Chapter 447: Plunging the Blood Moon Empire into the Illusion Technique

The next moment, three distinct figures descended into the prison out of thin air.

The faceless woman paused unnaturally, clearly not expecting the trio to track her down so swiftly.

The God of Pain had intended to escape the range of the Endless Hell to continue receiving power from its main body in the Abyss. But before it could even begin, the enemy was already upon it.

"Piss off. You're in my way." Gu Qingfeng didn't even move. With a mere glance, the effeminate man instantly exploded into a mist of blood.

At that moment, the God of Pain suddenly erupted, boundless black light spewing from the woman's body.

Yet before the deity could exert its power, the woman's body began to tremble violently as a soft, crystalline blue light burst from within her.

This was the contingency Su Mu had left behind during his prior visit to the Land of Origin!

Before the battle began, Fang Xiu had told him exactly where the God of Pain would flee, instructing him to plant an Illusion Technique on the new vessel in advance.

This was why Su Mu hadn't joined the fight right away. Instead, he had gone to the Land of Origin, found the woman's folder, and woven an illusion.

Now, just as Fang Xiu had predicted, the God of Pain had possessed the woman. Su Mu's beautiful illusion seized the opportunity to activate, wiping away all of her pain in one fell swoop.

Roar!!

The God of Pain let out a violent roar, sensing the suffering within the woman rapidly vanishing.

It was forced out once again.

The instant the black shadow materialized, three attacks from different directions arrived in a flash.

Gu Qingfeng clenched his fingers in the air, shaping terrifying demonic energy into a ghostly hand that tore at the shadow.

Beside Fang Xiu, a woman in a white dress appeared out of nowhere. Her slender, pale hand effortlessly pierced right through the shadow.

The silver mark on Su Mu's forehead suddenly split wide. A Silver Vertical Pupil slowly opened, spewing endless holy light like the opening eye of a god.

Struck by all three attacks, the God of Pain's body exploded with a resounding boom, shattering into a sky full of black mist before dissipating entirely.

"Is it dealt with?" Gu Qingfeng asked, looking somewhat unsatisfied.

Fang Xiu shook his head. "Not yet. There's one last step. The God of Pain draws its strength from suffering. Right now, its descent only covers the Blood Moon Empire, but as long as pain still exists within the empire, it will not die. It can resurrect within anyone harboring suffering."

"Where is it now?" Su Mu asked.

"It is everywhere, because it is pain itself. Now that it realizes we can pinpoint its location, it has broken itself down into pieces and scattered across the entire Blood Moon Empire. It's waiting for its main body in the Abyss to continuously transmit power. It won't be long before it emerges in an even stronger form. However, doing this has actually exposed a weakness. By splitting itself into countless fragments, its power has also become infinitely diluted."

Hearing Fang Xiu's words, Su Mu looked thoughtful. He already knew how to deal with the God of Pain.

"We've heavily wounded the God of Pain twice now. This third and final time is up to you," Fang Xiu said, looking calmly at Su Mu.

Lure the God of Pain into descending, kill it to exchange for Nightmare Essence Blood, advance to Gold King, and inherit the dream realm. The next step was to retrieve Xuan Tian's power, become a God, and fuse with the authority—all while the gods slumbered and the Heavenly Venerate of Myriad Laws was busy fusing with partial authorities.

Su Mu nodded. Smart people didn't need many words to communicate.

His figure vanished instantly, heading to the Land of Origin.

It was the familiar computer room with the battered Old-Fashioned Computer.

"Xiao Yuan, put everyone in the Blood Moon Empire into a single folder."

On the computer screen, Xiao Yuan skipped over to the world folders. She stuck her little hands and head inside, then struggled to drag out a newly created folder.

Su Mu immediately channeled his boundless mental energy into it. He was going to pull everyone in the Blood Moon Empire into the Illusion Technique!

By constructing an illusion that made everyone happy and eliminating their pain, the God of Pain would have nowhere to hide, and its power would be infinitely weakened.

Of course, an illusion that could make absolutely everyone happy didn't truly exist. Humans were peculiar creatures—they suffered when their desires went unfulfilled, and grew bored when those desires were met.

Therefore, in theory, a universally happy illusion was impossible. Eliminating pain was simple—just satisfy everyone's desires. But after being satisfied, people would fall into an endless emptiness, which would in turn breed new suffering. Su Mu understood this deeply.

However, there was a time gap. People didn't feel empty and bored the very instant their desires were fulfilled.

That time gap was exactly what Su Mu needed. Briefly eliminating their pain was more than enough.

If he relied solely on himself, hypnotizing the entire Blood Moon Empire would take a massive amount of time. Finding every single person alone would be a monumental task.

Fortunately, thanks to the Land of Origin, he could directly invade the Blood Moon Empire's folder and perform a unified hypnosis. Furthermore, he didn't have to worry about running out of mental energy, because in the Land of Origin, his mental energy was infinite.

Infinite mental energy flooded madly into the folder.

In the outside world.

Gu Qingfeng and Fang Xiu both looked up at the sky. In a spectrum invisible to the naked eye, a crystalline blue screen of light slowly unfurled across the firmament, spreading out to shroud the entire Blood Moon Empire.

Billions of crystalline blue threads dangled from the screen of light, connecting to the tops of everyone's heads without a single person noticing.

From afar, it was a breathtaking sight, as if a massive "wireless network" connecting billions of living beings had been cast across the sky.

"Looks like he's about to succeed," Gu Qingfeng said, the corners of his lips curving upward.

Gradually, a miraculous change quietly unfolded across the Blood Moon Empire.

The previously suffering, numb populace suddenly went blank-eyed, like mind-controlled walking corpses. But soon enough, all traces of pain vanished from their faces, replaced by smiles—smiles of pure bliss.

Naturally, some were laughing wildly in excitement.

Because everyone's definition of happiness was different. Some wanted career success, some wanted their families to be healthy and safe, some wanted flocks of beauties and wealth rivaling nations, and some merely found joy in quietly basking in the sun.

At this moment, Su Mu was like an omnipotent deity. Using the Illusion Technique he wove with his own hands, he plunged everyone deep into their own personal happiness.

The veil of agony that had blanketed the Blood Moon Empire shattered with a thunderous crash.

If Heaven truly existed in this world, it was undoubtedly the Blood Moon Empire at this exact moment.

Returning to the Blood Moon Empire, Su Mu watched the empire's people soaking in happiness. His gaze swept the land, searching for any trace of the God of Pain.

Yet he found nothing. The God of Pain seemed to have vanished without a trace.

"No need to look," Fang Xiu's calm voice rang out. "The God of Pain requires suffering as a vessel. Now that everyone's pain has been erased, there is only one place it could go."

Su Mu smiled slightly. "Indeed."

He looked at Fang Xiu and Gu Qingfeng, his smile remaining. "Then I must ask the two of you to lend me a hand one last time."

Fang Xiu and Gu Qingfeng nodded, stepping up to Su Mu's left and right sides.

The next moment, boundless black light rose from Su Mu's body, instantly replacing his facial features with pitch-black darkness.

Exactly. When the suffering of the masses was eliminated, the God of Pain's only remaining foothold was... Su Mu!

His own pain had not been erased.