He had made all of the things he said up, but Money Body seemed to believe him. The money cultivator said with self-satisfaction, "It seems I was right about you. You’re really up to no good."
His voice was full of spite as he said, "You’re a snake pretending to be a rat. How despicable."
Then he said, "Now tell me the identity of everyone in your alliance."
Loki didn’t even know the identity of everyone in the money pathway, and there was no way for him to get away with making up names because someone as ancient and powerful as Money Body would be able to tell that the people he was listing didn’t exist because they didn’t have Divine Positions that matched.
So his mind raced, and he came up with a solution that might save him. He said, "Save me first and I’ll talk."
Money Body immediately sneered and said, "It seems you don’t know what state you’re in. Since you don’t know, let me tell you."
"You’re desperate and in dire need of my help. Because of this, you don’t get to make demands of me. What you have to do is beg and grovel and hope I save you."
Loki wanted to curse at Money Body, but he struggled to remain and said, "At least swear and oath that you will save me if I tell you the information you want."
This demand gave Money Body pause. When he spoke again, he said, "That is a reasonable demand. I reject it."
Just as he heard this, the dragon king used the Water Venom Divine Metac. This Divine Metac turned the water into a pitch-black liquid. The pitch-black liquid is a highly corrosive and poisonous liquid.
The dragon king combined the power of the Water Venom Divine Metac with the whirlpool, so the whirlpool and the 64 water blades turned into a black, corrosive, and poisonous liquid.
Just by being in this black liquid, his entire body was burning. The damage he was sustaining per second also increased, and it wasn’t by 100% like last time.
The power of the whirlpool jumped from 14,397,440 units of divine power to 8(Cultivation Rank) × (8(Mind) + 8(Soul)) × (8(Sea Devouring Metac) +8(Water Whip) + 8(Water Venom)) × 1,406 million (Cave Heaven) × 10(Law Fragments), which is 43,192,320 units of divine power.
From 14,397,440 to 43,192,320 units of divine power, the increase is a whopping 200%. To top things off, he now needs to spend 240 years × 64 blades × 8 attacks per second, which is 122,880 years of lifespan per second to continue living.
What’s worse is that the damage caused by this attack is linked to his soul and can never be healed until the dragon king dies. He is sure that he is screwed because this is exactly what he did to the rank 6 swordsman when he used the Viper Venom Metac to make sure that he would die.
At this point, Loki couldn’t hold back anymore. He shouted at Money Body, "I knew you were a snake and a liar. I was right that you have no credibility."
He cursed and said more unsavory things, but Money Body only chuckled and said, "I won’t defend myself. But I will say that you’re not accusing me of something special. No divine being is innocent. We got to where we are by using many people as stepping stones."
"It is normal for a divine being to lie, especially us money cultivators. Like in this situation. I want you to hold back the dragon king, and you’re doing a good job of it. So why will I ruin my plans by coming to save you?"
Then his voice became stern as he said, "So shut up and do your job for me as a chew toy for a dragon. You should be proud of yourself. After all, not many people can have the opportunity to become a chew toy for a dragon king. When you die, you can take that achievement to your grave with pride."
Loki replied, saying, "I will destroy you and everything you care about. I will destroy your precious alliance. Then I will destroy you."
But Money Body only laughed and said, "You and what army?"
Loki didn’t reply. This was because after he made his threat, he committed suicide and activated the Rewind Metac.
As the Rewind Metac took him and Fenrir upstream, he said with bitterness, "I regret taking that mission. There are so many wrong things about the mission."
"First of all, I underestimated the enemy we were going to face. I thought we were going to fight one rank 8 being. I didn’t know that there were dragons and dragon kings there."
"Secondly, my partner is a son of a bitch. He is a two-faced liar who is willing to sacrifice us even when he doesn’t need to."
"Thirdly, I couldn’t use all of my power, or the reward for the mission wouldn’t be worth it. Not only could I not use my Divine Metacs, but I also couldn’t use the Devour Ability. If I had the Devour Ability on my side, surely things would have been different."
"There is also the fact that things had gone downhill right from the start. I blame Ant Hill for that."
He complained some more about other things, most of which were about Ant Hill and Money Body. Not once did he complain about Nether, though.
It wasn’t because he thought Nether Flame was spotless. In fact, he suspected that Nether Flame was in on the Money Body’s true plan because Nether Flame hadn’t complained like Ant Hill did when what Money Body told them turned out to be a lie. So Money Body might have schemed together with Nether Flame.
It is just that he doesn’t have any proof of Nether Flame’s involvement. Plus, Nether Flame didn’t make any mistakes throughout the mission, so he didn’t have anything to complain about regarding Nether Flame.