A life-and-death struggle was unfolding beneath the calm lake waters.
Poisoned, his face injured, and already grievously wounded from their earlier fight, the Demonic Cultivator had suffered devastating damage from the explosive, brief attacks of a snake. A dignified Golden Core Stage Demonic Cultivator had actually been ambushed underwater by a snake demon equivalent to the Foundation Establishment Realm.
Bai Yujun felt that if she had not been so large, that strike would have poisoned him to death.
Then came Bai Yujun's performance.
Hiding behind a reef, she controlled the currents to drag the Demonic Cultivator along the lakebed. During this time, she was struck several times by his desperate attacks. Fortunately, he knew no water-element spells. The violent currents churned the lakebed into utter murkiness, sand, gravel, rotten wood, and aquatic weeds flying everywhere. Luckily, she had severely injured his eyes earlier—otherwise, Bai Yujun might have been the one fleeing.
When it came to hunting, snakes were extremely patient.
"Demon snake, get out here! Despicable and shameless!"
Muffled roars echoed through the water. Bai Yujun curled her lip. As if ambushing your own kind wasn't despicable and shameless. What goes around comes around; when you roam the world, sooner or later you had to pay your debts.
She continuously increased the water pressure, holding the Demonic Cultivator firmly and refusing to let him rise to the surface.
It was somewhat difficult to drown a Golden Core Stage cultivator, but if she kept wearing him down, he would eventually die. Bai Yujun had no intention of risking a close approach. A Golden Core Stage cultivator was still a Golden Core Stage cultivator even when down on his luck. Being cautious could never be wrong.
Killing and fighting were not games, nor were they jokes. A single small mistake could mean