Cultivation is just so scientific! - Chapter 794 - - 443: golden corpse_2
Chapter 794: Chapter 443: Golden Corpse_2
The Nascent Soul shrank noticeably when it jumped back into the body.
However, his efforts were not in vain, as the other Nascent Soul Ancestors activated their Nascent Soul Dharma Forms, each unleashing their strongest techniques.
The Ling Xueling Ancestor from Beishu Trading Company released a flurry of ice crystals, binding the Golden Corpse’s entire body, and although it did not truly immobilize the Golden Corpse, it successfully slowed its speed.
The attacks from the other Nascent Soul Ancestors landed on the Golden Corpse, the continuous strikes causing its body to shake incessantly, and its dark golden light flickered uncertainly.
The last to attack was Elder Jin Kai, who had taken the longest to prepare. A golden ruler flew out of his hand, striking the Golden Corpse’s skull with immense force.
With its own dark golden light already flickering unstably, the Golden Corpse’s defenses were shattered by the blow from the Fourth Grade Golden Ruler, resulting in a crack on its skull.
The defense-shattered Golden Corpse could no longer withstand the combined assault from the Nascent Soul Ancestors and fell silent after several attacks.
All the Nascent Soul Ancestors let out long sighs of relief, a flash of horror crossing their eyes.
Even Elder Jin Kai seemed much more relaxed after killing the Golden Corpse.
“Ren Xun, how are you doing?” Elder Jin Kai looked at Ancestor Ren Xun, asking.
Ancestor Ren Xun was pale, and although his body bore no visible wounds, this was more severe because his Nascent Soul was injured.
“I almost lost my cultivation realm!” After taking a Fourth-grade Spirit Pill, Ancestor Ren Xun answered hoarsely.
This answer startled all the Nascent Soul Ancestors, as it was the most serious kind of injury.
Ancestor Ren Xun was at the early stage of the Nascent Soul; if he were to actually lose his cultivation realm, that meant reverting back to the Golden Core Stage.
Of course, this did not mean the Nascent Soul turned into a Golden Core but rather that the Nascent Soul state could not be maintained and resembled a Golden Core state.
In this state, there is no need to undergo the Heavenly Tribulation again to advance to the Nascent Soul Stage, but the time and energy required would not be less than what a typical Golden Core cultivator needs to advance to the Nascent Soul Stage.
Still terrified, Ancestor Ren Xun came very close to losing his cultivation realm.
Even so, he had lost nearly a century’s worth of cultivation.
The components of the Nascent Soul were his soul, spirit, and spiritual energy. When the Golden Corpse struck him, it devoured nearly a fifth of his spirit and spiritual energy.
That was only from a single strike; if it had been two, he wouldn’t even need to worry about losing his cultivation realm, as he would have been killed outright.
Ancestor Lu’s gaze moved from Ancestor Ren Xun to the Fourth Grade Xuanjia Puppet, his pupils involuntarily contracting.
The puppet’s thickest armor at the front, made from Fourth-grade materials and enhanced with enchantments, combined with a defense system integrated during its crafting process, probably had a defensive power surpassing an ordinary Fourth Grade Defense Magical Treasure.
Yet, such defense was shattered.
He felt a sudden chill, realizing that if he were the target of the Golden Corpse, his fate might have been even worse than Ancestor Ren Xun’s.
He then noticed the Fourth Grade Shield Magical Treasure that Ancestor Ren Xun dropped on the ground, now reduced to pieces.
“This was a Golden Corpse?” He looked at his own Golden Corpse, compared it with the one just defeated, and could only wryly smile at the difference.
Elder Jin Kai approached the Golden Corpse, beginning to examine it.
“Strange, where did the spirit and spiritual energy it devoured go?” he wondered aloud after the inspection.
The Golden Corpse had just devoured a tremendous amount of energy from the Fourth Grade Xuanjia Puppet, in addition to a large quantity of spirit and spiritual energy from Ancestor Ren Xun.
Given the short time since the Golden Corpse had been killed, it was impossible to have digested so much spirit and spiritual energy.
But upon examining the Golden Corpse’s body, he found no surplus spirit or spiritual energy within it.
“Fellows, as you have also witnessed the terror of the Golden Corpse, I think the best method is for all of us to maintain the Nascent Soul Dharma Form state and simultaneously reinforce the one at the forefront with all available defensive measures. My puppet can still be used once more; afterwards, it will be up to you to find a way forward!” Elder Jin Kai said gravely.
He approached his Fourth Grade Xuanjia Puppet and took out a new piece of armor from his spatial storage, replacing it on the Fourth Grade Xuanjia Puppet, and exchanged its damaged parts as well.
His actions made the Nascent Soul Ancestors of the Beishu Continent twitch with envy. Elder Jin Kai’s wealth was truly substantial; even his Fourth Grade Xuanjia Puppet had spare materials prepared.
These were Fourth-grade spare materials, after all, and simply the parts replaced could be used to craft a Fourth-Grade Magical Treasure.
Their eyes were hot with desire. They each possessed Fourth-grade Magical Treasures, but the quantities of Fourth-grade materials at each sect were pitifully scarce.
“My Golden Corpse will continue to lead the way!” Ancestor Lu considered and then declared.
Though their cooperation was mutual, it was not reasonable for only the Skywalk Trading Company to contribute while Beishu Continent hid behind.
“This time it wasn’t without gains!” Ancestor Lu said as he approached the Golden Corpse and extracted a fragmented core from its body.
“I don’t need it!” Elder Jin Kai shook his head, refusing the share.
He truly did not value such things. These things could slightly enhance the strength of a Golden Corpse, but if one was truly nurturing a Golden Corpse, other Fourth Grade Corpse Refining Materials had the same effect.
This one Golden Corpse Core, if split among ten people, provided benefits that were hardly significant.
“I don’t need it either!” Ancestor Ren Xun also shook his head.
“Lu, since you’ve decided to pave the way behind Senior Jin, keep this core to heal your Golden Corpse!” Elder Zuo suggested.
Although a Golden Corpse Core was worth quite a lot to the Nascent Soul Ancestors present from Beishu Continent, they were well aware that having Ancestor Lu’s Golden Corpse lead the way came at a significant cost.
Looking at the Fourth Grade Xuanjia Puppet, and then at Ancestor Ren Xun, the speed of the Golden Corpse’s attacks was too fast; it was nearly impossible to dodge its blows.
And the destructive power of a Golden Corpse’s attack was enough to severely damage, or even possibly cause the fall of Lu’s Golden Corpse.
A Golden Corpse Core was thus considered a compensation for Ancestor Lu.
“Yes, Lu, you should accept it!” the other Nascent Soul Ancestors chimed in one after another.
None of the Nascent Soul Ancestors were unreasonable at this moment; danger was imminent, and since Ancestor Lu stepped forward, they naturally needed to reciprocate.
Elder Jin Kai slightly shook his head, noticing from this just how barren the Beishu Continent was.
Yet, it was in such a place that a Sword Cultivator like Li Yuanba could emerge, capable of slaying Elder Shi Ming, and there also appeared Elder Sword, a Nascent Soul Sword Cultivator–a true miracle.
His gaze shifted to Elder Sword; through his observations along the way, he discovered that Elder Sword’s lineage was unlikely to be from the Beishu Continent.
It seemed he could see the shadow of the Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion, and if this were true, he would need to be cautious in dealing with Elder Sword.
The rest interval did not increase; Ancestor Ren Xun’s injuries were not the kind that could be quickly recovered from, so he was placed next to Elder Sword, who conjured a sword light to support Ancestor Ren Xun.
This arrangement was made because the spiritual power Elder Sword used belonged to Elder Jin Kai, and he did not need to engage in other battles; his sole task remained to slay the pale golden Silver Corpse.
Apart from Elder Sword and Ancestor Ren Xun, the other Nascent Soul Ancestors each added protective measures to the Fourth Grade Xuanjia Puppet.
Elder Jin Kai didn’t have an abundant stock of spare parts, so if the Fourth Grade Xuanjia Puppet were damaged again, they would need to find another method to forge ahead.
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The Nascent Soul Ancestors increased their expenditures, traveling in the Nascent Soul Dharma Form. Elder Sword occupied a strategic position, and neither he nor Ancestor Ren Xun activated their Nascent Soul Dharma Forms.
Elder Sword’s fighting task did not require activating the Nascent Soul Dharma Form, and moreover, he felt embarrassed to use Elder Jin Kai’s spiritual power to activate his own Nascent Soul Dharma Form.
The consequence of this was that the group needed increasingly longer rest intervals for each portion of their journey.
Fortunately, Elder Jin Kai, unable to stand by any longer, took out a Fourth-grade Spirit-locking Plate containing a Nascent Soul Level Spirit Vein, whose spiritual energy allowed the Nascent Soul Ancestors to reduce the consumption of Spiritual Objects and recover their spiritual power more quickly.
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