The Peak of Freud's Power

"Did you create such chaos at the scene just to draw attention to yourself and increase your chances of success in the assassination?"

"Why go to such lengths to kill someone—even Royal Nobles wouldn't go to this extent."

"Nightless Sky Huo Le spoke in a low voice, his tone extremely unfriendly."

Lin Yu spread his hands. "Of course, because the other party is not just Royal Nobles... but I won't tell you any more!"

"At this point, are you still trying to trick me into revealing information, Nightless Sky Huo Le City?"

Do you think you can still turn things around?

After a long silence, Nightless Sky Huo Le said, "I must stop you, Sherlock... You have already killed more than ten innocent people. I personally brought you to the Nightless Sky Family and to the Inner City. Whatever your goal is, I cannot allow you to continue creating chaos and death!"

As she spoke, Lin Yu laughed.

"How naive you are, Nightless Sky Huo Le City! How could you utter the word 'innocent'?"

"In this cannibalistic city, do you really think there are any innocent people among the powerful and Noble here?" Lin Yu retorted. "Even if the people here haven't killed anyone and their fingers are clean and unstained by blood, every bite of food they eat and every cup of water they drink is imbued with human life—the life of someone who can truly be called 'innocent'."

"Of course, some Noble and powerful figures may have acted unintentionally, but those who came to the banquet tonight, hoping to curry favor with the Nightless Sky Family, all endorse this cannibalistic Rule and are working towards it... If they die at any time, they can never be considered innocent."

"The powerful and wealthy of the City That Never Sleeps jointly established the Rule of the jungle, so now that they've been devoured by someone stronger like me, what makes them innocent?"

"How can you allow yourself to eat others but not be eaten yourself?"

As Lin Yu spoke, the Nightless Sky Huo Le breathed a sigh of relief.

These words even sounded somewhat reasonable—of course, if someone else had said them to Nightless Sky Huo Le, she would have simply dismissed them as nonsense.

However, coming from the mouth of Sherlock, who was standing right in front of him, Nightless Sky Huo Le couldn't help but ponder the meaning behind it.

But soon, Nightless Sky Huo Le shook his head, forcibly interrupting his thoughts.

"There's no point in talking about this now; I don't have time to discuss these 'fundamental' issues with you."

"Sherlock... I will stop you!"

As she spoke, she reached into her bosom and took out a thick book.

This is the "Heavenly Scroll" bestowed upon her by the Nightless Sky Family Head —this thing is not some kind of "Alchemical Creation," and it can still be used normally even though the hall is now filled with unstable Elemental Gas.

But...

"Bass!"

Lin Yu had been on guard for this moment all along; he had been eyeing this miraculous "Heavenly Scroll" from the very beginning!

Fortunately, no matter how amazing its functions may be, this book is still a "book" in form!

To use it, you have to "open" it.

The moment Nightless Sky Huo Le took out the Heavenly Scroll, Lin Yu's long sword struck out fiercely!

The bone knife pierced through the wrist of Nightless Sky Huo Le, the force penetrating the bones and muscles, blood spurting out and pinning Nightless Sky Huo Le's entire hand to the ground.

Then, Lin Yu stepped on Nightless Sky Huo Le, picked up the Heavenly Scroll, and put it in his pocket.

"Nightless Sky Huo Le City, your mother's assessment of you was indeed correct—your biggest problem as a 'Noble' is that you are too kind."

"You're waiting for me to get close before using the 'Heavenly Scroll,' afraid that the powerful moves on it might hurt those you consider 'innocent,' which naturally gives me an opportunity."

As Royal Nobles, Nightless Sky Huo Le had never suffered such a severe injury before—blood kept gushing from her palm, and she was almost fainting from the pain.

However, Nightless Sky Huo Le still restrained himself from shouting, only inhaling sharply and raising his head to speak.

"Sherlock, I truly underestimated you, and I misjudged you..."

"Have you been lurking by my side for so long just for this moment?"

Lin Yu looked at the Nightless Sky Huo Le, then laughed.

"No, Nightless Sky Huo Le, you really didn't misjudge Sherlock..."

"He approached you without any ulterior motive—I'm not Sherlock, I'm just someone who 'stole' his identity."

As Lin Yu spoke, he took off his hat—atop his head, a gleaming brain appeared, as if it were rooted to his head.

Nightless Sky Huo Le was once again taken aback.

"Who are you? Are you controlling Sherlock?!"

"Me? Well, if you really want to, you can call me 'Freud'."

His mind was sparkling as he spoke.

Then, Lin Yu put his hat back on and let out a breath.

The final groundwork has been laid.

So what's next...?

"It's time to show you the methods that don't belong to Sherlock, but to 'Freud' —ladies and gentlemen, did you know that every 'Freud' throughout history has been a master at manipulating the mind and soul?"

The final [Tooth of Prophecy] was activated, and the irrefutable truth gained a large number of "beliefs," making what was originally a false fact Make It Real.

The Noble, who had overheard Lin Yu and Nightless Sky Huo Le's conversation throughout and were misled, were of course unaware that Freud was not Lin Yu —anyone would mistakenly believe that "Sherlock" was "Freud".

Feeling the power of those beliefs, Lin Yu spoke again.

"What I possess now is all the ability and power to Spirit Control and minds that the First Generation Freud possessed at his peak."

The final [Tongue of Deception] was also activated, making the "Make It Real" which already had a lot of "belief" to back it up even more in line with Lin Yu's expectations.

Lin Yu could never have accomplished a legitimate "Fraud".

But he used his final [Tooth of Prophecy] and [Tongue of Deception], and the gifts from the Deity were now at their most effective!

"Come on, kid, witness my prime—let me show you just how strong I was back then."

Old Zheng's voice rang out, and Lin Yu felt a powerful Mental Power appear in his mind—he had indeed suddenly gained the ability that Old Zheng once possessed.

However, even with the power, Lin Yu couldn't use it freely—it was like suddenly getting a gun; he couldn't instantly learn how to fire it.

Fortunately, although Lin Yu is not Old Zheng is inside his hat.

"Old Zheng, you take over!"

Ah, those were the days...

Old Zheng murmured, sensing the open spiritual connection with Lin Yu.

While other Summoned Creature cannot do this, Old Zheng, as a master in the Spirit Domain, can naturally communicate directly with Lin Yu through consciousness, thus enabling them to Xingyi -to-one manual combat.

In a daze, Old Zheng felt as if he had become that "Tier 3" Player again.

But the emotion only lasted for a moment, and Lao Zheng soon got down to business.

"Now, everyone, fall asleep!"