Chapter 1894: Chapter 993: Facing the Enemy (Part 2)
"Li Yuanba already taught you the âSky-Surging Sword Intent Techniqueâ. Once this news spreads, itâll be enough for the Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion to hunt you down!" Huinan Bodhisattvaâs avatar laughed as he saw the origins of the flying sword Li Shiming displayed.
Realizing Li Shiming wasnât easy to deal with, he attempted to pressure Li Shiming through words.
Li Shiming wasnât frightened by the âSky-Surging Sword Intent Techniqueâ revelation; his main cultivation was the âHeavenly Human Techniqueâ. Even if the Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion investigated, they wouldnât find traces of the âSky-Surging Sword Intent Techniqueâ on him.
His âSky-Surging Sword Intent Techniqueâ Gold Element Spiritual Power was converted through âChaotic Spiritual Powerâ, bearing little relation to the genuine âSky-Surging Sword Intent Techniqueâ.
He merely borrowed the attack secret techniques of the âSky-Surging Sword Intent Techniqueâ, which was something sword cultivators across the Cultivation World did in various ways.
What troubled Li Shiming the most now was Huinan Bodhisattvaâs avatarâs Buddha Lotus.
With the existence of the Buddha Lotus, he dared not summon the seventy-two Holy Spirits.
If Huinan Bodhisattvaâs avatar used the Buddha Lotus to escape, the seventy-two Holy Spirits might not be able to retain him.
Huinan Bodhisattvaâs avatar once again triggered the Buddha Lotusâs space movement, approaching Li Shiming with an attack, which Li Shiming successfully dodged.
Both sidesâ space movement reaction speeds were incredibly fast, leaving Huinan Bodhisattvaâs avatar incapable of dealing with Li Shiming, and similarly, Li Shimingâs attacks couldnât harm Huinan Bodhisattvaâs avatar.
The battle between the two continued, but if neither side used any strong means, the battle would just drag on like this.
Feeling that a tenth of his energy had been consumed, Huinan Bodhisattvaâs avatar knew he couldnât continue this way, for he was merely an avatar with limited energy.
If this energy consumption continued, thereâd be no need for Li Shiming to defeat him; the lack of energy alone would render him unable to fight.
Huinan Bodhisattvaâs avatar wanted a one-shot kill, but facing this cultivator, Li Shiming, who mastered Half-step Great Power Level space rules, a one-shot kill was no easy feat.
Thus, Huinan Bodhisattvaâs avatar opted for a large-scale all-out attack, the best way to deal with space movement.
But the problem was that executing an all-out attack with great rules consumed extreme amounts of energy, offering him only one opportunity.
He had mobilized energy accumulated over a century in his grotto heaven for this outing, and after cross-continent flight and continuous battles, the remaining energy could only deliver a potentially fatal blow to Li Shiming.
This was because he estimated that breaking through Li Shimingâs armor, formed by one hundred and eight âEternal Water Bear Wormâ, required such vast energy consumption.
In fact, his calculations were mistaken; he had no idea how strong the defense of the âEternal Water Bear Wormâ was, let alone that the Earth Evil Formation created by one hundred and eight âEternal Water Bear Wormâ could distribute damage across all âEternal Water Bear Wormâ.
Huinan Bodhisattvaâs avatar suddenly grew larger, transforming into a hundred-meter-tall Buddha.
The Buddhaâs massive hand pressed down on Li Shiming, growing even larger as it descended, as if veiling the sky and covering the entire âBeidou Formation Mapâ area.
Li Shiming, wanting to evade, had to first open a gap in the formation set by the âBeidou Formation Mapâ to escape this area.
He used the âBeidou Formation Mapâ to trap the bodhisattvaâs avatar, and he didnât want to leave a passage for himself to enter and exit freely, in case Huinan Bodhisattvaâs avatar had the means to detect it.
Without leaving a formation passage, he was also trapped inside the âBeidou Formation Mapâ.
In fact, just half a breathâs time was enough for him to manipulate the âBeidou Formation Mapâ to let him leave freely.
But the attack from Huinan Bodhisattvaâs avatar didnât allow Li Shiming even half a breathâs time; the massive palmâs appearance seemed to slow time, yet in reality, it took just an instant to seal off an area.
As the massive palm descended, Li Shiming indeed couldnât dodge.
Only then did he truly understand the horror of great power; Huinan Bodhisattvaâs avatarâs strength was not as weak as he imagined.
But he wasnât weak either; the previous battle with Huinan Bodhisattvaâs avatar was merely to test his combat power.
Recently, his combat power had improved too quickly, needing a battle to test his own strength.
As the massive palm suppressed that area, Li Shimingâs body was also subdued by it.
Yet all the damage was absorbed by the one hundred and eight âEternal Water Bear Wormâ, leaving his corporeal body unharmed.
"Suppress, suppress, suppress!" Feeling Li Shiming unscathed under the massive hand and appearing extremely composed, Huinan Bodhisattvaâs avatar couldnât help but intensify energy infusion, shouting loudly.
The pressure on the massive hand suddenly increased, as if space itself was collapsing.
Still, the damage caused by the massive hand was distributed by the one hundred and eight âEternal Water Bear Wormâ, and even if some âEternal Water Bear Wormâ were injured by the pressure, they would quickly heal.
Initially, Huinan Bodhisattvaâs avatar only intended to severely injure Li Shiming, sparing his life.
Hence, Huinan Bodhisattvaâs avatar held back in his attack, which resulted in him causing no harm to Li Shiming whatsoever, forcing him to increase energy output again and again, aiming to subdue Li Shiming permanently.
The benefits Li Shiming brought were overwhelming, solely cultivating Half-step Fifth Grade spiritual insects could bring immeasurable benefits to the Da Leiyin Temple.
The benefits of capturing Li Shiming alive were immense; at first, Huinan Bodhisattvaâs avatar contemplated capturing him alive, but upon realizing he couldnât handle Li Shiming, he was compelled to escalate his attackâs power ceaselessly.
The continuous attacks caused the âEternal Water Bear Wormâ to sustain injuries constantly, but without a single strike killing all one hundred and eight âEternal Water Bear Wormâ, breaking through the armor they formed was impossible.
Li Shiming felt extremely stifled at this moment; it was like being the Monkey King trapped under the Five Elements Mountain by Tathagata, unable to resist the big hand pressing on him.
Yet, Huinan Bodhisattvaâs avatar was equally frustrated; although this large-scale attack secret technique was indeed immensely powerful, it also consumed a lot of energy.
If launched by the original body, energy consumption wouldnât be a worry; however, for the avatar, every additional second of suppression consumed a huge amount of energy.
The Buddha, into which Huinan Bodhisattvaâs avatar transformed, shrank back to normal size like a deflated balloon.
The hand that suppressed Li Shiming also vanished.
Li Shiming sensed Huinan Bodhisattvaâs avatarâs weakened state; if the avatarâs energy was a hundred before, it was now only ten.
This was IBMz15âs accurate judgment, and IBMz15 wouldnât err in this aspect.
By this time, Huinan Bodhisattvaâs avatar was already contemplating escape, and with the Buddha Lotus, despite only having a tenth of energy left, it was enough to leave.
Before leaving, he still needed to break the grand formation set by the âBeidou Formation Mapâ. He wasnât worried about this aspect, as his combat power needed only a few more strikes to break through it.
As for capturing Li Shiming, he wasnât considering it anymore.
Until a method to counter the one hundred and eight âEternal Water Bear Wormâ armor on Li Shiming could be found, he would no longer make any moves against Li Shiming.
Just when Huinan Bodhisattvaâs avatar was thinking about leaving, Li Shiming wasnât having it.
His figure flickered, appearing in front of Huinan Bodhisattvaâs avatar, holding a Fourth-Grade Sword Foundation.
Though calling it a Fourth-Grade Sword Foundation was inaccurate, as after his physical body reached Half-step Great Power Level, the Fourth-Grade Sword Foundation also ascended to Half-step Fifth Grade.
The Half-step Fifth Grade Sword Foundation slashed towards Huinan Bodhisattvaâs avatar, while the âTraceless Illusion Swordâ emerged from another side, shooting towards Huinan Bodhisattvaâs avatar.
Huinan Bodhisattvaâs avatar had no choice but to pause, activating the Buddha Lotus to defend against these two attacks.
He didnât want to use other defensive means, as that would increase internal energy consumption; using the Buddha Lotus consumed the least energy.
He activated the Buddha Lotusâs space movement, attempting to escape in another direction past the âBeidou Formation Mapâ, but Li Shimingâs space movement appeared alongside him.