Although Li Xiaoya and the Demon Marshal Sacred Lord seemed to have been fighting for a long time... the speed at which True Immortals unleashed their spells and divine abilities in battle was astonishing...
In truth, only fifteen or twenty breaths had passed...
Li Xiaoya, transformed into the divine beast Black Tortoise, had already brutally destroyed the Demon Marshal Sacred Lord's physical body... and apparently captured his demonic infant and soul alive...
Just as mentioned before...
To lay a trap for someone, one first had to know what that person would do next...
After being ambushed once by the Demon Marshal Sacred Lord, Li Xiaoya knew that without countermeasures, his opponent would surely ambush him again... so he immediately transformed into the divine beast Black Tortoise. Given its immense fame throughout the Cultivation World, the Demon Marshal Sacred Lord naturally knew of this divine beast reputed to possess the strongest defenses in the entire Cultivation World. The purpose was to make him feel that another ambush was impossible, or that even an assassination attempt would fail...
It also told the Demon Marshal Sacred Lord, My defensive divine abilities have nothing to fear from your ambushes...
Since an ambush would not work... he could only find another way to deal with Li Xiaoya. But judging by the earlier clash between the Five-Element Immortal-Slaying Sword and the Ten-Thousand-Demon Immortal-Slaying Axe, the Demon Marshal Sacred Lord knew he was no match for Li Xiaoya even with a divine artifact...
Li Xiaoya had also discerned the Demon Marshal Sacred Lord's temperament. He was as timid as a mouse and would never dare fight to the death... he would flee again instead. And since this fellow cultivated the Law of Assassination, he posed an enormous threat to Li Xiaoya, his friends, his family, and his