Clatter—
Buddhist prayer beads scattered across the ground, rolling down the steps.
Stained with blood, every sandalwood bead looked vividly striking...
Li Qingzhi panted heavily, his entire body steaming with waves of white heat. High temperatures erupted rapidly from every pore, while the stitched flesh on his back slowly tore apart.
This was the side effect of overusing the [Eerie Pattern Bone Blade]. With the spinal bone serving as the blade, once it was pulled out, the eerie item would activate. If its usage exceeded his existing resilience, it would use vitality as fuel, accelerating his aging.
And this aging would not be reset by a new dungeon—
Li Xiao sat collapsed on the ground, the clothes on his upper body completely blown apart.
Every inch of his flesh bore tears and cracks, his skin smeared with blood plasma...
At that moment, Li Xiao had no intention of stopping him anymore.
He stared at Li Qingzhi, his eyes filled with relief.
Li Qingzhi gasped for breath and seemed to realize something. "You were planning to... die from the start, weren't you?"
Li Xiao said, "For me, this is atonement."
"The sins I committed run too deep."
"All I can do is lessen my sins before this dungeon goes offline..."
Li Qingzhi did not understand what Li Xiao meant. He looked at the [Eerie Tear Hourglass] in his hand. Ninety percent of the life-representing sand had already drained away.
Without giving Li Xiao a final send-off, Li Qingzhi stepped past him and pushed open the doors.
Li Xiao did not stop him either, because the "revival ritual" inside had already been completed.
As the doors opened, the night light pierced into the hall.
Li Qingzhi's line of sight followed the shifting night light, and he saw rotten flesh and severed limbs