The late stage fourth grade âXuan You Wujin Beastâ broke through the array shield and, along with a batch of âXuan You Wujin Beasts,â entered the arrayâs interior.
Li Shiming, being the nearest Great Cultivator, suppressed the urge to strike with full force, since he wasnât sure if his âGlazed Flying Cloud Swordâ could withstand the corrosion from a late stage fourth grade âXuan You Wujin Beast.â
He didnât believe that the Yuzhu Islands had no contingency plan, and if the situation became truly unmanageable, he planned to use âOne Leap Awayâ to escape.
As for the hired compensation, who would risk their life for such a reward!
He still differentiated hundreds of sword lights from the âGlazed Flying Cloud Sword,â slashing toward the âXuan You Wujin Beastsâ pouring in through the array gap, deliberately avoiding the late stage fourth grade âXuan You Wujin Beast.â
Though the late stage fourth grade âXuan You Wujin Beastâ had entered the arrayâs interior, each island still had another defensive shield, acting as a second line of defense.
Li Shiming planned to withdraw once the second defenses were breached, knowing that even Yuzhu Islands couldnât blame him by then.
Just as he was slaughtering a large number of âXuan You Wujin Beasts,â a terrifying aura emanated from the main island.
Then a beam blasted from the main island toward the late stage fourth grade âXuan You Wujin Beast.â The beast sensed the attack but couldnât move an inch. It could only watch as the light shot toward it.
The light pierced through the late stage fourth grade âXuan You Wujin Beast,â extinguishing the life force of this spirit beast as powerful as a human Great Cultivator.
The light did not stop, transforming into a beam heading into the distance.
Using the âHeavenly Eye,â Li Shiming observed that the beam was wrist-thick, dissipating only after reaching ten thousand meters away.
During its ten thousand meter journey, everything before it was annihilated.
Neither the âXuan You Wujin Beastâ nor the seawater could withstand the light; everything in contact vanished.
From the direction of the main island, Grandmaster Wu Ding employed a method to retrieve the late stage fourth grade âXuan You Wujin Beastâsâ corpse, leaving Li Shiming a bit regretful as he initially hoped to study it.
This was Yuzhu Islandsâ territory, and given the recent strike by a Half-step Great Power, Li Shiming didnât want to risk enmity with Yuzhu Islands over a spirit beast corpse.
The fall of the late stage fourth grade âXuan You Wujin Beastâ deterred the rest of the âXuan You Wujin Beastâ group.
A large number of âXuan You Wujin Beastsâ ceased their advance; some turned back, while others dispersed to the sides.
Li Shiming sighed in relief, thinking that the beast tide was finally over.
He recollected the Half-step Great Powerâs assault and the attackâs inherent multitude of rules; its power far surpassed that of a Peak Great Cultivator. Even his most potent âShenxiao Thunder Pearlâ combined with the âHeavenly Strike Thunder Hammerâsâ Thunder Skill couldnât match a tenth of that strikeâs power.
His Life Magic Treasure, IBMz15, recorded the Half-step Great Powerâs attack, displaying extensive data in front of Li Shiming, all pertaining to that light beam.
"Prepare, itâs not over yet!" came the voice of Grandmaster Wu Ding.
Li Shiming immediately snapped back to reality, observing the retreating âXuan You Wujin Beastâ group seemingly reassembling and charging forward once more.
He glanced at the breached gap in the array. Although patched by an Array Master, time was short, and that shield section was still considerably thinner than others, so it might soon break again.
The most terrifying aspect of the âXuan You Wujin Beastâ was their corrosion fog. Without it, any Nascent Soul Cultivator could easily destroy these third grade âXuan You Wujin Beasts.â
However, the corrosion fog made cultivators hesitant to use their artifacts directly, and even energy attacks couldnât last long within the fog.
Broad-area attacks by cultivators were rendered less effective, necessitating continuous strikes to eliminate the âXuan You Wujin Beasts.â
The sheer numbers of âXuan You Wujin Beastsâ were overwhelming, causing the breach of Yuzhu Islandsâ array.
Of course, Li Shiming noticed that among the thirty-six Great Cultivators present, aside from those native to Yuzhu Islands, the others hadnât displayed many of their skills.
Even Li Shiming was the same; if he fought with no reservations, he could individually resist an entire region of âXuan You Wujin Beastâ onslaughts.
Li Shiming dispatched another three hundred sword lights, positioning them outside the array shield, particularly at the prior gap.
Hundred-meter-tall waves surged in like a wall, appearing black due to the sheer number of âXuan You Wujin Beastsâ within them, enough to change the waveâs color.
The Great Cultivators continued utilizing various long-range energy attacks, relentlessly striking the âXuan You Wujin Beastsâ within the waves.
Each attack generated a large area of corrosion fog.
Yet the attacks barely slowed the wavesâ advance.
Just as the waves were about to crash into the array shield, an unexpected event occurred.
The âXuan You Wujin Beastsâ within the wave all self-destructed simultaneously. While the self-destruction power of each third grade âXuan You Wujin Beastâ was limited, the cumulative power from innumerable such beasts was immensely formidable.