Chapter 1329: Conditions

"Hm?"

In the Aquarius Director's surprised gaze, after he slashed it, the ant representing the Taurus Director did not show the familiar golden pocket watch mark; instead, it flickered slightly and then instantly shattered.

Immediately after, the room housing 【Eleven Ant Nests】 shattered along with the golden ant, replaced by another identical room.

The same half-bright, half-dark room, the same eleven huge ant nests, the same golden ant ascending... Everything was exactly the same as before.

The only difference was that in a dark corner of the room, there was an additional gray-robed youth gazing at him, sneering at him with an evil, arrogant look.

"Aquarius, the Cleanup Bureau's support will arrive soon. Your plan has completely failed!"

"..."

Even this Li Ang is fake?

After slashing the evil-looking Li Ang and successfully falling into a "lower" layer of the dream, looking at the new Li Ang who stepped out from the darkness and gave him an evil smile, the Aquarius Director closed his eyes, feeling a throbbing pain in his temples.

So clear-headed...

This kid had clearly just become a True God and his strength had skyrocketed, but he had no intention of relying on his power at all. Instead, he had been planning to stall for time from the very beginning.

If he wasn't mistaken, Li Ang should be outside the layer of nightmare he was currently in, constantly laying down one layer of dreams after another. He might have already laid down hundreds of layers, and this was exactly what he was most worried about.

Even though Li Ang had used the residue of the Nightmare King to break through the boundary between human and god in one go, possessing power comparable to, or even two points stronger than, his current self, in a battle at the "True God" level, the strength of power was not that important.

If Li Ang had really become arrogant and wanted to compete with him, even if he couldn't be easily killed by him, he would immediately be found by him, break free from the dream, and complete the goal of replacing Taurus.

But now he wasn't even making contact with him, instead starting to exhaust him right away, which made things somewhat uncomfortable.

When he dragged the Fallen Soul Black Abyss over earlier, he had already spent quite a bit of effort. Later, when he opened the seal of 【Three-Headed Bronze Door】, he consumed quite a bit more, and he had also "clashed" with the ant representing Sagittarius. His current state could be said to be extremely poor.

And what's worse, even this little remaining power couldn't be fully used to fight Li Ang. If he consumed too much power on him, he might not be able to hold the ceremony later to squeeze Taurus out, let alone walk the 18,000 steps of the ascension.

"Let's talk!"

After checking his current state, the Aquarius Director decisively gave up continuing to exhaust Li Ang, instead putting away the golden knife and speaking to Li Ang in the corner:

"I admit, you can indeed keep me trapped and drag it out until the Cleanup Bureau's support arrives, but if you keep me trapped, you will likely regret it for the rest of your life."

"?"

Under Li Ang's vigilant gaze, the Aquarius Director slowly spread his right hand, revealing three ants—one large and two small—and said calmly:

"Let's make a deal! You let me leave, and I'll return the three of them to you. What do you think?"

You?!

Noticing the three small ants in the Aquarius Director's hand, Li Ang's pupils shrank, and his entire soul began to tense up uncontrollably.

Since they could be taken out by the Aquarius Director to threaten him, the identities of these three ants were naturally obvious, but...

"I don't believe you."

After a brief pause, Li Ang continued to stack nightmares while saying with a cold face:

"Aquarius, I don't believe you could have anticipated the current situation. These three ants cannot be them. You are definitely lying to me!"

"No, I indeed couldn't anticipate the current situation, but I know how to ascend to the Watchtower."

The Aquarius Director smiled and asked:

"Li Ang, do you know about the 【Prayer Wheel】?" Prayer Wheel?

Hearing the Aquarius Director's words, Li Ang recalled slightly and found that the Bureau Chief seemed to have once requested the Taurus Director to temporarily unseal that item for him to use once, but was refused by the Taurus Director.

"Are you talking about... No. 005, the one ranked after 【Twelve Ant Nests】?"

"Yes, that's the one."

After nodding slightly, the Aquarius Director said peacefully:

"Since you know about this thing, then it's easy to talk...

The Prayer Wheel is an indisputable omnipotent wish-granting machine. Every Cleanup Bureau member who successfully succeeds to the position of Director has the qualification to use the Prayer Wheel once to achieve their wish. And the wish I made back then was to successfully ascend to the Watchtower."

What?!

Hearing this, Li Ang's heart felt a slight shock.

According to what he had learned from the Bureau Chief, the result of the Prayer Wheel was almost "absolute." As long as one completed the conditions it gave one by one, it was almost certain that one could achieve one's wish.

If Aquarius really used this thing and made the wish to ascend, then his replacing Lord Taurus to ascend was almost unstoppable.

"A set of anomalous objects used to replace the target's existence, a complex soul divided into good and evil that do not touch each other, one most thorough ultimate death, one clean rebirth that sheds all the past."

Raising his left hand, which he hadn't reattached for long, palm facing Li Ang, he pressed down four fingers one by one, and the Aquarius Director said indifferently:

"These four items are the prerequisites given by the Prayer Wheel for me to ascend to the Watchtower. I have already done them all, and as for the specific method, it should be considered successful now."

Speaking of this, under Li Ang's furrowed gaze, the Aquarius Director flipped his left hand, aimed his palm at himself, and continued to count on his fingers:

"Summon the black tide when the night is deepest, attach a heavy weight to the blood-colored long hair blocking the way, obtain three-twelfths of the palm and secret words, find the man wandering outside of fate, propose a deal to him that won't be rejected..."

As each of the Aquarius Director's fingers closed, Li Ang's face sank. After waiting for the last little finger to fold back into his palm, Li Ang in the shadows remained silent for a few seconds, then actively withdrew the layers of dreams he had laid out and returned the Aquarius Director to reality.

"Thank you."

Taking out the golden knife and slashing lightly at the golden ant that was ascending, the Aquarius Director threw the three small ants in his hand back into the room. Then, the corners of his mouth curled up slightly, and he gave a smile belonging only to a winner toward the expressionless Li Ang, saying teasingly:

"Sorry, these three ants are indeed not your family; I just grabbed them at random... But I didn't lie to you either. After all, you didn't dare to bet on whether I was telling the truth or not, right?"

"..."

"Farewell."

After smiling at Li Ang, whose cheeks were twitching slightly, the Aquarius Director waved goodbye happily, saying:

"Although you caused me quite a bit of trouble, you also helped me quite a bit, so..."

"So, did you use the 【Prayer Wheel】 or not?"

Did I use the Prayer Wheel or not? Why do you care about this?

Facing Li Ang's question, the Aquarius Director was slightly startled, then nodded and said:

"I used it."

Did he use that thing...

After receiving the affirmative answer, Li Ang pondered for a moment, then withdrew the last layer of dream he had built with all his might, returning the Aquarius Director to true reality.

"Please."

"?!!!"

In the Aquarius Director's suddenly widened eyes, the expressionless Li Ang raised his right arm and made a gesture of invitation toward the golden ant that was ascending.

"Don't worry, this time it's real. I'm not planning to stop you anymore."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 1330 =====