"Accommodation"

The "Decaying Monarch" sensed that the cries to the "God of Disease" all pointed to the "Calamity of the Root" on the other side, which created an overlap in their identities and provided Him with an opportunity to directly possess the target's body.

But He didn't take advantage of this opportunity. He wasn't stupid; killing the "Calamity of the Root" before accommodating the Sefirot was the only correct choice!

To take over the other's body now means that the two sides will engage in a battle on the level of consciousness and spirit. The "Decaying Monarch" is not confident of victory at the moment. If he loses, he will be contained and devoured by the "Calamity of the Root" and become part of that collective consciousness. Moreover, once the war on the level of consciousness and spirit begins, if the "Decaying Monarch" loses, he will not even have a chance to escape, after all, it is an opponent of the same level.

Therefore, no Rulers of the Old One normal thinking ability would take advantage of this opportunity offered by Lumian.

For Lumian, since this plan had been prepared, there must be follow-up strategies:

You're mentally sound, not stupid? No problem, I'll make you stupid!

As his followers cried out "Great God of Disease," and as the "Decaying Monarch" launched his "Certain Hit," "Certain Death" attack, Lumian activated the Contract Mark originating from Mr. "The Fool," which he could use once more:

"Fooling"!

This Contract was signed after "The Fool" Klein took in "Sefirah Castle," and the abilities he lent already carried a hint of "Foolishness."

As the Contract Mark on Lumian's body lit up with a bluish-black hue, the "Decaying Monarch's " movement of extending his left palm suddenly slowed down.

He hesitated; he stopped.

For a truly Great Ones like the "Decaying Monarch," the "Fooling" inflicted by a half- Lord of Mysteries could only last for a limited time and would not be effective enough to make Him lose His Rationality on the spot and act purely on instinct. But Lumian never expected that this would be successful.

At this moment, the middle head laughed, with a strong sense of Provocation, as if to say, "You, a naturally Great Ones, are not even as good as a lowly person like me who has risen to power. If you don't seize this opportunity now, you can expect to be absorbed by me! Have you been motivated to survive by the ' Mother Tree of Desire '? You don't even have the Courage to confront the consciousness of someone as insignificant as me head-on? You might as well shrink back into the womb of the ' Fallen Mother Goddess ' and let her give birth to you again, giving you a new consciousness."

Meanwhile, Aurora and Jenna, with smiles on their faces, took turns looking at the "Decaying Monarch."

"Provocation" plus "Fascination"! It has reached the symbolic level of "Provocation" plus "Fascination"!

Lumian's other body, with its Chaos Whirlpool Face driven by his main consciousness, then revealed the Aggregation power of the "City of Calamity".

The adventurous Tudor and the intrigued Cheek were perfectly at ease with this endeavor, using the Convergence Law of Beyonder Characteristics to extend the most Gravity invitation to the "Decaying Monarch":

Come, come and embrace this Sefirot, come and take over our bodies!

Still in a state of "Foolishness," the "Decaying Monarch," faced with the Aggregation power of "Provocation," "Fascination," and Charm Beyonder Characteristic, could no longer control himself. His eyes were only on that hateful yet alluring tempting thing. Without hesitation, he stepped in front of Lumian, causing the pieces of gold covering his body to peel off naturally, revealing a highly rotten body oozing yellowish-green pus.

Its body expanded rapidly, instantly engulfing Lumian, who had three heads, three bodies, and six arms.

A moment later, in Lumian's consciousness space, a disgusting yellow-green fungal carpet appeared on the blood-stained Stone Bricks floor, and the "Decaying Monarch" saw multiple figures appear before him:

Those were Aurora, whose hair had turned black and Eyes Deep Brown; Jenna, who wore a disgusted expression; Cheek, who looked excited; Alista Tudor, whose eyes were filled with madness; Chaos Whirlpool Face, who stood motionless.

Behind them was the coiled "Sinful Dragon" with its two bodies Entanglement.

Beyond the "Sinful Dragon" lies a staircase leading to infinite heights. Lumian, dressed in White Shirt, Black Waistcoat, and Dark Trousers, sits on a throne stained with Crimson blood, his right leg resting on his left knee, looking down at the "Decaying Monarch" with a smile.

Having become the "Calamity of the Root" and transcended the Sequence, Lumian's consciousness had actually become a unified entity in definition. Now, it is still a unified entity. He simply used the ability of the "Visionary" to manifest the six arms of his consciousness into six figures, making it easier to launch different attacks later. In the real world, his six arms can also use different abilities, but not including symbolism.

Just as the consciousnesses and spirits of the "Goddess of Destiny," intertwined within the Mercury-Colored river of Destiny, were about to rise to the surface, leave this place, and regain their bodies, they suddenly saw the "Lord of Mysteries," Klein, appear above them, wearing Medium-Height Silk Top Hat and a long black trench coat.

Klein extended his left hand, gloved with Pitch-Black, Gloves Him.

"Steal"!

Klein intends to extract the consciousness and spirit of the "Goddess of Destiny" from the River of Destiny and steal it into his own hands!

He didn't do this before because the "Goddess of Destiny" herself had no intention of leaving the Mercury-Colored river. She was intertwined with the Destiny of all things in the Universe, so heavy that she couldn't be stolen. And when the "Goddess of Destiny" regained her body, the "Lord of Mysteries" was also unable to "Steal" the consciousness and spirit of an "Rulers of the Old One" directly from her unified body. Only this opportunity could allow him to achieve his goal.

An object had appeared in front of Klein's body at some point. It was a strangely shaped, tree-like humanoid covered in Pitch-Black slime. It was the Sequence 1 "Abomination" Beyonder Characteristic of the "Chained" Pathway.

After stealing the consciousness and spirit of the "Goddess of Destiny," he would immediately stuff this intangible entity into the Beyonder Characteristic the "Abomination," and then use symbols to complete the seal.

--The "Chained" Pathway has the symbolism of "binding," and the corresponding High-Sequence Beyonder Characteristic make it an excellent sealing material.

The consciousness and spirit of the "Goddess of Destiny" uncontrollably broke away from the Mercury-Colored Illusory Long River and were about to appear in Klein's palm when Crimson Moonlight shone down, and a broken Oak Tree grew out of the void, "fixing" the consciousness and spirit of the "Goddess of Destiny".

The Fallen Mother Goddess came to help Her Eldest Daughter.

Within Lumian's consciousness space.

The "Decaying Monarch," still bearing the lingering effects of "Foolishness," extended his left palm—a gesture of Certain Hit and Certain Death— towards the figure of the "Sinful Dragon."

He also made full use of the symbol of "Decay" to slow down the surrounding time and make it rush toward the end.

The "Sinful Dragon" representing one of Lumian's arms did not dodge, nor could it dodge. Its two heads, one on the left and one on the right, spewed out Black Flame of destruction that bound the rotting hand.

Cheek's figure conjured Apocalypse before him, creating Chaos Whirlpool that encompassed all possibilities and colors, which rapidly spread toward the "Decaying Monarch's " left palm and his true form;

Alista Tudor's figure had a bloody Brand prominent between his brows. His right hand clenched into a fist and slammed into the void in front of him. The void immediately shattered inch by inch, dragging the entire spacetime towards the collapse of the "Decaying Monarch." This was the symbol of "destruction" originating from the "Red Priest."

Aurora did not use the Authority of "The Calamity of the Root" or "The Doomsday Calamity" themselves. Instead, she shared the corresponding abilities with her teammate "Eternal Darkness" Amanises, allowing a dense, suffocating darkness to descend upon the "Decaying Monarch."

Jenna conjured an orange-red Twilight Greatsword in her hand and slashed it towards the "Decaying Monarch";

The Chaos Whirlpool Face held a Paleness book made of coiled Feathered Serpent, silently turning its pages.

At this moment, Chaos, destruction, death, Eternal Silence, Twilight, along with the attack from the "Decaying Monarch," gathered together in the consciousness space. Some of them repelled each other, while others Fusion together, rapidly collapsing into a deep and terrifying black dot.

This black dot pulled at the entire consciousness space, absorbing all the power within it, causing countless cracks to appear all around, and igniting Pitch-Black Flames.

As a result, time will come to an end, and space will return to that unstable black dot.

Neither Lumian nor the "Decaying Monarch" can escape the space of consciousness at this moment, nor can they escape the unified spacetime and the singularity of all things!

Although this is not yet the true power of the Fourth Pillar, and can only be maintained for a very short time, it is enough to kill the consciousness of the "Rulers of the Old One." Moreover, the "Loop" node in this area has disappeared, and the "Circle of Fate" is still being held back by "Eternal Darkness" Amanises, making it difficult to save the "Decaying Monarch."

Therefore, Lumian was not afraid of that "Certain Hit" and "Certain Death" strike at all.

Everyone here will die.

This is similar to how the "Master of the Dark Hut" and Farbauti previously attracted the "Unquenchable Muttering" into their own bodies and then "Curse" themselves. However, their consciousness levels were too far apart to form a battle within their consciousness space, and they couldn't hold back the "Unquenchable Muttering." They had to rely on the "Key of Light" to truly restrain their opponent. Furthermore, they were unable to kill an "Rulers of the Old One," and could only severely injure it.

Lumian is a truly Great Ones. Once it enters the process of absorption, without external help, the "Decaying Monarch" has no way to escape the battle at the level of consciousness and spirit. Lumian can also gather the power related to the Fourth Pillar, and while killing itself, it will also erase the "Decaying Monarch".

Within the consciousness space that began to collapse towards that black dot, Pitch-Black, dark Flames filled the air. The "Decaying Monarch," situated within this space, had only one thought:

Preemptively eliminate the "Calamity of the Root," causing the power of the Fourth Pillar to lose its support, become unstable, and collapse on its own!

This is the only way for a "Decaying Monarch" to survive.

At the end of the staircase leading to infinite heights, atop the blood-stained throne, the consciousness space Lumian had cracked open, filled with Burning, deep Pitch-Black Flames.

Lumian, with his right foot resting on his left knee, remained seated, looking down at the "Decaying Monarch" who was trying to kill the phantoms in order to kill him, his smile becoming unusually radiant.

it's useless.

I will die, and you will perish.