Chapter 875: 472 People Shouldn

【Due to consuming the corpse of a dead True God while in soul form, you terrified the Death Messengers into fleeing, successfully activating the hidden golden badge: "God-Eater Demon."】

【God-Eater Demon: A legendary malevolent soul, audacious and unrestrained, so ravenous it dares to devour True Gods, with a feeding style more ferocious and cruel than any demon—so terrifying that even True Gods tremble at its name.】

【Effect: Through extreme acts of gluttonous savagery, you have gained partial authority left behind by the Guardian of Death. Though your rank is too low to fully absorb this power, you temporarily assume its duties—until the Guardian of Death revives, you are Death's most loyal guardian.】

【Advanced Path: After the Guardian of Death revives, kill it outright—this badge will automatically upgrade to the chromatic badge: "Guardian of Death."】

If you locate and kill the God of Gluttony, then devour it, this badge will automatically upgrade to the chromatic badge: "Carrion God."

If you continue hunting other True Gods of the Underworld and consume them all, this badge will automatically advance to the hidden chromatic badge: "I Am the End of Death."】

【Hidden Trait (No Equipping Required): As the Death Messengers scattered in terror, the name "God-Eater Li Ang" has spread throughout the Underworld, becoming a legend so fearsome it silences crying children. Any Underworld creature below True God rank trembles at the sound of your name.】

Additionally, by killing and devouring True Gods, you have stripped away partial authority from the Guardian of Death—thus, all True Gods of the Underworld now fear and despise you, and are highly likely to launch a coordinated assault.】

They have not moved against you yet because the Guardian of Death has not yet revived; if they kill you before its resurrection, they risk you replacing it entirely, becoming part of the Underworld's fundamental rules.】

But this safety is only temporary—the first bark the Guardian of Death lets out upon awakening will be the signal for all True Gods of the Underworld to wage war against you.】

"…"

Oh god…

Watching the Death Messengers flee, Li Ang stared at the new badge on his panel and sucked in a sharp breath, feeling his legs go weak beneath him.

This shit… the day the Three-Headed Dog God revives is the day the Underworld's gods come for revenge?

"Li Ang?"

Seeing Li Ang suddenly narrow his pupils, his face pale with shock, the female reporter couldn't help asking:

"What's wrong? Why do you look so pale?"

"Nothing…"

After steadying himself slightly, Li Ang's cheek twitched as he replied:

"I just remembered—the Dog God wasn't truly killed. When it revives, it'll come for me. I'm a little worried."

"…"

You're worried about revenge?

Upon hearing Li Ang's answer, the female reporter's cheek twitched in response.

Back when she worked beside Director Aquarius, she'd studied Li Ang's dossier obsessively, given how seriously they took this "enemy of Aquarius."

Even then, she thought he was insane: within a month of joining, he dared challenge a Holy Spirit; under the guise of investigating anomalies, he wiped out over two hundred nobles; barely confirmed in his post, he stormed a Golden Scale Cult gathering to join a True God extermination mission;

Recently, he single-handedly subdued the Nightmare Messenger, held off the Jianglin of the Nightmare King alone, and unleashed the Dream-Eating Armor, devouring nearly half the Dream Realm. Now, right before the Death Messengers' eyes, he devoured the Three-Headed Dog God whole—utterly audacious, utterly reckless, capable of anything when pushed.

Logically, while the Clearance Bureau is full of lunatics, Li Ang's record makes him one of the craziest even among them.

And yet this man, who lives with his head on a noose and laughs at death, tells me he's worried about revenge?

What a joke!

So many want you dead—Director Aquarius, the Goddess of Wealth, the Nightmare King, the gods of the Dream Realm… Compared to them, even if Angxi revives, it'd have to wait in line!

…

"I think you shouldn't worry too much about this."

After swallowing back her sarcastic retort, the female reporter offered insincere reassurance:

"That's all far in the future. Director Aquarius let the Dog God's authority slip, but it won't revive easily—it'll take at least twenty or thirty years to recover. Worry about something closer."

Twenty or thirty years…

Hearing her words, Li Ang paused, then his expression visibly improved.

He'd been in the Clearance Bureau barely three months, but already amassed plenty of anomalies and nearly reached Level Two Clearance Officer status. In twenty or thirty years, he might even have a shot at the Director's seat.

Even if luck ran out, he could still aim for a Fenju chief like his own boss—no problem. By then, any Underworld True God trying to kill him would be fighting the entire Clearance Bureau. Safety wouldn't be an issue.

And that's the most conservative estimate. If he truly ascended like his boss, gaining the power to take on a whole pack of gods at once, he might be the one knocking on their doors, hunting them for badges.

Hmm… advantage is mine!

Weighing his current situation, Li Ang's fluttering heart settled back into his chest with a thud.

Just as he raised his head to speak to the female reporter, a vivid red glow pierced the gray mist beyond the Gate of the Dead.

"Boom!"

Amid the panicked cries of the dead, the sky above the Gate of the Dead shattered open. A torrent of living energy surged through the rift, cleansing all deathly aura from its surroundings.

Then, the red burst from the mist—the Red-haired Woman shot forth like a missile, her furious face streaked with countless crimson hairs trailing behind like a bizarre fiery tail, crashing violently into the Underworld and racing toward the Mirror Lake of Burial Robes.

"…"

"…"

Holy shit!!!

Watching the boss hurtle through the gray sky like a blazing crimson meteor, slamming toward the Mirror Lake of Burial Robes, Li Ang's heart shot straight back up to his throat.

Boss, I'm touched you came to save me—but look down for a second!

The trail showed I was taken by the Flesh-Eating Doe, but I never even entered the Gate—I got snatched by a dog the moment I crossed!

Boss, don't be reckless! Don't attack! …Okay, attack if you must, but don't destroy their territory! …Wait, you destroyed it anyway—just don't… Oh god! This is over.