Great Power Luo Yuan had been staying in the Inheritance Cave Heaven for decades, considering the attention the great powers of the Cultivation World had on the Yuqing Sect. With so much time passing, the attention would have greatly diminished.
He also understood that to clash with these great powers, it was best to enhance his own strength.
And the best way to enhance his strength was to retrieve the âShenxiao Thunder Pearlâ.
With the âShenxiao Thunder Pearlâ, Great Power Luo Yuanâs combat power could increase significantly.
Therefore, he dispatched the Great Power Avatar once again, using a one-time treasure to conceal the avatarâs aura, revealing it only upon reaching the Dongqi Continent.
This way, Great Power Luo Yuanâs avatar was not detected by other great powers.
He also thought of catching Li Shiming off guard. As long as the Great Power Avatar got close to Li Shiming and prevented him from utilizing Space Movement, he could easily capture him.
"Oh, a Peak Great Cultivator, the aura of a Thunder Cultivator, this is Li Shizhen. How did he discover my arrival?" Great Power Luo Yuan muttered to himself in surprise, having sensed the aura ahead.
As he was contemplating, Li Shiming appeared ten miles away from the avatar of Great Power Luo Yuan.
A distance of ten miles did not prevent the two from making eye contact.
"Daring to meet me, what confidence do you have, or will you just flee upon seeing me?" The Great Power Avatar taunted, worried that Li Shiming would immediately use Space Movement to leave.
"So it is Great Power Luo, arenât you stationed at the Yuqing Sect mountain gate? How come you have time to visit me?" Li Shiming recognized the avatar of Great Power Luo Yuan and asked with a smile.
Though the Great Power Avatar lacked blood and qi, it sensed the surge of energy within, perceiving Li Shimingâs words as mockery.
In the Cultivation World, everyone knew that the Yuqing Sect no longer had any cultivators. This Inheritor Great Ability could only survive in the Inheritance Cave Heaven.
The Great Power Avatar suddenly lunged forward, reaching the ten-mile distance in an instant by expending energy to perform a one-time ten-mile Space Movement.
As it performed Space Movement in the Cultivation World rather than in the Inheritance Cave Heaven, the Great Power Avatarâs energy was greatly consumed.
In the Inheritance Cave Heaven, the avatar could easily grasp the space rules, making Space Movement simple.
But in the Cultivation World, it had to rely on the Space Rule Imprint of the Inheritance Cave Heaven, using it to perform Space Movement outside the grotto.
Still, performing a ten-mile Space Movement increased its energy consumption even more.
Nonetheless, the Great Power Avatar was confident that as long as Li Shiming did not have time to perform Space Movement to escape, capturing him would be easy.
It stepped across the ten-mile distance, appearing before Li Shiming.
The aura of the Great Power emanated from the avatar.
The natural aura of the Great Power had a suppressive effect on Li Shiming, a Peak Great Cultivator. Without Li Shiming having a hundred and ninety-one brains to share the avatarâs realm suppression, he would have been captured without a fight.
Li Shimingâs figure flickered as he employed âAt Armâs Length, Worlds Apartâ, dodging the avatarâs lunge.
He increased the distance to a hundred meters, simultaneously throwing out the black and white chess pieces.
The black and white chess pieces aligned in the air, forming a Restraining Formation.
Above his head, the âBeidou Formation Mapâ phantom appeared, complementing the black and white chess pieces, perfecting and strengthening the Restraining Formation.
All this happened in an instant. By the time the Great Power Avatar realized something was wrong, it was already trapped inside the Restraining Formation.
The Restraining Formation had the function of isolating internal and external information.
Even Great Power Luo Yuan could not maintain contact with his avatar due to the formationâs presence.
Though the Great Power Avatar lost contact with the main body, it would not abandon its task assigned by the main body just because of this lost contact.
Li Shiming did not want the Great Power Avatar to communicate what happened next back to the main body.
At a thought, a hundred and eight âEternal Water Bearsâ all fell onto his body, transforming into armor composed of the miniature âEternal Water Bearsâ.
The Great Power Avatar frowned as a hundred and eight âEternal Water Bearsâ turned into armor, protecting Li Shiming completely.
It could sense the peculiarity of the âEternal Water Bearsâ, but to the Late Stage Fourth Grade avatar, they seemed like fragile defenses that could be shattered with a single blow.
Little did he know, Great Power Leng Luo from his sect had the same thought once.
However, the âEternal Water Bearsâ possessed terrifying vitality and unimaginable resistance to various forms of attack.
In Li Yuanbaâs hands, the hundred and eight âEternal Water Bearsâ were merely defensive panels, but in Li Shimingâs hands, along with the Beidou Formation Map above, they formed a small Defensive Array on his body.
Any attack hitting one of the âEternal Water Bearsâ would disperse across all hundred and eight of them.
In other words, unless one could kill all hundred and eight âEternal Water Bearsâ, at best, the âEternal Water Bearsâ could only be injured.
And due to their incredible life force, the injuries would be instantly healed.
Unless the enemyâs power could destroy all hundred and eight âEternal Water Bearsâ in one blow, there was no way to breach the defensive array they formed.
Seventy-two Holy Spirits appeared around Li Shiming, forming an Earth Evil Array around the Great Power Avatar.
"How dare you collude with Exotic Realm Divine Soldiers!" Upon seeing the Holy Spirits, the Great Power Avatarâs face changed dramatically, and it shouted sharply.
The look in its eyes towards the Holy Spirits was filled with fear, as if they were some catastrophic beasts.
In fact, as a great power, driving away catastrophic beasts was as simple as waving a hand, but its fear of the Holy Spirits was far greater than that.
Hearing the Great Power Avatar refer to the Holy Spirits as âExotic Realm Divine Soldiersâ, Li Shimingâs heart stirred slightly, implying that this might be the Cultivation Worldâs term for the Holy Spirits.
"What Exotic Realm Divine Soldiers? These are my Protective Taoist Soldiers!" Li Shiming deliberately explained in a deep voice, hoping to extract more information from the avatar.
"You traitor to the Cultivation World! Even though I remain at the Yuqing Sect, I cannot mistake it. The aura of the Exotic Realm Divine Soldiers is entirely different from the Cultivation World!" the Great Power Avatar pointed at Li Shiming and shouted.
The avatar was no fool. Seeing the seventy-two âExotic Realm Divine Soldiersâ, it already had a bad premonition.
Recollecting the terror of the âExotic Realm Divine Soldiersâ, with so many genius cultivators in the Cultivation World falling in battles against them. The names of these geniuses were respected worldwide and unmatched in their era.
Although the seventy-two âExotic Realm Divine Soldiersâ lacked a single Great Power level soldier, their sheer number made up for the lack of quality.
It hadnât launched an attack immediately due to the formation set up by the seventy-two âExotic Realm Divine Soldiersâ, which prevented it from attacking unsighted.
Understanding well that launching an attack without knowing the formation could easily lead into its traps.
Li Shimingâs greatest frustration was still the âBeidou Formation Mapâ phantom above his head.
With the Beidou Formation Mapâs enhancement, all formations set by Li Shiming were reinforced, becoming several times stronger.
The Beidou Formation Map was indeed the Beidou Sectâs treasure. If it wasnât for Li Shimingâs realm being just a Peak Great Cultivator, in the hands of a great power, its power could trap a great power for a long time.