Pain Immunity: Worried the Villains Aren’t Twisted Enough

Chapter 466: Death by a Dull Blade — Am I the Only One Getting Trapped Here?!

Admin Note: Chapter 426 is missing on RAW!

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What's going on!?

After noticing the change in her power, Pleasure immediately became fully alert, beginning to realize the severity of the problem.

Everything else was unimportant, but her power was the most crucial thing!

Because she herself wasn't really a "thing" - she was essentially a strand of Pleasure's power.

Losing power was equivalent to a person losing a chunk of flesh - how could it go unnoticed?

The reason she needed a vessel was because if her power appeared directly in the world, it would become dispersed and potentially diminished.

But that brief power outburst earlier shouldn't have caused this problem!

Where did the consumption go?!Through Xie Antong's eyes, she looked at Lu Ce before her, at the undisguised malice in his pink-colored face.

Was it him?...

How did he consume my power? Was it the effect of the Broken Divine Weapon, or was it Agony?

Unconsciously, she had already placed "Sin" at a relatively equal level, beginning to consider the unknowns about him.

Meanwhile, in the struggle between Envy and Xie Antong, Xie Antong once again failed to react quickly enough - this time the axe was coming straight for her neck!

Pleasure: !!!

"What are you doing?!"

In an instant, she angrily intervened, forcibly seizing control and using her divine power to twist her own body.

Simultaneously, the power around her surged once again.

Rip!!

A violent collision sound, like hot oil splashing into cold water - the golden great axe was knocked away by energy, while simultaneously she slapped Envy away.

But that was it!

As her power increased, Lu Ce's power grew simultaneously. Envy's overload ability seemed exceptionally overpowered at this moment!

Card change, the opponent's 100% replication meant no matter how much power Pleasure used, it would only match his.

Their figures clashed and flew apart, then simultaneously turned back to charge at each other.

Pleasure was now extremely furious - this disobedient vessel was truly useless.

She had to do it herself!

Boom!

The moment their energies collided, she sobered up.

It seemed she couldn't do anything about this bug-like guy either.

Divine power exploded in the air, the shockwave pushing both apart. They both slid backward with identical movements, one hand gripping the ground, before simultaneously looking at each other after sliding for a distance.

"What kind of power is this exactly?"

Pleasure asked, unable to comprehend.

Could it be that in this state, he could fight anyone to a standstill?

If that were true, wouldn't that be overly overpowered? Is this power that humans can master?

Or does it belong to some god? Agony back in the day didn't seem to have this ability, as far as I've heard.

"This is your own power, don't you recognize it? Getting a bit senile, aren't you?"

Envy's current principle was to respond to everything and talk nonsense deliberately, completely making things up.

The corner of Pleasure's mouth twitched, but soon she suddenly realized a problem.

Why were we evenly matched just now?

In the pure energy collision earlier, wasn't "I" supposed to have the advantage?

Wasn't it only by relying on this Broken Divine Weapon plus combat experience surpassing this woman that he could manage?

Wait...

"Why didn't you use your awakened ability earlier?"

Pleasure said with an unpleasant expression, clearly speaking to Xie Antong this time.

"Because you seized my control, I couldn't use my own ability."

Xie Antong said as if it were completely natural.

Bullshit!

Pleasure almost wanted to curse immediately. They were already fused - wasn't this excuse too stupid?

But she couldn't say much now since she couldn't disprove it temporarily.

This wasn't something she understood well either - after all, she had always directly taken over possessions before, never trying something as humiliating as co-controlling with an ordinary human.

Meanwhile, she suddenly discovered that during her brief outburst earlier, her energy had decreased again!

Having already noticed before, she wouldn't be careless this time.

And like a dull knife cutting flesh, the accumulated missing energy was becoming quite significant.

Following the energy flow path like a dog tracking scent, her gaze turned toward another direction.

In a dark corner stood a tall figure.

—Sun.

"Hi."

Seeing the two in the arena suddenly stop fighting and look at him, Sun grinned and even raised his hand in greeting.

"You?!"

Pleasure's voice carried shock. Since Sun hadn't made a move yet, and the pressure from "Sin" was indeed great,

she hadn't paid much attention to this person!

Never thought Sun would one day be completely ignored.

"Was it you who stole my power?!"

"Yep." Sun nodded, his voice completely unapologetic. "What about it?"

Pleasure was speechless. After all, they were in a hostile state, so whatever the other did could be considered reasonable.

However, after looking Sun up and down, she sneered and said:

"Hah, you think anyone is qualified to use my power?"

"Be careful not to burst from overeating!"

"Burst from overeating? From you?" Sun's face showed equal disdain. "Your level isn't even as good as that Love-whatever-desire from before. Why can't you see yourself clearly?"

"I think you guys having power is useless anyway. Better give it all to me - I'll put it to good use."

Sun said shamelessly, his laughter carrying a sinister edge - this was part of his side effect after all.

The power of devouring would naturally cause backlash on him.

But the next moment, nameless flames instantly swept through everything, engulfing the entire haunted house space. Everything in sight became a sea of fire.

"Perfect." Sun's body began to expand, amidst thick fiery red mixed with seven-colored divine light. He took a step forward, heavily stomping on the ground before him.

"Since I've been discovered, let's play together then."

"Actually, I've been barely holding back for a while now."

Amidst the raging fire, Sun walked forward like this, becoming part of the battle.

He was taking significant risks - after all, he could tell that both opponents before him currently had higher energy levels than himself.

But the advantage was that no matter who he fought, the "Blasphemer" medal would trigger!

"Come on? Don't just stand there."

In the raging fire, battle reignited. At this moment, Pleasure suddenly felt something was very wrong.

On the field, everyone had their own objectives - a three-way melee.

But one was copying her power, fighting her.

One vessel was disobedient, constantly looking for trouble for her.

Another newly joined guy could somehow absorb her power!

This game... am I the only one being set up?!

The moment she realized this, she was completely stunned.

These three people seemed completely uncoordinated, purely attacking each other - and this definitely wasn't an act.

Just moments ago, when Sun first entered the battlefield, the axe came straight at him, shattering his armor and almost instantly drawing blood.

But no matter how these three fought, it seemed she would suffer losses in the process.

Originally, she wanted to be the tempter, devour this vessel, watch the show with amusement, and profit as the third party.

But how did it come to this - she was the one being played!

For the moment, she didn't have any particularly good solutions. "Sin" wasn't easy to deal with - she still had to fight.

Regardless of truth, to enable this vessel called Blank to use her awakened ability, she once again relinquished some control.

Both sides were now roughly evenly matched, each holding a certain degree of control.

But continuing like this...

Definitely wouldn't work!

For the first time, Pleasure began feeling a sense of crisis.

She had spent too long positioning herself as a "god," facing only players - helpless players whom she treated like playthings.

So she had never "feared" before.

Pleasure itself didn't allow for such emotions.

She thought this game would be no exception - she even felt she had been somewhat cautious, giving "Sin" some face.

She thought other players were easy to manipulate, that this new vessel was no different from previous ones.

But she was wrong!

She had misjudged too many things.

It wasn't that she had never misjudged before, but due to her superior power, she never suffered any consequences!

So what if she was wrong? No one could make her pay the price. But now things were different.

She had a bad feeling...

"Starting to regret it now, aren't you?"

Suddenly, Envy who was swinging the great axe spoke up, looking fiercely at Xie Antong before him.

It was unclear who he was speaking to, but Pleasure who was pondering matters clearly felt her heart skip a beat.

"Starting to feel like you've misjudged too many things, aren't you?"

"Starting to think, 'if only I had done that earlier'?"

"Starting to have some bad premonitions, aren't you?"

Lu Ce mocked while simultaneously knocking away Sun who had suddenly pounced.

He was like a precise psychologist, knowing exactly when to say what for maximum impact.

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Pleasure's voice spoke up, but it sounded somewhat lacking in confidence now.

Suddenly, Xie Antong's body lagged again - such mistakes were too obvious before experts. The golden Extreme Path battle axe came chopping the next moment.

Instantly, Pleasure's power erupted again, blocking this strike. And as expected, the overflowing power was once again absorbed by Sun.

"HAHAHAHAHAHA!"

Sun laughed heartily - purely because gaining power felt good, but at this moment it sounded exceptionally grating.

He was the one with the simplest objective now - to devour divine power!

"What are you doing?!" Pleasure questioned Xie Antong angrily.

"Seems like it wasn't me." Xie Antong responded. "Weren't you in control just now?"

The same person, same mouth, once again producing two different voices - that distinct sense of split personality reappeared.

The more split, the worse the fusion effect, the less power Pleasure could exert.

Pleasure: ?

Really?

Hearing Xie Antong's response, she herself was becoming confused now.

Xie Antong immediately followed up, coaxingly saying:

"Actually, many of my earlier mistakes were for the same reason. Two consciousnesses controlling one body simply can't adapt perfectly."

"Under normal circumstances, my All-Seeing Eye would never fail. I can see through all his attacks - it's just that body control tends to lag behind."

Pleasure: ...

Is... is that so?

She wasn't sure. After realizing she might genuinely be in danger now, and having her defenses broken by "Sin's" taunts, she was becoming mentally confused.

While they were confused, Sun and Lu Ce certainly wouldn't go easy on them.

The golden great axe accompanied by roaring fire dragons charged at her.

Xie Antong's figure seemed quite strained facing such an attack.

Forcibly using Pleasure's power for protection, barely managing to withstand it, "Xie Antong's" expression now also looked unpleasant.

Or rather, fluctuating between unstable moods was more appropriate.

"Just going on like this isn't a solution either." To avoid such control conflicts, Pleasure temporarily gave up body control, beginning to communicate directly with Xie Antong mentally.

She was clearly becoming impatient now.

"This is no joke - you've seen it yourself. Co-control simply doesn't work!"

"So..."

Xie Antong abruptly cut her off, speaking directly aloud since she was more straightforward.

"So, why don't you stop competing with me and just hand over all control to me, or rather, return it to me."

"That way, once I get familiar, I can fight 'Sin' better."

Pleasure: ?

This caught her completely off guard.

"What... just based on you? Have you forgotten the gap between you and him!"

"Right, that's why I said you should give all the power to me, but don't control it. Hand all thought processes to me." Xie Antong said quickly.

"Let's discuss merging after this is over. I might choose to fuse with you directly then."

Xie Antong's words made Pleasure fall silent, while making Lu Ce and Sun before them somewhat bewildered.

What was she doing?

Was this reverse psychological manipulation on Pleasure? Could she actually do this? Wasn't this completely upside down?

"What nonsense are you spouting!" Pleasure certainly couldn't be coaxed by such words - she wasn't crazy yet.

"Have you lost your mind? It seems I've been too indulgent with you."

"Then why don't you hand your body over to me? What's wrong with embracing godhood?"

While maneuvering in battle, Xie Antong calmly replied:

"Doesn't Sin have that complete power imitation ability? If I completely hand over to you, I can't use awakening, and you'll just be evenly matched with him."

"Wouldn't that be the same outcome?"

Pleasure was instantly speechless, unsure how to respond.

Xie Antong's seductive voice continued:

"So you should fuse with me, hand your power over to me!"