Eldritch Horror Theatre

A hundred times crit damage or a hundred percent crit rate—which is stronger? It has always been a classic question.

He didn't expect to stumble upon an opportunity to test it in the real world today.

Fu Qian believed a grand Tier 2 wouldn't struggle to sense the implications of the curse on its body.

Even so, the opponent reacted with no reaction at all. The vortexes on its wings maintained their lock on him without a shred of hesitation, brewing a second wave of attacks.

Good composure indeed.

While admiring this, Fu Qian did the exact same thing—reacting to the opponent's reaction with no reaction at all and maintaining his lock.

Showing no intention of backing down, his left arm continued to swell. It was as if flesh and blood from the rest of his body were being sucked into it, driving his mutation index infinitely higher.

To an expert, this change—highly indicative of his ability's traits—was enough to reveal a great deal.

But as an aide who had decisively stepped up in a moment of crisis, he clearly didn't mind revealing a little of himself.

Under the silent gaze of Yuan Shan and the other, Fu Qian gathered all the flesh and blood in his body. His left arm, swollen to its absolute limit, suddenly exploded. Hundreds of black-red tentacles twisted into a torrent, surging toward the seemingly pure and immaculate Angel.

Even though, at the exact same time, the vortexes on the wings of the Prison Archangel had already finished forming...

Even though Yuan Shan's prior example proved that taking even the slightest damage under the opponent's attack would be rapidly magnified by that special Time Cage...

Even though the consequences for Fu Qian might be even more severe than what Yuan Shan suffered—because there was no guarantee that the SAN Value loss caused by these attacks wouldn't be magnified alongside it...

He still did it. Without another word, he unleashed this strike with its destructive potential pushed to the absolute max.

[SAN Value -10]

At the exact same time, he even activated Pseudo-God Incarnation.

Yet, this boundlessly ferocious strike ultimately engulfed nothing but empty air, along with Eldest Miss Wen's expensive furniture in the background.

His excellency the Prison Archangel, a ruthless entity of few words, ultimately failed at staying true to one's original aspiration. The moment the tension peaked, he vanished into thin air, abandoning the head-on clash.

...

Hmph—

As the saying went, the brave wins when meeting on a narrow path.

Although the super Physical Black Dragon Wave failed to land a hit, it had completely established a dominating aura.

The tentacles slowly retracted at a much more sluggish pace than when they shot out. Fu Qian let out an imposing snort and turned his head to Wen Li the next moment to express his apology.

"Sorry for smashing your furniture."

"It's fine..."

Lately, Wen Li had been rapidly integrating into the transcendent realm. She was fairly experienced when it came to Fu Qian's various eye-popping stunts, but the visual impact of the Physical Black Dragon Wave was simply too exaggerated.

Observing it at such close range left even her a bit stunned for a moment.

But that was already considered a decent reaction. Just look at the one standing in front of her—Chief Yuan, who by all rights should be far more knowledgeable and experienced, also had her eyes wide as saucers.

Perhaps it was partly because she was currently in a shadowy state, but her posture of opening her mouth only to hesitate, completely at a loss for how to comment, was entirely genuine.

Of course, it was obvious that apart from Fu Qian's combat style—which looked like a monster revealing its true form—what shocked her even more was his battle strategy.

With her own lesson serving as a precedent, this guy actually still chose a head-on clash?

Especially since, despite the massive spectacle, this bizarre attack essentially didn't surpass the boundaries of the Demigod Realm. This guy was actually still hiding his true Rank.

And the most exaggerated part was that the thing had actually backed down...

How did he do it?

"How many times?"

Seemingly sensing her intense curiosity, Fu Qian turned around the next moment and suddenly asked.

...

"Nine times."

Stunned for a moment, Yuan Shan finally seemed to realize what Fu Qian was asking.

But after answering subconsciously, her eyes suddenly lit up the next second.

"In our professional circle, there is a saying: only by entering the game as a piece can one hope for winning against the heavens by half a piece."

"It looks like this Angel, despite being a bit short on words, is actually a fellow professional."

However, before she could share her thoughts, Fu Qian gave a slight nod and spoke directly.

"That irresistible Time Cage is also effective on itself... In this process, it is just like us. If it takes damage, that damage will also accumulate."

Chief Yuan's combat intuition was no joke. With just a little prompting, she quickly caught on and voiced her realization.

"That's why it dodged. Because it didn't want to trade injuries."

"Moreover, this special cage must be activated in advance; it doesn't just capture and repeat time after everything has happened. That's why, even though there was clearly no result just now, I still felt nine loops—because it was activated beforehand, and he couldn't cancel it!"

There was a phrase called sudden enlightenment. Obviously, under Master Fu's enlightenment, Chief Yuan seemed to be gradually grasping everything, instantly connecting all the dots.

"Strictly speaking, it probably didn't want to trade heavy injuries for heavy injuries."

Although he was still in a shadowy state, Fu Qian put on the expression of a child worthy of teaching, validating Yuan Shan's answer and filling in a minor detail.

"The reason it retreated must be because, in its judgment, getting hit by my attack would result in some rather severe consequences."

...

That made a lot of sense... The problem was, how did he come to that conclusion in the first place?

And to be so confident that he dared to be brave enough to also try entering the game as a piece just to verify it?

Even if he was Tier 2, if he guessed wrong, he would have suffered a massive loss, right?

An aide's approval and on-the-spot teaching were certainly moving, but looking back at the whole process, Yuan Shan clearly still felt some lingering fear regarding how the situation had unfolded.

'Hmph, that wasn't blind confidence, but a rigorous calculation of expected returns.'

Even though Yuan Shan didn't voice her doubts given the current circumstances, it was effortless for Fu Qian to deduce them. He glanced around and thought to himself.

The oppressive force brought by his excellency the Prison Archangel's gradually revealed Instant Thousand Strikes was undoubtedly astonishing.

So much so that even though he had withstood the pressure right away, it seemed impossible to resolve this matter without exposing his own Rank.

He believed this was also one of the reasons why, if it really had been sent here by Kelin, it was capable of bearing such a heavy responsibility.

That was right. Fu Qian still hadn't abandoned the hypothesis that Kelin was pulling the strings behind everything.

And the current situation could be understood as her—unwilling to expose her identity yet wanting to test him to the greatest extent—playing an unknown but sufficiently weighty trump card.

Then he needed to find a way to break through this unsolvable situation brought about by the gap in raw strength.

The arrangement of a scheming, enduring, and cunning High-Tier Transcendent.

All within the scope of the price he could afford to pay.

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