In truth...
If the Five-Poison Divine Chicken, Blood Demon Baleful Intent, and the other cultivators had not been deceived by the Water-Element Clone bearing the Enchantment Talisman, and had remained completely focused, Li Xiaoya might not have broken through so easily...
It was precisely because Li Xiaoya had transferred the Enchantment Talisman onto his Water-Element Clone that his emergence had been so unexpected. Even an Immortal Tribulation Stage Great Cultivator like the Five-Poison Divine Chicken had reacted a step too late, giving Li Xiaoya time to respond...
The instant Li Xiaoya emerged, he also unleashed a Water-Fire Dragon-Devouring Wave. Had there been enough time to cast it, he would have liked to let the Five-Poison Divine Chicken taste the power of his Lesser Five-Element Dragon-Devouring Wave... This Water-Fire Dragon-Devouring Wave had only about a third of its true, full-strength power. Otherwise, Blood Demon Baleful Intent would not have withstood it so easily...
Immediately afterward...
Li Xiaoya's main body escaped successfully, and his Water-Element Clone fled next, deceiving Blood Demon Baleful Intent and the Five-Poison Divine Chicken a second time. In Li Xiaoya's plan, it would be best if the Water-Element Clone escaped; if it could not, it would have to self-destruct... That was a helpless necessity. Still, the Water-Element Clone had already expended an enormous amount of energy and suffered grievous injuries. Recovering would take several hundred years...
Cultivating a new Water-Element Clone would also take several hundred years, so losing this one to self-destruction was not too great a problem...
Another reason was the Enchantment Talisman...
As long as the Water-Element Clone carried the Enchantment Talisman released by Blood Demon Baleful Intent, escaping his and the Five-Poison Divine Chicken's pursuit would be difficult... There was a chance of killing Blood Demon Baleful Intent in front of the Five-Poison Divine