"Now it depends on whether Lord Ao Qu can contain it."
Bei Mu looked toward the passage that had yet to close.
That aberration had reacted quickly enough.
But how could it compare to Ao Qu, who had been lying in wait?
Before it could close the passage, Ao Qu had already charged through.
Though the God of Wealth was powerful, like the God of Commerce, It was not an aberration with exceptional offensive strength. In fact, It was considerably weaker than the God of Commerce.
Even though the battle took place in a space familiar to the opponent, it still ended swiftly.
Splash!
A massive surge of water gathered into a humanoid form.
Ao Qu appeared in the office, holding a Weird Cage in his hand. "Done."
He tossed the Weird Cage into Bei Mu's arms.
"Hopefully, the next time we meet, you'll have reached SSS-rank."
Ao Qu turned into mist once more and vanished.
Bei Mu looked helplessly at the Weird Cage in his hands. Inside was a Calamity Class aberration—the God of Wealth.
Together with the Doomfate Class God of Commerce contained earlier, there was now another aberration waiting to be devoured by Wealth Reaches the Gods.
Bei Mu glanced at Wealth Reaches the Gods. "You need to work harder."
Bei Mu did not feel any resentment at being pushed.
Or rather, in the past, with his personality, he would definitely have been unwilling to be forced into anything, even if it was supposedly for his own good.
Yet, without realizing it, he seemed to have changed as well.
Deep down, he always felt that he had to become stronger—at the very least, he could not be so weak that he held everyone back.
That sense of urgency, helplessness, and grief... had been entangling his heart all