Cheka kept descending towards the ground.
A third of the reason was that Richard had angered him.
The other seven parts of the reason were because his body was already failing.
He was a man who had died once; he couldn't be considered a complete entity now. He's merely a soul fragment occupying an ordinary person's body, relying on the energy from the Angel Feather to sustain himself.
Although the Angel Feather is powerful, it's not omnipotent. Previously, he had expended nearly all its energy when he robbed a box of mineral powder from the mine and flew over long distances to the Delan Branch.
And the body he occupied had weakened due to multiple forced releases of extraordinary power. His face constantly changing colors from blue to purple was a sign of the coming dangers.
Now, provoked by Richard's words, he reached his limit, breaking the precarious balance he had been struggling to maintain, which caused him to vomit blood and collapse to the ground.
