That man had clearly reached his limit. As Ye Tian passed him, he saw that the man's eyes had turned completely bloodshot, yet the man did not notice Ye Tian walking past from behind.
Sure enough, after Ye Tian had gone several steps beyond him, a heart-rending howl of agony suddenly rang out from behind.
"Bang!"
This was followed by a dull explosion.
Ye Tian turned back to see the man's head explode entirely, like a smashed watermelon. Red, white, and purple matter sprayed everywhere, blood splattering across the ground and dyeing that stretch of stone path crimson.
"Thud!" The headless corpse collapsed to the ground, completely devoid of life.
A Dao Seeking Realm cultivator had actually fallen just like that.
Ye Tian withdrew his gaze, turned around, and continued up the stone steps.
After that, Ye Tian passed several more people. He even found several headless corpses along the way, clearly killed when their divine souls had completely exploded beneath the overwhelming pressure of spiritual power.
There were even True Immortal cultivators among them, yet they had not escaped disaster either.
After continuing upward for roughly a quarter of an hour, Ye Tian saw a familiar figure.
It was Zu Liming, the first person to enter Listening Rain Pavilion, pass the first game of Go, and step onto the stone path.
Ye Tian had already surpassed everyone ahead of him and reached the foremost position.
Zu Liming's condition was clearly not good either. He looked somewhat disheveled, his face slightly pale and his steps exceptionally heavy, but he was still slowly advancing upward one step at a time.
Sensing footsteps behind him, Zu Liming's already unsightly expression darkened slightly.
Most importantly, Zu Liming discovered that those footsteps were incredibly fast—so fast that he found it hard to believe.
But