Ye Chen fell into brooding thought, his face dark.
The goal of this conversation had originally been to exploit Ding Moluo's arrogant and unruly nature, drawing out every useful piece of information he could in order to raise his chances of killing the man afterward as much as possible.
Yet as the subject gradually expanded and deepened, Ye Chen came to realize that the information contained in Ding Moluo's mind seemed to far exceed anything he had imagined.
The more the Bloodsmith Hunter learned from the Mad Clown before him, the more he felt his former understanding of the world being subjected to unprecedented shock and challenge.
Ye Chen did not want to believe everything Ding Moluo said.
After all, the other man was an infamous Mad Clown, the Auling Hunter Corps' sworn mortal enemy for countless centuries. It was hardly surprising that he excelled at beguiling people with crooked logic and heretical doctrines.
Ye Chen understood that perfectly well.
And yet, even so, his thoughts could not help but begin to waver.
(But.)
(What if this guy isn't lying to me?)
(What if everything he said is true.)
(Then... this world...)
(What exactly is it?)
At that thought, Ye Chen suddenly snapped awake and immediately reached up to clutch his face, driving every one of those questions from his mind.
(No! The fact that I can't stop thinking about this now might be exactly what this clown wants to see! I absolutely can't fall into his trap!)
Watching Ye Chen's resistant expression, Ding Moluo gave several meaningful chuckles. He twirled the Tainted Crystal Dagger around his fingertips twice through the air, then smiled at Ye Chen.
"To sum it up, if you're so desperate to know whether you have the qualifications to use the Spirit Realm, then the Truth