Chapter 773: You combined [Deception]!?

You combined 【Deception】!?

The deduction ability that 【Time】 bestows upon the Other-Day Assassin is a very magical experience for players.

Just like the feeling Big Cat told Cheng Shi about when she settled the trial for 【Prosperity】, when the deduction begins, the user will quickly traverse everything that might happen in the near future. Of course, without the blessing of extra talents, whether it is the speed, length, and breadth of the deduction, or the scope, completeness, and influence on others of the overwriting, it can only be said to be barely satisfactory.

But for a 【Fate】 believer who advocates the predetermined, having it is better than not having it.

At least with the blessing of 【Time】 deduction, Cheng Shi no longer needs to use other means to ensure his "predetermined" path. But deduction is ultimately limited; the amount of mental power is the main reason limiting the number of deductions.

So even with the help of the Thorns of Weeping Rites, Cheng Shi cannot use the power of deduction anytime and anywhere. He can only turn on deduction to avoid disaster when he feels extreme danger. But deduction is ultimately not like time reversal; the path he has walked will not be walked again with memory, but he can only choose the one most favorable to himself among the countless forks he has already stepped through.

But fortunately, the doctor and he, who had turned into an assassin, were agile enough, so there were still many choices of "safe futures" in the deduction.

And so, with the cooperation of Cheng Shi and the doctor, they soon left the underground testing ground and came to another place where tentacles were scarce.

At this time, not much time had passed since the Grand Marshal shattered the external wombs of the Grotesque Mother Tree. This evil entity, spliced together by who knows how many newborns, had completely fallen into anger. It was hunting down all life in this testing ground without sparing any effort, and even the "wombs" that had revived in the tanks were not spared.

As long as it didn't belong to itself, and as long as it was out of control, then all living things it could feel at the moment would be its enemies.

Countless tentacles like hanging tassels sprinkled down from the cloud-like tree crown, entangling and rubbing, playing a song of 【Birth】 with a hoarse sound that made people panic.

In this strange tune of hoarse unison, the ubiquitous tentacles frantically launched indiscriminate whipping and lashing at everything around them. In just a few breaths, the entire testing ground had completely turned into a "purgatory"!

At this moment, the terror of the Grotesque Mother Tree was displayed to the fullest before everyone's eyes.

Countless players fled in all directions, each looking out for themselves, but some tried their best and still couldn't escape the dense attacks, only able to turn into meat mud to nourish this tentacle cluster that was like a locust plague.

Under this kind of offensive, even Cheng Shi, who had the power of deduction, felt a bit tricky. But now they hadn't reached the control center yet. Helpless, he could only choose to expose some means and drill into the shadow plane with the doctor to hide for a while.

But how to explain that he, a pastor, could use an assassin's skill... was another troublesome matter.

Just as Cheng Shi was racking his brains, eager to fabricate a reason, Wang Mou moved first.

I saw this 【Truth】 believer pull Cheng Shi and pause his steps. Facing the tentacles lashing like a rainstorm in front, his expression turned serious. He reached out and wiped, and a familiar divine power surged out, turning into a large hand that directly erased the two of them from reality.

The rushing tentacles suddenly lost their target and stopped one after another. After twitching in confusion for a few times, they whistled toward another place where life existed.

And just at the moment the two escaped the danger, Cheng Shi grabbed Wang Mou's shoulder with a look of shock and disbelief, saying:

"【Deception】 power!?"

Correct, Wang Mou was indeed using the power of 【Deception】. He didn't know Cheng Shi was an assassin now. Although he could take Cheng Shi through shadows, he didn't have the corresponding talent to take people into hiding in shadows, so he had to reveal his second faith at this critical moment to protect himself and the Fate Weaver.

Facts proved that the new talent was indeed easy to use, but this move really scared Cheng Shi quite a bit.

"You combined 【Deception】!?"

"Hmm, I combined 【Deception】." The doctor did not hide it. Although he had the Master of Deception and could muddle through the current situation, he didn't do that, but chose to tell the truth.

Or rather, except when necessary, he rarely lied.

But this response still made Cheng Shi a bit dazed. In the last trial, the other party was clearly a single-faith player, but now the doctor had suddenly fused faiths, and coincidentally it was the faith given by the God of Fun.

No, Benefactor, you wouldn't happen to think that because this 【Truth】 believer successfully deceived the Clown in the last trial, you gave the other party a second faith, right?

Is this right?

Is this reasonable!?

So people who can make the Clown make a fool of himself can get a reward!?

Cheng Shi's face was extremely ugly, but soon he realized that this matter was not simple.

He remembered very clearly that in that meeting of the gods where he and Big Cat participated, the God of Fun and 【Truth】 were as incompatible as could be. Just two gods with completely opposite purposes, how could they choose to fuse?

Yes, with 【Fate】 and 【Time】 fusing now, this kind of non-faction-opposing fusion wasn't impossible, but the problem was, could the God of Fun agree to fuse with 【Truth】 just for a bit of fun?

That 【Truth】 wouldn't refuse this matter, Cheng Shi wasn't surprised. After all, He promoted faith fusion. In the eyes of this second god of 【Civilization】, perhaps the fusion of all faiths was what He expected.

But the God of Fun?

Would He be so kind as to help the other party?

Definitely not!

If someone said the God of Fun did everything just for fun, then Cheng Shi could only say that the person with this thought was the real fun.

【Deception】 would never do meaningless things, even if He was the meaningless 【Void】 itself. But don't forget, He is the illusion of 【Void】!

Everything He does is covering up the essence!

So, is this His guidance?

Using a second faith bestowed upon a 【Truth】 believer to provide guidance for His own path?

Cheng Shi frowned and pondered. Seeing Cheng Shi's expression, the doctor thought the other party was suspicious of him again. At this life-and-death moment, this "fragile" team couldn't afford another round of suspicion, so Wang Mou pondered for a moment and told his experience one by one.

"I did receive His blessing, but I don't like treating people with lies."

"Heh—aren't you blushing saying that?"

"I said, the one who deceived you, Fate Weaver, in that trial was your own blindness..."

"Fine, fine, fine, that's enough." Cheng Shi rolled his eyes, thinking how could someone like to whip a corpse repeatedly? He just made a small mistake, how was it about to become a stain on his life of deception?

Wang Mou wasn't teasing Cheng Shi either; he was just reasoning with a straight face:

"It's just that 【Deception】 said that only by approaching Him could one approach 【Truth】, so I..."

"Heh—don't gild your own face. Even if He didn't say that, would you dare to refuse?"

"..." This time Cheng Shi really asked the point. The doctor's face stiffened, and he didn't reply.

Seeing the 【Truth】 believer finally "admit defeat" once, Cheng Shi felt a sense of triumph for a moment.

"So, what was that 【Deception】 talent just now? I don't seem to have heard of it before." ===== CHAPTER 774 =====