In two years, the phantom clone's injuries had not improved at all. This was intentionally controlled by Lian Lei, the half-step great master.

However, the situation of Lian Lei, who was a half-step great master, was even worse. Li Shiming could see through the eyes of his phantom clone that Lian Lei, who was a half-step great master, was getting older and older.

Lian Lei, who is now a half-step great master, has loose skin all over his body, and age spots that should not appear on a cultivator's skin have also appeared.

His hair was almost completely gone, and the little hair that remained was completely white and dry.

What caught Li Shiming's attention even more was that the vitality of Lian Lei, a half-step great man, was already like a flickering candle, and perhaps a breeze could blow out the flame of life.

"Li Shizhen, it seems that I don't have time to wait any longer!" Lian Lei, the half-step great power, said in a trembling voice.

He couldn't even control his own voice effectively, and it was obvious that he was extremely weak.

Li Shiming had heard of a saying that after a cultivator reaches the Nascent Soul stage, he can control the aging changes of his physical body, but when his lifespan is about to end, the aging changes will become more apparent in his physical body.

This is the case with Lian Lei, the half-step great master in front of him. It is hard to imagine that this is a half-step great master who is almost reaching the ceiling of the world of immortal cultivation.

"Your life has come to an end. Are you ready to take it to hell with you?" the phantom clone asked calmly.

"I will die without regrets if I can take a genius like you to hell with me!" Lian Lei, the half-step great power, said with a forced smile on his face.

He was naturally unwilling to do so. His mission this time was not to kill Li Shiming, but to capture Li Shiming and bring him back to Yuqing Sect.

"It's the same for me. Being able to use this body to drag you to death with me is a worthy death!" The phantom clone laughed.

Lian Lei, a half-step great master, always felt that there was something wrong with the words of his phantom clone, but he checked again and again and found nothing wrong.

"At the end of my life, can you fulfill one of my wishes and let me know the whereabouts of the 'Shenxiao Thunder Pearl'?" Lian Lei, a half-step great man, asked the phantom clone in the last time.

"I know the whereabouts of the 'Shenxiao Thunder Pearl'. I have placed that treasure in a special space. If I die, the 'Shenxiao Thunder Pearl' will never appear in the world!" The phantom clone replied with a smile.

His answer was not unexpected to Lian Lei, the Half-Step Great Power, but it also made Lian Lei, the Half-Step Great Power, have trouble making a decision.

Killing Li Shiming in front of him was a very simple matter. Li Shiming was completely under the control of Lian Lei, the half-step great man.

But the problem is, if Li Shiming is killed, then the 'Shenxiao Thunder Pearl' will disappear forever, and Luo Yuan will never have the chance to obtain the 'Shenxiao Thunder Pearl' again.

If Li Shiming was alive, even if the half-step great master Lian Lei failed this time, the great master Luo Yuan would still have a chance to retrieve the 'Shenxiao Thunder Pearl' from Li Shiming.

Thinking of this, Lian Lei, who was half a step away from being a great power, didn't want to kill Li Shiming anymore, but he was also extremely unwilling to let Li Shiming go.

In the last period of his life, he used it to catch Li Shiming, and all his time was wasted on Li Shiming.

He didn't want to let Li Shiming go, as that would make him feel unhappy.

"It seems that my life is more valuable, right?" the phantom clone asked at this time.

"No, I want to take you with me to die. Even if Elder Luo blames me, he can't find me!" Lian Lei, a half-step great man, shook his head vigorously and said loudly.

There was a murderous intent flashing in his eyes. At this moment, he no longer hesitated and was determined to kill the phantom clone.

"Before killing me, can you release me and let me die with dignity in a battle?" The phantom clone made his request.

"Well, let me show you the gap between a great monk and a half-step great master!" Since it was the last battle in his life, Lian Lei, a half-step great master, did not reject the proposal of his phantom clone.

The phantom clone felt his body lighten, and the restraints that sealed his cultivation disappeared.

He took a deep breath of the spiritual energy in the cave and felt the Nascent Soul in his body transforming the spiritual energy. This feeling reactivated his body.

"Show all your strength and let me see how strong the so-called strongest great cultivator is!" Lian Lei, who was half a step away from being a great master, seemed to have regained his vitality at this time, and he said in a deep voice.

The phantom clone waved his hand, and the fourth-grade top-level 'Sky Thunder Hammer' in his body flew out.

"No, where is your life-saving magic weapon? This 'Heavenly Thunder Hammer' is not your life-saving magic weapon. You are not considering preserving your strength at this time, are you?" Lian Lei, a half-step great man, stared at the 'Heavenly Thunder Hammer' taken out by the phantom clone and asked in a deep voice.

This was his cave paradise, and he was also a half-step thunder cultivator. He was much more familiar with magical weapons like the 'Heavenly Thunder Hammer' than Li Shiming.

When the 'Sky-Strike Thunder Hammer' appeared, he discovered that the phantom clone did not take out the energized natal magic weapon 'Sky-Strike Thunder Hammer' from his body, but took out the physical 'Sky-Strike Thunder Hammer' from the energized soul crystal ring.

"I don't have a magic weapon of my own, but you can also say that this is my magic weapon of my own!" The phantom clone smiled slightly and pointed at the 'Heavenly Thunder Hammer' and answered.

"You are not Li Shizhen, who are you?" Until now, Lian Lei, who is half a step away from being a great power, finally began to doubt the identity of his phantom clone.

According to intelligence, Li Shizhen's life-saving magic weapon is a top-grade fourth-grade "Heavenly Thunder Hammer", which is recognized by many monks who have fought with Li Shizhen.

However, the phantom clone in front of him took out the 'Sky-Strike Thunder Hammer', which was not his own magic weapon.

After having this doubt, Lian Lei, who was half a step away from being a great master, thought of the various performances of his phantom clone, and many doubts that he had not considered before arose in his heart.

The strength of the phantom clone does not match the rumors, and this is the biggest doubt.

The strength displayed by the phantom clone was indeed very strong, but it was still a long way from being able to easily kill Great Monk Wang He and Great Monk Yan Gao.

Great Monk Wang He and Great Monk Yan Gao are respectively the top great monks of Yuqing Sect and Baidi Sect. Their strength is so strong that they are top-notch even among the top great monks.

The strength of the phantom clone is not enough to kill these two peak great monks at the same time. In the past, Lian Lei, who was a half-step great master, did not doubt the identity of the phantom clone, so he would not have much doubt about it, but now he feels more and more that something is wrong.

"Actually, I am also Li Shizhen, but I am Li Shizhen's energy clone!" The phantom clone no longer concealed it and answered with a smile.

"How can you be an energy clone? You have a physical body!" Lian Lei, who was half a step away from becoming a powerful man, was greatly shocked. He said in disbelief.

"It's just a little trick, just like this!" The phantom clone said with a smile as he separated the Nascent Soul from the body.

When Lian Lei, a half-step great master, saw the Nascent Soul, no matter how much he disbelieved it, he had to admit that there was definitely something wrong with this Nascent Soul.

He felt traces of the secret method used by the demon cultivator to control the Nascent Soul from the Nascent Soul's body. The aura of this Nascent Soul and the phantom clone were not from the same cultivator.

The phantom clone is a thunder cultivator, at least on the surface he appears to be a thunder cultivator, but this Nascent Soul is the Nascent Soul of a water cultivator.

If even the Nascent Soul is not real, then the theory of energy clone is very credible.

At this time, Lian Lei, who was half a step away from becoming a great power, was in an indescribable mood.

He spent the last part of his life, thinking he had captured Li Shiming, but unexpectedly he had only captured an energy clone.

Even if he killed the energy clone, he would only cause some damage to Li Shiming, which could not even be considered a serious injury.

"Puff!" Lian Lei, who was half a step away from becoming a powerful man, spat out a mouthful of blood.

Originally, he planned to end his life with a battle, but at this moment the phantom clone revealed his identity, which dealt a great blow to him.

His state of mind was shocked, causing his spirit and energy to instantly weaken and his vitality to drop significantly.

At this moment, the phantom clone shot a "close yet far away" attack at the released Nascent Soul.

A trace of his consciousness controlled his Nascent Soul to cooperate with this "close yet far away" and the Nascent Soul disappeared on the spot, and when it reappeared, it was already beside the half-step great master Lian Lei.

Afterwards, this Yuanying triggered self-destruction. This self-destruction was a secret method obtained by Li Shiming that could result in mutual destruction.

In the world of cultivating immortals, many sects have similar secret methods, all of which are desperate secret methods designed to drag the enemy down with them at the last moment.

At this time, Li Shiming chose the most powerful secret method of mutual destruction.

The Nascent Soul exploded with a loud bang beside the half-step great man Lian Lei.

The power of this explosion is like the self-detonation of the Nascent Soul of a peak great monk. Its power exceeds the strongest attack that a peak great monk can achieve, and is faintly close to the level of a half-step great power.

Lian Lei, a half-step great man, was in a state of confusion and physical weakness because his mind was affected.

Moreover, since the life and death of the phantom clone was only a matter of his thoughts, he did not care about the phantom clone.

In fact, in the opinion of Lian Lei, who is half a step away from being a great power, even if he stood here and allowed the phantom clone to attack him, it would not be able to break his defense.

This is the real gap between a peak great cultivator and a half-step great master, but Lian Lei, a half-step great master, never expected that the phantom clone would be so decisive and find the only possible way to turn the tables.

This required the help of Li Shiming's natal magic weapon IBMz15. IBMz15 was very familiar with various analyses in such situations. With unimaginable computing power, it planned a plan that could harm Lian Lei, who was a half-step great man.

The Nascent Soul exploded almost right next to him, and Lian Lei, who was half a step away from becoming a great master, was in his weakest state. He had not given himself any defense, so he had to take on the entire power of the Nascent Soul's self-explosion with his physical body.

The violent energy hit the body of Lian Lei, who was half a step away from becoming a great power. His skin was torn open by the force, and his flesh and blood dissipated under the impact of the energy.

Almost half of Lian Lei's body, who was at the half-step level, disappeared and flew in one direction.

The phantom clone's figure suddenly flashed at this moment, he used the "So Close Yet So Far Away" technique, and his figure appeared in another location.

And at the place where he was originally standing, the space suddenly collapsed, swallowing up everything there.

This was the last attack launched by Lian Lei, a half-step great master, after his Nascent Soul self-destructed. Its power was enough to kill his phantom clone.

But the phantom clone had already anticipated the possible fatal blow from Lian Lei, the half-step great master, and avoided it in time.

The phantom clone stood in place, preparing "A World Away" again in his body, which would take some time. If the Half-Step Great Power Lian Lei had not fallen, this time would be enough for the Half-Step Great Power Lian Lei to kill him several times.

The cave seemed to lose its color in an instant, and all he could see was a grayish white. He could even sense the wailing of the cave.

The phantom clone breathed a long sigh of relief. There was only one possibility for this phenomenon, and that was that the owner of the cave had fallen.

Until now, he couldn't believe that he had survived in front of a half-step great master.

Even though the original body Li Shiming had also survived the hands of a Half-step Great Power, the Half-step Great Power Lian Lei he faced this time was a veteran Half-step Great Power.

"What a pity!" He looked at the cave, which was heading towards death.

It is not clear now, but this cave will slowly collapse over time, and this process cannot be stopped.

He flew towards the direction where the Half-Step Great Power Lian Lei fell and saw the corpse of the Half-Step Great Power Lian Lei.

From the corpse of Lian Lei, the half-step great power, he found a soul crystal ring and a top-grade fourth-grade 'Heavenly Thunder Hammer', which was the natal magic weapon of Lian Lei, the half-step great power.

He collected the body of Lian Lei, the half-step great man, and stored the spoils as well.

He searched back and forth in the cave again, and finally found a crystal stone with the aura of thunder and lightning, which was the secret treasure of the cave.

Fortunately, he found it in time. If he had waited a while, the secret treasure would have disappeared in the cave along with the death of Dong Tian.

Although this cave is dying, it is also a rare experience.

He flew into the thundercloud and felt the rules of lightning in the thundercloud up close. This feeling was much stronger than watching and sensing from a distance.

IBMz15 promptly recorded the data he collected, greatly supplementing the previous information.

After a stick of incense passed, the thunderclouds dissipated, and everything in the cave dissipated, along with the owner of the cave, towards death.

The phantom clone looked at the cave at this moment. In the dead silent cave, there was no life at all. Even the several spiritual plants planted by the half-step great master Lian Lei in the cave turned into gray and white, and eventually became part of the cave.

In the next few hundred years, this cave will slowly collapse, and eventually all traces of the existence of Lian Lei, the half-step great master, will disappear completely.

The phantom clone sighed, and one of the four late-stage golden corpses guarding this place outside moved.

This late-stage golden corpse was controlled by one of Li Shiming's brains. It put away the black and white chess pieces and lifted all the formations that blocked the space.

When everything was resolved, the figure of the phantom clone appeared from the void.

At this time, the phantom clone, whose originally physical body was like a flesh and blood body, was slowly degenerating and transforming into an energy body.

Without the support of the Nascent Soul, this body will be transformed into an ordinary energy clone over a period of time.

Of course, Li Shiming has mastered the method of making the phantom clone have a physical body, but that method requires the consumption of a peak great monk to achieve.