I! Cleaner!-Chapter 1062 - 978: The Divine Ascension Staircase (Part 2)
After passively stepping onto the eleventh level, feeling the increasingly skeptical gazes of the gods, Leon suddenly felt he couldn't hold it together.
Brother! I said I don't know! Why are you still here, doubting me? What exactly was wrong with my answer?
Meanwhile, the hidden Oracle inside him was also getting a bit anxious, urgently reminding Leon through their connection:
'Enough, enough, our goal is just to gain the ability to create a terrestrial divine kingdom, not to become the Crimson God of Justice. Walking nine levels of the Justice Steps is already sufficient, don't answer any more questions!'
'...'
Are you stupid? When the Doctrine Steps ask questions, I said I didn't know, didn't I? The issue is that I clearly didn't even answer the question, yet it... umm...
Could it be... because blood is the most precious liquid in the world, you asked me to name something more precious and I said I didn't know, which also means I got it right?
As Leon speculated about the reason for his "passing," the doctrine steps calmly asked the twelfth question.
'Blood represents bonds and heritage, but there is something that surpasses blood, lasts longer, and what it carries is more valuable. What is it?'
Is this another original question of the Crimson Heart?
Leon paused for a moment upon hearing this, feeling the pressure in the gazes of the gods, and decided to completely make something up:
'Clichés! Clichés carry heritage longer than blood!' 𝕗𝗿𝕖𝐞𝐰𝗲𝕓𝐧𝕠𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝐨𝚖
'Okay.'
"???"
So that's also okay?
Does this mean that now if I change into suspenders, practice singing, dancing, rap, and basketball well, I'll hold more valuable heritage than blood ties? Did you even listen to my answer?
"Mr. Oracle!"
Just as the Doctrine Steps automatically gave way to another level, sending Leon to the thirteenth level, the man with the white snake mask at the long table finally couldn't hold back, reminding Leon with a stern expression:
"Our agreement with you only covers helping you become the God of Justice. Other authorities are not within the scope of our agreement."
"Hmph!"
Faced with the white snake's reminder, the anxious Oracle couldn't help but snort, then glared back as per his usual performance.
"What? Are you afraid I'll topple your Red King after reaching the Source God Platform?"
"Heh."
Faced with the Oracle's feeble provocation, the white snake chuckled softly, then raised his hand indifferently, gestured for the "Oracle" to continue.
Before becoming a Pillar God, all four supreme column gods walked over forty levels of their respective doctrine steps; once it became the Red King, if it re-walks these steps, it could surely reach at least the fiftieth level.
And you, someone with average affinity to the Blood Authority, who only touched a bit through secret technique blending with heart blood of the Red King, how many levels can you walk on the Blood Steps?
Topple the Red King... heh, you're nothing but a clown who barely climbed a few steps with tricks of secret techniques, and you really think you're someone important!
Amidst various contemptuous, disdainful, or hateful looks of the True Gods, the Oracle slightly hunched his back, twitched his cheeks, and climbed another level.
'Blood is the currency of life, but there is something to surpass blood, able to dissolve all hatred formed from faith, race, and nationality... What is it?'
'Me?'
'Okay.'
"..."
'Blood is the messenger of time, spanning history...'
'Wangzai QQ Candy?'
'Okay.'
So that's also okay?
Unexpectedly, Wangzai QQ Candy crosses time better than blood, Leon, who seemed to pass even nonsensical answers, was thoroughly baffled by the Doctrine Steps' bottomless accommodation, and as the God Steps kept lowering itself, the gods around the long table also began to be baffled.
When the "Oracle" stepped onto the tenth blood level, the gods marveled at the power of the [Crimson Blood]; when he stepped onto the twentieth blood level, the gods ridiculed the Oracle's dumb luck;
when he reached the thirtieth blood level, the gods began to envy the Oracle's luck and were shocked by his talent; by the time he reached the fiftieth blood level...
"This is impossible!!!"
Standing up from his chair at some point, staring at the "Oracle" who had already reached the end of the Blood Steps without obstruction, the white snake masked man nearly cracked his eye corners!
That's the fiftieth level of a single authority!
Before advancing to a Pillar God, level forty-nine is virtually the limit of a single authority, even if the Red King himself came to walk these Blood Steps, he'd only reach this point! How could a man dependent on secret technique reach this...?
"What's so impossible about that?"
Although the Oracle was equally flabbergasted, desperately wishing to jump down from the God Steps, after hearing the white snake's roaring howl, the Oracle responsible for responding for Leon gathered himself, fabricated with a pompous look:
"Heh, you think any random person can merge blood with that holding the Blood Authority's blood like a Pillar God? My understanding of Blood Authority far exceeds your imagination!"
"..."
"If I were born earlier, I would be the Crimson Overlord now!"
"..."
"Still confused? I've merged blood with twelve million people! I am the blood itself!"
"..."
No one understands blood better than me!
"..."
After boasting the biggest lie of his life and temporarily bluffing the confounded gods, the Oracle wiped sweat secretly, then nervously said to Leon:
'I got it! It must be because of the Crimson Heart!
It has certain self-awareness and is the core of the Crimson Overlord. Now that it is merged with your heart, what it knows equals what you know!'
Crimson Heart?
Upon hearing the Oracle's words, Leon considered momentarily and then fully understood that he didn't just undergo a "two-in-one" with the Oracle but actually underwent a three-in-one with the Oracle and the Crimson Heart.
Just like how Leon could hear the questions posed by the Doctrine Steps, the Crimson Heart, which has self-awareness, could hear the questions posed by the Blood Steps meant for both Leon and the Oracle.
As the core of Column God who reached the end of Blood Authority and further glimpsed the world's logic... the heart of the Crimson Heart understandably knew all answers regarding Blood Authority, and the God Steps mostly "read" his heart, which led to a smooth path.
No wonder Wangzai QQ Candy could pass... but no matter, although the plan has taken a few... tens of extra steps, the Oracle only mastered two authorities and is done upon arriving here.
Finally understanding the reason for their smooth passage, Leon and the Oracle both sighed in relief, then... were sent onto a dim gray new level again.
'What is death?'
"..."
Wait... there's more?!!!
