"Ah, that's the magic treasure, the Blackwater Command Banner!" Shang Yuxian hurriedly warned Li Ling through a voice transmission. "It can control water essence, with effects comparable to a Foundation Establishment cultivator's Water-Control Divine Ability!"
Sure enough, even as she spoke, the lake churned and origin energy gathered. As though an invisible hand were drawing on the power of heaven and earth to mold it, a colossal beast over a hundred feet long took shape.
It was a Water Essence Puppet shaped like a seal, with a fish's tail and a bear's paws. Its enormous body bore the imposing presence of a mountain, exerting tremendous pressure.
In the blink of an eye, the beast raised a forepaw and slammed it down.
Boom!
Everyone hastily dodged. The beast's form seemed unstable too, and more than half its paw splashed apart, destroyed on the spot.
But wisps of mist gathered around it, and the scattered lake water flowed back, soon restoring it to its original state.
"This thing looks rather troublesome!" Li Ling said.
"Indeed," Shang Yuxian said. "Until its origin energy runs out, it's practically undying and indestructible."
Li Ling's gaze shifted slightly. Suddenly, he opened his mouth and blew out a breath.
White light flew out, landing on the cloud mass ahead like a gleam of spiritual radiance.
Then everyone saw the cloud swirl and transform into a lifelike immortal crane.
With his pure yang dao body, Li Ling had long mastered such transformations of shaping forms and refining them into reality. Now, he injected only a single strand of dharma power, yet commanded a cloud mass comparable to several centuries of cultivation. It fluttered gracefully through the air and plunged elegantly into the beast's watery body.
The beast instantly grew scalding hot, bubbles roiling violently as its water boiled.