Chapter 1180: A response from the Sea of Desire!

A response from the Sea of Desire!

Cheng Shi's words were dangerous.

Even the gods dared not approach 【Filth and Corruption】 lightly; when the tides of the Sea of Desire rose, there was no one in this universe who did not feel fear.

What people feared was not 【Filth and Corruption】 itself, but their own desires—those that could not be suppressed, stopped, or discarded.

Just as Cheng Shi said, everyone has desires, but once these desires are amplified without limit, even if the original intention behind them was good, the outcome may not be.

Gods take faith as their root, and the Sea of Desire takes desire as its water; if the water overflows, the roots rot, and if the water dries up, the roots wither.

Without the influence of the Sea of Desire, the root system grows naturally; if one gets too close to the Sea of Desire, the soil of faith will be flooded by desire, turning into a new Sea of Desire. This is also why the gods keep 【Filth and Corruption】 at a respectful distance.

No god would allow their believers to approach 【Filth and Corruption】. So, the moment Cheng Shi spoke these words, 【Deception】 sneered and looked at the Clown, feeling quite frustrated by his lack of ambition:

"In the gambling games of the world, there are always wins and losses.

If one only won and never lost, why would there be any need for the path of 【Deception】 in this world?

I have valued you so highly, yet you go against my will just because of some nonsensical 【Annihilation】 throne, even going so far as to approach 【Filth and Corruption】 in person...

Ridiculous!

You are worthy of being a Clown; apart from making people laugh, you have no other use.

I truly had poor judgment for once. Fine, since you are so obsessed, let today's events serve as the Clown's final performance.

【Nothingness】 does not need to borrow the hand of 【Sinking】 to prove itself, especially since this is the era of 【Nothingness】!

Choosing to stay away from 【Nothingness】 in this era, you will pay the price for your choice.

As the master of 【Nothingness】, I bestow upon you, a laughable traitor, the sentence of immediate death."

As he spoke, those eyes suddenly turned cold in a second, the corners of his eyes dropping in a rare display, and countless void chilling winds emerged above his head, sweeping directly toward Cheng Shi.

He actually intended to execute his own believer right here!

At this, the entire audience was shocked.

【Justice (Order)】 remained silent, waiting patiently; 【Annihilation】 sneered repeatedly, sitting back to watch the infighting; 【Memory】 lowered his eyes, focused solely on remembering; 【Prosperity】... could no longer sit still.

Xiang Honglin, who had only opened her eyes once the entire time, heard 【Deception】 completely negate Cheng Shi and prepare to execute him. At that moment, she roared, transformed into a Bear Spirit, and lunged toward Cheng Shi's direction.

She knew she couldn't stop 【Deception】, but she could at least block that void wind. Even if it were only for a second, it would let her friend live one second longer, wouldn't it?

She had always said she would protect her friends, and she had always lived by the creed in her heart.

But this time, she failed.

Because as soon as she crossed over the head of 【Death】, she was hooked in mid-air by the tip of that giant scythe, like a fish biting the hook when an angler pulls in the line; apart from struggling with all her might, she could not advance an inch further.

"Let me go! I have to save him! Let me go!!"

She roared angrily at 【Death】, but heard that giant skull say eerily:

"Calm down, do not be impatient."

It was at this moment, as this farce was playing out, that a pair of eyes suddenly appeared above Cheng Shi's head. Those starry eyes, flashing wildly and spinning in spirals, looked at their sibling god. The tone was as cold as if a freezing abyss had descended. Looking at 【Deception】, he said word for word:

"The appearance of 【Nothingness】 cannot represent 【Nothingness】.

Since everything will eventually return to 【Nothingness】, why can 【Filth and Corruption】 not approach 【Nothingness】!?"

"?"

【Deception】 was so angry he laughed. He pointed at this unreasonable sibling god and cursed:

"He doesn't know what 【Filth and Corruption】 is, but you don't know either?

Where has 【Fate】, who never looked at 【Filth and Corruption】 straight, gone?

Just to protect him, a mortal, you would break your own principles to approach 【Filth and Corruption】!?

【Fate】, I think you have truly gone mad!

The offering for 【Nothingness】 does not have to be him!"

【Fate】's gaze grew colder, and the terrifying breath of nothingness almost permeated the entire venue. The gods smelled the scent of misfortune once again, instantly transforming from onlookers eating melons into "participants" with furrowed brows and solemn eyes.

They had to guard against 【Fate】 dragging the universe into misfortune again.

【Fate】 glanced coldly at 【Deception】 and replied with only six words.

"It is destined, it must be him."

"It seems this fight is unavoidable?" 【Deception】 sneered. "Fine, it will just let this traitor suffer a crushing defeat. By losing four votes due to a violation, I imagine even if he approaches 【Filth and Corruption】, he won't be able to win!"

As he spoke, 【Deception】 prepared to act. But at that moment, 【Fate】 suddenly withdrew, triggering all the remaining "Change" authority he possessed. With his own "desire" for the destined, he evoked a response from the Sea of Desire in the distant depths.

The next moment, the expressions of all the gods changed, because they clearly heard the sound of the tides of the Sea of Desire ringing out so clearly beneath this brilliant starry sky!

【Filth and Corruption】 had responded.

The waves were monstrous, the water swirled, and the sea surface representing the desires of the universe began to rise.

"Damn..."

At this, even Cheng Shi was stunned.

He had indeed thought 【Filth and Corruption】 would respond, but he never imagined it would be a response like this!

I wanted the votes in your hands, not for the water of the Sea of Desire to flood the Divine Convention!

He widened his eyes and looked back at his benefactor—not 【Fate】, but 【Deception】—only to see the corners of 【Deception】's eyes twitching violently as well.

Clearly, he hadn't expected his sibling god to take this opportunity to go so crazy.

In fact, when Cheng Shi heard the God of Fun wanted to execute him, he realized his benefactor was lying again. Killing a traitor with his own hands might be reasonable, but it wasn't "fun."

Don't forget, he is 【Deception】, the God of Fun. If there were only one god in the universe who could tolerate betrayal, it would surely be him, and no one else. So how could he execute a "traitor" in public?

Especially since this "traitor" was also a Clown.

Without squeezing the last drop of laughter out of the Clown, how could he possibly let the Clown go and become a full-time employee at some old bone's house?

It was precisely because he saw through this that 【Death】 stopped Xiang Honglin's "rush."

But since 【Death】 could see through this, could 【Fate】, also of 【Nothingness】, not see through it?

Of course not. He had seen through everything long ago; he was just using the situation to make a point.

He had tested 【Filth and Corruption】 and failed, so he used this as an opportunity to test what kind of twisted cooperative relationship his sibling god 【Deception】 had actually reached with 【Filth and Corruption】.

If 【Deception】 had truly found 【Filth and Corruption】, then the current crisis of the Sea of Desire would not be a crisis under 【Deception】's mediation.

If 【Deception】 was lying to him and had also failed to find 【Filth and Corruption】, then it meant the path of "assimilation" was a dead end, and this Divine Convention would surely end in the failure of 【Nothingness】.

Since 【Nothingness】 had failed, letting the gods taste some bitterness was "only right and proper."

Regardless of good or bad, 【Fate】 had gained the upper hand. Thus, he deliberately amplified his emotions, triggered the eruption of the Sea of Desire, and under the eyes of the gods, within 【Deception】's scheme to shift the blame, he quietly won a round.

【Deception】 was truly laughed to anger this time.

He was indeed shifting the blame.

If he let his believer call out to 【Filth and Corruption】, and 【Filth and Corruption】 cast another vote in favor, wouldn't that confirm he was in cahoots with 【Filth and Corruption】?

This matter couldn't be made public yet, so he thought of a method: let 【Fate】 take the blame. In the argument, he would shift the fact that 【Filth and Corruption】 agreed onto 【Fate】's head.

Anyway, this sibling god of his only knew how to fight. When someone came to verify it later, he would just let them have a fight.

This would satisfy 【Fate】's desire for battle while clearing his own name—why not?

But he hadn't expected 【Fate】 to play such a big game. He clearly didn't want him to have an easy time and insisted on giving him a hard time.

Of course, whether all this had elements of showing off in front of his own believer, no one else knew.

But it wasn't a big problem. He would take the opportunity to settle the votes first. As for what consequences the flooding of the Sea of Desire would bring... forget it, it would definitely be fun.

Thus, 【Deception】's eyes flashed lightly. While the gods were distracted and preparing to join forces to suppress the rising Sea of Desire, he quietly made a small move in the venue.

Not long after, as the Sea of Desire gradually rose, a voice suddenly rang out from the seat of 【Filth and Corruption】 in the brilliant starry sky.

"Agreed."

"!!!"

The people and gods present looked over in astonishment, only to see a figure who had disappeared for a long time appear in the gods' field of vision once again.

Cheng Shi was also stunned. Although he didn't recognize this hunched man wrapped in a black robe, he was all too familiar with the voice.

"How could it be...

Long Wang!?"