Starting My Cultivation With Time Management - Chapter 1059: 45: Someone Makes a Big Move

Chapter 1059: Chapter 45: Someone Makes a Big Move

When Shi Liuli saw the Flying Asura charging towards her, she wasn’t particularly alarmed.

After all, being the weakest among the three, it was only natural for her to be attacked first—she had already prepared for this before calling out a warning.

She reached for her storage bag at her waist and took out a magic artifact, which was a small, silver shimmering shield.

Throwing it forward, the shield’s surface suddenly expanded, blocking the Flying Asura’s claw strike, emitting a sound like a thunderclap.

Despite the sound being immense, the shield wasn’t sent flying, nor did it even tremble slightly; it withstood the blow solidly.

An Zhisu was about to assist but stopped when she saw this, looking at Xu Yinglian with surprise and doubt.

Xu Yinglian nodded, causing An Zhisu’s mind to sink slightly.

Though Penglai Cultivators were weaker in magical competition, their numerous unconventional methods, when employed, were enough to frustrate the enemy. Among the top ones was Elder Shi Ding of the Heavenly Craft Workshop.

It was said that in a certain secret realm in the past, the Green Bamboo Peak Master of Shushan and Elder Shi Ding of Penglai had a magical showdown, during which the latter threw out this very shield, guarding himself thoroughly. No matter how she varied her sword paths, they were always blocked by the flying shield.

Of course, as both sides belonged to the Orthodox Sect, and it wasn’t a life-and-death struggle, she didn’t utilize the Man-Sword Unity technique, unsure if Elder Shi Ding’s shield could withstand it… But now it seems, it likely could.

An Zhisu recognized that shield, while Xu Yinglian recognized the pouch at Shi Liuli’s waist.

If she’s not mistaken, that storage bag was once Elder Shi Ding’s Heavenly Craft Treasure Bag, which later likely became Jingyun Elder’s possession.

Now appearing beside Shi Liuli, it indicated that Jingyun had left the Heavenly Craft Treasure Bag to her upon leaving Penglai.

Realizing this, she also remembered that her senior brother left nothing for her before parting, giving Xu Yinglian a faint feeling of displeasure and jealousy.

No, Senior Brother isn’t like Jingyun, so there’s no comparing them… She consoled herself this way, but the oppressive feeling remained.

As for the thought of rescuing Shi Liuli, it momentarily subsided after Shi Liuli used the shield to protect herself.

Shi Liuli exerted all her strength to wield the shield magic artifact, resisting the ferocious assault of the Flying Asura. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw both Xu Yinglian and An Zhisu stop their actions, feeling slightly irritated, yet she loudly shouted:

“Quick! Seal it!”

The Flying Asura, though its body’s toughness was comparable to metal, unafraid of blades and spears, greatly feared sealing spells. Hearing Shi Liuli mention “seal,” it immediately darted sideways over a certain distance to evade spells that might come from behind at any moment.

However, there was no ambush from behind… It turned its head back, only to see Shi Liuli had already taken out a shuttle-shaped magic artifact, channeling her True Yuan into it at full speed. It instantly transformed into a streak of light, vanishing at the horizon where sky and water met.

Seeing Shi Liuli perform an escape technique, Xu Yinglian and An Zhisu did not hesitate either.

The latter instantly achieved Man-Sword Unity, transforming into a sword light heading west; the former’s whole body burst into flames, and then the flames quickly extinguished, with her figure disappearing without a trace.

Now it was the Flying Asura’s turn to be dumbfounded. What it feared most was these three splitting up to flee, in different directions. No matter which one it pursued, the other two would escape safely, violating the orders given to it.

But now that the situation had developed as such, it could only make a hard three-way decision.

In terms of strength, Xu Yinglian was the most troublesome, followed by An Zhisu, with Shi Liuli being the weakest and easiest to kill.

But in terms of escape speed, Shi Liuli was the quickest, followed by An Zhisu’s Man-Sword Unity, while Xu Yinglian flickered through the flames, though hard to track, was actually slower than the other two by a bit.

The Flying Asura hesitated for just a moment before making a quick decision.

Chase Shi Liuli!

If it went after Xu Yinglian and An Zhisu, even upon catching up, it would have to expend effort to kill them.

By the time it finally claimed a kill, the other two would have long vanished without a trace.

Better to chase Shi Liuli, catch up quickly and kill her, then turn to pursue another, possibly still having a chance!

Thus it employed the Overwhelming Demon Skill, extending two dark wings from its shoulder blades, flapping mightily, propelling itself like an arrow towards the direction where Shi Liuli fled.

The Flying Asura, bearing such a name, was of course far faster than ordinary sword control, quickly catching up with Shi Liuli, attacking her shuttle-shaped artifact.

Shi Liuli, steering the magic treasure, was not panicked, merely retrieving another magic artifact from her storage bag and tossing it backward without a look.

Th𝙞𝘴 𝖼hⱯp†𝑒r 𝗶ʂ p𝖔ʂ𝕥ҽԀ b𝙮 𝘒𝕀𝙩єɳ𝑜𝘷𝙚𝓁

The Flying Asura instinctively dodged, realizing only after that it was just a regular flying dagger artifact, which greatly infuriated it:

Had I known it was just this, I would’ve taken it with my head! What was I dodging?

Closing the distance again, it saw Shi Liuli throwing out another object.

This time, the Flying Asura didn’t dodge and was hit squarely on the forehead, causing its body to suddenly stiffen.

It was a spirit talisman, activated and stuck firmly to its forehead, attempting to seal its internal power.

This spirit talisman’s rank wasn’t low, activating swiftly and having a clear effect, but the Flying Asura, fierce in its demonic nature, wouldn’t be subdued by a talisman, breaking free from the talisman’s constraint by sheer brute force, ripping it off ferociously.

In the few moments it was delayed, Shi Liuli once again widened the gap, running far away.

The Flying Asura finally began to regret it, for though this female cultivator was weak in capability, her variety of magical artifacts was endless.