I! Cleaner!-Chapter 954 - 883: Slap

"You flatter me."

"Sir Leon... I... thank you for your help!"

After hearing Leon's instructions, the Cleaners, who finally stopped trembling, immediately bowed their heads, expressing their respect to the infamous... famished Food God of the bureau.

Everyone present understood the real meaning of not escorting them... with the City of Regret located in the latter half of the Realm of the Dead, returning to the living world from here requires crossing territories of more than one Overlord of the Dead Realm.

Given the current huge commotion in the City of Regret, the overlords from the entire Realm of the Dead will gather here, and even someone as strong as the Food God will have difficulty taking everyone out. To save themselves, the only option is to let the Food God stay behind to draw the "firepower."

Though it seemed that the Food God had not brought the entirety of his soul here, the Overlords of the Dead Realm were all experts in manipulating souls. Even a fragment of his soul falling into their hands could lead to severe damage or even threaten life.

To rescue these people, the Food God must create a significant uproar in the Realm of the Dead to attract enough attention, naturally leading to confrontation with more than one overlord, posing considerable risks.

"Leon..."

After calling out, Emma pressed her lips hard, knowing that her objections would be futile, and Leon, understanding her intent, smiled and consoled her:

"It's only a quarter of my soul. If I really can't come back, at most I'll be injured and need a year or two of rest. Just go ahead without worry... Also, don't mind the things it said before."

Shaking the head of the Wailing Puppet, Leon sternly reminded:

"During the days you were away, Ellie, relying on her connection with you, dreamt of your experiences every night, feeling your inner pain. Although these pains become a bit blurred after waking, that child suffered alongside you.

Senior Emma, no matter why Ellie was born initially or what once resided within her, none of it is her fault. She is now just your daughter and your only family. Don't forget she's still waiting for you to come home."

"One of only two."

"?"

In Leon's somewhat astonished gaze, Emma's alabaster neck blushed slightly as she took a half step forward to hug him firmly, then looked away, biting her lip, and said:

"You must take care of yourself; Ellie and I are both waiting for you to come home."

"..."

...

Damn deceitful couple!

Glancing at the woman who kept looking back while leaving, then at Leon standing on the city wall somewhat absent-minded, the Wailing Puppet couldn't help but curse inwardly... and simultaneously bore resentment toward the Embodied Doe.

You horned beast! Cloven-hoofed carcass! Grass-munching animal! Useless conniver!

Always saying the situation is under control, claiming you know the Cleaners' Bureau's moves like the back of your hand, what knowledge does a deer have with those gibberish claims? If I'd known there was a connection to the Food God among these Cleaners, and moving them could draw his attention, would I have ended up like this?

Moreover, when everyone worked together to drag the king's ship back from the Kingdom of Saio, you said these hostages are safest with me, and damn it, these hostages are indeed safe, but I am done for! You damn well deserve it!

"Zhanhuai Mountain!"

Feeling the other puppets being devoured entirely, with a grim fate looming, the Wailing Puppet closed its eyes and screamed hysterically:

"That beast is on Zhanhuai Mountain! With the Mountain Patrol Woman and the others! If you go there..."

"Okay."

Having obtained the desired information from the Wailing Puppet, Leon nodded in satisfaction, then exerted a light force with his fingers, deftly crushing its head into fragments.

Boom!

The scene resembled when the Death Guard Dog was slain earlier. At the moment the Wailing Puppet was killed, the entire Realm of the Dead shuddered instantly, and from the summit of the Cliff of Doomsday, a voice full of unwilling cursing erupted, only to be utterly swallowed by the endless death below the cliff.

"Damn it! At least let me finish my sentence!!!"

As the Wailing Puppet's bitter last words echoed, feeling a sudden sense of incompleteness, and a bit of stumbling in the Realm of the Dead, all the Overlords of the Dead Realm couldn't help but collectively gaze towards the City of Regret, their faces filled with shock.

Unlike the death of the Death Guard Dog last time, where its body was slain, unless a new overlord occupied the Gate of the Deceased, it still had the chance of revival.

This time, however, the one who killed the Wailing Puppet made a definitive strike, eradicating its powers by leveraging stronger rules, truly annihilating the existence of an overlord of the Dead Realm, ensuring there would never be another Wailing Puppet in this world again.

From now on, the creations of the Wailing Puppet, the Ghostly Mire and the City of Regret, will entirely lose their effect and gradually collapse, leaving the once smoothly operating Realm of the Dead incomplete!

Who did this? Who the hell did this?!

The demise of an overlord in the Dead Realm would lead to operational difficulties throughout the realm, affecting the power of all overlords, impacting everyone.

Thus, upon realizing all of this, almost every overlord turned their gaze towards this occurrence, even the No Return Path, untouched for thousands of years, inadvertently arched slightly upward.

And when their gazes reached the City of Regret, all they saw were dissipating mists, over seventy percent of the city submerged in the marsh, and... countless dead souls advancing deeper into the Dead Realm!

...

One, two, three, four... thirteen!

Feeling the number of "gazes" directed at him, confirming that he had caught the attention of all the overlords, thus creating an opportunity for Emma and the others to escape the Realm of the Dead, Leon took a deep breath and then his entire body began to rapidly swell.

If it was the living world, constrained by the limitations of his physical form, except in cases like the Earth sprout, bodies generally have limited expansion and cannot support overly large forms.

However, within the Dead Realm that accepts only the soul, there are no such restraints; the size of beings can virtually grow indefinitely, until reaching the limit of their soul or the point where their power cannot support it.

The City of Regret combined with the Ghostly Mire contained a total of eighteen million dead souls. By extracting power through the effect of the Heart Lake Illusion, Leon's current strength had soared beyond the norm of typical pillar gods.

What unnerved the inhabitants of the Dead Realm even more was that this surge seemed far from reaching its peak.

After slightly adjusting the badge in his slot, switching out the critical Fear is Horror, and feeling the fear madly flooding in from all around, Leon's aura once again began soaring upwards crazily.

Due to the passive effect of the Evil Food God, the Cleaners' Bureau's Food God is a terrifying presence in the Realm of the Dead, with his power from Fear is Horror growing stronger as more individuals fear him. Meanwhile, the induced fear causes significant ripples within the Heart Lake, providing further power for Heart Lake Illusion.

As Leon's body grew increasingly gigantic and more dead souls bore witness to his form and became fearful, the power Leon drew from Fear and the Heart Lake surged instantly, leading to further physical augmentation.

After traversing the Spirit Stepping Square and the Hidden Loss Plain, areas without a resident overlord, enveloping the specters within as well, Leon finally reached Zhanhuai Mountain. By that point, his head had thoroughly breached the cloud layer, almost surpassing the peak of Zhanhuai Mountain in height!

Found you.

Gazing up at the jade platform atop Zhanhuai Mountain, where three bewildered overlords raised their heads to stare at him in stupefaction, Leon narrowed his eyes slightly. Then, spotting the ant-like figure with antlers, he swung his hand down forcefully!

Since I'm here already... might as well give a little slap as interest!

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