Who knew how much time had passed.
When Lin Fan opened his eyes, he was instantly dumbfounded.
"Where am I?"
"Where the fuck did that blast send me?"
But when he looked into the distance, he couldn't help grumbling.
"Holy shit, that blast actually sent me this far. But this works out. Everyone thinks I'm dead now, so I can sneak away."
At that thought, Lin Fan couldn't help grinning smugly, revealing his snow-white teeth.
This "undying body" really delivered. At least it guaranteed he wouldn't die in the future, and he could roam around with delicious abandon.
Right, when he had been hacked at earlier, something incredible seemed to have appeared.
Just then, the display he had been looking forward to suddenly appeared in his mind.
Name: Lin Fan! Cultivation: Body Tempering First Stage (+). Hard Cultivation Points: 100 Points: 30
"Holy shit, this thing's pretty advanced." Lin Fan's ability to take things in stride was rather formidable. He didn't find the display's appearance inexplicable at all. Instead, he felt that someone as handsome as him simply had to have a golden finger.
Otherwise, without a golden finger, what the hell was the point? He might as well give himself a quick end with a blade.
Those 30 points seemed to have appeared only after he hacked that man to death earlier.
But what was with these Hard Cultivation Points? That number had clearly been a big fat zero earlier. It seemed to have increased a tiny bit when someone hacked him to death.
When he saw that his cultivation was only at the Body Tempering First Stage, he felt like cursing.
Just how lousy had this body's original owner been? He was such a weakling, with cultivation at the very bottom.
What a headache!
He had been living so happily back on Earth. Hadn't he just gone to sleep? Yet when he opened his eyes, he had arrived in this godforsaken place. If he were invincible and badass beyond belief, he could just about accept it, but now, what the fuck was all this?
"Huh, what's this (+) after my cultivation?" Lin Fan was puzzled, then tapped it lightly.
Something unbelievable happened.
Cultivation: Body Tempering Second Stage (+).
Only, his Hard Cultivation Points had turned into a big fat zero again.
"Holy fucking shit..." Lin Fan's breathing quickened. At the same time, he felt his body gradually changing. A warm current spread throughout his body, and his strength seemed to have increased.
He clenched his fists. He seemed much stronger than before. Awesome, bro.
"Hahaha!"
Lin Fan laughed, feeling he was about to reach the pinnacle of life. In novels, protagonists had to cultivate themselves, but now he could improve his strength with a little tap of his finger. He just wanted to ask: who could grant him death now?
But he soon calmed down.
His Hard Cultivation Points had clearly been 0 before, but after being hacked at all along the way, they had gone from 0 to 100. It seemed being killed could increase his Hard Cultivation Points too, though that probably wasn't the only method. He would have to explore the specifics carefully.
As for those points, he didn't quite understand what use they had.
Logically, there should have been a points shop or some sort of lottery gift package, but there was none of that now. It was a little disappointing.
Suddenly.
Voices came from the distance.
Lin Fan crouched behind a rock, and just one glance left him dumbfounded.
What was going on?
Why were all those people he had seen on the battlefield earlier running in his direction?
Could his earlier heroic actions have saved the entire world?
He looked around. There was absolutely no escape route.
If they came face-to-face, he wouldn't die, but if they captured him alive, he would be screwed. He wanted freedom.
At that moment, resolve flashed in Lin Fan's eyes. Without hesitation, he slammed his head against the rock.
Bang!
"Lin Fan, you badass!"
Blood spilled everywhere. He couldn't waste it.
He smeared the blood over himself with both hands until he was covered in it, rolled his eyes back, stuck out his tongue, and lay straight down, playing a corpse again.
The voices drew closer and closer.
"Run! The Flame Magnificence Sect's people have gone mad! To think we actually lost!"
"How did this happen?"
"Damn it!"
"Look, there's a Flame Magnificence Sect disciple here, but he's already dead."
"Damn it, you hateful bastards! We won't let you rest even in death!"
Slash!
Playing a corpse, Lin Fan felt someone hack into him, and instantly launched into a furious inward tirade.
What the hell is wrong with these sons of bitches? I'm just lying here being a corpse, and you're still mutilating me! What a pack of animals!
But even so, he remained completely motionless.
If they discovered that he couldn't die, it really would end in tragedy.
But just then, something unexpected happened.
Hard Cultivation Points: 10.
Sure enough, just as he had thought, his Hard Cultivation Points really had increased.
"You damned Flame Magnificence Sect disciple! I'll turn you into a ruined corpse!"
Fuck!
Once I reach the pinnacle of life, I'll definitely hack you all to death.
But what surprised Lin Fan was that this time, his Hard Cultivation Points didn't increase. It seemed they only increased when someone hacked him to death.
"Stop hanging around. Let's go."
"One slash each will do."
"All right."
At that moment, something that would outrage gods and men happened. Every one of these thugs raised the butcher's blade in his hand as he passed and hacked at the corpse lying on the ground.
His Hard Cultivation Points, however, kept increasing.
+10. +10.
But his "undying body" had a ten-second downtime. That was, reviving took ten seconds, and during those ten seconds, he was completely dead. Therefore, when someone hacked at him, he wouldn't gain a single Hard Cultivation Point.
Before long.
The voices had faded into the distance.
Lin Fan immediately opened his eyes and felt his head.
But things were stable now.
It looked like the Flame Magnificence Sect had won. Otherwise, these fellows wouldn't have fled.
He checked his Hard Cultivation Points.
They had actually reached 150.
A quick calculation showed that he had been hacked to death fifteen times.
He tapped the (+) again, but nothing happened.
He probably didn't have enough Hard Cultivation Points to level up. But never mind; he should think about where to go now.
A cool breeze blew past, and he immediately felt a chill.
One look left him dumbfounded. After he had been hacked to death so many times just now, his clothes were already in tatters. Looking around, he decided it would be better to find something to cover himself with first.
According to his predecessor's memories, the Flame Magnificence Sect was currently in turmoil. It was effectively an all-out war, and everywhere was dangerous. But he couldn't turn back either. Having finally gotten out, he definitely had to roam around on his own.
As the saying went, roam freely across the four seas.
The world was so big, and an unfamiliar world at that. Naturally, he had to forge a new life.
With abilities as badass as his, did he really need to fear that he couldn't reach the pinnacle of life?
But very soon.
He abandoned that thought.
Hiding somewhere concealed, he looked at everything before him, then turned around and headed back without the slightest hesitation.
The Flame Magnificence Sect was safer after all.
Besides, he was a hero.
Wouldn't they line the streets to welcome him?
Perhaps there would even be girls who admired a hero like him, settling his marriage prospects straight away.
Just thinking about it was a little exciting.