Pain Immunity: Worried the Villains Aren’t Twisted Enough

Chapter 899: Divine and Demonic United, Divine Might Spreads

In New York's Times Square, Xie Antong held the latest model phone she had just bought, her back turned to the dense crowd of people and buildings behind her, and pressed the selfie shutter button.

During this period, she had been wandering around the world freely. After all, with her abilities, such things were very convenient.

While God's Chosen from all over the world were fighting to the death against "Sin," she was the one having the most relaxed time.

From time to time, she would take some photos and casually send them to someone far away.

Even though Lu Ce never looked at them himself, Xie Antong didn't really care whether he saw them or not.

"Hmm... the focus should be fine now..."

Holding up her phone, she pressed the shutter button. Click~.

Boom!

The crisp sound of the camera shutter coincided perfectly with a deafening explosion. The building behind her, which she had been using as a photo backdrop, exploded violently, sending flames shooting into the sky.

A massive black mushroom cloud rose up, darkening the entire sky."Tsk!" Xie Antong heard the explosion behind her and raised an eyebrow in mild surprise. Completely ignoring everything happening at her back, she quickly opened her phone's gallery.

She was a bit worried she might have missed the shot.

Opening the gallery, she discovered that the high-speed camera had actually captured the exact moment of the explosion.

The building was just beginning to crack, debris not yet flying into the air, rings of fire encircling the fissures, heralding the impending blast in the next instant.

"Hmm... this phone's quality isn't bad. It even caught this." Thinking this, she casually forwarded the photo to Lu Ce.

With that, she finally turned around slowly to look at the chaos behind her.

"You've finally started moving, huh. You guys really took your sweet time..."

She, the one who had lit the fuse of this powder keg, had finally witnessed the world's rampage begin.

The entire street was already engulfed in flames. Everywhere there were screaming crowds and successive explosions. Vehicles roared as they sped outward recklessly, smashing public facilities into pieces.

People in the shops on both sides were engaging in zero-cost shopping, grabbing time-limited free merchandise.

They probably still thought this was just an ordinary riot in daily life, but in reality, the things they were taking now might never have the chance to be spent.

Then came the gunfire.

In the dense and chaotic crowd, gunshots suddenly rang out. A large wave of frenzied people were shouting and firing indiscriminately in all directions!

They muttered syllables that were hard to understand. Even Xie Antong, who was proficient in multiple languages, could only barely distinguish a few syllables from the wild shouts.

The general gist seemed to be that the gods were descending to eliminate those on Earth who resisted or did not believe in them.

If they could administer punishment on behalf of the gods before that happened, they might be able to survive.

Xie Antong couldn't help but curl her lips. It was still the same old routine, nothing new, and even the leftovers of Divine Punishment and Heaven and Earth Society's playbook.

Strangely enough, these people, who had been docile and without any will to resist in the face of absolute power, seemed to be brimming with violence when they turned their guns inward.

Bullets and various fragments flew everywhere. Xie Antong stood in the middle of the road, neither dodging nor avoiding.

Countless tiny All-Seeing Eyes swirled around her at high speed. The nanoscale control was effortless for her now.

All bullets, gunpowder, explosion shockwaves, and debris were intercepted directly by the All-Seeing Eyes. Within three meters of Xie Antong, it was as if an invisible barrier existed.

She slowly closed her eyes, feeling the energy suddenly boiling within her body. Her hair fluttered in the wind. Amidst this chaotic scene, she was the only stillness.

If she hadn't been deliberately suppressing it, her entire body would already be radiating colorful divine light by now.

Such an increase in energy... it seemed the disturbances weren't limited to just this place...

This kind of upheaval and fear turned out to be the source of the gods' power. It appeared that the gods were the devils, divine and demonic united as one.

Feeling her own power in this apocalyptic Times Square, Xie Antong suddenly sensed something and looked in a certain direction.

There, in the crowd, was a person staring venomously in her direction.

Xie Antong didn't even need to think to know that this was someone from the "Apostle" organization.

That person was startled when he saw "Blank" turn around, and he wondered uncertainly if she was looking at him in the crowd.

But regardless, he still raised his gun and began to aim through the sights.

However, no matter how he tried, he couldn't line up the sights properly. He wondered why he was so dizzy today...

This was the last thing in his memory. When an All-Seeing Eye pierced through his head, everything fell silent. Amidst this chaos, no one noticed what had happened.

...

"Grand Elder! In recent days, multiple terrorist attacks have occurred simultaneously in many places across the country, as if they were premeditated."

"But it can now be confirmed that it's not Heaven and Earth Society's doing. It seems more like a spontaneous riot."

"No, it's not just domestic anymore. Worldwide, large-scale terrorist attacks are breaking out simultaneously in many places for unknown reasons!"

At this moment, Grand Elder, wearing his traditional Tang suit, had rarely left his underground base and came to the Dragon Group's combat command center.

All around were various noisy and somewhat anxious voices. In fact, by now, there were hardly any high-level Players left by his side.

Because all the experts had been dispatched to deal with the countless riots.

"It has officially begun. We were mentally prepared for this before. Don't panic." Nie Jiu Tian's steady voice rang out, like a stabilizing force in the room, anchoring everyone's panicked hearts.

"Bring up the holographic projection for me."

As soon as the words were spoken, Dragon Group members acted swiftly, and a holographic projection of Earth appeared before Nie Jiu Tian.

At that moment, the Earth was densely covered with red dots, enough to give anyone trypophobia just by looking at it.

The "surrender faction" wasn't a specific organization; it came from the human heart. This riot was a massive internal conflict within humanity itself.

The main reason for wanting to surrender was fear, and fear needed release. It drove them to trigger this disaster ahead of time, even before the gods arrived.

Even though he had been prepared for this, Nie Jiu Tian's heart still ached as he looked at the scene. All he could say was, he hoped this world's sacrifice would help those God's Chosen truly gain the ability to stand against the gods.

Suddenly, his brow furrowed sharply, and a trace of pain appeared on his face, but he concealed it well and wasn't noticed.

He tilted his head. In his ears, he could hear the nodes of the gods' descent left on Earth starting to move. They radiated an intangible wave of divine power, spreading across the entire world within seconds.

Divine might was beginning to spread! The gods... had sensed the chaos here and were starting to fan the flames.