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 161: A Proliferation of Geniuses, A Deep Sinkhole

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The scene displayed on the magic screen changed constantly. Following Sachhen the Golden Dragon-Lion and Adil the Thunder Giant, the other geniuses also made their debut one by one.

"Your Majesty, that's Miriam the Immortal Fairy. Miriam has successfully awakened her Wood Fairy bloodline and has nearly perfectly inherited all of the Wood Fairy's abilities.

"Not only does she have superbly high wood-elemental magic talent, but she also possesses a superbly wide field of vision, making her both a wood-elemental Saint Domain Great Magician as well as a Saint Domain archer!

"That's Meredith the Empire's Dawn. Meredith possesses the powerful Angel bloodline and has incredible and exceptional talent when it comes to light-elemental laws of nature.

"At the young age of 29 years old, Meredith already possesses the strength of a mid-level Saint Domain. Even many old-timer Saint Domains wouldn't dare say for sure that they can beat her in a battle!

"That white-haired fellow wearing beast hide is Mond Aston, the White Tiger Knight. Mond Aston is a rare double bloodline-holder. Additionally, both bloodlines he holds are extremely powerful.

"One of them is the Beast People's royal bloodline, the White Tiger bloodline, while the other is the Netherworld White Tiger bloodline.

"White Tigers are legendary warlord divine beasts. They are resolute and decisive in battle, and their ferocious might reaches all the way to the heavens, while Netherworld White Tigers are rare light-elemental and dark-elemental Saint Domain Magical Beasts, which makes them strange and unpredictable.

"For Mond Aston, who has successfully awakened his double Tiger bloodlines, not only does he possess the rarely-seen combination of light-elemental, dark-elemental, and metal-elemental magic talents, but he also has a strong and powerful body, as well as incredible speed. Mond Aston's strength is not to be doubted!"

"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!"

Upon hearing President Luke's introduction, Frederick the 32nd was terribly emotional. "The geniuses this year are undoubtedly the most impressive in the last 100 years!

"Any of them would've been a well-deserved candidate for the title of champion in the past years, yet there are so many of them this year! I am greatly comforted to see that!"

"These are all thanks to Your Majesty's great leadership!"

"The proliferation of geniuses and the empire's prosperity are all thanks to Your Majesty!"

"Ever since Your Majesty has ascended the throne, all have surrendered, and every race has realigned their allegiance to the empire. The Lost Continent was then discovered, and now, there are geniuses..."

At the sight of the emperor's reaction, the officials began to sing unending praises, which flowed like the gushing, flooding rivers beyond one's control.

Frederick the 32nd waved lightly and said, "The proliferation of geniuses is certainly the empire's fortune, but I've heard that those aren't the only talents this year!"

At this point, Frederick the 32nd's gaze landed on the other academy presidents, his inquiry evident.

"Your Majesty, several geniuses have also emerged from the Royal Knights Academy. The most outstanding one is no doubt Her Highness, Annabella the 13th Princess!

"Her Highness has excellent talent. At 28 years old, she's ranked 17th in the Dragon God Genius Ranking and firmly overpowers everyone in the younger generation. She has even made great contributions during the dozens of marine beast attacks. Her strength makes even old antiques like us ashamed of ourselves."

"Little Thirteen is indeed not bad!"

Upon hearing praises of the 13th Princess, a smile appeared on Frederick the 32nd's countenance at once. Among all his children that numbered more than 1,000, the one he doted on the most was Little Thirteen.

All the officials and numerous Saint Domains also nodded repeatedly. As the one hailed as the strongest among the younger generation, there was no doubt about the 13th Princess' strength. Thus, she was highly favored by His Majesty.

If it weren't because her bloodline wasn't pure, she'd have been the next emperor for sure. Prince Barbarossa wouldn't even have been part of the discussion at all.

In a certain area of a forest in the Lost Continent...

"The Saint Domain Magical Beast aura is emanating from this pit!"

A young man wearing a black magic robe approached a sinkhole in the depths of the forest. The sinkhole, measuring 100-meters-wide and unfathomably deep, looked just like a monster's enormous mouth that was about to devour someone.

The sinkhole's walls on the inside were full of fine grasses, lichen, and fungi that blocked the sinkhole firmly and entirely from view. If he hadn't found his way here by following the Saint Domain Magical Beast's aura, he wouldn't have discovered its existence at all.

"Yet another Saint Domain Magical Beast is going to croak. Sigh, they must be really down on their luck to have run into you! How pitiful~"

"Ol' President, must you really say it like that?"

"Am I wrong in saying that?"

"Aren't you?"

"Are you intending to kill it?"

"Of course!"

"It's staying in its den all fine and dandy, yet calamity's going to fall out of nowhere from the sky. Since it's going to be killed by you for no good reason, then doesn't that make it really down on its luck?"

"Well, I guess so."

"There's nothing wrong with what I said, then!"

"I can't win in an argument with you..."

The young man was naturally Meng Lei. He went right into the sinkhole with a leap. A chilly, humid dampness in the air coupled with the stink of decay rushed toward him.

As he went deeper and deeper into the sinkhole, the temperatures began to drop, and the light became dimmer and dimmer. However, the aura of the Saint Domain Magical Beast lurking within also became increasingly stronger.

Meng Lei, who was bold and fearless thanks to his skills, descended swiftly into the sinkhole. Approximately five minutes later, he finally reached the bottom of the sinkhole. A gigantic underground cave entered his sight.

"Wow, there's a whole different world at the bottom of the sinkhole!"

Despite how dimly lit the bottom of the sinkhole was, as Meng Lei had astonishingly good eyesight, nothing in the surroundings could escape his vision. The area at the bottom of the sinkhole was incredibly wide and spacious, and one actually couldn't even see to the end of it.

It was truly a whole new world full of profoundness within.

The ground was strewn with various skeletons and remains. The largest skeleton was as tall as 100 meters, and just a single rib bone alone was already as tall as a 10-story building.

As for other skeletal remains, there were so many around that one couldn't keep count at all.

"The concentration of methane here is astonishingly high. Just a tiny spark would be enough to ignite an earth-shattering explosion. But where's the Saint Domain Magical Beast, though?"

Buzz, buzz!

All of a sudden...

A peculiar buzzing reached his ears, and then several pairs of blood-red eyes suddenly appeared in his vision.

Innumerable pairs of eyes the color of blood appeared in the dark. As though the eyes of fiends from hell, they gave off an incredibly sinister and chilly glint that would badly frighten anyone.

At the same time, the sounds of something licking its lips and swallowing its saliva also reached him. One could easily imagine that the masters of these blood-red eyes were currently watching Meng Lei intently and licking their lips greedily.

And the truth was indeed so.

In the pitch-black cave opposite him, Meng Lei could clearly see bat-like creatures hanging upside-down. As large as a yak, each of them had a pair of wings on their back, the head of a black wolf, blood-red eyes, and a mouth full of fangs.

Those were the Sixth-Grade Magical Beasts, Shadowwolf Bats!

"I'm being seen as food by a bunch of Sixth-Grade Magical Beasts..."

The corners of Meng Lei's lips quirked upward in a contemptuous smile. He tossed an orange-sized fireball toward them with a flick of his fingers.

Boom!

The fireball successfully ignited the methane permeating the air at the bottom of the sinkhole. Amid deafening explosions, a series of successive explosions erupted, and shocking waves of fire began to roast everything at the bottom of the sinkhole.

Hooowl!

At once, shrill cries rang out everywhere. All the Shadowwolf Bats flapped their wings and flew about frantically as they tried to flee. They looked as though they had all gone mad. How they wished they had been born with another pair of wings!

"That's for not knowing what's good for you."

Meng Lei snorted lightly. Then, he dived straight into the flames rushing into the heavens and went toward where the Saint Domain Magical Beast's aura was coming from.

As for the tens of thousands of Shadowwolf Bats trapped inside the sea of fire, he could hardly be bothered with them. If they were going to be burned to death, then be his guest.

As for those that the fire couldn't burn to death, they would only be in even more pain and agony as they suffered from a living hell.

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Chapter 162: Hermaphrodite, This Is My Mount

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The underground cave was deep and bottomless.

After Meng Lei walked for 15 minutes or so, an enormous underground pool finally appeared. Mist drifted about above the pool, such that one couldn't see how deep it was or how wide it spanned. It looked just like a celestial pool.

In the center of the pool laid an exotic-looking Magical Beast that bore a striking resemblance to a Chinese giant salamander. A milky-white color throughout its body, it looked as if it was made out of fine white tallow jade. It looked incredibly soft, smooth, white and tender, sparkling and translucent, bright and clear, and as tender as though water was going to ooze out of it...

Its skin could make countless noblewomen and young debutantes ashamed of their own unseemliness, as well as countless beauties and young ladies insanely jealous.

"What the heck? That's such a huge giant salamander!" Meng Lei exclaimed in a low voice, "It's probably at least 70 to 80 meters long, isn't it? How impressive!"

"Waaa~"

His voice greatly alarmed the gigantic salamander-like creature, and it turned to look over.

Perhaps it wasn't quite apt to say that it had "looked over"—because its eyes were actually tightly shut. Evidently, its body had regressed in order to adapt to the dim underground environment.

Nevertheless, it had still discovered Meng Lei's presence.

"Waaa~"

"Waaa~"

The giant salamander's mouth opened, and it emitted sharp, ear-piercing cries, which sounded just like the crying and wailing of a child. It sounded awfully terrifying.

"Ol' President, what kind of Magical Beast is that?"

Its cries were making Meng Lei rather creeped out.

"If I'm not wrong, that's likely a Saint Domain Magical Beast that has long since gone extinct in Heaven's Vault Continent—the Split-Body Devil Salamander!" Ol' Amos commented with slight astonishment in his voice, "The Lost Continent is truly an amazing place! There are a lot of creatures here that have already gone extinct in Heaven's Vault Continent a long time ago!"

"The Split-Body Devil Salamander? Why does it have such a strange name?" Meng Lei was rather puzzled.

"That's because that Magical Beast has the ability to split apart its body."

Ol' Amos explained, "When it encounters lethal attacks, the Split-Body Devil Salamander will split into several individual parts to mitigate the damage from the attack. In other words, the Split-Body Devil Salamander is immune to physical attacks."

"It can split its body into different parts?" Ol' Amos' explanation stupefied Meng Lei. "As expected, fact is really stranger than fiction in this boundless universe. To think there are actually such amazing Magical Beasts in this world!"

Splitting its body?

Wouldn't that make it very similar to the slugs in Naruto?

"There are a lot of creatures beyond your imagination out there. What's the big deal about this?" Ol' Amos smiled noncommittally. Then he said, "You'll have to be careful later on. The Split-Body Devil Salamander may look cute and silly, but it's undoubtedly highly irritable and extremely hostile. That's where the 'devil' in its name comes from, after all."

"Understood!"

Meng Lei turned around. True enough, the Split-Body Devil Salamander, which was snarling and had its fangs bared, entered his sight. It growled deeply and entered an offensive stance.

"Waaa!"

The next moment, innumerable silver water spears glittering coldly in the light abruptly appeared around it. Then, it brazenly launched its attack.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

As though they wanted to jab countless holes into Meng Lei, the silver water spears pierced through the air toward him, emitting shrill whizzes as they did.

"Eighth-Grade Spell, Water Judgment? Am I being underestimated?" Meng Lei shook his head lightly. Then, he slowly uttered two words, "Absolute Zero!"

Buzz!

The Ice Elements in all directions suddenly converged, and then they turned into a surging white air current that rushed toward the Split-Body Devil Salamander.

"Waaa!"

The Split-Body Devil Salamander let out a strange cry. Before it could even react, the white air current had already thoroughly engulfed it.

Crack!

Crack!

In a split second, the innumerable water spears shooting toward Meng Lei were frozen.

The Split-Body Devil Salamander, as well as the pool underneath it, was also frozen.

Everything in the cave was frozen!

For a moment there, the dim, humid cave turned into a crystal palace that emitted an astonishing chill. It was so cold that even one's breath would turn into mist.

A whitish mist permeated the air!

The solid ice was bright and clear!

The Split-Body Devil Salamander had turned into a sculpture. It was still maintaining its previous pose and seemed like a freshly sculpted ice sculpture—vivid and true to life, animated and lively.

"Ding! 1 Split-Body Devil Salamander killed. 10.4 billion gold coins gained!"

"Absolute Zero sure is fearsome. But there's nothing more suitable than that when it comes to dealing with the Split-Body Devil Salamander!"

Ol' Amos took a deep breath and sighed from the bottom of his heart. As for why Meng Lei could cast an ice-elemental first-class spell, he had already reached a stage where he was nonplussed about it. There was no lack of inexplicable events when it came to Meng Lei, after all.

"Splitting? Something like that doesn't even exist when Absolute Zero is around!"

Meng Lei laughed lightly. Then, he tapped lightly on the ice sculpture. With a crack, the enormous Split-Body Devil Salamander broke apart and turned into ice shavings at once.

"Collect!"

A watermelon-sized magic core flew out at once. Meng Lei stored it in his ring, and then he returned to the forest to continue his hunt.

At a level like Meng Lei's, he was no longer satisfied with just ordinary Magical Beasts. His minimal target was Ninth-Grade Magical Beasts, while his priority was Saint Domain Magical Beasts.

As for low-end stuff like Seventh-Grade and Eighth-Grade Magical Beasts, he'd just wipe them out along the way should he encounter them. As for making the special effort to go after them, that was just a waste of time.

"Ol' President, can you sense any Saint Domain Magical Beasts?"

"Not yet. But there's a pretty good Ninth-Grade Magical Beast toward the southeast."

"How far is it?"

"About 50 to 60 kilometers, I'd say."

"Since there isn't any Saint Domain Magical Beast around, then let's go over and take a look!"

Meng Lei looked a little disappointed at that. Then, he flitted toward where the Ninth-Grade Magical Beast was. Unexpectedly, he'd barely taken off when Ol' Amos stopped him.

"Wait a moment, brat!"

"Hmm?"

"I sense a Saint Domain Magical Beast aura in that direction!"

"In the northeast?"

"Yes!"

"Alright!"

Without any hesitation, Meng Lei flitted toward the northeast at the fastest speed he could muster. After he had assimilated the Gods-Slaying Rat bloodline, his speed had been boosted by multiple times, including his flying speed.

His current flying speed was even faster than a vast majority of flying mid-level Saint Domain Magical Beasts. It could be said to be as swift as the wind.

Whoosh!

A stream of light drew across the sky and crossed 100 meters in an instant.

A few minutes later, Meng Lei arrived at the Saint Domain Magical Beast's location. What surprised him, however, was that it was currently in an extremely bad spot.

It... was actually being besieged! A team of six contestants had surrounded it and was currently pummeling it into the ground.

Those six people were evidently no kind souls. Their blades were sharp and keen, their strength fierce and brutal, their spells accurate and precise—every move of theirs was a lethal one. No matter how thick and sturdy that Magical Beast was, it wasn't going to be able to withstand the six-man team's joint attack.

Under their siege, that unlucky Saint Domain Magical Beast was struggling to cope. It was already injured and could die at any moment.

"A beautiful crimson red all over with rose petal-shaped scales and a single horn on its head—that's the wood-elemental Saint Domain Magical Beast, the Uni-Horned Rose Python!"

A smiling Ol' Amos said, "The Uni-Horned Rose Python is in charge of the beauty aspect among snake-type Magical Beasts. It's very rare in Heaven's Vault Continent."

"In charge of the beauty aspect? When it looks as sad as that?"

Meng Lei rolled his eyes. As he looked at the six-man team besieging the Uni-Horned Rose Python, he remarked, "That's the Dragon God Academy uniform. Are they from Dragon God Academy?"

"Judging from their academy uniforms, they probably are."

Ol' Amos concurred with Meng Lei's evaluation.

"What a shame about the Saint Domain Magical Beast. They're gonna kill it!" Meng Lei sighed as he shook his head.

"What's all that pretense for? Don't you know just what kind of person you are?" scoffed Ol' Amos, his countenance full of contempt.

"Ol' President, you're not gonna have any friends if you're that frank!"

Meng Lei curled his lip in response. Then, he descended from the sky and jumped right into the fray.

"What are all of you doing? Why are you attacking my mount?"

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Chapter 163: Crushing A Hammer, Taking In A Spy

Much like a monkey riding a colorful cloud that had appeared out of nowhere, Meng Lei descended from above and frightened everyone.

"Be on guard, everyone! Someone's trying to seize our prey from the jaws of death!"

Following the shout from a girl with blond wavy locks and wearing a golden magic robe with a golden spell in her hand, all six of them instantly stopped their attacks and directed their gazes at Meng Lei with extreme caution.

"I was wondering who it could be. So it's just a little brat who hasn't even grown up!"

The blond girl quietly heaved a sigh of relief. Then, she said, "Leave at once, and we can put this behind us, brat. Otherwise, don't blame us if we go hard on you!"

"Where did that kid come from? Get lost!"

"How dare you snatch our prey? Do you have a death wish?"

The other five people also straightened their backs as they relaxed their guard. They stared coldly at Meng Lei with contempt in their eyes.

"Your prey?"

Meng Lei's countenance changed to one of displeasure at once. He pointed at the Uni-Horned Rose Python behind him and said in a deep, low voice, "That's obviously my mount, yet all of you are actually taking it as your prey?!"

"Your mount?"

The group of six was rather taken aback. They couldn't help but look at the Uni-Horned Rose Python, only to discover that it was also staring at Meng Lei with abject stupefaction.

I'm his mount?

Why aren't I aware of that?

Evidently, it didn't know Meng Lei at all.

The group of six flew into a rage at once.

A muscular man among them shouted, "You little brat, how dare you play us for fools?"

Over two-meter-tall, the man had a horn on his head and a pair of wings on his back. As though a raging bull, he charged right toward Meng Lei.

"Don't be too heavy-handed and end up killing him, Marcus! Otherwise, you'll be eliminated!" One of his teammates kindly reminded him. "You can just leave him half-dead instead."

"Don't worry. I know what I should do."

Marcus, the man with the single horn, gave a sinister laugh. Then, he raised the hammer in his right hand high into the air and smashed it down at Meng Lei.

"This place is not for you, kid. Go back to drinking your milk instead!"

One must admit that this strike of Marcus' contained great might. Even a Ninth-Grade Magical Beast would be smashed into a pulp by it, let alone the skinny Meng Lei who didn't even reach 1.7-meters-tall.

Judging from their outer appearances alone, there was more than just the average gap in strength between the two of them.

In spite of that, Meng Lei merely grabbed casually at the heavy hammer strike smashing down like a mountain pressing down on him and managed to catch it in his hand.

By applying just a bit of force, he easily punched holes into the hammer with his fingers, and crumbling powder scattered with the wind as they slipped through his fingers.

"What!?"

At the sight of that, Marcus' eyes almost jumped out of their sockets. One must know that the hammer was crafted from an Ocean Whale's bones, a Saint Domain Magical Beast. It was incredibly heavy and tough!

Yet he had actually caught it with his hand so casually? And he had even crushed it so casually!

Was he really a goddamn human?

However, before he had the time to be astounded, a severe, heartrending pain suddenly came over his abdomen. Marcus lowered his head—at some point, Meng Lei had already appeared right before him and punched him squarely in the gut.

"You—"

Marcus' mouth had only just opened when he felt an incoming great force. Then, as though he had been hit by a high-speed rail racing toward him, his entire self was thrown backward.

(o)

The blond girl and the other four were all stunned by the sight. In a daze, they stared blankly at Meng Lei as though they had just seen a ghost.

Marcus wasn't the strongest among them, but as a Black Dragon Person, his physical strength was the strongest for sure.

Yet someone as strong as Marcus had actually been knocked out instantly. Even the Ocean Whale hammer that he was so proud of had been crushed into pieces.

What kind of physical strength was that? And what kind of combat strength was that?

Saint Domain! The unassuming little brat currently standing in front of them was a Saint Domain for sure. On top of that, he was even an extremely strong one. Otherwise, there was no way he could've instantly knocked out Marcus!

The moment they realized that, the five of them were horrified at once.

Meng Lei looked at the blond girl and the others and said, "This is my mount. Do you have any issues with that?"

A shiver went through the five of them at once.

All of them were half a step away from the Saint Domain realm. Together with the Saint Domain magic devices in their possession, the six of them could kill elementary-level Saint Domain Magical Beasts by working together with some difficulty.

However, when the one they were facing was a fearsome Saint Domain that could instantly knock out Marcus, how could they possibly be a match for him?

"Staying quiet? I'll ask again." Meng Lei raised an eyebrow and repeated, "This Uni-Horned Rose Python is my mount. Do you have any issues with that?"

"Sir, it's all yours!"

The corner of the blond girl's lips spasmed a couple of times as she spoke. Despite being absolutely reluctant to, she still very wisely gave up on the Uni-Horned Rose Python.

When one was facing an unfathomably strong Saint Domain, being stubborn, having backbone, and fighting head-on to the very end was definitely the stupidest thing one could do.

"Get lost!" Meng Lei waved them off.

"Yes!"

The five of them carried Marcus and left so quickly that it was as though they were fleeing—they were afraid that they might incur Meng Lei's displeasure if they were too slow.

"It's just you and me now," Meng Lei said as he turned around.

As his gaze fell onto the bruised and battered Uni-Horned Rose Python, the corners of his lips couldn't help but quirk upward.

One must say that the Uni-Horned Rose Python's outer appearance was indeed rather exquisite. It looked as though it were made out of rose petals. As expected of the creature in charge of the beauty aspect among the snake-type Magical Beasts.

"Hiss, hiss!"

With a look of terror in its eyes, the Uni-Horned Rose Python growled in a low voice, "W-what do you want?"

Upon seeing that the Uni-Horned Rose Python didn't immediately attack him, Meng Lei couldn't help but give an approving nod. Even though it hadn't been that long since he had come to the Lost Continent, he had discovered that all the Magical Beasts there possessed a certain characteristic—they weren't particularly hostile toward humans.

Perhaps because they had never seen humans before, they ended up also seeing them as fellow Magical Beasts. Therefore, when facing humans stronger than themselves, they behaved just as they would when they faced other strong and powerful Magical Beasts and experienced feelings of fear, reverence, and submission.

Unlike the Magical Beasts on Heaven's Vault Continent, which would instead view humans with animosity, hold feelings of fury, indignation, and would rather die than submit.

"I'm thinking whether I should braise you, roast you, or freeze you into a popsicle? Or perhaps I should turn you into a snake kebab?"

Meng Lei rubbed his chin as he pondered aloud. "But that's a little too bloody. How about I try cutting you into snake meat slices instead? That's right, snake meat slices! I've never seen snake meat slices before, after all.

"And those rose scales all over you, too. If I pluck them off and arrange them into a rose, I'm sure it'll be highly effective in wooing girls, right?"

"Hiss, hiss!"

His words made the Uni-Horned Rose Python shake like a leaf, and fear filled its eyes. It said, "S-sir, p-please don't kill me! I'm just an inexperienced, naive little python that's innocent and ignorant. I taste awful, really!"

"Eh? You even know how to beg for mercy?" Meng Lei was greatly surprised. "It makes things easier if you know how to beg for mercy. Let me ask you something. If your answer satisfies me, I'll consider letting you off."

"Ask away, sir! I'll definitely tell you everything I know!" The Uni-Horned Rose Python nodded incessantly as it trembled in its boots.

Meng Lei tossed out the first question. He asked, "Are you familiar with this continent?"

"Yes! Of course I am!" The Uni-Horned Rose Python nodded hastily as it replied, "I've lived on this continent since I was young, so I know every nook and cranny of it!"

Meng Lei's eyes brightened. Delighted, he asked, "In that case, you know where all the Saint Domain Magical Beasts on this continent are?"

"Yes, sir!"

The Uni-Horned Rose Python didn't quite understand why he was asking that, but it still replied respectfully, "All the Saint Domain Magical Beasts on this continent are my friends. I know all of their dens."

"Great! Fantastic!" A gratified Meng Lei nodded. Then, he asked, "One last question—do you want to live or die?"

"Live! I'd like to live, sir!"

The Uni-Horned Rose Python was so scared that it was close to tears.

"Since you want to live, then follow me!" Meng Lei broke into a grin as he said, "Bring me to your Saint Domain Magical Beast friends. Remember, every single one of them!"

"What are you looking for them for, sir?" asked the Uni-Horned Rose Python as it blinked.

"Is that something you should be asking?" Meng Lei glared at it. "Can't I look for them to talk about life?"

"Yes, yes!"

"What are we waiting for? Let's go!"

Then, with a flash, Meng Lei landed on top of the Uni-Horned Rose Python's head.

"Yes, sir!"

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Chapter 164: Getting Others To Do The Dirty Work, I'm About To Get Mad

In a pile of well-hidden bushes somewhere, a few heads slowly popped out. As they watched the skinny teenager leaving with the huge snake underneath his feet, they heaved a long sigh of relief.

He's gone! That frightening fellow was finally gone! In no time, however, the relief in their eyes was replaced by hatred and fury.

"That damned brat! How dare he steal our prey? When have we ever been taken advantage of this badly during our days of rampaging in the Imperial City? Damn it!"

"I swear in the Dragon God's name that I won't be known as Carcasnordslavkimablo anymore if I don't get my revenge for this!"

Upon hearing her companions' indignant curses, the blond girl let out a cold snort and said, "Revenge? That guy is unfathomably strong. Even if the six of us lay in ambush and launch a sneak attack, we won't be a match for him for sure. Yet you're thinking of seeking revenge?"

"This..."

"Are we supposed to let it go just like that, then?"

"There's nothing I can say if I had been robbed by Sachhen, Adil, Mond Aston, or the others, but what does that little brat even count as?"

"Exactly! Who does he think he is? How dare he rob us? I simply can't take this lying down!"

"A disgrace! This is a terrible disgrace!"

The blond girl shook her head lightly as she said, "He's unfathomably strong. It's too hard for us to get revenge."

"What should we do, then?"

"Do we let it go just like that?"

"Let it go? How can I let it go just like that after he robbed the prey of I, Alice?" The blond girl sneered. "There are many different ways of taking revenge. Risking your life is but the most foolish one of them all."

"Have you thought of something, Alice?"

The others' eyes lit up. "I knew you're the smartest!"

"We aren't the only ones here at the Lost Continent. Many others can kill him."

"You mean..."

"...We'll get someone else to do the dirty work for us!"

With Meng Lei on its back, the Uni-Horned Rose Python traveled across mountains and hills all the way until they reached their first stop—a large mountain.

"Sir, my first friend Jimmy Frost lives right on that volcano."

"A volcano?"

Meng Lei turned and looked over. The lower half of the mountain was filled with lush vegetation and looked no different from other mountains, while the upper half was bare and pitch-black without even a single blade of grass—it was a volcano, alright.

"Let's go! We'll head up!"

Meng Lei could already sense the aura of a Saint Domain Magical Beast.

"Yes, sir!"

The Uni-Horned Rose Python didn't dare to be remiss. It soared into the sky and flew toward the mountain summit. As an elementary-level Saint Domain Magical Beast, it had already become capable of flight, though not at a very fast speed.

In no time, it had flown all the way to the summit. The strong smell of sulfur rushed toward them at once. Smoke billowed at the mouth of the volcano, which spanned about six square kilometers, and lava bubbled as it gave off astonishingly high heat.

"Go. Get it out here," Meng Lei ordered as he patted the python underneath his feet.

"Sir, this..."

The Uni-Horned Rose Python hesitated as a hint of fear and alarm flashed across its eyes.

"Isn't it your friend?" Meng Lei's brows furrowed slightly as he asked, "What's there to fear when visiting an old friend?"

"But sir..."

"Do you believe me when I say that I'll throw you into the lava lake for a hot bath if you spew any more superfluous rubbish?"

Meng Lei glared at it, somewhat impatient.

"Yes, sir!"

The Uni-Horned Rose Python trembled, and then it quickly went over obediently. It was a wood-elemental Magical Beast, so it feared fire the most. If Meng Lei threw it into the bubbling lava lake for a bath, what would be cleaned off definitely wouldn't be dirt, but its skin instead...

"Hiss, hiss!"

"Jimmy Frost, your old friend is here to visit you!"

The Uni-Horned Rose Python let out a loud shout. A vigorous wave of energy burst forth from it and pressed down into the bubbling lava lake.

"Hmm?"

A low roar rang out.

The very next second, lava churned, and waves surged as a large head emerged from the lava lake.

The head was ferocious and terrifying to behold. It was covered in fiery red scales, had a sharp, spiral horn on it, while its eyes were bigger than even watermelons.

"A Fire Dragon?"

Meng Lei's eyes widened!

That head that had popped out of the lake bore a great resemblance to a Fire Dragon. Was that fellow a pure-blooded Fire Dragon?

However, as the behemoth emerged further and further from the lava lake, its massive body was also slowly revealed.

A long, muscular body, fiery red tough scales, a body like a giant crocodile's, and... Four tiny little legs!

Meng Lei couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. So it wasn't a Fire Dragon! If it had really been a Fire Dragon, then it wouldn't be wise for him to hunt it down anymore.

One could do anything they wanted in the Dragon God Empire except for one thing—slaughtering dragons was the only thing absolutely forbidden!

One must pay a price if they wanted to be a brave dragon slayer!

"Is that a Drake, Ol' President?"

"It's just a Lava Dragondile." Ol' Amos scoffed. "It surprisingly has a bit of Fire Dragon blood in it, though. It's just a shame that it's too diluted, so it doesn't count as a Drake."

"Good to hear that."

A smile appeared on Meng Lei's lips right away.

Colossal Dragons were highly protective of their own and brooked no bullying or humiliation of their offspring from others. They were also very prideful and rejected creatures whose bloodlines were thin and diluted.

Evidently, Ol' Amos rejected that Lava Dragondile very much. Of all things, it simply had to resemble a Fire Dragon. Who else was he going to reject, if not it?

"Clara, you piece of trash! How dare you intrude on my territory!"

Jimmy Frost's—the Lava Dragondile's—gaze swept coldly toward the Uni-Horned Rose Python, its eyes full of disdain and dissatisfaction.

"Jimmy Frost, my old friend!"

Although the Uni-Horned Rose Python was inwardly on tenterhooks, it managed to sound awfully friendly as it said, "I had some free time today, so I came over to visit you along the way."

"Friend? When you're such a good-for-nothing?"

The Lava Dragondile burst into raucous laughter as if it had just heard the funniest joke in the world. Its voice was like rolling thunder, the reverberations from it causing rocks to fall and roll off the mountain and lava to churn.

When it was more or less done laughing, the smile finally disappeared from the Lava Dragondile's visage, and it bared its fangs as it scoffed. "But if you offer up that life force-filled vitality core of yours, I can consider acknowledging you as a friend."

"Jimmy Frost!"

After being repeatedly humiliated by the Lava Dragondile, the Uni-Horned Rose Python's embarrassment couldn't help but turn into anger. "Our territories are linked to each other's, and we're considered neighbors. Are you really going to be that unceremonious with me?"

"Hahaha! Who do you think you are?" The Lava Dragondile sneered. "If it weren't because you lucked out and was fortunate enough to be favored by the Tree of Life, do you think you could become a Saint Domain? In my eyes, you'll always be nothing more than just a tiny little sixth-grade python!"

"Jimmy Frost!"

The Uni-Horned Rose Python was hopping mad, yet there was nothing it could do about the Lava Dragondile. What it had said was the truth for starters, and secondly, it wasn't as if it could beat it in a fight.

It couldn't beat the Lava Dragondile at all!

"How arrogant of you, my friend."

Meng Lei stepped forward at this point and gazed coldly at the Lava Dragondile.

"Who are you?" asked the Lava Dragondile as it looked down on Meng Lei.

"I'm the Uni-Horned Rose Python's friend!" Meng Lei said dispassionately, "When you look down on my friend like that, you're also looking down on me at the same time. If you don't give me a satisfactory explanation today, I'm going to get mad!"

"Get mad? Feh!" The Lava Dragondile burst into uproarious laughter as it scoffed. "Who do you think you are? How dare you hoot that much in front of me? Believe it or not, I can swallow you in one gulp!"

"My friend, I treated you with only kind words and blindly gave way to you the whole time, yet you're being so overbearing and acting in such a villainous manner. Left with no other alternative, I can only get mad now!"

Meng Lei snorted coldly and shouted, "Ten Thousand Swords Return Home!"

Buzz, buzz!

Dazzling golden light abruptly burst forth from all around Meng Lei. At his call, all the Metal Elements within a few kilometers converged to form swords that circled around him.

"That's..."

The Lava Dragondile was straight up blinded by the golden light all around it and ended up reacting half a beat too slow.

"Ha!"

Meng Lei's voice was cold and aloof as he declared, "You damned villain! Today, I shall play the part of the main character in a novel and take out a demon like you! And get rid of evil for the people!"

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

Densely packed golden swords turned to point toward the Lava Dragondile. Then, all of them pierced through the air and shot toward it.

Their sheer numbers practically covered the sky and the earth. Their momentum was so strong that even great heroes wouldn't be any match for them.

"Aaahhhh!"

Amid peculiar-sounding splurts, shrill cries rose and fell in succession.

Whoosh!

The glint of the swords faded, and the golden light vanished.

The Uni-Horned Rose Python hurriedly looked over, upon which a shiver then went through its whole body, and a bone-chilling iciness welled up in its heart. Was that really the Lava Dragondile?

That was clearly just a goddamn pile of minced meat! Even if it had been kicked into an unrecognizable state, surely it wouldn't have ended up in this sorry state?

"Ding! 1 Lava Dragondile killed. 11.5 billion gold coins gained!"

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Chapter 165: Fruit of The Divine Tree, Deification By Religious Faith

"Sir, you're simply too impressive! My feelings of admiration toward you are endless and eternal, like the gushing rivers. They are like the overflowing Yellow River, beyond control once the floodgates open—"

"Cut the crap. Just drive properly."

"Drive?"

Meng Lei was rendered speechless. Then, he asked, "Judging from what that old crocodile said just now, prior to becoming a Saint Domain, you were just a Sixth-Grade Magical Beast?"

"Yes, sir!"

The Uni-Horned Rose Python didn't dare to keep any secrets from him. It explained, "Ten years ago, I was indeed a Sixth-Grade Rose Python. But because I was lucky enough to get a Tree of Life fruit, I was able to become a Saint Domain Magical Beast.

"I had initially thought that after I became a Saint Domain Magical Beast, I'd be able to become buddies with those old-timer Saint Domain Magical Beasts high up above. Who'd have thought that those guys would still look down on me—"

Meng Lei interrupted Clara's unceasing torrent of words and asked, "Are you saying that you used only a short ten years to advance from a tiny little Sixth-Grade Magical Beast into a Saint Domain?"

"Yes, sir!" The Uni-Horned Rose Python didn't quite understand. It asked, "Is there an issue with that?"

Ten years!

It had taken only ten years for a Sixth-Grade Magical Beast to become a Saint Domain!

Wasn't that totally an issue?

It wasn't just Meng Lei who was shocked; even Ol' Amos was astonished by its words. At once, he emerged from the spatial ring and urged him. "Hurry! Meng Lei, ask the python what the Tree of Life is!"

Meng Lei took a deep breath, and then he posed the question to the Uni-Horned Rose Python.

A look of idolization surfaced in Clara's eyes at once. An expression akin to those of fanatics in relation to the deity they worshiped and believed in also came over its countenance.

"The Tree of Life is the divine tree on this continent. It's also the spiritual belief of all living things on this continent. Be it plants or animals, everyone and everything worships and believes deeply in the Tree of Life. The Tree of Life protects us eternally!"

"Is the Tree of Life that great?" Meng Lei's eyes flashed as he asked, "What's the Tree of Life fruit?"

"The Tree of Life bears fruits once every hundred years. Each time it does, it only bears a total of nine fruits. When the fruits ripen, the Tree of Life will send these nine fruits to various corners of the continent for the living things here to consume."

With much gratitude, the Uni-Horned Rose Python said, "If you're lucky enough, you'll be able to get one. After consuming the fruit, one will gain great power within an extremely short amount of time—just like me."

"A single fruit has allowed you to take only ten years to become a Saint Domain Magical Beast. That fruit's effect..."

Meng Lei found this incredible. He asked, "Ol' President, have you heard of a fruit like that before?"

"Not at all!"

Ol' Amos took a breath and said, "In Heaven's Vault Continent, there are also many treasures that can help people to break through their limits and boost their strength, but none of them can compare to an amazing fruit like that.

"That thing is practically even crazier than a Laws of Nature Origin Crystal!"

"Indeed it is!"

Meng Lei nodded heavily. Laws of Nature Origin Crystals contained nature laws within them and could aid a ninth-grade expert in opening the door to laws of nature and helping them attain the Saint Domain realm. However, this was limited to only ninth-grade experts and was ineffective for those below.

However, this was evidently not the case for the fruit.

A Sixth-Grade Magical Beast had become a Saint Domain in ten years.

What was that?

A huge tonic supplement for mass-manufacturing Saint Domains, that's what it was!

How could Laws of Nature Origin Crystal match up to it?

"I must find it! I must find that divine tree!"

Meng Lei's eyes were blazing bright with a spectacular outburst of light. "If we can take it for ourselves and sit and wait for the divine tree fruits to come rolling in, we'll strike gold!"

One divine tree fruit = One Saint Domain!

Just how much was the divine tree worth?

What was the big deal about having a mine?

What was the big deal about having one's house demolished and relocated[1]?

What was the big deal about having a villa in 2nd Ring Road[2]?

Compared to the divine tree, they didn't amount to anything at all!

However, Ol' Amos' countenance was grave, and there was a complex look in his eyes as he said, 'We'll have to look for it for sure, but I'm afraid we can't hold ourselves against it."

"Can't hold ourselves against it?"

Meng Lei was rather puzzled.

Ol' Amos asked slowly, "Do you remember a certain sentence that the Uni-Horned Rose Python said just now?"

"Which?"

Ol' Amos replied slowly, "That all living things on this continent, whether plants or animals, worship and believe deeply in the Tree of Life."

"Yes, I know that. What about it?"

Meng Lei was even more puzzled now.

"You once asked me in the past how one can become a deity, right?" Ol' Amos didn't answer his question. Instead, he asked, "My answer was that laws of nature maketh the deity, right?"

"Yes!" Meng Lei nodded. "You once said that deities were also known as the controllers of the laws of nature. If one can fully comprehend a type of laws of nature, they'll be able to become a deity."

"Deification by comprehending the laws of nature is only one of the methods available." Ol' Amos said slowly, "In truth, that's not the only route to deification. There's also another very common method that's the easiest to achieve, yet also the hardest."

Meng Lei was taken aback. A very common method that was the easiest to achieve, yet also the hardest? What kind of method was that? Why was it so self-contradictory?

"Ol' President, the method you speak of is?" Meng Lei was terribly curious.

"Deification by religious faith," Ol' Amos answered.

"Deification by religious faith?" Meng Lei perked up.

"As long as you have enough believers worshipping and devoutly believing in you, you don't even need to do anything, and you can become a deity. Even if you're just lazing about and doing nothing every day, you can still become one nonetheless!"

A smiling Ol' Amos explained, "That's what deification by religious faith is! What do you think? Isn't it simple?"

Meng Lei was rendered speechless. "One can become a deity without even doing anything? Isn't that taking the matter a little too lightly?"

"Thus, deification by religious faith is very simple to achieve. Compared to comprehending the laws of nature, it's practically cheating."

Then, Ol' Amos changed the course of the conversation and lamented, "It's just a pity that it's not easy to gain enough believers. In fact... It's extremely difficult!

"Take Heaven's Vault Continent, for example.

"There's the Beast People Empire in the north, the Dragon God Empire in the east, the Fairy Empire in the south, and the Titan Empire in the west.

"Yet all four great empires have their own gods that they believe in. Even though there are trillions of living things in Heaven's Vault Continent, do you think it's possible to snatch believers from the four great empires?"

Meng Lei gave a wry smile in response—that was something totally impossible, alright? Or at least, that was currently the case.

"Therefore, deification by religious faith is also a method as difficult as nailing jelly to the wall—because it's totally impossible for you to find a sufficient number of believers to provide enough religious faith for you to become a deity."

Ol' Amos shook his head lightly and went on. "As a result, the only thing all living things in Heaven's Vault Continent can do is to properly comprehend the laws of nature and go down the route of deification by comprehending laws of nature."

Meng Lei asked, "Ol' President, you've mentioned just now that deification by religious faith is also a very common method. What do you mean by that?"

"In Heaven's Vault Continent, deification by religious faith is indeed very tough, but this may not be the case for other existential planes." Ol' Amos explained with a smile, "You probably don't know this yet, but in the vast and boundless universe exist countless planes of existence. The Heaven's Vault Continent is only a very ordinary material plane among them all!"

"Huh?" Meng Lei pretended to be astonished.

Ol' Amos explained at great length before he finally said, "Existential planes are much like bubbles. New planes are constantly being born, and old planes are constantly dying out every moment.

"In those newly-born planes, neither deities nor experts exist. The living things there live the life of savages and are primitive and backward.

"The living things that those planes birth are innocent and ignorant. They harbor great respect for the heavens and are fearful of nature. Therefore, they easily hold religious faith toward certain supernatural phenomena or inexplicable things and incidents.

"For example, they may worship a powerful person, a snake, a ball of fire, a rock, and so on.

"That's the earliest form of religious faith—primitive worship!"

Meng Lei murmured to himself, "Primitive worship?"

"To primeval lifeforms, the act of primitive worship doesn't mean much. It's nothing more than just pure faith. However, to the subjects of worship, it's something incredibly extraordinary!

"Because... Primitive worship can allow them to... Become deities!"

[1] Referring to the huge compensation payment from the relocation

[2] A district located in the heart of Beijing, where land is very expensive

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Chapter 166: The Threat of A Half-Deity, The Multi-Armed Behemoth

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"Primitive worship produces religious faith, while faith itself creates a god. That's exactly what deification by religious faith is."

With a sigh, Ol' Amos went on. "In the vast and boundless universe, new planes are constantly being born, and old planes are dying out every moment.

"As a result, primitive worship is taking place every moment. In fact, Heaven's Vault Continent has also experienced something similar during its early stages. It has also created a fair number of deities because of that.

"It's just a shame that as civilization prospered, the religious faith resources in Heaven's Vault Continent were subsequently split among several parties right down to the very last bit. Thus, it's no longer a fertile land with regard to deification by religious faith now."

"I see!" Meng Lei nodded. "So, what you're worried about is that the Tree of Life has also deified because of the religious faith that the living things on this continent holds in it, Ol' President?"

"It likely hasn't reached the point of deification yet." Ol' Amos shook his head lightly. "It has been more than 10,000 years since deities were last born in Heaven's Vault Continent. The Tree of Life likely hasn't deified yet!"

"Then what are you so worried about?" Meng Lei's brows furrowed slightly in confusion.

"It may not have deified yet, but a half-deity status is not out of the question." Ol' Amos' countenance turned grave as he said, "Although a half-deity isn't an actual deity, they are still very powerful all the same.

"In the event that the Tree of Life has attained half-deification thanks to its endless source of faith, will you be able to fight against it?"

"That's..."

Meng Lei was at a loss for words. A half-deity was an existence that was infinitely more powerful than even a limits-level Saint Domain. How would he possibly be a match for it?

"What should we do then, Ol' President?" Meng Lei hastily asked.

"Don't panic, and don't fear!" Ol' Amos mused aloud. "Whether the Tree of Life really is a half-deity or not is merely our conjecture. What you need to do now is to do your best to collect as much information as possible about the Tree of Life so that you can make a more accurate judgment. It's only when you know your enemy and yourself inside out that you can survive all your battles."

"I understand now!" Meng Lei nodded.

Then, he patted the Uni-Horned Rose Python under him and asked, "Clara, what do you know about the Tree of Life?"

"Sir..."

As Clara went into an endless narration. Meng Lei also gained a better understanding of the Tree of Life.

According to the Uni-Horned Rose Python, even though the Tree of Life was a tree, it was also unlike one at the same time. It had no fixed form or a fixed location.

It could appear at any corner of the continent and could also show up in any form. It was a tree, yet also not one at the same time.

As for what it specifically looked like, no one had ever seen it before.

The only thing one could be sure of was that every 100 years, the Tree of Life's voice would sound in the minds of every living thing on the continent to inform them that the fruits were ripe. Apart from that, none of the living things knew anything else about the Tree of Life.

After hearing all that, Ol' Amos immediately concluded, "The Tree of Life is definitely collecting the power of religious faith. The so-called fruits are merely its method of spreading faith.

"Most typical living things aren't capable of collecting religious faith by their own initiative. Brat, you must take absolute care in everything you do from now on. If you discover anything amiss, run immediately!"

"Understood, Ol' President!"

Meng Lei nodded heavily. A hint of gloom couldn't help but form in his heart.

A divine tree whose strength was unfathomably deep was lurking in the Lost Continent, and all the living things on the continent were its worshippers.

But what was he currently doing?

He was hunting the divine tree's worshippers!

Moreover, he wasn't the only one doing so—the other 7,847 contestants were also hunting its worshippers.

Would the divine tree be agreeable to that?

It seemed like the answer was a negative one!

"Sending us here to hunt Magical Beasts when he hasn't even gotten a handle on things on the continent—has His Majesty become a senile old dotard?"

In the following period of time, there was always a certain tension in Meng Lei's mind. He didn't dare to relax even the slightest, lest he came under the divine tree's attack.

And yet!

As time went by, under Uni-Horned Rose Python's guidance, four Saint Domain Magical Beasts perished in Meng Lei's hands one after another.

In spite of that, the divine tree... didn't make any move!

It was as if it had decided to just leave things unchecked.

Gradually, Meng Lei also relaxed. Since it didn't intend to do anything about it, then he wasn't going to stand on ceremony anymore.

At this point, Clara flew over to a basin and said, "Sir, that basin in front is Sacas the Multi-Armed Behemoth's territory!"

"The Multi-Armed Behemoth?"

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

He knew about the Behemoths—the Beast People Empire's royal family was exactly the Behemoth race. Among the Behemoths, the Golden Behemoths were even existences comparable to Golden Colossal Dragons and Thunder Titans.

Apart from that, there were also two lower-end Behemoth species—the Silver Behemoths and the Bronze Behemoths.

...But what the heck was a Multi-Armed Behemoth?

"Little boy, you should read more when you have the time!"

Ol' Amos snorted lightly and explained, "The Multi-Armed Behemoth is a mutated species among the Behemoths. Compared to regular Behemoths, they have four additional arms. Thus, they are also known as Six-Armed Behemoths.

"Behemoths are hailed as the kings of terrestrial battles. In terms of pure physical strength, even Dragons are no match for Behemoths.

"In addition, Behemoths have astonishingly high defense. Apart from first-class spells, they are immune to every other spell. In a wrestling match, Colossal Dragons are no match for Behemoths of the same grade."

"Tsk, tsk! Impressive!"

Meng Lei couldn't help but marvel. Ol' Amos was a Fire Dragon Person, and on top of that, he was even one that possessed terrifying strength. Yet even someone like him admitted that Behemoths overpowered Colossal Dragons of the same grade!

From this, one could tell just how strong the Behemoths were.

Ol' Amos warned, "As the Multi-Armed Behemoth has four more arms than regular Behemoths, they are even more skilled at grappling and, in turn, even harder to deal with than usual. You'd best take it easy later!"

"Got it!"

It didn't take long before Meng Lei arrived at the basin. The basin resembled a sunken-in bowl and was lower than sea level by almost a thousand kilometers.

Within the basin was a stone forest of erect rock pillars. As far as the eye could see, the place was actually a densely packed stone forest. They looked just like bamboo shoots in the mountains!

Whew!

Whew!

It wasn't long after they entered the stone forest when thundering snores reached their ears. At the same time, a terrifying, mighty pressure also spread toward them and pressed down on their nerves.

"Sir, that's the Multi-Armed Behemoth!"

The Uni-Horned Rose Python's voice trembled as it pointed at a massive grayish creature lying in the stone forest. It could hardly conceal the fear in its eyes.

Being a snake-type Magical Beast, it feared Magical Beasts whose forte was physical strength the most, let alone physical strength freaks like the Multi-Armed Behemoth that had even grown itself a few more arms. It was practically the bane of its existence.

"Wake it up," Meng Lei ordered as he watched the massive creature in deep slumber intently.

"Y-yes, sir!"

With a woebegone expression, the Uni-Horned Rose Python flew over immediately. It had already been some time since it had started to follow Meng Lei around, so it understood his personality very well—should it dare refuse to go over, it would definitely end up with a tragic fate.

"Sacas, my old friend!"

The Uni-Horned Rose Python didn't dare to go too near. It hollered at the top of its voice before it was even anywhere near it.

Roar!

Rudely awakened from its slumber, the Behemoth flew into a rage. "Who is it?! Who dares disturb Sacas' beauty sleep? Are you tired of living?!"

The Multi-Armed Behemoth was simply too loud. Its voice was as though the booming thunder. The resulting reverberations caused the surrounding stone forest to shake and sway as giant rocks fell and rolled off.

Even Meng Lei felt his ears, which were ringing from its voice, go numb. He couldn't help but be astounded. "What the heck? It's so loud!"

The Multi-Armed Behemoth—which had gotten onto its feet from rage—was 50-meters-tall. A thick layer of gray fur covered its body from head to toe. The muscles hidden by its fur could only be described with one word—exaggerated!

It had the mouth of a hippopotamus and the legs of a lion; the back of a crocodile and the body of a gigantic ape; as well as... The claws of a sloth!

Hanging next to its knees were its six incredibly thick and muscular arms—there was no question as to how terrifyingly strong they were!

Added to this its razor-sharp, barb-like claws that extended as far as two-meters-long, the Multi-Armed Behemoth gave off a spine-chilling aura.

So, that's the Multi-Armed Behemoth?

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Chapter 167: Golden Giant, The Behemoth Submits

"Who is it? Who dares disturb Sacas' beauty sleep?!" The Multi-Armed Behemoth roared furiously.

Its voice was as though the dull booming of roiling thunder, its reverberations erupting in the sky and blasting people's ears.

"S-Sacas, my... My old friend!"

In a terrible panic, the Uni-Horned Rose Python's voice trembled as it stammered, "I... I'm here to visit you. H-how are you?"

"Die, you lowly worm!"

The Multi-Armed Behemoth let out a ferocious roar. Then, without another word, it grabbed a gigantic ten-meters-long stalagmite and hurled it at the Uni-Horned Rose Python. It didn't take Clara as a friend at all.

Whoosh!

The stalagmite produced whizzing sounds as it hurtled through the air. It blasted straight toward Clara like an intercontinental missile, and the might it contained enough to blast an E-100[1] apart.

"Hiss, hiss!"

The Uni-Horned Rose Python received a huge shock. It fled hastily to the side, its long tail swishing about as it did so. The gigantic stalagmite whizzed past it by a hair's breadth, and then it just so coincidentally had to crash toward Meng Lei.

Crack!

Meng Lei formed a sword with his fingers. With a light slash, a golden ray of sword glint flashed across the air and instantly sliced the gigantic stalagmite into two.

Roar!!

The rudely awakened Multi-Armed Behemoth was currently running berserk and in a terrible rage. It strode forward with its thick, muscular thighs and charged over barbarically.

"You lowly worm! I'm going to tear you into pieces!"

The ground shook and trembled as the stone forest swayed about, while huge rocks rolled and fell off as smoke and dust billowed.

The Multi-Armed Behemoth, which was over 50-meters-tall, moved at breakneck speed. With just a few large steps, it had already crossed the several hundred-meter-long distance and charged right up to the Uni-Horned Rose Python. Then, its two-meters-long barbed claws grabbed forcefully at it.

"Hiss, hiss!"

The Uni-Horned Rose Python was scared witless.

"Clara, step back!"

Meng Lei's voice rang out at this point.

"Yes, sir!"

His voice was no different from celestial music in the Uni-Horned Rose Python's ears. As though it had been granted amnesty, the Uni-Horned Rose Python hastily dived behind Meng Lei, its tail swishing about in the air.

"The king of terrestrial battles? I'd like to have a taste or two of that!"

Meng Lei licked his lips. Rays of dazzling golden light shot out of him and instantly shrouded him within.

Roar!

The Multi-Armed Behemoth's razor-sharp claws slashed down at him. With a golden flash of light, he quietly appeared at a spot 100 meters away. At the same time, the Metal Elements within a few kilometers started to converge madly toward him.

As the golden light turned brighter and brighter, the ball of light also became bigger and bigger.

10 meters, 50 meters, 100 meters...

The golden ball of light emitted an infinite light. It was as though the sun hanging in the sky, brilliant as it shone upon the land.

Boom!

An arm radiating a dazzling golden shine reached out from the golden light. It was golden-yellow in color throughout and looked just as though it were crafted from gold. The golden veins on the arm bulged fiercely on the surface, and the muscles on it were solidly intertwined. It brimmed with explosive strength.

Then, it was followed by the second arm... The third... The fourth...

In the short span of a breath, the form of a 50-meters-tall golden giant with three heads and six arms and radiating a dazzling golden shine all over was revealed in the golden ball of light. Then, it landed on the ground with a loud crash.

Boom!

An incredibly sharp and raging aura erupted from the golden giant and spread outward, sweeping toward every direction. Several rays of golden light burst forth from it, instantly jabbing so many holes into the surrounding stalagmites and turning them into swiss cheese.

Roar!

The Multi-Armed Behemoth let out an earth-shattering roar as it sprinted madly toward the golden giant. It was evident from those ferocious blood-red eyes that it intended to rip the golden giant into shreds.

"Good job making it here!" Meng Lei said as he laughed into the heavens. Then, he controlled the golden giant and dashed over, too.

Boom, boom, boom!

When two enormous creatures as tall as buildings more than a dozen floors high ran at high speed, just how huge and earthshaking of a commotion would it cause?

The ground shook and trembled violently as if an earthquake had broken out. Large expanses of stalagmites fell off as the earth shook and mountains swayed.

Boom!

In the next moment, the Multi-Armed Behemoth and the golden giant collided hard with each other, producing a shockingly loud metallic clash.

Crack!

The Multi-Armed Behemoth's claws slashed a few deep fissures into the golden giant while the golden giant's six fists landed on the Multi-Armed Behemoth at the same time.

Thud, thud, thud!

The two massive creatures retreated at the same time, pressing a few wide and deep enormous footprints into the ground as they did so. They even broke a few stalagmites along the way.

Their very first clash had concluded with a draw.

Roar!

The Multi-Armed Behemoth, whose savagery had been triggered, charged over once more.

Boom, boom, boom!

Boom, boom, boom!

Boom, boom, boom!

The basin was completely destroyed. Everywhere that the two giants passed by, all the solid stalagmites around them were as if they were made out of tofu, breaking with just a touch and being crushed with just a brush.

A good half of the stalagmites in the basin were already broken and in disorder in less than five minutes. The place looked as if a Category 12 typhoon had swept through it.

"Is he even human?"

As the one and only witness to the grappling match, the Uni-Horned Rose Python had long since been left flabbergasted and dumbstruck. It was astounded by the ferocity of the battle and even more so by Meng Lei's choice of action.

It knew very well just how strong the Multi-Armed Behemoth was. On this continent lived hundreds, almost up to 1,000, of Saint Domain Magical Beasts, but those that really dared to get into a wrestling match with the Multi-Armed Behemoth didn't even make up a handful.

That guy was the king of terrestrial battles and possessed Herculean strength. Wasn't getting into a wrestling match with it tantamount to committing suicide? Were they tired of living?

Yet that was exactly what Meng Lei had done. To transform into a golden giant and fight the Multi-Armed Behemoth head-on, just how stubborn must he be?

However, the final outcome of the wrestling match was something completely outside of the Uni-Horned Rose Python's expectations—Meng Lei had won!

The Multi-Armed Behemoth... had collapsed!

Its body, which sported multiple wounds, was trembling lightly. It panted heavily and took large gulps of air, actually unable to even lift a finger.

On the other hand, the golden giant stood steadily where it was, the many cuts on its body healing rapidly. A few breaths later, it was restored to its original condition and looked as brand new as ever.

After a comparison of the two, the outcome was clear.

Whoosh!

A sharp sword appeared in the golden giant's hand. As it held the sword against the Multi-Armed Behemoth's throat, it said in a deep, rumbling voice, "Sacas, I've taken an interest in you! You have two choices now!

"The first is to have your head cut off by me and die by my sword! The second is to become my dog and pledge allegiance to me!"

The one currently speaking was naturally Meng Lei. He had initially planned to kill the Multi-Armed Behemoth, but after the fierce battle, Meng Lei now had a deep understanding of just how powerful and fearsome the Multi-Armed Behemoth was.

Ferocious and raging!

Immensely strong!

Massive combat strength!

To sum it up—violence! Incredible violence!

If he hadn't been the one it was fighting, there was no way it would have lost. After all, the real reason for its collapse was exhaustion.

That's right, utter exhaustion! If it weren't because it had reached a point of utter exhaustion, in the end, it could definitely continue to fight on!

What? Its injuries?

They were just superficial wounds that didn't get in the way at all!

It was a pity to kill a savage beast like that. Since that was the case, why not take it in instead and turn it into his second fighter?

"I'll give you ten seconds to consider the offer!" Meng Lei's voice was loud and sonorous as he said, "I want an answer in ten seconds!"

Roar!

The Multi-Armed Behemoth sank into a painful struggle. Its pride didn't allow it to submit to others—it was a proud and arrogant Behemoth! A powerful Multi-Armed Behemoth!

How could it submit to others?

Yet, it was being presented with harsh reality.

If it didn't submit... Then it would die!

"Submit?"

"Don't submit?"

"Submit?"

"Don't submit?"

"Time's up!"

Meng Lei's voice rang out once again. He asked, "So? What's your decision?"

"I... I'll submit!"

The Multi-Armed Behemoth ultimately lowered its noble and elegant head.

"That's a wise decision you've made!"

[1] Refers to the Panzerkampfwagen E-100, a German super-heavy tank design developed toward the end of World War II

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Chapter 168: Blazing Jealousy, As Vicious As A Viper

"Hurry up!"

"There's a huge commotion over there!"

"A fierce battle must be taking place!"

"It's a great chance to cash in on others!"

"All of you, hurry up! Don't let other bastards get there before we do..."

A few streams of light whizzed swiftly through the mountainous forest outside the basin. A few breaths later, they reached the basin's periphery.

Gasp!

"The whole stone forest has actually turned into such a terrible state?"

"Just how fierce must the battle just now have been?"

The few of them exchanged a look. All of them could see the astonishment in one another's eyes. Then, they looked at a blond young man among them.

"Carlos, what should we do now?"

"Are you sure you want to cash in on this?"

Carlos, the blond young man, was obviously the leader of the team. He didn't answer his companions; instead, he looked toward the depths of the basin.

A brief moment later, his eyes widened, and he burst into laughter. "Yes! Why shouldn't we? Fellows, we've struck gold this time!"

"Huh?"

His companions exchanged looks of confusion with one another.

"Don't ask. We'll talk again after we head over!"

An earth dragon automatically rose from underneath his feet and raced toward the depths of the basin with Carlos on its back. At the sight of this, all his companions also followed after him.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

The group moved at high speed. Soon, they arrived at the basin center, and then they saw something that terribly astounded them.

A 50-meters-tall enormous creature laid on its back in the stone forest. Riddled with wounds and covered in blood, it was barely breathing anymore. From the looks of it, it was on the brink of death.

"A B-Behemoth! That's a Behemoth!"

"Oh my dragon god! It's actually a Behemoth!"

Astounded, the few of them let out a series of exclamations.

"No! It's not just any ordinary Behemoth!" Carlos swallowed hard as he said, "That's a Saint Domain Multi-Armed Behemoth! Who was it that managed to pummel a Saint Domain Multi-Armed Behemoth into a pathetic state like that?"

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

For a moment there, everyone's gazes practically landed at the same time on Meng Lei, who was opposite the Multi-Armed Behemoth.

Meng Lei laid on a huge rock; his complexion was as pale as a sheet. With blood at the corners of his lips, he was the very picture of someone heavily injured and on his deathbed after a fierce battle.

Evidently, his battle with the Multi-Armed Behemoth had worn both parties out.

"He's the one that wounded the Multi-Armed Behemoth?"

"What kind of joke is that? It's actually a little brat?"

"It doesn't seem like there's anyone else here, aside from the Multi-Armed Behemoth and him. Who else can it be, other than him?"

"Oh my dragon god, is he really the one?"

"Not only is a Saint Domain Multi-Armed Behemoth comparable to a Golden Colossal Dragon, but their terrestrial combat strength and wrestling abilities are even stronger than a Golden Colossal Dragon's. Yet he can actually beat up the Multi-Armed Behemoth into that state?"

"Who's that little brat? Do any of you know him?"

"No, I don't!"

"Never seen him!"

"I know all the Empire-Affiliated Academy Contestants, but I've never seen that little brat! He's obviously from the 15 kingdoms and 48 dukedoms!"

"There's someone that strong from the 15 kingdoms and 48 dukedoms?"

Carlos, the blond young man, stared hard at Meng Lei as flames of jealousy blazed within him.

That little brat looked so young, yet he was strong enough to contend against the Multi-Armed Behemoth. Just how amazingly talented must he be!?

But what about him?

Born with a silver spoon, he had gone through the strictest education since he was young and enjoyed the highest grade cultivation resources. He was already past 29 years old, yet his cultivation hadn't gone past pinnacle-level ninth-grade yet. He was only barely bordering on Saint Domain.

If he had to fight the Multi-Armed Behemoth head-on, it would practically be no different from sending him straight to his death.

Jealousy burned within Carlos. With a deep, dark look in his eyes, he ordered, "The few of you, kill that Behemoth. Leave that little brat to me!"

"No problem!"

"How exciting! This is my first time seeing a Multi-Armed Behemoth, not to mention killing one!"

"Oh my dragon god! To think I actually get to kill a Multi-Armed Behemoth that's hailed as the king of terrestrial battles in my life! The blood in me is boiling uncontrollably!"

Unable to wait any further, the others rushed toward the Multi-Armed Behemoth while Carlos walked up to Meng Lei with a complex look in his eyes.

"Little brat! Although I don't know who you are, I can imagine that in the kingdom or dukedom where you come from, you must be a genius basking in the limelight, idolized and embraced by countless people, right?"

"What are you trying to do?"

Meng Lei's complexion was ghastly pale.

"Frankly speaking, I'm very envious of people with excellent talent like you. You can disregard background, resources, age, and without putting in any hard work, still possess strength far beyond others' to bask in the limelight and be embraced by many.

"It's just a shame that there are many things that one can't get despite their envy!"

The corners of Carlos' lips curled upward as he said, "I have a lot of strengths, but having the tolerance for people more outstanding than me isn't one of them. In particular, amazingly talented monsters like you make me even crazier with jealousy!"

"Y-you... Don't you dare!"

Meng Lei warned with a horrified and fearful expression, "The emperor has prohibited us from hunting and killing fellow contestants. Otherwise, they'll be eliminated. You can't kill me!"

"Kill you? Of course, I won't do that!" Carlos gave him a chilly smile. "But I can destroy you! So that you'll no longer have amazing talent and turn into a total cripple!"

As he spoke, he took out a test tube filled with red liquid from his spatial ring. The content looked like blood! Scarlet, demoniac blood!

"This tube of blood is filled with Soul-Devouring Hell Leeches. Do you know what Soul-Devouring Hell Leeches are?"

Carlos gave the test tube in his hand a couple of shakes as he went on. "They are a type of exotic parasitic poisonous worm that lives in humans or Magical Beasts' blood. They specialize in devouring Battle Aura, magic power, and spiritual power!

"Once Soul-Devouring Hell Leeches make their way into someone's body, even Saint Domain experts can forget about ever getting rid of them!

"The only thing they can do is to watch helplessly as the Soul-Devouring Hell Leeches devour their spiritual power, magic power, and Battle Aura bit by bit until everything's gone! And perish in the end!"

A smiling Carlos added, "Before the competition started, I had specially gotten the Soul-Devouring Hell Leeches ready for the sole purpose of dealing with strong and talented monsters like you. If I could, I would like to kill all of you! And you... You're just the first one I'm starting with!"

After he spoke, Carlos popped off the cork and prepared to pour the blood infused with Soul-Devouring Hell Leeches onto Meng Lei.

Meng Lei couldn't keep his act at this point. With a flip, he got up and caught Carlos' arm with his own. Then, he snatched the test tube from him.

(o)

Carlos was stunned.

"You're too goddamn disgusting!" Meng Lei had a dark look on his countenance as he said, "Not only are you robbing me of my battle spoils, but you're even intending to destroy me with something so malicious! What a goddamn pervert!"

Then, Meng Lei slammed his fist into Carlos' abdomen, almost beating his dinner from the previous night out of him.

"You loser, I'll leave you to have a taste of this thing here yourself!"

With a casual grab, pour, and close, Meng Lei poured all the blood in the test tube into Carlos' mouth.

Then, he broke Carlos' jaw into pieces with a flying kick so that he wouldn't even have the chance to throw up the Soul-Devouring Hell Leeches!

"Ughh~"

Carlos fell onto the ground and began to whimper and scream as he held his stomach. Anxious, in pain, and terrified, he had totally broken down.

Elsewhere, the few preparing to kill the Multi-Armed Behemoth turned around upon hearing the commotion, their countenances full of horror.

"Carlos!"

"What's going on?"

"Birds of a feather flock together! None of you is anyone decent!"

Meng Lei snorted coldly. Then, with a flick of his fingers, several golden rays shot out and instantly slashed across their knees.

With a neat and organized soft thud, the few of them fell onto the ground—their upper bodies, that was. From the knee down, they were still standing...

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Chapter 169: Harsh Competition, I Don't Hit Women

Seated atop the Multi-Armed Behemoth's shoulder, Meng Lei headed to the next Saint Domain Magical Beast's territory while taking an inventory of his rewards from earlier.

"Three Saint Domain magic cores, 76 ninth-grade magic cores, and innumerable magic cores of other grades... They already have these many magic cores when it hasn't even been half a day?"

Meng Lei didn't think that Carlos and the others had gotten these through hunting. The only possibility was that they had also robbed other contestants, just like how they had intended to rob him. That was the only way they could collect that many magic cores in half a day's time.

Meng Lei remarked with a sigh, "Robbing others, fighting, maiming, and injuring others at the drop of a hat—this exchange competition sure is rather brutal."

"The exchange competition is a very brutal one from the start."

Ol' Amos' voice rang out as he said, "The strong are vicious and heartless while the weak group together for solidarity.

"For victory, contestants resort to unscrupulous means like ambushing others from the back, making use of others, and other schemes and conspiracies... It's impossible to guard against them all.

"Rather than an exchange competition, one might as well just call it a slaughterfest. Numerous contestants die in the competition every time it's held. If not for the fact that you're strong enough, you'd have died from others' schemes a long time ago!"

"Perhaps, I guess." Meng Lei chuckled in response to his words.

"This is especially true when you're traveling around with two Saint Domain Magical Beasts now. It's too eye-catching," Ol' Amos kindly warned him, "Take it easy. Be careful you don't slip up in unexpected places."

He had only just spoken when Ol' Amos suddenly laughed. "See? What did I just tell you? Let's see how you're gonna deal with it this time!"

"Hmm?"

With an eyebrow raised, Meng Lei's spiritual power swept across the area—in the bushes a few kilometers away, a teenage girl laid in a pool of blood...

"What's that supposed to be? A honey trap?" Meng Lei shook his head lightly. Then, he instructed, "Stay here and wait for me, Sacas and Clara!"

"Yes, Boss!"

Meng Lei soared into the air. Soon, he arrived right in front of the girl.

"H-help..."

Upon discovering Meng Lei's presence, the weak and delicate girl acted as though she had just seen her savior, calling out as loud as she could in a hoarse voice.

The magic robe on the girl—probably a Magician—was torn and tattered, exposing large patches of snowy-white skin.

There was blood on the corners of her lips, as well as on her body... Or rather, all over her body, especially because a spear had pierced through her thigh, pinning her to the ground such that she could barely move.

"I... I've been attacked!"

The girl's pretty face was pale as she said, "They robbed me of all my magic cores and even injured me. I can't move anymore, can you help me?"

"Of course!"

Meng Lei repeatedly nodded upon hearing the girl's explanation, the total picture of a loser begging to please.

"Can you extricate the spear on my thigh for me?"

She looked charmingly pitiful with a pleading look all over her face.

"No problem!"

Meng Lei walked forward and grabbed hold of the spear. Unexpectedly, the spear in his hand abruptly morphed into a small blood-red snake at this point. It opened its mouth and bit down directly on Meng Lei's hand at once.

"Ahhh!"

Meng Lei let out a cry and shook the small blood-red snake off forcefully. Then, he staggered backward while he held his bitten right hand.

"Hehe!"

At the sight of this, the frail and delicate teenage girl immediately broke into giggles. Her crisp and melodious giggles were exceptionally clear in the quiet and tranquil forest, and she looked like a completely different person compared to her previous pitiful state.

"Y-you... tricked me?"

His complexion deathly pale, Meng Lei's eyes bore furiously into the girl!

There was no hint of her previous wretched appearance to the girl anymore at this point. The blood on her had mysteriously disappeared, and even her torn and tattered magic robe had been restored to a spanking new condition. The blood-red little snake had slithered onto her arm as well.

"Tricked you? You can only blame your own stupidity!" The girl stroked the blood-red little snake as she giggled. "Everyone employs their own means in the exchange competition and will stop at nothing to get what they want. Fools like you can't even get past the first day at all!"

As she spoke, her gaze also fell on Meng Lei's spatial ring. A smile appeared on her countenance at once, and she said in a girlish voice, "Give that to me!"

"I got these magic cores through my own painstaking hunting efforts! How can I give them to you?" said Meng Lei, who had an indignant and grieving look on his face and looked as if he'd rather die than give in.

"You won't give them to me? You can just die, then!"

At once, the girl's expression changed and turned into one of cruel tyranny. She said, "Do you know what kind of snake this is? It's a Bloodscale Blazing-Sun Snake! It's incredibly poisonous, and once it bites you, even a Saint Domain will be left paralyzed for half a day, let alone someone like you."

"You... How can you be so vicious?"

Terribly shocked and fearful, blood drained from Meng Lei's face at once.

"Cut the crap! If you don't wish to die, hand over your spatial ring immediately, and I'll give you the antidote. Otherwise, you can just wait to turn into a puddle of pus and die!"

The girl spoke fiercely and viciously.

"You—"

After a brief moment of hesitation, a deathly pale Meng Lei ultimately still chose to remove his spatial ring. He threw it over to the girl, who received it in satisfaction and upon which, began to check the contents.

The moment she did, she turned livid. "Five first-grade magic cores? These are the magic cores that you 'got through your painstaking hunting efforts'? Are you f*cking kidding me?"

Meng Lei said with an awful look on his face, "What? You don't believe me?"

"So you're just a bloody pauper! What a waste of my time!"

The girl glared viciously at Meng Lei. That look in her eyes was as if she wished she could eat him alive. Then, she turned and left.

Meng Lei hastily shouted, "Hey! Where's the antidote?"

"You can just die, you goddamn pauper!" spat the girl coldly. Then, she left without even so much as a look behind her.

Whoosh!

A light breeze blew past, and then Meng Lei floated over to her.

"You—"

Terribly shocked, the girl stared at Meng Lei, who had suddenly shown up in front of her, in disbelief.

"Little miss, you robbed me earlier. It's my turn to rob you now!"

A total change from his pathetic state just a moment ago, Meng Lei currently had a cheeky smile all over his face.

"You're not poisoned!"

The girl reacted very quickly, retreating with a burst of speed. When she had retreated to a safe distance away, she glared furiously at Meng Lei as she said, "How dare you trick me? Are you tir—"

Bam!

Before she could even finish, Meng Lei's foot had already appeared. His foot hit the girl on her face squarely, sending her flying.

"Don't you know how to choose your words properly? Did I trick you?" Meng Lei snorted and replied, "What I did is something known as beating you at your own game, get it?"

"You bastard! I'm gonna kill you!"

Thoroughly embarrassed and furious, the girl leaped forcefully off the ground and began to launch a series of attacks as if she had gone mad. Amidst wheezing attacks, the woods and trees around them seemed to come to life.

Numerous vines morphed into poisonous snakes and pythons that surrounded Meng Lei from all directions. Then, they shot toward him altogether.

"Playing with wood-elemental magic in front of me? You think too highly of yourself!"

Meng Lei let out a contemptuous scoff of laughter, and then with a point of his finger... Several whitish air currents burst forth and shot toward the large numbers of poisonous snakes and pythons hurtling toward him.

Crack!

Crack!

Upon coming into contact with the whitish air currents, a layer of white ice crystals wrapped around all the poisonous snakes and pythons, freezing them on the spot.

A few moments later, all the snakes and pythons turned into vivid, life-like ice sculptures, still and motionless.

"Break!" Meng Lei commanded.

Crack!

Instantly, all the ice sculptures broke into pieces and turned into ice chips that rained down onto the ground, producing crisp and clear clatters as they did so.

"This..."

Alarm interspersed with horror took over the girl. She hastily began to chant a magic incantation, intending to cast an even more powerful spell.

Whoosh!

Meng Lei appeared quietly in front of her.

"I'm a kind, thoughtful, and gentle man. I've never been one to hit women, so you don't need to worry about that." Meng Lei gave her a warm and mild smile as he went on. "But I'd like very much to have a taste of what it feels like to hit one now. Are you ready?"

And then...

Smack, smack, smack!

Bam, bam, bam!

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Chapter 170: Betraying Boss? A Chaotic Battle At The Cliff

"One Saint Domain magic core, 38 ninth-grade magic cores, and innumerable magic cores of other grades. For a woman that's even operating solo to collect these many magic cores in just a short half a day, just how many unlucky bastards has she tricked?"

Meng Lei was infinitely filled with emotion as he sighed. "What a moral-less world we live in now. People are no longer what they used to be. There aren't many kind and upright contestants like me anymore!"

"Yeah, right!"

The corners of Ol' Amos' lips were spasming as he scoffed. "If you're that kind and upright, then why were you playing possum to rob Carlos and gang? If you're that kind and upright, then why did you treat a young lady that way?

"No offense, but you're simply too heartless and have absolutely no idea how to treat a woman. You actually beat up a proper young lady like that to the point that she was unrecognizable. How is she supposed to face others in the future?"

"Hahaha! I did it for her own good!" Meng Lei burst into laughter. "Given her current level of strength, she's not going to be able to go far. Rather than becoming destroyed by perverts like Carlos, she might as well just withdraw from the competition while it's still early."

"Then why did you rob her of her spatial rings? And all three at that?" Ol' Amos side-eyed him.

Meng Lei was full of righteousness and justice as he replied, "It's also for her own good! Lest she becomes the target of someone else's greed!"

"As if I'm gonna believe you! I know you're a terribly sly one!" Ol' Amos snorted lightly as he went on. "But on the contrary, I'm relieved now. Seeing as to how you're so sly and cunning, other contestants can only lament their misfortune if they run into you!"

The two of them chatted idly on and off. As the warm, comfortable sunlight shone onto him, Meng Lei suddenly felt rather drowsy, and he said to the Multi-Armed Behemoth and Uni-Horned Rose Python, "The two of you, continue moving forward while I nap a little."

"Yes, Boss!"

"Yes, sir!"

The Multi-Armed Behemoth's shoulder was very broad and full of densely-packed long fur. Meng Lei made a nest for himself, and then, he fell asleep comfortably.

Before long, the sound of snoring rang out.

At the sight of Meng Lei entering deep sleep, the Uni-Horned Rose Python went up to the Multi-Armed Behemoth. Then, it lowered its voice and called out, "Sacas!"

"What is it?"

The Multi-Armed Behemoth cast a glance at the Uni-Horned Rose Python.

"He's fallen asleep. Should we..."

Then, the Uni-Horned Rose Python's lips formed the words "slip away"!

"You're thinking of betraying Boss?"

The Multi-Armed Behemoth's voice suddenly raised in volume as flames of fury surged in his eyes. "Clara, snakes like you have no honor to speak of at all indeed!"

His volume almost frightened the Uni-Horned Rose Python into a heart attack. "Lower your volume! Lower your volume, big bro! I'm begging you..."

"Hmph!"

The Multi-Armed Behemoth let out a muffled snort.

"I was forced to come along with him against my will. I have neither pledged allegiance to him nor entered a contract with him; from whence does the talk of betrayal come?"

The Uni-Horned Rose Python lowered its voice and went on. "We're Saint Domain Magical Beasts. We're creatures that stand at the apex of the continent's pyramid of lifeforms, the rulers among Magical Beasts! We should be living freely and unfettered without anything holding us back, rather than being his slaves and mounts like what we're doing now!"

The Multi-Armed Behemoth sank into silence at Clara's words.

Thinking that it had convinced the Multi-Armed Behemoth, the Uni-Horned Rose Python began to speak with even more enthusiasm. "You should know that once Saint Domain Magical Beasts like us fall asleep, we'll need a very long time before we can wake up. He's already fallen asleep. Now's our best chance to escape!

"Let's escape together. And soar as freely as the birds do in the sky and swim as freely as the fishes do in the ocean. Why should we follow him and let him boss us around?"

"You can leave if you want to. I'm not leaving!" The Multi-Armed Behemoth resolutely turned down the Uni-Horned Rose Python's bewitchment. "Since I've been defeated by him and already pledged to submit, then I will never go against my words. The proud and lofty Behemoths always honor their promises!"

"Sacas, you..." The Uni-Horned Rose Python was infuriated. "You're a Multi-Armed Behemoth, you know! The king of terrestrial battles on par with a Golden Behemoth! Are you really willing to be bossed around by—"

The Uni-Horned Rose Python was in the midst of speaking when it suddenly froze. Then, with much difficulty, it slowly turned around, only to be greeted by the sight of Meng Lei, who was currently watching it with a broad smile on his face.

"S-sir... I... I..."

At once, a huge jolt went through the Uni-Horned Rose Python, and a smile that looked even more awful than a crying face appeared on its countenance.

"Thinking of leaving?" Meng Lei raised an eyebrow.

"No, no, no! I'm not!"

The Uni-Horned Rose Python shook its head incessantly. "I'm willing to be Sir's follower forever until the oceans are barren and the forests wilt—"

"You can leave if you want to." Meng Lei said calmly, "Now that I have Sacas to bring me around, you're just an extra around here. If you want to leave, I won't stop you."

The Uni-Horned Rose Python was rather stunned. "S-sir, are you being serious? You're really willing to let me go?"

"Hurry up and get lost if you want to." Meng Lei waved it away impatiently. "Sacas, speed up!"

"Yes, Boss!"

With a sound of acknowledgment, the Multi-Armed Behemoth put in a burst of speed, and then it flew a few hundred meters away instantly, leaving behind the dazed Uni-Horned Rose Python.

"I... I'm free? I'm free! I'm finally free! Haha, I'm f— Ugh!"

A golden ray suddenly appeared and instantly sliced the Uni-Horned Rose Python's throat. A bloody line quietly appeared, and then its head gradually left its body.

"You didn't let it off, after all." Ol' Amos shook his head lightly. "I knew it! How could you possibly be that kind-hearted?"

"Even if I didn't kill it, someone else would." Meng Lei smiled lightly as he said, "With its strength, it's not going to survive for long. If that's the case, then I might as well kill it."

"What a fool!" Ol' Amos sighed. "The continent is a perilous place right now. Contestants are hunting Magical Beasts everywhere.

"Saint Domain Magical Beasts, in particular, are even luscious pieces of meat that all the contestants are fighting for. It's still somewhat safe if it follows you around, but leaving? Only death awaits it, then!"

"Who can stop it from seeking death if that's what it wants?"

Then, Meng Lei shut his eyes and continued to sleep.

Half an hour later, they arrived at the front of a cliff. The cliff rose a thousand feet sheer and stood tall and straight—it looked extremely dangerous.

The top of the cliff was riddled with densely-packed, beehive-like holes. They came in a variety of sizes—big, small, wide, narrow...

It was just that the place was currently extremely lively.

50 to 60 contestants had actually been drawn to the area, and they were currently fervently attacking a bird-type Magical Beast that was a snowy-white color throughout.

With the body of an albatross, the mouth of a crocodile, and the claws of a hawk, its wingspan was over 20 to 30 meters wide and covered in white feathers.

It was the social Magical Beast, the Crocohawk Albatross!

As a Wind-Elemental Magical Beast, the Crocohawk Albatross was relatively strong. Most of them were Seventh-Grade Magical Beasts, with a handful being eighth-grade. The outstanding ones reached ninth-grade while their king was a Saint Domain Magical Beast.

Given such strength and terrifying numbers, no wonder those social Magical Beasts could attract that many contestants.

"Kill!"

"Kill them all!"

"Protect the Magicians!"

"Hurry! Don't let them take everything!"

All the contestants saw red from bloodthirstiness as they hunted the Crocohawk Albatrosses in an almost insane manner. Despite their sheer numbers, the Crocohawk Albatrosses couldn't do anything about them at all.

Not only did every contestant possess the strength of a ninth-grade expert, but the vast majority of them were even Dragon People. They could be said to be double cultivators of magic and martial arts; how could the Crocohawk Albatrosses possibly be their match?

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

Bam, bam, bam!

Boom!

Boom!

Densely packed wind blades!

Blazing fire dragons!

Thunderstorms of astonishing might!

Tornadoes that engulfed all!

Churning and surging ocean waves!

Vines covering every expanse of land!

Booming explosions and animal cries!

Sounds of collisions and furious shouts!

"The battle sure is fierce. This is much more exciting than even Hollywood visual effect blockbusters!" Meng Lei couldn't help but sigh emotionally. "But I can't just watch from a safe distance and cash in on the situation. I have to act, too!"

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Chapter 171: Barbarossa Says, "These Magic Cores Are Mine"

"Sacas, hide here while I go over."

Then, Meng Lei turned into a stream of light and flew into the battleground.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

Several ice blades launched forcefully toward the Crocohawk Albatrosses in the sky. Ice blades were just low-grade spells, but in Meng Lei's hands, they held astonishing might.

Splurt! Splurt!

Amid soft, continual sounds, the ice blades impaled the Crocohawk Albatrosses' heads one by one with utmost accuracy, reaping their lives.

On top of that, Meng Lei was also rather sly and crafty—he went exclusively for the stronger Crocohawk Albatrosses like the eighth-grade and ninth-grade ones; he was above hunting the weaker ones.

"Ding! 1 Crocohawk Albatross killed. 9,000,000 gold coins gained!"

"Ding! Assimilation successful. Host's Physical Body Constitution 1,987!"

"Ding! 1 Crocohawk Albatross killed. 6,790,000 gold coins gained!"

"Ding! Assimilation successful. Host's Magic Power 498!"

"Ding..."

As Meng Lei listened to the system's cold and emotionless voice notifications, he felt as if he was listening to celestial music. While humming The Most Dazzling Folk Style[1, he also released ice blades to the beat.

"The boundless horizon is my love!

"At the foot of the stretching mountains the flowers bloom!

"What kind of rhythm is the most..."

His movements were leisurely and carefree as if taking a stroll in the park.

It was just a shame that the battle was simply too chaotic, so even a ferocious tiger like Meng Lei had become completely inconspicuous among the dogs. He didn't catch anyone's attention at all.

Boom, boom, boom!

The massacre continued without even a moment's pause, and large numbers of Crocohawk Albatrosses perished at their hands. At last, their actions finally enraged the Crocohawk Albatross King.

Screeeech!

A sharp and crisp, loud and resounding cry that could almost shatter someone's eardrums suddenly rang out. Then, a massive Crocohawk Albatross with a golden crown on its head and a wingspan of over 100-meters-wide shot out of a cave.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

Countless wind blades shot down everywhere!

"The Crocohawk Albatross King!"

"It's the Crocohawk Albatross King! Be careful, everyone!"

"The Crocohawk Albatross is a Saint Domain Magical Beast! Let's work together to slay that beast! We can discuss how to split the spoils thereafter! What say everyone to that?"

"Alright!"

"That's the only choice we have! We mustn't be negligent and careless when up against a Saint Domain Magical Beast!"

"Attack!"

Apart from a minority of lone rangers like Meng Lei, all the other 50 to 60 contestants were obviously split into quite a few teams. After a bit of discussion, all of them made their decisions.

Then, they charged toward the Crocohawk Albatross King together.

Boom!

Boom!

Boom!

The Dragon People Warriors flapped their wings and soared into the sky, while the Magicians chanted magic incantations and cast high-grade spells.

Boom, boom, boom!

Overwhelming attacks engulfed the Crocohawk Albatross King!

At the same time, a dazzling golden light also flew toward it with the other attacks. Hidden among the rest of the attacks, it cut across the Crocohawk Albatross King's head!

"Ding! 1 Crocohawk Albatross King killed. 11,000,000 gold coins gained!"

Squawk!

The Crocohawk Albatross King froze in mid-air. Its wings that were capable of blotting out the whole sky also became weak and powerless at this moment. Then, its head went limp, and it crashed toward the ground with a deafening boom before its movements ceased completely in the end.

(o)

"What's going on?"

"It died just like that?"

"Were our attacks so sharp and powerful that we could even straight up kill a Saint Domain Magical Beast?"

The contestants looked absolutely stupefied. However, their reactions were in no way slow—all of them flew toward the Crocohawk Albatross King at lightning-fast speed!

"The magic core is mine! Don't any of you dare fight me for it!"

"No, it's mine!"

All the contestants' eyes had turned red from agitation.

However, a sudden turn of events occurred at this point.

Whoosh!

The sharp whiz of something shooting through the air rang out. By the time a golden ray of light flashed past the contestants, someone had already appeared in front of the Crocohawk Albatross King.

A head of dazzling golden-blond hair!

A suit of golden armor!

A pair of golden horns on the forehead!

A huge golden sword underneath his feet!

He was suave and handsome, domineering, and outstanding!

He gave off an incredibly noble and elegant air, every action of his exhibiting a gentleman's grace!

A coexistence of dominance and elegance, he was someone who had both looks and power!

"Barbarossa!"

"It's Prince Barbarossa!"

All the contestants froze on the spot, none of them daring to take another step forward.

Without any hint of emotion on his countenance, Barbarossa's golden eyes swept across the place as he uttered lightly, "This Saint Domain magic core is mine!"

Then, without paying any heed to the others anymore, he turned and flew toward the Crocohawk Albatross King.

"This..."

All the contestants looked at one another. Despite being incredibly frustrated, none of them dared to step forward to stop Barbarossa.

Prince Barbarossa's terrifying strength aside, his identity alone was already enough to stop them from acting rashly.

Not only did he possess terrifying strength that placed him at 148th place in the Genius Ranking, but he also had a powerful identity—someone destined for the throne!

Who would go against him just for a mere Saint Domain magic core?

Forget it, forget it!

I can't afford to offend him! Nope, not at all!

Countless miles away, while all of this was happening, everything that had taken place had also coincidentally entered the sight of the emperor and the others.

It actually wasn't quite appropriate to say that it was "coincidental", though.

The chaotic battle at the cliff had simply been too intense. It had attracted Frederick the 32nd's attention a long time ago, so he had specially gotten someone to switch the display to the area.

Barbarossa showing up was purely coincidental and not some kind of special attention on him.

However, at the sight of Prince Barbarossa's actions, ingratiating compliments rang out one after another, and there was no pause to the praises lauding his actions.

"He killed the Saint Domain Crocohawk Albatross King with just a swing of his sword!"

"He easily scared off 50 to 60 contestants with just a simple word or two!"

"Is that the might of Prince Barbarossa?"

"As expected of Prince Barbarossa!"

"The empire is so blessed to have him..."

Upon his subjects' praises and compliments, Frederick the 32nd only gave a noncommittal smile. Then, he got ready to get someone to switch the display to other contestants.

However, something unexpected occurred at that point.

"Where did you come from? How dare you steal my magic core?"

A bright and placid voice suddenly rang out. At the silent cliff, it sounded especially crisp and clear.

(o)

All the contestants froze at once and looked at the owner of the voice in disbelief.

Prince Barbarossa, who had just flown over to the Crocohawk Albatross King and was about to gouge out its magic core, also paused slightly.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

50 to 60 pairs of eyes simultaneously landed on Meng Lei. The gazes of tens of thousands of people at the Dragon God Cathedral also fell onto him.

"Who's that?"

"Who's he?"

"Where did that little brat come from?"

"Is he out of his mind?"

"Even someone the likes of him dares to stand in Prince Barbarossa's way?"

"What a fool..."

As the contestants stared at Meng Lei, all of them were rendered speechless. They had been wondering what kind of hotshot it could be, but little did they expect that it was just an egotistical, ignorant little brat.

At the same time, silence also reigned in the Dragon God Cathedral.

With surprise written all over their faces, the emperor, princes, princesses, Saint Domain experts, and high-ranking officials and nobles—all of them were watching the young teenager on the magic screen.

"That boy..."

President Fred and the Fighting Dragon Academy president could only chuckle wryly. "I just knew that this would happen, except I didn't expect it to be so soon..."

"That kid is too hot-headed. Doesn't he know that he's up against Prince Barbarossa this time?! Even if we disregard his status, just his strength alone is already..."

The Fighting Dragon Academy president shook his head lightly, his countenance grave.

President Fred nodded silently in response, feeling somewhat nervous.

"This magic core is mine. Do you have a problem with that?"

An aloof Barbarossa cast a glance at Meng Lei.

"Is it yours just because you say so? Who do you think you are?"

Meng Lei burst into laughter at once. "If I say that the spatial ring you're wearing and that golden sword underneath your feet are mine, would you give them to me?"

"Die!!"

Barbarossa's eyes narrowed slightly...

[1] A popular Chinese square dance song by folk song duo Phoenix Legend

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Chapter 172: Beating Up A Prince, A Colossal Dragon's True Form

"Die!"

Barbarossa's eyes narrowed slightly. His eyes flashed gold, and then a golden sword beam burst forth from his eyes and cleaved toward Meng Lei at lightning-quick speed. In a mere instant, it had already reached him.

"Insignificant tricks."

Meng Lei shook his head and chuckled lightly. He easily evaded the golden sword beam with a slight dodge. After that, he turned up bizarrely right in front of Barbarossa with a flash of his feet, and then he rammed his knee upward forcefully.

Bam!

Meng Lei's knee landed squarely against Barbarossa's abdomen with a dull bam. A great force broke out upon impact, and Barbarossa was sent flying right out.

Thud!

Meng Lei went on his toes and easily caught Barbarossa's golden sword. "Yeap, this has a good weight to it. It seems like it's crafted from pure gold, so I can probably sell it for quite a pretty sum?"

The lip corners of all the contestants present and the Dragon God Cathedral spectators spasmed when they heard what he said, and expletives filled their minds!

That was Prince Barbarossa's weapon! Not only was the sword meant for the royalty's exclusive use, but it was also an invaluable Saint Domain-level magic weapon. How others wished they could snatch it for their private collection! Yet he was actually thinking of selling it?

What a heartless and insensitive fellow he was!

"That little rascal!"

President Fred's countenance darkened, and he glanced carefully at Frederick the 32nd. Contrary to his expectations, however, not only was His Majesty the Emperor not angry, but he was even watching Meng Lei with great interest as if he had just discovered a whole new world!

At the sight of that, Fred secretly heaved a sigh of relief.

Boom!

Prince Barbarossa had erupted. Like blazing golden flames, a dazzling golden light burst forth from all around him.

"Eh? Has he transformed into a Super Saiyan?"

A huge jolt went through Meng Lei as he wondered to himself, "Is it the first or second form of Super Saiyan mode? Surely it can't be the third form? His hair isn't that long..."

At the same time, a horrifying wave of surging, torrential aura also erupted from Barbarossa.

"You cheap piece of trash, you deserve death for that!"

Barbarossa's icy-cold eyes brimmed with overflowing murderous intent. The Metal Elements within a few kilometers of where they were converged madly toward him, and in a mere instant, they had already formed into innumerable golden spears!

"Die!"

With a low roar from Barbarossa, thousands upon thousands of golden spears instantly shot toward Meng Lei upon command. Amid sharp, shrill whizzes, it was as if even the sky had been slashed open. The swords' might was incredibly horrifying!

"Retreat!"

"Hurry and retreat!"

At the sight of this, the contestants' countenances changed dramatically, and they hastily fled into the distance. The mid-level Saint Domain Prince Barbarossa's raging attacks weren't something that they could bear at close range.

Should something go wrong and they end up as collateral damage, their deaths would only be for naught!.

"He's enraged Prince Barbarossa!"

"That bastard! He'll know very soon just how foolish his actions were!"

"Prince Barbarossa's fury isn't something he can bear..."

At the Dragon God Cathedral, many officials and nobles' blood was boiling with passion, their eyes brimming with excitement. President Fred and the others were the only ones whose hearts were practically in their mouths, nervous and uneasy.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

Amidst sharp, shrill whizzes, it took only 1/10th of a second for the thousands upon thousands of golden spears to reach Meng Lei.

That terrifying momentum and sharp, piercing golden light of theirs were as though they wanted to jab Meng Lei into swiss cheese and nail him down onto the ground. Only then would Barbarossa's fury be fully vented.

"Ninth-Grade Metal-Elemental Dragon-Language Magic, Heavens-Locking Golden Spears?"

Meng Lei shook his head lightly. "While it certainly possesses terrifying might, and he's also fast enough in his spellcasting, it's just a shame that it won't work on me."

Meng Lei's calm and passive voice was still echoing in the surroundings when he instantly transformed into several golden rays of light and disappeared from where he was.

All the Heavens-Locking Golden Spears whizzed through the air, piercing through him before becoming embedded into the ground.

"Is he dead?"

"Has he been pierced to death?"

Everyone's eyes widened as they watched.

The smoke and dust gradually dispersed to reveal the hole-riddled, beehive-like ground. However, Meng Lei had already disappeared from sight. He didn't leave behind even a trace of his existence.

Taken aback, someone asked, "Is he dead?"

"No, he isn't! He's right there!"

Everyone raised their heads at the person's response and looked up to see a massive fire shield that spanned as wide as 100 meters in the sky. White-hot flames blazed as nine fire dragons circled around it.

Their gigantic wings blotted out the sky as they roared furiously into the sky.

The next moment, while carrying a terrifying heat capable of burning everything to the ground, the gigantic fire shield plummeted from the sky. Barbarossa was only in time to dash a few steps out when it enveloped him.

"Contract!" Meng Lei commanded.

Buzz!

Upon command, the gigantic fire shield began to shrink and contract, turning from a huge 100-meters-wide fire shield into a small fire bell that didn't even reach 10-meters-wide.

"Explode!" Meng Lei commanded again.

Boom!

The spell followed his commands, and the small fire bell exploded with a great boom. Amid earth-shattering explosions, a mushroom cloud rose into the air. At the same time, raging energy waves also exploded and instantly swept several miles outward.

Smoke and dust roiled and billowed as the ground shook and quivered.

The cliff broke, and rocks rolled and fell off.

Dead silence filled the Dragon God Cathedral—or rather, it was frighteningly quiet!

The dazed princes, princesses, officials, and nobles stared at the magic screen that had been entirely covered by the mushroom cloud. They felt their throats go dry and their brains short-circuit!

Only the Saint Domain experts were able to maintain clarity of mind, but even so, they couldn't get any more astounded all the same.

"Does anyone recognize that fire-elemental spell?"

"No, I don't!"

"Never seen it before!"

"Not at all!"

"But its might is definitely one of the first-class spells!"

"If no-one knows of it, then could it be an original first-class spell?"

"An... original first-class spell?"

Gasp!

Gasps filled the venue!

"Where's Prince Barbarossa? How is he?"

As the others regained their senses one by one, their eyes also bore into the magic screen, wishing desperately to know Prince Barbarossa's current condition.

At the same time, the contestants that had retreated a great distance away were also staring at the center of the battleground. Their necks were craned awfully long, and they didn't blink even once.

Puff~

As the ocean breeze blew, the surrounding smoke and dust completely dispersed to reveal the bombarded battleground.

Gasp!

Everyone gasped once more.

What a massive pit!

Where the ground had been, a massive pit over 1,000-meters-wide was now in its place. The walls of the pit shone and gave off a multi-colored light—it was obviously the result of sand and rocks being burned into glass upon the explosion.

The glass reflected a dazzling array of colors under the sunlight.

"Just... How high must the heat have been just now?"

Everyone swallowed hard as their gazes fell hurriedly onto the bottom of the pit.

At the bottom of the pit was the form of someone in a half-kneel. A large half of his brilliant golden-yellow hair had been burned away, and his dazzling, eye-catching golden-yellow armor was also scorched pitch-black.

The key here, however, was that his handsome and suave, domineering and elegant face had also turned charcoal-black. His previous noble grandeur was no longer, and his elegance and dominance also nowhere in sight...

If one must describe him with a word, then it would be—pathetic!

Indeed, the current Prince Barbarossa was certainly in an extremely pathetic state. Not only was his hair burned, but even his eyebrows, handsome face, and armor... Every inch of him was burned!

Slathered all over in ash, he was the very picture of... An extra filming a war film!

"That's Prince Barbarossa?"

Everyone clapped their hands over their mouths, somewhat unable to accept the sight.

Roar!

Even the audience was unable to tolerate it, let alone the person involved himself?

A loud, sonorous, and furious dragon roar rang out like an explosion. Then, a terrifying wave of dragon might suddenly erupted from the bottom of the pit.

In that instant, breathing difficulties came over all the contestants present, and they felt an intense, dull ache in their chests as if their hearts were clenched tightly in someone else's hand.

Boom!

Boom!

Raging winds blew sand and earth everywhere!

Then, a gigantic golden shadow charged out of the pit and soared into the sky...

Roar!

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Chapter 173: I've Beaten Up The Crown Prince? The Overlord of The Skies

Sharp, savage-looking dragon horns!

Dragon scales that dazzled gold!

Imposing, razor-sharp dragon claws!

Surging, churning dragon might!

Loud, clear, and sonorous dragon roars!

Every one of them was indicative of that enormous creature's true identity!

Yes, that's right!

The terrifying creature currently suspended high up in the sky and releasing dragon might at will was none other than the existence standing at the apex of the continent's pyramid of lifeforms and the one known as the Overlord of The Skies—the king of all dragons, the Golden Colossal Dragon!

Roar!

The Golden Colossal Dragon roared into the sky. Its 100-meters-long body was incredibly massive. Its muscles were powerful and brimmed with great strength, while its claws were incomparably sharp...

It was powerful, handsome, a combination of dominance and beauty, and a coexistence of power and aesthetics!

"So, that's the Golden Colossal Dragon?" Meng Lei muttered to himself, "It really looks very handsome. If I had a mount like that, I'd definitely look very cool riding it..."

"A mount?" Ol' Amos snorted. "You sure dream big! If someone else had overheard you, you'd be a goner for sure!"

"That's true. This is the Dragon God Empire, after all." Meng Lei gave a patronizing response, and then he asked, "Ol' President, that guy shouldn't be as strong as you, right? Why is his dragon form so much bigger than yours?"

"What's so astonishing about that? When an ordinary Colossal Dragon comes of age, their bodies can reach as long as 20 to 30 meters. And when one crosses over into Saint Domain, their size also doubles to 50 to 60 meters." Ol' Amos explained, "As the king of all dragons, the Golden Colossal Dragon is twice the size of ordinary Colossal Dragons. That guy is also a Saint Domain, so isn't it very normal for him to be bigger in size than me?"

"No wonder." Meng Lei nodded slightly. Then, he licked his lips and added, "But for its size, it sure has pretty average abilities. If it weren't for the fact that I'm in the Dragon God Empire now, I would have slain it!"

"Slain it?" Ol' Amos, who got a huge fright, barked fiercely, "You treasonous little rascal! Even if you have a death wish, don't you dare implicate me! What kind of brave dragon slayer nonsense are you saying? Do you have a death wish!?"

"Hehe, well, that was just a casual mention, wasn't it?"

Meng Lei gave a sheepish laugh.

"Kid, that's too dangerous a thought to have." Ol' Amos took a deep breath and said, "Listen up, you'd best not harbor thoughts like that ever again in the future. Otherwise, there'll be no place for you in the Dragon God Empire."

"Alright." Meng Lei curled his lip disdainfully as he said, "It's just a casual remark. Must you be that worked up? I'm not that foolish."

"Hmph! Even a casual remark is forbidden," Ol' Amos replied with a snort.

A chuckling Meng Lei replied, "Don't worry, I won't."

Then, he looked at the massive figure in the sky and asked, "Speaking of which, aren't Golden Colossal Dragons royalty of the empire? That guy must have a really extraordinary identity, right?"

"Does 'extraordinary' even cut it? When it comes to the passing down of bloodlines, pure-blooded Golden Colossal Dragons have always only produced one offspring in every generation."

Ol' Amos shook his head as he went on. "Every emperor only produces one pure-blooded Golden Colossal Dragon offspring at the maximum. Considering how young that fellow is, if I'm not wrong, he's likely the current emperor's one and only pure-blooded son."

"The emperor's son? That guy is a prince of the empire?"

Meng Lei was shocked. Then, realization dawned upon him, and he remarked, "No wonder those contestants chose to swallow the insult and suffer in silence despite having their magic core stolen. So he's a prince."

"What, are you scared?" asked a mirthful Ol' Amos.

"Scared?" Meng Lei licked his lips as he said, "Hehe, I'm so excited that I'm almost climaxing. I can barely stop myself from going forward and beating him up again!"

"The ignorant are the bravest, indeed." A snorting Ol' Amos said, "In the Dragon God Empire, only pure-blooded Golden Colossal Dragons can inherit the throne. Do you know what that means?"

The answer had already occurred to Meng Lei.

"It means that that fellow in front of you right now is going to ascend the throne and become the emperor in the future. In other words, he's the future master of this empire!" Ol' Amos had a gloating look all over his face as he said, "But what about you? To think you actually dare to beat up the future emperor! Hehehe..."

"The future emperor? Doesn't that make him the crown prince, then?" Meng Lei was rendered completely speechless. "The very first Golden Colossal Dragon I encountered in my entire life, and it actually had to be the empire's crown prince? My luck is seriously like no other..."

"Are you scared yet?"

Ol' Amos said with a laugh, "I'd advise you to admit defeat like a good sonny and offer up your ass for His Royal Highness to whoop and vent his anger. Perhaps you'll have a shot at survival if you do that."

Meng Lei snorted and replied, "Admit defeat? You're thinking too much."

Ol' Amos raised an eyebrow and asked, "What are you intending to do?"

"Since it's destined that he's going to have a grudge against me, then I might as well go all the way. That way, I won't lose out too much." Meng Lei licked his lips and sneered. "I actually held back just now, you know!"

"Tsk, tsk! You sure are impressive!"

Ol' Amos burst into laughter.

Roar!

At that point, Barbarossa had finally charged up his attack. He turned into a bolt of golden lightning with a flap of his wings and shot toward Meng Lei!

Winds howled and swirled sand and dust everywhere, while a vast, incredible dragon might pervaded the area!

"Since my debut, I've battled all sorts of Magical Beasts, among which there was no lack of Saint Domain Magical Beasts like the Golden-Winged Holy Light Tiger and so on. Even the king of terrestrial battles like the Behemoth has submitted to me. But Colossal Dragons are the only ones that I've never fought before."

Meng Lei slowly rose into the air, his long hair fluttering and his magic robe flapping in the wind. His eyes gleamed brightly as his blood boiled.

"Today, I shall have a taste of the so-called Overlord of The Skies and see if it really deserves its title!"

Whoosh!

Meng Lei also turned into a stream of light that went straight toward Barbarossa.

(o)

"W-what's he doing?"

"Is he fighting head-on with Prince Barbarossa?"

Everyone was stupefied at the sight of Meng Lei's actions!

At 100-meters-long and incredibly massive and handsome, the current Barbarossa fully deserved the title of Overlord of The Skies.

But what about Meng Lei?

Standing at barely 1.7-meters-tall, although he had pleasant and attractive features that wealthy older ladies favored, compared to Prince Barbarossa, the difference between the two of them was practically like heaven and earth.

Was he actually intending to fight Barbarossa head-on with that sad-looking body of his?

The Fighting Dragon Academy president's eyes widened, and he exclaimed, "What's he doing, Fred?"

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

President Fred was on the edge of breaking down. He really didn't know what Meng Lei was trying to do.

In his opinion, Meng Lei's advantages were his magic and his comprehension of the laws of nature. Instead of what he was currently doing, he should have been putting more distance between the two of them and making use of magic to launch long-range attacks on Prince Barbarossa.

What was the difference between him charging forward like a moth flying into the fire and seeking death?

"What exactly is that kid doing?"

To Meng Lei and Prince Barbarossa, the distance of several hundred meters was nothing but a matter of a mere instant. As a thunderous, earth-shattering boom erupted, the human and dragon clashed brazenly against each other.

Boom!

An explosive boom erupted in the heavens and earth, sending soundwaves reverberating everywhere.

Gales wreaked havoc as smoke and dust roiled and billowed!

However, something that left everyone flabbergasted took place the next moment—the two parties involved in the barbaric clash, respectively, retreated at the same time!

Meng Lei retreated 20 to 30 meters to the back while Barbarossa retreated five to six meters away.

At first glance, it seemed like Meng Lei was the one that had lost.

However, on further inspection, one would realize that Meng Lei was completely unscathed. His face was neither red, nor was he out of breath. On the other hand, golden dragon blood was dripping from Barbarossa's claws, and he had a look of affliction on his face.

"Prince Barbarossa is wounded?"

A furor went through the crowd. Even Frederick the 32nd was taken aback by the turn of events, and a look of surprise surfaced on his visage.

"My beloved subjects, do any of you know that teenager? Which academy is he from?"

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Chapter 174: His Name is Meng Lei, Deceiving The Emperor

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Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

The princes, princesses, officials, and nobles looked at the academy presidents and teachers-in-charge all at once. They were also extremely curious as to who exactly that genius who could fight Prince Barbarossa head-on was?

"I don't know who he is!"

"He's not from our academy!"

"Does anyone among all of you know who he is?"

All the academy presidents and teachers-in-charge shook their heads. Only Angus, the president of Black Dragon Academy, couldn't help but look at Fred, a hint of strong jealousy flashing across his eyes.

Fred stepped forward and replied with a wry laugh, "Your Majesty, he's Meng Lei from our Fire Dragon Magic Academy!"

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"The Fire Dragon Magic Academy?"

"That boy is from the Fire Dragon Kingdom?"

"There's a genius like that in the Fire Dragon Kingdom?"

"Meng Lei?"

Frederick the 32nd laughed and asked, "President Fred, tell me, how old is Meng Lei this year? Has he challenged the Dragon God Tower yet? What's impressive about him?"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

President Fred cleared his throat. Then, his gaze swept across the whole venue, and he replied, "Your Majesty, Meng Lei has just reached 16 years of age this year. He's a first-year student of the Fire Dragon Magic Academy. With his outstanding magic talent, he can be said to be the number one genius of the Fire Dragon Magic Academy within the last 10,000 years!

"Before the exchange competition, Meng Lei had never been to the Imperial City, so he hadn't challenged the Dragon God Tower before. He did, however, visit the tower yesterday. His ranking as of this morning was 227th place at Level 40!"

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Whoaaa!

A furor went through the crowd!

Everyone was astounded by Meng Lei's achievements.

16 years old!

227th place!

Level 40!

On top of it all, he'd taken just a day to do all that.

Just how amazingly talented must he be?

Just how terrifyingly strong must he be?

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"For one to pass through the Dragon God Tower's 30th level, they must at least possess the strength of a Saint Domain. To pass through the 40th level, one must be at least mid-level Saint Domain!"

Frederick the 32nd found this rather unbelievable. "For a teenager that has just turned 16 years old to possess such strength, he is truly astonishingly talented and possesses an amazing gift!"

Everyone nodded quietly in response. Even though there were those who were indignant among them, they couldn't rebut the statement. For a 16-year-old to be a mid-level Saint Domain, it was truly hard to imagine just how he had cultivated to such an extent.

"President Luke, in your opinion, how does Meng Lei compare to Sachhen, Adil, Mond Aston, and the others from the Dragon God Academy?"

"This…"

President Luke glanced at President Fred, his brows drawing together into a slight frown. Then, he replied, "In terms of talent alone, Sachhen, Adil, and the others certainly cannot compare to Meng Lei! But…"

President Luke changed the course of the conversation at this point and said resolutely and decisively, "When it comes to their strength, Sachhen, Adil, and the others are definitely stronger than him. 16 years of age is ultimately still too young!"

Frederick the 32nd gave a small smile at his words, refraining from making any judgment. Instead, he looked at President Fred and asked, "President Fred, what do you think?"

"This… It's hard to say when they haven't competed against one another." President Fred shook his head slightly, and then he added, "However, Meng Lei's talent in magic talent is one-in-a-million. He also has a fairly deep comprehension of laws of nature, so he is likely able to put up a fight against them."

"For him to possess such strength at 16 years old, that child's talent is truly hard to come by even in 10,000 years! As expected of the Fire Dragon Kingdom! Rich lands indeed foster many outstanding talents!"

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"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

President Fred was rather proud of that!

"However…"

As Frederick the 32nd watched the magic screen intently, the course of the conversation took a sudden turn, and he asked, "Since Meng Lei has such outstanding magic talent, why is his body also so strong? Isn't he a pure-blooded human?"

Everyone nodded at his words.

Humans were frail and weak, and so were human Magicians' bodies.

Even an Eighth-Grade Warrior's body was stronger than a human Saint Domain Great Magician's, let alone a Golden Colossal Dragon like Barbarossa! And fighting him head-on at that!

Yet Meng Lei had the guts to fight Prince Barbarossa head-on. Why was his body so strong and sturdy?

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"Your Majesty, there's more to it than meets the eye!"

President Fred had seen this coming, so he explained with a smile, "Meng Lei isn't purely human. Rather, he's a Fire Dragon Person!"

"A Fire Dragon Person?"

Upon hearing his response, realization dawned upon everyone.

"No wonder his body is so strong! So he's a Fire Dragon Person!"

"A Golden Colossal Dragon's body is definitely stronger than a Fire Dragon's";

"A pure-blooded Colossal Dragon's body is definitely stronger than a Dragon Person's";

These propositions were wrong, of course.

However, there was a condition to that—they must be of the same grade.

At the same grade, a Golden Colossal Dragon's body was stronger than a Fire Dragon's for sure, and a pure-blooded Colossal Dragon's body was also definitely stronger than a Dragon Person's. There was no doubt about these two points!

However, if the Fire Dragons' or Dragon People's bloodline developments were deeper, then there was a chance that their bodies might be stronger than the Golden Colossal Dragons' and pure-blooded Colossal Dragons'.

Frederick the 32nd understood this line of reasoning, of course. Nevertheless, it still puzzled him. "Meng Lei is only 16 years old. The amount of time he has spent on cultivation is extremely limited. Apart from having to cultivate magic, does he really have the time to develop his Fire Dragon bloodline and build his body to such an extent?"

"What His Majesty says makes sense. At the young age of 16, not only does he have to cultivate magic, but he also has to comprehend laws of nature and, on top of that, develop his bloodline to train his body. Where does he find the time for all that?"

"An extremely deep level of comprehension of laws of nature, as well as body durability that matches up to Prince Barbarossa's… If he were a slightly older pure-blooded Fire Dragon, perhaps that might be possible, but at 16 years old…"

Terribly perplexed, everyone began to whisper among themselves.

Meng Lei's talent was no longer something that could be merely described as "monstrous". It was so crazy that people couldn't accept it at all.

It was as if a 10-year-old had received the Nobel Prize in Physics as well as the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

Was that even possible?

"This…"

At once, President Fred started to hem and haw.

"Might you be hiding something, President Fred?" A look of puzzlement came over Frederick the 32nd's countenance.

"I have something to say, Your Majesty!"

Angus, the Black Dragon Academy president, stepped forward at this point.

Frederick the 32nd said with a look of puzzlement, "Feel free to speak your mind, President Angus!"

Angus declared loudly, "Your Majesty, when Meng Lei was challenging the Dragon God Tower yesterday, I saw with my own two eyes that the Dragon God Genius Ranking had clearly indicated that Meng Lei was human and not a Fire Dragon Person!"

"A human?"

"Isn't Meng Lei a Fire Dragon Person?"

"Can a pure-blooded human actually have such a strong body?"

"Humans are born with frail and weak bodies; how can his body possibly be that strong…"

Everyone began to speculate at once!

Frederick the 32nd looked at President Fred and asked, "What are your views with regard to President Angus' words, President Fred?"

"Your Majesty, while I dare not have any views about that, I do have a question that I'd like to ask President Angus!"

President Fred looked at Angus with a slight smile and asked, "Must the challenger definitely be human just because the Dragon God Genius Ranking indicates him as such?"

"Of course not! A double bloodline-holder is also indicated as human!"

Angus snorted lightly and said mockingly, "President Fred, surely you can't be saying that Meng Lei also carries two types of bloodlines like you, the Fire Dragon Titan famous throughout the whole continent?"

"Why not?" President Fred countered.

"Haha! President Fred sure knows how to crack a joke!"

Angus burst into uproarious laughter and scoffed. "Just how rare are double bloodline-holders? Otherwise, how would President Fred's name resound throughout the whole continent?"

"Just because it's rare doesn't mean that it doesn't exist!"

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Chapter 175: Assimilating Another Bloodline, A Member of Royalty

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"Just because it's rare doesn't mean that it doesn't exist!"

With a calm smile, Fred asked, "Isn't Mond Aston the White Tiger Knight from the Dragon God Academy also a double bloodline-holder?"

"President Fred, since Meng Lei holds two types of bloodlines, I'd like to know what his other bloodline is?"

Angus, who continued to pursue the matter, asked, "Just what kind of bloodline can actually allow him—at the age of 16—to have a powerful body that's comparable to Prince Barbarossa's?"

With curiosity in their eyes, everyone else's gazes also landed on President Fred. Even Frederick the 32nd was no exception!

At that, President Fred could only give a wry smile as he replied, "I don't know what Meng Lei's other bloodline is, either. I've only determined that he must be a holder of two types of bloodlines when I saw the Dragon God Genius Ranking's indication yesterday."

"Meng Lei is a Fire Dragon Magic Academy student, Fred. Don't you even know what bloodlines he holds?"

Angus went on and said sarcastically, "Surely that genius student of yours isn't really a pure-blooded human, is he? Because if that's true, then that'll really make him too great of a monster!"

At his comments, a slight frown appeared on Frederick the 32nd's countenance, and he said, "Meng Lei is a Fire Dragon Magic Academy student. As the academy president, don't you even know what the other half of his bloodline is? That's rather inexcusable!"

"Your Majesty, I'm indeed not sure!" President Fred then hastily continued, "But Meng Lei certainly holds the Fire Dragon bloodline in him. I can swear to the Dragon God with regard to that. May Your Majesty look into the matter!"

"A 16-year-old Saint Domain Great Magician and the owner of a Saint Domain body at the same time… Not even a Fire Dragon Person can achieve that, no matter how great of a genius they are!"

Frederick the 32nd drummed his fingers against the throne lightly as he said, "When the exchange competition is over, I'll have to ask that little fellow what his other bloodline is!"

At which, Fred repeated respectfully, "May Your Majesty look into the matter!"

'Ask'? Bluntly put, it was an investigation. Fred knew that His Majesty had ultimately still become somewhat suspicious of Meng Lei.

His reaction was understandable, though!

After all, Meng Lei's achievements were simply too outrageous, so much so that people could hardly accept it. Should they not conduct a thorough investigation at this point, who could be sure just what kind of creature Meng Lei might actually be?

A devil genius like Adolf?

A spy sent by other existential planes?

Or the reincarnation of some evil god?

All the possibilities were extremely disadvantageous to Meng Lei, no matter which it was. In Dragon God Empire, there was no place for even a pure human genius like Timon Barton, let alone other creatures?

Boom!

Just as Fred's thoughts were running at full speed, Meng Lei and Prince Barbarossa's battle also reached the climax!

Meng Lei hadn't used any magic in the showdown; instead, he'd chosen to purely butt heads with the other party. In this instant, his body's great strength was exhibited to its fullest!

His senses were sharper than Barbarossa's!

He had more endurance than Barbarossa!

Even his weakest aspect—physical strength—was almost equally matched with Barbarossa!

After a few clashes, Meng Lei was currently at a complete advantage. Neither red-faced nor out of breath, he looked as if nothing had even happened. On the other hand, Prince Barbarossa, who had transformed into his true form, was actually panting heavily and wounded in several places!

It was obvious at a glance who the stronger one was!

"Brat, don't go too far. He's a prince, after all. Don't embarrass him too much!"

Ol' Amos reminded him and said, "You've already shown yourself to be enough of a monster. If you display your monstrous abilities any further, aren't you afraid that you'll be captured and sliced into pieces for research purposes?"

"Sliced into pieces for research purposes? I'd like to see if anyone has the guts to do that!" Meng Lei sneered, "I'm a member of the empire's royalty, you know. Who would have the guts to do something like that?"

"A member of the empire's royalty? Don't you have any idea what kind of bloodline you've awakened?"

Ol' Amos rolled his eyes and said, "I'll tell you, kid, once your Golden Gods-Slaying Ant bloodline is exposed, it's all over. You definitely won't end up any better than Adolf!"

"Don't worry, Ol' President, I'm not Adolf. It's also impossible for me to ever be!"

A calm and composed Meng Lei smiled and said, "I'd initially planned on associating with you as an ordinary person, but all that got me was instead just suspicion and jealousy. Forget it. I'm quitting the show and laying my cards on the table now!"

Ol' Amos looked absolutely stupefied at his words.

Then, Meng Lei said no more. Initially, he hadn't planned on assimilating that particular bloodline, but Ol' Amos' warning had changed his mind.

If one was ten times more outstanding than others, people would envy them!

If one was 100 times more outstanding than others, people would look up to them!

But when one was so outstanding that it surpassed the range of what people could comprehend, then what it attracted would no longer just be envy and idolization but very likely also… Endless suspicion and trouble!

Meng Lei more or less, understood that somewhat!

Therefore…

"System! Assimilate the Golden Colossal Dragon bloodline!"

"Yes, host!"

Boom!

An incredibly sharp and incomparably domineering aura abruptly burst forth from his body before breaking out into dazzling golden light!

For a moment there, golden light much like blazing golden flames circled around Meng Lei, transforming him into the brilliant sun!

As if a breached dam, a fairly violent wave of pain rushed madly into his limbs, body, and his central nervous system, reaching every nook and cranny of his body and every inch of his skin!

Had this been in the past, Meng Lei would no doubt have been in great pain and agony. However, at his current cultivation level, this pain was nothing more than just a drizzle. Compared to what it had been like in the past, it was just child's play!

Splurt!

Splurt!

Amid horrifying sounds of bones piercing through flesh, several golden scales coated in blood gradually emerged from within his body like mushrooms sprouting after rain.

One scale, two scales, three scales…

It was followed closely by two dragon horns and a dragon tail before it ended with a pair of golden bat-like wings that shone with dazzling golden light!

Boom!

The dazzling golden flames blazed on, instantly evaporating all the bloodstains on Meng Lei. He also turned straight into a Golden Colossal Dragon Person covered from head to toe in golden-yellow dragon scales! Standing at two-meters-tall, he had a pair of golden horns on his head, golden wings on his back, and a golden dragon tail on his bottom!

Boom!

A wave of pure dragon might erupted from Meng Lei and swept toward every direction, causing the countenances of everyone within several kilometers of where he was to change dramatically upon sensing the pure dragon might!

A severe jolt went through all the contestants present!

Everyone at the cathedral was also totally dumbfounded!

"G… Golden C-Colossal Dragon Person?"

"He's a Golden Colossal Dragon Person?"

Angus' facial expression was incredibly exciting as it went through a myriad of different emotions—astoundment, disappointment, indignation, disbelief…

"Meng Lei's other bloodline is actually the Golden Colossal Dragon bloodline? O Dragon God above, this is simply too astonishing!"

President Fred and the Fighting Dragon Academy president exchanged a look, both seeing the astonishment in each other's eyes. When they had been watching Meng Lei's Dragon God Tower challenge the day before, they'd already determined that Meng Lei must be a double bloodline-holder.

However, never would they have ever expected his other bloodline to actually be the Golden Colossal Dragon bloodline! This was simply too unbelievable!

"But! This is great! Exceedingly great!"

After the momentary surprise, President Fred was overjoyed. "Since Meng Lei possesses the Golden Colossal Dragon bloodline, then that makes him a member of the Dragon God Empire's royalty. Who would dare cast doubt upon him now?"

The moment the thought occurred to him, Fred hurriedly turned to Emperor Frederick the 32nd, who was obviously also astounded.

"No wonder that little fellow's body is so strong and tough! So he's a member of the royal family! I am extremely glad to know that!"

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Chapter 176: Two First-Class Spells, Myriad of Nature

"Congratulations, Your Majesty!"

"That child has great aptitude and is amazingly talented! As expected of the empire's royalty!"

"Didn't I say so? How can such an amazingly talented person be a human…"

The people's opinions did a dramatic 180-degree turn and changed instantly. While there were only suspicions and perplexity earlier, they had all turned into praises and compliments now!

This was inevitable, after all!

While they could cast doubt upon Meng Lei and make things up about him previously, they couldn't do so anymore. Meng Lei was a Golden Colossal Dragon Person and a legitimate member of the royalty. Thus, he wasn't someone whom they could speculate about!

"President Angus, what do you have to say now?"

President Fred looked at Angus and said, "You had claimed that I was deceiving His Majesty just now, but I'd like to ask who's the one deceiving the emperor and fooling the people now?

At his words, Angus' countenance turned extremely awful and constipated, yet he couldn't rebut him at all!

Rebut?

There was nothing he could rebut him with!

The moment Meng Lei had displayed his Golden Colossal Dragon bloodline, there was no longer any point in saying any more!

16 years old!

A Saint Domain Great Magician!

A Saint Domain-level body!

A double bloodline-holder!

Even if a person like that hadn't been a member of the royalty, the emperor would still have wished to make a connection or two with them, much less when Meng Lei possessed the Golden Colossal Dragon bloodline and was legitimate royalty!

"President Angus, your doubt is not without cause."

Frederick the 32nd spoke up at this point. Then, he went on and said, "However, before you raise your doubts, you should have thoroughly investigated the situation prior to bringing it up to me. Otherwise, it would seem as though you're sowing discord and slandering a fellow official!"

"I will keep Your Majesty's admonishments in mind!"

Angus responded respectfully, and then, he slunk back to his seat gloomily.

At the same time, in the Lost Continent…

"My body has improved quite a fair bit! That's a surprise!"

Meng Lei felt rather comforted as he viewed his stats interface. He'd initially thought that at his body's current level, it'd be tough for normal bloodlines like the Golden Colossal Dragon's to strengthen his body by much.

After all, the Golden Colossal Dragon was just a Saint Domain Magical Beast while he himself already possessed a Saint Domain-level body. How much could the Golden Colossal Dragon possibly strengthen his body?

To his surprise, however, it had actually strengthened his body by quite a fair bit!

Host: Meng Lei

Race: Human (Fire Dragon bloodline 52%, Fire Demon bloodline 47%, Golden Gods-Slaying Ant bloodline 10%, Gods-Slaying Rat bloodline 1%, Golden Colossal Dragon bloodline 50%)

Wealth: 22.3 Laws of Nature Origin Crystals

Physical Body Constitution: Saint Domain (12,063,858,705/100 billion)

Spirit: Saint Domain (1,028,303,785/100 billion)

Magic Power: Saint Domain (1,025,877,840/100 billion)

Laws of Nature: Fire-Elemental (0.2%), Wind-Elemental (0.1%), Thunder-Elemental (0.1%), Metal-Elemental (0.1%), Light-Elemental (0.1%)

From the stats interface, one could see that the Golden Colossal Dragon bloodline assimilation had raised his Physical Body Constitution attribute from the previous 11 billion to 12 billion points. It had increased by a whole 900 million points!

That was in no way a small increment!

If he'd used his Wealth for point redemption instead, he'd have needed a whole 9 billion gold coins. That would have been a pretty hefty sum of money!

Roar!

Elsewhere, Barbarossa was also shocked by Meng Lei's appearance. He didn't expect Meng Lei to actually be a Golden Colossal Dragon Person!

And this… infuriated him even further!

"We're both members of the royalty, but I'm a Golden Colossal Dragon with the purest bloodline, whereas he's just a bastard with an impure bloodline! So why should he be stronger than me?!"

It was the same logic as to how ordinary humans wouldn't be jealous of how rich Jack Ma[1] was, but they would be jealous of friends and relatives by their side who were richer than them!

That was exactly Barbarossa's current frame of mind. He was the one and only pure-blooded Golden Colossal Dragon in Dragon God Empire's younger generation, thereby destining him as the one to ascend the throne and become the ruler of the empire!

There was already nothing he could do about the 13th Princess being firmly a notch above him, but that guy who had popped up out of nowhere was actually stronger than him, too! How could that possibly do?

Roar!

With a ferocious roar, Barbarossa crushed the pure gold pendant hanging around his neck. Right away, dazzling golden light spilled forth and instantly enveloped Barbarossa within!

Boom!

As if a brilliant golden sun, light shone from Barbarossa! Dazzling and golden, it shrouded the whole area around him!

Roar!

At the same time, Barbarossa's aura also skyrocketed! In a mere instant, it had strengthened by several times!

As the golden light gradually died down, Barbarossa's body also expanded by quite a few rounds. His muscles became even stronger and filled with power, his horns and claws became even sharper, and his 100-meters-long body expanded to 300 to 400 meters!

The most fascinating thing was that a thin layer of golden glow was rippling around him. The mist rose and fell as it flowed around him constantly!

"What's going on, Ol' President?" Meng Lei was stupefied. "Why has that guy powered up again?"

"Obviously, two first-class spells were sealed in the pendant that that guy crushed just now," Ol' Amos explained, "If my eyes didn't deceive me, the two spells are likely Metal Guardian and Metal God's Blessings!

"Metal Guardian is a defensive single-target first-class spell while Metal God's Blessings is an offensive single-target first-class spell.

"Judging from their might, those two etal-elemental first-class spells are the handiwork of a Metal-Elemental Saint Domain Great Magician who's at least in the high-level or limits-level stage. They're several times mightier than most typical first-class spells, so you'd best be careful!"

"Metal Guardian? Metal God's Blessings? The handiwork of a metal-elemental Saint Domain Great Magician who's at least in the high-level or limits-level stage?"

Meng Lei licked his lips as he remarked, "That guy sure is rich! To think he even has something like that!"

At the same time at the Dragon God Cathedral…

Everyone stared in stupefaction at the magic screen as the place fell strangely silent.

Sharp-eyed spectators could all tell that Prince Barbarossa had used a special magic device to enhance his abilities!

Although the usage of magic devices wasn't prohibited in the exchange competition, openly using one to enhance one's abilities in a fair one-on-one showdown was honestly a move beneath one's dignity!

Moreover, his opponent was also a member of the royalty like him. To use a magic device on a fellow member of the royalty, his breadth of mind was honestly…

"What an embarrassment! He has thoroughly embarrassed the royal family!"

Frederick the 32nd narrowed his eyes as he said, "Throw him into the Ten Thousand Dragon Nest when the exchange competition ends, so that he can reflect upon himself!"

No-one dared to make any response. While His Majesty could admonish Prince Barbarossa at will, they, on the other hand, couldn't comment carelessly!

"I'll never lose to a bastard like you!"

Barbarossa roared furiously in the sky. Then, he transformed into a stream of golden light that rushed straight toward Meng Lei. The current Barbarossa was just like a wild horse geared in heavy armor—indestructible yet capable of destroying everything!

"Do you think there's nothing I can do about you just because you've decked yourself in two layers of metal? Fine, I'll give you a taste of what a real first-class spell is!"

Meng Lei let out a cold laugh. Then, he slowly uttered six words, "Wood-elemental first-class spell, Myriad of Nature!"

Buzz, buzz!

Meng Lei had only just spoken when pure, unadulterated wood-elemental magic power abruptly burst forth from all around him, dyeing his entire self into a green-colored sun!

Simultaneously, Wood Elements several kilometers from where he was also started to converge madly toward him upon being summoned!

Splurt!

Splurt!

Amid soft, strange sounds, the plants on the ground started to grow at an insane rate as if they'd been injected with growth hormones!

10 meters, 100 meters, 1,000 meters…

Earth and rocks rolled about as gigantic trees sprung into the air!

In just a short few breaths, the battleground in front of the cliff had transformed into a forest. Several towering trees morphed into wooden dragons with high fighting spirit and shot toward Barbarossa in the air!

Roar!

Barbarossa let out several furious roars as he easily broke wooden dragon after wooden dragon. Then, with an overwhelming force, he charged toward Meng Lei!

"Hurhur, you're pretty good!" Meng Lei sneered.

Then, he commanded, "Myriad of Nature!"

"Myriad of Nature!"

"Myriad of Nature!"

"Myriad of Nature!"

"Myriad of Nature!"

"Myriad of Nature!"

"Myriad of Nature!"

"Myriad of Nature!"

"Myriad of Nature!"

"Myriad of Nature!"

One must admit that Barbarossa, who had two first-class spells cast on himself, had indeed gone through a dramatic spike in combat power. Be it his speed or the force of his attacks, both had been enhanced by quite a few times!

It was just a shame that the one he'd run into was Meng Lei, a mutant who could cast instant release of first-class spells and had no fear of magic power depletion!

As he bombarded Barbarossa with ten successive Myriad of Natures, thousands upon thousands of wooden dragons wound around Barbarossa and submerged him entirely!

Were there 500 of them? 1,000? Or tens of thousands of them?

There was no end to their numbers!

Therefore, Barbarossa's outcome was destined!

As thousands upon thousands of wooden dragons wound around him one after another, Barbarossa's speed started to fall further and further…

By the time he'd charged right up to Meng Lei, the infinite number of wooden dragons had already firmly bound him. All he could do was glare at Meng Lei and nothing more!

"Do you know why Madara[2] can't defeat Hashirama[3]?

"This is the reason why!"

[1] A Chinese business magnate and co-founder and former executive chairman of Alibaba Group

[2] Antagonist and a very powerful character from Japanese comic and anime series, Naruto

[3] Character from Naruto. Hailed as the God of Shinobi for his unmatched ninja prowess

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Chapter 177: Golden Corpse Canyon, The Golden Corpse Bug Emperor

It was frighteningly quiet at the Dragon God Cathedral.

From the royalty and nobles all the way to the civil and martial officials, every single person was immensely astounded. None of them would have ever imagined that the battle's outcome would turn out like that in the end.

Prince Barbarossa, who had crushed his gold pendant and strengthened his abilities by quite a few times, was actually still no match for Meng Lei!

Was the gap between the two of them that massive?

"The interval between each Myriad of Nature is no more than three seconds!"

Emperor Frederick the 32nd marveled, "With an interval of just three seconds, it's practically an instant release of first-class spells. Is that little fellow's prowess in wood-elemental laws of nature that deep?"

Everyone nodded in agreement.

Since one could do instant release for normal spells, they could also do the same for first-class spells, of course.

However, to achieve instant release for first-class spells, the caster needed an extremely high degree of comprehension of the laws of nature. Only then could they operate from a strategically advantageous position and see everything at one glance.

There was no way an average Saint Domain Great Magician could achieve something like that!

Yet, in spite of that, Meng Lei was able to do so. This showed that his degree of comprehension of wood-elemental laws of nature had already reached a terrifying stage!

"This..." President Fred could only laugh wryly at that.

"Am I wrong in saying that, President Fred?" A look of puzzlement came over Frederick the 32nd's countenance.

"Your Majesty, to tell the truth..." President Fred had no choice but to explain, "Right before just now, I didn't even know that Meng Lei had wood-elemental magic talent."

Frederick the 32nd frowned slightly and asked, "You don't even know that?"

President Fred answered honestly, "Your Majesty, all I know is that Meng Lei has thunder-elemental, fire-elemental, and earth-elemental magic talent. I indeed am not aware that he has wood-elemental magic talent."

"Thunder, fire, earth, and... wood?"

"Four elements?"

"Meng Lei actually has four types of magic talent?"

"Gasp! How terrifying! How terrifying, indeed!"

"On top of possessing both Golden Colossal Dragon and Fire Dragon bloodlines, he also has four different types of magic talents! O great Dragon God above, aren't you favoring that guy too much?!"

The people couldn't help but gasp, every one of them astounded by Meng Lei's terrifying talent.

Double bloodlines! Four different types of magic talents!

Either aspect was enough to drive one crazy with jealousy, let alone both. Even the Dragon God's illegitimate son wouldn't have been that much of a mutant!

Frederick the 32nd praised from the bottom of his heart, "With such talent, he's surely the most talented member of the royalty in the last 10,000 years. This greatly comforts me!"

At the same time, in the Lost Continent...

The battle had already come to an end at this point. No matter how unwilling Barbarossa was to admit it, it had indeed already ended!

"You've lost, Your Highness!" Meng Lei said meaningfully.

Then, he paid no more heed to Barbarossa, who was so infuriated that he was close to killing someone. He picked up the Crocohawk Albatross King's carcass, and then, he left the area.

"He's gone!"

"That guy has finally left!"

"He's too powerful! And too frightening!"

"Is there anyone among you that knows who that guy is? Just where did he pop out from? Why is he so strong?"

"With such strength, he can probably fight on par with those four mutants from the academy..."

"You're totally famous now, kid!

"Tsk, tsk! Beating up a prince! That's something I'd wanted to do back then but hadn't managed to, y'know!

"Speaking of which, though, when did you awaken the Golden Colossal Dragon bloodline? How is it that I never knew? Just how much are you keeping from me, kid?"

Meng Lei laid back down on the Multi-Armed Behemoth, which resumed its journey. Then, he started to chat idly with Ol' Amos.

Roughly half an hour later, a huge canyon entered their sight, and Sacas the Multi-Armed Behemoth stopped in its tracks.

"Boss, that's the Golden Corpse Canyon—the Golden Corpse Bugs' territory—ahead!"

"The Golden Corpse Canyon?"

The canyon was wide and deep, and the path through it rough and rugged, long and winding. One couldn't see to the end of it at one glance. Filled with drifting smoke, it also gave off a shocking stench.

Strewn all over the bottom of the canyon were innumerable carcasses and remains. Some were already starting to rot, and flies, mosquitoes, and maggots were crawling all over them, while some were old, aged carcasses where ghastly white skeletons were the only things remaining...

Meng Lei stared from afar at the carcasses and skeletal remains littered all about. Coupled with the overwhelming stench, he hadn't even gotten anywhere near the area when he felt his stomach churn, and he almost threw up the contents in his gut.

"Sacas, why did you bring me to a place like this?"

Meng Lei clapped his hand over his nose, somewhat displeased.

"Aren't you looking for Saint Domain Magical Beasts, Boss?" Sacas explained, "The emperor of the Golden Corpse Bugs is the Saint Domain Magical Beast that was the nearest to us. It dwells right in this Golden Corpse Canyon!"

"Fine!" While pinching his nose, Meng Lei asked, "Is there any way to get the Golden Corpse Bug Emperor out? I have no interest in going into the canyon and dying from the stench!"

"Easy-peasy!"

Sacas grabbed a huge rock and then, he hurled it forcefully into the canyon. The impact caused the canyon walls to shake and tremble and rocks and stones to roll and fall off.

"Boris, you motherf*cker! Get the hell out here! I'm going to beat you up so bad that even your mother wouldn't recognize you!"

Sacas let out a thunderous roar as he thumped his chest, his voice resounding in the canyon like roiling thunder.

"Compared to Clara, Sacas' way of doing things is so simple and crude!"

At the sight, Meng Lei couldn't help but laugh. When he'd sent the Uni-Horned Rose Python to call on others in the past, that fellow was always cowering in fear, afraid of every single thing. Even the sight of it was an embarrassment!

In comparison, Sacas was much wilder!

Buzz, buzz!

A brief moment later, a buzzing sound cut through the air and rushed toward them. Then, they saw a golden cloud floating out of the canyon.

With Meng Lei's eyesight, he could naturally see that that was no golden cloud at all—it was obviously innumerable golden insects that had clustered into something like a locust swarm!

Dense and packed, they were a large golden mass!

"Boss, those are the Golden Corpse Bugs!" Sacas shrank back a little as it said, "They are a type of repulsive insects with tiny little bodies but an extremely shocking level of destructiveness!"

"Which grade of Magical Beasts are the Golden Corpse Bugs?" Meng Lei asked as he watched the glittering golden cloud intently.

"Boss, a Golden Corpse Bug barely makes the cut as a Ninth-Grade Magical Beast, but their mouthparts can easily pierce through a vast majority of Ninth-Grade Magical Beasts'—and even Saint Domain Magical Beasts'—armor and skin!"

In a low voice, Sacas explained, "A large swarm of Golden Corpse Bugs can polish off a Saint Domain Magical Beast in a matter of minutes. Therefore, they are highly dangerous entities!

"Unless I absolutely have to, I'd never come to this damned canyon to provoke those damned stinky bugs. They are simply too fearsome. The moment I imagine them crawling all over me and worming into my fur, I can't help but shudder all over!"

"Haha! Look at how scared you are!" Meng Lei couldn't help but laugh, though he also wondered, "Since every Golden Corpse Bug is a Ninth-Grade Magical Beast, with so many around, imagine the amount of money I can earn!"

Buzz, buzz!

Just as Meng Lei's imagination was running wild, the golden cloud of Golden Corpse Bugs also finally flew over to them. Then, they came together to form a huge insect.

Standing at 100-meters-tall and with a greenish face and ferocious fangs, the huge insect looked as though it was a gigantic louse, except golden-yellow in color throughout and with a pair of wings on its back. Armor-plated all over, it was incredibly savage-looking!

"To think you actually dare to come to my Golden Corpse Canyon, Sacas! Bold of you to do so!"

In a thunderous voice, the huge insect spoke the human tongue and said, "Since you are so bold as to come here, then I shall eat you today so that you'll know that the Golden Corpse Canyon isn't a place where a big guy like you can enter! My little ones, gobble it up!"

Buzz, buzz!

The huge insect instantly dispersed and turned into a golden cloud that covered the entire sky and rushed toward Sacas!

Roar!

Sacas roared furiously into the sky, fully displaying its tyrannic stance. Yet it had no effect whatsoever on the Golden Corpse Bug cluster blotting out the sky. The insects dispersed at times, converged at times, morphed into a humanoid form at times...

In a mere instant, it'd already charged all the way to Sacas!

Roar!!

Sacas roared furiously and incessantly as its sharp claws swiped about here and there, smashing huge rocks around it in a haphazard manner. Yet despite its violent, raging power, it gave off a rather helpless feeling, as though a tiger that didn't know how it should be eating a porcupine.

Indeed!

Against a cluster of tiny insects like that, what use was its wild and extreme physical strength?

Sacas was on the verge of being surrounded by the overwhelming masses of Golden Corpse Bugs. When that happened, it would end up like the rest of the broken carcasses lying forgotten at the bottom of the Golden Corpse Canyon—devoured by the Golden Corpse Bugs and then, rotting, decaying, and becoming the food of maggots and flies!

Just as that was about to happen...

"Absolute Zero!"

Meng Lei attacked at this point!

Crack!

A white, chilly air current burst forth and engulfed the large golden cloud, sealing it in ice amidst crisp-sounding cracks!

At the same time, the white, chilly air current also continued to spread toward the Golden Corpse Canyon. It sealed everything in its path in ice, including even the all-pervasive stench and carcasses.

A brief moment later, the Golden Corpse Canyon from earlier was no longer anywhere in sight. In its place was instead a vast white glacier.

... And of course, an infinite number of motionless Golden Corpse Bugs frozen in mid-air!

"They aren't dead yet?"

Meng Lei was rather startled. There hadn't been any notifications from the system—this showed that the ice-sealed Golden Corpse Bugs hadn't died yet. The spell hadn't frozen them to death—not a single one!

"Well, that's amazing!" Meng Lei was filled with marvel at once.

"Golden Corpse Bugs are metal-elemental and ice-elemental Magical Beasts. They're practically immune to spells of these two elements," Ol' Amos' voice rang out at this point, "Absolute Zero can't kill them!"

"No wonder!"

Meng Lei nodded slightly. "They might not be afraid of Absolute Zero, but what about Prairie-Blazing Heavenly Fire?"

Boom, boom, boom!

With a mere thought from him, large expanses of black flames immediately descended from the sky and engulfed the whole area within 1,000 meters of where they were, including the Golden Corpse Canyon behind him!

Everything in the black flames' path was set ablaze—even the solid ice giving off an astonishing chill was no exception!

Crackle, crackle!

Upon being scorched, the solid ice surprisingly didn't melt. Instead, they became the black flames' fuel, making them burn even more violently.

Boom, boom, boom!

The flames blazed furiously.

"Ding! 1 Golden Corpse Bug killed, 10 million gold coins gained!"

"Ding! 1 Golden Corpse Bug killed, 10.01 million gold coins gained!"

"Ding..."

At once, system notifications began to ring out. On top of that, they rang out without any pause!

"That's more like it!"

Meng Lei nodded in satisfaction.

"Damn! You bastard! How dare you slaughter my children! You should die for that!"

A voice that sounded like an owl's hoot rang out. Then, a Golden Corpse Bug the size of a baby's fist abruptly flew out of the cluster. It glared furiously at Meng Lei, its teeth gnashing as it did so.

"Boss, that's Boris, the Golden Corpse Bug Emperor!"

The Multi-Armed Behemoth supplemented in a timely fashion at this point.

"The Golden Corpse Bug Emperor?" Meng Lei couldn't help but look over.

A normal Golden Corpse Bug was pitifully tiny and only about the size of a date seed. However, that particular Golden Corpse Bug was dozens of times—even up to 100 times—the size of other Golden Corpse Bugs! It was as big as a human's fist!

"That's a Saint Domain Magical Beast?"

Meng Lei was astonished. "A fist-sized Saint Domain Magical Beast... That's probably the smallest Saint Domain Magical Beast I've ever seen..."

Right at this point, two golden light balls dropped from the Golden Corpse Bug Emperor.

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

"Yes, pick it up!"

"Ding! Assimilation successful. You have obtained a metal-elemental Laws of Nature fragment!"

"Ding! Congratulations to the host. You've obtained the Golden Corpse Bug Emperor bloodline. Will you assimilate it?"

"Assimilate the metal-elemental Laws of Nature fragment! But I'll skip the Golden Corpse Bug Emperor bloodline!"

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Chapter 178: The Tree of Vitality, The Hammer of Destruction

Ever since he'd assimilated the Gods-Slaying Rat bloodline, Meng Lei had become awfully picky about his bloodlines. He honestly turned his nose up at most typical bloodlines now!

Be it the Fire Dragon bloodline, the Fire Demon bloodline, or the Golden Colossal Dragon bloodline that he'd just assimilated, they were but just white elephants.

If it were possible, he didn't even want them!

Therefore, Meng Lei held even less interest in the Golden Corpse Bug Emperor bloodline that he'd just picked up.

"Assimilate the metal-elemental Laws of Nature fragment!"

After a split second, a wave of information about metal-elemental magic elements and metal-elemental laws of nature surged into his mind, rapidly boosting Meng Lei's comprehension of "metal".

"Metal—sharp and solid, it specializes in slaughter...

"Metal—reserved and austere, it specializes in revolution..."

After a long while, Meng Lei finally exhaled a long breath of pent-up air. His comprehension of metal-elemental laws of nature had obviously moved a whole step up!

"Thank you for your metal-elemental Laws of Nature fragment!"

Meng Lei's gaze fell onto the Golden Corpse Bug Emperor, and he said, "To thank you, I'll leave your body in one piece!

"Ice-elemental first-class spell—Absolute Zero!

"Wood-elemental first-class spell—Judgment of Life!"

With two first-class spells tossed out successively, the Golden Corpse Bug Emperor didn't have the chance to flee at all before it lost its life.

"Ding! 1 Golden Corpse Bug Emperor killed, 11.8 billion gold coins gained!"

When the carcass came falling down, Meng Lei caught it in his hand casually. He couldn't help but sigh. "If only all Saint Domain Magical Beasts' carcasses were this small. I wouldn't need to be troubled over storing it anymore..."

Then, he ordered, "Sacas, look for the next Saint Domain Magical Beast!"

"Yes, Boss!"

The Multi-Armed Behemoth resumed its journey once more. As per usual, Meng Lei also started to take stock of his rewards. He wouldn't have known just how scary his rewards were had he not done so, but the moment he did, he received a huge shock!

"My Wealth points have increased by so much?"

Meng Lei was rather astonished.

.6 Laws of Nature Origin Crystals!

When converted to gold coins, that would amount to 586 billion gold coins!

"How much did I have before this again?

"22.3 Laws of Nature Origin Crystals, so that makes it 223 billion gold coins...

"And now... It has become 58.6 Laws of Nature Origin Crystals.

"It has increased by a whole 36.3 Laws of Nature Origin Crystals!

"Oh my goodness! Why did it suddenly spike that much?

"Wait a minute! Let me calculate this...

"One Golden Corpse Bug is worth ten million gold coins, so ten of them makes it 100 million gold coins.

"36.3 Laws of Nature Origin Crystals is equivalent to 363 billion gold coins. In other words, that's 36,300 Golden Corpse Bugs?

"36,000 Golden Corpse Bugs? They're worth that many gold coins?

"Oh my goodness! Hunting Ninth-Grade Magical Beasts is more lucrative than hunting Saint Domain Magical Beasts?"

It was only after a long time that Meng Lei finally regained his composure.

He understood that it wasn't so much as Ninth-Grade Magical Beasts were more valuable than Saint Domain Magical Beasts; rather, it was because the number of Golden Corpse Bugs he'd just killed was simply too high!

Every little bit counted when winning through sheer numbers!

That was how he'd gotten the windfall of 363 billion gold coins!

"Little did I imagine that casually killing those Golden Corpse Bugs would actually bring me this much benefits! Looks like hunting pack Magical Beasts is still the most cost-effective when it comes to money-making!"

Meng Lei ordered resolutely, "Sacas, prioritize going to Saint Domain Magical Beasts with a clan! The bigger the clan, the better! And the stronger, the better! Understand?"

"Yes, Boss!"

"Great!"

A satisfied Meng Lei nodded. Then, he looked at his massive Wealth again. 58.6 Laws of Nature Origin Crystals was a huge sum of money. How should he spend them?

His gaze swept across his stats interface. At once, Meng Lei had an idea. He instructed, "System, raise my Gods-Slaying Rat bloodline assimilation rate!"

The system's icy-cold voice rang out. "Ding! Raising the Gods-Slaying Rat bloodline by 1% requires 10 Laws of Nature Origin Crystals. May I know whether you'd like to raise it?"

"Yes!"

Meng Lei looked absolutely unwilling to part with the money, but he still gave the order to do so anyway. He was already aware of the cost beforehand, so it didn't surprise him.

Raising his bloodline assimilation rate by 1% required 100 billion gold coins, while raising his comprehension of laws of nature by 1% only required 10 billion gold coins.

In other words, if he'd used the 100 billion gold coins to raise his comprehension of the laws of nature instead, he'd have been able to raise his comprehension of a certain type of laws of nature by 10%!

That was already 1/10 of the total!

From that, one could tell just how expensive raising the Gods-Slaying Rat bloodline assimilation rate was!

Meng Lei found it worthwhile, however.

The reason for that was because raising the Gods-Slaying Rat bloodline assimilation rate gave an all-rounded boost to his combat abilities. In particular, the boost it brought to his speed and defenses were even more fearsome.

There was an absolute need for him to boost his speed and defenses in the perilous Lost Continent, especially when there was also a mysterious divine tree eying them in the shadows. Speed and high defenses couldn't get any more essential!

Whoosh!

His Wealth instantly shrunk by 10 Laws of Nature Origin Crystals.

At the same time, a blackish-green air current also abruptly emerged from the depths of his blood vessels and flowed rapidly into his limbs, body, veins, bones, and skin. It flowed into every inch of Meng Lei's body, rapidly modifying and strengthening it.

"Here it comes again..."

The intense agony and sharp pain that accompanied the strengthening process assailed Meng Lei's pain receptors, reaching straight into the bones and burning his insides. It was much, much more intense than when he'd assimilated the Golden Colossal Dragon bloodline previously!

Pain!

Pain!

Pain!

Meng Lei let out a muffled grunt and clutched Sacas' fur. If he could, he really wished he could blackout and get it over and done with.

Unfortunately, when one's spiritual power was as powerful as his, how would they possibly pass out that easily?

He couldn't! Therefore, the only thing he could do was to endure it!

In that case, then that was what he would do!

Upon sensing Meng Lei's abnormality, Sacas couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong, Boss?"

Meng Lei growled in a low voice, "Don't bother with me. Just focus on moving!"

"Understood!"

For some reason, Meng Lei's low growl seemed to contain a boundless sense of majesty that gave Sacas shivers from the depths of its soul. It hurriedly buried its head into traveling and asked no more.

The whole modification process lasted roughly half an hour before it ended. Although it was a painful process, the results were encouraging!

The Gods-Slaying Rat bloodline assimilation rate had successfully risen to 2%!

Apart from that, the biggest change was in his Physical Body Constitution—it had doubled and reached an astonishing 24.1 billion points!

Prior to this, it had been 12 billion points, but it had now reached 24.1 billion points. It had totally doubled!

In other words, at the same time, his Gods-Slaying Rat bloodline assimilation rate was being raised by 1%, his Physical Body Constitution had also increased by 12 billion points along the way!

Had he redeemed the 12 billion Physical Body Constitution points via credit, he'd have needed 120 billion gold coins to do that.

What a worthwhile transaction! It couldn't get any more worthwhile!

Not to mention that his speed and defenses had definitely received a great boost, too!

It was absolutely no exaggeration to say that the practical benefits that Meng Lei'd received had far surpassed the value of 100 billion gold coins.

To sum it up in one sentence, these 100 billion gold coins were simply too well-spent!

"I've earned big! This is way more efficient than pure credit redemption.

"I don't need to spend on Physical Body Constitution anymore in the future. If I want to spend on credit redemption, I can just put it all into the Gods-Slaying Rat bloodline assimilation rate. It's obviously way more cost-effective! It's just that the process is a little more painful..."

Meng Lei took a breath and steamed off the perspiration and bloodstains on himself. Then, he continued to browse his personal stats interface.

Host: Meng Lei

Race: Human (Fire Dragon bloodline 52%, Fire Demon bloodline 47%, Golden Gods-Slaying Ant bloodline 10%, Gods-Slaying Rat bloodline 2%, Golden Colossal Dragon bloodline 50%)

Wealth: 48.6 Laws of Nature Origin Crystals

Physical Body Constitution: Saint Domain (24,124,607,410/100 billion)

Spirit: Saint Domain (1,028,314,896/100 billion)

Magic Power: Saint Domain (1,025,888,951/100 billion)

Laws of Nature: Fire-elemental (0.2%), Wind-elemental (0.1%), Thunder-elemental (0.1%), Metal-elemental (0.2%), Light-elemental (0.1%)

Others: Some increase

"Now that I've boosted my absolute combat strength, it's time for the game!"

Meng Lei switched into a comfortable position and laid down. Then, he took a deep breath and slowly closed his eyes.

"System, I want to use the Limitless Pickup function!"

The system's icy-cold voice rang out. "Ding! 1 Laws of Nature Origin Crystal is required for the usage of this function. May I know if you'd like to use it?"

"Yes! I'm loaded with cash!"

Whoosh!

His Wealth instantly shrunk by 1 Law of Nature Origin Crystal.

Following that, a system notification also rang out a few seconds later. "Ding! Assimilation successful. Host's wealth 1 million gold coins!"

Meng Lei was dumbfounded.

"Host's Wealth 1 million gold coins? What does that mean? I spent 10 billion gold coins just to pick up 1 million gold coins?

"What the actual f*ck!!! What a huge loss! This is a terrible loss! 10 billion gold coins just to pick up something like this?!

"I won't take this lying down! Again!"

"Ding! 1 Laws of Nature Origin Crystal is required for the usage of this function. May I know if you'd like to use it?"

"Yes!"

Whoosh!

His Wealth shrunk by 1 Law of Nature Origin Crystal again.

The system's icy-cold voice rang out. "Ding! Congratulations to the host. You've obtained a branch from the Tree of Vitality!"

"A... Branch from the Tree of Vitality?"

Rather flabbergasted, Meng Lei hastily took it out for inspection. An emerald green tree branch approximately one-meter-long appeared in his hand.

A split second later, a surge of vitality emanated from it, revitalizing and refreshing Meng Lei and sweeping away his fatigue.

"Boss!"

Upon sensing the vitality surge, Sacas turned his head at once.

"Where did you get something like that, brat?"

It had caught Ol' Amos' attention, too. He emerged from the spatial ring and gazed in astonishment at the green tree branch in Meng Lei's hand.

"Do you recognize this thing, Ol' President?" asked Meng Lei.

"Duh! If I can't even recognize something like that, wouldn't I have lived these tens of thousands of years in vain?"

Ol' Amos rolled his eyes. Then, he picked up the tree branch and took a light sniff. As if an opium addict that had caught a whiff of opium, a look of revelry and infatuation appeared on his face at once!

"A branch from the Tree of Vitality! This is definitely a branch from the Tree of Vitality!

"This is good stuff! It contains an astonishing amount of vitality. Not only can it revive and heal, but it's also a treasure that can restore one's magic power!

"With this branch in hand, not only will meditation be several times—even dozens of times—more effective, but the restoration rate of the magic power in your body will also increase by a few times!

"This is good stuff! Definitely good stuff!"

Meng Lei asked eagerly, "If I auction this off, how much can it sell for?"

This thing was completely a white elephant to him. If he could turn it into gold coins instead, then the 10 billion gold coins to pick it up wouldn't be spent in vain!

"What? You want to sell it? You wastrel!"

Ol' Amos broke into a rant at once. "The Tree of Vitality is the Fairy Empire's holy tree! Outsiders can't even catch a glimpse of it, let alone obtain a branch from it!

"But if you were to auction this small little branch off, it'll fetch at least dozens of billions of gold coins, I guess? Perhaps even 100 billion?"

"Up to 100 billion? Phew, that's not a loss, then!"

Meng Lei heaved a sigh of relief and quickly kept the Tree of Vitality branch before contacting the system.

"You lousy system, look at what you've picked up for me? You rascal, aren't you scamming me too much?"

"Dear host, the Limitless Pickup system is a random pickup function. The quality of the item picked up is completely random."

"Damn your randomness!" Meng Lei said huffily, "Can't you pick up something better for me? Even at the worst, you shouldn't make it too great of a loss. 10 billion gold coins per try is too hefty a price!

"Forget it. I won't do it anymore. It's too big a scam!

"But... I really can't reconcile myself with this. I didn't get anything good twice in a row. I really can't reconcile myself with this!

"How about... I give it another go? Yeah! I'll do it one last time! System, one more time!"

"Ding! 1 Laws of Nature Origin Crystal is required for the usage of this function. May I know if you'd like to use it?"

"Cut the crap, I'll use it one last time!"

Whoosh!

His Wealth shrunk by 1 Law of Nature Origin Crystal once again.

"Please stop scamming me! If I get another piece of trash, I'm gonna go berserk!"

"Ding! Congratulations to the host. You've obtained the Hammer of Destruction!"

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Chapter 179: The Behemoth On The Brink of Death, The Immortal Fairy

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This was a polluted swamp!

Large patches of withered trees and vegetation laid in the muddy shallow waters. The bark had already fallen off the trees, causing the surfaces to be bald and smooth, and the polluted, yellowish lake waters gave off a terrible stench.

The whole swamp was barren, desolate, and quiet. There were no traces of life, and the whole place was silent.

Then, all of a sudden...

A huge shadow rushed from afar before ultimately coming to a stop in mid-air above the swamp. Thick, dense fur and powerful intertwining muscles covered its body—it was Sacas the Behemoth!

"Boss, this is the Scarlet Swamp Snakes' territory," Sacas said as it turned to Meng Lei. "The Scarlet Swamp Snake is an extremely powerful snake species that lives in a pack in the Lost Continent. Their numbers are fairly big."

"How strong are they?"

"They vary in strength. Some are sixth-grade to seventh-grade, and some are eighth-grade to ninth-grade, while the Scarlet Swamp Snake Emperor itself is a Saint Domain Magical Beast.

"Generally speaking, the Scarlet Swamp Snakes are not any weaker than the Golden Corpse Bugs. Both are Magical Beast species that live in large packs."

"Not bad."

A satisfied Meng Lei waved him away. Then, he ordered, "Go on and get the Scarlet Swamp Snake Emperor out here."

"Yes, Boss!"

Sacas casually picked up a withered branch and threw it into the swamp, causing the waters to splash about everywhere and the mud to spatter.

Two minutes later, a 20-meters-long water snake covered in reddish-brown spots weaved out of the swamp and slithered over to them in a crooked line.

"That's the Scarlet Swamp Snake, Boss."

As it watched the Scarlet Swamp Snake intently, Sacas explained, "This particular group of snakes is too greedy and has eaten all the living things inside the swamp.

"Therefore, Scarlet Swamp Snakes are constantly hungry. The moment there's even the slightest bit of motion, they'll be lured out of their den.

"Take a look over there!"

Meng Lei looked over on his cue to see Scarlet Swamp Snakes of varying sizes also popping out from other areas of the swamp. Additionally, their numbers were getting bigger and bigger. It was as though thousands upon thousands of snakes were spilling forth from their den.

"They're a bunch of starving snakes, indeed."

Meng Lei bent his fingers and made a stroking motion as if he were strumming a guitar. As he did so, wind blades also shot out one after another toward the Scarlet Swamp Snakes.

Splurt!

Splurt!

Splurt!

Amid constant jarring noises, the wind blades severed the Scarlet Swamp Snakes' heads one by one, and they died one after another.

Blood spurted everywhere, and decapitated snakeheads were thrown out in all directions.

In a mere instant, the Scarlet Swamp Snakes that had crawled out of their den had all been killed. Freshly-spilled blood dyed the swamp red in dozens of spots, and the faint smell of blood slowly began to pervade the air.

Was everything over?

Of course not!

As though they'd caught the smell of blood, more and more Scarlet Swamp Snakes emerged from the swamp, like mushrooms sprouting after rain.

, 50, 100...

In less than the amount of time it took to take a few breaths, the initially-quiet swamp had become incredibly lively. Scarlet Swamp Snakes that had been hiding in unknown places made their grand appearances and filled up every corner of the swamp.

At one glance, the whole place was a scarlet red.

As far as the eye could see, big snakes were everywhere.

"Tsk, tsk! There must be at least 8,000 of them, if not 10,000!" Meng Lei marveled at the sight. "Just as well! I can just take them all out, then!"

"Absolute Zero!"

Boom!

A white, chilly air current burst forth and shrouded the whole area within 10,000 meters. Amid crisp snaps and cracks, everything in the surroundings was fixed in place during this instant.

The scarlet swamp became a nation of frost, and all the Scarlet Swamp Snakes within 10,000 meters turned into vivid-looking ice sculptures.

"Ding! 1 Scarlet Swamp Snake killed. 13 million gold coins gained!"

"Ding! 1 Scarlet Swamp Snake killed. 3.97 million gold coins gained!"

Meng Lei rose into the air and flew further into the swamp's depths while Sacas followed closely after him.

Just like that, the pair slew everything in their path as they advanced. Snake carcasses were littered all about, and innumerable ice sculptures were created everywhere they passed through.

When the pair reached the very center of the swamp, a deep pool appeared in front of them. As though an old well, the pool waters were a clean and clear dark green. Deep and bottomless, it was completely different from the unbearably polluted swampy waters around it.

A powerful Saint Domain Magical Beast aura emanated from the pool, leaving no doubt to the fact that an enormous, savage beast was lurking within.

"Sacas, get him out here!"

"Yes, sir!"

Sacas grabbed a huge piece of wood and threw it right into the pool. At the same time, he also started to hurl abuse loudly. "Albin, here's a f*cking coffin for your ancestors! Hurry and get the hell out here..."

Splash!

There was no way of telling whether it was the huge piece of wood that'd alarmed the savage beast in the pool or Sacas' verbal abuse that'd taken effect!

Splash!

Amid great splashes, an enormous snakehead jumped out of the pool and bit at Sacas—who was in mid-air—at lightning-quick speed! Its huge mouth opened wide, and a fishy, pungent stink rushed toward their faces.

"Hmph!"

Sacas was already prepared for this a long time ago. In the instant the snake dived toward it, its sharp claws closed together, and it grabbed viciously at it!

Unexpectedly, in the instant that it was about to make contact with the snake, its head whipped to the side in an S-shape and bypassed Sacas' sharp claws to clamp its jaws down at its waist!

Splash!

The next moment, the snake's massive body followed closely and wound around Sacas at high speed. It went one round, two, two and a half...

Roar!

As a raging Behemoth, how would Sacas possibly allow the huge snake to get its way? With a roar into the sky, six two-meters-long barbed claws grabbed viciously at the snake's body!

Slash!

Slash!

The claws created deep fissures in the snake's body with every grab Sacas made as though metal hooks. Blood sprayed everywhere and dyed the snake—as well as the pool waters underneath them—red.

Hiss!

Pain came over the huge snake. It opened its cavernous jaws and bit at Sacas' neck. Two sharp venomous fangs gleamed with a cold, greenish glow under the sunlight as they bit viciously at Sacas.

Meng Lei couldn't help but shake his head with a light laugh at the sight of that. Just how tough and solid was Sacas' body? First-class spells might not even be able to break its defenses, so how would two venomous fangs possibly be able to wound it?

Splurt!

However, something unbelievable happened the next moment. The two venomous fangs actually managed to pierce through Sacas' skin and sink viciously into its body with a splurt.

Large amounts of venom were injected into its body and began to spread rapidly. Sacas stiffened up, and the movements of its sharp, barbed claws that were brandishing about fervently also gradually began to slow down—evidently, it had been poisoned!

"What the f*ck!!!"

Meng Lei, who was awfully shocked, hastily got ready to go forward to render aid. Not only was Sacas his trusted subordinate and favored aide, but he was also loyal and devoted. He couldn't just watch it die from the snake's venom.

Whoosh!

Unexpectedly, a sudden turn of events occurred at this point.

A shrill whiz abruptly rang out, and a green arrow shot toward them at an unbelievable speed. In an instant, it'd pierced through the snake's point of weakness!

At once, the snake's eyes rolled up, and its massive body immediately froze up. From the look of it, it wasn't going to survive.

At the same time, the green arrow continued its momentum and pierced through the snake's head to shoot toward Sacas' throat!

The green arrow's might hadn't diminished by much. Even Meng Lei couldn't be sure whether or not it would pierce through Sacas' throat.

He couldn't take chances with it!

"Damn!"

Meng Lei hastily grabbed at the arrow. After he had raised the Gods-Slaying Rat bloodline assimilation rate to 2%, his speed had improved even further. In an instant, he had come right up to Sacas.

Unfortunately...

It was ultimately still a step too late.

Splurt!

The green arrow's ability to penetrate had reached terrifying levels. It easily broke through Sacas' superbly strong defenses and shot right into its throat.

"Ugh!"

Blood sprayed into the air. Sacas let out a mournful cry as blood began to spurt madly from its throat, instantly dyeing the thick fur at its chest red.

"Bastard!"

Meng Lei almost went berserk. However, he managed to barely hang on to his last vestige of rationality and stop himself from killing the person that had launched the sneak attack. Instead, he cast a wood-elemental first-class spell—Blessings of Life!

Buzz!

The Wood Elements within 10,000 meters of where he was converged fervently to form a 100-meters-wide funnel that covered Sacas within. Wood Elements containing abundant vitality began to rapidly heal the wound at Sacas' throat.

Under Blessings of Life's healing powers, the wound at Sacas' throat began to visibly heal. The bleeding gradually stopped in just a few moments, and the wound had become close to closing.

"Eat this."

Meng Lei also brought out a wood-elemental Saint Domain Magical Beast's vitality core and stuffed it into Sacas' mouth to continue healing its wound.

"Thank you... Boss!"

The successive blows had made Sacas, a strong and muscular Behemoth, rather weak, and its voice was no longer as fierce and ferocious as it had previously been.

"All I can do is heal your physical wound. I can't remove the snake venom in you." Meng Lei had a grave look on his face as he asked, "Are you able to tough it out?"

"Don't worry, Boss!"

Sacas grinned a little and replied weakly, "It's nothing but just the Scarlet Swamp Snake Emperor's venom. It can't kill me. We Behemoths are immune to most snakes' venom. If you let me take a short break, I'll be alive and kicking in a while!"

"Good to hear that."

Meng Lei heaved a sigh of relief. His tightly-knitted brows also smoothened out. As he patted Sacas' shoulder, he said comfortingly, "Have a good rest. Leave the rest to me!"

"Yes, Boss!"

Meng Lei turned round, the look in his eyes already replaced by a chilling harshness. As he gazed at the direction from which the green arrow had shot out 0f, murderous intent suffused his eyes as he said, "You sneaky bastard, get the hell out here!"

Boom!

The order, once given, was strictly enforced. As a furious roar rang out, endless black flames suddenly rained down from the sky and shrouded the forest in the other direction.

Boom, boom, boom!

As though the flames of Amaterasu1, the black flames set everything in their path on fire and turned them into blazing flames that sprayed everywhere. In the twinkling of an eye, the forest had turned into a sea of black fire.

Whoosh!

A green feminine figure flew out of the sea of fire. The tips of her toes tapped lightly in the air, and she landed gracefully on the ground like a green butterfly. Her movements were light and nimble like an otherworldly celestial maiden's.

Pointed ears, a tall, slender figure, a beautiful, exquisite face, soft, tender skin, and a pair of gentle, attractive, jet-black eyes that looked as though they could speak...

Added to those her emerald-green armor that covered only the essentials and left everything else exposed, she was innocent-looking yet sensual at the same time and brimmed with endless allure.

When faced with such an enchanting woman, any man would be moved. Meng Lei was also a little stunned by her beauty, but what he felt, even more, was fury—fierce, blazing fury!

"Were you the one that ambushed my prey and attacked my mount? How bold of you!"

"All the Magical Beasts on this continent are my prey. Those two Saint Domain Magical Beasts are naturally no exception."

The beautiful woman's lips moved as she replied. Her voice was clear and melodious as if a trickling stream that moistened the bottom of one's heart. She said, "You can leave now. They are mine."

Meng Lei broke into laughter at her words. His sinister laughter resounded in the air above the swamp.

"And if I don't?"

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Chapter 180: Undeveloped Carnal Desires, Magical Beasts Wiped Out

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The breeze blew lightly, rippling the waters.

Above the deep pool, two figures stood facing each other from afar.

One had cold eyes and emanated murderous intent while the other sported an aloof expression and a haughty demeanor.

"Leave? What if I don't?"

Meng Lei licked his lips, the corners of his lips curling upward.

"I don't have time to waste on you. If you're not too foolish, you should know what you should be doing," Miriam, the Immortal Fairy, replied in a clear and melodious voice. "Otherwise, I can only use the arrow in my hand to give you a hand."

"Yet another braggart that thinks too highly of themselves." Meng Lei shook his head lightly. "I've seen too many people like you, and there's usually only one outcome for all of you."

Whoosh!

With a soft whiz, Meng Lei quietly vanished from where he was. His movements were so fast that he left behind a series of afterimages!

Everywhere he passed by, he left behind a trail of afterimages.

In an instant, Meng Lei was already right in front of Miriam. Then, his foot went flying out!

His kick was honestly one that was as immovable as a mountain when still and like a clap of shocking thunder when in action. Most people couldn't react in time at all, and this category of people naturally included the powerful Prince Barbarossa as well.

However, what surprised Meng Lei was that Miriam the Immortal Fairy had actually reacted in time. A hint of anger appeared on her exquisite features—she was thoroughly enraged.

"How dare you kick me, you bastard!"

Without a second word, she raised her arm and fired an arrow.

Her actions as she held her bow up and notched an arrow were as smooth as flowing water, and she was actually slightly faster than even the current Meng Lei.

Whoosh!

A green arrow instantly shot toward Meng Lei. As they were too near each other, Meng Lei couldn't even duck in time, and the green arrow shot straight toward his heart.

Thud!

This time, something that shocked Miriam happened—the green arrow collided against Meng Lei's chest, only to let out a dull thud before turning into a bunch of green dots and dissipating into the air.

Other than that, it actually didn't hurt Meng Lei at all. It didn't even pierce through his skin.

"Oh my dragon god!!!"

Miriam was terribly stunned; she was thoroughly astounded by what had just happened. One must know that she was a Saint Domain archer. The power in her arrows could pierce through the vast majority of Magical Beasts, yet it hadn't made a scratch on him!

Just how powerful were Meng Lei's defenses?

Practically a nightmare!

Was he really human?

Boom!

A moment or two was enough to determine the outcome of a battle between experts. In the split second where Miriam was distracted, Meng Lei's foot had already reached!

His foot struck her exquisite face viciously. Miriam let out a shrill cry and flew outward with a scream.

"Do you think it's over? You're dead wrong!"

Meng Lei had no intentions to stop. He used both his fists and his legs, launching a series of frenzied attacks and raining blows upon her in succession.

It was kick after kick and punch after punch!

Bam, bam, bam!

Smack, smack, smack!

Boom, boom, boom!

As she had already lost the initiative, and coupled with Meng Lei's incredibly berserk attacks, Miriam wasn't able to launch any decent attacks anymore. Instead, she turned into a punching bag that could only passively take attacks.

The fury in Meng Lei caused him to attack without holding back at all, much less hold any tender feelings toward the fairer sex. She wasn't his wife anyway, so why should he feel any sort of tenderness toward her?

"Ahhh!"

"Ahhh!"

"Ahhh!"

After a few minutes of pummeling, the fury in Meng Lei was finally appeased. Miriam looked as if she had been struck by the legendary Beyond Recognition Kick, and her face was totally swollen. Even the sight of her alone was already nauseating enough to most people, let alone feel the urge to kiss her.

"Has my Beyond Recognition Kick reached a great mastery level?"

At the sight of Miriam's terrible state, Meng Lei nodded in satisfaction. The fury in him had finally been vented. "This... is the outcome of launching sneak attacks from the shadows!"

"Y-you... You..."

Miriam was both alarmed and furious. How she wished she could eat Meng Lei's flesh, drink his blood, slash him a thousand times, and dismember him into a million pieces!

She, the great Immortal Fairy! One of Dragon God Academy's four great monsters! The ice goddess that countless people idolized!

Since when had she ever taken such a vicious beating?

This was practically a great insult to her!

And yet...

"What's there to 'you' about? Cut the crap! If you don't hand over your spatial ring, I'll beat you up again!"

Meng Lei snorted and went on. "A glance at how little you're wearing is enough for me to know that you're no decent person. Someone like you should just hurry up and go to Yihong Brothel1. This isn't a place where you should be."

"Ugh!"

Miriam was so furious that she threw up blood. Then, she fell right onto the ground.

"Playing dead?"

Meng Lei raised an eyebrow. With a casual point of his finger, the deep pool below them instantly froze, and Miriam landed on the ice.

Afraid that she was playing tricks, Meng Lei froze her arms and her legs before he approached her with peace of mind. Then, he took off all her...

Spatial rings!

And then, he escaped at once!

"Be thankful that I showed mercy, b*tch! If the exchange competition hadn't prohibited contestants from taking another contestant's life, your head wouldn't be on your neck right now!"

"I seriously doubt whether or not you're really a man. Such a beautiful woman, and such an exquisite-looking face...

"Pure and innocent, yet sensual! A beauty so gorgeous that she can fall kingdoms and cities and captivate even the birds and the beasts, and yet you...

"Not only are you unmoved, but you even beat her up into such a horrible state!

"Is it because you didn't develop properly and haven't developed your carnal desires, or are you just not a man at all?"

After leaving the Scarlet Swamp Snake swamp, Meng Lei resumed his Saint Domain Magical Beast-searching journey. Along the way, Ol' Amos grumbled and nagged, constantly criticizing Meng Lei's terrible conduct.

Terrible conduct?

Yes, terrible conduct, indeed!

What Meng Lei had done to Miriam were wicked deeds that enraged both gods and mortals alike. How could he beat a beauty into that awful state? Was it something that a human should do?

Meng Lei didn't feel like entertaining that amorous old man, so he changed the topic and asked, "Sacas, how's the snake venom in your body?"

"I've already more or less recovered, Boss!"

"Alright, that's great. Something is puzzling me, though. Why were the Scarlet Swamp Snake Emperor's venomous fangs able to pierce through your skin so easily when your defenses are so high?"

"You don't understand, Boss. The Scarlet Swamp Snake Emperor's venomous fangs are comparable to a half-divine weapon. Incredibly sharp and virtually indestructible. They can pierce through almost all Saint Domain Magical Beasts' armor and defenses."

In the period of time that followed, Meng Lei continued to hunt Magical Beasts.

As time moved forward day by day, his Wealth also increased rapidly.

Apart from resting, eating, and occasionally redeeming credit, all Meng Lei did the rest of the time was hunting.

Before he knew it, half a month had gone by.

On this day, Meng Lei arrived at the seaside.

The Endless Oceans were shrouded in boundless fog as usual. Apart from the sound of surging torrential waves, one couldn't see any further.

Meng Lei went over to an ocean bay. The waters at the crescent-shaped bay were calm and peaceful and a clear azure blue, much like a sapphire.

A short distance from the bay was an expanse of forests. Sandwiched between the dense forests and the bay was a soft sandy shore with fine sand and warm, mild sunlight.

Large crabs occupied the shore, bubbling at their mouths as they sunbathed. Relaxed and comfortable, they were as carefree as can be.

"Boss, this is the Golden Ocean Bay, the Golden Brown Crabs' territory!"

Sacas pointed at the calm and peaceful shore and said, "Domineering and savage by nature, most of the Golden Brown Crabs are very strong. They are basically all Eighth- and Ninth-Grade Magical Beasts."

"At last, a group of Magical Beasts that haven't been slaughtered yet. What a hard life I lead!" Meng Lei heaved a small sigh. "In just a short half a month, almost all the Magical Beasts on the Lost Continent have been wiped out!"

The Lost Continent occupied a vast territory, and its surface area reached as big as over 10 million square kilometers, and in it lived innumerable Magical Beasts.

During the first few days of reaching the Lost Continent, Meng Lei had a lot of fun. His average daily profits had exceeded 100 billion gold coins.

However, as time passed, there were fewer and fewer Magical Beasts. The target Magical Beasts had either all been slaughtered by others or were currently in the midst of being hunted. Hence his profits had started to plummet.

As a result, they'd only found this undiscovered "paradise" and a group of yet-to-be-slaughtered Magical Beasts after traveling about for an entire day.

Not only did his daily profits not reach even 10 billion gold coins, but he was spending the vast majority of time moving about...

To sum it up—the number of Magical Beasts had really decreased!

To be honest, the calculations made sense, too.

With an area of 10 million square kilometers and 7,000 to 8,000 contestants, each contestant didn't even have an area of 1,500 square kilometers to themselves on average. How could the place possibly be able to endure a two-week-long hunt?

One must understand that hardly even a single Magical Beast could be found within several hundred kilometers of the Saint Domain Magical Beasts' territories. These large regions were practically empty!

Those that weren't Saint Domain Magical Beasts couldn't withstand the contestants' massacres, either. After the passage of half a month, it was entirely understandable how almost all the Magical Beasts had been cleanly slaughtered.

"Without Magical Beasts to hunt, a large-scale massacre among the contestants is going to take place in the upcoming half a month's time!"

Meng Lei knew that very well.

In the Lost Continent elimination round, only the top 100 contestants with the most number of points would be selected, while all the other 7,748 contestants would be eliminated.

With only one in 78 advancing to the next round, the ratio was simply too low. One could totally imagine just what was going to happen in the upcoming half a month's time!

"What does that have to do with me, though?"

Without Magical Beasts to hunt, Meng Lei's enthusiasm in moving about had dropped significantly. Rather than pursuing the other contestants all about the continent, he might as well wait for them to come to him instead!

The moment the thought occurred to him, Meng Lei's gaze couldn't help but land on the Golden Ocean Bay. With clean and clear waters, beautiful scenery, white and clean sand, and gentle and mild sun, it was both suitable for swimming, as well as for sunbathing. It was totally a sanctuary for a beach vacation!

"Looks like even the heavens want me to wait idly for opportunities. Alright, I'll rest here for a few days."

Meng Lei smacked his lips. Then, as several wind blades shot out, the hundreds of Golden Brown Crabs on the shore were wiped out at once—including even the Golden Brown Crab Emperor.

"Let's modify things a little!"

The seawater churned and splashed against the shore, washing away the blood on it.

Then, vines extended and weaved into a beach chair and a beach umbrella!

"Haha! Here I come!"

With a leap, Meng Lei jumped into the clean and clear waters and began to swim leisurely.

During the last half a month, he had either been hunting Magical Beasts or busy traveling about. Going about and camping outdoors had worn him out.

Therefore, he would relax properly this time.

After a round of swimming, Meng Lei returned to the shore in satisfaction. He laid down on the lush, green beach chair and brought out wine and fruits. Then, he began to eat them in delight!

"Sacas, it's time for fishing. Whether or not we can bait the fishes will depend on you."

"What do you mean by that, Boss?"

Sacas, who was soaking in the sea and swimming about, looked stupefied.

I'm bathing, y'know. Can it wait?

"In other words, you're supposed to act as the bait. Never mind, just let out your aura!"

Poooot~

"I'm telling you to let out your aura, not your gas!"

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Chapter 181: The White Tiger Knight, Hotpot Feast

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"Kill them! This King Kong Bull is ours!"

"How dare you snatch our Magical Beasts? We should kill you for that!"

"Kill!"

Then, a chaotic fight broke out in the wide and spacious field.

Two groups of contestants totaling more than a dozen people clashed fiercely. Swords waved about and reflected light off them while magic spells filled the place. The ground shook, and the mountains swayed as the place turned gloomy and overcast.

There was only one cause for them getting into such a huge fight, and that was the 50-meters-long pitch-black gigantic bull next to them—the Saint Domain Magical Beast, the King Kong Bull!

Moo!

The King Kong Bull watched as the group of more than a dozen contestants fought it out with each other—while ignoring its Saint Domain Magical Beast presence the whole time—and then its bullheaded temper erupted.

All of you have got guts to clamor about hunting this old bull here. I've already primed myself for a hard battle ahead, but in the end, I'm left on the sideline while all of you fight it out. This is pure, total disregard for this bull here... A cow may be able to tolerate this, but not this old bull here!

Moo!

The King Kong Bull let out a furious roar. Then, it unleashed its full power straight away.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

Countless leaves and plants rose into the sky amid several sharp whizzes. Then, they turned into an overwhelming expanse of grass arrows and instantly shot outward.

It was the wood-elemental first-class spell, A Soldier In Every Plant!

A first-class spell's might was no trifling matter. By the time the contestants realized what was going on, the endlessly-wide net of grass arrows had already engulfed them.

Splurt!

Splurt!

Amid shrill screams, the contestants were thrown back one after another. They were either straight up killed by grass arrows piercing through their foreheads or turned into swiss cheese by grass arrows and suffered a tragic death...

Thousands upon thousands of arrows later, not even a single one of them was left standing. The fortunate ones had died on the spot while the unfortunate ones were on their last breath.

"A bunch of trash..."

The King Kong Bull viciously dealt the finishing blows, and then, it left triumphantly. During the last couple of days, people constantly tried to take its life and inherit its magic core.

A significant number of contestants had died in the King Kong Bull's hands in the last few days. Close to 100 corpses laid in the fields, which were stained with blood. Even the King Kong Bull had grown somewhat tired of such meaningless battles. It wanted to leave the place in search of a safe haven.

Puff!

It was at this moment that a howling black wind blew over. Then, a tall, strong, and muscular man nearly three-meter-tall drifted over. The man had strong, intertwining muscles and wore striped tiger hide. His eyes were bright and sharp, much like a hawk's.

"Here comes another one..."

The King Kong Bull wasn't even the least bit surprised when he caught sight of the man. Instead, it looked around habitually to see if anyone else had also arrived—it was already used to situations like this.

"It's been a long while since I last ate beef. You'll satisfy my craving today!"

The muscular, tiger hide-clad man licked his lips. With just a shift of his feet, he appeared right in front of the King Kong Bull. Then, his ceramic pot-sized fist went flying out forcefully.

Crack!

With a crisp crack, the King Kong Bull couldn't even cry out before the fist smashed right through its head, and it died on the spot.

The muscular man withdrew his fist. A look of revelry appeared in his eyes as he licked the whitish brains on the surface of his fist. "Beef brains taste the most addictive, indeed!"

As he spoke, the muscular man pried open the bull's head with brute force while he was at it and started to take bite after bite of it. In under half an hour, he had finished almost half of the bull's head.

"Perfect!"

After he was done, the tiger hide-clad muscular man rubbed his full belly. Then, he gouged out its magic core and left satisfied.

As a Saint Domain expert, his traveling speed was not to be doubted. Before long, he had already flown a distance of almost 100 kilometers to arrive in front of a great mountain.

The man remarked with a slight frown, "There are fewer and fewer Magical Beasts now. It's been such a long time, yet I actually haven't encountered even a single one..."

At that moment, a barely discernible aura drifted over from afar.

"That's a Saint Domain Magical Beast's aura. It's coming from that direction!"

Whoosh!

He followed the Saint Domain Magical Beast aura the whole way. It didn't take long before the man arrived at a beautiful ocean bay and spotted a Behemoth over 50-meters-tall.

At the same time at the Dragon God Cathedral...

Everyone watching the magic screen became worked up at once. Their blood boiled as they cheered loudly, so agitated that their faces were all red.

"They've run into each other!"

"Those two mutants have finally run into each other!"

"Oh my dragon god! I'm so excited!"

"One is a double bloodline-holder and a Saint Domain expert in two areas of expertise, while the same also goes for the other!"

"They've finally run into each other!"

"We're gonna have a good show now!"

Everyone, ranging from the princes and princesses to the nobles and officials, stared hard at the magic screen, looking forward eagerly to the upcoming battle.

Even Emperor Frederick the 32nd was no exception. He gave a light laugh and asked, "President Luke, President Fred. Between the two of them, who do you think edges out the other?"

President Luke glanced at President Fred before he replied confidently, "I'll admit that Meng Lei is certainly greatly talented and is a talent that comes only once in 10,000 years, but he's ultimately still too young."

"Is President Luke saying that Meng Lei is no match for Mond Aston, the White Tiger Knight?"

President Fred said with a calm smile, "Both you and I are well aware that when it comes to geniuses of their level, age isn't everything sometimes. Talent can bypass everything."

"President Fred, you haven't interacted with Mond Aston before, so you don't understand just how frightening he is. He's no ordinary genius." President Luke said meaningfully, "Just watch on. He'll show us with his might that even the strongest genius needs time to mature, including Meng Lei."

"We'll let the truth speak for itself, then!"

President Fred didn't wish to say any more.

"The truth will prove everything!"

Neither was President Luke interested in saying any further.

"One is a Saint Domain Great Magician who, at only 16-years-old, not only possesses both the Fire Dragon bloodline and Golden Colossal Dragon bloodline, but also has four types of magic talent—thunder, earth, fire, and wood;

"The other is ranked 38th place in the Dragon God Genius Ranking. Not only does he possess both the White Tiger and the Netherworld White Tiger bloodlines, but he's also a Saint Domain Great Magician of three different elements—light, dark, and metal.

"One is amazingly talented while the other is astoundingly gifted!.

"For these two people to go up against each other, this is certainly a match of equally formidable opponents and a clash of the titans!"

Frederick the 32nd marveled sincerely, "This is one of the showdowns I am looking forward to the most since the start of the exchange competition this year."

"Indeed, Your Majesty! Both 16-year-old Meng Lei and Mond Aston, who's ranked 38th place in the Dragon God Genius Ranking, are seeded contestants in this year's exchange competition. We are also looking incredibly forward to the battle between the two of them!"

"I had initially thought that they'd only run into each other in the latter half of the competition, but little did I expect them to meet so quickly. This is truly and terribly exciting..."

Everyone was staring at the magic screen.

Ever since Meng Lei had made his debut, everyone was astounded by his abilities and even more so his talent for magic. They craved for the sight of him—including even the Emperor.

Thus, Meng Lei had received a lot of screen time on the magic screen. It was almost as much as the screen time that the 13th Princess, the Golden Dragon-Lion, and the Thunder Giant had received.

It was only after Meng Lei had arrived at the Golden Ocean Bay and turned on his slacker mode to wait idly for opportunities to come knocking that the camera moved away from him.

Nevertheless, even so, they'd still return for a look now and then.

Thus, at the sight of the scenic ocean bay, everyone had recognized it as the very same Golden Ocean Bay where Meng Lei was waiting.

This implied that Mond Aston was going to face Meng Lei very soon.

"Such anticipation! Such excitement!"

"Meng Lei and Mond Aston! The two monsters whose names start with 'M' are finally facing each other!"

"I wonder who'll win?"

"It's going to be a fierce fight..."

A campfire blazed on the clean, white sandy shore.

Hanging above the campfire was a rather dramatically large pot. Inside the ten-meter-wide pot, soup bubbled and boiled as an aroma rushed toward one's senses—the pot was filled with various seafood.

Fresh, tender fish, dustpan-sized crabs, black boar-sized lobsters, full, plump abalones, long, thick geoducks...

An aroma wafted about from the dish that boasted both looks and fragrance.

Meng Lei sat cross-legged as he floated in mid-air next to the pot. He held two long chopsticks and ate as he drank. One needn't even mention just how enthusiastic he currently was.

"Gurgle~"

The Multi-Armed Behemoth, currently "letting out its aura" a short distance away, could only stare in his direction as it swallowed its saliva loudly. Oh, how enviable!

"You're craving for the food again?"

While holding a boar-sized lobster and munching on its white, tender flesh, Meng Lei cast a glance at the Multi-Armed Behemoth.

"Yes, yes!"

Sacas nodded incessantly, drooling at the mouth.

"Take it!"

Meng Lei casually grabbed an ox-sized crab and tossed it over to Sacas.

Sacas caught hold of it smoothly. Then, without even caring that it was burning-hot, it bit the bright red crab pincer and stuffed it in its mouth.

Amid the crisp sounds of crunching, the huge ox-sized crab didn't last long before it entered Sacas' stomach, not even leaving behind its shell. Then, Sacas stared at Meng Lei longingly again as it swallowed its saliva, its stomach letting out thunderous growls again.

"Can you eat a little slower? You've already eaten 19 crabs, 38 lobsters, 76 abalones, and 152 geoducks." Meng Lei was rendered speechless. "At this rate, it's not gonna be enough no matter how much there is! Not to be judgmental, but when it comes to seafood, you have to chew slowly so that you can taste the freshness. Swallowing it whole like what you're doing is practically a waste!"

"I get it, Boss!"

Sacas said with a pitiful look on its face, "But the hotpot is simply too delicious. The spice really packs a punch. I... I can't stop myself!"

"Of course, I've always liked how this tastes since I was young." Meng Lei was rather smug about it. Then, he tossed a millstone-sized abalone over and said, "Abalones must be eaten and savored slowly. Get it?"

"Got it, Boss!"

Sacas hurriedly responded, and then it grabbed the abalone and stuffed it into its mouth, shell and all, and began to crunch on it... In the blink of an eye, it had finished it all up again.

And then, it continued to stare at Meng Lei hopefully.

Meng Lei gave up completely. He pointed at the boundless ocean and chastised him. "We're out of ingredients. If you want to eat, then go and catch them yourself."

"Will you cook them for me if I catch them, Boss?"

"Of course not! Do it yourself!"

"Okay!"

After responding, Sacas started to strode toward the waters. The Golden Ocean Bay boasted a rich abundance of resources and a great variety of ingredients, and they became even more abundant, especially after the Golden Brown Crabs were wiped out.

Sourcing for a bit of seafood was really not a problem at all.

"La la la~"

Sacas quickly searched for ingredients as it daydreamed about the gourmand experience. It was at this moment that a shrill whiz rang out, followed by Mond Aston's appearance.

"To think it's actually a Multi-Armed Behemoth!"

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Chapter 182: Who's Beating Up Who? A Fierce Battle

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"To think it's actually a Multi-Armed Behemoth!"

Mond Aston's eyes shone as he gazed at Sacas, which was standing in the waters, and stared at its thick coat of fur and strong, muscular body.

"A Multi-Armed Behemoth is a Behemoth that can rival a Golden Behemoth. If I can subdue it as my mount, how impressive would that be?"

Who wouldn't want a mighty, imposing, and terrifyingly strong mount for themselves? Mond Aston was no exception, of course.

It was just a shame that he turned his nose up at most Magical Beasts, but the Multi-Armed Behemoth in front of him right now just so happened to not be one of them.

"Little cutie, Big Brother is here!"

"Hmm?"

Sacas sensed something, and it turned around to see a muscular man wrapped in tiger hide gazing at him with a wide smile.

"Another fish that I'd baited?" Sacas broke into a grin and thumped its chest hard. "Boss, hurry, and come over! Another idiot has bitten the hook!"

(o)

Mond Aston was dumbstruck at once. Why was the situation not quite what he had imagined? But it was alright—no matter what, it wasn't as if the Multi-Armed Behemoth in front of him was fake, right?

"Multi-Armed Behemoth, I've taken an interest in you!" Mond Aston raised his chin slightly at once and proposed calmly, "What say you to follow me and become my mount?"

"What?"

Upon hearing the word "mount", a hostile look appeared in Sacas' eyes at once, and it raised its arms, ready to bash in the head of the damned human standing in front of it.

It was at this point that Meng Lei appeared.

Without even a word, he launched Absolute Zero.

A white, chilly air current burst forth and sealed Mond Aston in ice amid crisp-sounding cracks.

"What an idiot. Thinking of making me your mount? Dream on! I'll always be Boss' most loyal underling!"

Sacas spat disdainfully, and then it turned around and looked at Meng Lei with an ingratiating expression, like a husky, "Boss, look how I've lured another fish here. Shouldn't you..."

It cast a glance in the direction of the hotpot, the meaning of its action self-evident.

"Go ahead. The rest of the seafood is all yours."

Meng Lei cleaned his teeth with a toothpick and declared very generously. There wasn't much meat left in the pot anyway, and they were even leftovers. What was the loss in giving them to Sacas?

"Wahaha! Thank you, Boss!"

Sacas was overjoyed. It ran quickly to the pot, its thick, muscular legs splashing the seawater about and causing great waves in the water.

"That guy..."

Meng Lei broke into a smile. Then, he turned and looked at Mond Aston, who had been sealed in ice, and said calmly, "C'mon out. Absolute Zero of this level shouldn't be capable of sealing you."

Crack!

Crack!

Cracks appeared in the hard, solid ice lump. As more and more appeared, the ice finally broke into an infinite amount of ice crystals.

"Here I was, wondering who had ambushed me. Little did I think that it'd be a little brat who hasn't even grown up." Mond Aston raised his chin at once, his eyes full of arrogance as he said, "Little brat, break your contract with that Multi-Armed Behemoth at once, and I won't hold your sin of ambushing me against you. I can even let you off the hook. How does that sound?"

"Friend, do your parents know that you're such a showoff outside of home?" Meng Lei scoffed and said calmly, "Hand over all the spatial rings on you, and I won't pursue the matter of you posturing in front of me. I can even spare your life. What say you?"

"Hahaha..."

Upon hearing Meng Lei's words, Mond Aston immediately burst into loud laughter as if he had just heard the funniest joke. His laughter was like the roiling thunder, ringing out with a deafening boom.

Then, all of a sudden...

His laughter came to an abrupt stop, and a harsh, murderous expression came over his features. "In all my years of moving unhindered through the world, no-one has ever dared to speak to me, Mond Aston, like that!"

Whoosh!

The next moment, he abruptly appeared in front of Meng Lei. He stared straight into his eyes and said, "All those that had dared to speak to me like that have all gone to hell and into the Grim Reaper's embrace. Do you know that?"

"Is that so? I'm very honored to be the only survivor, then."

The two men's eyes bore into each other's. There were only a few centimeters between the two of them; despite how Meng Lei could clearly sense the terrifyingly dangerous aura coming from Mond Aston, he didn't fear him in the least.

"Survivor? Not necessarily so." Mond Aston scoffed and said, "On account of how you're just a little brat, I'll allow you to make the first move, lest others accuse me of bullying someone younger."

"Since that's the case, then I won't stand on ceremony!"

Meng Lei's voice was still echoing in the surroundings, but his form had already quietly vanished from where he had initially been. A series of afterimages flitted by, and he abruptly rushed right up to Mond Aston.

Then, his fist went flying out.

Boom!

His punch was extremely fast, so much so that Mond Aston couldn't quite react in time, and the punch shocked him in the gut. As a dull bam rang out, Mond Aston's expression changed instantly.

"How's that? Was that punch alright for you?"

Meng Lei smiled lightly at him. Then, he bizarrely appeared behind Mond Aston like a ghost. He kicked Mond Aston squarely in the jaw with a mighty and forceful roundhouse kick.

Crack!

Mond Aston was thrown outward at once.

"You bastard!"

As he felt the intense pain in his gut and his jaw in mid-air, Mond Aston was shocked and furious.

He had realized his lapse in judgment. That seemingly harmless little brat was definitely an unfathomably strong expert. Be it his speed or his physical strength. Both were far beyond an ordinary Saint Domain expert's.

"Where's that little brat from? To think he's actually such a monster..."

Boom!

Meng Lei didn't stop at that. He continued to attack, launching punch after punch and kick after kick...

Using both his arms and his legs, he launched a surging, endless wave of attacks.

Boom, boom, boom!

Bam, bam, bam!

The combination of punches and kicks was such that Mond Aston simply didn't have any chance of retaliation. It was just like a one-sided fight.

"(o)"

"How did that happen?"

Everyone in the Dragon God Cathedral looked at one another, absolutely flabbergasted. Where was the planned fierce battle?

Where was the planned exciting clash?

Where was the planned showdown between equally matched opponents?

What nonsense!

All of that was absolute nonsense!

Was that a goddamn fierce battle?

It was obviously a one-sided bashing and crushing!

"What do you think of that now, President Luke?"

Fred looked at the Dragon God Academy president, smugly.

"Mond Aston was careless and underestimated his opponent, resulting in him losing the initiative. That's the only reason that led to the current situation." President Luke had a surly look on his face as he said, "As long as he can regain his footing in time, the outcome of this battle still remains to be seen!"

"I'm just afraid that he won't have that chance anymore."

Fred shook his head and gave a soft laugh. Then, he continued to watch the magic screen. To be honest, he actually knew that President Luke was indeed right; as long as Mond Aston could regain his footing in time, the outcome remained to be seen.

Mond Aston was indeed a very extraordinary man.

"You bastard!"

"Damn!"

After taking a whole series of beatings, Mond Aston finally erupted. His body suddenly underwent a great change—his speed suddenly spiked, and he extricated himself from Meng Lei's attack range in an instant.

"You bastard!"

Mond Aston stood proudly in mid-air, his eyes bearing into Meng Lei's. The look in his eyes was as if he wanted to swallow Meng Lei alive.

"Eh?"

Meng Lei let out a soft sound of surprise. The change in Mond Aston was too great; he was completely a different person from before.

A pair of wings extended from his back, black on the left and white on the right. There was a pair of tiger ears at the top of his head and a few tiger whiskers on his cheeks. Black and white fur covered his body while a tiger tail hung at his bottom...

His height reached five meters tall. Every one of his rock-like muscles was bulging, and his body was filled with an explosive strength from head to toe.

"He's transformed!"

"Mond Aston has transformed!"

"We're gonna have a good show now!"

At the sight of Mond Aston's change, all the Dragon God Cathedral spectators began to cheer. They were exceptionally excited.

They didn't like to watch one-sided fights, much less when the one being pummeled was a genius from their own academy. They loved to watch fierce battles, equally matched battles, comebacks from desperate situations, and even more so their geniuses crushing other people.

"C'mon! Mond Aston!"

"Bring your strength to the table and show that country bumpkin your might!"

"Mond Aston!"

"Mond Aston!"

Several princes and princesses, nobles and officials began to shout and cheer for Mond Aston to encourage him.

"That was just a warm-up exercise just now, President Fred. The real battle only starts now," President Luke said meaningfully.

"Or maybe it's the end? It's hard to say," President Fred replied with a calm smile.

"What bloodline is that?"

A slightly astonished Meng Lei stared at Mond Aston, who had grown a pair of wings on his back and was standing afloat proudly in mid-air.

"It looks like the Netherworld White Tiger bloodline." Ol' Amos' voice rang out as he said, "But it holds even more terrifying might than a pure-blooded Netherworld White Tiger. It's a little strange."

"The Netherworld White Tiger bloodline..." Meng Lei murmured softly to himself, "That black and white mix and spots and circles... Why does it look somewhat like a panda?"

"I'll admit that I've underestimated you somewhat, kid!" Mond Aston's tiger-like eyes were cold and harsh, giving off a sharp murderous intent. "But it ends here now. I will return—multiple times over—the humiliation you've given me just now to you!"

Whoosh!

The wings on his back flapped lightly, and then a series of afterimages flitted by.

"Die!"

As a tiger roar rang out, a fist also came flying toward Meng Lei.

He's so fast! His speed has actually risen significantly!

An alarmed Meng Lei retreated with a burst of speed.

"Thinking of fleeing? Can you even?"

Mond Aston let out a sinister laugh. His speed spiked again to several times that of the speed of sound, and then a punch went smashing toward Meng Lei's face.

Bam!

This time, Meng Lei didn't manage to duck, and he took the punch squarely. Intense pain assaulted his senses as Meng Lei was instantly thrown backward.

"Take my punishment, kid!"

Mond Aston roared furiously as he rained attacks down on Meng Lei like a storm. This time, it was Meng Lei's turn to be a punching bag.

Bam, bam, bam!

Boom, boom, boom!

That guy is so fast! Am I actually slower than him while I'm in human form? Inconceivable!

Meng Lei was greatly astonished.

After he had raised the Gods-Slaying Rat bloodline assimilation rate to 2%, be it his speed or his defenses, both had reached an astonishingly high level. Even Saint Domain Magical Beasts whose forte was speed couldn't rival him.

Never would he have expected that that guy who had come out of nowhere would actually be faster than even him. There was no way he wouldn't be astounded by that.

It's a shame that I can't transform into a Gods-Slaying Rat. Otherwise, I'll definitely be faster than him!

Since that's the case, then let's raise it some more!

"System, raise my Gods-Slaying Rat bloodline assimilation rate by 1%!"

Whoosh!

His Wealth decreased by 100 billion gold coins in an instant.

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Chapter 183: The Divine Tree Reappears, Five Fruits

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The changes brought about by the Gods-Slaying Rat bloodline assimilation rate's rise to 3% were all-rounded as usual.

His Physical Body Constitution received a spike of 10 billion points to reach a shocking 34 billion points, while his speed and defenses also underwent a dramatic change.

A spike in physical strength!

A spike in speed!

A spike in defenses!

The change between one moment and the next was the most clearly felt by Meng Lei, the one currently being beaten up.

What Meng Lei felt just a moment ago when he was facing Mond Aston's beating had been severe, intense pain. His whole body had been close to breaking apart. But now, the pain had reduced significantly to become a normal level of pain that was completely within an acceptable range.

What did that imply?

It implied that despite how Mond Aston's attacks hadn't eased up, his pain had instead been reduced. This could only mean that... Meng Lei's endurance had increased.

His defenses had been greatly enhanced!

"To what extent has my speed reached?"

Meng Lei's eyelid twitched. He ducked the instant Mond Aston's fist came smashing toward him. With a flash, he was already 100 meters away.

Mond Aston's punch landed on thin air, and he stumbled forward, almost falling onto the ground. His expression changed as he looked at Meng Lei, who was standing 100 meters away.

He's... actually managed to duck!

He clearly couldn't just now, yet he has managed to now!

"Your attacks are extremely sharp. In particular, your speed is the fastest among all the opponents I've faced."

As Meng Lei floated in mid-air and took in the endless strength pumping through his body, he couldn't help but take a deep breath.

"It's just a pity that I'm even faster!"

Whoosh!

His voice was still reverberating in the air when a series of afterimages flitted by. By then, Meng Lei was already behind Mond Aston.

With a bend of his elbow, his hand balled into a fist and went flying out.

His series of actions reached the absolute pinnacle of speed. It was so fast that his fist struck Mond Aston before he could even react.

Boom!

It held great impact and a heavy force that broke through everything.

"Ugh!"

Blood sprayed from Mond Aston, and he doubled over at once, the impact almost causing him to throw up the beef brains that he had eaten earlier.

A single punch alone had heavily injured him!

"Why has your strength suddenly spiked so much?"

Stunned by the change, Mond Aston was shocked and horrified.

"This..."

"How did that happen?"

The audience at the Dragon God Cathedral was close to breaking down. Was that a battle or a goddamn roller coaster ride? Could they finish it in one go instead of having so many twists and turns?

Their hearts couldn't take it!

Up against Meng Lei, whose physical strength and speed had undergone a dramatic spike, Mond Aston's outcome had long since been destined—in other words, to be beaten up!

Whoosh!

As though a ghost, Meng Lei appeared at one place one moment and another place the next. He was like an afterimage constantly striking at Mond Aston.

A punch, two kicks, three elbow jabs...

A series of attack combinations later, Mond Aston was reduced to a punching bag and pummeled by Meng Lei once more.

And this time round, it was different from the previous time. Not only was he unable to make a comeback, but he instead started to suffer injuries—and serious ones—the kind getting more and more serious, too—at that!

As they watched Mond Aston, who was heavily injured and throwing up blood, the audience's wishes at the cathedral finally came true.

The battle didn't undergo any more twists and turns.

But... They simply couldn't rejoice at all.

"He's lost!"

"Mond Aston has actually lost!"

"Oh my dragon god! Is that guy the devil? He's only 16 years old, yet even Mond Aston is no match for him?"

"Isn't Mond Aston a double bloodline-holder? His transformation just now was only for one of his bloodlines, right? He still has another bloodline that he hasn't used. Why isn't he using it?"

At the spectators' words, President Luke instead gave a wry chuckle. Mond Aston indeed held two different bloodlines, and the other one—the White Tiger bloodline—was, in fact, even stronger than the Netherworld White Tiger bloodline.

However, how would the heavily injured Mond Aston possibly be Meng Lei's match, even if he activated his White Tiger bloodline?

"The outcome is clear!"

Frederick the 32nd sighed a little emotionally and said, "Mond Aston has lost the battle!"

"How brilliant, Your Majesty!"

President Fred bowed slightly.

"President Fred, your academy's Meng Lei is indeed extremely outstanding!" Frederick the 32nd marveled, and then, he asked in puzzlement, "But there's something I find rather odd—why did his speed suddenly spike just now?"

"That... I wouldn't know!" Fred shook his head lightly. "Perhaps he was hiding his strength. There's also a chance that he had derived a greater degree of comprehension of some kind of laws of nature at the critical moment."

"Is that so?"

Frederick the 32nd's brows drew together lightly, clearly not quite satisfied with such an explanation. Regardless, he didn't press any further but continued to watch the magic screen instead.

And like what he had said, the outcome was clear.

A few rounds later, the heavily injured Mond Aston wasn't able to make any sort of effective attack at all, and at last, he collapsed from his wounds.

"I've finally settled the case." Meng Lei heaved a sigh of relief.

That fellow was indeed a difficult one to deal with. If he hadn't spent 10 Laws of Nature Origin Crystals to raise his Gods-Slaying Rat bloodline assimilation rate, he might just really have flopped unexpectedly and gotten pummeled by him.

"The Dragon God Empire has many talents in hiding, indeed." Meng Lei was rather emotional as he muttered to himself, "I'm already cheating so much, yet there are still people who could beat me into the ground. Just how rich is the Dragon God Empire's heritage?"

The exchange competition's contestants were no older than 30 years old.

To Saint Domain experts with long lifespans, 30 years old was no more than just a fraction of their lifespans.

Just how strong would those old freaks more than 30 years old be when Mond Aston was already that monstrous before he had even reached 30 years of age?

I'm still too weak. I have to redeem more credit and work even harder.

Meng Lei swiped all the spatial rings on Mond Aston, and then he handed them to his loyal subordinate.

"Sacas, throw him away!"

"Yes, Boss!"

Meng Lei switched on his slacker mode again.

Swimming, fishing, sunbathing, eating seafood, occasionally robbing unlucky souls that he had baited... His days were carefree and leisurely.

His only regret was that aside from the magic cores that were slowly increasing in number day by day, there was pretty much no change in his Wealth. Meng Lei couldn't help but reminisce about the days he had spent hunting Magical Beasts in the Dragon God Tower.

"Compared to the Lost Continent, the Dragon God Tower is more suited to me. This goddamn exchange competition should just hurry up and end!"

Day after day went by. The number of fish biting the hook also became fewer and fewer. By this day, despite Sacas giving off his aura all the way from the morning to the evening, it didn't lure even a single person over.

"Three days. It'll be a month in another three days. I'll be able to leave this place at that time!"

Meng Lei thought idly to himself as he laid on the rocking chair and bathed in the gentle sunlight while gazing at the rolling waves rising and falling.

Suddenly, an aged voice rang out by his ear. Like a trickling stream, it flowed straight into the depths of his soul.

In that instant, Meng Lei felt his mind suddenly calming down and becoming tranquil.

"My children that believe in me devoutly, I am the spirit of the divine tree, the creator and guardian of this continent...

"This year's ripened fruits have already been sent to various corners of the continent. I hope the lucky children can find them!

"Godspeed!"

"What?!"

Meng Lei jumped to his feet!

"Did you hear that, Sacas?"

To his surprise, he didn't get any response.

Meng Lei turned to see Sacas kneeling on the ground and staring into the distance with an excited look on his face and fervent worship in his eyes.

"The divine tree! It's the divine tree's voice! O great divine tree, I am your child, Sacas! I sincerely offer up my faith and pray for you from the bottom of my heart..."

Meng Lei was rendered speechless and completely silent. Nevertheless, he contacted Ol' President at once. "Ol' President, did you hear that voice just now? The divine tree! It's that divine tree's voice!"

"I heard it." Ol' Amos' voice rang out as he replied, "Not only did I hear it, but I've almost locked on to its location, too."

"What? You've locked on to the divine tree's location?" A huge jolt went through Meng Lei as he asked, "Where is it, Ol' President?"

Ol' Amos was silent for a brief moment before he replied in a low voice, "It's not too far from us, 100 kilometers away at the furthest."

"We're so near to it?"

Meng Lei shuddered and hastily glanced about.

"Don't bother. You won't be able to find it." Ol' Amos lowered his voice and said, "Meng Lei, I have a very uneasy feeling about this."

"Uneasy feeling?"

Meng Lei was stunned.

"Do you remember what the Uni-Horned Rose Python said?" Ol' Amos asked in a grave tone of voice, "About the divine tree fruits."

"Yes. The Uni-Horned Rose Python once said that the divine tree bears fruits once every 100 years and that there are nine fruits each round. When the fruits ripen, the divine tree will send the nine fruits to random locations in the continent for the lucky ones to consume."

With a nod, Meng Lei went on and said, "I also remember that the last time the fruits had ripened was 25 years ago. There's a whole 75-years-long difference from the 100-year ripening period that the Uni-Horned Rose Python mentioned. Ol' President, why has the divine tree fruits suddenly ripened 75 years in advance? That doesn't make sense."

"That's exactly what's making me uneasy." Ol' Amos' voice was grave as he said, "Before we came to the Lost Continent, the fruits have always taken 100 years to ripen. Yet the moment we came, the duration was suddenly brought forward. I suspect that the divine tree is doing this deliberately. It may be scheming something. In any case, this whole thing smells fishy!"

"What might it be scheming?" Meng Lei was greatly puzzled. "According to what you've said, the divine tree is highly likely a half-deity. Considering its venerable half-deity status, it could very well just kill us all. Is there the need to play schemes and games with us?"

"That's exactly what puzzles me."

Ol' Amos shook his head lightly as he said, "Also, all of you have been wantonly hunting and killing Magical Beasts in the Lost Continent. It has almost reached the point of full annihilation, yet the divine tree has actually been indifferent to it.

"It's only when they've been annihilated that it finally made a move.

"This is strange! Too strange!"

Meng Lei asked, "What do you think we should do, Ol' President?"

"I'd suggest that we make a retreat." Ol' Amos said in a low voice, "Didn't you frequently say that a gentleman doesn't put himself in harm's way? Considering how the divine tree is acting so abnormally, leaving now is the smartest choice of action!"

"Leaving?" Meng Lei hesitated. "The exchange competition hasn't ended yet. If I leave now, won't I be eliminated in advance?"

"You're being muddleheaded!"

Ol' Amos berated him, "What's the big deal about the exchange competition? Staying alive should be your number one priority instead! I believe that with your talent, you'll eventually surpass me one day to reach unimaginable heights.

"By then, what is there that you wouldn't be able to get?

"Territory, money, power, status, women... You can have as much as you want. Is there a need to be hung up over a championship title?

"Listen to me, retreat first!

"No matter what, you must retreat to where the teleportation magic circle is first so that you can retreat safely immediately if an accident happens."

"I'll do that, Ol' President."

Convinced, Meng Lei sent a flying kick to Sacas' butt and said, "Get up, we're leaving!"

Whoosh!

At that moment, a few golden streams of light suddenly shot toward them and reached right in front of Meng Lei in just a few breaths.

One, two, three...

They were actually five golden fruits!

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Chapter 184: Hand Over The Fruits, It's Her!

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Boom!

A 100-feet-wide waterfall cascaded forcefully from the 1,000-feet-tall cliff, smashing out a gigantic pool at the bottom. The waters in the pool churned as thunderous booms rang out.

Beside the pool was a small unit currently roasting Magical Beast meat at a campfire. The golden-yellow roast was showing signs of charring, yet it was as if the few people in the unit hadn't realized at all.

Their eyes were fixed on a golden fruit a short distance away from them. There was surprise, agitation, curiosity, perplexity, wariness... and greed in them!

"Did you guys hear that?"

"Yeah!"

"I heard it!"

"Is the master of that voice just now the Tree of Life that the Giant Crocodile mentioned?"

"There shouldn't be any mistake about it. Didn't it mention that the tree is the creator and guardian of this continent? So it's likely no doubt the Tree of Life!"

"In other words, that golden fruit in front of us now is the Tree of Life fruit that the Giant Crocodile mentioned?"

"A miraculous fruit that can let low-grade Magical Beasts become a Saint Domain Magical Beast in a short amount of time?"

"Most likely!"

"Probably!"

"I think there's no mistake about that!"

"Magical Beasts may be able to eat it, but can we eat them, too?"

The members of the unit sank into silence at once. All of their eyes were flashing, their thoughts unknown.

"My brothers, that fruit is of unknown origins. We mustn't allow it to bewitch and deceive us. In the event that it's poison itself or some kind of highly poisonous items, wouldn't we be in for it?"

A short and shrewd-looking man said gravely, "Before we ascertain the authenticity of that fruit, we should distance ourselves from it as much as possible, lest we invite great calamity."

"That makes sense."

"I don't dare to eat something of unknown origins like that."

"Everything on this continent feels strange, and that fruit's sudden appearance is even more so. We'd better not touch it."

"Let's just keep it for now."

"We'll talk about it again when we're sure of its origins."

The members quickly reached an agreement. Then, all of them turned around and walked over to the campfire, paying no heed to the golden fruit anymore.

Whoosh!

Just as the few of them reached the campfire and sat down, ready to eat, the form of the short man who had spoken earlier suddenly flashed and darted swiftly over to the golden fruit.

"My brothers, this fruit is of unknown origins, and we don't know whether it's poison or a fruit. I'll sacrifice myself and try it out!"

As the short man spoke, he also grabbed the golden fruit and stuffed it into his mouth. At that moment, a large hand appeared out of nowhere and closed around his throat, pulling him up from the ground.

The short man snapped furiously. "What are you doing, Ned?"

"Myers, are you thinking of monopolizing the fruit?"

The muscular man named Ned snorted and gouged the fruit out of the short man's mouth. Then, he wiped it casually on his clothes and said, "Even if we must test it, I should be the one to do it. You're no way even near in line for it."

Then, he also raised the fruit and sent it toward his mouth.

Whiz, whiz!

Several swords flashed as they cleaved toward Ned, almost all at the same time.

"Damn!"

Having seen it coming, Ned hastily dodged the swords cleaving toward him and snapped furiously. "What are all of you doing, Frank?!"

"Put down the fruit, Ned!"

The other members said with cold looks on their faces, "All of us discovered that fruit. How it should be handled should be discussed and decided by all of us. No-one is allowed to monopolize it!"

"Put down the fruit, Ned. Don't let it affect our relationship!"

"We've known each other for so many years, Ned. Is such a fruit of unknown origins worth breaking our friendship over?"

"Exactly..."

"You're right. I was wrong!"

Ned, who seemed convinced, said, "I'm sorry, my brothers. My anger at Myers just now has made me muddleheaded, so I acted rather rash. I hope you won't hold it against me."

As he spoke, he bent over to place the fruit on the ground. However, in the instant he made contact with the ground, he grabbed a handful of sand and tossed it toward his companions.

Then, with a leap, he dived into the bushes at the side and disappeared from sight. "Making me hand over the fruit? Dream on! My hope for stepping into Saint Domain territory lies in this!"

"You bastard!"

"Ned, you bastard!"

"Go after him! Hurry!"

Similar situations constantly played out in various corners of the continent. In fact, there was no lack of situations even more bitter and desperate than that.

The target that the contestants were vying for had changed. It was no longer limited to just spatial rings and magic cores; what was more important were the golden fruits.

The golden fruits were as though Tripitaka's1 flesh. They held an endless allure that drove all the contestants crazy.

Brothers killed each other, friends fell out, and lovers went at each other's throats.

All of these were directly displayed on the magic screen, causing all the spectators who saw what was happening to be dumbfounded.

"What exactly is going on?"

"Have all of them gone mad?"

"Why are they backstabbing their own companions?"

"Just what exactly are those golden fruits?"

The audience speculated wildly among themselves.

The teachers-in-charge and Saint Domain experts all looked toward the emperor. He was the one that understood the Lost Continent the best. Hence, he should also understand the golden fruits the best!

Little did they expect that Frederick the 32nd was actually also frowning and sporting a perplexed look on his countenance.

"I've sent men to investigate the Lost Continent before, but I've never expected it to have something like those golden fruits." Frederick the 32nd sighed and said, "Thus, I was also completely unaware of those golden fruits' existence."

"This..."

"Even His Majesty is unaware of it?"

The teachers-in-charge looked at one another.

"Your Majesty, the contestants have gone rather out of control. They aren't just vying for magic cores now, but more so the golden fruits. I fear we can't let this go on!"

President Luke said, "Even though it's unclear what those golden fruits are, the lethal attraction they pose to the contestants is enough to show that they are no ordinary objects. Allowing the contestants to vie for them at will will likely lead to trouble!"

"President Luke is right!"

The Royal Knights Academy president also spoke up. "Moreover, the fruits' appearance was too out of the blue. Instead of showing up earlier or later, they had to pick this exact moment to show up instead. It's too fishy!"

"What exactly those fruits are, where they came from, what they're used for, why they've appeared, and the purpose for their appearance... We don't know any of these."

Another academy president chimed in and said, "This matter is too fishy. We must treat this with the utmost care, lest it leads to unnecessary trouble and a great disaster."

"My beloved subjects, all of you are right." Frederick the 32nd nodded slightly and ordered, "Inform the Royal Knight Order to keep a close watch on everything happening in the Lost Continent. Once any abnormalities are discovered, be sure to guarantee the contestants' safety!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

"Just what are those golden fruits?"

There was a deep, dark look in Frederick the 32nd's eyes. "To think they've actually caused a group of young fellows as strong as ninth-grade pinnacle-level and bordering on Saint Domain realm to have no hesitation in tearing at one another's throats and family to harm one another?"

"Madness! They've all gone mad!"

Perched on Sacas' shoulder, Meng Lei felt a rather big headache coming on as he overlooked everything happening on the continent.

The entire continent had totally gone off the rails.

No!

To be more accurate, the contestants had totally gone off the rails. The golden fruits were just like Tripitaka flesh that was causing them to see red as they vied for them.

The key was that Meng Lei had even discovered an astonishing matter—there were far more than just nine golden fruits!

There were already five in his possession ,and the number of fruits that the other contestants were fighting one another for was far more than just four. How could there possibly be just nine of them in total?

"This is feeling more and more like a scheme!" Ol' Amos said gravely, "Tossing out so many fruits all of a sudden and causing all the contestants to go off the rails... This is obviously something planned in advance."

"Who cares? I'm leaving soon anyway." Meng Lei shook his head and said, "When I get back to the teleportation magic circle, I'll watch what happens. If there's any danger, I'll escape immediately."

"A gentleman doesn't put himself in harm's way." Ol' Amos chuckled as he said, "A future exists only for those who are alive. You're right to do that."

Boom, boom, boom!

At that moment, booming sounds of intense battle suddenly came from the forest below them. The grounds shook, and the mountains swayed as trees were broken in halves.

Meng Lei looked over to see two groups of people fighting it out again. One side had seven to eight people, while there was only one person on the other side. The fight was so intense that the two parties were nigh inseparable.

"They've all gone mad!!"

Meng Lei couldn't be bothered with them. He had seen too many of such situations along the way and gotten used to it by now. The sight was no longer surprising to him anymore.

Roar!

A loud, clear, and sonorous dragon roar suddenly traveled over to them. Then, a dazzling, eye-catching golden light burst forth from within the forest as dragon might surged!

"A Golden Colossal Dragon!"

"Damn! That fellow's a Golden Colossal Dragon! Could she be Prince Barbarossa!?"

"No! She isn't! She's clearly a woman! Prince Barbarossa is a man, and I've seen him before. He doesn't look like that!"

"Then, who is she? Does His Majesty have other pure-blooded children?"

"Who she is isn't important. What's important is that she has a golden fruit on her, and we must snatch it from her! That's our guarantee for promoting to Saint Domain!"

"But she's royalty..."

"So what if she's royalty? Everyone competes on equal grounds during the exchange competition. As long as we don't threaten her life, His Majesty, the Emperor won't say anything!"

'You're right!"

"That makes sense!"

"We must get the golden fruit! I saw with my own eyes that Saquila broke through to Saint Domain after she ate one!"

"Mine! The golden fruit is mine!"

"Attack, everyone!"

"Kill!"

Roar!

"Another Golden Colossal Dragon?"

Meng Lei stopped Sacas and remarked, "Did you see that, Ol' President? It's another pure-blooded Golden Colossal Dragon."

"Every emperor typically only has one pure-blooded Colossal Dragon offspring. It's exceedingly rare for them to have two. Why is there another one here?"

Ol' Amos, who was looking at the Golden Colossal Dragon in the bushes, suddenly chuckled and replied, "Evidently, it's not pure-blooded."

"It's not?" Taken aback, Meng Lei said, "Apart from being a little smaller, everything else about it is exactly the same as that Prince Barbarossa whom I beat into a bruised and battered state."

"Its size is the best form of evidence. A Saint Domain Golden Colossal Dragon reaches 100 meters long, but that Golden Colossal Dragon isn't even 50 meters long. Yet its aura rivals that of a Saint Domain Magical Beast."

Ol' Amos shook his head and said with a laugh, "That's enough to show that it isn't a pure-blooded Golden Colossal Dragon. Rather, it's the dragon transformation of a Saint Domain Golden Colossal Dragon Person that has refined and increased the purity of its bloodline."

"I see." Realization dawned upon Meng Lei.

"But for it to develop its Golden Colossal Dragon bloodline to such a degree before it's 30 years old, that little fellow is certainly very impressive," Ol' Amos marveled.

"Yeah!"

Meng Lei nodded slightly. Then, he remarked in puzzlement again, "But for some reason, I can't help but feel that that Golden Colossal Dragon's aura feels rather familiar."

"Familiar?"

Taken aback, Ol' Amos couldn't help but take a close look at the Golden Colossal Dragon. Then, his eyes suddenly widened as he exclaimed, "What the heck! It's her!"

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Chapter 185: Asabelle, Colossal Dragon Transformation

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Roar!

Besieged by the six people, the 50-meters-long Golden Colossal Dragon roared furiously again and again. It either bit with its razor-sharp teeth, sprayed dragon breath or smacked with its claws. Its dragon might was vast, majestic, and extremely domineering.

It was just a shame that the six assailants were similarly no simpletons. Not only were they terrifyingly strong, but they also moved with great rapport and coordination and were simply suppressing the Golden Colossal Dragon.

"Your Highness, hand over the golden fruit."

"As long as you hand over the fruit, we won't make things difficult for you."

"Your Highness, you're already a Saint Domain expert. The fruit is useless to you. As long as you hand over the golden fruit, we'll immediately..."

The six people's minds were moving as they besieged the Golden Colossal Dragon. To be honest, they were under great pressure—after all, the Golden Colossal Dragon in front of them was a princess of the empire.

Had this not been the exchange competition, and had the golden fruits not been that important, they would never have dared to besiege a princess of the empire, no matter how bold they were.

Roar!

The Golden Colossal Dragon roared furiously into the sky, not giving any sort of response at all. It sprayed golden dragon breath from its mouth and attacked the six assailants madly.

At the sight of that, the six assailants' countenances gradually turned cold.

"Your Highness, since you refuse to cooperate with us, then don't blame us for not being civil with you!"

"Attack!"

"Bring her under control first!"

"The fruit is ours!"

"Kill!"

The six assailants didn't hold back anymore. They unleashed their strongest attacks one by one, their offensive power reaching several times of what it had previously been.

With that, the Golden Colossal Dragon finally couldn't quite parry their moves anymore, sinking into straitened circumstances and perilous ground...

At last, it was firmly shackled on the spot by countless green vines and rendered immobile.

"Your Highness, sorry about this."

"Molly, take her spatial ring."

"Okay!"

A female assailant quickly bent over and began to search the Golden Colossal Dragon. In no time, she found two spatial rings.

"Retreat!"

Their countenances overjoyed, they got ready to withdraw.

"Leaving right after beating someone up? Is there anything that value-for-money in this world?"

At this point, an aloof voice rang out. The six assailants' countenances changed, and they got into a defensive stance at once.

A big, muscular Black Dragon Person holding a broadsword among them barked fiercely, "What's so impressive about playing hide and seek? Get the hell out here if you have the guts!"

"You sure are boastful despite not being very strong."

A teenager descended from the sky and landed lightly on his feet like a falling leaf as he watched the six of them with a calm and peaceful expression on his face.

"Who are you?"

The six assailants were a little stunned, seemingly not having expected the intruder to actually be that young. Nevertheless, they didn't carelessly let down their guard.

After so many days of the exchange competition, how could those that had managed to survive to this day possibly be people easy to get along with? The weak ones had long since been eliminated.

It's him!

At the same time, a huge jolt went through the Golden Colossal Dragon trapped on the ground by vines as it watched the teenager with a look of disbelief on its face.

"Who I am isn't important."

The teenager was indeed Meng Lei. He said calmly, "What's important is that all of you should know what I'm about to do. So, you don't need me to explain what you should do now, right?"

"Thinking of snatching our magic cores?"

"That'll depend on whether or not you have the ability to do so!"

The six of them sneered, and then their auras burst forth from them as they got ready to attack. They had as many as six people in their team; they didn't fear Meng Lei at all.

"You overestimate yourselves."

Meng Lei shook his head lightly. Then, he grabbed the air lightly, upon which six leaves appeared in his palm. With the leaves in his grasp, he flicked his wrist lightly and ordered, "Go!"

The feather-light leaves became incredibly sharp and sliced through the air, emitting shrill whizzes and shooting straight toward the six assailants.

"Trying to defeat us with just a few leaves?"

"You're going too far!"

The six assailants, who felt humiliated by Meng Lei, flew into a rage. Considering their strength, did he actually think that he could defeat them with just a few flying flowers and leaves?

He was totally insulting them!

However, the leaves' speed surpassed their imagination. Before they could even respond, they had already slashed across their throats.

Waves of pain came over them.

The six assailants reached out and touched their necks, upon which blood stained their hands.

"This..."

Horrified and alarmed, the six of them stared at Meng Lei in shock and horror, only to realize that he had already vanished, his whereabouts unknown.

Right on the heels of it, a dull thud rang out.

Whoosh!

Meng Lei floated back to where he was. By then, all six assailants had already collapsed onto the ground, either clutching their abdomens, arms, or heads...

They moaned in pain and groaned in agony, their previous momentum nowhere in sight anymore.

"A bunch of trash..."

Meng Lei shook his head. Then, he paid no more attention to the six pathetic fellows, turned to the Golden Colossal Dragon, and walked over.

Although the Golden Colossal Dragon was a size smaller than Prince Barbarossa, it was still enormous, nevertheless. Standing in front of it, Meng Lei was no different from a dwarf!

"This aura... There's no mistaking it!"

Meng Lei gazed at the Golden Colossal Dragon, and then a smile formed on his countenance. "I don't know what you've been through that suddenly made you a Saint Domain expert, but my instincts shouldn't be wrong. It's been a while, Abbe!"

As he spoke, several wind blades shot out of him and severed the infinite number of green vines trapping the Golden Colossal Dragon.

A huge jolt went through the Golden Colossal Dragon, and a complex look flashed across its eyes. Then, its body shrank rapidly, and in no time, it resumed its human form.

Meng Lei was stunned at once.

A tall, slender figure and crystal-clear skin!

Beautiful, exquisite features and eyes that were bright like the stars!

Splendid, elegant dragon horns and a refreshing body fragrance!

A face so beautiful that it could take one's breath away!

She was a beauty that could make one lose control!

Despite having seen an infinite number of natural beauties, Photoshopped beauties, as well as beauties shaped by cosmetic surgery in his past life, he daresay that not a single one could rival the woman currently standing in front of him.

She was just like a noble fairy that had walked straight out of a fairytale—pure, flawless, elegant, and... beautiful.

There was only one word to describe her—gorgeous!

"You... You're not Abbe?"

Meng Lei swallowed hard. Abbe was a man, y'know!

"My name is Asabelle."

The beauty's lips moved as she replied, her voice holding a slight chill to it.

"Isn't that Abbe's voice?" Meng Lei was stupefied. "Who exactly are you?"

"I'm Abbe!"

Abbe sighed and said, "It's been a while, Meng Lei."

"Are you really Abbe? But isn't Abbe male?" Meng Lei was even more dumbfounded. "Also, your looks aren't right, either!"

"You're really..."

Abbe was rendered speechless. Then, she took out a necklace embedded with an emerald, and a miraculous scene happened the next moment—a thin layer of mist appeared on the surface of her skin, and her originally beautiful face turned into an ordinary-looking one.

It was a face that Meng Lei couldn't be any more familiar with—it was Abbe's face!

"You really are Abbe..."

Meng Lei was rendered speechless. "Weren't you a guy previously? Why have you suddenly turned into a woman? Which exactly is the real you?"

"I'm female!" Abbe explained softly, "Previously when I was studying in Fire Dragon Magic Academy, I had disguised myself as a man in order to avoid unnecessary trouble."

"Alright! No wonder you were so cold to me. So you're a girl!"

Meng Lei shook his head. Then, he asked, "Since you're a Golden Colossal Dragon Person and on top of that, your Golden Colossal Dragon bloodline development has even reached such a stage, you must be a princess of the empire?"

Abbe stayed quiet for a brief moment before she nodded and replied, "I'm 1,001st in the family and am Father's 1,001st child."

"T-the 1,001st... 1,001st Princess?"

Meng Lei couldn't help but gasp. "His Majesty sure is fertile! To think he has actually given you so many brothers and sisters!"

"Brothers and sisters?"

Abbe gave a self-mocking smile and said no more.

"But you sure know how to act! We've been housemates—with one living upstairs and one downstairs—for half a year. Even though we didn't speak to each other much, I really couldn't tell that you're a girl, let alone a princess."

Meng Lei remarked wistfully, "If I'd known you're a princess, maybe I'd have curried favor with you properly? Who knows?"

"Curry favor with me? Do you think I'd have believed you?" Abbe rolled her eyes. "All you care about is your cultivation. Even if you had known that I was a princess, you probably wouldn't have given me the time of day anyway..."

"Hahaha, look at what you're saying..."

Meng Lei gave a patronizing laugh and changed the subject. "By the way, if memory serves me right, you were just a Seventh-Grade Warrior a few months ago, weren't you? Why are you..."

About two to three months ago, Abbe had barely been a Seventh-Grade Warrior after she had transformed into a Golden Colossal Dragon Person. She had even been beaten up badly by a few Demigiants. If it hadn't been for him, she would have croaked a long time ago!

And yet, she was currently emanating a Saint Domain aura after transforming into a Golden Colossal Dragon.

Seventh-Grade!

Saint Domain!

The change between then and now was simply too great. It was practically even more monstrous than Meng Lei's cheating.

"I went to the Dragon Transformation Pool."

Abbe only touched briefly on the subject. After saying the three words "Dragon Transformation Pool", she didn't say any more, clearly not intending to offer any further explanation.

Meng Lei could only ask Ol' Amos, "What's the Dragon Transformation Pool, Ol' President?"

"The Dragon Transformation Pool is one of the Dragons' important places." Ol' Amos explained, "Contained within it is the pure blood essence of ancient Dragons. If Drakes could go inside and cultivate there, they'd be able to greatly refine the Dragon bloodline in their bodies and transform into Dragons. It's just that..."

"What is it?" Meng Lei hurriedly asked.

"In typical situations, only Drakes that have reached Saint Domain level are qualified to enter the Dragon Transformation Pool. It's very hard for those beneath Saint Domain level to enter, even if they're the emperor's sons or daughters."

Ol' Amos was rather puzzled. "This isn't because the Dragons are misers. Rather, it's because it's extremely dangerous inside the Dragon Transformation Pool, so Drakes weaker than Saint Domain level aren't able to handle the ancient Dragons' blood essence's forcefulness at all. I really wonder how that little girl managed to endure it."

Stunned, Meng Lei couldn't help but give Abbe a deep, profound look.

"What's wrong?"

Abbe was confused.

"Looks like you've gone through a lot during these two months. But it's alright. You've come through in the end." Meng Lei shook his head lightly. "Never mind, let's not talk about that anymore. Where are you intending to go after this? Why don't you retreat together with me?"

"No! I want to continue looking for and collecting the divine tree's fruits. If it's possible, I even want to look for that Tree of Life and kill it so that I can take all the fruits it has!"

A glint shone in Abbe's eyes as she spoke.

"You're already a Saint Domain. Why are you so hung up over collecting the divine tree's fruits?" asked Meng Lei, who had gotten a shock from her words.

"Because the golden fruits hold great use to me!"

Abbe said in a low voice, "Prior to coming to this continent, I was only at the pinnacle of ninth-grade, much less able to transform into a Golden Colossal Dragon.

"But after I accidentally ate a divine tree fruit, not only did I successfully break through to Saint Domain level, but the Golden Colossal Dragon bloodline inside me was also greatly refined.

"I realized that the golden fruits held great use for me right away. As long as I can consume more of them, I might just be able to become a real pure-blooded Golden Colossal Dragon!"

"The golden fruits can do that, too?" Greatly astounded, Meng Lei asked, "You're clearly already able to transform into a Golden Colossal Dragon, though. Why do you still want to refine your bloodline?"

"I'm still a far way off from becoming a real Golden Colossal Dragon!" Abbe shook her head as she said, "I need even more golden fruits. I want to do everything I can to refine the Golden Colossal Dragon bloodline in me."

"The transformation into a Colossal Dragon and being a pure-blooded Colossal Dragon are two different concepts." Ol' Amos explained, "Under typical circumstances, as long as a Dragon Person's Colossal Dragon bloodline assimilation rate reaches 70%, they'll be able to transform into a Colossal Dragon. However, they're evidently still not 100% pure-blooded Colossal Dragons."

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Chapter 186: The Divine Tree Makes An Appearance, Sealing A Half-Deity

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Transforming into a Colossal Dragon and being a pure-blooded Colossal Dragon—these were two entirely different concepts.

"In other words, as long as you consume more divine tree fruits, you can constantly refine the Golden Colossal Dragon bloodline in your body and allow you to get nearer and nearer to becoming a pure-blooded Golden Colossal Dragon?"

"That's right!"

"This thing can even refine one's bloodline?"

With a flip of his hand, a brilliant golden divine tree fruit appeared in Meng Lei's palm. As though a golden apple made out of pure gold, the apple-sized golden fruit dazzled with golden light in the sunlight.

I wonder if this thing can refine the Gods-Slaying Rat and Golden Gods-Slaying Ant bloodlines in my body?

Meng Lei held doubts about that. Just because the divine tree could refine the Colossal Dragon bloodline didn't mean that it could also refine other types of bloodlines.

After all, he had as many as five different bloodlines in him.

Meng Lei sought Ol' Amos' opinion and asked, "Ol' President, what will happen if I eat the divine tree fruit?"

"Don't eat it yet." Ol' Amos shook his head as he said, "Although the divine tree fruit seems very miraculous before we figure things out, I wouldn't suggest that you eat it. Keep them with you for now. We can talk about it again when we've figured everything out. What's the difference between eating them now and later, anyway? There's no hurry."

"That makes sense."

Meng Lei nodded slightly. Compared to risky things like that, he much preferred using the system's credit redemption to boost his strength.

"The divine tree fruit!" Abbe stared hard at the fruit, a look of longing flashing in her eyes. "You managed to get them, too."

"Yeah, I lucked out."

Meng Lei smiled at her. It was at this moment that the sound of something whizzing through the air abruptly rang out. Then, dozens of wind blades shot toward them.

At the same time, other attacks also blasted toward them from all directions.

A 100-meters-long gigantic dragon of flames on the left!

Up to 100 basketball-sized rock bullets on the right!

Dozens of ten-foot-long water spears to their front!

And a muscular man with a huge axe in his hand behind them!

"Oh no! Someone's ambushing us!"

The expression on Abbe's pretty face changed a little. She wanted to transform into a Golden Colossal Dragon to engage in battle right away, but Meng Lei only waved her off as he said, "Relax, it's just a bunch of ragtags. They pose no threat."

Then, he tossed out a first-class spell—Absolute Zero!

Buzz!

A white icy air current manifested and, with Meng Lei and Abbe in the center, spread outward in all directions.

In a mere instant, it had enveloped the whole area within 10,000 meters of where they were.

The gigantic dragon of flames froze.

The hundred rock bullets froze.

The dozens of water spears froze.

And the ax-wielding muscular man also froze.

The trees and weeds around them were also frozen. The six fellows that had besieged Abbe earlier were no exception, either—they had also been frozen into popsicles.

As far as the eye could see, everything was covered in white.

The whole area around them had turned into a world of ice.

"Absolute Zero! And instant release at that!" Abbe took a breath and lamented, "Not only has the gap between the two of us not shrunk, but it's instead becoming bigger and bigger."

"It's not that huge. Haven't you been promoted to Saint Domain level, too?"

With a light snap of Meng Lei's fingers, all the ice sculptures within 10,000 meters of where they were broke into pieces, turning into ice chips that scattered all over the ground.

Only the six assailants and the few people that had launched the sneak attack just now remained where they were. It was obvious at one glance that a total of five people—including the ax-wielding muscular man—had attacked them.

It was just that the five of them were currently ice sculptures, with every one of them frozen in a peculiar pose.

They either had a shocked look on their faces, were in the midst of chanting a spell incantation, or sported looks of excitement in their eyes... All of their facial expressions varied, and their manners of bearing also different from one another's.

"You can only count yourselves unlucky for choosing to ambush me."

What happened next was evident—body searching, looking for spatial rings, and taking them for himself.

"Tsk, these five must be pretty strong. They've actually gotten so many magic cores. Not bad, they even have a golden fruit, too."

Meng Lei was grinning so widely that his face was all wrinkled. Disregarding the golden fruit, for now, just the magic cores in their spatial rings alone already made up an astonishingly high number. All of these were money to him.

"I really don't know how you managed to cultivate to such a level!" Abbe's eyes were filled with envy. "We haven't seen each other for only two months, yet you're already so strong. The next time we meet, would you have already broken through to become a half-deity?"

"A half-deity? That's too far a notion." As Meng Lei kept the fruit and the spatial rings, he said, "I'm about to leave this place. Why don't you leave with me, too? This continent is currently fraught with great danger. It's not safe here."

"No, I want to continue looking for the divine tree fruits and the Tree of Life," Abbe rejected his offer and said, "The fruits can refine my bloodline. I will never give up, no matter what!"

"That mentality of yours is too dangerous." Meng Lei frowned as he said, "I suspect that the Tree of Life is a half-deity that's currently plotting some kind of conspiracy. If you go looking for it, how is that any different from sending yourself straight to death's door? Let's just leave!"

"A half-deity?"

A huge jolt went through Abbe.

"All the living things on the entire Lost Continent worship the Tree of Life. It's highly likely that it's a half-deity!" Meng Lei shook his head lightly as he said, "Staying in a half-deity's territory is simply too dangerous. Also, even if you do get more of the divine tree fruits, don't eat them anymore. Those things aren't safe."

A look of indignant reluctance came over Abbe's features at once. A brief moment later, she surprisingly shook her head and said, "Thank you, Meng Lei, but I'm not leaving!"

Then, she rose into the sky and flew away.

Meng Lei opened his mouth but ultimately chose not to call out to her. Abbe was a stubborn one; Meng Lei had already had a taste of that a long time ago.

"Never mind, do what you want, then." Meng Lei shook his head as he remarked, "I've already said what I should. It's up to her whether or not she wants to heed the warning."

Then, he also left the area.

"Why aren't you going after her, kid?

"Not only is she gorgeous, but she's even a princess of the empire. There are so many out there who wish to be her knight in shining armor yet couldn't. To think you've actually given up such a prime opportunity!

"I'm really suspecting more and more that your carnal desires are undeveloped..."

"No-one's going to mistake you for a mute if you speak a little less, Ol' President."

"Let's go, Sacas!"

After Meng Lei left, Abbe walked out from behind a tree. As she stared at the departing Meng Lei, she murmured softly, "I wish I could leave with you, Meng Lei, but I can't..."

A day later, Meng Lei finally returned to the seashore where they had been when they had first arrived on the continent.

"Let's wait here! I'll be able to leave in another couple of days."

After finding himself a remote beach, he then took out a large ten-meters-wide golden pot, ready for another hotpot feast.

"Are we having seafood hotpot again, Boss?"

At the sight of that, Sacas obediently went to catch seafood again.

An hour later...

A bonfire blazed into the sky as soup bubbled and boiled in the pot. An aroma rushed toward them as a human, and a beast sat around the hotpot and feasted.

"I want abalone, Boss!

"Give me that geoduck, Boss!

"I want more, Boss! I want some more..."

Time went by very quickly, and a day passed. There was currently only a day left to the end of the exchange competition's month-long duration.

Meng Lei laid on the soft beach and bathed in the warm, mild sun as he waited for the exchange competition to end.

Boom!

A tremor suddenly went through the ground!

Boom!

Another tremor!

Boom!

Right on the heels of it, the ground began to shake and tremble rhythmically. It felt like 10,000 horses galloping across the fields, yet also like tanks crushing the ground. The entire continent was booming and shaking.

"What's going on?"

Meng Lei quickly soared into the sky and looked around, upon which he was immediately stunned into a daze.

In the continent's center, a far distance off, stood a massive tree so tall that there was no telling its height and so wide that one couldn't tell its trunk circumference.

It seemed like the Jianmu Tree1 that connected the heavens and earth, yet also like the Yggdrasil2 whose roots were entrenched into the earth. Standing erect between heaven and earth, the towering tree branches were as though passageways to heaven while the lofty tree crown shrouded the area 10,000 miles from where it was.

When looking from afar, clouds could be seen circling around it.

The sun's multicolored radiance reflected upon it as the phenomenal scene went through a million grand changes.

The most inconceivable thing was that the massive tree was covered in several gold chains that wrapped around it like a net.

A majestic and holy might emanated from the massive tree reaching straight into the heavens and wantonly oppressed Meng Lei's spirit, giving him the urge to submit to it, convert his faith to it, and prostrate before it.

"T-the Tree of Life!" Meng Lei exclaimed softly, "Ol' President, is that the Tree of Life?!"

"Yes, it's the Tree of Life!" Ol' Amos emerged and said, "This aura is divine power! Though faint, it's nevertheless no doubt divine power! There's no mistaking it! I was right. It really is a half-deity!"

"So it really is a half-deity!"

Meng Lei's heart quivered. He felt an urge to immediately return to the teleportation magic circle and make an escape. Against a massive tree of half-deity status, he really didn't possess even a shred of confidence.

As for Sacas the Multi-Armed Behemoth, in the instant it saw the Tree of Life, it was already prostrating on the ground, so agitated that tears filled its eyes as it loudly prayed to and extolled the greatness of the tree.

"Something isn't right! That half-deity's aura is so weak! It can't even compare to a Saint Domain limits-level expert's! What's going on? Are we too far away from it?"

Ol' Amos, whose brows were tightly drawn together into a huge frown, stared hard at the massive tree for a moment. Then, he suddenly exclaimed in a low voice, "The gold chains... I get it now! That Tree of Life has been sealed! It has been sealed!"

"Sealed?"

Meng Lei was dumbfounded.

"Do you see those gold chains around the Tree of Life? That's the seal! The Tree of Life has been sealed. That's why it's giving off such weak divine power!"

Ol' Amos smacked his forehead as he said, "I knew it. Even though it was indifferent the whole time while all of you were wantonly killing its worshipers in its territory, it wasn't done out of choice. Rather, it's because it has been sealed and is totally immobile. That's the actual reason why!"

Meng Lei asked with a dazed look in his eyes, "Just what kind of existence can seal a half-deity like the Tree of Life?"

"There'll always be someone stronger out there, and there's no limit to how high one can go; there is no lack of existences stronger than a half-deity. Heaven's Vault Continent is ultimately just a small pond." Ol' Amos shook his head slightly. Then, he suddenly frowned and asked, "Meng Lei, are a lot of black dots floating around the Tree of Life?"

Meng Lei hurriedly looked over. Although they were a great distance away from the Tree of Life, he saw many tiny little black dots.

Those little black dots were suspended around the Tree of Life like insects around a willow in summer.

A puzzled Meng Lei asked, "What are those little black dots?"

"We're too far away, so it's hard to tell. Go a little nearer!" Ol' Amos said gravely, "Don't worry, it's been sealed, so as long as we're not too near, it can't do anything to you."

"Okay!"

After a moment's hesitation, Meng Lei flew toward it.

As he approached, the black dots also became bigger and bigger. He could now see them clearly after he reached a certain distance—those dense and packed black dots were actually the exchange competition's contestants. And apart from them, there were also many other unfamiliar-looking figures!

Those figures wore golden armor, held broadswords, and rode golden beasts—they were clearly all golden-armored knights!

As he continued to approach, he could vaguely see a thin golden shield around the Tree of Life.

Some of the contestants were enveloped within the golden shield, while all the golden-armored knights were fervently attacking the golden shield, seemingly trying to rescue them.

"What are they doing?"

Meng Lei was rather bewildered.

"Damn! They've been tricked! They're attacking the seal! Once the seal is destroyed, the Tree of Life would be released!"

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Chapter 187: Holy Knight Order, The Empire's Half-Deity

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"Attacking the seal?"

Meng Lei was bewildered.

"Can't you tell?"

With a severe look on his face, Ol' Amos explained gravely, "The divine tree fruits are just bait—bait that it tossed out in order to lure contestants like you. What's tragic is that many of the contestants had actually fallen for it! Thus, they are now trapped within the seal, unable to escape!"

"And then?"

"In order to rescue them, the empire will definitely send experts to attack the seal, ultimately rescuing the Tree of Life and releasing it, too.

"A conspiracy! This is a total conspiracy from the start to the very end!"

Meng Lei hurriedly asked, "What will happen if the Tree of Life breaks the seal, Ol' President?"

"Isn't that obvious?" Ol' Amos barked, "What do you think will happen when a sealed half-deity is freed?"

Meng Lei couldn't help but shiver at the thought.

"Meng Lei, you must stop them from attacking the seal at once. Otherwise, it'll lead to a great disaster!"

"Stop them?"

Meng Lei was hesitant. He couldn't wait to escape and go far, far away from the Tree of Life at the moment. Yet he was telling him to stop those guys?

"The Tree of Life is currently sealed, so the degree of risk has been greatly reduced." Ol' Amos said gravely, "What you need to do is just to stop them. If nothing goes wrong, it won't be dangerous."

"Alright!"

As he went nearer and nearer, the view also became clearer and clearer.

The Tree of Life's branches were too thick, too tall—taller and thicker than any great mountains that Meng Lei had ever seen.

Its crown was too large, too lush—just like a gigantic halo, it enveloped the sky within 10,000 miles of where it was.

Big, tall, lofty, and majestic! Vast and extensive!

"Who'd have thought that a massive life form like that actually exists in the world? Nature is indeed miraculous!" Meng Lei was thoroughly astounded. "And what's even more inconceivable is that someone has actually sealed a fearsome life form like that!"

As he got nearer and nearer, the view also became clearer and clearer.

Branches flourished from the Tree of Life, leafy and lush. And amid the luxuriant leaves bore an abundance of golden fruits.

A quick glance revealed that the tree was filled with them.

"Just how many divine tree fruits are there? And just how much will I earn if I sell them all?"

Meng Lei swallowed hard, suddenly understanding why so many contestants had been lured there.

Given the numerous divine tree fruits on it, just how great of an allure did it pose?

Who would be able to resist it?

Nobody at all!

At last, he came close to it.

A mountainous ridge when viewed horizontally and a high peak when viewed from the side; far, near, high, and low, different from every angle.

Why couldn't one tell the true form of Mount Lu?

For they stand within, part of the mountain they have become1.

At this point, it was no longer possible for him to get a full view of the Tree of Life. All that entered one's sight was just a big, tall, and rough wall—the Tree of Life's trunk!

Wrapped all around the surface of the trunk was an infinite number of chains formed from golden magic sigils. Like a fishing net, they wrapped all around the tree.

The chains spread out, ultimately forming another golden shield around the Tree of Life and sealing it within.

At the same time, the golden shield also trapped almost a hundred unfortunate souls within—in other words, the hundred-odd contestants that had also been sealed inside.

Floating outside the golden shield were thousands of people. Aside from a few dozen contestants, the rest were all broadsword-wielding, beast-riding golden-armored knights!

"Where did these guys come from?"

Meng Lei stared at the golden-armored knights, somewhat puzzled.

"Judging from their gear, they are likely the Royal Holy Knight Order." Ol' Amos replied, "The Royal Holy Knight Order is the empire's most elite troops. Even the weakest among them possesses ninth-grade pinnacle-level strength."

"Why are they here?"

Meng Lei was puzzled. Weren't the contestants supposed to be the only ones on the Lost Continent?

"If I'm not wrong, the Royal Holy Knight Order is in charge of protecting the contestants' safety during the exchange competition." Ol' Amos instructed, "Get them to stop, Meng Lei. If they continue to attack, they'll break the seal sooner or later!"

At the moment, be it the Holy Knight Order or the 100-odd contestants inside the shield, all of them were fervently attacking the golden shield.

Every attack from them caused the golden shield to reverberate intensely, which in turn caused the entire continent to shake along with it—it seemed like the seal was connected to the whole continent itself.

"Alright, I know what to do now."

Meng Lei nodded slightly. Then, he took a deep breath and shouted, "Stop attacking, everyone! Listen to what I have to say!"

His voice wasn't very loud, but it reached everyone clearly. Everyone stopped attacking one by one and turned to him.

"Meng Lei!"

Someone who recognized him called out his name.

"Who's he?"

However, there were more of them that didn't know who he was, and all of them broke into frowns.

"Stop attacking, everyone. Listen to me first!"

As the puzzled crowd gazed at him, Meng Lei said, "All of you can sense the divine power that this huge tree here is giving off, right? That's right. This tree is a half-deity!"

"A half-deity?"

A jolt went through some of them as their countenances changed dramatically. All of them were just weak contestants that didn't have any idea of the Tree of Life's background.

However, the rest of them—in particular, the Royal Holy Knight Order—showed practically no response to his words. Evidently, they were already aware of the Tree of Life's background since a long time ago.

Or perhaps they'd determined its identity based on the divine power that the Tree of Life emanated.

After all, its mighty divine power was right there for all to see. It wasn't hard for them to make the judgment.

Meng Lei continued and said, "But this half-deity has evidently been sealed. That's why we can stand here safely right now!"

Then, he changed the course of the conversation and said, "But what are all of you doing? You're attacking the seal! And helping it to break out of its seal! Aren't you afraid that by destroying the seal, you'll really set the Tree of Life free?"

Nobody had anything to say to that.

In particular, all the knights of the Royal Holy Knight Order sank into total silence. Evidently, they were aware of what they were doing and also knew the consequences of their actions.

"Therefore, I hope that everyone can cease their attacks at once."

Meng Lei's voice was low and grave as he said, "Once the Tree of Life breaks the seal, all of us will die! Nobody will be able to escape! That's all I have to say! Think about it yourselves!"

Then, Meng Lei turned, ready to leave. He didn't know what they would do after hearing what he had to say, but that was all he could do.

Now that he'd fulfilled his objective, it was time to leave.

"Sir, we fully understand what you're saying."

A Golden Colossal Dragon Person dressed in royal armor stepped forward at this point. He had a pair of golden horns on his head and a pair of golden wings on his back.

As he pointed at the Tree of Life trapped within the golden shield, he said slowly, "We know that it's a half-deity life form, and we also know that we're currently attacking the seal, but we have no other choice.

"Our mission is to ensure the safety of every contestant and eradicate all external forces that interfere with the exchange competition. Therefore, it is our duty to protect every contestant.

"However, more than 100 contestants are currently trapped. In fact, they are sharing the same space with the half-deity Tree of Life. Their safety has come under serious threat.

"We must rescue them and ensure their safety while also ensuring that the exchange competition is running smoothly. This is our mission as well as our duty!"

"But by doing so, you'll bring harm to everyone!"

Meng Lei was mildly taken aback. Just as he was about to persuade him further, Ol' Amos' voice suddenly rang out. "Look, Meng Lei! Your little princess housemate seems to be in there, too!"

Meng Lei hurriedly looked over. True enough, he spotted Abbe among those 100-odd contestants!

She stood behind the contestants, quietly watching him. Upon noticing his line of sight, she lowered her head at once.

"Abbe..."

Meng Lei was dismayed.

"There are also quite a few other familiar faces in there aside from her."

Ol' Amos went on. "That Netherworld White Tiger Person, Francis from the Fire Dragon Kingdom, and even that pure-blooded Golden Colossal Dragon prince...

"No wonder the Royal Holy Knight Order is attacking the seal so desperately. To think the future emperor is also trapped inside!"

"So many of them..."

Meng Lei couldn't help but gasp.

"Actually, you don't need to worry, sir." The Golden Colossal Dragon Person spoke up again. He said, "We've already reported the situation to His Majesty. I believe that in no time, His Majesty will dispatch experts here to destroy that evil half-deity treant!"

"The empire's experts?" Meng Lei was startled. "Can the empire's experts stand against a half-deity?"

"Typical experts definitely can't, unless it's a half-deity." Ol' Amos nodded and said, "If a half-deity really comes forward, then dealing with that Tree of Life won't be a problem. I'm just afraid that the Emperor can't get them to do it."

"Is there also a half-deity in the Dragon God Empire?" Meng Lei was a little startled. "Why haven't I heard anyone mentioning it before?"

"Duh! If the great Dragon God Empire didn't have a half-deity presence, it'd have been destroyed by other empires a long time ago!"

Ol' Amos scoffed derisively and said, "And it's not just the Dragon God Empire. The Titan Empire, the Beast People Empire, the Fairy Empire, and even some ancient clans living in seclusion—all of them have half-deity presences among them.

"It's just that half-deities, as existences that stand above Saint Domains and below deities, represent the strongest form of combat power in Heaven's Vault Continent. They usually only exist as strategic deterrents.

"In most typical situations, half-deities tend to stay behind the scenes. Unless situations such as the empire facing the threat of subjugation arise, they almost never make an appearance."

"I see!" Realization dawned upon Meng Lei, who then asked, "Ol' President, what did you mean when you said that His Majesty might not be able to get the half-deity to come forward?"

"The emperor can command ordinary Saint Domains, but if he wants to request something of a half-deity... It's a hard task to achieve!" Ol' Amos said dispassionately, "In truth, even a Saint Domain limits-level expert can ignore the emperor if they want to."

Meng Lei shook his head lightly as he remarked, "Looks like not even the emperor is almighty."

"Almighty? You're thinking too much."

Ol' Amos was rather disdainful as he said, "Heaven's Vault Continent is ultimately a world where the strong rule. Power will always come first and foremost.

"Status is but just something that comes with power.

"There are many experts in the Dragon God Empire who don't fear the emperor at all. In fact, even the emperor has to bow respectfully in greeting when he meets the Dragon Kings who stand above the Saint Domain realm and the half-deities.

"Remember this—in the Dragon God Empire, there is no lack of people who can be the emperor, but there are only so many Dragon Kings and half-deities. You can do without an emperor, but you can't do without a Dragon King or a half-deity!"

"In other words, whether the empire's half-deity will make an appearance or not depends on whether they'll act on account of the emperor?"

Meng Lei was rendered speechless.

"Exactly! After all, most half-deities are striving hard for the goal of deification. To them, time is even more valuable than Laws of Nature Origin Crystals. Where are they going to find the time to bother with trifling matters like this?"

Ol' Amos shook his head.

"What should we do, then?"

"What should we do? Leave, of course!"

Ol' Amos snorted and said, "It goes back to the same thing—a gentleman does not put himself in harm's way. Whether or not the empire's half-deity comes, you have to ensure your safety first and foremost!

"I'm reminding you—your little princess housemate may be beautiful and gorgeous, but she's not worth you putting yourself in danger yet!"

"Ol' President, you must've been a cold and heartless scumbag when you were young, right?"

Meng Lei couldn't stop himself from rolling his eyes.

"A scumbag? Please, I'm a lifelong bachelor!"

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Chapter 188: God's Domain, The Hammer of Destruction

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"W-what's that?"

"It's... It's so huge!"

"To think there's such a lofty and majestic tree in this world... How inconceivable!"

"That tree is so massive! It's probably no ordinary tree?"

A gigantic tree towering straight into the sky appeared on the Dragon God Cathedral's huge magic screen.

It stood erect in the continent's center, towering tall and straight into the sky above the sea of forests. The mountains were reduced to mere props while the ancient trees became its background.

It was simply too huge and too majestic—one could neither see to the top nor the ends of it.

The moment it entered their sights, it astounded everyone, ranging all the way from Emperor Frederick the 32nd to every single civil and martial official. All of them were dumbstruck and flabbergasted.

Frederick the 32nd was terribly alarmed. "Why didn't the surveillance team discover a lifeform like that in the Lost Continent?"

Nobody knew whether or not they had discovered it, but Frederick the 32nd had already realized that the Lost Continent was far more unsafe than what he'd thought. The contestants... They were in danger!

"Reporting!"

It was at this moment that a golden-armored knight walked out of the teleportation magic circle. "Your Majesty, a half-deity lifeform has appeared in the Lost Continent. 100 contestants, including Prince Barbarossa and the others, have been captured, and their lives are in peril!"

"What?"

Everyone got up at once, an indescribable astoundment brimming in their eyes. All of them were shocked.

The emperor barked fiercely, "Are you sure?"

The golden-armored knight replied loudly, "Your Majesty, it is the absolute truth!"

"Your Majesty!"

"Your Majesty!"

All the Saint Domain experts turned to the emperor at once. The princes, princesses, nobles, and officials also turned to him.

Everyone knew that things had gotten serious.

A half-deity lifeform had appeared in the Lost Continent, and it had captured 100 contestants, including Prince Barbarossa.

This was no longer an accident on a small scale but a serious matter that threatened to undermine the empire's core.

Once mishandled, not only would the empire make an enemy out of a half-deity, but it would also cause irreversible losses for the empire.

This was an extremely serious matter.

Frederick the 32nd, who was facing everyone's anxious, anticipative eyes, slowly closed his eyes. He said, "By sending all the contestants to the Lost Continent without careful consideration when we aren't yet clear on the situation in the Lost Continent, I have sinned!"

"Your Majesty!"

Everyone exclaimed in low voices.

"However, it is nigh the time to pursue the matter of accountability now. What's most imperative right now is to dispatch men to the Lost Continent and rescue the contestants!" Frederick the 32nd stepped forward. "Summon the senior statesmen's assembly at once and order the Grand Elder, Second Elder, and Third Elder to follow me to Dragon Island to request aid from the grandmasters!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

An official bowed in acknowledgment and hastily went to deliver the imperial order.

"My beloved subjects, you're dismissed!" said Frederick the 32nd as he looked at everyone.

President Luke hurriedly stepped forward and requested, "Your Majesty, the contestants are in critical peril. I am willing to head to the Lost Continent in advance to investigate the situation. If it is permissible, perhaps that may help a little with the situation!"

"Me too, Your Majesty!"

"We cannot stand by and wait idly while our students are trapped. I request to head to the Lost Continent in advance to investigate the situation!"

"Your Majesty..."

For a moment there, all the academy presidents and teachers-in-charge requested to be deployed to the Lost Continent to rescue their students.

"I am greatly moved by your sincerity, my beloved subjects. Unfortunately, a half-deity occupies the Lost Continent. All of you heading there is no different from moths flying into the fire—seeking death!" Frederick the 32nd shook his head lightly. "Everyone had better just wait for my good news. As long as the grandmasters are willing to help, a mere native half-deity can be wiped out with just a flick of the fingers."

"Your Majesty!"

"My mind is set. Say no more!"

Frederick the 32nd threw back his long sleeves, and then, he rose into the air and flitted toward the palace. A group of palace attendants, princes, and princesses hastily followed after him.

"This..."

All the Saint Domains looked at one another, sighing one by one.

In the Lost Continent...

"Protecting the safety of all the contestants and ensuring that the exchange competition doesn't suffer interference from external forces—these are missions, as well as our duty, that His Majesty the Emperor has given us, the Holy Knight Order!"

With a brandish of the broadsword in his hand, the Golden Colossal Dragon Person shouted, "Where doth our duty lie?"

"With glory it lies!"

"With glory it lies!"

"With glory it lies!"

The knights of the Holy Knight Order roared.

"For the Holy Knight Order's duty and for the Holy Knight Order's glory, I order all of you to continue to attack!"

"With glory it lies!"

"With glory it lies!"

Boom, boom, boom!

The Royal Holy Knight Order resumed their attacks on the golden shield. With their great strength and sheer numbers, thousands upon thousands of attacks struck the golden shield, causing the thin golden shield to shake violently as if it'd shatter any moment!

"Evil deity, release the contestants at once!" The Golden Colossal Dragon Person shouted as he attacked, "The half-deity expert from the Dragon God Empire is descending any moment now..."

This was originally just an insignificant threat, but unexpectedly, the Tree of Life, upon hearing the threat, seemed to have been triggered.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

Up to 100 vines suddenly flew into the air and morphed into innumerable pythons that assailed the 100-odd contestants. The vines weren't particularly fast. They moved at snail-like speeds; hence the contestants easily evaded their attacks.

However, an aged voice suddenly rang out the next moment.

"God's Domain!"

Buzz!

A strange energy wave descended.

Instantly, the 100-odd contestants were frozen to the spot as if their acupoints had been sealed. They stood there just like that, still and motionless.

Whoosh!

Whoosh!

Whoosh!

The vines crept over slowly and wound around the contestants again and again. In no time, they had wrapped around them and turned them into dumplings.

"What's going on?"

Everyone was rather dumbstruck.

"God's Domain! That's God's Domain!" Ol' Amos exclaimed, "It's an ability that only half-deities can use. Not only can it freeze space-time, but it can also imprison everything in the world. As expected, the Tree of Life really is a half-deity. We can be completely sure of that now!"

"God's Domain?"

A huge jolt went through Meng Lei!

"Go, Meng Lei! Hurry and leave!" Ol' Amos urged him, "It was triggered by that fool just now. On the off-chance that the Tree of Life goes berserk and tries to break the seal at all cost, all of you will die!"

"Leave?"

Meng Lei couldn't help but look at Abbe, and the moment he did, an intense shiver went through him.

The vines winding around the contestants had actually stabbed into them and were madly absorbing their lifeforce.

"Help!"

"Help me!"

"I don't want to die!"

All the contestants whom the vines had wound around were actually visibly shriveling up.

Abbe was no exception to that, either. Little by little, her jade-like, crystal-clear skin started to lose its luster, shriveling and drying up bit by bit...

"Abbe!"

Meng Lei was terribly shocked.

"Go! You little bastard, go!" Ol' Amos urged him loudly. "You won't be able to save her! You won't! Leave this place immediately! Out of sight, out of mind..."

"But Ol' President..."

Meng Lei was in a struggle.

"There are no but's to be had! The two of you are just mere acquaintances. That bit of friendship is not worth risking your life for!"

Ol' Amos berated him loudly, "Besides, what can you do even if you rush in there? Can you save her? You can't!

"Not only will you not be able to save her, but you'll even throw your own life away instead! It's... not worth it!

"Meng Lei, you're a Saint Domain. Be more rational!"

Meng Lei fell silent. He was indeed rather weak at the moment.

"Don't bother with me, Meng Lei!" Abbe shook her head hard. "This is what I've chosen. I have no regrets. There's no need for you to throw your own life away!"

Then, she suddenly smiled. Next to her gradually-shriveling skin, her smile seemed as though a flower that was gradually withering and looked extraordinarily tragic.

"I was born into the royal family and was all by myself since I was young with no-one loving or doting on me. I had no family, no friends... Until I met you.

"You saved me twice. To me, you're my only friend. If anything untoward happens to you because of me, I will live in guilt, regret, distress, and pain for the rest of my life!

"Go, Meng Lei! Live on! Live on properly!"

Abbe's eyes gradually dimmed and dulled. A single teardrop rolled off the corner of her eye on her dried-up face.

"Your only friend?" Meng Lei took a deep breath. "Maybe I can't stay so miserly anymore!"

Then, he licked his lips and ordered, "System, be on standby at all times. Let's go crazy together later!"

Then...

"Shatter!"

With a shout, Meng Lei smashed his fist against the golden shield!

"What are you doing, brat!?" Ol' Amos was aghast. "Are you crazy?!"

"Don't worry, Ol' President! I know what I'm doing!"

Meng Lei continued to launch a series of frenzied attacks on the golden shield, much like a raging bull.

Bam, bam, bam!

It was just a pity that despite the golden shield shaking violently as if it would shatter any moment, it ultimately didn't. With a silent curse, a dark golden hammer appeared in Meng Lei's hand.

"C'mon, break!!"

Meng Lei leaped high into the air and smashed the hammer down madly.

Boom!

A shocking, thunderous boom erupted. Amid crisp-sounding cracks, a few cracks appeared on the surface of the golden shield. Then, more and more of them appeared, instantly spreading throughout the golden shield like a spider web!

Crash!

The golden shield broke apart in an instant the next moment, turning into countless glowing particles that dissipated into the universe.

"Abbe!"

"Break!"

As Meng Lei smashed the dark gold hammer about in a frenzy, the vines that had wound around Abbe broke at the roots. Then, Meng Lei reached out and caught hold of her.

"How are you feeling, Abbe?"

Abbe's peerless beauty from before was nowhere in sight anymore. What was left was just a dry, shriveled-up face covered in wrinkles.

"M-Meng Lei!" As though she had heard him, Abbe slowly opened her eyes and said weakly, "Meng... Meng Lei, don't... Don't b-bother... wi... with me... Go... H-hurry... And go!"

"Ol' President, what do I do now?" Meng Lei hurriedly looked at Ol' Amos and asked, "Can she still be saved?"

"Sigh, what a sin!" Ol' Amos let out a faint sigh and said, "The Tree of Vitality's branch can save her."

"The Tree of Vitality's branch? Right, right! The Tree of Vitality's branch! Why did I throw that out of my mind?"

Meng Lei hastily brought out the Tree of Vitality's branch. Then, he asked, "How do I use this thing, Ol' President?"

Ol' Amos sighed again and again as he replied, "Squeeze out the lifeforce essence in it and feed it to her."

"Alright!"

Meng Lei nodded, and then, he squeezed the branch forcefully.

"Abbe! Open your mouth!"

One drop, two, three...

Then, something amazing happened!

As if rain descending upon dry riverbeds!

As if the spring breeze blowing across a frozen creek!

As if the blazing sun shining upon the moistened ground!

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Chapter 189: Facing The Evil Deity, Extreme Credit Redemption

Something amazing happened.

Bit by bit, Abbe's face started to plump up and turn rosy. Her weak aura also began to strengthen again...

"It works! The Tree of Vitality's branch is working!" Meng Lei couldn't help but heave a sigh of relief. "How are you feeling, Abbe?"

"You shouldn't have saved me, Meng Lei."

Abbe, who had recovered a bit of spirit, stared at Meng Lei in a daze as a layer of mist formed in her beautiful eyes. "You shouldn't have!"

"No matter what, we're housemates and classmates. It's inexcusable behavior if I leave you to die when saving you is within my means."

With a laugh, Meng Lei helped Abbe up and said, "Let's go. We'll leave this place and talk again when we reach somewhere safe."

"Okay!"

Abbe didn't speak any further. She rested her head against Meng Lei's chest, listening to his strong heartbeat...

Meng Lei's embrace suddenly felt so safe, so firm, and so warm to her...

At the same time, the Royal Holy Knight Order also rushed over to rescue the other 100-odd contestants, who didn't receive the same treatment as Abbe, of course. Whether or not they would survive would depend on fate itself.

The Golden Colossal Dragon Person urged them loudly, "Hurry! Evacuate the contestants!"

"Since you're here, then don't bother leaving!"

The aged voice rang out again at this point, upon which a shocking scene then played out—countless golden rays of light appeared out of nowhere, and then they converged into yet another golden shield which trapped everyone within.

Bam!

Meng Lei was thrown right out upon crashing against the golden shield. The others were no better—every single one of them was also flung back to where they'd originally been. Everyone's expressions took on a dramatic change.

"What's going on?"

Meng Lei, who was flustered and panicked, asked, "Didn't I already break the seal, Ol' President? Why has it appeared again?"

"I don't know, either!"

The situation was driving Ol' Amos rather mad, too.

"Damn! The barrier has appeared again!"

"Attack!"

"Attack the barrier at once, everyone!"

Boom, boom, boom!

The Royal Holy Knight Order launched into yet another series of frenzied attacks.

"Wait a moment here, Abbe!"

The dark gold hammer appeared in Meng Lei's hand again. With flames of fury burning in his eyes, he imbued all of his strength into the hammer and smashed it heavily against the shield.

Boom!

As the dark gold hammer smashed against the golden shield, the terrifying recoil of the impact threw Meng Lei out.

Yet the golden shield didn't shake even a little, let alone become destroyed.

"No way!"

Meng Lei roared furiously, "One more time!"

Boom!

Boom!

Boom!

One hit! Two! Three!

In spite of that, the golden shield stood as enduring as rock, not wavering in the least.

"Why is this happening?" Meng Lei's eyes were bloodshot. "Why has the golden shield become so much sturdier?"

Ol' Amos' voice was deep, low, and trembling a little as he replied, "Meng Lei, we might have been tricked!"

"Tricked?"

A huge jolt went through Meng Lei.

"Don't bother trying anymore, little fellow."

The aged voice rang out once more. Then, a gigantic human visage appeared on the Tree of Life's trunk.

The human visage's mouth opened and closed as it scoffed. "This is my territorial barrier. How can a Saint Domain like you possibly break it?"

"The Tree of Life!" Meng Lei exclaimed as he swung around.

The others also looked toward the huge human visage on the tree trunk. Under everyone's gazes, the golden chains all around the Tree of Life disappeared little by little until they were all gone.

The seal... was gone?

At the same time, a vast, mighty divine power emanated from the Tree of Life, crashing down on everyone's hearts.

Boom!

One after another, everyone plummeted onto the ground. They felt as if a mountain was crushing down upon their shoulders, as if great boulders were weighing down on their chests, and as if something was clenched tight around their hearts. Hardly able to breathe, it felt exceptionally horrible.

"We've been tricked! We've indeed been tricked!" Ol' Amos bellowed madly, "It wasn't sealed! Brat, the so-called seal doesn't exist at all! It tricked us! It tricked us all!"

"Why would it do something like that?" Meng Lei couldn't understand its motives. "Just how strong is a great half-deity? If it wishes to take our lives, all it needs is just a mere thought. So why would it go to so much trouble to scheme something like this?"

Ol' Amos shook his head—he really had no idea why.

"Why?" Meng Lei's eyes bore into the Tree of Life as he asked, "Why are you doing this? You're a great half-deity, y'know!"

"A half-deity? But that's ultimately still not a true deity." The Tree of Life gave him a noncommittal smile as it said, "You must be very puzzled as to why I did all these, right?"

"Yes, why?!" shouted Meng Lei.

"Because of you," answered the Tree of Life with a slight smile.

"Me?" Meng Lei was momentarily stunned. Then, he sneered, "I am but just a Saint Domain. Am I worth going to such lengths for?"

"Of course you aren't, but there's something on you that is!" The Tree of Life said aloofly, "For the sake of obtaining it, no matter how much I have to do, it's all worth it. And now, it should return to its original owner."

"Something on me?"

Stupefied, Meng Lei pointed at himself.

Ol' Amos was just as stupefied as him while the others also looked at one another in confusion.

"What exactly are you talking about? I don't understand what you're saying," A frowning Meng Lei shouted, "Are you talking about your fruits?"

"You cunning human, stop playing dumb!"

The Tree of Life snorted icily and said, "I've sensed that thing's presence ever since you arrived at the Lost Continent. From that moment onward, I knew at once that that's the object that I lost a long time ago.

"It has finally returned! It pleases me greatly to know that!

"But I'm also furious because you're simply too sly. Not only did you not return it to me, but you even went into hiding and constantly avoided me!

"I was terribly enraged, so I could only resort to such painstaking measures. Fortunately, the outcome is still somewhat satisfactory."

The Tree of Life's voice grew louder and more sonorous as it commanded, "You cunning human, hand over that thing in your sea of consciousness. It belongs to me!

"Or else, you'd better not blame me if I come personally to take it from you! By then, you won't be the only one dead—all of them will be, too!"

"That thing in my sea of consciousness? You're referring to—"

A huge jolt went through Meng Lei, who had immediately thought of something. Aside from the soul flame, there was only one other object in his sea of consciousness—that golden leaf!

That golden leaf which he had obtained from the parchment manuscript had been occupying a spot in his sea of consciousness all this time. Apart from giving him the superbly strong wood-elemental magic talent, Meng Lei knew absolutely next to nothing about it.

What exactly was it?

Even now, Meng Lei still hadn't figured it out yet.

But one could imagine that it must be no ordinary artifact.

It... belonged to the Tree of Life?

Ol' Amos hurriedly asked, "Meng Lei, what is it talking about?"

"It's talking about the golden leaf!"

Meng Lei didn't keep it a secret from Ol' Amos.

"The golden leaf?" A startled Ol' Amos said, "But that's a divine weapon. How can it be the Tree of Life's? It shouldn't be! Its aura differs completely from the Tree of Life's. What the hell? It can't be that that thing has taken an interest in the golden leaf, so it's thinking of snatching it from you?"

"You don't say, that might really just be the case!"

Meng Lei flew into a rage at once.

You keep going on and on about how it belongs to you, but in truth, it's because you've discovered my divine weapon and are plotting murder for gain!

Disregarding the fact that it's a divine weapon, so I can't bear to give it to you at all; even if I do have the intentions to, I can't get it to move, either!

Occupying a spot in Meng Lei's mind, the golden leaf—apart from absorbing the Wood Elements in the universe every moment of the day—paid no heed to Meng Lei at all!

Hand it over?

Yeah, right! Am I supposed to burrow into my own sea of consciousness and gouge it out for you?

What a dumbass!

"Meng Lei, did you really take something that belongs to the Tree of Life?"

Everyone had been watching Meng Lei closely the whole time, so they had fully witnessed the changes in his facial expressions. Many of them became furious at once.

"What exactly did you take from the Tree of Life?! Hurry and hand it over!"

"That's right! Bold of you to actually steal something from a half-deity!"

"Take it if you must, but you shouldn't have implicated us! Take a look at Prince Barbarossa and the others; they are close to dying because of you..."

All the contestants trapped within the golden shield denounced Meng Lei, venting their anger and frustrations on him.

The Royal Holy Knights' expressions weren't very pleasant, either. The Golden Colossal Dragon Person leading them said in a low, deep voice, "Sir, for the sake of everyone's safety, you'd better hand it over!"

"Hahaha!"

Furious to the extreme, Meng Lei burst into laughter instead. "Was it me that had embroiled all of you in this? If all of you hadn't fought over the divine tree's fruits, would you have landed yourselves in such a predicament?

"You can only blame your own greed for this, as well as yourselves for reaping what you've sown. What has it got to do with me?"

Meng Lei then looked at the Tree of Life and sneered coldly, "Not only have I not taken anything of yours but even if I have, do you think I'll return it to you when it's already in my hands?"

"Human, you're challenging a deity's authority!"

A vast, majestic wave of divine power weighed down on Meng Lei as the Tree of Life spoke in a low and deep voice, "I'll give you one last chance! Hand over that thing, and I'll spare your lives! Otherwise, don't blame me for being heartless and ruthless!"

"Hurry and return that thing to the Tree of Life, Meng Lei! You're holding everyone's lives in your hands!"

"C'mon, return it to the Tree, Meng Lei!"

"Take it as I'm begging you. For the last 18 generations, my family has only had one son in every generation, so I can't die here. Otherwise, it'll be the end of my family lineage!"

"Meng Lei, I have a 200-years-old mother to support and a three-year-old toddler to feed..."

Upon hearing the Tree of Life's threat, many of the contestants were badly frightened. They either cursed at him, threatened him, or pleaded with him...

But one thing stayed the same—all of them wanted Meng Lei to hand over the golden leaf.

"A bunch of fools!"

Ol' Amos swore quietly. Then, he said, "Don't listen to them, Meng Lei. Even if you hand over the golden leaf, the Tree of Life won't let you off. You must understand that the leaf is a divine weapon. Once it gets its hands on it, the Tree of Life will definitely silence everyone and kill all of you.

"Why would that evil deity care about your lives when it doesn't even care about the deaths of its countless Magical Beast worshipers? Begging for mercy?

"That's just that bunch of fools' wishful thinking!"

"Tree of Life!"

A hint of insanity flashed past the depths of Meng Lei's eyes as he shouted hysterically, "Stop goddamn daydreaming! Even if we must fight it out, you can forget about taking even a strand of hair from me!"

Meng Lei had only just spoken when all the power in him erupted. Then, he smashed the Hammer of Destruction in his hand madly toward the Tree of Life.

"You foolish and ignorant human!"

The Tree of Life was enraged. "Now that you've rejected the final bit of a deity's goodwill be prepared to suffer a deity's fury!

"God's Domain!"

A terrifying energy wave instantly came crushing down on Meng Lei. As if his acupoints had been sealed, he instantly froze on the spot, unable to move even a fingertip.

"It's over! All over!"

Ol' Amos heaved a sigh.

"It isn't! It's not over yet!"

Meng Lei, whose eyes were bloodshot and looked as if a crazed man, ordered, "System, raise the Gods-Slaying Rat bloodline assimilation rate!

"Don't stop! Raise it as much as possible! Until all my Wealth has been redeemed for credit!"

"Ding! Dear host, your Wealth amounts to a total of 73.2 Laws of Nature Origin Crystals. It is possible to raise the Gods-Slaying Rat bloodline assimilation rate by 7%. May I know whether you'd like to raise it?"

"Yes!"

Whoosh!

His Wealth instantly shrank by 70 Laws of Nature Origin Crystals!

Boom!

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Chapter 190: This Is A Divine Technique, Gods-Slaying Rat Transformation

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Underneath the Tree of Life and inside the golden shield, everyone had lost all hope. Many of them vented their hatred on Meng Lei.

"You bastard!"

"It's all his fault! If it hadn't been for him, we wouldn't have landed ourselves in such a predicament!"

"That fool screwed us over so bad!"

"It's over! All over!"

"What a pitiful and foolish idiot. Is he actually having delusions of resistance? What a joke! How laughable! Tragic..."

Boom!

However, it was at this moment that innumerable greenish-black air currents suddenly burst forth from Meng Lei, who had been imprisoned on the spot by the Tree of Life's God's Domain and unable to move even a finger.

As though blazing cyan flames yet also like thick, roiling smoke signals of war rising high into the sky, they wrapped all around Meng Lei in an instant.

Boom!

As if skyrocketing, Meng Lei's aura spiked and expanded insanely.

, 50, 98, 99...

Boom!

It instantly went off the charts.

In the time for one to take just a few short breaths, Meng Lei's aura had been boosted by not just a hundred or a thousand times—a terrifying pressure spread and swept outward in every direction, crashing down on everyone's spirits.

Boom!

Hardly able to breathe, everyone felt as though a great mountain that weighed a billion tons was weighing down on them. Shock and horror filled their eyes.

"What's going on?"

"What has happened to that idiot?"

"Meng Lei has broken through again?"

Abbe's beautiful eyes twinkled with extraordinary splendor.

"Eh?"

The Tree of Life let out a soft sound of surprise and commented, "That cunning human has actually broken through in the face of danger? Interesting!"

Screech!

A sharp, ear-piercing howl that almost pierced right through everyone's souls suddenly rang out.

As everyone's ears rang, to their horror, they saw the hologram of a furry creature manifest above Meng Lei.

Sleek, shiny fur!

Greenish-black, ink-like skin!

Sharp, savage-looking fangs!

And icy-cold eyes!

The Tree of Life exclaimed softly, "What's that?"

For some reason, the hologram was actually causing a sense of fear that reached right into one's bones and a sense of dread that could intimidate one's soul in it.

It felt just like...

When it had faced a powerful Saint Domain Magical Beast when it was still small and weak—vulnerable, helpless, and pitiful...

"No! I'm a great half-deity! There's nothing I fear!

"That's right! There isn't a single lifeform that I fear!"

Murderous intent overflowed from the Tree of Life's speech as it dispelled its feelings of fear and dread.

"No matter who you are and no matter what kind of bloodline you carry, go to hell!"

Overwhelming divine power came fully crashing down on Meng Lei. Then, a golden branch shot toward him.

Whoosh!

In most people's memories, tree branches were typically very light, nimble, and tender objects, but this particular golden branch from the Tree of Life was instead incredibly heavy and unbelievably quick.

A fearsome build coupled with a fearsome speed—one can easily imagine just how great the driving force contained in the branch must be.

Should one be struck by it, those weaker than half-deities would surely die on impact. As for how a half-deity would fare... No-one knew!

Slash!

The golden branch ripped through the air and reached Meng Lei in an instant. Just as it was about to lash against him...

Whoosh!

At the very last moment, Meng Lei—who had been trapped—vanished, leaving behind not even a trace of himself.

"What?!" The Tree of Life couldn't help but exclaim, "He's actually vanished while he's still inside my God's Domain! This... This is impossible!"

"Nothing is impossible, you old tree demon!"

A cold, imposing voice rang out as Meng Lei abruptly showed up in front of the Tree of Life.

He raised the Hammer of Destruction high up into the air. A storm raged and howled furiously around the hammer. Then, it went smashing down.

Boom!

The Hammer of Destruction, which had been imbued with incredible destructiveness, smashed heavily against the Tree of Life.

The Tree of Life shook violently with a deafening explosion as the hammer smashed a huge pit into its trunk.

Of course, relative to the Tree of Life's immeasurably tall and thick trunk, the so-called "huge pit" was actually no different from a tiny pore on a human's skin—indiscernible!

"No! Impossible!"

Nevertheless, the Tree of Life was terribly aghast.

One must know that it was a half-deity. On top of that, it was even a botanical half-deity lifeform. Its trunk was solid and indestructible; not even a fellow half-deity could wound it, let alone a mere Saint Domain.

And yet... Meng Lei had managed to!

A Saint Domain had actually wounded it!

The Tree of Life couldn't help being alarmed, enraged, and horrified.

"Damned human! You've thoroughly enraged me!"

The Tree of Life flew into a terrible fit of anger. An infinite number of golden vines lashed about in the sky and turned into innumerable golden whips that blotted out the sun as they lashed toward Meng Lei in a swarm, as though intending to shatter him into bits and pieces.

"Kill!"

Meng Lei moved at lightning-fast speed, weaving to and fro and crisscrossing left and right at will amid the all-encompassing net of whips. No matter how the golden vines slapped and lashed at him, they simply didn't manage to hit even the corners of his clothes.

He literally passed through a thicket of ten thousand whips and emerged without a single one touching him.

"Die, old tree demon!"

After weaving through the overlapping layers of whips, Meng Lei charged right up to the Tree of Life again and gave it another furious, earth-shattering hammer blast.

Howl!

Gales howled furiously as tornadoes went through the clouds!

Boom!

Another huge pit appeared in the trunk!

"You bastard! Damn it! I'm so mad! I'm so mad!"

Rage drove the Tree of Life to the brink of insanity.

It was a great half-deity that stood at the apex of the pyramid of lifeforms on Heaven's Vault Continent. Yet it was actually powerless against a Saint Domain? How was it supposed to uphold its half-deity reputation like that?

"God's Domain!"

The Tree of Life let out a furious roar and tried madly to suppress Meng Lei.

Buzz!

A momentary pause came over Meng Lei's form, and he froze.

"Die!!"

Thousands upon thousands of golden whips took the opportunity to lash toward him.

Whoosh!

Meng Lei regained his mobility and vanished from the spot again.

And then...

Boom!

A third pit was formed!

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"That brat is actually... actually..."

"Oh my dragon god! Am I dreaming?!"

"A hallucination! This must be a hallucination!"

"It's fake! It must be fake! How can Meng Lei possibly be a match for a half-deity? He's just a Saint Domain!"

Ol' Amos, Abbe, the other contestants, the thousands of Holy Knights—everyone was astounded!

Who would have ever imagined the scene currently playing out in front of them?

Who would have ever imagined that the Tree of Life, a great half-deity, would actually be unable to do anything about Meng Lei, a mere Saint Domain?

On top of that, Meng Lei, the Saint Domain in question, was... even just 16 years old!

"Why exactly has it turned out like that?"

No-one could understand why, save for Ol' Amos, whose lip corners were spasming as waves churned fiercely in his heart.

That little bastard has inexplicably gotten stronger again! It's just that, isn't the scale kinda too exaggerated this time?

"You goddamn little thief! I want you dead!"

The Tree of Life was so infuriated that it was close to bursting from rage.

"God's Domain!"

Meng Lei's form froze slightly, imprisoned once more.

"Divine Technique: Deprivation of Life!"

With a deep roar, thousands upon thousands of golden light rays burst forth from the Tree of Life. They morphed into a thick, sturdy golden light beam that instantly shrouded Meng Lei within.

Right on the heels of it, a mysterious wave of energy invaded Meng Lei's body, taking instant effect and fervently stripping him of his lifeforce!

"A divine technique! This is a divine technique!"

Ol' Amos shouted in warning, "Kid, a divine technique uses one's power of divinity as a driving force. It holds absolute effect over lifeforms without any power of divinity!

"Quickly! Think of something!

"No matter what, you must break free of God's Domain's shackles! Otherwise, when the divine technique's might unfolds, you'll be doomed!"

"Move! C'mon, move!"

Meng Lei bellowed deeply, furiously trying to move his body, only to tragically find out that the God's Domain was exceptionally powerful this time—his body didn't listen to his command at all!

"Since that's the case, then this is my only option now!"

Veins bulged on Meng Lei's forehead as he let out a low roar. "Gods-Slaying Rat... Transformation!"

Pooof!

Right after he spoke, Meng Lei's body began to furiously shrink and shrivel like a deflating inflatable doll. In the span of a few short breaths, he had become only 0.5-meters-tall.

At the same time, innumerable strands of greenish-black fur emerged on the surface of his body. Three black whiskers extended from each side of his cheeks while a long, slender, and exquisite tail grew from his bottom.

Boom!

Several greenish-black air currents circled around him as a surging, torrential blast of vast, majestic savage aura erupted from him.

All ten fingers of his turned into razor-sharp claws. His eyes were a shiny jet-black while his two front teeth turned long, slender, and sharp—he had actually transformed into a Gods-Slaying Rat Person!

Screech!

Meng Lei broke free of God's Domain's shackles with a light shake and immediately vanished within the golden light beam.

What nimble agility!

What terrifying defenses!

His body had become immeasurably lighter and more nimble, while his defenses had also been enhanced by several times. Meng Lei took in the new sensations, overwhelmed by his emotions. His self-confidence rose like never before.

In that instant, he actually feared the Tree of Life no more. All there was left in him was just surging fighting spirit and overflowing murderous intent.

"Disappear!"

Upon command, the Hammer of Destruction vanished.

Meng Lei swayed slightly, and then, as if he had teleported, he appeared bizarrely on the Tree of Life's trunk.

With a light swipe of his sharp claws, a crisp scratching sound rang out, and he clawed out a deep fissure on the Tree of Life!

"What sharp claws!"

Even Meng Lei himself was astounded. His eyes shone brightly, and he began to brandish his claws again and again. Then, amidst crisp scratching sounds, a deep hole was created.

Drip...

Drip...

Droplets of golden sap seeped out of the deep hole. They emanated a light and refreshing fragrance that invigorated and revitalized all that caught a whiff of it.

"Ahhh!"

On the other hand, the Tree of Life cried out in pain instead, as thousands upon thousands of golden vines whipped toward Meng Lei in a frenzy.

As Meng Lei eyed the innumerable vines lashing through the air toward him, his eyes swiveled sneakily, and he thought to himself, Since my claws are so sharp, why don't I...

Meng Lei promptly dived into the deep hole that he had just dug with that thought in mind!

Slash!

Slash!

As his claws repeatedly dug into the Tree of Life, the hole also became deeper and deeper.

Then, he dived right into it!

"You bastard! What are you doing? Ahhh!"

The Tree of Life was terribly aghast. Then, it let out a shrill scream, and its enormous body began to shake violently. As if it had taken Ecstasy pills, its trunk swayed while its leaves trembled.

"I dig! I dig! I dig, dig, dig!

"Compared to its astonishingly sturdy bark, its insides are surprisingly and relatively much softer! What fragrant sap! I wonder if it's potable?"

"You little bastard, I've gotta hand it to you!"

Ol' Amos' voice, which contained boundless excitement, rang out at this point. "Hurry! Find its vitality core!

"The Tree of Life is also a botanical lifeform, so as long as you can find its vitality core, you'll be able to kill it!

"Although there's only a sliver of a chance, now that things have reached this point, it's completely worth risking it and giving it a try. If you can kill it, you'll strike gold!"

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