Legend of the Great Sage

he was capable of a thousand different things, it was all useless! His attacks posed no threat, and his defence was as fragile as paper.
It was as if all he could do was accept fate and die!

However, Li Qingshan refused.
Even though his flesh had been burned to ash and the tiger bones that he took pride in were covered in cracks, his battle spirit continued to surge.

Even if he wanted to leave the Asura Field, it was already too late at a time like this.
The heat from the giant god of fire had distorted even space itself, preventing the Asura Field from sending him anywhere.
If he could not defeat it, only death awaited him.

But even until now, he still had absolutely no chance at victory.
Instead, he was in life-threatening danger.

The Ox Demon, with its Great Strength, Sinks in the Mud.
Enduring and immovable, just like the earth.
Strength of the Earth!

Li Qingshan simply gave up on all of his efforts of offence and defence.
He poured all of his concentration into the boundless earth and used the Strength of the Earth.

Suddenly, he entered a world he had never seen before, as if he had actually become a part of the earth, silently enduring the beating of wind, frost, rain, and snow since time immemorial, holding up the seas and the sky.

The violent fists of fire constantly struck his body before being drawn into the mountain and earth.
The rate at which his body collapsed suddenly slowed down.

I see! Li Qingshan understood something.
No matter when in the past, no matter who he faced, he had never been like this, giving up on everything and enduring all the attacks.

He had gained a deeper understanding of the Strength of the Earth.

Though, this move sure is a little useless in battle! I can’t attack and I can’t defend.
I can’t even run away! Aren’t I just a “plus-sized sand bag”? It’s not like I can divert all the attacks into the earth.
If I just withstand it, there’ll be a time when I can’t withstand it any longer!

But at the very least, he still served a certain function right now as a “plus-sized sand bag”—he had made the giant god of fire throw a lot of punches.

Cracks riddled the snow mountain.
As Li Qingshan diverted the damage into the ground, the mountain rapidly collapsed, and Li Qingshan’s body approached the brink of collapse too.

The giant god of fire’s attacks suddenly paused.
It crossed its fists and raised them high into the air.
The flames on its body dimmed, all condensing into its fists.
He held them up high like torches as they scorched like the sun, burning the sky before he swung down viciously.
They struck the ground like meteors.

Li Qingshan’s tiger bones shattered violently, and a wave of air swept through the entire Asura Field.
The snow mountain shook violently and collapsed with a rumble, burying him like his new grave.

The giant god of fire stumbled a few steps back as if it was rather exhausted before suddenly turning around!

At this moment, an Asura Commander wielding a pair of huge axes descended from the blood-red swirl in the sky.

The intense battle between the giant god of fire and Li Qingshan, or perhaps better described as the giant god of fire’s one-sided slaughter of Li Qingshan, had roused unprecedented fighting spirit and killing intent, which was absorbed by the Asura Field to summon another Asura Commander.

The Asura Commander saw the giant god of fire and suddenly widened his eyes.
“Fire god Zhurong!”

Roar!

The giant god of fire let out a furious roar, and the Asura Commander raised his axes instinctively to block.
An irresistible force blew him away.
He turned to ash in the air, unable to regenerate no matter how powerful his vitality was.
The axes melted into a clump of metal.

Having casually dealt with a fly, the giant god of fire was just about to break out of here when it suddenly turned around and gazed at the collapsed mountain.
The aura that it had personally crushed seeped out from the rocks once again.

Boom!

The rocks burst open, and Li Qingshan leapt out.
With the phoenix’s nirvāṇa, he had undergone rebirth in fire.
He was completely unscathed now, saying to the giant god of fire, “Don’t be in such a hurry.
There’s still round two!”

Before he had even finished, flames surged over.

“Spirit Turtle’s Profound Shell, block it!”

Li Qingshan waved his hand and pieces of the Spirit Turtle’s Profound Shell formed a smooth mirror wall.
It only lasted for a split second under the giant god of fire’s attack before shattering loudly!

Li Qingshan crossed his arms and assumed a defensive posture before being blasted away once again.

He adjusted his posture mid-air, stabilising himself, but he showed a hint of joy.
He finally saw a sliver of hope of victory!

If it had been before the rebirth, the Spirit Turtle’s Profound Shell would not serve much purpose at all.
It could only distract him and waste his daemon qi.
Once the difference in strength reached a certain level, even the most wondrous techniques were only a pointless trick.

But it was different now.
After a series of furious attacks, the giant god of fire’s flames were slightly dimmer compared to the beginning.
It had shrunken slightly too.
Although it was still much taller than Li Qingshan, its strength had clearly decreased.

This was the greatest weakness of the giant god of fire.
Although it could rival the Dragon King of Ink Sea during its peak condition, it was not a living existence after all.
Its power would be consumed.

Originally, this could not be considered as a weakness.
On Giant Ship island that flowed with lava and burned with flames, the giant god of fire could fight for a very long time.
It could basically crush and destroy all existences.

But in the Asura Field, it had no opportunity to replenish its powers.
Every bit it used up was gone for good.

It was exactly because of this observation that Li Qingshan was bold enough to drag it into the Asura Field for a battle to the death.
He had gone as far as to rebirth once just to waste away the giant god of fire’s power.
Otherwise, while he did like fighting, he did not like digging his own grave!

However, while the giant god of fire had become a little weaker, it could still crush Li Qingshan.
He did not even have a ten percent chance at victory!