Immortal I Speedrun Supernatural Game

One more gamble?
Hearing this word spoken by the other person.

Nia laughed so hard she almost lost her liquid form.

Throughout human history, it is essentially a history of wars of unparalleled grandeur. In these wars, whether tangible or silent, the only lesson humanity can learn is that humanity learns nothing.

As it just said—human nature's inherent flaws will not change.

This guy knew perfectly well that he had lost so badly in his last gambling deal, not only losing his own and his sister Hua Wuyou's freedom forever.

It also shattered the world where the believers of "Twistedness" and "Eternity" were originally evenly matched.

The remaining followers of the "Twisted" sect in this world have been almost entirely wiped out by the "Eternal Curse" originating from Hua Wuyin.

Whether or not he ends the curse, it's only a matter of time before this world becomes part of "eternity".

Now they're actually going to gamble again.

It's like a gambler who's lost everything at a casino and is now delusional about borrowing money from others to win it all back.

However, anyone except the gambler who has already lost his mind can guess what will happen if he tries to win back his losses by continuing to gamble.

That would definitely result in an even more crushing defeat!

"How laughable are humans! Why should I engage in another seemingly equal gamble with someone as lowly as you..."

"Oh, you don't dare."

Nia hadn't finished her sarcastic remark.

He was interrupted by Wu Wang's casual remark.

A nameless fire suddenly rose in its heart.

Although this guy in the stone coffin is lying here and I can see him every day, for some reason I always feel that he is unusually annoying to be beaten up today.

It even made me want to crush it.

"Dare not? Human, you dare to speak ill of my dignity as the offspring of a Venerable One..."

"Then you still don't dare, do you?"

The moment Nia opened her mouth, Wu Wang interrupted her again, even pressing his advantage by saying:

"Or do you think 'cowardly' sounds better? Or 'afraid of losing'? 'Coward'? Do you need me to use a few different adjectives?"

"That's enough. Stop talking about dignity. You can fool your buddies, but don't fool yourself. And don't talk to me about life. You're not even a person who knows life, so what's there to talk about?"

His words became increasingly outrageous.

Hearing this, Hua Wuyin felt his very soul tremble deep inside.

Does this guy really not know what fear is?

Why could he yell at a descendant of a venerable being so rudely, using such offensive language that just listening to it made me furious?

Is Nia going to just tear herself apart?
Hua Wuyin was filled with unease.

Nia suddenly burst into wild laughter.

"Good! Human! I don't know who gave you the courage, but since you want to lose everything completely, I'm happy to see my Lord gain another loyal believer."

"How do you want to bet?"

It is the offspring of a high and mighty being, and Nia sees humans as humans see ants.

If an ant you put in a glass of water were to challenge a human to an arm wrestling match, even a newborn baby would probably not back down.

This is a difference in the level of life.

This is a joke, like a mantis trying to stop a chariot.

Under Wu Wang's verbal offensive, influenced by negative charm, and in a state of being the target of everyone's criticism.

Nia could no longer accept being provoked by humans time and time again.

Of course, it knew very well that simply killing such an arrogant genius out of anger would not make the other party feel regret or pain.

Only by defeating the opponent in their proudest area can you destroy the so-called genius from the depths of their heart.

Nia's reaction seemed to be within Wu Wang's expectations.

He grinned and said, "I told you, I've already exorcised the curse from my body. You can check it out first."

“Now, I want you to implant the curse into my soul again, this time without having to use the tricks of the Cyber ​​Eternal City.”

"There's no need to digitize the curse. I'll make it disappear right in front of you, so you can see how ridiculous and vulnerable this so-called 'eternal curse' really is."

"If I win, you must promise never to touch Hua Wuyin and Hua Wuyou again, otherwise you will be banished from this world and never allowed to appear before me again."

"If I lose, I will voluntarily become a believer in [Eternity] and dedicate the rest of my life to spreading the curse."

“Great descendant of the Venerable One, since the previous gambling deal was just a pretext, and the real purpose was to curse the whole world, why not just put it out in the open now that things have come to this point?”

Having said that, he continued to defiantly move his withered, wooden hand, which was wrapped in a white cloth.

His now haggard appearance was reflected in Niana's shimmering, galaxy-like liquid body.

Even through the gaps in the white cloth, you could see that every rib was clearly protruding under the yellowish skin, the collarbone was sunken into two bowls filled with shadows, and the Adam's apple hung abruptly above the hollow of the neck, as if it might fall off at any moment.

His abdomen was deeply sunken into a basin, his spine protruded segment by segment like beads, and his shoulder blades resembled a pair of curled-up, withered wings, slowly unfolding and closing with each breath.

Each breath caused a brief tremor in the chest, like a candle flame flickering before the wax runs out.

Hua Wuyin's body was almost unrecognizable as flesh and blood.

It was a fragment of life, sketched with bones as the pen and thin skin as the paper.

However, even so, the eyes of this dying man still revealed the pride and arrogance of a genius.

He remained convinced that he would win the victory.

Nia smiled.

It admitted that it had underestimated this arrogant fellow.

Of course, what is being underestimated is not the other party's confidence, but rather their qualifications as a believer in "eternity".

The attempt to convert the "distorted" believers into "eternal" believers was merely a common tactic used by the two venerable ones to disgust each other under their respective beliefs.

Now Nia genuinely feels that this guy is perfectly suited to be a believer in [Eternity].

His arrogance and unwavering determination to win seemed unshakable by anything.

It's a real pleasure to accept such a believer.

Snapped--

A tentacle emerged from the liquid shell and slammed heavily onto the other's hand.

The moment of high-five as a pledge.

A seed of [Eternal Curse] was also transferred into the other person's body.

Nia said calmly, "I know what you're up to."

"You're thinking that even if you lose this gamble, the final result is that you'll be wiped out by the [Eternal Curse]. Dying is a way of atoning for the other victims in this world. The dead can't become believers in [Eternity], right?"

"Unfortunately, I will save your life at the moment when you are completely defeated and about to be wiped out by the [Eternal Curse]."

"After you convert to the [Eternal] faith, I will spend some time finding another curse battery that can rival yours. The remaining curses in this world can be left to the new battery."

"I will first let you witness your own world become a place of 'eternity,' then I will take you to other worlds, where you will witness the same tragedy happening one after another for the rest of your life, and the duration will be forever."

"I'll take this gambling deal."

After saying that, it began to feel the hand it was holding becoming increasingly fragile.

As mentioned before, the sole purpose of the curse is to kill all beings who do not belong to the faith of "eternity" by rapidly depleting their life force, thus making them experience the fragility and despair of life's brevity.

Now, Hua Wuyin's soul is gradually dissipating.

Indeed, Nia sensed something different from the past.

The soul within the other person dissipated much slower than I had anticipated.

I never expected that this guy could actually resist the erosion of the curse!

"Heh, too bad, humanity is ultimately fragile, this is not a power you can touch."

Accompanied by Nia's sarcasm.

The speed at which the soul dissipates also begins to gradually accelerate.

Yes, it's just resisting the erosion; it doesn't mean the other party can exorcise the curse. It just means dying a little slower, and the result is simply experiencing longer and more agonizing pain before death.

Alas, weak humans, incompetent humans, pathetic humans.

Oh, look at that struggling and contorted face... huh?

Nia suddenly froze.

It noticed that although the other person's body was trembling slightly, it did not show any signs of pain.

Instead, he was smiling, and not in a grotesque, bitter way, but rather a smile that was a slight spasm in his muscles and a sneaky upward curve at the corners of his mouth, making his expression appear extremely incongruous.

If I had to put it into words, Nia felt it was almost like she was trying to hold back her laughter.

The next second, those withered hands slowly rose to cover their faces, emitting a suppressed chuckle, like the sound of a tire being secretly punctured and leaking air.

Then came a wild, unrestrained laugh, accompanied by a sly, mocking remark:

"Finally, I was fooled."

"Oh my god, you have no idea how long I've been holding back for this moment. I almost couldn't hold back my laughter. Thank you so much for your support."

As soon as she finished speaking, Nia sensed something was wrong.

The other person's soul suddenly began to decay rapidly under the influence of the curse, as if the soul had given up resistance and was even fanning the flames to help the curse kill itself.

Nia didn't even have time to stop it before her soul completely dissipated.

However, this soul was reborn in an instant after it dissipated.

The only difference is that the curse attached to the soul is gone.

Nia exclaimed in astonishment, "How is this possible?!"

Wu Wang smiled but remained silent.

Because this was all within his expectations.

After carefully analyzing the [Eternal Curse].

He judged that this thing was like a virus.

Viruses require nutrients from living cells to sustain their life activities. Once the host dies and loses its source of nutrition, the virus's activity will rapidly decline and it will eventually die.

The essence of the "Eternal Curse" is to burn the soul as fuel; the decay of the physical body is merely a feedback mechanism for the soul being burned.

Wu Wang indeed had no way to directly remove the curse.

But he can let the firewood burn out!

The virus may remain inactive for some time after it loses its source of nutrition.

But cursing won't work!

Once a curse completely kills its host, it will immediately disappear.

So the moment the firewood burns out completely is the moment the curse comes to an end.

Of course, this practice of killing oneself to remove the curse is something that probably no one but Wu Wang could imitate.

As for why the [City System] containing Hua Wuyou wouldn't disappear because of this.

Naturally, it's because that curse is rather special.

It has been digitized by Nia.

Data means controllability.

All you need to do is have Hua Wuyou adjust the speed of burning souls to the lowest level, and have Wu Wang periodically store his own souls as fuel. Even if the supply is interrupted for a moment, the system will not crash directly.

This is also why he specifically emphasized to Nia during this gambling deal that she should not quantify the curse.

Of course, Wu Wang also guessed that, in Nia's view, Hua Wuyin could only use his talents when facing the curse of datafication, and that giving up datafication was a sign of arrogance and conceit.

Little did he know, this was merely his way of ensuring that the curse would burn uncontrollably until it consumed both his soul and the curse.

Now, he has won!

"You are not Hua Wuyin! Who are you really?!"

If Nya is still unaware of the problem, then it is not worthy of being the heir of the Venerable One.

Logically speaking, the burning of Hua Wuyin's soul should be accompanied by the decay of his physical body.

Even after that soul had burned out, the physical body showed no signs of further decay.

This shows that the burning thing is not Hua Wuyin's soul!
"Me? I'm just a player who happened to be passing through the Calamity."

"Besides, the terms of our deal were 'I'll let you implant a curse into my soul.' Did I ever say I was Hua Wuyin? Did I ever say the curse was to be implanted into Hua Wuyin's soul? No, right?"

Wu Wang chuckled slyly and said, "But that's not important! What's important is—Nia, you lost!"

Upon hearing this, Niana's galaxy-like liquid body began to tremble violently.

It couldn't believe that it had been tricked by a human using a word trap.

How can Nia accept this?

"Arrogant! Insignificant ant! What makes you think that I, as the offspring of a venerable one, should be bound by your ridiculous gambling deal?" Nia roared, her defenses crumbling.

To put it bluntly, all of these transactions were contingent on Nia herself adhering to the rules.

When it gets so angry that it tries to flip the table, the human side will be completely powerless to resist!

The temple began to shake violently.

It seemed as if it would collapse at any moment amidst Nia's fury.

Unexpectedly, Wu Wang slowly raised his arm at this moment.

A grayish-white, wavy mark appeared on the inside of his wrist, flowing as if it had a life of its own.

[Soul of Desire (Unknown): A gift bestowed personally by the being who holds the power of [Desire]]

[Effect Two (Abyss of Gamblers): Allows you to designate a target to engage in a contractual gambling game with the user. The stakes must involve the lives of both parties. The winner will receive the corresponding stake and inherit the blessing.]

Wu Wang smiled and said, "Yes, I, a mere human, cannot stop you from overturning the table, but can the Venerable One do so?"

"Gambling against the witness of [Desire]? You lowly offspring, are you prepared to confront the power of the Venerable One?"

Tell me, who is in a high position now?

Let me show you who the hell I am!

The power of the big boss!

In an instant, the aura of desire filled the entire temple like a tidal wave.

Nia was stunned by the sight.

It couldn't help but grit its teeth and say, "[Lord of the Sea of ​​Desire]! You are the spokesperson for [Desire]!"

"Damn it! My lord has no grudge against the [Lord of the Sea of ​​Desire]! Why are you plotting against me here!"

"Could this be His authorization?"

Nia simply couldn't believe it; if it really was [Desire Sea Spirit Lord] behind the scenes instructing the other party to do this.

Does that mean the other party also has some kind of scheme against its creator, the [Eternal] Venerable?

Schemes between venerable ones.

Even if one is considered a descendant, seemingly only one level lower, in reality, one is like an ant, easily eliminated in this level of competition.

It began to feel somewhat apprehensive.

However, upon hearing this...

Wu Wang simply tilted his head and said:
"What are you babbling about? Why are you plotting against me?"

"Of course it's because I think it's fun, hehe."

After saying that, he gave Nia the middle finger.

But beneath the mockery in his eyes lay an icy rationality.

His own trap had only just begun.

Winning this small bet alone is not enough.
Making Nia furious was just part of the plan.

Now, the main event begins... (End of Chapter)