Death thought this far, his eyes showing a hint of confusion as he sensed the frail aura opposite him.

This aura had indeed far surpassed the level of a human, yet there remained an essential distinction from that of a god.

If he were to act now, he could still very easily erase this being from the world.

But why then was this human beginning to give him a strange sense of foreboding, making him feel something was very wrong?

Was it his connection to Agony?

Was it the Divine Power he had absorbed, from Lust, Knowledge, and the like?

How had these insignificant things come together and managed to amount to something significant?

As he pondered this, he also lifted his self-imposed restriction on auditory information, and the annoying, mocking voice of Sin once again reached his ears.

"Hey, why aren't you answering after all that talking? What's the meaning of this?"

"Could it be you died? Arbitrator! Is anyone paying attention? Death is dead! Does that mean we've already won?"

"Tsk, such poor resilience. Just a few words and you end up like this. Surely you didn't seal off your own hearing because you're too scared to face me..."

Death: ###

An uncontrollable surge of anger rose in his heart. Due to the opponent's strange and disgusting ability, he wasn't sure if he was genuinely angered by the other party or if he had fallen victim to the other's skill.

He fell into a degree of self-doubt, questioning whether the reaction he was about to have was precisely what the other party deliberately intended and expected.

Therefore, he could not continue to let this go on!

The other must have done something just now... and that moment just happened to coincide with the game outside reaching its conclusion!

It was unlikely to be a coincidence.

In such a relatively fair gamble, wins and losses were perfectly normal. It was normal and understandable for that woman outside to win a round or two; it was the behavior of an "outstanding human."

But this person was increasingly giving him an indescribable feeling.

This person seemed to sit within the black box, cutting himself off from this game, completely isolating himself from the pinnacle battlefield. Yet now, Death still felt that he was the key!

Worried about being led by the nose, Death paid no mind to what the other was saying this time. He simply focused on sensing the aura emanating from the opponent and directly stood up!

Congratulations.

From this moment on, I formally regard you as an opponent.

Death's voice calmly emerged from the darkness, as if issuing a firm declaration.

Fortunately, no one outside could hear these words. If the gods were to learn of it, they would probably think Death was either not growing in power enough, beginning to gradually lose control, or on the verge of dissolution!

Although he might appear relatively low-key, among the gods, Death was an absolute pinnacle, even surpassing Life at present.

How could he possibly say such a thing to a human?

This could no longer be described by a simple term like "respect." In fact, with this one statement, Sin, at this moment, could already be considered to have reached the level of a god. 𝐟𝕣𝕖𝐞𝐰𝕖𝚋𝐧𝗼𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝗰𝐨𝐦

But Lu Ce himself didn't think these words were any big deal. They were opponents to begin with. To say something like this at such a time clearly indicated that arrogance had already gone to his head.

Thus, he opened his mouth and replied:

"What? Did you previously regard me as an idol or something?"

Death: ......

He turned and, within this dark, void-like black box, walked towards its edge, strolling in the direction where Pleasure was located.

Just as Lu Ce inside could look towards Xie Antong's direction without any visual sense, he could do the same.

Immediately after, he slowly raised his hand and placed it upon the edge of the black box!

With the touch of his hand, the massive black box instantly began to shake violently! And this was without him even releasing his Divine Power to disturb it.

Yet, this black box shook even more fiercely than when Sin had gone mad earlier!

After all, what was placed upon it was Death's hand. Merely his identity as a god seemed to carry a certain terrifying repulsive force, making the black box feel as if it wished to be overturned outright.

The people outside could originally see what was happening inside. Feeling the black box shaking once again, Pleasure, who had been pondering matters, couldn't help but look back.

Discovering that it was Death causing trouble this time, he was instantly dumbfounded!

In such a short time, have you already been assimilated by that madman? What are you doing!

With the black box shaking once more, this time causing the entire world to tremble along with it, Death's maneuver drew gasps of surprise from the Top Spectator Seats.

In their view, within that airtight black box, Sin and Death seemed to have exchanged some words.

Then Death stood up and began to inexplicably go mad, shaking the black box.

"What is he doing? Why is even a god starting to do such things?"

"Is it internal strife because Pleasure lost a round earlier?"

"When Sin shook the black box earlier, refusing punishment, didn't it trigger a special circumstance? Why is nothing happening now?"

The Arbitrator watched coldly from the side. As the referee, there was no need for him to intervene at this moment.

Because each type of special circumstance could only be triggered once, and currently, Death was not resisting the consumption of Life.

He was simply touching the black box, seemingly conveying some message to Pleasure.

He also didn't know what Sin and Death had discussed that suddenly led to this.

His "partner" was far too sinister. It seemed even Death felt this guy was truly abnormal.

He glanced a few times, then shifted his gaze away. Better to leave this trouble for Pleasure to handle.

......

Is it really necessary? You lost just one round, and you can't handle it? What are you shaking for!

Pleasure looked at the shaking black box beside him, speaking with great impatience.

Yet, he also immediately stood up and walked towards that black box, raising his hand to place it upon it!

Although his words were impatient, in truth, he was quite shocked inside.

This was no simple anomaly. When determining the rules and participants for this game, there had been an agreement between Death and himself.

——If they discovered the situation had changed, if something exceeded expectations, or if they reached a "life-or-death" juncture where defeat was possible, they would contact each other to modify the predetermined game plan in advance!

This was only the second round. Pleasure didn't believe Death would be so impatient as to send him a signal just because he lost one round.

What anomaly had he discovered? What did Sin say to him...

Moreover, he himself had also felt something strange about that little girl's pressure tolerance earlier, but somehow, it seemed he had overlooked it...