Chapter 1710: Exposed, but not quite

Who is next?

Hearing the "Hearing Hearing Heishanyang" take the initiative to offer an invitation for indoctrination, the other several Sin Demon Gods couldn't help but look at each other... then I looked at you, you looked at me, and then...

"Let me see..."

Noticing the gazes of the other Sin Demon Gods beginning to gather on him, the Demon God of Greed couldn't help but wave his hands repeatedly, his expression slightly awkward as he said:

"You all know that my Sin of Greed is basically condensed in my stomach. This... if I want to take out my stomach directly, it's really quite troublesome. I'd better be further down the line."

"Same here."

Just as the Demon God of Greed finished speaking, the Demon God of Envy followed up by stating:

"My Sin of Envy is condensed in my eyeballs. Taking them out right now is somewhat inconvenient, so..."

So what you two mean is for me to reach in and pull out my heart?

Watching the Demon God of Greed and the Demon God of Envy, who had backed down immediately after witnessing Samael's fate, the Demon God of Pride couldn't help but snort in disdain. He then raised his hand to touch his own chest, pressing down hard...

He touched it.

"???"

Something's not right... something's a bit off... or rather, very, very wrong!!!

Under the astonished gazes of the other Sin Demon Gods, the Demon God of Pride, who had been prepared to extract the 【Heart of Pride】, lowered his right hand with somewhat stiff movements.

At some unknown moment, a thin layer of sweat had seeped out from the Demon God of Pride's back, sticking damply to his skin as the wind blew. That cold, sinister chill quietly penetrated through the skin and flesh of his back, drilling all the way into his heart.

Is my heart trying to cater to him?!

Feeling his heart thumping against his chest like a small deer, seemingly impatient to drill its way out, the Demon God of Pride couldn't help but feel a chill run through his heart.

Judging by the current feeling, if he were to hand his heart over to him... No! I'm afraid that as soon as he dissected the heart filled with the Sin of Pride, his heart would, just like Samael's blood horn, stick directly to that bizarre Hearing Hearing Heishanyang!

Could it be... that his pride is also above mine?!

After this terrifying thought uncontrollably surged into his mind, the Demon God of Pride couldn't help but look toward the "Hearing Hearing Heishanyang" again, focusing specifically on those eyes filled with doubt.

In those eyes, there was truly nothing but doubt—filled only with the purest doubt. There was no trace of the other Sin Demon Gods, let alone his own existence...

It doesn't even have me in its eyes!

Like a pure-hearted young demon tragically abandoned by a scumbag, realizing that the other party hadn't even put him in their heart, the Demon God of Pride's expression suddenly turned stern. He finally realized why he had felt something was wrong all along.

As a Great Demon who had stopped just short of becoming a Demon God, the gap between this meat-sheep and himself was unimaginably vast. Yet, in the gaze it cast upon him, there was neither awe for a powerhouse nor admiration for a superior; there was only a purely objective measurement and scrutiny.

The way it looked at him was not like looking at a Sin Demon God standing at the peak of the Abyss's hundred prisons, possessing infinite power. Instead, it was like examining an old antique—an ancient thing that already had one foot in the grave and was destined to be destroyed in the torrent of time.

It might be scrutinizing his significance, weighing his value, thinking about his utility, or even calculating how to dispose of him... but it had never once pondered how to deal with his threat!

It doesn't even have me in its eyes! It is so arrogant that it doesn't even consider me a threat!

Having reached the exact same conclusion through a single moment of eye contact, the Demon God of Pride violently knocked over the chair behind him and roared out as if struck by a sudden inspiration.

"It's you! So it was you!!!"

"?!!!"

Ah, this... am I exposed?

Hearing the Demon God of Pride's roar, Li Ang couldn't help but be slightly stunned, then sighed inwardly.

It must be because the 【Horn of Wrath】 gave the game away. A Sin of Wrath that surpasses the Demon God of Wrath is indeed hard to justify. It would be strange if they didn't suspect him, but he couldn't refuse the request to display the Sin of Wrath. It seems he can only...

"Great Sin Demon God! You've actually awakened!!!"

"?!?!?!"

Under Li Ang's somewhat bewildered gaze, the crown between the Demon God of Pride's silver hair suddenly grew, golden thorns piercing downward into his scalp, deeply locking itself onto the Demon God of Pride's head.

A large amount of thick, bright silver blood flowed from the wound on the Demon God of Pride's head. The blood, resembling liquid mercury, flowed everywhere, covering his face and exposed skin, emitting a brilliant yet filthy, strange luster.

"Do it! Its pride is also purer than mine!"

After instantly switching to the combat state of a Little Silver Man, the Demon God of Pride roared at the other four shocked Demon Gods:

"Still don't get it? It has returned from Heaven Mountain! It has come back to take revenge on us!"

The Great Sin Demon God... has come back to take revenge on us?!

Hearing the Demon God of Pride's shout, the four Sin Demon Gods—Wrath, Greed, Envy, and Lust—immediately reacted as well.

If it were just "more wrathful" than Samael, it could still be a Great Demon with a unique talent. But if it were not only "more wrathful" than Samael but also "more arrogant" than Philo, then there was only one possibility...

The former Great Sin Demon God has returned! It has come to take revenge on us for causing its "death"!!!

No sooner said than done. After figuring out the cause, the five Sin Demon Gods, who had been hesitant, reacted in less than a tenth of a second.

The belly full of molten gold split open a huge gap, rotting spores exuded peach-colored milk, skin covered in bone ash flushed with dirty blood, and copper-green hair turned into hissing poisonous snakes.

The Sin Demon Gods, who had looked human—or at least somewhat human—instantly shed the parts of themselves that belonged to "humans," revealed their essence as demons, and directly unleashed the sins they mastered at the Hearing Hearing Heishanyang on the table, who was suspected to be the Great Sin Demon God.

Gray-white, dark purple, brownish-yellow, deep pink, blood red...

Watching the five sins surging over like a tidal wave, almost drowning him, the "Hearing Hearing Heishanyang" with colorful light flashing in his eyes couldn't help but click his tongue.

This is truly... although his identity as a member of the Cleanup Bureau isn't exposed, it seems there's no difference from being exposed... but it doesn't matter anymore.

The colorful light belonging to the 【Peeper of Origins】 plated his goat hooves. The Hearing Hearing Heishanyang's two "hands" suddenly reached forward, plunging into the sins of Pride and Envy without any resistance, firmly holding back the two sins—one gray and one purple.

At the same time, the skin on the Hearing Hearing Heishanyang's back suddenly arched, and two human palms, also plated with colorful light, stretched out, pulling the invisible light bands condensed by the Sin of Greed and the Sin of Lust in the same way. Even though the bones all over his body were creaking under the pressure, he still forcibly held off the attacks of the four sins.

As for why it was four...

"No! That's not right!!!"

Accompanied by the Demon God of Wrath's terrified shout, the Sin of Wrath that hadn't been blocked didn't fall onto the "Hearing Hearing Heishanyang." Instead, under the control of some strange power, it completed a magnificent rotation.

The fierce and filthy blood light swept across. The Sin of Wrath, which only Li Ang could see, turned into a crimson long sickle, splitting the four Sin Demon Gods who were attacking with all their might in two, directly slicing them horizontally into eight segments!

"You?!"

I had already touched the Demon God of Wrath; how could I not have done something to him?

Due to the sudden attack of the Sin of Wrath, the other four sins paused in unison, instinctively recoiling a portion and beginning to repair the bodies of the four Sin Demon Gods, creating a tiny gap of less than one-hundredth of a second.

And the "Hearing Hearing Heishanyang" seized this rare, tiny gap. His four arms suddenly swung outward, shedding the heavy sins that had almost crushed him. He lunged directly toward the Demon God of Pride, slamming into his chest, and then... passed straight through the hole in the Demon God of Pride's chest.

?!!!

It really was aiming for me!!!

Watching the "Hearing Hearing Heishanyang" pass through the hole in his chest, the Demon God of Pride, whose body had already been repaired, instinctively retreated to put some distance between them before looking at the "Hearing Hearing Heishanyang" with lingering fear.

Ever since his identity was called out, the Great Sin Demon God's gaze had never left him, constantly staring fiercely at his chest. Even when attacked by the four sins, he hadn't shifted his gaze. That was when he felt something was wrong.

Considering that Samael's 【Horn of Wrath】 was almost swallowed alive after being touched by him, he had moved the 【Heart of Pride】 away in advance and even secretly dug a hole where the heart was located.

And although he hadn't guessed Samael's "betrayal," he had luckily guessed the target the Great Sin Demon God wanted to attack. If he hadn't moved the 【Heart of Pride】 away in advance, he was afraid he would have followed in Samael's footsteps, becoming a slave to the Great Sin Demon God after his sin was stolen!

"Keep your distance! Don't let its hands touch you!"

After giving a reminder, the Demon God of Pride's eyes flashed with silver light, and he analyzed with a serious expression:

"It seems different from the past. Judging by his reaction, if we are touched by those hands, I'm afraid we will be controlled by him just like Samael!"

Is my goal that obvious?

Also hearing the Demon God of Pride's warning, Li Ang couldn't help but sigh inwardly as he watched the other Demon Gods, who were shocked and quickly retreated to put distance between them and him.

It's a pity... the Demon God of Wrath has already been controlled by him. If he could have touched the Demon God of Pride just now, he could have used the effect of 【Lord of Demons】 to control him as well.

And then it would be a perfect 3v3. With the two controlled Sin Demon Gods, Wrath and Pride, plus himself—who could control a Demon God just by touching them—the winning percentage against the three Sin Demon Gods of Lust, Greed, and Envy would probably soar to over ninety percent. It's just a pity...

"Stop them, and if you can't, self-destruct."

Under the Demon God of Wrath's terrified gaze, after giving the death order to stay behind, the colorful light on the "Hearing Hearing Heishanyang's" arms instantly thickened by a layer. His two hands seemed to have plunged into another world; the eight fingers, excluding the thumbs, disappeared at the roots, and then he began to tear with all his might.

Not good! He's going to escape!

After understanding Li Ang's plan, the four Sin Demon Gods, who had just put some distance between them, had no choice but to grit their teeth and chase after him again.

Although they didn't know why he had become a meat-sheep and his strength seemed to have regressed quite a bit, the Great Sin Demon God's methods were ten times more bizarre than in the past, and he even mastered the terrifying method of forcibly enslaving Demon Gods!

Feeling that if it were one-on-one, even the strongest among them, the Demon God of Pride, wouldn't have the confidence to retreat unscathed, only by staying together could they avoid being defeated one by one. If they let him run away this time, they would never have to separate again!

"Levitana!"

Hearing the Demon God of Wrath's shout, the Demon God of Envy, who had the closest relationship with him, immediately understood what he meant. She stopped in her tracks and stared fixedly at the Demon God of Wrath.

And after being stared at by her snake eyes overflowing with malice, the Demon God of Wrath, who had lost part of his limbs and a large amount of sin, had the blood color all over his body fade away instantly. He was forcibly suppressed and trembled as he gave way.

But after this delay, Li Ang had already torn open the plane barrier, forcibly escaped the Demon God of Lust's lair, and drilled into another layer of the Abyss further up.

"As..."

"I know!"

Before the Demon God of Pride could finish shouting his name, the Demon God of Lust raised her hands and pulled hard toward the position where Li Ang had disappeared. The roots of the Rotting Tree reached over like giant pythons, tearing open the passage that hadn't fully healed after Li Ang left.

"He went to the 【Nest of Evil Desire】!"

"He has to open the path; he must be slower than us!"

"Can't let him run away! Chase!"

After reaching a consensus extremely quickly, the three Sin Demon Gods—Pride, Greed, and Lust—directly chased into the higher layer of the Abyss. The Demon God of Envy gritted her teeth, voluntarily gouged out her eyes to stay in place, continued to maintain control over the Demon God of Wrath, and then leaped to follow.

What Cleanup Bureau God of Food, what purple-skinned angel, what Red and Blue Kings... in front of the Great Sin Demon God who had returned to take revenge, all of these had to be pushed to the back. Today, no matter what, they had to...

What the hell is this?!

Watching the 【Nest of Evil Desire】 at the end of the passage shake and then suddenly snap and break away, separating from the Abyss's hundred prisons, the Demon God of Envy, who had been a step too slow and couldn't keep up, couldn't help but open her empty eye sockets wide. She stood there at a loss, looking blankly upward.

The Abyss's hundred prisons... someone tore one away?!

Sure enough, his feeling was not wrong.

Looking at the shining 【Lord of Demons】 on the panel, Li Ang couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief... The Abyss's hundred prisons were also an anomalous object with the 【Fallen】 tag, and they also had to be controlled by 【Lord of Demons】. This multicolored badge could craft more than just demons!

So you guys just stay inside for now. I'll come back to find you after I deal with the Demon God of Envy!

After smiling at the three Sin Demon Gods—Pride, Greed, and Lust—Li Ang easily drilled out of the 【Nest of Evil Desire】. Under the dull gazes of the three Sin Demon Gods, he spread his arms, hugged the entire 【Nest of Evil Desire】 from the outside, and then squeezed hard toward the middle!

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 1711 =====