Chapter 214: Kill the examiner and pass the test
Shen Cheng and Han Zhiqing were together, and Si Han could hibernate alone, so the time they were trapped in the parallel world was not particularly hard for them.
But Mr. Li was different. He was alone and had no ability to hibernate. He had no one to accompany him, and he was almost tortured to death.
Although he was not really crazy, his mental state was on the verge of collapse.
Seeing that Shen Cheng and the other two dared to act out a family reunion of making dumplings in front of him, one can imagine how shocking it was to Mr. Li. It immediately reminded him of the loneliness and pain he had experienced when he was trapped.
Si Han and Han Zhiqing were frightened by Mr. Li's somewhat crazy expression. They both took a step back with nervous expressions on their faces.
Neither the grandfather nor the grandson had forgotten this guy's extremely powerful master strength.
Only Shen Cheng did not move, still looking down at his five fingers that were constantly being decomposed and regenerated.
"You're so scared that you can't speak, right?"
Mr. Li's eyes were focused on Shen Cheng, who was standing still.
His body suddenly shot forward, pounced on Shen Cheng, and roared: "Then die!"
At this moment, he no longer had any intention of holding back. He just wanted to vent the pain he felt while being trapped and fully unleash his master-level fighting power.
The speed of the swoop instantly exceeded the speed of sound, causing a deafening sonic boom and a strong wind.
“So that’s how it’s used!”
Shen Cheng suddenly raised his head, and also raised his decomposing right hand, aiming at Mr. Li who was rushing towards him.
Time seemed to freeze at this moment, and everyone was frozen in place, unable to move, including Mr. Li who was rushing forward at high speed.
Only a hint of black appeared on Shen Cheng's raised right hand.
This black color is irregular, as if the whole world has turned into an oil painting, and someone outside the painting is holding a black pen and constantly painting on it.
The area covered in black disappeared completely, as if it had never existed.
The person holding the black pen kept smearing it, and the black color continued to expand and spread towards Mr. Li who was nearby.
Mr. Li's eyes slowly widened to their limit, and his pupils slowly shrank as he stared at the sudden black color that appeared in front of him.
It wasn't that he couldn't move, but the speed of the black spot in front of him was extremely fast, almost like the speed of light. In contrast, his speed seemed as slow as if it was fixed by time.
At the moment when he was touched by the black color, only one and a half thoughts emerged in Mr. Li's mind.
The first thought was: It’s bad!
The other half of the thought was: Stop, I am...
The latter thought had not yet completely emerged from his mind, only half of it, and Mr. Li was already swallowed up by the darkness.
His entire body completely disappeared in the black light, leaving nothing behind, just like being smeared with a black pen on a scroll.
In the eyes of Si Han and Han Zhiqing, they only saw Mr. Li rushing towards Shen Cheng at an extremely terrifying speed, and a battle was about to break out.
Then there was a flash of black light and Mr. Li disappeared.
The grandfather and grandson both had slightly surprised expressions on their faces, and for a moment they couldn't understand what was going on.
That touch of black seemed to be smeared out, it came and went quickly, just a wave of the hand, and took away a master.
Even Shen Cheng, the instigator, was extremely surprised. He did not expect that the power that was forced upon him was so terrifying that it could easily wipe out a master. Even an ace could not do this.
But the cost is also very obvious.
Shen Cheng looked down at his right hand; his forearm from the elbow down was gone.
Although the disappeared limbs are still regenerating extremely quickly, the speed of regeneration can no longer keep up with the speed of disappearance.
Before, only five fingers disappeared, but now half an arm has disappeared.
Shen Cheng never thought that after becoming a vampire, he would one day become disabled.
Or should we say Schrödinger's disability, because half of the arm is still regenerating.
He suddenly remembered the last words the woman in black told him - don't use this power too frequently, the more he uses it, the faster he will disappear.
Sure enough, simple warnings are not as profound as the lessons learned from one’s own experience.
Si Han and Han Zhiqing also noticed the abnormal condition of Shen Cheng's body and saw his forearms constantly regenerating and disappearing.
"Brother Shen, your hand!"
Han Zhiqing looked surprised and worried: "Is your hand okay?"
Shen Cheng didn't want others to know about his troubles, so he pretended to be relaxed and said, "It's just a small problem, it's okay."
Si Han had a serious look on his face, with his brows furrowed.
He instinctively felt extremely dangerous about the power that Shen Cheng had just displayed that could have directly wiped out Mr. Li.
"This is no small matter, dear."
An elegant and charming female voice suddenly sounded.
"Who?"
The three people were startled and turned their heads to look in the direction where the sound came from.
A woman in a purple dress and with an extremely beautiful face came into the sight of the three people, standing a few meters away.
No one knew when she appeared, and she was so close to us without anyone noticing, just like a ghost.
"Ghost!"
Han Zhiqing was so scared that she hid behind Shen Cheng.
But Shen Cheng blurted out in surprise: "Why are you here?"
This woman turned out to be Phalaenopsis, whom Shen Cheng had not seen for a long time, and the messenger of memory who had once met Shen Cheng.
After their last meeting, Phalaenopsis said that she would give Shen Cheng a test to see if he was qualified to be a memory messenger.
Shen Cheng was looking forward to it for a while, but the Phalaenopsis disappeared and never appeared again.
As for Shen Cheng, he had so many things going on that he gradually forgot about her.
As a result, she suddenly appeared at this unexpected time.
Last time, Phalaenopsis took Shen Cheng to travel around the world and demonstrated her extraordinary abilities. Now that she can come to this underground shelter without anyone noticing, it is indeed not a problem for her.
Shen Cheng was just curious about why she was here.
But Phalaenopsis slightly raised her eyebrows at Shen Cheng's reaction and asked in surprise: "You still remember me?"
When the two parted, Phalaenopsis said that Shen Cheng would completely forget her.
And now Shen Cheng's reaction was simply a confession, revealing that he still remembered the matter of Phalaenopsis.
Although he accidentally revealed a flaw, Shen Cheng reacted quickly and turned the tables: "Yeah, didn't you say I would forget you? How come I still remember you?"
Phalaenopsis looked at him carefully, and suddenly smiled: "That's good, it saves me the trouble of explaining to you."
Si Han had been watching the conversation between Shen Cheng and Phalaenopsis. When he saw a break, he suddenly asked, "Mr. Shen, who is this?" This was not in line with his usual polite behavior, but he didn't care.
After seeing Shen Cheng using that dangerous power and seeing his body in abnormal condition, Si Han wanted to help him. He didn't want this young man who had helped him a lot to fall into danger.
"Who is this……"
Shen Cheng glanced at Phalaenopsis and said, "I don't know how to introduce her. Let her decide whether to tell you her identity or not."
Seeing Shen Cheng pushing the question to herself, Phalaenopsis did not refuse. She smiled and introduced herself in a lazy and charming voice: "Good afternoon, both of you. You can call me Phalaenopsis, a memory messenger."
"Memory Messenger?"
Si Han and Han Zhiqing showed surprised expressions at the same time. They had both heard the legend of the memory messenger, but they didn't expect that the legend was actually true.
But Phalaenopsis had no interest in communicating with these two unrelated people, because they would completely forget her existence anyway.
She looked at Shen Cheng again: "First of all, I want to congratulate you on obtaining this extremely powerful power."
She stared at Shen Cheng's arms which kept disappearing. Although she was smiling, there was no smile in her eyes. Instead, she looked extremely serious.
Shen Cheng waved his intact left hand: "Stop talking nonsense. You definitely didn't come here just to laugh at me, right?"
The smile on Phalaenopsis's face disappeared, and she said in a warning tone: "This power is very strong, so strong that it makes me feel scared, but it is like poison. The moment you get it, you are destined to die."
Han Zhiqing and Si Han immediately looked at Shen Cheng with surprised eyes, seeming to want to say something but stopping themselves.
"I know."
Shen Cheng was very calm: "This is something that someone forced on me. I don't want it at all."
"I know that if you initiate contact, you're a lunatic."
Phalaenopsis walked over and looked down at Shen Cheng's forearm that kept regenerating and disappearing. She stretched out her hand to touch it, but pulled it back in fear.
Shen Cheng found it a little funny to see her fearful expression.
The last time this woman came into contact with him, she acted very arrogant and even a little condescending. It was rare to see her being afraid of something.
"Do you have any way to help me get rid of this power?"
When Shen Cheng said this, he still had some expectations in his heart.
The memory messengers are also an extremely mysterious group. According to legend, they have great magical powers and are immortal.
And now the Phalaenopsis orchid suddenly appears, perhaps it can bring him a surprise.
However, there was no surprise at all. Phalaenopsis poured a bucket of cold water on him: "I didn't come here just for you, and I can't help you solve this problem."
Shen Cheng was a little surprised. He thought Phalaenopsis had come here specifically to find him.
Si Han frowned and said, "It is said that the Memory Messenger knows all the secrets of the world. Ms. Butterfly Orchid, is there really no way to solve Mr. Shen's problem?"
"You are overpraising me, sir. You know it is just a legend."
Phalaenopsis crossed her arms and smiled faintly: "We do know a lot of secrets, but we are not omnipotent, and there are many things we cannot do."
She glanced at Shen Cheng and said, "If he is exposed to this kind of power, he will definitely die, sooner or later."
"Will not!"
Han Zhiqing grabbed Shen Cheng's arm tightly and retorted loudly: "Brother Shen will not die!"
Phalaenopsis had no interest in even refuting such remarks that refused to acknowledge reality.
Shen Cheng was neither interested in nor afraid of Phalaenopsis's death prophecy.
Before, he was always under the threat of the curse of source blood, but now he has seen hope of lifting it?
He asked, "Since you didn't come here just for me, why did you suddenly come here?"
Phalaenopsis reminded: "Remember what I said about the test for you?"
"You don't want to test me now?"
"No, the test is over."
Shen Cheng was confused. Why didn't he feel like he had gone through any tests?
"Mr. Li, your enemy, is not only a demon hunter, but also possessed by one of my colleagues."
Phalaenopsis's eyes were extremely complicated: "As long as you can defeat him, you will pass the test."
Shen Cheng not only passed the test, he even killed the examiner.
So far, this has never happened to the Memory Messenger.
When Phalaenopsis realized something was wrong and rushed over, she couldn't even see the body of her colleague.
She was extremely scared because she was the one responsible for testing Shen Cheng, but she was temporarily unable to come due to something else.
"Is he your colleague?"
Shen Cheng was shocked at first, then he suddenly realized what was going on and yelled, "Fuck, he didn't say that!"
No wonder Mr. Li was only at the extraordinary level at the beginning, but suddenly soared to the master level later. I thought he had mastered the skill of pretending to be a pig and eating the tiger, but it turned out that his account was hacked by a memory messenger.
In fact, Mr. Li's identity was already somewhat exposed during the brief encounter with Shen Cheng, because he used multiple abilities, and in this world, apart from Shen Cheng, the cheater, only the Memory Messenger can use multiple abilities.
After being shocked, Shen Cheng looked alert and asked, "Are you here to avenge your colleague?"
Phalaenopsis shook her head, feeling extremely helpless: "He lost to you and even died in your hands. He can only blame himself for not being strong enough. It has nothing to do with you."
revenge?
What a joke.
Not to mention that Phalaenopsis's relationship with this colleague was just average, the two's fighting abilities were also similar.
The colleague died at the hands of Shen Cheng without even a chance of resistance. If it had been Phalaenopsis, the outcome would have been no different.
Although this colleague replaced Phalaenopsis to test Shen Cheng, it was his own request, not Phalaenopsis's.
At most, she felt a little guilty, but she would never take risks for the other person.
Besides, Shen Cheng couldn’t be blamed for this matter, as he didn’t know Mr. Li’s identity.
Seeing that Phalaenopsis was not here to hold him accountable, Shen Cheng breathed a sigh of relief: "Then are you here to invite me to become a memory messenger? After all, I have passed the test."
Phalaenopsis remained calm, but she felt a little embarrassed in her heart: "Now that you have this mysterious power, you can no longer be a memory messenger."
Shen Cheng smiled, revealing a mocking expression: "Is that so? But I remember you told me before that whether I like it or not, I can only become a memory messenger in the end."
Last time, Phalaenopsis vowed that as long as Shen Cheng could pass the test, he would become a memory messenger. This was a notification, not a request, regardless of whether he was willing or not.
Just like the so-called shadow, the Memory Messenger is also engaging in forced buying and selling.
Now that they have encountered more difficult situations, they have started to act like turtles.
(End of this chapter)