On a calm morning, Li Shiming sat cross-legged within the Heavenly Person Cave Heaven Treasure Lotus Hall, having secluded himself for over three years.
Suddenly, he felt a wave of heart palpitations; at his level, such feelings always indicated that a significant event concerning himself was imminent.
He halted his practice of the âHeavenly Human Technique,â and first utilized his connection with the âPhantom Cloneâ to sense any anomalies at Luanyang Palace on the Central State Continent.
Luanyang Palace showed no signs of incident; the âPhantom Cloneâ was inside Fengqi Palace, with Yin Shilan absent, but both the âPhantom Cloneâ and Yin Shilan were under the protection of Luanyang Palaceâs grand formation.
As long as Luanyang Palace doesnât intend to deal with the âPhantom Cloneâ and Yin Shilan, no cultivator in the Cultivation World would dare intrude into Luanyang Palace.
Even a Great Power wouldnât, for Luanyang Palace is guarded by a Great Power, and if one Great Power enters near anotherâs grotto heaven, they would be put in a highly passive state.
Since itâs not the âPhantom Cloneâ and Yin Shilan in trouble, Li Shiming thought of his own situation.
Having ceased his practice of the âHeavenly Human Technique,â he flashed out of the grotto heaven and arrived within the Ten Thousand Beast Sect.
At this moment, his life-bound treasure, the IBMz15, automatically connected with the drone satellite system; upon connection, it received an urgent alert from the drone satellite system.
Following this, the IBMz15 transmitted a surveillance image to himâan area of approximately a hundred meters was a blur, rapidly advancing toward the Ten Thousand Beast Sect at a speed almost comparable to his âOne Step to Reachâ technique.
Li Shiming, upon seeing the blurry area, although he had witnessed the vague shadow areas of Wang He and Yan Gao, two Peak Great Cultivators under drone satellite surveillance, paled in comparison to this blurry region at a fifth of it.
Upon seeing this blurry area, his sense of danger elevated nearly to the extreme, giving him the direct feeling of impending doom.
"Is it a Great Power?" he only considered one possibility.
But he couldnât fathom one thingâafter so long, how could a Great Power still come seeking him?
Initially, when he showcased formidable strength on the Dongqi Continent, slaying Wang He and Yan Gao, two Peak Great Cultivators, and the Half-step Great Power Yang Xing, he considered the possibility of a Great Power coming.
After many years, he thought perhaps a Great Power couldnât traverse the oceans, leading to his relaxation.
But today, a Great Power truly came; no battle was neededâjudging by the terrifying spatial impact alone, the awful power of this Great Power was clear.
"Master, I need to leave the sect!" he sent a message to Grandmaster Hu.
Without much explanation, explaining too much isnât beneficial to Grandmaster Hu or the Ten Thousand Beast Sect.
After sending the message, he activated the âDivine Eye Skillâ and swiftly distanced himself eight thousand miles from the sectâs mountain gate.
He didnât know if hiding within Heavenly Person Cave Heaven could prevent detection by the Great Power.
But he wouldnât take risks; truly hiding there and being found by the Great Power, he wouldnât even have a chance to escape.
Now possessing the Divine Foot Skillâs âOne Step to Reach,â he at least had a chance to flee far.
"Trying to escape!" Great Power Luo Yuanâs avatar was already executing the Thunder Escape technique; upon sensing spatial fluctuations, he looked toward the direction Li Shiming fled and said lightly.
Despite being an avatar, through the minute Thunder Energy lingering in the space, he could perceive intense energy changes in exceedingly remote areas.
If Li Shiming were using ordinary flight, perhaps Great Power Luo Yuanâs avatar wouldnât detect him, but the fact remained that he utilized the Divine Foot Skillâs âOne Step to Reach,â a long-distance spatial movement divine skill expending a large amount of Spiritual Power Pattern, causing considerable spatial fluctuations.
For ordinary Great Cultivators, due to insufficient perceptive capability, their awareness of the spatial fluctuations from the Divine Foot Skill is minimal.
However, concerning Great Power Luo Yuanâs avatar, Li Shimingâs execution of âOne Step to Reachâ was like igniting a torch in the dark, almost shouting, "Iâm right here!"
Great Power Luo Yuanâs sudden change in direction, pursuing Li Shiming, was noticed by Li Shiming through the drone satellite system.
Li Shiming greatly heightened his estimation of the Great Powerâs ability; he believed Great Power Luo Yuan tracked him using some miraculous technique, causing him great alarm, prompting him to continuously execute âOne Step to Reach.â
Yet he was unaware that his recklessness led him to expose himself to Great Power Luo Yuan.
Truthfully, âOne Step to Reachâ is absolutely the fastest movement method in the Cultivation World, especially for Li Shiming, who possesses the âDivine Eye Skill,â allowing his movement distances to far exceed those cultivators proficient in the Divine Foot Skill.
With each move covering eight thousand miles, this movement distance would leave most cultivators feeling hopeless.
But the speed of Great Power Luo Yuanâs avatar in executing Thunder Escape is unimaginable.
The avatar itself lacks a physical form, being merely a mass of energy, coupled with Thunder Escape at a Great Power level, ensuring its speed doesnât fall much behind Li Shimingâs âOne Step to Reach.â
Especially when Great Power Luo Yuanâs avatar fully executes Thunder Escape, it possesses a spatial effect at the Great Power level, making the avatar appear intermittently within the void.
Two silhouettes, one pursuing and one fleeing in the void, quickly left the land of the Dongqi Continent, entering the sea.
Li Shiming gazed at the sea surface, contemplating using Water Escape, as this area was truly too suitable for Water Escape.