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AAA continued to go deeper, and the changes in the surrounding environment made him feel a huge sense of crisis.

If the black-gold forest is the spirits of the dead plants, and the spirits of the dead plants are transforming the surroundings into an environment suitable for their growth, then there is no doubt that the black-gold forest is transforming the earth into the underworld.

It is definitely not as simple as the golden sea of ​​trees symbolizing life and the black golden sea of ​​trees symbolizing death. There must be a deeper and darker reason behind it.

Not knowing whether he was dead or alive, the God Era Grem's mount stopped and AAA raised his head with a serious expression to look at the giant in front of him.

"found it."

It was composed of several giant trees, perhaps the anti-life trees twisted together, with a spiral appearance. The giant trees were like mountain peaks, and their extremely thick branches were like pairs of hands of struggling dead souls, stretching out as if tearing the sky apart.

The surrounding environment was dead silent, and the soil was gray-black.

This is the land of death.

After hesitating for a moment, AAA chose to go deeper, but not because of greed for merit or recklessness, but to obtain specific intelligence.

The team of three stepped into the black gold forest. It was once full of life, but now it was all corpses hanging on the trees.

click-

That was the sound of a living creature stepping on a branch and breaking it. The three of them looked over at the same time and saw a canine creature wrapped in flames looking at them.

【? ? ? 】

Authentication failed.

This is not the worst. Unauthorized identification is the most powerful provocation.

The ghost dogs opened their mouths one by one and let out silent roars. The land of death trembled, and gray tree roots tore through the ground and rolled towards them.

"Retreat, retreat, retreat!" AAA immediately gave the order to retreat and took out the [Emergency Escape Device], while the other two took out props.

The moment they pinched it, they broke away from their mounts and came in front of the ghost dog. The prop was activated successfully, it was indeed successful, but it sent them to the enemy's mouth.

"Could it be!?" AAA's eyelids jumped, and a bad premonition came to his mind, "A monster that automatically updates the save point!"

"FUCK!"

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"I'll make you repeat Meteor Shower, you idiot bastard!"

Blaze, covered in dust, pressed the Three-Star White Tiger's head, repeating the skill [Press Head and Smash the Ground] madly.

Blaze was so angry that he was about to die. He was frightened by the cold, arrogant and iron-blooded temperament of the Three-Star White Tiger. He thought that this must be an extremely difficult opponent, and repeating the meteor shower was simply because he was too lazy to use other tricks.

As a result, when he rushed to the Three-Star White Tiger under the bombardment of meteor showers, he found that this guy only had a scary appearance and was a coward who could only use one trick, meteor shower.

Now he pressed its head to the ground, and the Three-Star White Tiger did not resist, but just screamed and howled because of being hit.

He must vent his anger before killing this guy.

【Hey, you. 】

Something tapped Blaze's shoulder, and a familiar voice made Blaze stop what he was doing. This was the voice of the spirit of the Tree of Life that he had seen before.

[Do you like men or women? ]

"what?"

Chapter 1436 Are you dissatisfied with my rule?

[You are so strong, why don't you mate? ]

Before turning back, Blaze carefully recalled the impression the spirit of the Tree of Life had given him.

They are beautiful, like some kind of pure animal. Although they can spread their branches and leaves, they cannot leave the place where they are, so they ask the elves for love stories between lives to understand the beauty of life.

But later, after meeting the elves, I realized that this kind of pure life is actually more keen on listening... To put it nicely, it is a rhapsody full of primitiveness and wildness, praising the continuation of life, and the more intense the better.

The transformation is like a lady who was thought to like listening to love stories, but actually likes reading pornographic books, the more pornographic, the better.

Blazer didn't have any special thoughts about this. After all, the Tree of Life was just a tree and didn't actually have a specific image. Even if it liked to hear stories about animals, including humans, mating, it was not surprising. Aren't all primitive life forms reproducing in nature, that is, under the branches and leaves of the Tree of Life?

He understood, but asking him directly was a bit presumptuous. It was like the tree of life shaking its branches or blooming a few flowers to express its thoughts, but it was not okay to speak directly.

"Um..." Blaze turned back slowly, thinking about how to answer.

The moment he turned around and saw the person behind him clearly, Blaze was stunned. He had seen the spirit body of the Tree of Life, and he also understood that there must be some difference between the spirit bodies of the Tree of Life, just like there would never be two identical leaves in the world. But the difference between the spirit bodies of the Tree of Life in front of him was too great.

First of all, it, no, it is she, has a clear gender, a woman. Secondly, she is wearing clothes, and they are gorgeous accessories that are completely different from the natural atmosphere of the Tree of Life.

The golden crown inlaid with lapis lazuli and ruby ​​earrings are of extremely intricate craftsmanship. The golden necklace woven from gold covers the neck to the collarbone. The chest is even more luxurious, with emeralds and a jade belt. There are also extremely luxurious bracelets and anklets on the hands and feet.

The last time I saw the spirit of the Tree of Life, she was naked, but it only made people feel sacred and did not give rise to any dirty thoughts. She exposed a lot of skin, and her luxurious dress revealed a feeling that aroused people's desire.

After a few seconds of silence, Blaze asked, "Are you the spirit of this tree of life, or the collective consciousness of the entire golden sea of ​​trees?"

"This question is not as important as mine." The spirit body waved its slightly curly black hair, and the lapis lazuli blue color showed an unhappy look.

"Why don't you mate? Are you dissatisfied with my rule?"

"I am not ruled by you. Who are you after all?" Blaze frowned. A spirit with such a unique personality is definitely not a simple spirit of the Tree of Life or the Golden Sea of ​​Trees.

"Not ruled by me?"

The black-haired woman was quite self-conversative, and she seemed to only care about things that interested her, repeating the first half of Blaze's words.

She crossed her arms and raised her brows.

"Don't I rule over you? Now all life lives in the world restored by my power, eating and drinking, even death returns to my power."

“Whether it’s the Age of Gods or the present age, even if you have your own beliefs, when you see the incarnation of my power, you will all express gratitude from the bottom of your hearts and speak of its goodness.”

"Now I ask again, does this not count as ruling you?"

There was a natural arrogance in the black-haired woman's words, as if she was stating the truth, and this truth was determined by her.

The black-haired woman's interpretation of the word "rule" is also quite selfish. As long as you receive benefits from her, thank her, and live in her territory, you are considered to be ruled by her.

This could be considered a self-introduction, as only the Golden Sea of ​​Trees and the Tree of Life matched the black-haired woman's boasting.

"So you are the integrated consciousness of the Golden Sea of ​​Trees?"

"I am the origin of the Golden Sea of ​​Trees, a life that grew out of the mud after the world turned upside down. I was also the mistress of heaven and earth - Ishtar."

The black-haired woman opened her arms and proudly introduced herself, the entire trial space completely illuminated by the light she radiated.

"As for the consciousness of the Golden Sea of ​​Trees and the Tree of Life, strictly speaking, it is the self-consciousness that emerged after my power and authority were split."

"Goddess? At least it's not Audrey's face this time."

Blaze muttered softly and glanced at the Three-Star White Tiger. Even after such a big change, this guy didn't show any intention of struggling to escape and still buried his face in the hole on the ground.

Since the Three-Star White Tiger was so honest, he actually felt a little guilty, as if he was bullying someone.

"So why don't you mate? Are you dissatisfied with my rule?" Ishtar asked persistently.

"So what does not doing that have to do with dissatisfaction with your rule?" Blaze said with a headache.

If the unknown goddess Ishtar is indeed the origin of the Golden Sea of ​​Trees, and if Ishtar defines rule, then he can be said to be in the rule of Ishtar.

But what does this have to do with mating? Generally, resistance to rule is rebellion, usurpation of power.

"Continuing offspring is the instinct of life, and it is also what life must do. The more you play, the better my rule. But if you stop reproducing, it is equivalent to ending the cycle of life, which means you have objections to my rule."

Ishtar's argument was convincing, and even Blaze had to admit that there was some truth in it.

Now that Ishtar has made her point clear, Blaze must give a formal answer.

"Because I'm not old enough yet, and because I'm too busy to think about these things, and because I want to explore more distant lands."

Blaze thought he had made himself quite clear, but Ishtar rolled her beautiful eyes when she got the answer.

"What kind of excuse is that? It's natural for men and women to do these things. If you don't do it, you're rebelling against me (nature). I've always been merciless to rebels!"

Ishtar's expression suddenly turned cold, her lapis lazuli eyes flashing with cold light, and she raised her hand towards Blaze, as if to launch an attack.

"We suddenly entered the battle phase!?"

"..." Ishtar suddenly put down her hand and waved at Blaze in a generous manner, "Tolerance is also a virtue that a ruler should have. Although you have committed the worst crime of not reproducing, I will give you a chance."

"You probably realized that you don't have the power to punish me."

Chapter 1437 Life and Death

Blaze clearly heard Ishtar say that the integrated consciousness of the Golden Sea of ​​Trees was the product of her power and authority generating itself.

It can be understood that each tree of life is the power of Ishtar. They all have their own selves and their own thoughts, which causes Ishtar, the source, to lose all power.

This is not surprising, as Ishtar is a god, and if a god wants to survive the upheaval and destruction of the mythical totem, he must give up his power.

Odin, Athena, Cyrene, and even Themis, they all gave up their former powers from the age of gods and left their own new traces in this new world.

Although they are gods now, they are no longer gods. The traces they left behind are scattered and random, and do not meet the condition that the totem of god must cross two plates. Naturally, their power is not as strong as before.

The Ishtar in front of him used a simpler and more brutal method, which was to split the power and let each power have its own self. After the split, they were naturally no longer gods, but their consciousness could be connected together, completing a hazy state of existence and non-existence.

However, although she did not manage to be affected by the upheaval, she lost all her power because her power had a form and self-awareness, or it was difficult for her to use it as freely as before.

Facing Blaze's revelation, Ishtar was quite calm and spread her hands.

"so what?"

It was obviously Blaze who revealed her secret, but her words made it seem as if Blaze was going to do something with it, but she remained calm and fearless, as if she had not yet played all her cards.

"Nothing happened." Blaze was helpless. He felt that talking to Ishtar was too tiring. It was like they were competing against each other all the time, and Ishtar had to win.

This can be seen from the fact that Ishtar is always floating and maintaining a condescending posture during the conversation.

His instinct told him that getting involved with Ishtar would be very troublesome, so he should give in now, go along with what Ishtar said, get the three-star reward of the hunting constellation from the Three-Star White Tiger, and leave quickly.

But throughout the whole process, there is not a single step that is not related to Ishtar.

Blaze scratched his hair hard. Well, the chance to understand Scorpio the Grim Reaper has come. After all, the real body has appeared. No one can understand Scorpio the Grim Reaper better than this [second personality] of Scorpio the Grim Reaper.

"As the origin of the Tree of Life and the master of the Golden Sea of ​​Trees, I think you should be aware of what is happening, right?"

"Of course I know." Ishtar raised her chin proudly, her long black curly hair swaying, "You enthusiastically expressed your passionate love to the embodiment of my power, the Tree of Life, which is me."

"I'm sorry, but I can't respond to any of you. I'm everyone's goddess. But don't stop expressing your love to me because of this. Love can nourish the earth and bring a good harvest. For your own good, remember to send chocolates next year."

"Does that mean you don't feel that your true self is about to appear?"

"Hmm?" Ishtar crossed her arms, looked up at the dome, and fell silent as if she didn't understand Blaze's words.

After a long while, she lowered her head, her face full of annoyance.

"Who are you calling a fake? You are in front of Ishtar, the goddess of love, fertility, war, nature and harvest, the mistress of the sky and the mistress of the earth. Who is worthy of being my true self?"

Blaze was stunned. Ishtar's reaction was as if he had humiliated her, and the insult in his words was so strong that it took her a while to understand.

He originally thought that the goddess who called herself Ishtar was just the opposite of the god of death Scorpio after his fall. It seemed very reasonable for the god of death to become the god of life.

But judging from Ishtar's reaction, that didn't seem to be the case at all.

Blaze didn't say anything more or explain anything, but immediately explained the current situation in simple words.

"Some of the trees of life have already separated from the golden sea of ​​trees and formed the opposite black golden sea of ​​trees. They are constantly expanding in size, and the Death Scorpio is about to revive."

"Death Scorpio?" Ishtar's expression changed, her hands loosened and placed on both sides of her body, and she changed from a floating state to landing on her feet.

Her tone was a little hurried.

"Are you sure?"

"Nothing is certain. All life on earth has sensed it. But you, the origin of the Golden Sea of ​​Trees, didn't feel it?"

"I'm not sensitive enough to feel the status of every tree of life, and the fact that a tree of life is separated from the golden sea of ​​trees and stops moving generally means death, and death is not uncommon."

After Ishtar said something perfunctorily to Blaze, she paced back and forth, as if she was thinking about something, and looked at Blaze from time to time.

"I originally thought that this day would be a long time away. After all, you have only returned five constellations so far, and it will take a long time to meet the conditions to challenge the Death Scorpio. Logically speaking, she will not wake up without returning the first seven constellations."

"She? So you are not the Death Scorpio?" Blaze was not surprised by this. It's not that he expected it, but since it involved gods, no matter what happened, it would not be surprising.

"Of course not. Do you like to hear my self-introduction?" Ishtar rolled her eyes at Blaze beautifully, one hand on her chest and the other hand opened to Blaze, "I am Ishtar, the goddess of harvest. I have a relationship of ice and fire with Scorpio, the god of death. The only constellation in the sky that suits me is Leo."

"My only remote connection to death is the power of war."

"The only one who holds the position of Scorpio the God of Death is the God of Death, my sister, Ereshkigal, the mistress of the Underworld Kul."

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