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Chapter 302 Brothers Turn Against Each Other, A Fated Death! An Unexpected Help

Chapter 303 Brothers Turn Against Each Other, A Fated Death! An Unexpected Help

Xiao Yun didn't answer, but just stared at him with wide eyes.

In his crimson-gold eyes, runes intertwined and rotated, and the Myriad Manifestations True Understanding was activated with unprecedented power.

He hoped to discern a hint of falsehood in this man named Gu Shen, so that he could convince himself that the person in front of him was merely an imposter.

Instead of your childhood best friend.

However, he failed.

Whether it's the analysis of the Myriad Phenomena True Explanation or the perception of the soul, it all proves that the Gu Shen before us is absolutely real.

Xiao Yun gave a bitter laugh, raised his hand with trembling hands to rub his sore eyes, and sighed softly, "When did you decide to do this?"

Gu Shen remained silent for a moment, his smile slowly fading, revealing a hint of melancholy: "To be honest, these plans were decided as soon as I found out you were still alive."

"However, looking back, it was destined that I would do these things from the moment I returned to this world."

The conversation between the two was so cryptic that it left Wang Tianyuan and Jing Feiwan, who were listening nearby, somewhat bewildered.

But Xiao Yun knew more about the inside story and instantly understood the information.

Gu Shen is the president of Wuyou Village, which means he is the mysterious author who compiled "Survival Guide to Another World".

With such a drastic change in temperament, the ability to foresee the time travel, and the ability to make plans and schemes against him, Gu Shen's identity is self-evident.

"A reborn one—"

My three roommates have different abilities: one seems to be able to clock in and out and has connections to the Abyss; another seems to be able to travel through time; and the third seems to have a cheat that could overturn the entire world.

That guy from the Eternal Empire seems to get stronger just by lying down; I wonder what kind of cheat he has.

The paladin encountered during the shift between reality and illusion seemed to be omnipotent.

Another reborn person appeared before them.

"This world is a pile of dog shit!"

Xiao Yun cursed with a wry smile, a look of relief slowly appearing on his face.

When he looked at Gu Shen again, his eyes had returned to their usual calm.

"So, you did all this, hiding until today, just to kill me?"

Gu Shen nodded, then shook his head: "You're half right. Killing you is only a necessary condition, not the ultimate goal."

"Believe me, Xiao Yun, I didn't want to do this either. I was very happy when I found out that you were alive this time."

"If you only survived by sheer luck because of the various arrangements I made before I traveled through time, I would even be happy to see this scene."

He paused, looked at Xiao Yun, his expression extremely complicated: "However, you are too strong, Xiao Yun. Disrupting my plans is only a small matter, but if I allow such a variable as you to grow, I will hardly be able to achieve my goals in the future."

As he was speaking, he suddenly raised his hand and waved it, and an invisible spatial ripple locked Wang Tianyuan, forcibly suppressing the clock phantom that appeared above his head.

"Especially since your emergence has led to three other variables, I simply cannot tolerate it."

""

The emotions in Gu Shen's eyes slowly disappeared, leaving only a rational indifference.

"Ah Yun, you are very strong, really strong. Judging from your potential alone, you have surpassed all the geniuses I have ever seen before."

"However, that's still not enough. No matter how strong an individual's power is, it cannot stop all of that from happening—"

"Heh, riddle tellers deserve to die."

Xiao Yun sneered and interrupted him: "It's the same old trick again, bearing the infamy while secretly plotting, just to save the world from fire and water someday in the future, right?"

"Where does this confidence come from, someone who could fail even elementary school?"

This sentence, which sounded like a casual banter between brothers, made Gu Shen pause for a moment.

A fleeting look of reminiscence crossed his eyes before he regained his indifference: "Because the fate of the world was already predetermined, from the moment I returned, the future was destined to be in my hands."

"Bullshit!"

Xiao Yun roared, his mithril sword clanging as blazing flames shot skyward: "You say the future is yours, prove it to me!"

Gu Shen shook his head and said with a smile, "Although I'm not afraid of you in a head-on fight, I don't have the time for that right now."

"Ah Yun, you're so smart, why don't you guess why I made you the commander-in-chief, who has to do so much work?"

"You must be exhausted from all the running around these past few days?"

Xiao Yun's eyes narrowed, and without further ado, he made his move instantly.

A terrifying aura surged into the sky, as if a blood-red sun had appeared there, and the intense heat drew the attention of the entire ancient capital region.

Gu Shen's lips curled up slightly, because he could see that Xiao Yun was putting on a brave face.

The series of unexpected events in the past few days, as well as the life-or-death battle just now, have drained Xiao Yun's energy.

That attack, which seemed capable of instantly killing him, actually concealed Xiao Yun's fear of his own inability to sustain the attack.

"If you were truly at your peak, when I appeared and called you just now, you would have instantly understood everything and wouldn't have stopped and been held back here by me."

"You could say that the moment you froze, you had already lost."

As Gu Shen spoke, an exquisite square box appeared in his hand.

The box is covered with a dense array of ouroboros reliefs, resembling an endless labyrinth.

Xiao Yun's pupils dilated in shock; he recognized at a glance that this was a cursed object unlike any he had ever seen before.

His face instantly darkened.

Gu Shen had been hiding by his side for so long that he had completely figured out his abilities, but he knew nothing about Gu Shen's various trump cards.

"I can't predict Gu Shen's information, but I'm certain I can find information to break this cursed object!"

Without any hesitation, Xiao Yun opened the system and searched for information.

"Ha, too late."

Gu Shen chuckled softly and chanted in a low voice, "Infinite Maze, open!"

Click-clack—

With a few crisp sounds, the square box in Gu Shen's hand slowly opened, and snakes crawled out of it, each snake biting the tail of the previous one, slithering in the air until they completely filled the space around Xiao Yun.

Soon, the ouroboros disappeared, but Xiao Yun felt that the space around him was like a crumpled piece of paper, overlapping and intertwining.

Gu Shen was right there; he only needed to take two steps to stab this bastard to death with his sword.

However, this seemingly two-step space has become an endless maze, impossible to cross.

Xiao Yun chuckled, sheathed his sword, and said to Gu Shen, "You went to all this trouble just to trap me?"

Gu Shen smiled and raised his hand, waving the gray-black [Death Source Crystal] in his hand: "Don't rush, the show has only just begun."

Xiao Yun's pupils shrank sharply, and a look of fear flashed in his eyes.

"When?!"

"Liar, kid."

Gu Shen whistled cheerfully, then suddenly frowned and clicked his tongue in annoyance: "A ghost has appeared in the house!"

Before he finished speaking, he raised his hand like a knife and severed the magic threads that were trying to control the Infinite Maze.

Jing Feiwan was startled and before she could react, she was pierced by an invisible spike and pinned to the ground.

"Pfft"

Jing Feiwan coughed up a mouthful of blood, her charming face contorted with rage as the blood stained her features.

Her face turned pale quickly, but when she looked at Xiao Yun, she still managed a smile: "Sorry, little man, I'm so weak—"

Gu Shen narrowed his eyes, glanced at her, and then sneered: "Did you see that, A-Yun? This is the variable you created."

He turned around, looked at Xiao Yun, whose face was ashen, and pointed at Jing Feiwan lying in a pool of blood: "She was exceptionally talented, but she was always abused by her alcoholic husband, and her daughter was sold by that bastard."

"Last time, after she transmigrated, she lived a life worse than death, completely used by that bastard as a tool for venting his lust."

"However, she was very lucky. I saved her that time, and of course, the same thing happened this time, even earlier."

Gu Shen paused, a hint of melancholy flashing in his eyes: "Before I transmigrated, I found her, helped her kill that bastard, and also found clues about her daughter. I promised to help her find her daughter if I had the chance in the future."

"I gave her a new life, a new future, so that she could have a happy life. I thought she would be more loyal to me than before."

"But she still chose to betray me, just like that Qi Huiming."

However, one was driven by feelings, while the other was driven by his own ambition and desires.

"Fate can be followed, but the human heart is unpredictable."

Gu Shen muttered to himself, his eyes gradually regaining their coldness and determination.

"So, I need to get all of this back on track."

The [Death Source Crystal] disappeared from his hand and went to another Gu Shen through the system inventory.

Xiao Yun wanted to stop all of this, but he felt powerless.

He had just received information about the [Infinite Maze] from the system, and breaking through this maze would be very simple.

All you need to do is be one rank stronger than the user.

This is not difficult to achieve if one can use cursed items such as the "Greedy Mouth" or the "Mist of Eternity".

However, just as Xiao Yun was about to do so, he discovered that the [Gluttony Mouth] had appeared in Gu Shen's hand.

"It's a little trick, simply put, it's deceiving the system to make it think I'm you, so I can take things from your backpack."

Gu Shen gave a brief explanation and casually tossed the [Gluttony Mouth] onto the ground.

"I've also taken the 【Contract of Momentary Eternity】 out of the Ideal State warehouse, so don't bother."

Xiao Yun felt a chill run through his heart.

Given Gu Shen's preparations, aside from the trump cards he can rely on, there's probably no hope of reinforcements from Zhong Mo, Ji Mingyu, and others.

"I need to recover my energy first, then unleash all the [Sparks], combine them with the power of the [Crown of Bloodshed], and give it my all!"

Just then, Xiao Yun was horrified to discover that the [Crown of Bloodshed] in his backpack had also disappeared.

"It's a replica, not quite as good as the legendary [Ember Crown]."

Gu Shen toyed with the [Crown of Bloodshed], completely ignoring Xiao Yun's shock and anger, and commented to himself: "However, it's still good enough."

After saying that, he took out a lapis lazuli crown.

It was the [Broken Crown of the Wind King] that Xiao Yun had given to Elder Kong before.

"Illusion and reality!"

Xiao Yun's expression changed drastically, and he vaguely guessed what Gu Shen wanted to do.

In the incident of the transformation between illusion and reality, Gu Shen, in his capacity as the president of Wuyou Township, secretly cooperated with him to kill the Dragon King and also took away half of the [Transformation from Illusion to Reality].

And coupled with his own deceit, and the [Crown of Bloodshed] in his possession—

Gu Shen smiled and placed both crowns on his head at the same time.

"Let me also experience what it's like to be the king of birth, death, and fire."

He muttered to himself, and his aura suddenly changed.

A ethereal crimson flame ignited on his body, and under the power of [Transforming Illusion into Reality], it quickly transformed into reality.

A throne forged in blood and fire appeared behind him.

The moment Gu Shen sat on the throne, Xiao Yun felt that the connection between himself and the subordinate fire seeds had become ethereal.

A third party, of equal status but more powerful than himself, forced his way in! And through deception, forcibly seized his authority!

At this moment, Gu Shen truly replaced Xiao Yun and became the master of blood and fire!

With his last path blocked, Xiao Yun felt utterly powerless.

He suddenly realized the price of activating the Mithril Sword.

That invincible sword strike that could instantly kill the Son of Death comes at the cost of his "destined death."

"Is this my destined death? —"

Xiao Yun's mind was filled with complicated thoughts, and he didn't notice for a moment that Gu Shen's smile had frozen.

On the other side, the ideal state.

Just as Gu Shen was about to hand the [Death Source Crystal] to Elder Kong, a black stick appeared out of nowhere and knocked him back with a single blow.

Seeing Wang Da's familiar attire and the clown mask hanging from his waist, Gu Shen cursed in anguish, "Damn it! What are you doing here!"

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