At that moment of utmost peril, Li Qing's Present Body showed not the slightest flicker of emotion.
He had already grasped the entire situation. Every change in Spiritual Rhinoceros's mind, every shift in his aura, was clear to him.
Spiritual Rhinoceros had no intention of killing him. He was doing everything he could to help Li Qing survive this final, deadly crisis.
But just then, a far greater influence seemed to reach out from the unseen and toy with Spiritual Rhinoceros's fate.
A fierce flash of inspiration and desire rose in his heart.
Li Qing is so close to me, and his strength seems to be at its lowest ebb.
His decoy is dead, too.
If I strike now, I can kill him.
The secret treasure might fall into my hands. If I reveal my Immortal Realm power, I only need to hold them off for an instant.
Then I can take Li Qing's corpse and use the power of Heavenly Dao Reincarnation to reach the edge of this world in an instant.
I can escape, slip into lower-dimensional spacetime, and use that mysterious treasure to conquer the void.
The yearning was impossible to suppress, and his aura shifted ever so slightly.
Conflict flickered in his eyes. Between the desire in his heart and that unseen hand toying with him, even his will seemed about to be overwhelmed.
Almost at the same instant, Li Qing used the Jade Tablet to reconstruct the changes in his mind.
``` Spiritual Rhinoceros's Current State
"The Final Logic watching this war has stirred the residual power within the Infinite Universe Fragments."
"It is exerting the greatest possible influence on Spiritual Rhinoceros's desires."
"It intends to drive Spiritual Rhinoceros to kill Li Qing and expose the secret treasure completely."
"It will force him onto a