Cheng Shi was undoubtedly stronger now than his self in the Time Trial. Unfortunately, he was a Mage at this moment, while the "self" before him was a warrior—and one who was a maxed-out Today's Warrior, at that.
He was not the real Qin Xin, so he naturally could not withstand the "self's" onslaught. But he had never intended to endure it. The instant the other party threw Wu Cun's corpse over, Cheng Shi nimbly dodged aside, then decisively activated his time talent, the Time Deduction Method, against "himself."
In that instant, Cheng Shi's consciousness was ripped away.
After an unknowable stretch of darkness, he awoke once more. Looking at the dirt beneath his feet and the multicolored, roiling existence rift in the distance, Cheng Shi knew that the Time Deduction Method had succeeded. He simply had no idea what kind of existence this bug-like method of use would let him meet—or whether the other party would be another version of himself.
He had already sensed someone behind him. Cheng Shi, both apprehensive and tense, first flicked a scalpel from his sleeve, then slowly turned around to look at the person behind him.
He immediately saw a pair of eyes that looked down on everything. Their owner raised his head and looked at him disdainfully from a strange, subtly elevated angle.
At that moment, Cheng Shi's mind went blank.
The good news was that it really was himself.
The bad news was that this Cheng Shi seemed to have fused with... Folly?
Before Cheng Shi could recover from his shock, the Cheng Shi opposite him spoke first.
The other man gave a derisive chuckle, casually loosened his shirt collar, and tore off his tie, revealing a terrifying, savage blue scar around his neck. His sharp gaze continuously appraised Cheng Shi