Chapter 712 - 402: Promotion_2
Sword Cultivator’s cultivation became increasingly difficult as they progressed, and those in the Golden Core Middle Stage were considered powerful even among Golden Core cultivators, not to mention those who also possessed Great Elder Level Body Refining Power.
Unfortunately, the "Sword Demon Secret Manual" Golden Core section only included enhancements for Third Grade Sword Base, and lacked content in other areas.
He had long harbored the idea of requiring a close-combat Sword Cultivation Technique similar to the "Sword Demon Secret Manual," but neither the Senluo Sect nor the Shushan Sect had satisfactory close-combat techniques to offer him.
His standards had become too high. Ordinary close-combat sword techniques were of little use to him, and top-tier close-combat techniques were scarce, so it was normal for these two major sects not to have them in their collection.
Li Yuanba’s human form was not his strongest state; his most potent form was still the Corpse Refining state.
Under the Corpse Refining state, his close-combat capability surpassed that of a Great Elder, and if he closed in, he could easily eliminate a Great Elder.
Of course, the greatest potential of the Corpse Refining state lay in the "Sky Splitting Divine Ability." It was an attack-focused Divine Ability that could be used as early as the Silver Corpse Middle Stage, which was a tremendous advantage he gained from the Sky-splitting Beast’s corpse.
According to Li Shiming’s analysis, the "Sky Splitting Divine Ability," when fully executed, was powerful enough to breach the defense of a Fake Infant Body and could even injure a Nascent Soul Body.
Li Yuanba left Jiang Chen at the Guardian Mansion to protect Jieshan City while he flew toward the Jieshan Mountain Pass.
Following a breach incident, the number of cultivators guarding the Jieshan Mountain Pass had temporarily increased to twelve, divided into two teams rotating shifts.
Additionally, numerous Golden Core cultivators from various sects went searching for the invading cultivators from the Spiritual Crane Sect and the Endless Sect. For some reason, no matter how they searched, they could not find any traces of these Golden Core cultivators.
This situation greatly irritated the many Golden Core cultivators on sect duty; on one hand, they were unable to punish those who provoked the Senluo Sect, and on the other hand, they wasted a lot of time for this reason.