Over the past two years, the Phantom Clone's injuries had not improved in the slightest. This was something Half-Step Great Power Lian Lei had deliberately controlled.
However, Half-Step Great Power Lian Lei was in even worse condition. Through the Phantom Clone's eyes, Li Shiming could see that Half-Step Great Power Lian Lei was growing older and older.
The current Half-Step Great Power Lian Lei had loose, sagging skin all over his body, and age spots that should never have appeared on a cultivator's skin had emerged as well.
His hair had almost completely fallen out, and the little that remained was entirely white and withered.
What drew Li Shiming's attention even more was Half-Step Great Power Lian Lei's vitality. It was already like a candle flame on the verge of going out, as if a slight breeze might extinguish the fire of his life.
"Li Shizhen, it seems I have no time to wait any longer!" Half-Step Great Power Lian Lei said in a trembling voice.
He could not even control his own voice effectively. It was clear that his weakness had reached its limit.
Li Shiming had heard a saying before: after cultivators reached the Nascent Soul Stage, they could control the aging changes of their physical bodies, but when their lifespan was about to run out, those aging changes would intensify and show on the flesh.
The Half-Step Great Power Lian Lei before him was exactly in that state. It was hard to imagine that this was a Half-Step Great Power who had almost come into contact with the ceiling of the Cultivation World.
"Your life has reached its end. Are you planning to drag me down to hell with you?" the Phantom Clone asked calmly.
"To be able to drag a genius like you down to hell