I! Cleaner!-Chapter 723 - 658: Path Dependence, Indeed

Seems like support is gone.

Barely dodging Raven Masked Man’s multiple assaults and being riddled with wounds, eroded by fine sand, the Red-haired Director still found no sign of reinforcements arriving. He couldn’t help but close his eyes, sighing deeply within his heart.

According to the Sagittarius Director’s swift and decisive nature, if reinforcements were truly coming, they would have arrived immediately without any unforeseen circumstances holding him back. Since he hasn’t arrived after such a long time, it’s evident that he’s not planning on coming.

As for why he would break the promise... If my guess is correct, Mr. Taurus has probably started his ascension, hasn’t he?

Momentarily commanding a small portion of scarlet hair, crushing Raven Masked Man’s attack, a faint hint of sadness emerged in the Red-haired Director’s eyes.

Even though the ascension is a result recognized by all members of the Clean-up Bureau, including Mr. Taurus himself, to me, it means losing the last of my kin. Even though I’ve long prepared myself accordingly, there’s still a pang of bitterness in my heart...

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Hiss... Are my attacks really that effective? Scarlet Hair Lady is almost crying because of me?

Staring at the Red-haired Director in front of him, with an expression of despondency and almost tearful eyes, Raven Masked Man was momentarily stunned, then couldn’t help but be overjoyed.

However, just as the newly inspired Raven Masked Man prepared to exert himself even further and kill the helpless Scarlet Hair Lady in one go, a figure suspended below suddenly lowered his head, bit onto the scarlet hair holding him, and forcefully pulled it from his chest!

?!!!

Astonished by the sudden emptiness from the "heaviest" strand of hair, the grieving Red-haired Director for the ascension of his parent was suddenly stunned, hurriedly urging other slaughter blood hairs to save the person.

But Leon, who had detached from the scarlet hair, plunged straight into the abyss below as if carrying weights, fading out of sight in the blink of an eye.

He... did this to free up the Scarlet Hair Lady by committing suicide?

Fool!

Watching Leon free himself from the grip of slaughter blood hair and voluntarily plunge into the depths of the Demonic Soul Abyss, Raven Masked Man couldn’t help but sneer.

The real reason behind Scarlet Hair Lady’s situation now was the souls of those millions, even without you, the heaviest burden, she can only return some souls to their bodies, still lacking the ability to fight back; you only died in vain.

"Leon!!!"

But what Raven Masked Man didn’t expect was that Scarlet Hair Lady, who remained silent, suddenly screamed. Then she loosened her protection over herself once again.

She bore having most of her soul drawn out, forcibly splitting a large amount of scarlet hair, reaching deeply into the Demonic Soul Abyss, seemingly wanting to pull back the fool who just fell down.

This? Great opportunity!

Noticing this rare gap, Raven Masked Man’s gaze narrowed, then he pounced towards the soul-detached Red-haired Director, attempting to eliminate this major threat to the Slaughter King Association.

Yet at this moment, a mist-like gray robe suddenly floated out from a nearby dream realm, draping over the anxious Red-haired Director’s shoulders.

Under Raven Masked Man’s astonished gaze, the wounds he worked half a day to inflict on her suddenly turned into a cluster of nightmares, expelled from Scarlet Hair Lady’s body, quietly floating between the two.

To everyone’s surprise, a familiar figure wearing Goggles Crown emerged from the newborn nightmare, extending a hand wrapped in gray mist, gripping his neck!

King of Nightmares? Isn’t it already... No! Wait!

Seeing the fury that desired to kill him on sight in the eyes of the "King of Nightmares," Raven Masked Man’s body was suddenly shaken, an expression of terror emerging in his eyes.

This isn’t the King of Nightmares! It’s the one who just fell... How’s this possible?!

No time to ponder the cause of the anomaly. Sensing Leon’s murderous intent, Raven Masked Man’s body instantly dispersed, fleeing in all directions without hesitation.

But now, with nightmares everywhere, Leon, who became the new King of Nightmares using the emblem, took merely one step forward, traversing countless nightmares instantly, simultaneously blocking multiple Raven Masked Men.

"You?!"

Farewell.

Amidst the horrified expressions of the Raven Masked Men, recreating the earlier scene as Leon simultaneously emerged from various dream realms, grabbed their necks, and decisively snapped them fiercely!

"Crack!"

Finished!

Feeling tremendous strength pouring into his body as Leon moved, Raven Masked Man’s heart sank instantly.

But what surprised him was, that overwhelming force merely circulated within his body and did nothing, directly retreating...

This? Why didn’t he just kill me?

Surviving Raven Masked Man, dazed for a moment, suddenly realized.

Even if Leon successfully crossed the difference between man and god, obtaining the power belonging to the King of Nightmares, his understanding of power remains at the "human" level, only knowing how to destroy the enemy’s body and soul.

But for a True God, compared to the body and soul, one’s mastery over Authority is the core; to truly kill a True God, one must eliminate the mark they left on their Authority.

Yet, this newly born Lord of Nightmares, though having mastered the corresponding Authority, hasn’t learned how to use it yet, much less the way to eliminate Authority marks unique to a True God.

"Ah haha! You can’t kill me!"

Understanding how he narrowly escaped, the rejoiced Raven Masked Man, unable to contain his smile, tilted his head and roared, then frantically struggled, attempting to flee Leon’s grasp once more.

But what Raven Masked Man couldn’t foresee was that after repeated attempts, even when he realized he couldn’t completely kill him even by crushing him, frowning Leon hesitated for a moment, and then, with a look of disdain, opened his mouth.

Ah?!

Ah??!!

Ah??!!!

Seeing Leon’s head suddenly enlarge dozens of times, directly biting towards him, Raven Masked Man’s eyes bulged to the point of bleeding.

Shouldn’t the attack method of the Lord of Nightmares forcibly drag others into nightmares and shatter their spirit and will, leading their soul to entirely fragment?! and why the heck are you munching like that?

"No! Don’t! No!!!"

Not tasty.

Besides having no taste at all, it even pricked his mouth, akin to gnawing a window pane filled with sand, uncleaned for eight hundred years.

Giving Raven Masked Man a hugely negative review regarding the taste, Leon then prepared to utilize the Authority of the Three-Headed Canine Deity to thoroughly kill this traitor of the Director, but right then, a peculiar mechanical adjusting sound abruptly emerged from Leon’s stomach.

Subsequently, a familiar golden watch time mark flickered and vanished repeatedly, Raven Masked Man on the verge of falling into Leon’s stomach screamed desperately vanished, then reappeared bewildered on a bench by the wharf.

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This fast?

Noticing one fewer mark from his arrangement, Aquarius Director ascending the sixth floor of the Virgin Branch couldn’t help but tense slightly, then pushed aside drooping layers of scarlet hair, revealing the enormous door blocked behind.

Marks he left could only temporarily "borrow" the opponent’s time, with strict limitations, needing to return while they’re alive.

While not activated by him, it self-triggered on Raven’s mark, it must be that he’s about to be killed, so the mark deduced it’s his last stage to return borrowed time from him.

This precaution he left back then unintentionally granted him life... Hmm... Since Raven has been defeated, I must speed up my own process here.

After closing his eyes slightly and preparing mentally, Aquarius Director lifted his arm, pressing his left hand into the hand-shaped depression on the door, and then raised a golden knife with his right hand, slashing at his left wrist fiercely!