thing is the close combat problem.
All the great elders knew about the close combat capability of the Body Refining Great Elder, so they would try their best to prevent him from getting close.
The Great Body Refining Elder also tried to get close using various short-range burst secret techniques, but once this secret technique was known to other cultivators, its effectiveness would be greatly reduced.
But Li Shiming's divine feet ability is different, it is an unsolvable close combat method.
In other words, the monks fighting with Li Shiming could not escape, and could not resist Li Shiming's approach.
Great Elder Sun Ao was very fortunate to become a victim of Li Shiming's fighting method.
Li Shiming smiled faintly. What he wanted to do was to bleed Elder Sun Ao and weaken him.
This is the simplest and most effective method. There are other methods, but they all have risks.
The Phantom Dragon hidden nearby was already prepared. As long as Li Shiming gave the order, it would immediately bite Elder Sun Ao.
Perhaps the Phantom Dragon cannot break through the defense of Great Elder Sun Ao, but don't forget that Great Elder Sun Ao has many wounds on his body that have not healed. A bite on any of these wounds can inject the poison into Great Elder Sun Ao's body.
But by doing so, Li Shiming would most likely end up with a corpse. The poison of the Phantom Dragon was so strong that anyone who got touched by it would almost certainly die.
After knowing that Li Shiming had mastered the divine power of walking on water, Great Elder Sun Ao stopped attacking the formation. Instead, he stopped attacking Li Shiming and tightly contracted his body. His movements were very similar to the giant black turtle that had appeared before and was barely visible.
Li Shiming discovered that the attack effect of the third-grade sword base on Great Elder Sun Ao was greatly weakened. In this state, Great Elder Sun Ao's defense was greatly improved.
A third-grade sword base requires multiple strikes at the same spot to open a wound.
Moreover, when he attacked other places again, the newly opened wound healed at a faster speed, and even the effect of the Heavenly Thunder Sword Intent was reduced several times and could be easily dispelled.
Li Shiming frowned. He didn't expect that Great Elder Sun Ao had this trick.
This is a special method of the body-refining technique of Great Elder Sun Ao, which gives up all attack capabilities in exchange for the strongest defense.
He felt that at this moment, Great Elder Sun Ao was like a giant black turtle. No matter how he attacked, it was like he was attacking its shell with amazing defensive power.
There was a gleam in Li Shiming's eyes. In this state, Great Elder Sun Ao's spiritual power circuit also had defects.
Perhaps it cannot be said to be a defect. When Great Elder Sun Ao was motionless, the spiritual power lines changed less, which allowed the spiritual power lines to be accurately judged by the 'Divine Eyes'.
Li Shiming's 'Divine Eyes' saw the spiritual power circuit of Great Elder Sun Ao, and his life-saving magic weapon IBMz15 analyzed the nodes of the spiritual power circuit.
He needed to find an attack position that was not fatal but could break Elder Sun Ao's defense.
Great Elder Sun Ao felt very aggrieved, but he was somewhat glad that Li Shiming was only in the middle stage of the Golden Core Realm, otherwise, with Li Shiming's sword intent, he might really be able to break his Black Turtle defensive posture.
He doesn't need to be anxious now. When he is in the Black Turtle defensive state, not only will his defense be amazing, but his internal energy consumption will also be reduced.
He can definitely compete with Li Shiming in terms of consumption. Li Shiming's main power will consume more energy. He can just wait for Li Shiming's spiritual power to be consumed too much, and then he can counterattack or escape.
Just as he was thinking about it, he suddenly felt an unparalleled sharp feeling.
He was horrified to sense a flying sword coming towards him. This flying sword carried the aura of a certain master, making this sword, which was only made of third-grade material, have the power of a fourth-grade sword.
As soon as he thought of it, the flying sword pierced his body.
"Why is this flying sword so fast?" This was his first thought.
"How did the flying sword break my defense!" This was his second thought.
These two thoughts flashed through his mind in an instant, and as his Black Turtle defensive posture was broken, his defense was shattered.
He only had the defensive power of the body-refining elder's physique left, but without practicing the body-refining techniques, the defensive power brought by this physique could no longer have much defensive effect against the elders of the same level.
The weapon that pierced into the body of Great Elder Sun Ao was the magical flying sword "Flowing Light and Falling Stars".
This was the first time that Li Shiming used the flying sword magic weapon 'Flowing Light and Falling Stars' in actual combat, and he only used the sharpness of 'Flowing Light and Falling Stars', and did not use the rest.
Who asked Great Elder Sun Ao to not even move? He was just a sitting duck. It was not difficult to attack him at all, which did not show the power of "Flowing Star Meteor".
The state at which 'Flowing Light and Falling Stars' penetrated into Great Elder Sun Ao's body was exactly the node of his body-refining technique, and this attack penetrated deep into the bones.
Li Shiming used his 'Divine Eyes' to see clearly the physical condition of Great Elder Sun Ao. Great Elder Sun Ao, who had lost his ability to defend himself, was now like meat on the chopping board, at the mercy of others.
The third-grade sword base in Li Shiming's hand disappeared. At this time, the third-grade sword base was enough to take the life of Great Elder Sun Ao.
He swung his fists like an ordinary person fighting, hitting Elder Sun Ao with one punch after another.
His attacks were well-crafted, and each of them hit the key nodes previously analyzed by his life-saving magic weapon IBMz15, making Great Elder Sun Ao unable to move.
At the same time, sharp screams came out of his mouth, which were the "devil entering the ears".
If 'Devil Enters the Ear' was used when Great Elder Sun Ao was in good condition, the effect would be almost zero given the difference in realm between Li Shiming and Great Elder Sun Ao.
But Great Elder Sun Ao had lost the power to resist. In this situation, every time 'Devil Enters the Ears' was used, it weakened Great Elder Sun Ao's mental resistance.
Great Elder Sun Ao was under attack both physically and mentally. He couldn't even concentrate on his thoughts; his mind was in a mess.
Li Shiming's spiritual consciousness was on the body of Great Elder Sun Ao, and he took away the long stick magic weapon and the space ring.
The space ring is a mustard seed ring. When Great Elder Sun Ao was still alive, it took some effort to open it, so he did not open it immediately and put it away.
Li Shiming's fists and screams lasted for an hour. Great Elder Sun Ao's whole body was limp as mud, his eyes had no focus, and his spirit was extremely weak.
At this time, Li Shiming's "telepathy" was used and entered into the mind of Great Elder Sun Ao.
"What is your purpose in coming to Beishu Continent?" Li Shiming asked in a deep voice.
Elder Sun Ao, who had just woken up, was shocked. He instinctively thought of the purpose of coming to the Northern Shu Continent and thought that he must not be a traitor.
Li Shiming heard the thoughts of Great Elder Sun Ao through his telepathy, and a look of astonishment appeared on his face.
It turns out that the purpose of Tianxing Trading Company coming here was to find a cave opened up by a powerful man named Zhai Ge.
Of course, Tianxing Trading Company was not absolutely sure, but the great Zhai Ge had indeed come to the Northern Shu Continent and lived there for many years, leaving some traces.
These traces were discovered by the branch of Tianxing Trading Company in the Northern Shu Continent, proving that Zhai Ge had stayed in the Northern Shu Continent for hundreds of years.
After that, there was no news about Zhai Ge, and Tianxing Trading Company suspected that Zhai Ge had died in the Northern Shu Continent.
The fall of a powerful person is not so simple.
Li Shiming didn't understand what realm Zhai Ge was in. Great Elder Sun Ao didn't mention this, but from the fact that he was able to open up a cave, it could be judged that he was definitely not comparable to those early Nascent Soul cultivators in the Northern Shu Continent.
According to Li Shiming's judgment, Zhai Ge was most likely a cultivator above the Nascent Soul stage, and the cave he left behind was where the relics of Zhai Ge were stored.
It is no wonder that Tianxing Trading Company has been continuously exploring the Northern Shu Continent. If he had not discovered the intentions of Tianxing Trading Company and found evidence of Tianxing Trading Company's exploration of various sects and forces, perhaps Tianxing Trading Company would have slowly developed in the Northern Shu Continent and continued its exploration.
Until he discovered the cave of the powerful Zhai Ge and quietly took away the treasures in the cave.
What Li Shiming didn't know was that before Tianxing Trading Company was wiped out by the six major sects, it found a key piece of evidence.
This is also the reason why Patriarch Weng Zhao came immediately after the Beishu branch of Tianxing Trading Company was destroyed. He originally came to verify the news, but he did not expect that the branch of Tianxing Trading Company here was destroyed.
With Patriarch Weng Zhao's strength, he is still unable to hold up the sky with one hand in the Northern Shu Continent, and the other Nascent Soul ancestors of Tianxing Trading Company will need time to come, so he plans to proceed slowly.
But in the end, Patriarch Weng Zhao failed and eventually died at the hands of Li Shiming.
Patriarch Jin Kai of Tianxing Trading Company arrived next. He had great strength, so he was more direct and used various means to lure local monks to serve him.
A huge amount of resources were invested, which resulted in countless local cultivators joining the group and exploring the locations of various caves in the Northern Shu continent.
"Sun Ao, what kind of physical training method are you practicing?" Li Shiming asked a different question through telepathy.
The name of a martial art 'Tai Qing Xuan Gui Jue' appeared in the mind of Great Elder Sun Ao. According to legend, Tai Qing Xuan Gui is the first black turtle in the world, possessing enormous strength and immortality.
According to legend, the Taiqing Black Turtle supported the sky, separating heaven and earth, and withstood countless attacks without affecting its body that supported the sky.
These were all heard from the heart of Great Elder Sun Ao. Great Elder Sun Ao had a fanatical identification with the main practice he was doing.
"Do you still remember the contents of 'Taiqing Xuangui Jue'?" Li Shiming asked again.
This time, while listening with his telepathy, Li Shiming saw a piece of tortoise shell.
What surprised him even more was that this piece of tortoise shell was inside the mustard seed ring of Great Elder Sun Ao.
A look of surprise flashed across Li Shiming's eyes. He did not ask Great Elder Sun Ao anything else. After a slight hesitation, he still used the "Flowing Star" to pierce Great Elder Sun Ao's vital point.
The divine light in Great Elder Sun Ao’s eyes disappeared, and life quickly drained from his body, and he soon died.
Although Li Shiming wanted to control Great Elder Sun Ao, he didn't know how many secret techniques this cultivator from the outside world had mastered, so he couldn't guarantee that he could really control a great elder who practiced body cultivation.
As long as he gave Great Elder Sun Ao a chance, Great Elder Sun Ao might explode in resistance.
The most crucial thing is that there is a middle-stage Nascent Soul cultivator before and after Great Elder Sun Ao. The only way to be safe is to kill Great Elder Sun Ao.
Li Shiming took another look at Jiang Shu, the dying Jindan cultivator who had betrayed the Northern Shu Continent, and killed him with a casual blow. His body was burned to ashes by a flame.
After doing this, his eyes fell on the waterfall in front of him.
Although Great Elder Sun Ao determined that this waterfall was not the location of the cave opened up by the great Zhai Ge, the compass could find spatial fluctuations, which means that there was a special space here.
Li Shiming released his spiritual thoughts and began to explore every inch of the waterfall.
After the waterfall flowed down, a small pool was formed. Although the pool was small, it was very deep.
After releasing his spiritual sense, he explored to a depth of 150 meters before he reached the bottom of the pool.
He found some traces of formations there. With his familiarity with formations, he was able to figure out a lot of things just from these traces.
This formation is a space formation. Someone used the formation to open up a space in this pool of water.
This is also the reason why the compass that detects space fluctuations can make some discoveries. This kind of space fluctuation is extremely rare in the world of immortal cultivation, at least it will not appear in the wild.
Space formations are only inherited by large sects or powerful forces, and are usually only used inside mountain gates or on flying boats. They are also used in caves. It is estimated that this pond is a cave in the wild.