Chapter 416 True and False Messengers, the Second Half of the Prophecy

[The staff of 'Looking Directly at the Great Sage' is pointed at you. You understand that this battle is inevitable, and you also raise the 'Sword of the Bloody King', pointing the sword edge at the enemy! 】

[Many scholars have seen your fierce sword that instantly killed a bachelor, and they know that you are extremely powerful. However, the person you are facing is the president of the branch association, a great sage who stands on top of thousands of scholars. He is only one step away. A big shot who can be promoted to a god. 】

[No matter how strong you are, you can't possibly compete with the 'Looking Directly at the Great Sage'. 】

[They look like they are watching a good show, waiting for you to be defeated and begged for mercy by the spell of the 'Great Sage'...]

Lin Xun knew that he had to strike first when facing Master Fa, and he must not give the opponent a chance to chant a spell and release his ultimate move.

He immediately clicked on the most powerful skill now, ‘Bloody Judgment’!

Lin Xun still had a thought in his mind. When he killed the guarding bachelor before, the 'beast of disordered knowledge' did not appear.

But now he was fighting against the 'Great Sage Staring Directly'. If that man was still watching him, he would definitely send a watchdog to prevent the two from fighting.

As soon as the watchdog appears, he can prove his identity as the 'messenger of the true God'.

[In an instant, endless blood burst out from the ‘Sword of the Bloody King’ in your hand, turning the faces of the scholars into blood! 】

[The aura of bloodthirsty and cruelty is centered on you, venting and releasing it all! 】

[The unparalleled pressure caused the scholars to retreat continuously. Facing such a terrifying power, they couldn't help but look frightened...]

[And you have turned into a bloody meteor, and at the end of the scarlet impact is the cold-eyed ‘Looking Directly at the Great Sage’! 】

[It is not afraid of your fierce attack at all. It holds the staff high, and countless small characters appear out of thin air, condensing into an almost substantial 'knowledge light wall' to block it. 】

[The 'Bloody Judgment', which can penetrate all enemies, failed to break through the light wall this time and was blocked in front of the light wall. 】

[You just feel like you have hit an iron wall. The sword edge cannot instantly tear apart the enemy's defense like before. 】

[The bloody meteor is still rushing forward, but the progress is extremely slow, like a snail crawling. 】

[Facing the extremely thick ‘Light Wall of Knowledge’, I’m afraid even if you exhaust the power of the ‘Bloody Trial’, you won’t be able to break through the defense of the wall. 】

[The sound of complex and lengthy spells came from behind the light wall. At some point, the ‘Great Sage Staring Directly’ had raised his staff and recited spells. 】

[The ‘Great Sage of Staring Directly’, who possesses top-level demigod strength, can instantly cast most knowledge-based spells, and the one that allows him to recite lengthy spells must be the most powerful ultimate spell! 】

[You gritted your teeth and did not stop attacking the light wall. As long as you can break through the light wall's defense before the 'Great Sage' finishes chanting the spell, you can kill it with one blow! 】

【……】

[As the power of the 'Bloody Judgment' gradually declines, the impact of the scarlet meteor also gradually weakens. Until the 'Looking Directly at the Great Sage' pronounces the last syllable of the spell, you have not yet broken through the barrier of defensive spells...]

[Countless flashing characters swept over and gathered at the top of the staff of 'Looking Directly at the Great Sage' like a raging wave. 】

[The huge and terrifying magical power made the entire workshop tremble. The onlookers hurriedly backed away, fearing that they would be affected by the terrifying spell, and shouted excitedly, 'It is an endless torrent of knowledge'! 】

[But you, locked by the ultimate secret of knowledge-based spells, cannot dodge and escape. You can only watch the ultimate magic power burst out! 】

Lin Xun couldn't help but grit his teeth.

"Damn! If you don't come back, beast of disordered knowledge, I'm going to die!"

[At this moment, the restraining power of 'Coleman' seemed to have weakened. After it noticed that it could move its limbs, it immediately took out a fine copper device...]

[The light of the refined copper device flashes, and an extremely solid 'light wall of knowledge' appears in front of you, protecting you from the next ultimate terrifying spell. 】

[Dazzling light fills the field of vision, the staff points at you, and the extremely powerful and terrifying power pours out, turning into an unparalleled torrent and attacking you! 】

[If the ‘Light Wall of Knowledge’ doesn’t stop you, you will be swallowed up by this violent force in an instant...]

[But the indestructible light wall of knowledge cannot completely resist the ultimate secret of this knowledge-based spell. The light wall is visibly melting and shattering...]

[You shouted loudly, strong power filled your body, raised the 'Sword of the Bloody King' and advanced instead of retreating, brazenly raising the sword to face the 'endless torrent of knowledge'...]

[As the light wall shatters, the terrifying and raging magic power will swallow you up in the blink of an eye...]

[A group of scholars were so blinded by the bright light that they couldn't help but close their eyes. They couldn't see clearly the specific situation of the battle. They could only hear your unwilling and angry roar! 】

【……】

[Finally, the light went out, the torrent subsided, and you collapsed on the ground covered in bruises. There were sad wounds all over your body. The injuries were so severe that you could not even raise your hands lightly. 】

[You suffered almost fatal injuries! 】

['Looking directly at the great sage' smiled coldly, stepped in front of you, and took out a 'book recording the illusion of knowledge'...]

[It deliberately controls the magical power of the 'endless torrent of knowledge' and does not kill you here just to prevent you from dying so happily. It will use the torture of 'time prison' to torture you severely. 】

['Coleman' immediately stretched out his thick copper arm and stood in front of you to protect you, blocking you from 'looking directly at the Great Sage'. 】

[It said hurriedly, Great Sage, stop it! This man is really an envoy sent by the ‘Almighty True Knowledge’! 】

['Looking directly at the Great Sage' said coldly, the master used the light wall magic array that he painstakingly carved and the 'light wall protection device' he made on this evil heretic is already a blasphemy against God. 】

[I hope Master can calm down and stop being obsessed with being bewitched by evil heresies without realizing it. 】

[‘Coleman’ retorted that it was blasphemy against our Lord for the Great Sage to treat the ‘Messenger of the True God’ like this. The great prophet once predicted...]

[Before it finished speaking, ‘Looking directly at the Great Sage’ interrupted, the master kept saying that this man was the ‘messenger of the true god’. Does the master still remember the description of the ‘messenger of the true god’ in the prophecy? 】

['Coleman' nodded without thinking. Of course he remembered that the great prophet once predicted that the 'messenger of the true God' is not limited to appearance. He may be a swordsman, a scholar, or even an unknown farmer in the countryside... 】

[You cannot infer who the 'True God's Messenger' is based on his appearance alone, but the 'True God's Messenger' has two characteristics that others cannot fake. 】

[First, the appearance of the ‘Messenger of the True God’ is often followed by the arrival of the ‘Beast of Disordered Knowledge’. 】

[Second, the 'Messenger of the True God' has a temperament that is completely different from that of everyone else. This temperament cannot be described in words, as if the messenger was not born here, but came from outside. 】

[This man appeared in the workshop. Although there was no 'Beast of Disordered Knowledge' coming, but with his incompatible words and deeds, it could tell at a glance that this man was the prophesied 'Messenger of the True God'! 】

['Looking directly at the Great Sage' after hearing this, he shook his head and said, just based on this person's crazy behavior, the master concluded that this person is the 'True God's Messenger', wouldn't it mean that if you go to the lunatic asylum, you can catch a lot of 'True God's Messenger' '? 】

[A group of scholars also echoed the advice and said, Master, you have too little communication with the outside world. There are almost no such crazy and disorderly people in the auxiliary capital and the imperial capital, but they can be found everywhere in the countryside and towns. 】

[If such a person can be regarded as a 'messenger of the true god', they can bring you a carriage of the 'messenger of the true god' tomorrow. 】

['Coleman' is not good at speaking, and he was blocked by everyone and didn't know how to explain or refute. 】

[‘Looking directly at the Great Sage’ suddenly spoke out, does Master know why it is so sure that this person is not the ‘Messenger of the True God’? 】

[‘Coleman’ certainly knew what the great sage was going to say about the ‘star heresy’ and other crimes that he wanted to accuse him of. It pointed angrily at the great sage and was trembling and speechless. 】

[But the great sage slowly came to it, and just whispered a word, causing 'Coleman's' expression to change drastically. 】

['Coleman' asked in shock, did the Great Sage really lie to it? 】

[The great sage smiled and nodded. 】

[‘Coleman’ suddenly felt ashamed and apologized to many scholars, admitting that he was temporarily blinded and mistook the evil heretic for the ‘messenger of the true God’, which was really a disgrace to God. 】

[The scholars waved their hands quickly, not daring to accept the apology from 'Master Coleman'...]

【……】

[The ‘Great Sage Staring Directly’ walked up to you, opened the ‘book recording illusions’, and pronounced his verdict on you, evil heretic, please repent in the ‘prison of time’! 】

[Speaking, it raises its staff, and the phantom light immediately engulfs you...]

[The inexplicable sleepiness slowly creeps into your brain. You try your best to open your eyes, but you can only be dragged into an unknown dreamland...]

[You have entered the ‘remaining illusion of knowledge—time prison’! 】

【……】

[When you open your eyes, everything you see is endless darkness...]

[There is no light, no sound, and no smell here. All your senses seem to have lost their function here. All you can feel is nothingness and silence. 】

[Ordinary people entering the 'time prison' cannot even move significantly. The head issues instructions to the hands and feet, but the limbs can only respond to the brain's instructions at a slow speed that is invisible to the naked eye. 】

[This is the terrifying effect of slowing down the flow of time a thousand times. The trapped person can only silently endure the torture of darkness and death...]

Lin Xun did not expect that the torture artifact would be used on him one day.

The ‘beast of disordered knowledge’ that I thought would appear was already letting him go for the second time.

"What is the Servant of Knowledge doing? I always let the watchdog come when I don't need it. But when I need it, I can't even shout."

[You try to raise your hand, but are surprised to find that you can move freely in the 'time prison'. 】

[However, in addition to being able to move freely, the surrounding environment is still endless darkness, with no sound or light. You are trapped in it and cannot escape. At most, you can only do some activities for your own entertainment. 】

[The great sage just leaned close to Coleman and whispered, causing him to change his attitude instantly, leaving you unable to figure it out. 】

[With nothing to do, you try to remember the soft whisper just now. 】

[Your physical senses are extremely powerful. Even if the great sage uses magic power to cover it up, you will still hear only a few words. 】

[You vaguely remember that what the great sage said included something like 'fake...the real messenger...the candidate has been identified...'. 】

Lin Xun narrowed his eyes.

I have already made a guess in my mind.

"Oh, I am the real messenger of the true God. Does this great sage really don't know, or is he just pretending to be stupid?"

"If it's the latter, then there must be a huge conspiracy behind the so-called real messenger candidate."

Although I don't know why the body can move freely at the moment, being able to control the body means that Lin Xun can escape from the 'time prison' by committing suicide.

The essence of the illusion of knowledge is an illusory copy. As long as the body dies, it can escape from the copy and become conscious.

Those who are trapped in the 'time prison' do so because the flow of time in their senses is slowed down a thousand times.

The action of raising your hands to wipe your neck only takes two or three seconds to complete. However, when the flow of time is slowed down, the two or three seconds of action will take two or three days to complete in terms of the senses.

That's why those trapped have the illusion of being unable to move in the 'time prison'.

Lin Xun's eyes suddenly lit up when he thought of this.

Does the fact that he can move freely in the time prison mean that he is not affected by the sensory slowdown here?

"According to previous experience, the time flow rate in the game is roughly the same as in reality..."

Lin Xun patted his thigh and thought it was probably because of this.

The real world and the ongoing game time flow at roughly the same speed, which means that the game cannot simulate the sensory slowdown of text.

If the apostles really live like years in the 'time prison', then the flow of time in the game and the flow of real time will be confused.

If the apostle passes an hour in reality, then one hour of game time will inevitably pass, regardless of whether he is in the 'time prison' or not.

The 'time prison' obviously cannot violate the rules of the game, so Lin Xun can continue to flow at a one-to-one time speed without being affected by the slowdown of his senses. When reflected on his body, he can move freely.

"I see. If that's the case, I don't have to worry about committing suicide and returning to the city."

Lin Xun touched his chin and thought.

【……】

[After an unknown amount of time, suddenly, the dark illusion around you begins to tremble, and the surrounding images gradually fade away...]

[You are rejected by this world and escape from the 'remaining illusion of knowledge - the prison of time'! 】

[In a trance, the scenery in front of you changes, and you are out of the illusion in a car with luxurious interior. 】

[As the carriage slowly stops, the ‘Great Sage Staring Directly’ beside you also raises his head. 】

[You have been prepared for a long time, pretending to be dull and stupid, with saliva sliding down the corners of your mouth, as if you have been spoiled by the 'time prison'. 】

[The ‘Great Sage of Direct Gazing’ looks at you with no surprise at all. After all, the journey from ‘Coleman Workshop’ to ‘Direct Gazing School Branch Association’ is more than half an hour. 】

[This means that you have spent at least five or six years in the void darkness of the 'time prison'! 】

[Except for the gods, no one can withstand such horrific torture. 】

[It looked at you who were foolish and stupid, sighed and murmured to itself, of course it knows that you are the real 'messenger of the true God', and it also knows the prophecies left by the great prophet. 】

[But the great prophet only told the first part of the prophecy to 'Master Coleman', and did not tell the last sentence of the prophecy...]

[The prophecy is that... the arrival of the 'true messenger of God' is also the best opportunity for this world. 】

[That is the best opportunity to destroy the world and awaken the ‘Almighty True Knowledge’! 】