Chapter 103

Ye Bai opened his secondary job column and saw the new life skill "Fraud I" that appeared in it.

[Deception I]: Active skill. When used, the chance of your lie being accepted by the target increases by 40%. It cannot be used repeatedly on the same target within 30 minutes. It consumes 20 points of physical strength.

This skill can be simply summarized as "deception", and its main principle is to make the target of deception easier to deceive. However, this also depends on the situation and the target, because the skill effect is based on the original premise.

For example, if a person who already believes in Ye Bai uses fraud, basically as long as she doesn't make up any outrageous lies, the other party will believe her; but if it is used on a devil who has just realized that he has been deceived, it will definitely not succeed.

However, in addition to the devil's true name, he can also obtain a life skill, which is a pleasant surprise for Ye Bai. This kind of skill can often play an unexpected role at certain times.

Seeing that the devil Arisio was still doubting his life, Ye Bai waved his hand and said, "I have completed the contract. Aren't you coming out now?"

Hearing this, Alisio's face turned green: "Then should I thank you?"

Compared to the current situation where his real name is unilaterally known by someone, Alisio would be better off being imprisoned in Iris's cage. At least there is still a possibility of escape. But now that his real name is known to Ye Bai, it is equivalent to her holding his lifeline. Unless she chooses to release the devil on her own initiative, the other party will never be able to break free from her bondage.

In essence, the devil's soul is contained in the true name. They gain power from the object of the contract, and in turn, the contract also constrains the devil. However, the devil is good at exploiting loopholes in the contract and signs unequal contracts. The premise of revealing the true name is to form greater constraints on the object of the contract.

Under normal circumstances, even if the devil was defeated and his true name was known by a god-level or demigod-level powerful being, that would be due to his limited strength and there would be nothing that could be done about it.

And now, as a devil who is best at deceiving, he was actually tricked into revealing his real name. Arisio is probably the first such case in the whole Purgatory. He feels ashamed to stay in Purgatory!

At this time, Ye Bai smiled generously when he heard this: "You're welcome, we'll be one family from now on."

Arisio's face twisted from green to blue, and from blue to purple, and he finally screamed uncontrollably: "Ahhh! Who are you and your family--!"

The next moment, the screaming Arisio disappeared in front of Ye Bai and returned to the cell of the Lord of Purgatory.

Ye Bai chose to manually "mute" Alisio, so that the other party could recognize the current facts.

As for Alicio reporting him to the Lord of this level, Iris? Ye Bai was not worried at all. Alicio's real name was in her hands. She could kill him with just a thought. Given the devil's fear of death, such a thing would never happen.

Then, Ye Bai looked at the paper man and discussed the information he had just received from Arisio: "Did you know about the devil's statement that the deep sea is hidden in purgatory?"

The paper figure shook his head. "The deep sea is at the edge of the land. The area where I can move through words is only near the city in the sky, but..."

After a pause, he pondered, "According to the contract, the coordinates and information about the deep sea are all true. Given the devil's true name, perhaps you could try to enter and explore. If the deep sea is in the cracks of Purgatory, it's very likely that you can reach other Purgatory layers through it."

Ye Bai nodded slowly. What the paper man said was similar to what she thought.

Unlike the last time when he had learned about the situation in the dungeon in advance, the paper man did not know much about Purgatory. He could only confirm that the mission item was deep in Purgatory, but Ye Bai needed to explore further to determine the specific level and location.

Just like the space cracks leading to the surface are active, the passages to the upper and lower levels in Purgatory are also refreshed irregularly, requiring a lot of time to test and explore. Some cracks even jump levels, such as from the third level to the seventh level, and from the seventh level to the fourth level.

In addition, there is only one fixed passage, which is to defeat the Purgatory Lord BOSS on that level, and the passage will naturally appear.

But the Lord of Purgatory is at least a demigod-level BOSS. Even though his level is far beyond that of other players, Ye Bai is still very aware of his current strength. He can't last more than five skills in front of a demigod-level strongman.

Originally, Ye Bai could only rely on a perfect mask to hide her identity and explore slowly in purgatory. However, as the paper man said, the information provided by the devil gave her new ideas.

A vast realm like the deep sea is now "hidden" in the purgatory space, which may serve as a "public space", just like a vertical passage inserted into the chaotic maze, through which one can reach different levels of purgatory faster.

Moreover, Ye Bai himself was very curious about the things that disappeared on the surface and reappeared in the deep sea of ​​purgatory.

If this matter had not been confirmed through the devil's soul contract, Ye Bai, as a fantasy game producer, would never have imagined that such a fantastic plot development would occur.

After making the decision, Ye Bai prepared to set off again.

Suddenly, Ye Bai remembered something and picked up the magic scroll and said to the paper man:

"Wuming, why don't you try changing a few more characters?"

"Um?"

Although the paper man didn't understand why Ye Bai said that, he quickly met her request.

[You gain 10 points of proficiency in Elvish]

[You gain 10 points of proficiency in Deep Sea Language]

[You gain 10 points of proficiency in the ethereal language]

The paper man can only change into magical words with special powers. He still changed into all the languages ​​he can change into according to Ye Bai's instructions, including ancient dragon language, demon language, elven language, deep sea language and ethereal language.

However, only the other three languages ​​allowed Ye Bai to gain language proficiency through the historian's secondary job, and when the same language appeared repeatedly, even if the paper man changed the text content, she could not gain new proficiency.

Ye Bai quickly tested it out and found that when the paper man turned into a text, there was an effect, but each language system could only take effect once. The ancient dragon language she had learned and the demon language she had gained proficiency in could not be repeated.

"Sure enough, there's no such good thing..."

However, no matter how small a mosquito is, it is still meat. Ye Bai just felt a little regretful and continued on his way.

On the left was a magic scroll carrying a paper man, on the right was a magical donkey, and in front was a fluorescent light flying, guiding Ye Bai to the crack that Alisio had mentioned before.

This spatial crack is indeed very hidden. It is in the crack under a huge stone platform. If it were a traditional keyboard game, it would definitely be a good place to get stuck.

When approaching the crack, Ye Bai received a system prompt.

[You have discovered a space crack leading to an unknown area. Do you want to enter? ]

The deal offered by the devil Alisio is certainly not fair, which means that the environment on the other side of the crack is not absolutely safe for Ye Bai.

However, since Ye Bai came here, he was naturally well prepared.

"Alicio Bar Croni..."

With a call, the devil Arisio broke through the space again. After a burst of black mist, he appeared in front of Ye Bai like a balloon floating in the sky.

At this moment, Arisio looked like a wilted vegetable leaf. Perhaps it had suffered a severe blow in a short period of time. Its incorporeal body had shrunk visibly with the naked eye.

Alisio passively 'calmed down' for a while, then looked at Ye Bai dejectedly: "What do you want from me?"

As it spoke, it scanned the surroundings and immediately recognized Ye Bai, who had come to the crack leading to the deep sea. It realized something and said, "You don't mean to..."

"Of course I sent you to explore the way ahead. After all, you are more familiar with the situation inside." Ye Bai expressed Alisio's guess.

"Okay." Arisio nodded, looking resigned.

In the summoned state, if Ye Bai does not actively restrict it, the devil can also carry out activities within a certain range.

As Ye Bai said, Arisio first floated into the space crack. After a moment, Ye Bai had an idea and it came out of the space crack again.

Demons have the ability to teleport, and Ye Bai feels that he is very suitable for this job.

Not only this crack, but any cracks in the future can be explored by the devil.

At least it can greatly reduce the risk of being killed by powerful enemies or the environment if she rashly crosses the crack.

"There is an unknown island inside. It's safe." Alisio turned around to show that he was safe.

No matter how sincere the devil appears, Ye Bai will not believe it directly, but she is also aware of the devil's weaknesses.

Ye Bai nodded: "Okay, I will go in after you. If I encounter any danger when I go in, I will have time to eliminate you immediately."

Alisio paused, looked at the bright red chain around his neck, and said angrily, "I know."

"Very good. Go ahead."

Arisio entered it again, and after a moment, he was summoned back from inside safely by Ye Bai.

"Do you believe it now?" Alicio said angrily.

This time, Ye Bai smiled and nodded: "There's nothing I can do. After all, you devils really have no credibility."

Alicio rolled his eyes when he heard this: "You have it?"

Ye Bai spread his hands and said, "Just tell me whether I brought you out of that cell or not?"

Arisio: “…”

This time, after Arisio went in, Ye Bai did not delay any longer. He signaled Ottophis to follow and went straight into the crack.

The feeling of traveling through time and space came, and soon Ye Bai felt that he had broken through an invisible barrier.

The next moment, Ye Bai's eyes lit up, and a cool breeze blew on his face, bringing the smell of sea water that was completely different from the previous purgatory environment.

Immediately afterwards, Ye Bai received a system prompt:

【You are affected by an unknown force...】

Ye Bai was shocked and quickly checked his personal information. He then saw that he had an extra buff of "Unknown Aura Influence", but there was no systematic description of the effect.

Looking up at the devil in front of him who seemed to know nothing, Ye Bai carefully observed his personal panel information. Whether it was a positive buff or a negative buff, it would always have an impact on the panel.

Soon, Ye Bai discovered the abnormality caused by the buff: her physical strength was decreasing at a rate several times faster than before.