Jigen stared at Ignis, his expression somewhat distorted, but he couldn't say a word.
"You look at me."
Ignis stretched out his right hand and pointed at Jigen, "Tell me, why did you want to gamble with me?"
"You, you... You will lose to me," Jigen said with difficulty.
His consciousness had already fallen into a state of madness.
"You're wrong."
Ignis said, "What we're gambling on is not who can survive, even less is winning or losing, but life and death. If I lose, I will die, then you must die. If I win, then you will submit to me. Are you willing to gamble?"
"No... This isn't fair."
Jigen struggled to say.
"This is very fair."
Ignis said, "Because you are now in despair, and everything you have now was given to you by me. You have no right to say fair."
Jigen opened his mouth, seeming to still intend to argue.
But in the end, he fell silent.
After a long time, he raised his head and looked at Ignis and asked, "How will you decide?"
Ignis pondered slightly, "Tell me first, what are you? Are you a human or a humanoid fire beast?"
"What do you think?" Jigen snorted coldly and asked back.
Ignis pondered for a moment and said slowly, "You shouldn't belong to this world, right?"
Jigen's eyes flickered.
He knew that Ignis had definitely noticed the special nature of his identity.
However, Jigen did not answer directly.
"You don't need to lie to me. I've already seen it." Ignis said, "In addition to the fire-type flame power on your body, there is also a cold aura. Although it's very subtle and almost imperceptible, it can't hide from my perception."
"It doesn't matter if you don't say it. The result is the same anyway."
"I can guarantee that you won't die, but I will seal you in a narrow space."
"Let it slowly devour you, let you bear endless torment to death, and you will never be able to reincarnate."
Jigen did not say a word.
Ignis continued, "You should be very clear that in this era, death is death. Reincarnation can be easily done as long as you have strong enough power, and you don't even need any merit. But you are different. If you die, there will be no hope of resurrection."
Jigen still did not speak.
Ignis continued, "I know that there are still many hidden things in this. But I don't mind. As long as I can win, I don't care so much. I'm just curious. I have very little patience, so don't force me to kill you and then search your soul to read your memories."
Jigen raised his head, his eyes blood red, looking unusually ferocious.
"You will regret it! You will regret it!" he roared.
"I never regret anything."
Ignis shook his head, "There is no word 'regret' in my dictionary, so I won't regret it."
"Okay, I won't waste time with you. Let's begin. I can't wait for my game."
Jigen took a deep breath, a strange smile on his face: "Hehe, hahaha, kid, this is your destiny - a destiny destined to die!"
Dark flames burned around him.
The temperature rose rapidly.
The surrounding houses and walls quickly decayed and were destroyed.
A village had turned into a lava pit.
Whether it was houses, trees, or even flowers and plants, they all melted and evaporated under these flames.
The scorching high temperature plunged the entire village into a darkness, as if it had come to the realm of fire.
The terrifying temperature even made Ignis couldn't help but narrow his eyes.
"This is the flame I'm best at. Compared to ordinary flames, it has infinite power, burning everything and destroying everything."
Jigen said.
He put his hands together, and in the palm of his hand, raging flames jumped, turning into a ball.
This ball rolled bigger and bigger, eventually expanding to the extreme, and slammed towards Ignis.
Rumble!
The entire village was completely wrapped by this huge fireball and directly exploded.
The terrifying shock wave raged, leveling the entire village to the ground.
The sea of fire spread, covering the entire area within a kilometer.
The distant forest also suffered.
Countless trees collapsed, and mountains shattered.
The top of a mountain directly turned into a flat ground.
Countless beasts, in panic, were instantly scorched by this scorching high temperature, turning into pieces of meat.
In the firelight, Jigen stood, his expression calm, looking at the center of the sea of fire.
Ignis's figure appeared, standing in place, his body motionless, a thin layer of frost isolating the firelight.
"Eh?"
Jigen lightly exclaimed.
He didn't expect that Ignis would actually possess ice-type chakra.
This level of chakra defense had exceeded his expectations.
"As expected of Ignis."
Jigen praised, "No wonder you would reject my proposal. You didn't care in the first place, right? But it doesn't matter. Since you don't choose my suggestion, then I will personally help you make the decision."
"You are truly an understanding protagonist."
"You will gain new life!"
After speaking, Jigen's body completely dissipated, turning into a cloud of smoke and drilling into the flames.
The power of the flames suddenly soared, turning into a ferocious and vicious fire dragon.
It roared and crashed towards Ignis.
Ignis casually raised his hand.
The fire dragon was frozen in the void.
Then, under irresistible fear, it gradually extinguished, turning into countless sparks and scattered.
"This kind of move may be very effective against those low-level warriors."
Ignis looked indifferently at the direction where Jigen disappeared: "For me, it's useless."
As soon as he finished speaking, Ignis suddenly felt a sharp pain coming from behind him, and then he spat out a large mouthful of blood.
He staggered forward and fell to the ground.
Just now, the back of his head had been hit by Jigen, causing serious internal injuries.
"How could it be? Clearly, my attack can't hurt you at all," Jigen said with some doubt.
"Your attack indeed has no effect on me," Ignis said, panting, "But you ignored one thing. I have mental and spiritual pressure techniques, which are your weaknesses."
The mental system can create illusions, control the mind, and thus achieve the purpose of manipulating other people's actions.
And spiritual pressure techniques can amplify the mental system.
It's like two treasures, complementing each other.
"No, impossible, how is this possible?"
Jigen said, "I am Jigen, a natural god. How can you, a mere mortal, compare to me?!"
"What about mortals? Do you think mortals can't kill gods?"
Ignis said mockingly, "You are an idiot. Your thinking logic is wrong."
After speaking, he punched out again.
The fist wind howled, condensing on Jigen's chest, directly blasting him away.
Jigen rolled several times in the air, stabilized his figure, and stared at Ignis with disbelief: "This is an illusion? You dare to use illusions to deceive me, you're courting death!"
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