Legend of the Great Sage

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The strongest daemons truly were difficult to deal with! However, he did not become dejected.
Instead, his battle spirit was ignited.

He did not use the Spirit Turtle’s Profound Shell, as his daemon qi was not as great as the blackwater salamander’s.
If he continued to use the Spirit Turtle’s Profound Shell, his daemon qi would probably run out very soon, so he could only temporarily retreat for now.

But how was he supposed to retreat? He did not get Xiao An to help him, not because he wanted Xiao An to hide and launch a sneak attack, but because he treated this as a test for himself.

This was not a battle to the death where he needed to fight tooth-and-nail.
Instead, he was trying to make a daemon submit to him as a soldier.
As a result, not only did he have to win this battle, but he also had to achieve an overwhelming victory.

Their difference in strength was not particularly big.
Apart from being slightly weaker in terms of daemon qi, his strength and abilities actually surpassed the salamander.
He must be doing something wrong seeing how he failed to gain the upper hand!

Li Qingshan closed his eyes, and he was slammed viciously a few more times by the blackwater salamander.
Despite the raging waves, there was peace at the bottom of his heart.

A droplet of water seemed to land at the bottom of his heart and produce a ripple.
Li Qingshan suddenly understood.
It was water!

Although he was an aquatic daemon, he was not accustomed to battle in water.
The way he controlled water was extremely clumsy as well.
He had failed to make proper use of the environment, allowing the blackwater salamander to claim the geographic advantage all for itself!

He floated freely in the water, no longer trying to control his body anymore.
He no longer forced himself to remain at the bottom.
He was like a creature that lived in the water, treating the water like his home.

His daemon qi spread out into the surroundings and established a connection with the surrounding water.
It was no longer as clumsy as when he tried to pick up that great ball of water and throw it at his opponent.
Instead, it was like sonar, surveilling the surrounding waters with great sensitivity.

The blackwater salamander rushed over once again like a black, ghostly bolt of lightning.
Although it did not kick up any ripples, it did come into contact with the water that Li Qingshan controlled.

“Behind!” Li Qingshan suddenly turned around, but he was not as agile as the blackwater salamander.
At such a close distance, even if he managed to sense it, he was unable to dodge.

The blackwater salamander was complacent.
It was ready to slam into Li Qingshan again and throw him into confusion, yet Li Qingshan’s huge figure moved to the left without any prior signs at all.

Li Qingshan controlled the water to push himself aside.
He dodged the blackwater salamander’s attack for the first time.

Now, he finally felt like he resembled an aquatic daemon slightly.

When he sensed the blackwater salamander’s direction, he clenched a fist and threw it at the salamander’s head viciously the moment it brushed past him.

With a bang, a sound wave spread through the entire body of water.

Li Qingshan’s long-prepared strike of fury was no joke.
It could even crush rock and steel.
He just happened to be wondering whether he had been too heavy-handed.

“Ouch! Ouch! Ouch!” The blackwater salamander clutched its head with its two front limbs and swam far away with a swing of its tail.
In that instant, it had used its ability that could deflect attacks again, deflecting most of the force.
That was why it had not entered a daze after suffering the attack.

Li Qingshan bobbed up and down in the water as he looked at the blackwater salamander.
His daemon qi pulsed.
“Why don’t you admit defeat?”

“Have you caught me?” The blackwater salamander was infuriated.
It actually just swam away.
“Even if I can’t beat you, don’t even think about capturing me and making me listen to your command!”

Li Qingshan raised his eyebrows.
He adjusted his posture and leaned forwards in a freestyle position.
His limbs swept backwards, and then he controlled the water to rush at the blackwater salamander.

How could the blackwater salamander lose to Li Qingshan when it came to swimming? With a swing of its tail, it darted over ten meters to the side.
No matter what swimming style Li Qingshan used, he would never be able to match its natural agility.

Just when it wanted to mock Li Qingshan, it suddenly felt something tighten around its tail.
Li Qingshan had grabbed its tail, but the tail was the slipperiest part of its body.
With a flash, it immediately swam into the distance, and it no longer stopped this time round.

Two colossal creatures dwelled within this expansive, underground lake, one chasing desperately and one fleeing madly.

Even though the blackwater salamander had nowhere to hide, Li Qingshan was clearly too slow.
He could not even touch its tail.

After three whole days and nights, they slowed down to the speed of regular fish.
Both of them were utterly exhausted, but they both refused to admit defeat.

Li Qingshan felt like he had become an actual fish.
He had gained a completely new understanding of how to swim and how to control the water flow.
Battles in water were no longer a weakness to him anymore.

Even though he was exhausted, he managed to tail behind the blackwater salamander the entire time with his ox-like endurance, giving it no time to rest.

The blackwater salamander was utterly infuriated and called Li Qingshan all sorts of things.
Suddenly, the space before it lit up, and a ball of fire burned quietly in the water.
Within the fire was a tiny skeleton.

Just like daemons, she used her aura to communicate.
“We might as well kill it and eat its daemon core.” Two large skulls resided beside her, opening and closing their mouths like they were waiting for a meal.

“I admit defeat, I admit defeat! Don’t eat me! Or I’ll blow up my daemon core!” The blackwater salamander’s instincts warned it of danger.
It knew that this was the end of the rope now.
It felt dejected inside, but it also admired Li Qingshan’s endurance a little.