Chapter 313: 313 Oxygen Deprivation Makes You Stupid (Part 1)

Yes, it's oxygen deprivation.

Relying on the cowrie coins that the Goddess of Wealth had "given away" during her counterattack, Li Ang had already bought up most of the oxygen in the valley, and the oxygen content in the air of the entire Emerald Valley was extremely low.

Blurred vision, accelerated heartbeat, racing blood, pallid complexion… all the strange symptoms on the Goddess of Wealth's body were physical reactions brought on by severe oxygen deprivation, and even if she temporarily bought herself "Health," it likely wouldn't be able to lift the suffocation either.

As for the reason… the Goddess of Wealth in the Emerald Valley wasn't just one!

Although quite a few had been taken out by him and Heishanyang, the number of headless divine corpses remaining in the Emerald Valley was still above twenty-nine thousand, so the human body currently bearing the Goddess of Wealth's main consciousness was, at best, equivalent to about two or three percent of the "Goddess of Wealth" herself — compared to the whole, it was no more than the weight of a single hand.

Since the Goddess of Wealth could directly reclaim the power within a destroyed divine corpse, her connection to these separated bodies must be extremely close, not fully severed — and judging by the faint rise and fall of those corpses' chests, even their breathing and heartbeats were synchronized, so the difference from a single whole wasn't as great as it appeared.

And right now, over ninety-seven percent of her body was in a state of extreme oxygen deprivation — what good was keeping one hand healthy?

……

Just as Li Ang had anticipated, the Goddess of Wealth, realizing something was increasingly wrong with her body, pulled out fistful after fistful of cowrie coins and, relying on her divine authority, began frantically purchasing Health, Life, and Vitality.

Yet every time this body's status refreshed, the remaining ninety-seven or eight percent of her body would immediately siphon off this two percent of Health, then consume that precious Health at a rate over twenty-nine thousand times faster, bringing even more intense agony.

"Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!"

After trying several times in a row, even switching to different methods, but finding that no matter how hard she tried she couldn't shake off this bone-deep agony and was still marching steadily toward death, the Goddess of Wealth's forcibly steadied soul-fire finally began to flicker wildly.

"No! This is impossible!"

Looking at the human who stood expressionlessly gazing down at her, quietly waiting for her to die, the Goddess of Wealth, her heart seized by terror, couldn't help tilting her head back and roaring:

"I don't believe it! You're weak even among humans! How could you possibly wield a method capable of slaying a true god!"

"Hm?"

Hearing the Goddess of Wealth's words, Li Ang's brow rose slightly, and he replied with deep meaning in his voice:

"Who told you I was a human of this world?"???

How are you not human? From soul to flesh, you're clearly the genuine article…

Wait! Not a human of this "world"?

That's it! No wonder a weak Level-3 Cleaner could not only take out that toad and shatter his soul, but also forcibly override my authority, and even wield a dangerous method capable of killing me — so that's how it is! So that's how it is!

Looking at Li Ang's soul, still as steady as ever, with not a shred of the turmoil a lie would bring, the Goddess of Wealth, having fully confirmed her guess, couldn't help but suddenly widen her eyes and say, face full of disbelief:

"Could you be… one of those people from the Old Lands? But the Old Lands over there weren't already… mm… wait! We don't necessarily have to be enemies!"

Seeing Li Ang's eyes narrow abruptly, the Goddess of Wealth sensibly stopped her "reveal," then hurriedly opened her mouth to propose:

"Although I'm a true god who depends on humans to exist, I've also been hunted and searched for by the Cleanup Bureau! So we can cooperate!"

"As long as you stop what you're doing and let me go, I can swear on my own authority that I will absolutely never expose your origins! And no matter what you're trying to do by infiltrating the Cleanup Bureau, I can help you!"???

So what exactly are you misunderstanding?

Looking at the Goddess of Wealth before him, who seemed to have grabbed a lifeline and was trying to "cooperate" with him, Li Ang — who had originally only meant to intimidate her with his transmigrator identity — couldn't help but feel his heart stir, and immediately opened his badge panel, swapping out 【What a Shame】 for 【Master of Performance】.

"Heh, help me?"

Under the boost of 【Master of Performance】's effect, Li Ang, now holding the "Schemer" persona, took two expressionless steps forward, arriving before the Goddess of Wealth, then looked down at the Goddess of Wealth, who was half a head shorter than him, and said indifferently:

"No need. Dying quietly here would be the greatest help you could give me."?!

He's done pretending! He just wants to silence me now!!!

Watching Li Ang's aura change abruptly — the original disguise of valuing companions and being brave and hot-blooded stripped away, his presence turning cold and sinister, his eyes filled with indifference — the Goddess of Wealth, drained of strength, felt her knees go weak and nearly dropped to the ground right then and there.

According to 【Master of Performance】's equipped effect, the less familiar a person is with Li Ang's appearance, voice, and temperament, the more easily they are affected, and if they are sufficiently unfamiliar with Li Ang and don't notice any obvious points of doubt, they may even come to firmly believe that Li Ang truly is the character he's playing.

And the Goddess of Wealth, who was meeting Li Ang for the very first time today, took the full brunt of 【Master of Performance】's power, and Li Ang's gaze — looking at her as if she were already dead — sent chills coursing through her body.

"Y-you can't kill me!"

The Goddess of Wealth, growing more and more terrified, mustered her last bit of courage to resist:

"I'm a true god! My soul is far too vast — no matter what method you use to dispose of it, fragments are bound to fall into the Death Realm! If the Cleanup Bureau people discover my soul fragments, your identity will be…"

"It won't."

Cutting off the Goddess of Wealth's words, Li Ang — a visitor from the Old Lands who had infiltrated the Cleanup Bureau with unspeakable purposes, only to be accidentally exposed by the unlucky Goddess of Wealth and forced to risk silencing her — said with an icy expression:

"Souls that enter the Death Realm will inevitably walk the 'Road of No Return,' and my companions are already waiting there.

And before I even spoke, those two Cleaners had already lost consciousness and didn't hear our conversation, so as long as you die quietly, absolutely no third person will ever know what happened here."

"……"

Someone's already guarding the entrance to the Death Realm? Even my soul fragments after death need to be destroyed? Do you really have to go this far?

Watching Li Ang's soul remain perfectly steady throughout, with not a single trace of a lie, the Goddess of Wealth finally broke, swayed slightly twice, then dropped to the ground with a thud, her eyes filled with the gray color of utter despair.

And just as she was preparing to throw caution to the wind and make one last desperate stand before being finished off, she noticed that Li Ang's gaze seemed to flick, almost unconsciously, toward the female Cleaner collapsed in the distance.

That's not right! I still have one card to play!

"Let me go! Otherwise I'll kill those two Cleaners right now!"

Seizing the opening Li Ang had revealed as if by divine inspiration, the Goddess of Wealth suddenly threw her eyes wide open and shouted fiercely:

"If those two Level-1 Cleaners die, but you, a Level-3 Cleaner, are still alive, and I, a true god, never show up, the Cleanup Bureau is bound to notice you and suspect you've been controlled by me!

And your record definitely won't hold up to scrutiny — even if Old Lands humans and this world's humans are indistinguishable, once the Cleanup Bureau starts suspecting you internally, your infiltration is as good as failed!"