Chapter 445

To be honest, the gods of the Evil Alliance really should not have been defeated so quickly.

They were all seasoned veterans, and nearly every one of them had a trump card hidden up their sleeve, a last-resort means of saving their life. If they had united and fought desperately, then let alone Sui Xiong—even with Jormungandr added to the mix, they might not have gained much of an advantage.

But the greatest trait of evil gods—"selfishness"—had now become the pig teammate dragging them down. For evil gods, joining forces for a fight to the death was a helpless choice only when they were surrounded on all sides with nowhere to flee. Since there was clearly a good chance to escape, why waste their life-saving trump cards? Why risk their lives in a fight to the death against Void Mask?

They only needed to run faster than everyone else!

It was like a famous joke from Earth:

Two people encountered a lion. One of them turned and ran without a word.

The other shouted, "Why are you running? Do you think you can outrun a lion?"

The first answered as he ran, "I don't need to outrun the lion. I just need to outrun you."

...But that joke actually got it wrong. Predators like lions and tigers had an instinct to attack prey with its back turned, so the moment the first person turned around, the lion would chase after him. The other person, who had not had time to run, might instead escape disaster.

That was why wilderness survival experts always emphasized: when encountering a fierce beast in the wild, never turn and run. Stand upright, bravely keep your eyes on it, and slowly back away.

Experts who worked with wild animals never turned their backs on fierce beasts,