The moment the mission prompt popped up, Spade swung the whip without hesitation, with the sharp tip of the whip pointing directly at Tavel's heart as he hung in the water!
Bai Liu turned in the water, stood in front of Tavel with a sharp gaze, and raised his whip to block Hei Tao's attacking whip.
Hei Tao's whip hit Bai Liu's whip body. Bai Liu was pushed back a little by the huge force of the whip and leaned into Tavel's arms behind her. Fine bubbles emerged between her clenched teeth and floated up from her long hair.
Tawil's body was pushed, and his long silver hair became entangled with the white willow's black hair. Tawil, who had been motionless, slowly raised his drooping head.
His silver-blue eyes were covered by layers of silk threads, but he still stretched out his arms and hugged Bai Liu who fell into his arms.
The light from the inverted cross pendant at the entrance of Tavel suddenly became brighter. In this dazzling white light, a water-patterned air barrier formed around Bai Liu, allowing him to breathe smoothly underwater.
"Bai Liu?" He whispered in Bai Liu's ear, "Is that you?"
Bai Liu said softly, "It's me."
"I'm coming to see you."
Bai Liu heard Tavel chuckle lightly and said, "Every time you come to see me, you are always so fierce."
Spade's whip came at him unexpectedly. Bai Liu just raised his hand to block it, but Tavel pulled him behind him to block it. With a calm expression, he stretched out his right hand in front of him and spread out his five fingers. Water patterns mixed with white halos spread out from the front of his palm layer by layer, forming a milky white hazy water barrier, blocking the whip swung by Spade.
The glittering water ripples expanded in circles, as if there was a gust of wind coming from nowhere in the sea, blowing away the short hair of Spade and the long hair of Tavel who were facing each other on both sides of the barrier. The two people's identical faces looked at each other across the barrier, and their expressions were exactly the same and calm.
"Don't you want to admit defeat?" Tawil, with his eyes blindfolded, asked softly.
Spade's face was emotionless: "No."
He raised his whip and swung it down fiercely, hitting the water barrier with a force that almost broke through space and time. His force was directed at Tavel on the other side of the water-patterned wall, but his eyes were fixed on Bai Liu's face, who was pulled behind him by Tavel.
"I don't admit it." Spade said word by word, "I want to win against Bai Liu."
"I want to sacrifice you and become his most suitable souvenir."
Cracks appear in the watermarked wall.
Tawil did not move his eyebrows, and asked calmly: "Do you know whose souvenir you are?"
Spade looked at the dull-faced Tavel through the cracked water-rippled wall. At the moment when Tavel's water-rippled wall shattered, he saw Bai Liu pulling Tavel behind him without hesitation, and the whip in his hand turned into a dagger, which he turned and stabbed at him behind the water-rippled wall.
The dagger slashed across Hei Tao's face, and blood oozed out from the linear wound and splashed into the sea water.
A rare blank expression appeared on Hei Tao's face.
He could have dodged at that moment, but for some reason, when he saw Bai Liu's gaze on him, the bullet wound on Hei Tao's waist suddenly hurt, and he could not dodge Bai Liu's knife that was stabbing at him.
When protecting Tavier, Bai Liu's dark eyes stared at him, empty, as if he did not exist in his eyes.
The moment Bai Liu swung the knife, the silk thread wrapped around Tavel's right wrist disappeared. At the same time, a silk thread was tied around Hei Tao's right wrist.
"The pain between you and me is constant." Tavel's voice was vague and ethereal in the water, and only rang in Heitao's ears through the water-patterned wall. "When I feel happiness because of Bai Liu's love for me, you will feel the same amount of pain."
"As much as you feel happy because of Bai Liu's love for you, I will also feel as much pain as a result."
"One of us will surely be the sacrifice to God, the anchor of Bai Liu, the sacrificed one."
White Willow pressed forward step by step, Spade kept retreating, and blood kept spreading in the water. Every time White Willow took a step forward in front of Tavel, one silk thread was lost on Tavel's body, and one silk thread was entangled around Spade's body.
The more these threads of pain entangled Kuroo, the slower Kuroo's movements became, and the more vulnerable Kuroo was to Shiraki's attacks. In the end, Kuroo was almost completely tied up by the threads into a cocoon, and was suspended under the Sea Shrine, becoming a new anchor.
The other end of these threads was connected to the ship-shaped shrine, which made Spade bear the weight of both these heavy "pain" and the huge sea shrine at the same time.
Spade raised his head underwater with all his strength and stared through the silk threads at Tavel, who was completely untied in front of him, hugging Bai Liu and smiling at him.
Tawil looked down at him like a god, his eyes full of pity: "Do you understand now?"
"You'll never beat me."
"I... don't understand." Trapped in [pain], Spade said hoarsely, "But I must beat you!"
He opened his arms violently, and the extremely tight silk thread tightened his flesh and bones. Blood gushed out from the wounds. Spade looked into Tavel's silver-blue eyes, his consciousness was a little blurred, and he couldn't stop falling down.
It’s so heavy.
He had never carried something so heavy before. He didn't even bring props to competitions because he thought it was too heavy and uncomfortable to move.
Is pain such a heavy thing?
Spade has never experienced anything like pain since birth.
He lacks the ability to empathize with people's joys, sorrows, anger and happiness. He doesn't understand the tears and hugs after victory, the painful howls of losing a loved one, or the joy and happiness of being understood.
Even though he had once been at the center of victory, pain, and desire, he was like a monster isolated from these emotions, and it always felt strange and weird when he reached out to touch these emotions.
His only obsession was when he was born in Siren Town, a strange man with a long ponytail and a white shirt smiled at him with his back to the light, his facial features blurred, and handed him a black bone whip.
"This is a relic of your previous life. I am returning it to you in its original form."
Spade looked up at the strange man and opened his mouth. He couldn't speak at that time, so he just uttered some incoherent syllables.
The man smiled, squatted down and looked down at Heitao lying on the ground: "The only reason I allowed you to be born is..."
"——You will use your victory and existence to make others suffer."
"The heart of pain is black." The man chuckled and placed the black bone whip on the side of his head. "I'll call you Spade."
So this is what the man wanted him to do.
So this is pain.
Spade's eyelids slowly drooped, and his body was tied up and fell down. He loosened his mouth, and countless bubbles surged across his face.
...Does Bai Liu also feel so uncomfortable when he is in pain?
"Spades."
"Wake up."
"Don't dwell on the illusion of pain."
The white bone whip pierced through the sea water like a bolt of lightning, breaking the water-patterned wall in front of Hei Tao. He suddenly came back to his senses. The person in front of him was no longer the smiling god Tavel holding Bai Liu. Instead, the person behind the water-patterned wall was Tavel who was staring at him without any joy or sadness.
Tavel's silver-blue eyes looked at Spade calmly.
"Your desire for Bai Liu is so strong that you will be affected by the [door] on my eyes."
"You've never had your spirit value drop before, right?"
[System warning: Player Spade's mental value has dropped by 20! Please be careful not to be fooled by the illusions generated in your subconscious! ]
Spade did not answer Tavel. Instead, he raised his hand without any emotion on his face and smashed it hard at the water-patterned wall. His voice was hoarse with stubbornness: "I want to win!!"
Bai Liu transformed his whip into a knife and stabbed out from behind the water-patterned wall. Just like in Hei Tao's illusion just now, he rushed straight to Hei Tao's face without hesitation!
The silk thread instantly hung on Hei Tao's right hand, and his whip and Bai Liu's dagger collided with Tavel's water-patterned wall, causing a huge burst of light and wind and waves. Neither of them retreated, but instead rushed forward relentlessly at this moment, their weapons were pressed against each other, and the expressions on their faces were almost like roaring evil.
“Lose to me!!”
"I want to win!!"
Outside the big screen.
The host slowly put down the microphone and opened his mouth. He was so stunned that he didn't even care about the commentary.
The audience was in total silence, making it hard to imagine that this was the most watched game since the mid-season tournament.
Mu Sicheng looked at Bai Liu on the big screen in a trance, almost doubting himself.
This person who is shouting at the top of his lungs...is he Bai Liu?
Bai Yi was completely stunned.
He had never seen Spade fight so hard and pursue victory so fiercely.
These two people who were calm and composed on the outside, at the end of the game, fought each other desperately for a victory that they didn't know where it would lead to. Even the fighting didn't look good. They punched, kicked, bit each other's arms, kicked each other's knees, and hit each other's necks. They had completely lost their order.
——It's like two children trying to beat each other in a game.
During the struggle, threads continuously appeared on Bai Liu and Hei Tao's bodies, connecting to the shrine. They were pulled by these threads, as if they were puppets controlled by the gods. However, they ignored the threads and struggled to attack each other savagely, as if they were two puppets that had developed their own minds and wanted to escape from control.
The two men hit each other again and then stepped back.
白柳的身體表面盈着一層氣膜，他胸膛劇烈起伏着，臉上從左邊眉尾到右邊唇角都是各種傷口，有些深可見骨，正在往外滲血，肩頸和背部都連着絲線。
他擡手擦了一下嘴邊的血，眼睛直直地看向對面的黑桃。
黑桃的呼吸很急促，他反手握着自己手裏的骨鞭，還是那副面無表情的樣子，但是臉都被白柳揍得鼻青臉腫了，右手和左手手腕都連着絲線。
塔維爾被懸吊在兩人中間。
兩個人對視一眼，不約而同轉身舉起骨鞭，再此惡狠狠地向着中間的塔維爾沖了過去！
“我要獻祭他！！”黑桃啞聲呵斥，他高舉着鞭子，對準白柳的肩膀劃過，眼睛裏露出一種不死不休的執拗，“讓開！！”
白柳的肩膀直接被黑桃的鞭子打斷，他手上握住的鞭子跌落海底，他怒意勃發地死死咬住黑桃的手腕，牙齒嵌入皮膚，血肉模糊地悶聲嘶吼：“我不許！！！”
黑桃咬牙，他放開鞭子，舉起拳頭砸向白柳的右眼眼睛，白柳松開牙齒，側臉躲開，同時一腳踢在了黑桃的膝蓋上。
兩個人扭打着向下墜落。
黑桃龇出牙齒，狠狠咬在了白柳的肩膀上。
他感覺到白柳的肩膀因為疼痛顫抖了一下，他感到他腰後那個傷口疼痛得他腦子好像快要炸開。
他感到在這冰冷的海水裏，他的眼眶不知道為什麽發起燙來了。
那麽多場游戲勝利，可能都是因為白六一開始對他命運的裁決，讓他下意識地去追逐了勝利，選擇了那個讓所有人痛苦的結局。
唯有這場，只有這場——
是他自己承受痛苦，是他自己想要贏！！
黑桃表情猙獰地用力下咬，咬到白柳的肩膀變形流血，白柳悶哼一聲，他聽到了自己肩胛骨被咬碎的聲音。
沒留給白柳片刻恢複的時間，黑桃右手一拳砸在白柳肚子上，幾乎是兇狠地将白柳揍進了海底，他揍了白柳的右手上迅速生出了一根透明絲線，黑桃沒有停留，他迅速轉身上游去抓塔維爾。
【系統提示：玩家白柳使用了玩家木柯的個人技能（閃現一擊）。】
失去了一只手的白柳驟然閃現，擋在了塔維爾的面前，他擡起被血水浸透的長發，用一種陰狠的目光看向游到了他面前的黑桃。
一次又一次，一次又一次，在這種恐怖游戲裏輸給這個人。
——然後輸掉自己最重要的東西。
【你以後會一直陪我玩游戲嗎？】
【嗯。】
謝塔認真的回答還回響在白柳耳邊。
騙子，謊言，根本不是這樣。
如果從那時候到現在，我至少贏過你一次，是不是就不會這樣？
——是不是那個成為邪神的人就會變成我自己？
白柳幹脆擡手，力道狂猛地将刀插進了黑桃的心口，将刀抵住黑桃的心口，握住刀柄轉了一圈拔出。
黑桃的心口瞬間爆發出一陣血霧，白柳插刀的左手上瞬間被系上一根透明絲線。
兩個人傷痕累累地退開半步，但不等對方喘息一次，又迅速靠近，宛如爆發了野性的猛獸般貼身舉鞭厮殺。
海面上的雨漸漸停息了。
坐在小船上的禦船看見平靜下來的神社，臉上忍不住出現喜色：“我們過去看看，說不定祭品已經獻祭成功，我們可以許願了。”
“是。”船夫鞠躬，開始撐船。
船夫撐到神社，禦船穩穩地跳了上去，他的背後驟然炸開大朵煙火，在夜空裏絢麗如星空花火。
旁邊的傭人輕聲解釋：“禦船大人，現在雨停了，延遲的煙火大會現在應該開始了。”
“時候正好。”禦船抖抖衣服，向着一片淩亂的神龛走去，臉上帶着一種掩不住的得意，“許願的時候就該有這樣熱鬧的背景。”
他們剛沒走兩步，整個神社就像是下面有什麽東西再扯動一樣，劇烈地顫動起來。
傭人懼怕地尖叫起來，禦船神色驚愕地扶住神社前的石燈籠：“怎麽回事？！夢裏的邪神明明告訴我馬上就能安全許願了……”
還沒等他說完，船型的海上神社整個翻了過去！
禦船直接掉進了海水裏！
他驚慌失措地四肢撲棱，大片的氣泡從他驚恐中睜開的嘴巴中跑出。
海面下，白柳和黑桃幾乎已經打得看不出個人形了，他們身上都全是絲線，血液不斷從他們身上大大小小，各種傷口裏溢出，他們互相拉鋸着，争奪着中間再次被絲線封印沉睡過去的塔維爾。
禦船掉在了塔維爾的上面，恐懼地劃動雙手想往水面上面去，他清晰地意識到，只要被這兩個人打鬥擦到一下，就必死無疑。
但事與願違，白柳一根骨鞭精準地顫上了禦船的腳踝，将他像水球一樣扯過來丢到了黑桃那邊去，借此阻攔對方拖延時間。
而黑桃也做了同樣的事情。
禦船就被這兩個人像是丢沙包一樣丢來丢去，很快就窒息了，他臉色發紫地掐住了自己的脖子，胡亂地蹬腿，被絲線纏住了雙腿，塔維爾被他的蹬腿的力度扯得向下沉了一下，翻過來沉沒的船型神社此刻也徹底沒入水中，和塔維爾一起向下緩緩沉去。
白柳伸手去夠塔維爾，被黑桃粗暴打斷，他沒夠住塔維爾，只夠到了塔維爾身上的絲線。
黑桃摁住白柳的肩膀，背後擋住白柳，卡住白柳的移動位，去搶白柳手上的絲線。
白柳忽然深吸了一口氣，就像是等了很久，終于等到黑桃背位靠近他的這一刻。
在黑桃還沒意識到會發生什麽時候的那一瞬間，白柳猛地回頭，他閉着眼睛吻住了黑桃。
黑桃的瞳孔一縮。
同時，白柳向上扯動塔維爾，他握住塔維爾的雙手，用一種堪稱殘忍的方式限制住了黑桃移動，将塔維爾從背後推進了黑桃的身體裏。
正被白柳吻住的黑桃瞳孔瞬間擴散，他感到自己的心口重重一跳，嘴裏被白柳推進了什麽東西。
好像是一枚硬幣。
【系統提示：玩家黑桃靈魂融合】
【系統提示：檢測到玩家白柳使用靈魂交易技能與玩家黑桃的靈魂交易過，現在靈魂歸位，交易憑證錢幣位于黑桃身上，該交易生效。】
【玩家白柳正式擁有玩家黑桃的靈魂，擁有使用玩家黑桃系統面板的權限。】
【玩家白柳使用黑桃的靈魂紙幣，切入玩家黑桃的系統面板，準備點擊游戲退出鍵。】
【系統警告：玩家白柳是否确定點擊玩家黑桃游戲退出鍵？玩家黑桃現在正處于比賽中，退出默認為認輸棄權。】
【玩家白柳确定。】
【系統提示：玩家黑桃退出游戲，游戲結束。】
煙火在海面上大朵地綻開，絢麗斑斓，令人頭暈目眩，海面下，被絲線束縛的禦船死不瞑目的禦船嘴巴大張，神情扭曲痛苦地和沉在海底的神社躺在一起，仿佛他才是今天晚上那個被獻祭的祭品。
船屋裏的小葵望着遠處消失的海上神社，她聽到自己耳邊響起了一個聲音。
那聲音是一道平靜的那聲，很輕柔，又熟悉，像是那個叫做塔維爾的邪神，又像是白六的聲音。
【神實現了你的願望。】
【有人來救你了。】
小葵扶着船屋的紙門，望着天邊炫美煙火，眼淚愣愣地落下。
這場折磨他們的祭品游戲，終于，結束了？
觀賞池。
大屏幕熄滅的一瞬間，坐在板凳上的流浪馬戲團和殺手序列的人都同時站起，沖向大屏幕的兩邊。
大屏幕的兩邊是玩家登出口，剛剛那種生死一線地厮殺，無論是白柳和黑桃出來都一定狀态不好，需要人接應。
果不其然，白柳一個跨步走出來，第二步就倒了下去，黑桃更是直接連走都沒走，直接在登出口就直挺挺地倒了下去。
白柳被唐二打和牧四誠接住了。
他臉色蒼白地嗆咳了好幾下，身上頭發上全是海水，能聞得到一股濃重的血腥味。
那邊廖科和柏溢剛要伸手去接黑桃，結果廖科眼疾手快掃到了什麽，拉住柏溢往後猛退幾步，厲聲呵斥道：“等等，不要靠近黑桃！！”
倒在地上的黑桃咳了一聲，搖搖晃晃地，自己撐着手肘跪立而起。
他緩慢地擡起了頭。
整個觀賞池響起了巨大警報聲。
【系統警告：請各位玩家迅速遠離污染源，使用精神漂白劑維持自己精神值！】
【檢測到游戲中有頂級污染npc外逃！！】
黑桃沾着濕碎發的臉上，是一雙銀藍色的眼睛。