Nameless had seen the Transcender's message when he entered the Divine Treasure Space. Probably because too many people had died, the Transcender had changed the rules.
As long as there were no more than three alternate identities, there would be no situation where one death meant all died.
Adrian had already cultivated the Alternate-Identity Style. How could he possibly have only one alternate identity? He definitely had at least one more, perhaps even two.
From that, it could be inferred that Adrian had likely intended to use one of his alternate identities to lure Yeqin away.
As for why he wanted to lure Yeqin away...
The answer was obvious.
Of course, it was to assassinate Nameless.
One of Adrian's chocolate eyeballs suddenly exploded, and a centipede-like insect shot out from it. At the same time, a golden needle fired from its tail.
This golden needle was a reward Adrian had obtained in the third stage. It was called Venomous Tail.
Venomous Tail was not particularly toxic, but it possessed an extremely terrifying trait: it would poison its target for half an hour with absolute certainty, and the poison had no cure.
Once poisoned, the target would suffer multiple Negative Status effects, such as slowed reactions, reduced defense, sluggish energy circulation, and so on.
Adrian was well aware of Nameless's strength. He had originally intended to attack after falling to the same height as Nameless, but Nameless had exposed his presence, forcing him to strike first.
Naturally, Adrian knew how terrifying Nameless was. So as he launched his preemptive attack, an extremely tiny, transparent insect floated out from his other eyeball. It did not join the battle, instead silently drifting in another direction.
Just as Nameless had guessed, since Adrian had cultivated the Alternate-Identity Style, how could he have only one