I, The Janitor! Chapter 987: The Ascent to Divinity - Novel Cool

Chapter 987: The Ascent to Divinity

Chapter 987: The Ascent to Divinity

As the chilling question echoed in his ears, Lyon and the others stared at the fifty-level gray staircase that had suddenly extended once more. The gods around the long table were utterly dumbfounded.

Lyon couldn't help but turn his head and glance at White Snake, whose expression was filled with unreadable complexity. The Serpent Director, after a brief two-second silence, controlled Lyon's body, crossing his arms over his chest and looking down at the gods with disdain.

"Hmph! What's so surprising?"

"As the blood that flows within one hundred and twenty million people, having witnessed their final moments and experienced countless deaths, is it strange that I've comprehended the power of death?"

Upon hearing the Serpent Director's words, a true god wearing a Wild Boar mask on White Snake's right side clenched his fist and slammed it into his palm. Then, with a sudden realization, he exclaimed,

"So that's it!"

"Bullshit!"

Unable to hold back, White Snake slapped the stupid pig, knocking him to the ground. Watching the Serpent Director climbing the stairs with determination, White Snake couldn't help but scream hysterically,

"He's a genius, and he climbed fifty levels of the Death Staircase? You should know that he's a Gluttony Deity in disguise, pretending to be a Serpent Director!"

"Run... Run away!"

"Why run? He can't come down now!"

"Then let's..."

"Block him at the Source God's Platform!"

Gritting his teeth, White Snake stared at the figure on the staircase and said,

"All abnormalities will be ineffective on the Source God's Platform! If we block him, he's finished!"

"Yes, block him!"

Hearing White Snake's words, the man with the Wild Boar mask quickly got up, glaring at the Gluttony Deity who had deceived him. With righteous indignation, he roared,

"Let's do it! Count me in!"

...

Damn, this won't work anymore!

Lyon sighed inwardly, knowing that plans could never keep up with changes. He glanced at the flashing 【I am the End of Death】 on the panel made him ignore the gods who were already in an uproar below. He decided to answer directly.

'I am Death!'

'...'

The Staircase to Divinity seemed completely caught off guard by Lyon's response and fell silent for a few seconds. After what seemed like a verification, it eventually replied with a 'yes' and retreated a level, continuing,

'Death means...'

'Me!'

'The end of death...'

'Me, me, me! No matter what you ask next, my answer is always "me"!'

Lyon, in a hurry to engrave his self, didn't want to answer question by question. He urged,

'No matter what other stairs or questions there are, just fill in my answer, "me"! Get as many right as you can, and if you get it wrong, throw me down! Hurry up! I'm in a rush!'

'...'

Perhaps it was the first time the Staircase had encountered such a peculiar ascender, and after a moment of silence, it hesitantly reminded Lyon,

'Each of my questions can help you better understand your authority and might even help you ascend more stairs. Are you sure you want to...'

'I'm sure!'

Lyon was delighted to find that the Staircase of Debate was open to negotiation. He nodded repeatedly,

'My answer is "me"!!!! As many stairs as I can ascend!'

!'

'...'

Seeing Lyon's persistence, the Staircase to Divinity sighed softly and retreated forty levels at once, allowing Lyon to reach the end of the Death Staircase.

'What are you doing?'

'Whether you climb it or not, the Death Staircase is the same at its end.'

There was a hint of emotion in its voice as it answered Lyon's question before retreating again, revealing more sections of stairs in various colors.

'This is the Staircase of Fear.'

After placing Lyon on a level where he couldn't help but scream, the Staircase to Divinity silently judged,

'Although you don't understand fear, no one is better at creating fear than you. Even the other true gods who share the authority of fear instinctively fear you in their hearts. In the future, you will create even greater, unprecedented terrors... Forty-nine levels.'

In the midst of the awe-struck and fearful gazes of the gods below, the Food God, who had climbed the divine staircase, performed an unknown feat. After reaching the end of the Death Staircase, he took another step and found himself at the edge of the Fear Staircase. Within the span of two breaths, he ascended nearly a hundred levels of the divine staircase.

A hundred levels!

The gods below couldn't help but turn pale, their faces draining of color as they witnessed Lyon's ascent to the edge of the Fear Staircase.

Among the known gods who had climbed the divine staircase, the highest-ranking deity was the one who had become the Four Pillar Deity before the Azurite Sleep, the Yellow King. They had respectively climbed thirty-three levels on the Order, Prosperity, and Fate Staircases, reaching the ninety-ninth level.

However, the Food God not only surpassed the Yellow King from the era of true gods but also became the first hundred-level true god. Furthermore, on the Justice, Blood, Death, and Fear Staircases, he ascended a total of one hundred and fifty-eight levels!

What made the gods even more nervous was that these one hundred and fifty-eight levels seemed not to be the end.

"You don't consider yourself brave, but you are prepared to challenge everything and clearly know what to do. This is also a form of bravery... Thirty-ninth level."

After retreating a full thirty-nine levels, Lyon was pulled to the end of the golden Bravery Staircase. In the gaze of the gods below, who were on the brink of collapse, the Judgment Staircase extended once more, revealing a deep and dark two-level staircase.

"You have no interest in nightmares, but what you do will ultimately bring unparalleled nightmares to your opponents... Twenty-first level."

"You don't like the night, but you will personally draw back the curtain that covers everything, becoming the one who surpasses the sun... Fourteenth level."

"You... Lake of Heart... Tenth level."

"You... Mirror of Self... Eighth level."

Amidst the faint voices of judgment, Lyon's figure ascended level after level. Finally, in the despairing gazes of the true gods below, he came to a halt at the two hundred and fiftieth level of the Judgment Staircase.

"Let's stop here."

Lyon tried to take a step back, but he found that there was no more room to retreat. The Judgment Staircase remained indifferent, and a gentle voice finally emerged:

"You possess numerous scattered fragments of other authorities, but none of them meet the minimum requirements for ascending to the divine position. You cannot complete the process of engraving the self. This is as far as you can go."

"Congratulations. As someone who has climbed a full two hundred and fifty levels of the Judgment Staircase, even if you were to disappear in time, you will still be remembered by the Source God Platform for achieving the feat of becoming a two hundred and fifty true god."

"... "

Isn't this number a bit too much? And what kind of abbreviation are you using?

Facing the congratulations from the Judgment Staircase, Lyon's cheeks twitched slightly, and he tentatively asked:

"Can I go a little further? Even just one more level..."

"No."

After firmly refusing Lyon's proposal, the two hundred and fifty levels of the Judgment Staircase shattered with a bang. Lyon, standing on it, felt the ground give way beneath him, and he plummeted into the unknown world below.

"Damn it!"

With a curse, the unprecedented two hundred and fifty true god vanished at the speed of light from the sight of the Extermination King's Assembly gods.

As the Food God and the divine staircase shattered and scattered, drifting towards the deepest part of the Source God Platform, the members of the Extermination King's Assembly couldn't help but turn their heads, their gazes filled with despair, towards the White Snake, whose face was ashen like death.

"White Snake..."

After a slight smack of the lips, the true god wearing the Wild Boar mask spoke with a hint of embarrassment:

"Should we... go and block him again?"

(End of Chapter)

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