THUMP!
A faint heartbeat echoed from within the young man's chest, a chest that had long since lost both consciousness and a pulse.
The young man's heartbeat remained incredibly faint. In fact, aside from the occasional, subtle pulse driven by the Heart of Tai Sui, there were no other signs of life.
He had completely lost all vital signs.
Six hours later, the faint sound of a heartbeat came from the young man's body once more.
But just as before, the slight beat was followed by a long silence, devoid of any other sign of life.
Another six hours passed before the sound of a heartbeat rang out, only to fall silent once more.
This cycle repeated for three days, after which the period of silence between each beat grew shorter, shrinking to five hours.
After another three days, Hong Yu's heart would beat once every four hours or so.
In this repetitive cycle, a month passed in the blink of an eye.
