Legend of the Great Sage

op!” “This is Towering city!”

Once his murderousness was roused, the little phoenix no longer cared about anything else.

At this moment, a voice rang out, “Damned brat, get over here!”

The little phoenix blinked his eyes and tossed aside the silver snake in his claws, turning around and flying towards the forest.
His figure rapidly shrank, turning back into a little boy and throwing himself into Li Qingshan’s arms.
He grumbled, “First father, where did you go? Why didn’t you bring me with you?”

“I went to make a little brother for you.” Li Qingshan sniggered.

“But I prefer a little sister!” The little phoenix widened his eyes.

Li Qingshan was taken aback.
He never expected him to possess such lofty aspirations at such a young age.
He patted his head and said mysteriously, “Then that’ll be up to how lucky you are.”

“You ought to work a little harder in the Shadow palace.” Ye Weiyang smiled.
Compared to that Ghost Shadow, she was much more interested in Li Qingshan’s bloodline.

“Let’s forget about that.”

Only a small number of the Daemon Kings and otherfolk kings here had seen Li Qingshan before, so they were all surprised by this sight.
The divine bird, the phoenix, actually had a human for a father.
How did that make sense? And the human had clearly only undergone the second heavenly tribulation, yet he joked around with the Shadow Queen as an equal.
How unbelievable.

“Fellow Ye, who is he?” the Metal Essence Folk King asked with a frown.
He lived in the mountains to the north-west, so he did not recognize Li Qingshan.

“The King of S- Oh no, that’s wrong.
He’s the White Hawk commander, Li Qingshan!” Ye Weiyang introduced.

“A Hawkwolf guard!”

Under everyone’s gazes, Li Qingshan immediately felt pressured.
Apart from the Giant Lumberman King and the ones he had seen when he first came, the other Daemon Kings and otherfolk kings all expressed scorn and hostility.
In a few short days, the entire world had already learnt about how the leader of the Hawkwolf Guard, the Hawk God, had come to declare war against the Great Banyan Tree King.
As such, that made them a hundred times more despicable than any normal human.

“What’re you on about? Who’s the White Hawk commander? Don’t you know that I’ve been promoted?”

Li Qingshan shot a glance at Ye Weiyang, but he was accustomed to something like this.
Compared to the encirclement of the seven Demon Kings in the Twelve Citadel Demon Formation of the Ominous, this truly was nothing.

“Sure enough, you’re a lackey of the government.
Have you come to Towering city to die?” the Metal Essence Folk King said coldly.

“Who might you be?” Li Qingshan then asked.

“The Metal Essence Folk King, Tong Gang!”

“Heh, death by running out of essence!” Li Qingshan began his mockery.
The little phoenix paid close attention.

TL: Li Qingshan used a pun here.
In Chinese, the Metal Essence Folk King is pronounced as jīnjīngrénwáng, while death by running out of essence is jīngjìnrénwáng.
There’s very little difference verbally, but clearly it makes all the difference in the world once translated.

The Metal Essence Folk King cut right to the chase, throwing a punch towards Li Qingshan’s chest.
He gave no warning, only possessing rigid killing intent.
When he saw how Li Qingshan did not budge at all, he even thought he could not react in time, so he became even more scornful inside.

With a thunk, a wave of air rushed out and turned into a fierce wind that reached hundreds of kilometers away.

Li Qingshan’s chest did not cave in as expected.
Instead, the Metal Essence Folk King’s arm produced the sound of twisting metal.
Li Qingshan smiled as he stood right there without moving.

The otherfolk kings and Daemon Kings all widened their eyes.
They could all recognise exactly what was happening.
The Metal Essence Folk King’s punch did not contain his full strength, but he was not intentionally holding back either.
Even tough Daemon Kings could not receive it forcefully.
To achieve this effect, not only did he have to possess a powerful defence, but it also required overwhelming strength too.
However, the strangest part of this all was that Li Qingshan’s aura did not even fluctuate.

Only Ye Weiyang noticed that the skin on Li Qingshan’s chest had darkened slightly.
It was his newest innate ability of the Ox Demon Transformation, the Ox Demon Forges its Hide!

Not only did the Ox Demon Forges its Hide possess stunning defence, but it was also connected to another innate ability of the ox demon, the Strength of the Earth.
Neither of them required the support of daemon qi.
It had already replaced the Spirit Turtle’s Profound Shell as his greatest defensive ability.

The Metal Essence Folk King immediately calmed down.
He thought, Since this lackey of the government is so cocky, I’ll have you witness the power of the Metal Essence folk.

Immediately, his fist turned into a drill.
He pushed down as hard as he could as it spiralled away furiously.
Golden light erupted!

Li Qingshan raised an eyebrow and felt his skin sting.
If he let him drill a few more times, his defences really might crumble.
As it seemed, the Ox Demon Forges its Hide did not make him indestructible.
If he continued to stand there without budging, he would be biting off more than he could chew.

As a result, he casually grabbed the drill.
Among the sparks, the drill head came to a forceful halt, twisting in his hand.

Actually, unbeknownst to Li Qingshan, Metal Essence folk regularly searched for precious metals underground.
The drill was their special technique that they refined from a young age.
The Metal Essence Folk King was already terrified enough by the fact that he could not actually drill through his skin.
In a regular battle, clashes all occurred in a single instant, so why would he ever have the opportunity to take his time and drill him?

“Here, I’ll repay your punch,” Li Qingshan swung his fist and said with ease.

A sliver of shock appeared in the Metal Essence Folk King’s eyes.
The punch did not fluctuate with any aura either, but it felt like it could crumble mountains and crack the earth.

“Enough, Qingshan.
Stop joking around.” The Great Banyan Tree King’s voice rang out from Towering city.

“Do you have to be so on time?” Li Qingshan shook his head, but he knew that the Great Banyan Tree King had chosen this exact moment to appear so that Li Qingshan could introduce himself through his own strength.
He could demonstrate to the Daemon Kings and otherfolk kings that had not seen him before that the name “Li Qingshan” was not a joke.

Li Qingshan’s fist fell down.
He patted the Metal Essence Folk King on the shoulder.
“You owe me a punch.”

“Any time!”

At this moment, numerous doors opened, and the Great Banyan Tree King and madam Vine walked out together.
Everyone became stunned.

Li Qingshan blinked his eyes.
“Woah!”