Li Shiming once again perceived the spiritual imprint within the âShenxiao Thunder Pearlâ, which floated inside the âShenxiao Thunder Pearlâ, looking as though even after thousands of years, it might still not be able to dissipate on its own.
He attempted to forcibly remove the spiritual imprint from the âShenxiao Thunder Pearlâ through his control over the machine room space.
The moment his control contacted the spiritual imprint, it was instantly repelled. He felt that if it werenât for the special control he used over the machine room space, just the counterattack of the spiritual imprint would be enough to damage the soul of a Nascent Soul Early Stage Practitioner, possibly even causing their demise on the spot.
The entity that left the spiritual imprint had embedded an immense amount of spirit into it, which might have been negligible to that entity, but was lethal to Li Shiming, a Nascent Soul Early Stage Practitioner.
His natal artifact, IBMz15, began its analysis and soon provided several solutions.
These solutions were tailored according to his current capabilities, with each having the potential to remove the spiritual imprint.
The reason it is only potential and not definite is that IBMz15 could not accurately determine the level of the spiritual imprint.
Li Shiming shook his head, and suddenly, a gigantic Nascent Soul Dharma Form arm appeared in front of him, holding the âHeavenly Strike Thunder Hammerâ.
He released a bolt of lightning into the void before him, and with a slight mental maneuver, he directed the lightning toward the spiritual imprint within the machine room spaceâs âShenxiao Thunder Pearlâ.
The lightning struck the spiritual imprint, yet the imprint remained unaffected, as if the lightning were illusory.
Seeing that the lightning attack was ineffective, he then condensed a âHeavenly Thunder Sword Intentâ and directed it at the spiritual imprint within the âShenxiao Thunder Pearlâ.
âHeavenly Thunder Sword Intentâ is the nemesis of spirits, but its efficacy depends on the level of the spirit.
When the âHeavenly Thunder Sword Intentâ contacted the spiritual imprint and struck it, the imprint stood unwavering, and instead, the âHeavenly Thunder Sword Intentâ shrank by half.
Still somewhat unconvinced, he continued to attack the spiritual imprint with âHeavenly Thunder Sword Intentâ, but this time the âHeavenly Thunder Sword Intentâ vanished completely.
Li Shiming looked at the spiritual imprint inside the âShenxiao Thunder Pearlâ, feeling like a mortal confronting a mountain. His determination to shake the spiritual imprint wavered after repeated failures.
He hadnât initially considered the âVoid-Breaking Sword Intentâ because it was too feeble, even after a period of refinement, it could not compare to the âHeavenly Thunder Sword Intentâ.
Having tried most of the solutions provided by IBMz15, only one remained, and it was the least likely to succeed.
That was to use the âVoid-Breaking Sword Intentâ to attack the spiritual imprint. Previously, neither the Thunder Skill attacks nor the âHeavenly Thunder Sword Intentâ attacks had any effect, so Li Shiming doubted the immature âVoid-Breaking Sword Intentâ could succeed.
Light flickered on Li Shimingâs fingertip as a âVoid-Breaking Sword Intentâ formed.
With a slight mental maneuver, the âVoid-Breaking Sword Intentâ disappeared from his fingertip and reappeared at the spiritual imprint within the machine room space âShenxiao Thunder Pearlâ.
The âVoid-Breaking Sword Intentâ struck the spiritual imprint of the âShenxiao Thunder Pearlâ, bounced back, yet was not diminished by much.
It appeared that the spiritual imprint was unchanged, just like the previous attemptsâit was futile.
But under his 5-nanometer control perception, Li Shiming noticed a difference.
After being struck by the âVoid-Breaking Sword Intentâ, the spiritual imprint in the âShenxiao Thunder Pearlâ produced a gap of about 18 nanometers.
In fact, if not for his 5-nanometer control, this 18-nanometer gap would have been impossible to detect.
Previously, no matter what was attempted, there wasnât even a hint of a gap, let alone an 18-nanometer one.
"Itâs working, but the efficiency is too low!" Li Shiming complained, though he did not cease his actions.
He allocated one part of his mind solely to controlling the âVoid-Breaking Sword Intentâ to continuously attack the spiritual imprint of the âShenxiao Thunder Pearlâ.
No matter how minuscule the damage the âVoid-Breaking Sword Intentâ had on the âShenxiao Thunder Pearlâs spiritual imprint, as long as it caused destruction, the obliteration of the spiritual imprint was inevitable.
After all, he was a Nascent Soul Cultivator, with plenty of time at his disposal.
Just as Li Shiming used the âVoid-Breaking Sword Intentâ on the âShenxiao Thunder Pearlâs spiritual imprint, far away in a grotto heaven within the Yuqing Sect on the West Yan Continent, Luo Yuan opened his eyes.
"Wang Yuan is in trouble, the âShenxiao Thunder Pearlâ has fallen into the hands of another!" Luo Yuan murmured to himself.
He was slightly annoyed, wondering what cultivator dared seize the âShenxiao Thunder Pearlâ, disregarding the Yuqing Sect.
The message Wang Yuan sent when trouble struck would take time to reach the West Yan Continent, and Luo Yuan had yet to receive Wang Yuanâs message.
The reason Luo Yuan knew something had happened to the âShenxiao Thunder Pearlâ was that Li Shiming had used the âVoid-Breaking Sword Intentâ on the spiritual imprint he left within the âShenxiao Thunder Pearlâ.
"Retrieve!" Luo Yuan cast a complex spell with a loud shout.
No matter how far the âShenxiao Thunder Pearlâ was from him, as its owner, he could recall the âShenxiao Thunder Pearlâ.
The âShenxiao Thunder Pearlâ was not just any magical artifact, but an extraordinary treasure, which had become the Yuqing Sectâs most prized possession after countless years of investment.
Under normal circumstances, once Luo Yuan cast the retrieval spell for the âShenxiao Thunder Pearlâ, no matter how far it was from him, even if it was across the continent, he could recall it.