After Cheng Shi had thrown away every trump card, he had no safety net left.
All five bolts of lightning had been used up, and Destiny's mask had lost its chance to switch warriors. Under Afros's "expectations," he did not even dare activate Sinner's Redemption again...
So all he could do was scare Lin Xi and let the other's fear recharge his ring.
As it turned out, the effect had been excellent. Lin Xi alone had filled it to five levels.
With Decay's Faded Body strengthening his physique, even in his clown form, Cheng Shi could now fight Lin Xi before him once more.
However, when Lin Xi saw that even the ultimate emissary move he had kept hidden all this time had failed to take Cheng Shi down, he had already lost all his spirit and completely become a piece of "Rotten Wood."
Of course, whether Chun's death had played a part in this was something outsiders could not know. In any case, judging from what Cheng Shi saw now...
Rotten Wood had rotten away.
Ironically, a player who often prided himself on his piety had found his true self at this moment, reverting to the confused boy he had once been.
Only, whether in appearance or state of mind, Lin Xi no longer had anything to do with the word "boy."
He was no longer obsessed with his own piety, nor did he regard Cheng Shi as the target that had to be eradicated according to divine revelation. He simply lay on the ground without moving, his vacant eyes gazing up at the cloudless sky, seemingly unsure whether he was pondering the meaning of life or reminiscing about that "past too painful to recall."
To be honest, Cheng Shi had never tasted such complicated emotions from a person's