Chapter 255: Tortured Purgatory, Virtue's Paradise

Zeno and Silva walked towards Germain.

"We have learned about this from President Netero. How do you plan to deal with the stress and torture?"

Germain already had an idea.

He reached into his black robe, unzipped it, and took out a box. He opened it, revealing a stack of hard cards with the English logo of Greed Island on them.

"My companions prepared something for me before coming here."

He drew out the cards one by one.

"After using these cards, they can materialize certain things or achieve certain effects. They can provide food for gourmet hunters, and they can also directly reduce stress. I will use them."

Zeno chuckled twice.

"It seems that you will not give up this battle easily... Well, we wish you good luck."

Half an hour later, the dark crown and the torture state disappeared, but that was not the point.

That night, German used the card of Greedy Island to unseal the dishes that Menqi and Buhala had prepared earlier and served them on the table, but only for his own consumption.

Afterwards, he used the card to summon the Perfume Girl, who continuously provided a scent that could relieve stress.

Later, he also tried out the experimental cards made by Duen and Lister, which were based on Biscuit's Magic Beautician Cookies.

After all, it's just a test product, and its effect is far less effective than the real Magic Beautician Cookies, but it's better than nothing.

Due to the Tough trait, all of Germann's stress-relief treatments are amplified.

This allowed him to keep his stress below the 100-point torture threshold before the battle began the next day.

On this day, he first tried not to use Chaos Roar, but was blocked so tightly by Netero's Hyakushiki Kannon that he was suffocated.

Therefore, he could only use Chaos Roar again.

Once Chaos Roar appeared, the situation changed dramatically.

Netero's Hyakushiki Kannon was unable to suppress Germain, and Germain kept dodging his attacks more and more times.

However, the load brought by Chaos Roar's forced torture threshold was still too much for him to sustain for too long.

As long as Netero fights a protracted battle with German, he will be sure to win.

On this day, he triggered a critical hit, but it was only once, and the amount of pressure reduced was not much.

The torture made him feel very uncomfortable, especially as he saw the stress level getting closer and closer to the exhausting 200 points.

However, he did have a way to solve the problem of exhaustion - he brought the card "Breath of the Archangel".

Since it is quite difficult to replenish "Breath of the Archangel", German now only has three in his hand.

One of them was one he had held for a long time, and the other two were recent additions.

But it was enough for him, as each person could only use one.

Before reaching the point of exhaustion, by using "Breath of the Archangel", Germann can recover to the perfect state to clear all the stress at once.

If it is unavoidable, Germain can only use one of the three "Breath of Archangel" on hand.

That night, German heard from Netero about the new situation with Mo Laowu and Nob.

"Nob used his Nen ability, 'Fourth Dimension Apartment', to set up entrances and exits near and inside the palace occupied by the Chimera Ants, facilitating a sudden entry at 23:0 on the rd."

"During this period, Nob was almost discovered by the three guards, but fortunately he escaped in time."

"In addition, his disciple Pom, in order to use the monitoring type Nen ability 'Lonely Deep Sea Fish', must see the Ant King and the three guards with his own eyes."

"For this reason, she sneaked into the palace, but her whereabouts are unknown."

"It is very likely that he was caught by the three guards. He either became the ant king's food or the three guards' transformation target."

Netero's tone was cold.

"After experiencing the viciousness of the three guards' spirit energy firsthand and being powerless to stop his disciples' disappearance, Nuobu's spirit collapsed and his hair turned white overnight." "It is highly likely that he will no longer be able to participate in the decisive battle. At most, he can only provide a certain degree of support."

Chimera Ants particularly like to eat humans, especially those who use Nen.

They are the most delicious among human beings, and once you have eaten them, you will never forget the taste.

If Pom is caught and eaten, there is a high probability that he will be sent to the ant king's table.

If it was being transformed, it would have already begun by now.

German met Norb and Pom, the master and apprentice, once.

He still remembered Nob, who wore glasses and was well-mannered, and Pom, who had disheveled hair and was full of resentment.

Now that they have participated in the fight against the Chimera Ants, they need to play a role, otherwise they might as well withdraw immediately.

Their abilities are just the right ones to serve as scouts.

During wartime, the casualty rate among scouts was undoubtedly very high.

Therefore, German did not laugh at or belittle Nob's collapse.

Nob suffered a mental breakdown only after completing all his work. He did not delay the decisive battle, but instead still played a very important role.

Not every Nen user can calmly achieve the mission objectives in his situation.

This is like suddenly throwing an ordinary person into the mental hospital in "Escape" and leaving him to escape by himself, feeling helpless and desperate.

After Netero said this, he added one more sentence.

"No matter what Nob decides to do in the end, the time of the final battle will not change, and everything will continue."

As if inspired by the story of Nob and Pom, German decided to change his thinking.

He will still try to reduce the pressure to below the torture threshold of 100 points first, and then he will take the initiative to do some actions to increase the pressure.

Punishment for killing, punishment for bad gambling trait, punishment for bloodthirsty trait...

German must take the initiative to increase his pressure to over 100 points, and then use this to refresh his condition.

Under extreme pressure, you have to choose between two options: torture or virtue!
If it is torture, Germain uses Chaos Roar at this time, and the torture will not be stacked.

This will be more costly than normal Chaos Roar, as it requires taking on the affliction of the character.

In addition, the order of Chaos Roar's manifestation and torture is swapped.

If it were virtue, Germain's pressure would force most of it to be cleared.

If Chaos Roar is used at this time, due to the existence of virtue, it will not cause torture, that is, the pressure cannot be forcibly increased to 100 points.

At the same time, virtue will also increase Germann's critical hit probability, thereby increasing the chance of critical hit decompression.

Although the probability of virtue is lower than that of torture, it is worth a try.

German decided to use this idea to gradually control Chaos Roar, and then he used it to continue fighting with Netero's Hyakushiki Guanyin.

So, for the next few days, he cycled between the tormenting purgatory and the heaven of virtue, with no intention of stopping from beginning to end.

Of these frequent attempts, Germain succeeded only four times; the rest were torture.

Yet Germain continued.

Even Netero, Zeno, and Silva, who were well-informed, couldn't help but twitch their eyes when they saw Germain abusing himself like this and trying to find a hopeful way out of the madness.

The body was bombarded by Hundred Styles of Guanyin, but it was protected by its physique and the Giant Lake Rune.

Mentally, he only has the barrier of reason.

Although he knew it was a nightmare and was in so much pain that he couldn't sleep, he still insisted on doing it. He cleverly thought of using the "Sleeping Girl" card to sleep on his behalf, thus avoiding a side effect.

Netero, Zeno, and Silva were all impressed by German's tenacity.

(End of this chapter)