Lilith quickly looked at Bai Ye, wanting to restrain him with the same method.
But...
It was useless!
The eighth gene door...
Opened!
Bai Ye could feel surging power coursing through his body. A light screen appeared before his eyes, and his stats began to climb madly.
A five-fold increase in physical attributes, combined with the absorption of temporarily boosted physical attributes.
Bai Ye's highest mental stat had broken 5000 points. This was why Lilith's mental power could not restrain him.
Bai Ye's current mental strength was likely even higher than Lilith's.
Then...
*Bang!*
Bai Ye suddenly charged forward.
His speed was terrifyingly fast. Without using any abilities, Bai Ye's figure simply vanished. Despite merely running, he seemed to teleport to Lilith's front and then unleashed a flying kick towards her.
*Bang!*
Just as Bai Ye was about to kick Lilith, an invisible barrier appeared before her. Though less than half a meter away, Bai Ye was blocked.
Bai Ye gritted his teeth, veins bulging on his neck, desperately trying to break through the barrier.
Lilith said, "In the end, you are merely human. If humans could easily cross the boundary between man and god, then what would be the meaning of a god's existence..."
*Crack!*
A crisp cracking sound occurred.
Lilith abruptly swallowed the rest of her words and looked ahead in disbelief.
The barrier she had condensed with her mental power...
Had actually shattered!
*Crack!*
A second crisp sound followed. Bai Ye's kick had completely pulverized Lilith's barrier, and then his foot landed squarely on her chest.
The force that surged through her at that moment caused Lilith's expression to change drastically. She could clearly feel her chest bones shatter the instant Bai Ye's kick connected.
Then...
Bai Ye and Lilith were sent flying backward simultaneously!
*Rumble, rumble, rumble...*
In the sea of trees, continuous, massive sounds echoed.
Looking down from above, large swathes of trees in the forest were seen to be collapsing, and plumes of dust rose into the sky.
Continuing forward...
With that single kick, Bai Ye had sent Lilith flying at least a thousand meters, and everything in his path was shattered.
From the sky, it looked as if a large chunk of the forest had been forcibly gouged out.
After a moment, the dust gradually dissipated.
Before Bai Ye, the broken ground and toppled trees had formed a small mountain.
The ground bore mud imprints several meters deep.
Bai Ye stood there, looking at the small mountain before him.
Lilith lay there, her beautiful face now completely contorted. A section of her chest had caved in from Bai Ye's kick.
However, Lilith's body was still twitching. Even though every movement caused her immense pain, she was still trying her best to get up.
Bai Ye took a deep breath and walked towards Lilith, but at that moment...
"Cough..."
Bai Ye suddenly felt a tightness in his chest, then he covered his mouth with his hand and began to cough uncontrollably.
With the violent coughing, crimson blood flowed out from between his fingers.
The eighth gene door (Your physical attributes will be increased by 5 times for a short period. After use, there is a 90% chance of irreversible damage, and a 10% chance of death).
Opening the eighth gene door came at a price.
That was, after all, the domain of gods. It was not that simple to cross it.
After that kick, Bai Ye felt as if all his muscles had been torn apart. And if these were merely external injuries, the internal ones were clearly more severe.
Bai Ye felt as if his internal organs had been ground to pieces. His body churned, and he experienced indescribable pain.
He couldn't even speak. The moment he tried to open his mouth, he would cough violently, spitting out large amounts of blood.
Hey, hey, hey...
This was no longer just irreversible damage.
Bai Ye felt completely numb.
Had his luck truly reached the point of incurring heavenly wrath?
The probability of death was only 10%!
He had actually triggered it?
"It seems you are ultimately just human. Even if you briefly obtain the power of a god, a human is still a human!"
Lilith finally managed to climb out from the top of the ruins with difficulty, kneeling on one knee and gasping for breath. She looked at Bai Ye, who was continuously coughing up blood.
Bai Ye wiped his mouth, looked up at Lilith, and suddenly smiled.
"You underestimate human potential."
Lilith asked, "What is human potential?"
Bai Ye grinned, then suddenly opened his palm. The Steel Slime writhed in his hand, quickly taking the shape of a handgun.
Then...
Bai Ye raised the handgun and aimed it at his own head.
*Bang!*
Under Lilith's astonished gaze, Bai Ye pulled the trigger. Immediately, with a gunshot, the bullet pierced Bai Ye's head, and a splash of crimson blood erupted.
The next instant, amidst the flying blood, Bai Ye's body toppled to the side, crashing to the ground.
Lilith was stunned. What did this mean?
Suicide?
No, no, no, that was impossible!
Suicide was the most distant concept for someone like Bai Ye.
Suicide was an act of cowardice. Only when one's cognition and beliefs were destroyed would people conceive of suicide.
To put it more directly, these individuals had lower mental willpower compared to ordinary people.
Therefore, with Bai Ye's mental stats, how could he suddenly choose to commit suicide?
That was absolutely impossible!
Just as Lilith finished thinking, suddenly, flames ignited on Bai Ye's corpse. The surrounding blood dried up, and Bai Ye's extinguished life force suddenly reappeared.
Phoenix Rebirth (When infinitely close to death, one can be reborn in flames, reviving with all injuries, stamina, and mental state restored. This ability can be used once in a lifetime).
In the raging flames, Bai Ye's figure suddenly vanished and reappeared before Lilith.
*Bang!*
Bai Ye lifted his leg and fiercely kicked Lilith's chest again.
Without any chance to react, Lilith's eyes widened. The ruins behind her exploded with a "rumble," shattering completely.
Lilith's body smashed through the ruins and flew backward, colliding with trees behind her. She broke large trees that required several people to embrace, one after another. After more than a dozen trees, Lilith finally crashed to the ground and rolled continuously.
Bai Ye took a deep breath and slowly straightened his body.
"Human potential is..."
"If I say I'll kick your ass, I'll kick your ass."
"One kick isn't enough, I'll add another!"
"Today, I'm definitely kicking the finale!"