After hearing Ye Chen's mockery, delivered as if it were only natural, dense veins rarely bulged across Jietisikoki's forehead. Then, with a trace of irritation, he demanded:
"E.ven. if. you. have. to. kill. me. more. than. a. million. times?"
Without changing expression, Ye Chen stated:
"E.ven. if. I. have. to. kill. you. more. than. a. million. times."
At those words, the veins on Jietisikoki's face surged even more densely, though his tone swiftly returned to its usual mocking playfulness.
"Heh heh, let's just assume you really have what it takes."
"But how long would that take?"
"Do you truly think that, before your mind is completely abyssalized, that pitiful shred of humanity and reason you possess can outlast the number of my resurrections?"
"Have you forgotten? This is my turf. I can go wherever I please!"
"If I keep hiding in the shadows and refuse to show myself, you won't even get a chance to see me!"
Ye Chen answered with complete composure:
"Yet you have already shown yourself."
"You should have continued tormenting my mind over and over, as you did before, but you didn't."
"The influence of your 'City of Frenzied Sin'—its spatial laws—on me is growing weaker and weaker."
"The return of my awakened Labyrinth Relic is the best proof of that."
"Like me, you are racing against time."
"We both want to kill the other before the Abyss takes control of the whole situation."
Faced with the Bloodsmith Hunter's challenge, the Butcher Hunter said nothing at first.
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Ye Chen calmly declared:
"This is a three-way melee."
"You understood that long ago, but you have always tried every possible way to muddle the issue and divert my attention, all so that you could keep pressuring me unilaterally."
"In truth, the three of us are grasshoppers tied