Cultivation is just so scientific!

Li Shiming screamed miserably, his body convulsing uncontrollably, unimaginable pain striking directly at his soul.

While Baili Jin Yan laughed wildly without restraint, he had no idea that at this moment, Li Shiming still had the spare mental capacity to calculate the situation of the Array Plate on the ground.

The IBM z15 recorded the surface patterns of the Array Plate, and based on these patterns, although Li Shiming didn't know the name of this Array, the basics of all Arrays were the same.

He was also situated within the energy interior of the Array Plate, which allowed him to feel the energy flow of the Array more clearly.

In front of him, a multitude of virtual energy routes were being drawn out, dense and intricate like a spider web.

All these energy routes originated from the Array Plate on the ground; although they seemed disorderly, they actually followed extremely intricate rules.

Even an ordinary Array Master couldn't achieve such a colossal amount of calculations; it was equivalent to instantly completing months of work by the Array Master who created the Array Plate, and the calculations were continuous.

Of course, a human brain couldn't handle this, not even a Cultivator's.

But the IBM z15 could; no calculation was too complex for a large-scale computer to handle within its tolerable range of operations.

However, as the calculations began, the IBM z15's power consumption also sharply increased.

To ensure the IBM z15's power supply was stable, all nine ghost shadows were mobilized, pushing the efficiency of the perpetual motion generators to the extreme.

One hundred and ninety CPUs, the crystallization of human technology, unleashed their terrifying computational power.

Li Shiming's screams grew even louder, and with the ability "Devil's Sound in the Ear (Fake)," through the IBM z15's multithreading operation, the IBM z15 managed to process a vast amount of computational data while simultaneously emitting – through his mouth – screams processed by "Devil's Sound in the Ear (Fake)."

The screams, because they lacked the fusion of Spiritual Energy, were significantly weakened in strength.

But precisely because there was no mixture of Spiritual Energy involved, Baili Jin Yan failed to anticipate that Li Shiming, left with only the ability to speak, could still mount a counterattack under these circumstances.

Baili Jin Yan was no ordinary Cultivator; he had killed not fewer than eighty – if not a hundred – Cultivators with his own hands.

He had experience dealing with all kinds of cunning Cultivators; no matter how sly they were, none could gain the upper hand in his presence.

He was a True Inheritor seed of the Holy Ice Sect; as soon as he reached the Foundation Establishment Stage, he would surely become a True Disciple of the Holy Ice Sect with a status even higher than the Sect Stewards.

Just look at the two Magic Artifacts he employed, and you could understand his prudence.

The Soul-binding Rope was a Mid Grade Magical Artifact that bound Spiritual Energy; although it was a mid-grade item, it was a special artifact, its value even more precious than that of higher-grade artifacts.

The Soul-binding Rope could normally be used as an ordinary whip-like Magic Artifact, but once it bound an enemy during an attack, its effect of sealing Spiritual Energy would render the enemy completely helpless.

Even a Foundation Establishment Cultivator, unless their internal Spiritual Energy had reached the Mid-stage Foundation Establishment, would have no way to break free from the Soul-binding Rope.

The Soul Piercing Needle was a top-grade magic tool that struck directly at the soul, and needle-shaped top-grade magic tools were also rare.

Once the Soul Piercing Needle penetrated the body of a Cultivator, it would continuously inflict pain on the soul, and torment at the soul level was unbearable.

With such pain in the soul, any controlled Cultivator would be unable to contemplate anything; the pain alone would drive them out of their senses.

Baili Jin Yan listened to Li Shiming's miserable screams with great pleasure.

The screams induced an illusion within him, as if he had become an invincible Cultivator, with countless familiar Cultivators bowing down before him, and numerous beauties at his side.

This was the hypnotic effect produced by the IBM z15, amplifying Baili Jin Yan's desires to the extreme through Li Shiming's screams.

The moment Baili Jin Yan entered the illusion, he felt a cooling sensation born from the Spiritual Energy Vortex that rushed towards his brain.

Although he possessed a Metal Spirit Root, he practiced the secret techniques of the Holy Ice Sect, which provided him with an extremely strong defense against all kinds of mental attacks.

If not for the fact that IBM z15's screams had not a trace of Spiritual Energy fluctuation, Baili Jin Yan would not have been unknowingly affected.

Meanwhile, Li Shiming also took action.

He summoned the copper corpse, then collected the Soul-binding Rope and the Soul Piercing Needle into the machine room space.
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The copper corpse grasped his body in one swoop and moved through space with a strange twisting motion.

Li Shiming wasn't idle either; a "White Phosphorus Grenade" and a "Thermite Grenade" were simultaneously thrown from the machine room space.

The copper corpse appeared next to the Array Plate, lightly tapped a few points on the Array Plate with its finger, and then vanished beyond the range of the energy cocoon created by the Array Plate in a flash.

It seemed like a lot of movements, but in reality, they were completed in an instant.

Li Shiming knew full well that Baili Jin Yan was not so easily dealt with, and the trouble caused by the IBM z15 wouldn't stop Baili Jin Yan for long.

Indeed, Baili Jin Yan was only affected for a moment, and it was during that brief moment that Li Shiming escaped the range of the Array Plate.

"You're courting death, you thief!" Baili Jin Yan emitted an enraged roar.

He paid no attention to the "White Phosphorus Grenade" and the "Thermite Grenade" that had fallen to the ground; like other Cultivators who had never witnessed the bombs from the previous world's military, he didn't take notice of ordinary items without Spiritual Energy fluctuation.

He also had that confidence; if Li Shiming were an equal to him, perhaps he would have been more cautious, taking extra care with the two mundane objects.

Besides, by then, he had already been blinded by anger; a mere Qi Refining Fourth Level Cultivator, a thief who he regarded as having stolen his beloved, dared to play tricks in front of him.