Death Game: Starting as a fraudster, pretending to be a god.

Chapter 1548 The God of Shadows' Control of the Cage Cannot Conceal the Decline; Lin Yu's

The God of Shadows rejected Lin Yu's proposal.

This surprised Lin Yu somewhat—after all, once Lin Yu started negotiating with someone, the other party was usually not likely to refuse him.

Even gods are the same to Lin Yu—just like the Frost God just now, who was initially extremely resistant to Lin Yu's attitude, but Lin Yu still managed to grasp his weakness.

Even gods have things they crave, desire, and care about, and those things... are Lin Yu's best weapons.

In Lin Yu's view, the "authority of fear" should have been an extremely important thing for the "god of shadows, pain and nightmares," and could have become the starting point and breakthrough for the two to negotiate.

but……

Why did the other party reject my suggestion?

If the other party doesn't negotiate with him at all, Lin Yu will feel troubled and annoyed, but he won't find it too strange.

After negotiating with him and after he had judged what the other party cared about and offered his bargaining chips, he was "rejected" during the conversation... This was somewhat puzzling for Lin Yu.

"why?"

Lin Yu looked at the God of Shadows and expressed his confusion without any attempt to hide it.

"Does the 'authority of fear' no longer matter to you?"

The God of Shadows shook his head: "No, the 'Authority of Fear' is certainly very important..."

Lin Yu said, "If that's the case, why did you refuse so decisively? Even if you didn't want to let it go because of 'fear of authority,' you should at least have talked to me a bit more and tried to get some information out of me, right?"

As Lin Yu spoke, the God of Shadows laughed.

"Of course, it's because eliminating you is more important than 'the power of fear'!"

"I won't listen to you continue... just in case."

Looking at the God of Shadows, who was smiling like a middle school student who knew there was no homework this weekend, Lin Yu was even more confused.

"But...aren't you just letting me off the hook, giving me the chance to struggle, resist, and escape?"

He asked, genuinely puzzled.

The God of Shadows tilted his head slightly: "Yes... this is also a very important part of the process of 'annihilating you,' or rather, this is the part I enjoy."

Upon hearing this, Lin Yu suddenly realized something was amiss.

He looked at the god of shadows and asked his question.

"Weren't you hired by other 'players' to kill me?"

The God of Shadows nodded: "Yes."

Lin Yu asked, "What reward did they give you?"

The God of Shadows shook his head: "Some interesting little gadgets... I won't tell you the specifics."

Upon hearing the words of the God of Shadows before him, Lin Yu thought to himself, "Just as I thought."

“So… the reason you’re so interested in me and willing to wage war against another god to eliminate me isn’t entirely because the commission offered you a reward that interests you,” Lin Yu looked at the God of Shadows and took a deep breath, “it’s also because the ‘content of the commission,’ namely ‘killing me,’ itself is attractive to you, isn’t it?”

Upon hearing Lin Yu's words, the God of Shadows' dark, unwhite eyes gleamed with excitement.

"Absolutely correct!"

Lin Yu looked at the other person's excited expression and sighed deeply.

Sure enough!

Having been in contact with deities for a long time, Lin Yu had vaguely realized one thing—the deities in these ten realms, compared to those in monotheistic religions, religious legends, and literary works whose divinity outweighs their humanity, are more like figures in traditional mythology—although powerful and of extremely high status, they also possess a certain degree of "divinity," but they also have a considerable amount of "humanity."

This is why Lin Yu can choose to deceive the gods—because these gods do indeed have all sorts of human weaknesses, character flaws, and their own desires.

Among the gods, there are lazy ones, ambitious ones, and ones with wicked personalities...

Of course, there will also be unpredictable "madmen".

Just like this god of shadow at this moment.

He was clearly a self-centered, reckless... madman.

"Alright, it seems you have no other options," the God of Shadows said with a smile. "Then... prepare to embrace death."

The shadow, which was already not far from Lin Yu, suddenly accelerated and was about to engulf Lin Yu in an instant.

but……

Lin Yu remained completely calm the moment the opponent launched their attack.

Although the god before them was a madman, and powerful enough to directly seize control of a portion of His divine kingdom from the "God of Fairness and Judgment"...

However, Lin Yu had already found a way to escape when facing Him.

The negotiations that just started were merely an attempt to avoid using this backup plan as much as possible, and... to buy themselves some time.

There's no time to hesitate anymore.

The emotional energy of "fear" surged into Lin Yu's body and then completely destroyed his body at that moment!

And after this body, constructed from the authority of "information" and the [Ancient Notes], collapsed...

Lin Yu's soul was released instantly!

Although he uses the Ancient Notes to materialize information and construct a "material body" to move around in the outside world, Lin Yu is actually in a state where his soul is inside the Ancient Notes!

Based on the consistent characteristics of the Ancient Notes, once a soul or consciousness enters the Ancient Notes and leaves...

It will naturally return to its original physical form!

And Lin Yu's body...

Outside the core area of ​​this "eternal cage"!

And just as Lin Yu had predicted—although the God of Fairness and Judgment's kingdom has now been partially taken over by the God of Shadows, and in a sense this area has been "stripped" from the kingdom, it is a separation in terms of "authority" and "ownership".

In terms of spatial structure and dimensional dimensions, they are still a large whole!

When Lin Yu opened his eyes again and regained consciousness, he had officially returned to his own body!

only……

"What a pity."

When Lin Yu opened his eyes, he still saw the God of Shadows.

The enormous god of shadow outside the prison now stood in the core area of ​​the Eternal Cage, slowly turning its head, its gaze passing over the high walls, and smiling at Lin Yu, who looked like a tiny grain of popcorn in comparison.

"You tried very hard to escape... Unfortunately, the 'control of the divine kingdom' I seized is a little bigger than you imagined."

The Ring of the Sky has been completely swallowed by shadows.

Lin Yu finally realized what was happening.

The God of Shadows has corrupted and controlled... not just the core area of ​​the Eternal Cage.

Even the "Central Ring," the "Outer Ring," and the "Celestial Ring"... fell into His hands.

What He stripped away... was actually the entire "eternal cage"!

He reached out his hand toward Lin Yu, and the shadows that had already covered the area rose like a tide, seemingly about to engulf Lin Yu once again!

However, Lin Yu still didn't give up—he drew out the [Limit-Breaking Jade Chef's Knife], and with his other hand he picked up...

[Fast Teleportation]!

"Crack!"

The Limit-Breaking Jade Knife pierced the red button—the [Fast Teleport] has three limitations: first, the landing point is random; second, teleportation can only be performed within a [continuous space]; and third, the distance is limited.

Now that it has been pierced through by the [Limit-Breaking Chef's Knife], these restrictions have disappeared!

At this moment, the [Fast Teleportation] has become a means for Lin Yu to go wherever he wants within this "Eternal Cage"!

Lin Yu slammed the button down.

"Teleport location—teleport me to the chosen one of the 'God of Fairness and Judgment'!"

The shadow had already enveloped Lin Yu's entire body. In the brief moment when Lin Yu felt a deep, visceral pain and was on the verge of losing consciousness...

Lin Yu felt a scorching heat coming from beside him.

Then, Lin Yu heard the surprised voice of the Flame Man, Earl.

"It's you?! What are you doing here?"

Lin Yu looked at Earl, who was engulfed in flames beside him, and the corridor walls that were not covered by shadows, and breathed a sigh of relief.

really……

This Earl is indeed still in the eternal cage, right inside this ring of the sky!

And... this chosen one of the "Gods of Fairness and Judgment" remains conscious!

Lin Yu could tell from the surging flames on his body and the two blades formed from flames in his hands that Earl was even "fighting" against the surrounding shadows!

After all, although the corridor around Earl was not covered in shadow, allowing Lin Yu to even observe through the windows that this was the interior of the "Celestial Ring," this area without shadow was only concentrated within a range of about five meters around Earl.

In other words... these "shadows" were dispelled by Earl through some means!

Lin Yu looked at Earl, and Earl looked at him in return.

"And you've completely retained your self-awareness... How did you manage that?"

"Even the guards below weren't spared, and you're still unharmed? That's unbelievable!"

Lin Yu said, "My soul structure is rather unique... Anyway, I want to leave here now, what should I do?"

"Can you still communicate with the 'God of Fairness and Judgment'? How is He now?"

Earl shook his head: "The connection between my lord and me has been temporarily severed, and this divine kingdom has been temporarily seized by the god of shadows... At present, all I can confirm is that my lord himself is not threatened, but merely trapped."

"If you want to leave here, I would like to help you... but there's really nothing I can do for you right now."

Lin Yu said, "What if I complete the [mission conditions]? As you know, we 'players' can return directly to our own world after meeting certain conditions."

Earl looked at Lin Yu and immediately said, "Okay, what are your conditions?"

"One more 'duel' is needed."

Lin Yu spoke.

Earl paused for a moment, then sighed.

"That might be... a bit difficult."