Pain Immunity: Worried the Villains Aren’t Twisted Enough

Chapter 766: So this explosion only hit me!

"Explosion!"

The moment those two words fell, the earth instantly cracked everywhere. Light shimmered within the fissures, as if something underground was about to burst forth.

The cracks rapidly expanded and swelled. The energy inside overflowed and detonated instantly. Before any of the gods could even react, before anyone could utter a word, a terrifying roar erupted.

Boom!

A violent white light instantly assaulted everyone's retinas. If any ordinary humans were here, their eyes would be destroyed before their bodies.

Xie Antong, for instance, had a clearer head. After speaking, she closed her eyes and never opened them again.

The sandy beach was instantly annihilated by the powerful, high-energy impact. The sand grains turned to dust the moment they were flung into the air.

All the amusement park facilities were instantly blown to pieces. Those scantily clad monster waitstaff didn't even have time to scream before their bodies were torn apart and dissolved.

The terrifying roar vanished moments after it began. It was unclear whether their eardrums had been destroyed or the surrounding space no longer supported the transmission of sound.

In Xie Antong's conception, she hadn't truly specified the exact magnitude of this explosion, but... the more violent, the better!She wanted to see if the most terrifying destructive force this game world could produce could actually affect a god.

So, the Game provided this world-destroying explosion.

As for whether she and the others would survive... that was a gamble...

She couldn't hear any sound in her ears. Her body felt unusually light. Xie Antong herself didn't know what state she was in now.

After a long while, her eyelashes trembled slightly. She opened her eyes again, and her pupils instantly contracted!

She was in a space of darkness, as if floating in a void of cosmic space. The previous world had been utterly obliterated in the cataclysmic deluge brought by the "explosion," vanishing without a trace.

The effect of this explosion exceeded her expectations. It had instantly flattened the world created by [Knowledge], leaving no trace behind.

It was the strongest energy fluctuation she had ever witnessed with her own eyes so far. Yet, she was still alive.

This space was a void of nothingness and chaos. Only a point of seven-colored light illuminated the area. That was [Pleasure] using his own power to light up the world.

He was currently looking at Xie Antong with a somewhat astonished expression. He hadn't expected why this girl, who had always followed the rules, could be so violent.

The one with the worst expression here was probably [Despair].

First, his expression was normally quite unpleasant, but now he looked like he wanted to kill someone.

Previously, his world had fused with the Game's Life and Death Boundary. Now that the world was destroyed, his Despair Secret Sea had no foundation to rest upon.

In the dark space before them, starting from an indeterminate boundary, there was constant twisting and undulation. That was the location of the Despair Secret Sea.

It was like a black pool floating in the endless cosmos. The massive skeleton standing inside it now looked inexplicably comical.

He said nothing, just looked up at the Arbitrator in the sky once more with an ineffable gaze.

The Arbitrator was currently using his own energy to shield Perfect Life, as the Game rules over there had nothing to do with him anyway.

Perfect Life was utterly bewildered, looking around in confusion within the Arbitrator's protection.

Where the hell have I been brought?

He still had no idea what was happening when the world before his eyes changed completely.

"This...?" Perfect Life looked around him. The Arbitrator protecting him spoke.

"It's nothing. It doesn't affect your game."

Perfect Life: ?

You call this not affecting it?!

The Arbitrator was also helpless. Actually, this world-destroying operation itself wasn't a big deal. He had anticipated it.

It was just that mixing in [Despair]'s game made everything incredibly difficult to balance.

......

At this moment, Xie Antong realized she was also enveloped in a protective glow, and it was two layers.

[Knowledge] and [Pleasure] had actually both acted simultaneously to protect her!

Only now did they withdraw that protective energy.

"Heh... So, in the end, this explosion purely only blew up me alone!"

A voice, exceptionally familiar, rang in Xie Antong's ears. Only then did she realize she hadn't seen Lu Ce at all!

Following the sound, in the darkness, there seemed to be an egg floating.

It was Lu Ce, wrapped in the Illusion Cloak, barely recognizable as human anymore.

Even though she had considered his Death's Door when mentioning the explosion, Xie Antong couldn't help but feel her heart clench.

Now, beneath the tattered cloak, flesh and blood were growing wildly!

And Lu Ce's face looked as if it had been split down the middle from the front—one half deep blue, the other half crimson red.

At the instant of the explosion, he had mobilized Gluttony's power and "took a bite" out of the world that was about to be disintegrated by the immense energy!

After that, he was basically blasted into a near-death state by the violent energy. He had swallowed a huge mouthful of energy and then used Death's Door to cling to life.

Now, he was using the devoured energy to frantically restore himself.

[You're really hard to kill, kid. I thought I'd get to see Agony.]

[Pleasure] glanced at him from the side, speaking with a hint of emotion.

[Knowledge] also looked at him. After confirming he wasn't dead, he turned to Xie Antong and said:

[Hmph. In fact, you are already out of the game now.]

[If we hadn't actively intervened to save you, you would be dead.]

"I know. But I knew [Pleasure] would definitely save me. Keeping me alive aligns with his twisted amusement before 'Sin' fails."

"However, I didn't expect you would also intervene..."

She stared at [Knowledge]'s face. The latter half of her sentence remained hidden in her heart, unspoken.

—It seems that after feeling completely assured of victory, you've also started doing unnecessary things.

This was the best news Xie Antong had received since the start of this game.

[Your attempt was quite good. I understand it now. But I can explain to you that this attempt of yours is also futile.]

[There are three reasons.]

"Enough with the nonsense here. What three or four reasons..."

"I was too busy playing around just now. Playing, playing, I almost got myself blown up. The snacks and drinks are all gone too."

"Well then, I'll participate in this game as well."