Pain Immunity: Worried the Villains Aren’t Twisted Enough

Chapter 659: The Great Elder, Nie Jiu Tian!

"Whispering secrets, are you?"

"......"

Grand Elder narrowed his eyes, looking up at the sky. Night was about to pass, and the dawn's first light was now tingeing the horizon.

His eyes seemed to pierce through that faint morning glow, seeing beyond the heavens, seeing every hidden corner of the universe.

"A bit strange... Are your rules starting to malfunction again?"

"It seems that child has brought you..."

"Perhaps he can't be called a child."

"Previously, I had no memory of seeing him... but that was only before."

"After is before..."

Grand Elder spoke at an extremely fast pace, silently murmuring strange things under his breath, many phrases not even forming coherent sentences with normal meaning.It was as if he was interrupting himself mid-speech, sometimes stopping halfway through one sentence to abruptly start a new one, cutting himself off.

He only had one mouth, yet at this moment, he seemed incredibly busy...

Frowning, he pinched his temples and closed his eyes, also closing his mouth.

"Sigh."

After a long sigh, he slowly opened his eyes and descended to the ground.

With a casual wave of his hand, a powerful suction force erupted from his palm, pulling the figure lying on the ground like a dead dog into his grasp.

*Slap!*

A hand like a steel vice clamped tightly around the neck of a humanoid figure, lifting it up.

"Grand Elder, regarding the corpse..."

Beside him, a Dragon Group member stepped forward, speaking tentatively.

But Grand Elder raised a hand, signaling him to say no more.

Then, holding the neck of the already dead Divine Messenger, light flickered in his palm.

A few seconds later, the Divine Messenger who had clearly died began to struggle violently, as if suddenly revived.

A faint shadow slowly emerged from the corpse, struggling intensely, looking at Grand Elder before him.

"Nie Jiu Tian!"

"You stubborn... beast!"

"So you still remember me." Grand Elder said calmly, his hand movements not ceasing.

The Dragon Group members nearby were stunned for a moment. This was the first time someone had directly addressed Grand Elder by his real name. In fact, he himself didn't even know Grand Elder's name.

"Thank you for remembering my name. We'll... get along well from now on."

As he spoke, Nie Jiu Tian opened his mouth. The special "soul" of the Divine Messenger he held was directly shattered, transforming into streams of energy that surged towards his seven orifices.

"What are you doing! You're seeking death!"

"Even now, you're still doing this sort of thing!"

"Ah!!!!"

The soul's voice first erupted in curses, wildly disparaging Grand Elder before him, but soon turned into frantic screams of agony.

It seemed to be experiencing some immense pain.

"Sorry, bear with it. We're all on the same side from now on."

Nie Jiu Tian said indifferently, though in reality, his expression was exceptionally pained and twisted, only his voice remaining utterly calm.

A moment later, everything finally calmed down. All those energy streams before him had been "devoured" by him.

Nothing remained.

His body swayed, then he violently spat out a mouthful of blood.

His originally youthful appearance instantly aged, his body reverting to that of a candle guttering in the wind.

He put the black hood back on, hiding this appearance, which even he found difficult to accept, within the darkness.

It was worth noting that the twenty-four spheres surrounding him had now become twenty-five.

"Cough!"

Another violent cough racked him. He couldn't even stand straight, dropping to one knee.

"Grand Elder...."

The surrounding Dragon Group members stepped forward slowly, wanting to support him.

The scene just now could indeed be called bizarre, but Grand Elder possessing any ability was not surprising. They were only worried about his physical condition.

However, the next second, Grand Elder stood up and waved his hand slightly. The few people around him instantly felt their minds go hazy.

"Sorry..."

"These filthy, unbearable things... just let me be the only one to glimpse them."

"Those who pry into secrets never come to a good end."

After this soft whisper to himself, he closed his mouth and waited for those around him to regain their senses.

The Dragon Group members swayed, seeing Grand Elder again with surprise, saying:

"Grand Elder? You're here?"

"Are you severely injured? Do you need immediate medical treatment?"

"It's fine. Get to the main point." Nie Jiu Tian waved his hand, his voice having regained its aged quality.

"Oh, currently, riots are occurring in multiple regions worldwide. The impact of The Game's descent is no less than a global sudden plague."

"Within the domestic region, due to prior warnings, it's relatively stable, but only relatively. Most of The Game's areas have also ended by now."

"Good. Report the specific details to me later. Just state the key points first." Grand Elder coughed once and said calmly.

"How is 'Sin' doing?"

"The game he was in included Jiang Yuan, world rank five, and Miss Blank." The Dragon Group member answered quickly.

"Jiang Yuan's attitude has remained in an unknown state. Blank has been... consistently hostile towards him."

"But now the game has also ended. Both were injured but are still alive, and both were selected to become God's spokespersons."

"Hostile..." Grand Elder repeated the word, his emotions remarkably steady.

Then, in the very next second, his body suddenly trembled. Beneath the black robe, his eyes seemed to widen.

"What did you just say? Both were selected?"

"'Sin' was also selected?!"

The Dragon Group member rarely saw Grand Elder display such a loss of composure and replied somewhat hesitantly:

"Yes... yes."

In their view, Sin being selected was the most logical thing based on strength alone. It was just that The Game's attitude here seemed excessively fawning.

But what Nie Jiu Tian was thinking was clearly not so simple.

He maintained that fixed, intense stare, staring at the Dragon Group member before him until the other felt as if that gaze was stripping him to the bone.

He maintained it for dozens of seconds, finally seeming to accept this fact. From beneath the black robe came a voice utterly inconsistent with his persona.

"Huh?"