The thunderclouds in the sky were getting lower and lower, and the brewing lightning triggered a strong magnetic field effect, causing the gravel and grass on the ground to leave the ground.
Li Shiming's hair was flying. In addition to wanting the Sky-Strike Thunder Hammer to survive the heavenly tribulation, he also wanted to rely on the Heavenly Tribulation of the Sky-Strike Thunder Hammer to increase the power of the heavenly thunder in his body.
Finally, the first thunder fell from the sky.
The sky and the earth suddenly became bright, and lightning struck the Sky-Strike Thunder Hammer.
Li Shiming mobilized the 'Yuqing Thunder Code' to cast a thunder resistance spell on himself. He was ready to withstand the bombardment of the thunder together with the Sky Strike Thunder Hammer.
An accident happened. The thunder from the sky hit the Thunder Hammer. Countless illusory runes flashed on the Thunder Hammer. The thunder from the sky fell as if to replenish the energy for the Thunder Hammer. Not a trace of lightning flowed out of the Thunder Hammer.
Li Shiming stared blankly at the Sky-Strike Thunder Hammer in his hand. Although the thunder just now was not as good as the thunder when he was promoted to the Nascent Soul stage, it was definitely at the average level of Nascent Soul-level thunder.
But such a thunder was like a drop in the ocean, without causing any ripples.
Even though he was holding the Sky-Strike Thunder Hammer, he didn't feel a single trace of lightning, and just survived the first bolt of thunder.
Just as he was thinking about it, the heavenly tribulation seemed to sense the provocation and the thunderclouds gathered again.
This is extremely rare in the process of the movement. Usually, before the first thunderbolt, the thunderclouds will accumulate all the energy of the three thunderbolts.
It was obvious that the action of the Sky-Strike Thunder Hammer just now had angered the rules of heaven and earth.
"Phantom Dragon, Golden Corpse, go and take care of those monks!" At this time, one of Li Shiming's brains discovered through the drone satellite system that a team of six Nascent Soul monks were approaching this side quickly.
In addition, there are some Jindan monks approaching, but their speed is slower.
The Phantom Dragon and the Golden Corpse received the order. The Phantom Dragon was originally in invisible mode, so its departure could not be detected. The Golden Corpse's silhouette flickered, and unless one possessed a supernatural power of vision such as 'Divine Eyes', one would not be able to see the Golden Corpse's silhouette clearly.
"The thunderclouds are getting stronger. How is this possible?" A cultivator in the early Nascent Soul stage said in confusion after sensing the changes in the thunderclouds ahead.
Talking did not affect his speed. He kept a certain distance from his companions, so that they could support each other in battle while guarding against their companions' attacks.
"This means that the fourth-grade spiritual object is extremely special. If we can get it, we won't have to worry about resources for cultivation in the future!" said another cultivator in the early Nascent Soul stage greedily.
After saying that, he carefully sensed his surroundings, mainly to see if other early Nascent Soul cultivators had any abnormal behavior.
Although theoretically the chances of an internal conflict among them were small before they found out what was causing the calamity, who would dare to use their own life to guarantee the character of other Nascent Soul cultivators?
His words aroused the greed of other Nascent Soul cultivators, and the atmosphere between the six Nascent Soul early stage cultivators became more tense.
Even if no one launches the first attack now, if someone really takes action, there will be a chaotic battle.
Li Shiming separated a brain and saw the situation of the six early Nascent Soul cultivators through the eyes of the Phantom Dragon.
He let the golden corpse go underground, which is one of the golden corpse's innate abilities.
The place where the golden corpse was lurking was exactly where the six early Nascent Soul cultivators passed by.
The Phantom Dragon approached the six Nascent Soul early stage cultivators. Li Shiming controlled the Phantom Dragon but did not launch any energy attacks.
The Phantom Dragon would not reveal itself as long as it did not use energy attacks, and he did not need the Phantom Dragon to succeed in one strike.
The Phantom Dragon grabbed the body of a cultivator in the early Nascent Soul stage, and its five claws almost instantly tore through the cultivator's defense.
This cultivator in the early Nascent Soul stage had always maintained the highest level of vigilance and responded immediately when he was attacked.
His attack was directed towards the Phantom Dragon, but his spiritual sense was unable to detect the Phantom Dragon. This attack was completely an instinctive reaction of his tense nerves.
When the invisible body of the Phantom Dragon discovered that the early Nascent Soul cultivator was counterattacking, it activated a special ability. This was an ability the Phantom Dragon gained after devouring Chen Zhou's dragon-type pet.
Short-distance space movement, only one kilometer at a time, and can only be used once in a battle. After use, it needs to be slowly recharged before it can be used again.
The attack launched by the early Nascent Soul cultivator was one that he had prepared long ago, and a beam of fire swept in one direction.
In that direction is the location of another cultivator in the early Nascent Soul stage.
Similarly, the early Nascent Soul cultivator also fought back. When he found himself being attacked, he cast the spell he had prepared and retreated at the same time, putting some distance between himself and the other early Nascent Soul cultivators.
A single move can affect the entire body. The sudden action of these two Nascent Soul Early Stage cultivators triggered a reaction from the other four Nascent Soul Early Stage cultivators.
They also quickly distanced themselves, while either attacking or casting defensive spells on themselves.
The originally harmonious situation was suddenly broken.
"How dare you launch a sneak attack!" shouted the attacked early Nascent Soul cultivator.
"What's going on?" asked another cultivator in the early Nascent Soul stage.
Li Shiming was waiting for this opportunity. He had witnessed six Nascent Soul cultivators from the Northern Shu Continent relying on a combined attack formation to fight against powerful enemies.
Since the Northern Shu continent has such means, the Eastern Qi continent should also have the same means.
He used a little psychological warfare to tear a team apart and make them no longer trust each other.
His goal was achieved, and the next step was to solve the problem.
This time, the Phantom Dragon's five claws contained terrifying energy, and one claw grabbed the vest of an early Nascent Soul cultivator.
This was a full-strength attack from the five-clawed dragon. Unlike the previous one which relied solely on brute force, the dragon claws pierced through the vest of the early Nascent Soul cultivator and crushed the opponent's Nascent Soul.
Then the Phantom Dragon roared towards the sky, and this roar carried the natural suppression of its bloodline.
Dragon roar is also a kind of attack, a mental and sonic attack.
Since the Phantom Dragon's realm is still too low, its power cannot truly reflect the supreme suppressive power of the Five-clawed Dragon.
But this dragon roar made the remaining five Nascent Soul early stage cultivators all pause. The Nascent Soul Dharma images that they were originally planning to perform were also interrupted by this dragon roar.
A golden light shot out from the ground, and a golden human hand grabbed the body of an early Nascent Soul cultivator. The power of this attack was so great that it directly shattered the Nascent Soul in the cultivator's body.
The golden figure is none other than the Golden Corpse. After three years of growth, the Golden Corpse has shrunk to three meters in height and looks almost the same as a human.
This is related to the fact that Li Shiming invested a large amount of fourth-grade corpse refining resources into the golden corpse, otherwise how could the golden corpse grow so fast.
After killing a cultivator in the early Nascent Soul stage, the golden corpse did not stop moving, and even the attack did not affect its speed.
The golden corpse appeared next to the second Nascent Soul cultivator, and then the third and fourth. When he killed four Nascent Soul cultivators in a row, the last Nascent Soul cultivator finally woke up from the shock of the dragon's roar.
After waking up, he found that in such a short period of time, he was the only one left alive.
This made him feel scared and he activated a life-saving talisman without any hesitation.
Of course, his life-saving talisman was not made by a great cultivator, but was only made by a talisman master in the Nascent Soul stage who was good at escape techniques. However, for a casual cultivator, it was a life-saving item.
His body was wrapped in a reddish light and shot away into the distance.
Unfortunately, he encountered the golden corpse. Since he broke through by taking the golden corpse core from the cave heaven of the great Zhai Ge, this golden corpse inherited the indescribable speed of the cave heaven golden corpse.
The cultivator in the early Nascent Soul stage was very fast, but the golden corpse was even faster and caught up with him in a moment.
The cultivator in the early Nascent Soul stage was horrified. He no longer hesitated and used the last method, causing his Nascent Soul to leave his body.
He didn't want to fight by displaying the Nascent Soul Dharma Image. He knew very well in his heart that he was able to kill five Nascent Soul early stage cultivators in an instant. Even the five Nascent Soul cultivators didn't have time to display the Nascent Soul Dharma Image. Even if he displayed the Nascent Soul Dharma Image, he would not be a match for the enemy.
His Nascent Soul left his body in order to escape, which is also the fastest way for cultivators to move besides their supernatural powers.
His Nascent Soul left his body, and the little Nascent Soul looked at the golden corpse with frightened eyes, as if he wanted to remember the golden corpse deeply.
But when Yuanying looked at the golden corpse, he found that golden light was already in front of him. As a golden palm passed across Yuanying, his last consciousness also dissipated.
Li Shiming was facing the second heavenly thunder, and at the same time he was distracted to control the overall situation of the battlefield here. He found that the gap between the independent cultivators and the cultivators from the sects was still too big.
Of course, the main reason why the six early Nascent Soul cultivators could be dealt with so easily was the cooperation between the Phantom Dragon and the Golden Corpse.
As long as a cultivator in the early Nascent Soul stage does not have a particularly powerful defensive magic weapon and cannot withstand the golden corpse's first attack, it almost means that the cultivator in the early Nascent Soul stage is doomed to die.
Although the Phantom Dragon only killed one, the deaths of the other four Nascent Soul cultivators in the early stage were all closely related to it.
A dragon roar controlled all the Nascent Soul cultivators in the early stage. This was the terrifying effect brought by a spiritual pet with a powerful bloodline.
If the other party is a cultivator from a large sect, there might be ways to deal with it, but this is not the case for independent cultivators.
The golden corpse began to clean up the battlefield, put away the corpses, and placed the space items separately.
After cleaning up the battlefield, the Phantom Dragon went to clean up the Jindan-stage trash, while the Golden Corpse returned to Li Shiming to protect him.
The second thunderbolt, which had been brewing for a long time, fell with a thunderclap.
The thunderbolt hit the Heavenly Thunder Hammer first, and the thunderbolt sound came later.
Li Shiming felt his palm shake, and the Sky-Strike Thunder Hammer flew out of his palm.
With the precise calculations of his 'Divine Eyes' and his life-saving magic weapon IBMz15, he saw 3.6 million formations and the twelve lightning runes contained therein detach from the body of the Sky-Strike Thunder Hammer and spread outward.
The second thunder in the sky hit the Sky-Strike Thunder Hammer. The power of this strike was twice that of the first thunder.
This time, the Sky-Strike Thunder Hammer was unable to block all of the heavenly thunder, causing it to scatter in all directions. However, no matter how much the thunder scattered, it could not escape the phantom of three hundred and sixty times twelve thunder runes.
Surrounded by tens of millions of runes on the Sky Thunder Hammer, the sky thunder was bound inside and as the runes shrank back to the Sky Thunder Hammer, not a single drop of the sky thunder leaked out.
As the owner of the Heavenly Thunder Hammer, Li Shiming was standing under the thundercloud, and the two consecutive thunders had nothing to do with him.
The thundercloud did not change this time, but it was rapidly giving birth to the third heavenly thunder.
Without Li Shiming's command, the Sky-Strike Thunder Hammer flew towards the thundercloud on its own, as if it wanted to break it.
Before the third heavenly thunder had completely fallen, the Sky-Strike Thunder Hammer had already rushed into the thundercloud.
The thunder in the thundercloud shot towards the Sky-Strike Thunder Hammer, and a strange thing happened. The tens of millions of thunder runes on the Sky-Strike Thunder Hammer separated from the body again and turned into energy runes.
Li Shiming stared blankly at the thunderclouds in the sky. At this time, the thunderclouds were no longer black, but golden, a dazzling golden color.
The golden runes of the Sky-Strike Thunder Hammer actually wrapped up the entire thundercloud. The thundercloud inside continued to struggle, venting its last bit of energy.
But for some reason, the power of the thunderclouds surrounded by the millions of golden runes of the Sky-Strike Thunder Hammer was not enough to harm the Sky-Strike Thunder Hammer itself.
Slowly, the thunderclouds in the sky dissipated, and the golden runes disappeared with them.
The Sky-Strike Thunder Hammer fell from the sky, and when it landed in front of Li Shiming, it stopped in front of his eyes.
He could sense that a strange energy was flowing inside the Sky-Strike Thunder Hammer, transforming it.
This is different from Li Shiming's refining. This transformation is a reward from the rules of heaven and earth for the Sky Strike Thunder Hammer to survive the catastrophe.
After a stick of incense had passed, the transformation was completed, and Li Shiming sensed a young spiritual intelligence from the Heavenly Thunder Hammer.
"Is this the emergence of a spirit?" Li Shiming said inexplicably surprised.
He knew how many methods Yuanying cultivators used to make their magic weapons possess spirits.
The most common method is to forcibly infuse the soul of a powerful spirit beast into a magic weapon, which allows the magic weapon to possess some of the abilities of the powerful spirit beast.
The only downside is that the soul of this powerful spirit beast cannot be replenished and will only slowly weaken over time, so spirit beasts with extremely long lifespans are generally chosen to serve as the spirit of the weapon.
In this way, the weapon spirit can at least be guaranteed to live longer than the cultivator himself and will not affect the cultivator's combat effectiveness.
Of course, using the souls of spirit beasts is only a last resort. The real spirit that can grow is the spirit that is born from the magic weapon itself.
The longer this kind of weapon spirit is used to be refined with the magic weapon, the higher its intelligence will become, and there is almost no limit to its growth.
The spirit of a powerful magic weapon can even grow into a powerful combat force and exist independently of the cultivator himself.
The spirit of the Heavenly Thunder Hammer had just been formed and was still in its infancy, but this had already made Li Shiming extremely excited.
His mind was sensing the spirit of the weapon while also scanning the entire Sky-Strike Thunder Hammer.
He discovered that there were some more Heavenly Thunder Runes inside the Heavenly Thunder Hammer. This should be the reward from heaven and earth, and the quality of the Heavenly Thunder Hammer had also been improved to a certain extent, otherwise it would not be able to withstand these more Heavenly Thunder Runes.
When Li Shiming was refining the Sky-Strike Thunder Hammer, he almost filled up the maximum bearing capacity of the fourth-grade Thunder Shining Black Iron.