Chapter 13 - 114 Shadow Beasts, Yin-Yang Dao Spirit Roots
'How can Puppets have Lifespan?' was something Zar asked himself when he encountered the first squad of these mindless Therian Humanoids. 'And even now, after getting no answers from interrogating plenty of them, the best guess I got is that they're made from actual, living Therians. It would explain why their current and maximum Lifespans are the same, for they have no potential to speak of.
Because... they aren't alive.'
SHWAA!
Unleashing a hellish wave of fire with a casual hand stroke, Zar indifferently watched as the party of four Darkness Puppets were burned to a crisp. Their charred husks then broke apart and drifted into the wind as smoldering embers, filling the air with the taste of coal.
"With this show of power, they'll definitely be sending in Half-step Core Formation Realm powerhouses next," said Zar, sheathing his shiny sword into its scabbard. "They might even send the real deal. And though I'm confident in being able to single-handedly defeat one of such cultivators in a one-on-one duel, it's not guaranteed that the opposition will play by the rules."
And he would be correct in his assumptions, for at that very moment, Grandmaster Nero gave the order for his strongest Shadow Puppets to finish the job. He was not playing around anymore, with the threat of whoever was slaughtering them in the Great Forest of Jargon a perpetually growing one.
"I was wanting to wait until I had accumulated 10,000 years of Lifespan before spending a large amount of it again," Zar began. "But seeing how this situation could very well snowball downhill very fast, I really have no choice but to start making some preparations."
[Lifespan: 19/6,282]
This was Zar's current Lifespan, and though it went beyond the Lifespan of even a Nascent Soul Realm Cultivator, it could very well be drained to zero in an instant. It all depended on if he wanted to end his life early.