Eldritch Horror Theatre

That was faster than expected!

Faced with the iron can dropping from the sky, Fu Qian remained completely calm.

Judging by this efficiency, the thing most likely possessed the ability to sense everyone’s location in the entire area.

A full-map wallhack was simply brutal!

Furthermore, since the one standing before him had just finished farming, its ferocity had definitely leveled up.

After marveling at the thought for a brief second, Fu Qian simply hoisted the dying Swordsman Yun into the air, using him as a shield against the Sin Seeker.

...

This action stunned everyone present.

You didn’t kill him earlier... were you actually just keeping him around as a meat shield?

The Sin Seeker didn’t strike immediately, instead ending up staring at Fu Qian in mutual bewilderment. Elena inexplicably breathed a sigh of relief.But immediately after, she felt deeply confused by his behavior.

No matter how you looked at it, a stunt like this was completely pointless, right?

Forget that Yun could drop dead at any moment—the Sin Seeker absolutely wouldn’t care about a meat shield.

In fact, it wasn’t just her. Even the bone-chilling Sin Seeker reacted the same way.

Looking at Yun pushed to the front, it actually seemed to hesitate.

Meanwhile, jolted by the cold radiating from the entity, the dying Swordsman Yun shuddered, his mind actually regaining a fraction of clarity.

A moment later, he slowly raised his head.

”You...”

Staring at the Sin Seeker before him, Yun’s expression started out blank, then shifted to confusion.

Seemingly realizing something, he turned his head. His gaze subconsciously darted back and forth between the Goddess Statue and the Sin Seeker before he muttered to himself.

”I think I understand...”

”So that’s how it is. Was I really wrong all along?”

”The true Transcendence Form is like this? It’s completely different from what I imagined... hahaha!”

Yun’s expression turned bizarre. He threw his head back and let out a burst of desolate laughter.

”It turns out, the Sin Seeker is actually—”

Crack!

With a crisp sound, blood erupted.

Before Yun could finish his sentence, the Sin Seeker delivered a ruthless, unhesitating strike with its sword, cleanly slicing off half his head.

”Aren’t you a little too nervous?”

Fu Qian casually tossed the mangled corpse to the ground, beaming at the Sin Seeker in front of him.

The reason he hadn’t killed Yun directly was entirely for this moment.

Fu Qian had always harbored some suspicions about the Sin Seeker before him.

If his previous guess was correct, Yun was now officially a ”sinner.”

And since he inherently possessed the strength of Tier 4, his perception was much sharper than most people’s. He was the perfect test subject for a close-contact probe of the Sin Seeker’s abnormalities.

Swish!

A streak of silver light flashed. The Sin Seeker didn’t answer Fu Qian’s question, swinging its sword again instead.

A fierce wind howled, overflowing with biting frost.

Fu Qian, however, appeared thoroughly prepared and calmly dodged the attack.

Even though Yun hadn’t finished speaking, the information in the first half was already enough.

And the most crucial sentence he had uttered was, ”The true Transcendence Form is like this?”

It was obvious that after coming into close contact with the Sin Seeker, Yun had faintly realized his earlier understanding was wrong. The so-called heart free of hindrances and attachments was nothing but an illusion.

Combined with the changes in his own body and the connection he felt with both the Sin Seeker and the Statue...

He believed the Sin Seeker standing before him was the true Transcendence Form.

The key point was that he considered it a form—something that he himself could achieve.

This was incredibly intriguing.

Most crucially, the Sin Seeker’s reaction perfectly corroborated his hypothesis.

After all, following his purification by the Sin Fire, Yun was theoretically a model citizen now.

As a killer of Sin Fire, the Sin Seeker had absolutely no reason to strike him first.

Not to mention he was already knocking on death’s door.

Yet the Sin Seeker had done exactly that without a moment’s hesitation, clearly not wanting him to reveal anything more.

The same logic applied to its attempt to hack Fu Qian right now.

”If you’re going to keep playing mute, I’m going to run.”

After dodging several sword strikes in a row, Fu Qian looked at the silent Sin Seeker and suddenly called out.

...

The opponent’s movements faltered for a fraction of a second before becoming even more furious.

”Give up. It’s not that easy to kill me.”

Fu Qian shook his head as he continued to dodge.

”I merely wanted to have a friendly little chat. Your attitude is truly chilling!”

”You’d better think this through. If I really start running a marathon, I’ll have no problem keeping it up for three days and three nights until this goddess leaves. Are you sure you want to see that happen?”

Clang!

The Silver Greatsword smashed heavily into the ground. The Sin Seeker suddenly stopped, leaning on its blade.

”What do you want to know?”

After it stared at Fu Qian for a moment, a voice finally rang out.

The voice was extremely twisted and shrill, carrying an indescribable sense of chaos to the ears.

As expected!

Though the sound grated on his ears, Fu Qian was exceptionally satisfied with this entity’s reaction.

This guy really was different from before.

Combined with Yun’s unfinished sentence, Fu Qian highly suspected that the Sin Seeker standing before him was no longer the same one.

It was far more than just a ruthless killing machine; to a certain extent, its reactions were already very much human.

And right at this moment, it had even spoken.

”How should I address you?”

Fu Qian offered a polite greeting.

”Whatever you please.”

”Is that so!”

Fu Qian nodded thoughtfully.

”Then how about I call you ’Sir’?”

...

After Fu Qian finished speaking, the Sin Seeker stood there without the slightest movement.

In the corner, Elena looked confused at first, but then suddenly realized something.

”He’s William?”

Even though she knew she should keep a low profile right now, the shock was too great, and she couldn’t suppress a gasp.

”The person in question will have to answer that for you.”

Fu Qian clasped his hands behind his back and paced around the Sin Seeker.

Purely based on appearance, it was indeed hard to link the two together; their body types alone didn’t match at all.

However, based on his previous experiences, coupled with Yun’s recent mention of a form, a specific term sprang to Fu Qian’s mind: Mythical Form.

Logically speaking, a transcendent could only transform into a Mythical Form to a certain degree after reaching the Demigod Realm, and even then, the state would be unstable.

But if his earlier guess was correct, the unique coexistence between a sinner and the Goddess of Sins meant that being summoned by the goddess to do her bidding in a Mythical Form wasn’t impossible at all.

Of course, the primary evidence was that after being threatened just now, this entity had actually spoken, proving beyond a shadow of a doubt that it possessed a consciousness.

And after mulling it over, out of everyone who had received the goddess’s purification, aside from the prisoners in this game, the only one still alive was that executor of justice, William.

”If you don’t like the title ’Sir’, perhaps I could call you the ’First Sinner’?”

...

”Either is fine.”

Following a prolonged silence, the Sin Seeker finally spoke again.

Although the voice was still chaotic and torturous, it was a clear admission.

”So, could you explain what this is all about?”

Fu Qian gestured at their surroundings.

”You captured everyone here anyway. Why go through all the trouble of setting up these extra steps? You could have just killed them and been done with it.”