Cheng Yu stood up. His health had almost recovered. Once it was full, he could deal with the bastard who had exploited a bug to trap him. After all, in all Brother Yu's years in the game, this was the first time anyone had pushed him this far.
For the first time, Cheng Yu had suffered a crushing defeat in a battle of wits. Since meeting the big shot, he had faced Lin Mo, Kadrian, Help, the Abyssal Pope, and Luthers.
Which of those enemies had ever outwitted him? Cheng Yu did not consider himself particularly clever, but this was the first time he had taken such a heavy loss. Without the big shot's authority to overpower every trick through sheer strength, Cheng Yu seriously wondered whether his opponent would have trapped him here until he died.
It also taught him to be more cautious. He would have to keep a lower profile from now on. Cheng Yu had assumed that even if he could not beat Sphinx, he could retreat at his leisure. Reality had slapped him hard across the face, and that slap had done considerable psychological damage.
Feeling his health bar fill up, Cheng Yu looked at Sphinx, who was braced as if facing a formidable enemy, and smiled.
"Now then, Mr. Knockoff Sphinx, let's have a 'fair and impartial' fight."
Looking at Cheng Yu with the "wondrous item" in his hand, Sphinx bared his ferocity for the first time.
"ROAR!!!!!!"
The powerful sound waves shattered the palace. Only then did Cheng Yu see that he was standing in a desert.
Immediately afterward, countless shriveled arms wrapped in bandages began reaching out of the sand.
Sphinx also grew enormous, his human head swelling to the size of a mountain. Cheng Yu could not tell how large his