The battle power between a Golden Core Middle Stage Cultivator and a Late-stage Golden Core Cultivator has an absolute strength gap.
Only elite Golden Core Middle Stage Cultivators, who are key cultivators of major sects, might level up in battle due to stronger cultivation techniques and more powerful treasures.
But even then, it’s just battling ordinary late-stage Golden Core cultivators; if they encounter late-stage Golden Core cultivators from similarly large sects, they still can’t win.
The higher the realm, the harder it is to fight above one’s level.
It is very rare for cultivators like Li Shiming, who can fight above their level from an early stage, to exist. He can do so only with the help of his life-bound treasure IBMz15.
So when the two late-stage Golden Core cultivators, engaged in battle, simultaneously changed their attack targets to the two Golden Core Middle Stage Cultivators, the unprepared defensive line of the middle stage was instantly breached.
With two screams of agony, the two Golden Core Middle Stage Cultivators were slain.
The two late-stage Golden Core cultivators smiled as they moved forward to collect the spoils, no longer making any moves, but standing side by side at one spot.
"You two better get lost; staying here is death!" one of the late-stage Golden Core cultivators said coldly to the remaining two Golden Core Middle Stage Cultivators.
The two middle-stage cultivators certainly wouldn’t give up the chance to enter the Green Field Cave Heaven because of one word from him.
They merely distanced themselves from all the late-stage Golden Core cultivators, fearing they would share the same fate as the two recently slain Golden Core Middle Stage Cultivators.
"Give me a Cloud Stepping Order!" Li Shiming stood up at this time, speaking to the two late-stage Golden Core cultivators who collected the spoils.
Seeing the two late-stage Golden Core cultivators find a Cloud Stepping Order each from the corpses, he thought maybe he could give one to his avatar, Li Yuanba.
"What?" The late-stage Golden Core cultivator was obviously taken aback by Li Shiming’s words.
He did not expect that, despite being two late-stage Golden Core cultivators working together, having just killed two middle-stage cultivators, someone still dared to make such a request.
Seeing it was Li Shiming speaking, his expression changed slightly.
If no one was around, Li Shiming asking for an unused Cloud Stepping Order, he would certainly agree and immediately give it to him.
But in front of so many cultivators, surrendering a Cloud Stepping Order to Li Shiming with just a few words would be a great loss of face.
"Fellow, if you want a Cloud Stepping Order, there are so many cultivators here, you can ask anyone; why must you ask me for it?" he signaled his companion with his eyes, cautiously replying.
"Why so much nonsense!" Li Shiming could sense the increasing reaction of the Cloud Stepping Order and felt that the Green Field Cave Heaven would soon open. He said solemnly.
As he spoke, a streak of lightning shot from his hand toward the speaking late-stage Golden Core cultivator.
The prepared late-stage cultivator pulled out a defensive treasure to block in front of himself, but before he could say anything, the lightning struck his defensive treasure.
All the Golden Core Cultivators present heard a ’crack,’ and collectively their eyes narrowed.
They saw the late-stage Golden Core cultivator’s defensive treasure, struck by the lightning, getting blasted away as if it were an ordinary object, breaking into fragments mid-air.
After hitting the defensive treasure, the lightning split a bolt toward the late-stage Golden Core cultivator, now undefended, was directly hit.
The late-stage cultivator’s body stiffened, feeling the destroying lightning spinning throughout his body, rapidly erasing his vitality.
He wanted to scream, but couldn’t open his mouth.
"This is Heavenly Thunder!" His intended call was heard by Li Shiming through ’telepathy.’
Unfortunately, apart from Li Shiming, no other cultivator knew what the late-stage Golden Core cultivator wanted to express.
Li Shiming’s body turned into lightning and appeared beside the late-stage Golden Core cultivator, retrieving the Space Ring, also grasping the Jade Ruler Treasure that fell to the ground.
He found two Cloud Stepping Orders in the Space Ring and nodded in satisfaction as he looked at them.
Throughout the entire area, except for his movements, no other cultivator dared to move an inch, fearful of drawing his attention.
A late-stage Golden Core cultivator, especially one exhibiting formidable battle power moments ago, was killed in one casual strike by Li Shiming.
This shock was indeed too great for these late-stage Golden Core cultivators.
Li Shiming flickered back to the large stone he sat on before, taking out several Third Grade Array Flags and throwing them beside him.
Soon his figure was shrouded by a formation, inaccessible to the sight of the other Golden Core cultivators.
This casually arranged concealment formation could be perceived with divine thought, but who would dare to disturb him after his recent actions?
This was precisely the effect he wanted. He summoned his avatar Li Yuanba and handed over a Cloud Stepping Order to Li Yuanba.
Under the gaze of all the Golden Core cultivators, Li Shiming and Li Yuanba waited together for the opening of Green Field Cave Heaven.
The companion of the deceased late-stage Golden Core cultivator tossed the extra Cloud Stepping Order on the ground and kept a distance from it.
The rest of the Golden Core cultivators ignored the Cloud Stepping Order on the ground; they all had their own and didn’t want to risk offending the killing god, Li Shiming, for a useless one.
"Looks like I’m late!" a figure approached from afar, the Great Elder’s aura was palpable from a distance.