"Why did Eldest Brother Taiping lose focus?!"
"Could it be... his lifespan has run out?"
In the spectator seats of the Spring Rain Pavilion, Duan Xiaoyu and Chu Xiaoxiao were both so frightened that they sprang to their feet when they saw Xu Taiping, whose momentum had been surging, standing motionless and dazed.
The Old Martial God Zhu Huai also said nervously:
"His lifespan shouldn't run out at a time like this, should it?"
Xiahou Qingyuan nodded as well and said:
"In principle, a method like this that exchanges lifespan for fighting strength shouldn't directly exhaust his lifespan, should it?"
Xiahou You nodded and said:
"Right. Even if his lifespan ran out, he shouldn't suddenly become completely motionless like this, should he?"
Just as everyone was utterly baffled by Xu Taiping's current condition, they saw Dragon Emperor Ao Yan once again viciously smash toward Xu Taiping with his mountain-sized golden fist shadow.
Everyone's heart tightened at the sight.
But just then, they suddenly saw an exceedingly violent aura fluctuation erupt around Xu Taiping, who had been standing motionless.
"Rumble..."
Amid a deafening tremor that shook heaven and earth, everyone watched in horror as the fighting strength surrounding Xu Taiping actually took tangible form, turning into masses of roaring flame that soared into the sky.
Little Commandery Princess Chu Xiaoxiao, who had scarcely dared breathe, finally could not help crying out:
"Eldest Brother Taiping's fighting strength is still... still rising!"
As she spoke, a violent thud reverberated from the Battle-Watching Projection, and Xu Taiping in the image assumed the Heaven-Supporting Form of the Heaven-Shaking Fist the instant Dragon Emperor Ao Yan's fist force descended.
"Bang!..."
The next moment, beneath the horrified gazes of the spectating cultivators, including those in the Spring Rain Pavilion, the fist shadow formed by Xu Taiping's Heaven-Supporting