Chapter 2368: A Thousand Cuts!

"You, are not good enough!"

Just three words, fully revealing the old man's disdain and contempt.

But for Ye Yuan, this was the first time he had heard someone say these three words to him.

Whether in the Immortal Forest World or the Tongtian Realm, Ye Yuan's talent had always been frighteningly strong.

Even geniuses like Wan Zhen and Pang Zhen were crushed by Ye Yuan, unable to lift their heads.

Yet the old man before him actually dismissed him with contempt.

"Even if this junior is not good enough, it seems you have no better choice, Senior! Because the human race doesn't have much time left. Senior Xuanji only gave us ten years, which is a thousand years!" Ye Yuan said with a smile, unconcerned.

A great cultivator willing to give his life for the human race—Ye Yuan didn't believe he would watch humanity perish.

In the Primordial Battle Realm, Ye Yuan was not using his true body, so the old man could not determine his bone age.

In the old man's eyes, Ye Yuan's level of law comprehension was insignificant.

If he knew that Ye Yuan had only cultivated for a few thousand years, he might not think so.

The old man frowned slightly and said, "The human race has billions upon billions of people. Can't we even find a slightly decent genius now?"

Ye Yuan smiled and shook his head. "I'm afraid it's really hard to find one. Senior, why not make do and let me try?"

The old man sighed. "That kid Xuanji is also unambitious! He's studied the laws of time for so many years, yet he's only managed to comprehend a ratio of one to a hundred. Forget it, since you're the first, let you try, so you can give up. Go ahead. If you can survive in the time-space vortex for one hour, that counts as a minor achievement. But that's impossible."

Ye Yuan's gaze turned to the time-space vortex.

There, two laws clashed violently, churning time and space into chaos.

In that environment, anything drawn in would be torn to pieces by the two laws.

Ye Yuan attempted to send a strand of divine essence into it.

As a result, it was devoured without even stirring a ripple.

Seeing this, Ye Yuan's expression turned serious.

Surviving for an hour in this time-space vortex was an extremely difficult task.

"Kid, now you know the stakes? That kid Xuanji could only stay inside for half an hour! Do you think you're more talented than him?" The old man said smugly, seeing Ye Yuan's grave expression.

Xuanji Heavenly Emperor was undoubtedly the most brilliant genius of this era!

Even the Dao Ancestor couldn't deny that.

He wasn't a Dao Ancestor, but his strength was no less than theirs.

Ye Yuan smiled upon hearing this. "Senior, everyone's talents differ. Senior Xuanji's talent lies in deducing the Heavenly Dao, not in time-space laws. So achieving this level in time-space laws is already remarkable."

The old man chuckled. "So you mean your talent surpasses his?"

Ye Yuan also smiled. "I wouldn't dare say that. Let's just try."

With that, he leaped into the time-space vortex.

Before his body even entered the vortex's core, the tearing sensation from the two laws already caused him unbearable pain.

This space was not a complete space but a vortex completely shattered by time and space laws.

Anything entering this area would be torn to shreds.

Humans were no exception.

Ye Yuan felt as if thousands of blades were slicing his flesh piece by piece.

A living, breathing execution by a thousand cuts!

The pain was beyond words.

In the blink of an eye, Ye Yuan was torn to pieces, dead beyond dead.

Ye Yuan thought his control over time-space laws was already profound, but he couldn't even enter.

How embarrassing!

Soon, Ye Yuan's physical body reformed.

His face was completely bloodless, the agonizing pain from before still lingering, impossible to shake off.

That feeling was utterly despairing.

"Haha, kid, is this the talent you boasted about? Your understanding of time-space laws is too shallow!" The old man laughed at Ye Yuan.

Ye Yuan's expression became unprecedentedly grave. He nodded. "Senior is right. It seems my understanding of time-space laws is indeed too shallow! Again!"

Without any hesitation, Ye Yuan leaped into the vortex again.

Again the pain of a thousand cuts, each cut transmitting through nerves to every corner of his body.

Too terrifying.

Ye Yuan tried to mobilize the power of time-space laws to resist the thousand cuts.

But it was all in vain.

He still couldn't enter the vortex before being killed.

After the second revival, Ye Yuan's face was even paler.

The agony of a thousand cuts was truly unbearable.

The pain of Nirvana Tribulation was already terrifying.

But compared to this, it was nothing.

Ye Yuan took a deep breath and approached the vortex edge again.

But this time, he didn't jump in.

The old man noticed that Ye Yuan was trembling all over.

His body was instinctively afraid!

Over these thousands of years, how many great battles had Ye Yuan experienced, how many times had he suffered excruciating pain?

He had never been afraid!

But this time, he was afraid.

He didn't want to be afraid, but his body was honest!

"Kid, give up! Your strength is too weak! That kid Xuanji survived in the time-space vortex only because of his powerful realm of Heavenly Man's Five Declines. Your law comprehension is lacking, your realm is lacking—there's no way you can comprehend it. Do you think I'm deliberately making things difficult for you?" The old man chuckled at Ye Yuan's state.

He naturally knew Ye Yuan was a genius of this era; someone who could enter this supreme inheritance couldn't be mediocre.

But he still didn't meet his standards.

He wasn't deliberately making things difficult; he was just stating a fact.

Ye Yuan said nothing. Trembling, he extended one foot.

A powerful suction force involuntarily pulled his body into the vortex.

This time, he was passive.

But because his body was too afraid, he didn't even have time to use the power of time-space laws before being killed.

When he approached the vortex edge for the fourth time, his trembling became even more intense.

Ye Yuan's legs were almost shaking.

Clearly, his body was extremely frightened.

Still, he shakily extended one foot, and again was pulled into the vortex by the strong suction.

Then killed again.

And so on, time and again.

Each time, he was directly killed by the time-space laws.

But he still leaped into the vortex without hesitation.

The old man's expression gradually shifted from initial mockery to seriousness.