Pain Immunity: Worried the Villains Aren’t Twisted Enough

Chapter 737: A Reversal of Extremes! Greed and Gluttony

【Knowledge】 watched as "Sin" continued to sit there, stubbornly and incessantly rubbing the sand in his hands. He couldn't even be bothered to keep counting anymore, thinking he'd just announce the final number.

He didn't plan on saying much more either, just looked at "Sin" with a faint sneer.

Finally, that handful of sand and grit was crushed into fine powder in Lu Ce's hands, flowing downwards like the sand in an hourglass.

The fine sand fell onto the platform in front of him, all caught by 【Knowledge】, making a pleasant rustling sound.

【What do you say? Finally given up struggling?】 "Knowledge" said with a laugh.

"Why would you say that?" Lu Ce's voice betrayed no emotion. "I think this number is enough. You probably can't count it anymore, can you?"

As he spoke, he even clapped his hands, brushing off all the crushed sand in his palms.

【Hmph!】

"Knowledge" snorted coldly, finally raising a hand to bind Lu Ce's hands.

Then, a divine power like a gentle breeze swept past, washing away the last bits of sand grit still clinging to the lines of his palms.In the end, it became a small, grayish-white pile scattered on the ground before them.

【You're sure you're finished, right? Don't try to go back on it or pull any useless tricks after a little while.】

【In total, 2346 grains of sand. I've counted them all. It's time for you to lose.】

After saying this, He quietly lowered His head to look at "Sin," waiting for his reaction.

But at this moment, Lu Ce slowly raised his head. The smile on his face didn't disappear as 【Knowledge】 had imagined it would.

Instead, it seemed to be spreading even wider.

"Are you sure?"

【Of course I'm sure!】

"Knowledge" also held no self-doubt, waiting for the excuses of the person before him.

"Heh heh, then you guessed wrong. That's not the number."

【Hahahaha! I was waiting for you to say that!】

In an instant, 【Knowledge】 burst into excited laughter, casually waving a hand again to sweep up the pile of fine sand in front of him and throw it into the sky.

The sand scattered, forming a flat plane that filled the sky before them, like a giant screen.

Each grain of sand was labeled with a number by 【Knowledge】 next to it, like an exhibition.

【Do you think you can fight a God by just refusing to acknowledge the count?】

【Come on, if you want to see, take a look yourself. This is all the sand from your hands!】

【Why do you think I stopped you from throwing it on the ground? Why do you think I swept every last grain clean from your hands?】

"Knowledge" said loudly. Judging by His current emotional state, He was already beginning to transform towards pleasure.

He was 【Knowledge】. The nature of this God wasn't about killing directly with overwhelming power; that held no meaning.

What He wanted was to use His knowledge and information, far surpassing others, to crush a person's spirit, to grind down all their fighting will.

Whether physically or mentally, He had to completely defeat them.

So He was very patient now. No matter how "Sin" might quibble, He would continue to counter each move, slowly strangling this guy.

He was even starting to feel some anticipation.

But what He didn't expect was that "Sin" really didn't quibble this time!

"What number did you just say?"

【2346 grains!】

Lu Ce nodded, then gestured with his chin towards the curtain of sand spread across the sky in front of him.

"Then why don't you take a look?"

【Knowledge】 turned around to look at the sand curtain He had created and the labels next to each grain of sand.

At this moment, next to the final grain of sand, the label read "2345."

【Knowledge】: ?!

In that instant, it was as if 【Knowledge】's mind went directly from the Big Bang through a series of thoughts to the establishment of the Game, the game of the gods...

He knew that feeling should be what humans called "shock."

【You! What did you do just now? When did you throw one away!】

He whipped his head around, rushing right up to Lu Ce's face, staring at him intently.

Lu Ce, however, simply spread his hands open right before His eyes. Both hands were impeccably clean. Having been washed by divine power, they even looked quite glossy.

"What's wrong? Didn't you say you were always on guard, making sure to prevent me from casually throwing any away?"

【Knowledge】: ......

That was true. He absolutely refused to accept that He had really failed to watch him just now.

But He also couldn't possibly believe He had miscounted. For Him, getting that number was about as difficult as an adult counting from one to ten.

How was it possible? Both things were clearly impossible, so why was one missing!

"Hahahahaha! Now, who's the one starting to quibble and cheat?!"

Seeing his goal had been achieved, Lu Ce stopped acting completely and began to laugh mockingly like crazy.

【You... what additional trick did you use again?】

"Knowledge" was getting a bit anxious too. At this point, He didn't even care about face and actually asked directly.

"Additional trick? Sorry, no. The fact is you miscounted. What a pity."

"I've won again. Now, do you have anything you want to say?"

At this moment, the red that had previously appeared on the mask had completely disappeared. A vast, ferocious blue covered his face.

His ladder was already set up. All that remained was to wait for the other party to keep walking up it.

......

【Little girl, want me to give an explanation?】

In the initial blank space, 【Pleasure】 leaned close to Xie Antong and asked, as if He hadn't figured it out at all.

Xie Antong didn't evade either, speaking calmly:

"The God of Knowledge couldn't have miscounted. All that should have been thrown out was thrown out. So the missing one could only be inside."

【Pleasure】 acted as if He had just thought of it, saying with feigned surprise:

【Is that so? Then it seems it's related to the mask's red state, right?】

【As far as I know, that color is "Gluttony," correct?】

【Heh heh......】

Clearly, Xie Antong and Pleasure had roughly guessed some clues at this point.

While Lu Ce was continuously crushing the sand into finer pieces, he was actually making a tiny, sufficiently fine cut in his own skin.

That tiny opening was filled with a grain of sand, which was then directly digested by Gluttony!

And Gluttony's powerful self-repair ability instantly healed that tiny wound!

The one involved was confused. 【Knowledge】 only paid attention to how many grains of sand appeared. But one being digested out of thin air was different from the ability He had just used.

【But this way... isn't it broken?】