The end of the world is approaching, I'm handing myself over to the country.

Once desire gets involved, those players will suffer greatly, even if they don't die.

When the Netherworld is in complete chaos, he and Shadow will then pick up the scraps.

Perhaps this opportunity will allow me to regain what I've lost.

Thinking of this, Lie couldn't suppress the smile on his face.

"Shadow, believe me."

"The best decision you've ever made in your life was to follow me. Once those players are driven out of the Netherworld, we'll return to the Western Regions."

"If you want territory, I'll get you territory; if you want resources, I'll get you resources; and if you want to climb the ladder, I can help you find opportunities."

The shadow raised its head, and the weakness on its face slowly dissipated.

But the lies went unnoticed, and he continued to talk eloquently.

"When others talk about today in the future, they will only say that we joined forces with greed and then betrayed and killed the players."

History is written by those who succeed.

The lie made him laugh, and his shoulders twitched twice.

Just as the lies were being told so fluently, the next moment...

A crack appeared in the shadow behind him.

A black tentacle sprang up from the ground, moving so fast that it was reduced to a thin line, piercing Lie's back and exiting through his chest.

"Pfft!"

Blood trickled down the tentacles.

The smile on Lie's face froze instantly.

He looked down at the black tentacle on his chest, his lips parted, and blood gushed from his throat.

"shadow......"

He tried to turn around, but his body wouldn't obey him.

The tentacle pinned him to his core, and also to the very essence that had just been burning within him.

A sharp pain exploded in my chest, crawling up my bones to the top of my head.

Lie turned his head with difficulty to look at the familiar face behind him.

"Why...why..."

The shadow stood behind him, its previously listless aura gradually dissipating.

That half-dead look is gone.

He raised his hand to wipe away the remaining blood from his mouth, and a gentle smile appeared on his face.

"Why must we exploit the desires of adults?"

The shadow was close to his ear, its voice low and cold.

"Since Lord Desire is so powerful, why can't I follow him?"

The shadow pressed close to the pierced body, its smile cruel.

Suddenly, a lazy voice drifted from behind him.

"You want to use me as a pledge of allegiance, a stepping stone to follow your desires?"

"Crossing the river and then dismantling the bridge, using the millstone and then discarding the donkey—is this your wishful thinking?"

The voice was crystal clear, clearly the voice of a lie, yet it came from behind!

Shadow's expression changed drastically.

Without even turning his head, the black tentacles suddenly lashed back.

"Whoosh—!"

The sound of something cutting through the air was extremely sharp.

Available in the next second.

The shadow's movement was abruptly frozen in mid-air, as if the surrounding air were filled with cement.

An irresistible force held him firmly in place, preventing him from moving even a finger.

Before him, the pierced "lie" burst into black smoke with a soft "poof".

The real lie slowly emerged from behind the black rock on the other side.

He dusted off his clothes, his tone dripping with mockery.

"No one knows a lie better than me."

"To lie to me is like showing off one's skills before an expert, making one a laughingstock."

"From the moment you approached me with that insincere and evasive manner, I knew there was something wrong with you."

The shadow turned its back to the lie, expressionless and silent.

The lie circled around to the shadow, looking down at him.

"And I also know something else."

"The forest is dead."

Upon hearing the name, Shadow's eyelids twitched twice.

The lie chuckled, its eyes full of sarcasm.

"Everyone says you and the forest are like brothers and sisters, your relationship goes far beyond that of siblings."

"Now that she's dead, you haven't shed a single tear. I'm curious, are you truly indifferent to her death, or do you have ulterior motives?"

"Or perhaps, all of this was originally orchestrated by you."

The shadow remained expressionless.

He was locked in place, only his eyeballs could barely move.

The lie waved its hand dismissively: "It's okay if you don't tell me."

"Anyway, I've never been interested in your clichéd secrets."

The lie raised its hand, and a dense, impenetrable black light condensed in its palm.

A murderous aura erupted instantly.

Take advantage of his weakness to kill him. He has been lying all this way until now, and now he knows that talking nonsense at this point would only increase his own risk of death.

It would be best if we could get the answer, but it's okay if we can't.

He was a little curious, but compared to his life, that curiosity was nothing.

The moment the hand of lies pressed out, the imprisoned shadow suddenly grinned.

Whether I live or die is uncertain.

"But you, you're about to disappear."

Lie's heart tightened suddenly, and a dangerous intuition rushed to his head.

He didn't stop his attack; the black light in his palm slammed down hard on the shadow's head.

Available in the next second.

"boom!!!"

A deafening roar erupted between heaven and earth.

The black rocks within a radius of dozens of steps shattered inch by inch! The rubble, enveloped in black mist, shot into the sky!

An unimaginable, terrifying pressure crashed down from the sky.

The feeling was as if the entire sky had collapsed, pressing heavily on my back.

The hand that was about to strike the lie stopped an inch from the shadow's scalp.

It could not be suppressed even a little bit more.

Cold sweat instantly soaked through the back of the lie.

His legs trembled uncontrollably, his stomach churned, and he couldn't breathe at all.

Faced with this oppressive force, even a powerful king-level expert like him couldn't muster the slightest thought of resistance.

Lie swallowed hard, his eyes almost bulging out of their sockets.

He stared intently at the shadow before him, his voice shrill with fear.

"You told Desire about the location we agreed to meet..."

The lie trembled all over and scrambled back two steps.

He suddenly realized something.

"No!"

"You're nothing but a dog of desire!"

The smile on Shadow's face grew wider and wider: "Congratulations, you got it right, but there's no reward."

But in the deeper, denser fog.

A colossal, dark shadow, so large it blotted out the sky, was slowly approaching, shattering the void.

That overwhelming, terrifying pressure crashed down upon us.

The black light in the palm of the lie vanished instantly.

Without any hesitation, he instantly concealed all his aura.

The arrogant, self-assured demeanor he had just displayed seemed to have never existed.

He did his best to minimize his presence.

The wicked smile on his face vanished in an instant, turning into fawning.

Since there's no way to escape, then we must fight to survive.

thump!

The lie slammed its knees hard against the hard black stone, its resounding thud echoing as it knelt.

"Welcome, Lord Desire!"

Lie carefully placed his hands on his thighs, trying his best to appear harmless.

She's even a bit obedient.

The lie was loud, its voice carrying a mixture of awe, fervor, and overwhelming flattery.

The surrounding binding force vanished with a deafening roar as the oppressive aura descended.

The shadow, now able to move again, stood still.

He stared blankly at the lump of something lying prostrate on the ground.

My eyelids twitched wildly, and my lips twitched violently.