Chapter 708

Of course it was to kill you, what else could it be?

Gazing toward the Emerald Jungle before the Snake Spirit and guessing that Senior Auntie Ai Ma was trapped within, Leon tried his best to restrain the malice in his soul, lowered his head slightly, and said submissively:

"Lord Snake Spirit, it seems some cleaners have infiltrated the gathering and are purchasing goods in bulk with a pile of currency of unknown origin. I am worried they harbor ill intentions, so I came to the Dream Realm to report this to you."

Following the script discussed with Senior Tang Mu, and having provided intelligence that was neither true nor false, Leon tried opening his system interface to look at the Holy Spirit Badge, which had shed its silver glow and was now radiating a brilliant golden light.

【Having cooperated with Tom Laien, a Level 1 cleaner from the Virgin Branch, to complete the assassination of a Bishop of the Weighing Gold Sect, you have relied on the Weighing Gold God-Chosen identity bestowed by the Snake Spirit to directly fill the vacancy as one of the Bishops of the Wealth-Devouring lineage of the Weighing Gold Sect.

Since you have met the advancement conditions, your Silver-rank badge "Practitioner" has successfully advanced to the Gold-rank badge "Agent."】

【Agent (Gold): The highest-ranking clergy member acting on behalf of a god. Only those with an extremely profound understanding of the doctrine and the ability to rely on force to expel heretics can hold this position. Their status is equivalent to that of a Bishop in most sects.】

【Wearing Effect: When in contact with an anomalous object marked "Holy," you, as an Agent, will directly possess the authority to use it, significantly enhancing its effects and reducing the cost of use.】

【Advancement Route: Once your own Corruption Value reaches 60 points and you have obtained a True God-level authority, this badge will automatically advance to the variant badge "Order True God."】

If you do not obtain authority through enlightenment but instead defeat a True God and forcibly seize their authority, this badge will automatically advance to the variant badge "Chaos Evil God."】

Because you did not obtain the Agent identity through the orthodox route, a special advancement route is hereby provided: if you kill a True God in advance while your Corruption Value is below 60 points and you have not mastered any authority, this badge will automatically advance to the hidden variant badge "God-Slayer."】

【Hidden Trait (No wearing required): As the highest-ranking clergy member acting on behalf of a god, your piety and steadfastness make your soul incomparably pure, naturally earning the favor of Orderly existences.】

People from the Cleaning Bureau have infiltrated?

After hearing the report from their "Bishop," the Snake Spirit, whose size was as massive as a statue, couldn't help but tremble slightly and asked hurriedly:

"That person suspected of being a cleaner... is it a man or a woman? What color is their hair? Is it red?"

"..."

This Snake Spirit's brain doesn't seem very bright, does it? If it were that red-haired woman, would she even need to "infiltrate"? She'd probably just slaughter her way in!

"No, the one who came is a man, and his hair isn't red either."

After shaking their head slightly, Leon answered as honestly as possible:

"That man always looks sleepy; he doesn't seem very energetic, so I don't think he's dangerous."

"Not dangerous? If he isn't dangerous, then there aren't many dangerous people left in the entire Cleaning Bureau!"

Hearing their Bishop's overly foolish judgment, the Snake Spirit couldn't help but glance at the little snake and sneer:

"If I'm not mistaken, the man you call 'not dangerous' should be the Unlucky Dice Emperor of the Cleaning Bureau's Virgin Branch. He has a track record of single-handedly repelling True Gods, and his methods are extremely bizarre and impossible to guard against!

The Virgin Branch has so few people yet can still sit firmly in the position of one of the twelve Zodiac branches; aside from that red-haired woman, they rely on him and the woman locked in the Emerald Jungle.

These two Level 1 cleaners are the elite of the elite, their level no less than that of the directors of non-Zodiac branches. If that 'not dangerous' man really wanted to deal with you, with your level of competence, you wouldn't even know how you died!"

After mocking Leon's foolish judgment, the giant black-bottomed, white-spotted Snake Spirit pondered for a moment, then narrowed their eyes and asked:

"What has the Dice Emperor been doing? Just buying things on the outskirts of the gathering?"

"He has indeed bought a lot of things."

Leon's eyes flickered, and then he said with a pained expression:

"Lord Snake Spirit, I don't know how that man does it, but the money in his purse seems endless. He's bought out nearly half the street. Are we really not going to find a way to stop him?"

"Let him be."

The Snake Spirit felt a pang of heartache upon hearing this, but still flicked their tail and said helplessly:

"This guy might be here to pick up bargains. During that gathering in the Saio Kingdom, he infiltrated and used money from who knows where to buy a huge pile of things. This time... hmm... let me think." Looking back at the Emerald Jungle stretching for dozens of miles before them, and the blood-red light constantly bursting within it, the Snake Spirit hesitated slightly before speaking thoughtfully:

"The person sent by the Aquarius Director of the Cleaning Bureau said that the red-haired woman from the Virgin Branch definitely wouldn't come to trouble me. Looking at it now, he probably wasn't lying.

However, the specific situation is hard to say. If the Dice Emperor isn't here for bargains this time, but is aiming for the woman trapped inside, then we're in trouble... By the way, what's the situation at the Secret Shrine?"

"Everything is normal at the Secret Shrine."

Leon, who had already swapped to the 【Performance Master】 badge, lied without changing his expression:

"Hearing that there was a chance to pay respects to your true form, the believers began to fight madly for those three spots. Before I came to report to you, the final candidates had already been determined, and the offerings for you are all piled up in the Secret Shrine."

"Is that so..."

After hesitating for a while, the Snake Spirit sighed:

"You go back first. I'm still not sure what the Dice Emperor is here for, and for the sake of caution, I shouldn't leave. You go and return all the offerings, and tell them this visit is canceled."

"This..."

"This what?"

Sighing with great heartache, the Snake Spirit said with annoyance:

"Do you think I don't want the offerings? But the most important thing right now is to deal with this trapped Level 1 cleaner!

Once her immortal body is worn down, my strength will also be largely depleted. If that damned man has any bad intentions, I might not be his match!

Stop talking nonsense and go back to work!"

"Understood, I'll go back right away!"

Glancing at the Snake Spirit with some unwillingness, and knowing that persisting further would likely lead to exposure, Leon, having failed to lure them, had no choice but to bow and retreat, voluntarily releasing the tail coiled around the statue and disappearing from the Snake Spirit's tail.

And after his soul "disconnected," the Snake Spirit, who had just been feeling pained, saw their expression instantly turn gloomy.

They actually returned the offerings... They definitely aren't my Bishop!

If I'm not mistaken, regardless of whether the cleaner who came is the Dice Emperor, the Secret Shrine is likely finished. The enemy who broke into the gathering probably set some kind of trap, wanting to lure me back early to kill me directly!

For safety's sake, I shouldn't even stay here.

After pondering with a sinister look for a while, the Snake Spirit looked at the Emerald Jungle before them, flicked their tongue, and then extended their black-and-white snake tail, rolling it through the void toward the Emerald Jungle.

Accompanied by a strange ringing sound, the Emerald Jungle stretching for dozens of miles shrank rapidly, turning into a translucent emerald-green bead. Inside, a woman with vines shackled to her four limbs suddenly opened her eyes and began to glare at it through the bead.

"Stop glaring. 【Dream of the Ghostly Green】 was bestowed by my god specifically to deal with you. Even if the Dice Emperor comes, don't think about getting out."

After mocking Auntie Ai Ma inside the bead, the black snake, over a hundred meters tall, suddenly opened their mouth and swallowed the emerald bead named 【Dream of the Ghostly Green】, then found a gap between reality and the Dream Realm, drilled into the crevice, and prepared to withdraw before the Dice Emperor could react.

But before they could run far, a giant apple core, composed entirely of mist and over seventy or eighty meters tall, appeared eerily in front of them, flickering slightly as if real and illusory.

Immediately after, seventeen or eighteen huge chicken beaks inexplicably pierced through the barrier between the Dream Realm and reality, pecking down at their head, and accompanying them were the sounds of chicken clucking, which seemed exceptionally excited due to the sudden appearance of an extra meal.

"Cluck, cluck, cluck-cluck-cluck!"

(End of chapter)