Death Game: Starting as a Trickster, Pretending to Be a God

”Boom!”

The sounds came one after another, the trembling of the earth and the snapping of trees almost never ceasing.

Lin Yu’s attacks were getting faster and faster—although the Rakshasa appeared to be a strength-based character, with even its skin being red, they were actually not just clumsy types relying solely on brute force!

Strength might be the Rakshasa’s forte, but speed and agility were definitely not its weaknesses.

Lin Yu had also witnessed this in the dungeon called the Mad Banquet Beyond Heaven.

At that time, although the Rakshasa named Pitian did not engage in direct combat, Lin Yu had observed him while he was fighting against a large number of delicacies.

Although his movements were grand and sweeping, Pitian definitely did not give off a feeling of clumsiness or slowness.

After Lin Yu obtained the Rakshasa’s power, he felt the same way.

The initial ”slowness” was partly because Lin Yu, the ”pilot,” wasn’t immediately accustomed to this massive ”mech” and temporarily couldn’t control it freely.

On the other hand, Lin Yu also harbored some intention of making Twenty misjudge the situation.

Since he hadn’t fully mastered it at the beginning anyway, it was better to create the illusion of being ”clumsy.”

And now...

As Lin Yu’s attacks grew faster, he could also feel Twenty’s responses becoming more and more strained.

One powerful piece of evidence was that, in order to perfectly dodge every one of his attacks, Twenty’s ”input” and ”execution process” were becoming increasingly complex.

At first, Twenty only needed to throw a bomb at a nearby tree and wait for the tree to be blown to a specific position.

But now, Twenty had to use Nightmare Substance to create a cushioning zone under his feet, step forward, then use the goat skull to create a chain explosion, and finally use thrown darts to knock two stones off course so that they would bounce off the explosion and precisely collide with Lin Yu’s blade.

Although, due to Twenty’s formidable strength, even as Lin Yu’s movements accelerated, he still had time to complete so many actions during the intervals between each attack...

This only made Lin Yu more certain that, although Twenty’s The Method of Deduction Through the All-Seeing Eye was powerful, it also had its limits.

It could only integrate existing conditions to achieve seemingly miraculous, coincidence-utilizing ”optimal solutions” to a certain degree, but it couldn’t break situations that were fundamentally impossible.

Otherwise, Twenty should have already used a series of ”chain reactions” to instantly kill him by now.

The fact that this situation hadn’t occurred itself proved that this Exclusive Item had a definite upper limit!

”After all, it’s the Detective’s Exclusive Item. Although it looks a bit outrageous, in terms of principle, it must emphasize ’logic’... It can’t truly turn the impossible into possible.”

Of course, this item itself was terrifying enough.

Lin Yu was very grateful. If he hadn’t chosen to impersonate a Rakshasa, he probably wouldn’t have been able to force Twenty into this predicament at all now.

Even if he impersonated another powerful Third Tier Player, it wouldn’t have gone this smoothly.

After all, a Player’s power mainly depends on items. Even with the Counterfeit, Lin Yu could only replicate one of them.

But the Rakshasa’s power...

Was the simplest and most brutal—physical strength!

Immense power! Absolute violence!

Explosions rang right by his ears, crimson smoke lashed against his skin bringing unbearable agony, large patches of corrosion infected Lin Yu’s flesh and blood...

These injuries, enough to make any living creature wail and fall, or even die on the spot, didn’t make Lin Yu stop in the slightest.

They didn’t even affect Lin Yu!

Of course...

If a real Rakshasa came, it might not necessarily withstand it either.

After all, this body wasn’t Lin Yu’s own, so he didn’t feel any heartache using it!

No need to consider aftereffects, no need to consider injury or death. Although it would probably be troublesome if this body truly lost its ability to move...

However, if it was for the sake of killing Twenty, Lin Yu could accept it!

Although the motivations were different, based on this point...

The madness and Obsessiveness Lin Yu ultimately displayed, his fanaticism for battle, was just like a true native inhabitant of the Black Marsh world!

No, even those Barbarians and Blood Rakshasas were far inferior to Lin Yu’s current performance.

Anyone who saw Lin Yu’s performance at this moment would absolutely not doubt for a second whether he was a genuine Rakshasa.

This aura and madness were truly worthy of the overlords and powerhouses who dominated the Black Marsh world a thousand years ago!

But Lin Yu had no time to dwell on these things anymore.

He had completely immersed himself in the role, truly beginning to enjoy the ”battle”!

A little faster, a little stronger!

The giant axe danced, swung, and chopped in a flurry like a violent storm, while punches fell from tricky angles mixed in abruptly like rolling thunder suddenly cracking!

Admittedly, Lin Yu was only trying to create some opportunities to interfere with the deductions of The Method of Deduction Through the All-Seeing Eye, and even out of tactical respect for his opponent, Lin Yu conservatively estimated that at most he could only force out the upper limit of this Exclusive Item...

But if he could really just chop Twenty to death directly, Lin Yu would absolutely, absolutely not miss this chance!

Boom!

The axe cleaved through the Nightmare Substance. Finally, there were no longer any of those black, malleable substances around Twenty, who was wrapped in golden threads.

The goat skull’s eye sockets blazed with bloody light, emitting a demonic whisper-like syllable similar to ”Mishan,” blocking in front of Lin Yu’s falling giant axe once more.

The goat horns shot out a crimson gas a hundred times denser than all the previous explosive blasts, almost thick enough to be called viscous, attempting to block the giant axe.

”Hiss—”

Lin Yu’s forearm and the axe plunged into this red mist, instantly feeling a viscous resistance—as if chopping into a swamp.

Simultaneously, the surfaces that came into contact with the bloody mist, whether flesh or the axe, emitted wisps of white smoke. The intense corrosion, dozens of times stronger than before, was something Lin Yu couldn’t ignore. His arm instantly became a bloody, mangled mess.

Blood didn’t even have time to drip before turning into curling white smoke and evaporating. It was as if countless tiny insects and fish lurked within this crimson, tearing and devouring Lin Yu’s flesh in large bites!

However...

Since this arm and axe were both fake anyway, Lin Yu didn’t feel the slightest bit of heartache!

He continued to exert force, chopping down, letting out a furious roar fitting for a Rakshasa’s persona.

”Die! Die! Die!”

”Boom!”

The giant axe finally broke through the bloody mist. The goat skull let out a miserable cry, its bones covered in cracks, wilting as it fell to the ground, rolling twice before stopping.

A fierce light gleamed in Lin Yu’s eyes. Aiming at Twenty who was revealed behind the bloody mist, the axe blade went straight for Twenty’s figure.

And right at this critical moment...

Twenty flew up!

To be precise... the golden threads on his body suddenly became mottled with black, pulling Twenty up and lifting him into mid-air!

The interweaving of that black and gold quickly made Lin Yu recognize it!

”Tsk, still have some in stock, huh! Worthy of a high-level Nightmare!”

Old Zheng exclaimed with admiration.

That’s right, this black substance was Nightmare Substance!

And on that black Nightmare Substance, golden thread-like patterns emerged.

The two interwove together, incredibly harmonious.

The Nightmare Substance provided by the Nightmare that this guy had been using all along had now actually fused with his Exclusive Item, The Method of Deduction Through the All-Seeing Eye!

Black-and-gold Nightmare wrapped around Twenty and then spread out behind him, setting gold-rimmed edges before the golden eyes, like a grand coronation robe!

Seeing this scene, Lin Yu spat, raised his axe, and cursed out loud.

”So you were still hiding this move.”

Although he appeared furious and indignant, Lin Yu’s actual mood at this moment was one of great relief.

”Finally... you took the bait!”