Chapter 973 - 583 Forced Buying and Selling Azus_2
Such an enemy is truly unwise.
As for prematurely slaughtering Lis, Azus didn't have such thoughts.
Not to mention that Lis, as a World Tree Favored, is under Gaia World's protection, Azus understands that even if he acts with his current incarnation, killing Lis is almost impossible.
Moreover, unlike Divine Positions such as [Slaughter] or [Fear], the world rules represented by [Wisdom] are doomed to never have any breakthrough if obtained through plunder.
Rather than taking a risky move, Azus is more inclined to witness the emergence of a Divine who possesses the [Wisdom] Divine Position.
Should that time come, if it can guide the direction of the future, Azus would be satisfied.
Azus planned this way, but now it seems Lis might have misunderstood somewhat.
The God of Knowledge feels a rare sense of helplessness in countless years, but he can't directly tell Lis.
"Forget it, you'll understand later."
Azus shook his head, raised his right hand, and grasped toward the altar in the center of the temple.
In Lis's perception, the entire temple trembled slightly, and the Power of Faith lingering in the temple instantly gathered into the altar.
Together with the entire temple's strength, it transformed into a bright pale white orb appearing in Azus's hand.
With Azus's actions, the entire temple dimmed instantly as if all its power had drained away; the light bands hanging from the temple's roof disappeared, and the brilliance on the countless Divine Skill Steles in the temple was no more.
"It seems the ability you just mastered can help you absorb the Power of Faith, I'll give this strength to you."
Azus handed the orb in his hand to Lis with a smile.
Lis could feel the powerful Power of Faith contained in the orb in Azus's hand, which undoubtedly has great benefits for his newly mastered [Chaos Faith Convergence] specialty.
Yet Lis suppresses the desire surging in his body and shakes his head at Azus:
"Lord Azus, what you've gifted me is already enough."
"Thank you for your kindness, but I don't need this."
"...Never mind, I think you need it."
Azus showed a trace of smile, immediately pressing the orb into Lis's body.
"Now... you owe me two promises."
Lis was taken aback, feeling the powerful force continuously emerging within his body, he was momentarily speechless, staring at Azus in shock.
No... does this big shot have a problem?
Is he addicted to buying and selling?
Seeing this, Azus clapped his hands.
"You'll understand in the future, I'm not like Demogorgon."
"I look forward to the day you grow, Lis."
Azus spoke to Lis with a smile, then his figure disappeared from Lis's sight.
Lis had no time to care for anything else, fully engrossed in absorbing the continuously emerging Power of Faith within.
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Ding~
[You are absorbing part of [Azus's Faith Core] power...]
[You gained 10,000 Experience Points!]
[Specialty [Chaos Faith Convergence] activated!]
[You are absorbing and refining the Power of Faith...]
[You gained 1 Chaos Faith Point!]
...
[You gained 13,000 Experience Points!]
[You gained 2 Chaos Faith Points!]
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As Lis continuously absorbed the power from Azus's gifted Faith Core, the pitifully scarce Chaos Faith Power within him rapidly increased, and Experience Points surged as well.
Unknown time passed, Lis opened his eyes, looking at the dim Azus Temple surrounding him.
The temple now, having lost Azus's protective strength, seemed more like a lost relic.
Nevertheless, the Divine Skill Steles around him, just like in his previous life, though lacking sacred flavor, the Divine Arts Knowledge recorded on them hasn't vanished and can naturally be learned by others.
Lis sensed the abundant power within him, somewhat puzzled.
What exactly does this God of Knowledge intend to do?
Such generous gifting of power to him is overly friendly.
If he coveted his [Wisdom] Domain, it doesn't appear that way now.
If that was truly the intention, with Azus's Wisdom, there's no need at all to treat Lis this way.
Not to mention talks of "promises," which would only make Lis wary.
The better approach might be to ignore Lis, secretly paying attention until he ascends as a god, then make a move to snatch.
Was Azus's previous actions really just for an early "investment"?
Lis is not quite sure.
After all, Azus's attitude seemed really low.
As the God of Knowledge, his conversation with Lis just now was as if between friends, completely without any Divine aloofness.
Even previously in Ambundo City, the War God merely had the Pope convey his goodwill, unlike Azus who personally intervened.
After pondering for a moment, Lis let out a long breath.
Anyway, this matter is already over.
Though somewhat unclear, the result now is quite good for Lis.
Just by giving two "ephemeral" promises, he received two big gifts from Azus.
This is essentially buying without capital, isn't it?
As for whatever request Azus might make in the future, Lis is leaving it to his future self to worry about.
Has nothing to do with Lis now!
Lis peacefully nods, after rechecking that he hasn't missed anything important around, he turns and leaves the temple.
Although he's eager to experiment with the wonders of the abundant Chaos Faith Power within, this isn't the right place.
Better find another location!
As Lis leaves, the Azus Temple also falls into complete silence, unknown who will visit here next.
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In the desert, the blazing sun radiated infinite light and heat.
The surrounding desert was lifeless, with no traces of life activity.
Lis's figure appeared here, closing his eyes to sense the power within him.
Actually, the room in the Magic Ring was safer, but Lis was uncertain of what unexpected incidents could happen while trying to control the unique power of Chaos Faith.
He felt more assured outside, not having to worry about breaking any jars or cans.
[Current Chaos Faith Power: 16,646 Points]
As Lis fully absorbed the Faith Core gifted by Azus, the Chaos Faith Points derived and refined from his Priest profession specialty surged accordingly.
If not for this opportunity, Lis wouldn't know how long it would take to accumulate such a vast amount of Chaos Faith Power.
Lis felt the speed of refining before; it was quite slow indeed.
However, Lis also noticed a slight anomaly.
Clearly, he has left Azus Temple, yet his current speed of absorbing and refining Chaos Faith Power is much faster than when he was in the temple.
The [Chaos Faith Convergence] specialty doesn't generate power from nothing but rather absorbs and refines the Power of Faith within Lis's environment.
The absorption and refinement speed surely relates to the Faith Power concentration in the environment, yet the desert Lis is currently in should definitely be lower than the temple's.
...Or with greater mastery of Chaos Faith Power, the absorption speed also increases?
Lis speculated.
Just like a magnet, originally Lis was akin to a small magnet with very weak attraction to surrounding iron filings (Faith Power), hence the refinement speed was low.
With over ten thousand points of Faith Power now, Lis was like a magnet magnified countless times, naturally accelerating the iron filings attraction speed.
However... this ability indeed is too overpowering!
Lis only realized now that the [Chaos Faith Convergence] specialty ostensibly allows Lis to unconditionally gain Power of Faith, even able to plunder the Power of Faith from the Church of the Gods.
The scythe is already reaching into someone else's field...
This is hardly any different from daylight robbery!
Not ashamed to say it's me!
Cutting green onions·Lis·Master!
Crafty mechanism, oh crafty mechanism!
Merely with this aspect, choosing [Chaos Faith Convergence] as the Priest profession specialty is indeed a huge profit.
Well, next time visiting other churches, surely the Church of the Gods won't refuse him, an ally, for some emotional interchange?
Lis nodded in satisfaction, raised his right hand, ready to observe the differences between Chaos Faith Power and the Power of Faith of All Gods.