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The outskirts of the Gray City.

The black-robed lady issued an invitation to fight, but Rosen still sat on the stone chair without moving.

From the surface, she didn't even make any gesture of preparing for a fight.

He took a sip of wine and said, "Great Filiqisi, don't be impatient, I haven't finished talking yet."

Originally, he planned to start a fight directly, but the other party's last sentence made him vaguely glimpse the contradictions in her heart.

To put it another way on Earth, the 'heart of Tao' of this goddess of annihilation seems a little unstable.

Rosen didn't want to fight either.

Because if he won, he would just win an incarnation of divine power. If he lost, he would probably lose his life.

The gains and inputs are not proportional, it is a completely losing business.

On the other side, Filiqisi shook her head slightly: "I don't think there is anything to talk about between us."

Although she said so, she also sat on the stone chair without moving, just like Rosen.

Rosen seized the opportunity and spoke faster: "Great One, you just said that you hope to reach the end of the world in a stable manner, but your actions are somewhat inconsistent with your words."

"You said you want to be stable, but you took the risk of connecting the new world, developing new believers, and even building a sun bridge connecting the two worlds."

"You said that everything will go to the nothingness of annihilation. In other words, everything at present has no meaning of existence."

"Since it has no meaning, what are you working hard for now?"

'Click~'

Filiqis gently placed the crystal wine glass on the stone table and stared at Rosen.

"The world has destiny, and the annihilation of nothingness is only the end of destiny, not the whole picture of destiny."

"No life can see the whole picture of destiny. The only thing we can do is to follow the guidance of the heart and use our own life to witness destiny."

"So, witnessing destiny is the meaning of everything I do."

Rosen immediately asked back: "A destiny that cannot be seen clearly is not destiny, but an uncertain future."

"The differences between us are not necessarily irreconcilable. After all, the new world is very broad, enough to accommodate many five-ring true gods, isn't it?"

Filiqisi nodded: "You are right, this is also the basis for the existence of our current dialogue."

Rosen continued: "Perhaps, we can change the way of cooperation, not to seek to form a pantheon, but to be independent allies."

Filiqisi fell into deep thought.

Seeing that the other party was persuaded, Rosen continued to work hard.

"You just said that in the future, I will cause your power to weaken significantly, but this is a matter of the future after all."

"Even if there is a 99% chance of it happening, it is still only a possibility, not a necessity, isn't it?"

"Of course, you can ignore my words and try your best to get rid of me, but I will definitely resist with all my strength. If you fail, then we will be enemies to the death, and there will be no room for easing."

"Perhaps, it is precisely because of your uncompromising attitude that you will see the fate?"

Filiqisi stared at Rosen again.

After looking for a long time, she said: "Mortal Emperor, you are really good at talking, but you can't win real status by words alone."

"You want to cooperate with me as an independent, yes, but you have to prove your qualifications with strength."

Rosen had already thought of a way, and immediately said: "Proving strength does not necessarily require fighting, there are many other ways."

"I think we can set up a bet."

The frost on Philiqisi's face melted a little.

"Bet? Interesting."

"How do we bet?"

Rosen raised his hand and pointed his thumb in the direction of Gray City.

"We can agree on a time limit, such as one year."

"Within one year, we will each preach in Gray City and its surrounding areas. After one year, see who has more believers in Gray City."

"Spread the faith and gather believers?"

Filiqisi raised her eyebrows: "I have been doing similar things for more than 20,000 years, and you have not even been able to successfully ignite the divine fire. Are you sure you can beat me?"

Rosen smiled and said: "It is precisely because of the difficulty that I can use this to prove my strength, isn't it?"

Filiqisi nodded in agreement: "Although I think your words are a bit arrogant, I appreciate your arrogance because it makes me see the splendor of life."

"So, I agree to the bet."

"But the bet needs to agree on rules."

At this point, Feiliqisi raised her hand and wiped the air, and a line of glowing words appeared in the air.

"There is a core rule called the principle of non-intervention."

"The true god hides behind the scenes, can appear to preach, can grant magic tools and spells, can guide or even command believers, but does not directly participate in the battles between mortals."

"The reason for establishing this rule is that the true god exists in the realm of gods and it is difficult to directly interfere in the mortal world."

"Although the true god's incarnation can be used to enter the mortal world, condensing the incarnation will consume the source material and make the god a slave of mortals in essence. Do you understand this?"

Rosen nodded: "I understand. As a mortal emperor, I deeply feel the tediousness of the emperor's daily work."

"What's worse is that I can't let go, because once I let go, power will quickly disappear, and my life and the lives of my family will be in extreme danger."

"It's good that you understand."

Filiqisi continued: "After a year, if you win, we will be independent partners."

"If I win, you will have to join my pantheon and become my follower."

"Is it okay?"

"No questions asked, Great One."

"Then let the bet begin."

After saying this, Felicis stood up and left.

She took a few steps back, her figure turned from real to ethereal, and then disappeared into the air.

Rosen watched him leave, feeling secretly relieved.

There was some food left on the table, and he happened to be a little hungry, so he simply focused on enjoying the food.

While eating and drinking, I heard Liv's space-time secret message again: "Your Majesty, have you just met the mortal incarnation of the great Annihilator?"

The voice was very soft and cautious, as if he was afraid of being overheard.

"Yes, I met it."

"So you defeated her?"

If it were anyone else, Liv would never ask this question, but this natural emperor is unfathomable.

Rosen smiled: "I'm not sure I can defeat a supreme mortal incarnation. In fact, I reached an agreement with her."

"Agreement? Can I know?" Liv asked more carefully.

Rosen thought for a moment, then briefly informed the content of the agreement, and then said: "Tell your master that this agreement will not interfere with the existing cooperation between me and your master."

"At the same time, I also told her that if the goddess of annihilation invites her to become a slave god, no matter what she chooses, I have no objection."

"Yes, Your Majesty, I will tell you the truth."

Rosen was interested in asking Liv about the knowledge of 'faith and godhead', but after careful consideration, he still did not ask.

Because this knowledge is the core knowledge of the true God, if he asks, the Happy One may answer, but he must pay a high price.

Facing the True God, he really doesn't have many cards to play. If he wants to ensure as much initiative as possible, he has to play fewer cards and accumulate more strength.

"I already have the method to ignite the divine fire. So how to condense the divine head that collects the soul essence of mortals?"

If you can't figure it out, it's even harder to do experimental verification.

Because his soul strength is only 20 levels, he cannot even sense the existence of source matter.

According to common sense, he should wait until his soul reaches the 23rd level before thinking about this issue, but this unexpected encounter with the goddess of annihilation gave him a strong sense of crisis.

His current opponent is the True God. With the Scepter of Light, he has gained the qualification to talk to the True God.

But this is seeking the skin of a tiger.

True gods are indifferent, and the light scepter is a foreign object after all. Once there is a slight flaw in his defense, he will immediately end in a disaster.

This is by no means alarmist, as the experience of the eternal strong Antoine is proof.

Therefore, if you want to be safe, you cannot act according to common sense.

He must shorten his period of vulnerability as much as possible and make his plans unexpected by his opponents so as not to be left waiting.

Therefore, if he really waits until the 23rd level to start studying the matter of condensing the godhead, his actions will be too slow.

"We need to understand the source of matter as early as possible. But how to study it?"

"Essence. Source"

Rosen took out the ray scepter and played with it gently in his hand.

"The Joyful One says that there is a great deal of sefirot in my soul."

"She also said that the light scepter is also condensed from the source of matter."

The light scepter must not be messed with. If it is broken, he will have no barrier against the true god, and his soul will be invaded by the true god in an instant and become his eternal slave.

Then you can only seek the source of your own soul.

‘In my soul, the manifestation of Sefirah is probably Laifu. But even now, I still cannot perceive the specific existence of Laifu. ’

For Laifu, he is still in a state where he can only use it, but cannot modify the underlying structure.

Just like most people on earth, they can only use mobile phones but do not have the ability to build mobile phones.

"What to do?"

Rosen leaned back on the stone chair and stared blankly at the gray sky.

As he watched, a light suddenly flashed in his heart, and a wonderful idea popped up.

Rosen had already obtained the method of igniting the divine fire from the Happy One.

But the Happy One never said that one must reach level 23 to ignite the divine fire.

She just said that you have to reach the 23rd ring to feel the essence.

In other words, as long as Rosen gains the ability to sense the essence, even if his current soul is only 20 rings, he can still ignite the divine fire.

Because the basis of divine fire is the source of essence, not the strength of his soul.

The Joyful One also says that he already has enough Sefirot.

If Laifu is composed of the essence in his soul, then it will definitely be able to feel the existence of the essence, and then it will naturally be able to train the relevant abilities and successfully light the divine fire first.

If Rosen guessed wrong, then he guessed wrong and there was no loss.

After figuring it out, he immediately tried to ask in his mind: "Laifu, train the new ability "Lighting the Divine Fire"."

The next moment, Laifu responded: "Are you sure about training?"

"Sure."

"Start training. Training will use free source matter."

"The number of free source materials currently accounts for 33%. The number is too small. Should we stop some of the running capabilities to unlock more source materials?"

Rosen was immediately ecstatic: "Aha~~ I guessed it right!"