Chapter 979: Revisiting Old Grounds

Revisiting Old Grounds

Hot and unbearable, pungent and fishy.

Cheng Shi's vision gradually brightened. When he opened his eyes, he found that he hadn't been transmitted out of the trial. What he saw before him was still that blood-colored battlefield like scorched earth. The only difference was that the 【War】 soldiers that had originally covered the mountains and plains were gone, replaced by a pair of...

Divine Eyes!

I saw the left eye burning like fire, dripping with rolling lava, and the right eye silent like a lake but rippling with blood. These different pupils were like the sun and moon coexisting on this battlefield, hanging high in the air, looking directly at this lucky person summoned under His feet.

Cheng Shi... was numb.

Audience with 【War】 might not be terrifying. What's terrifying is that after he learned that the 【Order】 split on the side of the Sea of Desire was highly likely to have an inseparable relationship with 【War】, he developed a trace of fear for this so-called god of forbearance.

A biting dog doesn't bark; this old saying is too appropriate.

Wait!

This isn't me blaspheming the gods; this is what 【Truth】 said. I'm just applying it slightly.

Who wouldn't be afraid of a deep-city, forbearance-practicing ninja?

But fear is useless, because 【War】 can also resonate with fear. The scene where Kein Laoer planted Lele Er's "corpse pieces" into the land of the 【War】 nation hadn't faded from his mind yet...

Now Cheng Shi only hoped that the fear of 【War】 was the fear of the Fear Sect, not some other fear, otherwise he probably wouldn't have any good fruit to eat.

He shook his head and hurriedly cut off his wild thoughts, honestly returning to being that devout audience member.

Regardless, praising first will never be wrong.

So he bowed and saluted, chanting loudly:

"Praise the great god of 【War】. It is You who illuminated the universe with fire, and it is You who forged civilization with blood!"

"The world is under Your protection, able to express its chest, so civilization is more brilliant, and thoughts contend for it."

"Very honored to be summoned by You."

"Devout 【Nothingness】 walker, loyal 【Time】 believer, 【Chaos】 person who smears history, diligent employee before 【Death】's hall, agent of 【Prosperity】 and 【Decay】 divine power, witness of 【Birth】's arrival history, bystander of 【Foolishness】's gambling foolish acts, candidate for 【Silence】's assimilation puppet, Cheng Shi, greets You."

"May You... everything be well."

"..."

You can never imagine that the pair of eyes that eternally flowed with blood and fire actually experienced a moment of stagnation the moment Cheng Shi's words fell.

Even when being probed by 【Deception】, He hadn't been moved, but He was silenced by the rhetoric of this shameless player before his eyes.

For a time, 【War】 wasn't sure if this was praise or provocation.

He had seen challenges to battle, but he hadn't seen a challenge to battle by "silencing" himself.

【Silence】 wouldn't dare to do this, so where did you come from?

Cheng Shi naturally came from cowardice.

He mentioned 【Silence】 not to provoke 【War】, but on the contrary, he was reminding 【War】:

【Silence】 is not very friendly to me, wanting to assimilate me, so I am on the same side as You!

But this long and smelly title, like an old lady's foot-binding cloth, didn't move 【War】. He just looked at Cheng Shi silently, and after a long time, spat out a sentence:

"Your desire to survive... is still so strong..."

Cheng Shi didn't feel ashamed but proud, and even unconsciously added a flattery: "Your heroic posture is as always... steady, hmm, steady."

So close, almost patted the horse's leg.

Cheng Shi's face changed, and he hurriedly peeked. Seeing that this third god of 【Civilization】 didn't have any other movements, his heart relaxed slightly.

Looks like he's not here to find trouble.

But just as this thought arose, he heard the pair of blood and fire eyes say another sentence:

"You chant so many honorable names, is it pinning hope on Them to protect you from my hands?"

"!!??"

Cheng Shi's cold sweat brushed out. He had to make a slight sophistry for his fear.

"Not so!"

"I feel that with a mortal body, I cannot look directly at Your radiance. Only by chanting the names of the gods can I generate a trace of courage in my heart to listen to the divine oracle, and it can also allow me, who has no other strengths, to barely match Your summons."

What a "no other strengths"!

【War】 sneered coldly and said again: "So... you feel that Them together... are not as good as me?"

"?"

Cheng Shi was stunned. Not buddy, are you 【War】?

How come this shameless character is like the Fun God? Is He playing with me again?

Not sure, let's see.

Cheng Shi swallowed his saliva, not daring to respond immediately, but peeked upward. Seeing that the other's eyes weren't serious, he muttered a response:

"It's not that I feel, but Your high spirits are worthy of the name 【War】..."

"What a clever mouth that fools the world!" The pair of eyes let out a loud laugh, and then suddenly said in a deep voice, "But you are too close to Him. Beware of 【Deception】."

"!!!"

Broken, this time it really doesn't look like that unreliable benefactor.

After all, the confrontation of the Fear Sect has passed, and He doesn't need to have another heart-to-heart session with himself.

But what is 【War】 for?

Is He also a close-proximity faction, in the same group as 【Fate】?

Otherwise, out of what position is He reminding himself to beware of the Fun God.

Truly interesting. You, a suspect who allegedly destroyed 【Order】, are actually telling me to beware of my own benefactor?

Heh, is this world crazy? Where is this not coming to find trouble? This is clearly bringing trouble!

Good you 【War】, you wouldn't be here to alienate us 【Nothingness】!?

What's up, the reckless man doesn't fight head-on but plays with schemes?

You 【Civilization】 are truly dirty!

Attacking fiercely in his heart, but only daring to be submissive on the surface, Cheng Shi didn't dare to have any opinions on 【War】's provocation. He just became more hunched, then put on an extremely suspicious look and asked incomprehensibly:

"Forgive my stupidity, I don't know what this divine word means?"

"If you can be called stupid... 【Deception】 wouldn't look at you more than once..."

"I didn't expect your devotion to Him... to actually give you the courage to probe me... Very good, I think 【Deception】 hasn't treated you badly..."

"But have you ever thought, within this universe..."

This scene was too familiar. Cheng Shi's brain twitched, and he blurted out, continuing 【War】's questioning:

"Why is there good for no reason?"

The pair of eyes didn't seem to care about a little blasphemy. He had no reaction, indicating that his meaning was exactly this.

Cheng Shi was silent. He was silenced by the same question again, and this time the questioner was a true god, while the answerer became himself.

But soon he straightened his back and said seriously:

"True God is above, forgive my offense."

"From beginning to end, You have never made things difficult for me, so I dare to guess that You are not the faction intending to stop the benefactor."

"Since this is the case, I will tell You some heart-to-heart words."

"I don't think the protection from the benefactor is necessarily 'good,' nor do I think these 'good' things are for no reason."

Cheng Shi swapped concepts in this sentence. He wasn't truly heart-to-heart, nor was he cutting ties with 【Deception】.

His previous sentence was about 【Fate】's protection, after all, 【Fate】 was also his benefactor, and the latter sentence was a response to 【War】.

The "unity" of the Fear Sect is never for no reason; it is all based on upward fear.

But Cheng Shi couldn't determine for a while which faction 【War】 belonged to, so he couldn't explain the specific reasons, and was even more afraid that this fear wasn't the fear 【War】 expected.

However, 【War】 didn't seem to be as ignorant as Cheng Shi thought. He stared straight at Cheng Shi, and after a moment, shook his head.

"Sympathy might be able to bring you closer... but have you ever thought, the way He treats the illness... might not be the end of your relief?"

"!!!"

How could I not have thought of it? My biggest fear right now is this!

No one knows what the Fun God wants to do, so whether I can live when the era falls is still a huge question mark!

But listening to 【War】's tone, He wants to protect me?

Why?

Compared to the Fun God of the Fear Sect, isn't the attitude 【War】 showed today the one that is good for no reason?

What is He plotting again? ===== CHAPTER 980 =====