The fierce battle churned the seawater for miles around, turning heaven and earth upside down and changing the very color of the sky, yet it ended sooner than expected.
A little over an hour later, a demon beast several dozen feet tall, with a huge crocodile-like maw, two sharp horns on its head, four legs, and two arms, had been bound in coils of white, dragon-shaped rope. It struggled desperately. From its appearance, it certainly was not the legendary Divine Fish demon beast.
"Hmph! Stop struggling! With your cultivation, you can't possibly overcome this treasure!" Disappointed to discover that the demon beast was not the Divine Fish, Li Xiaoya looked rather displeased and snapped coldly at it. This was only a mid-ninth tier demon beast. Although its divine abilities were formidable, it was no match for Li Xiaoya and Liu Xian'er's combined assault. When it tried to flee, Li Xiaoya had unleashed the Immortal-Binding Rope without hesitation. After nearly a century of refinement, and with his now-powerful Nascent Soul Realm divine sense, he could activate it far faster than he had during the Golden Core Stage, and its power had increased considerably as well. During his last sparring match with Heavenly Venerable Daoling, however, the venerable had broken free of it, leaving Li Xiaoya less confident in the rope than before. Even so, it was more than sufficient to deal with a demon beast like this.
"Damn humans! Let me go! If you have the guts, fight me one-on-one again!" the crocodile-like demon beast roared furiously, its voice sending seawater splashing in every direction as it cursed and struggled.
"Hmph! Enough of your blustering. If you weren't still useful, I'd have killed you already!" Hearing its foul curses, Li Xiaoya snorted and shouted back. At the same time, he formed