Chapter 720: Crocodile Tears

Blood, blood, blood, blood, blood... Blood-Haired Ji!!!

Seeing the red-haired beauty before him with her nose slightly wrinkled, and recognizing her identity through her vibrant, long red hair and the endless sea of lost souls behind her, the Crocodile God, caught right at his doorstep, instantly froze solid.

The Director of the Cleanup Bureau's Virgin Branch, the most ruthless executioner in history, who wiped out the entire Eastern Calavan Kingdom in one breath and personally sent one hundred and twenty-nine million dead onto the Road of No Return!

When the rebellion of the Cleanup Bureau's Ophiuchus Branch blew up that year, the Death-Harbinging Crows nesting at the entrance to the Realm of the Dead took flight—over one hundred and twenty million of them. Countless black crow feathers fluttered down, weaving a sky of death that completely blocked out the heavens of the Realm of the Dead.

Looking up at the sky then, one couldn't even see the sun, only a gloomy black fog stretching for tens of miles, and within that fog, countless crimson bright spots—the eyes of over one hundred and twenty million Death Crows!

Over one hundred and twenty million of them!

Whenever recalling those red-eyed black crows that blotted out the sky, and the lost souls that surged into the Realm of the Dead like a tsunami after the Death-Harbinging Crows flew deep into it, the Crocodile God's soul would tremble involuntarily.

This red-haired woman, who looked quite kind, took just a little over two minutes to send one hundred and thirty million lost souls into the Realm of the Dead. The "Road of No Return," which had been unimpeded for who knows how many years, was blocked for the first time by the crazily surging dead.

Even though the Lords of the Realm of the Dead, who had noticed the commotion of the Death-Harbinging Crows, acted immediately to ease the situation, it was still a drop in the bucket for the ever-increasing dead. Almost every second, millions of lost souls were squeezed off the Road of No Return, falling into the Huang Quan River below.

By the final half-minute, not only had the Road of No Return, which summoned the dead, come to a complete halt, but the Huang Quan River itself was blocked by the falling souls. With nowhere to go, the river water flooded everywhere, creating a muddy swamp hundreds of miles across right near the entrance to the Realm of the Dead.

And that great swamp created by the flood is exactly where I live now...

Glancing at the massive pit in the center of the distant muddy swamp, the unlucky Crocodile God, facing the red-haired woman who had "built a house" for him, felt his eyes moisten, and large, hot tears of gratitude rolled down his cheeks.

So the "accomplice" guarding the Realm of the Dead was you all along!

No wonder that old earthling pretended not to see me. With Blood-Haired Ji guarding the Realm of the Dead, he didn't need to lift a finger; the moment I returned, I was doomed!

Why are you crying?

Seeing the Crocodile God, caught by her, start crying on the spot without saying a word, the red-haired Director was slightly stunned. Then, with no sense of public morality, she tossed her toothbrush into the Huang Quan, frowned, and walked over.

"Tell me, where did you come from? What happened to Auntie Auntie Ai Ma and the others?"

"They... they are fine..."

"You're lying!"

After wrinkling her nose slightly, the red-haired Director's fox-like eyes narrowed. The hair cocoon that had merely been restraining the Crocodile God dimmed slightly, shifting from a bright red to a dark red like venous blood, and began to tighten inward, digging directly into the shell on its body.

"Speak the truth! Don't think that because you are a god of the Realm of the Dead, I won't dare to move against you!"

Sensing the aura of the Goddess of Wealth on the Crocodile God, along with an overwhelming stench of blood, the red-haired Director, worried about Li Ang and the others, was already truly angered.

According to the Zijifen Sect's mission, Auntie Auntie Ai Ma was to raid the Chengjin Sect, and Li Ang was to ambush the airship. No matter how one thought about it, their auras shouldn't have appeared together. Therefore, the only possibility was that Auntie Auntie Ai Ma was ambushed by the Chengjin Sect, or even that the Goddess of Wealth had personally intervened.

And after Li Ang completed his mission and returned to the bureau to report, he received a distress call from Auntie Auntie Ai Ma. He was taken by Tang Mu... no! He should have dragged Tang Mu to save her, only to confront the Goddess of Wealth head-on!

Although I, who have been guarding the Road of No Return, did not see their souls enter the Realm of the Dead, implying they might not be dead yet, considering the opponent is the Goddess of Wealth, the possibility that something happened to them cannot be ruled out.

If, because of the mission I assigned, Auntie Auntie Ai Ma and Li Ang were lost to the Chengjin Sect...

Thinking of this, the red-haired Director, whose heart grew increasingly impatient, applied slightly more force. Countless fine, sharp hair strands broke through the Crocodile God's shell, sinking deeply into its skin. "Don't! I'll speak! I'll speak!"

Sensing the spreading stench of blood on the dark red hair strands, the Crocodile God, who was shedding tears profusely, was startled and immediately stammered out everything it had seen.

As it recounted its story somewhat incoherently, the anxiety in the red-haired Director's eyes slowly faded, gradually turning into deep confusion.

Li Ang almost killed the Goddess of Wealth?

And he is someone from the Old Earth? Infiltrating the Cleanup Bureau with sinister intentions?

Finally caught by the Goddess of Wealth, and to avoid exposing his identity, he could only agree to cooperate with her temporarily?

What is all this nonsense?

"Everything I said is true!"

Realizing that Blood-Haired Ji seemed not to be allied with the "Old Earthlings," the Crocodile God, whose hope for life was rekindled, feared that this Executioner might, in a fit of pique, slice him into sashimi. He immediately swore an oath:

"I swear by the Great Death, this is all I saw with my own eyes! I guarantee it is not false!

Moreover, after he woke up that male Cleanup Officer, he spoke exactly according to the agreement with the Goddess of Wealth. At that time, the Goddess of Wealth had already left; surely there was no need for him to lie again?"

That is not necessarily so.

Recalling the "inherited" caution of Li Ang and Auntie Auntie Ai Ma, the red-haired woman furrowed her brows.

Given Li Ang's insecure personality, the reason he did not tell Tang Mu the truth was most likely because he feared the Goddess of Wealth had not yet left and would cause further trouble upon hearing his "revelation," so he decided to conceal it temporarily.

After all, although the soul vision of that Black Goat was quite good, for a True God capable of disguising their soul, it could not guarantee no errors. The fact that the Crocodile God successfully played dead proved this point; Li Ang's choice to hide the truth first was not a problem.

As for the trump card that negated the authority of the Goddess of Wealth, it must have been the time he received wine from the Golden Bull Director and got completely drunk. At that time, even my 【Slaughter Blood Hair】 was turned to bubbles; it was normal that the Goddess of Wealth could not harm him.

If my guess is correct, Li Ang probably used some method to bluff the Goddess of Wealth, managing to scare her away, and that identity of being a guest from the Old Earth was purely nonsense... um...

It seems it wasn't necessarily pure nonsense?

Thinking of Li Ang's many secrets, the red-haired Director hesitated slightly.

Although, based on my understanding of Li Ang, he could not be the type to have "sinister intentions," there are indeed many strange things about Li Ang. Even if he himself has no ill will, it is best to check him out a bit, so he isn't fooled by some strange existence.

Coincidentally, I am currently in the Realm of the Dead, and no matter what enters the Realm of the Dead, it cannot hide its existence. Why not just bring Li Ang and the others down here and check them thoroughly?

(End of Chapter)