Chapter 2831 - 85: Three Evil Tribulation Monarch (2)

He then pointed to the demon mark there and said, "I am a demon."

Zhu Lanruo glanced at the Eternal Youth Spring, using that water pattern as a line, always causing ripples to rise in the east.

Xiong Sansi tapped his own chest once more, his fingers pounding against his chest with resounding thuds: "I am human."

He tore off his black robe and revealed the leather armor beneath it, allowing everyone present to see—

In the area of his abdomen, a large mass of flesh suddenly turned into thick black mist. After a while, the black mist transformed back into flesh.

Such bizarre!

"I am also a demon."

"I am a breed cultivated by the Three Evil Tribulation Monarch, am I a human-demon hybrid? Demon-human hybrid? Human-demon hybrid?" He concluded thus, answering Zhu Lanruo’s question. Underneath the pitch-black mask, was still a pair of eyes devoid of any ripple.

The entire scene fell silent.

It’s hard to imagine what kind of existence that Three Evil Tribulation Monarch truly was. So defying norms, he arbitrarily transformed his kin, grafting demon to human... treating intelligent living beings with emotions and thoughts as if they were wood to be carved!

The Peaceful Ghost Messenger clutched his long knife tightly, gritting his teeth: "Such a villain, our Taiping Dao must kill!"

All the demons felt a lingering fear, but only Zhu Lanruo’s eyes flickered on and off.

Perhaps for a moment, there was no way to understand why what should have solved Xiong Sansi’s question ultimately returned fruitless.

Maybe the Three Evil Tribulation Monarch was too cruel, maybe the Thousand Tribulations Cave was too evil. Even someone as ancient as Zhu Lanruo was trapped in shock, unable to find that elusive unknown inspiration, not completing his kind of "possibility."

"How did you escape——"

He opened his mouth, but halfway through the question, he did not continue.

"It seems you can’t ask me any more questions for now." Xiong Sansi looked at him and said.

Zhu Lanruo replied, "You could understand it this way."

Chai Asi stared blankly at everything, unable to comprehend the undercurrent behind this dialogue. He only had a vague sense that Xiong Sansi seemed to have gotten rid of a certain danger.

What danger did he escape?

Indeed, Xiong Sansi’s experience was very tragic, painful just to hear. However, in the recent response, he was merely answering truthfully, it shouldn’t count as too difficult.

But why did Zhu Lanruo seem to breathe a sigh of relief, and Lu Qilang felt a great burden lifted?

He expressed these questions in his heart to the great Ancient God.

Then he received an answer——

"Zhu Lanruo had already failed in the Ancient Times, yet managed to linger till now, surely paying a rather heavy price. He is now very weak, and I guess his power may only be enough to show off on that piece of Qingshi, so that’s why he called you there.

Zhu Lanruo has exceptional Divine Skills, he left there first, perhaps he sensed something.

Realizing no one could be deceived by him, Zhu Lanruo then enabled his arrangements in this world.

He utilized the power of the Land of Shenxiao, setting up this game, naturally having certain privileges as the designer, but while the game taps into Shenxiao World’s power, he too must abide by the game’s rules.

A game that cannot achieve relative fairness cannot stand.

Just as the true meaning of Infinite Possibilities corresponds to all-out efforts.

This is the fundamental rule of this realm, all layouts must extend from this.

In a state of extreme weakness, how can he harness Shenxiao World’s power and achieve his existing goals? Zhu Lanruo captured such a possibility amidst infinite possibilities and realized it.

The game he designed has explicit rules and unspoken rules.

The explicit rule is ’there must be answers to questions, and true words in answers.’

The unspoken rules may harbor lethal factors, yet need further exploration and interpretation.

Xiong Sansi is crossing the river by feeling the stones, he hasn’t drowned for now, and has tread out a little path, certainly a relief for the spectators. Because each of them might later need to cross this river."

Chai Asi listened and seemed to understand partially.

At this time, Xiong Sansi had already slowly donned his leather armor, covered his black robe, and then surprisingly took another step forward, almost facing Zhu Lanruo!

The eyes underneath the pitch-black mask gazed at Zhu Lanruo, speaking with remarkable calm and courage that impressed the spectators: "There must be answers to questions, those speaking falsehoods are fishing for the moon in the water, drowning... Since the rules are such, does it mean I can also ask you questions?"

Zhu Lanruo paused slightly and said, "Yes."

"What is your purpose?" Xiong Sansi asked concisely.

If there are unspoken rules potent enough to be fatal, hidden in the process of answering. Then he must find ways to let Zhu Lanruo touch it.

Xiong Sansi evidently already understood Zhu Lanruo’s game rules. Successfully escaping danger and reversing the position.

The counterattack has begun!

Zhu Lanruo blinked gently, as if expressing admiration.

Then said, "This game is designed based on certain commonality about you all that I glimpsed in the Long River of time. It’s naturally targeted and can’t be avoided by you. But you are very clever. You just hid a very important piece of information. Do you now think, as long as you expose that secret, it will trigger the danger of this question-and-answer game?"

His words contained a probe.

But Xiong Sansi remained silent, his gaze without any fluctuation. His time for "there must be answers to questions, and true words in answers" had passed, now there was no need to answer anything.

The pressure of the rules would still descend.