The others' attacks came one after another. Once Lu Xiaotian took control of the Five Baleful Waves and launched a fierce assault, the Lion-Mane Old Monster and the others felt the pressure ease considerably. Their various immortal artifacts surged in to attack. For a time, the radiance of immortal essence shrouded an area nearly ten thousand li across, leaving no opening for wind or rain.
The Stone Demon had originally stood motionless before the Talisman Eye. After fending off Lu Xiaotian and his companions' attacks for a while, he began to feel the strain. Meanwhile, whenever he counterattacked, Lu Xiaotian, the Lion-Mane Elder, and the others kept dodging. The two sides' expenditures were worlds apart: the Stone Demon had to withstand every attack from Lu Xiaotian and the rest.
For a little while, it was manageable. The Stone Demon had a solid foundation, after all, but as time passed, the strain grew.
"We can't go on like this, or defeat is certain. That brat is truly troublesome. He's only a True Immortal, yet he can wield the essence of Baleful Water to such an extent." The Stone Demon cursed inwardly. Lu Xiaotian's immortal essence aura was unmistakable; anyone could see at a glance that he was only a True Immortal. Even knowing his opponent controlled the essence of Baleful Water, the Stone Demon had initially looked down on him. He had planned to keep Lu Xiaotian here too, since obtaining the essence of Baleful Water would be like adding wings to a tiger.
Who could have guessed that this junior, who looked to be no more than a True Immortal, would be so difficult to deal with? If he had known, he should have let the other man leave. Then he wouldn't have ended up in this impossible bind.
But