Having caught it, Li Dalong had no reason to let it go. He increased the controlling force of his divine sense and abruptly clenched his fingers, trying to crush it.
The large demonic beast was strong enough that Li Dalong's first attempt failed. All he heard was the cracking of compressed bones, but he had done it no substantial harm. It was still twisting desperately, trying to break free.
Seeing that his first attempt had failed, Li Dalong increased the power of the Heaven-Covering Hand and squeezed again, while directing the Azure Rainbow Sword into the canine demonic beast's open mouth.
Distracted by the Azure Rainbow Sword, the canine demonic beast could no longer devote all its strength to resisting the Heaven-Covering Hand. The hand finally succeeded, and with an explosive crack, the beast was crushed to fragments.
The points on Li Dalong's Jade Tablet increased by 200. So this was a demonic beast with the strength of a taiyi golden immortal. No wonder it had been so difficult to deal with.
Hopefully, this is the only kind of demonic beast like this. If other taiyi golden immortal-level demonic beasts retain intelligence like this one, things will be dangerous.
To be cautious, Li Dalong promptly retreated more than a li, choosing to operate in the golden immortal-level Corrupted Region.
He hoped to accumulate experience through battle and find an opportunity to break through.
He continued searching for demonic beasts in the Corrupted Region and encountered other cultivators several times along the way. They generally appeared in small teams, while he was alone, so Li Dalong always took the initiative to avoid them.
After half a month of fighting demonic beasts, Li Dalong felt he was another step closer to breaking through his bottleneck.
After slaying a corrupted vine-like plant, Li