Chapter 199: Seven Deadly Sins—Gluttony!

Yan Moxie's pupils contracted. "Sikong Zhen?!"

Su Mu smiled and nodded. "Since he has the nerve to investigate the Seven Deadly Sins, he must naturally be prepared to die. Truth be told, whether your Revolutionary Army is involved or not, we are going to kill him.

"Now that you have delivered yourselves to my door, I might as well collect one of the Twelve Swords of Royal Power in passing before taking care of Sikong Zhen.

"Regardless, once Sikong Zhen is dead, the Chiyan Empire will be short a Gold powerhouse. That benefits your Revolutionary Army as well."

Yan Moxie stiffened, a rigid smile stretching across his face. After hearing Pride's words, he suddenly felt like he was taking a massive loss.

"You won't try to back out of the deal, right?"

Yan Moxie's smile grew even stiffer. It took him a moment to recover before he replied, "Since we have already agreed, we will absolutely not go back on our word."

"Heh." Su Mu laughed dismissively. "Then hand over one of the Twelve Swords of Royal Power first."

Yan Moxie forced a dry laugh. "I didn't bring the sword with me. It's in the commander's hands. But rest assured, once the deed is done, that sword from the Twelve Swords of Royal Power will be offered up with both hands."

"In that case, you can participate in this operation as well. I don't exactly trust the Revolutionary Army's character. I highly suspect you might try to back out once the deed is done.

"When the time comes, the Seven Deadly Sins will bear the fury of the Chiyan Empire, leaving us no time to extract ourselves. If you renege then, we won't be able to hunt you down. Therefore, I will only be at ease if everyone is in the same boat."

Yan Moxie's heart skipped a beat. 'Damn it, I'm being dragged onto a pirate ship.' Their goal in seeking out the Seven Deadly Sins was precisely to make them draw the empire's wrath. If the Revolutionary Army got involved directly, wouldn't they just be dropping a rock on their own feet?

Su Mu seemed to see right through his thoughts. "Relax," he sneered. "I won't make you show your true face. Since your goal is to have the Seven Deadly Sins draw the fire, you can simply disguise yourself as one of our members. As long as you deliver the sword from the Twelve Swords of Royal Power once the deed is done, we will be at peace.

"Otherwise, I will make this matter public. I will let the whole world know that Vice-Commander Yan of the Revolutionary Army is one of the Seven Deadly Sins, and that he participated in the murder of Sikong Zhen!"

Yan Moxie's heart sank. With the other party pushing things this far, if he still refused today, he would probably end up dead before Sikong Zhen.

"Fine." He nodded. "How many people does Your Excellency Pride intend to send this time? Or will you be striking personally?"

"My true body is not in Star City," Su Mu said coolly. "The only members of the Seven Deadly Sins nearby are Envy and Lust. The two of them are enough. Now we have you as well. If three Gold powerhouses still cannot kill a single Sikong Zhen, then you might as well just kill yourselves."

Taoist Priest Xuanqing clamored in dissatisfaction from the side, "Leader, why bring Envy into this? For a mere Sikong Zhen, I'm more than enough on my own!"

"Shut up. I have my own arrangements."

Taoist Priest Xuanqing shrank back as if in fear, not daring to speak again. He started drawing little circles with his fingers, sulking in grievance...

Watching from the side, Yan Moxie was astonished. 'Another Gold powerhouse!' Pride was Gold, Lust was too, and now there was also Envy.

He was starting to believe the rumor about the Seven Deadly Sins more and more—seven members, seven Gold powerhouses!

"Vice-Commander Yan, I will let Lust tell you the specific plan. I hope you won't disappoint me." After saying that, Pride's figure slowly turned transparent until he vanished completely.

It was this method again. No matter how many times he saw it, he couldn't spot the slightest clue as to how it worked.

Yan Moxie frowned deeply, staring at the spot where Su Mu had disappeared.

Right then, Taoist Priest Xuanqing walked over and patted Yan Moxie on the shoulder. "Hey, old man, don't drag me down when the time comes."

Listening to Lust's innocent, naive voice, Yan Moxie's heart stirred. Lust was young; perhaps he could fish some more intelligence about the Seven Deadly Sins out of him.

"Your Excellency Lust, Your Excellency Pride just said I should disguise myself as one of the Seven Deadly Sins. Who do you think I should pretend to be?"

"Gluttony, of course!" Taoist Priest Xuanqing pulled a Silver-White Mask from his robes—one with a wide, gaping mouth as if swallowing food whole—and handed it to Yan Moxie.

Yan Moxie was taken aback. "Why Gluttony?"

"Because Gluttony is the only vacant position left in our organization. The Leader gave every member a Gluttony mask so we could scout for new recruits, so you can just fill in as Gluttony for now." At this point, Taoist Priest Xuanqing suddenly leaned in close to Yan Moxie's ear with a secretive air.

"I'll tell you a secret. The people in our organization don't have very good tempers. They often break into massive fights over the slightest disagreement. Only Boss Pride can keep them in line. So, it's best you don't impersonate any of them. If they found out, they'd definitely come looking for trouble."

Yan Moxie's eyes flickered. The Seven Deadly Sins had internal discord? It seemed they were only held together by Pride's overwhelming strength. This was a crucial piece of intelligence. Perhaps in the future, he could use this to incite part of the Seven Deadly Sins to defect to the Revolutionary Army!

He sneered inwardly. 'Although this Lust is powerful, he is far too young after all. It looks like I can dig a lot more information out of him!'

"Your Excellency Lust, what kind of person is Envy? Don't misunderstand, I don't mean anything by it. It's just that since the three of us will be operating together, I'd like to understand her a bit beforehand to avoid causing unnecessary trouble."

"Envy, huh..." Old Taoist Xuanqing placed his hands behind his head and stretched. "She's very weird. Completely unsociable and hates talking. Her skin is deathly pale, like a rat that hides in the dark and never sees the sun. So when you meet her, it's best if you just ignore her.

"You have no idea. One time, she and Wrath got into a fight, and you'd never guess why they started throwing down."

"Why did they fight?" For the sake of intelligence, Yan Moxie played the role of the perfect straight man.

Taoist Priest Xuanqing scoffed. "Just because Wrath said a few extra words to her. Envy felt that Wrath's voice sounded nicer than hers and thought Wrath was showing off on purpose. So the two of them just started fighting."

Yan Moxie was stunned. 'What kind of bullshit reason is that? They actually fought over something like that? Is this Envy a psychopath?'

"Don't you also think Envy is a psychopath?"

"She has quite the personality."

"Personality, my ass! She's just a psychopath. One time, she even fought me just because she was jealous that I'm younger than her!"

"By the way, Your Excellency Lust, when Wrath and Envy fought, who won?"

"Neither of them. Right as they started fighting for real, Boss Pride stopped them."

"It seems Your Excellency Pride has plenty to worry about on a daily basis," Yan Moxie casually humored him. Inwardly, however, his heart surged with shock. 'Another Gold powerhouse!'

Envy was Gold, so Wrath—who could fight her for real—was definitely Gold too!

By the looks of it, the Seven Deadly Sins currently had six members in total, and all six of them should be Gold powerhouses!