Guangguai Luli's Casino.
"Yo—!"
Hansel, who had been sprawled across the gambling table, suddenly let out a strange cry and sprang upright like a coiled spring.
Sensing something beside him, Jiang Chaoyun couldn't help rolling her eyes. "Why are you making such a fuss? Trying to scare a ghost to death?"
"I felt it!" Hansel ignored Jiang Chaoyun's awful attitude and replied firmly, "My Authority reacted!!"
"The world's about to end, so give it a rest. Your Authority reacted... Uh, wait, are you saying your Authority of 'Deceit' reacted?!" Jiang Chaoyun's beautiful eyes widened as she cried out in belated realization. "But didn't you say Lu Li never gave you a chance to use the Authority of 'Deceit'?"
"Don't tell me you were lying to me back then? You really are bored out of your mind..."
"Why the hell would I lie to you about something like this..." Hansel rolled his eyes irritably. "It wasn't because my actions matched the God Ascension Creed corresponding to the Authority of 'Deceit.' It was someone else!"
"Someone else did something that aligned with Deceit, causing the Authority to stir..."
"Fuck... There's actually someone in this world who's a better liar than Hansel?!"
The curiosity that had just arisen in Jiang Chaoyun's eyes swiftly faded as she replied gloomily, "So you mean that, at the final moment before the world is destroyed and everything ends, some guy who came out of nowhere has shaken the foundation the Authority of 'Deceit' has established within you?"
"How utterly ironic..."
"Cut the sarcasm..." Hansel frowned deeply. "Help me see what's going on."
"See what? It's all over anyway..." Jiang Chaoyun refused, lazily leaning back against her chair. "Even if Li Luo has reached the level of a Primeval Creation, there's no way she can deal with the