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Chapter 925

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What I can't accept most is betrayal.

As soon as he finished speaking, a young eagle landed on the dead tree branch.

The young eagle pecked at the crisp bark under its feet, showering a rain of wood chips belonging to 【Decay】 here and now.

"Lin Xi, I've heard a lot about you.

I have no intention of disturbing your progress, nor do I intend to be your enemy. I'm just habitually guarding against the approach of unknown threats. You can ignore me.

Of course, if you are interested in knowing some news, in this trial, I might be a good pair of eyes.

Would you like to consider it?"

Lin Xi let out two sinister laughs, then casually erased the traces of the entire dead tree. The young eagle was startled and rose, shrieking twice, circling the sky, and said unhappily:

"So that means we can't be friends?

Don't regret it."

As he spoke, the young eagle flew directly toward the highlands. However, just before the young eagle left Lin Xi's field of vision, this God-Chosen of 【Decay】 snorted coldly:

"Do you know Cheng Shi?"

The young eagle's momentum stalled. It immediately counter-attacked with a beautiful V-shaped turn, hitting a solitary tree in front of Lin Xi like a bullet. Its eagle claws were embedded deep into the trunk, and its eyes were sharp:

"Who did you say?"

"What, I saw you greeting him on the carriage. So, you don't know him?"

The young eagle... no, Du Qiyu was stunned.

Cheng Shi?

The Cheng Shi who destroyed the 0221 experimental field single-handedly and dragged the false god Zain-Gil into the void!?

He is also in the trial?

Who is Cheng Shi?

Who did I greet... wait, Xiao Shi!!??

No, no no no, no no no no no!

Absolutely impossible!

The young eagle flapped its wings frantically and shrieked: "He is Sun Lin, not some Cheng Shi."

"Hmph." Lin Xi didn't even bother with this beast tamer who had suddenly fallen into chaos, just snorted coldly and sat down cross-legged to rest.

Now, the young eagle's movements became even more frantic, or rather, more distorted.

Lin Xi's reaction was clearly telling him that he wouldn't be mistaken. But if Xiao Shi was that famous Fate Weaver Cheng Shi, then... everything before, what 2201, what Pen of the End, weren't they all fake?! All lies!?

But why didn't the Deception Master say it was fake!?

He has a Deception Master card!!?

Not only that, even that 2400-point mime master was lying. No, she didn't say it herself, but her acquiescence and not exposing him was the greatest insult and malice toward him!

These two people actually dared to play him for a fool!

An uncontrollable anger instantly ignited Du Qiyu's reason, causing his real body in the hiding place to angrily slam a fist into the ground. But as the fist fell, this sudden anger vanished in an instant, turning into an indescribable terror.

If the other party could even solve a false god, how could he not solve him?

But why didn't he solve him along the way?

Just to toy with him and avenge the deception from back then?

No! That's not right! It's not that he didn't solve him; he was confirming whether he had any backup plans! He wanted to make him disappear from this world once and for all.

At this moment, Du Qiyu suddenly recalled the sentence Cheng Shi said: "Yeah, everything has become the past."

These simple words were like a whisper from the abyss, making his hair stand on end. So the other party calling himself a hunter meant this! Xiao Shi wanted to hunt him!

Why!?

At this moment, under the dual intertwining of fear and anger, Du Qiyu's expression was extremely gloomy. He controlled the young eagle to shout urgently at Lin Xi in front of him:

"You have a grudge against him, right? You also have a grudge against him, right?

I knew no one would like this self-righteous fool. Lin Xi, we can join forces. We can kill your enemy.

That way, the road ahead can be walked with peace of mind, isn't that right? He is a threat, he is a huge threat!!"

To be honest, Lin Xi didn't expect this beast tamer to suddenly become so reactive, but he didn't care about the reason; knowing the result was enough.

The other party was indeed a teammate who could join forces, but in the other party's current state, such a partnership had no future.

So Lin Xi sneered, raised his hand, and casually annihilated this noisy young eagle. The sudden death of the beast caused Du Qiyu to calm down instantly, and the fear settled as time stretched.

He began to examine his situation and found after a long time that he had no other choice, because the one squeezing his room for choice wasn't Lin Xi, who provided options, but that Xiao Shi who was truly playing the pig to eat the tiger!

Thinking of this, the anger in Du Qiyu's heart grew even more. His expression changed several times, and finally, he drove another young eagle to fly back to Lin Xi's side.

"I have never heard that you have a grudge against Xiao... Sun... Cheng Shi. Lin Xi, what exactly do you want to do?"

"It seems you've regained your calm. Very good." Lin Xi looked up at the sky slightly. When he saw the glow of the bright moon being gradually covered by clouds, he prayed with extreme piety:

"Born from nothing, extinguished in silence.

The Benefactor gave an oracle, naming us followers to offer Cheng Shi to Him. My body is humble, I don't know the Benefactor's vision, I only know that He saved me from fire and water and honored me with prestige, so I came.

I just didn't expect a prayer with ulterior motives to run into her. It seems fate let the two of us make a decision here.

Based on my understanding of Chun, she will definitely go to Cheng Shi for help, so when I see you, I will ask first:

Enemy or friend?"

Du Qiyu finally returned to being shrewd. He pondered the meaning of every word the other party said, and after a moment, he replied:

"Do you dare to swear by your piety?"

Lin Xi glanced at the young eagle and sneered: "I dare, but are you worthy?"

"..."

Hearing this sentence, even though he was far away at the "edge of the world," Du Qiyu instinctively shrank his neck.

He felt the other party's murderous intent and uncontrollably magnified it several times in his heart, leading to a fear that made him shrink back.

However, through this conversation, he also saw that this trial, which seemed to be collapsing, still had a turning point. That Xiao Shi, who finally learned how to lie, might not be able to have the last laugh.

No matter how powerful you are, can you be stronger than a God-Chosen who has fused two faiths?

Among those sixteen God-Chosen, there has never been anyone named Cheng Shi!

Fine, fine, fine, very good. Being Lin Xi's friend is all forced by you! Xiao Shi!

"How should I cooperate with you?"

"It seems to be a friend. Not bad, you made the right choice.

Cheng Shi is an expert. No matter where the information comes from, it can prove this point. Although I am not afraid, I have no confidence.

Dealing with 【Fate】 is not difficult; what's difficult is dealing with 【Deception】.

Since you are also His believer, then as long as you help me expose Cheng Shi's lies and strip away the illusions he created, I can reach the essence and annihilate all his fate.

Very simple, isn't it?"

"?"

No, wait a minute.

"He fused? 【Fate】 fused with 【Deception】?" Du Qiyu's voice was distorted.

"What, you didn't know?

Well, faith fusion happens to a few people after all. He hid it well, but he couldn't hide it from everyone forever."

"..."

For a moment, Du Qiyu regretted cooperating with Lin Xi.

At this very moment, he just wanted to run.

He always wanted to bully Sun Lin, not some Fate Weaver Cheng Shi who fused with the 【Deception】 faith.

He did enjoy the dark pleasure of treating people as beasts, but the premise was that this beast... couldn't be too strong.

He couldn't control a beast that turned against its master.

So for Du Qiyu, survival was clearly more important than enjoyment.

So Xiao Qi, who had just made up his mind to counterattack, fell into entanglement again. Lin Xi, who saw this, sneered at the young eagle in front of him:

"What I can't accept most is betrayal.

I hope you can take that to heart."

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