Cultivation is just so scientific!

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At the level that the Six-Fingered Sound Demon could access, he had learned some knowledge of formations, but the depth was far beyond what Li Shiming could reach.

The Golden Core flew through the formations like a fish in water, constantly passing through layer upon layer of defense, drawing closer to Li Shiming.

The Six-Fingered Sound Demon didn't use his divine thought, since it was too weak. He needed to suppress Li Shiming and Li Yuanba with his Golden Core before he could use his divine thought for the soul snatching.

Although he did not use divine thought, the Six-Fingered Sound Demon still sensed the situation with Li Yuanba.

Li Yuanba's aptitude was clearly much better than Li Shiming's, and his obvious sword cultivator attributes made the Six-Fingered Sound Demon almost instantly switch his target to Li Yuanba.

At the same time, the Six-Fingered Sound Demon's control over Li Shiming turned into an urge to kill; since Li Shiming was no longer of value, he decided to kill him to vent the hatred in his heart.

The Golden Core was drawing ever closer to Li Shiming, who sensed a strong killing intent.

The formation in front of Li Shiming only bought him a moment's time, the terrifying presence of the Golden Core almost caused him to lose control of his mind.

When the Golden Core was merely fifty centimeters away, a figure suddenly appeared—it was Jiang Chen, whom he had summoned from the engine room space.

Jiang Chen's sharp claws grasped the Golden Core and with a 'boom,' Jiang Chen was sent flying backwards, crashing heavily into a wall ten meters away, leaving a deep indentation.

The power disparity between the Golden Core and Foundation Establishment was truly too great.

Jiang Chen possessed the peak strength of the Foundation Establishment Stage and even had a touch of Golden Core majesty in certain respects.

But when directly confronting a Golden Core cultivator's Golden Core, he was repelled and flung away like a baby.

Of course, the Six-Fingered Sound Demon didn't have it easy either. The trace of Sword Intent that entered the Golden Core, though quickly expelled by the core itself, still had some impact on his soul.

The piercing pain of the Sword Intent acted directly upon the soul, causing a temporary loss of control over the Golden Core.
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And it was at this moment that Li Shiming reached out his hand, pressing it on the Golden Core. He didn't use any spiritual power, merely touching it with his hand.

Before his hand even touched the Golden Core, just being near it caused his fingers to break under its formidable aura, with only his thumb succeeding in making contact.

This thumb was the Sword Bone that Golden Core Sword Cultivator Yun Xingyi had replaced for him. The moment his thumb touched the Golden Core, his mind stirred and the Golden Core vanished into thin air.

With the Golden Core gone, only the soul of the Six-Fingered Sound Demon remained in the void.

When Li Shiming retrieved the Golden Core, he didn't intend to take the soul within as well; the engine room space received his thoughts and only took the Golden Core.

The soul of the Six-Fingered Sound Demon had just recovered from the sting of the Sword Intent when it discovered the host Golden Core missing, and it was even unable to sense the Golden Core's location.

A peculiar soul body flew out, accompanied by ten weaker soul bodies, and pounced on the soul body of the Six-Fingered Sound Demon.

This was the main spirit and ten soul splits cultivated from Li Shiming's 'Spirit Control Soul Splitting Technique.' Not knowing what abilities the residual soul body of the Six-Fingered Sound Demon still possessed, he had to use every method at his disposal to attack the soul of the Six-Fingered Sound Demon.

The main spirit, having devoured the souls of over ten thousand sea beasts and numerous souls of Foundation Establishment Stage, was not intimidated by the soul of the Six-Fingered Sound Demon in the slightest, as it was inherently born to devour souls.

To the main spirit, souls were food, an instinct imprinted deep within its very essence.

Even reduced to just a soul, the Six-Fingered Sound Demon remained an extremely terrifying entity.

The divine thoughts emitted by the Six-Fingered Sound Demon's soul shattered the ten soul splits, dispersing them into fragments, but the main spirit was only sent flying by a strike of divine thought, not obliterated on the spot.

In this brief interval, the Nine Palace Sword Formation had already flown out, trapping the soul of the Six-Fingered Sound Demon within.

Li Shiming was also hurrying to prepare the 'Thunder Strike Technique,' and at the same time, he chanted the 'Buddha Sound Lotus' and emitted the 'Diamond Sutra' Buddha chant, which is the cultivation technique with the greatest impact on the soul.

Li Yuanba made his move, his sword light bearing the unstoppable Sword Intent, shooting toward the soul of the Six-Fingered Sound Demon.

Jiang Chen crawled out from the wall, unharmed, his tremendous defensive power fully displayed.

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It rushed towards the battlefield and likewise launched an attack on the soul of the Six-fingered Sound Demon.

"All of you die!" the soul of the Six-fingered Sound Demon emitted a soulful sound, followed by a sweep of Divine Thought, Li Yuanba, Jiang Chen, Li Shiming were all heavily knocked away.

Even as Li Shiming was being knocked away, blood spilled from his mouth, but the "Diamond Sutra" he was chanting did not cease; the "Buddha Sound Lotus" was being controlled by IBMz15, not him.

The Six-fingered Sound Demon's soul's full-strength attack inflicted serious injuries on Li Shiming and Li Yuanba, while Jiang Chen remained unharmed.

After this strike, the soul of the Six-fingered Sound Demon let out a shrill scream in reluctance. He discovered that his final full-strength attack did not kill the two early-stage Foundation Establishment Cultivators.

By this time, he had given up hope on Body Seizing, as his soul was severely damaged and had lost the ability to seize another's body.

But even using his last bit of Divine Thought, he was unable to kill his enemies, which left him extremely unwilling.

Both Li Shiming and Li Yuanba had extremely robust defenses. Although they hadn't practiced the Body Refining Techniques of Foundation Establishment for long, their foundations were too solid—exceeding the physical constitution of many Foundation Establishment Cultivators even in the Qi Refinement Realm.

The last strike of Divine Thought from the Six-fingered Sound Demon could cause an average Foundation Establishment Cultivator to fall on the spot, but it only caused them controllable injuries.

The soul of the Six-fingered Sound Demon, due to being exposed for an extended period, combined with the "Diamond Sutra" being chanted through the "Buddha Sound Lotus" by Li Shiming, could no longer maintain its existence.

The soul became fainter and eventually dissipated into the void.

The "Diamond Sutra" chanting from Li Shiming's mouth stopped, and he exchanged a glance with Li Yuanba, both revealing a look of shock.

So many measures were employed, yet they nearly capsized.

Hindsight being perfect, they might as well have used a large amount of explosives to thoroughly blow up the mansion.

However, in that case, there wouldn't have been much left.

"Greed really can lead to one's own demise," murmured Li Shiming with a light sigh.

But knowing that the treasures and legacy of a late-stage Golden Core cultivator were here, if they didn't compete for them, what was the point of cultivating? They may as well return to a peaceful life.

His entire journey had been about growing stronger amidst continuous struggles.

The injuries on his body were mainly broken bones; he set the bones back in place and slowly recovered from the internal damage. Such injuries, for a Foundation Establishment Cultivator, especially a Body Refining Cultivator, would naturally heal within a few days.

Most importantly, these were injuries caused by a Divine Thought strike and did not leave behind a Golden Core cultivator's Spiritual Power Pattern; otherwise, the difficulty of recovery would have multiplied many times over.

Li Yuanba's condition was similar to Li Shiming's, also needing a few days to recover.

Li Shiming commanded the uninjured Jiang Chen to repair the mansion's Formation and to restore the original Formation.

Both he and Li Yuanba were injured and unable to fight in the short term.

The Formation of the Six-fingered Sound Demon's Mansion was re-established, covering the entire mansion once again, and everything seemed to return to the beginning.

Two days later, Li Shiming had recovered the ability to move. He went with Jiang Chen to the Six-fingered Sound Demon's room.

Jiang Chen extended his sharp claws, beginning to clear away the concrete; the solid concrete was easily torn apart by him.

Li Yuanba stood to the side, watching Jiang Chen's actions, mainly to prevent the destruction of important items.

Li Shiming, on the other hand, went into the adjacent room to inspect the situation in the mansion.

This room was a bedroom, arranged just like a mortal's, with a bed made of spirit wood, a quilt from Spirit Silk to make robes, a pillow of Spiritual Jade.

Everything in the room was made of second-grade materials, a level of luxury probably only a Golden Core cultivator could afford.

Li Shiming's Spiritual Thought swept through, and all the items were taken into his storage bracelet. Whether used later for decoration, converted to Spiritual Artifacts, or sold, their value was significant.