Silver-haired Girl, Battle of Celestials (Part Two)

"It seemed This Lord guessed right. You truly aren't fifty yet."

The girl's voice rang through the icy stone cave, clear as shattered jade falling onto a platter, like a cold jade pool.

Guessed?

Chen Ping'an's eyelids twitched slightly, and his heart sank.

At this moment, if not for his sufficient composure, his expression would likely have changed long ago.

The girl's words were half real and half false, impossible to distinguish between truth and deception.

By common reasoning, if someone had been tricked into revealing a flaw, they would fall into an inferior position psychologically from the very beginning.

After weighing the pros and cons, analyzing gains and losses, once the heart of gain and loss stirred, it was easy for one's state of mind to become unstable.

Even if such instability was no more than a faint ripple, in a battle of this level, it could easily produce a tremendous impact.

Reflected in reality, one's moves would become distorted, leaving openings for the opponent.

At this moment, whether the other party had guessed, deceived him, or truly seen through some of his foundations no longer mattered.

That last sentence alone was an overt scheme that could not be broken.

So long as Chen Ping'an cared about his concealed identity, he would fall into the girl's trap.

The heart of gain and loss, shame and anger, thoughts of replaying the matter—

Under such myriad emotions, whether the ripples they caused were many or few, great or small, they all pointed straight at the heart, creating unavoidable effects.

So long as Chen Ping'an cared, this move would yield miraculous results.

Clearly, the other party had already employed psychological tactics, adding an effective weight to tip the balance of victory.

As for how heavy that weight was, it depended on how