The air fell silent for three seconds.
Qi Wu raised a hand and pointed at himself.
"Me?"
The empress nodded.
"You."
Qi Wu pondered for two seconds.
Then he asked earnestly:
"Is it possible..."
"That you picked the wrong person?"
The empress: "?"
Qi Wu spread his hands.
"Look."
"Being a savior..."
"Comes with huge responsibilities."
"High risks."
"No days off."
"And villains are always targeting you."
"No matter how you look at it, it doesn't sound like a good job."
A vein twitched faintly on the empress's forehead.
Qi Wu continued his analysis.
"Besides, according to the usual plot..."
"The savior always ends up burning himself out."
"Or sacrificing himself."
"Or getting put through so much hell he's barely alive."
"Whoever wants that blessing can have it."
The empress: "..."
Wonderful.
Now she was finally sure.
The savior in the Prophecy...
Was this clown.
But the next second...
Qi Wu suddenly smiled.
He lowered his gaze to the Landscape of Mountains and Rivers in his hand.
Then he looked toward the pitch-black cosmos in the distance.
There...
Hades's presence still flickered faintly.
At last...
He slowly clenched his fist.
The corners of his mouth rose.
"Still."
"Since you've already picked me..."
"I guess there's no helping it."
BOOM!!!
The Myriad Phenomena Heavenly Realm trembled slightly.
The domain, which had just finished transforming into a world, rumbled.
Qi Wu raised his head.
Light swirled within his Six Eyes.
"This whole savior thing..."
"Does sound like a real pain."
"But if my opponent is Hades..."
He flashed a grin.
His smile was wild and unrestrained.
"Then I'm a little interested."
The empress froze for a moment.
Then she suddenly burst out laughing.
Her laughter resounded throughout the Mindscape.
"Hahahahaha!!!"
"Good!"
"Very good!"
"Now that's more like a future God!"
The empress's