Although I couldn't understand Leon's smile, which had a Contamination Value as high as 69 points, I clearly understood his gesture—regardless of what this lunatic intends to do in the future, he's definitely coming down to target me now!

Go! We must leave immediately!

Borrowing the countless watchful eyes of the living beings in Rehe City, Snow Leopard glanced fearfully at the dark Nightmare River above, realizing that the situation on the ground was irretrievable, then swiftly turned to flee into the depths of the earth's core.

This time, there were three objectives to accomplish in squeezing into this realm: the first was naturally to eliminate the royal bloodline of the Ice Plains Nation; the second was to annihilate the Aquarius Branch of the Northern Kingdom in one fell swoop, ideally taking out the director along with it.

But after encountering the Food God, the chances of achieving these two objectives had already dwindled to nearly zero, leaving the only possibility of success the aim of breaking through the Clean-up Bureau's blockade of the Stone Marrow Realm by continuing downward!

Unlike the previous sporadic and halting actions that were constantly trailing the Aquarius Director, Snow Leopard, after clarifying his goals, headed back toward the earth's core at full speed.

The Food God above had summoned the Nightmare River, and all of Rehe City had become his domain; turning back now would surely result in death!

Moreover, what's more fatal is that part of my will is seized by him, making it very difficult to hide my tracks in his presence. No matter where I flee, there is the possibility of being caught and killed by this lunatic.

Therefore, letting out the Earth Three Tribes from the Stone Marrow Realm is the only feasible method!

Only those Earth offspring of the Earth Three Tribes possess the ability to simultaneously resist two "Zodiac Director-level" powerhouses in this realm, and if luck permits, I might even have the chance to leverage the power of the Earth Three Tribes to accomplish those two already failed plans anew!

Having discerned my only remaining path, Snow Leopard faltered no more and turned to shout at the Raven Masked Man who was fleeing in panic not far away!

"Don't move!"

Seizing the moment while the seeds I scattered on the ground hadn't been completely dealt with by the Nightmares of the Food God, Snow Leopard's Authority burst forth suddenly, releasing numerous black smoke-like phantom Ravens that started flying everywhere inside the magma passage at the earth's core.

The Aquarius Director, who was pursuing the Raven Masked Man, even while keeping eyes and ears sealed and acting purely on instinct, still momentarily lost the perception of the true target due to the sudden burst of the [Fake Illusion] Authority.

"Snow Leopard!!!"

Taking advantage of the Aquarius Director's momentary hesitation, the heavily scarred Raven Masked Man's body shrank viciously, transforming into a peculiar black raven exuding catastrophic aura, then charged at the Wolf Masked Man under the cover of numerous illusions, tearing his thin figure to pieces with sharp claws!

"You actually betrayed me?!!!"

"I just needed you to stall for a while, besides I'm not here to save you now?"

Snow Leopard's clear form shattered and vanished, while another Wolf Masked Man, looking almost identical appeared behind the black raven, gripping its neck.

"No time for arguments, I need your strength, we must head down immediately!"

"I'm not going!"

The giant-eyed crow that had been seized squawked indignantly, pecking ferociously at Snow Leopard's hand while squawking angrily with its bird mouth:

"You goddamn bastard who feeds the Food God! I'll never be through with you!!"

"Stop the nonsense!!!"

After looking through the eyes scattered in Rehe City and seeing that the dark river had indeed reversed course downward, beginning to spread toward the depths of the earth river, the urgency in Snow Leopard's heart caused him to grit his teeth and say:

"The situation is very critical now! We must join forces if we hope to resist..."

"Your critical! Your joint force! Your resist!"

Finding that it couldn't break away after struggling for a while, the struggling Raven screeched vehemently as it was dragged toward the earth's core:

"Do you have any idea how close to death I was just now? I nearly got choked to death by him! No critical situation could possibly be more critical than this one! Damn it, had I had the time, I'd tear you apart!"

"Leon's here!"

"..."

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Upon hearing the familiar name that haunted its bones, the Raven's angry birdface visibly froze.

Its two bird eyes abruptly opened wide, nearly covering its entire bird face, suddenly overflowing with fear and anger, the bird eyes bulged as it roared at Snow Leopard:

"Didn't you say he couldn't come down here?!!!"

"Stop yelling! Damn it!"

Upon glancing back at the Aquarius Director who was still tangled up with the Raven's illusions and hadn't followed the commotion to close the distance, Snow Leopard breathed a sigh of relief, then muttered under his breath:

"I failed."

"You..."

"My plan couldn't fool him, when he realized something was wrong he guessed our intentions, and even caught one of my will avatars, now he's on his way here... Where are you going?"

"Where else? I'm damn well fleeing for my life!"

The Raven, which had its neck separated on the spot like a decapitated chicken and ran off, spat at the dumbfounded Snow Leopard before roaring with the bird head still clutched in Snow Leopard's grip:

"I told you damn well from the start that Leon was damn suspicious! If you encountered him and didn't flee, you'd definitely be damn screwed! You damn well didn't believe me and dragged my ass into this mess! If I wasn't in such a hurry I'd definitely tear you limb from limb!"

"..."

"Now you're targeted by him, just damn well prepare to die! When that crazy psychopath finds you, he's going to damn well eat you alive bit by bit! I haven't lived enough! If you want to die, die on your own, don't damn well drag me with you!"

"..."

Faced with the Raven's highly offensive verbal onslaught, Snow Leopard, doused in the saliva spat by the enraged bird and sporting numerous holes in his hand from its pecking, found himself speechless.

Seeing the Raven genuinely intent on fleeing, leaving him behind, the Wolf Masked Man couldn't help but get angry, and with a wave of his hand, knocked the bird's head, then hurled it toward the fleeing bird body.

"Fine! Run! Go ahead and run! I promise I won't stop you!"

Upon hearing Snow Leopard's angry promise, a disdainful look flashed across the Raven's spinning bird face in mid-air.

Heh, you make it sound as if without your interference, I wouldn't run, and that Leon is about to... what the?!

Through the illusion Snow Leopard implanted into its mind, the Raven, in less than 0.1 second, reviewed all occurrences during its entanglement with the Aquarius Director.

Gazing at the vision, seeing Leon, shrouded in malice and leading a throng of fervent Nightmares towards the earth's core at the head of the Nightmare River, much like a pro max version of the King of Nightmares, the headless running chicken found itself in shock, its legs weak, collapsing to the ground.

This is just... just to hell with running...