"Aaaaaah!"
The Elf Queen covered her mouth and retreated repeatedly, "What are you doing?!"
"Isn't she the lover you've been searching for with your life on the line?"
This horrifying scene was beyond her comprehension.
A hint of puzzlement flashed across Jiangnan's eyes.
The Clown just now showed such deep emotion.
But why, in the blink of an eye, could he so cruelly commit such a murder?
Life is like a play...
Jiang Li, with his hands in his pockets, watched the Clown's blood-covered face and answered the riddle for everyone.
"This is the core of [the actor], and also the core of comedy..."
"Tragedy."
Jiang Li's voice echoed through the ruins.
"To dedicate one's entire life to a single role, to use acting skills to deceive everyone around them, even the world..."
"Until the moment I die."
"When this lie completes its loop, it achieves the divine path of [Deception]."
"Aren't you right, Clown?"
Jiang Li stared sharply at the figure's back.
Don't call me the Clown!!!
Upon hearing this address, he turned around and roared.
The humility and absurdity of the past were no longer on his face.
"Just hearing that damn name makes me feel utterly disgusted!"
"I have a name! Remember it, my name is Hislay Williams!"
Hislay, like a Madman who had shed his disguise, pointed at the headless corpse on the ground and laughed so hard he almost fell over.
"And you! You disgusting old woman!"
"You know what... every time I look at you and say 'I miss you, I love you,' my stomach churns!"
"Every minute, every second, I fantasize about how to strangle her with my own hands!"
"And now... hahaha! I did it!"
Hislay, in a frenzy, shouted, "I killed you with my own hands!"
"And it's with the purest and most touching love in the world!"
With that, he raised his foot and crushed the Tailor's head with a single stomp!
In case she has any chance of being resurrected!
He used it to vent the humiliation he had endured during his long years playing the Clown.
"Okay, Hislay."
Jiang Li didn't argue with him; she just looked at him.
"The play is over, so now... can you fulfill your promise?"
Hislay stopped laughing and tilted his head.
"Promise?"
"Heh... Hahahaha!"
He mocked her almost as if his face was about to jump out of his chest.
"You're actually managing a born liar? What promises do you want?"
Faced with this blatant breach of contract, Jiangnan sensed a qualitative change in the other party's aura.
"If words can't get through to us, then let's settle this with force."
Without uttering a word, Jiangnan gripped the Three-Point Double-Edged Spear in his backhand, and eight-colored chaotic energy erupted around him.
Faced with the Dragon God's oppressive aura, Hislay not only did not panic, but instead opened his arms wide.
"Don't be in such a hurry, Dragon God."
"I want to play one last game with you."
"But this time... I will no longer use the Clown identity to deceive anyone."
"Instead, it is..."
"In the name of the Deception God..."
"Lift the curtain!"
"Snap!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Hislay raised his hands, hugged his head, and twisted it away!
He actually broke his own neck in front of everyone!
He collapsed to the ground on the spot.
"What... what is he doing?!"
The Elf Queen was completely bewildered; this sudden suicide was utterly baffling.
Jiang Li's expression changed drastically, and he shouted, "Father! You must spare His life!"
"Don't kill Him, we need what's inside Him!"
"Of course... you absolutely mustn't let Him kill you!"
Jiangnan gripped his spear tightly and nodded in a deep voice.
"Boss... watch out!"
Just then, Guo Shuai, who was hanging from the tree trunk in mid-air, shouted.
"A powerful life force is brewing within him..."
"It seems they have... reached the divine level!"
The words had barely left his mouth.
The Clown's corpse on the ground suddenly began to convulse and tremble.
His chest kept bulging outwards and then dropping back down.
It's like something is breathing beneath the skin!
This dead body is giving birth to a new life.
Or rather...
Gods!
"Sizzle!"
The Clown's chest was ripped open from the inside out!
A humanoid monster emitting an eerie white light crawled out of the bloody, mangled skin.
He wore a cloak, and his face...
Half of them were laughing wildly, while the other half were weeping bitterly.
Those weren't human features at all; they looked more like a mask directly embedded in the face!
He floated lightly in the air, like a fish playing in the water.
"This... this is a god?!"
The Elf Queen covered her mouth, "How could it be so simple!"
"There's nothing to be shocked about."
Jiang Li looked at the strange deity in the sky and calmly explained.
"The Deception Sequence is a one-way street, with only one unique Supernatural Ability: [The Actor]."
"In other words, His path to godhood was completely different from other sequences that require accumulating faith or power."
"Similar to completing a specific, highly difficult task."
"And the final condition for this task..."
"That would be to give the world a colossal lie."
Jiang Li slightly cold. "Everyone thinks Hislay is deeply in love with the Tailor, and would even risk his life for her."
"But in reality... it's quite the opposite."
Hislay hated her intensely.
"And we, the group he kept in the dark, became the audience at his godhood ceremony."
"In other words..."
"It was we, the deceived people, who paved the way for his godhood."
After hearing these words, Jiangnan remained calm and composed, showing no surprise.
In fact, from his previous interactions with this Clown, he had always felt that the other person was very off-putting.
Sometimes they are incredibly intelligent, and sometimes they are ridiculously stupid.
That obsessive love and his joyful nature were completely disconnected.
Jiangnan never expected that the other party's ultimate goal would be to kill the Tailor with their own hands.
It seems that the woman whose head he crushed was his true enemy.
"Ah... this fresh air~this beautiful body~"
Hislay floating in mid-air.
Or perhaps we should now call him the [Deception God], who has begun to speak.
His voice echoes in multiple directions.
"First of all, I want to thank the great Dragon God."
The mask of the Deception God stared at Jiangnan.
"Without your power as leverage, without you delivering that head to me..."
"It is impossible for me to complete this final performance, nor can I fulfill my lifelong wish and achieve this supreme divine status."
"Since you're grateful, then keep your promise! Hand over what we need!"
Guo Shuai, his eyes red, shouted from the tree.
"Hehe..."
Hislay chuckled softly.
"You've got it wrong, that was a deal [the Clown] agreed to."
"You should go to hell and ask him for it."
"And I am Hislay, the Deception God."
"Shameless!"
Guo Shuai cursed through gritted teeth.
"Thank you for the compliment."
Hislay bowed deeply, his hand on his chest. "This is the highest recognition of my superb acting skills."
"Do you know how much I've suffered over the years to portray a devoted lover?"
"Being mocked, ridiculed, humiliated, and abandoned."
"To be honest, sometimes I really can't keep up the act anymore, and I want to tear off this hypocritical mask."
"But thankfully... this farce has finally come to a perfect end."
"I became a god."
He looked down at the Jiangnan below, his cloak fluttering in the wind.
"So... as a return gift, I've decided to play a game with you myself, Dragon God."
How do you play?
Jiangnan spoke coldly and bluntly.
"It's very simple."
Hislay held up one finger.
"The Clown lost to you countless times in past battles, being trampled underfoot like trash."
"And now..."
"I want to fight you one-on-one as a god."
"If you win, I will give you what you want..."
As he spoke, Hislay tapped his face, which was half-crying and half-laughing, with his finger.
He gestured.
Jiangnan turned and exchanged a glance with Jiang Li.
Seeing Jiang Li nod slightly in confirmation, Jiangnan readily agreed to Hislay's conditions.
He then waved for everyone behind him to step back and clear the battlefield.
"Well then, the show is about to begin."
"The Myriad Forms of All Beings!"
On Hislay's mask, one half of his mouth was upturned in a wide smile.
"Buzz!"
A streak of light swept across Hislay.
The next second, the masked deity in mid-air vanished.
Instead, a person who looks exactly like Jiangnan appeared!
Not only were their appearances and heights identical, but even the Chaos Armor covering them was exactly the same...
And the Three-Point Double-Edged Spear in his hand was perfectly replicated one-to-one!
"How is this possible? They can even copy Dragon Armor and weapons?!"
Guo Shuai exclaimed in surprise.
"This is the terrifying aspect of the Myriad Forms of All Beings."
Jiang Li quickly explained from behind, "The Deception God can transform into anyone."
"And during the transformation, perfectly replicate all of the target's physical attributes and Supernatural Ability sequence!"
Jiangnan looked at Hislay, who had transformed into himself, his eyes narrowing slightly.
He gripped the spear and began pacing in circles, searching for an opening.
Two identical Chaos Demon God stood facing each other on the ruins, creating a suffocating sense of oppression.
"Whoosh!"
Without any probing, the Eye of Mobius on Jiangnan's forehead burst forth with light!
He initiated [Close at Hand Near Yet Far] first!
Space folded, and Jiangnan's figure closed in, slashing a shot at Hislay's chest!
"When!"
The spear blade slammed into Hislay's breastplate.
Even if the opponent copied the Chaos Armor, it was still no match for Jiangnan's attack, which was imbued with true damage.
The replicated Dragon Armor was still cleaved open, and white blood splattered everywhere!
However, instead of backing down after his defenses were breached, Hislay let out a wild laugh in Jiangnan's signature voice!
"Too slow!"
He didn't even defend; he simply swung his gun out in a sweeping motion!
"Pfft!"
The spear blade tore through Jiangnan's Chaos Armor, leaving a wound on Jiangnan abdomen!
In fact, this wound is even larger than the one caused in Jiangnan...
Deeper still!
"Bang!"
Jiangnan frowned slightly, kicked Hislay's gun barrel hard, and slid backward dozens of meters, creating distance between them.
The wound on his abdomen began to heal rapidly under the nourishment of the Dragon Blood, but his gaze towards the person opposite him became more solemn.
"Hehehe..."
Hislay stood still, mimicking Jiangnan's tone, and finished what Jiang Li hadn't finished saying earlier.
"Little girl, you only know one side of the story."
"My [Myriad Forms of All Beings] skill does indeed copy all the target's stats."
"However... it replicates and superimposes data while preserving the basic stats of my divine self!"
Hislay pointed his spear at Jiangnan and arrogantly declared.
"In other words..."
"I now possess the physical attributes of a True God, plus all the attributes and Supernatural Ability of you, the Dragon God!"
"This is a double overlay!"
"And now... I'm going to use all my strength."
"Boom!!!"
Before he could finish speaking, the ground beneath Hislay's feet suddenly collapsed!
He also used [Near Yet Far]!
However, due to the superposition of two Divine Grade values, His speed reached an extreme limit, almost reaching the speed of light!
Jiangnan's pupils suddenly contracted.
"Bang!!!"
Hislay's spear had already smashed into Jiangnan's chest!
An unstoppable force erupted, and Jiangnan was sent flying!
"Boom boom boom!"
Jiangnan's body broke through sound barriers one after another, soaring straight into the sky!
The violent impact caused his Chaos Armor to shatter.
The mask covering his face shattered on the spot, revealing his slightly pale face.
The wind howled mournfully in my ears.
Jiangnan continued its uncontrolled ascent to an altitude of ten thousand meters.
"Whoosh!"
A flash of light, and Hislay, whose speed surpassed the limit, appeared directly above Jiangnan a step ahead of him.
He looked down from his high vantage point at the rising Jiangnan, raising the Three-Point Double-Edged Spear in his hand.
Prepare to use the force of gravity during the fall to deliver a fatal blow to Jiangnan's heart!
"You have lost, Dragon God!"
Hislay signaled the end of the game.
But.
Just a fraction of a second before the spear was about to strike.
Hislay suddenly realized that Jiangnan's face showed no fear of facing death.
On the contrary... it was eerily calm.
That calm and indifferent gaze...
Hislay's heart skipped a beat!
He knew that look in his eyes all too well!
It's as if He saw that look before, in a moment when He was utterly betrayed!
"Oh no! This is a trap!"
But it was too late.
In the rapidly rising gale.
Jiangnan calmly aimed his Three-Point Double-Edged Spear at Hislay above him.
Immediately afterwards, divine sound, carrying the Word Spirit, resounded above the clouds!
"The Eternal Torrent has come to a halt in my palm."
"The past is gone, the future is yet to come; all is revealed in this moment."
"The River of Time!!!"
"Boom!!!"
As the last four words fell, the colors of the sky faded, turning gray and white!
A dazzling river whose origins and destination are unknown.
Intertwined with countless fragments of time, they emerge from behind Jiangnan!
The mighty river of time flows backward.
And so, the two of them, along with the battle, were swallowed up in the torrent of time!