The Aging Curse is not just about the passage of life's essence; it corrodes the target's entire body, making them aged, with all bodily functions degenerating.
Such a curse is equivalent to an all-round weakening of the target, since the comparison between someone on the brink of death, looking ancient and frail, and a healthy adult in their prime, is starkly obvious.
Surrounded and beaten by over a hundred Spectral Dragons, plus Lao Tie keeping a watchful eye, the group of powerful individuals sent to assassinate Zi Liyuan didn't even last ten minutes before they were killed.
Collecting the corpses, packaging them in one go, and then tossing them directly to the number two.
The bodies of Fourth Order Peak powerhouses, when dragged back, could yield quite a bounty upon looting.
"Sending so few people to assassinate, it seems that these people hardly qualify as powerhouses, right?"