Pleasure was momentarily stunned, seemingly not expecting a person's transformation could be so swift. The individual who had just been utterly suppressed by him was now suddenly shifting states.

Or rather, this was the state Xie Antong should have been in all along, the state where she displayed her abilities.

Pleasure watched her with keen interest, a smile gracing his features, as if he had discovered this previously dull person had suddenly become interesting.

"Oh? Why say that so suddenly?"

Xie Antong gathered her hair. The divine power she possessed originally came from Pleasure, so it now seemed somewhat insignificant and difficult to control.

Every time she got serious and entered her own state, she would experience this state of her hair flying about.

"What 'going all-in in one go,' casually toying with Death's life—it was all just a smokescreen. A trick to control me mentally, to prevent me from thinking clearly while also depleting my chips."

"But it's quite obvious, Death wouldn't be unaware of what kind of thing you are. Sending you here proves He has tacitly approved of your game style."

"Moreover, the Rules stated it clearly earlier. In this game, the losing side—the one who provided the chips pays with their life, and the one who sat at the table to gamble also suffers spiritual death."

"Even if you don't care, you definitely couldn't accept losing to a mere human like me!"

Pleasure: ......

"Not bad, your brain suddenly cleared up quite a bit, little girl."

As he spoke, he also glanced at the hourglass beside Xie Antong. The sand within had already begun to flow at a steady rate, but the speed was very slow.

Once at the gambling table, even the most nonsensical banter, a single glance, a single gesture, held meaning.

Xie Antong knew that his glance just now was meant to distract her again, to make her realize her chips were being consumed through thinking.

But she had already fallen for it once. Now, she was very calm, not engaging in meaningless conservation. She knew that in this gamble, she was bound to have this consumption.

Seeing she had little reaction, Pleasure laughed:

"Well said. Seems the bluff doesn't hold anymore. But, are you saying just now, that I didn't dare to truly gamble everything with you from the start?"

"The Rules don't permit it. I don't believe you didn't look at the betting rules at all in the beginning," Xie Antong said.

"And..."

"Even if you really placed a bet, your win rate in the first round would still be far higher than mine!"

"Because you only have five cards, I have fifteen. Your card count is low, you only play one each time. Without understanding the rules, playing anything is essentially the same."

"But my card count is high. Even if you don't know my play pattern, I will definitely have more permutations and combinations, far exceeding the five possibilities."

"Judging by the one-to-one win/loss standard, if I randomly throw out a card pattern whose rules I myself don't know at all, my probability of failure would be higher than yours!"

"So, what you made was still the more rational choice."

After Xie Antong finished speaking, Pleasure was now genuinely starting to feel a bit surprised.

For such a long time just now, the other party's train of thought should have been completely muddled by him, in a state where it was difficult to sustain.

Was it really just a matter of Sin coming out and saying one sentence that made her figure everything out?

His apostle... seemed to be really quite good...

Pleasure opened his mouth to tease:

"Rational? What an unpleasant word."

"Hahahaha, but not bad at all. Does he have such a catalytic effect on you?"

"Just by coming out and saying a sentence to you, he made you like this? Or did you use the time he was out to think rapidly?"

"Heh, not bad. If I didn't know this should be your actual level, I'd almost suspect you were pretending earlier."

"Then keep on suspecting," Xie Antong's lips curved upwards. "Use your brain a bit more. The hourglass on your side can also consume a little."

At this moment, the spectators on the viewing platform listening to their conversation were almost completely dumbfounded.

"This isn't right, is it? Weren't they just messing around earlier? There could actually be so many layers of strategy?"

"I never thought of what she said at all. That's too outrageous."

At the same time, Xie Antong was collecting the countless voices from that viewing stand. The reason she proactively revealed all these things that didn't involve the game's essence was precisely to listen to the spectators' voices!

This time was different from the previous game. Before, He didn't have time to look at the barrage, and the barrage would also block out a portion of game-related content.

Pleasure obviously also saw through her intention, casting a disdainful glance towards the boundless crowd nearby.

"What, you want to make use of these people?"

"Heh, a heads-up for you. This is a trap of The Game, a complete waste of your spiritual energy. What use can these trash who don't even dare to participate in the game possibly have?"

As she spoke, all fifteen cards in Xie Antong's hand were face down, preventing the spectators from seeing the specifics.

After scanning them with the All-Seeing Eye, she reshuffled them, directly memorized the new order, and placed the cards face down on the table. This level of memory didn't require any consumption for her.

The power of the spectators needed to be utilized, but precautions also needed to be taken. If the spectators saw how the cards were handled, it would be equivalent to openly letting the Pleasure before her know.

Pleasure at this moment was actually the same. The cards had been face down on the table the whole time. He said he didn't care and was just playing around, but wasn't there consideration for this aspect...

"Heh, little girl, looks like you're getting serious?"

"Whatever. Mind your chips. Your hourglass is about to finish draining another one."

"First round. According to the rules, I bet first. My base bet is two."

"As for the card, the one thrown out earlier will do. Your turn."

Xie Antong looked at the table, frowned, and began to recall earlier.

The opponent's card was an animal. According to the information from the spectators earlier, it seemed there were ox, tiger, dragon...

All zodiac animals?