Do you want to feel the state of your body right now?

Only after saying that did Xie Antong suddenly realize that the divine power that had been enveloping her, as if squeezing her whole body, had disappeared at some unknown moment.

She instinctively raised her hand, and without knowing how, with a thought, she summoned something strange.

It was a swirl of seven-colored "mist," without any physical substance, yet Xie Antong could feel as if there were a missile in the palm of her hand!

—This is the Divine Power of Pleasure!

Xie Antong stared in shock at her palm, pupils trembling. How had she produced this thing?!

She hurriedly checked her body again, and was astonished to find that all her strength had become unusually fierce. That sensation of a sudden surge made her very unaccustomed to herself!

It was like someone who had never exercised suddenly possessing the strength of the world’s strongest strongman, so powerful they could no longer control it.

Her five senses and their sharpness had each leveled up. Looking around in a daze, she felt as if she could see clearly every spectator’s expression!

This sudden power felt so familiar, yet foreign; she could hardly have imagined ever receiving such strength in her life.

“What is...?”

She raised her hand and touched the corner of her mouth, then realized that she had unconsciously been smiling just now!

This is my power, the power I left inside you before, now I have consumed it for you.

Hearing that, Xie Antong sensed it and then discovered that the indescribable Divine Power of Pleasure inside her, which she had carefully absorbed every time for fear of being possessed, had vanished!

According to Pleasure, it had already digested everything.

Feeling the explosively increased power inside her, her previous suppression and frustration seemed to be forgotten in an instant.

Is this... the power I can possess?

Her reason told her that she was very likely losing her mind under the influence of that immense power, but she still stared at her hands in a somewhat stunned way.

The feeling was irresistible, uncontrollable, directly affecting a person’s soul.

She felt she now had some understanding of why Sun would relentlessly chase after power, even if it turned him into something neither human nor ghost.

Pleasure watched her reaction, the smile on his face widening, while inside he bled and yet remained confident.

Power and authority are the most wondrous things in this world. Ordinary humans do not understand them at all.

Those who have never grasped power and authority think that if they had everything they could control themselves, but in reality that is merely an empty fantasy.

Like a drug, sometimes what controls you is not the "will" you think you possess.

How about it? This is the power inheritance I give you, and my sincerity to you.

After so long, I have accepted you! You are qualified to be my Apostle.

So, I’ll give you some benefits in advance.

Those words were pure nonsense!

But with Pleasure's ability, telling a couple of lies would not embarrass him; his face remained perfectly calm.

In fact, Death had gone out earlier and told him something very simple.

That was: "At all costs! Win that girl at the gambling table as soon as possible!"

Death thought they no longer had time to fool around. If they didn't hurry to win, other uncertainties might occur.

Those costs would be borne by Death, and Pleasure would pay as well!

Under normal thinking, with Death's strength, the hourglass would naturally not be consumed, but that did not mean other actions would not have consequences!

For example, Pleasure had just fully mobilized his Divine Power to extract information from his Apostle.

This is the ability at the level of God, and with no extra time, at most no more than two minutes, the consumption would of course be great.

That was the price Death had to pay. The Black Flames on him were burning fiercely now.

And Pleasure of course had to pay a price too: raising Xie Antong’s strength one whole stage!

To obtain information directly from another by using the "Apostle" identity inherently made Xie Antong absorb his energy during the process.

Logically, absorbing power at that level should have caused Xie Antong's body to explode and die!

But this was not something she chose to absorb; it was an attached condition of Pleasure’s action.

If there truly had been danger, the Arbitrator over there would definitely have intervened to interrupt, recognizing it as an "attack" on the other party.

So there was no way; Pleasure could only protect her and help her absorb it.

But you couldn't say it like that; you had to find a better way to phrase it.

So, the situation is already very clear, the rules of the Game are now plainly laid before us, and everyone’s hands are visible to each other.

Don't struggle. On the next round, you simply concede. I'll try my best to spare your life. From then on, you can be my Apostle.

To defect!

In such an explicit life-and-death gamble, he actually said those words.

The Arbitrator’s eyes flickered. By rights Pleasure’s statement did not hold—if the player lost, according to the rules of the Game, Xie Antong would have to suffer spiritual death.

But he did not plan to say anything; for now everything was unrelated to him. Perhaps the other side was deliberately talking nonsense.

At this point, his inner stance had gradually begun to lean...

If his "ally" did not show some real ability, he was not prepared to help. If she was going to die like that, then let her die!

From the audience seats on both sides came gasps so loud they seemed able to drown the last of Xie Antong’s reason.

"Defection! Isn’t this Game an absolute life-or-death bet? You can still defect?"

"Isn't everything decided by the gods?"

"I'm so envious... Blank really just shot straight to the top now."

You see, your compatriots seem to be envying your good fortune. Being my Apostle isn’t unfair to you. Your status will be above all my Divine Messengers!

You did well. You have already done enough in this Game, but now, what you could do is already finished...