At the very end.
One of the pale "mummies" trembled as it crawled to its feet.
Then, a burst of blood-colored radiance appeared out of thin air, enveloping the "mummy's" head.
The light flickered.
Flesh regenerated.
Blood and vitality returned.
And so, the "mummy" regained its original appearance.
At this very moment, Butcher Hunter Jietisikoki stood once more upon the battered battlefield, clutching a cracked, broken cleaver, his face split by the ecstatic grin of one who had escaped death!
Whenever he recalled everything he had endured before, only one thought remained in his heart.
That was—endless lingering fear!
Too close!
Far too close!
He had been pinned in place by the "Blood Sun" and burned for six full days and nights!
And throughout that agony beyond all bearing, Jietisikoki had endured over a million cycles of unimaginably painful death and rebirth!
At last, when the dawn of the seventh day arrived, this horrifying procession through hell finally came to a complete end!
At that point, Jietisikoki had finally weathered the storm!
After days of bitter endurance without rest, day and night, he had finally gained a temporary reprieve and escaped this cycle of ultimate torment, so painful that words could no longer describe it!
However, the first emotion to fill Jietisikoki's heart was not ecstasy, not excitement, not gratitude, nor exhaustion.
It was lingering terror!
Because, when the "Blood Sun's" assault had finally come to an end—
Jietisikoki's Life-Stealing Cleaver had only 132 resurrection charges left in its relic ability's reserves!
That number was already merely one ten-thousandth of his original total number of resurrections!
One could well imagine that if Ye Chen's "Blood Sun" had lasted a little longer—another hour, or even just a few dozen more minutes—
Then Jietisikoki's life would have been utterly extinguished within this