"I want to challenge."
The moment Eggy finished speaking, her consciousness returned to her body.
She was still standing at the bottom of the Killing Sea, surrounded by walls formed by seawater, but suddenly the waves ahead churned and a deep underwater tunnel appeared.
It was the same kind of tunnel that had appeared when Chu Feng left earlier.
But at that time, Chu Feng had given up and chosen not to step into it.
Eggy guessed that Chu Feng had probably made a wish back then, only to give up on the challenge once he learned the price of failure.
Eggy stepped into the tunnel. After walking for some distance, a barrier gate appeared ahead once more.
Passing through the barrier gate, she entered a different space.
The space was vast, like an ocean palace — its surrounding walls all made of rushing seawater.
Except this seawater was black, and because of its pitch-black hue, the entire hall was shrouded in darkness.
Suddenly, a beam of light descended from above, landing not far in front of Eggy.
It was a black blade.
Behind the black blade, there was a barrier sphere.
"Wield this blade and torment the person within until death, and you shall pass the trial."
A voice rang out in the space.
Hearing this, Eggy reached out and grabbed, and the black blade that had been lying on the ground flew into her hand.
Torment someone?
For Eggy, this kind of trial was practically effortless.
Crack— Soon, the barrier shattered, and the thing within materialized before Eggy's eyes.
It was actually Chu Feng!!!
However, this Chu Feng, though still weak, was in a much better state than the Chu Feng outside.
This Chu Feng seemed unable to speak. He only looked at Eggy, his eyes full of pleading.
"Trying to scare this Queen with such a trick?"
Eggy walked forward and drove the blade straight into that Chu Feng's body.
Then she immediately pulled it out.
Blood sprayed everywhere. That Chu Feng collapsed weakly to his knees, his face twisted in pain, his gaze even more pitiful.
But Eggy showed not the slightest hint of mercy.
An illusion of Chu Feng, and they thought that would make her hesitate? Eggy was not so indecisive.
But at that moment, the voice sounded once more: "A reminder — no one ever said this wasn't the real Chu Feng."
The moment those words left the voice, Eggy's expression changed dramatically.
She couldn't help but look at the Chu Feng before her once more.
She tried to use her knowledge of Chu Feng to find a flaw in the person in front of her, to confirm that this was not the real Chu Feng — that it was merely an illusion.
But the more she looked, the more panicked she became.
She truly could not tell whether this Chu Feng was real or fake.
He was exactly the same.
Eggy abruptly turned around and found that the barrier gate she had entered through had already closed.
Naturally, there was no way to check whether the Chu Feng outside was still there.
"You may also choose to give up," the voice said.
Hearing this, Eggy closed her eyes and fell silent for a moment.
When she opened them again, determination burned in her gaze. "Disguised quite well, aren't you."
With that, the black blade in her hand began slashing repeatedly at the Chu Feng before her.
No matter how agonized that Chu Feng screamed, no matter how his body was hacked into a mangled mess of flesh and blood, Eggy did not stop for even a moment.
Until, finally, the Chu Feng before her collapsed completely.
Lifeless.
But Eggy showed no panic whatsoever. She looked up and asked, "I've passed this trial, haven't I?"
"How do you know that the one you just killed wasn't the real Chu Feng?" the voice asked.
"Stop wasting this Queen's time. I know he was fake. Now go save Chu Feng."
Eggy's tone was impatient.
"Heh heh…"
A faint chuckle echoed through the hall. Then the Chu Feng lying on the ground dissipated, transforming into black mist that scattered into nothing.
At the same time, the sealed barrier gate opened once more, and Eggy immediately turned to run back the way she had come.
But the voice spoke again: "I'm curious — how exactly did you figure out he wasn't the real Chu Feng?"
"Did you think I had no choice? Whether that Chu Feng was real or fake, the only way for Chu Feng to be saved was for me to act and pass the trial — so I struck."
Hearing this, Eggy stopped in her tracks. "This Queen's bond with Chu Feng is something you could never understand."
"I might mistake anyone else, but never Chu Feng."
"If you want to disguise yourselves as Chu Feng in front of this Queen, you'll need a lot more practice."
With that, Eggy walked out.
She passed through the barrier gate and soon returned to where Chu Feng was.