The First Demon of the Chan Sect-Chapter 99 - 45: The Toad and the Roc

Li Qingming squinted his eyes at the enormous Flame Toad before him, a pale azure Yuqing True Essence emanating all around him. He slightly lifted his right index finger and pressed down hard in the air towards the Flame Toad.

"Qua!"

Caught off guard in mid-air, the Red Jade Toad let out a mournful cry as it was pressed into the ground by Li Qingming. The fiery blaze scorched a pit deep enough to reach a hundred zhang into the earth.

"Qua!"

It was unknown how much time passed before a frog croak suddenly emanated from underground, the muffled roar nearly bursting one’s eardrums.

Suddenly, the pit shone brilliantly, the scorching flames turning the soil around the mouth of the pit into gleaming glazed tiles. The Red Jade Toad’s body was bubbling with Fire Essence, vaguely containing an endless scarlet flame from the Heavenly Dao which transformed into billions of Divine Lights piercing through.

Before the Divine Light arrived, the scorching hot airwave nonetheless gushed forth explosively.

"Boom!"

In front and behind Li Qingming, a misty greenish glow was everywhere. Without any extraordinary phenomena descending from the sky, Li Qingming merely gently raised his hands and conjured two Yin Yang Fish in the air.

The black and white fish joyously swam through the air, and gradually, the two colors covered the external shell of the Yuqing True Essence, slowly rotating like the Yin Yang Tai Chi Diagram of Lord Lao Zi of the Great Monad.

"Hum!"

As the Divine Light transformed into arrows approached, not a ripple was stirred. It was as if a gentle breeze swept by—though slightly cool, it couldn’t take away the arid heat in the air.

The Red Jade Toad, which had just leaped out of the pit, stared dumbfounded at Li Qingming, who was enveloped like a turtle. It couldn’t fathom how this Daoist could be so overpoweringly strong.

"Qua!"

With a dull roar, the Red Jade Toad’s body inflated rapidly like it was being pumped with air. Its already mountainous Three-eyed Three Clans’ true form quickly grew to hundreds of zhang tall.

The spiritual energy of Heaven and Earth surged, and the unstoppable wild winds fiercely whipped up towering waves in the Lotus Pond. The Roc felt fortunate that the pond’s lotuses were deeply rooted in the mud, with not a single one damaged.

"Puff!"

A sound akin to deflation suddenly spread all around a hundred zhang. Indeed, the recently enlarged body of the Red Jade Toad started shrinking visibly to the naked eye, soon turning into a foot-long body, completely reddish with golden eyes.

"Peng!"

A ball of obscure black flame, radiating an eerie glow as if a king had descended to the world, declared its birth.

The black flame, significantly hotter than the previous reddish flame, sizzled the air. It seemed as if invisible hands were gently plucking at space, making the surrounding area of a zhang show web-like cracks. It appeared that with a gentle strike, the void would shatter.

"Go!"

The tiny Red Jade Toad let out a light reprimand, its sonorous voice finally shattering the long-scorched space with a thunderous crash.

The infant fist-sized black flame shot out like an arrow released from a bow, speeding towards Li Qingming’s Yin Yang Shield.

"Boom ka!"

The bicolor Yin Yang Fish, after all, lacked the boost from Li Qingming’s True Yuan and soon shattered explosively. The Red Jade Toad gaped joyfully, seemingly already seeing Li Qingming dead on the spot!

However, in the next moment, the Red Jade Toad was rendered speechless in shock.

Though the Yin Yang Fish shield had shattered, one must not forget that there was still a layer of misty green Yuqing True Qi inside. The black flame, having burnt the Yin Yang Fish, could only halt there.

The misty green barrier, emitting a faint azure glow, was not very dazzling but subtly exuded a vibrant, life-filled aura.

The black flame hovered in front of the Yuqing Qi Shield, the billowing flames trying fiercely to break the defensive miracle.

Li Qingming reached out his hand, cradling the flame in his palm, tenderly as if caressing a lover’s hair, stroking the black flame. His lips curved in a smile, his expression playful.

At this moment, the Red Jade Toad was not only horrified, but its expression of sheer terror spoke of unrest in its heart.

Li Qingming casually glanced at the Red Jade Toad, his eyes ferocious yet subdued, looking enough to split the Red Jade Toad’s gall!

"Quack!"

Exhausted by the tremendous consumption of Mana and spiritually devastated, the Three-eyed Red Jade Toad rolled its eyes back, tilted its neck, and faintly collapsed.

Li Qingming was utterly astonished, even the Roc nearby was almost too slow to react.

"How formidable is the stinky toad’s ability, I am crystal clear about it. Even the stinky toad’s strongest attack is dispatched so effortlessly by this Daoist, it is truly terrifying!"

The Roc, though fearful, did not want the Red Jade Toad to die at the hands of Li Qingming, hence it shrieked sharply, frantically urging the Wind Element, transforming into a terrifying tornado, rolling towards Li Qingming.

Li Qingming was about to wake the Red Jade Toad but was intercepted halfway by the Roc. Facing the tornado in front of him, Li Qingming helplessly shrugged, muttering to himself: "These two little fellows, neither gives me peace!"

The momentum of the tornado was potent, the dreadful green coloring that was originally azure made the sky even more lush.

"Screech!"

A sharp cry, just like the ultrasonic wave of a bat, rippled enticingly underlined by the tornado. The murderous light burst forth, the Roc spread its wings, all the clouds hanging in the sky shattered, tearing across the Nine Layers of Heaven, everywhere above and below was trembling, as if to crumble again.

In reality, the Roc’s attack was very rhythmic, even a Daluo Golden Immortal if not careful, might fall here. But who is Li Qingming? Galloping through the Primordial era for many years, he has never suffered from others.

With a light smile, Li Qingming mustered a trace of Mana, exhaled and shouted: "Zha!"

As the first word exclaimed after Pangu’s birth, this "Zha" seemed to embody endless ultimate truths.

"Boom!"

The golden Tao Rune outlined the "Zha" word, thunderously imprinting it on the raging tornado. The tornado recklessly ravaged, completely unaware that a golden character snuck in like a venomous snake.

"Splash!"

The tremendous tornado that could reach Tongtian shockingly exploded, along with the Roc which was right in the middle of the tornado, also fell down.

"Bang!"

The enormous Roc fell onto the solid ground, producing a dull roar. For a moment, dust flew everywhere. When the dust settled, the Roc inside was revealed.

But where was any pride left! Its wings dull, its iron beak stained with straws of blood, and its huge claws bizarrely warped, it looked like it was barely breathing.

Li Qingming secretly shook his head and took out two Seven-Transformation Golden Pills for the two exotic beasts.

After a short while, both beasts woke up, looking bewilderedly at each other, then at the smiling Li Qingming in front of them. They hurriedly backed away, even baring their teeth fiercely at Li Qingming.

Touching his smooth chin, Li Qingming helplessly said: "You two really are ingrates, I painstakingly saved you, and this is how you repay me?"

The two beasts looked at each other, their eyes gradually clearing up, piecing together the whole incident, realizing that they were only acknowledging the Primordial Great Power. Thus, they bowed down, "Little Demon was blind, unable to recognize the True Immortal! Please forgive us, Great Immortal!"

Li Qingming didn’t boast, but drew two Creation Energies and infused it into the two beasts.

"Boom!"

The Void thundered explosively, the two beasts were suddenly enveloped in resplendent golden light.

After about the time it takes to drink a cup of tea, the golden light subsided. Two beautifully sculpted children emerged on the spot.

Dressed in bright red Daoist robes, with a Three-eyed Red Jade Toad embroidered on it, bearing distinct youthful charm was the exotic beast, Three-eyed Red Jade Toad. The other child, dressed in aqua pink Daoist robes, with a great Roc densely embroidered, and unusually beautiful as a girl, was the exotic beast Sky Shrieking Roc.

Li Qingming would never associate the child in front of him with the fiercely fierce Sky Shrieking Roc.