228: Please increase your efforts and don't show mercy to me!

The entire altar was deathly silent.

Everyone's gaze was fixed immovably on Lin Fan, like iron filings drawn to a magnet.

That brilliant smile, even carrying a hint of anticipation, was reflected in everyone's pupils, appearing eerie and dazzling.

He's crazy.

This guy must have completely lost his mind.

Yao Tianqi's lips curled into a cruel arc.

He could almost foresee the next moment: this ignorant fool being crushed into the most primitive dust in the Universe by a wisp of the Body Integration Stage mighty expert's Qi.

That must be wonderful.

Lu Xinghe frowned, his eyes filled with confusion and disdain.

Grandstanding.

On the verge of death, is he still trying to gain final attention in such a ridiculous manner?

Pathetic.

Only Yue Xi's cold eyes held a ripple of emotion deep within, unnoticed by others.

She stared intently at Lin Fan, activating her Eye of Spiritual Discernment, which could pierce through illusion, to its absolute limit.

She refused to believe this was the expression a dying person should have.

Above the clouds, the majestic phantom seemed slightly surprised by Lin Fan's reaction.

But He said no more.

Rules are rules.

In His eyes, these so-called Prodigies were not much different from ants.

Just when everyone thought Lin Fan would turn into dust under the silent pressure.

Lin Fan moved.

He bowed deeply to Elder Jieyin above the clouds, his body held perfectly straight.

His voice, clear as a bell and filled with passionate resolve, echoed throughout the entire altar.

"Reporting to Senior."

"Since Junior embarked on the Path of Immortality, the Dao I follow has been to seek life through death, tempering my Dao Heart in desperate situations."

"To witness Senior's Divine Might today is truly a fortune spanning three lifetimes."

"Junior earnestly requests, Senior, please do not hold back, use your full power."

"Please assist Junior, borrowing your supreme Divine Might to comprehend life and death, and refine my Dao."

Boom.

After these words were spoken, the entire venue erupted.

Countless Prodigies stared at Lin Fan as if he were an idiot.

Seek life through death?

Temper his Dao Heart?

Easy words to say.

You are fundamentally asking to die.

And you request the Senior use full power?

Are you worthy?

A single wisp of His Qi could crush you eight hundred times over.

Yao Tianqi let out an undisguised sneer.

Putting on a show.

"As you wish."

Elder Jieyin, above the clouds, spoke without discernible emotion, seemingly having had a tiny spark of interest ignited by Lin Fan's words.

He moved His fingertip slightly.

A wisp of golden Qi, slightly more solidified than the one that had fallen upon Yue Xi, drifted down leisurely.

That Qi seemed slow, yet it locked onto all of Lin Fan's vital points.

Space itself warped around it.

Contained within it was the power of Law belonging to the Body Integration realm, enough to easily pierce a star.

It's coming.

Lin Fan's heart was screaming with ecstasy.

He raised his head, his face displaying an expression of pious and fervent pursuit of the Dao.

He spread his arms, abandoning all resistance, as if to embrace his rebirth.

The next instant.

That wisp of golden Qi touched Lin Fan's body.

There was no explosion.

No roar.

Not even the slightest sound was made.

Under the horrified gaze of everyone present.

Lin Fan's body, from head to toe, dissolved inch by inch, breaking down into the smallest particles.

Then, even the particles vanished.

Divine Form utterly extinguished.

He was completely and utterly erased from existence in this world.

A gust of wind blew past.

The center of the altar was completely empty.

It was as if the person named Lin Fan had never appeared.

"Heh, idiot."

Yao Tianqi let out a cold, disdainful laugh, turning his head away, unwilling to spare another glance.

The other Prodigies also shook their heads, their eyes filled with mockery and pity.

This was the consequence of challenging the majesty of a Body Integration Stage mighty expert.

However.

Elder Jieyin's majestic voice did not announce the next name as they had expected.

The entire altar fell into an eerie silence.

Above the clouds, the gaze of the majestic phantom seemed to still linger on the empty ground.

One breath.

Two breaths.

Three breaths.

Just as the crowd started feeling confused.

A sudden change occurred.

At the spot where Lin Fan had previously stood, a faint light appeared out of thin air.

Immediately afterward, countless light particles gathered from nothingness, rapidly outlining and reconstructing in a manner that surpassed the comprehension of everyone present.

A complete human form solidified once more.

Lin Fan reappeared in the center of the altar, completely unharmed.

His clothes were spotless, his breathing steady, and not even a single strand of hair was out of place.

...

Yao Tianqi, who had just turned away, snapped his head back, the cold sneer on his face completely frozen.

In that instant, the eyeballs of all the Prodigies nearly popped out of their sockets.

The mockery and disdain on their faces were instantly replaced by an emotion called "shock," which quickly spiraled into "horror."

What is going on?

What happened?

A substitute Puppet?

Impossible.

No substitute Puppet could possibly deceive the Law-based attack of a Body Integration Stage mighty expert.

Furthermore, there were no Spiritual Power fluctuations.

He just... appeared out of thin air.

Under the ghostly stares of hundreds of people across the venue.

Lin Fan slowly opened his eyes; a hint of profound realization seemed to flash across them and vanish.

His face revealed a perfectly measured look of intoxicated contemplation.

He once again bowed deeply and respectfully towards the clouds.

"Thank you, Senior, for fulfilling my request."

"Junior has gained a slight insight."

His voice carried an irrepressible excitement and tremor.

"I earnestly request, Senior, please do it again."

Dead silence.

A silence so profound you could hear a pin drop.

If the first time was shock.

Then this time, it was subversion.

Everyone's minds felt as though they had been struck hard by an invisible sledgehammer, turning blank.

Again... do it again?

He was just blasted into nothingness, and now he's standing here full of life, requesting... to do it again?

This is beyond crazy.

This is... this is... No one could find a suitable word to describe this surreal scene before them.

"This... what kind of monster is this?"

Someone's lips trembled as they unconsciously uttered this sentence.

For the first time, Yue Xi's indifferent eyes erupted with extremely brilliant Divine Light.

Her body trembled slightly due to the extreme shock.

Others only saw the result.

But she, relying on her Eye of Spiritual Discernment, vaguely glimpsed a trace of the Law trajectory during that terrifying resurrection process.

That wasn't substitution.

That wasn't an illusion.

It was a true... reconstruction and resurrection, going from "nothing" to "something," in a way she could neither understand nor imagine.

Above the clouds, the majestic phantom emitted a hint of emotional fluctuation for the first time.

"Hm?"

A soft exclamation, like Nine Heavens thunder, exploded deep within everyone's Soul.

Evidently, this Body Integration Stage mighty expert was completely baffled by the scene before Him.

His all-seeing Divine Sense, like the pouring of the Heavenly River, frantically swept over Lin Fan's body again and again.

No abnormalities.

Divine Soul was stable.

Physical Body was solid.

He was just an ordinary Mid-stage Void Refining Cultivator.

But why couldn't he die?

Elder Jieyin had lived for tens of thousands of years and had never encountered anything so bizarre.

"Fine."

After a long time, He squeezed a single word from His throat.

This time, the golden Qi drifting from His fingertip was twice as solidified as before.

Boom.

Lin Fan was once again blasted into nothingness.

The process was swift and decisive, without any delay.

One second later.

Under the gaze of everyone, who were already numb and even starting to doubt reality.

Lin Fan's figure reformed once again from the points of light.

[Ding!]

[The Host, under the gaze of the masses, faced a Divided Soul attack from a Body Integration Stage mighty expert. The method of death was extremely shocking and spectacular, successfully subverting the worldviews of multiple top Prodigies and one Body Integration Stage powerhouse!]

[Death Rating: SS-rank!]

[Congratulations, Host, you have received the reward: Body Integration Realm Law Insight x1, Divine Soul Origin x1, Cultivation Barrier Shattering Degree +10%!]

Lin Fan's heart was already blooming with joy.

An SS-rank rating.

This was even more generous than he had anticipated.

Every death was a baptism of Law and an elevation of the Divine Soul.

He could clearly feel that his Mid-stage Void Refining Cultivation Bottleneck was being fiercely assaulted by this power originating from a higher plane.

"Thank you, Senior!"

The expression on his face grew more pious and more fervent.

"Junior feels... that he is about to grasp the opportunity for a Breakthrough!"

"Senior, please continue!"

The two words, "please continue," caused the Prodigies on the altar to collectively take a step back.

Their gaze toward Lin Fan had changed from looking at a monster to looking at a god or demon.

Yao Tianqi's face had turned from rigid to deathly pale.

His proud lineage and his identity as the Crown Prince of the Ten Thousand Demon Divine Dynasty seemed like a joke in front of this monster who could Infinite Resurrection and even treat the attacks of a Body Integration Stage mighty expert as a tonic.

The third time.

The fourth time.

The fifth time... Elder Jieyin seemed to have become irritated, or perhaps, He had fallen into a self-doubting obsession.

He attacked again and again.

The golden Law Qi became more powerful with each successive attempt.

And Lin Fan, right in the center of that altar, was blasted into dust again and again, only to stand up again and again under the stunned gazes of everyone.

From the initial heroic embrace of death.

To the current state of being completely accustomed to it.

It was as if death, to him, was nothing more than a pleasant sunbath.

On the altar, the atmosphere had shifted from horror to eerie numbness.

Everyone fell silent.

They just stared blankly at the figure that continually vanished and continually reappeared.

Their worldviews were being repeatedly crushed, reconstructed, and crushed again.

Finally.

After Lin Fan's tenth resurrection.

The Qi surrounding him suddenly became chaotic and violent.

A powerful force, on the verge of breaking through restraints, frantically brewed within his body.

He was about to Break through.

Lin Fan's eyes erupted with an unprecedented brilliant light.

Just one last strike.

He raised his head, facing the majestic phantom above the clouds—which had fallen into complete silence—and used all his strength to let out the most sincere and urgent shout of his life.

His voice even contained a slight sob, filled with yearning and sincerity for the Great Dao.

"Senior!"

"Please increase the intensity!"

"Just a little bit more! Please don't pity me!"