Ashes

Alex stood up and looked at the old man's body in front of him. The old man had died, his spirit completely gone. 

However, his body was still alive. His blood still flowed, his heart still beat, and his dantian still held a golden core in it.

All that was different was that his consciousness no longer was present in his mind. It was like the body was in a coma, except for one which he had no chance of returning from.

'I wonder how long it will take for his body to die without a mind,' Alex thought. A life without an Intent, even an unconscious one would certainly not live for long.

Zexi had died by the time Alex had woken up after devouring him. As a saint realm, the old man's body would most likely stop functioning in just a few days as well.

He shook his head and sighed. He wasn't going to wait for that long.