Chapter 572: Precipice of Death

The Three-Legged Golden Crow was repelled after ramming Leon through the invisible barrier.

Caw! Caw! Caw!

The Three-Legged Golden Crow quickly mustered in strength and rammed into the invisible barrier, intent on breaking through to reach the Leon motionlessly floating in the distance.

However, the last traces of the anti-suppression force dissipated into thin air along with the fragmentation of the pendant device.

Bam! Bam!

The Three-Legged Golden Crow rammed in the barrier but failed to breakthrough.

Without the effects of the pendant device, the heavily concentrated gravitational force formed an impenetrable barrier.

Everything inside was kept inside, and everything outside is kept outside.

Caw!

The Three-Legged Golden Crow gathered golden flames in its mouth before shooting its fiery breath at the invisible barrier!

Swoosh~!

However, the golden flames were quickly snuffed out upon contact with the barrier.

Shortly after, the group of Blue Luans following in pursuit finally caught up before they saw the scene ahead.

"That human broke into the neutral zone! How did he do it?" The Blue Luans glanced at each other in shock.

"No aerial beasts could break into the neutral zone—not even our monarchs. Perhaps, humans have unique constitutions or tools that allowed them to bypass the barrier?" Another Blue Luan wondered.

"No matter the case, the human is a goner! We were too late! The Three-Legged Golden Crow got to him first!" Said a male Blue Luan.

They could see blood sprayed everywhere.

However, the blood floated in the air just like the human was floating, motionless and without aim or direction.

It was a zero-gravity zone with an atmosphere.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The Three-Legged Golden Crow continued to strike the barrier for some time, but no direct contact was made before the Three-Legged Golden Crow was repelled by the powerful barrier.

Only explosions of air were heard.

Shortly after, he finally gave up on the human. He determined that the human was unreachable before shifting its gaze on the Blue Luans some distance away.

"It's coming! Prepare for battle!" One of the High Rank 2 Transcendent Blue Luan warned.

"Yeah!"

…

Inside the neutral zone, Leon barely held on to the last traces of consciousness as his body floated aimlessly.

He knew that if he closed his eyes, he might not ever wake up again.

However, keeping his consciousness from fading was the most he could do. His body was crushed by the Three-Legged Golden Crow's attack and would not respond.

He had lost all bodily feelings and felt detached.

A strong sense of fatigue urged Leon to close his eyes, but he firmly refused with everyone ounce of strength he had left.

'I don't even have the strength to connect to the Worldspace… What can I do?' Leon thought bitterly. He had overestimated himself.

He felt the looming shadows of death crawling over.

However, strangely, he did not feel any regret and only acceptance.

He did not want to die. There was much to do, and but if death was inevitable. He would have no other choice but to accept it. He had already done his best to survive in this world.

As such, there were no regrets. Only unwillingness.

Was it the shadows of death that made him think like this? He was not sure. He no longer had the energy to think.

He just wanted to think nothing, feel nothing, and be nothing and free from worldly problems.

Leon's vision was blurry, and he began to fade in and out of consciousness. 

Death was just around the corner—in fact, he was so close to death, he immediately broke through the last step and comprehended death.

'I understand now,' Leon's listless eyes brightened for a moment before it faded again. 

The Profound Law of Death gathered the deathly energy exuding from Leon's body before forming a Death Seed and merged with his soul core. 

The absence of death returned so life to Leon, buying him more time. 

However, it was only temporary. 

With his severe injuries, death began to gather around Leon's body once more, wanting to encompass his body and ferry his soul to the world beyond the world of the living. 

It was not long before Leon's droopy eyes wanted to close once more. 

However, once again, life returned to Leon's body, pushing death away. Except for this time, it was not due to the Death Law. 

Powerful Life Energy gushed out from within himself, wanting to repair his wounds and revive his body. 

'Maya...?' Leon thought.

…

Inside the Worldspace, Maya's connection to Leon was cut off due to Leon's weakened mental state. 

Even so, Maya roared as if Leon could hear her, "You better not die on me, Leon, you bastard! Do you think you can just suddenly die off after making me suffer these days?!"

"To think I'll be forced to expend my Spiritual Energy like this!" Maya complained while sending all of Leon's collection of Wrathful Deemonic Energy into the Universal Life Conversion Array with her own will. 

The Worldspace shook with tremors, but not just because of the Universal Life Conversion Array but also due to Leon's condition. 

After Life Energy was produced, Maya waved her hand and sent them outside the Worldspace while the other hand held onto her rear. 

A large portion of her spiritual strength was immediately depleted from acting on her own, causing Maya's manifested body to become faint. 

"Seems like I will be falling back into slumber after this..." Maya muttered with an exhausted tone before her figure dispersed into light particles and disappeared.

... 

Life Energy flowed through Leon's body autonomously without guidance, infusing Leon with more lifeforce and repairing his wounds, albeit slightly. 

Nevertheless, it was enough for him to cling onto dear life as a trace of clarity returned to his mind under Life Energy's curative and soothing effects like the warm kiss of mother nature.

"Maya?" Leon called, but he did not receive any response in return. 

He repeated a few times, but the result was still the same. No answer. 

His body remained irresponsive, but with a single thought, he could enter the Worldspace. 

However, he did not do this. 

The place does not place if he could not do the simplest motion of swallowing some healing pills. 

As such, he began looking into alternative solutions.