Pain Immunity: Worried the Villains Aren’t Twisted Enough

Chapter 721: The Ranking of the Shuffling Game, the Secrets of the Game

After the wooden door opened, as if by some kind of telepathy, Lu Ce and the character who seemed to have stepped out of a comic locked eyes.

—Perfect Life!

Why would he come here?

Moreover, it was already quite unreasonable that a foreigner could directly access the most confidential, most core area of the Dragon Group.

Oh, but then again, he was originally a dangerous element on a global scale...

Seeing Perfect Life in this location in the real world, Lu Ce couldn't help but start thinking, that feeling of mental confusion already surfacing once again.

"You are... Sin?"

Seeing this mask, Perfect Life was also somewhat taken aback.

"I am not, I am Perfect Life." Hearing Perfect Life's voice, Lu Ce consciously steadied himself.

Perfect Life: ...Although the mask had changed, this kind of aura, and the faint sense of pressure in terms of status, in this world, for Perfect Life, there was only this one person.

"Haha, it seems you two are on good terms, so I won't need to introduce you further."

Nie Jiu Tian chuckled as he found a chair to sit in, raising his hand to gesture for the other two to sit as well.

"The condition for this Perfect Life to come here was to see you, otherwise he wouldn't have come."

"The young lady beside you also only agreed to inform you, with no guarantee you would come. Now, it seems the world still values your face."

"Though, being able to arrange an offline meeting between the world's top two is also a testament to my capabilities."

Hearing this, Lu Ce raised his hand and touched his mask. Due to the complete lack of any sensation of wearing it, he constantly felt as if he wasn't wearing one at all.

"My face is indeed quite handsome."

No one paid attention to his crazy talk. Perfect Life gave a gentle smile and retracted the Eight Trigrams that had been spreading across the floor of this room.

"China truly has hidden dragons and crouching tigers. I never imagined there was still an expert of the Grand Elder's caliber hidden in this world."

"This room is also extraordinary. I can't even extend my abilities beyond its confines!"

As he spoke, a sharp glint flashed in Perfect Life's eyes. To be honest, coming here alone so easily was somewhat overconfident on his part.

"That's not our capability, it's this."

Nie Jiu Tian chuckled, directly turning his hand over to produce a dark golden long nail—the Godslayer Spike. The energy in the surrounding space instantly became somewhat obstructed.

"Embedded within the walls of this room are all the Godslayer Spikes collected by the Dragon Group!"

"The world's second-ranked daring to come alone is also quite bold. You are our friend, you can rest assured."

Perfect Life smiled modestly.

"What world's second, just a hollow title. Besides, isn't it third now?"

By now, Lu Ce and Xie Antong had also taken their seats. With just a few words exchanged between the Grand Elder and Perfect Life, the ice had already been broken, entering a relatively relaxed conversational rhythm.

"Third now?" Lu Ce was also momentarily stunned. Although he had never paid attention to the rankings, the consensus was almost universal that Perfect Life was right behind him.

But he quickly reacted and spoke up.

"You let that idiot surpass you?"

Perfect Life didn't seem to mind this, just calmly nodding and saying,

"That's normal too. All that guy's abilities were originally focused on combat."

"This time, he devoured a God, stole the energy of a God's proxy, and ended up taunting powerful divine entities across the entire map."

"Surpassing me is reasonable."

Lu Ce nodded, offering no comment, but Xie Antong beside him could barely hold back a laugh.

Lu Ce had only said 'let that idiot surpass you,' without specifying who, yet Perfect Life immediately defaulted to Sun—completely seamless communication, huh!

"It seems you really just woke up, haven't even had time to check the updated rankings," Nie Jiu Tian chimed in from the side.

"I've also been paying attention to his games, including the last one. He really went all out."

"Just don't know what he'll experience this time."

At this point, Nie Jiu Tian frowned. To be honest, he had originally wanted to meet Sun specifically as well.

After all, the other party wasn't "Sin." The Dragon Group had exceptionally comprehensive information on Sun's personal details. His usual residence and movements were under the Dragon Group's complete surveillance.

But considering his formidable strength and his tendency to fight at the drop of a hat, the Dragon Group had also avoided provoking him, merely monitoring his movements.

However, with this Peak Rankings update, Sun directly soared to second place, yet there was not the slightest stir. He hadn't spoken at all in the game's public channels.

Under normal circumstances, wouldn't he definitely be challenging "Sin"?

Moreover, there was no activity at his real-world residence either. Not a single Dragon Group agent had spotted him.

They had no idea what state this newly ascended world's second-ranked player was in.

Nie Jiu Tian didn't dwell too much on this person. Looking at the three people before him, he said with a somewhat playful tone to "Sin."

"If you haven't looked at this Peak Rankings update, I suggest you take a look."

"This game ranking has already been reshuffled."

Lu Ce was also baffled. He had never really paid attention to this ranking. After all, other players could use the rankings to roughly assess their own strength fluctuations, but he couldn't tell at all.

And for him, surpassing other players held little meaning.

But he still casually opened it and took a look.

Himself first, Sun second, third Perfect Life, fourth Jiang Yuan, fifth The Creator, sixth Chiyo Eine...

Tenth, Blank?!

Looking at this name that had suddenly soared, Lu Ce even rubbed his eyes a little before turning to look at Xie Antong.

"Ahem... thanks to you." Xie Antong blushed slightly. "The power of [Pleasure] allowed me to absorb a significant amount."

Actually, it should have been thanks to Agony, but that wasn't important.

"Congratulations." Lu Ce nodded, saying something very out of character for "Sin."

"You two...?" Perfect Life was somewhat confused. When he saw these two enter together earlier, he was worried there might be some conflict.

But now, looking at it, the atmosphere seemed a bit... off.

"Alright, since the conversation is going well, let's talk about some serious matters." Nie Jiu Tian quickly cut him off, avoiding any awkward questions.

"Everyone, let's first reach a consensus. We are on the same side, right?"