Cultivation is just so scientific!-Chapter 360 - 226: The Snipe and the Clam_2

Chapter 360: Chapter 226: The Snipe and the Clam_2

“I must force out your Golden Core strength. The moment you reveal even a hint of it, you’ll be dead!” Jue Tu Buddha’s red eyes stared at Elder Lv, he shouted.

“I don’t want to be your enemy. I am only looking for the cultivator within the formation. We don’t need to fight to the death!” Elder Lv also had a headache. He had lost a treasure, which, even if recovered, needed to be consecrated anew. He really didn’t want to fight anymore.

The consecration of a treasure is not an easy task; it requires a great deal of time, and its power also increases with the length of consecration.

It could be said that the loss of the flying sword treasure alone made his operation a major loss.

“My life for yours, it’s worth it!” Jue Tu Buddha responded off-topic.

The killing intent on his body suddenly receded, and black blood flowed from his eyes and nose alike.

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Although the killing intent had receded, the aura emanating from his body continued to swell, seemingly about to break through the Golden Core barrier, yet always one step shy of actually reaching it.

Of course, Jue Tu Buddha couldn’t forcibly elevate himself to the Golden Core Stage with a secret technique alone, but this time, the secret technique brought him closer to Golden Core strength.

A secret technique requires the consumption of life force; this was truly a life-threatening gamble.

He felt with a Golden Core cultivator like Elder Lv on the battlefield, he would be unable to fulfill the command from Qianye Temple. Thus, he decided to exchange his life for the life of a Golden Core cultivator, which he deemed an extremely fair trade.

His ideas were radical, and once he thought of something, he inevitably did it.

He didn’t even consider that he was but a Half-step Arhat, just one step away from becoming an Arhat. The best choice would have been to preserve himself for future usefulness.

He also didn’t consider negotiating with Elder Lv for a ceasefire, as Elder Lv had suggested.

Once he set his mind on forcing out Elder Lv’s Golden Core strength, he considered nothing else. His only goal was to drive Elder Lv to a desperate situation, forcing him to use his Golden Core strength.

This area was close to the Righteous Path defense line. As soon as Elder Lv used his Golden Core strength, at least four Arhats, along with a nearly similar number of Golden Core cultivators from other sectors of the Righteous Path, would arrive on the battlefield to slay Elder Lv.

Jue Tu Buddha’s speed had increased significantly; he attacked Elder Lv again.

Elder Lv gritted his teeth and took out another Jade Ruler Treasure, which was etched with black runes and emanated a haunting aura as soon as it appeared.

This was his life-bound treasure. In such a state, he didn’t want to resort to his life-bound treasure, but he had few choices left; he had to kill Jue Tu Buddha to escape.

The Jade Ruler Treasure was thrown into the air, expanding to over a meter, while two ghostly hands extended from it and grasped Jue Tu Buddha, who was mid-flight.

Jue Tu Buddha’s fierce face showed an ugly sneer; he didn’t care about being seized by the ghostly hands.

Once again, he spat black blood, which fell on the giant Jade Ruler Treasure.

Unlike ordinary treasures, a life-bound treasure has a strong resistance, at least against Jue Tu Buddha’s blood-soaked with killing intention.

Elder Lv just looked a bit distressed but did not suffer spiritually as before.

“Golden Core Middle Stage!” Jue Tu Buddha cried out in surprise when he saw that his murderous blood had not tainted the treasure.

Golden Core Middle Stage was already a minority existence among Golden Core cultivators, most of whom were stuck at the early stage, with very few reaching the middle or late stages.

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“Suppress!” Elder Lv pressed down, and the Jade Ruler Treasure forcefully followed.

Jue Tu Buddha was pinned to the ground by the Jade Ruler Treasure without any resistance, and all this time Elder Lv had not revealed the strength typical of a Golden Core cultivator, using only his Foundation Establishment Stage abilities.

Jue Tu Buddha, stubborn to the end, continued to spit out black blood, which fell on the Jade Ruler Treasure, though the treasure seemed utterly unaffected and kept him firmly pinned down.

Elder Lv sighed in relief, having been very close to losing control over his Golden Core strength.

“Indeed, I unexpectedly acquired an excellent furnace cauldron. Turning you into a refined corpse will highly likely produce a superior one!” He looked at Jue Tu Buddha, suppressed under the Jade Ruler Treasure, and said with a smile.

He had to use his lifebound treasure to suppress Jue Tu Buddha. Fortunately, there was no one else around, and the only spectator would be silenced by him.

Otherwise, if sect cultivators knew about this, he would likely become the laughingstock.

A Golden Core Mid-Stage Cultivator had even been injured while dealing with a Foundation Establishment Cultivator.

Elder Lv walked over to Jue Tu Buddha, who tried to struggle but couldn’t under the suppression of the Jade Ruler Treasure.

Under the suppression of the Jade Ruler Treasure, all the power within Jue Tu Buddha’s body was immobilized; his killing intent, which had been cultivated over a hundred years and was almost at the Golden Core Stage, turned docile in front of the Jade Ruler Treasure.

This also comes down to specialization. It might seem like Qianye Temple, with its legacy of transforming killing intent into Buddha, has a profound understanding of killing intent.

But those who study killing intent the most are not righteous forces like Qianye Temple, but the Demon Sect, the Devil Cultivators.

Devil Cultivators dare to use cultivators as live experiments, dare to forcefully extract cultivators’ souls for research, and dare to slaughter a mass of lives just to enhance their own power.

In this process, they inevitably harbor killing intent, and Devil Cultivators also have extensive experience in suppressing it.

The Jade Ruler Treasure has the function to suppress killing intent. Jue Tu Buddha encountered a restrictive treasure and it was a lifebound treasure of a Golden Core Mid-Stage Cultivator; his defeat was inevitable.

Unfortunately, no matter how hard Jue Tu Buddha tried, he still failed to make Elder Lv reveal his Golden Core strength on the Foundation Establishment battlefield.

His eyes filled with unwillingness, Elder Lv extended a finger and touched his forehead, and Jue Tu Buddha’s life faded away in this state of reluctance.

Elder Lv carefully collected the Jade Ruler Treasure, careful not to damage Jue Tu Buddha’s corpse.

He took out a coffin the size of a thumb, which enlarged as soon as he took it out, and he placed Jue Tu Buddha’s corpse inside it.

After completing these tasks, he finally relaxed and swept his Divine Thought over, retrieving the flying sword treasure that had its spirit imprint damaged.

“Li Yuanba, I presume you are a wise man and know why I have come to find you!” Elder Lv turned his head and spoke indifferently to Li Yuanba.

Li Yuanba nodded, a Jade Foot Relics appearing in his hand.

Feeling the immense Buddha power emanating from the Jade Foot Relics, Elder Lv revealed a greedy expression.

“If you want it, bring something to exchange!” Li Yuanba tossed the Jade Foot Relics in his hand and said.

“What do you want?” Elder Lv, suppressing the rage in his heart, never intended let Li Yuanba survive, but he needed to coax out the secret of cultivating the ‘Divine Foot Skill’ ‘Step by Step Lotus’ from Li Yuanba beforehand.

“I see Elder Lv is skilled in Corpse Refining; perhaps you could gift me a Silver Corpse? It seems letting me acquire a Silver Corpse is not too much to ask, right?” Li Yuanba boldly stated.

This was naturally impossible; not to mention that Golden Core energy shouldn’t appear on a Foundation Establishment battlefield, a Silver Corpse itself is of Golden Core strength, and even if Elder Lv truly possessed a Silver Corpse, it was one of his main combat forces, how could he possibly trade it away.

Besides, if Li Yuanba managed to control a Silver Corpse, he would possess the strength to confront Elder Lv, then how could Elder Lv easily kill Li Yuanba.

“That’s impossible, I have here a ‘Moonlight Corpse Scroll’; it’s a Corpse Refining cultivation technique that can directly reach a Golden Corpse. Plus, with this corpse cultivated to transform killing intention into Buddha, you could at least refine a corpse with strength close to a Golden Core. If you encounter an opportunity later, you could also elevate it to a Silver Corpse or even a Golden Corpse!” Elder Lv said solemnly, mentioning his conditions.

He didn’t care what he gave away now, as it would soon be back in his hands anyway.

He even took out a purple-colored Jade Scroll along with the earlier mentioned Corpse Refining Coffin and tossed them to Li Yuanba.

Li Yuanba flicked his fingers, and with a flash of Formation, he took the purple-colored Jade Scroll and the Corpse Refining Coffin, then closed it again. Elder Lv stood smiling in place, not using the moment to attack.

Elder Lv was using this gesture to show his sincerity, letting Li Yuanba feel free to disclose further information.