Chapter 471: Chapter 471: Encirclement — An Attempt to Open Heaven and Split Earth

"Cough... cough cough!"

Xie Antong began to cough violently, as if she were going to cough out her very entrails.

But then her voice abruptly cut off, as though she were choking, giving everyone the uneasy illusion of being unable to breathe.

From the seven orifices of her head, it seemed something was leaking, emitting swirling, multicolored smoke that looked terrifying.

She was gradually losing the ability to make sounds. Only one hand remained, the other still holding a knife that had been driven in, her fingers clawing the ground. Blood trickled slowly down the knife handle.

Jealousy sat across from her, propping his chin with one hand, watching her with keen interest.

"Oh? Internal conflict?"

"This is somewhat interesting..."

His tone revealed no clear emotion, but the horrific changes happening to Xie Antong were nevertheless terrifying.

Pleasure, of course, wanted to erase her and take over.

The clueless masses had earlier thought Xie Antong had ascended to godhood. They had been fighting well, and suddenly she began to have seizures for no obvious reason.

The game's comment stream was almost entirely filled with four characters meaning "what's happening?"

But the elders of the Dragon Group and those top-tier players all stood up at their respective locations simultaneously!

Perfect Life watched the screen in front of him. Although he agreed with the decision, no calculation of his could find a good chance of victory.

"Could it be... a bit too hasty?"

Chiyo Eine looked anguished and distressed, her face full of worry as she watched the screen.

She strongly approved of Xie Antong's choice; counter-possession was indeed the right move, but "Sin" is still there...

"Tsk, this guy wouldn't move at a time like this, would he?"

The Creator stood in his courtyard, full of ancient style. He said nothing, fists clenched.

His back was straight; from the intensity of his posture, it was obvious he was unsettled.

Great...

She is also a resister. Ever since Sin appeared, those front-line players had not bowed to the game.

Although the last time he was exiled it was because of resistance, and that generation of old players ultimately failed because of resistance,

he still felt a little moved as he watched Xie Antong now.

These players around here are something else!

"Child... I wish you success."

Those in the Dragon Group who had earlier believed Xie Antong had ascended toward the gods were now staring wide-eyed!

They no longer cared about saving face. No one spoke; the elders' meeting room was as silent as a morgue.

In their era, the difference between a god's avatar and a divine envoy wasn't clearly defined.

Anything with its own consciousness and carrying "godly" power was broadly called a divine envoy.

That a divine envoy would be corrupted by possession and yet attempt counter-possession to seize the opponent's power—this was unprecedented in human history!

At least, there was no record of such a thing in the Dragon Group's archives.

So no one could say anything; they only wanted to see if this bold girl could possibly succeed.

At the same time, the greatest worry rose in their hearts.

— "Sin" shouldn't strike at a time like this, should he?!

From what they usually knew of Sin, he would disdain acting at such a moment.

And he should have his own grievances against that "god," right?

That would be the normal assumption.

But the face before them now was Jealousy — the extreme of evil, the sum of humanity's darkest traits, the thing without moral restraint.

"Heh heh."

A low chuckle, and that pink face rose from the ground.

He twisted his neck; it made an odd cracking sound as he walked slowly toward Xie Antong.

Each step felt like it was pressing on the hearts of the Dragon Group members, making them grit their teeth.

No way......

Could humanity's attempt to open heaven and split earth be buried by Sin's hands?

After a few steps he stopped, bowed his head, and looked down at Xie Antong from above.

Xie Antong's expression was full of suffering, while he seemed to be thoroughly enjoying it.

"Are you... about to die?"

Speaking, he slowly raised his right hand under the breath-held gaze of over a hundred million viewers.

But in the end he did not attack; instead he placed his hand on his own face and pressed his five fingers slowly with force.

"Heh heh, such an interesting game. Why should only you get to play?"

"How about letting me join?"

In an instant his face changed into Xie Antong's—yet still worn his trademark smile. Simultaneously, the real Xie Antong's expression began to synchronize.

But the next moment, as if rebounding, an expression never before seen appeared on Lu Ce's face.

— Pain!

Then, an inexplicable entanglement formed between them. Their faces began to switch rapidly!

Different expressions and emotions flickered and flipped; sometimes Xie Antong's face would suddenly take on a pink hue.

Lu Ce began to genuinely overload his mask. He and the Xie Antong opposite were like two performers playing a rapid-changing face trick.

This was abnormal: a silent war among three entities, invisible and untouchable.

They had reached a kind of quiet equilibrium.

"What is this? Peking opera face-changing?" Sun, not far away, looked at the two of them incredulously.

The next second, a sharp roar split the heavens as seven-colored divine light wrapped around Xie Antong and Lu Ce. Violent energy swept like a hurricane.

"Fuck!"

Sun was instantly shocked, then ecstatic. He absorbed it indiscriminately, regardless of whether he could handle it.

Pleasure saw Sun in this state and fell into despair.

How could it be so convenient... that there was him here!!

"Ahhhh!"

A tragic, loud cry echoed through the space, sharp and lingering.

It was Pleasure's voice of despair.

It began to feel like it could not hold on. The dagger continued to twist in Xie Antong's hand, sustaining its spirit.

And now, for reasons unknown, another frenzied and resilient spirit had come to disturb things!

So what should have been a chaotic two-way struggle had unexpectedly become a three-way... encirclement against it?!

"Ah! Let go of me!"

"Freeing me does you no good. You cannot use my power as you please!"

"It will watch you... you will die miserably!"