Pain Immunity: Worried the Villains Aren’t Twisted Enough

Chapter 697: Ravings? The Arbitrator Appears!

Silence...

Sloth kept switching back and forth between that state of lucidity and falling back asleep.

Yet, the words he spoke upon waking up this time successfully silenced the entire arena.

Who is "one of your own"?!

This time, whether it was the Players or those Heroes, everyone could clearly understand and realize just how outrageous the content of his words was.

Each and every one of their expressions was quite spectacular.

What kind of existence is the Arbitrator? He is the one representing The Game here, a very special existence among the Gods!

He is not any specific God, nor is he a God, yet he can stand alongside Them. This in itself is proof of his status.

How could such an existence possibly help you of his own accord?

Looking at "Sin" swaying unsteadily, everyone basically confirmed that he must indeed be out of his mind.This was also the first time the spectators felt a certain emotion called worry regarding the strongest Player's capabilities.

[: Seriously, how is the degree of mental illness deepening further? Is this right?]

[: He's really starting to sleep himself into a stupor, isn't he?]

[: This form's side effects are indeed too high. Streamer, streamer, are there any other methods?]

The people inside the arena also began to feel uncertain in their hearts, not quite clear if the "Sin" before them was still the same omnipotent existence he once was.

Even Xie Antong furrowed her brows, not understanding what he meant.

But Sloth himself felt nothing of the sort. He simply spread his arms, aimed them at the Arbitrator floating in the sky, and began to laugh.

"Haha... hahahaha!"

He even laughed so hard he seemed a bit breathless, completely unclear what he was laughing about.

"Tell me, isn't this strange?"

"Huh? Truly, the world is unpredictable. An existence like you is actually over there helping me."

"Hey, I'm talking to you. No reaction?"

As he spoke, he completely abandoned his previous lazy, sluggish manner. Suddenly, he pulled out a handgun from who knows where—Hell's Roar!

On a battlefield of this apex level, a weapon of this grade had already begun to fall somewhat behind the pace.

But when Lu Ce pulled the trigger, and the three-stage, highest-level cannon fire let out its own Hell's Roar, it still rang out like a loud bell, making many people's bodies jolt.

He had directly fired a shot at the Arbitrator!

But there was smoke without injury. When the distorted energy beam dissipated, it revealed the undamaged sphere within.

Then, Sloth uttered a sentence that made everyone fall even more silent.

"So? Awake now?"

Is that a question *you* can ask someone else?

[Hmph, truly dull. I never imagined the strongest Player, beneath the mask of a Sequence weapon, would have already become like this.]

[Have you, perhaps, even forgotten your own identity? Do you still know who you are?]

[...]

Lu Ce offered no response to the Arbitrator's words. Only the dark green mask still wore a somewhat peculiar smile as he looked up at Him.

The Arbitrator continued:

[Let me introduce myself. Perhaps you still don't know who I am.]

[I am an existence beyond your imagination. First, I do not possess what you humans arrogantly call "thoughts."]

[I am the Arbitrator, the most impartial existence within this Game.]

[Because every God has Their own preferences and different styles of action, there needs to be an existence that can forever remain impartial, balancing the objectives of the Gods.]

[Thus, I appeared. I possess a small part of the power of each one of Them. I am the servant of the Gods.]

As he spoke, the small sphere in the sky slowly particle-ized, reforming into an illusory human silhouette.

It was an existence with an indistinct face, an unrealistically ethereal body, and exceptionally blurred boundaries.

The Arbitrator had appeared!

After His figure materialized, that overwhelming, oppressive aura of divine might instantly descended. Around the table, several "Heroes" couldn't help but tremble slightly.

That oppressive feeling was all too familiar to them.

Suddenly, the figure in the sky pointed in a direction. A strange power instantly shot forth, pressing down the Sun, who had abruptly stood up looking very excited, back into his chair.

[Sit down!]

[You can't eat this one.]

Forced back into his chair, the Sun was instantly provoked, stirring a fierce, savage feeling within him. Flames and lightning erupted all over his body as he began to contend against the Arbitrator's energy.

In the sky, the Arbitrator's phantom slowly turned its head and pushed a single hand forward.

*Boom!*

A terrifying explosion instantly occurred on the Sun's body, causing him to stiffen instantly before slumping back into his chair, black smoke billowing from him.

[I told you to sit down. You can't eat this one.]

[The new Judgment, you are still far from ready.]

When He mentioned the word "Judgment," Tu Shan, sitting beside the round table, seemed to freeze for a moment.

The Sun grinned, about to speak, but instead coughed out black smoke, breaking into violent coughs.

"Cough... cough cough!"

All of this happened in an instant, leaving many unable to react.

For those present, the Sun's strength had just been demonstrated. Measured against his power, this Arbitrator... was clearly operating at the level of a God!

Immediately, the atmosphere became extremely oppressive.

But, what did Judgment mean?

And also...

Xie Antong frowned again, feeling something was very wrong. The Arbitrator in this Game had already made her feel uneasy several times.

Lu Ce had only spouted a few lines of nonsense. Why are you revealing your own background? Even if it's roughly what I guessed...

At this moment, having dealt with the Sun, the Arbitrator turned back towards Lu Ce and spoke, as if to demonstrate His power:

[You say I am "one of your people"?]

[I am not even one of *Their* people, and you say I am "one of your people"!?]

"Hahahaha! Why are you saying all this? Who asked you?" Lu Ce laughed heartily without a trace of fear. Of course, he had never been afraid of these existences within the Game.

"All this? Does it conflict? Today, in the past, in the future, you will definitely help me, won't you?"

"Whether it's this Game, these people, or my Overload, it all depends on you, doesn't it?"

"Hmm, let me think if there's anything useless..."

"Jiang Yuan!"

Suddenly, he turned his head and looked at Jiang Yuan.

"That glass bead I gave you, do you still have it?"