Bai Xiaowen quietly assessed what had happened. The Eye of Evolution had just mobilized his true essence force to counterattack, consuming roughly 300 points—about a quarter of his maximum.
Lu Sanding is a level 14 Boss Tier combatant now, with a spirit force value of 1,800. It seems the Eye of Evolution's counterattack consumes true essence force according to the gap in strength between me and my opponent. The bigger the gap, the greater the cost.
As Bai Xiaowen attacked, he summoned Rageclaw, the Death Knight, and other formidable fighters to pummel Lu Sanding while he could not fight back. At the same time, he pondered the Eye of Evolution.
If I meet an opponent far stronger than me who uses a charm or soul-stealing skill, will the Eye of Evolution drain all my true essence force? What happens if I don't have enough?
Bai Xiaowen would rather the Eye of Evolution's counterattack worked as it had when he was an Awakened, deducting psionic points—or, at the Evolver stage, spirit crystals. As far as he was concerned, anything money could solve was no problem at all.
He did not have many spirit crystals right now, but he had faith in his ability to throw money at a problem. It had worked before.
Whatever the case, Lu Sanding had suffered a crushing blow.
The Eye of Evolution's counterattack had severely damaged his mind and thrown the spirit force in his body into chaos. He was in much the same state as the Tree Demon Bai Xiaowen had struck in a vital spot at the Ancient Buddha Temple, though his health loss was nowhere near as extreme.
With his spirit force in disarray, Lu Sanding could not marshal it to defend himself. Every strike from the Boss Tier summons cut into flesh.