What Lust said was simply too arrogant, to the point it almost felt like he was surpassing Pride.
Normally, Pride's way of speaking resembles a lofty, imperial gaze looking down upon the mortal world, but Lust's words purely make people feel exceptionally uncomfortable just listening.
It's as if he's deliberately trying to disgust his opponent.
As his words fell, the pink clouds in the sky churned violently, as if responding to his words and expressing the anger of the gods.
At this moment, among the spectator group, there were still many people who couldn't grasp the situation.
[: What does he mean, what does "many people are watching" mean? Is he talking to us?]
[: Are your ears hallucinating? He already said he's talking to the gods.]
[: Gods? What gods?]
From taking out the card to Lust's effect resolution, quite some time had passed. Up until now, the dark clouds overhead were still continuously churning, accumulating power.
Accumulating power belonging to the "gods"!
But because the final outcome still hadn't been settled, people's spirits remained tense, not quite understanding what the ultimate conclusion of this game was.
The Black Knight had been leaned against by Lu Ce all this time, serving as a kind of seat cushion. Hearing his mouth's relentless, merciless taunts, it spoke with some worry:
"Hey, that mouth of yours... when you get struck by lightning later, you won't drag me down with you, will you?"
"That is absolutely inevitable, you can rest assured about that," Lust said with a laugh, waving his hand dismissively.
Black Knight: ......
"I suggest you move farther away."
After Lust finished speaking, the smile that had been plastered on his face, never changing, finally shifted into a different form, becoming slightly more serious.
He straightened up from leaning on the Black Knight, no longer using it as support, and once again raised his hand to tap his own head a few times, as if greeting someone.
He tapped a few times, and the headless body opposite him also trembled a few times in response, like a maggot being electrocuted.
"Hey, still there?"
"You probably haven't been scared to death yet, right? Or have you already had your soul fly away, busy arguing your case? Heh."
At this moment, Lust resembled a wise man who could predict everything, accurately stating what the Lust avatar was currently doing.
After all, he actually wasn't the Divine Messenger. He was an avatar, a genuine, bona fide avatar belonging to a god, a part of [Lust].
Therefore, He also possessed the ability to converse with [The Game], though of course, not to the same degree—just a small privilege.
This privilege allowed him to know all possible card effects and also let him fixedly give Zhong Li Rui a card he personally deemed "guaranteed to win."
"Just a shame, your little privilege didn't manage to reverse your destined fate, hehehe," Lust grinned, once again flashing a villainous smile.
"You should have realized it, right? You're about to be abandoned."
"After all, your consciousness remains within my mind. Since established rules cannot be arbitrarily changed, then using this 'Punishment' meant for elimination to conveniently eliminate me as well should be considered Their optimal choice."
"Honestly, I think you had this in mind from the very beginning."
Lust spoke calmly. His tone on these matters was always strange; clearly describing matters of his own life and death, yet carrying a touch of a bystander's detachment.
But as he spoke, the people around him certainly didn't share his mental fortitude. Jiang Yuan and Xie Antong nearby almost immediately whipped their heads around, looking at him in shock.
Right! While they were all amazed that Lust had found a loophole in the game and was about to "turn defeat into victory," they only now realized a problem.
—That Lust entity had actually remained inside "Sin's" body all along!
"Punishment" could be big or small. In fact, as long as The Game was willing, directly obliterating the other's Spirit without collateral damage probably wouldn't be difficult either.
But, the person They were facing was "Sin"! The number one rebel under heaven, the villain who openly declared he would oppose The Game!
In that case, if there was any chance of "collateral damage," he definitely wouldn't be spared a single bit!
Xie Antong immediately frowned, momentarily forgetting her own plan this time to defeat Lu Ce, and began to feel some worry.
A bad premonition stirred in her heart.
Lust's current intelligence and judgment level had already exceeded her estimates. But if he had already figured all this out long ago, why did it feel like... he wasn't planning to solve this problem?
"Heh, stop dawdling. Hurry up. Actually, I'm quite pleased," Lust chuckled darkly.
"This shows that in your eyes, my life and death are more important than a god's avatar..."
"Compromises and concessions happen gradually. Today it's a god's avatar, next time it might be a weaker god, and the time after that might be a true high-ranking god!"
"You can slowly look forward to it. Here, I can give you a prophecy."
"The price you are willing to pay to get rid of me will grow larger and larger, until... you place yourselves on the gambling table as well!"
Xie Antong: !
What! Are! You! Doing!?
Why provoke at a time like this, and also... it seems the game hasn't shut down the live stream yet, right?!
She instinctively glanced at her own live stream. The page, which normally had fewer viewers, was now scrolling insanely with a barrage of comments!
[: Wait, what is he saying? Who exactly is "Sin" declaring war against right now?!]
[: Seriously, is this some kind of official announcement? Is The Game really controlled by some "gods" behind the scenes?]
[: Why is "Sin" fighting them to the death?]
The world's questions flashed through Xie Antong's pupils like data streams. She didn't understand why Lu Ce chose to publicly lay his cards on the table now.
"No! I am also part of The Game's......"
After a long silence, Lust suddenly erupted with a miserable roar, but the words He didn't finish were subsequently drowned out by a tremendous boom.
BOOM!
The clouds erupted with a violent thunderclap. The headless corpse carrying a portion of Lust's power instantly turned to dust.
Immediately after, another bolt of lightning descended from the heavens, striking straight toward Lu Ce!
"Bastard! Then you can die with me!"
In his mind, Lust's voice shrieked miserably, filled with venomous resentment.
Lust smiled and said:
"Looks like you're suited to become a follower of [Despair] now."
Then, he took out his two divine artifacts, holding them up in front of himself.
"Hey, are you really going to get struck by lightning? Damn it!"
The Black Knight nearby let out a furious roar, but contrary to what it had said about moving away, it instead shifted its body sideways. All its materials instantly morphed and extended, wrapping around and enveloping Lu Ce.
At the center of the vehicle's front, the muzzle of the Death Ray Cannon gleamed brightly, aimed straight at the sky. The whole thing resembled an aerial fortress!