Chaos Devourer System - Chapter 561

Chapter 561: Dangers Of An Undying Expert
“Hiding my strength? Why do you think I was doing that?” Zeras asked with a confused expression that almost fooled even himself.

“You’re hiding your strength. This, I know well after your fight with Nazia,” she said, as Zeras raised an eyebrow.

“And why did you come to such a conclusion?” he replied.

“During the first test, you eliminated some geniuses, and in pretty gruesome ways. I’ve seen your capability from the geniuses you defeated and from the remnants of aura left on them.

You’re very strong, but none of us can really pinpoint exactly how strong you really are. Are you strong physically? Are you a very good spearman? Or are you a mage? We can’t tell.

“Only your defeated opponents know, and I’m sure they’re too prideful to let anyone know how they were defeated by a third-grade genius like you.

They will probably shut their mouths about it for eternity. Something I believe you also know.

“Then the soul test came, and you also easily passed. I was the one who conducted the soul test, and I could tell that you didn’t just last against your fear for five minutes—you were able to conquer it.

That also shows an almost absolute control of yourself, not in any way lesser than the control you have over your body.

But once more, we don’t know what your fear is. We have no idea whether it was a minor fear, and that’s why you were able to defeat it easily. We also don’t know how you did it. Once again, we’re left guessing about you.

“Then came the mind test. You were the first to finish, acing it. That makes you beyond a prodigy and more of an anomaly. Your ability to ace all three tests without fail—astounding.

Then came the final test, where I purposely chose Nazia. I learned how the battle went from her, almost as if I had seen it myself.

“I know that while it seems her ability to change the reality of the realm disoriented you, I am 101% sure you were not all that disoriented. Yo

u could have dodged those slaps that she gave you if you had wanted to, and with ease too, no doubt. But you chose to take them, and that is because of a strategy.

You chose to let the five-minute timeframe pass. You just wanted to waste time.

“While Nazia might take it as your attempt to mock her, I knew it wasn’t that. You are hiding your strength from her, or, more accurately, from all of us.

Even your Elder doesn’t know your strength because I watched her heart almost jump out of her throat in fear of you getting eliminated. If you were as strong as you appeared, she would have had some confidence in you, which she doesn’t.

That shows that you have successfully hidden your strength, even from your own people.

“And that is what piques my curiosity. Why are you hiding your strength? Are you afraid we will all turn against you one day? That the entire world will turn against you? That’s the only thing that makes sense—or perhaps you’ve been betrayed before because someone knew your full strength.

A total of four tests passed, and yet we all knew nothing about you. And only I and that white-haired old foggy would have noticed that slight anomaly in you.

You almost tricked everyone into believing you were foolish and weak or, at most, averagely strong. But we know, you are a frightening anomaly, and I can only imagine what you will be capable of when you reach the Undying Realm.”

Nazia explained lengthily, and the more she explained, the colder and more sinister Zeras’s eyes grew, with various emotions hidden in those bright astral blue eyes.

He was now starting to realize just what type of person this pretty looking woman before him was. To be able to deduce that requires deep thinking and calculation.

Who would have thought she had been monitoring him since all this while and he had not even a semblance of an idea.

“So tell me, Zeras Celestria, what are you hiding?” she asked, turning to look at Zeras, who shrugged his shoulders.

“It is just as you have said. I have been betrayed before because my enemies knew my strength. Since then, I have promised to keep my true strength hidden from sight. That is my fear—the fear of betrayal,” Zeras replied, seemingly giving her an extra clue, as Undying Narelle simply kept looking at his face before drawing her eyes away with a strange grin on her lips.

[Be careful around Undying Realm Experts. They are far from ordinary. Right now, she knows too much about you,] The system warned him.

“I really do pray she believes my lie, because things would grow ugly if she doesn’t,” Zeras replied to the system as they rode on in silence.

Even the atmosphere had changed, with Zeras growing quiet, his formerly free expression fading away, while Undying Narelle remained silent, just as she always had.

“Are you sure you don’t have any questions you want to ask me? The other recruits are doing the same…” Undying Narelle suddenly said, as Zeras turned his attention to the others, noticing they were gathered around Nazia and her sect members, discussing some girlish questions about the sect.

“None,” Zeras replied, causing Undying Narelle’s eyes to furrow as she continued riding the Unicornoras.

“So, I have finally gained entrance into the Ten Thousand Transformation Sect. How do you propose I start walking my path from now on?” Zeras thought in his head, asking for the system’s advice.

“Now is the time to focus on two goals. Firstly, your origin goal. The theme of the Ten Thousand Transformation Sect has successfully triggered you, so you should definitely seek out just what relation the Ten Thousand Transformation Sect has with you,” the system replied and Zeras had no choice but to agree it had made a valuable point.