Immovable Technique turned around and left, not because he couldn't match his opponent in strength, but because he couldn't afford to get stuck in a deadlock. Once he was dragged into one, he would end up just like Demon Suppression Arhat!
"Boom!" The Jade Cauldron, as large as a mountain, came crashing down from above.
He threw out the Floating Tower to block the Jade Cauldron; in his peripheral vision, Immovable Technique had already seen seven rays of light.
As time ticked by, the Roc became more and more furious, recklessly throwing out mana, and with a flap of its golden wings, it shattered the white sea of clouds.
The aftermath of the wind's force caused hundred-meter-high tsunamis on the surface of the South Sea.
Li Changzhou gasped for air; for every strike from Guanyin, he had to exert the same amount of strength as when he transformed into the Giant Kun just to barely catch it.
Is the gap between an Immortal and an Earth Immortal this huge?
Guanyin is among the strongest of the Earth Immortals, and Li Changzhou is also among the strongest of the Immortals—at least on Earth, that is. A simple conversion of the gap between an ordinary Immortal and an ordinary Earth Immortal should be as wide.
But it isn't.
To be an Immortal is to reach the pinnacle of life that one can achieve; aside from improving one's combat skills and mana, there will be no further progress in the amount of mana or in the essence of life. However, an Earth Immortal can progress further.
The longer an Earth Immortal lives, the more terrifying they become.
Setting aside spells, magic treasures, and experience, just the mere accumulation of mana is enough for an Earth Immortal to surpass an Immortal. At this moment, Li Changzhou is only able to maintain a disadvantage without defeat under the weakened Guanyin by relying on his infinite mana.
In the end, Earth Immortals have no lifespan limit.
As long as the world of the Earth Immortal does not shatter, they can live forever, continuously accumulating mana until the small world they've opened up is filled up.
Therefore, the gap between an Immortal and an Earth Immortal, if both are of the same level after becoming Immortals, mainly depends on how long the Earth Immortal has lived.
An Earth Immortal who has just achieved their status, besides having a place to hide and sharing their lifespan with the heavens and the earth, is almost no different from an Immortal.
Guanyin, however, is the most fearsome type of Earth Immortal—one that has grown to the limit of an Earth Immortal and lived for a long, long time.
With his mana replenished, the sound of Li Changzhou panting weakened until his breathing stabilized.
The King Cobra is engaged in combat with the Dragon Girl; their two winding bodies collide, dragon and snake tails sweep across, entwining and strangling like chains. Suddenly, it froze, its triangular head turning toward Li Changzhou's direction.
In its golden vertical pupils, Li Changzhou's figure loomed larger and larger.
When Li Changzhou revealed a divine body three thousand meters tall, the King Cobra let out a sky-piercing hiss, its abundant qi-blood, reaching beyond biological limits, swelling its body.
The snake's body writhed as if being flayed, a pain akin to skinning, and when it gasped for air, raising its head, its body had already extended like a mountain range for a thousand kilometers.
The Dragon Girl let out an exuberant dragon chant as her body grew in size too.
The King Cobra and the White Dragon seemed to be creating chaos in the sea, performing a dance of leaps and bounds in the Flowing Light Sea.
Supported by infinite energy, [Divine Body] raised its qi-blood without limit; air burned, space distorted, Li Changzhou's figure appeared and disappeared within the red qi-blood.
And then.
Boom!
Mana boiled, surging inside Li Changzhou like an explosion, compressing the qi-blood.
That twisted human form looked at Guanyin.
"Concentration."
Boom!
Motion was so fast it was practically invisible, as if space had jumped, and Li Changzhou appeared right in front of Guanyin!
He raised his hand and threw a punch.
Guanyin's expression was serious as she flicked her fingers deftly.
Bang!
The twisted humanoid shot forth like a missile, tracing a six-colored shadow across the sea surface.
Without waiting to dissipate his force, the twisted humanoid pressed down with his legs, absorbing all the power, and stood on the sea looking at Guanyin.
An explosion of qi beneath his feet plowed through the sea, shaping a tsunami thousands of meters high behind him.
The distance between Li Changzhou and Guanyin disappeared again.
His five fingers came together like a blade, like an arrow, thrusting straight at Guanyin's chest!
The fifteen-meter-tall Golden Body of Guanyin raised a hand to parry, causing Li Changzhou's hand blade to veer off, tearing the South Sea in two.
Guanyin also released a palm strike, her jade hand softly glowing as if it were the most precious treasure, but a treasure capable of sinking continental shelves.
In hand-to-hand combat, Li Changzhou, who had an exceptionally high talent and was in a state of "Concentration," merely tilted his head to dodge the strike.
He withdrew the hand blade that had split the South Sea, spun around, and unleashed a whip kick that could have sent Guanyin into outer space.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
A wave of force exploded between them each time, and with every explosion, the South Sea shook like a teacup on the table of the Earth.
With qi-blood and mana fully unleashed, his form blurred, Li Changzhou, like a monstrous human figure painted in thick strokes, relied on boundless energy, unparalleled physical talent, and went beyond Si's calculations, battling the half-spent mana of Guanyin's Golden Body on the sea without falling behind.