The heavens and earth boomed without cease. The sea caved in, and the terrain was squeezed upward under immense pressure.
All of this was because the two strongest beings in this world were clashing. Every move they made targeted the other's vital points, but from afar, it looked more like a one-sided beating.
With the blessing of humanity's faith in hope, Lu Li's overall attributes had now reached 253 points, but Mother's attributes stood at 258.
Compared to Lu Li's slow rate of growth, Mother's attributes were rising far more steadily, seemingly on the verge of reaching another level.
A gap of five attribute points created immense pressure. Moreover, Mother was unlike ordinary aberrations. She possessed abundant combat experience, understood humans extremely well, and even knew some tactics. She was not a mindless, crazed being.
In their brief exchange, Lu Li had already suffered dozens of wounds. Yet the Primordial Spirit Seed made his vitality extraordinarily vigorous. With the Martial Saint Sutra circulating within him, Lu Li was like an eternal war machine.
As long as his life was not completely ended, he would keep fighting.
But the Gatekeeper, who was protecting the tribe, noticed something wrong. He calmed Nia, who wanted to rush up and blow up Mother's spiral intake component, stopping the brute from acting rashly.
"The King's life is draining away. He cannot burn forever."
Having lived long, possessed great strength, and seen much, the Gatekeeper could tell that not only had Lu Li fallen into a disadvantage in battle, but that recovery ability more monstrous than an aberration's was not inexhaustible either.
Aizen, watching from below, also noticed this. He knew why Lu Li's life was draining away: Lu Li had consumed too much lifespan when deducing martial arts earlier, exhausting all the lifespan he had