Li Shiming was in front and Master Duan Zhang was behind. The distance between Master Duan Zhang and Li Shiming was getting closer and closer. However, it would not be possible to put Li Shiming within the range of Master Duan Zhang's spiritual awareness in a short time.
"No wonder we couldn't catch him, it turns out he is so difficult to deal with!" Great monk Duan Zhang sighed softly.
As a cultivator in the middle stage of the Nascent Soul, and one who was able to cultivate thunder escape to such a level with only the 'Yuqing Thunder Canon', Li Shiming's talent in thunder cultivation is so strong that even among the core cultivators of the Yuqing Sect, there are few who can compare with him.
After such a long time, the intelligence about Li Shiming has been investigated clearly.
Of course, the information on Li Shiming only covers the period when he was called Li Shizhen. There is no way to obtain information before that. Even if the intelligence department of Yuqing Sect was strong, it would not be able to find out what happened when Li Shiming was in the Northern Shu continent.
If Master Duan Zhang had failed to capture Li Yuanba, he would definitely have notified the Yuqing Sect and even notified some forces with which he had good relations for help.
But the current situation is a bit special, so he captured Li Yuanba. If his whereabouts were exposed, it would probably arouse the suspicion of Jianyi Chongxiao Pavilion.
So he didn't notify anyone and pursued Li Shiming alone.
He had enough confidence in his own combat power. When facing a mid-Nascent Soul cultivator, and a mid-Nascent Soul thunder cultivator at that, he believed that even if Li Shiming's thunder attack hit him, he would not be able to break through his defense.
A Lei Xiu's own lightning resistance is very strong, not to mention the lightning resistance of a great Lei Xiu.
Li Shiming fled far away, and the direction of his thunder escape was towards the ocean. He needed to fight with the great monk Duan Zhang in a place where no one would disturb him.
He changed directions from time to time, avoiding all the Nascent Soul cultivators along the way.
Great Monk Duan Zhang seemed to see what he was thinking, but he didn't care.
Great monk Duan Zhang also hopes to move the battlefield into the ocean, where Li Shiming will have no chance of escaping.
"Huh!" He found that Li Shiming in front of him suddenly stopped, apparently waiting for him. He was a little puzzled as to why Li Shiming did that.
But now that we are here, on the ocean, we don’t have to worry about any traps.
"Why don't you run away?" Master Duan Zhang asked calmly as he approached Li Shiming.
"My speed is not as fast as yours, so we might as well fight to the end!" Li Shiming said with a smile.
His attitude was not at all like he was facing a great monk. It was as relaxed as if he was sparring with a monk of the same level.
"Then let's have a fair fight!" Master Duan Zhang was overjoyed in his heart, but he remained calm on his face.
He was calculating the distance between him and Li Shiming in his mind, and was ready to use the pressure of a great monk once the distance between him and Li Shiming was enough to suppress Li Shiming so that he could not turn over.
But something unexpected happened. He saw Li Shiming's figure disappear in front of him, and then Li Shiming's figure appeared in front of him.
Just as he was about to attack, Li Shiming's figure mysteriously disappeared.
“The power of divine feet, you have also mastered the power of divine feet!” Great monk Duan Zhang exclaimed.
He thought of Li Yuanba, and then associated it with Li Shiming's sudden appearance, which seemed to have happened shortly after Li Yuanba was captured.
At this time, he discovered that the spirit pet bag around his waist was missing. How could he not understand that there was some kind of relationship between Li Shizhen and Li Yuanba, and the relationship was very close, which made Li Shizhen willing to take the risk to attack him, a great thunder cultivator.
Master Duan Zhang looked extremely unhappy as Li Shiming had actually stolen his spirit pet bag right in front of him.
He thought it was stealing, but in fact it was robbery. Taking the spirit pet bag in front of him was robbery.
Who told him to hang the pet bag around his waist instead of putting it away properly?
In the world of immortal cultivation, the fastest people must be the cultivators who have mastered the magical power of spatial movement such as Shenzutong.
But even among the cultivators who have mastered spatial movement skills such as the Divine Foot, Li Shiming is still the fastest.
Because Li Shiming's way of performing the Divine Foot Power is different from other cultivators, he can use multiple brains to prepare the Divine Foot Power runes at the same time, allowing him to perform the Divine Foot Power without any interruption.
Master Duan Zhang suffered a loss from him. With his experience in his long life, he had never encountered anyone who could use the power of space movement like this. This was totally unreasonable.
Of course, another point is that Master Duan Zhang was careless. He thought that if he exerted the pressure of a master, no matter how fast Li Shiming's spatial movement speed was, he would not be able to get close to him easily.
But it was too late. Li Shiming had already succeeded and snatched away the pet bag containing Li Yuanba.
In the opinion of Master Duan Zhang, since Li Shiming had succeeded, he would naturally use his supernatural powers to escape.
But to his surprise, Li Shiming casually put away the spirit pet bag, Li Shiming put Li Yuanba into the Tianren Cave, and the great monk Luo Pei took action to remove the restrictions on Li Yuanba.
He himself did not leave, because he really wanted to fight with Master Duan Zhang.
After he practiced the 'Heavenly Art', through his own feelings and comparison with Great Monk Luo Pei, he believed that his fighting power was not weaker than that of a normal great monk.
The great monk Duan Zhang in front of him was a good opponent. The reason why he did not attack immediately was to allow the elixir that he had just taken to restore his spiritual power to take effect as soon as possible.
He used the "Instant Attack" for nearly half an hour. Although the energy in his body did not drop to the limit he set, it still consumed a lot.
Every time he delays, some of the energy in his body will be restored.
"What is your relationship with Li Yuanba? Why did you save him?" Master Duan Zhang had already determined in his heart that there was a relationship between Li Shizhen and Li Yuanba, but he was still a little puzzled. According to all the information, these two should not have any connection.
Li Shiming did not speak. He did not need to explain anything. Although the ocean here was out of the range of the communication formation, he was not sure whether Master Duan Zhang had some means of long-distance communication.
If he said something, it might be spread by Master Duan Zhang.
The aura on his body rose, without any reservation, and the 'Sky Thunder Hammer' appeared above his head.
"Spiritual treasure!" Great monk Duan Zhang exclaimed again.
As a great monk from the super sect Yuqing Sect, he hadn't been so surprised for a long time.
Today, he was surprised many times by the strength displayed by Li Shiming, and greed flashed in his eyes.
The spiritual treasure-level 'Heavenly Thunder Hammer', even in the super power Yuqing Sect, only the powerful are qualified to possess it.
This spiritual treasure is extremely suitable for practicing the "Jade Purity Thunder Code". Even if it is Li Shiming's own magic weapon, it has lost half of its power after it was re-recognized as the master. It is still far superior to his current magic weapon.
Besides, even if the power is reduced by half, the mark of the original owner can still be erased from the life magic weapon after a long period of adjustment.
But it takes too long, at least hundreds of years, so it is not cost-effective to use a normal natal magic weapon.
But for the sake of spiritual treasure, even if it takes hundreds of years, it is extremely worth it.
After Li Shiming exposed the spiritual treasure 'Heavenly Thunder Hammer', he no longer wanted to let the great monk Duan Zhang survive.
He was not too worried that Master Duan Zhang would leak the news of the magical treasure 'Heavenly Thunder Hammer'. After he dealt with Master Duan Zhang, he would find another place to go into seclusion in the Tianren Cave Heaven anyway.
Even a powerful person cannot find the Heavenly Cave, let alone find him.
Master Duan Zhang sensed the distance between him and Li Shiming, and sneered in his heart. Li Shiming was already within the range of pressure from his master level.
He suddenly burst out with the aura of a great monk, and the terrifying aura of a great monk enveloped Li Shiming.
Li Shiming's figure suddenly disappeared, and the first thought of Master Duan Zhang was that Li Shiming used his divine power to leave the range of the master's realm pressure.
But Li Shiming did the opposite. He appeared two meters away from Master Duan Zhang.
A distance of two meters is almost equivalent to close combat for monks.
The spiritual treasure 'Heavenly Thunder Hammer' released a 'Thunder Spell'. This 'Thunder Spell' was blessed by the 'Shenxiao Thunder Pearl', and its power was increased to that of a mid-to-late stage great cultivator.
Moreover, because the distance was too close, it was impossible to dodge.
The thunder shield on Master Duan Zhang's body blocked the attack.
However, this attack also consumed most of the energy of the thunder shield, and the electric light on the thunder shield was about to collapse.
Great Monk Duan Zhang couldn't believe it as Li Shiming approached him again.
What made him even more unbelievable was Li Shiming's performance. Li Shiming was not affected by the pressure of the great cultivator at all.
Due to the unexpected incident, his reaction was slow. After his thunder shield defense was hit, he also launched a counterattack. Lightning flashed on his "Sky Thunder Hammer" and the same "Thunderfall Technique" was about to be performed.
Li Shiming's figure suddenly disappeared, causing Master Duan Zhang's "Thunderbolt Technique" to fail to lock on him.
This is almost impossible to happen. Usually, the spell lock will not fail only within the range of the cultivator's spiritual awareness. At most, when the spell attacks, the opponent will be able to dodge the spell attack because of his fast speed and reaction.
But at this time, Li Shiming performed "A World Away" too quickly, so fast that even the great monk Duan Zhang did not have time to release "Falling Thunder", the fastest thunder spell among all thunder spells, before Li Shiming performed space movement and disappeared.
Li Shiming did not leave, but moved to two meters behind the great monk Duan Zhang.
When he appeared again, he had a fourth-grade sword base in his hand.
The quality of the fourth-grade sword base has now reached the top fourth-grade quality. This is because his physical body has been strengthened by the "Heaven and Man Art" and has reached the level of a great cultivator in the Nascent Soul stage.
On top of the fourth-grade sword base, the 'Void-Breaking Sword Intent' is added.
The energy bestowed on this 'Breaking Void Sword Intent' is also transformed from the chaotic energy of the 'Heavenly Art', and naturally carries a trace of spatial rules.
With the blessing of space rules, the armor-piercing effect of 'Breaking Void Sword Intent' has been greatly improved, at least equivalent to the 'Breaking Void Sword Intent' performed by a great sword cultivator.
Even the weakest sword cultivator, when displaying the 'Void-Breaking Sword Intent' blessed with the rules of space, would be threatening enough to any other cultivator.
"Swish!" The sound of the fourth-grade sword base rubbing against the thunder shield was heard.
The terrifying power brought to Li Shiming by the 'Breaking Void Sword Intent' plus the 'Heavenly Art' was a power that only a great cultivator of body refining could possess. Acting on the fourth-grade sword base, it directly broke through the thunder shield that had been half-broken by a 'Falling Thunder Technique'.
When Master Duan Zhang sensed danger, he thought of adding defensive magic weapons to himself.
It's not that he was careless, but the thunder cultivators of Yuqing Sect usually don't use defensive magic weapons. Many of them even only have one life-saving magic weapon and no other magic weapons.
Thunder cultivators are powerful attacking cultivators who are as famous as sword cultivators, and they also have the same pride as sword cultivators.
They disdain to use other magic weapons, their own magic weapon, the 'Heavenly Thunder Hammer', is enough.
Li Shiming would not allow the great monk Duan Zhang a chance to strengthen his defense. The spiritual treasure 'Heavenly Thunder Hammer' was controlled by his single brain, and the 'Thunderfall Technique' blessed with the energy of the 'Shenxiao Thunder Pearl' was performed again.
This is also his advantage. With one hundred and ninety-one brains, he can control up to one hundred and ninety-one magic weapons as long as he has enough energy and spirit.
He controls multiple magic weapons and can ensure that the power of each magic weapon is at its strongest.
Unlike many cultivators who use special secret methods to control multiple magic weapons in a multitasking manner, each magic weapon loses some power compared to a single magic weapon because they cannot use it wholeheartedly.
However, having multiple magic weapons still has some advantages in terms of more attack and less power, so qualified cultivators who are able to master the secret method of multitasking are still willing to use multiple magic weapons.
The lightning emitted by the "Thunderfall Technique" struck the great monk Duan Zhang.
Even though Master Duan Zhang had a strong resistance to lightning, this blow caused his entire body to tremble, and he lost control of his body for a short period of time.
At this time, the fourth-grade sword base also cut into the body of Master Duan Zhang, and the terrifying "Void-breaking Sword Intent" corroded Master Duan Zhang's entire body.
Master Duan Zhang was very decisive. His Nascent Soul left his body instantly. Knowing that Li Shiming's attack was unstoppable and that nothing could be done, he chose to abandon his physical body.
This choice was a very cruel one for him who was at the level of a great monk.
This means that he has almost 100% given up the possibility of being promoted to a powerful person, although the possibility of him being promoted to a powerful person before was also extremely low.
But no matter how low the possibility of being promoted to a powerful person was in the past, there was always a glimmer of hope. Now that his Nascent Soul has left his body and died, even if his Nascent Soul escapes back, there will be no possibility of being promoted to a powerful person.
In the history of the world of immortal cultivation, there has never been a cultivator who, through Nascent Soul stage and taking over another body, could be promoted to a powerful one.
Perhaps this is related to the degree of compatibility between the cultivator's soul and body. No matter how the body is transformed after taking over the soul, the body is not the original body of the soul, and the degree of compatibility between the body and soul cannot reach the most perfect state.
When one is promoted to a powerful being, even the slightest imperfection will be infinitely magnified.
When Master Duan Zhang gave up his physical body, he had no time to think about anything else. The only thing he wanted was to survive.