In two years, there has been no improvement in the injuries of the Phantom Doppelgänger, which is intentionally controlled by Half-step Great Power Lian Lei.

However, the situation for Half-step Great Power Lian Lei is worse. Through the eyes of the Phantom Doppelgänger, Li Shiming can see that Half-step Great Power Lian Lei is becoming increasingly aged.

Now, Half-step Great Power Lian Lei’s skin is sagging, and age spots, which shouldn’t appear on a cultivator’s skin, have emerged.

His hair has almost all fallen out, and the remaining few are completely white and withered.

What catches Li Shiming’s attention even more is Half-step Great Power Lian Lei’s life force, which is like a flickering candle flame, perhaps a light breeze could extinguish this flame of life.

"Li Shizhen, it seems I have no time to wait any longer!" Half-step Great Power Lian Lei said with a trembling voice.

He couldn’t even effectively control his own voice, it was clear that he had reached the extreme point of weakness.

Li Shiming had heard a saying that after cultivators reach the Nascent Soul Stage, they can control the changes in their physical aging, but as their life span nears its end, the aging changes will manifest more prominently on the body.

The Half-step Great Power Lian Lei before him was in this situation, it is unimaginable that this is someone nearly touching the ceiling of the Cultivation World.

"Your life has reached its end, are you planning to take me to Hell with you?" the Phantom Doppelgänger asked calmly.

"To be able to take a genius like you to Hell, I would die without regrets!" Half-step Great Power Lian Lei said with a forced smile.

He was naturally unwilling to end like this, his mission this time was not to kill Li Shiming, but to capture Li Shiming and bring him back to the Yuqing Sect.

"I feel the same, to drag you to death with this body, it would be a worthwhile death!" the Phantom Doppelgänger laughed heartily.

Half-step Great Power Lian Lei always felt there was something wrong with the Phantom Doppelgänger’s words, but after repeatedly checking, he couldn’t find anything wrong.

"At the end of life, could you fulfill my wish and let me know the whereabouts of the ’Shenxiao Thunder Pearl’?" Half-step Great Power Lian Lei, using the last of his time, asked the Phantom Doppelgänger.

"I certainly know the whereabouts of the ’Shenxiao Thunder Pearl’, that treasure is placed in a special space by me. If I die, the ’Shenxiao Thunder Pearl’ will never surface!" the Phantom Doppelgänger replied with a smile.

His response was not unexpected to Half-step Great Power Lian Lei, but at the same time, it presented Half-step Great Power Lian Lei with a dilemma.

Killing Li Shiming in front of him would be a simple task, Li Shiming was completely under Half-step Great Power Lian Lei’s control.

But the problem was, if he killed Li Shiming, then the ’Shenxiao Thunder Pearl’ would disappear forever, and Great Power Luo Yuan would no longer have a chance to obtain the ’Shenxiao Thunder Pearl’.

If Li Shiming lived, even if Half-step Great Power Lian Lei failed this time, Great Power Luo Yuan would still have a chance to retrieve the ’Shenxiao Thunder Pearl’ from Li Shiming.

Thinking of this, Half-step Great Power Lian Lei somewhat didn’t want to kill Li Shiming, but just letting Li Shiming go, he felt extremely unwilling.

In the last part of his life, he used it to capture Li Shiming, all his time was wasted on Li Shiming.

He didn’t want to let Li Shiming go, that would leave his heart unsettled.

"It seems I have more value alive, doesn’t it?" the Phantom Doppelgänger asked at this moment.

"No, I want to die with you, even if Ancestor Luo blames, he can’t find fault with me!" Half-step Great Power Lian Lei shook his head forcefully, he said loudly.

Murderous intent flashed in his eyes, at this moment he no longer hesitated, killing the Phantom Doppelgänger was imperative.

"Before killing me, can you release my restraints, so I can die with dignity in a battle?" the Phantom Doppelgänger requested.

"Very well, let you witness the gap between a Great Cultivator and a Half-step Great Power!" Since it was his final battle in life, Half-step Great Power Lian Lei did not refuse the provision from the Phantom Doppelgänger.

The Phantom Doppelgänger felt a lightness, the restraints sealing his cultivation disappeared.

He took a deep breath of the Spiritual Energy in the Grotto Heaven, feeling the Nascent Soul within him converting the Spiritual Energy, the sensation reactivating his physical body.

"Show me your full strength, let me see how strong the so-called strongest cultivator of the Great Cultivators truly is!" Half-step Great Power Lian Lei seemed to regain his vigor, he said deeply.

The Phantom Doppelgänger waved his hand, and the four-grade top-level ’Heavenly Strike Thunder Hammer’ flew out from within him.

"No, where is your life-bound spiritual tool? This ’Heavenly Strike Thunder Hammer’ is not your life-bound spiritual tool, you wouldn’t be considering conserving strength at a time like this, would you?" Half-step Great Power Lian Lei stared at the ’Heavenly Strike Thunder Hammer’ taken out by the Phantom Doppelgänger and asked deeply.

This was his Grotto Heaven, and as a Thunder Cultivator Half-step Great Power, his level of familiarity with a spiritual tool like the ’Heavenly Strike Thunder Hammer’ far surpassed Li Shiming’s.

When the ’Heavenly Strike Thunder Hammer’ appeared, he noticed that the Phantom Doppelgänger did not take out an energy-fused life-bound spiritual tool ’Heavenly Strike Thunder Hammer’ from within, but took out a materialized ’Heavenly Strike Thunder Hammer’ from the energy-fused soul crystal ring.

"I don’t have a life-bound spiritual tool, you could say this is my life-bound spiritual tool!" the Phantom Doppelgänger smiled slightly, pointing at the ’Heavenly Strike Thunder Hammer’ and replied.

"You’re not Li Shizhen, who are you really?" Until now, Half-step Great Power Lian Lei finally began to doubt the identity of the Phantom Doppelgänger.

According to the information, Li Shizhen’s life-bound spiritual tool was a four-grade top-level ’Heavenly Strike Thunder Hammer’, something that many cultivators who battled Li Shizhen acknowledged.