Immortal I Speedrun Supernatural Game

Chapter 426 This isn't called opportunism, it's simply following one's heart.
An invisible pressure enveloped my entire body.

The pain in Wu Wang's internal organs, which were being continuously sacrificed, became even more intense.

The murals and sculptures around the cave seemed to come alive, standing and moving in his eyes.

They were like the guards lined up on both sides of the palace gate, protecting the central Pain Slab.

This scene made Wu Wang feel that something was wrong.

"Wait a minute... how can triggering a miracle of suffering cause such a huge commotion?"

Because he noticed that even Shangguan He, whom he had pushed off the stone slab, had the same expression of confusion and bewilderment in his eyes.

Clearly, he had not witnessed such a bizarre change when he was lying on the stone slab performing the Miracle of Pain before coming into contact with Bliss.

He's still thinking about it now—

So these statues and murals are actually moving? No wonder they're believers in "Suffering"! It seems Yan Shuangying's faith in "Suffering" is far deeper than Jiang Sze's.

In reality, Wu Wang was not some suffering believer at all!

He, now a sacrificial offering, is more bewildered than anyone else.

In an instant, the already vast space inside the cave seemed to begin to extend infinitely outward.

Wu Wang already felt like he was in a large, empty house, but now he felt like he was lying on an endless grassland, as if the space had lost its boundaries.

hum-

Suddenly, goosebumps rose on Wu Wang's body, and an inexplicable chill crept up his spine.

It was like being stared at by a venomous snake lurking in the jungle, its tongue flicking out; this kind of gaze made him feel extremely uncomfortable.

At that moment, he saw the murals and statues respectfully raising their hands to him, presenting the offerings they had originally intended to make.

Wu Wang swallowed subconsciously.

He could make believers who believed in suffering kneel down and make offerings, while he himself was clearly not qualified to do so.

So who are they kneeling to now?
It’s so hard to guess.

A moment later, Wu Wang, lying on the stone slab, finally saw that in the void directly above, there seemed to be a pair of enormous eyes that did not belong to this world, slowly opening.

And he stared intently at me.

These eyes are like those of a legendary Western demon.

It has a strange, horizontal pupil, and the rest of its body is an eerie blood red that makes people feel uncomfortable, as if looking at it for too long would cause them to feel a burning pain all over their body.

He... oh no.

It should be said that it was Him.

His identity is self-evident.

"Holy crap! How did the Lord of Pain suddenly descend? This is totally wrong!"

Wu Wang finally realized why the feeling of being in an endless space was so familiar.

Isn't this exactly the feeling of being in the audience hall?!
The Lord of Pain has transformed this cave into a low-budget audience space!?

"Humans...it's been a long time..."

When that deafening sound echoed in Wu Wang's mind, he felt as if his soul was being torn apart.

Especially what the other party says.

What does "long time no see" mean?

That proves that the Lord of Suffering once paid attention to me somewhere.

For example, [Aigui Town].

Then think about it again. The things I've done are: I drove His High Priestess of Pain, Lilith, to join the [Lord of Desire]; I stole the [Sighing Tree] seed, the experimental product of Him, [Hope], and [Twisted]; and now I've even stolen His residual power to create a pirated talent experience card related to [Pain].

Oh, and we also have to add the soul of my eldest sister Wu Qing within me, who is also the spokesperson for Her opposite, [Supreme Bliss].

They are loyal supporters of their enemies.

Haha, it should just be a small misunderstanding. I believe the Lord of Suffering is magnanimous and will forgive me.

"Are you ready... to face the pain...?"

Snapped--

Upon hearing this, Wu Wang slammed his hand on the stone slab and rolled awkwardly from it to the cold ground.

Damn it! How can I forgive that?!

If I were the Lord of Suffering, I'd twist my own head off and use it as a chamber pot!

Forget about any "miracles of suffering" for now; if this ritual continues, we're doomed!
Shangguan He was still looking around.

Clearly, he hadn't noticed anything unusual; the only one who could observe the demonic eyes of the Lord of Pain was Wu Wang, who had been sacrificed.

He leaned closer and looked awkwardly at Wu Wang, who was lying on the ground, and said, "Although I don't know what kind of [Miracle of Pain] you want, don't worry about the ritual being interrupted by falling off the stone slab."

"Once the ritual begins, your suffering is already being sacrificed and cannot be interrupted until the end of your life."

Shangguan He thought that Wu Wang had fallen because of some kind of pain that had suddenly erupted in his body.

To be honest, he was quite looking forward to seeing what kind of miracle Yan Shuangying was going to create.

The more the opponent gains the approval of [Suffering], the more it proves that one's happiness of [Supreme Bliss] is correct after defeating them.

Little did he know, these words would make Wu Wang's vision go black.

What kind of ridiculous ceremony is this?! They don't even want us to regret it, huh? This is forced buying and selling; I'll report you to the Consumer Association if you don't comply!

However, just when Wu Wang thought that the Lord of Suffering was really about to descend.

The surrounding statues and murals suddenly returned to normal, and the feeling of the space in the cave losing its boundaries returned to normal.

Even the demonic eye that had been staring at him from the void had vanished.

It was as if the ceremony had never begun.

"Huh? Wait a minute... you mean, death can interrupt the ritual, right?" Wu Wang immediately realized what was happening.

I'm dead!
Right after Shangguan He finished speaking, his life, which was being constantly sacrificed, came to an end.

Although it was revived immediately.

But death did indeed occur.

The ritual that triggered the "Miracle of Pain" on this stone slab is clearly different from the trap ritual in Jiang Sze's secret chamber, which was purely for the purpose of sacrifice.

The miracle ritual was successfully interrupted!

Wu Wang slowly stood up from the ground, looking at the bewildered Shangguan He and the deep red Pain Stone Slab.

A bold idea suddenly popped into his head.

Judging from the current situation, this sacrificial ritual is unavoidable in order to free the eldest sister's soul fragments.

As the human who had the longest contact with the [Desire Sea Spirit Lord], Wu Wang had some understanding of these venerable beings.

They are very powerful.

The world is so powerful that it cannot contain their arrival, not even the world they themselves created.

Even though this Cave of Pain feels like a low-budget version of the audience space, Wu Wang has now thought about it carefully.

I still don't think it can truly accommodate the presence of the Lord of Suffering.

Perhaps the special feature of this place stems from the fact that during the opening ceremony, the Lord of Suffering can connect a part of the audience space.

Therefore, it was not He Himself who descended in essence.

Instead, the sacrificial offerings were taken from this stone slab to the audience space.

In other words, the ritual is interrupted as long as the other party does not actually come into contact with you.

It's entirely possible to avoid being caught in the act of visiting the space!

Thinking of this, Wu Wang's hand touched the Pain Slab again, feeling the pain caused by the continuous sacrifices of the trap ritual within his body.

The cave, which had returned to normal, became eerie again, and the demonic eyes once more tore through the void.

hum-

"Humanity……"

brush--

Wu Wang released the stone slab and stabbed himself to death with his sword. After confirming that he could exploit a bug to unilaterally interrupt the video call, he reached out again.

hum-

"pain……"

Before the Lord of Pain could speak, Wu Wang quickly explained what kind of Miracle of Pain he planned to trigger.

But fearing that the other party would only need a tiny bit of guidance time to capture him, he interrupted the ritual by stabbing himself halfway through his sentence.

Then touch it to reset the ritual.

He then quickly said a couple more sentences.

He then stabbed himself to death.

And so, in the process of constantly resetting the ritual and committing suicide.

Wu Wang only spoke for five seconds each time.

He reset the miracle ritual countless times, pieced together his demands in fragments into a complete statement, and declared that this trip would restore Happiness Island to normal.

In a sense, this can be considered a weakening of the concept of "supreme bliss".

After all, Happiness Island has already been snatched away from the Lord of Suffering, and since there's no way to get it back, the best outcome is for neither of them to have it.

Isn't the enemy of my enemy my ally?
The crimes I have committed should not be as great as the hostility the Venerable One harbors towards his opponents, right?
I believe the Lord of Suffering can clearly see the advantages and disadvantages involved.

However, this is the best judgment that can be made from Wu Wang's perspective.

However, from the perspective of the Lord of Suffering, the situation is completely different.

In His eyes—

Wu Wang appeared before him in a very abstract way, flickering in and out.

Like a mosquito buzzing in your left ear after the lights are turned off at night, it buzzes twice in your left ear and makes noise in your right ear.

Every time I was about to slap it, the mosquito would disappear under the bed.

There's a line from the TV series "Hail the Judge" where Fang Tangjing shouts—

"How about that? I jumped out again, and I stood back up again. How about that? I jumped out again. Hit me, you idiot!" This kind of cheeky and obnoxious vibe is reminiscent of the saying.

Although the other party is a lowly being and cannot cause me any harm.

But it would be really hard for anyone to keep up with this kind of behavior!

Finally, Wu Wang suddenly reappeared.

The Lord of Pain's demonic eyes burned with tangible flames.

A voice that nearly shattered Wu Wang's soul echoed in his mind, berating him—

"enough!"

Upon hearing this roar...

Without the slightest hesitation, Wu Wang immediately stabbed himself to death with his sword, thinking that the other party still intended to take revenge on him.

His figure disappeared once again, guided by the miracle ritual, like a cockroach that immediately hides at the slightest sound.

Lord of Suffering: "..."

You've gotten addicted to it, haven't you!
And inside the cave.

Shangguan He was already completely bewildered by everything that was happening before his eyes.

Is this still the Cave of Pain I remember? It feels different from before.

Although he did not recognize suffering, he always held a sense of awe for higher-dimensional existence.

Shouldn't the ritual of "Painful Miracles" be sacred, or at the very least a solemn sacrificial process filled with mysticism?

At least that's how I saw Jiang Sze's sacrifice back then!

Why does Yan Shuangying's sacrifice process look like a game now? He touches the stone slab one minute, stabs himself with a sword the next, and talks incoherently in the middle.

He looked at the other person and thought that he didn't look like the demon who almost burned Happiness Island to the ground, but rather like a madman who came out of a mental hospital.

"What...are you doing?"

Finally, Shangguan He couldn't help but ask.

Upon hearing this, Wu Wang, who was about to touch the stone slab to see if the leader of the neighboring company was still angry, paused.

He said somewhat embarrassedly, "Hey, you know, there's a kind of fun that's calling a friend in the middle of the night and telling them to get up and go back to sleep?"

“I’m doing that right now.”

These words made Shangguan He unable to hold back any longer.

With veins bulging on his forehead, he asked, "Is someone who would do something like this mentally unstable? What is this supposed to prove?"

Wu Wang replied earnestly and innocently, "It proves we're still friends! Wouldn't anyone else have blocked me by now? The fact that we can still get through means we're still friends."

After saying that, he placed his hand on the stone slab again.

Another video call was made.

This time, there was no sound of anger from the Lord of Pain, nor any mention of retaliation.

Only a hint of helplessness lingered in the calm as he asked, "You lackey of desire, what exactly do you want to do?"

This made Wu Wang's eyes light up.

Although I don't know why the other party referred to me as a lackey of desire instead of a human being, at least now it seems like we can have a talk.

Wu Wang blurted out instinctively, "Dormammu, I'm here to negotiate."

Lord of Suffering: "?"

Who the hell is Dormammu?
Realizing he had misspoke, Wu Wang immediately corrected himself, saying, "Um, it should be the great Lord of Suffering, the Forge of Miracles, the Watcher of Eternal Pain."

"As a humble human being and a holy child of desire, I only wish to offer my lowly pain as the most devout sacrifice and apology for what I did back then. Please consider it as the Lord of Desire bowing down to you."

"And I want to try to separate the island's soul from [Supreme Blessing] and bring the island back into your control."

"I have experience in punishing despair from a world of hope, and I believe I can also satisfy you and bring appropriate punishment to bliss."

These words sounded quite pleasant.

This also made the Lord of Suffering suddenly find the mosquito in front of him somewhat more pleasing to the eye.

Yes, he is the holy son of the [Lord of the Sea of ​​Desire]. If he apologizes to me, wouldn't that be the same as losing face for the [Lord of the Sea of ​​Desire]?
Moreover, he had heard about the matter of "Despair," which was indeed related to "Lord of Desire," but he never expected that the executor would be this fly in front of him.

The facts turned out to be just as Wu Wang had expected.

Compared to the sins committed before, the Lord of Pain now values ​​how to weaken the Bliss that has been born within him.

After a moment of contemplation, He asked:

"Was the prayer you offered to that guy [Desire] filled with the same hypocrisy?"

Wu Wang laughed and said, "You flatter me. I would only be more hypocritical in front of that person. He is not as magnanimous as you, praising suffering."

Boss, you shouldn't be able to eavesdrop on me now, right? Don't come back to haunt me later!
This isn't called being opportunistic; it's called being flexible and adaptable, speaking to people in a human way and to ghosts in a ghost way. Isn't that what a great man should do?
Of course, these words also made the Lord of Pain somewhat unable to hold back.

He always thought that the [Lord of Desire] had recruited an ambitious and lustful devout follower.

They even dared to risk offending themselves and the three Venerable Ones, Hope and Twisted, in order to seize the seed of the Tree of Sighs.

I never expected him to be a traitor.

Desire, oh desire.

Even you can make mistakes sometimes!

Lord of Pain is overjoyed!
The voice in Wu Wang's mind said, "My great power can naturally dispel the false blessings of [Supreme Bliss], but how can you guarantee that you can keep your promise?"

Now we've arrived at Wu Wang's favorite part: the haggling.

He patted his chest and declared confidently, "How dare I speak so arrogantly before you? If I fail to destroy the 'Ultimate Bliss' of this island, you may take my life!"

"Shall we sign a contract or put our fingerprints on it?"

It's just risking my life!

I'm fucking good at it!

(End of this chapter)