Pain Immunity: Worried the Villains Aren’t Twisted Enough

Chapter 473: Unmasking in the Game, Because He’s Watching You

Lu Ce: ......

"Huh?"

Looking at Xie Antong who was clearly not in her right mind at the moment, Lu Ce who had exited his overload state fell slightly silent.

In his memory, she had never been this discomposed before - that mouthful of blood even gave her a somewhat ghostly aura.

He raised his hand and beckoned, a subtle whooshing sound cutting through the air. Moments later, an hourglass flew into his hand.

Smack!

He caught it, lifted it for inspection, and discovered the hourglass still had half its sand remaining. The sand in the lower portion was even flowing backwards against its natural course!

This counter-intuitive situation made Lu Ce pause briefly, then he flipped the hourglass over, only to find it indicated he was holding it incorrectly - his previous orientation had actually been right.

Which meant Xie Antong's current condition was actually quite good, in a process where her life force was gradually recovering as the medicine took effect.

After glancing at it a couple times, he put away his hourglass.Watching Lu Ce's movements, her heart trembled slightly, then she smoothed back her hair and said with a laugh:

"What? What does this mean?"

"I'm just checking which of you two won. From the looks of it now, it really does seem to be you."

The lines forming the expression on the pink mask danced mockingly as it spoke in a sarcastic tone.

"Seeing your condition earlier, you looked quite like Her - I thought you'd kicked the bucket."

"What a pity."

The corner of Xie Antong's mouth twitched, the excited expression on her face slowly fading away as she calmed down again.

"Thanks for taking time out of your busy schedule to curse me."

For this game, she had indeed been judged the loser.

Probably because she had forcibly dragged Pleasure into the game earlier, effectively merging with Pleasure - when Pleasure lost, everyone else won, but she counted as losing along with Pleasure.

But regardless of how wins and losses were judged here, she was absolutely ecstatic because her objective had been achieved.

That will of the Pleasure power had now disappeared.

Yet the power she wanted to seal had been successfully contained.

That massive Pleasure power was now imprisoned within her body like a special kind of prisoner.

If she wanted to use it, she would have to endure the power's erosion of her spirit. What that [Pleasure] said earlier was correct - this power still didn't belong to her.

Perhaps she would indeed gradually lose herself without even realizing it.

But this was her admission ticket to the top-tier player battlefield!

From now on, when facing major events, she would finally have the qualification to choose whether she could truly participate.

Looking at her right hand, the flesh had already begun healing rapidly, and she couldn't feel any pain.

The dried blood coagulated around it resembled a blooming plum blossom.

"What's going on, did it just suddenly end? Didn't we barely do anything yet?"

Sun's voice came from the side, sounding like he had something stuffed in his mouth - that satisfied tone of someone who had eaten their fill.

At this moment, if ordinary people looked at him, they might wonder if their eyesight was failing - the man's entire body was beginning to show double images.

Powerful energy was swelling his body, that surging power urgently needing to be released.

But now, there didn't seem to be anything left to fight.

"Don't you know why it ended?"

Lu Ce's icy voice immediately followed, his head tilted as he looked at the distorted Sun.

"Saying it too many times becomes aesthetically fatiguing."

"You should have gained quite a bit, right? If you don't want to fight, then keep your mouth shut."

"Gained? Hahahaha!" Sun laughed heartily, "I think 'snatched' would be more appropriate."

"Otherwise, why do you think I came here? Did you expect me to be polite with you?"

The eyes on Lu Ce's pink mask narrowed slightly as he gazed distantly at the energy-swollen Sun. The two looked ready to add an extra battle to their schedule.

But the next second, Sun's body vanished into thin air on the spot.

He had directly left the game, unexpectedly choosing not to pick a fight.

"If there's a common objective, Sun actually makes a decent cooperative partner."

Only Xie Antong and Lu Ce remained in the entire space now, and Xie Antong's voice sounded at just the right moment.

"This game doesn't allow for cooperation - They will definitely block all possible paths."

The expression on the pink mask spoke disdainfully, then turned to look at Xie Antong.

"You say you succeeded. Really?"

"Yes."

The next instant, a golden giant axe swept through space with a momentum that could tear reality apart, chopping toward Xie Antong before them.

With her current restored normal combat capability, she had absolutely no ability to resist or evade.

But she didn't move either. The axe stopped a hair's breadth from her neck, raising goosebumps on her skin.

Xie Antong's neck felt somewhat stiff, not daring to move either, as she spoke:

"What are you doing?"

"Game time is over. There are no spectators watching anymore, so stop acting."

"Do you think I've been performing for you all along?" Jealousy's voice came from the mask.

But the axe was lowered - this reaction should be fine.

If it were Pleasure pretending, or if she were still lurking, she should have erupted to fight him just now.

She definitely wouldn't have dared to actually let him press the axe against her.

"About what happened earlier... thank you."

Xie Antong's vitality seemed to drain away in an instant, her entire aura wilting as she revealed a profound exhaustion.

She offered her thanks.

"Unnecessary. I needed to kill Her anyway."

Lu Ce's voice remained calm. Ever since killing the Despair God's Emissary last time, he had discovered that his Godslayer Medal wasn't joking around.

It seemed like every time he killed one, a wisp of energy would enter the medal - it had been the same just now.

So his objectives in the game had been relatively clear recently.

"Can you... take off your mask?"

Xie Antong's voice softened somewhat as she spoke weakly.

"I want to see you. I haven't confirmed your state when you personally remove the mask."

"The game has ended."

Lu Ce: ......

"You should be more careful with what you say from now on, pay attention to hiding your inner thoughts."

"What?" Xie Antong felt somewhat disappointed at the topic change, but then immediately froze.

The person before her raised a hand, slowly removing the mask from his face, revealing that familiar countenance.

That face opened its mouth and spoke.

"Because, She is watching you."