"You tricked me?"
Su Yida's face turned extremely ugly. He stared at Cheng Shi, who was laughing on the ground, with a sinister look in his eyes, and squeezed out a cold threat through gritted teeth:
"Cheng Shi, you think just because I killed you once, I won't dare to kill you a second Time?"
Cheng Shi stopped laughing, a strange arc forming at the corner of his Mouth. He raised his head, looked at Su Yida, and said each word slowly:
"You, don't, dare."
Su Yida's eyes darkened, and he suddenly raised his hand. The violent power of Time and Memory roared at his fingertips, the splashing divine power almost comparable to the bone torrent Cheng Shi had once seen in the Fish Bone Hall!
Indeed, an existence had intervened.
And what was even more interesting was that two streams of power from two different existences were flowing within Su Yida's body, but the divine power of Fraud was nowhere to be seen.
"Alright, stop pretending. Even if this terrifying divine power sweeps away the entire world, you wouldn't dare to kill me.
Since you said you understand me, you naturally know that the moment I tricked you out, your bottom line was exposed to me.
You don't dare to kill me, and you don't even dare to use His power in front of me.
Heh, isn't it ridiculous?
A Master of Illusions, a follower of Fraud, when trying to kill me, actually borrowed the power of existence..."
Although the cold was receding, the injuries Cheng Shi sustained were real. He held his last breath and cast a healing spell on himself, then lay down on his back as if drained of strength.
"Huff --
Tell me, the power of Time in your hand is clearly stronger than the power of Memory. Let me guess...
Perhaps Time sent you back?"
Su Yida clenched his hand tightly, the divine power on it becoming increasingly violent. He stared intently at Cheng Shi, wishing he could immediately annihilate this annoying Clown in the Trial.
But!
Cheng Shi was right.
He didn't dare.
He didn't even dare to use a single trace of Fraud's power against Cheng Shi!
He was afraid He would know, afraid He would be displeased, afraid He would have an opinion!
And indeed, an existence had intervened, sending the future Su Yida back to the present.
But this existence was not Time, but Memory!
"Don't you like to talk? Why aren't you talking now?
Alright, if you won't talk, I will.
Let me think.
If you came from the future and your purpose in coming back to the present is to eliminate me, then it must mean that at some point in the future, I affected you or the existence behind you?
But based on my understanding of myself, even after a long Time has passed, it's impossible for me to become someone who isn't so cautious.
I won't actively compete, nor will I actively provoke. To survive, I can even give up some unnecessary things.
And what I am willing to fight for at all costs... is already gone.
Assuming everything above is true, and my Existence still affects you or Him, it must be that our paths forward have overlapped, causing my steps to hinder someone.
Hmm, yes, that should be it.
You said, 'What exactly allowed me to reach such a height?' Now, I am also very curious, how high did the future me actually reach?
To make you want to kill me so much that you had to go back to the present to eliminate me?
This consumption must be huge, right? So huge that there's no second chance, is that right?
Hmm... Wait, that's not right.
Your killing intent is strong, but your killing resolve is not firm.
You clearly had a chance to kill me directly, but you didn't.
As His followers, you and I can definitely guess that we both have life-saving trump cards. But the strangest thing is that after you simply and brutally killed me, you didn't check if my trump card was effective, nor did you pay attention to whether I was truly dead.
If you even understood the gift of Death on my hand, it's impossible not to know that I am a Gravekeeper in this game.
Why?
Oh? Right.
Zhao Qian is dead.
Most likely, you killed Him, right?
Let me think again about why He died...
That existence sent you back to kill me, and you, for some reason, let me go.
But you had to go back, so you killed Zhao Qian and used Him to report back?
Hahaha, hahahaha, your face is a bit ugly, it seems I guessed correctly.
Su Yida, you are truly a talent.
As His follower, you didn't dare to use His power when killing, but afterwards, you used His power again to deceive an existence?
What were you thinking? Do you think you can deceive them?
No!!
You knew you could deceive Him?
Oh --
I see, it wasn't He who sent you back, was it? It was He! She! Or perhaps It?
So He is not an existence!
Interesting, is it a Player?
It seems that some Player who didn't like me set up a situation and happened to borrow the power of a certain existence to send the future you in front of me.
Interesting, who is He? Is it convenient to tell me?
Anyway, you're not planning to go back, are you? Since we won't be seeing each other anytime soon, why not satisfy my curiosity?
Cheng Shi chattered a lot, and Su Yida just listened quietly.
The more He listened, the more shocked He became, and the more He listened, the uglier His face became.
This assassination plan from the future was narrated by Him slowly, as if Cheng Shi had witnessed it with his own eyes.
But none of that mattered, after all, there was enough residual information, and as long as one was sharp-minded, they could always connect the dots.
It wasn't until Cheng Shi spoke the last sentence that the fear in His eyes finally could no longer be hidden.
"The past self in memory won't let me stay in memory forever. I will go back. No matter how right you guess, no matter how angry you are at me, it's useless. We are not people from the same Time dimension.
As for whether I kill you or who I kill, it's entirely up to my personal preference and has nothing to do with anyone else."
Su Yida said these words mockingly, his eyes returning to coldness.
But at this Time, Cheng Shi had completely taken the initiative, having already seen through His scheme.
"So this talent is called 'Past Self in Memory'. It seems it's Memory...
Although I am a follower of an opposing Faith, I don't seem to be connected to Him, do I?
How could a mere Player like me be worthy of Him personally taking action?"
Cheng Shi smiled casually, then said:
"Go back? Go back where? To your current resting area outside the Trial?
Save it, Su Yida. I've always been thinking, if a killer from the future has completed His mission, even through Fraud, why would He stay in the Trial waiting for the target to wake up?
He even went so far as to save Him with a lie.
You like me?
Hahaha, I'm afraid what you like isn't me, but yourself!
Su Yida, you like your current self, don't you!"
Cheng Shi's voice suddenly rose. He pointed at Su Yida's nose, as if looking at a madman.
"You acted so quickly when you killed me, which means the Time window created for you by that situation in the future wasn't long!
Since Time wasn't long, how could it possibly allow you to stay here and continue the Trial?
Although I don't know the exact effect of this terrifying talent 'Past Self in Memory', I know that Memory doesn't like Existences other than Him to tamper with memories. He won't tolerate the killer He personally sent back doing things unrelated to eliminating the target!
Therefore, you won't go back at all!
No, or rather, someone has already gone back for you!
Right?
I've been thinking, if you came from the future, where did the original Su Yida go?
He disappeared into the Void Rift when you appeared, you passed each other by, so your arrival wasn't an occupation of consciousness.
Of course, your arrival could also have caused His dissipation, but, still the same question:
How dare you ensure that you can deceive 'them' who set up the situation to kill me?
They can even borrow the power of Memory, they must be the top group of Players. Aren't you afraid They will see through your Fraud?
You are afraid of Death, truly, Su Yida, you are afraid of Death.
You don't even dare to gamble whether I have a backup plan, which means you are very afraid of Death.
But since you are so afraid of Death, why weren't you afraid in this future gamble of reporting back?
So...
The only answer I can think of is!
That you don't care whether They see through it or not, because no matter whether They see through it or not, you are safe!!!
You, this complete and utter madman, actually sent your current self to the future!"