Pain Immunity: Worried the Villains Aren’t Twisted Enough

Chapter 703: Sun: What Kind of Bullsh*t Is “War”?

"Seven Kill..."

"Truly ruthless enough."

In the Council of Elders' basement, Grand Elder Nie Jiu Tian muttered to himself.

Blood was currently streaming steadily from both his ears, and the game livestream screen before him had long since gone black. For reasons unknown, he had inflicted this injury upon himself.

Yet, in this neglected underground space, separated by an unknown distance—perhaps across the cosmos—he seemed able to see everything happening within the game.

That Godslayer Spike, which Lu Ce himself had actually forgotten about, was something the players present there, especially Xie Antong, knew very well.

Back at her wedding venue, when the Illuminati lured Lu Ce there, this Godslayer Spike was their ultimate trump card, meant to kill Lu Ce.

At that time, in any area affected by that spike, all players' abilities were significantly weakened.

It was only because Lu Ce's own skills were all rooted in his physical body that they didn't truly succeed back then.

But that was last time, an item used by people. This time, it was being used personally by these 【Gods】, and it had directly pierced through his body.The power of that was a bit difficult to assess.

However, although Xie Antong and the players within the game knew of the Godslayer Spike and its effects, most people still didn't understand its function.

But... Nie Jiu Tian knew!

This living fossil of the world, lingering on in this basement for so many years, held in his mind all the things humanity should remember but which most had already forgotten.

Even if the memories of the entire world had once been deleted, consciousnesses altered, he still remembered.

He knew that the last time this Godslayer Spike appeared in the world, it was also the handiwork of the 【Gods】!

The meaning of the words "Godslayer" was not about making a god fall, but rather, whoever the gods decided must fall, would fall!

This was an error-correction mechanism the gods of the game left for themselves.

For when They could not take action personally, yet a person emerged in the world who could not normally be slain, this kind of spike would appear.

The last time, in Blue Star's previous era, when this thing appeared, six of the world's top experts died!

Six!

Among them was Dragon One of the Dragon Group.

And for some reason, perhaps because this CHOSEN'S PARADISE! game had a certain power ceiling, the Godslayer Spike could only appear a maximum of seven at a time.

Nie Jiu Tian had given them a name: "Seven Kill."

Representing that seven people might perish on the spot.

As for why only six people died back then... because he was the sole survivor!

"Back then, each Godslayer Spike only targeted one person. Now, you're going to use them all on a single person?"

"Using Seven Kill on one man... you all really are... a bit too afraid of him, aren't you?"

"But if they are all truly used on him..."

Nie Jiu Tian's brow furrowed tightly, as if he couldn't find a way to spare "Sin's" life.

"Sigh..."

"However, your number... seems to have one extra."

...

Almost simultaneously, after Nie Jiu Tian finished speaking, far away beyond the epochs in the game's domain, the energy there also became somewhat unstable.

Sloth had already withstood one so-called "certain death" Godslayer Spike, which was currently embedded in his chest. Yet, standing around him were seven Gods.

One spike per God, plus the one on Lu Ce, that made eight.

【Hmm, something seems off. The number is still too many.】

The Arbitrator spoke at that moment. Subsequently, the spike in one of the God's hands vanished into thin air.

The 【God】 who had their spike snatched away instantly flew into a rage. The space instantly erupted with a vast expanse of extreme, complex auras that made people's minds reel.

The Arbitrator's phantom instantly floated backward, waving its hands repeatedly, speaking very humbly:

【Calm down! This is the agreed-upon rule. Eight spikes cannot appear simultaneously.】

【If you casually use your abilities and cause this place to collapse, that would ruin everything.】

The scene gradually calmed down. In just that instant, the power erupted by that phantom had already forced many present to lower their bodies, nearly causing them to fall.

For brain-reliant personnel like Xie Antong, her mind felt as if struck by a heavy blow, as if flooded with endless information.

A word surfaced in her mind—【Knowledge】!

Another God she had never heard of before.

Boom!

In the now-quieted arena, a tremendous explosion suddenly erupted, shattering the silence.

It was the sound of a flame explosion, accompanied by the Sun's furious roar.

"Still hiding? You have the fucking face to call yourself Slaughter?"

"Die for me!"

Tu Shan, who was fully channeling the power of 【Slaughter】, was now completely no match for the Sun and was already in a perilous situation.

Most importantly, he didn't understand!

He spoke up in shock:

"Don't you want to see what's happening right now?"

"With things at this point, you still want to keep killing me!?"

"Can't you sense it? 【War】 has arrived!"

As the subordinate gods of War, namely Slaughter and Judgment, They could sense that among these seven, there was the aura of War.

To save his own skin, Tu Shan had even started name-dropping the big shot.

But the Sun simply didn't care about any of that. The piece of fat meat right before his eyes wasn't secured yet; why would he care about the floodwaters rising behind him?

He immediately roared:

"What kind of dogshit is 【War】?!"

"Stay right there, you bastard. I'll finish you off and then go find Him."

His roar resonated clearly in the quiet environment, reaching everyone's ears clearly.

【War】: ?

Tu Shan: ?

Everyone: ?

Even Nie Jiu Tian, far away at the horizon, secretly listening in on the situation here, had his face twitch uncontrollably.

Huh? There's actually such a master within our China's borders?

This really is... an era of abundant talent...

As soon as these words were spoken, the Sun was pleasantly surprised to discover that his Blasphemer's Medal was glowing so brightly it seemed on the verge of emitting blue light directly. A powerful force directly reacted upon Him!

From Tu Shan's perspective, after the other guy finished mouthing off, his strength had actually climbed another level!

Huh?

In the blink of an eye, the other's burning body was already right before him.

【Hmph!】

From the distance, a cold snort suddenly sounded. Among the seven phantoms, War suddenly gave a flick of his hand.

The Godslayer Spike in his hand was directly hurled toward the Sun!

The Gods: ?