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

From the very beginning of the setup, Lin Yu had already decided that the key point of this duel would conclude with the ”Causality Silk.”

This setup hadn’t started when the fight began, but from the very first moment of contact with A-Yin.

From the start, when Lin Yu chose to reveal intelligence to A-Yin under the identity of ”May May,” it was all preparation for this very moment.

After all, this bet had originated from Zhu Qiansi, so the ”Order” side and A-Yin were very clear about the existence of ”Zhu Qiansi.”

The ”Grandmaster,” who had already clashed with Zhu Qiansi, was well aware of the tricky innate ability of the ”Causality Silk,” and she definitely had a way to counter it.

Therefore, Lin Yu’s self-exposure of those pieces of intelligence and methods wasn’t just to make ”May May” gain the trust of ”Order” even after transforming into ”Director.”

This itself was also a kind of misdirection toward A-Yin.

Lin Yu had no intention of playing tricks in the information he gave A-Yin, nor did he plan to deliberately conceal any key methods—after all, so many powerful figures from ”Order” would be watching this duel. If A-Yin showed any hint of suspicion about his information-giving behavior, it would be far too risky.

So, Lin Yu genuinely and seriously told A-Yin about the ”Zhu Ming” methods he needed to guard against and be careful of.

But... honesty, sincerity, and a lack of tricks didn’t necessarily fail to achieve the purpose of ”Fraud.”

When A-Yin learned too many of ”Zhu Ming’s” methods and had more things to guard against, his attention would inevitably be scattered—originally, he only knew about the ”Causality Silk,” so he would naturally be extremely wary of it.

But once he learned that Zhu Ming’s methods weren’t limited to just that, especially since he was a guy very skilled at thinking on his feet during battle... when he focused on countering and analyzing, there would always be that one moment when his mind would overlook the newly acquired trump card Zhu Ming possessed.

And the reason Lin Yu insisted on using Zhu Qiansi to finish things off was also simple...

Although Zhu Qiansi had retained the Causality Silk ability now, because she had lost her cultivation, activating it wasn’t so easy.

It was possible to activate it quickly for short-term contact, but it could only affect a very brief past... given the current level of entanglement with A-Yin during this duel, it could at most affect a moment several dozen seconds ago.

Although that was still terrifying to use in combat, it ultimately wasn’t ”shocking” enough!

But after three days of contact with A-Yin, the ”causal entanglement” that had formed was enough that, the moment the ”Causality Silk” hit him, it could rewrite the past from several months ago!

Although it could still only rewrite a small segment, the time span had become much longer.

And Lin Yu planned to use the ”Causality Silk” ability on A-Yin to make everyone present misjudge the power of the ”Causality Silk.”

He wanted them to mistakenly believe that even a brief foundation from a duel could give the ”Causality Silk” the power to change the distant past.

And right now, the past Lin Yu and Zhu Qiansi had come to was three months ago, when A-Yin was studying at the ”Hunyuan Dao Palace”!

This was also why Lin Yu had waited until A-Yin used the ”divine invocation” technique to activate it, because... Zhu Qiansi herself also had causal entanglements with Hunyuan Dao Palace.

With the dual layers of causal entanglement, she could more accurately return to the most correct point in time.

And now, this was the time point A-Yin had mentioned when chatting with him—after learning the Xuanji Transformation at Hunyuan Dao Palace, he had won the top three in the palace’s internal competition and received the patriarch’s infusion of power to enter secluded cultivation!

In the dead of night, inside the empty training hall of Hunyuan Dao Palace, A-Yin, sitting on a meditation cushion, suddenly opened his eyes and looked behind him.

Zhu Qiansi and Lin Yu were standing at the entrance of the training hall, quietly staring at him.

”The Causality Silk ability... so domineering!”

A-Yin sighed, without suspecting why they had accurately found this place—after all, the Causality Silk ability was so mysterious and profound that even the ”Grandmaster” was extremely wary of it.

So, he didn’t suspect that it was because he had told Director that they had found this place... A-Yin simply thought they had seen it.

Right now, he was about at his most vulnerable period—having just received incredibly refined true energy, A-Yin was still digesting it.

It was almost impossible for him to fight anyone; doing so would only snap his meridians and explode his qi sea.

Even if someone wanted to cripple him now, it would be very simple.

That was precisely why A-Yin was staying in the training hall of Hunyuan Dao Palace—this was the safest place in Prison Mountain Realm.

Although no one was cultivating in the hall at the moment, to get here, one would have to pass the mountain gate grand formation of Hunyuan Dao Palace, break through the senior brothers on duty at the outer hall, and even the masters and uncles at the back mountain, upon sensing the foreign aura, would come directly to protect the area.

But...

A-Yin couldn’t have calculated that, three months later, someone would be able to travel back against causality to this very scene.

”You two, make your move.”

A-Yin said, revealing a calm expression.

Although he knew that once they acted, the past cause and effect would be altered and disturbed, and according to the ”Grandmaster’s” theory of ”causal self-correction,” it wouldn’t affect his intermediate experiences... but in reality, on the arena, he would absolutely have most of his cultivation crippled, collapsing heavily on the spot from severe injuries.

That was an injury that even ”Loquat Candy” would find difficult to heal.

To recover his strength, he would probably have to wait until his next return to Hunyuan Dao Palace in Prison Mountain Realm.

But unexpectedly, Lin Yu didn’t make a move; instead, he just looked at him and spoke softly.

”I don’t plan to cripple you. That would be... a bit troublesome for me.”

”After all, you’re a rising star that ’Order’ has its eyes on. I don’t want a fight to the death with ’Order.’ Everything I’ve done now—joining the ’Psychological Society,’ taking away this demon—is just for ’self-preservation.’”

”Of course, I don’t want to talk to you ’Order’ folks about my grievances. I just want you to see for yourself,” Lin Yu gestured, and Zhu Qiansi obediently stepped forward as he grabbed her chin. ”This demon isn’t a threat in my hands. Tell your ’Order’ higher-ups that even though the ’Grandmaster’ could only use reinforced sealing methods against her, I have my own way to keep her leashed.”

With that, Lin Yu paused.

”Of course... the most important thing is to... give ’Director’ some face.”

”It’s been so long since I’ve called him by that code name... For now, help me pass along a message. Although his choice made me sad, I’m always welcome for him to come find me.”

”Now, I’ll temporarily release the ’Causality Silk’ ability. After we get out, you’ll admit defeat on your own.”

”I don’t want to hurt you, but if you insist on going down with me... I’d rather keep my Zhu Qiansi than be hunted by ’Order.’”

As Lin Yu spoke, before A-Yin could even open his mouth, he found himself back on the arena.

Less than a second had passed.

The spider silk was still wrapped around him. A-Yin knew that if he made any unusual move, he would instantly be dragged back into the past again—and the other party would absolutely not let him off a second time.

And...

The words the other party had just spoken had indeed somewhat shaken and convinced A-Yin.

So, A-Yin clasped his hands on the platform.

”I concede defeat.”

With that, keeping his promise, he turned and jumped down.