Chapter 720

Sudden Change

It was still the Fire-Passing Hall.

After Fang Shiqing left, Qin Xin gradually reined in his smile; the flame-like color in his hair slowly faded, and even his complexion turned pale.

He hunched over and coughed violently, then slightly raised a hand to wipe away the bloodstains at the corner of his mouth.

He was injured, and not lightly.

As for where this injury came from, one must return to the scene that occurred just as the trial ended.

Do not forget, before entering the trial, Qin Xin and the Blind One were hunting the 【Time】 Chosen One, Old Deng. They had assumed that even if Old Deng exhausted every means to stall for time, the opponent had already fallen into an irreversible situation.

Once the trial ended, this top-ranked player would surely die on the spot, but unexpectedly, an accident still occurred.

To explain this accident clearly, time needs to be rewound a bit further, back to that Mediocre Assembly, after the various "Yellow Orioles" had left the scene.

In the void, the 【Mirror of Unforgotten Dreams】 covered the manifestation of 【Existence】 above the Mediocre Assembly venue.

The true Mediocre Assembly venue belonging to someone was a stage long since rusted and rotted, and everything everyone witnessed in the venue earlier had occurred within the manifestation of 【Existence】 arranged by Qin Xin using the 【Mirror of Unforgotten Dreams】.

Therefore, when Old Deng left this manifestation, he did not truly escape into the void, but rather slipped into the pocket the Fire-Passers had prepared for him.

Old Deng was actually not old at all; on the contrary, he was very young, so young that when the two Fire-Passers faced him, they couldn't even be sure if he had reached adulthood.

As everyone knows, during a certain period before adulthood, people are often at their most rebellious, so no matter how the two Fire-Passers tried to persuade him with kind words or threats and inducements, they couldn't make Old Deng "bow his head." This young Old Deng was determined to leave, and even openly stated that such an interesting matter should be shared with everyone.

Helpless, Qin Xin and the Blind One made the most difficult decision: they erupted into an earth-shattering battle with this 【Time】 Chosen One in the void.

Until both sides had exhausted all their means, Qin Xin was covered in blood, the Blind One's spirit was exhausted, and Old Deng was struck by several swords and trampled under the feet of false 【Memory】 believers.

Yet just at that moment, the trial that Old Deng had exhausted all means to delay finally arrived. At the very instant Qin Xin was about to behead him, all three entered the trial.

His blade and Old Deng's vertebrae were separated by only the distance of a bowstring.

Yet this distance, thin as a hair, accommodated an entire trial!

And then, it reached the moment the trial ended.

When Cheng Shi submitted his answer, Qin Xin had actually long since prepared himself. He even adjusted his posture so that the state of his body's exertion would be identical to before entering the trial, thereby relying on the body's instinct the instant he left the trial to kill Old Deng on the spot.

The Blind One did the same; before leaving the trial, she poured all her various auxiliary means into Qin Xin, all for the sake of a single successful strike.

But no one expected that, even with such thorough preparation, an accident still occurred.

In that void where the divine powers of 【Memory】 and 【Fate】 were intertwined and sealed off all space-time, a strange fluctuation of divine power suddenly erupted. A violent force entangled with the divine powers of 【War】 and 【Fate】 leaked out from nowhere, disturbing this space-time and allowing that 【Time】 Chosen One, who was being trampled underfoot, to instantly seize the opportunity. In the final instant before his death, he launched a deduction power of the Envoy Assassin.

One must know, to be able to reach the top of the 【Time】 ranking as an assassin, it shows that Old Deng's entire talent system was perhaps prepared for deduction.

He might not be that "strong," but there was always an "him" who could avoid all means and fight to the end!

Just like at this moment, Old Deng once again gained enlightenment from the deduction of 【Time】, overwriting the present with a future most favorable to him!

Thus, that suddenly erupted entangled force deviated by half a point as it spread, coincidentally interfering with the direction of Qin Xin's exertion, causing the "Mirror Person's" blade to graze Old Deng's shoulder and neck, narrowly missing his cervical spine and shaving off the right half of Old Deng's body.

The chance to escape appeared!

Yet this crazy assassin didn't consider breaking out at all; instead, he grinned and flashed, spilling blood and flesh into the void, raised his dagger, and appeared directly in front of the Blind One, stabbing toward her eyes.

He knew the 【Fate】 Chosen One was already blind, but he hoped to make her even blinder, the kind of blind where she could never see again.

Although the Prophet is famous for prophecy, do not forget that this profession is ultimately still a Singer, a profession capable of assisting other players. 【Fate】 has many auxiliary talents, and among them, the most useful in battle is the "Song of Declaring Triumph."

This melody allows the beneficiary to foresee the enemy's attacks during battle, thereby predicting in advance and gaining the upper hand.

At this moment, Qin Xin was under this state. He was already an Eagle-Eye Scout most skilled at observing the battlefield, and with the Blind One's buffs, he sensed the killing intent from Old Deng almost the instant he missed his strike.

It was just that this desperate counterattack wasn't aimed at him, but at the Blind One, but this also meant Old Deng's back appeared before his eyes completely undefended.

In this split second, Qin Xin faced two choices:

Either abandon the Blind One to kill Old Deng—the means of 【War】 gave him confidence that the instant he ended the opponent's life, all the opponent's resurrections would fail—but this way the Blind One would also die, and it was uncertain whether Old Deng also possessed means to destroy all resurrection chances;

Or protect the Blind One and let Old Deng go, because this move was clearly the opponent's "Besiege the Blind to Save Oneself," though it was also possible it was simply trading death for death!

This young-to-a-fault 【Time】 believer was overflowing with a ruthless streak from head to toe; looking at his desperate appearance, he was truly afraid he would take the Blind One with him before he died.

Reasonably speaking, at this time as a Fire-Passer, Qin Xin shouldn't have hesitated. Such things had happened too many times in the past; countless Fire-Passers had sacrificed themselves to achieve their goals, so much so that the Void Graveyard built by the Fire-Passers themselves contained too many unwritten and unread life stories.

But this time, Qin Xin hesitated. He didn't choose to kill Old Deng while he had the chance, but instead chose to save the Blind One.

He used an upward parry, precise to the point of being outrageous, to deflect Old Deng's dagger. Old Deng seized the opportunity to borrow the force and jump back, opening up distance, and then laughed wildly, diving into the area where the violent force was spreading without looking back, disappearing from sight.

The Blind One was stunned. She turned toward Qin Xin, her expression complex.

"Qin Xin, you..."

Qin Xin gave a bitter smile and swallowed the blood in his mouth: "You are not a true Fire-Passer. If a Fire-Passer wants to go further, they cannot abandon friends. I didn't dare to gamble."

"Thank you..." The Blind One bit her lip hard, and with a backhand, she pulled a playing card from her bosom. "Don't be anxious yet, the 【Fire of Hope】 can still protect us, and we still have a chance to handle this matter. I will go find Xinxin; she will definitely be able to help."

Although she said "don't be anxious," her anxious face already indicated that the situation was heading toward collapse.

She saw it, or rather, both Qin Xin and she saw it.

What they were facing now was not an accident. That suddenly erupted entangled force of 【War】 and 【Fate】 was not without cause; both Qin Xin and the Blind One felt a hint of a familiar scent within it.

As for where this familiarity came from...

Today, Warrior VS Eagle-Eye Scout!

Yes, this inexplicable violent divine power clearly came from the intense entanglement when Cheng Shi confronted Qin Xin in the trial, tearing through reality!

Then, may I ask, why would the power from the trial appear in the reality of the void?

This answer perhaps doesn't need to be thought about.

【Time】 has made a move.

He used this accident, or rather, he used this deduction, to save his believer's life!

And the Blind One's mention of finding Seeing Zhen Xin was not to seek help, but to try to find a way to see 【Nothingness】 through Seeing Zhen Xin, thereby salvaging the defeat bestowed by 【Existence】.

How could Qin Xin not know, but at this moment there was no other way. The safest strategy was to return to the Fire-Passing Hall and endure this "calamity" under the eyes of the 【Fire of Hope】.

Thus came the scene of Qin Xin sitting steadily at the table. He had to judge how collapsed the situation facing the Fire-Passers was by observing the attitude of the 【Fire of Hope】.

But looking at it now, the 【Fire of Hope】 was not nervous, which meant everything was still controllable.

Qin Xin sighed, rubbed his forehead; there had been too many accidents recently, and too many things to consider. He was indeed a bit exhausted.

Next, they still had to continue pushing that god-making plan decided long ago, as well as let the two Salary Seekers quickly integrate. As for the previous Salary Seeker...

I wonder how Mingyu is chatting with Seeing Zhen Xin?