A Commoner Has No Crime, but Possessing a Jade Is a Crime
"... You're lying. Lele'er isn't dead. I can feel that He's still alive. You don't need to lie to me."
?
Even though Dizer only has a soul left, he can still sense Lele'er's life and death?
Why is that?
Just because they are of the same bloodline and are all descendants of "prosperity"?
It feels terrible to be exposed to someone's face, but at this moment it doesn't matter whether they expose you or not, because Cheng Shi has achieved his goal and the other party is panicking.
Even though Dizer knew Cheng Shi was lying, it still panicked. This meant that it was in a very bad situation. It didn't want to, and couldn't, encounter anyone of its own level, especially someone who knew about the fall of [Prosperity]!
This puts it in a very passive position!
The [Gift of Scars] it transformed into could not be as free as a true Emissary's soul. Now, it can only play the role of a mysterious existence in front of the unsuspecting players, using "Deception" to continuously complete its own schemes and plans in order to find a host that can help it "resurrect".
But now he has encountered an even more cunning conman. The two of them clearly do not know each other, but Cheng Shi can still put on a profound act of "I know you very well, but you know nothing about me".
Normally, this kind of disguise would be difficult to work against an Emissary because players know too little about them and lack sufficient information to support their claims.
But Cheng Shi was different. Although he didn't know much about the gods, he knew enough about [Prosperity]. He had heard too many stories about [Prosperity] from them and even witnessed its fall.
Therefore, the moment he faced off against Dizer, the scales of Destiny had already been tipped in Cheng Shi's favor!
In this game of "lies," he simply cannot lose!
Cheng Shi laughed. He didn't refute Dizer's exposure, but just smiled slyly.
But this smile only made Dizer more flustered.
If it were just an ordinary player, it would only think that the other party was delusional because they had found it. But if the other party was a so-called "Prosperity" Hunter knew everything...
"..."
We can't just sit here and wait to die!
Dizer moved. It could not escape, but it could use its remaining Divine Majesty power to attack Cheng Shi. As long as this "Hunter" was eliminated, there was still a chance to turn the current crisis around.
The reason why [Gift of Scars] is called "Gift of Scars" is because Dizer can still use the power of [Decay] to corrupt the target, while simultaneously absorbing the opponent's Vitality to nourish himself.
However, as a trapped soul, each time it uses this power, it erodes its reason and Memory, so it rarely uses this power. That is why it chose a less aggressive Priest as its first host!
During its time traveling with Nangong, it only absorbed and did not consume, so that now it possesses a very large amount of [Decay] power at its disposal.
Therefore, it decided to strike to the death!
Cheng Shi wasn't stupid; he expected the other party to attack, but he didn't expect the timing of the attack to be so... terrible.
Who would attack someone while they're talking?
The best time to strike the enemy is while they are talking. Thinking and communicating can distract them and make it harder for them to defend themselves, making it easier to strike successfully.
But once the enemy is idle, what can they do besides defend themselves?
Cheng Shi was like that; he was always on guard against Dizer's underhanded tactics, remaining constantly on edge even when Dizer was threatening or lying. He thought he could at least evade the other party's sneak attacks, but...
He knew nothing about power...
[Gift of Scars] is ultimately a Daggers transformed from Emissary, containing an immense amount of [Decay] power. Especially with Dizer's relentless nurturing, its destructive power has reached a terrifying level.
This resulted in Cheng Shi being unable to defend against the attack, despite his efforts.
Suddenly, the Daggers opened one eye, and then the entire Daggers transformed into a vine that spread and grew from beneath Nangong. As the vine trembled and grew upward, large, Decay fruits appeared on its branches.
They're called fruitful results, but these things actually look more like eyes!
However, unlike the Mother of Prosperity, these eyes were not bright and piercing. Instead, they hung crookedly like melted wax eyes. When all the drooping wax eyes opened strangely at the same time, countless gray-white rays of light shot out and hit Cheng Shi. These gray rays even turned into Decay vines of decay that bound him to the spot!
No one knew that this Daggers was not just a simple weapon of violent output, but also a terrifying control tool. Even though it had abandoned [Prosperity], Dizer still inherited the appearance of [Prosperity]. Even though the branches that should have been emerald green vines had turned into gray and rotten withered vines and branches, the shape was correct and the lineage was still the same.
Cheng Shi was hit. The immense power of [Decay] instantly rotted his flesh and weakened his spirit. The Vitality -devouring rays were like a scalpel, slowly scraping away his Vitality piece by piece. In the blink of an eye, Cheng Shi became docile.
He was terrified, then... slightly terrified, and finally calmed down.
"..."
Because he suddenly realized that he wouldn't die at all in the Vitality of this terrifying, slow, agonizing death.
The Divine Authority "Vitality"!
This Divine Authority came from Dizer's mother, who was protecting Cheng Shi like a real mother, shielding him from her child's attacks!
The scene was so absurd that Cheng Shi almost burst out laughing.
The dead [Prosperity] has finally stopped chasing me, but it is still "abusing" its own children.
I wonder what Dizer will think after seeing this...
What does it think?
It's gone mad!
Dizer has gone mad!
It simply couldn't believe that it could see the Divine Authority of "prosperity" in someone else!
The Gift of Scars is ultimately a creation of Decay; as its name suggests, it brings Decay, not death, to others.
It can bring endless Decay, turning enemies into skeletons, and then let the host that possesses it kill the target. This is why all Assassin covet it, because it is so useful!
But what can Dizer do when its host falls asleep due to the sleeping gas, and when its target, the cheat, has the Divine Authority of [Prosperity] buried within its body?
What else can it do but fly into a rage of impotence?
"Impossible! It's fake! It's all fake! He could not possibly share his Divine Authority with anyone else!"
He is [Prosperity], He is [Prosperity] that covets the Cosmos and assimilates everything!
Even in death, I would rather not share a single ounce of Divine Authority with anyone else!
"..."