Chapter 1086 - 589: Rescue (Part 2)
"Take a break first to recover some strength. I’ll lead you out later!" Li Shiming said, waving his hand and helping them up.
At this moment, Jian Wuwei and the other five Nascent Soul Early Stage Practitioners realized they hadn’t truly escaped danger.
They knew that the Yuxiang Trading House Headquarters would at least have one Nascent Soul Middle Stage Practitioner guarding it.
They also saw Li Shiming’s cultivation level; he was merely a Nascent Soul Early Stage Practitioner, and although a Nascent Soul Thunder Cultivator’s attack power was formidable, the gap with a Nascent Soul Middle Stage Practitioner was still significant.
"Mr. Li, even if I wanted to restore my fighting strength, it would take at least over a hundred days!" Jian Wuwei said with a helpless bitter smile.
The deficiency in his body was too great, and could not be easily replenished through simple cultivation.
"Mr. Li, I’ve been captured for over fifty years, and my situation is worse than this fellow’s. Without several years, I cannot restore my fighting strength!" another Nascent Soul Early Stage Practitioner said even more helplessly.
Li Shiming pondered for a moment, then took out Fourth Grade Healing Spirit Pills. For the five Nascent Soul Early Stage Practitioners, he offered Fourth-grade Intermediate Healing Spirit Pills, which he had set aside when refining pills for other Nascent Soul Cultivators.
The Fourth Grade Healing Spirit Pill given to Jian Wuwei was of a higher quality, a Fourth-grade Advanced Healing Spirit Pill.
"Take the healing spirit pills to stabilize your injuries first; there is no need for you to fight!" he said with a smile.
Jian Wuwei saw the Fourth-grade Advanced Healing Spirit Pill, and a look of surprise flashed in his eyes. From the aroma of the spirit pills sensed from the other five Nascent Soul Early Stage Practitioners, he could judge that those Fourth Grade Healing Spirit Pills were of lesser quality than the one in his hand.
Furthermore, the value of a single Fourth-grade Advanced Healing Spirit Pill was unimaginably high, and Li Shiming giving such a spirit pill to him made him have some speculations.
The six Nascent Soul Early Stage Practitioners took the Fourth Grade Healing Spirit Pills; regardless of their thoughts, their attitude towards Li Shiming became even more respectful.
In their position, they would be reluctant to give away spirit pills of this grade.
"How should this gourd be handled?" Li Shiming asked the several Nascent Soul Early Stage Practitioners.
"This is the benefactor’s trophy; although it was extracted from us, it has nothing to do with us anymore. Please, benefactor, take it!" Before Jian Wuwei could speak, another Nascent Soul Early Stage Practitioner spoke up.
He looked at the Blood Light Spirit Gourd with a look of disgust; the Blood Light Spirit Gourd was of no use to him and only evoked unpleasant memories.
Though the Blood Light Spirit Gourd contained Nascent Soul Blood extracted from them, this blood could not return to their bodies.
Li Shiming did not decline; he wouldn’t use the Nascent Soul Blood himself, but it made excellent research material.
Three hours later, due to the consumption of Fourth Grade Healing Spirit Pills, at least six Nascent Soul Early Stage Practitioners could fly freely without engaging in combat.
Among them, Jian Wuwei had recovered the best; besides the deficiency of Nascent Soul within him, his Nascent Soul and body had recovered to eighty percent.
As a Sword Cultivator, even without utilizing spiritual power within his body, he could partake in combat with a flying sword.
Of course, he couldn’t fight Nascent Soul Cultivators, but he was capable of slaying Golden Core Cultivators.
"Let’s leave first!" Li Shiming said in a deep voice.
The six Nascent Soul Early Stage Practitioners did not object; they were somewhat excited and apprehensive about leaving. Perhaps leaving would mean true freedom, or perhaps they would encounter Nascent Soul Middle Stage Practitioners.
They were acutely aware that if they stayed here, there was only one path: being captured again.
They would rather face death than be captured again and become furnace vessels for Devil Cultivators.
Li Shiming led them to the outside space, and upon seeing the forty-three Golden Core Cultivators outside, they collectively revealed expressions of hatred.
"The souls of these Golden Core Cultivators have mostly been erased; saving them would only make them living dead!" Li Shiming said in a deep voice.
"Benefactor, please release them!" Jian Wuwei hesitated for a moment and then requested aloud.
In them, Jian Wuwei seemed to see himself.
After being captured and becoming a furnace vessel, he only wished for an early death to escape such a life worse than death.
Upon seeing the forty-three Golden Core Cultivators, he speculated that if they had any awareness left, they would share his sentiments.
"Alright!" Li Shiming nodded in agreement.
He lightly tapped his finger, and an electric net appeared in the space, erasing the life aura of the forty-three Golden Core Cultivators.
He led the six Nascent Soul Early Stage Practitioners upwards through the tunnel, stopping before the final Spiritual Power Pattern barrier.
"Once past this Spiritual Power Pattern barrier, Nascent Soul Cultivators at the Yuxiang Trading House Headquarters will be alerted. I will set up a formation to protect you, and I’ll handle the headquarters of Yu Xiang Trading Company!" Li Shiming instructed finally.
Without the Spiritual Power Pattern barrier, the aura of the six Nascent Soul Early Stage Practitioners would be as conspicuous as lamps in the dark, unable to remain undetected like Li Shiming without the invisibility ability of the Chameleon Cloak.
"Having the choice between life and death, even death doesn’t faze me. Mr. Li, if you have the chance, don’t worry about us and make your escape!" said the Nascent Soul Early Stage Practitioner who had been imprisoned for fifty years, smiling.
He looked at the other Nascent Soul Early Stage Practitioners, and the shared hardships united their thoughts.
"It’s not that dangerous; it’s just a small Nascent Soul Middle Stage Practitioner and two Nascent Soul Early Stage Practitioners of the Yu Xiang Trading Company. Dealing with them is no big deal!" Li Shiming said with a smile.
He unconsciously exuded a sense of presence as he spoke.
This aura was a result of having slain multiple Nascent Soul Middle Stage Practitioners, reflecting confidence in his combat prowess.
He took out several Fourth Grade Array Flags, and before his right hand appeared a giant right hand; this was him manifesting part of his Nascent Soul Dharma Form, transforming his arm into a Nascent Soul Dharma Form.
In the transformed right hand of his Nascent Soul Dharma Form, he held the ’Heavenly Strike Thunder Hammer.’
At this moment, the six Nascent Soul Early Stage Practitioners were in their weakest state, unable to perceive the unique nature of the ’Heavenly Strike Thunder Hammer.’
Li Shiming wasn’t in a rush to pass through the final Spiritual Power Pattern barrier; instead, he continuously prepared an area thunder skill attack: ’Thunder Cloud Skill.’
The deployment of ’Thunder Cloud Skill’ required preparation time; given his capability, under early preparation, he could simultaneously maintain thirty ’Thunder Cloud Skills.’
Of course, without this Spiritual Power Pattern barrier, the aura from him preparing ’Thunder Cloud Skill’ would have been sensed long ago by the cultivators at the Yuxiang Trading House Headquarters.
One must admit, the Spiritual Power Pattern barrier laid by the Yuxiang Trading House Headquarters here was quite powerful, providing excellent shielding effects.
Li Shiming felt the strain; the majority of his spiritual power was consumed by preparing thirty ’Thunder Cloud Skills.’
Due to his cultivation level being more than two-thirds into the Nascent Soul Early Stage plus the peak combat strength of the Nascent Soul Early Stage, he managed to simultaneously prepare thirty ’Thunder Cloud Skills.’
This was ’Thunder Cloud Skill’ empowered by part of the Nascent Soul Dharma Form through ’Heavenly Strike Thunder Hammer.’ Though it couldn’t reach the full power of the Nascent Soul Dharma Form, its power was substantial enough to affect a Nascent Soul Middle Stage Practitioner.
"Move!" he said in a deep tone.
This time, he used his Divine Sense to lead six Nascent Soul Early Stage Practitioners through the last Spiritual Power Pattern barrier and emerged in the wooden building.
Once the aura of the six Nascent Soul Early Stage Practitioners appeared, the large formation detected them.
The formation sent warnings to important cultivators at the Yuxiang Trading House Headquarters, alerting them that six Nascent Soul Early Stage Practitioners had appeared inside the headquarters.
"Something’s wrong!" exclaimed the Nascent Soul Middle Stage Practitioner sitting in the cave, who sensed the aura of six Nascent Soul Early Stage Practitioners a step ahead of the formation. He exclaimed in shock, detecting the location where the six Nascent Soul Early Stage Practitioners appeared.
That was the entrance to the underground space where six Nascent Soul Early Stage Practitioners were arranged as furnace vessels for their cultivation; their aura’s appearance indicated that the six Nascent Soul furnace vessels had escaped.