"Was this safer, or more dangerous?" Li Tianming asked.
It sounded as though the original alien fiend had wanted to keep Ye Lingfeng all to itself. Yet Ye Lingfeng had actually killed it!
Before it died, of course it had summoned its companions.
"If they don't find me, my body will be fine for now. But if they do, I'm dead. I killed an alien fiend; they won't go easy on me," Ye Lingfeng said.
It meant the nature of the danger had changed.
It was no longer a slow death, but the risk was greater and time was more urgent.
"From now on, I may come in much less often. If necessary, I may leave this Huan Tian Realm. I just don't know whether, if I leave, I'll still be able to find my way back," Ye Lingfeng said regretfully.
"No matter what, I want you to stay alive," Li Tianming said gravely.
"I will!" Ye Lingfeng said with firm conviction.
Perhaps the situation had worsened, but at the very least, Ye Lingfeng possessed a fierce will to survive.
He had even been capable of cutting off his own hand. Because of that, Li Tianming felt more at ease instead.
"Tianming, I'll be leaving first," he said, pursing his lips and smiling faintly.
Next time, it would not be so easy to run into him.
"Go, young man," Li Tianming said.
After he spoke, Ye Lingfeng's celestial soul vanished before his eyes and returned to the life soul within his physical body.
From then on, he would hide, flee for his life, walk the razor's edge between life and death, and perhaps return from time to time.
It was also possible that this had been their final meeting in this lifetime.
After he left, Li Tianming stood there blankly