Time trickled away.
Ye Fan's corpse began to grow cold and stiff.
And as Ye Fan died, the surrounding scene changed once more.
The mist-filled space vanished.
At this moment, his corpse lay sprawled on the first stone step.
His eyes remained open, a clear case of dying with unfinished business.
Although the stone world appeared dim, with no apparent shift between day and night.
Time, however, truly existed here.
Days turned into days.
A faint smell of decay gradually emanated from Ye Fan's corpse.
Time flew.
Half a month passed.
On this day.
With a flash of light, Ye Fan's corpse suddenly disappeared!
The next moment.
A fully intact Ye Fan reappeared on the first stone step!
Ye Fan lowered his head and stared blankly at his body.
He was unharmed from head to toe, as if nothing had happened.
Yet, the sensations from his body told him that he had indeed died before.
It was the same feeling as after his previous revival.
It was the information his own body relayed to him.
And exactly half a month had passed since his last death...
The first time he died, he had inexplicably revived after a month.
This time it was half a month...
If this were a coincidence, it would be far too much of one...
A bold guess suddenly emerged in Ye Fan's mind!
Could it be that...
Just as he thought this, Ye Fan suddenly noticed another discrepancy.
His body had not remained entirely unchanged.
His cultivation on the surface had increased from the first level of Nascent Soul to the second!
At this moment, a ball of light once again illuminated the ground beneath Ye Fan's feet.
Just like before.
The light radiated patterns, and Ye Fan once again entered that white mist space!
However, Ye Fan did not act rashly this time. Instead, he focused his mind to sense everything around him.
The next moment!
A sense of crisis once again emanated from the back of his heart!
Ye Fan instinctively tried to dodge.
Perhaps due to the advancement of his cultivation by a minor realm, Ye Fan managed to narrowly avoid the vital point this time!
But it was only narrowly...
Though his heart escaped, his chest was still unavoidably pierced!
The mist-formed cone dissipated, and blood sprayed out once more.
As before, Ye Fan felt no pain.
However, due to excessive blood loss, he inevitably experienced a moment of dizziness.
The sense of crisis returned!
Unfortunately, Ye Fan's movements could no longer keep up...
His chest was pierced again.
This time, his heart did not escape...
Other than enduring another blow, the outcome was no different from the last...
Ye Fan's body swayed twice before he collapsed to the ground.
"Thud!"
His life force rapidly ebbed away.
His mind grew increasingly hazy.
...
Finally.
Ye Fan once again became a corpse.
The surrounding scene changed.
Ye Fan lay quietly on the first stone step.
A few days later, a foul odor began to emanate from Ye Fan's corpse again.
Time flashed by.
Seven days passed.
A white light flashed.
The corpse vanished.
Ye Fan, completely unharmed, reappeared on the stone step.
"Holy crap, I actually guessed right!"
Ye Fan couldn't help but exclaim!
Although he didn't know the exact reason, he seemed to have become immortal.
Well...
Not immortal, perhaps, but he could revive after death.
And the interval between each revival was halving!
If he died a few more times, wouldn't he be able to revive instantly?!
The surprise came too big and too suddenly.
Even with his strong mindset, Ye Fan couldn't help but feel a little excited.
Moreover, he discovered that his cultivation increased slightly with each revival.
For example, now, his cultivation had advanced from the second level of Nascent Soul to the third!
This could no longer be described as satisfying!
It was a bug!!!
Soon, the ground beneath his feet lit up again.
But this time, Ye Fan wasn't worried at all.
He was even filled with anticipation!
Come on!
Kill me quickly!
I can't wait!
The white mist space reappeared.
The sense of crisis once again came from the back of his heart.
This time, Ye Fan did not dodge, waiting with eager anticipation to be pierced.
The mist cone did not disappoint him.
It silently pierced through his body.
As he fell, Ye Fan suddenly felt like complaining.
They always stab the same spot, can't they change it up...
Three days later.
A white light flashed.
The corpse vanished, and Ye Fan revived!
His cultivation also reached the fourth level of Nascent Soul!
Ye Fan once again entered the mist space and happily began his path to leveling up.
However, this time, there was a small accident.
The mist cone could not pierce his back.
It got stuck halfway in...
Ye Fan turned around.
As a customer, I am very dissatisfied!
I want to lodge a complaint!
And this was the first time he saw the appearance of the enemy attacking him.
Behind him stood a humanoid figure entirely condensed from white mist.
However, it only had a general outline, with a blank space for a face.
At that moment, the mist person seemed a bit bewildered, looking at the broken cone in its hand.
And as Ye Fan turned, the half mist cone on his back dissipated.
Blood immediately spurted from the opening...
But Ye Fan didn't care.
It didn't hurt anyway.
However, after spurting blood a few times, the wound on Ye Fan's body began to heal rapidly!
In just a blink of an eye, it was perfectly restored!
His regenerative ability had become even more monstrous than before!
Ye Fan had originally speculated that even if it was slow, he would still die from blood loss if left unchecked.
But now, it seemed that wouldn't work.
"Hey!"
Ye Fan shouted at the mist person, then pointed to his own chest with his finger.
The meaning was obvious.
Stab here!
Harder!
Whether the mist person understood or not was unclear, but it condensed another cone and thrust it forward.
Ye Fan also cooperated perfectly, charging towards the cone.
The mist cone silently pierced Ye Fan's chest.
But...
It still didn't pierce through...
It got stuck halfway in...
Ye Fan immediately became displeased!
This wouldn't do!
I was all ready, and you can't pierce through?!
Thinking this.
Ye Fan grabbed the mist person's wrists and forcefully shoved himself against it!
This time, he finally succeeded!
The mist cone shattered his heart and pierced out from his back!
Feeling the familiar weakness within him, Ye Fan lay on the ground with a satisfied sigh.
Before, he had no choice.
This time, he had to pick a comfortable position!
Then, Ye Fan, with a smile on his face, quietly awaited the arrival of death.
The mist person looked at its hand, then down at Ye Fan.
If it had a facial expression, it would likely be utterly bewildered right now.
Damn idiot!
After a while.
The mist-filled space dissipated, and Ye Fan reappeared on the stone step.
And he had finally, successfully, become a corpse again...
A day and a half later.
Fully revived!
Nascent Soul fifth level!
Ye Fan stretched his limbs and, without delay, threw himself into the next round of self-destructive endeavors.
The familiar sense of crisis arrived.
But with the improvement of his cultivation, Ye Fan's speed had also clearly increased significantly.
Before the cone even reached him, Ye Fan abruptly turned around!
"Hey!"
The mist person's assassination move visibly stiffened, as if startled...
After recovering, the mist person let out a silent roar at Ye Fan.
Its hands and feet moved frantically, seemingly venting its displeasure.
Assuming...
It had feelings...
Honestly, Ye Fan had no idea what this mist person was.
He wasn't even sure if this entity was a living being.
The reason he deliberately scared it just now was pure mischievous fun.
But it seemed to have worked quite well.
Heh heh!
"Alright, I won't tease you anymore," Ye Fan spread his hands. "Come on!"
The mist person gestured a few more times at Ye Fan before thrusting forward.
However, this time, the cone only penetrated less than an inch...
No matter how hard the mist person tried, the tip of the cone could not advance any further.
Ye Fan couldn't bear to watch any longer. He grabbed the mist person's wrist and forcefully rammed it into himself.
The result was still no change.
Ye Fan sighed silently.
It seemed this guy's strength had reached its limit.
Then, Ye Fan clenched his fist and punched the mist person!
I need to continue leveling up, so I won't play with you anymore!
His fist instantly struck the mist person's head.
And the sonic boom AOE accompanying the punch scattered the entire mist person!
No, not just the mist person dispersed!
Even the white mist beneath their feet disappeared!
As the white mist dissipated, Ye Fan reappeared on the first stone step.
However, nothing happened beneath his feet this time.
"Looks like I cleared it..."
Ye Fan murmured to himself and leaped towards the next stone step.