Destruction

"Stop what you're doing. Let's exchange the hostages first, then the masks. Children are always innocent, aren't they?" Xiao Zhang released Luo Yan, but his hand, burning with black flames, remained behind her back. Any movement would result in a ball of black flame being thrown at her.

Fu Bin placed his hand on the stroller, and the black mist stopped spreading. Luo Yan slowly walked towards Fu Bin, and the Black Mist condensed into a tentacle, propelling the stroller forward until Xiao Zhang took it. The black fire then removed the black Plankton clinging to it, and Luo Yan came to Fu Bin's side, whispering an apology.

"Then let's continue exchanging masks!" Xiao Zhang waved the mask in his hand, Fu Bin nodded. A few seconds later, the two exchanged masks again.

Taking the mask, a black flame swept over it, clearing away the hidden Plankton. Xiao Zhang breathed a sigh of relief and asked Fu Bin, "Why didn't you do anything?"

"Time is running out. You should find the owner of that mask as soon as possible and help him grow up quickly!" Fu Bin didn't give a direct answer, but Xiao Zhang already knew what Fu Bin meant.

The entire Mask Battle Royale is about making the last person a god, and only one of the seven mask hosts can obtain that Becoming a God. The other hosts are just nourishment, so this nourishment can't be too thin.

Fu Bin might be able to kill Xiao Zhang and Zheng Long now, but by then their masks will need to find suitable hosts. If it drags on for too long, it could attract the attention of external forces, making the situation difficult to resolve.

Xiao Zhang and Zheng Long were not without ambition to become gods, so neither group intended to engage in a large-scale battle. After the exchange was completed, Fu Bin took Luo Yan and left through the back door.

The bald, fat man, Meng Xi, had completely abandoned his former kindness. Looking at the corpses of his wife and son, he burst into tears. All he wanted was to live an honest life. Although his son had been disobedient before, he had gradually come to understand the care of his family after graduation and started helping with household chores. His wife had been diligent and devoted to him for most of her life, content to be a housewife at home, and had never argued with him. Two years ago, they even had their second son.

In the blink of an eye, they became Bing Bing, lifeless corpses. What kind of sins had they committed? Meng Xi looked up at Xiao Zhang and Zheng Long. Both of them were wearing those Demon Mask. From their use of supernatural abilities and the masks in their hands, he roughly understood what had happened.

Seeing her youngest son still crying in the stroller, Meng Xi quickly picked him up, then looked at Xiao Zhang, suppressing her emotions and forcing herself to remain calm, and said, "I need an explanation."

Meanwhile, Fu Bin brought Luo Yan back to the counseling room and immediately said, "The key to victory now lies in the seventh mask. Send out your cat right away; I need to find it as soon as possible."

Li Yuanfeng tidied up his new rented room and lay on the bed, not wanting to move. Only in this small space could he let down his last defenses. He wanted to achieve success and fame, he wanted to get rich, he wanted to stop struggling to make ends meet, and he wanted to see the envious looks of others.

For some reason, he suddenly thought of that eerie Demon Mask. He propped himself up, took the mask out of his backpack, and when he saw the mask with that strange smile, Li Yuanfeng swallowed hard and put it on his face.

In an instant, Li Yuanfeng's brain seemed to speed up several levels. Things he couldn't understand before suddenly became clear. The interview he went to today, the question was actually testing him, and his answer was definitely the worst possible response. No wonder he failed the interview, and there were the previous two as well.

A chilling energy flowed through Li Yuanfeng's body. He walked to the window and looked at the scene in the shops in the distance below. He, who was originally nearsighted, was able to clearly see what was being played on the television inside.

"To this day, the serial murders in Leping City remain unsolved, and the killers in these cases all left behind the words 'So-and-so must die,' along with a mask symbol..."

"A mask symbol." Li Yuanfeng reached out and touched the mask on his face, instantly sensing a dangerous aura. "Someone is looking for this mask, and perhaps there are other masks as well. What should I do?"

"Discard the mask?" The first thought that popped into Li Yuanfeng's mind was to run away, but he immediately put it aside. "That's impossible. With this mask, I can truly realize my dream of becoming a superior person. Discarding it would be the most foolish thing to do."

"I want wealth, I want power, I want everything I envy." Faced with the potential danger, Li Yuanfeng's Greed was completely unleashed. He wanted too much. His greed merged with the Original Sin Structure formed by the Shadow Magic in his body. Li Yuanfeng found that his body, which was as big as an inflatable balloon, burst all his clothes. He almost bumped into the ceiling when he raised his head slightly.

With the enhanced intelligence granted by the mask, Li Yuanfeng quickly discovered the key to triggering his abilities: the emotion of Greed. Through continuous experimentation, he successfully mastered the ability to transform into a giant.

"Looks like you're having a lot of fun." A deep, terrifying voice sounded behind Li Yuanfeng, sending a chill down his spine. He immediately transformed into a giant about three meters tall, turned around, and was shocked to see a three-meter-tall demon with broken horns, its body made up of black shadows.

"Who are you?" Li Yuanfeng approached the window, ready to jump out and escape if things went wrong.

"Don't be nervous, Greed host. You can call me Shadow Demon. I'm here to help you, and also to help myself," the Broken Horn Demon said, carrying an unconscious Assassin -like figure in his hand.

Shadow Demon then gave Li Yuanfeng a brief overview of the Mask Battle Royale and the current reality.

"You mean that once the host of the Seven Deadly Sins Mask Host grows to a certain level, and then collects all the masks, they can become a god?" Li Yuanfeng asked to confirm. "According to you, Envy, Sloth, and lust are now grouped together, wrath, Pride, Gluttony are grouped together, and I represent Greed. So, what are you, wearing the mask?"

"I... I am an extra-standard mask, representing Destruction beyond the Seven Deadly Sins. The Shadow Clan doesn't know much about our existence," the Shadow Demon said, raising the Shadow Assassin in his hand and crushing it into black smoke. "This is the Shadow Clan that's monitoring you."

"You mean, us?" Li Yuanfeng accurately grasped the information revealed in Shadow Demon's words.

"That's right, besides the Seven Deadly Sins, there are three in total. I am Destruction, and the others are Hatred and Fear." Shadow Demon recited the script he had prepared.