Chapter 1003

Is the ranking based on the time endured?

After hearing the Pisces Director's notification, looking at the 【Materialism】 on his interface that was as red as the sun, Li Ang couldn't help but fall silent for a moment, then looked at the Horned Man with a hint of gratitude.

Thanks for the question, buddy; this time I can finally rest assured and take first place.

And after receiving Li Ang's "fawning" gaze, the Horned Man's mouth split open completely, revealing an undisguised, ferocious grin, and the Centipede Monster Ant supporting his body also cooperated by revealing a ferocious smile.

Don't blame me for being ruthless! If you want to blame someone, blame the fact that the rewards for the top three in this assessment are too good to let go!

"Li Ang."

As the tall and sturdy Horned Man stood up, bringing the full oppressive phantom of the Centipede Monster Ant, and stepped toward this side, a gentle request came from Li Ang's right.

"Swap places with me!"

Flipping his own exam paper over to the back and placing it on the table, temporarily putting away his own talent, Amien, whose body was instantly being crazily eroded by dozens of talents and covered in cracks, followed and walked quickly toward Li Ang's direction.

After arriving at Li Ang's side first, Amien, whose entire body was covered in charcoal-black burn marks, first glanced at the Horned Man's paper, then looked up and stared at the Horned Man, who was filled with wariness, and said coldly:

"Rudy Taus from the Taurus Branch, right? If you want to add some difficulty for yourself, then I can help you."

"..."

There are really so many lunatics in the Virgo Branch!

Looking at Amien, whose tolerance was as perverted as Li Ang's and who still had a steady voice without a hint of tremor under the repeated erosion of dozens of talents, the Horned Man couldn't help but click his tongue in his heart, then stopped his approach.

If it were a contest of actual combat ability, he would be confident in confronting anyone in this exam, but the problem is that in this first exam, only "talent" is the only allowed means of attack.

Regarding the strength of talents, the strongest are naturally the "Angel" from the Scorpio Branch and the "Grim Reaper" from the Aries Branch; the white feathers and sharp gray mist each occupied half of the exam hall, suppressing the surrounding cleaners until they screamed.

And second only to the "Angel" and the "Grim Reaper" is this woman in front of him whose face cannot be seen; those disgusting, muddy yellow turbid flows can directly open up a large area even amidst the feathers and gray mist, and only then is it his turn and that of a few other senior Level 2 cleaners.

Although he is confident he is not weaker than her, and even if they pitted their "talents" against each other, he would only be slightly inferior, but if she really gave up on the exam results and focused entirely on fighting him to the death, it would be a bit counterproductive.

"Fine, I'll give you some face."

After thousands of thoughts flashed through his mind in an instant, the Horned Man, who looked rough and tough on the outside, chose to soften up without hesitation, no longer approaching, but instead glanced at Li Ang, who was blocked behind Amien, and provoked him with a look of disdain:

"Heh, the person who claims to be a lock for first place only has this level of skill, you... what are you doing?"

Watching Li Ang reach out and pick up Amien's exam paper, flip it back to the front cleanly, and instantly be submerged by the muddy yellow turbid flow, the Horned Man's pupils shrank, and he shouted in shock and suspicion:

"Aren't you afraid of being..."

"Don't go."

Taking three steps forward in a row and grabbing the Horned Man's wrist, Li Ang's bizarre face—which was 20% fox fur, 30% white mask, and additionally covered with five layers of snake scales under the erosion of various talents—slowly bloomed with an extremely chilling, shallow smile.

"Since you're here, stay a while longer."

"?!!!"

Watching Li Ang, whose limbs had turned into pitch-black ant legs due to actively approaching his talent, and whose entire body was mostly soaked in the muddy yellow turbid flow, the Horned Man's scalp suddenly went numb as if electrocuted, and he instinctively shook his hand away with great force.

"Let go!"

"Crack!"

As one of the top five existences in the exam hall, the Horned Man's strength was truly astonishing; even though he was suppressed by the dream and hadn't exerted himself intentionally, he still easily broke free from the pull and even snapped Li Ang's wrist.

And what made the cleaners witnessing all this feel their scalps go numb was that after the snapped wrist was restored, Li Ang, who seemed like nothing had happened, actually chased after him again and wrapped his arms around the neck of the Centipede Monster Ant behind the Horned Man.

"Hiss!"

"Don't scream!"

Giving the Centipede Monster Ant a slap with his free hand and forcing the remaining half of the hiss back, Li Ang turned his head to look at the Poop Lady who was dazed behind him, and asked tentatively:

"Senior Amien? Can your talent handle this?"

"..."

What do you mean by asking this? Could it be...

Looking at the Horned Man behind Li Ang who was covering his face in a daze, with arm prints appearing on his neck as well, Amien couldn't help but fall silent for a moment, then smiled with joy in her eyes.

"Want to try?"

"Alright... if you feel uncomfortable, you must tell me immediately."

Amidst the shocked expressions of all the cleaners in the hall, including the Pisces Director, Li Ang dragged the Centipede Monster Ant back to Amien's side, then grabbed the struggling Centipede Monster Ant, pressed its head into the thickest part of the muddy yellow turbid flow, and vigorously rinsed it up and down.

"Wait! Wait a minute!"

The moment Li Ang started rinsing, the Horned Man, who was also gripped by the neck by a strange force, immediately screamed with bulging eyes, and then shouted in panic:

"You... glug..."

"Damn it... glug glug..."

"No no! I beg... wheeze wheeze..."

"Ah!!!!"

"Blub blub..."

After Li Ang nimbly finished the "seven up, eight down" and rinsed the Centipede Monster Ant thoroughly in the muddy yellow turbid flow, the twitching Horned Man covered his mouth, rolled his eyes, and fell directly, crashing under the table with a thud.

And the moment his head dropped below the tabletop, the Centipede Monster Ant in Li Ang's hand twitched slightly, instantly losing its original clear form and turning into a crumpled, wrinkled exam paper.

【Name: Dream-Solving Secret Scroll - Rudy Taus (Manifestation, Secret Art, Temporary)】

【Appearance: A piece of exam paper with a flexible and smooth texture, on which is drawn a Centipede Monster Ant that looks ferocious and fierce, but has been forced to drink a large amount of unknown liquid and has already turned belly-up】

【Ability: Talent Manifestation, Pisces Palace Secret Art, Temporary Existence】

【Cost: Borne by the practitioner of the Pisces Palace Secret Art】

【File: A dream creation temporarily created by the current Pisces Director of the Cleaning Bureau after accepting the assessment task, using their "Anomalous Observation" secret art as the core and the special dream excited by the "Fragment of Paradise Lost" as the carrier.

This creation has the special ability to analyze the user's talent and grant them manifestation capabilities, but it can only take effect within the Dream Realm, and the creation will disappear once the special dream ends completely】

【Evaluation: Somewhat similar to the ability of "Materialism"; although it lacks the effect of probing the intelligence behind it, its dissection and display of the anomalous part are more profound and thorough】

【Infection Value: 60】

"Sizzle..."

【Through the extremely thorough display of the Pisces Palace Secret Art and your own close and intense repeated contact, you have obtained a massive amount of intelligence on Taurus Branch cleaner Rudy Taus, and the colored badge "Materialist Soul (Crimson)" is activated.

Having personally touched the manifested talent of "Rudy Taus," you have already learned the developmental direction of his ability, witnessed his ability cap, and understood its operating rules... Rudy Taus has no more secrets from you.

Before "Rudy Taus" possesses 100 points of Infection Value and completely changes his essence, you will have the ability to directly exempt yourself from the influence of all anomalous effects displayed through various means based on this human individual】