Hunting Time Has Come!

Cheng Shi knocked on Afros's door without any particular purpose; he simply wanted to express his gratitude for the other party's generosity.

After chatting for a few minutes, the two parted ways, and he returned to his house in Kannaal City.

Da Yi had already left to participate in the hunt. Cheng Shi looked around and, after confirming that no one was around, sat down on the sofa like Da Yi and began to consider how to end this Trials.

Don't forget, this is first and foremost a Trials of Decay, and everyone's search for the Gift of Scars is merely an interlude in this Trials.

It cannot be denied that some people were indeed included in this Trials because they prayed for the "Gift of Scars," but the problem is that this level of item is not something that can be obtained just by praying for it. Otherwise, Poison wouldn't have been praying for it for so long without finding it.

This is just like the [Destiny] Trials that Cheng Shi prayed for before. The opportunity to obtain the Conjugate Whisper Fruit is only for a moment. If you can seize it, you will find it. But if you miss that one and only opportunity, then the players who prayed for it will just be playing the role of a background character in history again.

This is also why Cheng Shi abandoned the search immediately after hearing that the First Prince had been eaten, and instead focused on other things.

The trail went cold.

The only person who could recall what might have happened with the Daggers was dead. His death was one thing, since Cheng Shi still had the chance to question the spirits, but being eaten was another...

So Cheng Shi decisively changed his approach and began to seek other benefits for himself. He couldn't risk going into a Trials only to gain nothing, could he?

Therefore, he focused his efforts on the players. He thought that if he could open up a few intelligence channels and gain a few useful people in this Trials, it would be a sure win.

At least for now, Cheng Shi is already quite satisfied.

But there is still room for improvement, such as... winning the Trials.

Everything is happening too fast today. From the start of the Trials until now, although everyone has been scheming and fighting for several rounds, the problem is that this is only the first day. In a Trials that lasts for 5 days, Cheng Shi seems to have cleared all the way and can now spare time to study the Trials and win it.

After all, a Trials adds a lot of points.

He pondered for a moment, recalling all his Memory of "Decay," and finally realized that the Trials to this trial might be related to the "compassion" that Afros had mentioned.

The Trials of Decay is actually quite interesting. Although the will of this god is to promote decay, His Trials never force players to become decayed.

The Trials He gives have only one purpose: to convert one or a group of specific targets to [Decay] based on the prompts!

Yes, His target is not the players, but the NPCs in the Trials who have long since disappeared into history.

In a sense, His Trials are similar to the Trials of His family's prosperity. Prosperity needs to be maintained, while Decay wants to expand Decay.

Based on past Trials of Decay, knowing the identities of the Trials targets basically gives you an idea of the difficulty of the Trials.

For example, in a city where various Faith coexist, it is naturally very easy to convert an ordinary person with no Faith; but in a Rainforest Tribe that is extremely devout in its pursuit of "prosperity," the difficulty of converting a tribal priest or chief is unimaginable.

However, the problem Cheng Shi faces in this situation is more complex than spreading "Decay" in a "prosperous" tribe, because he is standing on the "Decay" Divine Kingdom, where everyone Faith "Decay".

The only group that didn't seem very devout... had already left Kannaal City via the teleportation array.

We can't expect the World Destroyers lurking outside the city to turn to the Faith of "Decay," can we?

That's a bit too outrageous.

[Decay] hasn't even reached [Annihilation] yet, but [Annihilation] needs to go back to [Decay] instead?

"..."

It's unlikely.

Cheng Shi had been wondering if they had arrived too late, and if the goal of this Trials was to bring the Rosna Royal Family back to piety.

But later, after talking with Afros, he understood.

He seemed to have figured out a way to win this trial.

To make Decay even more Decay... is just as good a proposition as to make prosperity even more prosperous...

After clearing his mind, Cheng Shi breathed a sigh of relief, stood up, and walked outside.

He didn't know what stage the hunt was at, but now, confident in his abilities, he could join in.

Of course, he did intend to help the Hunter, but he was more concerned with being cautious. He was worried that once the prey broke free of the encirclement, it would turn around and fight him, the lone Hunter.

I'm a Priest, but I can't beat a warrior.

But speaking of Priest...

"This is enough to show how important Squinty Old Zhang is. He is never afraid of these things because he can't die at all."

Cheng Shi chuckled self-deprecatingly, facing the swirling snow and the gradually darkening sky, and followed the trail through the city.

On the other side.

Jiang Chi was exhausted and was overtaken.

He swore he had escaped early enough, and even taken Cheng Shi enough.

In his view, the moment Cheng Shi finished dealing with the Poison, the three Hunter might turn on him, and Da Yi, that shrewd but rough man, was not worth continuing to cooperate with. Helpless, he could only make his escape in advance.

To his surprise, after hiding for so long, he still couldn't escape it.

This is a classic chase between Hunter and prey. He was confident in his ability to hide, but unfortunately, there was a real Hunter in the opposing Hunter team!

That silent Chameleon was incredibly adept at finding people; it quickly broke through all the disguises and distractions he had left in the city and chased after him in the direction he was truly located.

There were still three Hunter, but the Fate Weaver was nowhere to be seen. Instead, his partner, Poison, not only survived but also became a new Hunter.

Seeing this outrageous scene, Jiang Chi's expression was complicated.

"Miss Poison, since you're still alive, shall we continue our cooperation...?"

Poison stood on the far right of the three, looking at Jiang Chi, who had nowhere to escape below the city wall, raising an eyebrow but saying nothing.

She knew that the other party was using a divisive tactic, but the problem was that the other party had no idea how her Hunter team had stabilized its cooperation.

She herself wasn't quite sure, but that didn't stop her from knowing that the key to stabilizing the team wasn't on-site.

This also means that even if Jiang Chi were to speak eloquently, he could not soften the Hunter's murderous intent in the slightest.

So she smiled teasingly and said:

"I'm sorry, I'm just a Desire Puppet controlled by persimmons, and I don't know how to answer your question."

"..."

He's playing dumb again!

Jiang Chi's face darkened as he looked at the Gongyang Jiao and said, "He killed you, and you're helping him? Ram, when did the Screaming Count, who feeds on fear, start to feel fear too?!"

The Gongyang Jiao horned and spat, "What do you care if I'm afraid or not? Your fear is enough!"

"..."

Jiang Chi's face darkened further. He turned to look in the direction where the Chameleon had hidden itself, opened his mouth, but couldn't utter a word.

"..."

This game is unplayable; it's completely unplayable.

"It seems... I have no choice but to fight with my life on the line!"

Having said that, Jiang Chi's eyes turned solemn. He held his longsword, the Hour Hand, high in front of him with his right hand, and took out a Pocket Watch with his left hand. He waited with taut nerves in the face of the blizzard, ready for the Hunter to make the first move.

In this situation, he cannot make the first move, because as soon as he moves, the other two, who are not the target, will seize the opportunity to find an opening and kill him.

Time ticked by, and none of the four people in the standoff made the first move.

The wind howled, the snow fell harder, and the sky grew increasingly dark.

Just minutes ago, the dissipation of light was still like a thread being pulled, but now, in the blink of an eye, this curtain woven from light was violently torn apart.

Night fell, and night descended upon Kannaal City. Jiang Chi's pocket Pocket Watch even chimed on the hour.

Just as night fell, a blinding light streaked across the highest point of the city wall above Jiang Chi's head, falling like a shooting star.

"Damn it, they're still not making a move after all this waiting! I don't have the patience for that!"