Beating Instances through Words Left by the Dead-Chapter 383 - 212: The Goddess of Fortune Is Smiling
However, the failure of the ascension plan made her feel she betrayed He Yi’s trust.
As for the ultimate failure in the action at the Stone Divine Hall, it was her means of avoiding her responsibilities, as the repeated failures there shook her confidence, making her evade the responsibilities she should face as a decision-maker.
She must overcome her triple Heart Demon to truly recall the contract with Mercury and find the opportunity to end everything.
Otherwise, even if she went to the Stone Divine Hall, it would be useless.
Overcoming one’s own Heart Demon is extremely difficult, especially when misled, one only falls deeper and deeper.
Avoidance may be shameful, but it has its uses.
If there was no intervention from external forces, He Yun would find it very hard to face her Heart Demon in this world born from avoidance, to stop avoiding it.
But unfortunately, Wu Chang appeared.
He Yun felt the power coming from her hand, she looked at Wu Chang and said;
"Since I have already recalled everything, it means I have made my choice now."
At the moment she uttered these words, a contract surfaced on the Desire Stele.
He Yun tore the contract off and crumpled it into waste paper.
"No!"
At the moment the contract was destroyed, an inexplicable scream echoed in the main hall.
With the end of the contract, Wu Chang could feel that the whole space of the Pillar of the Present World was undergoing some sort of change.
Everything in the main hall seemed to be rewinding rapidly, even He Yi’s body, which had turned into a Human Stake, flew back from outside the door. Although the shattered Stone of Desire didn’t recover, the body reverted to the state it was in when he had just died.
Besides He Yi, there was a silhouette faintly visible in the space before the Desire Stele, appearing intermittently as time rewound.
When the main hall was fully restored to its original state, a man in a full suit, looking like an insurance salesman, appeared before everyone.
This distinctly recognizable attire was exactly what Wu Chang had seen Mercury wearing in his grievances.
The tearing of the contract brought about a time reversal in the Underground Shelter, but it would not affect the players who were not locals.
Therefore, the one in front of all wasn’t Mercury himself, but a doll dressed like him, its appearance resembling a mannequin from a store, with evident plastic texture on the hands and neck outside the suit, its face adorned with a salesman’s fake smile mask.
However, at the moment, the corners of that fake smile mask kept dropping, seemingly unable to maintain the smile.
He Yun and He Yi couldn’t see clearly, but Wu Chang observed closely through the Eye of Breaking Method, knowing that the doll emerged from the destroyed contract.
Moreover, the doll in front of them contained Divinity!
This Divinity did not originate from the doll itself but from Mercury, the one who orchestrated all of this, clearly possessing Demigod or lower-level God-like powers.
The doll turned its neck stiffly, looked at He Yun, and spoke in Mercury’s voice:
"He Yun, you actually chose to end the hard-earned peace, plunging the Underground Shelter back into crisis. You’ve disappointed me greatly."
Hearing this, Wu Chang frowned immediately. He gestured for He Yun to hold her tongue and stepped forward, choosing to address Mercury through the doll with a genteel and cordial greeting.
"Who are you talking about?"
Mercury was taken aback by the insult, looked at Wu Chang, and asked in confusion, "Was it you who ruined everything? Do you know how much trouble you’ve caused?"
Wu Chang shrugged, thinking what more is there to say?
There was only one word he could say.
"Bang!"
Wu Chang initiated in 0 frames, launching himself with an elbow strike.
Facing Wu Chang’s attack, Mercury wasn’t concerned and took the strike directly to the face.
If he could, he wanted to tell Wu Chang that this was merely a doll he projected into the Desolate Realm, only responsible for delivering messages, even dismantling it would be meaningless.
But soon he changed his mind, because, upon Wu Chang retracting his elbow, Mercury’s doll began to bleed from the nose.
「Title: Blasphemer」
「Title Effect: When wearing this title, if the target of the player’s attack possesses Divinity, the player will inflict additional damage to the target and allow that damage to reach the source directly. The player has increased resistance against the Authority of a God, can ignore its effects, and disrupt the influence by attacking the source of the Authority.」
The effect of the Blasphemer title allows Wu Chang to inflict source-reaching damage when attacking a God.
What is meant by reaching the source directly?
It means the damage dealt to the doll’s face directly impacts Mercury behind the scenes.
If Mercury had no Divinity, Wu Chang would indeed have no means against him, but once Divinity is involved, first, you must ask if you’ve eaten, if not, here’s my elbow.
"Impossible, how could you hurt me?"
Mercury’s panicked voice came from the doll’s mouth, he wanted to say more, but the doll under attack from the Blasphemer suddenly developed numerous tiny cracks, through which flashed lightning could be seen from inside the doll.
Soon after, rushes of lightning burst from countless cracks in the doll’s body, and with a bang, the doll exploded into fragments.
It was Divine Thunder. Wu Chang had also used Divine Thunder.
Within the Five Thunders Technique, Divine Thunder leads in killing, destroying altars, demolishing temples, punishing the wicked, and eliminating evil.
Against an evil god like Mercury, it couldn’t be more fitting.
With Divine Thunder and the Blasphemer, this elbow strike would at least knock out two of that bastard’s front teeth.
Insult He Yun right in front of Wu Chang’s face? If he didn’t strike you, how could Wu Chang ever carry on in the Desolate Realm?
Following this elbow strike, Wu Chang, in a daze, saw a Blood-Colored Will dissipating before him.
