The elemental berserk beasts that charged out of the headquarters did not ease the pressure on their defensive line. There simply were not enough of them. However, the "Life Guardians" made the participants feel the pressure lessen, because they had more health and could restore not only HP but also bodily energy and, to a certain extent, stamina.
What was even more unbelievable was that the Guardians increased their primary attributes. They greatly raised true attributes and even slightly increased supreme attributes, by roughly 3%. They did this through an ability called Elemental Resonance, causing the boosted person's bodily attributes to resonate with the corresponding natural elemental power and thereby granting an enhancement.
For example, supreme strength resonated with fire-elemental power, supreme agility with wind, stamina with wood, and intelligence with water. As for Charm... it could not be increased. No one knew why.
Black Qixing was being besieged by the Black Knights while also dealing with the Ancient Abyssal Existence, the Withered One. The pressure was immense. Even in a one-on-one fight against the Withered One, his odds were only fifty-fifty, let alone while surrounded by Black Knights. His domain was being eroded by the Withered One's "Domain of Ashen Decay."
Although the power system of Ancient Abyssal Existences differed from that of peak powerhouses, the two ultimately shared some similarities. The "Domain of Ashen Decay" and the "Domain of Strength," for example, were theoretically both manifestations of powerful existences influencing their surroundings through themselves.
Pfft!
A bloody mark tore across Black Qixing's shoulder, but his expression did not change at all. Compared to his injury, the steadily rising degree of Abyssal Erosion was the greater problem.
Even as a peak powerhouse with a Life Core, once his Abyssal Erosion meter filled, all his Life Cores would shatter and