Picking Up Attributes From Today

by Stayrr

In Heaven’s Vault Continent, Colossal Dragons, Titans, Beast People, Fairies, Magical Beasts, and other races reign supreme! Humans are treated like s*aves and lowlifes, while Dragon People act all high and mighty and consider themselves nobility! However, a new addition will rock the boat and overturn the status quo! His name is Meng Lei, and he is a human from Earth that trans

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Chapter 129: 100 Saint Domains, Laws of Nature Fragments

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

The arena was teeming with people moving to and fro. Strangely enough, in spite of that, it seemed very quiet inside the arena.

There was no hubbub, no noise, no cheering or screaming, or anyone shouting themselves hoarse...

In a move uncharacteristic of their usual behavior, the spectators sat upright and still. Even when they exchanged an occasional word with one another, they whispered among themselves and kept their discussions down.

The 100,000 spectator fee had kept a large number of lesser nobles and petit-bourgeois from entering the arena. Thus, the ones that could enter and watch the matches were basically all well-educated middle- to higher-class nobles.

Of course, what really made all the spectators in the arena that quiet was ultimately still the Fire Dragon King's presence gracing the venue, as well as the royalty and officials' arrivals.

Not only had the Fire Dragon King—King Flit the 66th—arrived together with Queen Diana in person, but all the princes and princesses had also come to the arena.

Aside from them, some of the senates from the senior statesmen's assembly, other royalty members, chancellors, and other civil and military influential officials had also personally come to watch the matches.

It was no exaggeration to say that even any random person among the VIPs here to watch the matches today held an impressive identity and was someone that played a critical role in the kingdom.

With them around, who would dare to cause a commotion?

As a result, the usually lively and boisterous arena seemed rather stifling. Once in a while, the spectators would glance at the VIP private rooms with fear, awe, and reverence in their eyes.

In particular, the 103 contestants in the contestant seats wore even more excited expressions on their faces and had looks of anticipation and pumped-up spirits in their eyes.

After spending so many years painstakingly cultivating in silence, they were finally going to show their strength in front of the king and all the court officials today.

Who wouldn't be worked up over it?

And who wouldn't be all pumped up over it?

Even Meng Lei couldn't help but direct his gaze at the private rooms above him, hints of unusual emotion flashing across the depths of his eyes.

Of course, what he was really astonished by weren't just their statuses, but also their strength.

According to Ol' Amos, there were actually almost 100 Saint Domains in the entire arena. Meng Lei almost wet himself in shock.

That was 100 Saint Domains, after all!

Who wouldn't be astounded by the presence of that many Saint Domains?

"In just a short 20,000 years, Fire Dragon Kingdom has already come this far. As expected, time is indeed the most powerful cheating device!"

Ol' Amos' somewhat surprised sigh of emotion and admiration rang out in Meng Lei's mind, to which Meng Lei also nodded quietly in agreement. Saint Domain experts enjoyed a long, endless lifespan, and on top of that, they were also very hardy.

As long as there were no massive upheavals like the Abyss Demons' invasion, more and more Saint Domain experts were bound to appear.

Therefore, the current Fire Dragon Kingdom was even more powerful than what it was 20,000 years ago—there was no doubt about that.

But of course, what Meng Lei was astounded by the most wasn't the arrival of the 100 Saint Domains, but the gifts they had given him!

"Ding! Dropped item detected. Will you pick it up?"

"Ding! Assimilation successful. Host's Physical Body Constitution 3,576!"

"Ding! Dropped item detected. Will you pick it up?"

"Ding! Assimilation successful. Host's Spirit 2,918!"

"Ding! Dropped item detected. Will you pick it up?"

"Ding! Assimilation successful. You have obtained the First-Class Spell, Prairie-Blazing Heavenly Fire!"

"Ding! Dropped item detected. Will you pick it up?"

"Ding! Assimilation successful. Host's Wealth 129,632!"

"Ding! Dropped item detected. Will you pick it up?"

"Ding! Assimilation successful. You have obtained the Ninth-Grade Spell, Multi-Layer Tempest!"

"Ding..."

Cold, emotionless system notifications constantly rang out in Meng Lei's head, utterly delighting him.

In less than ten minutes, he had already picked up 39 eighth-grade spells, 9 ninth-grade spells, and 5 first-class spells!

As for light balls of other low-grade and mid-grade spells, Physical Body Constitution, Spirit, Wealth, and other attributes, they numbered so many that he couldn't even keep count anymore.

In just a short while, Meng Lei had earned an overflowing amount of rewards—one could totally say that a windfall and a pleasant surprise had befallen him!

As a result, Meng Lei was in a wonderful mood, and he looked pleased as a punch. His expression ended up appearing completely out of place next to the other, pumped up, and nervous contestants.

"Dear all!"

At that moment, an elderly man dressed in a black magic robe went up the fighting ring. In a clear, bright voice, he announced cheerfully, "Welcome to the last day of the qualifying round, everyone! I am your host for today, Norman Obote!"

The host's voice was clear and resonant as he went on. "First of all, let us welcome His Majesty the King and Her Majesty the Queen with a passionate round of applause!"

Clap, clap, clap!

Thunderous applause rang throughout the arena.

"Next, the King will grace us with a few words!"

Clap, clap, clap!

The centermost private room's door slowly opened, and a middle-aged man dressed in a fiery-red dragon robe walked out. He stepped on thin air and walked in the sky, taking step by step toward the area above the arena.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

Everyone's gazes in the arena fell simultaneously onto the man, their eyes carrying looks of reverence, respect, and worship.

His physique was full of power and grandeur and was lofty and majestic!

His eyes were sharp, awe-inspiring, and imposing!

His head of long, fiery-red hair flowed freely and uncontrolled, and he gave off an aura so powerful that it made one's heart tremble. He was as though the blazing sun in the sky, so blinding that it made one's eyes hurt, afraid to raise their heads to look at him.

The number one expert in the kingdom—Flit the 66th!

A powerful, pure-blooded Saint Domain Fire Dragon and the current Fire Dragon King with a reign of 637 years and counting!

"So that's the Fire Dragon King!"

Meng Lei's eyes focused on him, an impossibly huge sense of pressure coming over him. He had a certain feeling—if the Fire Dragon King wished to, he could definitely kill him with just a smack of his palm. The gap between the two of them was akin to the gulf between heaven and earth!

"I'm still too weak!" Meng Lei sighed inwardly. "The most I can do is just bully the experts below the Saint Domain realm. When up against a Saint Domain, I have no chances of victory at all."

At this exact moment, a light ball that shone with a fiery-red glow dropped from the Fire Dragon King. Then, the system's voice notification aptly rang out.

"Ding! Dropped item detected. Will you pick it up?"

"Yes, pick it up!"

"Ding! Assimilation successful. You have obtained a Fire-Elemental Laws of Nature Fragment!"

Wait a minute! A fire-elemental Laws of Nature fragment?

Meng Lei's eyes widened dramatically, and he almost jumped off his seat.

A fire-elemental Laws of Nature fragment?

Oh my god!

I've actually picked up something like that? Hurry! Assimilate it!

Meng Lei let out a shout in his mind.

Boom!

An incomparably vast and boundless wave of information suddenly gushed into his mind. Just like a breached dam, they ran amok in the depths of his mind.

An endless amount of comprehension of the Fire Element surged into his mind like a tidal wave. Meng Lei felt as though the only thing that remained in front of him at the moment was a sea of fire.

Other than fire, there was still only fire!

The amazing thing was that these flames completely formed from Fire Elements were no longer just shaped purely with Fire Elements. Rather, all of them were connected to one another via innumerable red threads.

Dense, concentrated red threads covered every inch of the flames, shrouding the entire sea of fire in them and connecting every granule of Fire Elements.

The red threads were in complete control of the Fire Elements' dancing and burning. If the dancing Fire Elements were puppets, then these threads would be the strings controlling the puppets.

Meng Lei had a feeling that with just a light tug on any of the threads from him, he would be able to induce a dramatic spike in the flames' might.

Of course, he could also extinguish the flames anytime he wanted.

"Fire-elemental... Laws of nature?" Meng Lei murmured to himself as he instinctively reached out and plucked out one of the threads.

Whoosh!

The flames instantly went out, and the sea of fire vanished.

Meng Lei shook his head a couple of times, his senses abruptly coming back to him. It was only then that he discovered that the Fire Dragon King—Flit the 66th—had long since ended his speech and returned to the private room.

Instead, there were currently two contestants fighting it out in the fighting ring.

"I wonder how much time had gone by just now?" Meng Lei murmured under his breath.

He clearly remembered that the events just now had spanned only a split second, yet it seemed like a long while had actually gone by...

"Huh? Why is there a change in the stats interface?"

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Chapter 130: Ice Momentum, Turning Into A Fire Lotus In A Second

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Host: Meng Lei

Race: Human (Contains Fire Dragon bloodline, Fire Demon bloodline, and Golden Gods-Slaying Ant bloodline)

Wealth: 25,976,435,428 gold coins

Physical Body Constitution: Ninth-Grade Warrior (769,877,006/1,000,000,000)

Spirit: Ninth-Grade Magician (1,388,760/1,000,000,000)

Magic Power: Ninth-Grade Magician (1,145,467/1,000,000,000)

Laws of Nature: Fire-Elemental (0.1%)

Spells: Some increase

Battle Skills: Some increase

Battle Aura Techniques: Some increase

There's an additional Laws of Nature comprehension field now?

What does the 0.1% at the back mean? Is it a comprehension meter?

A shrewd glint flashed across the depths of Meng Lei's eyes as he gazed at the additional field in the stats interface.

It's probably related to the Laws of Nature fragment that I picked up just now. I wonder if I can use my Wealth to redeem points for it?

It would be awesome if I can!

Alright, I'll give it a go?

Meng Lei silently ordered, "System! Redeem one billion gold coins and add them to my Laws of Nature attribute!"

Whoosh!

His Wealth value instantly decreased by one billion gold coins. True enough, the Laws of Nature field also underwent a change, going from 0.1% to 0.2%!

It went up by only 0.1% with one billion gold coins!?

Meng Lei couldn't help but suck in a breath of chilly air. One must know that that was one billion gold coins! Yet it had only raised his comprehension of Laws of Nature by 0.1%?

This redemption rate was simply too low. At this rate, wouldn't he need one trillion gold coins to reach a 100% comprehension rate for the fire-elemental Laws of Nature, then?

One trillion...

Meng Lei fell silent. By right, the ability to buy credits for his comprehension of the laws of nature was something positive. However, the price was simply too great!

Raising it by 1% required 10 billion gold coins. In other words, raising it to 100% would require one trillion gold coins!

I have such a hard life!

Where am I going to get that kind of money?

Immersed in his thoughts, Meng Lei secretly gave himself a wry smile of resignation. However, he didn't notice that there was a group of people in the private room where the King was currently looking at him.

The red-haired Flit the 66th asked with a smile, "So that's the little fellow named Meng Lei, Fred?"

President Fred nodded lightly and replied with a smile, "Yes, Your Majesty. That's indeed Meng Lei."

"He's so young!"

As Flit the 66th gazed upon Meng Lei, he remarked, "Who would have thought that a young boy like him would actually be a Ninth-Grade Great Magician?"

"Indeed! A 16-year-old Ninth-Grade Great Magician is certainly an unprecedented occurrence in the history of our Fire Dragon Kingdom!"

The graceful and regal Queen Diana, who was also sizing up Meng Lei, remarked, "President Fred, the academy has certainly produced an impressive genius!"

"Thank you for the compliments, Your Majesties. The only reason why Meng Lei possesses such a level of cultivation now is that he had incidentally come across a few chance encounters. It's all just luck! Luck!"

Even though President Fred felt triumphant inwardly, he kept his words very humble. At the same time, however, he didn't forget to glance at the other old men in the private room, smugness showing obviously in his eyes.

"He's certainly quite talented, but he's ultimately still too young."

A big, muscular black-haired elderly man said sourly, "Whether or not he can achieve great things in the future will still depend on his future diligence and development. His performance at this current point in time cannot determine his future."

"Exactly! There is no shortage of geniuses that make a showy display of their abilities the moment they debut. People like that emerge in great numbers. However, ultimately, only a handful of them can attain the Saint Domain realm. That little fellow is still too young. You can't tell much about him just yet."

"He's certainly rather talented, but if he's hoping to achieve great things in the exchange competition, then his current level of strength ultimately still falls a little short..."

All the other old men in the private room spoke up one after another, trivializing the subject and showing disdain on their countenances. In spite of that, they couldn't hide the sour grapes in their speech, nevertheless.

As a Ninth-Grade Great Magician at 16 years of age, Meng Lei well-deserved the title of being the first in history!

This was something that no one could deny. Thus, the only thing they could slam was Meng Lei's age.

At such a young age, the future was full of countless uncertainties. Who could really predict that accurately just how far he could go?

"Sour grapes much?"

President Fred shook his head and laughed lightly. Then, he replied, "No matter what, the current Meng Lei has undeniably reached a point ahead of others. He has abundant time to break through to Saint Domain!"

All the other academy presidents snorted in response, though they didn't rebut him anymore.

"I heard that Fighting Dragon Academy has also produced an impressive genius. I wonder who it is?"

Flit the 66th knew full well about the ongoings among the academy presidents. However, he didn't lay them bare. Instead, with a smile on his visage, his gaze flicked over to the big, muscular black-haired elderly man, and he chose to change the subject.

At once, a smile appeared on the muscular elderly man's countenance, and he replied, "Your Majesty, that young fellow's name is Francis Matthew, and he's a sixth-year student in my academy. He's 28 years old this year and possesses ninth-grade pinnacle-level combat strength!"

Upon saying that, the muscular elderly man then looked at the contestants' seating area. The smile on his face widened, and he said, "Your Majesty, do take a look. It just so happens to be Francis' turn to go into the ring now. He's that silver-haired young man over there."

Flit the 66th raised an eyebrow. Then, he looked through the transparent glass in the private room at the fighting ring below to see a silver-haired young man wearing a suit of silver armor and holding a huge sword going up into the ring.

The young man's eyes were sharp, and his expression cold and distant. As though he was an ice sculpture, he gave off an unapproachable feeling that rejected others from coming close to him.

"He has fairly rich Frost Colossal Dragon blood in him, yet he doesn't possess even a hint of the Dragon race's characteristics!"

Queen Diana's rosy lips parted, and she asked, "That little fellow named Francis must have awakened his Frost Colossal Dragon bloodline at a later stage?"

"How astute of Her Majesty!"

The muscular elderly man nodded lightly and replied, "Francis awakened his Frost Colossal Dragon bloodline when he was 18 years old. He typically keeps his human appearance and only transforms into his Dragon Person form upon encountering a strong enemy."

"Just as I've expected!"

Queen Diana said with a light laugh, "To possess such strength at such a young age, he has already surpassed many pure-blooded Colossal Dragons!"

"Indeed!" All the academy presidents and senates nodded in agreement.

Pure-blooded Colossal Dragons were certainly very powerful. They were comparable to Ninth-Grade Magical Beasts the moment they came of age, so they were much stronger than typical mixed-blood Dragon People.

However, this wasn't absolute.

Some highly talented mixed-blood Dragon People boasted a cultivation speed that was faster than pure-blooded Colossal Dragons', and this was something many pure-blooded Colossal Dragons couldn't compare to—Francis was evidently one of those Dragon People.

"The battle has started!"

Francis' opponent was a bald, uni-horned, muscular man holding a giant axe. His body was as strongly-built as an ox, and it brimmed with explosive strength.

Then, with just a single move of his sword, Francis slashed open the man's throat and ended the battle.

"That ended so quickly!"

"How impressive!"

"What great icy and sharp momentum!"

"There's hardly anyone that can match him among the ninth-grade experts!"

"The Saint Domain is within sight for him!"

Everyone in the private room couldn't help but rub their palms and sigh in admiration.

The laymen watched the show, but what specialists focused on was the skill.

With their experience, they were naturally able to tell that Francis' move hadn't just been an overlay of his physique, physical strength, and Battle Aura. It had also... carried momentum!

Momentum—moving along with the flow, as well as the accumulation of momentum!

The momentum here referred to the universe's momentum!

When one carried the universe's momentum and released it along with the flow, their combat power would go through an explosive increase.

The bald, uni-horned, muscular man was also a ninth-grade expert. In terms of pure physical strength and agility, he wasn't that far off from Francis in his human form, yet his throat had been slashed by Francis, nevertheless.

The difference laid exactly in their comprehension of the universe's momentum. Francis' comprehension of the Ice momentum had already reached a fairly astounding degree. By carrying the universe's momentum and releasing it along with the flow, he had slain the bald, uni-horned man with just a slash of his sword.

"The young fellows nowadays are truly becoming more and more impressive!" One of the academy presidents sighed emotionally.

"Indeed!" Everyone else nodded in agreement.

"Eh? Isn't that the little fellow named Meng Lei? Why has he gone into the ring, too?"

The muscular elderly man suddenly let out a soft exclamation and remarked in a slightly surprised tone of voice. Everyone looked over one by one—true enough, they noticed Meng Lei going up into the fighting ring.

"Is it already that little fellow's turn?"

Flit the 66th remarked with great interest, "Everyone has been singing high praises of that little fellow during this recent period of time. I sure would like to take a good look at what he has to offer today."

"His talent might take the top spot in history, but it's a shame that he's still too young." The muscular elderly man shook his head and went on. "He's stunning enough when compared to peers of his age, but it's going to be really tough if he wants to achieve much in the exchange competition."

"That makes sense. That little fellow's biggest flaw is that he's too young and too inexperienced. The amount of time he has spent on cultivation is too short!"

"Fred, if I were you, I'd have let him participate in the next exchange competition instead of putting him out there this year..."

All the other academy presidents spoke up one by one, their words causing President Fred's expression to turn rather awful—yet he couldn't rebut them at all.

Meng Lei was certainly very stunning, while his cultivation speed took the top spot in history. However, he was ultimately too young, the amount of time he had spent in cultivation was too short, and his experience when confronting enemies too little.

Disregarding the exchange competition where experts were abound and solely focusing on the contestants today, even the weakest one was someone at eighth-grade pinnacle-level. Could the young Meng Lei really stand on the same stage as them and compete with them?

"He's rather good-looking, though, and he's about the same age as our Little Ninth!" remarked Queen Diana as she watched Meng Lei with her beautiful eyes, before subsequently looking at a delicate young teenage girl behind her with allusion in her actions.

Flit the 66th burst into laughter. He couldn't resist glancing at the delicate teenage girl, and he said teasingly, "Little Ninth has to inherit the throne in the future. If she really does take a fancy to that little fellow, there's no harm in marrying him and taking him as a royal consort."

"Father!"

The delicate teenage girl blushed furiously at once. A crimson hue also came over her pair of delicate, exquisite dragon horns as her cheeks turned rosy red.

"Hahaha!" Everyone burst into uproarious laughter.

Meng Lei's opponent had also shown up in the ring. He had green dragon scales all over his body, a pair of green horns at the top of his head, a pair of green wings on his back, and a long, green tail at his bottom...

"Haha! To think it's actually Chester!"

At the sight of the green Dragon Person in the ring, a blond elderly man wearing a magic robe rubbed his palms in glee right away. "Fred, the top genius of your Fire Dragon Magic Academy is going to embarrass himself soon!"

"Oh?"

Everyone looked at the blond elderly man, puzzlement in their eyes.

"Chester was the top genius of our Dragon People Magic Academy in the past. 29 years old this year and a dual cultivator of both magic and martial arts, his Warrior combat abilities are at ninth-grade elementary-level while his magic abilities are at eighth-grade mid-level!"

The blond elderly man side-eyed President Fred and went on smugly. "Because he has Green Dragon blood in him, not only is Chester familiar with wood-elemental Dragon-Language Magic, but he also knows poison magic.

"That's poison magic, you know! Something that specializes in restraining Magicians that have weak, frail bodies! Now that he has encountered him, that little fellow named Meng Lei is going to be out of luck!"

Everyone nodded in agreement as poison magic was terrifying.

This type of rare, special magic that only Green Dragons could master was totally different from ordinary magic and could kill without warning.

One would easily fall victim to it the moment they were careless, and once they did, they would be down with highly toxic poison. In lesser cases, they would suffer a great loss in combat strength, while in serious cases, they would lose their lives.

Perhaps Warriors could resist it slightly, but Magicians, whose bodies were weak and frail, wouldn't be able to withstand it for long at all. Out of everyone, poison magic restrained Magicians the most.

"That little fellow named Meng Lei is so young. He probably doesn't have any experience dealing with poison magic. He's in for it this time!"

One of the academy presidents sighed softly with a shake of his head.

President Fred had an awful look on his face, and he began to grow uneasy and nervous.

In the ring, the battle started!

In a bid to forestall his opponent, Chester put on a show of strength right away and began to loudly chant profound and hard-to-understand Dragon-Language Magic spells. Several thorny vines appeared out of nowhere and transformed into dozens of poisonous snakes that rushed toward Meng Lei.

At the same time, numerous pink flowers started to grow around the ring, giving off a toxic pink mist that shrouded the entire ring.

"Eighth-Grade Wood-Elemental Dragon-Language Magic, Toxic Magic Vines!

"Eighth-Grade Poison Spell, Bone-Softening Toxic Mist!

"The outcome is clear!"

The blond old man chortled and said, "Fred, you'd better hurry and stop the two of them. Otherwise, your top genius in history is gonna croak!"

"Hmph!" Fred let out a cold snort in response. However, his heart had already gone all the way into his mouth, and he got ready to step in and stop the battle at any moment and save Meng Lei.

At that moment, up against the thorny vines shooting toward him and the pervasive toxic mist, Meng Lei instead flicked his fingers and launched a basketball-sized fireball that shot slowly and leisurely toward Chester.

"The First-Grade Fireball Technique isn't even enough to tickle me!" sneered Chester, who couldn't even be bothered to dodge the fireball.

However, in the instant it came within range of him, the human head-sized fireball expanded wildly without warning, swelling into a fire lotus, whose diameter reached as wide as 1,000 feet!

Boom!

The 1,000-feet-wide fire lotus engulfed Chester in a split second. It engulfed all the vines, as well as a large half of the fighting ring!

"What!?"

"Fireball Technique morphing into Fire Lotus Judgment in a second?"

"A first-grade spell turning into a ninth-grade spell?"

"How can this be?"

All the academy presidents in the private room got to their feet all of a sudden, astonishment written all over their faces!

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Chapter 131: Choosing A Queen, Abandoning One's Merits And Making Much of Their Shortcomings

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To ordinary people, magic was just like tricks, yet also different from them. At the same time, while they were cool and dazzling, they also carried fearsome destructiveness.

However, all Magicians were well aware that magic actually wasn't that amazing—there was a specific and particular way to cast every spell.

How to chant the spell incantation;

How much magic elements they must gather;

How the magic elements should be arranged;

All these aspects had their own specific patterns and rules. Making a mistake in any of them would cause the spellcasting to fail.

What this meant was that Fireball Technique had its own way of arranging magic elements while the Fire Lotus Judgment also had its own set of spellcasting steps. Once they had been cast, the spells would be set in stone, and there wouldn't be any way to alter them anymore.

There was no way it could be Fireball Technique one moment, yet morph into Fire Lotus Judgment the next. If anyone could achieve something like that, then sorry, but that would definitely be tricks meant to deceive one and not strict, rigorous magic!

This was the most basic piece of general knowledge in magic and was also something acknowledged among all Magicians.

Yet under the watchful eyes of the public, Meng Lei had broken this very same piece of general knowledge in magic.

"Fireball Technique has turned into Fire Lotus Judgment?"

"A first-grade spell has turned into a ninth-grade spell?"

"Oh my dragon god! Am I seeing things?"

A huge uproar went through the whole arena. Some people's mouths were wide agape, some were rubbing their eyes hard, and some had almost jumped out of their seats...

Everyone in the venue was astounded by what they had seen!

In the private room, King Flit the 66th, Queen Diana, President Fred, the blond elderly man, as well as the other academy presidents' jaws had also dropped.

For others, their astoundment arose from the fact that they didn't understand what had happened. In their case, however, it was because they understood the inner workings that they found it inconceivable.

Just like how there was no way a rock could turn into gold for no reason, it was impossible for the Fireball Technique that had already been cast to morph into Fire Lotus Judgment for no reason!.

However, this didn't mean that it was unachievable.

It was actually possible for rocks to turn into gold.

Similarly, the Fireball Technique could also morph into Fire Lotus Judgment!.

By using the laws of nature, one could achieve this!

And it was precisely because they knew that this was achievable through the laws of nature that they found it so shocking and horrifying.

"President Fred, when did that little fellow comprehend the laws of nature?"

Flit the 66th looked at President Fred with astonishment in his eyes. He was a Fire Colossal Dragon, and his main field of cultivation was fire-elemental laws of nature. Thus, he had the strongest right to speak among everyone present.

For Fireball Technique to morph into Fire Lotus Judgment, there were definitely fire-elemental laws of nature involved here. Although the depth of his technique was very shallow and had touched only the tip of the iceberg that was fire-elemental laws of nature, there was no denying that it was indeed the laws of nature. Once laws of nature came into play, the result was a difference between heaven and earth!

"Your Majesty, to be honest, I don't know, either!"

With a shake of his head, President Fred gave him a wry smile and replied, "I've always thought that he was just a Ninth-Grade Great Magician. I've never once imagined that he could comprehend laws of nature. He's so young, after all!"

Flit the 66th nodded slowly and said, "Indeed. He's certainly too young. Attaining the realm of a Ninth-Grade Great Magician at 16 years of age is already astounding enough, let alone comprehend the laws of nature?"

All the academy presidents nodded one after another with complex looks on their faces.

16 years old!

What a young and tender age!

At 16 years old, most people had only just enrolled in school and were in the midst of learning their magic basics. As for comprehending laws of nature... That was a notion too far away from them.

"He has already comprehended the laws of nature!"

A flash went past Flit the 66th's eyes, and he said, "It's only a matter of time until that little fellow advances to Saint Domain!"

"Your Majesty is right!"

Everyone agreed wholeheartedly with him. For a Ninth-Grade Great Magician to promote to Saint Domain, they mustn't lack any of the three aspects of spiritual power, magic power reserves, and comprehension of the laws of nature.

Among the three, comprehending the laws of nature was the hardest to achieve. A vast majority of ninth-grade experts spent their whole lives comprehending the universe's momentum, yet up till the point of their deaths, they couldn't even see the laws of nature's vague outlines.

This wasn't the case for Meng Lei, however. He had already begun to comprehend fire-elemental laws of nature, so he only needed to improve his spiritual power and magic power reserves, and the road to promoting to Saint Domain... would naturally form for him.

In other words, Meng Lei was already a shoo-in for the Saint Domain realm. On top of that, it wasn't that far off anymore.

"Someone as highly talented as that is certainly a worthy match for Little Ninth!"

Flit the 66th suddenly turned to the delicate teenage girl behind him. Then, he asked in a mild, gentle voice, "Little Ninth, how do you find Meng Lei?"

"Father..."

The teenage girl's face turned red from embarrassment at once.

Boom!

As a great fire blazed away, as far as the fire lotus reached, the dozens of thorny vines were all reduced to ashes. All the pink flowers scattered in various corners around the ring were also turned into ashes!

Chester, the Green Dragon Person, surprisingly reacted pretty quickly. He jumped out of the sea of fire the instant Fire Lotus Judgment crashed into him. Aside from singeing a bit of his hair, he didn't take much damage.

His powerful physical body constitution shone through without a doubt in this instant.

However, Chester was staring at Meng Lei with a horrified expression at the moment. "Your Fireball Technique has actually morphed into the Ninth-Grade Spell, Fire Lotus Judgment? How did you do that?"

Meng Lei let out a small laugh in response, even though he was actually secretly astounded inwardly. He had only randomly tugged at a few red threads in an attempt to boost the Fireball Technique's might just now, and then the subsequent events had happened.

As expected of the laws of nature!

Its might... is practically terrifying!

Meng Lei couldn't help but hold a deeper level of comprehension toward the three words "laws of nature" now. No wonder everyone had to comprehend the laws of nature at the end of it all.

Everything that had happened just now was the best proof of that.

"Brat, when did you comprehend fire-elemental laws of nature?" Ol' Amos' voice surfaced in his mind, his voice filled with astonishment.

"We'll talk about that later. I have to win this match first."

Meng Lei looked at Chester. Several fire pythons appeared out of thin air and charged over from a few different directions with a wave of his arm.

Due to the lesson earlier, Chester didn't dare to underestimate the fire pythons anymore. His form flashed as he moved about at high speed. At the same time as he dodged the fire pythons' attacks, he also charged brazenly toward Meng Lei.

"You're a Ninth-Grade Great Magician, so your body must be weak and frail for sure! Once I get near you, you'll be dead meat!"

There was a chilly look in Chester's eyes as he boosted his speed to the maximum it could go. In a split second, he had already arrived right in front of Meng Lei. In this instant, he exhibited the abilities of his powerful body to the fullest once more.

"Trying to engage in close-quarters combat with me?"

Meng Lei let out a chuckle in response. Then, he stopped casting magic and stood where he was quietly, allowing Chester to charge toward him at will.

"Huh?"

At the sight of this, Chester's pupils constricted at once, and a foreboding feeling suddenly welled up within him. "What's that guy doing, standing still over there?"

However, the arrow had already been notched, and there was no point of return anymore. With a furious roar, Chester leaped high into the air. Throughout his body, the muscles quivered as he poured all the strength in his body into his right fist.

As though cleaving Mount Hua1 apart, his fist slammed downward.

"Eat my fist, kid!"

His raging fist reached in a split second, carrying a momentum capable of blasting everything into smithereens as it smashed toward Meng Lei.

Just how fearsome was a ninth-grade expert's physical strength? Should his punch land squarely on its target, any Great Magician would be smashed to death.

"Good job making it here!"

Meng Lei did something that no one would ever expect at the critical moment—he reached out his left leg and took a step back with his right, lowering his hip and getting into a horse stance1. Then, he met the attack with a punch of his own!

"What?!"

"Is he out of his mind?!"

At the sight of this, the spectators almost jumped out of their seats. Innumerable wealthy young ladies, noblewomen, and debutantes that idolized Meng Lei clenched their hands tightly into fists and held them over their chests. The timid ones even squeezed their eyes shut.

At the same time, Flit the 66th and the others in the private room also frowned one by one, finding it extremely hard to understand Meng Lei's actions.

Meng Lei's merit was his magic, while Chester's was his body.

By using his shortcoming to attack an enemy's merit, wasn't he just seeking death?

"Fred, what's the little fellow doing?" The muscular old man broke into a frown and asked, "Is he tired of living?"

"You're asking me? Who am I supposed to ask, then?"

President Fred's features were contorted into a savage expression, and he was close to being sent over the edge!

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Chapter 132: Meng Lei The Monster, Violently Smashing A Hammer

Crash!

As though a meteor crashing into Earth, their fists clashed against each other. Together with a thunderous boom, with the two of them as the center, raging winds from the resulting shockwaves swept outward to every corner of the ring.

The next moment, something that no one ever imagined even in their dreams happened—Chester, who was in the air, suddenly cried out, and his form flew backward like a cannonball!

He then fell onto the ring, stumbling all the way almost to the edge of the ring before barely managing to steady himself and come to a stop.

His right arm was a bit twisted, and the entire arm—together with his body—was trembling slightly, and he even had a look of agony on his face!

On the other hand, Meng Lei stood where he was, completely fine. There was neither redness in his face, nor was he out of breath. He even blew at his fist coyly with a calm and easy expression, forming a stark contrast with Chester.

The whole venue was filled with silence.

No one made a sound at all.

Everyone was flabbergasted.

In the private room, the blond elderly man found himself somewhat tongue-tied. "Isn't Chester a Ninth-Grade Warrior? Why has he been thrown out with a punch?"

"Isn't that obvious?"

The muscular elderly man laughed wryly and replied, "That little fellow named Meng Lei has an even stronger body than Chester! At preliminary estimates, he has already attained at least ninth-grade mid-level status, perhaps even high-level!"

"This..." All the academy presidents looked at one another in silence.

"A 16-year-old Ninth-Grade Great Magician and Ninth-Grade Warrior! Is he a monster?!"

"Fred, just how exactly does that little fellow cultivate? Why is he such a mutant when he's only 16 years old?"

Even Flit the 66th, who had been calm and collected the whole time, found it incredible by now. He shifted his gaze to President Fred, eager to know the key to all of this.

Fred gave a wry laugh and replied, "I don't know the concrete details, either, but my guess is that there's highly likely a Dragon King-class expert backing that little fellow!"

"What?!"

Flit the 66th was terribly shocked. His razor-sharp eyes instantly landed on Fred, and he asked, "Fred, are you serious?"

All the other academy presidents also looked at President Fred with horrified and incredulous expressions. The Dragon King-class was no trivial matter; one mustn't joke around like that!

Fred gave another wry chuckle as he replied, "Your Majesty, I can't be sure whether or not it's true because I've never personally met that expert, but there's likely no mistake about that!"

No mistake about that?

Then, wouldn't that mean that there really was a half-deity backing Meng Lei?

Flit the 66th fell silent at his words. His fingers drummed lightly against the chair's armrest, no one knowing what exactly he was thinking.

The other academy presidents also sank into contemplation. The enormous private room fell into pin-drop silence at once, leaving only the teenage girl and the rest of the princes and princesses looking at one another in confusion.

At that moment in the fighting ring, as a piercing pain came from his right arm, alarm, horror, and incredulity filled Chester. As the top genius of Dragon People Magic Academy in the past, he had refused to graduate all this time for the sole purpose of amazing the world with a single feat and to shine brilliantly.

Yet he had been defeated by a 16-year-old grunt when this was just the qualifying round!

Chester had received a huge blow from this, and he couldn't help but question his life now.

Meng Lei's voice rang out at this point. "Are we continuing this?"

"I've lost!"

After staring long and hard at Meng Lei, a dejected Chester went down the ring. He knew that he would only end up humiliating himself if he continued the fight—admitting defeat was his only option now.

"Meng Lei is the victor for this match!"

The host's voice resounded throughout the arena.

"Meng Lei!"

"Meng Lei!"

"Meng Lei!"

All the spectators in the whole venue broke into deafening, resounding cheers at once. They shouted Meng Lei's name hysterically as if they had gone mad.

In response, Meng Lei gave them a smile, and then, he turned and went down the ring.

The matches were still ongoing.

The victors advanced while the losers were eliminated.

Each match lasted an average of five minutes, and approximately ten matches took place every hour.

The matches carried on all the way from the morning into the afternoon. At 3 p.m. in the afternoon, all 51 matches finally concluded with 52 victors emerging in the end (one contestant drew a bye[1])!

"I officially announce the end of the two-man matches! Now, let us begin the most exciting challenge matches!"

As the host returned to the ring, he said in a resounding, passionate voice, "All losing or eliminated parties may challenge any of the 52 victors. If the challenger can defeat them, they shall take their place and join the ranks of the victors!

"However, each person only has a single chance to issue a challenge..."

"There's even a segment like this at the end?"

Meng Lei was rather surprised when he heard the host. However, when he thought about it, he found it rather understandable.

The current group of 52 emerging victors wasn't the strongest of the lot for sure. There was no lack of people stronger than them among the eliminated parties.

After all, the free-for-all was riddled with loopholes, while the two-man matches were too imbalanced and absolute. All of these could lead to people with strong abilities being... brutally eliminated!

The challenge matches identified gaps and made up for what was lacking in order to give these people a chance. As long as they could seize the opportunity, they would be able to obtain a spot.

"I hereby announce the official start of the challenge matches!"

Whoosh!

Right after the host's announcement, a stream of light suddenly shot toward the ring and landed within.

It was a muscular man. Roughly 2.5 meters tall with intertwining muscles all over him, his whole body was filled with explosive energy.

"My name is Mondan, and I wish to challenge him!"

With two heavy hammers in his hands, the muscular man pointed at the contestant benches with the hammer in his right hand and declared in a low, muffled voice.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

All the spectators in the house looked toward where he was pointing, and then, they saw the person being challenged seated on the bench.

For a moment there, all the spectators became awfully excited.

"Meng Lei!"

"Someone is actually challenging Meng Lei!"

"Teach him a lesson, Meng Lei! Show him what you're capable of..."

"Someone is challenging me?"

Meng Lei was rather bewildered.

The challenge matches were the eliminated contestants' last chance. On top of that, they only had one chance to issue a challenge. As long as there was nothing wrong in their heads, everyone would know that they should be challenging the weakest there.

Or alternatively, the guys that didn't look very strong.

Yet someone was actually challenging Meng Lei now. In addition, the very first challenger in the ring had specifically pointed him out to challenge him...

"Do I look that weak?"

Somewhat displeased, Meng Lei got up and walked toward the fighting ring.

I drove back the ant tide at North River Pass, blasted the fighting ring in the free-for-all, and defeated Chester in the two-man match...

I've made a great name for myself and crushed all my opponents in every match!

Yet I've actually given you the impression that I'm very weak!

Good! Very good!

"Haha! Someone has challenged that little fellow right away!"

Flit the 66th couldn't hold back his laughter. "Everyone, why do you think that big guy is challenging that little fellow? Does he look that weak?"

"Your Majesty! In my opinion, there are two reasons for this."

The smiling muscular elderly man replied, "Firstly, that little fellow Meng Lei is simply too young. Even if he has made a great name for himself, hearsay means nothing while seeing is believing. Therefore, others are still unwilling to concede defeat at this point."

"That makes sense!" Everyone nodded in agreement.

"Secondly, it's because he's too famous."

The muscular elderly man chuckled and went on. "Among the 52 victors, that little fellow is definitely the most famous of them all. A 16-year-old Ninth-Grade Great Magician, the top genius in history, the hero that drove back the ant tide at North River Pass... and so on.

"He's much more famous than all the other contestants. Due to his fame, as long as one can defeat that little fellow in a match, they'll be able to take his place and become famous with a single match.

"Gaining fame with a single match, you know! Cultivators like us pursue nothing but fame and fortune, after all. Who would be able to resist the allure of fame and fortune?"

"That makes sense!" Everyone nodded once more.

The muscular elderly man added, "Of course, there's no lack of those that are reluctant to concede defeat, too. They are indignant at being defeated by a 16-year-old boy, so it's also likely that they would challenge him."

"Yes!"

At this point, the match had already started.

Mondan, the bronze-hammer-wielding muscular man, was incredibly mighty and powerful. He charged toward Meng Lei like a raging bull. Judging solely from his might, he had an extremely strong and powerful body, and he didn't lose out in the least, even when compared to Chester the Green Dragon Person.

"Die, kid!"

The muscular man let out a furious bellow. He raised his hammer high into the air and swung it viciously toward Meng Lei. This strike of his contained a might so incomparably fearsome that it was enough to smash any Eighth-Grade Magical Beast dead.

"You actually dare to challenge me when you only have this bit of strength?" Meng Lei snorted.

A fiery-red glow suddenly blossomed around his right fist, and it went smashing toward the heavy hammer crashing down on him.

Crash!

The hammer and Meng Lei's iron fist clashed against each other, and the muscular man felt a great, unparalleled force coming from his hammer. The web between his thumb and forefinger was directly crushed by the impact with a snap, and he felt intense, piercing pain.

"Ahhh!"

Right away, the hammer fell out of his hand, and the muscular man retreated backward as he cried out.

"You overestimate yourself!"

Meng Lei then kicked the hammer, instantly sending it flying out like a launched cannonball. It crashed into the muscular man's abdomen with pinpoint accuracy and blasted him right out of the fighting ring!

"Fire Dragon Battle Aura!?"

[1] The transfer of an opponent into the next round of a competition in the absence of an assigned opponent

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Chapter 133: Elizabeth, Striking The Princess With Lightning

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"Fire Dragon Battle Aura!?"

Flit the 66th was a little stunned as he stared at Meng Lei's fist. "He's also cultivating the Fire Dragon Manual?"

Everyone exchanged looks in silence before they looked at President Fred with looks of puzzlement in their eyes.

"Don't look at me. I don't know, either!"

President Fred could only let out wry laugh after wry laugh.

"Only members of our kingdom's royalty can cultivate the Fire Dragon Manual. Those who aren't royalty are prohibited from cultivating it."

Flit the 66th drummed his fingers lightly against the table as he went on. "According to what I know, that little fellow is born a commoner. He probably hasn't gone to the Royal Clan Ministry to get a test done on his bloodline, right?"

The royalty... What was royalty defined as?

The Fire Dragon Kingdom had a very broad and simple definition of royalty—all who possessed pure-blooded Fire Dragon bloodlines were royalty.

It didn't matter whether they were born into the royal family or if they were born in the countryside. As long as they had the Fire Dragon bloodline, all of them were royalty.

However, there was a prerequisite to this—they must head to the Royal Clan Ministry to carry out a bloodline test. They could only officially become part of royalty upon confirmation.

One would only gain the right to cultivate the Fire Dragon Manual after they become royalty.

But what about Meng Lei?

For starters, he wasn't born into the royal family.

Next, he hadn't had his bloodline tested yet.

So, where did he obtain the Fire Dragon Manual from?

"This..."

President Fred hesitated for a moment before he replied, "Your Majesty, that Dragon King expert backing him is likely also a member of our kingdom's royalty."

"What!?"

Flit the 66th was awfully shocked. "Is there such an expert in the Fire Dragon Kingdom royal family? How come I've never heard about that?"

"Your Majesty..."

President Fred was just about to answer when a young princess suddenly clapped and shouted excitedly, "Father, look! Someone's challenging that guy again!"

"Huh?"

Flit the 66th's brows furrowed slightly, and he involuntarily shifted his gaze to the fighting ring. President Fred and the others also looked over.

And the moment they did, they received a shock right away.

Someone stood proudly in the ring. She had a head of long, fiery-red hair that cascaded like a waterfall, a pair of fiery-red spiral horns at the top of her head, and was covered in ferocious and mighty fiery-red dragon scales.

Curvaceous and voluptuous with a gorgeous face, she gave off an imposing, heroic spirit and was valiant and formidable-looking with a domineering aura.

"How come it's her?"

Everyone exchanged a look, and then, they looked toward Flit the 66th with rather strange looks on their faces. Queen Diana even let out a light snort and gave the king a vicious glare.

"That girl..."

Flit the 66th coughed lightly a couple of times, awfully emotionally. "That girl is actually all grown up now after I haven't seen her in a few years..."

Girl?

Yes, that's right!

The valiant and heroic woman currently standing proudly in the fighting ring was Fire Dragon King Flit the 66th's eighth child—Elizabeth Flit!

People might not know much about other princesses since they lived in the depths of the palace, making it very tough for ordinary people to come into contact with them.

However, this wasn't the case for the Eighth Princess.

The Eighth Princess was well-known to everyone, and her deeds had even been adapted into stories that circulated in the streets and neighborhoods, enthusiastically discussed by wandering minstrels and bards.

The Eighth Princess differed from the other princes and princesses because she wasn't born to the Queen or the other royal consorts. Instead, she was the accidental product from the time when Flit the 66th had been out on an occasional fling.

Dragons were wanton by nature, and they had affairs everywhere—this was the nature of the Dragon race. By right, the Fire Dragon King having affairs outside shouldn't have been much of a deal.

However, what brought humiliation to the royal family was that the great King, who had a harem of consorts, had actually been hungry and desperate enough to grace a... Hen-Woman!

In the Fire Dragon Kingdom and even as far as the entire Dragon God Empire, Hen-Women were an existence of the absolute lowest-class. They couldn't even compare to fourth-class human commoners.

It was exactly because she had a Hen-Woman mother that the Eighth Princess suffered her fill of great contempt from others after she was born. In particular, the verbal attacks from the royal family had been exceptionally fierce.

However, what no one had expected was that the Eighth Princess, who was born to a Hen-Woman, wouldn't abandon herself and wallow in degeneration. Instead, she had exhibited astonishing magic talent and cultivation aptitude.

She had graduated from a magic academy in three years and graduated from a Battle Aura academy in two years.

Her talent made many members of the royal family blush with shame and feel ashamed of themselves, and Fire Dragon King Flit the 66th had also found it surprising. Never would he have thought that the seed that he had accidentally planted would actually bear such an outstanding fruit.

In Heaven's Vault Continent, the strong were revered. Everyone held the strong in esteem and respected them. Naturally, Flit the 66th would also favor outstanding children even more.

It was just a pity that the Eighth Princess, who had suffered all kinds of scorn and contempt since she had been young, held extremely great animosity toward the royal family. In fact, she hated her irresponsible father, Flit the 66th, even more.

There was nothing Flit the 66th could do about that except to allow her to continue as she was. In the few years that followed, the Eighth Princess had left on a journey to train and cultivate and rarely appeared within the people's sight anymore.

Time could wear everything away; after a few years of absence, people had gradually forgotten about the astonishingly talented princess.

However, little did they expect that she would actually show up in the qualifying round and in the final challenge match, no less.

"Time sure passes really fast." The muscular elderly man stroked his long beard as he remarked, "I remember when the Eighth Princess was still just a young girl back then. In the blink of an eye, she has already become a big girl."

"Indeed!" The blond elderly man nodded slightly. "Back then, the Eighth Princess had studied magic in our Douglas Magic Academy. She was so young back then."

All the academy presidents were rather emotional. To Saint Domains like them, their lifespans were very long, so they could hardly feel the passage of time.

However, to an ordinary person, the traces that time left on one were extremely obvious. Every few years brought a difference to their appearance, and they changed every few years.

Time was like a knife that urged one to mature with every cut and age with every cut.

"It's been a few years since I've seen her. I wonder how strong that girl is now?"

Flit the 66th gazed at the most outstanding princess with a complex look in his eyes. Upon his remark, everyone else also became awfully curious.

Considering the astonishing talent that the Eighth Princess had exhibited, just how far had she progressed after an absence of a few years?

In this instant, in the fighting ring...

Meng Lei, who had only just walked back to the contestant benches and hadn't even warmed the benches yet, returned to the fighting ring again. As he gazed at the heroic, valiant Dragon Person beauty in front of him, he only had curses and swearing in his mind.

Damn it!

Someone's challenging me again!

Do I look that easy to bully? Why are you all specially picking me to bully!?

Meng Lei was terribly displeased. He decided to give them a tough time this time and show all those blind bastards what he was capable of so that they would stop bothering him.

"Start!" The host announced loudly. Then, he scurried off the fighting ring with a whoosh. Hosting matches of a class like this was a demanding job; they would become collateral damage the moment they got careless.

Reality also proved just how right of a decision the host's cowardice was—in the instant he scurried off the fighting ring, Meng Lei erupted.

"Ninth-Grade Spell... Raging Thunder Dragon!"

"Ninth-Grade Spell... Thunder Tribulation Domain!"

"Ninth-Grade Spell... Thunderblast Meteor!"

"Ninth-Grade Spell... Thunder God Descends!"

"Ninth-Grade Spell... Soul-Controlling Thunderblast!"

Boom, boom, boom!

Meng Lei flung out five different ninth-grade spells in succession with an interval of less than two seconds in between each and directly covered the entire fighting ring that wasn't big to begin with.

Amid the booming thunderous explosions, lightning flashed, and electric currents ran amok. At once, the tiny fighting ring turned into a sea of lightning. Before the unfortunate Eighth Princess could even make a move, she had been engulfed by the lightning.

"This..."

All the spectators in the house were dumbstruck.

And in the private room, all the bigwigs' lip corners spasmed, all of them dazed and flabbergasted by what had happened.

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Chapter 134: A Berserk Meng Lei, The Infuriated King

"Is that kid out of his mind!?" Flit the 66th exploded. "How dare he attack Little Eighth like that? Is he tired of living?"

"This..."

The academy presidents looked at one another, none of them knowing how they should respond to him.

In the fighting ring, everyone fought with their own abilities, and their life and death were not open for dispute thereafter. Nothing would be considered as going too far, no matter what kind of attacks the other party launched.

Besides, how would Meng Lei know that she was a princess?

"That bastard! If anything happens to Little Eighth, I won't let him off!"

"Meng Lei!"

"Meng Lei!"

"Meng Lei!"

Compared to the furious King, at the sight of Meng Lei's insane moves, all the spectators in the house went totally crazy. Each and every one of them shouted and cheered hysterically, all pumped up!

The more berserk Meng Lei was, the more excited they became. The five spells just now were simply too cool and crazy.

With this, there shouldn't be anyone challenging me anymore, right?

Meng Lei stood at the edge of the ring and cast a glance at the contestant benches with a hint of warning in his eyes. It was so bothersome being challenged again and again.

Upon sensing Meng Lei's gaze, a vast majority of the contestants involuntarily lowered their heads—they had been frightened by Meng Lei's harsh actions!

Enveloping the whole fighting ring with five ninth-grade spells... Was that guy even human?

Wasn't that a little too savage?

A layer of cold sweat formed on some of the contestants' backs, secretly relieved.

That guy has gone berserk. Fortunately, that woman had been a step faster! Otherwise, I'd be dead now!

Crackle, crackle!

The lightning gradually dissipated. As the covered fighting ring was revealed, everyone's eyes gradually widened, and astonished cries escaped them.

The fighting ring... had disappeared again. What had replaced it was yet another charred, black chasm.

And at the bottom of the chasm was someone in a half-kneel. Her beautiful long, red locks were burned, and her fair, tender, and crystal-clear face was also somewhat charred. She looked as if she had just escaped from a fire.

In any case, only one word could describe the princess' terrible state—pathetic!

Yes, that's right!

Extremely pathetic!

And a sight terrible to behold!

Aside from that, the princess didn't seem to have sustained serious injuries. She glared at Meng Lei, who was standing at the edge of the chasm, her feminine body trembling slightly and her eyes red.

"Damned bastard! I'm going to kill you!"

Whoosh!

Elizabeth drew the sword at her waist. Then, she suddenly turned into a stream of light that shot toward Meng Lei. That ferocious expression and blood-red eyes of hers were as though she wished she could cleave Meng Lei into eight pieces.

"What the heck? She's actually alright despite all that?"

Meng Lei let out a strange cry and shot backward.

"You bastard! I'm going to chop you dead!"

Elizabeth wielded her sword and slashed madly at him as if she had gone insane. The sharp blade edge swooped past Meng Lei's scalp a few times, only a hair's breadth away from him. If not for his ultra-quick reflexes, he'd have long since been chopped into pieces.

"Damn it! Is there any end to this?!"

Meng Lei grew infuriated. A layer of gold scales suddenly surfaced atop his fists, and they instantly turned golden. Then, he hurled a punch out and met the sword cleaving down upon him head-on,

Snap!

The sword landed on the surface of his fist. As a crisp clang rang out, it actually broke into two in the middle.

"What?!"

Elizabeth was stunned.

"Hmph!"

Meng Lei snorted, and his leg went flying out, landing squarely on Elizabeth's lower abdomen. As a tragic cry rang out, Elizabeth also flew out like a fallen leaf floating in the air.

Then, she crashed onto the floor and threw up a mouthful of blood, her countenance instantly becoming dispirited and listless.

"There are so many people here, yet you just had to challenge me instead. Have you had enough yet?" Meng Lei let out a snort, and then he returned straight to the contestant benches.

"Victory! Meng Lei is the victor!"

The host ran over and loudly declared the outcome of the match. Then, he asked in concern, "Miss, are you alright?"

Elizabeth didn't pay the host any heed and climbed onto her feet as she clutched her abdomen. Then, under the eyes of everyone in the arena, she left in silence, leaving behind only a solitary, stubborn back view.

"That bastard!"

Flit the 66th was fuming mad. He broke the chair armrest into pieces with a smack of his palm, his eyes as if a ferocious man-eating tiger's.

"How dare he treat Little Eighth like that! How can I condone him?!"

"Calm down!"

"Your Majesty, calm down!"

At the sight of this, everyone hastily tried to dissuade him. "Your Majesty, from the start, the moment one goes up the ring, life and death are not open for dispute."

"Even if Meng Lei really kills Her Highness the Eighth Princess, he won't be considered in the wrong. Besides, he has already shown her mercy!"

"Shown her mercy?"

Flit the 66th was so incensed that he was laughing instead. "Starting out with five ninth-grade spells and then launching such a heavy-handed punch after that—you call that showing her mercy?"

"Your Majesty! With Meng Lei's capabilities, if he hadn't shown any mercy, the Eighth Princess would have died a long time ago!"

"Your Majesty, please reconsider!"

"Yes, Your Majesty! That kid had broken the Eighth Princess' sword with one punch just now. His body's sturdiness is beyond our imagination. If he had really intended to harm Her Highness..."

All the academy presidents spoke up.

Only then did Flit the 66th's fury ease a little. However, he was still gnashing his teeth. "That little bastard, he's too brutal! Doesn't he even have the slightest bit of tender, protective feelings for a woman?"

"This..."

Everyone exchanged a look, peculiar looks coming over their faces.

Tender, protective feelings for a woman?

What was there to feel tenderness toward?!

In the fighting ring, who would dare to show tender, protective feelings for a woman? Are they tired of living? Do you think everyone's like you, refusing to let off even a Hen-Woman?

"But... Meng Lei is still young. Maybe he hasn't awakened to amorous desires yet?" said Fred in response.

"Pffft!"

"Peace and quiet at last!"

Meng Lei returned to the contestant benches. As he watched the fighting ring rapidly take form under the staff members' reconstruction efforts, he let out a long, pent-up breath. Then, he got into a Ge You slouch[1] and lay down comfortably.

However, he had only just laid down when Ol' Amos' infuriated chastising rang out in his ear. "Brat, how many times have I told you not to expose your Golden Gods-Slaying Ant bloodline in front of outsiders? Are you taking my words like water off a duck's back?"

"It's not that serious." Meng Lei looked up and said leisurely, "Only my hands had transformed into ant-form just now. How would outsiders be able to tell that it's the Golden Gods-Slaying Ant bloodline? Ol' President, don't make a fuss over nothing."

"Making a fuss over nothing? Hmph! The ignorant are fearless, indeed!" Ol' Amos snorted and said, "The moment it's exposed, you'll be dead meat... Forget it, I can't be bothered to nag at you. Just remember not to use it easily in front of others in the future!"

"Alright, alright."

Meng Lei rolled his eyes.

"Hmph! How dare you get impatient with me?"

Ol' Amos was rather displeased. "By the way, you still haven't told me when you comprehended the fire-elemental laws of nature,

"If memory serves me right, you haven't even comprehended the universe's momentum, so why have you gone straight to comprehending the laws of nature?"

Elsewhere, under a few staff members' efforts, the fighting ring was restored to its original condition in no time. The host had only just announced the resumption of the challenge match when a silver figure lunged up into the ring.

This person wasn't an unfamiliar figure. He was the other genius that Flit the 66th and the others had been discussing earlier—the 28-year-old sixth-year student from Fighting Dragon Academy, Francis Matthew.

"It's him!"

"Why has he gone up the ring?"

"Isn't he a victor? Who is he challenging?"

At the sight of Francis, Flit the 66th and the others looked at one another in confusion. Then, they looked at the muscular elderly man, their countenances puzzled. "President of Fighting Dragon, what's Francis trying to do?"

The muscular elderly man shook his head with a wry smile. "I don't know, either!"

"Meng Lei, I challenge you!"

"What the hell!?"

Meng Lei almost went berserk!

[1] Refers to a Chinese internet meme of the actor Ge You, where he is pictured half-lying, half-slouching lazily on the couch in a sitcom still

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Chapter 135: Equally-Matched Opponents, A First-Class Spell Falls

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Francis stood tall and proud in the fighting ring, dressed in silver chainmail and holding a silver sword. With his long, slender figure and handsome features, even the reincarnations of Pan An1 and Song Yu2 couldn't get any better than this.

The moment he went up into the ring, innumerable wealthy young ladies became starry-eyed with infatuation and almost started drooling.

"Wow! He's so handsome..."

"He's so good-looking!"

"That guy has really been blessed with a great face!"

Even Flit the 66th and the others in the private room couldn't help marveling at how dashing Francis was.

Power was certainly revered in Heaven's Vault Continent, but vanity was human nature. No matter where one went, good-looking people would always be at an advantage.

"What I find strange is that he's actually challenging that little bastard. How interesting. Things are going to be interesting now!"

Flit the 66th drummed his fingers against the table lightly as a remarkably amused smile graced his lips.

"Indeed, Your Majesty. Between those two, one has a very deep comprehension of Ice momentum and hardly has a match among those below the Saint Domain realm.

"Whereas the other is even more of a mutant by straight-up comprehending the laws of nature, having the ability to do instant release of ninth-grade spells, and even has an impressive body. For them to go up against each other, this is certainly a match of equally formidable opponents and a clash of the titans.

"That little fellow Meng Lei has already comprehended fire-elemental laws of nature. In terms of pure talent alone, he edges out Francis by too much.

"His only disadvantages are a cultivation duration that's too short and his status as a dual cultivator of magic and martial arts that has caused his cultivation specialization to become too broad."

As the muscular elderly man stroked his beard, he said, "Because of this, he's unable to raise his body, spiritual power, and magic power reserves to their peak. That's how he has given Francis an opportunity to win."

"Indeed! If Francis wants to defeat Meng Lei, now is indeed the best time for him to do so. Otherwise, once that little fellow cultivates his various attributes to their peak, he'll go straight into the Saint Domain realm. By that time, Francis won't hold any chances of victory anymore."

As the academy presidents gave their evaluations of the situation one by one, looks of interest also showed in their eyes. In terms of one's comprehension of the laws of nature, Meng Lei had evidently surpassed Francis—this was his merit.

On the other hand, his demerits were still the same—too young, a cultivation duration that was too short, and various attributes that hadn't peaked yet. In these aspects, he was inferior to Francis.

If Francis wished to defeat Meng Lei, this was the best, as well as the last, opportunity for him to do so.

Meng Lei wasn't aware of the discussion taking place in the private room. He was currently raging mad and had the urge to go berserk, as well as the urge to beat someone up.

As he walked step by step up into the ring, Meng Lei cast a glance at Francis, and then he turned to look at the contestant benches before saying, "If there's anyone else that also wants to challenge me, all of you can come at me together!"

(o)

Despite the fact that Meng Lei wasn't very loud, his voice still traveled throughout the whole arena and reached everyone's ears clearly.

Everyone was stunned.

"What did that little fellow say?"

Thinking that he had misheard, Flit the 66th dug his ears a couple of times. The academy presidents also looked at one another in silence.

"If there's anyone else that also wants to challenge me, all of you can come at me together!"?

What the heck?

Was that something a person should be saying?

"That kid is a little too arrogant." The muscular elderly man had an awful look on his face. "How dare he humiliate Francis like that? He's too much!"

"To think he's actually so full of himself when he's so young. Are all geniuses' personalities that warped and weird..."

This time, even President Fred didn't know what he should say anymore. Frankly speaking, even he himself felt that Meng Lei was full of himself.

This was clear, blatant humiliation of Francis.

And true enough, Francis had indeed gone berserk. His eyes were freezing cold, and a biting chill that reached all the way to one's bones burst forth from his eyes. "You have a death wish, don't you?"

His cold, distant voice was still echoing in the arena when Francis vanished from where he was.

Clang!

The sound of a sword being drawn had only just rung out when a blade gleaming with a chilly glint appeared a few centimeters away from Meng Lei's throat.

"How quick!"

Upon sensing the icy-cold blade at his throat, Meng Lei retreated with a burst of speed. The next instant, he was already ten meters away.

"Thinking of killing me? Very well!" A cold gleam appeared in Meng Lei's eyes as he slowly uttered two words, "Meteor Fall!"

He had only just spoken when a fissure abruptly appeared above the arena. Pitch-black and bottomless, it was as though someone had forcefully ripped open a hole.

"That's..."

All the spectators in the house cried out as one.

Several Saint Domain experts' countenances also changed dramatically.

The next moment, a gigantic 100-meters-wide meteor with black flames circling around it suddenly wove through the fissure and crashed toward the ring at a lightning-quick speed.

It produced deafening booms as it traveled through the air, causing all the spectators to lose their sense of hearing. Loud explosions went off in their heads, leaving behind only booming noises.

"Damn!"

"That's the fire-elemental single-target first-class spell, Meteor Fall!"

"A lunatic! He's a total lunatic!"

The muscular elderly man let out a furious curse and instantly vanished from the private room.

"A f-first-class spell!"

Francis stared at the black meteor crashing toward him in a daze. As he sensed the terrifying destructiveness coming from the meteor, his visage suddenly became deathly pale.

"Am I going to die?"

That was the only notion remaining in Francis' mind at the moment. He could only watch helplessly as the black meteor came nearer and nearer to him.

He knew he couldn't get away!

That was such a massive meteor, and it was so close to him!

There was no way he could get away at all!

In the twinkling of an eye, it had already closed the distance of several dozen meters between them and reached right above him in a split second. In the instant where Francis thought he was going to be blasted to death, a burly figure abruptly showed up.

"Destroy!"

A fierce shout rang out, and a fist went flying out.

Buzz!

The black meteor instantly broke and splintered into countless black granules that fell continuously in large amounts with a buzz.

The muscular elderly man stood tall and proud in the ring, his long robe flapping in the wind.

"P-President!"

A dazed Francis stared at the elderly man, his Adam's apple bobbing up and down slightly.

"Hmph!"

The elderly man glared at Francis, and then he looked at Meng Lei with an awful expression. "Little child, how dare you cast a first-class spell here? Aren't you a little too bold?"

Meng Lei was noncommittal. He replied with a smile, "Didn't everything turn out alright in the end, anyway?"

Despite his reaction, Meng Lei was actually secretly astounded. As a fire-elemental single-target offensive first-class spell, Meteor Fall contained incredible might.

Even ordinary Saint Domains wouldn't dare to take it on head-on, yet that elderly man had shattered it with just a punch. His strength was truly unimaginable.

"Hmph!"

The muscular elderly man snorted. Then, he vanished right away.

"Are we still continuing the battle?" asked Meng Lei as he shifted his gaze to Francis.

"We don't need to anymore! I concede defeat."

Francis stared long and hard at Meng Lei. Then, he jumped off the ring without even looking behind him. His voice, however, floated back to Meng Lei. "Just you wait, though. I'll defeat you someday!"

Meng Lei curled his lip disdainfully. This time, he didn't leave the ring in a hurry. Instead, he looked at the contestant benches and said, "Anyone else? If there is, then you can come at me together. I don't have the time to fight all of you one by one!"

Silence pervaded the contestant benches. The contestants practically lowered their heads all at the same time, none of them daring to face Meng Lei's genius directly or challenge him.

Challenge him?

Oh my goodness!

Were they tired of living?

As if they would challenge him anymore!

The Meteor Fall from just now had given all the contestants the shock of their lives. While some of them had recognized the first-class spell and some hadn't, this didn't stop Meteor Fall from bringing them a terrifying sense of intimidation all the same.

Everyone had the same feeling—should the meteor hit them, they would be doomed for sure. They wouldn't have any chance of survival at all!!

With all of them scared out of their wits, would they even still issue a challenge anymore?

"No one?"

Meng Lei made the offer another couple of times. After confirming that no one was challenging him, he finally left the ring, returned to the contestant benches, and took a seat.

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Chapter 136: Attaining Saint Domain, System Upgrade

"That little fellow..."

Flit the 66th was frowning badly. "He's too unbridled in his behavior. There are tens of thousands of spectators watching the competition here, yet he dares to cast a fire-elemental first-class spell? He's got a lot of nerve!"

"If not for the Fighting Dragon President acting in time, who knows just how many casualties it would have caused? He must be severely punished!"

"What's he going to be like in the future when he's already so ruthless at such a young age? President Fred, this is your negligence in duty!"

"How dare he cast an ultimate first-class spell like Meteor Fall in a place where there are so many people around? I really can't tell whether it's because he's out of his mind or if he just doesn't give two hoots about the spectators' lives!"

"Severe punishment! He must be given severe punishment!"

All the academy presidents spoke up one after another, severely criticizing and condemning Meng Lei's actions. Evidently, they were extremely displeased with his actions just now.

Flit the 66th nodded lightly. "Initially, because he had made a meritorious contribution by fighting the ant tide and because he's also of royal blood, he should have been conferred the title of an Earl. I had intended to confer the title upon him at the end of the exchange competition, but we'll just forget about it now."

The challenge matches continued all the way till 8 p.m. at night before it concluded. 52 victors were successfully selected from the matches.

It was then followed by the King's speech.

Then, the qualifying round was officially declared over.

Meng Lei and Fatty Hart left the arena together and headed to Juxian Restaurant for a meal. They gobbled down meat and gulped down wine, stuffing their faces silly. It was almost midnight by the time they finally returned to the academy to rest.

"Previously, I had always thought that by a stretch, my battle capabilities were enough, and should have been more than enough to handle the exchange competition, but now..."

As he laid on the sofa, Meng Lei thought back to the battle that afternoon. First, it had been Elizabeth and then followed by Francis. Although he had defeated the both of them in the end, it hadn't been an easy feat.

In order to defeat Elizabeth, his hands had transformed into the ant-form—one could consider this a partial exposure of his trump card.

Then, in order to defeat Francis, he had cast a first-class spell. Casting a round of Meteor Fall had cost him over 100,000,000 gold coins!

While it had seemed like a cinch for him, to be honest, it hadn't actually been.

"The situation is already this bad in the qualifying round. What more when it's the official exchange competition? My opponents will definitely be even stronger.

"When it comes to strengthening battle capabilities, time is of the essence!"

With that, Meng Lei opened up the stats interface right away.

Wealth: 25,876,546,539 gold coins

Physical Body Constitution: Ninth-Grade Warrior (769,879,108/1,000,000,000)

Spirit: Great Ninth-Grade Magician (1,388,760/1,000,000,000)

Magic Power: Great Ninth-Grade Magician (968,678/1,000,000,000)

"System, redeem 2.4 billion gold coins and add them to my Physical Body Constitution!"

Whoosh!

His Wealth decreased by 2.4 billion gold coins in an instant.

At the same time, a warm, surging current started to barge about in his body, spreading to every part of his body and strengthening them fervently.

Meng Lei felt his body visibly being strengthened at a rate so fast as if he had launched off in a rocket.

.8 billion, 0.88 billion, 0.9 billion, 0.99 billion...

Boom!

His body finally broke through the one billion milestone and entered an all-new domain! A terrifying aura emanated from Meng Lei and swept through the entire room in an instant.

However, Meng Lei instead felt like his whole body had become as light as a feather at this moment. It was as though he had blended with the universe; if he so wished, it seemed like he could fly up high into the sky anytime he wanted and ride on the wind for a thousand miles.

"This feeling..."

Meng Lei didn't resist it. He started to float into the air slowly like a balloon before becoming suspended in mid-air quietly in the end, still and motionless.

Standing suspended in the air and riding on the wind!

"Brat, you've actually broken through to Saint Domain!?"

Ol' Amos flew out of the spatial ring. He was staring so hard that his eyeballs almost fell out of their sockets as he gazed at Meng Lei, who was suspended in mid-air.

Previously, when Meng Lei kept mysteriously enhancing his abilities, even though he had been astonished, he could still somewhat accept it—but that wasn't the case this time.

Saint Domain!

Meng Lei had actually become a Saint Domain!

The Saint Domain that countless people dreamed of, yet was beyond their reach!

There was no way Ol' Amos wouldn't be astounded.

Ninth-Grade!

Saint Domain!

Seemingly only a step away, yet akin to an insurmountable gap. So many people were stuck at the pinnacle of ninth-grade, unable to take another inch forward for the rest of their lives. Yet Meng Lei had stepped into the Saint Domain without any warning whatsoever.

This made no sense at all.

"Yes! I've broken through to Saint Domain!"

As Meng Lei took in the sensation of the surging flood of energy in his body, he felt exceptionally strong and powerful. It was an unprecedented sensation of strength and power where he could smash an enormous mountain into smithereens with his fist.

"The most critical thing is that I can fly now.

"I don't need to borrow any other source of power or any other tools, and I can already fly. It's as though it's part of my instincts.

"Is this what the Saint Domain is?"

"Mutant! You're a mutant!" Ol' Amos was going crazy. "First, you've comprehended fire-elemental laws of nature for some strange reason, and now, you've become a Saint Domain for some strange reason! Why? Why exactly is that? Just how did you manage to do that?!"

Ol' Amos had indeed gone mad. If it were possible, he really wished he could open up Meng Lei's head and take a good look at what exactly his secret was.

"Calm down, Ol' President." Meng Lei chuckled and replied, "There'll be even more ridiculous things happening in the future. After being astonished, again and again, you'll get used to it over time."

"Hmph!"

Ol' Amos snorted, exceptionally dissatisfied.

The moment it concerned critical matters, that damn brat always clammed up, avoided the topic, or changed the topic. He was too much!

"Ding! Congratulations to the host. You've leveled up to a Saint Domain Warrior. Please continue to work hard and strive to break through again!"

"Ding! It has been detected that the host has attained the Saint Domain realm, thereby fulfilling the system upgrade condition. Dear host, will you upgrade the system immediately?"

"Upgrade? You're upgrading?" Meng Lei was dumbfounded.

"Yes, host!" the system replied.

"Alright, go ahead and upgrade!" Meng Lei was full of anticipation.

"Ding! The system upgrade will consume 10 billion gold coins..."

"Wait a minute! 10 billion gold coins?" Meng Lei was stupefied. "Why do you need to consume 10 billion gold coins in order to upgrade?"

Meng Lei glanced at his Wealth—he was only left with 23.4 billion gold coins now. Should he upgrade the system, wouldn't he only be left with 13.4 billion?

What a huge loss!

"Ding! Dear host, after the system upgrade, the system will become even more powerful and the functions even more well-rounded, and it will provide even better service to the host!"

"Dear host, will you upgrade the system immediately?"

"The functions will become even more powerful? Even more well-rounded? Meng Lei gritted his teeth and then said, "Yes, proceed with the upgrade!"

"Ding! System upgrade commencing!"

"Upgrade Duration: Half an hour!"

"During the upgrading process, all functions of the system will be shut down. Dear host, please wait patiently!"

Then, the system's voice died down in an instant, and even the stats interface disappeared. Meng Lei returned to his bed with his eyes full of anticipation.

"I wonder what kind of additional functions the system will gain after the upgrade?"

Waiting always felt too long—a short half an hour seemed as long as a century.

At last, the familiar cold, icy voice sounded in his mind.

"Ding! System upgrade of The Most Powerful Pickup System is complete!"

"Ding! The Most Powerful Pickup System at your service!"

"It's finally done upgrading!" Meng Lei was overjoyed. "Hurry, tell me. System, what functions have you gained after the upgrade?"

"Dear host, after the system upgrade, I have now gained two major functions pertaining to the Pickup function!"

"They are respectively Limitless Pickup and Brutal Plunder!" the system replied coldly.

"Limitless Pickup? Brutal Plunder?" Meng Lei blinked and remarked, "It certainly sounds very dramatic. Except I don't know what exactly they are. Hurry and explain it in detail, System!"

"Limitless Pickup: One can pick up dropped items from other existential planes at random. It includes, but is not limited to Wealth, Bloodlines, Laws of Nature Fragments, Divinity, Divine Weapons..."

"It costs 10 billion gold coins per pickup!"

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Chapter 137: Laws of Nature Origin Crystals, Gods-Slaying Bloodline

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Pick up dropped items from other existential planes at random?

"System, what does 'other existential planes' mean?" asked a puzzled Meng Lei.

The system explained, "To answer the host, there are countless dimensional planes of existence in the vast and boundless universe. They are like quicksand and stars, scattered in all corners of the universe. Heaven's Vault Continent is only a very ordinary material plane among them!"

"Countless dimensional planes of existence? I see, that's understandable." Meng Lei nodded quietly. "In other words, the Limitless Pickup function can pick up objects from other planes and dimensions?"

"Yes, host!" replied the system definitively.

Meng Lei's spirits were all roused up now. "It can actually also pick up things from other planes... What a crazy function! What does the 10 billion gold coins at the end mean, though? You're charging for it?"

"Dear host, Limitless Pickup is a chargeable function. The price for using it is 10 billion gold coins each time!"

"10 billion gold coins per usage! That's daylight robbery!"

Meng Lei almost jumped off his seat.

10 billion gold coins were no small amount. It meant that he had to kill a Saint Domain Magical Beast, such as the Underground Cave Magical Spider Emperor, so that he would have enough to use it even once.

What kind of sh*tty function was that? Wasn't that a little too expensive!?

"I only have 13.4 billion gold coins left at the moment. I need only to use it once, and I'll return to being a pauper?"

F*ck! What a scam!

A corner of Meng Lei's lips was spasming as he barked furiously, "You sh*tty system, that's so corrupt of you! Even if I starve to death or die out there, I'll never use this function! 10 billion per use? You're not getting even a single cent from me!"

"Ding! A friendly reminder: Among the countless dimensional planes exist innumerable planes and worlds of a higher level than Heaven's Vault Continent! Inside these higher-level planes and worlds are innumerable advanced lifeforms that far surpass the Saint Domain. By using said function, the host has a certain probability of picking up dropped items from these advanced lifeforms!"

(o)

Meng Lei was stunned.

Higher-level planes and worlds? Advanced lifeforms that far surpass the Saint Domain?

"Higher-level... Far surpass..."

Meng Lei licked his lips. Even though he was very reluctant to admit it, he had to say it—he was indeed tempted.

Based on the trend in the past, the stronger the lifeform, the more precious and valuable the items they dropped were.

Didn't everyone see? Even a strand of leg hair that a Saint Domain dropped could contain Laws of Nature fragment within.

In that case, what kind of things would powerful lifeforms that far surpassed the Saint Domain drop?

Just the thought of it alone was terribly tempting.

Meng Lei's eyes swiveled a little, and then he gave a couple of dry coughs and asked, "System, what about Brutal Plunder? What can this function do?"

"Brutal Plunder: An unconventional pickup function! It can forcibly pick up any object on the target lifeform, including but not limited to Wealth, Bloodlines, Vitality, Spiritual Power, Laws of Nature Comprehension, Divine Weapons..."

"What the heck? This is such a crazy function, too!"

Meng Lei took a deep breath and remarked, "Picking up by force? Isn't that just plundering? But hehe, I like it.

"System, is this function chargeable?"

The system replied coldly, "Brutal Plunder is also a chargeable function. The usage fee for this function is determined according to how strong the target of plunder is, as well as the value of the object to be plundered!"

"So, it depends on how strong the target of plunder is and how valuable the object to be plundered is..."

Meng Lei nodded lightly. "It does sound relatively more reasonable. But going by this sh*tty system's unscrupulous and ruthless nature, if I do encounter something that I really want to plunder, it probably wouldn't be cheap, either.

"Forget it. We'll leave this for now." Meng Lei shook his head. "System, call up the stats interface for me to take a look."

Whoosh!

Host: Meng Lei

Race: Human (Fire Dragon bloodline 50%, Fire Demon bloodline 45%, Golden Gods-Slaying Ant bloodline 10%)

Wealth: 1.35 Laws of Nature Origin Crystals

Physical Body Constitution: Saint Domain (1,069,879,108/100 billion)

Spirit: Ninth-Grade Magician (1,388,760/1,000,000,000)

Magic Power: Ninth-Grade Magician (968,678/1,000,000,000)

Laws of Nature: Fire-elemental (0.2%)

"The interface has undergone a pretty big change, hasn't it?"

Meng Lei checked out the stats interface, finding it very new and novel. At the same time, several questions also popped up in his mind.

"System, what do the percentage counts after each of the three bloodlines mean?"

"They represent the degree of assimilation in the host's body!"

"Degree of assimilation? I see. Does the appearance of these numbers mean that I can also raise the degree of assimilation by redeeming credit in the future?"

"Yes, host!"

"I see, so that's how it is.

"Tsk, tsk. 50%, 45%, 10%... Eh? Is the Golden Gods-Slaying Ant bloodline's degree of assimilation that low? It's only 10%. Looks like there's still a lot of room for further development for this bloodline."

Meng Lei continued browsing down the interface.

Wealth: 1.35... Laws of Nature Origin Crystals?

"System, wasn't the measurement unit for Wealth gold coins? Why has it changed to Laws of Nature Origin Crystals?"

"Laws of Nature Origin Crystals—a type of rare crystal that contains laws of nature within, and also the currency in circulation among Saint Domains!

"Exchange ratio: 1 Laws of Nature Origin Crystal = 10 billion gold coins!"

"Oh, I see. It's similar to the ratio used when elevating my laws of nature comprehension via credit redemption. It also requires 10 billion gold coins to elevate it by 1%."

He continued reading downward...

Physical Body Constitution...

"What the hell! 100 billion? The Saint Domain upper limit is actually 100 billion points!

"What a scam! Doesn't that mean that if I rely solely on credit redemption to break through to the cultivation realms above Saint Domain, I would need to save up... 1 trillion gold coins?

"One trillion gold coins... I'm gonna faint! Where am I going to get that kind of money?!"

Meng Lei felt a pressing urge to curse and swear.

A few dozen billion gold coins weren't that out of reach; by killing a few Saint Domain Magical Beasts, he would be able to more or less put together that amount of money. But one trillion gold coins... That equated to 100 Saint Domain Magical Beasts!

Where was he supposed to find that many Saint Domain Magical Beasts to hunt and kill?

"A long road ahead... There's a long road ahead!"

Meng Lei felt immense pressure at once.

"Improving the degree of assimilation for bloodlines requires money.

"Enhancing my Physical Body Constitution, Spiritual Power, and Magic Power also requires money.

"Improving the degree of comprehension for laws of nature requires money, too.

"Money, money, money! How much do I only have, currently?"

Meng Lei's gaze swept across the Wealth attribute—he only had 1.35 Laws of Nature Origin Crystals now. In other words, 13.5 billion gold coins. What could this bit of money achieve?

It wasn't enough!

It was far, far from being enough!

It wasn't enough to do anything at all!

"This is the first time I've realized that I'm actually that poor. But..."

Meng Lei flipped himself off the bed. A shrewd glint flickered in his eyes. "10 billion gold coins is enough for me to use Limitless Pickup once, though."

As the saying went, "Curiosity killed the cat."

That was exactly Meng Lei's current situation.

Even though he knew that Limitless Pickup only picked up things at random and that with so many planes and worlds out there, whether or not it could pick up anything good or useful was hard to say, he really wanted to give it a go.

Higher-level planes and worlds!

Lifeforms that far surpassed the Saint Domains!

What if... What if he picked up a treasure?

"How about... I give it a go?"

Meng Lei's breathing was rather quick. Then, he suddenly gnashed his teeth and barked, "System, I want to use the Limitless Pickup function!"

The system asked coldly, "1 Laws of Nature Origin Crystal will be charged for the usage of this function. May I know if you'd like to use it?"

"Yes!"

Whoosh!

His Wealth instantly decreased by 1 Laws of Nature Origin Crystal, leaving him only 0.35 Laws of Nature Origin Crystal now.

"I've totally become a pauper now."

Meng Lei clenched his fists as he stared at his Wealth attribute that had only a fraction remaining now. Then, nervous anticipation began to fill him.

"Good stuff! You must pick up something good! If you pick up a piece of trash, I'll suffer a huge loss!"

"Ding! Congratulations to the host. You've obtained the Gods-Slaying Rat bloodline. Will you assimilate it?"

"The Gods-Slaying Rat bloodline!?"

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Chapter 138: Lucky Breakthrough, Handsome Rewards

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The moment the sun rose the next morning, Fatty Hart arrived outside Meng Lei's condominium and shouted loudly, "Are you up yet, old bro?"

A short while later, Meng Lei walked out of the condominium wearing a brand-new magic robe.

"What are you shouting so loudly for early in the morning?" Meng Lei asked dryly.

"Hehe! Aren't you setting off for the Imperial City today? I'm here to see you off!"

Fatty Hart let out a chuckle. Then, all of a sudden, he stared at Meng Lei with puzzlement in his eyes.

"What are you looking at?" Meng Lei glared at the fat fellow.

"Old bro, why do you feel kinda different?"

Fatty Hart circled around Meng Lei and commented in puzzlement, "It's just different somehow. As for what exactly has changed, I can't really pinpoint it for now. It just feels kinda strange."

"You must have drunk too much last night!"

Meng Lei let out a laugh, and then he changed the topic. "Let's go. We'll go to the president's office and meet up with the president and the others first."

"Alright!"

When they arrived at the president's office, President Fred, the few other vice-presidents, and other academy leaders were already waiting there. Mr. Dirk was also present among the ranks.

"Good morning, President."

"Good morning, Academy Leaders.

"Good morning, Mr. Dirk."

The academy leaders nodded at him with smiles on their faces and looks of approval in their eyes. However, President Fred's eyes suddenly bore into Meng Lei, and he asked in shock, "Meng Lei, you've broken through to Saint Domain?"

"What!?"

Upon hearing this, everyone was shocked. All of them turned to Meng Lei, their eyes full of astonishment, incredulity, disbelief, and so on.

In particular, Mr. Dirk and Fatty Hart looked as though they had seen a ghost as they stared at Meng Lei.

Meng Lei... He has broken through to Saint Domain?

"I received some unexpected gains after the battles yesterday and had the good fortune of breaking through," replied Meng Lei. He didn't deny it. Besides, there was no way he could hide something like this anyway.

Perhaps he might be able to conceal breakthroughs in spiritual power and magic power, but he couldn't hide his body's breakthrough to the Saint Domain realm at all. Veteran Saint Domains like President Fred could see the signs with just a glance from them.

"Unexpected gains? Good fortune of breaking through?

An astonished President Fred's mouth fell agape. Despite knowing that Meng Lei had already begun to grasp the laws of nature and that he was a shoo-in for the Saint Domain realm, who would have expected that he would break through so soon?

Didn't they say that his various attributes hadn't been cultivated to their peak yet?

Didn't they say that he would need another period of time before he could break through to Saint Domain?

Why? Why was it that he had already broken through over the passage of just a night?

"You've really become a Saint Domain?"

When they heard Meng Lei personally admitting to it, everyone—the academy leaders, Mr. Dirk, and Fatty Hart—was greatly shocked and beyond horrified.

In particular, Mr. Dirk's expression was exceptionally exciting—while there were astonishment and disbelief on his face, he also couldn't help himself from giving a wry smile.

How long had it been? Just how long had it only been?

That little Third-Grade Magician back then had already become a Saint Domain while he, his Ninth-Grade Great Magician teacher, was still standing where he was.

Was there really such a huge gap between one and another?

"Although I'm finding myself somewhat in disbelief, this is great!" After President Fred calmed down, he couldn't stop marveling. "With Meng Lei around, the Fire Dragon Magic Academy will definitely shine brilliantly in the exchange competition and avenge ourselves this time! Hahaha!"

"The president is right! In the past few exchange competitions, all the contestants that the Fire Dragon Kingdom had sent had all suffered a crushing defeat, and the competitions had ended so badly for us! This time..."

All the academy leaders were in great spirits, each and every one of them heartened and full of vigor. Their eyes were full of admiration and great expectations as they gazed at Meng Lei.

Of course, there was no lack of reverence and ingratiation, too.

Only a small handful of the academy leaders were Saint Domains, and the vast majority of them were ninth-grade experts.

The Saint Domains admired Meng Lei, but the ninth-grade experts would need to look up to him now.

Ninth-Grade!

Saint Domain!

It was just the difference of a single grade, but it made the distinction between heaven and earth.

All the contestants made their way over one after another.

This time, among the qualifying contestants from Fire Dragon Magic Academy, were two seniors that had deferred their graduation, four community experts that had joined the academy at the last moment, and Meng Lei himself.

There were a total of seven of them.

"Everyone's here now. Follow me to the royal palace for the assembly!"

With a wave from President Fred, the academy carriage rose into the air and flew in the direction of the palace with Meng Lei and the others on board.

As the most luxurious and extravagant building complex with the largest scale and occupying the biggest amount of land in Fire Dragon capital city, the royal palace comprised almost 100 palaces of different sizes that came together to form an enormous palace community!.

"Lord Fred, please come with me."

The academy carriage landed at the royal palace's entrance. Then, under the lead of a palace guard, they arrived at a plaza where an enormous Dragon God statue stood tall and proud, mighty and extraordinary.

"O' Dragon God above!"

"O' Dragon God above!"

With President Fred in the lead, everyone prayed and bowed to the Dragon God statue before they headed toward a corner of the plaza, where King Flit the 66th and Queen Diana were already awaiting.

"Greetings, Your Majesty!"

"Greetings, Your Majesty1!"

Everyone bowed in greeting.

"You may rise!"

Everyone else from the other academies also arrived at about the same time.

"Everyone, the exchange competition is about to begin. All of you will represent your respective academies and us, the Fire Dragon Kingdom, to participate in the empire-wide exchange competition. I hope you can shine brightly in the competition and bring honor and glory to your academies and the kingdom!"

Flit the 66th said encouragingly, "I hereby promise that those that show exceptional performance and achieve excellent results in the exchange competition shall be bestowed handsome rewards!

"Someone, read the royal decree!"

A senator stepped forward upon the summons. While holding a golden scroll in his hands, he began to read, "By royal decree, His Majesty the King has ordered that those who rank in the top three positions of the exchange competition shall be conferred a life peerage title of a Marquis, bestowed a plot of land measuring five hectares, and permission to enter the kingdom's treasury to select three artifacts for themselves at will.

"Those who rank in the top ten positions shall be conferred a life peerage title of an Earl, bestowed a plot of land measuring 2.5 hectares, and permission to enter the kingdom's treasury to select one artifact for themselves at will.

"Those who rank in the top twenty positions shall be conferred a life peerage title of a Viscount and bestowed a plot of land measuring 0.5 hectares.

"Those who rank in the top fifty positions shall be conferred a life peerage title of a Baron and bestowed a plot of land measuring 0.05 hectares."

Upon the end of the royal decree, the senator stepped back in line.

A smiling Flit the 66th said, "Everyone, all of you are the outstanding young talents of my Fire Dragon Kingdom. I have high hopes for all of you. Do not let me down!"

"Long live the King!"

"May glory ever be with us!"

"Long live the King!"

"May glory ever be with us!"

All the contestants vowed aloud.

"Wonderful!" Flit the 66th nodded in satisfaction. "Since that's the case, I shall leave the rest of the matter in everyone's hands. I await good news in the capital city from all of you!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

There were a total of six teachers leading the teams for the exchange competition. All six of them were academy presidents, and President Fred was one of them.

"The journey to the Imperial City is a long one this time. We'll need to spend five days on the road. We can either take the magic ferry or the empire special express, but after the six of us old fellows' discussion, we've decided to take the Floating Beast."

"The Floating Beast?"

Meng Lei perked up.

The Floating Beast was a Seventh-Grade Wind-Elemental Magical Beast. Although it boasted a huge size, it had a mild temperament and was very easy to tame.

Added to this the Floating Beast's extreme patience, as long as it was fed, it would be able to sustain long hours of flight while ferrying a heavy load. Therefore, it was known as the best aerial Magical Beast when it came to long-distance travel.

"The magic ferry and the empire special express is undoubtedly more comfortable, but we cultivators wander the universe and spend the nights in the open. Comfort... is not to be coveted. The journey itself is a form of cultivation!"

Under the six academy presidents' lead, everyone arrived at the Floating Beast Plaza, where several enormous behemoths stood tall and straight.

With a height of 30 meters, a body length that reached an astonishing 70 meters, and an extremely flat, wide, and spacious back, they were the Floating Beasts!

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Chapter 139: A Great Bird Riding The Wind, Soaring Freely In the Sky

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In Meng Lei's eyes, the Floating Beast bore a striking resemblance to the whales on Earth. With their flat and level, smooth and round pillar-shaped body; a flat, fleshy, wide, and spacious back; and a whale-like tail...

There were only two words to describe it—how alike!

The difference between the two laid in the fact that a whale's abdomen had a leaf-shaped fin, whereas the Floating Beast's abdomen had a pair of sky-spanning wings covered in scales and six pillar-like elephant-ish legs.

Enormous!

Strong and burly!

Lofty and majestic!

It was hard to imagine that an enormous creature like that would actually have such a mild and gentle temperament that even ordinary people could rear them.

Of course, riding a colossal creature like that wasn't going to be as comfortable as riding a magic ferry or the empire special express for sure, but it suited the contestants just fine.

They were all ninth-grade experts. Who wouldn't want to control a Magical Beast and ride on the wind? Where was the fun in riding a magic ferry or the special express?

The group arrived at the rental company and rented a Floating Beast in no time. Upon which, the related staff members got to work at once.

An hour and a little more later, a huge house had been fixed onto one of the Floating Beasts' back—it looked just like a bulging turtle shell.

"This Floating Beast is now our mode of transportation. There are 60 rooms, and you may choose one as you please."

"Thank you, President!"

A rope ladder cascaded all the way from the Floating Beast's back down to the ground, allowing customers to climb up its back with it. However, none of the contestants used the rope ladder.

All of them transformed into numerous streams of light and went up the Floating Beast's back in a jiffy with a light tap of their toes. Every one of them looked confident and moved about free and unhindered as though they were just taking a leisurely stroll, attracting much attention from others.

Indeed!

No matter where they went, a group of more than 50 ninth-grade experts would always be enough to cause a huge commotion. When it was Meng Lei's turn, the commotion became even bigger, however.

As his feet left the ground, he began to slowly rise into the sky—it was as if there was an invisible flight of stairs beneath his feet, allowing him to take step after step into the sky.

This sight astounded everyone.

"President Fred, that little fellow has broken through?"

"Yes, he has!" President Fred nodded proudly.

"Hiss!"

The academy presidents stared at Meng Lei from the back, so astonished that they couldn't even utter a single word. It had only been a night, yet Meng Lei had already broken through?

The other contestants were even more flabbergasted than them and held complex feelings about this.

After they got onto the Floating Beast's back, Meng Lei casually chose a room from the many available. The room was smaller than what he had imagined and looked only to be about four to five square meters.

Within it was a slat bed and a desk, so apart from sleeping and eating, there was nothing he could do there. An environment such as this was totally shabby, but it couldn't be helped.

Due to the Floating Beasts' inexpensive rental costs, they were highly favored by small trader groups, adventurer teams, and mercenaries. Compared to other modes of transport, they were considered relatively low-cost long-distance tools of transportation.

Would anyone truly wealthy want to ride on them? Of course not. All of them had already gone to the magic ferry and the empire special express.

"It can't get any shabbier than this."

Meng Lei shook his head at the sight of the room, disinclined to stay any longer. He went to the Floating Beast's head instead, intending to admire the scenery before he decided what to do later.

There was no lack of contestants with the same thoughts as him. A fair number of them stood outside the house as they waited for the Floating Beast to take off.

"Dear passengers, please go to your rooms and buckle up. We're taking off soon!"

The beast tamer controlling the Floating Beast gave them a kind reminder. Beast tamers like him had entered into master-servant contracts with the Floating Beasts, so they were able to control the Magical Beasts.

He was also their chauffeur for the journey this time.

"It's fine!"

"Go ahead and drive!"

"Alright!"

The beast tamer didn't press any further. He had already witnessed these passengers' capabilities just now, so he knew that all of them were experts and probably wouldn't fall off the Floating Beast.

Whistle!

The beast tamer took out a whistle and blew it forcefully.

Howl!

The Floating Beast slowly began to move with a long howl. Its six elephant-like legs took step after step on the ground, producing loud, dull, and muffled booms as they did so.

Meng Lei and the others standing on its back could feel violent jolts and bumps from the movements. As the Floating Beast ran faster and faster, the bumping and tossing about also became more and more intense.

It went from a slow walk to a brisk one, and then it began to dash forward.

At last, when its speed finally reached a certain point, the Floating Beast suddenly spread its gigantic wings capable of blotting out the sun and covering the earth and soared into the sky.

Violent winds howled with the flapping of its wings.

The Floating Beast soared higher and higher, going further and further away from the plaza.

A few minutes later, the Floating Beast's wing-flapping rate began to slow down when it reached a certain altitude. They flapped once only almost every half a minute, and then it went into the most energy-saving gliding mode.

As Meng Lei took in the sensation of the strong winds blowing at him and looked down upon the land constantly becoming smaller and smaller, a sense of heroism arose within him. Then, with a leap, he jumped off the Floating Beast's back.

"Hahaha!"

A bout of mad, unrestrained laughter rang out as Meng Lei spread his arms, and he started to soar about freely in the sky like a bird.

Dashing forward occasionally, swooping downward occasionally, and circling about in the sky occasionally—he was as happy as a lark and as free and unfettered as a magnificent eagle!

"That boy..."

The six academy presidents shook their heads and chuckled as they watched the soaring Meng Lei. They couldn't help but think back to the times when they had just broken through to Saint Domain. They had practically behaved the same way as Meng Lei, too...

Soar! Soar as much as you want!

However, they didn't know that Meng Lei was in even higher spirits than what they had imagined. As someone born and raised on Earth, Meng Lei knew very well that humans couldn't fly on their own.

This was an iron-clad rule and also an established law.

They could only gaze into the sky time and again, full of envy toward the flying birds as they sighed. "If only I had wings!"

However, Meng Lei could fly on his own now. This was a feeling that no words could describe.

Carefree, excited, agitated...

"The roc rises with the wind someday, soaring 90,000 miles yonder with the wind1!

"Sipping dew at sunrise and resting under the red clouds at sunset! This is exactly what a man should be like!

"Hahaha! This feels wonderful! So goddamn wonderful!"

The other contestants were green with envy as they watched Meng Lei soaring about unrestrained in the sky. How they wished they could also soar freely like him!

It was just a shame that they could only glare at him in vain.

Meng Lei flew to his heart's content for almost half an hour before he finally returned to the Floating Beast's back, far from sated.

"Meng Lei, come over here." President Fred summoned Meng Lei over. "Here, let me introduce these people to you. This is the Fighting Dragon Academy's president. And this is..."

Meng Lei greeted them one by one, while the five of them also responded with smiles.

Before he had broken through, Meng Lei was but just a junior and student with excellent talent. Therefore, it was alright for them not to take him seriously.

However, now that he had become a Saint Domain and was standing on the same level as them, they had to treat him as an equal—age was irrelevant!

"Valor is better demonstrated by the young, indeed!"

The Fighting Dragon Academy's president sighed approvingly and remarked, "At the qualifying round yesterday, we had thought that you'd need some time before you could break through. Never would I have thought that you'd break through right away last night. This is truly..."

"Indeed!"

"I really have no idea how you managed to do that!"

The other academy presidents also marveled at him, awfully perplexed.

"You flatter me, Presidents!" Meng Lei spoke very humbly.

The Floating Beast flew fairly steadily.

Meng Lei and the six academy presidents sat on its back. They chatted freely about various interesting news and everything under the sun while they admired the mountains and the streams, the rivers, and the lakes.

Meng Lei listened to them quietly. One could say that he had gained much from this.

Even the youngest of the six academy presidents was already past 100 years old. All of them had seen a lot and were very knowledgeable—the opportunity to listen to them chat about life was a precious treasure that no amount of money could buy.

Suddenly, a smiling President Fred said, "Meng Lei, you can try challenging the Dragon God Tower when you're at the Imperial City. If you're in luck, who knows, you might just be able to get some good stuff!"

"The Dragon God Tower?"

A look of confusion came over Meng Lei's features.

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Chapter 140: The Secret of Deification, The Saint Domain's Limits

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"The Dragon God Tower is the divine weapon protecting our Dragon God Empire. Legend goes that it's the supreme divine weapon that His Holiness, the great Dragon God, forged for the Dragon God Empire after he had deified."

The Fighting Dragon Academy president explained smilingly, "The Dragon God Tower is sited inside Dragon God Academy. It has a total of 100 levels, and each level is an independent half-plane of existence."

"A half-plane?"

"Yes, a half-plane!

"The magic elements in these half-planes are extremely rich and dense, and even the laws of nature inside are much clearer than the outside world. You can achieve more with less by cultivating inside these half-planes. They are excellent cultivation spots.

"This has led to hordes of people desiring to enter the Dragon God Tower to cultivate. Unfortunately, only those below 30 years of age and stronger than eighth-grade are qualified to enter."

President Fred continued the topic and said, "Therefore, there aren't actually many that are truly qualified to enter. There's also something else. The higher you go in the Dragon God Tower, the richer the magic elements and the clearer the laws of nature become!"

A look of longing appeared in President Fred's eyes as he added, "It's said that the Dragon God Tower's 100th level even contains the secret to deification!"

"The secret to deification?" A huge jolt went through Meng Lei.

"It's just a legend. No one knows for sure."

President Fred nodded affirmatively. "After all, ever since the Dragon God Tower's appearance over 40,000 years ago, there has never been anyone that has successfully ascended to the 100th level yet.

"Therefore, the legend's credibility is still unverified as of today. However, the occasional oracles that His Holiness the Dragon God had imparted have hinted at it before!"

At the mention of the Dragon God Tower's 100th level, longing and regret surfaced in all six academy presidents' eyes. They were beings that had already reached the ranks of Saint Domains, and there were very few things in this world that could still pose an allure to them.

Deification was the only thing that they dreamed of, as well as what they were currently painstakingly pursuing.

Alas, they didn't meet the requirements, so they couldn't enter the Dragon God Tower. With that, they naturally wouldn't be able to know the secrets of the 100th level, either.

"Many geniuses emerge in the empire every generation, and there are many great talents out there. Has no one ever successfully ascended to the Dragon God Tower's 100th level all these years?" a frowning Meng Lei asked, puzzlement in his eyes.

"You've never been to the Dragon God Tower, so you're naturally unaware of its fearsomeness."

The Fighting Dragon Academy president went on with a wry smile. "I've mentioned it previously, but every level of Dragon God Tower is a half-plane where magic elements are rich, and the laws of nature are clear. While it's certainly an excellent cultivation sanctum, it's even more beneficial to the native beings inside them.

"These native beings live inside the half-planes all year round. After being nourished by the magic elements and laws of nature, they have become terrifyingly strong. The rate at which they produce strong experts is much higher than what it's like in Heaven's Vault Continent, where we are.

"Moreover, the half-planes' natives are extremely xenophobic. Outlanders are easily attacked inside.

"Should they enter recklessly despite lacking sufficient strength, even surviving would become a problem, let alone cultivation.

"For innumerable years, just how many geniuses have perished inside the Dragon God Tower? How many great talents and mutants have been buried within? The memories are as fresh and vivid as if it had only happened yesterday!"

One of the academy presidents sighed emotionally. "When I had entered the Dragon God Tower back then, if it hadn't been for my good fortune, I would have died inside, too. The under-30 requirement is too demanding!"

Another academy president sighed and said, "Geniuses and talents of this age are only elementary-level Saint Domains at best. With that level of strength, they can only persevere as far as the 50th level at the most."

"Elementary-level Saint Domains can only persevere as far as the 50th level?" Meng Lei was astounded. "How strong must one be to reach the 100th level, then?"

President Fred replied, "The limits of Saint Domain!"

"The limits of Saint Domain?"

Meng Lei was stunned by his answer.

"Yes, the limits of Saint Domain." President Fred explained, "The reason why the half-planes are only half-planes is that they weren't fully nurtured, leading to the laws of nature becoming flawed and incomplete. In other words, complete laws of nature do not exist in the half-planes! Do you know what this means?"

Meng Lei shook his head.

"This means that the strongest that the native beings can go is the limits of Saint Domain. It's impossible for them to surpass this range!"

President Fred smiled and added, "You should be aware that upon stepping into the Saint Domain realm, one's strength correlates fully with their comprehension of the laws of nature.

"The deeper their comprehension of the laws of nature, the stronger they will be. When a Saint Domain fully comprehends a type of laws of nature, they'll naturally step into the half-deity level.

"However, because complete laws of nature do not exist in half-planes, the native beings will never be able to produce half-deities. Saint Domain limits-level is the highest they can achieve!"

"I see, so that's how it is."

Realization dawned upon Meng Lei. After reflecting on it for a long while, he asked, "In that case, as long as one can attain Saint Domain limits-level before they turn 30 years old, there'll be hope for them to enter the Dragon God Tower's 100th level?"

"Yes, that's right?"

All six academy presidents nodded in response. Then, all of them shook their heads and added, "But it's too difficult. There's no way anyone can achieve that at all!"

Saint Domain limits-level!

What was Saint Domain limits-level?

If achieving full comprehension of a type of laws of nature made one a half-deity, then the Saint Domain limits-level was an existence that possessed almost limitless comprehension of a type of laws of nature. They were truly only a step short of fully comprehending a type of laws of nature.

Thinking of achieving Saint Domain limits-level before 30 years old?

Dream on!

"Comprehending the laws of nature is a process that requires an accumulation of effort over a long passage of time. One may not improve in the slightest, even over a period of several hundred or a thousand years.

"30 years is but just the amount of time for one to take a nap. Yet they still dream of fully comprehending a type of laws of nature? No way!"

"Alright. I was too ignorant." Meng Lei nodded slowly.

"You've only just stepped into the Saint Domain realm, and you're even a genius, too. Understandably, you wouldn't know the difficulties involved in comprehending laws of nature."

The six academy presidents laughed and added, "When you've fully immersed yourself in the ocean that is the laws of nature, you'll come to understand the difficulties involved!"

Meng Lei nodded slowly in response. Then, he asked curiously, "Presidents, all of you must have entered the Dragon God Tower before, right? What's the highest level that you've reached?"

Upon his question, all six academy presidents exchanged looks. They had differing expressions on their faces—some were smug, some were embarrassed, and some were awkward.

What's going on?

At the sight of this, Meng Lei's curiosity grew even stronger. However, the Floating Beast they were on suddenly jerked unexpectedly at this moment. It stared right at the space in front and emitted several low roars, its countenance extremely on guard.

"Huh?"

Just as bewilderment filled everyone, they heard the beast tamer. "Oh no! Man-Vulture bandits have appeared ahead! All passengers, please take precautions!"

"Man-Vulture bandits?"

Everyone looked over. True enough, a dark expanse of clouds sweeping toward them entered their sights. The black masses blotted out the sun and covered the sky with their sheer numbers.

"It really is Man-Vulture bandits!"

President Fred's brows drew into a frown. "Those dirty, greedy fellows! They're just like rats in the sewers—they're everywhere!"

"Man-Vulture bandits?"

Meng Lei looked over as well—the so-called "dark clouds" turned out to be a group of half-human, half-bird creatures!

They had heads of vultures and bodies of humans, as well as the vultures' wings and sharp talons.

They looked absolutely like a motley crew with their shiny, bald heads, filthy bodies, and tattered, shabby clothes.

"Man-Vultures? Why aren't they Vulture-Men?"

Meng Lei was rather puzzled.

President Fred explained, "Typical half-human, half-beast creatures can be considered human because they possess a very high level of intelligence, so they are no different from humans. For example, Taurens, Tiger-headed People, and Dragon People like us.

"However, this isn't the case for Man-Vultures. Although those guys have humans' bodies, their innate character makes them no different from a pack of Magical Beasts dressed in human guises.

"They're barbaric, uncouth, greedy, brutal, and foolish. In addition, they are fond of attacking humans. They commit all imaginable misdeeds, like arson, assault, robbery, and plunder!

"Thus, they are known as Man-Vultures and not Vulture-Men—because one cannot consider them humans at all. Instead, they are a bunch of beasts and bandits!"

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Chapter 141: Extermination At A Finger Snap, Arrival At The Imperial City

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There was a great number of Man-Vultures, and they formed a dark mass as though they were roiling, dark clouds crushing toward them. Their momentum alone was certainly enough to frighten one.

In truth, Man-Vultures didn't suppress others with just their aura—most of them were around sixth-grade, with a fair number of them at seventh-grade. In fact, the ruler of the Man-Vultures could even match up to a ninth-grade expert.

Added to this their terrifying numbers, Man-Vulture packs were practically the nightmare of every passing trade caravan and ordinary villagers. Once they set their sights on them, the consequences would undoubtedly be very tragic.

Yet the Man-Vultures simply had to be nomadic by nature. They roamed about like homeless, wandering spirits and messed with whoever they came across. Those that they came across could only lament their misfortune.

"Sirs, please return to your rooms and take a firm seat. We must hurry and circle around them. Otherwise, once they come on to us, we'll be dead meat!"

The beast tamer's voice was somewhat trembling. As for the Floating Beast they were riding, it was even shaking like a leaf, fearful and uneasy.

The Man-Vultures had frightened them badly.

"It's just Man-Vultures. What's there to be scared of?" Meng Lei chuckled and said, "Please wait a moment for me, presidents. I'll be back in a jiffy."

"Meng Lei, it's just a bunch of good-for-nothings. Why would a Saint Domain like you need to take any action? Let them do it instead," the six academy presidents replied with a laugh as they gestured at the contestants.

"It's fine. They can't fly, so it'll be pretty troublesome for them."

Meng Lei gave them a smile. Then, he soared into the sky in an instant and transformed into a stream of light shooting toward the flock of Man-Vultures.

All of these were money, after all. How could he allow others to do it for him?

Squawk!

Squawk!

Squawk!

The Man-Vultures flew at high speed. They let out strange-sounding squawks, their cries sharp and shrill, messy and chaotic as though they were a murder of crows cawing carelessly at random.

Together with their sheer numbers, ordinary people would definitely be scared witless. However, they were the ones in for a tragedy today.

"Die!"

As Meng Lei pointed at the sky, an orange-sized fireball drew a fiery arc across the sky and shot abruptly into the flock of Man-Vultures.

It looked absolutely unassuming, and neither did it cause any commotion. However, the moment the fireball shot into the center of the flock of Man-Vultures, it went off with a blast.

Boom!

Violent shock waves swept through several kilometers of where they were in an instant. All the Man-Vultures within the range didn't even have the time to scream before they were blown into smithereens and burned to ashes.

"Ding! 1 Man-Vulture killed, 310,000 gold coins gained!"

"Ding! 1 Man-Vulture killed, 80,000 gold coins gained!"

"Ding! 1 Man-Vulture killed, 170,000 gold coins gained!"

As system notifications rang out following his actions, his Wealth also began to increase. Meng Lei couldn't help but smile at that. "As expected. Sounds like these are the most pleasant-sounding, after all!"

"Squawk!"

The sudden explosion had shocked the remaining Man-Vultures into a daze. They flapped their wings frantically and fled far away from the sea of fire with shock and horror in their eyes.

Who am I?

Where am I?

What have I done?

It was just a shame that no matter how fast they fled, they just couldn't go any faster than Meng Lei's speed of shooting fireballs.

Several orange-sized fireballs shot fiercely toward them like a machine gun. Then, they exploded one after another.

Boom!

Amid earth-shattering booming explosions, the entire sky was enveloped in a fearsome sea of fire. The vast ocean of fire also swallowed up the masses of Man-Vulture bandits.

A few minutes later, all the smoke and dust dispersed.

The black masses of Man-Vultures had disappeared—totally disappeared from the face of the earth, leaving behind not even a single feather.

"Alright!"

"Huh? No magic cores?"

Meng Lei was a little taken aback as he stared at the empty sky. The sea of fire just now had only been an ordinary eighth-grade to ninth-grade spell, meaning it shouldn't have been enough to burn away the magic cores.

"In other words, those Man-Vultures don't have magic cores at all? F*ck! I was all worked up over nothing!"

Meng Lei was sorely disappointed.

The vast and boundless Dragon God Empire was situated in the east of Heaven's Vault Continent, overlooking the endless oceans in the east and facing the Magical Beast Ridge in the west. 15 Kingdoms and 48 Dukedoms were under its rule.

These 15 Kingdoms and 48 Dukedoms were sited at the Dragon God Empire's periphery and were subsidiary nations surrounding and protecting the Dragon God Empire. The widest and most spacious, and the wealthiest and most fertile lands were still under the Dragon God Empire's jurisdiction.

Due to its exceedingly vast territory, flying from Fire Dragon Kingdom to the Dragon God Empire was an extremely long and slow journey. It took a minimum of five days to reach there by flight.

If one took the ground route, they would need an even longer time.

Fortunately, five days' time didn't count as much to cultivators like Meng Lei. It was no more than a meditation session, a nap, or a round of seclusion.

Meng Lei didn't stay idle during this period of time, either. He picked up dropped light balls casually, killed bandits and Magical Beasts they encountered along the way...

After five days, he had gained a handsome amount of rewards.

"We're finally here at the Imperial City!"

On the fifth evening, the Imperial City finally came within sight. As the six academy presidents gazed at the grand and magnificent huge city sprawling across the land in the distance, emotional looks appeared on their countenances.

"So many years later, I'm finally here at the Imperial City again!"

"The last time I was in the Imperial City had been 18 years ago. Who'd have thought that in the twinkling of an eye, 18 years had already gone by."

"Haha, your Ink Splendor Academy has produced exceptionally poor results these recent years. As its academy president, there's naturally no need for you to come to the Imperial City..."

Meng Lei and the other contestants also stood atop the Floating Beast as they gazed at the Imperial City from afar. There was still a great distance between their location and the Imperial City, but they could still see the Imperial City's silhouette, nevertheless.

The Imperial City was just like a primeval behemoth prostrating on the great lands. Several routes accessible from all sides extended from the Imperial City like blood vessels, leading to every corner of the empire.

At the Imperial City's outermost perimeter were lofty and towering city walls that stood tall and straight. The golden city walls that towered as high as 1,000 feet were mightier, more awe-inspiring, and more extravagant than any city walls that Meng Lei had ever seen. The rays at sunset shone upon the city walls and reflected an eye-catching radiance and dazzling brilliance.

"So, that's the Imperial City?" all the contestants murmured to themselves, astounded by the sight.

Meng Lei's gaze, however, had been captured by a gigantic tower that rose all the way into the clouds. That gigantic tower stood erect in the very center of the Imperial City like a holy tree that led into the heavens and connected the heavens and earth.

Big and tall!

Lofty and majestic!

One couldn't see to the top of it!

Meng Lei couldn't help but think of the Korin Tower in Dragon Ball1—that gigantic towering tower certainly bore a light resemblance to Korin Tower!

"That's the Dragon God Tower!"

Upon noticing Meng Lei's line of sight, President Fred twisted his beard and smiled as he said, "It's the divine weapon protecting the Dragon God Empire. You can try challenging it during the exchange competition."

"Alright!"

Meng Lei gave a heavy nod in response. He held great interest in the tower—he wanted very much to know how many levels he could reach.

The sky above the Imperial City was a no-fly zone. Apart from Saint Domains, all flying magic devices and flying mounts were prohibited from flight.

Left with no other choice, the Floating Beast could only land at a harbor outside the Imperial City. Then, Meng Lei and the rest rented a magic carriage and sped off toward the Imperial City.

The city gates were bigger and taller than any Meng Lei had ever seen in the past. Teams of golden-armored sentries guarded the gates and scanned every merchant and vehicle entering the city.

"The Imperial City was built 40,000 years ago.

"At that time, the Beast People Empire's rule was starting to break down. As Heaven's Vault Continent sank into unprecedented turmoil, all the various races that had laid low and silent emerged one after another.

"Unwilling to fall behind others, our Colossal Dragon forefathers also led 3,000 Colossal Dragons and flew out of the Dragon Island, beginning their noble conquest of Heaven's Vault Continent!

"In the end, under the leadership of the founding Dragon Emperor, our Colossal Dragon forefathers forged through various troubles. It was only after several thousand years of efforts and battles that the current Dragon God Empire exists!"

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Chapter 142: No. 1 In History, Timon Barton

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Whilst riding the lavishly decorated magic carriage, everyone looked around curiously at their surroundings.

The streets were wider, smoother, and more level than the kingdom's.

The shops were more prosperous, and there were more of them than in the kingdom.

The buildings were taller and grander than the kingdom's.

The population was denser and more complex than the kingdom's.

Among the passersby going to and fro were Taurens with ox heads, Demi-Fairies with pointy ears, as well as Demigiants that towered at several meters tall...

But of course, what there was in abundance were still humans and Dragon People.

"The Imperial City's degree of prosperity is something far beyond the capital city's.

"The population is denser here, so there is naturally a higher concentration of experts here. And there is an astonishingly high number of influential officials and nobles.

"Even with just a casual turn of the head, you may just bump into an Earl. Therefore, during this period where the exchange competition is ongoing, all of you'd better behave and refrain from making any trouble, lest you rile anyone that you shouldn't be messing with and embarrass the six of us old fellows..."

"Yes, President!"

With regard to the academy presidents' repeated advice, Meng Lei felt it even more keenly because ever since he had stepped into the Imperial City... the system's voice notifications had never once stopped!

"Ding! Assimilation successful. Host's Physical Body Constitution 116!"

"Ding! Assimilation successful. Host's Wealth 1,290!"

"Ding! Assimilation successful. You have obtained the Third-Grade Spell..."

Meng Lei had already fallen in love with the system's voice at some unknown point in time. Although it sounded icy cold, and emotionless, the moment an extended period of absence came about, he would end up anxious and restless as if something was lacking in his life.

Upon hearing the system's constant voice notifications at this moment, Meng Lei felt greatly soothed, especially when he saw how his various attributes were continuously being refreshed. One could just imagine how pleased he was.

As expected, one certainly ought to come to big places like this more often. The attributes here were the plumpest and most fertile, as well as the highest in volume. His gains from being just a short while here could already match up to what he got in an entire day elsewhere.

Sweet!

By the time their group reached the inn, three hours had already gone by. They entered the inn and went through the check-in procedures.

And then, the academy presidents began their lectures.

"We have to assemble at the Dragon God Academy tomorrow morning, so have an early night. We'll assemble in the hall tomorrow at 7 in the morning."

"Yes, President!"

After the academy presidents left their instructions, all the contestants returned to their rooms to rest, including Meng Lei.

As he rested on the cottony-soft down silk comforter and took in the wonderful scent of the sheets, Meng Lei did something he rarely did—he didn't go into meditation. Instead, he fell asleep in a good mood.

When he woke up the next day, he felt refreshed and invigorated.

By the time he went down the stairs and arrived at the hall, all the other contestants had already assembled. Then, Meng Lei found himself a seat somewhere.

At this moment, a Dragon Person contestant with a pair of horns on his head leaned over and asked carefully, "Lord Meng Lei, when are you going to challenge the Dragon God Tower?"

His name was Joel Elton. He was from the Fighting Dragon Academy and was born into nobility. As he had intentions of building good relations with Meng Lei, he had constantly tried to cozy up to Meng Lei during their whole journey to the Imperial City.

Meng Lei was well aware of his intentions. He cast a glance at him and replied calmly, "Aren't we assembling at the Dragon God Academy today? If there's time, perhaps I can go and take a look at it."

Joel paid Meng Lei a whole lot of flattery with an obsequious expression on his face, and said, "With Lord Meng Lei's abilities, I'm sure you can rank in the Dragon God Genius Ranking and awe the Imperial City to become the kingdom's pride!"

"The Dragon God Genius Ranking?"

Meng Lei raised an eyebrow, a look of puzzlement coming over his features.

"Don't you know about the Dragon God Genius Ranking, Lord Meng Lei?"

Joel was taken aback for a moment there. Then, he hurriedly explained, "There's a magic light screen on the Dragon God Tower where the names of the top 1,000 people with the most outstanding results among those that entered will be listed.

"That's the Dragon God Genius Ranking.

"After one enters the Dragon God Tower, the higher the level they go, and the longer they stay inside, the higher they'll rank in the ranking.

"It can be said that the Dragon God Genius Ranking is a record of the 1,000 most astoundingly talented people in the empire's 40,000-odd years of history!"

"A record of only 1,000 people over a period of more than 40,000 years?" Meng Lei was startled. "In that case, it's going to be very difficult if one wishes to put their name on the list."

"Yes, that's right!"

Another contestant also came over and added, "This is because not only does the Dragon God Genius Ranking record the geniuses of our generation, but it also records the geniuses in history!

"It's akin to having all the geniuses in history compete on the same platform. Therefore, there's indeed an extremely high level of difficulty if one wants to enter the ranking.

"Because of this, every single one of those that could make their way into the ranking is a true genius that had gone down in history. Not only are they the kingdoms' pride, but they are also the academies'!"

"I see..."

Meng Lei shook his head lightly. Then, he asked curiously, "Do you know who the one that places top is?"

"It's Timon Barton, the one known as the Child of The Dragon God, of course. There's no doubt about that!" a contestant replied without any slightest bit of hesitation whatsoever.

"The Child of The Dragon God? Timon Barton?"

Meng Lei was puzzled.

"Timon Barton is someone from 13,000 years ago and is also the highest-ranked person ever in history among those that have entered the Dragon God Tower.

"He first entered the Dragon God Tower at 11 years old. In the short span of 14 years, until he turned 25, he had gone into the tower a total of 42 times. The highest he's ever gone was the 78th level, while the longest he's ever stayed for was a duration of 8 months.

"It's said that Timon Barton started cultivating at the age of 9, became an eighth-grade expert at 11, and broke through to Saint Domain at 14. Because he's so amazingly talented and peerless in history, he is known as the Child of The Dragon God. He's also the one with the highest hopes of ascending to the 100th level of the Dragon God Tower!"

"Saint Domain at 14 years old?"

All the contestants couldn't help but gasp. Then, they looked at Meng Lei and remarked, "Isn't he even more of a mutant than Lord Meng Lei, then?"

They were already very astounded by how Meng Lei had become a Saint Domain at 16 years old. Little did they know that there was a ferocious guy out there that was even crazier than him. Indeed, however strong one was, there would always be someone stronger still.

"Since Timon Barton has already gone up to the 78th level when he was 25 years old, then why didn't he continue going further up?" Meng Lei asked.

"Because he has fallen!"

Joel explained with a wry smile, "The reason for his death is unknown, but the official statement from the empire authorities is that he has indeed already fallen. As for the truth of the matter, it's something we won't know."

"He has fallen?" Meng Lei was startled by the answer. At once, he felt immense regret about it. "To think a genius like that has actually fallen!"

"Yes, what a shame, indeed."

Joel said regretfully, "Starting his cultivation at 9 years old, entering the Saint Domain realm at 14, and passing at 25—even though Timon Barton only had a short cultivation career of 16 years, the record he has created is unprecedented in history and never again seen after, shining brightly upon history and being passed down even today.

"As such, Timon Barton is also known as the number one genius in all of Dragon God Empire's history!"

"He well deserves the title of the number one genius in the Dragon God Empire!" Meng Lei nodded slowly.

Ol' Amos sighed and also remarked, "How unexpected that such an amazing talent had actually emerged from the Dragon God Empire after my passing! What a shame... Sigh!"

"It's certainly a huge shame..."

"Is everyone here?"

At this point, the six academy presidents came down from the upper floors. The contestants nodded and replied, "Yes, everyone's here! Not a single person missing!"

"Great. Since everyone has arrived, then let's set off."

Then, all of them boarded the magic carriage and made their way to the Dragon God Academy.

On the way there, President Fred suddenly asked Meng Lei, "I heard the lot of you talking about Timon Barton just now?"

"Yes."

"Timon Barton is indeed the most astounding genius in the Dragon God Empire's history. In addition, he's also from the Fire Dragon Kingdom. It's just a shame that... The heavens are jealous of great talent!"

President Fred was terribly emotional as he remarked, "If he were still alive, he'd probably have already surpassed Saint Domain, or even the half-deity realm, to break through and become a deity a long time ago!"

"He was from the Fire Dragon Kingdom?"

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Chapter 143: Assembly of The Strongest, Hailing From The Countryside

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The fact that Dragon God Academy was named after the Dragon God was enough to show its lofty position in the Dragon God Empire.

And in truth, not only was Dragon God Academy the top Warrior academy in the Dragon God Empire, but it was also the best magic academy in the empire—and the title well-deserved, too.

Even in the entire Heaven's Vault Continent, Dragon God Academy was the highest learning institution that ranked among the best. Its rich heritage and strength weren't something that Fire Dragon Magic Academy or other academies could compare to.

"So, this is Dragon God Academy?"

A magic carriage came to a stop outside the Dragon God Academy gates, and then Meng Lei and the rest alighted from it. Looks of astoundment couldn't help but surface in their eyes as they gazed at the grand and majestic gates in front of them.

The so-called "school gates" were actually formed by a pair of 1,000-feet-tall Golden Colossal Dragon statues that surrounded and protected the area. The two statues faced each other with their claws clasped around each other's, and their wings spread in mid-flight.

Their dragon scales appeared vivid and true to life, and their claws ferocious and mighty-looking. Their heads were raised with their horns pointed toward the sky and their fierce-looking jaws open in mid-roar.

Savage!

Awe-inspiring!

Domineering!

Powerful!

"President Fred, all of you are finally here."

Sporting an enthusiastic and cheerful smile, a middle-aged lady dressed in a violet magic robe walked briskly toward them in welcome.

"Dorothy, it's been a while."

President Fred broke into a smile at once and went toward her cheerfully at the sight of her.

It was only after they had exchanged their greetings with each other that President Fred finally gestured at the middle-aged lady and made the introductions. "Allow me to introduce you to each other—this is Dorothy Caesar, a fire-elemental and wind-elemental Saint Domain Great Magician and the vice-president of Dragon God Academy.

"She is also my disciple, as well as an outstanding alumnus of Fire Dragon Magic Academy. Among the Fire Dragon Magic Academy graduates, she's one of the few with the best career progression!"

"Greetings, Lady Dorothy!"

Awed, the contestants hurriedly paid their respects.

"Hehe! Hello, everyone!"

A smiling Dorothy returned the greeting. As her gaze flicked past the contestants one by one, a gratified smile appeared on her visage. "President Fred, it looks like the contestants are pretty great this time. There are quite a few good saplings among them!"

"Hahaha, of course!"

Fred burst into hearty laughter as he stroked his beard. "We're out for revenge this time, after all. We'll have to consider ourselves as having failed in our mission if we don't rank within the top three this time!"

"Haha! To think you actually have the guts to boast so shamelessly here!"

As a thundering laugh reached them, a burly, muscular elderly man with black horns on his head and leading a group of people strode over with his head held high.

He had a hawkish visage and a sinister expression all over his features.

"I was wondering who it could be. So it's you, Fred!"

The burly elderly man walked over to President Fred. Then, a contemptuous look came over his visage at once. "Is there even anyone that doesn't know how the Fire Dragon Kingdom always comes in last place every year? Out for revenge? Are you kidding me?"

President Fred's countenance darkened at once. "Angus, don't be a pot calling the kettle black. Your Black Dragon Academy isn't any stronger!"

"At least it's a little stronger than the Fire Dragon Magic Academy." The burly elderly man gave him a smug smile as he went on. "Fred, I'm not afraid to tell you that a genius has emerged from the Black Dragon Academy this year. Hopefully, your men won't run into him during the exchange competition. Otherwise, they'll be crushed so badly that they'll end up in tears!"

"Hmph! We'll see about that!"

President Fred snorted in response. A confident smile appeared at the corners of his lips as he scoffed inwardly. "Do you think you're the only academy that has produced a genius?"

In his opinion, no matter how impressive the Black Dragon Academy's genius was, there was no way they could possibly compare to Meng Lei. After all, Meng Lei was already a Saint Domain. This was enough grounds for him to perform brilliantly in the exchange competition. There were far and few that were stronger than him.

"Be stubborn all you want, Fred!"

Angus—the burly elderly man—shook his head with a light laugh. Then, with a group of people in tow, he entered the Dragon God Academy. President Fred gazed at him from the back and retorted inwardly, "Wait and see!"

The Fighting Dragon Academy president also spat furiously. "That old black dragon is still so loathsome!"

"Everyone in the Black Dragon Kingdom is a lunatic with a dark, sinister personality." President Fred shook his head. "Let's go. We should head in, too."

"People from the Black Dragon Kingdom..."

"Ding! Assimilation successful. Host's Spirit 139!"

"Ding! Assimilation successful. Host's Magic Power 872!"

"Ding! Assimilation successful. You have obtained the spell..."

Meng Lei walked about in the ancient, time-worn forested island, listening to the system notifications constantly sounding in his ears and admiring the scenery in Dragon God Academy leisurely.

Unlike their big, tall, and majestic school gates, the Dragon God Academy interior seemed exceptionally quiet, with marks and vicissitudes of life left behind in every corner of the place.

Sycamore trees thick enough for a person's arms to circle around each were lined up neatly!

Moss covered the old, aged flagstones!

Students in the midst of meditation could be seen everywhere in the forest!

Rich, heavy, and ancient—the place fully exhibited a historical vibe!

"As expected of a 40,000-year-old institution," marveled Meng Lei.

He followed the academy presidents and the others to a big and tall teaching faculty building. Upon their arrival, he discovered that several other kingdoms' contestants were already gathered there.

These contestants from various kingdoms were divided into quite a few camps. All of them secretly sized up one another, yet also minded their own business at the same time, maintaining a sufficient sense of distance from one another.

"The contestants from the Tempest Kingdom, Thunder Dragon Kingdom, Black Dragon Kingdom, and Earth Dragon Kingdom have already arrived. Including us, the Fire Dragon Kingdom, that makes five kingdoms from the empire.

"We're supposed to assemble and report today while the competition officially starts tomorrow. Therefore, all contestants have to be present. I'm sure the contestants from the other ten kingdoms will be arriving soon, too.

"Stay here and wait for further instructions, everyone. We'll be back in a moment."

After the six academy presidents left them instructions, they entered the teaching faculty building together with Vice-President Dorothy, leaving Meng Lei and the other 51 contestants to wait there quietly.

During the next hour and a little more, the contestants and teachers-in-charge from the other ten kingdoms and dukedoms arrived one after another.

For a while, the area in front of the teaching faculty building was full of people.

15 kingdoms!

48 dukedoms!

Close to 2,000 contestants—and all of them ninth-grade experts!!

Just a line-up like this was enough to apply great pressure on many contestants. Meng Lei couldn't be sure about those from other kingdoms, but what he did know was that quite a fair number of Fire Dragon Kingdom contestants were beginning to turn nervous.

It wasn't over yet, though.

Another ten minutes or so later, an almost 3,000-strong team came approaching. They formed a large, black mass, as though a group of Triad members had been mobilized and caused a huge buzz to go through the crowd.

"They are..."

Everyone raised their heads and looked over.

At the sight of them, several people's countenances changed.

"They are Empire-Affiliated Academy Contestants!"

"What? Empire-Affiliated Academy Contestants?"

"T-they're so strong!"

Meng Lei also raised his head and looked over.

A small portion of the exchange competition contestants came from the 15 kingdoms and 48 dukedoms, while a large majority of them were from the Dragon God Imperial City itself.

This group of contestants was also known as Empire-Affiliated Academy Contestants—in other words, contestants from academies directly affiliated to the Dragon God Empire.

Evidently, those 3,000 people in front of them... were exactly those very contestants.

Dressed in uniforms of varying styles, those 3,000 contestants obviously hailed from different academies. However, the way they looked at Meng Lei and the other contestants from the 15 kingdoms and 48 dukedoms was the same—full of contempt and disdain!

As Empire-Affiliated Academy Contestants, they held an extreme sense of superiority toward others and totally looked down on contestants from the kingdoms and dukedoms.

In their opinions, contestants from the kingdoms and dukedoms were no different from people from the countryside. How could they possibly be qualified enough to compete with them on the same platform?

"So, they are the contestants from the 15 kingdoms and 48 dukedoms? They don't look like much!"

"As expected of people from the countryside. They are but just a motley crew!"

"When have they ever taken the exchange competition seriously instead of just going through the motions..."

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Chapter 144: Second In History, Augustine

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Among those that could advance in their respective kingdom and dukedom's qualifying rounds to make their way here, which one of them wasn't proud and lofty?

How would they possibly be able to tolerate such provocation that was almost no different from humiliation?

"Aren't they just Empire-Affiliated Academy Contestants? What's the big deal about them? Come forward and fight one-on-one with me if you're that strong!"

Unable to stop himself, a contestant from the Black Dragon Kingdom stepped forward and glared furiously at the Empire-Affiliated Academy Contestants.

"Exactly! A barking dog never bites. If you're that capable, then let us take a gander at your skills! What does shooting your mouth off even count as?"

"Have the great Empire-Affiliated Academies groomed only a bunch of braggarts that only know how to talk big?"

The contestants from the other kingdoms and dukedoms also spoke up one after another—the Empire-Affiliated Academy Contestants had completely riled up all of them.

"Oho!"

The Empire-Affiliated Academy Contestants were greatly amused by the sight of the mounting public indignation among the contestants from the kingdoms and dukedoms. As if they'd just witnessed a bunch of infuriated country bumpkin dogs barking madly, they burst into uproarious laughter.

One of them snorted in derision and sneered. "Country bumpkins, I wish I could rip your foul mouths apart and show you what we city-dwellers are capable of, but unfortunately..."

He pointed at the ground right underneath his feet and continued. "Do you have any idea where you currently are? This is Dragon God Academy, the most sublime, most excellent, and noblest education institution in the empire! It's not a place that your little colleges in the countryside can compare to, much less somewhere that you can act atrociously at will.

"Dragon God Academy prohibits private fights.

"Country bumpkins, you don't need to be in such a hurry even if you're looking for a thrashing. You'll be so sorry when the exchange competition comes around tomorrow!"

"Hmph! Why bother waiting till tomorrow? I'll show you a thing or two right away today. Which one of you wants to fight one-on-one with me?!"

The Empire-Affiliated Academy Contestants' cockiness and contempt had thoroughly infuriated the contestants from the kingdoms and dukedoms. All of them stepped forward one by one, the aura around them fired up and the fight in them rushing straight to the skies.

"Do you think we're scared of you, country bumpkins?"

Not intimidated in the least, the Empire-Affiliated Academy Contestants released their auras as well. At once, the atmosphere turned into one where they were ready to jump at each other's throats.

"What are you doing? What are all of you doing?"

It was at this moment when a group of teachers-in-charge walked out of the teaching faculty building. As they did, a terrifying wave of vast, widespread aura also went crushing toward the contestants.

Boom!

All the contestants felt as though someone had just delivered them a crushing blow. Everyone turned as pale as a sheet, and alarm and fear surfaced in their eyes.

Even Meng Lei was filled with fearful apprehension, despite being a Saint Domain—because all the teachers-in-charge that had just arrived were Saint Domains.

All of them, Saint Domains!

There were as many as several hundred Saint Domains!

Just how fearsome of a force was that?

"What are all of you trying to do, being so presumptuous here?"

One of Dragon God Academy's vice-presidents rebuked them coldly, "Do you know what this place is? What a bunch of scoundrels!

"The exchange competition only commences tomorrow. No matter how great your fury is, all of you'd better suck it up until tomorrow comes!"

All the contestants hung their heads at once, none of them daring to meet his eyes.

"Hmph! It's the same kind of behavior from them every year. In the end, more than half of them croak even before the end of the exchange competition."

The same vice-president snorted coldly. It was only then that his countenance mellowed a little, and he announced, "After much discussion among various parties, the exchange competition's schedule has been finalized. We've decided to adopt the same round-by-round elimination system like what we've done in the past.

"Everyone is to assemble at the Dragon God Cathedral at 8 a.m. tomorrow morning. All those that do not arrive by 8 a.m. will be regarded as having voluntarily forfeited the competition! Is this understood?"

"Understood!"

"Great!"

The vice-president nodded lightly. Then, he said, "All of you may move about freely now. You can take a look around the campus as you wish, or you can also head out of the academy to have a taste of the delicacies here. You just need to assemble at the cathedral by 8 a.m. tomorrow!"

At his words, all the contestants' eyes from the kingdoms and dukedoms immediately lit up, and their gazes shifted to their respective teachers-in-charge. Meng Lei and the rest also looked at President Fred's group of six.

"All of you may move about freely today. Just remember to return to the inn by 9 p.m. tonight. Remember, do not make any trouble, and do not do anything that violates the law and discipline."

"Yes, President!"

All the contestants looked as though they had been granted amnesty, and the group dispersed and disappeared in the blink of an eye. Almost all the contestants from the 15 kingdoms and 48 dukedoms were asking around about the Dragon God Tower's location, all of them wishing to head over and challenge it. Meng Lei was naturally no exception.

At this point, with friendly and enthusiastic smiles, Joel Elton and a few other contestants came over and asked, "Lord Meng Lei, we're free to do anything we want today. Do you want to head over to the Dragon God Tower for a look?"

"Sure!" Meng Lei nodded lightly and asked, "Do you know how to get to the Dragon God Tower?"

Joel nodded incessantly and replied, "Yes, I do. I've been to Dragon God Academy and visited the Dragon God Tower once in the past."

"Lead the way."

"Alright!"

The group of them charged toward Dragon God Tower enthusiastically. Before long, a tall, lofty, and majestic gigantic tower that stretched all the way into the sky entered their sights.

Contrary to what Meng Lei had imagined, Dragon God Tower didn't possess any characteristics related to the Dragon God or the Dragon race at all, and it sported a very odd and peculiar appearance.

On the pitch-black tower exterior were engravings of the sun, stars, and the moon; mountains, rivers, the forests, and the woods; birds, animals, insects, and fishes; thousands upon thousands of different races...

It emanated an aged and boundless, mysterious and lofty vibe that involuntarily arose a feeling of insignificance and astoundment within one.

As he gazed at the gigantic tower that reached all the way into the sky with its peak out of visibility's range, a hint of puzzlement couldn't help but well up within Meng Lei—was this gigantic tower really forged by the Dragon God?

Meng Lei knew from great experience just what kind of sense of beauty the Dragons had.

And the gigantic skyscraping tower in front of him at the moment was anything but reminiscent of the Dragons. There wasn't even the slightest bit of the Dragon race's distinct characteristics.

It wasn't the golden color that the Dragons loved!

There were no Dragon scales or claws, let alone their horns and head!

Was this really the Dragon God Tower?

"As expected of the Dragon God Tower. It's majestic and domineering indeed!"

"Tsk, tsk! To think we can't see to the top of it even with our eyesight. Just how tall must it be?"

"Probably at least 100 kilometers..."

All the contestants seeing the Dragon God Tower for the first time were astounded by it, and they let out exclamation after exclamation of astonishment and marvel!

Then, Joel pointed at a magic screen at the base of the tower and said, "Lord Meng Lei, look. That's the Dragon God Genius Ranking."

"Hmm?"

Meng Lei looked over—true enough, he noticed a huge magic screen that reached as high as 1,000-feet-tall. On it was a densely-packed record of numerous names.

And at the very top was an exceptionally eye-catching name:

"No. 1: Timon Barton, Human, 25 years old, Level 78"

"To think he's actually a human!"

Meng Lei was amazed by the fact. Then, his gaze continued downward.

"No. 2: Augustine Kroc, Human, 30 years old, Level 76"

"Augustine Kroc..." Meng Lei was startled. "Kroc? This last name looks so familiar to the eye..."

"That's the last name of us, Krocs!"

Ol' Amos' voice rang out in his ear. Meng Lei turned to see that the old man had suddenly emerged and spoken.

"In other words, this ferocious guy ranked second is actually from the Kroc clan?" Meng Lei was astonished.

Ol' Amos replied softly, "Augustine is my father!"

"Y-your father?"

Meng Lei's mouth fell open as he asked, "Ol' President, the Augustine that's ranked second is your father?"

"Yes! That's my father, indeed!"

Ol' Amos' countenance was filled with pride as he said, "I told you, my father was a cultivation genius!

"He started his cultivation journey at 10 years old, became a Ninth-Grade Warrior at 16, and even successfully promoted to a Saint Domain when he was 26!

"Before this little fellow named Timon Barton had appeared, Father was Dragon God Empire's number one genius in history!"

"Wow, my Ol' President's dad is way impressive!"

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Chapter 145: Entering Dragon God Tower, A World of Sand

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"No. 3: Goblen Frederick, Golden Colossal Dragon, 29 years old, Level 75"

"No. 4: Horace Frederick, Golden Colossal Dragon, 30 years old, Level 75"

"No. 5: Alex Frederick, Golden Colossal Dragon, 30 years old, Level 75"

"No. 6..."

As Meng Lei skimmed through the ranking, apart from the first and second places, everyone in the top ten places bore the last name of Frederick, and all of them were Golden Colossal Dragons!

It was only at 11th place that a Black Dragon finally appeared. After that, the Golden Colossal Dragons with the Frederick last name started to hog the ranking again.

"Frederick is the last name of the Dragon God Empire's royalty." Ol' Amos explained, "All the Golden Colossal Dragons on the ranking are from the royal family. More than half of the top 100 places, no, the first few hundred places are actually all Golden Colossal Dragons. How incredible!"

Meng Lei stared at the ranking, finding it rather mind-boggling. There were countless geniuses in the massive Dragon God Empire; even with that many people around, were they still unable to match up to a few Golden Colossal Dragons?

"This is a very normal sign." A smiling Ol' Amos replied, "As royalty among the Dragons, the talent that the Golden Colossal Dragons possess isn't something that other races can compare to.

"In the entire Heaven's Vault Continent, only a few races—such as the Thunder Titans of the Titan Empire, the Golden Behemoths of the Beast People Empire, and the royal Fairies of the Fairy Empire—can compare to them.

"Although there are only very few Golden Colossal Dragons in each generation, every single one of them is amazingly talented. After all, Golden Colossal Dragons are one of the only few races that become Saint Domains the moment they turn of age."

"They are Saint Domains the moment they turn of age?"

Meng Lei shook his head lightly in disbelief before he continued to browse the ranking.

"Ol' President, you're actually ranked 689th place?"

"My talent is only average."

After going through the ranking, Meng Lei now had a rough understanding of the whole ranking—60% of them were Colossal Dragons, 30% of them were Drakes, 9% of them comprised other races, and only 1% of them were humans.

Judging from the ranking alone, the Colossal Dragons had a much stronger gift and talent than humans and the other races. With 60% of the ranking made up of Colossal Dragons and 30% made up of Drakes, it came up to a total of 90%—this wasn't just any ordinary gap!

"The humans are so tragic. They don't even make up 1%!"

"That's for sure! From the start, humans already have the poorest talent. Despite them having the largest population, there is only a scarce number of true geniuses!"

A human contestant sighed emotionally with a shake of his head.

Are humans' talents really that poor?

Meng Lei had nothing to say to their comments. However, he held a different view inwardly. In terms of talent, while there was admittedly a gap between humans and Colossal Dragons, the root of the issue causing a gap like that wasn't their talent. Rather, It was their... social statuses!

In the Dragon God Empire, humans were in the bottommost tier of the social hierarchy, leading to a situation where 99% of humans had no chances of cultivating at all. Even if people with amazing talent had emerged, who would have known?

In comparison, despite there being only a scarce number of Colossal Dragons, they still hogged 99% of the cultivation resources available nevertheless. Wasn't it a matter of course for them to place in the ranking?

If humans were allowed the opportunity to cultivate someday, that so-called Dragon God Genius Ranking would definitely undergo a dramatic change!

Meng Lei held rather complex feelings toward the issue.

Then, he looked at the Dragon God Tower entrance and saw a team of golden-armored sentries guarding the entrance.

Many contestants from the kingdoms and dukedoms were currently gathered at the entrance, each and every one of them all geared up and eager to give the tower a shot.

A golden-armored sentry asked, "Is this the first time all of you are going into the Dragon God Tower?"

"Yes, it is!"

"Since this is your first time going in, I am obligated to inform you of a few things.

"Firstly, it is very dangerous in the Dragon God Tower. A moment of carelessness could lead to death. You must be fully prepared before you go in.

"Secondly, all the magic circles leading to the next levels are located at the areas where magic elements are the richest and densest, and the most powerful native beings usually occupy these places. Therefore, it's also the most dangerous there. Be sure to act carefully.

"Thirdly, try your best not to move about together—because the bigger the target is, the easier it'll be to come under the native beings' siege. Once you're besieged, it'll become even more dangerous."

This was a series of three reminders, yet every one of them was related to the dangers involved. From this, one could see just how treacherous the place was.

However, all the contestants had allowed their enthusiasm to go to their heads at the moment and only wished to enter the Dragon God Tower right away. Who would take the golden-armored sentry's warnings to heart?

At the sight of this, the golden-armored sentry shook his head lightly and said, "Challenging the Dragon God Tower isn't child's play. A moment of carelessness will lead to death. I've already said what I should. Whether or not you heed them is none of my business."

After he spoke, with a wave of his arm, he commanded, "Let them in!"

Whoosh!

Following the entrance's opening, the contestants swarmed into the tower, unable to wait any further.

"That bunch of crazy, ignorant fools! Are they really going in so rashly? Aren't they going to prepare at all?"

"Just you watch! They're going to have a lot to cry about later!"

"Cry? You'll need to have the opportunity to do even that. They might just stay in there forever without the chance to come out alive for eternity!"

"Exactly! They'll pay a heavy price for their foolishness and insane arrogance. Is there anyone who doesn't know that the death toll is the highest during the exchange competitions every time?"

"I wonder how many are gonna croak this time..."

Several Dragon God Academy students watching the show gesticulated at them, their attitudes totally gloating over their misfortune and watching a show.

"Joel, is the Dragon God Tower really that dangerous?" asked a contestant nervously.

"Isn't that obvious? There is no shortage of geniuses that perish in the Dragon God Tower every year. This is no empty talk!"

Joel went on with a grave look on his face. "All of you'd better be careful when you go in later. Should you sense any danger, retreat at once. No matter what, safety always comes first!"

"I don't really dare to go in anymore when you put it that way."

"Exactly. That's too scary."

"Actually, there's no need to be overly afraid, either. With our strength, the first ten levels are still relatively safe." Joel said with a smile, "Besides, we still have to take part in the exchange competition tomorrow. We'll just go in and have a casual look around today."

'You're right!"

"We're just here to broaden our horizons today..."

The few contestants nodded one after another in agreement.

"Lord Meng Lei, let's go in together."

"Let's go!"

Then, they passed through the whirlpool-like magic screen. After the world spun for a while, the environment underwent a radical change at once.

Sand! Sand filled the sky everywhere!

As far as the eye could see, that was all there was—sand!

The sun blazed fiercely in the sky, steam was rising around them everywhere, and the ground was littered with ghastly white skeletons. The place was dry and intensely hot.

Barren and desolate, there was only dead silence everywhere. This was a world flooded by sand!

"So, this is Dragon God Tower's first level?" Meng Lei commented as he looked around him.

It was as though he was in a vast and boundless desert with no end in sight.

Meng Lei was puzzled—this was a half-plane?

Was there any difference between this and a whole material plane?

"Where are Joel and the others?"

However, what amazed Meng Lei the most was that Joel and the others who had come in together with him were all missing. He was the only one standing here in the boundless sea of sand.

A vortex-like teleportation doorway was behind him. He needed only to pass through the teleportation doorway to leave the Dragon God Tower.

"Could the teleportation be random? Never mind, who cares? Let's head to the second level and take a look."

Meng Lei flew into the sky and took in the changes in the magic elements in great detail. Then, he turned into a stream of light flying out.

The earth-elemental magic elements in this half-plane were much richer and denser than the world outside. In addition, they were also constantly changing as his location shifted.

According to the golden-armored sentry, the entrance to the second level was located in the area where the magic elements were the most concentrated.

Therefore, he needed only to head toward the area where the magic elements were the most concentrated, and that would do. Meng Lei didn't hold much interest in the first few levels as what he wanted was to take a look at the higher levels. Hence, he couldn't be bothered to waste any time here.

As he sped about at high speed, his movements could only be described with one phrase—as swift as lightning!

Boom, boom, boom!

All of a sudden, the intense sounds of battle rang out ahead of him. Meng Lei lowered his head to take a look, only to see a muscular man with silver horns on his head currently being besieged by a nest of African elephant-sized scorpions.

These scorpions had tough armor on their bodies and were a sandy-yellow throughout. Only their tails standing high and vertically upright presented a bewitching blood-red color. There were about 20 of them.

"The Seventh-Grade Magical Beast, Scarlet-Tailed Scorpions?"

A wind blade shot out with a casual flick of Meng Lei's fingers, and then it separated into 20 wind blades that sunk accurately into the Scarlet-Tailed Scorpions.

"Ding! 1 Scarlet-Tailed Scorpion killed. 130,000 gold coins gained!"

"Ding! 1 Scarlet-Tailed Scorpion killed. 120,000 gold coins gained!"

"Ding..."

In just a mere instant, all 20 Scarlet-Tailed Scorpions had been beheaded. They crashed onto the ground one after another, becoming still and motionless.

(o)

"What's going on?"

The silver-horned muscular man under siege had an utterly confused look on his face.

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Chapter 146: Killing Ninth-Grade Magical Beasts Like Slaughtering Livestock

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"Ding! 1 Scarlet-Tailed Scorpion killed. 150,000 gold coins gained!"

"Ding! 1 Giant Swamp Crocodile killed. 190,000 gold coins gained!"

"Ding! 1 Fiery Storm Eagle killed. 170,000 gold coins gained!"

The first level—a world of flowing sand!

The second level—a world of torrential floods!

The third level—a world of raging storms!

The fourth level—a world of blazing flames!

The fifth level...

Meng Lei went up the whole way, not pausing for even a moment in between. In less than three hours, he had already charged all the way to the 11th level of Dragon God Tower. At once, Meng Lei felt a difference.

Only one type of element existed in rich abundance in the first ten levels, whereas he found that there were two types of magic elements that were exceptionally rich on the 11th level. They were respectively the earth-elemental and water-elemental magic elements.

This was a half-plane filled with silt and swamps. It stunk to the high heavens, and miasma wafted about—it was as though he had come to a dumping ground.

Given Meng Lei's keen senses, he could detect several powerful auras lying dormant in the silt and swamps, ready to launch ambushes any moment.

"Most of the Magical Beasts in the first ten levels were seventh-grade ones or eighth-grade at best. However, ninth-grade ones have started to appear on this level. Would Saint Domain Magical Beasts start appearing in the higher levels?"

Meng Lei licked his lips as a hint of greed appeared on his features. "As expected! Dragon God Tower is the most suitable place for me to cultivate!"

Previously, he had earned a hefty sum of money when he had fought back the ant tide at the Magical Beast Ridge. Thanks to that, he had redeemed credit via the system and managed to tremendously improve his strength.

However, ever since then, he hadn't had many gold coins coming into his pockets. As a result, his strength had also reached a standstill. This greatly distressed Meng Lei—if it weren't for the fact that he had to participate in the exchange competition, he would have graduated and gone off to hunt Magical Beasts a long time ago.

But it was all good now. Meng Lei had discovered a place that was even more suitable for money-making—and that was the Dragon God Tower!

The Dragon God Tower had a total of 100 half-planes, within which lived countless Magical Beasts and native beings. To others, they were stumbling blocks obstructing them from passing through to higher ground, but in Meng Lei's eyes, they were glittering mountains of gold.

The value of Eighth-Grade Magical Beasts started from a million gold coins, while Ninth-Grade Magical Beasts could sell for ten million, let alone the Saint Domain ones.

Just a single Underground Cave Magical Spider Emperor that had just broken through alone had already created 5.2 billion 6.1 billion = 11.3 billion gold coins in total for him.

One could simply imagine what the Dragon God Tower meant to Meng Lei.

"The system Dragon God Tower = The most awesome cheating device!

"Haha! My path to money-making is all-clear and free of obstructions from now on!"

"Gurgle~"

"Gurgle~"

Just as Meng Lei burst into loud, smug laughter, a few bubbles surfaced in the foul-smelling swamps a short distance away.

In the next moment, a fishy, pungent odor rushed toward him.

Meng Lei turned to see a shadow swooping toward him. It moved at an extremely high speed and took only a mere instant to reach him.

Splurt!

A lightning lance flashing with silver electric currents quietly appeared with a casual point of Meng Lei's finger and impaled the shadow's gaping mouth in an instant.

The shadow instantly froze in mid-air, its eyes filled with disbelief. The one that had launched an ambush had clearly been it, so why was it that the human's attack that had been launched later had instead reached it earlier?

It was just a shame that it no longer had any way of knowing the answer to its question anymore because the raging thunder lance had exploded and blown its head into smithereens.

"Ding! 1 Blackwater Leech killed. 1,390,000 gold coins gained!"

"1,390,000 gold coins? Not bad!"

With a wave of his arm, Meng Lei kept the Blackwater Leech's magic core. Then, he let out the magic carpet and continued forward.

Although he could already fly, Meng Lei felt that it was more prudent that he matured cowardly in a place like this instead. This way, he would be able to bait the Magical Beasts hiding in the shadows into attacking him.

This was the only way he could make money, right?

And in truth, that was exactly how it was. The sight of him steering the magic carpet about was as though a piece of plump, fleshy meat swaggering through the streets, and it attracted the covetous eyes of innumerable Magical Beasts.

"Ding! 1 Blackwater Leech killed. 1,360,000 gold coins gained!"

"Ding! 1 Six-Tailed Poisonous Centipede killed. 1,480,000 gold coins gained!"

"Ding! 1 Blue-Eyed Golden Toad killed. 2,710,000 gold coins gained!"

"Ding..."

Meng Lei slaughtered all the Magical Beasts he encountered the whole way. Eighth-Grade Magical Beasts perished in his hands one after another. When he was about to reach the magic circle leading to the 12th level, he finally encountered a Ninth-Grade Magical Beast.

It was snowy-white, 50 meters tall, and steel needle-like fur covered its body, its hair pointing upside down. Its muscles were bulging and brimming with explosive energy.

Its form resembled a giant ape, yet it had four bewitching blood-red eyes. Even though it had arms and legs, it also had an additional two pairs of fins.

"The Ninth-Grade Magical Beast, Blood-Eyed Hydro-Ape!"

Meng Lei was all smiles at once. The worth of a Ninth-Grade Magical Beast started at ten million gold coins, after all. He could finally earn some money now!

Roar!

The Blood-Eyed Hydro-Ape thumped its chest loudly, producing low, thunderous war drum-like thumps. Its large, savage mouth opened wide as it roared furiously.

The next moment, it raised its gigantic palm and grabbed at Meng Lei.

"Usually, I'd have been able to play with you a little, but I have limited time today. Sorry about that!"

With a flash, Meng Lei vanished from where he was. By the time he reappeared, he was already behind the Blood-Eyed Hydro-Ape. Then, a heavy fist went flying out.

Snap!

The back of the Blood-Eyed Hydro-Ape's head was broken and crushed by the wild, violent blast. The rushing wave of energy entered its body and instantly ground its brains into bits and pieces, killing it on the spot.

"Ding! 1 Blood-Eyed Hydro-Ape killed. 12,000,000 gold coins gained!"

"Tsk, tsk! Killing Ninth-Grade Magical Beasts brings in money faster indeed!"

Meng Lei gouged out the Blood-Eyed Hydro-Ape's magic core with a casual grabbing motion, and then he left in a fantastic mood.

As for the carcass of that Ninth-Grade Magical Beast, he would just leave it for the native Magical Beasts of that plane to enjoy. He found it somewhat beneath him now.

Buzz!

The magic circle lit up, and Meng Lei disappeared from where he was. By the time he reappeared, he had already arrived at the 12th level of the Dragon God Tower.

Dense, lush primeval forests were surrounding him now. Towering trees that reached as high as 1,000 feet were everywhere. As far as the eye could see, it was a sea of forests!

Yet, in the center of the forests stood an enormous, lofty, and majestic mountain peak. Wisps of thick smoke billowed from the summit, rushing toward the sky like smoke signals in war.

Additionally, all around the mountain was black lava that had just hardened, as well as dust, limestone, broken rocks, and so on that covered the whole place...

That was an active volcano that could erupt any time!

"Forests and a volcano... The wood-elemental and fire-elemental magic elements in this world are exceptionally active. Looks like it's a half-plane with mainly wood-elemental and fire-elemental laws of nature."

At once, Meng Lei let out his magic carpet and flew slowly and leisurely toward the area where the wood-elemental and fire-elemental magic elements were the richest.

Whoosh!

The swift and sharp sound of something slicing through the air rang out. As though a poisonous python, a vine suddenly shot out of the forest and shot toward Meng Lei at a lightning-quick speed.

"Ambushing me?"

Meng Lei chuckled. He neither ducked nor attacked, allowing the vine to wrap around him as it wished. Then, it dragged him down to the surface.

A brief moment later, Meng Lei was dragged right over to a strange tree with a trunk so thick that it would require ten people to circle around it. The strange tree wasn't very tall; however, innumerable vines draped from its crown-like hair and in a mess.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

Several vines covered in sharp thorns extended toward Meng Lei and went stabbing toward him viciously, as though they wanted to pierce into his body and suck him dry.

Clink, clink, clink!

However, the strange tree had made the wrong decision. Its thorns stabbed against Meng Lei as though they were stabbing against steel and iron, causing a series of sparks to fly about.

Apart from that, they didn't manage to pierce into Meng Lei at all.

"Ninth-Grade Magical Beast, Man-Eating Tree Ghoul, eh? Even if I allow you to pierce me all you want, you wouldn't be able to hurt me at all!"

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Chapter 147: Level 21, Red Rock Fire Demon

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"Even if I stand here and let you stab me, you can't hurt me!"

Meng Lei sneered, and green vines also appeared on his body. They turned into green pythons and wrapped back toward the strange tree. Then they stabbed into the bark of the strange tree and started absorbing madly.

This was the Wood-Elemental Spell, Life Drawing!

Meng Lei retaliated against it with its own medicine.

"Weren't you going to suck me dry? I'll suck you dry first!"

"Gurgle~"

"Gurgle~"

Upon feeling its vitality being drained continuously, the strange tree started struggling. Its trunk shook, and its vines lashed out, attacking the green pythons madly to peel them off its tree body.

Unfortunately, the green pythons that rooted on it were like maggots deep in its bones. However hard it struggled, it simply couldn't move them in the least. It could only watch them devour its vitality.

Whimper—

Eventually, amid the strange tree's shrill screams, its vitality was entirely devoured, and it died with indignation and regret.

"Ding! 1 Man-Eating Tree Ghoul killed. 17,300,000 gold coins gained!"

"Pfft! Gotten 17 million gold coins!"

Meng Lei nodded in satisfaction, then dug out a durian-sized, translucent green crystal that glowed with a green luster like a green jade.

"This is the Man-Eating Tree Ghoul's magic core? Such rich vitality..."

"This is a treasure!" Ol' Amos' voice sounded in his head. "The magic cores of Wood-Elemental Magical Beasts are also called vitality cores. They contain a vast amount of vitality and can bring even people who are severely injured and on the verge of death back to life. It is called a divine healing medicine. Thus, the value of one vitality core is several times, even tens of times, that of similar-grade magic cores!

"The Man-Eating Tree Ghoul is a Ninth-Grade Magical Beast, so its vitality core is even rarer. If one brings its vitality core to an auction, it can sell for at least 100 million."

"100 million? That's very good then!"

Meng Lei's eyes lit up. He casually put away the vitality core and continued to fly forward.

Not long after he left, the completely still trees in the surrounding area all reached out with their vines to stab at Man-Eating Tree Ghoul's body and started to absorb the remaining vitality in its body!

"Ding! 1 Jade Wood Butterfly killed. 12,900,000 gold coins gained!"

"Ding! 1 Witherbark Cicada killed. 1,460,000 gold coins gained!"

"Ding! Assimilation successful. Host's Physical Body Constitution 3870!"

"Ding! Assimilation successful. Host's Magic Power 2659!"

He went all the way up without any resistance.

By the time Meng Lei reached the magic circle that led to the 13th level, he had casually killed a total of 48 Ninth-Grade Magical Beasts.

48 Ninth-Grade Magical Beasts!

What kind of efficiency was this? One had to know that only a mere half an hour had passed since he had entered the 12th floor!

Such efficiency, such speed!

Whoosh!

He stepped into the magic circle. After a whirl of dizziness, the surrounding environment changed again.

Meng Lei arrived at a vast, endless grassland. Grass, the height of his knees, was very lush. A strong gust of wind blew, and the grass bowed down.

Swoosh...

On the patch of earth not far away, a tornado the height of dozens of meters was raging, bursting into a crazy roar.

The sound traveled more than 100 miles. The whole world was dark!

"Wood and Wind Elements, both are very rich.

"This is the Dragon God Tower's 13th level? It's actually very suitable for cultivating wind-elemental magic!"

Meng Lei did some sensing as usual and then continued to push forward.

"Ding! 1 Stormy Flying Elephant killed. 17,000,000 gold coins gained!"

"Ding! 1 Stormy Flying Elephant killed. 18,000,000 gold coins gained!"

"Ding! 1 Cloud Stooping Black Ox killed. 16,000,000 gold coins gained!"

Half an hour later, Meng Lei arrived at the 14th level.

"Ding! 1 Gold Backed Mantis killed. 19,000,000 gold coins gained!"

"Ding! 1 Three-Winged Heavenly Thunder Ant killed. 18,600,000 gold coins gained!"

The 15th floor!

The 16th floor!

The 17th floor!

The 18th floor!

The 19th floor!

The 20th floor!

He pushed through all the way!

Whoosh!

Half an hour later, Meng Lei arrived at the 21st level smoothly.

The environment changed drastically again. The world of ice, which was covered with the moment before, became a world filled with volcanoes and lavas in the next moment.

The sky was filled with thick layers of red clouds, and many purple lightning bolts moved rapidly between the cloud layers.

The sound of thunder had an intimidating impetus.

A boiling hot lava river was running non-stop on top of the earth. If ordinary living things arrived here, they would definitely be baked till their skins were dried.

"The Fire, Thunder, and Darkness Elements are particularly rich. From this layer onward, there should be Saint Domain Magical Beast already, right?"

There was a faint look of anticipation in Meng Lei's eyes. The easy kills along his whole way before this were only small appetizers, after all.

The Saint Domain Magical Beasts in the higher levels were the feast he was really looking forward to. Therefore, he arrived here in one go non-stop.

"The magic elements over there are the richest!"

Meng Lei found out the direction and then flew over, riding his magic carpet. Half an hour later, the magic circle toward the 22nd level was already in view.

But strangely, he actually didn't see a single Magical Beast, Not to mention Magical Beasts, not even a hair of a Magical Beast.

"How strange... Can there be no Magical Beasts on this level? But this shouldn't be happening."

Meng Lei stopped in mid-air, and looks of confusion filled his eyes as he observed the vast and empty world of lava.

Whoosh!

At that moment, a burning wave of air suddenly came from behind him. Then, he saw a viper completely made of boiling hot lava shooting right at him, as though it wanted to swallow Meng Lei whole.

"Hmm?"

Meng Lei's ears moved slightly, and he suddenly disappeared from the spot where he was.

Boom!

The lava viper's failed attack suddenly burst and turned into countless droplets of lava, splashing all around.

Meng Lei eerily appeared at another spot, his eyes locked on a lava lake near him. The corners of his mouth curved upwards slightly. It was from that lava lake that the lava viper had shot out of just now.

Gurgle~

Gurgle~

The lava lake boiled with bubbles. A stone-like head slowly emerged, and on this stone head were actually a horn, a single eye, and a nose!

Splash!

The lava boiled, before a three-meter-tall humanoid creature, with a body made entirely of red rocks and burning flames surrounding it, came out.

"Ninth-Grade Magical Beast, Red Rock Fire Demon..."

Although Meng Lei was stunned, he immediately felt very disappointed. "Why is it still a Ninth-Grade Magical Beast? Where are the Saint Domain Magical Beasts? Where are they hiding?"

Right when Meng Lei was confused, one red head followed by another emerged from the lava lake. All of them had entirely flame-covered red bodies covered. They were all Red Rock Fire Demons, at least 100, and they instantly surrounded Meng Lei.

Roar!

All the Red Rock Fire Demons roared angrily, opened their bloody red mouths, and spewed out many waves of boiling hot red lava.

The boiling hot lava shot over from all directions and directly blocked Meng Lei's way, leaving him no space to escape. He could only forcefully take on them.

"128 Red Rock Fire Demons, eh? Still quite a fortune. I will take you all reluctantly, shall I?"

Faced with the lava attacks, Meng Lei was calm and composed. At the moment right before the boiling hot lava reached him, a layer of diamond-like shining crystals suddenly emerged from all surfaces of his body. He turned into a diamond-like man instantly!

That was the Ninth-Grade Spell, Earth Guardian's Saintly Armor!

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Chapter 148: Undying Mud Leeches and Successfully Getting on Ranking

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Boom!

The boiling lava drowned Meng Lei instantly like roaring ocean waves. A terribly high temperature burnt Meng Lei and melted the Earth Guardian's Saintly Armor, and it seemed like it was going to burn Meng Lei to ashes.

Roar!

The Red Rock Fire Demon saw this and let out triumphant roars, then got ready to retreat into the lava lake to continue sleeping.

Meng Lei's death was certain in their views, as there was no way he could survive their lava attack. No human could. There were at least hundreds and millions of outsiders who died in their hands.

Yet, in the next moment, the Red Rock Fire Demons were shocked.

Meng Lei actually stood right where he was, completely unharmed. Even the magic robe on him was just as new as before, without suffering the least bit of damage.

"What?!"

The Red Rock Fire Demons were shocked.

At that moment, Meng Lei had already turned into a stream of light and shot right toward the Red Rock Fire Demons.

Bang, bang, bang!

Amid successive collisions, the Red Rock Fire Demons' heads burst open like watermelons.

Crushed rocks shot and lava splashed!

"Ding! 1 Red Rock Fire Demon killed. 6,400,000 gold coins gained!"

"Ding! 1 Red Rock Fire Demon killed. 6,370,000 gold coins gained!"

"Ding! 1 Red Rock Fire Demon killed. 6,290,000 gold coins gained!"

"Ding..."

Roar!

The remaining Red Rock Fire Demons were terrified, and they all squinted into the lava lake in an attempt to dodge Meng Lei's attack. Unfortunately, it was of no use.

With a soft snap of fingers... A gigantic rock with a diameter of hundreds of meters appeared in the sky and then smashed down right at this lava lake.

Boom!

With an earth-shaking loud bang, the gigantic rock hit very hard right at the lava lake center. Huge waves of lava were splashed, revealing the Red Rock Fire Demons hidden inside the lava lake.

The unlucky ones were smashed into a flesh pie, and the more fortunate ones were sent into mid-air by the huge force and then killed by Meng Lei.

Though he didn't meet any Saint Domain Magical Beast, Meng Lei had to admit that these Red Rock Fire Demons that inhabited the 21st level were indeed very strong, and they had a geographical advantage on top of that.

Even peak ninth-grade experts like Francis would definitely be in grave danger when facing them.

One small mishap and they may die on this level. But it was different for Meng Lei.

Even though the Red Rock Fire Demons had a geographical and numerical advantage, they were still a bunch of fragile weaklings waiting for him to kill them.

Ninth-Grade!

Saint Domain!

It was just the difference of a single grade, but it made the distinction between heaven and earth.

Whoosh!

The lava lake gradually returned to peace, but the Red Rock Fire Demons, who were ravaging and roaring just now, had fallen asleep forever.

All of them were killed, and not even a survivor remained.

"7.8 billion gold coins into the pocket!"

Meng Lei revealed a smile, and a fist-sized fiery red crystal appeared in his palm. "With the addition of 128 Red Rock Fire Demons' magic cores, the 21st level has given me the richest rewards after I entered the Dragon God Tower.

"Pfft, it's still faster to earn money by hunting Magical Beasts.

"Yeap, off to the next level.

"Hope I can encounter Saint Domain Magical Beasts!"

Whoosh!

The 22nd floor!

The 23rd floor!

The 24th floor!

Meng Lei advanced all the way very smoothly, passing through every level with an average of half an hour. His speed was so fast that it was unbelievable. Five hours later, he had already arrived at the 30th level.

Boom, boom, boom!

Meng Lei turned into a flash of lightning and kept moving and attacking. Strange Magical Beasts constituted entirely of mud, and muddy water were around him. They looked very similar to earthworms and leeches.

After observing them closely, they were like a thick, entangled mass!

They were the peak Ninth-Grade Magical Beasts, Undying Mud Leeches!

There was nothing extraordinary about Ninth-Grade Magical Beasts, but what drove Meng Lei mad was that Undying Mud Leeches were practically impossible to kill.

Be it hitting them with his fists or bombarding them with magic, nothing worked at all!

"It's impossible to kill them!"

"Boy, you must find the Undying Mud Leeches' weakness before you can kill them. Otherwise, they will slowly exhaust your physical strength and magic power and kill you eventually." Ol' Amos reminded him promptly.

"I know about finding the weakness, but does such a thing really have a weakness?" Meng Lei was also thinking about this question.

From the 21st level onwards, he hadn't met any Saint Domain Magical Beasts, yet he kept meeting a bunch of extremely strange Ninth-Grade Magical Beasts. They were not only shocking in their numbers, but they were also extremely hard to deal with.

They either had extraordinary defense systems and were very hard to kill, had amazing vitality and couldn't be killed, or there were so many of them that they couldn't all be killed!

These were still not that bad. Meng Lei had forced himself to be patient and deal with all of them, but on the 30th level, this bunch of Undying Mud Leeches he encountered made him feel particularly stuck.

After he broke them into pieces, they would return to their original forms...

One spell was enough to burn, dry, chop them up... Yet, within a few breaths, they were okay again.

Physical attacks were useless, and they were immune to magical attacks!

What else could he do?

"If physical and magic attacks don't work, then try spiritual attacks!" Ol' Amos reminded him. "Any living thing has a weakness, and Undying Mud Leeches can't be the exception."

"I was just thinking about this."

Meng Lei nodded hard. His spiritual power unleashed like a tide and surged toward the nearest Undying Mud Leech.

Boom, boom, boom!

Meng Lei's spiritual power was rich to the extreme, and it madly attacked the Undying Mud Leech's sea of consciousness. To Meng Lei's surprise, the Undying Mud Leech's spirit was actually much weaker than he imagined.

One small spiritual attack easily dismantled the seas of consciousness of several Undying Mud Leeches—they rolled their eyes and instantly dropped weakly to the ground!

"Ding! 1 Undying Mud Leech killed. 9,400,000 gold coins gained!"

"It died?"

Meng Lei's spirit was greatly revived, and he continued attacking.

Bump, bump, bump...

Undying Mud Leeches fell in waves like harvested crops. In a short while, all the Undying Mud Leeches died.

"Ding! 1 Undying Mud Leech killed, 9,490,000 gold coins gained!"

"Ding! 1 Undying Mud Leech killed, 9,620,000 gold coins gained!"

The system's cue tones kept sounding. Meng Lei looked at the Undying Mud Leeches' corpses that crashed into the mud pond and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"Ol' President, now I finally understand why everyone said the Dragon God Tower is difficult to venture through.

"The first 10 levels are easy.

"At the 11th level, Ninth-Grade Magical Beasts start to appear, and the difficulty level slowly starts to increase.

"At the 21st level, there are more and more Ninth-Grade Magical Beasts, and they are harder and harder to deal with. The difficulty level increases exponentially.

"Below the Saint Domain level, it is hard for someone to even go past 25 levels!"

"You've finally realized it!" Ol' Amos chuckled and said, "The first 10 levels are easy, so ordinary geniuses can get past them with a bit more effort.

"From the 11th level onward, it gets a bit hard. 90% of exchange competition participants would be stuck in these 10 levels and find it hard to make the slightest progress.

"As for the 21st to the 30th level, especially the higher 5 levels, they are almost impossible for Ninth-Grade experts to pass through.

"Faced with Ninth-Grade Magical Beasts that are astounding in numbers and are super hard to deal with, even pureblood Colossal Dragons have to fail!"

"Indeed!"

Meng Lei nodded slightly.

"So, usually people who can pass through the first 30 levels mostly are in Saint Domain, or have the battle power of Saint Domain." Ol' Amos smiled and said, "To be able to reach here, one would be good enough to be listed on the Dragon God Genius Ranking!"

(o)

Meng Lei was stunned. He said with surprise, "Which means my name has already appeared on the Dragon God Genius Ranking?"

"Yes!"

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Chapter 149: Ranked 469th, Second In History

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It was currently 4:00 p.m. in the afternoon and seven to eight hours since Meng Lei and the others had entered the Dragon God Tower.

After Dragon God Academy played host to the teachers-in-charge and held a welcoming banquet in their name, the teachers also began their own leisure time.

Some of the teachers went directly to the Dragon God Tower. Among them were President Fred and the Fighting Dragon Academy president.

Had it been during the past years, there wouldn't have been anything much to watch. After all, it wasn't like there were any decent geniuses around. What was the point of watching others' performances?

However, that wasn't the case this year. There was much to look forward to!

"Given Meng Lei's strength, if he stays somewhat careful and cautious, there won't be much of a problem for him to pass through the first 30 levels. It's enough for him to place in the ranking."

"Instead of 30 levels, he just needs to pass through 22 levels, and he'll have a chance of placing in the ranking. There's also much hope for that Francis kid..."

President Fred and the Fighting Dragon Academy president idly chatted the whole way idly as they headed over. Soon, they reached the Dragon God Tower.

At that moment, the area in front of the Dragon God Tower was already packed with people. They gesticulated and speculated among themselves, creating quite the lively atmosphere.

"What the heck? The contestants from the 15 kingdoms and 48 dukedoms are really impressive this time! Quite a few have actually made it into the ranking!"

"Isn't that so? The most impressive one is already ranked 487th. That's 487th in history! How awesome!"

"Tsk, tsk. They passed through the 30th level so easily. Impressive!"

"If I recall correctly, it hasn't even been eight hours since they entered the Dragon God Tower, right?"

"Seems like it..."

Upon hearing their speculations, President Fred and the Fighting Dragon Academy president both looked at the huge magic screen, and then their gaze slowly went all the way up.

"No. 972: Francis Matthew, Frost Dragon Person, 28 years old, Level 23"

"Did you see that? As expected, Francis has made it into the ranking!" President Fred remarked cheerfully, "That little fellow is certainly not bad. He didn't disgrace you!"

"He's alright, I guess. He can't compare to Meng Lei!"

The Fighting Dragon Academy president adopted an awfully humble attitude. However, he couldn't hide the smile on his lips, no matter what he did. One mustn't be fooled by how the 972nd placement seemed rather low—it was more than enough to prove Francis' shocking talent!

One must know that the Dragon God Genius Ranking was a ranking in which all geniuses competed against one another on the same platform in the recent 40,000-odd years.

Choosing 1,000 people over the course of 40,000 years—just how fierce was the competition? Just how many people desired to place in the ranking, yet failed?

Being able to make it into the ranking was the symbol of one's strength itself.

Being able to make it into the ranking was the symbol of one's talent itself.

It was no exaggeration to say that every one of those that could place in the ranking was a genius whose name would remain forever in history.

They had enormous potential, and the Saint Domain realm was within sight for them.

President Fred gave him a smile in response, and then his gaze continued to go up the ranking.

"Oh hey! Isn't that Fred and Fighting Dragon?"

A sinister voice suddenly rang out from behind them.

"Why is it that old fogey again!"

The two of them broke into frowns at the same time. The voice was all they needed to know who had just arrived. Aside from that loathsome old Black Dragon, who else could it be?

"Why are the two of you interested in the Dragon God Genius Ranking, too?"

Indeed, the person who had just arrived was Angus, the academy president of Black Dragon Academy. His gaze flickered over to the Dragon God Genius Ranking, and then he broke into a smile so wide that his countenance became all wrinkled. "That Isaiah kid hasn't disappointed me! He has ranked 692nd and reached Level 28. He didn't let all my grooming of him go to waste!"

Upon hearing his words, President Fred and the Fighting Dragon Academy president couldn't help but look at the person in 692nd place.

"No. 692: Isaiah Thomas, Black Dragon Person, 26 years old, Level 28"

"26 years old!"

"Level 28!"

"That fellow has pretty good talent!"

President Fred and the Fighting Dragon Academy president exchanged a look, both seeing the astonishment in each other's eyes.

To pass through the 28th level, one must be at least a ninth-grade pinnacle-level expert and possess great mastery of the universe's momentum.

For him to possess this level of strength at the age of 26, he was astonishingly talented for sure.

"I've heard that a few geniuses have also emerged from your academies. I wonder if they've placed in the ranking yet? Which positions are they in? How are they doing in comparison to our academy's Isaiah?"

Angus asked cheerfully, "Since time immemorial, the Fire Dragon Academy and the Fighting Dragon Academy have always been elite academies where geniuses emerge in every generation. I'm sure there must be extraordinary geniuses in this batch of students, too?"

"Stop acting so smug, Angus!"

President Fred was someone with a blunt and straightforward temperament. He couldn't help but snort and say, "Isn't it just the 692nd position? What's so great about that!"

"Yes! It certainly isn't anything great!"

Angus didn't flare up. Instead, he was all smiles as he replied, "Since that's what you're saying, Fred, then I'm sure the Fire Dragon Magic Academy must have an even more outstanding genius?"

"Hurhur! Of course!"

President Fred snorted, and then he quickly looked at where the 487th place was in the ranking. He believed that that must be where Meng Lei ranked.

However, he was disappointed.

"No. 487: Derrick, Golden Colossal Dragon, 30 years old, Level 31"

"It's not Meng Lei?"

Fred looked absolutely stupefied. He had thought that the genius in 487th place must be Meng Lei for sure. After all, among the geniuses of the 15 kingdoms and 48 dukedoms, Meng Lei was the most outstanding one for sure.

Therefore, Meng Lei's position must be the highest. Who else could it other than Meng Lei that had come in 487th place?

However, the truth was that... it wasn't Meng Lei.

"What exactly is that fellow doing?"

President Fred was rather anxious. However, it was at this moment that bursts of exclamations reached his ears.

"What the heck? That guy from just now has sped all the way to 469th place!"

"469th? He's sped all the way there so quickly?"

"Did that guy take a Rage potion or what?"

"469th?"

Upon hearing what they said, President Fred, the Fighting Dragon Academy president, and Angus, the muscular old man, looked at the 469th position almost all at the same time.

The moment they did, all three of them had different reactions.

President Fred heaved a long breath of relief while the Fighting Dragon Academy president's countenance was full of marvel, the words "I knew it!" all over his face.

Angus, however, gasped and reacted as if he had just seen a ghost. "He's reached Level 32 when he's only 16 years old? Wait a minute! 16 years old!? How can that be!?"

The gasps of astonishment around them weren't any less intense than his. All those who had noticed the person in 469th place were astounded by what they had just seen.

"No. 469: Meng Lei, Human, 16 years old, Level 32"

"For one to pass through Dragon God Tower's 32nd level, they must at least possess the strength of a Saint Domain. In other words, that 16-year-old little fellow already possesses the strength of a Saint Domain?"

"16 years old?"

"Saint Domain?"

"Is he even human?"

"He must be a freak?"

"I really wonder where that mutant came from! For him to become a Saint Domain at 16 years old, he's totally a monster on a level among the top ten—no, the top three of history!"

"He must be from the 15 kingdoms and 48 dukedoms! Otherwise, a genius on a level among the top few of history like that would have made it into the ranking a long time ago! He wouldn't have waited until today to challenge the Dragon God Tower!"

"That makes sense! I wonder which kingdom he's from..."

Upon hearing the crowd's gasps of astonishment, a complex look came over Angus' countenance. "I didn't expect that a monster like that has actually emerged from us 15 kingdoms and 48 dukedoms! This is truly unbelievable!"

A 16-year-old Saint Domain!

He was only a notch inferior to Timon Barton, the number one in history.

That firmly made him the number two in history.

The number two person over the course of 40,000 years! How amazing was that?

At Angus' exclamation of admiration, President Fred smiled so widely that his visage was all wrinkled. He said, "That Meng Lei kid hasn't disappointed me, after all! Coming in at 469th place and going up to Level 32, he didn't let all my grooming of him go to waste!"

The Fighting Dragon Academy president cast a glance at Angus and also remarked sarcastically, "Although he can't compare with someone else's genius from the Black Dragon Academy, he still did pretty well!"

(o)

At his words, Angus' countenance immediately froze. "Fred, that mutant at 469th place is from the Fire Dragon Magic Academy?"

"Yes! Is something wrong?"

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Chapter 150: Golden Steel Wind-Ape, Wind-Elemental Fragment

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The 32nd level of Dragon God Tower was a large, vast, and boundless silver-colored plains.

As far as the eye could see, there were no weeds, no trees, no mountains, and no signs of life.

The whole place seemed like the forbidden zone of life. On the silver-colored ground were violent gusts of wind wreaking havoc while letting out wild shrieks and howls.

And in the sky were roaring streaks of lightning running through the clouds. They thundered deafeningly, their momentum horrifying.

"The ground... It's made of metal!"

Meng Lei stood proudly between heaven and earth, gazing into the distance at the solitary world where violent gusts of wind wreaked havoc and thunder crackled and boomed loudly, a look of anticipation vaguely in his eyes.

At the 31st level, his wish had come true, and he had encountered a Saint Domain Magical Beast. Although it was just a Golden-Backed Ox Scorpion, he had still earned 9.8 billion gold coins from it.

Coupled with its magic core, that was double the rewards for him.

Sweet!

"Here's hoping that this level doesn't disappoint me too!"

Meng Lei licked his lips. Then, his form flitted toward the area with the richest magic elements. From the 31st level onward, there was no longer any need for him to use the magic carpet anymore.

He moved at a speed neither too fast nor too slow. Before he knew it, he had already crossed the long distance and arrived at the area where the magic elements were the richest.

A great silver-colored mountain entered his sight. Like the ground surrounding it, the fairly majestic-looking silver-colored mountain was also made out of silver-colored metal. A silvery-white color throughout, the mountain reached as high as several hundred meters tall.

Puff!

Puff!

Halfway up the mountain were two caves. Two thick and solid tornadoes shot out of the caves and blew toward the ground in the distance, howling as they did so.

"A Saint Domain Magical Beast is hiding in the cave?"

Meng Lei landed in front of the cave. As he stared at the two almost identical-looking caves, he made an antagonistic move.

He threw a fireball into the cave with a casual toss of his hand—he wanted to bombard the cave and drive the Saint Domain Magical Beast out of it!

Boom!

The fireball exploded, causing even the entire mountain to shake. Thick smoke billowed out of the cave, and then something that astonished Meng Lei happened the very next moment.

Boom!

Amid dull thunderous booms, the mountain suddenly began to shake and sway, and the ground started to tremble and shake. At the same time, a series of roars also reached his ears.

"What the heck?"

Meng Lei realized something right away, and he retreated with a sudden burst of speed. At the same time, he also gazed at the mountain that was in the midst of standing up, a look of astonishment surfacing in his eyes.

A head!

Arms!

Legs!

That was no goddamn mountain—it was clearly a metallic giant!

It was just that... Wasn't that giant a little too tall?

Was it 1,500 meters tall? Or 2,000 meters?

Meng Lei was dumbstruck by the sight. "What kind of Magical Beast is that?"

Ol' Amos' voice rang out as he replied, "That's the Golden Steel Wind-Ape, a rare species among ape-type Magical Beasts. A Metal-Elemental and Wind-Elemental Saint Domain Magical Beast. It possesses Herculean strength and is fairly difficult to deal with.

"Be careful. If you can't beat it, run immediately. Don't let the Golden Steel Wind Ape smack you to death with its palm!"

"The Golden Steel Wind Ape?" Meng Lei raised an eyebrow.

The Golden Steel Wind Ape glared furiously at Meng Lei, raging flames of fury bursting forth from its huge eyes that were as big as elephants.

"Damned human! How dare you disturb Bradley's beautiful dreams! You're courting death!"

It had only just spoken when it immediately opened its bus-sized mouth and spat out a tornado measuring a dozen or so meters wide.

Whoosh!

As he faced the tornado sweeping toward him, Meng Lei stood still and motionless. In fact, he was even somewhat in a trance.

Because in the instant that the Golden Steel Wind-Ape had launched its attack, a few dazzling light balls had dropped from it.

"Ding! Dropped item detected. Will you pick it up?"

"Isn't that obvious? Pick it up"

"Ding! Pickup successful. Host's Physical Body Constitution 3,038!"

"Ding! Assimilation successful. You have obtained the first-class spell, Golden Wheel Reincarnation Blast!"

"Ding! Assimilation successful. You have obtained the first-class spell, Dimensional Blade!"

"Ding! Assimilation successful. You have obtained a Wind-Elemental Laws of Nature Fragment!"

"What the heck!?"

At the sound of the system notifications constantly ringing out in his mind, Meng Lei became excited at once.

First-class spells and a wind-elemental Laws of Nature fragment!

He had really struck gold this time! When he had battled Saint Domain Magical Beasts in the past, they had never once dropped this much good stuff before.

Boom!

However, during this exact instant, the fearsome tornado straight up engulfed Meng Lei, and countless razor-sharp wind blades sliced at his body. The magic robe he was wearing didn't last long before it was ripped into shreds by the innumerable wind blades.

And then, it was his underwear's turn...

Similarly, they weren't spared, either...

However, the amazing thing was that when the razor-sharp wind blades cleaved onto Meng Lei's body, it was as though they were cleaving onto steel plates—aside from causing bursts of sparks to fly about, they weren't able to cut even a bit of his skin.

Additionally, it was as though Meng Lei didn't feel any pain or agony, either. No matter how the wind blades cleaved at him or attacked him, he stayed still and motionless.

"The wind's lithe gracefulness, nimbleness, raging violence...

"It could be as gentle as a soft breeze caressing one's face while it could also be as turbulent as to destroy the heavens and earth...

"The wind..."

Waves of comprehension and information regarding the wind-elemental laws of nature appeared within Meng Lei's mind. He browsed through them quickly as though he was watching a movie. In no time, he had opened the door to the wind-elemental laws of nature!

"So, this is... What wind is!"

After a long while, Meng Lei slowly opened his eyes. A shrewd gleam flashed across his eyes, and then his entire self disappeared inside the tornado. By the time he reappeared, he was already behind the Golden Steel Wind-Ape!

"As they say, it doesn't fulfill propriety if one doesn't return as good as they receive. You can have a taste of my wind, too!"

Meng Lei opened his mouth. A lithe, transparent air current suddenly shot out of his mouth and shot toward the back of the Golden Steel Wind-Ape's head at lightning-quick speed!

Whoosh!

Upon coming into contact with air, the light and lithe air current had a sudden, dramatic burst of speed. In an instant, it morphed into an incomparably sharp wind blade that cleaved viciously against the back of the Golden Steel Wind-Ape's head.

Crack!

Amid the sounds of metals colliding against each other, a small crack was cleaved out of the back of the Golden Steel Wind-Ape's head, and peculiar black blood squirted out of it.

Roar!

Although the tiny crack didn't count as much at all when compared to the Golden Steel Wind-Ape's enormous body, it still pained the Magical Beast, nevertheless. It let out furious roars after roars. Then, it turned around, and its palm smacked viciously toward Meng Lei as though it wanted to crush him into smithereens.

Whoosh!

Meng Lei vanished in an instant. By the time he reappeared, he was already on the Golden Steel Wind-Ape's shoulder. He said, "Your defenses are pretty good, big guy, but you're too slow!"

Roar!

The Golden Steel Wind-Ape quickly turned its head and delivered another smack with its palm. Although its speed was fast enough, it was still as slow as an 80-year-old granny in Meng Lei's eyes.

"Too slow!"

Meng Lei ducked slightly, and then he arrived at the top of the Golden Steel Wind-Ape's head. It was only at this point that its gigantic palm finally landed against its shoulder. With a thunderous boom, the Golden Steel Wind-Ape knocked itself unsteady, causing itself to stumble.

"Hahaha! How stupid!"

Meng Lei couldn't help but break into a grin. "Have all of its Stat Attribute Points gone to its size and defenses? There's pretty much no one else with a speed like the Golden Steel Wind-Ape's!"

"Duh! If the Golden Steel Wind-Ape was fast enough, would it appear here?"

Ol' Amos snorted and said, "But come to think of it, isn't your speed a little too fast? Even Saint Domain Magical Beasts with agility as their forte aren't as quick-footed as you. It would be stranger if the Golden Steel Wind-Ape could catch up to you!"

"Haha! Of course!"

Meng Lei smiled smugly in response, thinking to himself, My defenses are also super awesome, let alone my speed! Do you think the Gods-Slaying Rat bloodline is unworthy of its reputation?

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Chapter 151: This Is Just Basic Operations, So Don't Be That Amazed, Dimensional Blade

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Host: Meng Lei

Race: Human (Fire Dragon bloodline 50%, Fire Demon bloodline 45%, Golden Gods-Slaying Ant bloodline 10%, Gods-Slaying Rat bloodline 1%)

Wealth: 2.88 Laws of Nature Origin Crystals

Physical Body Constitution: Saint Domain (11,072,554,516/100 billion)

Spirit: Ninth-Grade Great Magician (1,789,871/1,000,000,000)

Magic Power: Ninth-Grade Great Magician (1,457,391/1,000,000,000)

Laws of Nature: Fire-Elemental (0.2%), Wind-Elemental (0.1%)

Others: Some increase

These were Meng Lei's current personal stats.

His bloodlines, Wealth, Physical Body Constitution, Spirit, Magic Power, and Laws of Nature comprehension had all undergone a dramatic change.

Within which, there was only one factor contributing to his spike in Physical Body Constitution—the Gods-Slaying Rat bloodline.

After this particular fearsome bloodline—that he had picked up via the chargeable function Limitless Pickup—had been assimilated into his body, Meng Lei's Physical Body Constitution had gone from 1 billion to 11 billion.

It had risen by a whole 10 times and more!

Apart from that, it had also given Meng Lei extraordinarily quick speed and extraordinarily strong defenses, as well as two different types of magic talent—wind-elemental and dark-elemental magic talent.

It could be said that the assimilation of the Gods-Slaying Rat bloodline had given Meng Lei great benefits. And yet, its bloodline assimilation rate was only... 1%!

Now, that was crazy.

Just how fearsome was that bloodline!?

Meng Lei found this normal, though.

According to the system, the Gods-Slaying Rat was a Deity-level Magical Beast whose strength was absurdly powerful. Even in the vast and boundless universe, the creature was rarely ever seen.

In fact, because it was too much of a mutant, it attracted the heavens' jealousy. As a result, the Gods-Slaying Rats were unable to form packs and could only live in solitude by themselves in the world.

One could imagine just how big of a mutant that creature was.

Therefore, what did the tenfold improvement of his body post-assimilation even count as?

What did obtaining extraordinarily strong defenses and speed even count as?

What did the 1% bloodline assimilation rate even count as?

This was basic operations, and one mustn't be that impressed!

Keep calm, everyone!

Because of this, Meng Lei was very calm and composed when facing Ol' Amos' astonishment.

You're already that astonished? This doesn't even count as much yet...

When I've earned enough, I'll boost the 1% bloodline assimilation rate. You can be astonished again when that happens.

"Stop being so smug. Hurry and take care of that Golden Steel Wind-Ape first!" Ol' Amos sighed and said, "You don't have much time left. You still have to take part in the exchange competition tomorrow."

"Alright," said Meng Lei in response, and then he promptly activated a first-class spell.

Rasp!

A green translucent wind blade several hundred meters long abruptly appeared and hurtled toward the Golden Steel Wind-Ape at lightning-quick speed.

Its speed was incomparably fast. The astonishing thing was that everywhere that the wind blade passed by, a gash was ripped directly into the air as if it were a piece of cloth.

It was the wind-elemental single-target first-class spell—Dimensional Blade.

Roar!

Upon sensing the life-threatening danger, the Golden Steel Wind-Ape hastily ran into the distance in an attempt to avoid the Dimensional Blade's attack.

"Do you really think you can get away?"

Meng Lei shook his head lightly.

Rasp!

In just the twinkling of an eye, the Dimensional Blade crossed the 100-meters distance and arrived at the Golden Steel Wind-Ape's neck.

Roar!!

During the moment of crisis, the Golden Steel Wind-Ape hastily raised its arm and protected its neck. As a crisp rip rang out, the Dimensional Blade easily cut through its arm to slice into its neck. It was only after it sank a dozen meters or so deep into its neck that it dissipated completely from the depletion of force.

Boom!

A segment of the Golden Steel Wind-Ape's arm landed onto the ground. It was as though a towering tree dozens of meters thick had fallen, and the impact from the crash caused the ground to shake violently.

Splurt!

Black blood spurted everywhere, dyeing the silver-colored ground black. Severe pain assaulted the Golden Steel Wind-Ape's nerves, causing it to let out sad and shrill cries.

"Goodbye, big guy!"

Before anyone even realized, Meng Lei had circled to the back of the Golden Steel Wind-Ape. Then, he tossed yet another Dimensional Blade out.

Splurt!

This time, the Golden Steel Wind-Ape was no longer able to block the attack, and the Dimensional Blade sliced cleanly across its neck.

Boom!

At once, the Golden Steel Wind-Ape froze on the spot, becoming still and motionless while a thin, narrow line of blood appeared at its neck.

The very next second, its head slid off and fell onto the ground with a great crash.

The system notification rang out in a timely fashion at this point.

"Ding! 1 Golden Steel Wind-Ape killed. 10.3 billion gold coins gained!"

"10.3 billion gold coins into the pocket!"

A smile appeared on Meng Lei's visage, and he glanced habitually at his Wealth value—3.91 Laws of Nature Origin Crystals, which when converted into gold coins, equated to 39.1 billion gold coins.

"39.1 billion gold coins! This isn't enough yet! Far from it!"

Meng Lei didn't indulge in self-satisfaction. There were simply too many things that he needed money for. Disregarding how his magic power and spiritual power desperately needed to be boosted, he needed money for just his Laws of Nature degree of comprehension, his bloodline assimilation rate, and the Limitless Pickup function alone.

.1 billion gold coins—that was nothing but just a drop in the ocean!

"Continue!"

Meng Lei gouged out the Golden Steel Wind-Ape's magic core. Then, his gaze lingered on its carcass, reluctant to part with it. He really wished he could take it with him, but unfortunately, his spatial magic devices didn't have the space to store it. Thus, he could only abandon it.

"However... This guy is a Wind-Elemental and Metal-Elemental Magical Beast. Even though I can't take its carcass with me, can I take its metal-elemental magic talent?"

Meng Lei got into contact with the system right away. "System, if I use Brutal Plunder, will I be able to take the Golden Steel Wind-Ape's metal-elemental magic talent? If it's possible, how many gold coins will it cost?"

"To answer the host, it'll cost 2 billion gold coins!"

"2 billion? What the hell? That's so goddamn expensive! Never mind, just take it anyway!"

The next moment, his Wealth decreased by 2 billion gold coins in an instant.

"Ding! Plunder successful. Will you assimilate it?"

"Yes, assimilate it!"

"Great! Time to go!"

Whoosh!

His environment changed right away.

Meng Lei had already reached the 33rd level.

At the same time, in the outside world...

"Level 33! That monster named Meng Lei has gone up to Dragon God Tower's 33rd level!"

"What a mutant! All the levels from the 31st one onward are overseen by Saint Domain Magical Beasts, yet he can actually still pass through them! Just how big of a mutant must he be to achieve that?"

"O' Dragon God above! It's hard to imagine that a monster like that is really from the 15 kingdoms and 48 dukedoms! How inconceivable!"

"The hardest thing to understand is that he's actually human! Since when have the humans ever produced a monster like that?"

Everyone let out gasp after gasp of astonishment as they gazed at Meng Lei's name—all of them had been astounded by him.

16 years old!

Level 33!

Just what kind of god-like achievement was that?

"Angus, our Meng Lei is pretty passable, right?" President Fred, who was all smiles, asked as he gazed at Angus, the muscular old man.

"Stop acting so smug, Fred!"

Angus snorted, his complexion becoming a dull purplish-red from anger. "A monster that can rank in the top few positions of history such as Meng Lei comes only once in 10,000 years. Your Fire Dragon Magic Academy was just lucky, that's all!"

"You're absolutely right! Our academy certainly has tremendous luck. However, Meng Lei ultimately still comes from our Fire Dragon Magic Academy and not your Black Dragon Academy," replied a chuckling President Fred in retaliation.

The Fighting Dragon Academy president also followed up with an attack and added, "An old Black Dragon like you has already gotten on so much in years. Don't you even know the simple principle that luck is also part of one's skill?"

Angus had an awful look on his countenance, unable to rebut their statements.

"He's gone to Level 34!"

"What the heck? He's advanced again?"

"Why has he become even faster now, as compared to when he was in the first few levels?"

Just as the three of them were conversing with each other, gasps of astonishment rang out next to them again—Meng Lei's ranking had risen again.

"No. 438: Meng Lei, Human, 16 years old, Level 34"

"That kid Meng Lei is even stronger than what we had imagined!"

Fred and the Fighting Dragon Academy president exchanged a look with each other, unable to stop an odd look from appearing in their eyes.

They were aware that Meng Lei had advanced to Saint Domain, but the strength that he was currently exhibiting was clearly stronger than typical Saint Domains that had just broken through. After all, his speed at making it through the rounds was simply too fast.

Level 31 Level 32 Level 33 Level 34!

He was passing through each level at a faster speed than the previous.

Just what kind of speed was that?

"Fred, I don't know if you've noticed this yet." The Fighting Dragon Academy president suddenly said, "Isn't that kid Meng Lei a Fire Dragon Person? Why is the ranking displaying his race as Human?"

Fred replied slowly, "Meng Lei undoubtedly possesses the Fire Dragon bloodline. I've seen his Dragon transformation with my own eyes!"

"Since that's the case, then there's only one possibility left—that kid is just like you. He's also a possessor of double bloodlines!"

"That's the only possibility left now!"

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Chapter 152: Diamond Mammoth, Becoming a Saint Domain Great Magician

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At the 34th level of Dragon God Tower, chilly winds howled in the brilliant white snow.

This was a world completely covered in snow and ice. As far as the eye could see, it was a total expanse of white.

Underneath the feet was a thick layer of snow while tall, lofty ice mountains were in the distance. Crystal-clear snowflakes floated and scattered about with the wind, dancing as they did so.

"A single pear blossom puts down the begonia, and thousands upon thousands of pear blossoms bloom. There's only one word to describe this—beautiful!"

Meng Lei stepped on the waist-deep snow, producing crisp crunching sounds as he did so. With light taps of his feet against the ground, he started to hop about on the surface of the snow.

As a southerner that lived near the sea, he had only seen snow a few times since he was young. Upon seeing such a beautiful snowscape, he found it especially novel and interesting.

Ol' Amos' voice, which carried a teasing note to it, rang out. "Kid, you've never seen snow before, have you?"

"Yeah, I haven't," Meng Lei replied as he admired the snow leisurely.

"The Fire Dragon Kingdom has a warm climate all year round, so it has rarely snowed in the last thousands of years. It's very normal that you haven't seen snow before."

Ol' Amos flew out of the spatial ring. As he gazed into the boundless snowfields in the distance, he was filled with emotion and sighed. "Speaking of which, I've not seen snow for over 20,000 years now."

"Watching the swirling snow covering the sky as you think about the past?" A mirthful Meng Lei said, "Ol' President, you must be feeling especially emotional at the sight of the snow now after experiencing that Ice Age catastrophe at the Meteor Plains back then."

"Yes, you're right. Back then..."

It was a rare occasion whenever Ol' Amos was actually overflowing with enthusiasm, and he launched into an unceasing torrent of words as he recounted the past. It was just a shame that he hadn't gotten far before he was rudely interrupted.

Boom!

The ground suddenly began to shake. Then, an enormous object that was snowy-white throughout came crushing toward them.

It was a snowy-white color throughout, and its body was covered in thick, needle-like fur. It looked like a gigantic elephant, except it had a single horn on its forehead. It stood at 100-meters-tall and had two long, transparent crystal-clear tusks that looked as though they were diamonds.

"That's the Saint Domain Magical Beast, the Diamond Mammoth!"

Ol' Amos' eyes widened at the sight of it, and he shouted, "The Diamond Mammoth is an Ice-Elemental and Wind-Elemental Magical Beast! Not only is it skilled at both ice-elemental and wind-elemental magic, but it also possesses Herculean strength and has peerless defenses.

"It's much harder to deal with than the Golden Steel Wind-Ape that you encountered earlier. Be careful. Don't let it send you crashing to death!"

"An Ice-Elemental Magical Beast? Tsk, tsk. I've finally run into an Ice-Elemental Magical Beast!" Meng Lei licked his lips as he said in his mind, "Before we talk about anything else, system! Steal the Diamond Mammoth's ice-elemental magic talent!"

Isn't it just 2 billion gold coins?

I'm overflowing with cash right now!

2 billion? Easy-peasy!

The system stated coldly, "Ding! Stealing the Diamond Mammoth's ice-elemental magic talent requires 23 billion gold coins. Will you steal it?"

"Of cour— Wait! 23 billion gold coins?!"

Meng Lei's eyes widened in shock. "Am I hearing things, system? 23 billion gold coins? Are you kidding me?"

Stealing the Golden Steel Wind-Ape's metal-elemental magic talent had only required 2 billion gold coins earlier, yet 23 billion gold coins are required now? You must be joking!

Both the Golden Steel Wind-Ape and the Diamond Mammoth were Saint Domain Magical Beasts. Although there was a difference in their combat strength, was there supposed to be such a huge difference in the costs?

"Dear host, the usage fee for Brutal Plunder is determined according to the target of plunder and the object of plunder!"

The system explained, "The Golden Steel Wind-Ape was already dead, so the difficulty level in plundering was lower. However, the Diamond Mammoth is still very much alive and kicking. Hence, the difficulty level in plundering is relatively higher!"

"Different levels of difficulty result in different usage fees!"

Meng Lei was rendered speechless. That sort of logic actually existed?

"Alright, alright. In that case, steal it after I've killed it!"

Then, Meng Lei charged toward the Diamond Mammoth.

Whoosh!

Just how fast was Meng Lei's speed? In a split second, he had already charged right up under the Diamond Mammoth's nose. With a mere thought, a green wind blade several hundred meters-long swept toward the Diamond Mammoth.

It was the wind-elemental single-target first-class spell—Dimensional Blade!

Crack!

The Dimensional Blade's cutting force wasn't to be doubted. In a mere instant, it had already cut through the long hair on the surface of the Diamond Mammoth's body to cleave against its skin.

However, what surprised Meng Lei was that after cutting several centimeters deep into the Diamond Mammoth's skin, the Dimensional Blade actually couldn't advance any further. It slowly dissipated before it disappeared into nothingness in the end.

"It has actually managed to block the attack!" Meng Lei sucked in a breath of air. "Isn't the Dimensional Blade hailed as the strongest offensive single-target first-class spell? It can't even kill a Diamond Mammoth?"

"Kid, you're underestimating the Diamond Mammoth's defenses too much. Do you know why the Diamond Mammoth is known as such?

"It's exactly because their physical defense is akin to diamonds'. Do you think the word 'diamond' is said in jest?"

Ol' Amos went on dryly. "Of course, it also has to do with your strength. You're only a Ninth-Grade Great Magician. Even though you can cast first-class spells, you're far from being able to bring out their strongest might.

"In your hands, not even 10% of the Dimensional Blade's original might remains. It would be stranger if you could actually use it to slice the Diamond Mammoth renowned for its high defenses dead!"

"I see. Well, that makes things a lot easier!"

Meng Lei's frown eased as he instructed, "System, redeem 20 billion gold coins and distribute them evenly to my Magic Power and Spiritual Power!"

Whoosh!

His Wealth decreased by 20 billion gold coins in an instant.

At the same time it did, Meng Lei's spiritual power and magic power reserves spiked crazily as though they were riding a launched rocket.

5 million, 10 million, 50 million...

100 million, 500 million, 900 million...

Boom!

It broke through the 1 billion milestone in an instant, and both attributes at that!

A surging, torrential aura erupted from Meng Lei and swept toward all directions like a nuclear bomb explosion.

"What?!"

At the sight of this, Ol' Amos was so shocked that his jaw almost dropped. "S-Saint Domain Great Magician? You've actually broken through?"

Meng Lei didn't respond to Ol' Amos. Instead, he looked habitually at his stats interface and admired his stats.

Wealth: 3.03 Laws of Nature Origin Crystals

Physical Body Constitution: Saint Domain (11,072,558,583/100 billion)

Spirit: Saint Domain (1,017,181,553/100 billion)

Magic Power: Saint Domain (1,014,655,561/100 billion)

"Three attributes at Saint Domain level! That's a lot more harmonious-looking!"

A smile appeared on Meng Lei's lips at the sight. He hadn't borne to promote himself to the level of Saint Domain Great Magician the whole time these few days. However, his wish had finally been realized today.

Dragon God Tower was still the best, after all.

It really was a fantastic place for money-making.

At this moment, the Diamond Mammoth charged right toward Meng Lei. Its eyes were blood-red as it had gone totally berserk!

Even though the strike from the Dimensional Blade earlier hadn't been able to kill it, it had sliced open its skin and caused it great pain. The severe pain had triggered the Diamond Mammoth's savagery. It wanted to kill Meng Lei to vent its fury.

Boom!

Meng Lei was currently suspended in mid-air and in the midst of checking out his stats interface. This gave the Diamond Mammoth an opening, and then he was in for a tragedy.

Two sharp, pointed diamond tusks carrying an overwhelming force just so happened to crash into Meng Lei's butt!

"Ow!"

Meng Lei felt a searing, piercing pain, and he jumped a whole meter high into the air. He was in so much pain that he was yelping loudly.

"What the hell!?"

Meng Lei instantly vanished from where he was. Then, he rubbed his buttocks—fortunately, there was no bleeding, and neither had his anus been violated.

Only two dimples had been pressed into his buttocks. With a gentle rub, they went back to their original smoothness, tenderness, translucence, and softness...

"Damned beast, you should die for that!"

Meng Lei was furious. With a wave of his arm, a green wind blade flashing with green light formed in an instant before it quickly shrank in size.

Within an instant, the green wind blade had already shrunk to almost 1/10 of its original size and also become even more transparent, lighter, and more agile. However, the piercing quality that it vaguely gave off wasn't just a mere ten times stronger.

"Die!!"

Meng Lei let out a ferocious roar, and the green wind blade vanished right away.

Roar!

Upon sensing a lethal threat to its life, the Diamond Mammoth converged ice and snow underneath its feet, manifesting them into a sturdy suit of ice armor that firmly protected it within.

Whoosh!

The green wind blade cleaved onto the ice armor on the surface of the Diamond Mammoth's body. With a soft crack, the ice armor was sundered into two halves...

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Chapter 153: Magic Talent For Eight Elements, Golden Wheel Reincarnation Blast

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Crack!

The green wind blade easily broke the ice armor on the Diamond Mammoth and buried itself into its body.

.01 second later, it flew out of the Diamond Mammoth's body. Then, it cleaved all the way into the thick layer of snow on the ground, cutting a deep fissure in it.

Roar!

The Diamond Mammoth froze on the spot as a thin line of blood formed on its neck. Scarlet blood spurted everywhere and gushed like a fountain, leaving scattered spots of crimson on the silvery-white snow!

"Ding! 1 Diamond Mammoth killed. 12.3 billion gold coins gained!"

The system's voice notification sounded at that moment. It was only at this point that the Diamond Mammoth's head finally separated from its body. It crashed onto the ground with a loud boom, and then it stopped moving.

"Done!"

Meng Lei descended from the sky and landed next to the Diamond Mammoth's carcass. Then, he gave the order. "System, use Brutal Plunder, and steal the Diamond Mammoth's ice-elemental magic talent!"

Whoosh!

His Wealth instantly decreased by 2,3 billion gold coins. At the same time, Meng Lei also successfully obtained ice-elemental magic talent.

"As of now, I already own a total of eight types of magic talent—thunder, earth, fire, wood, wind, dark, metal, and ice. I'm just missing water-elemental and light-elemental magic talent now.

"Not bad! I must continue to work hard!"

After gouging out the Diamond Mammoth's magic core, Meng Lei stepped into the magic circle leading to the 35th level without so much as even a look behind him.

Whoosh!

The world spun, and the environment changed once more.

This time, he had actually arrived at an ocean.

As far as the eye could see, the surroundings were a boundless, endless ocean. The salty, fishy ocean breeze blew and set off wave after wave in the waters. Seabirds soared atop the vast water surface that stretched as far as the eye could see, shrouded in a smoke-like mist.

"Fahai1?"

As he gazed at the vast and boundless great ocean, a smile appeared on Meng Lei's countenance at once. His hometown had been right by the seaside; one could say that he had grown up stepping on the beaches' sand, playing with shells, and eating seafood.

Despite entering the working society later on, he would also bring his wife and child to the seaside for playtime every weekend. His emotions easily became peaceful and tranquil just by gazing into the vast ocean.

The ocean was his home!

"Hahaha! I'm home!"

Meng Lei let out a cheer as he tugged the magic robe on him right off. With a leap, he dived right into the ocean, his form staying out of sight for the longest time.

After a long while, Meng Lei finally emerged from the water. His arms reached forward while his legs kicked furiously, his body hitting against the water rhythmically. He was just like a fish darting about at high speed in the water.

First, it was a violent freestyle!

Then, it was a comfortable breaststroke!

Finally, it became an energy-saving backstroke!

After a round of swimming, he felt relaxed and comfortable all over. How awesome!

As he laid on his back on the ocean surface and took in the waters' gentle caress, Meng Lei felt unprecedentedly relaxed and steady.

The ocean is still the best. If I have the chance in the future, I can consider settling down by the seaside... Meng Lei thought leisurely to himself.

It was at that moment that he suddenly felt a great force in the water. A shadow dived out of the water and came biting toward him with its mouth open.

"How dare a tiny little fish disturb me?"

Meng Lei snorted lightly. Then, he suddenly rose in an upright position, leaving the ocean and flying into the sky.

Splash!

The shadow missed its target. However, due to inertial force, its massive body also ended up flying out of the ocean—it was actually a strange-looking fish with the body of a snake but the head of a shark.

Its huge mouth was wide open, and the inside was filled with ghastly fangs. Tough, hard scales covered its body, which reached as long as an astonishing 20 meters. Every scale was as big as a watermelon.

"Eighth-Grade Magical Beast, Snake-Shark..."

Meng Lei's gaze swept across the strange-looking fish. Then, a white gust of cold air shot out of his fingertip and instantly enveloped and wrapped around the Snake-Shark.

Krak, krak, krak...

The Snake-Shark was encased in ice in no time. A few breaths later, the savage and mighty-looking creature had turned into a gigantic ice sculpture.

Its scales were arranged row upon row, looking vivid and true to life.

"Break!"

Meng Lei knocked lightly against the ice sculpture.

Crack!

The gigantic ice sculpture broke into bits and pieces right away.

"What bad luck!"

As he gazed at the ocean surface that had been polluted by bits of flesh and blood, Meng Lei lost the mood to continue swimming at once. He put his magic robe back on, and then he began to fly toward the area where the magic elements were the richest.

More than ten minutes later, a small island floating on the great ocean came within view in the far distance. The island was neither too big nor too small; it was only about a dozen kilometers in breadth and length.

Tropical plants grew in sparse amounts here and there on the island. The magic circle leading to the next level was located right in the center of the island, And sprawled on the sandy shore next to it was a gigantic turtle with its eyes closed in repose. It was a golden-yellow color throughout and as enormous as a mountain ridge.

The gigantic turtle laid there quietly, still and motionless. One couldn't sense much of a powerful aura from it. However, that enormous size did give off a strong sense of pressure.

Despite being sprawled on the shore, it was still 100-meters-tall. A size like that could only belong to a Saint Domain Magical Beast.

"What kind of Magical Beast is that gigantic turtle, Ol' President?"

"It's a Titanic Golden-Shell Turtle, a Water-Elemental and Metal-Elemental Saint Domain Magical Beast. It has great strength, and its forte is its defense. In terms of just defenses alone, it's even stronger than the Diamond Mammoth you encountered earlier." Ol' Amos explained, "Therefore, it's very hard to kill the Titanic Golden-Shell Turtle. Don't just meet it head-on blindly. You must look for its weakness and kill it in one strike!"

"Alright, I will!"

Meng Lei nodded lightly. Then, he flew toward the little island.

Seemingly sensing that there were intruders, the Titanic Golden-Shell Turtle in repose on the shore slowly lifted its head, and its golden eyes flicked toward Meng Lei.

Whoosh!

Without any warning whatsoever, the Titanic Golden-Shell Turtle attacked right away. The ocean next to it began to surge and churn violently, and a few hydras dozens of meters long soared into the sky and crashed toward Meng Lei viciously.

"Ninth-Grade Spell, Hydra Blast!"

Meng Lei marveled, "As expected of a Saint Domain Magical Beast. Having ninth-grade spells at its fingertips and almost instantly releasing it. However..."

Meng Lei abruptly vanished from where he was. With a few flashing turns and shifts, he crossed the distance of several hundred meters to appear right in front of the Titanic Golden-Shell Turtle. He made a grabbing motion with his right hand, and a golden light ball formed in his palm.

Meng Lei looked at the Titanic Golden-Shell Turtle and said slowly, "First-class spell, Golden Wheel Reincarnation Blast!"

Boom!

A dazzling golden light suddenly burst forth from the golden light ball before it turned into a piercing golden light that shone high into the heavens and deep into the ground. Then, it cleaved furiously toward the Titanic Golden-Shell Turtle's head.

Whoosh!

The Golden Wheel Reincarnation Blast's speed was incomparable. However, the Titanic Golden-Shell Turtle was even faster. Its head suddenly retracted, and in an instant, it had hidden inside its tough golden turtle shell.

The incomparably sharp Golden Wheel Reincarnation Blast cleaved against the sandy shore. It rendered the shore into two with a boom, forming a fissure that measured one to two kilometers long.

As a metal-elemental first-class spell, Golden Wheel Reincarnation Blast's might was not to be doubted. Even if the Titanic Golden-Shell Turtle had peerless defenses, as long as the Golden Wheel Reincarnation Blast struck it, only death awaited it... With the exception of the turtle shell, of course!

However, that old turtle was extremely sly. In the instant that the Golden Wheel Reincarnation Blast landed, it had retracted its head into the shell, causing the attack to miss.

"What a coward1, indeed! It actually ducked!"

Meng Lei was amazed.

At that moment, the Titanic Golden-Shell Turtle's head reemerged. As it let out a low roar, countless metal spikes glittering coldly in the light suddenly appeared. As though a dense and packed rain of swords, they shot toward Meng Lei from all directions.

It was the Ninth-Grade Spell, Arrow Storm!

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Chapter 154: Magic Talent For Ten Elements, Coming Back To Life

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

Many metal spikes that could cover the whole place pierced through the air and shot toward Meng Lei at lightning-quick speed. They reached right in front of Meng Lei in an instant, seemingly wanting to stab so many holes into him that he'd turn into a sieve.

There was nowhere to hide and nowhere to dodge, so he could only take them on head-on.

"Piece of cake!"

Meng Lei shook his head lightly. With a mere thought, Earth Guardian's Saintly Armor quietly manifested.

Then, while facing the whole sky of spikes, Meng Lei charged brazenly toward the Titanic Golden-Shell Turtle, all the while actually ignoring Arrow Storm, the ninth-grade spell.

Whoosh!

At the sight of this, the Titanic Golden-Shell Turtle's head retracted into its shell again, leaving Meng Lei only an enormous turtle shell.

"This again? Can't you just fight me head-on?"

Meng Lei was rendered somewhat speechless. "Looks like a turtle will always be a turtle. Even if it has put on golden armor and given itself an impressive name, it can't change its scaredy-cat nature.

"Never mind. You like being a coward, don't you? In that case, then don't ever come back out.

"Fire-elemental single-target first-class spell, Meteor Fall!"

Rip!

A rip suddenly appeared in the sky. Then, a gigantic meteor more than 1,000-meters-wide in diameter with black flames circling around it descended from the sky. It came crashing down, carrying with it an aura capable of destroying everything in the world.

Roar!

Even though the Titanic Golden-Shell Turtle's head had already retracted into its shell, it could still sense the life-threatening danger coming from the sky, nonetheless.

It knew very well that once it was struck by a fearsome first-class spell like Meteor Fall, it would suffer grave injuries even if it survived.

The Titanic Golden-Shell Turtle went into a huge panic. A dazzling golden shield manifested around it, firmly protecting it from incoming danger.

It was the Ninth-Grade Spell, Golden Guardian!

It wasn't over yet, though.

A few hydras then rose from the ocean and circled around the Titanic Golden-Shell Turtle, forming a thick shield of Water Elements around it.

It was the Ninth-Grade Spell, Poseidon Barrier!

"What the hell?"

At the sight of this, the corners of Meng Lei's lips spasmed a couple of times. As expected of a scaredy-cat. First the Golden Guardian, and then Poseidon Barrier... Was it planning to die defending itself?

Boom!

At that moment, the black meteor carrying a terrifying strength crashed heavily onto the Titanic Golden-Shell Turtle. Then...

Boom!

It easily ripped the Poseidon Barrier apart.

Then, it went on to break the Golden Guardian before finally crashing onto the turtle shell.

At last, it stopped moving! Meteor Fall had come to a stop!

At the very last moment, the Titanic Golden-Shell Turtle had used its sturdy and indestructible turtle shell to fend off Meteor Fall's violent attack.

Roar!

With a roar, the Titanic Golden-Shell Turtle's head poked out of the shell as a smug look flashed across its eyes. It said in an aged voice, "Trying to kill me, human? You're still too soft!"

"Is that so?!"

Meng Lei only gave it a smile, refraining from saying anything further.

As his hand pressed downward lightly, another black meteor popped out of the fissure and came crashing down.

"Instant release of a first-class spell? Who exactly are you?!"

The Titanic Golden-Shell Turtle's eyeballs almost fell out of their sockets as it stared at the other Meteor Fall that had abruptly appeared, its heart filled to the brim with fear and horror.

It tried desperately to cast a defensive spell to protect itself so that it could avoid the fate of being crushed to death.

However, it turned out to be a major miscalculation this time—after the second meteor came the third, the fourth, and the fifth!

As though shooting stars chasing after the moon, a succession of four black meteors came crashing down one after another. They carried an overwhelming and terrifying destructiveness as they crashed onto the Titanic Golden-Shell Turtle successively!

Boom!

Boom!

Boom!

Amid violent, intense crashes that rang out one after another, the entire island was shaken down to its core. Smoke and dust billowed and roiled about with only the Titanic Golden-Shell Turtle's pitiful cries echoing for a long time...

The system notification rang out in a timely fashion at this point.

"Ding! 1 Titanic Golden-Shell Turtle killed. 13 billion gold coins gained!"

"Piece of cake! Did you really think that there was nothing I could do about you? No matter how tough your turtle shell may be, there's no way you can block my first-class spell!"

Meng Lei snorted lightly. Then, he gave the order resolutely. "System, steal the Titanic Golden-Shell Turtle's water-elemental magic talent!"

Whoosh!

His Wealth decreased by 3 billion gold coins in an instant.

"Water-elemental magic talent in the bag now... I have a total of nine elements now! I'm just missing light-elemental magic talent!"

Meng Lei nodded in satisfaction. After gouging out the Titanic Golden-Shell Turtle's magic core, he then stepped into the magic circle leading to the 36th level without even looking back.

At Level 36—"Ding! 1 Double-Heart Rainbow Scorpion killed. 14.6 billion gold coins gained!"

At Level 37—"Ding! 1 Six-Winged Extraterrestrial Demon Bug killed. 16.1 billion gold coins gained!"

At Level 38—"Ding! 1 Evil-Eye Overlord killed. 17.3 billion gold coins gained!"

At Level 39—"Ding! 1 Two-Headed Great Earth Lion killed. 18.1 billion gold coins gained!"

At Level 40—"Ding! 1 Golden-Winged Holy Light Tiger killed. 19.6 billion gold coins gained!"

"The Golden-Winged Holy Light Tiger, a Metal-Elemental, Thunder-Elemental, and Light-Elemental Saint Domain Magical Beast! Thank heavens, I've finally encountered a Light-Elemental Magical Beast!

"System, steal the Golden-Winged Holy Light Tiger's light-elemental magic talent!

"It's done! I now have magic talent for all ten elements!

"Surely my current self can match up to that Adolf guy in terms of magic talent now, right?!

"This feeling sure is great!"

Meng Lei could clearly sense all ten types of magic elements in the universe. The golden Metal Elements, cyan Wind Elements, yellow Earth Elements, green Wood Elements, blue Water Elements, red Fire Elements, silver Thunder Elements, black Dark Elements...

Every one of the magic elements was like dancing fairies—they were either nimble and agile, or light and gentle, or dense and heavy, or violent and raging, or cold and aloof, or lively and bubbly...

Ten types of elements!

Every one of them was different from the other!

"The world of magic elements is truly fascinating. What would it be like if I could comprehend all ten elements' laws of nature someday?"

Meng Lei shook his head to clear his thoughts. Then, just as he was about to head toward the magic circle leading to the 41st level, Ol' Amos' voice rang out. "Let's stop here for now. You've already stayed in the Dragon God Tower for more than 20 hours. Are you still intending to take part in the exchange competition or not?"

"More than 20 hours?"

Meng Lei was startled by his words. He took out his pocket watch and glanced at it—it was currently 6:45. He couldn't help but comment in puzzlement, "Is it the evening or morning the next day now?"

"Duh! It's morning the next day, of course!" Ol' Amos rolled his eyes. "Aren't you supposed to assemble at the Dragon God Cathedral at 8 a.m.? If you continue to challenge the tower, you're going to miss the exchange competition."

"Alright!"

Meng Lei shook his head, not quite having had his fill of fun yet. "So much time passed before I even realized it. Time sure passes really fast."

However, as he gazed at his assets that had spiked dramatically in value, Meng Lei couldn't help but smile. After conversion, 13.5 Laws of Nature Origin Crystals equated to 135,068,947,455 gold coins!

"135 billion gold coins! In less than a day, I've already earned so much!

"If I were to stay for another period of time, how much more would I earn?

"The Dragon God Tower is my land of blessings, indeed. How awesome!"

Meng Lei suppressed the urge to guffaw into the sky. Then, he started to double back.

Going back was a lot simpler. He flew at his fastest speed, and in just a few minutes, he was already back at the magic circle.

Whoosh!

The environment changed, and he returned to the 39th level.

Roar!

A low roar reached his ears at this moment. Meng Lei turned to see a lion-type Magical Beast that was as big as a mountain ridge glaring viciously at him. Its fangs were bared, and it had a savage look in its eyes.

"A Two-Headed Great Earth Lion?" Meng Lei looked absolutely stupefied. "What the heck? Didn't I already kill it? Why is it still alive?"

Meng Lei remembered very clearly that he had definitely killed the Saint Domain Magical Beast guarding the magic circle—the Two-Headed Great Earth Lion—when he'd passed through the 39th level. He had even gouged out its magic core.

It should've been deader than dead, so why had it come back to life?

"This is just the way it should be. Don't be so surprised!"

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Chapter 155: Turning Back Time, Coming Back To Life

"The way it should be?" Meng Lei looked stupefied. "The Two-Headed Great Earth Lion that I've killed has come back to life, and you're telling me this is just the way it should be?"

"How ignorant of you!" Ol' Amos shook his head, laughing as he did so. "Let me ask you something. If the Magical Beasts that you've killed were really dead, wouldn't all the Magical Beasts in the Dragon God Tower have been massacred after the last 40,000 years?"

The question dumbfounded Meng Lei.

"If all the Magical Beasts inside the Dragon God Tower were dead, then will there still be any need for future generations to challenge the tower? That way, is there still any meaning to the Dragon God Genius Ranking?"

Meng Lei found himself dumbfounded once more.

"The last question—if everyone behaves like you and slaughters the Magical Beasts level by level, won't the challengers following after you be able to go up to the same level as you effortlessly?"

The three questions thrown at him one after another completely stupefied Meng Lei, and he asked, "Ol' President, what exactly is going on?"

"I'll just tell you the truth. All the native beings and Magical Beasts inside the Dragon God Tower are immortal. Or rather, they certainly can be killed. However, they'll come back to life again in the blink of an eye, and then, they'll continue to guard the half-planes!" Ol' Amos sighed and explained, "This is a cycle that keeps repeating over and over. They guard the half-planes for all their lifetimes to come, and exist to be hunted by people."

"How did that happen?"

Meng Lei was astounded!

"You're asking me? Who am I supposed to ask, then? All I know is that the creatures in Dragon God Tower are immortal. As for how they are being revived, that isn't something I'm privy to." Ol' Amos shook his head and went on. "However, rumor goes that Dragon God Tower has the ability to turn back time and revive all the Magical Beasts that have been killed."

Turn back time?

Meng Lei was stunned by his answer.

"Time is a taboo that even deities cannot touch. Nobody knows for sure whether or not the Dragon God Tower can really turn back time." Ol' Amos shook his head and remarked, "Perhaps only the Dragon God Tower's creator—His Holiness the Dragon God—would know the answer to that."

Meng Lei had only silence as a response to that. He couldn't help but shift his gaze to the Two-Headed Great Earth Lion currently baring its fangs at him.

Contrary to expectations, that Saint Domain Magical Beast, which he had just cleaved into two with the Dimensional Blade a while ago, was actually standing there well and intact in this instant. Even the blood that had spurted onto the ground during their battle earlier had vanished from sight.

On top of that, there was no fear or reservations in the way how the Two-Headed Great Earth Lion was looking at him. What was present in its eyes were still a look of hostility and savagery!

That look in its eyes was exactly the same as when he had first encountered it back when he had just ascended to the 39th level!

Turn back time?

Meng Lei suddenly found himself somewhat convinced that the Two-Headed Great Earth Lion had indeed been revived by turning back time—after all, that fellow was behaving as though it was seeing him for the very first time. Those eyes... There was no mistake about it!

The next few Saint Domain Magical Beasts he subsequently encountered only served to prove the theory truer and truer.

The Evil-Eye Overlord on the 38th level...

The Six-Winged Extraterrestrial Demon Bug on the 37th level...

The Double-Heart Rainbow Scorpion on the 36th level...

The Titanic Golden-Shell Turtle on the 35th level...

All of them had come back to life!

Each and every one of them stood there well and intact. On top of that, all of them behaved as if they had never seen Meng Lei before!

The look in their eyes... There was no way they could fake it!

Can the Dragon God Tower really turn back time?

The question lingered persistently in Meng Lei's mind all the way till he reached the first level.

All the Magical Beasts he had previously killed had all come back to life.

The scenery in all the half-planes was also exactly the same as when he had first gone in. It was as if he had never even been there in the first place!

What an incredible divine weapon! Did the Dragon God really craft this thing?

Never mind! Who cares? This is a piece of good news for me anyway, isn't it?

Meng Lei pushed his doubts to the back of his mind and exited the Dragon God Tower. Right after he did, he was immediately met with several pairs of astonished, astounded, idolizing, jealous... eyes!

It was only then that Meng Lei realized that the area outside the Dragon God Tower was packed with people, and everyone was staring at him with all sorts of complex looks in their eyes as if they were staring at an alien.

"So, that's Meng Lei? He looks so young!"

"I didn't think that he would really be a human!"

"It's hard to imagine that he's actually a human!"

"In terms of talent alone, that guy is probably more of a mutant than even Prince Barbarossa, Sachhen the Golden Dragon-Lion, Adil the Thunder Giant, and so on!"

"He certainly has greater talent than Prince Barbarossa and the others, but that may not necessarily be the case when it comes to their strength. He's too young..."

Wasn't it daybreak just a moment ago? Where did all these people come from?

Meng Lei wondered to himself as he glanced at his pocket watch—it was currently only 7:25 a.m. and still early in the morning.

"Meng Lei!"

A familiar voice reached his ears at that moment. Meng Lei turned to see President Fred and the Fighting Dragon Academy president gazing at him with much approval and marvel on their countenances and their eyes brimming with gratification.

Behind them were the Fire Dragon Kingdom's contestants. Joel and the others that had entered the Dragon God Tower together with him were also there.

"President Fred! Fighting Dragon Academy president!"

Meng Lei walked over and greeted them.

"Atta boy! You're finally out! I was so worried that you had lost track of time and would end up missing the exchange competition."

President Fred patted Meng Lei on the shoulder hard, the very picture of a greatly comforted and gratified old man. "Haha! You've really brought great honor to the academy and Fire Dragon Kingdom this time."

"Coming in at 227th place and reaching Level 40 at 16 years old!"

The Fighting Dragon Academy president remarked in astonishment, "It's truly a marvel that you can accomplish results like that during the very first time you enter the Dragon God Tower!"

"227th place?"

Meng Lei turned to look at the huge magic screen—true enough, he saw his name occupying the 227th position!

"No. 227: Meng Lei, Human, 16 years old, Level 40"

"I'm already at 227th place?" Meng Lei was rather surprised. "That's really quick!"

"How do you feel? Have you been astonished by your own results? Hahaha!" President Fred burst into laughter and said, "Frankly speaking, you've astounded all of us. So much so that none of us even slept a wink the whole night. Instead, we just stayed here the whole time and watched your god-like achievements from challenging the tower!"

"All of you were waiting here the whole night?" Meng Lei was a little stunned. "Do you really need to be that crazy?"

"Of course! How can we not be?" The Fighting Dragon Academy president, who was all smiles, said, "You're now hailed as the number two person in the empire's history of 40,000 years! It's just a notch inferior to Timon Barton, who's ranked number one!"

"Number two in history?" Meng Lei shook his head. He didn't give two hoots about all these empty titles—they weren't even as valuable as a few hundred gold coins.

At this point, a smiling President Fred said, "It's about time. We should head to the Dragon God Cathedral now."

"Alright!"

Then, everyone began to make their way to the Dragon God Cathedral.

During the whole journey there, everyone asked Meng Lei about his experiences during the process of him challenging the tower, to which he answered all their questions one by one, causing them to constantly gasp in astonishment.

In particular, a small group of them that had also entered the Dragon God Tower—such as Francis and the others—found it even more unbelievable.

The Dragon God Tower really wasn't an easy place to challenge.

This was especially true from the 21st level onward—each of the Ninth-Grade Magical Beast packs was crazier than the last and harder to deal with than the last. A moment of carelessness, and one would die a tragic death.

Francis knew this only too well.

On the other hand, Meng Lei had bulldozed his way through and climbed all the way to the 40th level just like that. Moreover, judging from how he sounded, if it weren't for the fact that he needed to participate in the exchange competition, he would have no problems going even further up.

Just what kind of combat strength was that?

As they chatted idly with one another, they finally arrived at the Dragon God Cathedral half an hour later.

The Dragon God was the one and only god that the Dragon God Empire's billions of citizens believed in. The Dragon God Vatican was a church that worshipped the great Dragon God, and the Dragon God Cathedral was their headquarters.

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Chapter 156: Picking Up Items Until Even His Hand Had Gone Limp, Generous Rewards

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The Dragon God Cathedral was a snowy-white color throughout.

Lofty and majestic, grand and magnificent!

Squarish in structure and solemn in bearing!

And last but not least, dignified and holy!

In front of the Dragon God Cathedral stood an altar approximately 1,000-feet-tall. As enormous as a mountain ridge, the whole structure was crafted from gold and looked like a pyramid with its tip shaved off.

A 1,000-feet-tall Golden Colossal Dragon statue stood at the apex of the altar. It had rows and rows of golden dragon scales, fierce and sharp claws, solemn and imposing eyes...

It dazzled with a golden brilliance, its divine might vast and majestic, and gave off a holy and untouchable domineering aura that reached high into the heavens and deep into the ground.

...It was a statue of the Dragon God!

At the moment, the area in front of the Dragon God statue was packed with people, ranging from the Dragon God Empire's emperor all the way to the contestants in the competition...

All of them stood in front of the Dragon God statue, their demeanors solemn and dignified as they prayed piously. Even Meng Lei the husky1 among the wolves had no choice but to put on a pretense and mumble to himself.

"Ding! Assimilation successful. Host's Physical Body Constitution 10,086!"

"Ding! Assimilation successful. Host's Magic Power 2,345!"

"Ding! Assimilation successful. Host's Wealth 6,666!"

"Ding! Assimilation successful. You have obtained the Water-Elemental First-Class Spell, Disastrous Tsunami!"

"Ding! Assimilation successful. You have obtained the Ice-Elemental First-Class Spell, Absolute Zero!"

"Ding! Assimilation successful. You have obtained the Thunder-Elemental First-Class Spell, Three Thousand Strikes of Lightning!"

"Ding! Assimilation successful. You have obtained the Metal—Elemental First-Class Spell, Ten Thousand Swords Return Home!"

"Ding! Assimilation successful. You have obtained the Wood—Elemental First-Class Spell, Myriad of Nature!"

"Ding! Assimilation successful. You have obtained a Thunder-Elemental Laws of Nature Fragment!"

"Ding! Congratulations to the host. You've obtained the Golden Colossal Dragon bloodline. Will you assimilate it?"

"Ding..."

As he listened to the system notifications constantly ringing out in his mind, Meng Lei was utterly delighted.

I was right in coming! I was right in coming here, indeed!

Ever since he had arrived at the Dragon God Cathedral, the system notifications hadn't paused for even a moment. Multi-colored light balls filled the place like soap bubbles, dense and packed. There was no way of counting their numbers at all.

They were either Physical Body Constitution, Magic Power, spell, or gold coin light balls!

He had even picked up quite a few bloodline light balls and Laws of Nature fragment light balls! If not for the fact that Meng Lei had already upgraded the system, hence he could now choose whether or not he wanted to assimilate the bloodlines, they would probably have already been assimilated into him and turned him into Ultraman!

"There are too many Saint Domains here today... There are probably at least 800 of them, if not 1,000! A force like that can practically destroy the world! The Dragon God Empire's heritage is too fearsome..."

There was indeed an extraordinary number of bigwigs present on this day. Including the Empire's emperor, princes, princesses, members of the royalty, nobles, high-ranking officials, academy leaders, and teachers-in-charge of the contestant teams...

There were no fewer than 100,000 people there!

Among the many present were also innumerable Saint Domain-level experts. Although they hadn't deliberately given off an intimidating aura, nevertheless, with so many of them standing together, the energy fluctuations they vaguely gave off were still enough to silence the proud and defiant contestants.

Ten minutes later, the prayers ended.

The emperor, Frederick the 32nd, straightened his back and got up. A palace attendant brought forth a chair at once, and Frederick the 32nd settled into the seat.

Then, the palace attendant announced in a loud voice, "Bow to the Emperor!"

"Greetings, Your Majesty!" Everyone bowed in deference one by one.

The Saint Domains bent over at the waist and bowed down before the emperor, while all those below them got down on one knee.

"You may rise!" Frederick the 32nd declared with a light wave.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Then, everyone got back up.

"Today is the day that the quadrennial Empire-wide Inter-Academy Exchange Competition of The Elites officially begins. I'm looking forward to all the geniuses from the various major academies showing us their best in the exchange competition!"

Frederick the 32nd was a chubby middle-aged man. With a mild and gentle voice and a kind and amiable disposition, he looked just like a good-tempered uncle next door.

However, if one really thought so, then they would be dead wrong.

Frederick the 32nd—whose full name was Howard Frederick—was a history-making monster who was ranked 9th in the Dragon God Genius Ranking. He was also a pure-blooded Golden Colossal Dragon and currently a Saint Domain expert.

It was no exaggeration to say that underneath Frederick the 32nd's mild and gentle exterior laid unfathomable depths of strength.

The reason why he currently seemed like an ordinary person was because the ruler of the empire had already reached a state so high that he'd returned to his true self. His fearsomeness was something that only people from the same era as him understood.

"A total of 7,848 contestants have joined the exchange competition this year, making the number higher than all the previous years. This shows that our empire has an abundance of talents, and the power it holds is prospering with each passing day. I am greatly comforted to know that!"

Frederick the 32nd's gaze landed on the 7,000-odd contestants, and he said, "I hope that all of you can achieve excellent results in the upcoming competition and bring glory to yourself, your academy, your family, and your respective kingdoms!

"Someone, read my royal decree!"

Upon his command, a palace attendant took out a scroll and began to read it aloud, "By His Majesty's royal decree! All those who rank in the top 50 positions of the exchange competition shall be conferred the title of a Viscount and bestowed a plot of land measuring 25 square kilometers, 50 servants, and a Saint Domain-level magic device!

"Those who rank in the top 20 positions of the exchange competition shall be conferred the title of an Earl and bestowed a plot of land measuring 50 square kilometers, 100 servants, a Saint Domain-level magic device, and five kilograms of elemental crystals!

"Those who rank in the top ten positions of the exchange competition shall be conferred the title of a Marquis and bestowed a plot of land measuring 250 square kilometers, 500 servants, a Saint Domain-level magic device, a Laws of Nature Origin Crystal, and 50 kilograms of elemental crystals!

"Those who rank in the top three positions of the exchange competition shall be conferred the title of a Duke and bestowed a plot of land measuring 500 square kilometers, 1,000 servants, ten Laws of Nature Origin Crystals, 500 kilograms of elemental crystals, and the right to a one-year residence in the Dragon Island!"

Whoaaa!

The attendant's voice spread clearly throughout the whole place, despite not being very loud. Upon the announcement, an uproar went through the crowd. Everyone's gazes shifted to the contestants, their eyes full of envy and jealousy.

The rewards this year were simply too much more generous than the previous years'.

The title of a Duke!

In the past, only the champions were conferred as Dukes, yet one needed only to enter the top three, and they would receive the title this year.

Laws of Nature Origin Crystals!

In the past, only the top three contestants would receive Origin Crystals, yet one could get them just by making it into the top ten this year. On top of that, they would even receive as many as ten of them.

Ten Laws of Nature Origin Crystals! Just how generous were the rewards?

After all, what were Laws of Nature Origin Crystals?

They were the key to the Saint Domain realm!

Just a tiny one alone would already be enough to help a ninth-grade expert open the doors to the Saint Domain realm. How many years of painstaking cultivation would that save a Ninth-Grade expert?

It could be said that Laws of Nature Origin Crystals held a lethal attraction to any ninth-grade expert. Any expert stuck at the pinnacle of ninth-grade and unable to advance any further would love to have one to help them to break through.

Unfortunately, how would something like that possibly be that easy to obtain?

As for the right to residence in Dragon Island, this was something that one daren't even think about!

As the Holy Land of the Colossal Dragons and even the Dragon God Empire, traditionally, only pure-blooded Colossal Dragons and Saint Domain Dragon People were allowed to enter Dragon Island. How would ordinary people possibly be qualified to enter the island?

Even the champions didn't receive a privilege like that during the past years of the competition!

Yet one needed only to make it into the top three positions, and they would receive the right to a one-year residence on the Dragon Island this year? This was practically... insane!

Your Majesty, are you out of your mind? Why are the rewards so generous this year?

"Those little fellows are simply too lucky this year!"

Some people were so jealous that their countenances were pretty much close to becoming altered beyond recognition. "Why weren't the rewards this generous the last time?"

"What a loss! What a huge loss! If I'd known, I'd have joined the exchange competition this year no matter what..."

However, before all of this was even over, the attendant went on. "The champion shall be conferred a King and bestowed a plot of land measuring 5,000 square kilometers, 10,000 servants, 100 Laws of Nature Origin Crystals, 5,000 kilograms of elemental crystals, and permanent residence in Dragon Island!"

"What?!"

"Conferred a King?"

The entire venue was thrown into a huge furor at once!

Even the princes and princesses, as well as old-time Saint Domain experts, like President Fred and the others, were astounded by this particular reward! Each and every one of them stared at the emperor in disbelief!

Conferred a King?

How many years had it been since the empire had last conferred someone a King?

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Chapter 157: Establishing A Kingdom And Conferring A King, A Lost Continent

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How many years had it been since the empire last conferred someone a King?

2,000 years? Or 3,000?

Many of them couldn't help but try to recall… It seemed like the last time someone was conferred a King had been more than 2,000 years ago?

During that time, another dukedom was added to the Dragon God Empire, thereby increasing the number of affiliated dukedoms from a total of 47 to 48.

Even so, there were currently only 63 Kings in the empire, and they were respectively the rulers of the 15 kingdoms and 48 dukedoms.

Apart from them, there were no other rulers.

What? Couldn't the emperor's sons be conferred as Kings?

One would be dead wrong if that's what they thought!

In the Dragon God Empire, the emperor's sons were but just princes. No matter how outstanding they were, how strong they were, or how favored they were by the emperor, they were still just princes and had nothing whatsoever to do with being a King.

In the Dragon God Empire, the conferment of a King held special meaning—not only did the conferment mean that a new ruler was going to emerge in the empire, but it also meant that a new dukedom—or even a kingdom—would be added to the empire!

The territories occupied by dukedoms and kingdoms were far beyond the other nobles' territories. Even if the emperor wished to confer someone as a King, he'd need to be able to provide the corresponding amount of land first.

Otherwise, the conferment would exist only in name.

Why is His Majesty suddenly conferring someone as a King?

Many of the high-ranking officials' minds ran at lightning-quick speed as they mused over the emperor's intentions. A lot of them were utterly confused, but a small group of officials who were on closer terms with the emperor did manage to guess his intentions.

The reason for His Majesty's sudden conferment of a King is likely related to the 13th Princess!

Not only is the 13th Princess highly favored by His Majesty, but she's also amazingly talented and edges out even the most talented Prince Barbarossa. She's indisputably the strongest among the empire's youths!

It's just a shame that she's half-human, so it's destined that she'll never be able to inherit the throne. Therefore, His Majesty intends to settle for the second-best option and confer the 13th Princess as a King?

But the problem is that in order to confer someone as a King, they'd also need to be given their own territory. Although the empire occupies a vast amount of land, all of it is currently presided by their own overlords, so where's the territory going to come from…

Just as the people let their imaginations run wild, Frederick the 32nd stood, and with a smile, he announced, "Let me tell everyone a piece of good news! Three months ago, a team of adventurers discovered a lost continent in the southeastern waters of the Endless Oceans!"

"A lost continent?" Everyone was greatly shocked by the news.

"The continent hangs isolated above the Endless Oceans to the east of the Dragon God Empire and is obstructed from view by the clouds surrounding it. Thus, prior to this, no one has ever discovered its existence until that team of adventurers entered it by accident."

Frederick the 32nd went on mirthfully and said, "After the empire's investigation team's appraisal, it has been found that the continent occupies a vast territory and has abundant resources.

"The distance from the east to the west spans more than 5,000 kilometers while the distance from the north to the south reaches over 6,000 kilometers. The surface area covers as much as ten million square kilometers. In terms of just territory alone, it's enough to match up to a dukedom.

"It can be said that this is yet another plot of land and territory that the great Dragon God has bestowed upon our Dragon God Empire! We thank the Dragon God for his benevolence!"

At this point, Frederick the 32nd looked in the direction of the contestants. There was an almost indiscernible hint of mirth in his eyes as he said, "I hereby promise to confer the person that wins the exchange competition and emerges as the champion as the first ruler of this lost continent!"

The moment he said that all the contestants' breathing turned heavy and ragged. Every one of their hearts was pounding madly—the emperor had instantly incited their wild ambitions!

Ten million square kilometers! Just how wide and vast of a territory was that?!

As long as one could win the title of the champion, they'd become the ruler of that continent! From then on, they would preside over the region, watch over the area that stretched on for thousands upon thousands of miles, and become an existence on the same level as the Fire Dragon King, the Frost Colossal Dragon King, the Black Dragon King, and so on!

Just how great of an allure did that notion hold?

Who would be able to resist it?

Even a "city boy" like Meng Lei had become tempted by a thought like that, let alone people of this world who possessed even stronger concepts of territory?

"The champion title!"

"The champion title is mine!"

"Don't anyone dare fight with me for it!"

A good number of the contestants' eyes had become all red—all of them had decided to make a determined effort to strive for the title.

"Alright! I shall hand the upcoming matters over to Duke Eustace now!"

Frederick the 32nd looked at a skinny middle-aged man standing to his left. With a warm and mild smile, he said, "My brother, I'll leave the matters of the exchange competition to you now."

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Duke Eustace bowed in response. Then, he turned to the 7,000-odd contestants, and in a loud voice, he announced, "By His Majesty's order, I am in charge of hosting the exchange competition this year. I hope that every academy president, teacher-in-charge, related crew member, and every contestant…

"…Lastly, this year's exchange competition is separated into a total of three segments. They are respectively the Lost Continent Elimination Round, the Half-Plane Matches, and the Mount Dragon God Challenge!

"The first segment is the Lost Continent Elimination Round." Duke Eustace explained, "Here, the 'Lost Continent' refers to the place that His Majesty has just introduced to all of you.

"After some investigation, it has been found that Magical Beasts currently occupy the Lost Continent. There is a great variety of them, and they range all the way from as powerful as Saint Domain Magical Beasts to those as weak as first-grade!

"Your mission is to head to the Lost Continent and hunt the Magical Beasts there. Collect their magic cores and use them to redeem corresponding point rewards.

"The time limit is set at one month! The concrete magic core-to-points redemption rate is as follows:

"1 point per first-grade magic cores.

"5 points per second-grade magic cores.

"10 points per third-grade magic cores.

"1,000 points per ninth-grade magic core.

"10,000 points per Saint Domain elementary-level magic core.

"20,000 points per Saint Domain mid-level magic core.

"50,000 points per Saint Domain high-level magic core.

"And 100,000 points per Saint Domain limits-level magic core!

"The top 100 contestants with the most points will advance to the next stage. Those that perish or give up mid-way, those that do not have sufficient points, and those that do not stay for the full month will all be eliminated!"

All the contestants held their breath in concentration and listened quietly to the instructions.

"Later on, we'll distribute to everyone a specially-made magic communication device each. Should you meet with life-threatening danger, you may dial the magic device to request for help. However… In doing so, you shall be seen as having given up mid-way."

At this point, Duke Eustace looked at the emperor and asked, "Your Majesty, I've finished explaining the competition rules. Is there anything you'd like to supplement?"

"I won't add that much." Frederick the 32nd stood and said, "All of you are the empire's geniuses and talents. Every death among you is a loss to the empire!

"Therefore, let's make a small change to the Elimination Round's rules. During the Elimination Round, you may snatch magic cores from others, but taking another person's life is prohibited!

"Remember, every move you make will be under our supervision. Should anyone violate the rules and harm or kill others without authorization, they'll be eliminated from the competition!"

At this point, Frederick the 32nd heaved a sigh and explained, "The reason why I'm changing the rules at the last moment is only because I hope that all of you won't end up like the previous years' contestants, where not even 1/10 of them were left after the competition, causing the empire to suffer the loss of countless elites for nothing!"

Not even 1/10 of them were left?

The contestants' hearts trembled at the thought.

What a low survival rate that was!

There were a total of 7,848 contestants this year. If not even 1/10 of them were left, then didn't that mean that there weren't even 1,000 survivors?

What the hell?

From this, all the contestants could tell just how brutal the past competitions had been.

"Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty!" All the contestants were overflowing with gratitude at once.

"Alright!" Frederick the 32nd nodded lightly.

"His Majesty is kind and benevolent. On account of how cultivation hasn't been easy for all of you, he has specially altered the competition rules. Nevertheless, all of you mustn't be careless!"

Duke Eustace reminded them. "There are countless Magical Beasts in the Lost Continent; just the Saint Domain ones alone already number several hundred. The place is fraught with dangers, and a moment of carelessness would lead to one perishing in the jaws of a Magical Beast and dying a terrible death. Do take care!"

"Yes!" All the contestants responded loudly.

"We shall activate the magic circle one hour later and send all of you to the Lost Continent. If there's anything any of you still needs to say, instruct, or prepare, then have it done immediately!"

Whoaaa!!

The contestants went into a furor at once, and all of them approached their own respective teachers-in-charge.

"Contestants from the Black Dragon Kingdom, come this way!"

"Those from the Frost Kingdom…"

Meng Lei, Joel, Francis, and the rest of the 52 Fire Dragon Kingdom contestants were also summoned by President Fred and the other five academy presidents.

"The sudden change in the competition rules this time is something that we didn't expect."

The six academy presidents looked stern as they said, "With regard to the Lost Continent, we also hadn't heard even a peep about it prior to this. However, since His Majesty has set that place as the competition ground…"

After a slew of instructions and reminders, the six academy presidents finally asked, "Is there anything else that any of you needs to hand over or prepare? If so, hurry and tell us now so that we can get someone to get it done."

"No, we're all prepared!"

"Presidents, do any of you have spare spatial magic devices lying around? Can I borrow them for the time being? The more, the better, and the bigger, the better. I want to use them to store Magical Beast carcasses!"

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Chapter 158: Spirit Dragon Ring, King Kroc

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Naturally, Meng Lei was the one who had raised that request. After all, he was the only one among the 52 Fire Dragon Kingdom contestants that would dare make such a request.

Borrowing spatial magic devices?

To store Magical Beast carcasses?

All the contestants' gazes fell onto Meng Lei as one, the corners of their lips spasming. They felt a pressing urge to punch that braggart dead.

What the heck!?

All of us have our hearts in our mouths at the thought of heading to the Lost Continent, lest Magical Beasts kill us with just one smack in a moment of carelessness!

On the other hand, you are already thinking about borrowing spatial magic devices to store Magical Beast carcasses? Are you a devil?

"Meng Lei, Magical Beast carcasses won't get you points." President Fred shook his head and said with a wry smile, "It's no use no matter how many you collect."

"I know I can't redeem points with Magical Beast carcasses, but I can sell them for money. Think about it." A smiling Meng Lei said, "One Saint Domain Magical Beast carcass can sell for ten billion gold coins, so ten of them means 100 billion gold coins, and 100 of them means one trillion gold coins! If I throw them away, I'll be struck by lightning!"

"100 of them..."

"One trillion gold coins..."

The six academy presidents' lip corners spasmed in response to his words.

You sure are daring in your imagination! 100 Saint Domain Magical Beast carcasses? Why don't you just ascend straight to heaven?

Despite thinking so, President Fred still brought out a spatial ring after a moment's hesitation and handed it to Meng Lei.

"Thank you, President!" Meng Lei nodded incessantly and said his thanks. "Don't worry, President Fred. As long as I'm still breathing, I won't lose your spatial ring for sure!"

"Good to hear that!"

"Here's my spatial ring. Take it and use it!"

"Here's mine, too!"

An hour went by very quickly. All the contestants reassembled once more, and then, with the spatial rings and magic communication devices distributed to them in their possession, they entered the teleportation magic circle.

Buzz!

With a flash from the teleportation magic circle, a group of people vanished without a trace.

Then, with another flash, the second group of people also vanished.

Ten minutes later, all the contestants were gone.

As they watched the backs of the contestants disappearing into the magic circle, the teachers-in-charge sighed one after another. "Here's hoping that more of them can make it back. May the Dragon God watch over you!"

"May the Dragon God watch over you!"

When everyone was gone, and the magic circle returned to total peace and quiet, the Fighting Dragon Academy president finally turned to President Fred. He lowered his voice and asked, "Fred, if I wasn't mistaken, the spatial ring that you lent Meng Lei just now is probably the Spirit Dragon Ring, right?"

President Fred glanced at him and replied, "What, can't I do that?"

"Fred, the Spirit Dragon Ring is a half-divine weapon that you obtained in the Ancient Crown Mage Tower. With an existential plane fragment sealed within it, the space inside the ring is astonishingly big. It's your baby, isn't it?"

The Fighting Dragon Academy president exclaimed in a low voice, "You can't even bear to allow others to touch it usually, yet you've actually lent it to him. You sure are composed about it! Aren't you afraid that that kid will lose it?"

"I trust Meng Lei!"

The world spun after the contestants entered the teleportation magic circle. By the time they saw light again, Meng Lei and the others were already on a tiny island.

The island was truly very tiny. Measuring less than one kilometer in breadth and length, it was just like a reef and floated all by itself above the boundless ocean!

Howling gusts of wind blew across the ocean, making churning, surging great waves. It was as if they wanted to blow the people away together with the island itself.

The sky was overcast, and their surroundings were also covered in gray, gloomy fog. Visibility was very low—the furthest they could see was only about 100 meters away.

"Where's the Lost Continent?"

The contestants turned and looked about.

"Look over there!" someone shouted.

The contestants looked over one after another upon the shout, only to see a barely-visible big and tall shadow in the depths of the thick fog. Waves splashed loudly as they crashed against the shadow.

A Blue Dragon Kingdom contestant exclaimed, "There's land over there!"

Then, he flitted toward the shadow. His toes tapped lightly against the ocean surface as he stepped across the waters. With a few leaps, he'd disappeared into the depths of the fog.

"Let's go over, too!"

At the sight of that, the remaining contestants also demonstrated their own abilities. They either rode on the wind, stepped across the waters, or rode on magic carpets... All of them flitted toward the shadow one by one.

"Lord Meng Lei, let's head over, too!" A few Fire Dragon Kingdom contestants suggested.

Meng Lei replied with a slight nod, "Let's go!"

In the twinkling of an eye, they had covered the several hundred-meters-long distance. The shadow in the depths of the fog was actually a black cliff that reached as tall as 1,000 feet.

Churning waves crashed against the cliff, breaking down into tiny droplets and turning into innumerable silver pearls that dissipated with the wind.

The black cliff was incredibly steep. Surrounding it were jagged reefs and messy, chaotic rocks—it was obvious that no one had ever stepped into the place before.

"An island?"

"No! It's likely the continent!"

A smile appeared on Meng Lei's features, and he flew across the 1,000-feet-tall cliff. Then, an entirely different world appeared before his eyes.

Endless forests where birds soared!

Mountains that stretched on and on as the howls of beasts rang out!

Primeval and ancient, yet brimming with life and vitality!

"So, this is the Lost Continent?"

Ol' Amos popped out and gazed into the far distance at the vast and boundless forests. He remarked, "Never would I have thought that such a continent would actually be hidden in the Endless Oceans. The Creator's wonders are indeed beyond one's imagination!"

"Didn't you mention in the past that the deities broke Heaven's Vault Continent and that many of the broken fragments drifted above the Endless Oceans?" Meng Lei pointed at the Lost Continent and said, "Perhaps the Lost Continent had evolved from exactly one of those broken fragments!"

Heaven's Vault Continent was surrounded by an endless and boundless ocean—in other words, the Endless Oceans.

Within the Endless Oceans lived countless terrifying marine Magical Beasts. It was extremely tough for terrestrial creatures to get a foothold in the ocean with the place fraught with dangers.

Thus, nobody knew whether or not other continents existed in the Endless Oceans—after all, no one had ever explored it.

"A legend is ultimately still just a legend. Who can say for sure what exactly the truth is?"

Ol' Amos sighed and added, "However, since the Lost Continent has been discovered, then its ownership will definitely go to the Dragon God Empire.

"Kid, step on it and strive for the champion title. Become a King and establish a kingdom, and become the master of this continent and bring back the Krocs' glory and magnificence!"

Meng Lei raised an eyebrow and asked, "Do you really think that highly of me, Ol' President?"

"Duh, of course!" Ol' Amos rolled his eyes and said, "Your battle capabilities are always being boosted in such an inexplicable manner. It's to the extent that you can even easily kill the Saint Domain-level Golden-Winged Holy Light Tiger now. In terms of craziness, is there anyone who can beat you?"

"I'll get embarrassed if you praise me so much!"

Meng Lei laughed sordidly and added, "You can't really say that, though. I heard that there are quite a fair number of geniuses in this year's competition. None of them are people who are easy to get along with.

"In fact, quite a few of them are ranked higher than me in the Dragon God Genius Ranking. Up against that many monstrous opponents, I'm feeling intense pressure!"

"Intense pressure? What nonsense! No matter how big of a mutant they are, can they be more of one than you? Stop showing off in front of me!"

Ol' Amos broke into a rant. "Inexplicably comprehending laws of nature, inexplicably becoming a Saint Domain Great Magician, inexplicably awakening powerful bloodlines, inexplicably doing instant release of first-class spells...

"No matter how other people break through and advance, and no matter how much precious herbs and medicines they consume, they won't be able to match up to how terrifying your inexplicable power boosts are!

"You bastard, being so smug and showing off in front of me! Alright, that's enough! Stop being cheeky with me and get down to hunting the Magical Beasts! The Krocs are taking the title of the champion this year! Don't anyone dare fight with me for it!

"I've even thought of the dukedom's name for you. We can call it the Kroc Dukedom! This Lost Continent shall be known as the Kroc Continent in the future! As for your title, you can be known as King Kroc!

"Oh, right! And you! You have to reinstate your last name to Kroc, too. From today onward, you must change your name to Kroc Lei. I'll also appoint you as the current clan leader of the Krocs..."

"Are you dreaming, Ol' President?"

"Dreaming?"

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Chapter 159: All-Round Surveillance, Seeded Monsters

At the Dragon God Cathedral...

Emperor Frederick the 32nd asked softly, "My brother, have all the contestants entered the Lost Continent?"

"Yes, they have, Your Majesty!" Duke Eustace replied respectfully, "With no exceptions, all 7,848 contestants have arrived at the Lost Continent. The first batch of contestants that arrived has already gone dozens of kilometers deep into the continent."

"Great!" A satisfied Frederick the 32nd nodded and said, "Let us take a look at the empire's young talents, then!"

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

Several dazzling beams of light suddenly rose from all directions, converging in the sky simultaneously to form a magic screen so enormous that it could easily blot out the sun.

The magic screen was simply too big. It hung suspended in the sky, blocking out everything, including even sunlight.

"That's..."

As a crisp and clear image of a world was displayed on the magic screen, everyone's eyes widened at once.

There were mountains and hills, and flat plains and raised plateaus...

There were lakes and rivers and forests and basins...

There were deserts and arid lands, and fields and wastelands...

It featured a complex and great variety of terrains, and there was just about everything that one could imagine.

"Your Majesty, is that the Lost Continent?" asked an agitated official.

"That's right! That's the newly-discovered Lost Continent, indeed!"

Frederick the 32nd smiled and went on. "During the last three months, I've sent men to scout and survey the Lost Continent, as well as installed a magic crystal device there beforehand. Thus, everything happening on the Lost Continent is within my supervision.

"Not only am I able to have a bird's eye view and overlook the entire continent from high up in the sky, but I can also zoom in on certain areas to monitor specific regions!

"I can check out any corner of the continent, as well as observe any of the contestants!"

"I see!"

"How brilliant, Your Majesty!"

Everyone was full of praises.

The empire had long since possessed the magic techniques and related equipment for live broadcasts, but to install magic crystal balls to monitor the entire Lost Continent... This was truly a huge deal for sure.

Just how many magic crystal balls would he have to install?

Moreover, the task even had to be completed within a short three months.

How much manpower, money, and resources would that have taken?

Emperor Frederick the 32nd continued and said, "When the champion is born at the end of the exchange competition, I shall gift the full set of equipment to the champion so that it'll be more convenient for them to supervise and manage the Lost Continent!"

"Gift?"

Everyone found themselves a little dumbstruck and rendered speechless by the comment. After going through so much to set up that surveillance equipment capable of monitoring the entire continent, he was going to just gift it to the champion free-of-charge?

His Majesty sure was generous!

The small group of officials in the emperor's inner ministerial circle that had managed to guess his intentions didn't find the gesture out of the norm, though. If all went well, the exchange competition champion this year would undoubtedly be the 13th Princess. His Majesty was just giving the set of equipment to his favorite daughter; what's there to be reluctant to part with?

Then, Frederick the 32nd said, "My dear subjects, who are the seeded candidates in the exchange competition this year? Feel free to tell us so that we may have a look at them together!"

Someone took the initiative to reply. He said, "Your Majesty, a total of 389 people from Dragon God Academy are taking part in the exchange competition this year, of which 71 are ranked in the Dragon God Genius Ranking.

"And among them, the most outstanding one is none other than Prince Barbarossa, who is ranked 148th in the Genius Ranking. Everyone would love to catch a glimpse of his stunning abilities!"

"Indeed, Marquis Horace!"

"As one of the best among the youths, Prince Barbarossa is amazingly talented and exceptionally strong. At just 26 years old, he's already ranked 148th in the Dragon God Genius Ranking. I'm sure he'll definitely display his awe-inspiring abilities and impress all of us in the exchange competition this year. We'd love to witness his magnificence!"

"Alright! Since everyone wants to take a look at Barbarossa, then let's do that!"

With a chuckle, Frederick the 32nd nodded lightly at the palace attendant.

Whoosh!

The scene pictured on the gigantic magic screen abruptly changed. A split second later, a dense and lush forest appeared.

A handsome young man with a pair of golden horns and wearing golden armor appeared in the field of view—it was Barbarossa Frederick, the 888th Prince. He was Emperor Frederick the 32nd's 888th child, as well as the one and only pure-blooded Golden Colossal Dragon among the many princes.

Dragon God Empire was a country exceptionally particular about bloodlines—only Golden Colossal Dragons with the purest bloodline were eligible to inherit the throne.

Be it princes or princesses, as long as they were Golden Colossal Dragons of pure bloodline, they would be eligible to become an heir to the throne.

Apart from that, no matter how excellent one's talent was, how strong they were, or how amazing they performed, if they weren't pure-blooded Golden Colossal Dragons, then it was impossible for them to inherit the throne.

Among more than 1,000 of Frederick the 32nd's children, Barbarossa the 888th Prince was the only pure-blooded Golden Colossal Dragon. Therefore, his future had already been set in stone.

And that was—to ascend the throne and become the empire's ruler!

Therefore, toward Barbarossa the 888th Prince, many of the civil and martial officials naturally tried to be on his good side. After all, nobody wanted to offend the future emperor.

"It's Barbarossa!"

"Look! It's Brother..."

At the sight of Barbarossa, the many princes and princesses there let out exclamations one after another. The influential nobles and officials also looked at Barbarossa on the magic screen with looks of marvel in their eyes.

On the screen, Barbarossa gave off a peerless and domineering aura. With his feet braced against a huge golden sword, he rode on the sword and traveled about in the air, much like the gleaming edge of a blade.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

Everywhere he passed by, he shot out several golden rays of light, which pierced through all the Magical Beasts that he encountered along the way.

Their magic cores subsequently left their bodies and automatically converged toward him. Then, all of them entered Barbarossa's arm and disappeared from sight.

Roar!

A Ninth-Grade Magical Beast suddenly charged out from somewhere—it was a 50-meters-tall Diamond Giant-Backed Lizard. The giant lizard let out a furious roar, producing roiling sound waves that caused the trees and surrounding vegetation to fly everywhere.

Barbarossa, however, merely cast a glance at it. Then, a ray of golden light shot out of him and impaled the Diamond Giant-Backed Lizard's head, killing it immediately.

Every move and action of his was like a leisurely walk in the park.

All his gestures and mannerisms were calm and carried absolute ease.

Killing Ninth-Grade Magical Beasts was no different from slaughtering livestock for him.

That was exactly what Prince Barbarossa's elegant and graceful bearing was like!

"Bravo, Prince Barbarossa!"

"As expected of Prince Barbarossa! How impressive! Even a Ninth-Grade Magical Beast is no match for the prince!"

Everyone was full of wonder, and praises for Barbarossa filled the place.

With a smile, the marveling Dragon God Academy president remarked, "Your Majesty, seeing how Prince Barbarossa is decimating Ninth-Grade Magical Beasts like slaughtering livestock, he must be nearing mid-level Saint Domain!"

"Thereabouts, I guess!"

Frederick the 32nd smiled lightly and said, "President Luke, I've heard that there are a great many talents from Dragon God Academy this year. Several geniuses and heroes have emerged, among which quite a few are even more impressive than Barbarossa. I wonder who they are?"

"Your Majesty, I must say that there really isn't anyone among Prince Barbarossa's peers who's more impressive than him. However, there are indeed a few who are slightly older that are a bit stronger than him," replied a smiling President Luke.

Frederick the 32nd raised an eyebrow and asked, "Oh? Who might they be? I'd like to take a look at them!"

"They are Sachhen the Golden Dragon-Lion, Adil the Thunder Giant, Miriam the Immortal Fairy, Meredith the Empire's Dawn, and Mond Aston the White Tiger Knight!"

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Chapter 160: The Golden Dragon-Lion, The Raging Giant

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

This was an emerald-green lake that looked just like a bright pearl embedded in the sea of forests that extended forever into the horizon.

The waters were clean and clear, with ripples going through the surface.

A light breeze caressed one's face as waters rippled.

All around it were dense, lush reeds. They grew in bunches that circled around and blocked the lake from view.

Moo!

Moo!

All of a sudden, the howls of beasts traveled over.

A 20-meters-long ox-type Magical Beast covered head to toe in black bristles and with six hooves, a python-like tail, and a single horn on its head laid prostrate in the reeds as it produced sad and shrill cries—it was the Ninth-Grade Magical Beast, the Black-Eyed Ox-Python!

At the moment, it was in a rather bad spot. A Sky-Ripping Giant Armored Crocodile had actually clamped its jaws onto the Black-Eyed Ox-Python's tail and was holding it in a death grip in an attempt to drag it into the lake.

The Black-Eyed Ox-Python struggled desperately. Despite its tail becoming drenched in blood from the bite and severe pain assailing its senses, it didn't give up.

Moo!

One dragged while the other pulled away!

One wanted to live while the other wanted food!

Neither was willing to let go!

Just like that, both parties entered a tussle and started to pit their patience against the other's. Whoever was able to persevere till the end would be able to live on.

Whoosh!

Unexpectedly, there was a sudden turn of events. A green leaf suddenly sliced through the air toward them, sinking accurately into the Black-Eyed Ox-Python's temple and then bursting out from the other side.

Roar!

The Black-Eyed Ox-Python's cries came to a sudden stop. Its eyes widened dramatically, and it instantly stopped struggling. The Sky-Ripping Giant Armored Crocodile was overjoyed. It started to haul the Black-Eyed Ox-Python into the water right away.

Whoosh!

At this point, another leaf came attacking and stabbed right into the Sky-Ripping Giant Armored Crocodile's left eye. At once, it froze on the spot, and then it stopped breathing.

"Collect!"

As an aloof voice rang out, both the Black-Eyed Ox-Python and Sky-Ripping Giant Armored Crocodile's magic cores burst out of their bodies and flew toward a large tree at the side.

On the tree stood a tall, sturdy, and strongly-built young man. He had a head of blond hair and was as strong and muscular as a lion. The young man made a casual grabbing motion, and then he caught the two ninth-grade magic cores in his hand easily,

Slurp~

The muscular young man licked off the freshly-spilled blood on the magic cores. Then, with a flash, he vanished without a trace from the tree fork.

Only the two Ninth-Grade Magical Beast carcasses laid quietly by the lake, silently recounting the desperate and bitter scene from earlier.

"As expected of Sachhen the Golden Dragon-Lion! To kill the Ninth-Grade Magical Beasts—the Black-Eyed Ox-Python and Sky-Ripping Giant Armored Crocodile—with just two leaves, he's indeed extraordinary!"

At the Dragon God Cathedral, everyone watched clearly the scene of the muscular young man attacking and killing the Black-Eyed Ox-Python and Sky-Ripping Giant Armored Crocodile. Full of marvel and wonder, they couldn't help but enter a great furor.

"Killing Ninth-Grade Magical Beasts with just flowers and leaves!"

Emperor Frederick the 32nd nodded slightly as he remarked, "That little fellow named Sachhen is certainly pretty impressive! His comprehension of laws of nature is several notches higher than Barbarossa's!"

"Your Majesty is too kind!" The Dragon God Academy president replied humbly, "When Prince Barbarossa reaches his age, he'll definitely be stronger than Sachhen!"

"Perhaps!" Frederick the 32nd was noncommittal with regard to that. Then, he asked, "President Luke, Sachhen isn't purely a human, right?"

"How insightful of Your Majesty!"

President Luke nodded. He explained with a smile, "Sachhen possesses Golden Dragon-Lion blood and is a descendant of the Golden Dragon-Lion clan!"

"The Golden Dragon-Lion clan?"

A huge jolt went through Frederick the 32nd as he exclaimed, "To think he's actually a descendant of the Golden Dragon-Lion clan! No wonder he's so outstanding!"

At the sight of the emperor's expression, some of the officials were rather bemused.

What kind of clan is the Golden Dragon-Lion clan? To think that it can cause such a big reaction in His Majesty?

Most of the Saint Domain experts' countenances also changed slightly as looks of astonishment, caution, and other complex emotions appeared in their eyes.

Those who were unaware wouldn't know what the Dragon-Lion clan was, but those who did knew very well that it was a colossus among all clans.

The Golden Dragon-Lions! They were a clan from which great existences had emerged before! In terms of heritage, they were second only to the four great ancient empires!

"Let's take a look at the others!" suggested Frederick the 32nd as he looked at the magic screen.

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

The scene on the gigantic magic screen then changed to a lofty, towering mountain. A 1,000-feet-tall waterfall flowed from the mountain and crashed down along the cliff.

At the bottom of the waterfall was a pool, and currently, a fierce battle was taking place beside it.

An enormous snake with six heads was roaring incessantly. Its six heads were either spraying ice blades, water arrows, huge rocks, or toxic matter...

It charged madly toward the human opposite it!

The human was no ordinary human, either. Standing at 15 to 16 meters tall, his upper body was unclothed, exposing his incredibly muscular, well-built muscles. He gave off explosive power!

Up against the gigantic six-headed snake's consecutive attacks, the giant let out a long howl. Then, instead of retreating, he pressed forward and actually ignored all the magic attacks as he charged toward the snake in an overbearing manner.

Boom!

The wide spread of magic attacks submerged the giant. However, great flashes of lightning burst forth from around the giant the next second, reducing all the magic attacks to dust.

"Die!"

The giant charged at the six-headed snake. Its watermelon-sized fists, which were imbued with incredibly wild and violent strength, smashed heavily into the six-headed snake's middlemost head.

Boom!

Violent, raging power erupted, and the middlemost head was smashed right into a pulp of flesh. As great pain came over the six-headed snake, its remaining five heads bit at the giant as though they had gone mad.

"Hahaha!"

The giant burst into laughter. He allowed four of the snakeheads to bite him while he grabbed hold of the last head and stuffed it directly into his mouth. Then, he crunched on the head loudly and began to chew! That sight of him was practically fierce and brutal to the extreme!

"Hiss, hiss!"

The gigantic six-headed snake let out sad and shrill cries. Its remaining four heads bit madly and desperately at the giant. Alas, he was simply built so thick and sturdy that their teeth couldn't even pierce his skin!

"Hiss, hiss!"

Knowing that it was no match for the giant, the six-headed snake gave up on biting him. Its tail whipped about as it retreated, intending to flee into the pool.

"Thinking of fleeing?"

The giant snorted, and then, a mad flurry of fists bombarded the snake.

"Hiss, hiss!"

This was evidently not an equally-matched battle. It went without saying how the final outcome turned out—one by one, the six-headed snake's remaining four heads were swallowed into the giant's stomach!

And then, it died!

"This..."

At the sight, everyone at the Dragon God Cathedral felt chills running down their spines, and their necks felt cold and breezy.

"So, that's the little fellow named Adil?"

Dumbfounded, Frederick the 32nd couldn't help but laugh. "What a fierce and brutal little fellow he is! His battle style is surprisingly very similar to that bunch of boorish, unreasonable Titans, though!"

"How brilliant, Your Majesty!"

A smiling President Luke said, "Not only has Adil awakened his Thunder Titan bloodline, but the awakening is even an in-depth one. In terms of bloodline purity, he can already match up to a demi-Titan!"

"An in-depth awakening? Not bad!"

Frederick the 32nd repeatedly nodded as he said, "Thunder Titans are a high-end race that's in no way inferior to us Golden Colossal Dragons. If Adil can achieve ultimate awakening, he'll be able to match up to a pure-blooded Thunder Titan!"

"Indeed, Your Majesty!" replied a smiling President Luke.

"That kid has great potential. Emphasis must be placed on him in terms of grooming! With due time, perhaps a Thunder Titan clan can also emerge in the Dragon God Empire!"

Frederick the 32nd went on. "When that happens, that barbaric Titan in the western continent will definitely be so infuriated that he'd die! Hahaha!"

"Your Majesty indeed has a heart as big as the Endless Oceans and as broad as the vast starry skies! I'm full of admiration!" President Luke lauded sincere praise from the bottom of his heart!

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