Money Body was smiling as he said, "Your idea is a good idea. In fact, it is a better idea than mine."
"However, I cannot bring these other two into the deal. I can only guarantee that I will abide by your conditions. They will have to decide if they want to be a part of this or not."
Monarch Ant Hill immediately smiled and said, "I’m in. I, too, would do anything you say if I fail. And if I succeed, you would have to do everything I say, too."
She decided to participate because she wanted to prove Loki wrong and because she wanted to boss him around. However, there was another more important reason she decided to go along with the deal.
She agreed to Loki’s terms because she had to. Since Money Body was standing up for her, or at least, supporting her plan, she had to stand with him. This was why she didn’t hesitate to agree.
On the other hand, Nether Flame shook his head and said, "Not interested."
The death cultivator thought that the mission was getting overly complicated. He also thought that the outcome of this wager couldn’t be good for the mission, no matter what the outcome turned out to be. So he wanted no part to play in it, even at the risk of offending Money Body.
Money Body didn’t mind his decision. After all, his target is Gold Body, not Nether Flame. And if the crystal ant truly failed and he lost the bet, he preferred it this way so that Gold Body wouldn’t be able to control all of them.
So he ignored Nether Flame and spent some divine points to buy a contract from the sect. Then he listed the terms of the agreement in the contract.
He stated on the contract that whoever won the bet would be able to make the loser do anything for the success of the mission, up to asking them to kill themselves or extorting them for resources. Loki read this and thought that it was reasonable, so he signed the contract.
On the other hand, Ant Hill thought that this limit was unnecessary. She had supreme confidence in her crystal ant and was certain of victory, so she preferred being able to force Loki to kill himself for disrespecting her.
Unfortunately for her, Money Body was the one who drafted the contract, and she couldn’t tell the great rank 8 cultivator that he had made a mistake. So she signed the contract despite her dissatisfaction with the terms.
The three of them smiled at each other after the contract was confirmed. They were smiling as if they were friends who had a cordial relationship with each other. But inwardly, both sides thought that the other side was a fool, and both sides were looking forward to taking advantage of the other side.
With the contract signed, they could finally proceed with the sect mission. But before they could proceed with the plan, Money Body had something to say to Ant Hill.
He sent a private message to her saying, "I don’t care if we have to wait a thousand years to breach the crystal shield. What I care about is us gaining access to the world without drawing the attention of the whole world to ourselves. Aoo order your ant to prioritize caution."
"I don’t need to tell you how disastrous our failure would be. But falling into Gold Body’s hands is the least of your concerns. I will be your greatest concern if you mess this up.’
"If you fail, I will kill you. Not only will I kill you once, but I will continue to kill whoever takes up your Divine Position for the next few reincarnations of yours."
"I can’t promise to kill a hundred of your reincarnations. But I can promise to kill ten of your reincarnations. Have I made myself clear enough about how serious this situation is to both you and me?"
She didn’t say anything in return, but she nodded her head vigorously to indicate that she understood what he was saying with utmost clarity.
Money Body nodded in satisfaction when he saw her reaction. Then he stretched his hand towards the crystal ant in her hands and activated the Money Enhancement Metac.
This Money Enhancement Metac is a Divine Metac that belongs to one of the members of his alliance. He can’t combine this Divine Metac with his three main Divine Metacs because it is not a foundation of his Life Fire, but he can borrow its power to use it.
This time, he used the power of the Money Enhancement Metac to empower the crystal ant and increase its stealth. This way, the crystal ant would surely succeed in its mission.
But Monarch Ant Hill didn’t think this was a good idea. She said to him, "Sir, I don’t think this is good for the ant. Your great power might make it conspicuous."
But Money Body scoffed and said, "My great power will also be able to make its stealth more powerful."
Monarch Ant Hill had something to say about that claim. She wanted to say how the crystal ant wasn’t used to his power and many other things about the adverse effects of a sudden boost to power at the beginning of a critical mission. But she wisely chose to keep her mouth shut when she saw the frown on Money Body’s face.
As they watched, the aura of the crystal ant became more profound. It even seemed to have merged with the darkness of the void around it, not just the palm that it was standing on.
Monarch Money Body was satisfied when he said this. So he nodded at Ant Hill and said, "Do it."
In response, she bowed to him. Then she handed her copy of the shield breaker to the crystal bug.
The crystal bug carried the shield breaker and flew over to the crystal shield. It carried the shield breaker, which went through the blue crystal shield and into Oceania.