Chapter 519 – Welcome to Try, Welcome to Try Again (2/2)

Before long, Li Qingshan leapt out of the Blood Sea Banner. “Haha, I finally got her!”

Li Qingshan also learned just how great of a difference existed between defeating a Daemon Commander and subduing or killing one. Without the assistance from Xiao An’s Blood Sea Banner, he would have never been able to prevent her from escaping. As a matter of fact, if he were careless, it was even possible for him to die from a counterattack.

In the end, while he did manage to subdue her, stripped bare like last time, he obviously could not do anything that would be a bad influence on children in front of Xiao An.

And, he had been reduced to bones. He was in no shape to even if he wanted to do something.

In the Blood Sea Banner, Lolth lay among the blood sea. Her daemon qi had already been completely depleted, and her skin returned to its original, snowy-white colour. Her physical strength was close to being completely drained too.

She could neither see the surface of the sea, nor could she see the bottom, as if she was floating in the centre. The blood constantly ate away at her life force.

If she were a normal Daemon General, she would be reduced to a puddle of bloody fluid before long, merging with the sea of blood and increasing the Blood Sea Banner’s power.

But as a Daemon Commander, her body was extremely tough, but she could only last a little longer at most. With her connection to the outside world severed, she could not even recover her daemon qi. All she could do was inch closer to death like this.

The unprecedented feeling of fear and death enveloped her. This was a sensation she had not experienced in a very long time.

Stuck in the sea of blood, not only did it injure her body, but her mind was heavily affected as well. This was the deep despair of helplessness, boundless like the sea of blood.

She used her remaining strength to wail out.

“Sir Golden Cicada!”

Xiao An asked, “Do we want to kill her?”

Li Qingshan rubbed his chin, and his eyes flashed. “It’s not like we can’t!” A familiar voice immediately rang out by his ear. “Please hold on. Spare her life.”

“Oh, it’s you. So you’re called Golden Cicada. What do you have to say?” Li Qingshan’s objective was to make the voice speak up. He thought, Sure enough, he has quite the connection to Lolth to cultivate in this underground region.

“So you still found out my name, but it’s best if you don’t let anyone know about it.” Golden Cicada’s tone sounded slightly like a warning. “If you kill her, the Dragon King of Ink Sea won’t just let this matter be.”

“Fine then. I won’t kill her.” Li Qingshan was extremely straightward with his reply to Golden Cicada’s surprise.

“Let’s go!” Li Qingshan called towards Xiao An.

“Wait, are you going to leave like this?” Golden Cicada asked.

“I never said I’d let her go! I’ve already spared her once, but she still sticks to me like a limpet. Surely I can’t just let her make attempts at my life for nothing and destroy my weapon for nothing.”

Li Qingshan spoke like it was common sense. Since killing her would cause problems, then he would keep her suppressed in the Blood Sea Banner forever, but very clearly, as the blood constantly ate away at her, her cultivation would definitely regress drastically. It was even possible that she would not be able to maintain her cultivation at Daemon Commander anymore.

His thought process was very straightforward. Since you want to protect her, then you need to cough up something, for example, the phoenix’s feather.

Golden Cicada fell silent.

“Since we are travellers on the same path, we should assist one another. I’ve promised you that I will definitely do everything I can to obtain the Chant of Deva-Nāga for you. Actually, after we parted last time, I came across a nice opportunity. If I were to go back on my word, wouldn’t killing me be a piece of cake with your strength?”

Li Qingshan took a step further and expressed with great sincerity.

“Fine then. I’ll give you what you want.”

After discovering Xiao An, who stood by Li Qingshan’s side, Golden Cicada’s profound sliver of perception of the heavenly secrets became more and more intense. He could basically confirm the Chant of Deva-Nāga would appear on Li Qingshan.

And, Li Qingshan’s words at the end managed to reach his heart. He remained underground to avoid trouble and unnecessary ties with other people so that he could focus on cultivation and take that final step, but it did not mean a Daemon General could toy with him.

“Release her!” Li Qingshan was overjoyed inside and nodded towards Xiao An. With how generous Golden Cicada was, he did not come off as too cheap.

With a flap of the Blood Sea Banner, Xiao An tossed out Lolth. She gazed at Li Qingshan resentfully, and when she saw Xiao An, her gaze became filled with hostility, as well as a smear of deep fear. Having been suppressed in the sea of blood, although it had only been a short period of time, it felt as lengthy as a century to her. It caused her lingering despair.

Her gaze was resentful, but it no longer possessed a sense of condescension like she was above Li Qingshan.

If it were last time, then she would still be filled with great unwillingness to accept her defeat. But this time, under the trap she had cast down, Li Qingshan had forcefully carved out a path of survival, forcing her to find a helper to subdue him. Yet, in comparison, the helper Li Qingshan had found was so powerful.

A huge chasm existed between Daemon Commander and Daemon General, but Li Qingshan used various methods to make up for this chasm, earnestly proving he was not a weakling completely at her whim.

“I-” “You’re welcome to try, you’re welcome to try again!”