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Chapter 239: Who's Beating Up Who? The Titan Self-Destructs

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Gales wreaked havoc above the clouds as fissures formed in rapid succession, forming a hellish sight of great dishevelment that sent torrential tidal waves churning in the spectators' hearts.

Fifteen against one!

They were obviously ganging up on the other party by outnumbering him!

It was obviously very unfair to Meng Lei!

It was also obviously a sure-win match!

Yet the outcome caught one off-guard. Meng Lei fought singlehandedly against great numbers, yet he simply overpowered the Titan half-deities. On top of that, the more he fought, the more valiant and wilder he became!

"Is that really a goddamn human?"

"How can a human be that strong?"

"A monster! He's a monster!"

The Thunder Titan Emperor felt chills all over him. He'd initially thought Meng Lei doomed for sure once the grandmasters showed up, but who'd have thought that things would actually develop into a state such as this!

"Old dogs, is that all you've got?" Meng Lei raised his head and guffawed into the sky. "If that's all you've got, then all of you are destined to meet your ends today!"

"Kill!"

"Kill him!"

"Use your Divine Techniques!"

After a series of clashes, the Titan half-deities could clearly feel the difference between Meng Lei's and their divine bodies. At once, they hurriedly retreated from the battle range and cast their Divine Techniques!

"Divine Technique: Divine Wind of Annihilation!"

"Divine Technique: Judgment of Life!"

"Divine Technique: Meteor Drop!"

"Divine Technique: Absolute Zero!"

"Divine Technique: Ultimate Alchemy!"

In an instant, more than ten Divine Techniques rushed toward Meng Lei—divine winds that could crush everything, wooden vines that could devour one's life force, meteors that could destroy the world...

They bombarded Meng Lei as if wanting to rip him into shreds, smash him into a bloody pulp, freeze him into an ice sculpture, or transmute him into gold...

Boom!

At the same time, a destructive wave of power of divinity also reverberated through the surroundings, instantly sweeping through the entire mountain peak and throwing out the spectators once again!

When the lingering waves finally dispersed, the Titan half-deities and spectators hastily looked over. However, Meng Lei was nowhere in sight—he had vanished into thin air as though he had never been there in the first place!

"I-is he dead?"

One of the spectators' eyes widened.

Someone replied uncertainly, "He's... probably dead? Who would be able to survive those Divine Technique attacks capable of destroying everything?"

The Titan half-deities didn't let down their guard in the least—because they knew very well that Meng Lei hadn't died. In fact, their attacks just now hadn't struck him at all!

Additionally, even if the attacks really had struck him, considering the degree of durability that Meng Lei had exhibited with his divine body, it was impossible for him to have been blasted into smithereens and not even a single broken piece of himself left behind anyway.

Suddenly, an elderly Titan half-deity shouted, "Look out, everyone!!"

"Look out? Would there even be any use to doing that?"

Meng Lei appeared right in front of the elderly Titan half-deity out of the blue and dished out a series of 100 machine gun-like punches, his little fists bombarding the half-deity wildly!

"Aaahhhh!"

For a while there, sad, shrill cries that sounded like the wailing of vengeful spirits from hell rang out all the way up into the clouds, causing everyone's scalps to go numb and chills to run down their spines!

What would it feel like to be bombarded by that many punches? Would it hurt very badly?

Hurt?

The elderly Titan, currently being subjected to the little fists' pounding, was the clearest on how it felt. Every punch of Meng Lei's carried vast, enormous force capable of devastating everything, and every single punch rendered him dizzy and woozy!

As 100 little punches came smashing toward him like a raging storm, the elderly Titan half-deity felt as if every single part of his body was hurting—his face, neck, arms, chest, bones...

Pain!

It was even more painful than going into labor!

At last, when all the pain and agony finally ceased, the elderly Titan also went flying out. All everyone could see was just a pile of minced meat...

The elderly Titan had also ended up the same way as Hyman, the old high priest—smashed into bits!

"I-is he dead?"

"Yet another grandmaster has died?"

Fear and trepidation filled the spectators. Was there even anything that could possibly be more astounding than personally witnessing a half-deity being pounded into minced meat?

Not at all!

Nothing could be even more astounding than that!

"Why? Why is he so strong?" The Thunder Titan Emperor murmured to himself.

By this point, he could already tell that Meng Lei wasn't battling at all. Rather, he was... fooling around!

That's right! He was fooling around!

If he wanted to, Meng Lei could kill any of the grandmasters anytime, anywhere.

Yet he had refrained from doing so, choosing instead to play a game of cat-and-mouse—he was toying with the grandmasters!

The Titan half-deities could also sense it. As fury welled up within them, they also felt a deep sense of helplessness at the same time!

How were they supposed to fight when that knave was so strong?

"He's actually still alive!"

The moment Meng Lei noticed that no system notifications had come in despite him killing the elderly Titan, he knew right away that the old coot also had another divine incarnation.

Meng Lei couldn't help but turn toward the remaining 14 half-deities. True enough, he discovered a half-deity that looked identical to the elderly Titan from before among them!

"You... You've actually killed my wind-elemental divine incarnation!"

The elderly Titan half-deity was so furious that even his eyes had turned red.

"Do you know how much effort and energy I exhausted and how much hard work I had put in before I had successfully forged that divine incarnation? And now it's gone! All gone!"

The elderly Titan half-deity had gone totally berserk. "Knave, you've completely cut off my path to deification and caused my tens of thousands of years of cultivation to go up in smoke! I want you dead! Dead!!"

The Titan half-deity charged right up to Meng Lei. His blood and energy flow surged and churned around him, and then he suddenly exploded!

Boom!

As though a 1,000-megaton hydrogen bomb going off, the elderly Titan half-deity instantly blew up into a cloud of bloody mist. Waves of incredibly destructive power spread into the surroundings, instantly engulfing Meng Lei before continuing to engulf the rest of the place!

"Elder Frank!!"

Aghast, the remaining 13 half-deities hastily darted into the distance.

A half-deity's self-destruction carried a terrifying level of destructiveness. Even they would perish for sure if they were to be caught up in it!

The wild, violent energy waves engulfed the summit, the Divine Titan Temple, as well as the 10,000-feet-tall Titan Spiritual God statue!

As for the spectators that had fled into the distance, none of them were spared, either! All of them were also engulfed!

A light breeze blew, gradually dispersing the smoke and dust pervading the air and once again revealing the square. The Divine Titan Temple was gone while the place had been reduced to rubble!

The 10,000-feet-tall Titan Spiritual God had also collapsed and was lying on its side on the ground.

"Why did you have to go so far, Elder Frank?"

The 13 Titan half-deities floated in mid-air in the distance, all of them rather filled with grief and lament.

At the same time, the spectators who were fortunate enough to survive also looked toward the area with expressions of fear and horror.

They had clearly already been a great distance away, yet the greater half of them had still died from the explosion!

They practically couldn't get any unluckier than that!

"Cough, cough! Is that knave dead?"

The Thunder Titan Emperor was also one of the lucky survivors. The current him looked extremely worse for the wear. His clothes were torn and tattered, and he was covered in blood after suffering grievous injuries.

He didn't have the leisure to pay much attention to that, however. His eyes were fixed on the other side, urgently wanting to know whether or not Meng Lei was dead—that was what he was the most concerned about at the moment!

"Where's that knave?"

"I don't know!"

"Just how fearsome is the destructiveness resulting from Elder Frank's self-destruction? That knave was even right in the epicenter of the explosion, too. There would practically be no justice in this world if he could survive even that!"

"That makes sense!"

"What a shame about Elder Frank, though..."

The Titan half-deities were terribly mournful.

Elder Frank was the oldest and most senior half-deity among them. Many of them had received his guidance in the past. Upon seeing Elder Frank end up like that, how could they not be heartbroken?

"Bubbles, your partner-in-crime is dead!"

Hazeus' eyes bore coldly into Bubbles, a hint of brutality coming over them. He said, "And now, it's your turn! Don't worry. I won't kill you so easily!"

"Dead?" As if he were staring at a fool, Bubbles broke into a grin and said, "You're overthinking things, Hazeus!"

"What do you mean?" Hazeus' countenance darkened.

"Master's strength is something far beyond your imagination!" Bubbles smiled proudly and said, "Attacks of that scale earlier can't hurt Master!"

"Bubbles, you overestimate his abilities!"

Hazeus let out an icy snort and said, "Elder Frank is a pinnacle-level half-deity. How powerful do you think his divine body was? No-one in Heaven's Vault Continent can be spared from his self-sacrificing move of self-destruction!"

"Heaven's Vault Continent?"

Bubbles let out a scornful and derisive laugh. Just as he was about to mock him mercilessly, he suddenly spied someone coming toward him in the distance. Right away, he broke into a grin and said, "Open your goddamn eyes wide and take a good look, Hazeus. Who do you think that is?"

A puzzled Hazeus turned around, only to become thunderstruck right away. He froze up and stammered, "H-he... isn't dead!"

"As if he would be!"

Bubbles seized the opportunity to throw a punch at Hazeus. Unable to duck in time, Hazeus was hit on the chin. Dizziness came over him at once as the blood and energy flow in his body churned.

"Die!"

Upon successfully striking him, Bubbles' attacks became even more fervent. They engulfed Hazeus like a raging storm as every attack landed on him!

"You bastard!"

Hazeus was shocked and furious, but what frightened him even more was Meng Lei himself. Meng Lei was actually still alive! In fact, he was completely unscathed! Even his clothes and hair were still neat and tidy!

"How can this be? Wasn't he in the center of the explosion?" Hazeus couldn't understand how that had happened at all!

The Titan half-deities were just as confused as him. They stared at Meng Lei, who had reappeared before their eyes, as though they were staring at a ghost. Never mind the fact that he was still alive, but what was up with him being completely unscathed?

"Sorry to disappoint all of you!"

Meng Lei had a mocking expression on his visage. He had already resumed his human form by this point and was even currently holding a fried meatball skewer in his hand.

"You... How exactly did you manage to do that?"

A Titan half-deity clenched his fists, his countenance full of indignation and disbelief.

"Because I can teleport!"

With a slight smile, Meng Lei said, "I took that little pocket of time just now to go to a restaurant in the city and even bought a meatball skewer. It actually tastes pretty good!"

Meng Lei waved the meatball skewer in his hand lightly as he spoke. Then, he began to eat it with relish!

"Teleport?"

The Titan half-deities fell silent at once. At the same time, while hopelessness filled them, a thought also arose in their minds: What a freak!

Meng Lei was no different from a freak in their eyes. Not only did he possess such a monstrous divine body, but he could even teleport! How were they supposed to goddamn fight someone like that?

It shouldn't go that far even if he were cheating!

"Alright! Now that the meatballs are gone, it's about time this battle should end, too!"

Meng Lei polished off the last meatball and casually tossed the bamboo skewer aside. Then, he brought out a handkerchief and wiped his hands before he asked, "I'll ask you guys something now—do you wish to live or do you wish to die?"

The 13 Titan half-deities shouted in a low voice, "What exactly do you want?"

"It's very simple!"

In a calm and peaceful tone of voice, Meng Lei replied, "If you wish to live, then hand over your divine spirit origin energy and submit to me. If you wish to die, then... go to hell like those two old fogeys just now!"

"How dare you humiliate us, you knave!"

A Storm Titan half-deity flew into a rage. "The noble Titans never submit to anyone. Neither will we become anyone's slaves, even if we should die in battle!"

"Go to hell, then!"

The Gods-Slaying Spear abruptly appeared and instantly pierced through the Storm Titan half-deity's forehead before shooting out from the other side and killing him!

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Chapter 240: Slaughtering Them All, The Titan True God

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The attack simply came too abruptly, so much so that no-one could react in time!

By the time they regained their senses, the Storm Titan was already dead and crashing onto the ground.

"Elder Enoch!"

The other Titan half-deities cried out in shock and grief. Their eyes widened so largely that the edges were close to splitting. Elder Enoch, who had been well and alive just a moment ago, had died just like that?

"Noble? How laughable! In the face of death, nobody is any nobler than anyone else!"

Meng Lei held the Gods-Slaying Spear, which blood dripped off the tip of, and said, "It's impossible for anyone to avoid death or die in a unique manner just because they're nobler than others!"

"You're the Devil himself!!"

The Titan half-deities glared furiously at Meng Lei, their hatred shooting through the roof. If eyes could kill, Meng Lei would have been ripped into a million pieces a long time ago!

"It's your turns now!"

Meng Lei flung away the blood on the Gods-Slaying Spear and said calmly, "This is your last chance. Once you miss it, it'll be gone for life!"

This time, all the remaining Titan half-deities fell silent. All of their previous toughness and hard, unyielding stances were gone. What remained was just endless fury, humiliation, and indignation.

"What? Have all of you become mute?"

Meng Lei's gaze swept across all of them, a cold glint flashing in his eyes.

A Thunder Titan glared at him and asked, "Aren't you afraid that the Titan Spiritual God would mete out divine punishment for brutally killing the Titan half-deities like that?"

The other Titan half-deities' eyes lit up upon hearing what he'd said. As though they'd just managed to clutch their lifeline, all of them began to roar.

Against someone like Meng Lei, who was even more ruthless and merciless than a devil, they were completely powerless to fight back. The only thing they had left to rely on now was the Titan Spiritual God!

Hopefully, the Titan Spiritual God's name could daunt Meng Lei and deter him from any further killing!

"The Titan Spiritual God? Sorry, but I know more about him than all of you!"

Meng Lei couldn't help but laugh. "Indeed, he's certainly incredibly strong and powerful and could rival an intermediate deity at their pinnacle, but unfortunately, he poses no threat to me in Heaven's Vault Continent. Do you know why?"

The Titan half-deities had only silence in response to that.

"It's because the Titan Spiritual God doesn't cultivate laws of nature. Instead, he only cultivates his divine body. Even if he were to send a divinity projection here, it wouldn't possess much combat power at all!"

Meng Lei chuckled softly as he shook his head.

True gods were unable to personally descend upon Heaven's Vault Continent with their actual bodies. All they could do was to send a divinity projection, yet divinity projections could only utilize a half-deity's level of strength!

As for a concrete idea of how well they could utilize it, this would depend on the true god's comprehension of laws of nature!

The stronger their comprehension of laws of nature, the more fearsome the divinity projection's combat power would be!

Conversely, the weaker their comprehension of laws of nature, the weaker the divinity projection's combat power would be.

Theoretically, only a Great Perfection true god's divinity projection would be able to unleash a limits-level half-deity's level of combat power.

Normal higher deities and intermediate deities' divinity projections would be even weaker. This was also the reason why Heaven's Vault Continent had gone through five different eras.

Whenever social unrest broke out, various half-deities would seize the opportunity to emerge and fight for power of faith—because they knew that there was nothing the true gods could do about them, as long as they continued to hide within Heaven's Vault Continent!

That was how the Beast God and the Dragon God had emerged as forces!

Upon hearing Meng Lei's response, the Titan half-deities were both alarmed and panicked. What alarmed them was how Meng Lei actually knew the Titan Spiritual God like the back of his hand, while what sent them into a panic was the fact that the Titan Spiritual God's name hadn't daunted Meng Lei at all. What were they to do now?

"Don't place hope in the Titan Spiritual God coming to save you! You're bound to be disappointed!"

Meng Lei shook his head lightly. "He might even be watching this right now!"

Meng Lei's guess was on the mark!

Concealed in a hidden dimension beyond Heaven's Vault Continent was a wide and spacious divine nation.

Vast, majestic divine might rippled as power of divinity surged in the divine nation. Songs and prayers rang out constantly as though Buddhist chants in Sanskrit.

Seated inside a big, tall, and extravagant temple was a burly figure who was as tall as 100,000 meters.

His muscles were harder and firmer than even rocks!

His head was bigger than even a mountain peak!

His hair was as though gigantic towering trees!

The air that he exhaled was as swift as lightning!

He was the deity whom billions of Titan Empire citizens worshiped—the Titan Spiritual God!

"That lowly mortal!!"

The Titan Spiritual God was terribly infuriated at the moment. In fact, he was livid. Never would he have thought that a lowly and cheap mortal would actually dare to challenge his reign!

The furious Titan Spiritual God bellowed, "Is anyone there?!"

"My respects to the great Titan Spiritual God!"

Two burly, golden-armored figures holding golden spears came into the hall.

The Titan Spiritual God barked, "Summon Horace!"

"Yes, great Spiritual God!"

Before long, a small and skinny figure shrouded in a black robe arrived at the temple. Upon getting onto his knees, he said, "My respects to the great Spiritual God!"

"Horace, I command you to descend upon Heaven's Vault Continent and erase a lowly mortal!"

The Titan Spiritual God said coldly, "You're a Heaven's Vault Continent native. Moreover, it hasn't been 10,000 years since your deification. Thus, the will of Heaven's Vault Continent's existential plane will not resist your presence, thereby allowing you to descend upon the continent with your real body!"

"Your wish is my command!"

The small, skinny figure bowed in the undertaking.

The Titan Spiritual God watched as Horace departed from the hall. His voice was icy-cold as he said, "Lowly mortal, you shall pay a heavy price for your foolishness and ignorance!"

"Now, tell me your choices!"

Meng Lei was getting rather impatient.

The Ocean Titan half-deity bellowed indignantly, "Sir, do you really intend to kill every last one of us?"

Meng Lei's eyes gradually turned icy as he asked coldly, "I'll ask this one last time—death, or submission?"

The Titan half-deities fell into silence once again.

"You simply refuse to be convinced until reality hits you in the face, don't you?"

At the sight, Meng Lei let out a cold snort. He couldn't be bothered to say any more, deciding instead to kill!

Splurt!

He activated his teleportation ability, coming and going like a ghost!

The divine spear was sharp and keen, capable of destroying everything in the world!

As though falling stars, the Titan half-deities began to crash onto the ground one by one a moment later.

"Spare me! I'm willing to submit now!"

"I'll submit! I'll submit!"

"It's too late!"

The remaining Titan half-deities turned pale with fear and started to plead for mercy, but Meng Lei didn't give them a second chance. The Gods-Slaying Spear launched a series of successive jabs and ended their lives!

Boom!

Over ten dead bodies fell from the sky and crashed onto the summit, causing great explosions.

For a moment there, Meng Lei was the only one standing proudly in the sky, the divine spear in his hand and as though a god!

"Dead? Are they all dead?"

"Are all the grandmasters dead?"

The dazed survivors stared at Meng Lei, their bodies turning cold and chills coming over them.

A single human and a single spear had decimated 16 half-deities!

Was he really human?

The Devil!! He was the Devil himself!

"It's over! All over!"

The Thunder Titan Emperor was dazed and dejected as if he had lost all strength. He knew, the Titan Empire had become a goner. With all the half-deity grandmasters wiped out, the Titan Empire would never be able to make a comeback!

"Master... is really too powerful!"

Nadja and Seisia gazed at the figure in the sky, their beautiful eyes brimming with feelings of astoundment and worship.

In this instant, they suddenly felt like submitting to Meng Lei wasn't that bad of a decision, after all!

How could hiding in the underground world even compare to being a follower of such a powerhouse?

"Did you see that, Hazeus? Those old coots are all dead! Who will be able to save you today?"

Bubbles burst into loud laughter. Then, he pressed Hazeus down and started to pummel him madly!

He had already had the upper hand in the first place and added to this how Hazeus had personally witnessed the tragic annihilation of the Titan half-deities, resulting in him becoming utterly stunned and dazed. How could Hazeus possibly be Bubbles' match?

A series of clashes later, the more Bubbles fought, the more raging he became. On the other hand, the heavily wounded Hazeus was completely held down to the ground as Bubbles gave him a good thrashing!

"Die, Hazeus!"

As though a crazed demon, Bubbles smashed his fists into Hazeus fervently and haphazardly. Hazeus' wounds became more serious until he finally collapsed onto the ground, unable to get up anymore. Yet Bubbles didn't let him off...

The ultimate outcome was that—there was now another pile of bloody pulp on the ground!

"Wheeze~"

Bubbles sat on Hazeus—who was now a mess of bloody pulp— in a straddle, panting heavily. The humiliation and hatred that he'd harbored for years finally found their release at this moment, and the 5,000-meter-tall big guy actually burst into loud, wracking sobs like a child!

"Asley, my beloved! It's been 18,459 years! I've finally avenged you today! Sob..."

The howling chilly wind blew across the hills, producing a series of low, deep howls. Titan Spiritual Peak's summit was frighteningly quiet. Only Bubbles' sobbing resounded throughout the summit.

Meng Lei didn't interrupt Bubbles, allowing him to vent all the fury and pain in him. Instead, he turned and flew toward the Titan Spiritual God statue.

"What rich power of faith! If I can absorb all of it..."

Meng Lei licked his lips, a hint of white-hot fervency flashing across his eyes.

Power of faith was good stuff. It could strengthen one's divine spirit and refine one's power of faith. One could call it an all-nourishing elixir!

The only troublesome part was that Meng Lei still hadn't lit up his divine fire yet. Thus, he lacked the tool to convert power of faith into power of divinity. As a result, his efficiency in refining power of divinity would definitely be very low!

"Without a divine fire, I can only use this power of faith to strengthen my divine spirit."

Meng Lei released his divine cognition and wrapped the statue in it. Then, he began to absorb the power of faith.

For a while, Meng Lei could feel an extremely pleasant feeling coming from the depths of his divine spirit. His entire self also, in turn, felt exceptionally comfortable, as if he was soaking in a hot spring!

"Kid, it feels great, right?"

Dodola's voice rang out in his mind.

"Yeah, it feels awesome!"

"Awesome is right! This is exactly what makes the power of faith so amazing!"

A chuckling Dodola said, "So, work hard and fight for those power of faith! The more worshipers you gain, the deeper you'll be able to experience the power of faith's benefits!"

"Got it!"

Meng Lei replied calmly.

Then, Dodola said, "By the way! Come to the Tower of Time when you're done with absorbing the power of faith. That precious daughter of yours has run out of food supplies again. Come in and get her some food!"

"She's eaten all of them? Even though there were so many of them?"

Meng Lei was rather stunned. One must know that he had summoned tens of thousands of Devils and stored them all on the 96th level! Tens of thousands of them! This was by no means a small number, yet she had finished them all?

"Duh, of course!"

Dodola rolled its eyes. "She's a half-deity-level Fallen Angel. Her appetite is voracious. Those Devils that you summoned are all low-level goods. They won't fill her up at all!"

"Won't fill her up..."

Meng Lei was rendered rather speechless.

Dodola urged, "Hurry up! Don't keep her waiting for too long!"

"Understood!"

After responding to Dodola, Meng Lei then continued to absorb the power of faith. Envy filled Nadja and Seisia's eyes, though no-one dared to interrupt him.

Power of faith might be great, but they didn't have the guts to fight for food with their Master!

Half an hour later, Meng Lei finally absorbed all the power of faith in the statue into his sea of consciousness so that it could slowly nourish his divine spirit, thereby strengthening it.

"It feels really good having my divine spirit wrapped in power of faith!"

Meng Lei was somewhat in a state of revelry. "No wonder it's said that power of faith is just like drugs—once you have a taste of it, you can't get away from it anymore. Our forebears kid me not!"

Meng Lei shook his head with a smile. Then, he casually grabbed the Thunder Titan Emperor. "Thunder Titan Emperor, let's continue our previous conversation!"

"F-feel free to state your demands, sir. I... I'll definitely try my best to satisfy them!"

Scared witless, the Thunder Titan Emperor's dignity and stateliness as a sovereign was completely gone.

"I heard that the Titan Empire's treasury has a collection of numerous rare and unique treasures in the world. I'd like very much to go in and have a look. I wonder if Your Majesty can satisfy my request?" asked Meng Lei.

"Of course! I'll satisfy your request for sure!"

The Thunder Titan Emperor hastily nodded, lest Meng Lei smack him dead if he responded even a moment too slow. He said, "You can go in for a look anytime you want!"

"Great!"

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Chapter 241: Steel-Winged Angel, Metal-Origin Divine Body

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Just like what Meng Lei had imagined, the Titan Empire's treasury was also located on a half-plane.

Moreover, it was even on an airless half-plane that was devoid of any magic elements and filled with dead silence.

However, the difference between the Dragons and the Titan Empire was that they had richer and more treasures, and the varieties also differed.

Unlike the Dragons, the Titans weren't that passionate about glittery, shiny objects. Hence, there were practically no treasures along the lines of gold coins, jewels, and magic crystals.

Treasures like elemental crystals and Laws of Nature Origin Crystals, on the other hand, were a lot more abundant. After a bout of feverish collection, Meng Lei's Wealth had spiked by 25.9 million Laws of Nature Origin Crystals!

"There are so many Laws of Nature Origin Crystals here? There are much more here than what the Dragon God Empire had!"

Meng Lei didn't find this out of the norm after a moment's thought, however.

Heaven's Vault Continent had experienced a total of five eras—the Fairy era, the Titan era, the Beast People era, the Colossal Dragon era, and the current era where all four races co-existed.

The Titans had ruled during the second era. Hence they had been around for much longer than the Dragon God Empire. Naturally, their heritage would also be a lot deeper and richer!

"Adding this to the previous 23.51 million, my Wealth has reached 49.41 million Laws of Nature Origin Crystals! This is a pretty big windfall!"

Meng Lei was in a fantastic mood!

I'll collect some more!

The useful ones, the useless ones... I'll collect them all!

Lastly, Meng Lei came to the area where special items were kept. There was an astonishing number of special items there, and they mostly consisted of animal bones, remains, animal teeth...

The Titans revered violence and loved collecting their prey's teeth and skulls as mementos after their conquests. It was more than normal for there to be so many animal bones here.

"What rich wind-elemental power of divinity energy fluctuations! It's another item from a true god!

"This tooth is so sharp! Alright, I'm taking it!

"What a huge skull! It's probably 10,000-feet-tall? How big must its original form have been?

"Eh? This is..."

A three to four-meter-long golden ant sat in front of him. It gave off rich metal-elemental power of divinity energy fluctuations. If not for the fact that it had lost all signs of life, it could almost pass off for a living creature!

"It's a Golden Gods-Slaying Ant!"

Meng Lei recognized the golden ant at first glance because it simply looked too alike to Little Gold. It was practically an enlarged version of Little Gold!

Although it was dead, the Golden Gods-Slaying Ant still gave off extremely strong power of divinity energy fluctuations—it was definitely a Golden Gods-Slaying Ant of the half-deity level.

"It's probably the Golden Gods-Slaying Ant that met its demise during the catastrophe that time!"

Meng Lei stored the Golden Gods-Slaying Ant carcass away and continued his observation of the items there, upon which he then noticed quite a few other handicapped Golden Gods-Slaying Ants.

They were either missing an arm, a leg, tentacles, or a head. Evidently, they had all experienced a fierce battle when they were still alive!

"What's this?"

Meng Lei came up to a pair of wings.

The wings appeared to be forged from silver-colored metal alloys. White streams of light shone on the surface, and it gave off a sharp and holy aura.

Meng Lei casually touched them. A buzz rang out, and then, he felt a mild pain coming from his finger—he had actually gotten a cut!

"What the heck! It's so sharp!"

Disbelief filled Meng Lei. Not only was his divine body that of a pinnacle-level half-deity's, but he had even assimilated the Gods-Slaying Rat and Hundred-Armed Giant bloodlines and enhanced his divine body's defenses to an astonishing level!

Simply put, his divine body was currently extremely tough and durable!

Despite the 15 Titan half-deities bombarding him with attacks previously, they simply couldn't leave even a scratch on him. From this, one could tell just how durable his body was!

Yet a light press against one of the wings' feathers had cut him. Just how sharp were these wings?

Right at this point, a system notification abruptly rang out.

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

"A dropped item?"

Meng Lei was a little taken aback.

"Yes, pick it up!"

"Ding! Assimilation successful. You have obtained a Metal-Origin Divine Body. Will you assimilate it?"

Astonished, Meng Lei exclaimed, "What the heck! A metal-origin divine body? Are you serious?"

Had it been a few days ago when Meng Lei didn't yet know what a metal-origin divine body was, he might not have been that astonished, but now that he did, all the more astonished he was!

According to Dodola, origin divine bodies were one of the most powerful types of divine bodies in the vast universe. As they were compatible with laws of nature origins, not only did the owners of such bodies possess an astonishingly fast cultivation speed, but they were also incomparably strong. On top of that, they even came with all kinds of incredible Innate Special Abilities and other abilities!

"And now! I've actually picked up a metal-origin divine body? What the heck! Just what kind of background does this pair of wings have?"

Meng Lei promptly consulted Dodola.

"Eh?"

Dodola's eyes lit up the moment it saw the metal alloy wings. It said, "Kid, your luck is pretty good! You've actually gotten your hands on a treasure like this? Have you ransacked the Titan Empire's treasury?"

"As expected, I can't hide anything from you!"

Meng Lei burst into laughter.

Dodola looked at Meng Lei mockingly and remarked, "You're too bold. To think you dare to even challenge the Titan Spiritual God! Aren't you afraid that he'll take revenge on you?"

"If he dares to come, I'll hammer him to death!"

Meng Lei wasn't too bothered about the Titan Spiritual God. In any case, he'd already made up his mind—before he became a true god, he would never take a step out of Heaven's Vault Continent!

When he became a true god, he'd definitely be a Great Perfection-level one. By then, why would he still need to fear the Titan Spiritual God?

"The Titan Spiritual God indeed can't do anything about you!"

Dodola couldn't help but laugh. Then, it said, "But don't you forget that he's still a pinnacle-level intermediate deity, after all. There are many ways he can deal with you. You'd better take it easy!"

"Don't worry. I know what to do!"

Meng Lei gave Dodola a smile. Then, he asked, "What exactly is this, though?"

"It's good stuff! Rare good stuff!" A smiling Dodola said, "Have you heard of the Steel-Winged Angels?"

"The Steel-Winged Angels? Not at all!"

Meng Lei shook his head lightly. "I've only heard of Angels and Fallen Angels!"

"Like the Fallen Angels, Steel-Winged Angels are also angels. The difference between the two is that the former is a clan of angels that formed after the members had fallen from grace," A smiling Dodola said, "While the Steel-Winged Angels are a kind of completely new life form that comes into being when an angel's bloodline mutates!"

"When their bloodline mutates?"

Meng Lei was mildly taken aback.

"That's right! When their bloodline mutates!"

"Just like the Hundred-Armed Giants come into being when Titan Gods undergo a bloodline mutation, Steel-Winged Angels are a new lifeform that comes into being when Angels undergo a bloodline mutation!"

Dodola explained, "There are both advantages and disadvantages to bloodline mutations. Some mutations allow one's lifespan and power to increase sharply while some cause them to fall drastically!"

A curious Meng Lei asked, "And in the case of the Steel-Winged Angels?"

"Like the Hundred-Armed Giants, their mutation is also for the better!"

Dodola glanced at the metal alloy wings. Then, it said, "Apart from their original light-elemental foundation, post-mutation Steel-Winged Angels also gain an additional metal-elemental attribute. Thus, on top of having the Angels' every talent, ability, and special ability, Steel-Winged Angels also possess an additional metal-elemental talent, ability, and special ability!

"In terms of battle power, Steel-Winged Angels are much more powerful than normal Angels! But unlike the Hundred-Armed Giants, Steel-Winged Angels weren't expelled by the Angel Gods. Instead, they even became priority targets of grooming!"

Dodola said wistfully, "The Steel-Winged Angels also worked hard to live up to expectations. Although there aren't many of them, almost every one of them was able to become a higher deity. Additionally, a Great Perfection true god even emerged from among them, greatly boosting the Angel Gods' combat strength and heritage. Their name resounds greatly in the vast universe!"

"Are the Steel-Winged Angels that monstrous?"

Meng Lei clicked his tongue in wonder. Then, he asked, "Do all Steel-Winged Angels have metal-origin divine bodies?"

"How can that be?"

Dodola promptly shook its head. "Just how rare are origin divine bodies? How can there possibly be clans of them?"

"Is it impossible?"

"Of course! Take the Fairy Goddess, for example. Even though she has a wood-origin divine body, it doesn't mean that other Fairies would also possess wood-origin divine bodies. As a matter of fact, out of innumerable Fairies in the world, only the Fairy Goddess owns a wood-origin divine body!

"The same goes for the Steel-Winged Angels. A random Steel-Winged Angel may have a metal-origin divine body, but it's impossible for all of them to have one each!"

"I see!"

Meng Lei couldn't help but smile. "In that case, my luck has shot through the roof! I picked up a random pair of Steel-Winged Angel wings and immediately bumped into the metal-origin divine body!"

"Metal-origin divine body?"

Dodola looked puzzled. "You can't be saying that the owner of these wings has a metal-origin divine body, right? What kind of joke is that? How can that be?"

"It's true, Dodola!"

A smiling Meng Lei said, "The owner of this pair of wings does indeed have a metal-origin divine body!"

"Really?" A doubtful Dodola asked, "How did you know that?"

"I just do!"

Meng Lei gave Dodola a smile. Then, without waiting for Dodola to pursue the matter, he contacted the system at once. "Say no more, system! Assimilate the metal-origin divine body!"

"Ding! Assimilating the metal-origin divine body now!"

Clank!

A golden deluge suddenly surged out of Meng Lei's mind, instantly spreading throughout his body. It flowed through his limbs and integrated itself into every nook and cranny of his body!

His cells gradually turned a golden color, in turn causing his flesh, blood, bones, organs, and skin to also turn gold. As though someone had cast the metal-elemental first-class spell Ultimate Alchemy on him, Meng Lei gradually turned a golden color!

"What's going on?"

Dodola was shocked by Meng Lei's sudden change. It panicked and hastily shouted, "Meng Lei, what's happening to you?"

Meng Lei paid Dodola no heed. Instead, he shut his eyes and took in the changes happening in his body in detail.

He could feel it—a fierce, torrential wave of metal-elemental energy was currently modifying his body!

It wasn't metal-elemental laws of nature!

It wasn't metal-elemental power of divinity!

It wasn't metal-elemental magic power!

It wasn't metal-elemental Battle Aura!

So, just what exactly was it?

Meng Lei couldn't put his finger on it, either!

All he could tell was that it was a very peculiar kind of metal-elemental energy!

There was no pain during the entire process. Additionally, the assimilation process was very quick. It didn't last even a minute before it ended.

Yet it was exactly this short one minute's time that made Meng Lei feel like his body had undergone an extreme change.

"What a peculiar sensation!"

Meng Lei felt as if the metal laws of nature in the universe had become his friends and his servants, allowing him to manipulate, direct, and control them!

This was a sensation that felt like he'd completely mastered metal laws of nature. It was entirely different from how his prior comprehension of the laws of nature had felt!

He'd previously already comprehended metal-elemental laws of nature, but just like how one mastered a discipline of learning, all he had achieved was merely mastering all the knowledge related to the subject of study.

He could make use of that knowledge to do certain things, such as casting spells, casting first-class spells, and casting Divine Techniques—by doing this, he was reproducing the way the spells were to be cast and applying what he had learned.

But now, he could directly command that knowledge to carry out tasks for him, such as "Cast a spell!", "Cast a first-class spell!", or "Cast a Divine Technique!"—he was completely commanding and controlling them!

There was a world of difference between the two!

To put it in more concrete terms, the former depleted one's spiritual power, magic power, and power of divinity, whereas the latter depleted only a small amount of spiritual power and no magic power or power of divinity at all!

Evidently, there was a difference in intrinsic quality between the two!

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Chapter 242: A Sea of Dead Bodies, The Grim Reaper's Scythe

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"A metal-origin divine body! That's the aura of a metal-origin divine body!"

Dodola was stunned. "O' great God of Time! What exactly has Meng Lei done? Why has he suddenly obtained a metal-origin divine body for no reason whatsoever?"

Even if Dodola hadn't recognized the metal-origin divine body at the start of Meng Lei's assimilation process, it would have lived all these years in vain if it still couldn't recognize it as the process went on.

A metal-origin divine body!

That was definitely a metal-origin divine body!

Meng Lei had actually inexplicably obtained a metal-origin divine body right under its nose! Dodola felt as if everything it knew had been overturned!

Origin divine bodies were an inborn characteristic!

What was the meaning of "inborn"?

It meant that the characteristic existed in one from birth! If it wasn't there at the point of birth, then they would never have it, no matter how much they tried!

Dodola had never heard of anyone successfully modifying their body into an origin divine body after they were born!

Dodola circled Meng Lei vigorously, its eyes boring into him as if wanting to see through all of his secrets and see through him.

Meng Lei also just so happened to open his eyes at this point. A couple of sharp glints flashed across his eyes, and then, two cracks formed in the air with a rip.

Dodola promptly asked, "Be honest with me, Meng Lei. What exactly is up with the metal-origin divine body?"

"I just gained it for some inexplicable reason!"

Meng Lei blinked at Dodola.

"Some inexplicable reason..."

Dodola gnashed its teeth in frustration, feeling the urge to beat someone up. "You're always spinning some kind of story whenever I ask you something crucial! Do you know that you'll end up friendless if you do that?

"No, this won't do! You must give me an honest explanation today! Otherwise, I won't be able to sleep!"

What does whether you're able to get to sleep or not have anything to do with me?

Meng Lei secretly dissed Dodola, but nevertheless, he still answered, "I have a miraculous ability that allows me to plunder bloodlines, divine bodies, special abilities... and so on, and assimilate them into my own body so that I can become stronger!"

"What did you say?"

A huge shudder went through the utterly astounded Dodola. "Does an ability like that even exist?"

"Of course!"

Meng Lei gave Dodola a smug smile. "That's how the Gods-Slaying Rat, Divine Netherworld Phoenix, and Hundred-Armed Giant bloodlines, as well as my Teleportation, Transfer, and other special abilities came about!

"Of course, I'll continue to plunder even more bloodlines, divine bodies, and special abilities in the future, too!"

Dodola was stunned. Only after a long while did two words come out of its mouth—"You monster!"

"Thanks for the compliment!"

A smiling Meng Lei then asked, "Do you think there's a need for me to assimilate the Steel-Winged Angel bloodline?"

"The Steel-Winged Angel bloodline?" Dodola was slightly taken aback before it realized what Meng Lei meant. It asked, "Are you thinking of assimilating the Steel-Winged Angel bloodline?"

"I'll assimilate it if it's useful, but if it isn't, then I'll leave it."

With a shake of his head, Meng Lei said, "I'm a very practical person. Everything I do is for the sake of power!"

"Of course it's useful!"

Without any hesitation whatsoever, Dodola said, "The Steel-Winged Angel bloodline is in no way inferior to the Fallen Angel, Gods-Slaying Rat, Divine Netherworld Phoenix, and Hundred-Armed Giant bloodlines. Assimilating it will give you lots of benefits!"

"Tell me about it in detail!"

Meng Lei perked up!

"Firstly, after you assimilate the Steel-Winged Angel bloodline, you'll gain speed that's as fast as the speed of light. The Angel Gods are well-known for their speed. It's no joke!

"Secondly, you'll also come to possess superbly strong defenses! Although your defenses are already very strong, the addition of the Steel-Winged Angel's defenses will definitely be an extra powerful boost, allowing your defenses to reach fearsome levels!"

Dodola went on unceasingly. "Next, every part of the Steel-Winged Angel's body is a weapon. If you assimilate the bloodline, your offensive power will also greatly increase!

"You've never seen how the Steel-Winged Angels wove to and fro and crisscrossed left and right at will as they slaughtered the Devils during the war between the Gods and the Devils. The sight is simply too terrifying!

"Lastly, as well as most importantly," Dodola's eyes shone keenly and brightly as it said, "The Angel Gods are an extremely powerful clan of gods. This is especially true in the Celestial Realm, where they hold fearsome power and authority!

"If you own the Steel-Winged Angel bloodline, you'll have a chance of receiving the Angel Gods' priority grooming and receive a great deal of benefits for free like the Titan Spiritual God!"

"The Angel Gods' grooming..."

Meng Lei's eyes lit up. The allure was rather great. Would the Angel Gods be like the Theodore clan and bestow upon him a few hundred existential planes as his territory, too?

"As they say, big trees provide great shade. If you can join a powerful force, it'll be greatly advantageous toward your future development and growth!"

Dodola snickered and asked, "Why do you think native true gods like the Dragon God and the Beast God desire so much to join a powerful force yet are unable to?

"It's because they aren't qualified enough! Now that you have such a fantastic opportunity, you mustn't let it pass you by! Otherwise, you'll receive divine punishment!"

"That makes sense!"

Meng Lei nodded incessantly. A shrewd glint flashed in his eyes as he said, "Even if we take a step back and assume that I don't wish to join the Angel Gods, the assimilation of the Steel-Winged Angel bloodline itself is tantamount to having an additional choice!"

"Yes, that's exactly it!"

"Alright, I know what to do now!"

Meng Lei nodded repeatedly. Then, he resolutely gave the command. "System, plunder the Steel-Winged Angel bloodline!"

"Ding! The Steel-Winged Angel bloodline is classified as a higher life form's bloodline. This pair of Steel-Winged Angel wings belongs to an Eight-Winged Steel Angel," The system stated coldly, "Price Estimation: Plundering said bloodline requires 19.6 million Laws of Nature Origin Crystals!"

"(_)? 19.6 million?"

Meng Lei couldn't help but gasp. "That's too freaking expensive! I won't plunder it anymore! I won't plunder it anymore! I can't afford to!"

At once, the system's presence vanished.

"Have you succeeded?" asked an excited Dodola.

"It failed!"

Meng Lei gave Dodola a wry smile. "This pair of wings belongs to an Eight-Winged Steel Angel. I can't afford the cost of plundering it!"

"An Eight-Winged Steel Angel?"

Dodola was greatly disappointed. "Eight-Winged Steel Angels are comparable to higher deities. It has indeed exceeded the range of what you can plunder. It's understandable why you wouldn't be able to do it!"

"Yeah! I can't plunder it mainly because it's too expensive!"

"Expensive?"

"My bad, what I mean is that it's too high a grade! When I become stronger, perhaps I'll be able to plunder it in the future!"

"Alright! Speaking of which, this is rather strange, though. Why would an Eight-Winged Steel Angel's—and on top of that, one who even has a metal-origin divine body—wings show up in a place like this?"

Meng Lei cast a habitual glance at his stats interface upon exiting the Tower of Time and started to take inventory of his new gains.

True enough, the interface had changed again!

Host: Meng Lei

Race: Human (Primeval Bloodline: Primordial Human 16%, Assimilated Bloodlines: Gods-Slaying Rat, Divine Netherworld Phoenix, Hundred-Armed Giant)

Wealth: 49.41 million Laws of Nature Origin Crystals

Physical Body Constitution: Metal-Origin Divine Body (1%)

Spirit: Half-Deity (Pinnacle-Grade)

Others: Some increase

"My Physical Body Constitution has become a metal-origin divine body!

"1%?"

"'1%'? What does the '1%' at the back mean?"

"Ding! A friendly tip: The metal-origin divine body is formed using metal-elemental laws of nature as a source. The host's body is flesh and blood. Hence it hasn't perfectly integrated with the host."

"It hasn't perfectly integrated with my body? In other words, the '1%' represents my metal-origin divine body's assimilation rate? It's surprisingly rather similar to bloodline assimilation rates!"

Meng Lei understood now. He asked, "System, how much does it cost to buy credit for the metal-origin divine body assimilation rate?"

"Ding! Raising the metal-origin divine body assimilation rate by 1% requires 1 million Divinity Crystals!"

"1 million... Divinity Crystals? Forget it, forget it!"

Meng Lei broke into a resigned smile at once. "That's too expensive. I won't fetch that high a price even if you sell me off!"

After adjusting his frame of mind, Meng Lei then continued to look through the treasures. There was a very ample amount of treasures in the Titan Empire's treasury. Hence he looked forward very much to what he would see next.

He collected the items as he looked through them.

At last, he came to a box. The box measured four by two meters in length and breadth and was one-meter-tall. Densely packed laws of nature runes were inscribed all over it.

With Meng Lei's prowess in his comprehension of laws of nature, he could tell at once that these runes formed a sealing magic circle.

"I wonder what's inside the box for it to actually be sealed?"

Puzzled, Meng Lei began to break the seal. This didn't pose any problem to him at all.

The seal was broken a brief moment later. Right away, a dense, rich aura of blood and death emanated from within, and the temperature around them fell by a few degrees out of the blue.

"For it to actually give off such a strong aura of blood and death, what can this possibly be?"

Meng Lei opened the box. A blood-red beam of light shot out from within, the resulting wind causing his cheeks to hurt. Meng Lei couldn't help but step back.

A huge scythe that was fully blood-red in color as though doused in and forged from blood laid within the box.

The handle measured three-meters-long while the blade measured almost two-meters-wide. A blood-red chain was attached to the bottom end.

The incomparably sharp blade glinted coldly in the light, bewitching and evil, bloodthirsty and emanating a dead stillness!

As Meng Lei gazed upon the blood-red scythe, he felt as if he were staring at an incredibly evil demon, and chills ran down his spine.

"What an unholy scythe!"

Meng Lei was astounded. Nevertheless, he still grabbed hold of the blood-red scythe.

Buzz...

The scythe trembled lightly as a few icy glints of light flashed across the buzzing wide and broad blade!

Slash!

Meng Lei brandished the scythe. With a slash, the box, which was forged from an unknown kind of metal, was instantly sundered into two!

The scythe continued to slice through the air, actually slashing a tiny, barely-discernible space-time rift in the air!

"What a sharp scythe this is! It's even sharper than the blood-red machete! What level of divine weapon is this?"

Meng Lei could hardly believe it. Nevertheless, he still dripped a drop of blood onto the scythe. As though a drop into the ocean, the blood seeped right into the scythe.

"Haha! This divine weapon doesn't belong to anyone!"

Meng Lei was thrilled!

Buzz...

The scythe began to tremble vigorously.

The next moment, a dense beam of blood-red light shot into the sky. Meng Lei felt the world spinning around him, and then, he actually bizarrely went into a blood-red world!

Blood-red skies, blood-red lands!

Blood-red mountains, blood-red rocks!

An infinite number of dead bodies were strewn all over the blood-red lands!

There were Titan deities that reached as tall as one million feet!

There were Eight-Winged Angels with eight wings on their backs!

There were primordial Colossal Dragons that spanned as long as one million feet!

There were also dead bodies of various other lifeforms, which gave off vast, majestic divine power that Meng Lei didn't recognize...

But all the dead bodies had a common trait—they were headless!

Yes, that's right!

Headless!

They were all headless bodies!

"Where have their heads gone?"

Puzzlement filled Meng Lei. Then, he saw a mud monument made out of stacked heads in the middle of the wide, spacious mountain of dead bodies!

There were Titan heads, Dragon heads, Angel heads, as well as the heads of other deities...

An infinite number of heads piled together to form a 100,000-feet-tall mountain of heads, and at the peak of the mountain stood a black figure dressed in a black hood and holding a blood-red scythe!

The howling blood winds blew across the black robe, causing it to flap loudly in the wind. Blood dripped from the blood-red scythe, forming a bewitching and unholy sight.

"Just what kind of unholy weapon is this?"

Meng Lei couldn't help but swallow hard.

"Meng Lei!"

Dodola's voice suddenly rang out beside his ear.

Whoosh!

The blood-red world instantly broke into blood-red fragments. Meng Lei then found himself back on the half-plane again, with Dodola currently calling out to him.

"This scythe..."

Meng Lei gazed at the blood-red scythe in his hand, a few beads of cold sweat forming on his forehead.

"Why aren't you replying, Meng Lei?"

Dodola started to shout again.

"I'm here, Dodola!"

Meng Lei asked, "Is something up?"

A rather incensed Dodola asked, "What's wrong with you, kid? Why did you take so long to respond?"

A puzzled Meng Lei asked, "What's the matter?"

"I discovered something incredible when I was looking up something just now, Meng Lei!"

Dodola said excitedly, "Among all the Steel-Winged Angels of the Angel Gods, there's only one person that owns a metal-origin divine body!"

Meng Lei quickly asked, "Who is it?"

"It's that Great Perfection true god!" Dodola snickered as it asked, "Do you know what this means?

"It means that this pair of wings comes from that Great Perfection Steel-Winged Angel! If you can assimilate his bloodline and form a connection with him, you'll become an impressive figure!"

"Let's leave the matter of assimilating the Steel-Winged Angel bloodline to another time!" Meng Lei shook his head. Then, he said, "I have a weapon here that I'd like you to take a look at!"

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Chapter 243: The Death Gods, The Fire Demon Overlord

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"What the heck! Where did you get this from?"

Astonished by the sight of the blood-red scythe in Meng Lei's hand, Dodola looked as if it had just seen a ghost.

"I took it from the Titan Empire's treasury!"

Meng Lei said honestly, "I've tested it. This scythe is extremely sharp and has astonishing might. It's probably a very powerful divine weapon!"

"How does 'powerful' even cut it?!"

With a shake of its head, Dodola said, "This is the Grim Reaper Scythe. It's the companion weapon to the Netherworld's Grim Reapers and has beheaded so many deities that one can't even keep count anymore!"

"The Grim Reaper Scythe?" Meng Lei gasped. "What's a Grim Reaper?"

"The Grim Reaper is also known as the God of Death and refers to the deity that rules over death. Of course, the Grim Reaper doesn't just represent one person. Rather, the name refers to a whole clan instead—the Death Gods!"

Dodola explained, "Although there are only very few Death Gods in comparison to clans with great numbers like the Titan Gods and the Angel Gods, every single Grim Reaper is an extremely fearsome existence—because all the Grim Reapers are higher deities!"

"They are all higher deities? My goodness, had there been more of them, would other races even have a shot at survival?"

Meng Lei couldn't help but gasp. A clan where every single person was a higher deity—just what kind of concept was that?

"Thus, the Death Gods are one of the most powerful forces in the Netherworld. Although there are only very few of them, no-one dares to look down on them!"

Dodola added, "In particular, the Death Gods' ruler—the Grim Reaper King—is even one of the greatest and most noble existences in the vast universe!"

Meng Lei could hardly contain his excitement. He asked, "So, this means that this scythe is a higher deity's weapon?"

Dodola nodded slowly. Then, it said, "But I wouldn't recommend that you use it because the Grim Reaper Scythe is extremely bloodstained and unholy. It'll affect your state of mind!"

"Weapons are inanimate, whereas humans are alive," Meng Lei remained noncommittal to Dodola's suggestion. He said, "As if inanimate objects can take control of a live human! Don't worry. I know what I'm doing!"

Dodola chastised him. "You mustn't be negligent!"

"Alright, alright!"

Then, Meng Lei left the Tower of Time.

One must admit that the Grim Reaper Scythe indeed looked very impressive and domineering. When Meng Lei hoisted it over his shoulder, even he felt that he looked rather cool!

"I must try this treasure out when I get the chance to!"

Meng Lei had taken a huge fancy to the Grim Reaper Scythe. Only after fiddling with it properly for quite a while did he leave the half-plane and return to the Titan Spiritual Peak summit.

"Master!"

Nadja, Seisia, and Bubbles hurriedly came forward to receive him. Klaus, who had previously headed to the Great Earth Pillar Nation, was also back.

Klaus handed a spatial ring over and said, "Master, these are the Chimeras' assets!"

"Thanks for your hard work!" said Meng Lei received the spatial ring from him. The Chimeras' assets certainly in no way matched up to the Titan Empire's, but one shouldn't underestimate them, either.

An inventory of the assets showed that they had brought Meng Lei another two million Laws of Nature Origin Crystals, as well as innumerable other rare and precious treasures!

"Our trip is complete. We can leave now!"

After collecting the rest of the treasures, Meng Lei summoned the Thunder Titan Emperor over again. He said, "Thunder Titan Emperor, you're a pretty nice guy, so I won't take your life!"

"Thank you for sparing my life!"

The Thunder Titan Emperor was so grateful that he was close to tears.

"I'm about to leave. I'd like to ask you for one last favor!" Meng Lei asked, "I wonder if that's okay?"

The Thunder Titan Emperor quickly replied, "Your wish is my command, sir! I will definitely do my best to fulfill it!"

Right now, all he wanted was to see Meng Lei off—never to return again, preferably!

"Spread the news of everything that has happened here everywhere. Let the Titan Empire's people know what exactly has taken place here!"

Meng Lei smiled calmly and asked, "Can you do that?"

"Yes! Absolutely!"

The Thunder Titan Emperor hurriedly gave his word.

"Great!"

Meng Lei gave him a slight nod. Then, he said, "Let's go!"

"Yes, Master!"

Klaus transformed into his true form and left with Meng Lei and the others on his back.

The Thunder Titan Emperor watched as they went far away into the distance until all he could see was a tiny black dot. Only then did he finally heave a long sigh of relief and collapsed onto the ground weakly.

"He's gone! That devil is finally gone! I've managed to stay alive somehow, thank goodness!"

"Your Majesty!"

The Titan Empress and other survivors walked over, their expressions one of relief from surviving the ordeal.

The Thunder Titan Emperor felt like crying as he looked at them, however. The half-deity grandmasters were all dead while only a handful of court officials, nobles, and Saint Domains were left.

How were they supposed to survive?

"That renegade! Knave! Treacherous bandit!"

The Thunder Titan Emperor gnashed his teeth, wishing he could rip Meng Lei into shreds. "I'm so mad!"

"It's over! All over!"

"Oh, my empire..."

As though a red bolt of lightning, Klaus soared swiftly in the sky while Meng Lei, Bubbles, and the others sat on his back and chatted idly.

"Are you also a Titan, Master?"

Bubbles asked as he watched Meng Lei, his eyes full of excitement and curiosity.

"Not really, I guess! I'm a Hundred-Armed Giant!"

Meng Lei shook his head with a laugh.

"A Hundred-Armed Giant?"

Bubbles broke into a slight frown—he'd never heard of the Hundred-Armed Giants.

"Hundred-Armed Giants refer to the legendary Titan mutants. However, they were expelled by the Titans and became the Supreme God of The Underworld's guards in the end," explained Seisia, the Thunderbolt Queen.

At the same time, an even stronger sense of curiosity also filled her eyes as she gazed at Meng Lei.

First, it was the Divine Netherworld Phoenix bloodline, and now, it's the Hundred-Armed Giant bloodline. Master has simply too many secrets. He's just like a ball of mystery!

"A Titan mutant? That's also a Titan!"

Bubbles' eyes lit up as he burst into loud laughter. "Master, the same blood flows through our veins! Hahaha!"

"Well, I guess so!"

Meng Lei shook his head lightly. Then, he brought out about 100 half-divine weapons that were giving off power of divinity energy fluctuations.

"I took these half-divine weapons from the Dragon God Empire and the Titan Empire's treasuries. Each of you can pick a few for yourselves as weapons!"

"So many half-divine weapons!"

Bubbles and the other three half-deities were so astonished that their eyeballs almost fell out of their sockets. They were half-deities, hence in terms of weapons, half-divine weapons suited them best.

Yet as underground half-deities...

All of them were as poor as a church mouse!

When had they ever seen this many half-divine weapons?

"Can we really take our pick, Master?" A rather agitated Bubbles asked in a loud outburst as he looked at Meng Lei hopefully.

"Of course! Take whatever you want!"

Meng Lei gave them a slight smile. Then, he closed his eyes, and his consciousness entered the Tower of Time.

The 96th level was still the same dim and dull blood-red world with blood-red skies and blood-red lands.

Unlike in the past, however, the entire half-plane was dead silent and completely soundless now.

The dark-elemental Magical Beasts were nowhere in sight, and neither were the tens of thousands of Devils he'd stocked up here!

They'd all vanished!

As for Little Cola...

Meng Lei found her in a pile of bushes. The little fellow had wrapped her wings snugly around herself and was exceptionally blissfully fast asleep.

"She's really eaten them all? Isn't that too great an appetite?"

Meng Lei was rendered somewhat speechless. In spite of that, what must be summoned still had to be summoned. Otherwise, the little fellow would have to starve.

At once, Meng Lei tried to detect the faraway Demon Realm's location and began to summon the Devils.

As a high-end existential plane, the Demon Realm and Heaven's Vault Continent difference was apparent to Meng Lei.

The laws of nature were more obvious there, and magic elements were also richer in concentration there. Dark magic elements, in particular, were extremely abundant. It was practically the dark-elemental beings' sanctum!

Apart from that, the Demon Realm's dimensional structure was also stabler. Half-deity-level attacks were completely incapable of shaking the space-time dimension there!

Ripping a fissure into the void?

Don't even think about it!

Of course, the Demon Realm was also wider and vaster than Heaven's Vault Continent and was nearly boundless.

For the same reason, many regions in the Demon Realm were void of any presence.

And wasn't that so? Meng Lei had been wandering about in the sky in the Demon Realm for half a day, yet he'd only managed to catch a paltry hundred or so Devils. It wasn't even enough as a snack for Little Cola!

"This won't work. I have to find a Devil who's about as strong as myself and ask them for directions...

"Eh? The demonic aura there is so strong!"

Meng Lei had spied a large, bald mountain devoid of any vegetation. Smoke rose from the mountain.

Evidently, that was a volcano, and the demonic aura was coming from the volcano's mouth!

He came to the volcano's mouth. The boiling-hot lava inside constantly bubbled as it gave off shockingly high heat. A torrential wave of demonic aura was also coming from the lava.

Meng Lei mumbled, "It's probably a half-deity-level Devil!"

Then, he manifested his divine cognition into a humanoid form and began to provoke it!

Roar!

A low, deep roar traveled over to him, and then, a gigantic ram-horned head emerged from within the lava. Its eyes were blood-red like rubies and looked incredibly unholy.

"Lowly, cheap human Magician, how dare you disturb the great Lord Gabriel's slumber! I'm going to eat you!"

"This aura... It's... A Fire Demon?"

Surprise appeared on Meng Lei's countenance. He'd found the demonic aura from the volcano very familiar when he was on the way over just now. As it turned out, a Fire Demon had been in deep slumber in the volcano!

The Fire Demon!

There was no way Meng Lei could forget about it, of course. He had assimilated the Fire Demon bloodline back then, after all!

Roar!

The Fire Demon in the lava launched its attack. A couple of fire dragons formed from lava soared out of the volcano and rushed toward Meng Lei!

However, with a flick of Meng Lei's fingers, the two fire dragons immediately turned around and flew toward the Fire Demon instead.

"Damn it!"

At the sight, the Fire Demon smacked the lava lake, causing a waterfall of lava to rise from the lake and using it to block the fire dragons.

"Surprisingly, you do have a bit of skill to you. This is my turf, however, so how can I allow you to horse around here?"

The Fire Demon let out an icy snort. Then, it slowly rose from the lava—it was actually a 100-feet-tall adult Fire Demon bathed in flames!

"Die!!"

The Fire Demon roared, instantly turning into a flash of lightning that shot toward Meng Lei.

Meng Lei uttered two words, "Ultimate Alchemy!"

He was currently here in the Demon Realm in his divine spirit form, so he couldn't use his divine body, his power of divinity, his special abilities, or his divine weapons. Thus, his combat power had taken a huge dip!

There were simply too few options available to him while he was in his divine spirit form. Apart from spiritual attacks, laws of nature were the only option he had!

If he wanted to subdue the half-deity-level Fire Demon within the shortest amount of time possible, then the only choice he had was to use his most powerful skill—his control of metal laws of nature!

Whoosh!

A dazzling golden light beam descended from above, instantly crashing down onto the Fire Demon and completely transmuting it into gold in a split second.

Meng Lei opened up the Devil channel and brought the Fire Demon out with him before dispelling Ultimate Alchemy's effects on it.

Roar!

The Fire Demon was right about to attack the moment it was freed, but upon sensing the aura in the surroundings, it became thunderstruck at once, and a look of fear and shock appeared on its face.

One, two, three, four, five!

There were a good five half-deities around him, and every single one emanated an aura that was much more powerful than his!

"S-sir...!"

The fearful Fire Demon bowed down to Meng Lei at once.

"Raise your head!"

Meng Lei replied calmly.

"Yes, sir!"

The Fire Demon trembled as it raised its head, looking at Meng Lei with an expression of fear. By now, it could already tell that Meng Lei was the one who had brought him here.

"Tell me about the Demon Realm!"

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Chapter 244: A Million Sacrificial Offerings, Lord Ram-Lion

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With regard to Meng Lei's inquiry, Gabriel the Fire Demon Overlord told him everything he knew and withheld nothing.

The Demon Realm was very big! Unimaginably so!

Even the Fire Demon Overlord couldn't come up with a concrete answer as to just how big it was exactly. All it knew was that its place of residence was called the Campas Wastelands and that it spanned 10 million miles from the north to the south and 30 million miles from the east to the west.

The nearest city was the Magic Wings City. The lord of the city was a true god-level Demon Lord, and he ruled over all the districts 100,000 miles of the city. He was the most influential Devil in the vicinity!

At this point, one must make a mention of Hell's combat prowess classification.

The Demon Realm was a high-end existential plane that was unlike Heaven's Vault Continent. Saint Domains lived a life worse than dogs, and deities could be found everywhere. All those weaker than Saint Domain were cannon fodder that the Demon Realm termed as Demon Soldiers.

Above the Demon Soldiers, in ascending order, were the Demon Generals, Overlords, Demon Lords, Great Demon Lords, Demon Gods, Great Demon Gods, and... The Demon Grandmaster!

Demon Generals were the equivalent of Saint Domains;

Overlords were the equivalent of half-deities;

Demon Lords were the equivalent of true gods;

Great Demon Lords were the equivalent of lesser deities;

Demon Gods were the equivalent of intermediate deities;

Great Demon Lords were the equivalent of higher deities;

And the Demon Grandmaster... was the equivalent of a Chief God!

"How many Devils are there in total in Magic Wings City?"

Meng Lei popped the most crucial question.

The Demon Realm's vastness was beyond what he'd imagined. How big must the Demon Realm be when the Campas Wastelands alone were already this big?

Based on the Fire Demon Overlord's description, the Campas Wastelands was just a corner of the Purple Cloud Island, while Purple Cloud Island itself was no more than just an island in the Demon Realm!

So, how big exactly was the Demon Realm?

Meng Lei couldn't even begin to fathom its size!

Considering the Demon Realm's vast size where large expanses of area were desolate with not even a single Devil in sight, Meng Lei could only try and come up with a solution that centered around Magic Wings City.

The Fire Demon Overlord answered truthfully, "No fewer than one trillion!"

"One trillion?"

Meng Lei couldn't help but gasp. "In other words, a weak true god is actually ruling over one trillion Devils?"

"Yes, sir!"

Deep down in the Fire Demon Overlord's heart, though, he was secretly dissing Meng Lei.

A weak true god? The lord of Magic Wings City is a true god! He's no doubt the strongest and most powerful in his personal fiefdom known as the Magic Wings City!

Meng Lei barked, "Tell me the way to Magic Wings City, as well as the lowdown on the Devils occupying the area around it!"

He couldn't wait to rob Magic Wings City now!

"Yes, sir!"

Not daring to show any disrespect, the Fire Demon Overlord quickly went into detail about everything he remembered about the situation around Magic Wings City and its vicinity. He was so forthright that it was almost ridiculous!

"And now, the last question—do you wish to live or die?"

The Fire Demon Overlord shuddered in fear and hastily pleaded for mercy. "Spare me, sir!"

Meng Lei replied aloofly, "If you don't wish to die, then hand over your divine spirit origin energy and become my servant!"

Although the Fire Demon Overlord didn't amount to much in the Demon Realm, it was still a native half-deity of the Demon Realm, after all. With it leading the way for him, at least he wouldn't need to go about blindly.

"Yes, sir!"

A pained look appeared on the Fire Demon Overlord's countenance. Nevertheless, it still released its divine spirit origin energy right away.

The Demon Realm was a place where it was the survival of the fittest. Weaklings submitting to the strong was something that happened all the time and wasn't something to be ashamed of.

After refining the Fire Demon Overlord's divine spirit origin energy, Meng Lei returned to the Demon Realm with it and got it to lead the way toward Magic Wings City for him.

Things would be a lot easier, now that he had someone who knew their way around!

This was a truth that would never change!

Under the Fire Demon Overlord's lead, Meng Lei no longer went about aimlessly. Instead, he found a Devil tribe with pinpoint accuracy!

Catch everything!

Plunder everything!

Take everything!

He caught all the Devils and Devil tribes he encountered along the way, whether they were strong or weak!

Meng Lei managed to catch a million Devils after patronizing just three to four Devil tribes. The Tower of Time's 96th level was already close to filling up!

Yet they were still a great distance away from their destination, the Magic Wings City. Left with no other choice, Meng Lei could only hastily end his hunt.

After that, Meng Lei tasked the Fire Demon Overlord with a mission—it was to do its best to summon and gather all the Devils nearby.

Even though the Fire Demon Overlord wanted very much to reject him, owing to Meng Lei's tyrannical bearing, it had no choice but to obey.

"Do your best! And I'll bestow upon you a divine core someday and let you become a Demon Lord, too!"

After giving the Fire Demon Overlord a boost of encouragement, Meng Lei's consciousness left the Demon Realm.

"I didn't think that patronizing the Devil tribes would reap me such benefits! What a pleasant surprise!"

Meng Lei couldn't help but grin as he gazed at the additional assets. He'd ransacked a total of more than three million Laws of Nature Origin Crystals during the trip earlier!

This transaction was much simpler than ransacking the Dragon Island, Sunset Ranges, and the Titan Empire!

"The Demon Realm is a gigantic gold mine. The number of riches there is beyond one's imagination. I can focus my money-making efforts on the Demon Realm in the future!"

Meng Lei quietly made up his mind.

"Where are we now?"

Meng Lei opened his eyes to discover that they were above an endless ocean.

"Master, we've just left Dragon God Empire and arrived at the Endless Oceans' eastern waters!"

Klaus said respectfully, "We're two hours away from the Golden Archipelago!"

"Two hours? That's pretty fast!"

Meng Lei stretched, and then, he asked, "Have all of you picked your weapons?"

"Yes, we have, Master!"

Meng Lei then kept the rest of the half-divine weapons away.

Two hours passed in the blink of an eye, and the group finally arrived at the Golden Archipelago.

When one overlooked the area from high up in the sky, they would see innumerable islands dotting the vast, boundless ocean.

Spread all over the place, they looked just like green turtles floating on the surface of the ocean. They formed a massive chain of islands, providing a unique seascape scenery and a rather magnificent sight!

"This is the Golden Archipelago, Master!"

Bubbles pointed at the chain of islands and said, "The Golden Dragon-Lions have lived here for generations. They are the local tyrant of the waters here and control the life and death of billions of living beings here!"

Meng Lei nodded slightly and instructed, "Let's go down and take a look!"

"Yes, Master!"

The islands were home to many people, including humans, as well as Beast People. However, they seemed to be completely out of touch from the rest of Heaven's Vault Continent and appeared to be extremely primitive!

They lived in simple and crude straw huts and wore torn and tattered grass skirts and straw hats. They appeared to be living fairly hard lives!

On the other hand, the most magnificent and lavish building on the island was actually a grand, lofty, and towering divine temple!

There was a divine temple on almost every island. Many joss sticks burned within the temples and formed a flourishing sight while worshipers constantly went to and fro.

"The number of cultivators don't even come up to 10% of the people here!"

Meng Lei shook his head. "The Golden Dragon-Lions' reign is really a dark one!"

"How does 'dark' even cut it?"

With a sigh, Bubbles said, "The Golden Dragon-Lions are the most supreme local tyrants in the Golden Dragon-Lions. These islanders are just their slaves, servants, and tools that provide them with power of faith. They don't see them as humans at all!"

"So, what's the point of leaving a clan like that in the world?" Meng Lei shook his head and said, "Let's go. We'll head straight to the Golden Dragon-Lions' base!"

"Yes, Master!"

The Golden Dragon-Lion Continent was the biggest, flashiest, and grandest island in the Golden Archipelago!

Rather than an island, it was actually more like a continent. It measured 7,000 kilometers from the north to the south and stretched on for 9,000 kilometers from the east to the west. The surface area spanned a size as big as over 50 million square kilometers. One could call it a continent on the ocean!

An incredibly huge palace complex stood in the very center of the Golden Dragon-Lion Continent.

The buildings were well-spaced, splendid, and majestic.

In the center of the palaces stood a Golden Dragon-Lion statue that was as tall as 100,000 feet. Fully forged from gold, it gave off an imposing and endless might.

At the moment, an infinite number of people were kneeling in the square in front of the statue. There were humans dressed in torn and tattered clothes, Beast People with animal heads and human bodies...

There were as many as a million people there!

With no exception whatsoever, every single one of them was bound and immobilized, making them look just like criminals who had been sentenced to be beheaded and were awaiting the executioner's arrival!

In reality, however, they were no criminals but sacrificial offerings that the Golden Dragon-Lions had captured!

A million sacrificial offerings!

This was something terrifying!

Standing in front of the sacrificial offerings were almost 10,000 people from the Golden Dragon-Lion clan. With weapons in their grip and a stern look on their countenances, they were crowded around a single person.

Closer inspection would reveal that the man looked identical to someone whom Meng Lei had previously killed—yes, he was the Golden Dragon-Lions' grandmaster, Thackeray!

"Reporting!"

A handsome and mighty-looking Sea Eagle suddenly flew toward him in the sky, and a brawny figure leaped off its back and quickly ran over to Thackeray.

"Grandmaster, we've discovered traces of strangers. We were unable to discern how strong they are, but they travel at a speed that's as swift as lightning and far beyond what a Saint Domain is capable of. We suspect that they're half-deities!"

The man reported aloud, "At the speed they're moving, we predict that they'll arrive at the clan's ancestral home in an hour's time!"

"Half-deities? That knave has indeed come!"

A cold glint shot forth from Thackeray's eyes. He commanded, "Everyone, the clan's moment of life and death has come. Hear my command—everyone is to return to their respective positions and activate the summoning rite!"

"Yes, Grandmaster!"

All the members of the Golden Dragon-Lion clan sprung into action at his command.

Among which, up to 1,000 Saint Domain experts darted to various corners of the square and arrived at their designated locations.

If one were to overlook the area from the top, they would see that their locations just so came together to form a gigantic magic circle.

Thackeray didn't idle, either. He came to the very center of the magic circle and stood at the eye of the magic circle.

"Hear my command! Begin!"

With a roar and a swoosh of his sleeve, several golden threads shot out of Thackeray's sleeve and slashed across the sacrificial offerings' necks!

In a split second, the carotid arteries of all the sacrificial offerings within a few hundred meters were severed, causing blood to flow incessantly!

More than a thousand Saint Domains also replicated the action and slashed across the sacrificial offerings' throats. For a moment, screams rang out one after another, and cries pleading for mercy went on incessantly.

"Begin the summoning!"

With a loud shout from Thackeray, power of divinity began to surge around him and spread into the surroundings.

The Saint Domain experts also released their own Battle Aura and magic power, which spread toward the people in the surroundings.

Buzz...

Everyone's Battle Aura and magic power linked together to form a gigantic magic circle, which was shining brilliantly.

In the instant the magic circle took shape, a terrifying devouring force emanated from within and began to furiously devour the sacrificial offerings' blood.

The blood of nearly a million people flowed rapidly in this instant, the momentum unstoppable no matter what one did!

Gradually, some of the offerings lost all the blood in them and began to collapse to the ground. One, two, three...

In under half a minute, all of the one million sacrificial offerings died. Their faces were deathly pale, having died from blood loss while they were still alive. Their deaths looked extremely tragic!

Upon devouring the blood of a million people, the magic circle immediately turned blood-red and bewitching, its bloodiness reaching extreme heights while it gave off terrifying energy waves!

At this point, Thackeray suddenly got down on his knees and began to pray piously. "Hear your descendants' call and appear before us, oh great Ram-Lion Grandmaster!"

The 1,000 Saint Domains also knelt on the ground and prayed aloud. As for the million people that had died, no-one took them to heart at all!

Buzz...

A massive dimensional gate appeared above the magic circle, and a low, deep roar rang out!

The next moment, a gigantic head emerged from the dimensional gate, followed by an enormous body!

It was simply too big. It seemed like the dimensional gate couldn't contain it at all. It pressed against the dimensional gate furiously, desperately trying to squeeze out of it—it was actually a 10,000-meters-long gigantic lion that was blood-red in color throughout and had ram horns on its head and a pair of bat wings on its back!

Roar!

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Chapter 245: A Million Sacrificial Offerings, Descendant of The Devil

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"My respects to the Ram-Lion Grandmaster!"

At the sight of the gigantic Ram-Lion in the center of the magic circle and upon sensing the terrifying force of its presence that it was giving off, Thackeray lowered his head and bowed at once.

"My respects to the Ram-Lion Grandmaster!"

The 1,000 Saint Domains, as well as the other members of the Golden Dragon-Lion clan, also bowed in greeting, their voices loud and sonorous. They were inexplicably excited as if they'd just seen their own fathers.

"Who has summoned me?"

The gigantic Ram-Lion shouted in a low, deep voice as its blood-red eyes swept across Thackeray and the many Saint Domains. It sniffed hard at the air, and then, it asked, "Are you my descendants?"

"Grandmaster," Thackeray raised his head and replied excitedly, "This is Heaven's Vault Continent. We are your blood descendants that you left behind 80,000 years ago when you were traveling here!"

"Heaven's Vault Continent? 80,000 years ago?"

The gigantic Ram-Lion couldn't quite recall the memory for a moment there, and it walked down memory lane from eons ago.

After a long while, it finally said, "I remember now. I had indeed graced a Golden Colossal Dragon's bedchamber 80,000 years ago. All of you must be that Golden Colossal Dragon's descendants?"

"Yes, exactly! Exactly!"

Overjoyed, Thackeray nodded repeatedly.

"I see! No wonder you know the Devil contractual magic circle that summons me!"

At once, the gigantic Ram-Lion's eyes became significantly less hostile. It said with a voice like a great bell, "Descendants of mine, for what purpose do you summon me?"

"Please let me report the matter to you, Grandmaster!"

With a face full of tears and snot, Thackeray said, "A half-deity has newly emerged as a force on the material plane here. He is wicked, perverse, and behaves atrociously. Not only has he slaughtered all of Dragon God Empire's half-deities, but he even wiped out the Titan Empire's half-deities a moment ago, and now, he's making his way over to us!

"If nothing goes wrong, he'll arrive at the Golden Archipelago very soon. When that happens, all one million of my Golden Dragon-Lion clansmen shall all die an untimely death!

"The clan is facing imminent danger where the calamity of complete annihilation may befall us anytime. Left with no other choice, we could only disturb the Grandmaster's rest. Please forgive us, Grandmaster!"

"All of you are my descendants. My blood flows through all of you. How can others slaughter all of you as they please?"

The gigantic Ram-Lion flew into a thundering rage. He roared furiously, "I'd like to take a look for myself just why a native half-deity dares to behave so audaciously!"

"How virtuous of the Grandmaster!"

Thackeray hurriedly prostrated and kowtowed.

"Rise, everyone!"

The gigantic Ram-Lion nodded slightly. His gaze swept past the million corpses in the square. Then, he licked his lips and roared deeply, "I'm hungry!"

"Hungry?"

Thackeray was taken by surprise for a moment before he quickly regained his senses. He ordered, "Hurry! Bring forth the offerings that we've prepared, and let the Grandmaster sample them!"

"Yes, Grandmaster!"

Before long, the Golden Dragon-Lion clansmen brought forth the so-called offerings—they were actually some fair and fleshy human toddlers!

Aged about two to three-years-old, these toddlers had been thoroughly cleaned up beforehand, and they wore not even a single thread of clothing. Fair and tender, they were then placed on trays and presented.

A simple gaze revealed that there were easily tens of thousands of them!

Thackeray received one of the trays and offered it up respectfully. "Please enjoy your meal, Grandmaster!"

As descendants of the gigantic Ram-Lion, not only did they, the Golden Dragon-Lions, have the means of summoning the Grandmaster, but they also knew what it liked to eat—because they've had similar experiences before.

In the past, whenever they faced imminent annihilation of the clan, this was exactly what they would do—making sacrificial offerings of a million people and then preparing another 100,000 male toddlers as sacrificial offerings.

This was how they'd always been doing it for the last tens of thousands of years!

Thackeray took no pity on all these lives. To the Golden Dragon-Lions, all the people in the Golden Dragon-Lions were their livestock and slaves!

Who would care about the deaths of livestock?

"Yes, this offering is pretty good!"

The gigantic Ram-Lion shrank its size. Then, it opened its mouth and easily sucked a toddler into its mouth. Blood flowed incessantly amid loud crunching.

"As long as it's to Grandmaster's taste!"

Thackeray was delighted. He instructed, "What are all of you spacing out for? Since it's to the Grandmaster's taste, then hurry and prepare some more for the Grandmaster! 100,000... No, 200,000! Prepare 200,000 offerings at once!"

"Understood!"

The Golden Dragon-Lion clansmen got down to it right away.

The gigantic Ram-Lion enjoyed the meal of toddlers with a look of intoxication on its face as if it were eating a feast of delicacies.

No one knew just how the Golden Dragon-Lions had managed it, but the toddlers neither cried nor fussed. They were entirely unaware that they were about to become someone else's meal.

"There's more if these aren't enough, Grandmaster!"

"Grandmaster, these are all our ways of showing filial respect to you!"

"Grandmaster..."

An hour passed very quickly. All 100,000 toddlers ended up in the gigantic Ram-Lion's belly. The Ram-Lion burped and picked its teeth with a look of contentment on its visage.

With an ingratiating look on his face, a beaming Thackeray asked, "How do these offerings taste, Grandmaster?"

"Pretty good! I'm very satisfied."

The gigantic Ram-Lion then cast a glance at him and asked, "By the way, what is your name again?"

Thackeray hurriedly answered, "My name is Thackeray, Grandmaster!"

"I'll keep you in mind, Thackeray."

The gigantic Ram-Lion nodded slightly before he said, "Tell me about the situation in Heaven's Vault Continent."

"Yes, Grandmaster!"

Not daring to be remiss in any way, Thackeray began to talk about Heaven's Vault Continent's circumstances in detail. At the end of it, the Ram-Lion sank into contemplative silence.

"The Titans were the ones ruling this existential plane back when I first came. Little did I think that 80,000 years later, Beast People and Colossal Dragons would also emerge.

"These are the vicissitudes of life, indeed. How time has passed! Nevertheless, this is a fantastic opportunity right now!"

The gigantic Ram-Lion turned to Thackeray. "The Dragon God Empire and the Titan Empire's half-deities have all perished. It is now a time where the higher management of the empires is vacant. Your time has come!"

"Grandmaster, you mean..."

Thackeray perked up.

The Ram-Lion said, "Lead the Golden Dragon-Lions and conquer the Dragon God Empire and the Titan Empire. Fight for power of faith and seize the opportunity to become a god."

"But Grandmaster, the Titan Spiritual God, and the Dragon God probably wouldn't agree to that, would they?"

Despite being sorely tempted by the notion, Thackeray was still somewhat hesitant. He was just a normal half-deity and had even just lost a divine incarnation. He didn't have the guts to challenge the Titan Spiritual God and the Dragon God just yet.

"Don't worry. I'll block them off for you."

The gigantic Ram-Lion said dispassionately, "Deities can no longer approach a material plane with their real body once 10,000 years have passed since their deification, whereas we, the Devils, can descend upon the material plane via a Devil contract.

"With me around, what is there to fear about mere divinity projections of the Titan Spiritual God and the Dragon God?"

"I thank the Grandmaster for his advice! How virtuous of the Grandmaster!"

Thrilled, Thackeray kowtowed on his knees incessantly.

The Ram-Lion said aloofly, "When you've become a true god, I shall have another true god descendant, and my Ram-Lion clan shall also become even more powerful."

"Yes, Grandmaster!"

Thackeray's spirits were awfully uplifted. Nevertheless, he said, "But the most pressing matter now is still to get rid of Meng Lei, the renegade. He's the one that poses the biggest threat to us at the moment!"

"A mere native half-deity is not worthy of mention. I can annihilate him with a simple flip of my hand."

The gigantic Ram-Lion glanced at him. He didn't take Meng Lei seriously at all.

It was an old-timer Demon Lord that ruled over billions of lives, after all. What did a mere half-deity even count as?

An ingratiating Thackeray quickly said, "The Grandmaster's powers reach all the way to the heavens! If that knave Meng Lei dares to come, we'll definitely turn him into ashes and give him a terrible death!"

Boom!

At that moment, a shrill scream suddenly rang out ahead of them. A jolt went through Thackeray, and he shouted, "What has happened?"

"Grandmaster, I'll go and take a look!"

A Saint Domain darted out. However, he was thrown back where he was again in no time, falling onto the ground and becoming motionless.

Thackeray hastily looked over to see that all the Saint Domain clansman's bones had been broken—evidently, someone had violently broken him.

"Meng Lei! He's here!!"

A huge shudder went through Thackeray. He spied a lofty figure weaving through the palace complex as he walked toward them right away. The figure was 1,000-feet-tall, a jet-black color throughout, and had intertwining muscles all over him—it was a Titan!

"Bubbles! Why is he here?"

At the sight of the Titan, Thackeray couldn't help but let out an exclamation. Upon taking a closer look, he then realized that three people were standing atop Bubbles' shoulder—and one of them was exactly the person he'd been thinking of day and night.

"Meng Lei!"

Thackeray clenched his fists, his eyes spitting flames of wrath. He roared furiously, "Meng Lei, you knave! To think you really dare to make your way here!"

"Eh?"

At the sound of his voice, Meng Lei glanced over and immediately noticed Thackeray. An icy glint flashed in his eyes, and a hint of murderous intent flitted across.

"Thackeray, you should be cut into a thousand pieces!"

"Die? I'll see who the one dying today is!"

Thackeray gave him a savage smile. "You've killed my divine incarnation, causing my years of hard work to go up in smoke. On top of that, you've even come all the way to my doorstep to humiliate us! I'm going to cut you into a million pieces so that my anger may be vented!"

Meng Lei rose into the air and shot toward him. Klaus, Nadja, Seisia, and Bubbles followed closely behind him.

"Bubbles, you traitor! To think you've willingly become his servant!"

Thackeray glowered at Bubbles, his eyes spitting flames of fury.

"Thackeray, I am a willing servant to my great Master!"

Bubbles said, "You, on the other hand, didn't seize the opportunity that Master had given you, so I'm afraid you're probably going to be wiped out together with the rest of your Golden Dragon-Lion clansmen today!"

"Wiped out? Hahaha!"

Thackeray sneered, "With Grandmaster here, I will never die. The Golden Dragon-Lions won't be wiped out, either. You're the ones who are going to die!"

"Grandmaster?"

Meng Lei, Bubbles, and the others couldn't help but turn to the gigantic Ram-Lion. In truth, they'd already sensed an extremely fearsome aura the moment they had stepped onto the Golden Dragon-Lion Continent.

It was evil, vicious, and bloodthirsty!

At that point, they'd already realized that a terrifying existence had surfaced among the Golden Dragon-Lions.

However, because they had to exterminate the Golden Dragon-Lions' underlings, they had arrived a little late.

"What a terrifying aura!"

"Is it even a half-deity?"

"Judging from this... It's probably the Ram-Lions from the Demon Realm!"

"The Ram-Lions?"

"They are a kind of intermediate Devil in the Demon Realm. They have extremely terrifying numbers and are also a main battle force of the Demon Realm's Devil troops. Even the weakest among them is a Saint Domain!"

"I see!"

Everyone nodded in understanding. Their eyes, as they gazed at the gigantic Ram-Lion, were filled with graveness.

Someone from a race where even the weakest possessed Saint Domain-level strength would definitely possess a fearsome level of strength. They had to take utmost care when facing it.

Thackeray said respectfully, "Grandmaster, those are the knaves that intend to annihilate the Golden Dragon-Lions! I hope the Grandmaster can take pity on us and save the clan from imminent calamity!"

"Don't worry! All of you are my descendants. I will protect all of you!"

The gigantic Ram-Lion nodded slightly. Then, its blood-red eyes fell on Meng Lei and company. "All of you deserve a thousand deaths for actually vainly attempting to hurt my descendants!"

"Your descendants?" Meng Lei broke into a slight frown. "How have the Golden Dragon-Lions become your descendants when you're a Ram-Lion from the Demon Realm?"

"Meng Lei, you knave, now that things have come to this point, I don't fear telling you this!"

Thackeray said icily, "We, the Golden Dragon-Lions, are descendants that the Grandmaster left behind when he was traveling in Heaven's Vault Continent 80,000 years ago! Within our veins flow the pure and noble blood of the Grandmaster!"

"I see..."

Meng Lei nodded slowly. "No wonder the Golden Dragon-Lions are so cruel. So you're a Devil's offspring. Since that's the case, then it's just as well that I stamp all of you out at the same time!"

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Chapter 246: The Ram-Lion Devil, Bitten By Ten Thousand Devils

"Stamp them out at the same time? When you're just a tiny little native half-deity? This practically makes me laugh my head off!"

Upon hearing what Meng Lei had said, the gigantic Ram-Lion burst into loud, raucous laughter as though it'd just heard the funniest joke in the world, doubling over as it guffawed.

"Lowly worm, I walk unobstructed in the Demon Realm and rule over the lives and deaths of a trillion people. Don't you know that worms like you are only worthy of becoming my snack?"

"Is that so?"

In an aloof and dispassionate voice, Meng Lei said, "Show me your fangs and let me see whether they're really that sharp, then."

"Having a death wish? I'll satisfy you, then!"

The Ram-Lion let out a low roar. Demonic aura churned around it and morphed into huge and sharp blood-red claws that swiped toward Meng Lei at extremely high speed, reaching him in an instant.

"Insignificant tricks."

Meng Lei vanished from where he was right away. By the time he reappeared, he had already bizarrely shown up in front of Thackeray.

"Making sacrificial offerings out of a million lives and cruelly killing 10,000 young children, the sins of the Golden Dragon-Lions are unforgivable!"

Devoid of any expression, Meng Lei's voice was cold and imposing as he said, "Today, I shall erase this sinful clan from the face of the earth, so as to appease the souls of those innocents! We'll start with you!"

Whoosh!

A golden light flashed past. Thackeray's right arm flew into the sky right away. Scarlet-red blood spurted like a fountain, dyeing the skies, as well as the ground, red!

Whoosh!

Yet another golden light flashed past, and Thackeray's left arm also flew into the sky. Severe pain assaulted him, and Thackeray let out a shrill, miserable scream.

"How dare you!"

The Ram-Lion felt insulted by the sight of Meng Lei abusing and killing Thackeray right in front of it. It couldn't help but fly into a terrible rage, letting out a roar into the sky.

Roar!

Roiling sound waves spread outward. As if it was merely made out of paper, the void in the surroundings splintered and broke inch by inch, turning into black holes.

Meng Lei, who received the brunt of it, was blasted away by the violent sound waves while Bubbles, Klaus, and the others also threw up blood as they were sent flying.

The Golden Dragon-Lions in the vicinity fared even worse. Those who were nearby exploded into mists of blood while those who were faraway suffered heavy injuries, blood spurting violently from their mouths.

"To think a single roar's might is actually this powerful!"

Meng Lei suppressed his churning blood and energy flow as he remarked, "As expected of a Demon Realm's Demon Lord that can rival a true god!"

Despite this, Meng Lei was exceptionally excited. This was his first time facing off with a true god, so how could he possibly not be?

"Low-end existential planes' space-time dimensions sure are fragile. Just a soft roar is enough to break the void."

The gigantic Ram-Lion twisted its neck side to side, producing crisp-sounding cracks as it did so. "And the gravity, too. It's much lower than the Demon Realm's. I wonder how fast a speed I can reach here?"

"Kill him, Grandmaster! Hurry and kill him!"

Now that both of Thackeray's arms had been severed, he practically hated Meng Lei with a burning passion, and he began to bellow furiously.

"Don't worry. He won't live past another few seconds."

A slight smile appeared on the Ram-Lion's visage, and it instantly vanished from where it was. It moved about like a ghost, its speed lightning-quick. By the time it reappeared, it was already right in front of Meng Lei.

"I'm going to swallow you up, little worm!"

The Ram-Lion opened its cavernous jaws, and a pungent odor rushed toward Meng Lei as it tried to gobble him up.

Whoosh!

Meng Lei's form flickered, and he teleported behind the Ram-Lion. A blood-red scythe abruptly appeared in his hand—it was the Grim Reaper Scythe!

"Eat me? That'll depend on whether your teeth are sharp enough or not!"

Meng Lei brandished the Grim Reaper Scythe. With a rip, the scythe sliced across the Ram-Lion's back and made a deep cut.

"Ahhh!"

The Ram-Lion let out a cry, becoming both alarmed and furious at the same time. However, when it saw the Grim Reaper Scythe in Meng Lei's hands, a look of shock and fear appeared in its eyes, and it stammered, "The G-Grim Reaper Scythe?"

"Bingo! I'll reward you with another slash!"

Meng Lei broke into a grin. Then, he teleported to the Ram-Lion's abdomen and swung the scythe down again.

Splurt!

This move of his practically couldn't get any dirtier—because he didn't aim it at anywhere else but the gigantic Ram-Lion's enormous shaft.

A flash of blood later, the incredibly huge treasure was cut off right at the base!

"Ahhh!"

Intense pain assaulted the Ram-Lion's nerves, and it let out a heart-wrenching cry. It jumped up and down in pain while pungent and foul-smelling black blood sprayed everywhere...

Bam!

At this point, the precious treasure that had been cut off crashed onto the ground, emitting a dull bam as it landed. Everyone's eyeballs almost fell out of their sockets at the sight of this!

"This, this..."

"That's... that... thing?"

"You worm! Goddamn worm! You—"

The gigantic Ram-Lion had also realized that its precious treasure used to continue the ancestral line was gone. It was so furious that it almost passed out!

Hate filled its heart, so much so that even all the water in the rivers and lakes couldn't wash it away!

"I want you dead! I want you dead!"

Demonic aura that surged the high heavens burst forth from the Ram-Lion. As though an erupting volcano, vast, majestic demonic might instantly swept outward in every direction, capable of dealing a devastating blow any moment.

"Die!"

However, Meng Lei didn't give it any chances at all. He teleported right in front of the Ram-Lion. Then, with the Grim Reaper Scythe in hand, he aimed it right at its neck and swung it down mercilessly.

Splurt!

The Grim Reaper Scythe was simply too sharp. Without a single obstruction standing in its way, it sliced right across the gigantic Ram-Lion's throat!

A two-meter-deep line of blood appeared at its throat right away. As though a breached dam, blood spurted and cascaded from the wound, dyeing the square black.

Roar!

The Ram-Lion let out another tragic cry, the demonic might that it'd only just charged up instantly doused. However, its neck was simply too thick, so the blow didn't manage to sever its head from its body.

"This scythe... It's so sharp!"

Bubbles, Klaus, and the other two half-deities were incredibly astounded by the sight. The gigantic Ram-Lion had clearly already advanced beyond the level of a half-deity to reach the level of a true god!

One must know that that was a true god!

Just how strong and powerful an existence was that?

Moreover, it was common for demonic races to possess strong and mighty physiques. The Ram-Lion was even a true god, so its demonic body must have been even stronger and mightier. Yet the blood-red scythe had easily cut through it!

So, just how sharp must the blood-red scythe have been?

"Master simply has too many divine weapons!"

Klaus couldn't resist sighing wistfully. Bubbles and the other two also nodded, agreeing with his statement wholeheartedly.

The Gods-Slaying Spear, the Hammer of Destruction, the blood-red machete, and now, the blood-red scythe—that made a grand total of four divine weapons. How thoroughly enviable!

"The Grandmaster is... a-actually not his match!"

A dazed Thackeray stood where he was, his limbs icy and cold. He'd initially thought that by summoning the true god-level grandmaster, dealing with Meng Lei would be a piece of cake.

Yet the outcome had actually turned out like this. Not only was it unable to kill Meng Lei, but he even totally thrashed it!

"Why is this happening?"

Thackeray felt as if he had fallen into an abyss. "He's just a newly-ascended 16-years-old half-deity! Why is he this strong? Why exactly is that?"

"Devil from the Demon Realm, Heaven's Vault Continent isn't a place where you should be!"

As though a Grim Reaper that had descended upon the mortal world, Meng Lei stepped through the air with the blood-red scythe in his hand.

"Today, I shall send you back to the Demon Realm!"

At the sound of what he said, the Ram-Lion was frightened out of its wits at once. It wanted to build a dimensional channel and return to the Demon Realm right away. However, Meng Lei's movements were faster, and the blood-red scythe instantly slashed across its throat.

Splurt!

Its carotid artery severed, blood spurted everywhere. At once, the Ram-Lion's eyes widened dramatically, and indignation, hatred, disbelief, and various other complex emotions flashed across its eyes.

"I, a great Demon Lord, have actually died in the hands of a low-end existential plane's native half-deity?"

Boom!

The light in the Ram-Lion's eyes gradually dimmed, and its massive carcass crashed onto the ground with a deafening boom.

A divine core glittering with a black divine shine flew out of the Ram-Lion's head at this point and shot toward the far distance.

"Thinking of fleeing?"

Meng Lei let out an icy laugh and instantly vanished from where he was. The next second, he caught the black divine core in his hand!

"Let go of me, human!"

The Ram-Lion's mad, furious roars rang out from within the divine core—these were energy fluctuations produced by its divine spirit.

"Since you're here, then don't bother leaving!"

Meng Lei smiled calmly and sent the divine core into the Tower of Time along the way. Then, he said, "Dodola, process this divine core for me."

"Where did you get this divine core?"

Dodola was rather puzzled.

"I've just killed a Devil," Meng Lei answered truthfully.

"This is a true god-level Demon Lord divine core. You've actually managed to kill it?"

Dodola was filled with disbelief.

"I used the Grim Reaper Scythe."

Dodola fell silent at once. Only after a brief moment did it say, "You'd best not use the Grim Reaper Scythe so frequently. That thing is too unholy!"

"Unholy? I find it very easy to use!"

Meng Lei gave a patronizing reply before landing on the ground outside. He shouted, "Thackeray!"

"Meng... S-sir!"

Fear and horror filled Thackeray, and his legs began to shake. His eyes were filled with terror as he looked at Meng Lei.

"I knew you had another divine incarnation the moment I killed your other divine incarnation the last time. That's why I'm here, but never would I have thought that you'd be this cruel!"

Meng Lei's voice was calm and tranquil as he said, "Using a million people as sacrificial offerings just to summon that Devil... And gathering another 100,000 toddlers as food just to please it!

"Your actions are perverse to the extreme and practically worse than a beast's. The heavens cannot condone such heinous actions and your existence!"

"Spare me, sir!"

Thackeray dropped onto his knees with a thud and began to loudly beg for mercy. He said, "I'm willing to submit!"

"Submit? If I spare your life, who's going to spare the lives of those one million people and those 100,000 toddlers?"

With a cold and aloof expression on his face, Meng Lei said, "Bubbles, Klaus, Nadja, and Seisia!"

"Master!"

The four of them hurriedly bowed.

"Go! Make this wicked clan disappear from Heaven's Vault Continent!" Meng Lei ordered, "Whether male or female, young or old, spare not a single one of them!"

"Yes, Master!"

The four of them left to carry out their orders. For a while, screams rose and fell as they rang out, and the odor of blood filled the place...

"As for you..." Meng Lei gazed at Thackeray and said, "You like to associate with Devils, don't you? I'll satisfy you!"

Then, Meng Lei connected to the Demon Realm and summoned tens of thousands of Devils, including Gabriel the Fire Demon Overlord, whom he had just subdued.

As the strongest Devil among them, the Fire Demon Overlord bowed and asked, "My noble Master, what is your command?"

"Eat him!"

Meng Lei pointed at Thackeray and said calmly, "Remember, don't give him such an easy death!"

"Don't worry, Master. I know what I should do!"

The Fire Demon Overlord licked its lips, bloodthirstiness flashing across its eyes as it gazed at Thackeray, who had already started to shake like a leaf a long while ago.

As a Devil, it loved delicious human flesh the most. Moreover, this was even a half-deity's flesh.

"I won't disturb you guys, then!"

Meng Lei turned, left the square, and headed toward the Golden Dragon-Lions' treasury.

"Little ones, you're in for a treat!

"Don't fight! Don't be so anxious! Come one by one, everyone gets a bite each! Don't any of you take any more than that!"

The Fire Demon Overlord shouted, "If anyone dares to take any extra bites, see if I don't rip you apart!"

"Yes, Fire Demon Overlord!"

"No, don't come over! Don't com— Aaahhhhh!"

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Chapter 247: Elemental Heart, Meng Lei Is Dead

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Meng Lei couldn't be bothered to pay any attention to Thackeray's final outcome. He was a doomed man whom nobody could save.

Instead, he found the Golden Dragon-Lions' treasury and began a new round of ransacking.

As the Golden Archipelago's local tyrant, even though the Golden Dragon-Lions' treasury wasn't as amply-stocked as the Dragon God Empire and the Titan Empire's treasuries, it wasn't that bad, either.

The gold coins and Laws of Nature Origin Crystals alone brought Meng Lei earnings of almost 10 million Laws of Nature Origin Crystals. There were also innumerable other treasures.

Meng Lei didn't stand on ceremony at all. He packed them all up and made a killing.

By the time he exited the treasury, more than an hour had already passed.

At this point, all that was left of Thackeray was just a pile of ghastly bones. His death was a very sad and tragic one.

"All of you did great!"

Meng Lei praised the Devils. Then, he sent all the Devils—apart from the Fire Demon Overlord—into the Tower of Time and kept them there as a show of his gratitude.

As for the Fire Demon Overlord, he was sent back to the Demon Realm.

For a moment, Meng Lei was the only one left in the enormous square, which now seemed empty and deserted. Intending to have a little something to eat, Meng Lei casually went into one of the palaces.

Flames were ignited, and the aroma of soup wafted about.

A short while later, a rich aroma rushed toward Meng Lei, and he picked up a piece of divine pork with his chopsticks and sent it into his mouth...

Mmm!

How fragrant!

How spicy!

It practically couldn't feel any better.

"System, carry out 1,000 Limitless Pickups!"

Whoosh!

His Wealth shrank by 1,000 Laws of Nature Origin Crystals.

"Ding! Assimilation successful. You have obtained Shaq Bryant's ring!"

"Ding! Assimilation successful. You have obtained a Divine Core. Will you assimilate it?"

"It's a dark-elemental one again!"

"Ding! Assimilation successful. You have obtained a Fusion Laws of Nature Fragment. Will you assimilate it?"

"Yes, assimilate it!"

"An earth-wind fusion laws of nature fragment this time? Not bad, not bad. I'll boost it to 100%!"

"Another 1,000 times!"

"Ding! Assimilation successful. You have obtained an Elemental Heart!"

"An Elemental Heart? What the heck is that?"

Meng Lei was surprised. A fiery-red, goose egg-shaped crystal then appeared on his palm.

The crystal gave off rich fire-elemental energy fluctuations and was astonishingly hot. Meng Lei could feel a scorching, boiling heat coming from it as he held it in his hand.

A puzzled Meng Lei asked, "What's an Elemental Heart, Dodola?"

"It's an elemental being's egg! Of course, you can also call it an elemental being's fetus. As long as the environmental conditions are suitable, it'll be able to nurture and birth an elemental being," answered Dodola.

"An elemental being's egg?"

Meng Lei understood now.

Elemental beings were unusual lifeforms that differed from flesh-and-blood beings. They were born in unique environments, such as elemental existential planes.

Because they had no physical forms—or rather, their bodies were purely formed from the elements—elemental beings usually possessed incredible abilities.

"A fire-elemental being..."

After a moment's consideration, Meng Lei tossed the Elemental Heart into a volcano on the Tower of Time's 91st level. Then, he brought out a pile of fire elemental crystals and made a magical energy-gathering magic circle.

"I've done everything that I should. Whether or not you're born into the world will depend on what fate has in store for you!"

"Ding! Assimilation successful. You have obtained a Fusion Laws of Nature Fragment. Will you assimilate it?"

"Hmm, it's a water-fire fusion laws of nature fragment this time. I'll boost it to 100%, too!"

"Another 1,000 times!"

"Ding! Assimilation successful. You have obtained a Thunder-Elemental Fairy's corpse!"

"A thunder-elemental Fairy?"

With a thought from Meng Lei, a gorgeous and peerlessly beautiful Fairy with violet skin and pointy ears appeared before him.

"So, this is a thunder-elemental Fairy's corpse?"

Without any hesitation, Meng Lei instructed, "System, plunder her Innate Special Ability, Thunder-Elemental Transformation!"

"Ding! Thunder-Elemental Transformation is an Innate Special Ability unique to the Thunder-Elemental Fairies and belongs to the class of high-grade Innate Special Abilities," The system stated coldly, "The cost of plundering the Innate Special Ability Thunder-Elemental Transformation is estimated at 5 Laws of Nature Origin Crystals."

Five Laws of Nature Origin Crystals?

Big deal!

"Plunder it!"

A brief moment later, Meng Lei successfully obtained the Thunder-Elemental Transformation ability. Several silver-colored electric currents darted out around him. As more and more electric currents appeared...

His entire self turned into an electric current that darted about everywhere in the spacious palace at extremely high speed, making him no different from normal lightning.

Meng Lei resumed his human form a moment later, highly satisfied with the ability. He had yet another means of protecting his life and defending against the enemies now. What a cause for celebration!

"Continue with the pickups, system!"

"Ding! Assimilation successful. You have obtained a Fusion Laws of Nature Fragment. Will you assimilate it?"

"Wood-earth? Boost it to 100%!"

"System, another 1,000 times!"

"Ding! Assimilation successful. You have obtained a Divine Core. Will you assimilate it?"

"This is a metal-elemental lesser deity's divine core!"

"Another 1,000 times!"

"Ding! Assimilation successful. You have obtained a Fusion Laws of Nature Fragment. Will you assimilate it?"

"Eh? It's a metal-dark-ice one this time. Metal-dark-ice... Tsk, tsk. Are we heading in the direction of death laws of nature now?"

"Another 1,000 times!"

"Ding! Assimilation successful. You have obtained a Soul Ice Marrow droplet. Will you assimilate it?"

"Soul Ice Marrow? What's this?"

Where did you hear about the Soul Ice Marrow from?"

Dodola was greatly astonished. "Soul Ice Marrows are treasures of the highest grade that can enhance one's divine spirit. It's extremely rare, so much so that you can only hope to come by it with luck, rather than actively searching for it!"

"A treasure of the highest grade that can enhance one's divine spirit?"

Meng Lei perked up.

"A single droplet of the Soul Ice Marrow allows a half-deity's divine spirit to cross over to the lesser deity stage. With enough of them, they can be of great use even to higher deities!"

A sighing Dodola then said, "It's just a shame that Soul Ice Marrows are non-renewable resources. Every bit used is every bit less. It's even scarcer than Crystallized Divine Spirit Extracts!

"This thing has a flaw, though. After one consumes the Soul Ice Marrow, their divine spirit will freeze and go into hibernation. It'll only thaw a year later. That's how it got its name, Soul Ice Marrow!"

"The divine spirit can cross over from a half-deity stage to the lesser deity stage? This effect practically defies all natural laws!"

Meng Lei's eyes lit up, and he promptly consumed the Soul Ice Marrow droplet. He didn't pay any attention to the latter half of what Dodola said at all.

Buzz...

The Soul Ice Marrow was a transparent liquid that looked similar to an ice crystal. It gave off a faint, icy cold glow, and Meng Lei felt chilly just by looking at it alone.

As the Soul Ice Marrow entered his stomach, a bone-chilling iciness rushed straight to his head. Meng Lei felt his mind go blank, and then he lost all consciousness.

At the same time, an endless, chilly, white current also surged into Meng Lei's sea of consciousness. Within a mere few moments, his sea of consciousness turned into a world of whiteness—it had actually been completely sealed in ice.

Similarly, the golden divine spirit flame in the center of his sea of consciousness wasn't spared, either. It was also sealed in ice in mid-air, becoming still and motionless.

"Meng Lei! Why have you gone silent again? Aren't you being a little too disrespectful?"

Rather displeased at Meng Lei's lack of response even after half a day, Dodola extended its consciousness out of the Tower of Time—only to see Meng Lei sitting cross-legged on the ground, his eyes widened big and round, yet there weren't any spiritual movements from him at all.

"Is he dead? What the heck!"

Dodola almost wet itself in fear, and it quickly darted out of the Tower of Time to check on him. Only after a moment later did it breathe a sigh of relief. "Oh my goodness! That almost scared me to death! As it turned out, your divine spirit was just frozen. I almost thought you had croaked!

"From the look of things, he's probably consumed the Soul Ice Marrow. Strange, where did he get that from? Did he steal it from the Tower of Time? That shouldn't be the case, though. I've hidden the treasures in a very secretive and inconspicuous place. Most people can't get in there at all...

"Never mind, never mind. This guy has always been acting all mysterious. Who knows where he got the Soul Ice Marrow from..."

Dodola then returned to the Tower of Time, though it also set aside a sliver of its divine spirit to watch over Meng Lei.

Given Meng Lei's divine body's degree of sturdiness, few within Heaven's Vault Continent could harm him, but one could never be too careful.

Dodola didn't want a great heir like Meng Lei to die. The resulting loss would be too great to bear if that were to happen.

Bubbles, Klaus, and the other two half-deities returned two days after Meng Lei went into hibernation. They then found Meng Lei, who was in one of the palaces.

Without Meng Lei to look after it, the boiling hotpot had already totally gone cold. Meng Lei himself was seated right next to it.

The four of them bowed and said, "The Golden Dragon-Lions have been completely wiped out, Master. We've especially come to report the completion of the mission!"

However, there was no response!

Puzzled, they repeated what they said, but there was still no response from Meng Lei.

This greatly confused them. They then raised their heads—only to see Meng Lei looking at them with his eyes open, yet there was no light within them. He looked just like a puppet!

"Master?"

The four of them carefully called out, "Master?"

Still no response whatsoever.

"What's going on?"

The four of them were rather confused.

"Could Master be asleep?"

"That's impossible, right? Sleeping with his eyes open?"

"He's in the midst of cultivation now. Don't disturb him!"

Right at this point, a fearsome aura suddenly descended, and a wave of divine spirit energy fluctuations rang out after that, frightening the four of them so badly that they shuddered.

The force of the aura was simply too frightful. In front of it, the four half-deities felt just like ants at the feet of a Colossal Dragon—extremely insignificant.

The same divine spirit energy fluctuation rang out again.

"Your Master is currently cultivating. Before he comes out of seclusion, everyone is forbidden from disturbing him!"

"Yes, yes!"

Not daring to dawdle and show any disrespect, the four of them hastily left the palace. The fearsome aura also disappeared at this point, and they couldn't help but let out a breath of relief—only to discover that their backs were already drenched in perspiration.

"Who was that just now? That was too scary!"

"Don't ask! Don't speculate! A presence like that isn't something that we can be privy to!"

"Yes, yes! You're right!"

"What should we do now?"

"Stand guard obediently. Didn't you hear that Master is currently in seclusion?"

"Alright!"

Just like that, the four half-deities obediently stood guard outside the palace, not daring to take even a step away.

However, as days passed one by one, Meng Lei didn't come out of the palace. Instead, it was the Golden Archipelago that began to sink into chaos.

Without the Golden Dragon-Lions suppressing them, all the ambitious players emerged one after another. The Golden Archipelago gradually became chaotic and unbearable to behold, entering a state of turmoil.

At the sight of the chaos, the four half-deities knew that this mustn't continue. If Meng Lei were to come out of seclusion to see the Golden Archipelago in such a chaotic state, wouldn't he fly into a thundering rage?

"Now that the Golden Dragon-Lions have been wiped out, the Golden Archipelago has become leaderless. The people's faith has been lost, and the place is currently in social unrest. It is exactly the time to build a new order and new faith."

Klaus suggested, "Therefore, we must do something now. Otherwise, we won't be able to answer to Master when he comes out of seclusion!"

Bubbles, Nadja, and Seisia, nodded repeatedly. "We can make use of this time while Master's in seclusion to spread his faith!"

"That's right! We'll strive to convert the 10 billion citizens of the Golden Archipelago into Master's most loyal worshipers before he comes out of seclusion!"

"Since that's the case, then let's split up and get to it!"

"Alright!"

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Chapter 248: The Great God Meng Lei, Spreading Faith

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For tens of thousands of years, the Golden Archipelago had been subjected to the Golden Dragon-Lions' ironfist dictatorship. Without the local tyrant suppressing them now, the outcome was easy to imagine.

Innumerable strong and wealthy ambitious players with substantial backgrounds rose one after another.

Saint Domains that had holed up in the past emerged!

Powerful clans bared their fangs!

Wealthy merchants and tycoons also began to run rampant and wreak havoc!

For a while, all sorts of rogues and monsters ran wild in the Golden Archipelago, and the lives of the people living on the islands became even harder than during the Golden Dragon-Lions' reign itself.

There were endless grievances as people fell into the abyss of suffering. Chaos ran amok as disasters and calamities broke out one after another. How could the word "suffering" even begin to describe it all?

On the Blazing Sun Island...

The Blazing Sun Island was famous for producing in abundance a type of mineral called the Blazing Sun Ore, which was used as core materials in the forging of weapons.

In order to extract the Blazing Sun Ores on the island, the Golden Dragon-Lions had divided and conferred the Blazing Sun Island upon an affiliated family—the Blazing Sun Clan—to guard them.

With the Blazing Sun Island located to their backs and put in charge of mining ores for weapon forgery, the Blazing Sun Clan had accumulated vast strength over the years and was a big, top-notch clan in the whole of the Golden Archipelago.

In the Blazing Sun Clan's conference hall...

The conference hall was packed with people on this day. The Blazing Sun Clan's directors, elites, and executive officers of various islands had all gathered in the hall and were currently plotting something big.

"Grandmaster, over the days, we've conquered a total of 23 islands, such as the Singoff Island, Elephant Island, Garment Island, and various other islands. We've also recruited 79,237 experts who are four-grade and above and a total of 348 Magicians.

"The Blazing Sun Clan's turf and strength have become a notch even stronger. The only problem we're facing now is food supplies. It's enough to last only ten days."

"Ten days!"

Lieyang1 Zhan, the Blazing Sun Clan's grandmaster, sat at the top, his brows drawn together into a big frown. He said, "Food supplies are essential to our development and strengthening process. We absolutely mustn't be short on them."

"Grandmaster is right! The current situation is looking highly favorable for us. We've been conquering five islands, hundreds of thousands of people, and hundreds—almost a thousand—of experts every day. We absolutely mustn't be halted!"

"That's right! Once we're halted, these islands will fall into the hands of other forces. It'll be hard for us to take them back in the future!"

"The Blazing Sun Clan has everything we can possibly need—manpower, weapons, and experts. This is an extremely rare opportunity for us. How can we let it slip past us just because of food supplies?"

The Blazing Sun Clan's directors spoke up one after another. Lieyang Zhan also nodded lightly. He said, "Now that the Golden Archipelago is leaderless, it is an opportunity for the Blazing Sun Clan to rise. We mustn't let such a good opportunity slip by us!"

"Grandmaster is right!"

Everyone nodded. They, the Blazing Sun Clan, boasted top-notch power. They were qualified to sit in the most supreme position and become the second Golden Dragon-Lion clan!

"Since that's the case, then let's resolve the problem of the food supplies. No matter what, our expansion efforts mustn't halt."

Lieyang Zhan's eyes gleamed brightly. "The Food-Prep Clan in the southeast owns an abundance of food supplies, despite their low population. It's exactly where we should obtain our food supplies from."

At this point, Lieyang Zhan barked fiercely, "Hear my command! Gather all the elites in the clan and seize ships. Three days later, we shall attack and conquer the Food-Prep Island in one go, and take the Food-Prep Clan's properties!"

"Brilliant plan, Grandmaster!"

"We'll carry out the Grandmaster's orders!"

"As per the Grandmaster's decision!"

The Blazing Sun Clan's directors echoed him in high spirits. Unexpectedly, a fearsome and mighty aura suddenly descended from above at this point and bore down on their hearts like a great mountain.

Boom!

It came as no surprise that everyone, including Lieyang Zhan, the Saint Domain grandmaster, was flattened to the ground, their legs shaking violently as shock and fear filled them.

"D-Divine power!"

"This is divine power!"

Lieyang Zhan had met Thackeray, the Golden Dragon-Lions' grandmaster, more than once before and had naturally experienced what divine power felt like before. The divine power he was currently feeling was even more terrifying and mightier than Thackeray's.

"Could Thackeray still be alive?!"

Shocked and horrified, Lieyang Zhan almost died from fright. Should Thackeray really still be alive, their actions would be no different from staging a rebellion or a coup. Given the Golden Dragon-Lions' way of doing things, they would definitely torture them to death and annihilate the entire clan.

"Why is this happening? Isn't Thackeray dead?"

Lieyang Zhan was filled with shock and horror.

"Listen up, all those at the bottom!"

Just as Lieyang Zhan was so terrified that both his legs had given out on him, a voice filled with endless dignified might rang out.

"I order the strongest expert in your clan to head to the Golden Dragon-Lion Continent within three days to discuss important matters. If you do not show up, all of you will die, and your clan will be wiped out with not a single creature left alive!"

The voice disappeared right after the owner of the voice spoke. What disappeared along with it was also the terrifying divine power. Only then did Lieyang Zhan and the Blazing Sun Clan's directors get back onto their feet, trembling as they did so, their faces full of fear and alarm.

"G-Grandmaster, was that a half-deity just now?"

A Blazing Sun Clan director quivered as he asked, "Could Thackeray still be alive?"

"No, that divine power was several times more fearsome than Thackeray's. It's not very likely to be him."

"If it's not Thackeray, then could it be the half-deity that had killed Thackeray and wiped out the Golden Dragon-Lions?"

"Highly likely! Of course, we can't strike out the likelihood that it's a half-deity that's passing by the Golden Archipelago, either."

"Oh my god! Why has another half-deity popped up out of nowhere? What are we going to do about the Blazing Sun Clan's emergence plan?"

Everyone was passing remarks on the situation, yet Grandmaster Lieyang Zhan had stayed silent. They couldn't help but look over in puzzlement—only to see his countenance looking terribly awful.

"What's the matter, Grandmaster?"

"What's the matter?"

Lieyang Zhan had a grim look on his face. "Didn't you hear what that half-deity said just now? The strongest expert in the clan is to head to the Golden Dragon-Lion Continent within three days to discuss important matters! Who does the 'strongest expert' in the Blazing Sun Clan refer to?"

"Isn't that obvious? It's you, the Grandmaster, of course! W-what are we supposed to do now?"

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

Lieyang Zhan gave them a resigned smile and said, "Unless the Blazing Sun Clan wishes to be annihilated, I'll have to go. But the problem is, what will I have to face once I'm there?"

All the directors fell silent at once.

"The most optimal scenario is that that half-deity has nothing to do with the Golden Dragon-Lions, but has instead taken an interest in the Golden Archipelago's faith and is intending to fight for it."

With a wry laugh, Lieyang Zhan went on. "If that's the case, then another Golden Dragon-Lion clan would surface in the Golden Archipelago. All of the Blazing Sun Clan's previous efforts will all be for naught!"

A couple of Saint Domains quickly asked, "What about the worst possible scenario?"

"The worst scenario is that Thackeray's the half-deity. How that would turn out requires no further explanation from me!"

The same scene unfolding in the Blazing Sun Clan was also taking place on the other Golden Archipelago islands.

All the ambitious players who had originally been intent on greatness practically laid down their flags and fell silent overnight.

Conquest?

Not anymore!

Expansion?

Not anymore!

Social unrest?

Not anymore!

All the experts, forces, and clans were as obedient as a puppet as they holed up in their bases.

Right on the heels of it, the strongest experts and the people holding the highest power in these forces began to head toward the Golden Dragon-Lion Continent without even a moment's rest.

In under three days' time, all of them had assembled at the Golden Dragon-Lion Continent and gathered at the Golden Dragon-Lions' base with not a single one fewer or a single clan missing.

No one dared to defy or challenge a half-deity's order!

But what shocked and horrified them even more was that upon arrival at the Golden Dragon-Lions' base, they didn't see just one half-deity but... Four!

Four half-deities stood proudly in the sky above the Golden Dragon-Lions' base. They gave off as much vast, majestic divine power as they wanted and wantonly abused their souls, almost scaring them half-dead.

Ambition?

Great aspirations?

Replacement?

Gone?

Gone! All gone!

The only thing they had left was just endless fear and unease!

"We have three reasons for summoning all of them here today!"

Bubbles' gaze swept across everyone present as his voice boomed in their ears like the rolling thunder.

"Firstly, it's to inform all of you who the one that killed Thackeray, annihilated the Golden Dragon-Lions, and saved all of you from the sea of suffering is! He's our great, noble Master and the most supreme... Great God Meng Lei!"

Boom!

With a wave from Bubbles, a 100,000-feet-tall statue of Meng Lei appeared out of nowhere. It instantly stood towering in the square, producing a grand boom.

Everyone was stunned for a moment as they stared at the divine statue that had abruptly appeared. Then, they bowed down to it at once, all sorts of words of immense gratitude flowing endlessly and eternally like the gushing, flooding rivers beyond one's control.

"Thank you for saving our lives, Great God Meng Lei!"

"I thank the noble Great God Meng Lei for saving us from the sea of suffering and allowing us to be human again, such that the evil Golden Dragon-Lions' servants no longer oppress us!"

"I thank the supreme Great God Meng Lei. You're the light that chases away loneliness and lights up my hopes. You're the tea that filters out my impetuousness and helps me to retain my calm. You're the water that hydrates and nourishes me for a moment so as to preserve my freshness for a lifetime. You're the sugar that waters down the bitterness and fills me with sweetness..."

"Secondly, all of your recent actions have greatly angered the Great God Meng Lei. He's terribly furious!"

Bubbles could hardly contain his fury. "The noble Great God Meng Lei is a benevolent and humble existence that holds universal love for all of mankind has compassion for the weak and abhors evilness!

"He had exterminated Thackeray and annihilated the Golden Dragon-Lions in order to save all of you from the sea of suffering. What a merciful and benevolent god he is! But what about all of you?

"Showing blatant disregard for the toiling masses' lives, wantonly engaging in slaughter, and creating chaos—you've thrown the Golden Archipelago into a state of turmoil where calamities wreak havoc everywhere!"

Bubbles glared at them, his vast divine power overflowing. "Do you own up to your sins?"

"Yes! Yes, we do!"

"Forgive us for our sins, Great God! We have seen the error of our ways and will definitely correct them!"

The group of people was so frightened that they shook like leaves. They kowtowed incessantly as they begged for mercy, fearful to the extreme.

"A fault confessed is half redressed. On account of how this is a first offense for all of you, he can let bygones be bygones. What's important is what you do next!"

Bubbles shouted, "Do you need the Great God Meng Lei to specially instruct you on what you should be doing from now on?"

"No, no!"

"We know what we should do!"

"Good to hear that!"

Bubbles nodded in satisfaction. Then, he said, "Thirdly, this isn't the Great God Meng Lei's decision, but the four of ours! You can just use it as a casual reference!"

"Your orders, please, sir!"

Bubbles said dispassionately, "The Great God Meng Lei has done so much for the Golden Archipelago. Shouldn't all of you show some gratitude in order to repay his great kindness?"

"Show some gratitude?"

"Yes, yes, yes! We get it! We get everything!"

"Since you do, then get lost! The four of us will inspect the Golden Archipelago again a month from now. If your actions do not satisfy us, your life will be taken as punishment in less severe cases, while the whole clan will be wiped out for more serious cases. All of you had best keep that in mind!"

"Yes, yes!"

Everyone then left in a hasty panic.

Bubbles snorted lightly as he watched them from the back. "These guys will never behave if you don't scare them a little."

"What happens next will now depend on what they choose to do."

"Of course!"

"We can't stay idle, either. We'll have to create a few disasters and then make a few displays of divine intervention in Master's name. Only when we attack the problem from two angles at the same time can we successfully establish and build power of faith!"

"Yes, that's what we should do!"

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Chapter 249: Lesser Deities, Distributing Divine Cores

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Lieyang Zhan hastily returned. The moment he got back on the Blazing Sun Island, all the Blazing Sun Clan directors came out to receive him. Their eyes were filled with both hope and apprehension.

Lieyang Zhan heaved a long sigh. He said with a shake of his head, "The Blazing Sun Clan won't be annihilated, but our emergence plan can now be considered a complete failure!"

Lieyang Zhan recounted everything that had taken place on the Golden Dragon-Lion Continent right away, upon which everyone broke out in cold sweat, lingering fear filling their hearts.

Half-deities! And four of them at that!

The mysterious Great God Meng Lei, too!

They were the ones that had killed Thackeray and annihilated the Golden Dragon-Lions!

"Four half-deities! How laughable of us to even think of taking the opportunity to emerge as a power, replace the Golden Dragon-Lions, and become the new masters of the Golden Archipelago. What a gross overestimation of our own capabilities!"

"Totally! The Blazing Sun Clan would probably have followed in the Golden Dragon-Lions' footsteps and been wiped out by them before we can even emerge..."

"That's enough! Say no more!"

Lieyang Zhan said with an awful look on his face, "What's most pressing is to tide over the crisis right before us now. Otherwise, the clan will still face the threat of annihilation!"

"Yes, yes! Grandmaster is right!"

Everyone nodded hurriedly. After all, according to the grandmaster, the four half-deities were going to do an inspection in a month's time. Should they be dissatisfied, they would still have to die, regardless.

A worried director asked, "What should the clan do now, Grandmaster?"

"I've discussed this with the other clans' grandmasters while on the way back."

Lieyang Zhan said in a low, deep voice, "Half-deities are totally above run-of-the-mill treasures. What they really place importance in... is power of faith!"

"Power of faith?"

"That's right, power of faith!"

Lieyang Zhan nodded heavily. "Isn't power of faith the exact reason why the Golden Dragon-Lions had occupied the Golden Archipelago? Therefore, we can start with power of faith!"

"Just tell us what we should do, Grandmaster! We'll do exactly what you say!"

"Yes! For the sake of the clan's survival, we'll listen to everything the Grandmaster says!"

"Since the Great God Meng Lei places great importance on power of faith, then we'll help to spread his faith. In summary—construct temples and statues!"

Lieyang Zhan instructed gravely, "Pass down the order! Everyone is to collect timber, stone, gold, and other materials and construct temples and statues on every island.

"Get all the Magicians in the clan to help out. We'll strive to build a temple and construct a statue on every island within ten days.

"On the day that the temples are completed, we, the Blazing Sun Clan, shall take the lead to pray to the Great God Meng Lei. We'll be a good role model and do everything we can to spread his faith!"

"Yes, sir!"

Just like that, a large-scale temple construction project was launched. This wasn't just limited to the Blazing Sun Clan's turf; other islands were also building temples.

The rich and powerful clans were no longer warring, no longer seizing food supplies and weaponry, and no longer recruiting warships and soldiers, to the common people's astonishment. Instead, they were building temples.

"What kind of situation is this?"

"I have no idea..."

Under the common people's puzzled eyes and in fewer than ten days, temples worshiping the Great God Meng Lei started to sprout like mushrooms after rain.

Large temples were constructed on large islands, while small temples were constructed on small islands. Every temple housed a statue each.

One must admit that the Magicians of this world could really be said to be the world's best architectural construction experts. In under ten days, the Golden Archipelago was filled with temples.

Their efficiency was truly flabbergasting!

After the temples were built, large forces like the Blazing Sun Clan took the lead to pray to Meng Lei. Some families went even further, conducting small prayer ceremonies every three days and big ones every seven days. They were more passionate in praying to Meng Lei than to their own fathers and ancestors!

Although their passion was somewhat too over-the-top, they nevertheless achieved excellent results as role models.

Several dubious islanders also attempted worshiping the new god, and then, incredible things happened!

Those with disabilities... were cured!

Those with illnesses... recovered!

Those facing fertility issues... became pregnant!

The marine beasts that frequently attacked the islands and gave the people a huge headache... also disappeared!

The islanders were incredibly poverty-stricken from the start. Thus, these efficacious incidents brought about astounding effects.

More and more residents entered the temples and started to pray to the Great God Meng Lei for various things.

For a while, Meng Lei's faith took root and sprouted in every island, gradually beginning to develop and strengthen.

A month later, 20% of the islanders had become Meng Lei's worshipers. Two months later, the number increased to 40%.

A year later, the number reached a frightening 70%. How much was 70%?

Out of 10 billion islanders, 7 billion of them worshiped Meng Lei. This number was even bigger than the total population on Earth!

The four half-deities were highly satisfied with the results. After laboring for a good half a year, they were finally seeing results. Their efforts hadn't gone to waste.

The only problem was that Meng Lei still hadn't awakened. This sorely disappointed the four half-deities.

They were just like children who had done well—eager for Meng Lei's acknowledgment!

Of course, if it pleased him, it would be even better if Meng Lei could bestow a little something or two upon them.

In the Golden Dragon-Lions' palace...

A year had passed. The ice that had frozen Meng Lei's whole sea of consciousness gradually melted. At last, only a lump of ice surrounding the divine spirit flame remained.

Crack!

All of a sudden...

A crisp sound rang out. Tiny, densely-packed cracks formed on the surface of the large ice lump freezing the divine spirit flame. As more and more cracks started to form...

Boom!

The ice lump exploded violently! The divine spirit flame started to blaze once more, and the Soul Ice Marrow that had melted integrated itself into the golden divine spirit flame all at once.

Boom!

As though it had been doused with a few buckets of petrol, the divine spirit flame instantly erupted and started to surge and blaze even more exuberantly, fiercely, and fervently!

Boom!

At the same time, a terrifying spiritual might also spread outward from Meng Lei, instantly sweeping through the entire Golden Dragon-Lions' base.

"Master!!"

The four half-deities standing guard outside jumped in shock, almost flattened to the ground.

The force of the aura was simply too fearsome. It felt rather unbearable, as though a great, lofty mountain was weighing down on them.

"Master has become even stronger!"

The four half-deities exchanged a look, a sense of mortification coming over them. Previously, Meng Lei could already slay even a true god-level Demon Lord with his blood-red scythe.

Yet now, he had gotten stronger again. His speed of improvement was practically horrifying!

Improve? He had indeed improved!

As the person involved himself, Meng Lei could sense this the clearest. He could clearly feel the change in his divine spirit—it wasn't just a hundred times more powerful than before!

When he spread his divine spirit outward, it could easily cover several thousand miles of where he was. Nothing within the range could escape his divine spirit's inspection. There was practically nowhere to hide.

"My divine spirit has actually gone from the pinnacle-grade half-deity stage to the mid-grade lesser deity stage. This level of improvement is truly rather dramatic!"

A smile appeared on Meng Lei's visage as he gazed at his stats interface. He was very satisfied with his upgrade this time.

Host: Meng Lei

Race: Human (Primeval Bloodline: Primordial Human 16%, Assimilated Bloodlines: Gods-Slaying Rat, Divine Netherworld Phoenix, Hundred-Armed Giant)

Wealth: 64.41 million Laws of Nature Origin Crystals

Physical Body Constitution: Metal-Origin Divine Body (1%)

Spirit: Lesser Deity (Mid-Grade)

Power of Divinity: 0.1 Divinity Crystal

Laws of Nature: Metal-Dark Fusion (100%), Water-Fire Fusion (100%), Earth-Wind Fusion (100%), Wood-Earth Fusion (100%), Fire-Thunder-Ice Fusion (0.1%), Earth-Wood-Thunder Fusion (0.1%), Metal-Dark-Ice Fusion (0.1%)

"Now that my divine spirit has strengthened so much, the cost of buying credit to assimilate laws of nature should be lower now, right?"

With that in mind, Meng Lei promptly contacted the system. As expected...

"Ding! Raising Triple-Elemental Laws of Nature assimilation rate by 1% costs 100,000 Laws of Nature Origin Crystals."

"It has gone down by so much? Not bad, not bad!"

Meng Lei rejoiced at the news. Previously, it had cost 1,000,000 Laws of Nature Origin Crystals to raise the assimilation rate of triple-elemental laws of nature, yet it cost only 100,000 Laws of Nature Origin Crystals now.

Such a price was completely within an acceptable range. If raising it by 1% required 100,000 Laws of Nature Origin Crystals, then 100% would require 1,000,000 Laws of Nature Origin Crystals!

,000,000 Laws of Nature Origin Crystals weren't a lot!

Meng Lei thought to himself, I'll wait before I raise it, though. When my divine spirit becomes even stronger, the price will definitely fall even further! It's not too late to buy credit again at that time!

His gaze then shifted away from the stats interface and toward his sea of consciousness.

As the blazing sun, his divine spirit flame was burning even more exuberantly and fiercely than before. A million golden rays lit up his boundless sea of consciousness, and attached all around his divine spirit were innumerable milky-white threads!

They were connected to his divine spirit flame like antennas. Dense and packed, their numbers were endless.

"So many threads of faith?"

Meng Lei was rather taken aback.

Even a modest estimate of the number of threads would put it at at least a few billion. This would represent a few billion worshipers, but—he didn't have a few billion worshipers?

Bewildered, Meng Lei connected to one of the threads of faith, and then he heard an aged and hoarse, but exceptionally pious voice.

"Oh the supreme Great God Meng Lei, I am Constantine Macaric. I'm going out to sea tomorrow. Please watch over me and let me return safely!"

"He's a Golden Archipelago resident!"

Meng Lei deduced the worshiper's background in an instant. Then, he picked another thread of faith and began to listen.

"Oh noble and great Lord, I am a worker at Zebra Island's pig farm. I am sick and tired of my current life. Please bless me and let me find a Battle Aura manual..."

"Zebra Island? It's someone from the Golden Archipelago again!"

Meng Lei checked the threads one by one and realized that all the worshipers were from the Golden Archipelago.

He spread his divine cognition into the surroundings and saw several statues, as well as groups of worshipers on their way to pray to him.

Meng Lei found this very incredible. All he had done was obviously just having a night's sleep.

That's right!

A night's sleep, that was all! After consuming the Soul Ice Marrow, he had gotten a good, comfortable night's sleep!

"The Golden Archipelago residents have become worshipers of me after a night's sleep? Isn't this a little too weird?

"No, power of faith can't possibly come about for no reason. Something must have happened!"

Knowing that his four half-deities subordinates were outside, Meng Lei promptly summoned them for clarification.

"Congratulations on completing your seclusion, Master!"

The four of them bowed respectfully.

Meng Lei looked at the four of them and asked, "What's up with the Golden Archipelago's power of faith?"

"Master!"

A respectful Bubbles answered, "During this one year when you were in seclusion, we were very bored, so we decided to spread your faith a little. The effects are somewhat satisfactory!"

"A year? A year has passed?"

A huge jolt went through Meng Lei. He had only taken a rest, yet a year had passed. It wasn't like he was a pig! When did he become capable of sleeping such long hours?

"Yes, Master!"

Bubbles nodded. Then, he said with a smile, "Master, you needn't be puzzled. At a cultivation level like ours, even just a nap would see long periods of time passing, not to mention when you're cultivation in seclusion."

Meng Lei nodded slowly. Then, with a wave, four divine powers appeared in his palm. They twinkled with black, silver, cyan, and gold divine glows, respectively, and gave off fearsome divine power energy fluctuations.

"Divine cores!"

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Chapter 250: Cola Left, Tsunami Came

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"Divine cores!"

The four half-deities were trembling with their eyes full of passion and desire upon the sight of the divine cores—like hungry wolves eying big delicious sheep.

"I've always rewarded merit and punished any wrongdoings. For the past year, you all have done an excellent job, and I'm very pleased. Thus, I must reward all of you!"

Meng Lei waved casually, and the four divine cores flew toward the half-deities—the dark-elemental divine core went to Bubbles, the thunder-elemental divine core went to Seisia, the wind-elemental divine core went to Nadja, and the metal-elemental divine core went to Klaus.

"Now, they're all yours." Meng Lei smiled. "I've processed these four divine cores so you all can assimilate with peace of mind that their original owners will not steal and occupy your bodies."

"Thank you, Master!"

The four knelt down immediately with strong emotions. Those were divine cores that their Master actually bestowed to the four of them. This was simply an enormous favor!

"Just divine cores of lesser deities, nothing significant." Meng Lei smiled faintly. "As long as you all carry on your good service to me, intermediate deities' divine cores will be yours, higher deities' divine cores will be yours too!"

"We will work our fingers to the bones and do our very best!" The four of them swore hurriedly.

At that very moment, they felt that submitting to Meng Lei was the wisest decision they had ever made.

Once they assimilated each lesser deity's divine core, they would be able to make that leap to become lesser deities. If it was in the past, they would never have imagined it happening to them.

And now, it was really about to happen. It was simply unbelievable.

"Now go. Assimilate your divine cores!" Meng Lei waved his hands to kick them out of the palace.

Right after that, Meng Lei went directly into the 96th level of the Tower of Time. After not seeing Little Cola for more than a year, Meng Lei was a little worried.

Meng Lei's divine cognition shrouded the entire 96th level, but he could not find Little Cola. Meng Lei was dumbfounded and went straight to the 100th level.

"Dodola, where's Cola?"

Dodola was sleeping soundly when it was woken up abruptly. It was pissed off. "Are you nuts? How am I supposed to sleep like this?"

"Where is Cola?" Meng Lei could not care less.

"Her? She's back in the Demon Realm ages ago!" Dodola rubbed its sleepy eyes as it grunted, "You have slept for more than a year. It would be weird if she did not leave!"

"Back in the Demon Realm?"

A jolt went through Meng Lei's body. "Why did she return to the Demon Realm? What happened?"

"Obviously, she left on her own!" Dodola rolled its eyes. "It's been over one year. If she did not leave, then wouldn't she starve to death? Well, you don't have to worry too much. She's better off staying in the Demon Realm since she's a Fallen Angel."

"When did she leave? Why didn't you stop her?" Meng Lei wasn't very pleased.

"Stop her? You want her to starve to death? Did I not tell you?"

Dodola carried on, his mouth twitching. "Shortly after you slept, Cola had already finished consuming all the devils. Then she returned to the Demon Realm when I was unaware."

Meng Lei went silent. The Fallen Angel was a Demon herself who could naturally sense the Demon Realm.

Since Cola really wanted to leave, she could not be stopped unless Dodola was on her tail.

Not to mention with the food finished, she would've starved every day over here, so how could Dodola stop her?

"This won't do. I have to find her!"

Meng Lei closed his eyes and relocated his divine spirit to the Demon Realm, hoping to find her through their blood pact.

A minute passed...

Two minutes passed...

Half an hour passed...

Meng Lei could not sense any trace of Cola at all, as though she had disappeared in thin air.

"Can't sense anything?" Dodola asked.

Meng Lei shook his head. "No."

"Now that's normal." Dodola said lightly, "The blood pact is the most primitive bloodline contract, not a spiritual contract, so once you're slightly further away, you can't sense anything. As for the Demon Realm—it's almost boundless. Little Cola could appear in any corner, so it would be stranger if you could actually sense her."

Upon hearing this, Meng Lei was slightly relieved and sighed. "Hope she's safe and sound!"

"Rest assured! She'll be fine!" Dodola shook its head. "The Fallen Angel is a higher devil with astonishingly high cultivation speed. Plus, there's food and nourishment everywhere in the Demon Realm, Little Cola will surely venture into her own world."

"I hope so."

Meng Lei sighed and left the Tower of Time. He started to stroll around on foot.

Lousy mood, I'll just enjoy some sea breeze then.

Firstly the Golden Dragon-Lion Island, then the Dragon Spring Island... Then Meng Lei lost his way...

The Blue Afterglow Island—known for having plenty of water sources where the sun glows could form beautiful sceneries, thus the name.

The island was not massive, only a few kilometers. Due to its size, there were no permanent residents on the island, just the occasional fishing boats stopping by for freshwater supplies.

On this day, a fishing boat full of patches on its sails stopped by the coastline as three fishermen got off the boat carrying buckets to refill fresh water on the island.

"Oh Old Jack, you're here!"

The fishermen already on the island greeted the three newcomers. Everyone was a fisherman from the islands nearby, knowing each other for several decades.

"Yep! I'm here!"

Old Jack was an old man in his 60s, and time had left marks on his dark mottled face. Behind him was his son Little Jack and daughter-in-law, Claire.

"Hey Old Jack, just let your son and daughter-in-law get the water. While we old dudes chat sh*t and get some puffs!"

An old fisherman wearing a straw hat sitting on a rock nearby smiled with his prominent yellow teeth, holding a pipe.

"Sure, mate!"

Old Jack passed his bucket to his son and sat before the rock. "What's up, Old Buzz? How's your catch recently?"

"Aye, don't talk about it! I'm raking in less and less every day. That's really strange!" The old man shook his head continuously. "Well, what about you?"

"Mine is okay..."

The two old fellas talked. On Old Jack's battered fishing boat sat a barefooted teenager who was diligently wiping a very ordinary harpoon.

"Big Brother Galen!"

A pretty teenage girl with a short burlap skirt walked over, holding onto a kettle. She smiled sweetly. "Big Brother Galen, drink some water!"

"Thanks, Helen!"

The teen known as Galen said his thanks and took a mouthful of water from the kettle. The sweet spring water entered his guts and moisturized his throat.

"Sister, you're too biased. How could you only bring water to Big Brother Galen? Where's mine?"

Out came a sturdy boy behind Galen grunting in dissatisfaction. He was Farren, Helen's brother.

Helen glared with her charming eyes and scoffed. "Big Brother Galen has been working hard all this while. What's wrong with me getting him water? Look at you, all you know is to play!"

"I'm working too, alright?" Farren puffed out his cheeks and huffed. "You're just forgetting loyalty when in love! Ever since Big Brother Galen came, all there is in your eyes is him..."

"You're looking to die!" Helen was flustered as her face turned red. She grabbed a salted fish that was hanging under the sun and posed like she was about to beat him. Farren screamed and ran to the other side of the boat.

"Little brat, you're getting too bold!"

Helen glared at her little brother and carefully looked toward Galen. "Big Brother Galen, Farren was just speaking gibberish, don't mind him."

"I won't."

Galen smiled as he shook his head slightly. His handsome face was brimming with a warm smile.

Helen's face went slightly red again as her heart pounded rapidly. "Bi-Big Brother Galen, carry on with your work. I'm going to prepare today's meals!"

She escaped into the cabin right afterward.

"This girl..."

Galen smiled, shaking his head as he carried on wiping the harpoon. Farren popped out again and leaned toward Galen. "Big Brother Galen, let me tell you a secret, don't tell my sister!"

"What thing could be so secretive?"

Farren stole a glance at the cabin and lowered his volume. "Big Brother Galen, let me tell you that my sister likes you, you know? She likes you!"

Galen paused a little and smiled. "You mischievous little brat, you dare to make a fool of your sister? How about I tell her now?"

"No! Please don't!" Farren pleaded. "If you tell her, she will skin me alive! But I'm serious. She really does like you! She would often peep at you while you're working and giggle around like she's lost her soul! Oh, and she even sleep-talked about you..."

"You're not going to stop talking, kid?" Galen glared and said with a stern face, "If you carry on talking, then guess whether I would whip you?"

"Okay, okay, okay, take it I never said that!"

Farren was quick to change the subject. "Anyway, Big Brother Galen, how do you fish with that? How did you pierce so accurately? Can you teach me?"

"Now that's what a kid should be pondering about!"

Galen smiled again as he explained, "Harpooning has two keys: First, your power control. Second, having certain skills. So for your power..."

"Big Brother Galen..."

An alluring aroma hung around in the air as the girl walked out with a delicious fish soup.

Boom!

Just then, a muffled yet vast dull noise came from afar as if millions of tanks were rumbling over in gigantic fashion.

"What's that sound?"

Galen, Farren, and Helen were alarmed as they stood up and looked over. All they could see on the sea was a mountainous wave thousand feet high.

The enormous wave was like a wall shifting over. It was slow to the eye, yet so fast it could cover kilometers within a few breaths.

"Tsunami!"

"Tsunami is coming!"

Helen's pretty face turned white quickly as she dropped the bowl of fish soup on the floor, while Farren was trembling in horror.

"Tsunami!"

"It's a tsunami!"

"Run!"

The people on the boats and ashore discovered the gigantic wave, and they hit the panic button like frightened deers.

The fishermen abandoned their boats and ran straight to the island, hoping to survive by hiding there.

"We're so dead! It's no use running to the island! Blue Afterglow Island is too small to hide from such a huge tsunami!" Old Jack mumbled to himself.

"Bi-big brother Galen, ts-tsunami is coming!" Helen's little body shivered with a horrified face.

"Indeed, a tsunami!" Galen frowned slightly.

"We're dead! We're dead meat!"

"Such a humongous tsunami would crush us into meat sauce!"

"Noooo! I don't want to die yet! I haven't gotten married. I haven't even touched a girl's hand, how can I die now!"

"Oh noble Great God Meng Lei! I heard you're very efficacious. Please bless me..."

At the sight of the gigantic wave towering over the island, some quivered, some burst in tears, some limped to the ground...

Terror gripped, desperation inevitable. In front of the tsunami, humans were just too little.

"Big Brother Galen!"

At this moment, Helen grabbed Galen's hand suddenly. "Big Brother Galen, There is something I wanted to say for a really long time. I know if I don't say it, I will never have the chance to anymore—"

"Foolish girl, what death are you talking about? You're just talking about meaningless things. We are all not going to die!"

Galen gave a warm smile as he rose into the air and flew straight at the tsunami!

"Ga-Galen!"

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Chapter 251: Freezing A Tsunami, Suppressing A Volcano

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"B-Big Brother Galen!"

Helen was so astonished that her pretty eyes widened, and her little mouth formed an 'O' so big that one could stuff a cucumber into it.

Farren, Old Jack, as well as Old Jack's son and daughter-in-law, stared at the soaring Galen with disbelief.

"Old Jack, isn't he the new deckhand that you've just recruited? W-why is he able to fly?"

Old Bath was staring so hard at Galen—who was flying further and further—that his eyeballs almost fell out of their sockets.

"I... I don't know, either!"

Great waves of shock and astonishment churned in Old Jack's heart. Old Bath was right—Galen was indeed a new deckhand whom he had recruited. During this recent period of time together, he had merely thought Galen a little more accurate at spearing fish than others. Apart from that, he was no different from other ordinary folks.

Yet Galen had taken off into the sky.

Taking flight was something beyond even powerful ninth-grade experts' capabilities.

"A Saint Domain! Big Brother Galen is a Saint Domain!"

Farren was so excited that his little face was all flushed. As residents of the Golden Archipelago, Saint Domains didn't just exist within legends to them because they had frequently seen Saint Domain experts from the Golden Dragon-Lion clan conducting inspections on various islands in the past.

Those moments were also when Farren was the most envious. How he wished he could also walk among the clouds and soar in the sky like those Saint Domain experts someday.

"Big Brother Galen's a Saint Domain expert!"

Helen's mind was a total blank.

"A Saint Domain! Galen, whom we've been spending our days with for so long, is a S-Saint Domain!"

Old Jack, his son, and his daughter-in-law were also dumbstruck by the revelation.

At this point, Galen had already arrived right in front of the tsunami. The tsunami, which towered at a height of several thousand feet, was as though a huge mountain crashing down on him. In front of it, Galen was no different from an ant. It seemed as if he would be smashed into a bloody pulp or reduced to dust by the tsunami any moment.

"Can Big Brother Galen stave off the tsunami?"

Helen's little hands were held in a tight grip and completely locked together.

Farren, Old Jack, his son and daughter-in-law, Old Bath, as well as all the fisher-folk on the boat and the island felt as if their hearts were in their mouths as they watched him.

Galen... Would he be able to block the tsunami?

With all eyes on him, Galen merely uttered two words, "Absolute Zero!"

In an instant, a golden, chilly air current sprayed forth and shot toward the several-thousand-feet-tall water wall.

The next moment, the tsunami surging toward them with great momentum froze in place right away and turned into a mountain of ice.

The ice mountain gave off an astonishing chill. Despite being several hundred meters away from it, everyone could nevertheless still feel the bone-chilling iciness from the ice mountain as chills came all over them.

"Break!"

Galen pushed his palm forward lightly.

Crack!

The several-thousand-feet-tall ice mountain shattered and fell apart right away, turning into countless ice shards that fell with a deafening boom. As though a collapsing skyscraper, the shattered tsunami crashed into the ocean below.

A brief moment later, the ice mountain was gone, along with the tsunami. The ice shards covering the water surface were the only things silently narrating the incredibly precarious situation they were in just now.

"T-the tsunami is gone?"

Dazed and disoriented, the people were totally stunned. Farren was the only one whooping in joy. "Yay! Big Brother Galen has succeeded!"

"He's succeeded! Big Brother Galen has succeeded!" Helen, whose pretty face was all red, was breathing heavily. She couldn't be any more excited, as if she had been the one who had averted the tsunami disaster.

"T-that was too impressive!"

"Galen's so impressive!"

"Is that what a Saint Domain is like?"

It was only then that the people finally regained their senses. They were so excited that they couldn't help but cheer loudly. However, Galen, who was standing proudly above the ocean, didn't turn around—because that low, deep booming wasn't totally gone yet.

"What's that sound?"

"Everyone, quieten down! Quieten down!"

"Listen, what's that sound?"

The cheering masses quietened down one after another. A deep, low, and resounding rumbling traveled over from somewhere. Right on the heels of it, the Blue Afterglow Island started to shake lightly underneath their feet.

"Why are you shaking, Old Jack?"

"I... I'm not! Why say that about me when you yourself are also shaking?!"

"An earthquake! It's an earthquake!"

The two old men exchanged a look. At once, they cried out in shock and horror, their countenances filled with extreme fear and panic!

"An earthquake?"

Everyone else's countenances also changed upon hearing their outcry. True enough, they indeed discovered that the entire Blue Afterglow Island was shaking lightly. In fact, even the surface of the ocean nearby was also shaking vigorously.

Boom!!

Blue Afterglow Island began to shake more and more intensely. Rocks rolled off mountains as trees and vegetation started to sway forcefully. People on the island stumbled back and forth, almost unable to stand stably on their feet anymore.

Boom!

Suddenly, as though a nuclear warhead had gone off, a great, deafening explosion rang out. At the same time, the mountain in the center of Blue Afterglow Island was instantly blasted right up into the sky.

The next moment, incredibly thick smoke burst into the sky, reaching all the way into the clouds in an instant with large amounts of dust and falling rocks meshed in between.

"This, this..."

A shocked Old Jack exclaimed, "It's a volcanic eruption!"

Then, he hastily shouted at the top of his lungs, "Hurry! Get onto the boat! The volcano is about to erupt! It'll be too late if we stay any longer!"

It was as if his words had snapped everyone out of their daze, and they dashed toward their own respective boats. Old Jack, his son, and his daughter-in-law also followed behind the crowd and rushed toward their boat.

Boom!

Another thunderous explosion rang out right at this point. The lava flow that looked as if it were formed from boiling soup rushed into the sky and shot right into the clouds high up above.

Upon reaching the highest point, the lava flow instantly burst and spread into the surroundings as though celestial maidens scattering flowers from the sky!

Splatter, splatter, splatter!

Large amounts of boiling lava, together with scorching-hot rocks, splattered down onto every corner of the little island. Some crashed into the trees, causing them to instantly burst into flames, while some crashed onto the ground, smashing large pits into it.

At the same time, an overwhelming amount of volcanic ash also spewed forth from the volcano, spreading into the surroundings at speed as high as 400 kilometers per hour. Everywhere that the volcanic ash enveloped turned deep and dark, with the sun nowhere in sight as if the very depths of hell itself.

"Run!"

"Hurry and run!"

"We can't! We can't get away at all!"

How could mere humans contend against the wrath of nature?

Everyone lost all hope as they watched the boiling lava wantonly splattering everywhere and the volcanic ash surging toward them. Even if they had boarded their boats, how far could they flee?

They couldn't escape! Not at all!

There was no way he could get away at all!

"Big Brother Galen! S-save me!"

Farren suddenly screamed at the top of his lungs at this point. Although drowned out by the rumbling, booming explosions, his sharp, shrill voice was nevertheless still a reminder to everyone else.

Oh yes, there's still Galen!

"Galen!"

"Help!"

"Big Brother Galen!"

Helen also looked toward Galen.

Whoosh!

A light breeze blew past them, and someone was already right above them—it was Galen.

"Don't worry, no one's going to die!"

Galen smiled at everyone. A chilly current shot forth from his fingertip with a casual point of his finger, freezing all the volcanic ash as it spread into the surroundings.

A brief moment later, a gigantic "ice flower" appeared in the sky. Whatever color the volcanic ash was, was exactly the color of the ice flower. The sight was exceptionally elegant and beautiful.

As Galen blew at it casually, the gigantic ice flower then shattered into expansive ice shards that descended from above as though endless amounts of floating snowflakes, forming a breathtakingly beautiful sight.

"It's gorgeous!"

Helen couldn't help but gasp in admiration. The beautiful sight also captured everyone else, and they couldn't help but let out several exclamations of astonishment.

With a smile, Galen then shot toward the erupting volcano with a flash!

It was as if the boiling lava and lethal volcanic ash were non-existent to Galen.

With a leap, he jumped right into the erupting volcano opening and disappeared from sight.

"Big Brother Galen!"

Helen was so frightened that she almost jumped right up, her heart leaping into her mouth right away.

The others were also awfully nervous. Jumping straight into the mouth of a volcano? That was practically a moth flying straight into the fire!

What none of them expected was that in just the span of a few breaths, the ground was no longer shaking, the lava was no longer flowing, and the volcanic ash was no longer spewing. The low, deep rumbling was also gone!

Instead, an astonishing chill was emanating from the volcanic opening and spreading into the surroundings.

"He's... succeeded?"

"Galen has succeeded?"

The people wept tears of joy.

"Where's Big Brother Galen?"

Helen's gaze was fixed on the volcanic opening, her eyes filled with worry.

"Don't worry, Big Sis! Big Brother Galen's so strong. How could anything possibly go wrong?"

A giggling Farren then asked, "By the way, Big Sis, what exactly did you want to say to Big Brother Galen just now?"

At once, Helen's pretty face became as red as a tomato, and she glared at her younger brother before she retorted, "Young brats like you shouldn't meddle in an adult's matters!"

"Hehe, I know what it is even if you don't say it, Big Sis!"

Farren waggled his eyebrows and winked at her, only to receive a twisting on the ear from Helen in exchange, causing him to cry out loudly in pain and constantly plead for mercy.

A figure flew out of the volcano at this point—it was Galen, who had gone in just now.

"Big Brother Galen!"

At the sight of him, Helen quickly went forward. She asked nervously, "Are you alright?"

"How can I possibly not be?"

Galen chuckled softly as he shook his head. "You guys, on the other hand, didn't get hurt just now, right?"

"N-no!"

"Big Brother Galen, you're simply too amazing!"

Farren rushed toward him, stars of adoration sparkling in his little eyes. "Big Brother Galen, please teach me a thing or two! I'd like to be as strong as you, too!"

"Farren!"

At the sight, Old Jack hurriedly chastised Farren. Then, to Galen, he said respectfully, "Esteemed Lord Saint Domain, if Farren has offended you, please forgive him..."

"Grandpa Jack, you're treating me too much like an outsider if you say that." Galen waved and said, "Don't forget that I'm a deckhand that you hired."

"That won't do! That won't do, Lord Saint Domain!" Old Jack waved repeatedly.

Deckhand?

You, a great Saint Domain, as my deckhand?

Never mind when I hadn't known your identity previously. Now that I do, I wouldn't dare to treat you as my deckhand even if you give me a whole lot of guts!

"Never mind! Never mind!"

Galen couldn't help but sigh. He knew that his wandering journey was about to end now.

Now that everyone knew his identity, it would only cause discomfort in them if he were to stay any longer.

Suddenly, Galen turned to Farren and asked, "Didn't you want to become strong, Farren?"

"Yes, yes!"

Farren nodded lightning-quick.

"Do you want to learn Battle Aura or magic?" A smiling Galen asked, "The former makes you a Warrior while the latter makes you Magician. Which do you want to be?"

"This..."

Farren became troubled at once. After hemming and hawing for a while, he finally said, "I'd like to become a powerful expert who can freeze the tsunami with a wave and suppress the volcano with a flick of his fingers just like you, Big Brother Galen!"

"A Magician? That's a great choice!"

Galen chuckled and said, "Look for me at my place after you get home. I'll wait for you!"

Then, Galen rose into the air and vanished into the distance like a comet.

"Galen's left!"

Waves churned in everyone's hearts as they stared in the direction he disappeared in. They were exceptionally excited.

"A Saint Domain!"

"We've actually been saved by a Saint Domain!"

"Old Jack, you and your family are probably gonna strike gold this time!"

"I'm so green with envy, Old Jack!"

"Big Brother Galen!"

Helen's pretty eyes twinkled as she suddenly made up her mind about something.

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Chapter 252: Abolishing The Stratification System, Dismissing The Nobles

Causeway Bay was a beautiful little ocean bay embedded in the ocean like a crescent moon.

The waters were azure blue and the sands white and clean. Lush emerald green plants grew lushly and densely, forming a picturesque view.

Not far from the shore was a hill, and at the foot of it was a fishing village named Causeway Village.

Helen and her family were villagers from Causeway Village. Meng Lei flew over to the foot of the hill and went straight to his place of residence—a cave.

The cave wasn't very big, but it nevertheless still consisted of three rooms—the bedroom, kitchen, and storeroom—and a living room. During the last half a year, this was where Meng Lei had been living.

A nest of gold or silver will never be as comfortable as one's own dingy old nest!

Meng Lei entered the cave, grabbed a ladle full of water, and poured it straight into his mouth. Then, with a leap, he flew right onto the hammock.

After spending a good half a year outside, it's time to go back, thought Meng Lei to himself.

While traveling around the Golden Archipelago during this half a year and slightly over, he had visited several places and also increased his span of experience and knowledge before finally coming to Causeway Bay.

Meng Lei had lived in a small seaside city in his past life and frequently went out to sea to fish with his parents when he was young. His youth was spent by the seaside.

Half a year ago, he had coincidentally seen Old Jack's deckhand hiring notice and subsequently became his deckhand. He spent everyday fishing, enjoying the sea breeze, eating fish...

Meng Lei felt as if he had returned to his childhood years back when the days were simple, free, and worry-free...

"What a shame that days like these will come to an end soon." Meng Lei sighed and cast a glance at his stats interface.

It had been slightly over half a year, yet there had surprisingly been no changes in the stats interface. This was also the first time that his stats interface had remained the same for such a long time since Meng Lei had first gotten it.

It wasn't so much as he couldn't change anything, but because Meng Lei had deliberately been self-indulgent and had ignored the system all this while.

Meng Lei thought to himself, It's about time to go back.

Then, he left behind a divinity projection of himself and left.

"Big Brother Galen, we're back!"

"Master, you're back!"

Bubbles, Klaus, Nadja, and Seisia bowed in greeting to Meng Lei.

The aura around them was majestic, and their divine power strong and vast—this was because they had assimilated the divine cores.

"All of you are more or less done with the assimilation?"

Meng Lei remarked with a calm smile, "So, that means all of you have become lesser deities. Not bad!"

"Thank you for kindly bestowing the divine cores upon us, Master!"

The four of them hastily bowed and expressed their gratitude.

Their strength had gone through a tremendous change after they had assimilated the divine cores.

Even though they could be said to be among the weakest lesser deities out there because they had only just assimilated the divine cores, a lesser deity was ultimately still a lesser deity and an actual true god. This was far beyond what a half-deity could compare to.

Therefore, the gratitude that the four held toward Meng Lei was sincere and true.

"We've lingered long enough in the Golden Archipelago. It's about time we return."

Meng Lei sighed as he said, "But someone has to be stationed here in the Golden Archipelago. Who among you is willing to stay behind?"

"This..."

The four of them looked at one another, all somewhat troubled. To be honest, all of them wished to follow Meng Lei.

Meng Lei was a generous person, bestowing upon them both divine weapons and divine cores. Where were they supposed to find a Master like that?

But staying behind had its own benefits, too. One would oversee an entire region from then on and would become a true-blue local emperor of a region.

"You wily old foxes!"

Meng Lei was rendered speechless. Without a second thought, he whipped out the Abyss Blade Demon's companion machete and said, "Whoever is willing to stay behind and be stationed at the Golden Archipelago shall receive this blood-red machete!"

The four of them perked up, their gazes all falling onto the blood-red machete as looks of desire flashed across their eyes.

However, Bubbles, Nadja, and Seisia's gazes shifted away after only a quick glance. Compared to the machete, they were still more willing to be by Meng Lei's side.

"In that case, this machete will be Klaus' now."

Meng Lei handed the blood-red machete over to Klaus and said, "Remember to guard the Golden Archipelago property well. Don't mess it up, get it?"

"Don't worry, Master! I will definitely do my best!" replied Klaus as he gave his promise.

"One more thing, by the way!"

Something occurred to Meng Lei, and he said, "Not only are you to watch after the Golden Archipelago, but you are also to put in great effort to improve the islanders' standards of living and their own combat abilities.

"If the conditions allow for it, try your best to build Battle Aura and magic academies and let those children attend school."

"As Master commands!"

Klaus nodded heavily.

"Do your best!"

Meng Lei gave Klaus a meaningful look. Then, he left with the other three.

"Take care, Master!"

"Are you returning to the Dragon God Empire, Master?"

"Yeap!"

"It's been more than a year since we've left. I wonder how the Dragon God Empire is and whether that fellow Puhaman has been slacking off? See if I don't give him a good beating if he has!"

Meng Lei wasn't too sure about the Dragon God Empire's development progress, either. However, from the changes in worshiper numbers during the past year or so, he could nonetheless still sense a thing or two.

During the last two years or so, his worshiper numbers had increased exponentially and reached a terrifying total that numbered dozens of billions!

He gained close to ten million worshipers practically every day. Some came from the Dragon God Empire, some from the Titan Empire, and some from the underground world.

Out of all the worshipers, 70% of them were from the Dragon God Empire!

That equated to a few dozen billions of worshipers!

This showed that Puhaman hadn't been slacking off. Rather, he was doing a pretty good job at taking care of the Dragon God Empire. Or at least, he was doing great when it came to spreading faith.

The four of them passed through the eastern Endless Oceans waters and arrived at the Dragon God Empire. Then, they saw the changes in the Dragon God Empire.

"Master, from what we've seen so far, it seems like all the Dragon God statues in the Dragon God Empire are gone?"

"Take a closer look. They aren't gone; rather, they've been changed to statues of Master!"

"That is certainly so!"

Meng Lei felt very gratified.

Originally, apart from small, remote mountainous regions like the Magical Beast Village, every city and town that was on a slightly larger scale would contain a Dragon God Cathedral and Dragon God statues for people to pray to the Dragon God and to collect power of faith.

However, both the Dragon God Cathedrals and the Dragon God statues were gone during his return this time. In their place were instead his temples and statues.

There was an endless stream of worshipers, and various praying activities were constantly taking place. Many joss sticks burned within the temples and formed a flourishing sight. As they traveled on, they realized that this was the case in almost the whole of the Dragon God Empire.

"Puhaman did great."

A look of approval came over Meng Lei's features. As the saying went, "There is sequence in the mastery of fields, and different people specialize in different fields". As expected, specialized tasks should be left to the specialists.

"I'll have to reward Puhaman properly when I get back."

Meng Lei and the other three arrived at the Dragon God Empire's Imperial City more than two hours later. Compared to before they had departed, the current Imperial City was obviously a lot more peaceful and harmonious.

Shoppers walked about leisurely.

Laborers worked hard and honestly.

Diners were full of smiles as they ate.

The fear and panic from a year ago as if doomsday was impending was gone, and things had been restored to what it was like prior to the Dragon Emperor's death. In fact, it was even better than before.

Bubbles marveled and commented, "Master, there's been a great change in the imperial city!"

"Let's go to the imperial palace."

Law and order had also been restored in the imperial palace. The palace maidservants and the eunuchs busied themselves with their respective tasks while the guards and sentries' gazes stayed focused in front of them...

Everyone carried out their respective duties, forming an orderly and well-guarded sight.

Meng Lei found Puhaman in one of the side palaces of the imperial palace. Rather than handling official business matters, the fellow was hiding in an underground basement and carrying out human experiments instead. It seemed like he was trying to craft Undead Knights.

"Puhaman!" Meng Lei called out.

"Master!"

Puhaman jumped in shock and hastily left the underground basement. He came up to Meng Lei, bowed in greeting, and said, "Greetings, my noble Master!"

"Rise!"

Meng Lei landed on the ground. He said, "You've done a pretty good job at putting the Dragon God Empire into order. Tell me, what have you done?"

"Everything is thanks to Master's great blessings!"

At once, Puhaman launched into an unceasing report. "Master, I've made quite a few reformations in the Dragon God Empire during the past year or so. They are mainly the following four aspects..."

Meng Lei perked up a little and listened up closely. Bubbles and the other two cocked their ears.

"Firstly, I've abolished the Four-Classes Stratification System and dismissed the nobles from their positions. I confiscated the Dragon People nobles' financial assets and land and distributed all the land to the slaves and humans that don't own any."

A smug smile appeared on Puhaman's countenance, and he went on. "There isn't a single Dragon Person noble left in the current Dragon God Empire. In fact, there are also only a few pitiful human nobles. Almost everyone's a freed slave or a commoner now.

"Of course, if Master is willing, you can also appoint a new batch of human nobles anytime you wish."

"It's not necessary."

Meng Lei waved off the suggestion. "Nobles are parasites that leech off the blood of the commoners at the bottommost tier of the hierarchy. Whether or not nobles will be appointed can be discussed later, but even if they are, they won't be given any territory."

"I understand Master's intentions now!"

Puhaman nodded lightly.

Meng Lei praised, "You did great by distributing the land. The people at the bottommost tier of the hierarchy are the true foundation of the empire. Only by distributing the land to them and giving the farmers their own fields will the foundation of the empire be firm and secure!"

Then, he said, "But there's one thing which you didn't enforce sufficiently!"

"Master, you mean..."

A look of puzzlement came over Puhaman's countenance.

"You have to pass a law that forbids people from buying and selling land, and also forbids forced acquisition and seizing of land, as well as any other form of land mergers!"

As a tip, Meng Lei reminded him, "Don't forget, the Dragon People nobles might have certainly fallen from power, but what about the human nobles? What about the wealthy merchants? Would they also covet the plots of land that the people have just gotten?"

"How wise, Master! I have indeed overlooked that!"

Enlightened, an ashamed look appeared on Puhaman's visage. He understood what Meng Lei meant, of course.

In Heaven's Vault Continent, land was a symbol of one's status and identity. Whoever owned larger territories or more land would also enjoy a higher status.

Therefore, everyone would do their best to acquire more land, such that they would own more.

Yet a huge bunch of powerless slaves and weaklings without any background or people backing them up had received large amounts of land at this point?

Who wouldn't hunger for it? Who wouldn't be envious?

One could easily see just what would happen next—like what his Master had said, various forms of land mergers would definitely take place.

When that happened, many slaves and commoners who had only just received their plots of land would lose them once more.

Everything that he had done would only act to the human nobles' and wealthy merchants' benefit.

"Master's wisdom is just like the boundless starry skies that take my breath away! I am humbled!"

A look of shame came over Puhaman's countenance. At the same time, a strong sense of respect for Meng Lei also welled up in him. The issue about land mergers indeed hadn't occurred to him previously, yet Meng Lei had pointed it out straight away.

From this, one could see a thing or two about the difference between the two of them. He couldn't not take his hat off him.

"You've already done great."

A smiling Meng Lei patted Puhaman on the shoulder. Then, he changed the subject and said, "With that many Dragon People nobles in the Dragon God Empire, you must have met with great resistance when you stripped them of their titles and confiscated their properties, right?"

"Yes! It's no ordinary level of difficulty!"

Puhaman licked his lips, a bloodthirsty smile coming over his features. He said, "But with Master backing me up and my own prowess as a half-deity, I've destroyed all forms of resistance!"

"Revolutions are usually accompanied by bloodbaths. Tell me, how many people have you killed this time?"

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Chapter 253: Slaughtering 30,000,000 People, A Great Windfall

How many Dragon People nobles were they in the Dragon God Empire?

Meng Lei didn't know the answer to this question, either.

According to Dragon God Empire laws, however, all the offspring that Dragon People nobles produced were also nobles. As a result, in spite of the Dragon People's low reproduction rates, the number of Dragon People nobles nevertheless still reached frighteningly high numbers after 40,000 years.

How would so many Dragon People nobles possibly agree to having their titles stripped and financial assets confiscated?

"This policy was implemented four months after you left, Master. It was in progress for a total of ten months before it was officially completed."

Puhaman gave him a bashful smile before he added, "In total, I've only killed fewer than 30-odd million people, I'd say."

"Only"?

Fewer than... 30-odd million people?

Meng Lei almost wet himself in shock. A hint of shock and horror surfaced in his eyes as he looked at Puhaman.

What an impressive guy!

He didn't actually bat an eyelid at having to kill so many Dragon People. He was practically a goddamn butcher!

"What a ruthless, bloodthirsty devil!"

Bubbles almost wet himself in shock, too. As he looked at Puhaman, his eyes took on a hint of fear and horror while Nadja and Seisia also put some distance between themselves and Puhaman.

They might be underground evil deities, but when had they ever killed that many? They didn't even dare to think about it.

"It couldn't be helped!"

Puhaman held his hands out. "Thinking that they had strength in numbers, not only did the Dragon People refuse to hand over their financial assets and land, but they even incited the common masses at the bottommost tier of the hierarchy, who didn't know better, to stage rebellions and riots. Left with no other choice, I could only pick up my sword and go on a killing spree!

"With them alive, the empire couldn't stabilize itself, and they may bring trouble to Master's lands. In order to solve the problem once and for all, I could only cut the Gordian knot..."

"Isn't that cut of yours a little too harsh?"

Meng Lei didn't know what to say.

According to his ideals, once he had taken control of the momentum, once he gave the billions of humans in the Dragon God Empire an equal chance at education and cultivation, in fewer than a hundred years, large numbers of experts would definitely surface from among the humans. By then, why would they still need to fear the Dragon People?

Meng Lei had absolute confidence that under equal conditions, the Dragon People definitely wouldn't be able to beat humans.

Hundreds and thousands of years later, the Dragon People would eventually disappear over the long course of history. Killing them? Was there a need to?

A sad Puhaman asked, "Have I erred, Master?"

"I can't say that you've erred, either. Perhaps it's I who is being too merciful." Meng Lei waved the question off and said, "Go on."

"Secondly, I've promoted human elites and allowed them to take control of imperial court affairs, as well as political control of various areas."

Puhaman went on. "As of now, every crucial organization—such as the imperial court, regional executive governmental branches, and military troops—are all under the humans' control. I have kicked out all the Dragon People.

"It's no exaggeration to say that after two years of efforts, the humans have already thoroughly taken over the Dragon God Empire and are the one and only masters of the empire."

"Not bad!"

Meng Lei nodded in approval.

"Thirdly, in order to crack down on religious faith in the Dragon God, I've also abolished the Dragon God Vatican and destroyed the Dragon God statues."

Puhaman snickered and said, "This was extremely easy to accomplish. I left it to the Counter-Dragon Squad, and they completed the mission very effectively."

"The Counter-Dragon Squad?"

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

"The Counter-Dragon Squad is a Dragon People military troop that I built. They consist of Dragon People experts whose level of strength ranges from ninth-grade to Saint Domain!"

A resigned Puhaman said, "There are simply too many Dragon People in the Dragon God Empire. It's a shame to kill so many Dragon People who are already at ninth-grade or Saint Domain level. It couldn't be helped, so I assembled all of them in one place and founded the Counter-Dragon Squad. They specialize in doing things that'll offend people."

"Are those Dragon People experts actually willing to follow your command when you're treating the Dragon People like that?" Bubbles asked, "Do you think they are fools?"

"Fools? Of course not! Those Dragon People hate me with every fiber of their being and wish for nothing more than to rip me into pieces. How would they possibly work for me?"

A laughing Puhaman said, "With no other choice, I could only use my Dead Souls Magic to turn them into puppets. That's the only way they'd listen to me!"

"You devil!"

Meng Lei and the others couldn't help but shiver. They didn't know how they should be describing that fellow anymore.

Puhaman rebutted, "Don't look at me like that, Master. Even if I didn't do that, they would also be killed anyway. What I'm doing is saving their lives instead!"

Just listen to what he's saying!

Was that something a human should be saying?

You've already turned them into puppets that are neither really dead nor alive, yet you claim you're saving their lives? Can you get any more shameless than that?

"And then?" Meng Lei asked.

"Thirdly, I've built temples that worship Master and fashioned statues of Master to spread Master's faith."

Puhaman snickered and said, "Temples and statues are easy to build, but it's not an easy task to re-build faith in people. For this, I've racked my brains, killed an endless number of brain cells, and exhausted a full year's worth of time before I finally saw some results!"

"What did you do?"

Meng Lei wanted very much to know what exactly that unethical and underhanded fellow had done to cause the people of the Dragon God Empire to give up their faith in the Dragon God in such a short amount of time and believe in him instead.

"It's pretty simple, come to think of it!"

A laughing Puhaman said, "It's usually the easiest to build faith in people during their most hopeless, most fearful, and most helpless moments.

"Therefore, I created some man-made disasters such as an invasion of the Undead and even instructed the Counter-Dragon Squad to create some chaos. Not only can this damage the Dragon God's reputation, but it can also trigger panic and chaos, thereby killing two birds with one stone.

"What I did was to let the people of the Dragon God Empire know that the Dragon God whom they worshiped has already abandoned them, and only by worshiping Master can they attain eternal life.

"Of course, the spread of faith requires an approach from two different angles. I also created a few miracles in Master's name so that the people can witness Master's strength.

"So far, the effects have been pretty good!"

"It has indeed been pretty good!"

Meng Lei nodded lightly. Excluding Puhaman's cruelty to the Dragon People nobles, all the other empiric matters had indeed been handled in a clear and orderly manner. This greatly pleased Meng Lei.

"Anything else?" Meng Lei asked.

"Lastly, their riches and assets!"

Puhaman brought out a spatial ring and said, "Master, this ring contains all the riches that I've seized and levied from the Dragon People nobles during this past year and more."

"That's surprisingly thoughtful of you!"

Meng Lei was very gratified at his words. Then, he was stunned by what he saw.

"There's so much?"

Meng Lei couldn't help but gasp.

"Master, the Dragon God Empire's true riches weren't actually hidden in the imperial treasury. Rather, they were with those nobles."

Puhaman smiling and said, "Every single noble is a huge, dirty rat. They hoarded vast amounts of wealth, and every one of them could rival a country in terms of wealth. Of course, the key here is that there were simply too many of them!"

"Is this what the proverb 'Hiding wealth among the people[1]' means?"

Meng Lei could see why. Even if each noble had only one gold coin, multiplying that by 100,000,000 would make that 100,000,000 gold coins!

Was it possible for the Dragon People nobles' wealth to only come up to one gold coin each? Obviously not!

That was how the vast riches in this spatial ring had come to be!

Without a second word, Meng Lei transferred all the gold, gold coins, and Laws of Nature Origin Crystals inside into the system. His Wealth value began to spike sharply right away.

The whole process lasted a minute before it ended. The current Wealth value flabbergasted and deeply astounded Meng Lei.

Wealth: 688.82 million Laws of Nature Origin Crystals

"Riches of 688.82 million Laws of Nature Origin Crystals! That's actually ten times the amount from before! Incredible! Unbelievable! I made a pretty fierce killing this time!"

Meng Lei suppressed the excitement in him and looked at Puhaman. He asked, "You've made a great contribution this time, Puhaman. What kind of reward would you like?"

Puhaman waved repeatedly and said, "Reward? How dare I ask for rewards for doing my best for Master?"

Even though he had been very indignant about submitting to Meng Lei in the beginning, Meng Lei had ultimately rescued him, after all.

Rather than hiding in that prison at the bottom of the ocean, unable to see the light of day, he'd rather submit to Meng Lei.

Therefore, he didn't think that Meng Lei owed him anything.

Subsequently, Meng Lei had even tasked him with heavy responsibilities and allowed him to govern the entire Dragon God Empire. Moreover, he had given him absolute trust and had never once dictated his actions. This made Puhaman feel as if Meng Lei had recognized his talent and capabilities, so he only had gratitude for Meng Lei now.

Thus, he did his best in everything and indeed had never once thought about wanting any rewards for it.

"Merit must be rewarded and wrongdoings punished. How can I not reward you after you've made such a huge contribution?"

Meng Lei brought out a divine core with a wave, a heap of half-divine weapons, and some true god remains. He said, "Take your pick from these things here. You can take everything you take an interest in."

"So many treasures?"

Puhaman was dumbstruck. Every one of these treasures gave off strong, surging power of divinity energy fluctuations, and every single piece of the true god remains held terrifying might.

The divine core, in particular, gave off fearsome divine power energy fluctuations and made him incredibly fearful.

Puhaman knew that it was definitely a true god's divine core right away. On top of that, it was no ordinary true god divine core, either.

He asked carefully, "Is this divine core also within the selection range, Master?"

Meng Lei smiled and said, "Of course!"

"I'd like this divine core!"

With a white-hot burning look in his eyes, Puhaman said, "I've been stuck at the half-deity stage for as long as over 50,000 years. It's impossible for me to become a true god within this lifetime. So—"

"Take it if you like it!"

With a smile, Meng Lei then pointed at the half-deity, and true god remains—which numbered up to 100 of them—and said with a smile, "Didn't you like to craft Undead Knights? These things should be very useful to you, right? I'll give them all to you."

"This... Is it alright?"

Puhaman was greatly tempted.

"Of course!"

Meng Lei waved in response.

"Thank you, Master! Thank you, Master!"

Puhaman expressed his gratitude repeatedly. He was pretty much only a step short of prostrating and licking Meng Lei's shoes.

Meng Lei said dispassionately, "Go on. Hurry and assimilate the divine core. The empire's matters still require your attention."

"There's no hurry, Master!"

Although Puhaman wanted very much to assimilate the divine core right away, he suppressed the urge to. Instead, he led Meng Lei to a grand and magnificent-looking palace.

Then, he summoned all the court officials and formally introduced Meng Lei to them.

"Greetings, Your Majesty!"

Without any hesitation whatsoever, everyone hurriedly bowed in greeting. They might be dubious of anyone, but they definitely didn't dare to be dubious of Puhaman—that guy was the Devil himself!

"Listen up, everyone. Master is the highest authority and ruler of this imperial palace and the entire empire. His word is the royal decree and the oracle itself!"

In a cold and distant tone, Puhaman said, "Everyone, including myself, must unconditionally follow his orders. Those that dare defy his orders will be... Mercilessly killed!"

"Yes, sir!"

Everyone quickly responded.

Only then did Puhaman turn to Meng Lei. He asked, "Master, is there anything else you'd like to supplement?"

"No."

Meng Lei waved. After looking at everyone and remembering their faces, he said, "You may leave, everyone. Bubbles, Puhaman, the two of you may also leave."

"Yes, Your Majesty (Master)!"

After dismissing everyone, Meng Lei walked over to the lavish golden throne and plopped his butt down on it. Then, he eagerly glanced at his stats interface.

600 million Laws of Nature Origin Crystals! How should he spend them? Now, that was the question!

"There are four things that I can buy credit for at the moment.

"Primordial Human bloodline (16%)!

"Metal-Origin Divine Body (1%)!

"Power of Divinity (0.1 Divinity Crystal)!

"And laws of nature comprehension!"

[1] A Chinese proverb referring to the ideal of reducing taxes so that the common people can have enough money to develop and produce, thereby, in turn, stabilizing the economy and bringing in higher revenue for the country

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Chapter 254: Rain of Light, The Meng Lei Empire

"Awakening the Primordial Human bloodline by 1% requires as much as one 100,000,000 Divinity Crystals. This bit of Wealth I have is just a drop in the ocean. Rejected!

"Enhancing the metal-origin divine body by 1% requires 1,000,000 Divinity Crystals. The price is just as ridiculously high. Rejected!

"I can, however, buy some credit for my Power of Divinity. System, get me Power of Divinity equivalent to 10,000 Divinity Crystals!"

Whoosh!

His Wealth instantly shrank by 100,000,000 Laws of Nature Origin Crystals. At the same time, his Power of Divinity reserves also went up to 10,000 Divinity Crystals.

"As for laws of nature comprehension, I shouldn't be in such a hurry to buy credit for it. I can do it after I've enhanced my divine spirit instead. The price will definitely be even lower at that point."

Meng Lei hastily ended the credit-buying session. Then, he ordered, "System, give me 10,000 Limitless Pickups!"

"Ding! Assimilation successful. You have obtained a Divine Core. Will you assimilate it?"

"Ding! Assimilation successful. You have obtained a Fusion Laws of Nature Fragment. Will you assimilate it?"

Meng Lei didn't go anywhere at all during the next two days but stayed in the palace and did Limitless Pickups instead. In total, he did more than 200,000 Limitless Pickups.

It was hard to tell whether it was because he did too many Limitless Pickups, but Meng Lei's luck wasn't too good. Everything he picked up was very mediocre.

Nevertheless, because of the sheer number of pickups he did, he still managed to pick up quite a few good things.

Firstly, he had picked up 26 divine cores.

Although they were all lesser deities' divine cores, there were thankfully quite a few of them, so he could use them to reward his subordinates.

Next was laws of nature fragments.

A large majority of them were naturally single-elemental ones, with only a handful being fusion laws of nature fragments.

There were 19 double-elemental fusion laws of nature fragments and four triple-elemental ones.

These were considered commonplace. What was astonishing, however, was that he had actually picked up a quadruple-elemental fusion laws of nature fragment—ice, metal, dark, and fire!

Even though the assimilation rate was only 0.1%, it had nevertheless successfully opened the gates to quadruple-elemental laws of nature assimilation for Meng Lei.

This meant that once Meng Lei enhanced the assimilation rate to 100%, he would—in terms of cultivation stage—rival a higher deity who had already assimilated four types of laws of nature. He would then only be... One type away from becoming a Great Perfection higher deity that had assimilated five types of laws of nature.

This meant that once he enhanced it to 100%, Meng Lei would be able to manifest a divine core and become a deity. On top of that, he would go straight to becoming a higher deity that had already assimilated four types of laws of nature!

The tragic thing, however, was that it was simply too expensive to buy credit for quadruple-elemental laws of nature assimilation. He couldn't afford it at all!

Thirdly, he also got 11 true god dead bodies. Out of which, six were divine beast carcasses, and five were true gods' divine bodies.

The divine bodies were of mediocre strength, so they weren't of much use to Meng Lei. However, one did bring him an amazing special ability—Transformation!

Yes, Transformation! The kind that was similar to Mystique's in the X-men series and allowed people to transform into all kinds of forms.

Although it didn't provide any combat boost, it was nevertheless still a very useful ability. Meng Lei liked it very much.

Lastly, he also picked up some random knick-knacks. They weren't of any use at all, and Meng Lei couldn't even be bothered to look at them.

After he was more or less done with the pickups, Meng Lei finally walked out of the palace. Bubbles and the other two, who were waiting outside the palace, bowed in greeting respectfully.

"Let's go. Accompany me for a walk outside."

Meng Lei then brought the three half-deities with him and started to wander about the city.

"Your Majesty!"

Everywhere they passed through, all the palace maidservants, eunuchs, and guards that they encountered bowed respectfully to them. Their expressions couldn't get any more reverent.

"Is Puhaman still not out yet?" Meng Lei asked as they walked about.

"Not yet, Master!"

Bubbles answered, "Assimilating divine cores requires time. It's not that fast."

Meng Lei nodded slightly in response. Assimilating divine cores wasn't as simple as claiming ownership of divine weapons where one needed only to drip their blood, and they would be done. Not only did one need to comprehend the laws of nature involved, but they also needed to refine their power of divinity. It was fairly a troublesome process.

"Please, we'd like to meet with Chief Director Puhaman. Something terrible has happened!"

Suddenly, some noise was heard coming from ahead of them—the palace guards had actually stopped a few officials.

"Let's go over and take a look." Meng Lei led the rest over. He asked, "What's going on here?"

"Greetings, Your Majesty!"

The palace guards hastily got down on one knee. At the sight, the few officials also hurriedly got down on their knees and bowed.

"You may rise!" Meng Lei waved. Then, he asked, "What are all of you making such a fuss over here for?"

"Your Majesty!"

An official hastily brought out a piece of joss paper[1]. Slightly panicked and fearful, he said, "Your Majesty, a rain of light suddenly fell from the sky in the Imperial City during the wee hours this morning!

"The rain of light splattered onto the ground and actually turned into pieces of joss paper. On top of that, someone even wrote that... that..."

At this point, the official started stammering, actually somewhat unable to bring himself to continue speaking.

Meng Lei raised an eyebrow and asked, "What's written on it?"

"I... I dare not say it, Your Majesty!"

The official had a fearful look on his countenance.

"Dare not say it?"

Meng Lei became even more puzzled. He casually took the joss paper from the official and took a look at it. An article, written in a common language in Heaven's Vault Continent, was written on it. The main gist of it was:

Meng Lei!

The great deity whom the Dragon God Empire worshiped was actually the reincarnation of a wicked devil from the Demon Realm. In order to rule over Heaven's Vault Continent, he had scourged the lives of many and gone as far as to slaughter the Dragon God Empire emperor, wipe out the Dragon People nobles, forbid prayers to the Dragon God...

The long and verbose article painted Meng Lei as a perverse and heinous wicked devil that ate children's brains raw and fed on human flesh every day.

"How dare they!"

Bubbles flew into a thundering rage. "Who is so audacious as to actually slander Master? If I find them, I'll definitely rip them into shreds!"

"He's already come all the way here even without you going after him."

Meng Lei shook his head and chuckled. "The last part of the text on this piece of joss paper is essentially him throwing down the gauntlet. He'll be coming to the Dragon God Empire's Imperial City a month later to slay me, the wicked devil, and rid the world of an evil!"

"Who's so bold to do something like that, Master?" Bubbles' eyes widened in astonishment. He asked, "Did he sign off?"

"He did!"

Meng Lei passed the piece of paper to Bubbles with a slight smile.

Bubbles quickly took the paper from him and glanced at it. He couldn't help but exclaim, "Horace Theodore! To think it's him! How can that be?"

"Bubbles, do you know that guy?"

Meng Lei was rather astonished.

"Yes, of course! I grew up listening to legends about him. How can I possibly not know about him?"

Bubbles nodded slowly, though his countenance was extremely grave. He said, "Master, Horace is the most monstrous genius ever in the Titan Empire's history.

"He started cultivating at the age of six, broke through to the Saint Domain stage at 15, and broke through to the half-deity stage at 57 to become the youngest half-deity ever in Heaven's Vault Continent's history!"

"A 57-years-old half-deity!!"

"What a freak!"

"How terrifying!"

A huge jolt went through both Nadja and Seisia, who were both rather astounded. 57 years old might sound very old, but to half-deities like them, it was really too tender an age!

It was already considered very rare for ordinary people to break through to the Saint Domain stage at that age, let alone completely comprehending a type of laws of nature and becoming a half-deity. This was totally impossible for ordinary people.

A curious Meng Lei asked, "Nadja, when did you guys break through to the half-deity stage?"

"Master, my aptitude is mediocre, so I only barely managed to break through and become a half-deity at 12,958-years-old," A somewhat embarrassed Nadja replied, her pretty face slightly red.

"I broke through 4,000 years earlier than Nadja and became a half-deity at 8,976-years-old!"

Seisia looked a little proud of herself.

"What about you, Bubbles?" Meng Lei asked.

Bubbles gave Nadja and Seisia a smug look and replied, "I became a half-deity earlier than both of them. I broke through when I was 3,238-years-old!"

"That's not counted!"

Both Nadja and Seisia turned to Bubbles with expressions of scorn. They said, "You only became a half-deity because you comprehended the Demon Realm's laws of nature. That's purely just opportunistic trickery!"

"What's wrong with comprehending the Demon Realm's laws of nature? I was still physically in Heaven's Vault Continent!" Bubbles glared at them. "Am I not a Heaven's Vault Continent half-deity?"

"What kind of Heaven's Vault Continent half-deity are you? I told you, what you've comprehended is the Demon Realm's laws of nature!"

The two female half-deities didn't back down at all. They said, "Laws of nature are much clearer in the Demon Realm than in Heaven's Vault Continent, so it's also way easier to become a half-deity. You can't be considered a true Heaven's Vault Continent half-deity at all!"

"Why don't the two of you try to sense the Demon Realm if you're that capable, then?" Bubbles sneered, "I'm able to sense the Demon Realm because I'm capable—"

"Alright, alright! Cut it out, all of you!"

At the sight of the trio arguing, Meng Lei spoke up and broke up the fight. He said, "Bubbles, what's a big man like you arguing so much with the ladies for? Continue with what you were saying."

"Hmph!"

Bubbles glared viciously at the two women before he went on. "After he became a half-deity, Horace also met with the same problem as us—he didn't have any worshipers.

"Master, you should also know that when one becomes a half-deity, things are no longer about talent, diligence, and opportunities anymore. One needs worshipers!"

Bubbles shook his head and said, "Without any worshipers, there won't be any power of faith. Without any power of faith, there won't be any power of divinity. Neither will one's divine spirit become stronger!"

Meng Lei nodded slowly. "That's right. No matter how great one's talent may be, it'll only be for naught."

"Thus, Horace broke through the void and left Heaven's Vault Continent. As for where he went, no one knows. All we know is that he has left for good."

Bubbles said with a frown, "Nothing was heard of him in the following 30,000-odd years ever since. Never would I have ever thought that he would show up again!"

Meng Lei narrowed his eyes and asked cheerfully, "Someone who's disappeared for 30,000 years is putting on such a flashy display after suddenly showing up again—is Horace trying to announce his return to everyone?"

"I'm afraid it's not that simple!"

Nadja, whose eyes were fixed on the joss paper, said, "These tricks that Horace is using are customary tactics that we underground half-deities use when fighting for power of faith.

"Slandering the other party, and then defeating and killing them in front of their worshipers is the fastest way to dissolve their worshipers' faith!"

"You mean..."

Meng Lei raised an eyebrow.

"Horace is likely doing this because he wants to spread his faith, too!"

Seisia nodded and said, "Slandering Master and painting you as a wicked devil, killing you in front of everyone in order to dissolve the people's faith in you, and then ultimately replacing you!"

"That guy is pretty scheming." Meng Lei shook his head and chuckled softly. Then, he said, "Even if he wants to kill me, it'll first depend on whether or not he has the skill to. Otherwise, it'll only backfire."

"Master is right!"

A smiling Nadja said, "As long as Master can kill him, all the rumors that he has spread shall naturally collapse in the light of facts. Instead, it'll even leave behind the impression that Master is unbeatable, thereby deepening the worshipers' faith in Master!"

"Exactly!"

Meng Lei nodded lightly. "Since that's the case, then let's make proper preparations for him. How can we not cooperate with him when he's coming all the way from afar?"

"Master, you mean..."

The trio quickly turned to Meng Lei.

"Send the order—one month later, I shall ascend the throne at the summit of Mount Dragon God and become the new master of this empire!

"The official name of the dynasty shall be—the Meng Lei Empire!"

"Yes, Master!"

[1] Also known as ghost or spirit money, they are sheets of paper made into burnt offerings common in Chinese ancestral worship

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Chapter 255: The Beast People Royal Court, Great Skill And Strategy

The rain of light filled the world over the night.

That's right—it didn't just rain light in the Dragon God Empire Imperial City. Rather, it covered the whole area within the Dragon God Empire's borders. Every city and town on a slightly larger scale saw the skies raining light upon them.

For a while, the Dragon God Empire, which had only just gone through a few serious upheavals and hadn't yet completely recovered, was swept into even fiercer and more surging waves.

"The Great God Meng Lei is a Devil from the Demon Realm?"

"Perverse? Heinous?"

"The rain of light from above is a warning from the deities! This is a sign from the gods. We have to believe in it!"

"Rumors! These are purely just rumors! The Great God Meng Lei took down the nobles, distributed the lands, and allowed us, slaves, to see better days. How can he possibly be a Devil?"

Toward the news brought by the rain of light, some scoffed at it, but more thought of it as a sign from the gods and started to waver.

For a while, everyone in the whole of the Dragon God Empire was in a state of alarm and anxiety, and the vast Dragon God Empire was shrouded in a fearful atmosphere once more.

Yet another heavyweight piece of news also began to make the rounds at this point—a month later, Meng Lei would ascend the throne on Mount Dragon God's summit and become the empire's new emperor. Additionally, he was also sincerely inviting the other three empires to come and watch the ceremony.

The moment the news was out, the people's hearts entered even bigger turmoil!

Since time immemorial, the Far Northern Wastelands had always been the Beast People's territory. For millions of years, the Beast People Empire had been thriving and proliferating on the wastelands across generations.

Beast People tribes of varying sizes were littered all about every corner of the Far Northern Wastelands. They did their best to make use of everything that the wastelands gave them, pursuing survival with dogged resilience.

The Beast People royal court was located in the Far Northern Wastelands' central region. There, the lands weren't endless wilderness, but a continuous stretch of mountain ranges and primeval forests instead.

Verdant, thick ancient trees and rich, lush vegetation adorned the area.

Beast roars could be heard while unusual-looking birds soared.

The whole mountain range was linked together into an encirclement that surrounded the Beast People royal court, forming a natural defensive barrier and protecting it.

Therefore, the Beast People also called the mountain range the Beast God Mountain Range, likening it to the great Beast God protecting the Beast People Empire from the flames of war.

At the imperial palace in the Beast People royal court...

Compared to the Dragon God Empire's lavishness and grandeur and the Titan Empire's heroic spirit and gallantry, the Beast People Empire's imperial palace came across as one that was extremely simple and unadorned.

The imperial palace was simple and plain as it was formed from stacking rocks on top of one another and using round wooden rods as ceiling beams. Even the chairs that the Beast Emperor and his officials were seated on were sculpted from rocks. None of the Dragon God Empire's extravagance and grandeur could be seen here at all.

It wasn't so much that the Beast People Empire was as poor as a church mouse and couldn't even afford to smith a few decent chairs. Rather, this was a deliberate move by the current Beast Emperor.

The current Beast Emperor was named Grom Lexar. An emperor with great skill and strategy, his roots were in the mountains and wilderness. Thus, he knew very well the people's suffering and hardships.

Therefore, since the day he ascended the throne, the Beast Emperor had sworn to lead the Beast People Empire out of the resources-scarce and supplies-barren Far Northern Wastelands and into more fertile lands.

That was also what Grom Lexar had done. In the 100-odd years since he had taken over the throne, the Beast People Empire had annihilated dozens of big and small kingdoms around it, such as the Earth Fairy Kingdom, the Man-Eating Demon Kingdom, the Halfling Kingdom, the Far Northern Icelands Kingdom, the Dwarf Kingdom, and so on.

As a result, the Beast People Empire's territory had doubled. They overlooked the Endless Oceans in the east, faced the Sunset Ranges in the west and the Magical Beast Ridge in the south, and entered the north's Far Northern Icelands.

Because of this, the Beast People Empire had also become the empire with the vastest amount of territory in Heaven's Vault Continent.

Aside from expanding national territories, Grom Lexar was also very accomplished in managing the empire's internal affairs.

He knocked back the nobles, encouraged production, limited reproduction, rewarded meritorious military exploits, and opposed extravagance...

After a series of reforms, the Beast People Empire never saw any more tragic incidents like the one during the snow disaster in winter where starving people were everywhere, and dead bodies littered the wilderness.

One had to admit that this was no different from a miracle.

After all, the Beast People Empire had an extremely high population but a shortage of food supplies. Winter was the hardest season for the Beast People Empire to tide over!

Every snow disaster usually starved or froze large numbers of people to death, yet Grom Lexar, the Beast Emperor, had managed to successfully prevent it from happening.

Based on this alone, his merits and achievements had already surpassed all the previous Beast Emperors'. Calling him the Beast People Empire's greatest Beast Emperor of all time was no exaggeration.

However, Beast Emperor Grom Lexar wasn't satisfied with just these. His goal was to restore the Beast People Empire's former glory and reinstate the empire to what it was like during its peak 50,000 years ago.

"Everyone, this is a secret letter from the Dragon God Empire. Take a look at it."

The Beast Emperor Grom Lexar, who was seated on a stone chair, casually tossed out a secret letter.

A Lion-Man received the letter and started to read it. A look of astonishment appeared on his features as he asked, "Is this true, Your Majesty?"

"Yes!"

The Beast Emperor nodded slightly.

"Little did I think that something as serious as this would have happened!"

The Lion-Man's countenance was grave as he passed the secret letter to the other officials beside him to read. Their expressions all differed upon reading the news written on it!

"Who's Horace Theodore?"

"I don't know who he is!"

"Never heard of him!"

At the sight of the officials' countenances, the Beast Emperor turned to an elderly Fox-Man at the first seat to his right. He asked with a slight look of respect on his face, "High priest, have you heard of this man?"

The elderly Fox-Man looked extremely aged. He held a walking stick while two long white eyebrows dangled at the sides of his cheeks, reaching almost all the way to his chin.

At his words, the Fox-Man got up shakily and replied, "Your Majesty, Horace is a reclusive genius from the Titan Empire 30,000 years ago. Said to be the strongest Titan in history, he even broke through to the half-deity stage at the age of 57 by his own efforts before subsequently breaking through the void and leaving Heaven's Vault Continent!"

"57 years old?"

"Broke through to the half-deity stage by his own efforts?"

Gasp!

Shocked by the horrifying record, all the officials couldn't help but gasp!

It was common knowledge that every Child of God in the Titan Empire would break through to become a half-deity within 100 years.

But...

None among the Children of God had been able to become a half-deity at 57-years-old, let alone by their own efforts.

Horace was practically a monster!

The Beast Emperor sighed wistfully and remarked, "How amazingly talented! If not for that monster's sudden appearance out of nowhere, Horace would definitely be the youngest half-deity ever in Heaven's Vault Continent's history!"

The officials also nodded.

A Lion-Man on the left asked curiously, "High priest, where did Horace go after he broke through the void?"

The other officials also looked at the old Fox-Man.

"Initially, I didn't know what had happened after that." The old Fox-Man shook his head slowly. "But the Beast God appeared in my dreams recently and told me about Horace!"

A dream from the Beast God!!

Shocked, the officials jumped to their feet. Even Grom Lexar stood and listened closely.

"After Horace broke through the void, he wandered the Void during the last 30,000 years before finally finding a remote existential plane somewhere and settling down there to spread his faith."

The old Fox-Man was simply too advanced in age. Even speaking a couple of lines took a huge toll on him, and he couldn't stop coughing.

"Under the nourishment of power of faith, Horace successfully broke through to become a true god 8,000 years ago, becoming the next true god from Heaven's Vault Continent following the Dragon God."

"A true god!"

"That guy's actually succeeded!"

Looks of astonishment came over everyone's faces!

The progression from a half-deity to a true god might seem only as far as a single step, but it was no different from an insurmountable obstacle in reality.

In the whole of Heaven's Vault Continent's long history, half-deities were a dime a dozen, yet only four had truly been able to become true gods—the Fairy Goddess, the Titan Spiritual God, the great Beast God, and the Dragon God.

And now, Horace would be joining their ranks!

He had succeeded!

He was Heaven's Vault Continent's fifth true god!

"Following that, Horace pledged allegiance to the Titan Spiritual God, became one of the true gods under his command, and was bestowed upon with six material planes!"

The old Fox-Man sighed. "With billions of lives on six material planes producing power of faith to nourish him, even His Holiness, the Beast God, has no idea just how strong Horace has become after 8,000 years!"

"Bestowed with six material planes!"

Everyone looked astounded at his words. To bestow six material planes upon him at one go, the Titan Spiritual God was honestly too generous.

A shrewd gleam flashed in Grom Lexar's eyes as he asked, "In other words, Horace is extremely strong?"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

The elderly Fox-Man panted as he said, "Per the Beast God's instructions, the Titan Spiritual God's purpose in deploying Horace to Heaven's Vault Continent is to punish Meng Lei and maintain the Titan Empire's rule while seizing the opportunity to fight for the Dragon God Empire at the same time. Your Majesty may act at your own discretion!"

The Beast Emperor was sorely tempted. Located in the east, the Dragon God Empire had mild temperatures and rich, abundant resources. It was ten times, no, a hundred times more fertile than the barren Far Northern Wastelands. He wanted to take over the Dragon God Empire's territory even in his dreams!

But...

"Is Your Majesty having reservations regarding Horace?"

The old Fox-Man was old but intelligent.

The Beast Emperor nodded lightly and replied, "Since Horace has already become a true god, Meng Lei undoubtedly wouldn't be his match, but neither does the Beast People Empire have any powerhouses that can contend against Horace."

"Don't worry, Your Majesty!"

The old Fox-Man let out a hoarse-sounding chuckle. "Your Majesty, you can do whatever you want without any worries. The great His Holiness, the Beast God, naturally has ways to deal with Horace."

A huge jolt went through the Beast Emperor, and bright, shrewd glints flashed in his eyes. "With the old high priest's promise, there's no longer anything to fear. The Dragon God Empire will be mine! Send my orders!"

Whoosh!

All the court officials bowed and listened respectfully.

"Assemble the ten major military units and head south at once! Deploy the troops to the Dragon God Empire borders, get ready to invade and conquer the Dragon God Empire, and await my orders!"

The Beast Emperor gave a battle order of the highest level.

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

All the officials chorused aloud.

"Everyone, 60,000 years ago, our Beast People Empire forebears' horses drank the waters of the eastern oceans, hunted in the Fairies' forests, competed for the Titan Plateaus, and stood at the top of all the races. How mighty were they?"

The Beast Emperor said with a passionate expression, "Ever since I have ascended the throne, I have exhausted and taxed my ingenuity, and acted with utmost care as though I'm walking on thin ice. Never for a moment did I dare to forget my forebears' ambition!

"Yet time will not wait for me, and fate does not favor me, and I haven't been able to bring back the Beast People Empire's previous glory. I frequently awake in a panic at night and sink into self-blame!

"But now, the grand opportunity that the Beast People Empire has waited 60,000 years for has finally come! We absolutely mustn't let it slip by us!

"How brilliant, Your Majesty!"

All the officials were boiling with passion.

"Everyone, whether or not we can bring back the Beast People Empire's former magnificence and restore our forebears' glory hinges on the moment now!"

With a grand wave, the Beast Emperor ordered, "Make your preparations now!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

In the twinkling of an eye, all the officials had left the hall to busy themselves with their respective tasks, leaving behind only the Beast Emperor and the old Fox-Man.

"Do you still have any other instructions, high priest?" asked the Beast Emperor respectfully.

"Your Majesty, even though Horace has thrown down the gauntlet, not only has Meng Lei not run away from the challenge, but he has even risen up to the challenge and is ascending the throne in a month's time. I'm afraid he has a trump card up his sleeve!"

The old Fox-Man's brows were tightly drawn together.

"You worry too much, high priest. Not only is Horace a true god, but he has even cultivated for 8,000 years while being nourished by an endless supply of power of faith. How can Meng Lei possibly be his match?"

A confident smile graced the Beast Emperor's lips.

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Chapter 256: The Goddess Issues A Holy Decree, The Elemental Being Is Born

The Fairy Empire was located in the southern borders of Heaven's Vault Continent. Overlooking the Magical Beast Ridge in the north and facing the Endless Oceans to the south, it was the one and only country completely covered in forests among the four major empires.

These expansive forests that weren't inferior to the Magical Beast Ridge in the least were the famous Fairy Forests. As they were connected to the Magical Beast Ridge, Magical Beasts also roamed the Fairy Forests.

Innumerable Fairy tribes dwelt in the forest, sharing the space with the woods and the Magical Beasts. It should have been a very dangerous place by right, but the reality was that the Magical Beasts didn't attack the Fairy tribes at all. Instead, they formed a protective barrier that prevented outsiders from invading and harassing the Fairy tribes.

In the very center of the Fairy Forests stood a gigantic tree that towered at several hundred thousand feet tall. It stood straight and tall in between heaven and earth like the Jianmu Tree[1] that connected the two.

Lofty, towering, tall, and majestic!

Tranquil, lush, and luxuriant!

This gigantic tree was the Fairy Empire's holy tree and mother tree itself—the Tree of Vitality.

Erected at the foot of the Tree of Vitality was a beautiful palace formed from intertwining vines and full of beautiful flowers all over. Exquisite and refined, it was the Fairy imperial palace!

Currently, the conference hall in the imperial palace was filled with the Fairy Empire's high-ranking officials.

An extremely beautiful Fairy with a crown on her head sat at the top. Beautiful, pure, and breathtaking, she looked as if she had stepped right out of a fairytale.

She was the number one beauty of Heaven's Vault Continent and the Fairy Empire's ruler—the Fairy Empress!

"Elders, this is an invitation that a special envoy from the Dragon God Empire has just delivered."

The Fairy Empress parted her ruby red lips. She said, "They are inviting me to the Dragon God Empire to take part in the new emperor, Meng Lei's, ascension ceremony one month later."

"Your Majesty, the Dragon God Empire is just being unreasonable and making trouble. You need not pay them any heed!"

A female Fairy with a sword fastened at her waist said coldly, "Considering that it's just a new emperor ascending the throne, dispatching an official to express your congratulations is more than enough. Your Majesty need not personally make the trip there!"

"Regimental Commander Azshara is right. Your Majesty is the Empress of the Fairy Empire. Wouldn't the order of seniority be jumbled up if Your Majesty were to congratulate a young human like him?"

A female Fairy with a bow on her back also spoke up. "Besides, whether he'll even still be alive in a month's time or not is a question itself. To think he's still dreaming of ascending the throne!"

"Exactly! Horace Theodore was already a half-deity more than 30,000 years ago. Now that he's returned with such a fierce momentum, how strong must he be now?"

"As the saying goes, 'Those who come bear ill intentions, while those that don't are nowhere near'."

"With Horace's talent, he's probably already become a true god during these last 30,000 years!"

"That makes sense! To think he's still in the mood to ascend the throne when a true god is coming right at him. He's ultimately still too young. Little does he know that those who overdo it easily offend others..."

"There's also something else that I'm worried about. Now that Meng Lei has seized the Dragon God Empire and destroyed the Dragon God's one and only power of faith domain, how could the Dragon God possibly let him off?"

"That makes sense! The Dragon God would never overlook this!"

Upon hearing the officials' opinions, the Fairy Empress nodded slightly and said, "I've heard your voices, everyone. In that case, we'll dispatch an envoy to the—"

Buzz...

At that moment, a terrifying wave of divine power suddenly descended upon the Fairy Empress from above. At once, the aura around the Fairy Empress changed, becoming austere, holy, and solemn...

"The Goddess has descended!"

At the sight, all the officials in the hall hastily got up from their seats and bowed at the Fairy Empress, their countenances much more respectful than before.

The Fairy Empress made no response.

A brief moment later, the terrifying divine power disappeared, and the Fairy Empress resumed her previous demeanor.

"Has she left?"

"Her Holiness the Goddess has left!"

The Fairies breathed sighs of relief. Then, they quickly turned to the Fairy Empress and asked, "Your Majesty, has her Holiness the Goddess issued any holy decrees?"

"Yes, she has!

The Fairy Empress said with a wry smile, "Her Holiness has instructed us to take utmost care to protect Meng Lei. We mustn't allow Horace to kill him!"

"This..."

The Fairies looked at one another, looks of puzzlement surfacing on their faces. Protect Meng Lei? What kind of situation was this?

"Who exactly is Meng Lei? Her Holiness has actually specially issued a holy decree to order us to protect him? Isn't this a little too unfathomable?"

"Aren't there rumors that Meng Lei is an evil deity reincarnate? Might he actually be a deity reincarnate? And on top of that, even Her Holiness' friend?"

"You don't say, that might really just be the case..."

Women would always be the most gossipy creatures in the world—even if they were a bunch of Fairies.

"Since Her Holiness has issued a holy decree, then we must obey it!" The Fairy Empress said, "I'm thinking of sending an official to the Dragon God Empire to observe the ceremony while I also secretly head there myself. Any objections?"

"As per Your Majesty's command!"

The Fairies bowed in agreement.

"Since that's the case, then make the preparations!"

The Fairy Empress said softly, "This won't be just any ordinary ceremony observance. I should think that everyone knows what needs to be prepared, so I won't elaborate any further!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

In the Titan Empire's imperial palace in the Titan Colossal City...

"Inviting me to observe the ceremony? Hurhur, it's probably more like he's ordering me to go!"

The Thunder Titan Emperor gnashed his teeth as he sat on his throne. He sneered. "Don't worry. I'll definitely be there! Not only will I be there, but I'll even watch you die with my own two eyes!"

Looks of excitement also adorned the faces of the officials in the hall. The Titan Empire had been thoroughly embarrassed after the whole debacle previously caused by Meng Lei, which had resulted in the loss of all their half-deity grandmasters.

Everyone had been terribly enraged since then. And now, the time for them, the Titan Empire, to avenge themselves was finally here!

The Thunder Titan Emperor ordered, "Send my orders—the twelve military units are to assemble at the borders between the Great Earth Pillar Nation and the Dragon God Empire! Once that renegade is dead, the troops are to crush the Dragon God Empire with their supreme might!"

"As per Your Majesty's command!"

Following their respective emperors' commands, the two massive behemoths—the Beast People Empire and the Titan Empire—transformed into war machines. Troops assembled and raced toward the borders.

The Dragon God Empire's informers naturally also noticed the changes taking place in the two empires.

For a while, letters were sent to Meng Lei's desk from the two empires like falling snowflakes.

However, Emperor Meng Lei paid them no heed at all. Instead, they sent all the court officials into a terrible panic.

"By assembling their troops, the two empires are obviously intending to create trouble on the day that His Majesty ascends the throne. What are we to do?"

"The Beast People Empire has ten major military units while the Titan Empire has twelve. Their military power total up to as many as a few hundred million people. How are we to withstand such a terrifying force?"

"The end of the empire is right before us..."

The court was in utter chaos, and all the officials were terribly anxious. Yet Meng Lei wouldn't even spare them the time of the day. This threw them into a terrible panic.

To be honest, all the officials knew this very well—the Beast People Empire and the Titan Empire's troops were of no threat. The real threat was the man who had challenged Meng Lei—Horace Theodore!

Should Meng Lei lose the battle or even die in battle, the Beast People Empire and the Titan Empire would rip the Dragon God Empire into shreds like starving, ravenous wolves.

But should Meng Lei win, it would then be a completely different scenario. Under Meng Lei's lead, perhaps the Dragon God Empire would embark on an all-new journey.

Therefore, the most crucial question was—could Meng Lei win?

What the officials were so anxious over was exactly this issue. They wanted to meet with Meng Lei and probe him for an answer so that they could take a guess as to whether he was confident of winning or not.

Yet Meng Lei refused to meet with any of them. They couldn't even enter the imperial palace. All they could do was to panic futilely here.

So, where was Meng Lei?

He was currently on the 91st level of the Tower of Time, where he was quietly awaiting the birth of a tiny little life. After almost two years of nurturing, the Elemental Heart had finally hatched!

At the mouth of the volcano on the 91st level...

The magical energy-gathering magic circle enveloping the smaller half of the half-plane gathered a vast amount of fire elements, pumping them all into the mouth of the volcano before a fire cocoon subsequently absorbed them.

Buzz, buzz!

The fire cocoon, which was red with a bit of white, gave off fearsome energy fluctuations. The force of its aura had actually far surpassed that of a Saint Domain expert to reach that of a half-deity.

An alarmed Dodola came to the 91st floor, only for its jaw to drop at the sight of the Elemental Heart. It asked, "Meng Lei, where did you get the fire-elemental being egg from?"

"I picked it up," Meng Lei answered with a slight smile.

Dodola rolled its eyes, though it didn't persist with its questions. Dumbstruck, it asked, "For it to already be a half-deity at birth, it looks like that fire-elemental being must come from an extraordinary background!"

"Are you also unable to tell what kind of elemental being it is, Dodola?"

Meng Lei was rather surprised. After all, Dodola was very knowledgeable.

"I can't!"

Dodola shook its head. "There are so many types of elemental beings out there. How can I possibly know every single one of them? Besides, even the same type of elemental being can undergo great changes from living in different environmental conditions after birth. It's very difficult to identify them!"

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

Meng Lei understood now.

"However, for it to be a half-deity at birth, that little fellow definitely comes from an extraordinary background." An envious Dodola said, "That's some sheer dumb luck you have!"

Meng Lei burst into loud laughter and replied, "Haha! My luck has always been good!"

Boom!

The fire cocoon at the mouth of the volcano suddenly exploded. An aura ten times more forceful than it was before erupted and spread into the surroundings, pounding and sweeping into every direction.

The next moment, a burst of white flames abruptly appeared. It jumped up and down in mid-air, frolicking happily like a Fairy wrapped in flames.

"It's born!"

A smiling Dodola said, "It looks like that little fellow is a real piece of work, though. You'll probably have to put in quite some effort if you want to subdue it!"

As though a matter of course, Meng Lei asked, "Shouldn't it already submit to me since I was the one that had nurtured it to life?"

"Haha! Its subconsciousness was in hibernation before it was born, so how would it possibly know that you were the one that had brought it to life?"

Dodola rolled its eyes at him. "Look! It's coming over!"

Whoosh!

The white flame had indeed come over. It constantly danced and flickered about as it circled Meng Lei and Dodola, as though curiously checking out the two of them.

"Who are you?"

A child-like divine spirit energy fluctuation suddenly came from the white flame. Young and babyish, it sounded just like a child.

"I'm Meng Lei, and that's Dodola!"

Meng Lei gave it a friendly smile. He said, "I'm the one that nurtured you to life. Don't be nervous. We won't hurt you."

"You were the one that nurtured me?"

The white flame flew into a rage. Like a hissing little kitten brandishing its claws, it roared furiously, "You're lying! We fire-elemental beings are born from the flames. Would I even need you to nurture me? How dare you lie to me! You're a baddie! I'm going to burn you to death!"

Boom, boom, boom!

As it spoke, the white flame suddenly expanded dramatically and turned into an enormous fireball spanning 100-meters-wide. Then, it went crashing madly toward Meng Lei!

[1] Literally 'building wood'. A holy tree worshiped in ancient times and said to bridge the celestial and mortal realms in Chinese mythology

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Chapter 257: Salamander, Colossal Dragons Pulling Carriage

The white flame released an astonishing heat, with a temperature far higher than lava. The scorching heat could be felt from a great distance.

"Though this little fellow was just born, its combat strength is comparable to a mid-level half-deity. If it was allowed to spread its faith and collect the power of faith..." Dodola praised, "It can become a deity within 100 years! Though it's a pity that there are no more excess sources of faith in the Heaven's Vault Continent for it!"

"A monster indeed."

Meng Lei nodded slightly, looking at the huge fireball crashing towards him, and uttered, "Absolute Zero!"

Whoosh!

A chilly golden current shot out to meet the hundred-meter huge fireball in an instant.

An amazing scene occurred—once the fireball touched the golden chilly air, it instantly sealed in ice.

Krak, krak, krak...

Shortly within a few breaths, the fireball was frozen into a huge ice ball, releasing chilly air into its surroundings. The large fireball rapidly shrunk into its original white flame.

The white flame darted all over the place as it crashed onto the ice ball madly, trying to break free.

How could Meng Lei allow that to happen?

The ice ball shrunk swiftly as well to just ten meters in size in an instant, forming a frozen prison trapping the white flame inside.

Bam, bam, bam!

"You baddie! Let me out!

"Baddie! You're a villain!"

The white flame kept scolding furiously as it rammed the interior of the ice ball, but it was just helpless against the ice ball.

"A youth who knows no fear." Meng Lei laughed softly and shook his head, tightening the shrunk ice ball even more. "I'll only let you out whenever you give in."

"Let's go, Dodola!"

Meng Lei waved for Dodola and prepared to leave.

"Hey, baddie! Where are you going?"

The white flame was becoming anxious.

"I'm leaving here."

Meng Lei did not look back.

"Don't... Don't go! It's too cold down here!" The white flame panicked. "Let me out, and I'll not attack you, at most, okay?"

"You sure you won't attack again?" Meng Lei turned his head and smiled.

Now little thing, that'll teach you a lesson!

"No... No, I won't!"

"What if you attack again?"

"Baddie! I said I wouldn't, and I'll definitely not, I always keep my word!" the white flame replied angrily.

"Alright, that's what you said!"

Meng Lei withdrew the icy prison with a wave of hands, but once the white flame was freed, it was poised to initiate another attack—it hated Meng Lei to the core!

"Hmm? Attacking me again? How did you manage to forget what you've said just now?" Meng Lei raised his eyebrows, and chilling currents flowed out of his fingertips.

The white flame stopped still in mid-air and hesitated for a moment before it snorted. "You baddie! I'll keep my word, I said I wouldn't attack you, and I mean it!"

"Now that's more like it. I like kids who keep their words." Meng Lei chuckled. "Oh right! What's your name?"

"Name?" The white flame was stupefied. "What's a name?"

"Name is a designation, or what we call you. Everyone has a name, I'm Meng Lei, and that's Dodola." Meng Lei smiled. "Don't tell me you don't have a name? How about I name you?"

"Sure! Okay!"

The white flame was excited.

"Since your entire body is milky-white like milk..." Meng Lei said in a proper tone, "How about Wahaha[1]?"

"Wahaha? That sounds quite nice!" The white flame was quite excited.

"Of course! Wahaha AD calcium milk is a treasure that can strengthen divine bodies!"

Meng Lei praised, "Back in my hometown, everyone loves to drink Wahaha because it represents power, the symbol of strength..."

"Wow! Wahaha is so awesome! Okay, I'm called Wahaha!"

The white flame was full of enthusiasm. "Hahaha, I have a name now! Wahaha... Tsk, tsk, such a mighty name!"

Meng Lei almost burst into laughter as he maintained a calm expression. "Wahaha, let's reintroduce ourselves. I'm Meng Lei, nice to meet you."

"Er... er..."

Wahaha paused before it turned into a little snake with a fiery red body. "Nice to meet you too, I'm Wahaha!"

"What the heck? It's a Salamander!"

Upon the sight of Wahaha's true form, Dodola was shocked. "No wonder it possessed the power of a half-deity. It's a Salamander, after all!"

"Dodola, what's a Salamander?" Meng Lei asked quickly.

"Salamander is a kind of extremely powerful fire elemental lifeform, and fire is their nutrient!" Dodola explained, "The higher the level of the fire, the mightier it becomes and the faster the Salamander's combat strength increases. There are very few fire elemental lifeforms that are stronger than Salamanders!"

"Salamanders are actually that impressive?" Meng Lei was amazed as he could not help lighting up some Netherworld Divine Fire on his hand.

The Netherworld Divine Fire was the exclusive indestructible flame to the Divine Netherworld Phoenix, which could burn anything in everlasting flames. Any normal beings would stay away at the sight of it.

However, once Wahaha saw the Netherworld Divine Fire, its eyes lit up and stared as if it was a hungry wolf that saw a fat, delicious sheep.

"Wahaha, we're friends now." Meng Lei smiled slightly. "This is my first gift to you, my friend!"

As he spoke, Meng Lei snapped his fingers and flicked the Netherworld Divine Fire over.

"Wah!"

Wahaha opened its mouth fully and directly swallowed this bit of fire. After which, it burped out black smoke, its eyes filled with friendliness toward Meng Lei.

"Meng Lei, you're such a nice guy. I was wrong about you just now, so I'm sorry!" Wahaha was a little embarrassed. "And well, I don't have any welcome gift for you..."

"Haha, you're just born into the world. It's normal to have no gifts for me." Meng Lei laughed and waved. "I'm leaving, talk to you later."

"Where are you going?" Wahaha gave a puzzled look.

"Home!"

After leaving the Tower of Time, Meng Lei reappeared in the imperial palace and felt a terrifying divine power spreading around and enshrouding the entire Imperial City.

"Puhaman has succeeded?"

Meng Lei's eyebrow was raised when he heard Puhaman's laughter from the side palace.

"50,000 years! Hahaha, didn't expect that I Puhaman could have such a day! You have my gratitude, Master!"

Whoosh!

Puhaman left the side palace with a flash and went straight in front of Meng Lei to pay his respect ceremoniously. He was just short of kissing Meng Lei's smelly shoes.

"That'll do already! What gives?"

Meng Lei rolled his eyes. "Since you're out, quickly get going with handling governing affairs!"

"Yes, Master!"

Puhaman did not question, as he went on with his business in the administration hall, while Meng Lei returned to his palace.

"Master!"

Upon seeing Meng Lei, Bubbles, Nadja, and Seisia bowed and greeted respectfully.

"Come! Eat with me!"

Meng Lei called the trio into the palace and chose a divine beast carcass to taste. Having eaten too much pork, it was time for a change in flavor.

In a while, the boiling soup in a pot gave off a tantalizing fragrance.

"That smells great!"

"Master, what meat is this?"

"The divine beast Tai RiTian[2]! This is a superior-grade dog meat hotpot. You're welcome to eat more!"

"It's our pleasure then!"

Time flew by as one month passed...

After a month of busy construction works, Mount Dragon God underwent earthshaking changes—the lush trees were gone, the flourishing weeds were gone, and the rugged mountain passes were gone.

What remained was a white jade mountain paved entirely with white jade crystals.

Indeed, the entire Mount Dragon God had been transformed into a jade mountain.

The surface was entirely paved with white jade crystals, forming every step on the stairs from the foot of the mountain to the top. On the mountain top stood a statue 100,000 feet tall. It was made of gold, making the appearance seem incredibly magnificent, holy, mighty—it was Meng Lei's statue!

While in the five kilometers radius of Mount Dragon God, it was transformed into a large square.

At this very moment, the square was packed. Some were powerful figures from the Dragon God Empire, others were experts coming from the other three empires, and the rest of the continent.

This day was not just Meng Lei's day of enthronement, but it was also the day of the great battle well known all over the continent. How could they miss it?

Other than those were nobles, followers, civilians nearby, and diplomats from each nation.

These numbers were far more than millions!

Everyone, each with different thoughts, eagerly awaited the opening ceremony.

Roar!

The sun rose gradually into the sky, and just as the crowd was starting to get impatient, an earth-shattering roar came from afar.

"Look over there!" someone shouted.

Everyone livened up as they shot their eyes over. They saw a huge black figure, like a battleship or an aircraft carrier, coming toward their side in roars of thunder.

It was getting closer!

Eventually, everyone could look at the black figure clearly, and they were shocked with their mouths wide open!

The so-called black figure was actually 10 prodigious Colossal Dragons. That's right, 10 Colossal Dragons!

The Golden Colossal Dragon upfront was 20,000-feet-long with gold skin throughout its body, looking absolutely magnificent.

On the other hand, the Earth Dragon, Blue Dragon, Thunder Dragon, Black Dragon, Fire Dragon, Green Dragon, Tempest Colossal Dragon, Light Colossal Dragon, and Frost Colossal Dragon were 10,000-feet-long and extraordinary as well!

,000-feet-long Colossal Dragon!

Actual half-deities Colossal Dragons!

The appearance of so many half-deities was absolutely sensational, but what was even more shocking was...

The ten half-deity Colossal Dragons' necks were each tied up in huge chains connected to a large floating dragon carriage!

Judging from the scene, it was clear to the crowd that these half-deity Colossal Dragons were pulling the floating dragon carriage!

"Where did all these half-deity Colossal Dragons come from? Weren't the half-deities of Dragon Island wiped out by His Majesty Meng Lei?" A Saint Domain expert felt uneasy.

"This... Who knows?" Others at the side shook their heads.

"How dare he use half-deity Colossal Dragons to pull a carriage? That is too much!"

Among the crowd, an elderly man in a black cape ground his teeth.

He was the only surviving half-deity dragon that had escaped from Meng Lei's destruction of the Dragon Island—the Tempest Colossal Dragon.

The reason he had shown up here was that he wanted to witness how Meng Lei would meet his demise in front of him!

The tragic thing was he had not yet seen Meng Lei's death, yet he saw this disgraceful scene.

The Tempest Colossal Dragon's hatred was like an endless gushing river, like an overflowing river beyond control!

"And these bastards, they would really rather bring humiliation to the Dragons and commit such disgraceful acts! Our prestige was thrown away by these rascals!"

Others might not recognize these dragons, but the Tempest Colossal Dragon did—these were those Saint Domain Colossal Dragons from the Dragon Island!

The only question the Tempest Colossal Dragon had was how had these sinful creatures managed to break through to become half-deities!?

[1] Refers to the name of the Chinese firm Hangzhou Wahaha Group known for its milk products

[2] Means 'teddy f*cks the sky' in Chinese literally, referring to teddy bear dogs(poodles) reputation to hump everything including air

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Chapter 258: Awakening Zeal, Solemn Oath

"Colossal Dragons!"

"Those are Colossal Dragons!"

"Such gigantic Colossal Dragons!"

"Oh Great God Meng Lei above! Where did all these Colossal Dragons come from? Didn't the evil Dragons get decimated by the Great God Meng Lei?"

"Perhaps the Dragons rose from the ashes and came here to stir trouble?"

The sight of the ten Colossal Dragons in the sky caused a great stir among commoners and followers—they would never forget the sufferings they had under the Dragons' reign.

"All half-deity Colossal Dragons!"

"Where did they come from?"

The Fairy Empire envoy, the Beast People Empire envoy, and the Titan Empire envoy were all puzzled. "Were the rumors false? Meng Lei did not annihilate the half-deities of Dragon Island?"

Just as the people were wondering, the ten Colossal Dragons halted and hovered over Mount Dragon God. Only then the crowd discovered—there weren't just ten Colossal Dragons pulling the carriage; ten other figures were surrounding the carriage like guards.

It might not seem important to ordinary folks, but all Saint Domains, half-deities, and envoys immediately changed their expressions with thunderstorms rumbling in their hearts.

"Half-deities!"

"These were all half-deities!"

"Gosh! How can there be so many half-deities here? Just how?"

"1, 2, 3... 11 of them! 11 half-deities! Including those 10 half-deities Colossal Dragons, it would be 21 half-deities!"

"21!!"

"Unbelievable!"

The Fairy Empire envoy...

"Your Majesty, isn't that Dark Fairy Empress Nagaros? Why would such evil heretic submit under Meng Lei?"

"I don't know."

The Fairy Empress raised her eyebrow slightly. The Dark Fairies were originally part of the Fairies, but they had lost their way in search of power. They had eventually degenerated into an evil race, breaking off completely from the Fairies, and they even became archnemesis.

The Fairy Empress was there to assist Meng Lei, yet she did not expect Meng Lei to collaborate with the Dark Fairies, which made her displeased.

"The Dark Fairies had always been lurking underground and lingered around. It will get trickier to deal with them now that they are under Meng Lei's command!"

The Beast People Empire envoy...

"21 half-deities..."

A Beast Person among the envoy watched the 21 figures in the sky, squinting with a flickering gaze.

"How powerful is this guy that could subdue so many half-deities?"

"This is too scary. I just hope Horace would kill him. Or else there will be trouble!"

The Titan Empire envoy...

"Hmph! So what if there were 21 half-deities?"

The Thunder Titan Emperor looked coldly with his eyes full of jealousy. "To Lord Horace, they're just a bunch of useless good-for-nothings that he could destroy with ease! Knave, you'll only feel this triumphant now, you'll know pain later!"

"Welcome, Master!"

Just as everyone was buzzing, the 11 escorts bowed respectfully to the dragon carriage, with their mighty voices in unison.

"Mmm."

Bubbles hurriedly swiped open the curtain, and Meng Lei, in golden dragon robes and wearing a crown, walked out.

"It's Great God Meng Lei!"

"It's our Great God Meng Lei!"

"Great God Meng Lei!"

Upon Meng Lei's sight, cheers erupted among the crowd as commoners and followers were in an uproar.

"That's Meng Lei!"

The Saint Domains, half-deities, and each nations' envoys shot their eyes on Meng Lei inexplicably.

For these past few years, Meng Lei had been the most infamous being in the Heaven's Vault Continent.

16 years old!

Broke through to a half-deity!

Slain the Dragon God Empire's Emperor, annihilated all half-deities of Dragon Island, eventually annexing the Dragon God Empire!

Single-handedly fought with 16 half-deities of the Titan Empire and left behind 16 corpses!

Mightily savage!

Surpassed every great from past and present!

Splendid battle record!

Unprecedented!

Who would relax at the sight of such a person?

Especially the Beast Emperor and the Fairy Emperor, who stared down Meng Lei with penetrating looks.

"Get down!"

Meng Lei swept a look across everyone and flew toward the peak of Mount Dragon God, Bubbles, and the 10 half-deities quickly followed.

These half-deities were: Puhaman, Thaniel, Bubbles, Nadja, Seisia, the Spider Goddess Rose, Dark Fairy Empress Nagaros, Giant Squid Mervyn, Alchemy Creature Pursuer, Swirling Snow Sword Saint Galen Bonaparte.

Other than Klaus, who was overseeing the Golden Archipelago, every half-deity Meng Lei had subdued was here; even the proud and defiant Spider Goddess was there without exception.

There was an altar built in front of Meng Lei's 100,000-feet statue, and a golden throne was placed on top—that was Meng Lei's exclusive throne.

Meng Lei sat on his throne and set his gaze upon the audience.

At the same time, everyone was looking at Meng Lei. Everyone would like to know what Meng Lei had to say at this holy moment.

With all eyes on him, Meng Lei spoke.

"A million years ago, an ordinary race was born. They were as weak as ants, living the life of savages... yet, they were ever unyielding and enterprising! Fending off beasts, overcoming extreme weathers, contesting with the sky, battling on the earth, procreating, and rising step by step to become the only master of Heaven's Vault Continent eventually!

"This ordinary race was the humans!

"A million years ago, the Heaven's Vault Continent was the homeland of the humans, the habitat where humans lived independently. Humans were the true masters of Heaven's Vault Continent!

"However, fortunes are as unpredictable as the weather!

"Extraterrestrial evil deities came!

"They brought along Fairies, Titans, Beast People, Dragons. These evil deities brought their minions to the Heaven's Vault Continent!

"They took away our lands, enslaved our ancestors, used shackles and discrimination to chain us, used a class system to reduce us to slaves... We were heavily oppressed, exploited, abused!

"They were like bloodsucking leeches, sucking away like no tomorrow. They enslaved our souls and exploited our bodies for generations!

"Until a million years later today, we were still stuck on a poor lonely island in an ocean abundant with resources!

"Until a million years later today, we were still barely surviving in the corners of this vast Heaven's Vault Continent!

"Until a million years later today, we were still being enslaved and exploited by Fairies, Beast People, Dragons!

"Without equal treatment by the law!

"Without equal treatment on cultivation!

"Without equal treatment with resources!

"We made up 70% of the entire population of the continent, yet we had less than 1% of resources available!

"We worked our socks off, created riches with our hard labor, yet we could never get the wealth we deserved!

"Those lofty Fairies, Dragons, Beast People, and Titans didn't need to do anything, yet they could take everything from us naturally!

"Why?

"Why should we humans be enslaved forever?

"Why should we humans stay at the bottom of the continent forever?

"Why should Titans, Dragons, Beast People, and Fairies be allowed to trample all over us humans?"

Meng Lei's voice thundered across the sky as it resounded on the horizon and resounded deep in the hearts of everyone at the scene. The eyes of humans were red, while the envoys of each empire were dumbfounded.

"What is the exact reason for all these unequal treatments?"

Meng Lei seemed to be talking to himself and answering his own questions. He continued. "I think all of you have the answer in your minds!

"You all must be thinking about weakness! Since we humans are weak!

"We don't have the powerful strength of the Titans!

"We don't have the terrifying dragon breath of the Colossal Dragons!

"We don't have the supreme magic talent of the Fairies!

"We also don't have the superior combat abilities of the Beast People!

"Therefore, we were enslaved!

"Therefore, we were oppressed!

"Therefore, we were exploited!

"But was that the whole truth? No! Definitely not!"

Meng Lei's voice became high-pitched suddenly as if a mighty eagle opened up its wings. "Us humans were never any worse than those four races, even stronger than them!

"We have delicate minds that are far superior to the Titans!

"We have reproductivity that is far superior to Dragons!

"We have the grit that is far superior to Fairies!

"We also have our intelligence far superior to the Beast People!

"In my opinion, the reason we were enslaved was that we did not realize the power we possess, the fact that we have never actually stood up for ourselves!

"Humans are never weak!

"We have never lacked stunning geniuses!

"We have never lacked heroes who could battle heaven and earth!

"We have never lacked enterprising pioneers!

"Hence, as long as we can recognize the power we possess, we will surely rise!

"We will surely straighten up our spines!

"We will surely overthrow any mountains that try to enslave us!

"I believe that once we humans truly stand up, Dragons and Titans are nothing to worry about, Beast People and Fairies will become our slaves!

"I believe that once we can straighten our spines, we will become masters of the Heaven's Vault Continent once more, reclaiming the homeland that rightfully belonged to us!

"I believe that once we humans get the same amount of education, the emergence of countless Saint Domains, half-deities, and experts will be inevitable!

"I believe..."

"Stand up!!"

Every human in the audience had bloodshot eyes as they swung their arms and roared with all their might in unison.

The thundering noises combined for a huge uproar that went straight to the horizon. Each envoy felt chills coursing down their spines, their expressions horrified.

They knew what Meng Lei wanted to do. It was not just a simple enthronement. He wanted to awaken the zeal within humans and ignite their fighting spirit!

The human race!

If humans were allowed to rise, what kind of future beheld? No one dared to imagine!

Meng Lei raised and pressed down his hand, and the uproar stopped as if it was practiced beforehand.

"Therefore, how we stand up is the question we humans need to address urgently. What I believe is that we should first set the right mindset!

"We, humans, were never slaves of any other race!

"We, humans, were never inferior to any other race!

"We, humans, were never servants for any other races!"

"He's right!"

"We humans were never slaves!"

"We humans were never inferior to anyone!"

"What gives them the right to enslave us?"

"We will advance dauntlessly and battle the mountains that oppressed us till the very end!"

"We will take back control of our lives and take back our wealth!"

"We will return to the Titan Plateau, to the Fairies' Forest, to the Far Northern Wastelands, back to where our ancestors used to live!"

"We will return to the top of Heaven's Vault Continent. We will reclaim our dominance over the continent, we will take back everything that belonged to us!"

"Return to the top of Heaven's Vault Continent!"

"Reclaim dominance over the continent!!"

"Take back whatever was ours!!"

The people were in a frenzy as they cheered wildly with all their might, sending thundering noises across the mountain.

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Chapter 259: The Empire Is Established, The Dragon God Descends

"My dearest clansmen! From the moment I came to this world, I have had a dream. This dream has been motivating me all this time, making me fearless as I press forward!

"I dream of the day that we humans can stand with our backs straight, where we can break free of the other races' oppression and be able to truly rule over this continent!

"I dream of the day that we humans can trample on the Colossal Dragons, rip the Titans into pieces with our hands, keep out the Beast People in the deserts, and confine the Fairies to the Goddess Lakeside!

"I dream of the day that the Titan Plateaus become our grazing pastures, the Dragon God Empire becomes our fertile fields, the Far Northern Wastelands become our mines, and the Fairy Forests become our hunting grounds!

"I dream of the day that human children can also have a chance to cultivate and openly step into the halls of Battle Aura and magic to become strong experts!

"I dream of the day where Beast People and Titans become our slaves, Colossal Dragons are served to us on the dining table, and Fairies dance for us!

"I dream of the day..."

Trample on the Colossal Dragons!

Rip the Titans into pieces!

Turn the Far Northern Wastelands into grazing pastures and the Fairy Forests into hunting grounds!

Serve Colossal Dragons on the dining table!

Have the Fairies dance for the humans!

His astounding speech resounded in the depths of every human's heart. As they pictured what he had described in their minds, the blood in them began to boil passionately.

"There are rumors in the continent that claim that I'm the reincarnation of an evil deity. That's how I managed to possess such terrifying strength at my age. But the truth?" Meng Lei scoffed. "I have only one word in response—ridiculous!

"I am pure human and am neither a deity that has descended upon the world nor the reincarnation of a Devil. The strength I possess today is purely the efforts of my cultivation!

"Now, some are definitely going to wonder—can weak humans possess such terrifying talent? The answer is—yes, of course! I've mentioned this before, but there has never been any lack of people with amazing talent among the humans!

"Timon Barton, the number one genius in Dragon God Empire history, started his cultivation journey at the age of 9, became an eighth-grade expert at 11, and broke through to Saint Domain at 14! His amazing talent is top-notch in the continent!

"Is Timon Barton a Dragon? No, he isn't! He's pure human!

"Augustine Kroc, the number two genius in Dragon God Empire history, began to cultivate at the age of 10, became a Ninth-Grade Warrior at 16, and broke through to Saint Domain at 26! He surpassed the ancients and dazzled contemporaries to become second in history!

"Is Augustine a Dragon? No, he isn't! He's also human!

"Do you see that, my fellow countrymen? Even in a horrendous environment like the Dragon God Empire, human geniuses can still firmly suppress the Dragons. Are the humans really that weak, then?

"No, no, not at all! We are strong! Very much so! We are far more excellent than what we imagine of ourselves. We have unimaginable potential and talent!

"Therefore, I promise you this—in regions under human rule, all humans under the age of 20 can undergo magic aptitude evaluation tests and receive Battle Aura manuals at no cost!

"I promise—in regions under human rule, I will build Battle Aura academies and magic academies and allow all children under the age of 16 to enroll into the academies at no cost. They shall have the chance to undergo compulsory education for a duration of six years!

"I promise—in regions under human rule, I will not levy taxes of any form, collect any agricultural tax to be paid in grain or other forms, or recruit soldiers in any way for the next ten years!

"I promise—in regions under human rule, every decent human in the registry will receive a plot of land measuring at least two square kilometers, such that everyone can have their own fields!

"I promise—in regions under human rule, humans will never be slaves. Everyone will be equal, and there will be no slaves and no nobles!

"I promise..."

His impassioned speech lashed forcefully against everyone's hearts like a wakeup call, thoroughly igniting the humans' blood and passion.

Blood instantly drained from the other races' faces. In particular, the Fairy Empress and the other two monarchs' countenances had changed drastically.

Those under 20-years-old would undergo magic aptitude evaluation tests and receive Battle Aura manuals at no cost.

Those under 16-years-old would have the chance to undergo compulsory education at no cost.

No taxes would be levied, no grain would be collected, and no soldiers would be recruited in human territory.

Everyone would receive plots of land measuring two square kilometers each! Everyone would be equal! And humans would never be slaves.

No one understood the meaning behind these governance measures better than the three monarchs.

Once Meng Lei put that into action, innumerable experts, innumerable geniuses, and innumerable military resources would emerge from among the humans.

In fact, every person in the country would be able to fight.

What was even more frightening was that once Meng Lei put that into action, would this sit well with the human slaves currently being enslaved and oppressed in the other three great empires?

No, they would rebel! They would run!

They would yearn for the Dragon God Empire and compete with one another to head to the Dragon God Empire.

When that happened, the three great empires would definitely be thrown into great upheavals.

"That guy... He's practically a madman!"

The three monarchs' eyes bore into Meng Lei as crashing waves churned in their hearts.

They had initially thought that Meng Lei was merely just ascending the throne. Even if he became emperor, all he would do was just continue the same Dragon God Empire traditions. At best... He might abolish the Four-Classes Stratification System! But never would they have ever imagined that...

Meng Lei's ambition would be far beyond that. Not only was he going to be emperor, but he was also going to lead the humans in an emergence and even destroy the other three great empires' foundations.

"Kill him! I have to kill that guy! If he lives, the Beast People Empire might even have to face the threat of destruction, let alone invade the south!"

Murderous intent filled the livid Beast Emperor's eyes.

"Lord Horace, you must kill that renegade no matter what! If he is not vanquished, the Titan Empire will never see days of peace again! In fact, we might even end up like the Dragon God Empire!"

The Thunder Titan Emperor, who could sense a huge crisis impending, gnashed his teeth.

"What exactly is Her Holiness thinking? She actually wants us to protect someone like him?"

The Fairy Empress was rather unhappy with the Fairy Goddess' holy decree. Even though the Fairies were peace-loving and close to nature, there was actually no lack of human slaves within their borders.

After a long passage of time, the Fairy Empire had actually also become just like the Dragon God Empire and the Titan Empire and had formed an enormous and complex racial system in the empire.

Fairies, half-Fairies...

Dozens, even up to a hundred, human slaves could be found in the territory of even a half-Fairy noble of the lowest class. The human slaves tended their fields, planted crops, picked fruits, mined, and constructed bows and arrows for them...

One could say that the Fairies' refined demeanor, elegance, tranquility, and beauty were all built on top of the human slaves' hard labor. Without their laboring, how could the Fairies possibly afford their elegance?

It wasn't as if Fairies were machines that neither ate nor drank—they also ate grains just like everyone else.

In any case, to sum it up, the Fairy Empire had just as many human slaves as the other empires.

Should things really go according to what Meng Lei had said, the Fairy Empire would end up facing an unprecedented trial.

"Should I save him or not?"

The Fairy Empress was troubled. For the first time, she had developed doubts about the Fairy Goddess' holy decree.

Meng Lei gazed at the sky. As he overlooked the mountains, the rivers, and the lands, he made an awe-inspiring and grand declaration.

"I declare... the official establishment of the very first empire in human history!"

"The empire is established! The humans shall rise!"

All the humans present broke into thunderous cheers and shouts, every one of their expressions stimulated and every one of their voices hoarse from shouting. Their eyes were red as their blood boiled with passion...

"The empire is established! The humans shall rise!"

Galen Bonaparte, the Swirling Snow Sword Saint, blinked his tears away as he waved his right arm and shouted along at the top of his lungs with the rest of the humans. The human sword saint, who had only just submitted to Meng Lei half a month ago, had been thoroughly won over by Meng Lei's personal charm.

"The humans have finally risen up!"

An elegant and gentlemanly smile was still on Puhaman the Dead Souls half-deity's lips, but the tears in his eyes had failed him and were rolling down his cheeks as he smiled.

He might be a Dead Souls half-deity, but he was nonetheless still a human. In this instant, he felt exceptionally proud!

"The humans' emergence has been set, and their momentum is unstoppable. Any empire or race that dares stand in the way of the humans' emergence shall all be thoroughly submerged by the waves of humans!"

Some of the half-deities sighed softly. They could totally imagine how news of everything that had taken place here would sweep through the Dragon God Empire, sweep through Heaven's Vault Continent, and sweep through every nook and cranny of the existential plane like a tornado once the next day dawned.

When that happened, the humans' zeal would awaken, and the enormous race that had been in hibernation for the last million years would erupt with an unprecedented force to sweep through the continent and subdue all other races.

"Of course! This is on the condition that Meng Lei must live! If he dies, all will be for naught! Thus, here comes the problem—can he successfully overcome his crisis today?"

Just as the people's thoughts were in disarray and each harbored their own thoughts, a golden light pillar that pierced through the heavens and earth suddenly descended from high up in the sky.

It was as long as the sky and as high as the galaxy.

About 10,000-meters-thick, it was just like a pillar that connected the earth to the sky!

"This is..."

The sudden phenomenon caught everyone's attention, and they raised their heads and looked over.

They saw a hole that had suddenly appeared in the sky right away. Then, a savage-looking head emerged from within, followed by a long body...

It was a 100,000-feet-long Colossal Dragon with golden scales all over and looked as if it were forged from gold.

Awe-inspiring and holy, powerful and fearsome, it overlooked the world!

Howl!

The 100,000-feet-long Colossal Dragon roared into the sky. Rolling sound waves exploded into the surroundings like a nuclear bomb, causing the void to splinter and break everywhere they went.

"Ahhh!"

Despite being a great distance away, everyone in the square nevertheless felt as if their heads were going to break apart from pain. Their minds were a total blank, and their ears rang from its roar.

"That... That's..."

A half-deity exclaimed, "T-the Dragon God? Could it be the Dragon God that's descended?"

"A body length of 100,000 feet! That's no longer a body length that a half-deity Colossal Dragon can achieve! It's definitely a true god-level Colossal Dragon!"

"The Dragon God! It must be the Dragon God!"

"The Dragon God is meting out divine punishment! The Dragon God is meting out divine punishment! We're doomed! We're doomed for sure!"

The human experts were filled with fear and horror. Even if they didn't recognize the 100,000-feet-long Colossal Dragon, a mere glance was more than enough to let them know that the newcomer didn't come bearing gifts.

"Hahaha! His Holiness the Dragon God! That's the aura of His Holiness the Dragon God!"

The Tempest Colossal Dragon among the crowd was delighted. He was so worked up that he couldn't help but shake lightly all over.

"I knew it! His Holiness has never once abandoned us! I knew he would descend upon us sooner or later! Haha, he's finally come today! I shall watch how you're going to die today, you renegade!"

"Little did I think that I would see the Dragon God first instead of Horace! We're gonna have a good show now!"

The three monarchs were astonished. They'd initially thought that the focus today would be Horace killing Meng Lei, but little did they think that the Dragon God would show up first.

"But this makes sense, too. The Dragon God Empire is the Dragon God's one and only power of faith domain. Now that it's lost its source of power of faith, its Dragon God name would be in vain if it didn't seek revenge!"

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Chapter 260: Ripping The Dragon God Apart Alive, Freeing The Humans

"Isn't the Dragon God unable to descend upon Heaven's Vault Continent, though? Why is its divinity projection that strong?"

"That's no divinity projection, but the Dragon God descending in its true body instead. Can't you feel the terrifying dragon might? That's definitely its true Colossal Dragon body!"

"Descending in its true body? How did the Dragon God manage that?"

"Who knows?"

"In any case, Meng Lei's in for it..."

Although the experts were puzzled over the Dragon God descending in its true body, they were gloating more over Meng Lei's predicament. They were looking forward very much to the exciting show about to be put on.

"Foolish and lowly mortal!"

The Golden Colossal Dragon slowly descended, the divine power emanating from it becoming increasingly vaster and mightier. Its voice thundered and spread into the surroundings as it asked, "Do you own up to your sins?"

"My sins?"

Meng Lei shook his head and chuckled softly at the Dragon God's question. "Your Holiness, I've done many things. Which are you referring to? Are you talking about me killing the Dragon God Empire emperor, slaughtering your Dragon descendants, or smashing your divinity projection into pieces with my hammer?"

"How dare you!"

The Dragon God roared, "You were originally a citizen of the Dragon God Empire and have received the Dragon God Empire's kindness, yet you've killed the monarch, rebelled and showed disrespect for those above you, repaid kindness with enmity, and challenged this god's authority. Weighed down with sins and perverse in behavior, you're a heinous Devil that's wicked beyond redemption!

"Today, I am going to subject you to a slow, torturous death where I'll extract your tendons and break your bones, and let all the foolish mortals know just how terrifying a god's wrath is!"

"How dare a mere big lizard with wings call itself a god?" Meng Lei sneered. "Where is Bubbles?"

"Here, Master!"

Bubbles stepped forward upon summon.

"The emergence of the humans is bound to be accompanied by endless bloodshed. Today just so happens to be the start of the humans' emergence, so how can we avoid a bloodbath?"

A dispassionate Meng Lei ordered, "Go! Take down that big lizard, extract its Dragon tendons, break its wings, and gouge out its heart and organs.

"I shall eat its liver as my meal, drink its blood in place of wine, fashion its Dragon horn into a cup, and use its scales in a banquet to host my people and guests!"

"Master's will... is my command!"

With a roar, Bubbles morphed into a stream of light that shot toward the Dragon God!

A dumbfounded look came over the people at the sight.

What? What was he doing?

Sending a subordinate to battle the Dragon God? Had Meng Lei's brain been caught in between Sister Feng's[1] a*s?

"To think you've actually sent your own subordinate to his death! Have you chickened out, you renegade? No matter, once that foolish Titan is dead, it'll be your turn next!"

The Tempest Colossal Dragon's eyes were filled with murderous intent.

The Fairy Empress, the Beast Emperor, and the Thunder Titan Emperor's brows were also tightly locked. What kind of existence was the Dragon God? What did Meng Lei mean by sending a subordinate to deal with it?

Did he think that by sending a subordinate, he would be able to suss out the Dragon God's skills and thereby raise his chances of winning?

What immature behavior!

"Big lizard, you just had to choose this moment to show up, didn't you? You're just offering yourself up to be hammered by me! Since that's the case, I won't hold back!"

Bubbles' finger joints popped loudly as he clenched his fists, appearing to be extremely excited. He hadn't even had the chance to test his skills after assimilating a divine core recently, yet now the Dragon God had delivered himself right to his doorstep!

Wouldn't he be a fool if he didn't take up the offer?

"Die, you damned worm!"

The Dragon God was furious.

It was the great Dragon God! This particular body that it'd taken over might only be as strong as a true god, but how could Meng Lei send a subordinate to battle it?

This was practically an inconceivably huge insult to it!

"Get lost!"

The Dragon God let out a furious roar and reached out with its massive claw, which was bigger than even a mountain. It swiped right at Bubbles, intending to smash him into smithereens with one hit.

"Haha, nice one!"

Instead of retreating, Bubbles went forward and actually charged straight toward the Dragon claw smacking down at him, shocking all the spectators.

"You're courting death!"

"Is that guy a fool?"

"Doesn't he know that that's the Dragon God...?"

However, what happened next flabbergasted everyone—not only did the enormous claw not smash Bubbles into bits, but Bubbles even punched a hole through it with his fist, causing it to bleed furiously.

Howl!

The Dragon God let out a cry of pain and instantly retracted its claw. It glowered at Bubbles with its huge eyes as it exclaimed, "You... can actually wound me?"

"Wound you? I'm even going to kill you!"

With a loud laugh, Bubbles then started to expand dramatically like an inflating balloon. In an instant, he had expanded into a 100,000-feet-tall giant. His enormous size wasn't the least bit inferior to the Dragon God's 100,000-feet-long Golden Colossal Dragon form.

The might of his divine power didn't lose out to that of the Dragon God's, which was also mixed with its own dragon might!

Everyone was stunned by the sight.

Be it a half-deity expert like the Tempest Colossal Dragon, the three monarchs—the Beast Emperor, the Thunder Titan Emperor, the Fairy Empress—or the other commoners, worshipers, or Saint Domain experts, everyone couldn't be any more astounded.

"A Titan!"

"What a tall Titan!"

"Is he also a half-deity?"

"Oh my god! He's a Titan of true god-level!"

"How did he become a true god?"

"Come over here, big worm! Daddy will show you a good time!"

Bubbles stretched out his larger-than-a-mountain hand with a sinister laugh and grabbed at the Dragon God.

The Dragon God roared furiously, raised its sharp and sinister-looking claw, and met Bubbles' attack head-on.

Snap!

As though a meteor crashing into the moon, palm and claw clashed against each other. Amid earthshaking explosions, the void broke inch by inch and turned into a gigantic black hole.

Howl!

As a cry rang out, everyone watched to their horror as the mighty, awe-inspiring Dragon God was actually pushed back, stumbling as it did so. Blood gushed out of its claw and splattered into the sky!

"How can that be?"

Everyone was shocked and horrified. That was merely their first clash, yet the Dragon God had already suffered injuries. Was Bubbles, a half-deity, actually that strong?

"Again, again!"

Bubbles guffawed and pounced right at the Dragon God. His fists, which were larger than even mountains, rained down upon the Dragon God.

The Dragon God was continuously pushed back amid dull, muffled thuds. A few punches later, the Dragon God could actually no longer form any sort of effective counter.

It was being badly suppressed.

That's right—Bubbles was completely suppressing it!

"Oh my god!"

"This, this..."

Everyone was so astonished that their eyeballs were nearly falling out of their sockets. The sight currently taking place in front of them was totally different from what they had imagined. The Dragon God was actually being suppressed?

How had things turned out like that?

The Thunder Titan Emperor was shocked and horrified. "Since when has that traitor Bubbles become so strong?"

He didn't know whether or not the Dragon God had displayed its full strength at this point yet, but he was very clear on one thing—Bubbles had become even stronger than how he was two years ago.

Two years ago, Bubbles had only been slightly stronger than his father!

Yet two years later, he was actually 100,000-feet-tall and rivaled a true god on this day!

Two years! What exactly had he gone through during this period of time?

"Hahaha! Is that all you've got, big lizard?"

Bubbles became more and more valiant as the fight went on. Every punch he threw contained terrifying force. Every punch that landed on the Dragon God dizzied it and caused its blood and energy flow to churn.

The Dragon God was practically losing its mind. In order to seek revenge on Meng Lei, it had specially picked from its divine nation a true god-level Colossal Dragon that hadn't yet passed 10,000 years from its point of deification.

Then, it had destroyed its divine spirit, seized its divine body, and taken it over in order to descend upon Heaven's Vault Continent.

To the Dragon God, its current prowess was enough to sweep across Heaven's Vault Continent without obstacles. Be it Meng Lei or any other half-deities, no one should have been a match for it.

In fact, killing every one of these renegades and even driving the Fairies, Titans, and Beast People back to their dens and unifying Heaven's Vault Continent like what he had done 50,000 years ago should have been no difficult task.

Yet cruel reality had given the Dragon God a loud, resounding slap across the cheek. Meng Lei hadn't even lifted a finger but only casually deployed a subordinate, yet it was already being badly beaten up...

This was too goddamn unbearable!!

"How dare you challenge Master when this is all you've got? You overestimate yourself!"

After a series of explosive attacks, the Dragon God was unsurprisingly knocked out. Bubbles then brought the Dragon God, which was covered in wounds and barely alive, over to Meng Lei.

He said, "Master, I've brought this guy here!"

"Your Holiness!"

Meng Lei looked at the Dragon God and said, "Your time is already over. Wouldn't it have been great had you just obediently stayed in your divine nation? Why must you intentionally get involved in a messy situation like this?"

"Why?"

Indignation filled the Dragon God's eyes as it said, "How did your subordinate become a true god? He clearly doesn't have any worshipers! Without power of faith nourishing him—"

"Do you want to know why? But why should I tell you?" Meng Lei waved dismissively. Then, he said, "Slay him, Bubbles!"

"Yes, Master!"

Thus, Bubbles took on the role of a butcher.

With a stroke from his stretched out hand, Dragon scales fell.

With a casual snap, Dragon horns were broken.

With a forceful pull, Dragon tendons were extracted.

"Aaahhhh!!"

At once, the Dragon God let out a heartrending scream, yet it couldn't budge even an inch.

Bubbles' physical strength was simply too fearsome. It was far, far beyond what he had imagined.

Just like that, as everyone present watched in dumbfounded silence, Bubbles killed the Dragon God as if he were killing a pig for Lunar New Year celebrations.

He stripped the Dragon God of its scales and ripped off its skin.

Then, he collected its blood and extracted its internal organs.

Lastly, he washed its liver and cleaned its entrails.

The poor Dragon God was a great true god, yet it had been slaughtered amid its own indignant, baleful, and furious screams. It could be said to be the deity that had suffered the most tragic death in Heaven's Vault Continent's history.

"The task has been successfully completed, Master!"

"Great!"

Meng Lei nodded lightly. He split the Dragon God's blood into a million portions with a big wave and sent them right up to everyone present.

"My thanks to everyone for joining us in today's ceremony. I am immensely grateful. I can only offer you Dragon blood in place of wine to thank everyone for gracing me with your presence!

"Don't worry, the divinity in the Dragon blood has been fully cleansed. You may drink it with no worries!"

Then, Meng Lei picked up a bowl of Dragon blood, threw back his head, and downed it all. Bubbles and the other ten half-deities also did the same.

Everyone gazed at the Dragon blood in front of them, all somewhat hesitant. However, immune delight surfaced in the half-deities and Saint Domain experts' eyes, and they raised their heads and drank all the blood.

The Dragon God's blood!

Just what kind of supreme treasure was that?

They couldn't have a sip of it even in their dreams usually! Now that it was sitting right before them, they would be fools if they didn't drink it!

After a few moments of hesitation, the commoners and worshipers also raised their heads and drank it all down.

Meng Lei wasn't the least bit worried that their bodies would explode and lead to their deaths. Although the Dragon God's blood contained a vast amount of energy, there was too little in each portion after splitting it into a million portions. Therefore, it was within an ordinary person's capacity.

"Damn! He's killed even the Dragon God!"

The Tempest Colossal Dragon hidden in the crowd gazed at the Dragon blood in front of him, his heart quivering.

He had initially thought that with the Dragon God's descent, the Dragon God would definitely be able to unleash its power and kill Meng Lei. Yet the reality of the matter was...

"I hereby declare—from today onward, the Dragon God Empire shall officially change its name to the Meng Lei Empire, and I shall officially become the Meng Lei Empire's founding emperor!"

Meng Lei's voice thundered as he declared, "My first order as the emperor is as follows—free every human who's still being exploited, enslaved, and abused! The range—all the humans on the continent!"

"How presumptuous!"

[1] Refers to Luo Yufeng, a Chinese Internet celebrity ridiculed for her unappealing looks and strange antics

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Chapter 261: Unifying The Continent, The Legendary Titan

The moment the order left his mouth, everyone's expressions changed.

Freeing all the humans on the continent... This was tantamount to declaring war on the other three great empires in a roundabout way.

It was common knowledge that the four major empires were where human populations were the biggest. Meng Lei's desire to free the human slaves was no different from interfering with the three major empires' internal affairs.

How would the three empires possibly agree to that?

It went without saying what their responses were.

The Thunder Titan Emperor, the Beast Emperor, and the Fairy Empress' countenances turned incredibly awful-looking. While they had been furious at Meng Lei's impassioned speech earlier, they couldn't be bothered to do anything about it and had adopted a disinterested attitude at things that didn't concern them.

It was none of their business, no matter what kind of trouble Meng Lei wanted to make in the Dragon God Empire.

Yet he was actually clamoring about freeing the human slaves in their borders now. This move would completely uproot and destroy their empires!

"Envoys of the three major empires, please communicate my decision to your respective monarchs upon return!"

Meng Lei turned to the envoys and added, "I want results within a month!"

"Your Majesty!"

A valiant, heroic, and beautiful Fairy with a sword fastened at her waist spoke up at this point—it was Regimental Commander Azshara from the Fairy Empire. She gazed straight at Meng Lei and said, "The decision as to whether human slavery would be abolished or not is part of the Fairy Empire's internal affairs. Your Majesty has no right to interfere!"

"I have no interest in the Fairy Empire's internal affairs. The only thing I'm concerned about is the human race!"

Meng Lei said dispassionately, "The Meng Lei Empire is founded on the basis of the people, and our foundation is the humans themselves. Any matter that concerns the humans, concerns the Meng Lei Empire!"

"Your Majesty, forgive my impudence," Azshara said coldly, "But the human population in Heaven's Vault Continent is far vaster than just mere billions. You can only speak on behalf of the humans of the Meng Lei Empire, but you cannot represent the voices of all the humans on Heaven's Vault Continent!"

Meng Lei was mildly taken aback. Seemingly rendered speechless by Azshara, he nodded slowly only after a brief moment. Then, he said, "Your words make sense. Indeed, I am only able to speak on behalf of the Meng Lei Empire's humans and cannot represent the humans living in other places."

At his words, the envoys from the three empires breathed a small sigh of relief. However, what Meng Lei said after that instead unexpectedly made them jump from their seats.

"If I integrate the entire Heaven's Vault Continent into the Meng Lei Empire's territory, would I then be able to represent the entire human race?"

"How brilliant, Your Majesty!"

"Your Majesty is right!"

Bubbles, Puhaman, and the others immediately sang his praises—after all, they couldn't wait to unify the continent.

"Be careful what you say, Your Majesty! Calamity comes through the mouth!"

His words caused Regimental Commander Azshara's countenance to change drastically. She said icily, "Your Majesty, you're currently representing the Meng Lei Empire as you speak. Every word you utter represents the whole empire's will rather than your own. I hope Your Majesty can refrain from babbling nonsense. Otherwise, I will interpret what you've just said as a declaration of war on the whole continent—including on the other three major empires!"

"A declaration of war on the whole continent?"

Meng Lei couldn't help but laugh. He said, "Your words have reminded me that the humans were the masters of the continent right from the start, though. If humans are to take back everything that once belonged to us, so what even if we must declare war on the whole continent?"

"Your Majesty..."

Azshara's expression turned icy-cold.

"This is my second order—the Fairy Empire, the Titan Empire, and the Beast People Empire are to submit to the Meng Lei Empire at once!"

Meng Lei's voice was cold and aloof as he declared, "Otherwise, everywhere the Meng Lei Empire's troops go, the country shall fall and the people perish!"

"You're going too far!"

The Thunder Titan Emperor, the Fairy Empress, and the Beast Emperor flew into a thundering rage upon hearing his order. They hadn't expected Meng Lei to actually be this arrogant and presumptuous.

By immediately ordering them to submit after the empire's founding, he clearly didn't think much of the three major empires. This was simply too much of him!

"Your Majesty!"

Azshara said coldly, "You're too arrogan—"

"Hmph!"

Meng Lei let out a cold snort, following which a fearsome force then pressed down upon Azshara. She was flattened to the ground at once, as though thunderstruck.

"If you weren't the Fairy Empire envoy, you'd be a dead woman by now."

A dispassionate Meng Lei said, "Return and tell the Fairy Empress this—withdraw from the Fairy Forest with the Fairies and get the hell back to the Goddess Lakeside. Otherwise, I don't mind having the Fairies follow in the footsteps of the Dragons and become a thing of the past."

"You bastard!"

Azshara was both furious and embarrassed. Yet, no matter how hard she struggled, she simply couldn't resist the force. She could only lay flat on the ground helplessly, tormented by shame and humiliation.

"The same goes for the Titan Empire and the Beast People Empire."

Meng Lei turned to the Titan Empire and Beast People Empire envoys. "I've already said what I should have. It's your call whether or not you want to obey it. The war starts a month later!"

With Azshara serving as a lesson to them, even though the two empires' envoys were infuriated and extremely spiteful, they could only grin and bear with it.

"That damned Horace! Why isn't he here yet?" The Thunder Titan Emperor was gnashing his teeth in a fury. "What exactly is that bastard doing?"

As though the heavens had heard the Thunder Titan Emperor's curses, a shrill whiz suddenly traveled over from the sky a great distance away.

"What's going on?"

Everyone turned and looked over to see a black dot shooting toward them at lightning-quick speed.

"That's..."

A huge shudder went through the Thunder Titan Emperor.

The Beast Emperor, the Fairy Empress, as well as all the Saint Domain experts and half-deities also shuddered all over.

He's here! He's finally here! He's made us wait for too long!

"Master, it's probably Horace!"

Bubbles, Puhaman, Nadja, and the others all came forward and formed a protective barrier around Meng Lei. All of them wore grave looks on their faces.

"No need to be nervous!"

Meng Lei's gaze swept across the three empires' envoys with a slight smile on his face as he scoffed. "Those guys—especially the Titan Empire—are all treating Horace as a straw to clutch at, hoping that he can kill me and save them from their crises.

"Little do they know that the more they get their hopes up, the further they'll fall. With Horace cooperating with me as a supporting role in this show, the resistance I'll face in my quest to conquer the three great empires and unify Heaven's Vault Continent shall be greatly reduced!"

"How wise, Master!"

He's near!

As the black dot approached, the booming whizzing sounds also became shriller, louder, and increasingly sonorous!

Gradually, the people could see clearer and clearer that a small and skinny figure riding on a greatsword was racing toward them.

He wore a black cloak and had a small, short, and skinny physique, which was completely unlike the usual tall, burly physique of most Titans. Neither was his body strongly-built.

In spite of that, no one dared to underestimate him. It wasn't just because he was Horace, but because his high speed alone could already leave innumerable people in the dust.

Whoosh!

Horace came to an abrupt stop upon reaching the summit of Mount Dragon God.

"So, that's Horace?"

"The one hailed as the most outstanding Titan after breaking through to Saint Domain at 57-years-old and breaking through the void and leaving Heaven's Vault Continent 30,000 years ago?"

"That's a historical figure!"

"That's an old antique from 30,000 years ago..."

Everyone whispered among themselves as they watched Horace standing proudly in the sky. In their eyes were curiosity, anticipation, excitement, as well as unease...

Everyone was feeling a complex mix of emotions.

At this point, Horace opened his eyes slightly, his gaze sweeping across everyone present. For a moment there, the people felt a wave of pain that felt like jabbing needles coming from their eyes, and they couldn't help but shut their eyes in pain.

"Such weak and frail mortals!" Horace scoffed before he asked calmly, "Where's Meng Lei, the young one?"

"Be careful, Master!" Bubbles hastily warned. "I can't tell how strong that guy is at all. You have to take absolute care!"

Puhaman also had a grave look on his face as he said, "That's right, Master. That guy is completely on a different level from the Dragon God just now. You have to take absolute caution!"

"Don't worry! I know what I'm doing."

Meng Lei waved them off. Then, he rose slowly into the air and went up to Horace.

"So, you're Meng Lei?"

Horace looked over, his sharp, knife-like eyes gazing upon Meng Lei.

"The man himself," replied Meng Lei calmly.

"Little did I think that Heaven's Vault Continent would birth someone like you 30,000 years later. Truly impressive!"

There was a hint of approving admiration on Horace's countenance. Then, he said, "But you shouldn't have challenged the great Titan Spiritual God's authority. His wrath is not something you can withstand!"

"Talents emerge from every generation in this world, and each of them excels in their own domain for years to come!"

Meng Lei flicked his fingers as he remarked, "Didn't the Titan Spiritual God also challenge the Fairy Goddess' authority back when she was ruling Heaven's Vault Continent?

"Don't forget that the Fairy Goddess was already a higher deity back then, yet the Titan Spiritual God had dared to challenge even her. On the other hand, I'm just challenging an intermediate deity's authority. Compared to him, it seems like I'm far more inferior."

"You sure know quite a lot. But it isn't necessarily a positive thing to be so knowledgeable. Sometimes, it easily misleads one into making an incorrect judgment, causing one to throw away their lives for nothing."

Horace said dispassionately, "Go on and attack. On account of your junior status, I'll allow you to make the first move, lest people accuse me of bullying someone younger."

"How presumptuous!"

"That guy's too arrogant!"

"I'll see whether he still dares to behave so arrogantly when Master beats him up so badly that he's all but begging for mercy later. Goddamnit, he's as haughty as a pea-brain. The sight of him pisses me off!"

Bubbles, Puhaman, and the others secretly broke into angry rants. They were extremely displeased with Horace's tone and choice of words that seemingly placed Meng Lei at a lower position than him for nothing.

The others didn't find anything wrong with that, though.

Horace was a legendary Titan from 30,000 years ago, as well as a peerless monster that had become a half-deity at 57-years-old. Now that he had returned 30,000 years later, just how strong must he have become?

So what even if he were a little wild and arrogant?

Compared to him, Meng Lei indeed was just a junior.

"What is Horace spouting so much superfluous crap for? Hurry and just cleave him apart with a knife!" The Thunder Titan Emperor was rather impatient by now.

"Allowing me to make the first move?"

Meng Lei's lip corners quirked upward slightly as he remarked, "During the first time I stepped onto Dragon Island, that's exactly what those arrogant and conceited Colossal Dragon half-deities had said. In the end, only one of them managed to get away."

"Is that so?"

Horace raised an eyebrow.

"During the second time I went up the Titan Spiritual Peak and battled the Titan Empire's temple half-deities, that's also what those burly Titans had said."

Meng Lei shook his head and chuckled, somewhat noncommittal to the statement. He said, "Among them were even existences older than you, but their outcomes were instead exceptionally tragic."

"Are you comparing them to me?"

Horace shook his head and laughed. "Be it the Dragon half-deities or the temple half-deities, they are actually all the same as you—all of you are just frogs living in the tiny little well known as Heaven's Vault Continent.

"Trapped in Heaven's Vault Continent, all of you see the sky only from the bottom of the well and foolishly think highly of yourselves. How would you know just how big the world outside is when all you can do is only run about in this existential plane?"

"Oh?"

Meng Lei raised an eyebrow.

"Little fellow, the world outside is a vast one. Don't be mistaken that you can do whatever you want just because you've made a small achievement or two in this existential plane."

Horace said dispassionately, "I'll give you one last chance and allow you to make the first move. Otherwise, I'm afraid you won't even have the chance to attack."

"Just as well, then. Since that's the case, then it would only be rude of me to decline any further!"

Whoosh!

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Chapter 262: Breaking The Hammer, Sending Meng Lei Flying

In a faraway divine nation, the Titan Spiritual God sat on his throne with a crystal ball floating before him. Displayed within was the event currently taking place at Mount Dragon God's summit.

"Lowly mortal, you shall pay a heavy price for your foolishness and ignorance!"

Murderous intent filled the Titan Spiritual God's eyes. It had been eons since he had last been this furious. The last time he was angry had been 50,000 years ago when the Dragon God emerged.

During that time, the Dragon God had led the Colossal Dragons to rise up and drove the Titans to the Titan Ranges, causing him to lose great numbers of worshipers.

The Titan Spiritual God had been incredibly furious over this, but there was nothing he could do. All he could do was to watch helplessly as the Dragon God unified the continent, gathered vast amounts of power of faith, and deified.

But the Titan Spiritual God would not be staying silent this time—because he had become a wealthy tycoon after receiving priority grooming from the Theodore clan of the Thunderbolt Divine Realm 20,000 years ago.

He had 108 material planes under his control and had innumerable worshipers and an abundance of resources now. He had even groomed quite a few true gods.

So, why should he take it lying down?

"After Horace kills that mortal, he can then also destroy the Beast People and the Fairies along the way and unify Heaven's Vault Continent. That continent shall once again become my power of faith domain!"

Elsewhere, in another remote and hidden divine nation, a muscular man with horns on his head and a stern, dignified countenance was also watching the happenings in Heaven's Vault Continent.

His countenance was sinister, and his eyes were spitting fire as though someone had owed him a few million dollars.

He was the deity whom the Dragon God Empire had worshiped—the Dragon God!

"That damned knave! And how lucky of Horace!"

The Dragon God was in an awful mood. He watched the two figures standing proudly at the Mount Dragon God summit with not even a trace of positive feelings on his face at all.

Meng Lei versus Horace!

No matter who the final victory went to, it was of no relevance to the Dragon God at all. Regardless, he would still end up losing his power of faith domain known as the Dragon God Empire.

That was his one and only power of faith domain!

"That damned mortal! I have to kill him! I have to!"

The Dragon God was livid.

If he could, he would rip Meng Lei into a million pieces. Wiping out the Dragon Island half-deities and overthrowing the Dragon People nobles had thoroughly ruined him at the roots.

It had caused his hopes of recapturing the Dragon God Empire to become incredibly distant and remote. It was no longer possible for him to take back the Dragon God Empire as a power of faith domain.

This was especially true when he had been slaughtered alive by Meng Lei in front of so many people just now. It was practically the greatest humiliation ever. He had been thoroughly embarrassed and more!

"I have to kill him! No matter what, I have to kill him!" The Dragon God gnashed his teeth in a fury. "Better yet if neither side wins and all of them die!"

The Dragon God's current frame of mind had even become rather warped. He hated Meng Lei because Meng Lei had seized his power of faith domain and caused him to thoroughly embarrass himself.

He was also jealous of the Titan Spiritual God. By what virtue did that all brawn and no brains fool deserve to receive a Divine Realm force's grooming for no reason whatsoever?

He hated them!

He was jealous of them!

Yet all he could do was just watch on helplessly!

On Mount Dragon God...

Be it the people of the Meng Lei Empire, Meng Lei's worshipers, the three major empires' envoys, or the experts from each clan, everyone was watching the two figures in the sky with rapt attention.

Such nervousness!

Such anticipation!

Everyone knew this very well—this battle would determine the newly-founded empire's future, decide the humans' fate, and even the entire Heaven's Vault Continent's fate!

Should Meng Lei win, the humans would fully rise up and sweep through the entire continent with unstoppable momentum. It was highly likely that Heaven's Vault Continent would be unified once more.

Should Meng Lei lose, the newly-founded Meng Lei Empire would be split up, taken over, and ripped into pieces by other parties. The humans would also be thrown back into their original plight and forced back into slavery.

Therefore, this battle was of critical importance.

"Go for it, Your Majesty!"

"Great God Meng Lei, you are unbeatable! You'll definitely beat the demons!"

"Die! Meng Lei must die! Only when he's dead..."

Some prayed silently, some cursed him viciously, and some gloated over the situation.

During this moment, where everyone's thoughts differed from one another, Meng Lei made the first move.

"Since that's the case, then it would only be rude of me to decline any further!"

Whoosh!

At once, Meng Lei vanished on the spot.

He bizarrely appeared right behind Horace the next instant. At the same time, the Hammer of Destruction also appeared in his hand, and he swung it ruthlessly toward Horace's head.

"Little fellow, teleportation might be a good skill, but it's useless against me!"

Horace reached out. He easily caught the Hammer of Destruction in his hand with a light grab. Then, with a forceful grip, a crack rang out, and the Hammer of Destruction was actually crushed into smithereens!

Boom!

Then, Horace's other hand clenched tightly into a fist and soundlessly appeared at Meng Lei's abdomen. Like a launched cannon, Meng Lei was instantly sent flying.

"Master!"

Bubbles and the others' countenances changed drastically at the sight of that.

"Hahaha! Great! As expected of Horace, the legendary Titan! Well done! Well done!"

The Thunder Titan Emperor couldn't help but be thrilled at the sight. In this instant, all his previous worry and nervousness had turned into excitement.

Crushing the Hammer of Destruction with just a grab!

Sending Meng Lei flying with just a punch!

He had made two moves in a single instant and was fully suppressing Meng Lei in every aspect, exhibiting overwhelming power. The two weren't on the same level at all.

Doomed! Meng Lei was doomed for sure!

"Your Majesty, that arrogant fellow isn't Horace's match. It's highly likely that he'll die at Horace's hands. What should we do?"

Azshara, the valiant Fairy regimental commander, leaned over to the Fairy Empress and asked softly, "Do we save him?"

The Fairy Empress didn't respond because she was currently very troubled, too.

Save him?

Based on what Meng Lei had said just now, saving him would be akin to saving a powerful enemy of the Fairy Empire. It was highly likely that he would declare a war potentially capable of wiping out the Fairy Empire on the Fairy Empire someday.

But if they didn't save him, how were they supposed to answer to Her Holiness the Fairy Goddess, then?

"Let's watch for a little longer!"

The Fairy Empress sighed. She didn't have any better options at the moment, either.

"How are you, Master?" asked Bubbles and the others worriedly as they surrounded Meng Lei.

"I'm fine!"

Meng Lei waved slightly. Then, he turned to Horace and said, "Looks like I've underestimated you. You're stronger than what I had imagined."

"And you're weaker than what I had imagined. I'm rather disappointed. Looks like the so-called number one of Heaven's Vault Continent is nothing more than this!"

Horace shook his head lightly as he remarked, "I guess that's true. You're ultimately a hothouse flower, after all. How can you possibly match up to the geniuses and monsters of the outside world?"

"I'm actually being looked down upon..."

Meng Lei tossed away the hammer in his hand and said, "If I still don't show some prowess after this, I'm probably going to be mocked by you, a senior who's seen the world, again!"

Meng Lei twisted his neck from side to side as he spoke. The aura around him also changed in this instant and became cold, distant, bloodthirsty, and razor-sharp.

"Eh?"

Horace's sharp senses captured the change in Meng Lei's demeanor, and it mildly surprised him.

Whoosh!

An afterimage flashed by, and Meng Lei appeared in front of Horace once more. His fists shot toward him like lightning, instantly smashing toward Horace's face.

"It's useless!"

Horace shook his head slightly, casually reaching out a finger to meet Meng Lei's attack.

"Your reaction is too slow this time, Horace!"

Meng Lei abruptly appeared behind Horace, his fist going along with the momentum and striking the back of Horace's head.

Horace stumbled forward and almost fell flat on his face.

"How's that fist of mine feeling, Elder Horace, who's seen the vast world out there?" asked Meng Lei as the corners of his lips quirked upward into a hint of a smile.

"Two-step teleportation? Certainly a clever little move there!"

Horace stabilized himself, and his eyes narrowed as he swept his gaze toward Meng Lei. "But you're still too weak. You can't hurt me at all!"

"Is that so?"

Meng Lei let out a soft chuckle as eight arms suddenly extended from his body. Added to this the two arms he already had, which made a total of ten arms on him.

"If I can't hurt you with one punch, then how about ten?"

One-step teleportation!

Two-step teleportation!

Three-step teleportation!

Horace's reaction time was undoubtedly incredible, but it was ultimately still half a beat too slow when faced with three-step teleportation—and this was Meng Lei's opportunity.

He threw a punch out!

Bam, bam, bam!

At that instant, Meng Lei brought out to the fullest the Wing Chun[1] Chain Thrusting Fist that he had been practicing for many years.

Amid a series of continuous audible clashes, all ten of Meng Lei's fists turned into mirage-like images that rained down upon Horace in one go.

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Everyone was completely stunned by the sight. Was that even viable?

"Damn it!"

Only after suffering 100,000 punches did Horace finally regain his senses, and he hastily retreated with a burst of speed.

At this point, he was already sporting bruises on the face and bleeding from the nose. Evidently, he had been beaten up pretty badly.

Meng Lei couldn't help but gasp at the sight.

"What high endurance and toughness! To think he's actually alright even after taking so many punches from me!"

He had already unleashed his humanoid form's full strength just now and threw 100,000 punches in one go, yet Horace had only suffered a few superficial wounds.

Just how tough and durable was he?

"You cunning little fellow! You've enraged me!"

Horace wiped the blood off his nose, fire spitting from his eyes. He was a senior who had adventured in the outside world for many years and weathered through many great storms, yet he had been beaten up to such a state by a junior. How was he supposed to face the world?

"I'm going to rip you into a million pieces!"

Horace roared furiously as his body expanded with a big and sudden force.

Boom, boom, boom!

For a moment there, his body rapidly expanded as though he were an inflating balloon. In an instant, he had become a giant as tall as 1,000 feet.

Boom!

Vast, majestic, and fearsome divine power overflowed from him and spread into the surroundings.

"Ahhh!"

His 1,000-feet-tall divine body couldn't compare to the 100,000-feet-long Dragon God and the 100,000-feet-tall Bubbles from earlier at all, yet the surging divine power emanating from him was able to flatten all the commoners and worshipers at the foot of the mountain onto the ground, rendering them completely immobile.

Beads of perspiration formed on the Saint Domain experts' and half-deities' foreheads. Even breathing had become a difficult task for them now.

An incredibly shocked and horrified half-deity said, "What terrifying divine power! This has completely surpassed a half-deity's level. It's much stronger than the Dragon God's just now!"

"Die, kid!"

Horace raised his huge foot and stomped down mercilessly on Meng Lei. By right, now that his body had expanded, his speed should also have been greatly reduced.

However, the strange thing was that Horace's speed had instead become even faster. His foot completely stomped onto Meng Lei before also ruthlessly stomping down onto Mount Dragon God's summit.

"How dare you step on me! In that case, I won't show you any civility anymore!"

Meng Lei let out an icy laugh and brought out the Gods-Slaying Spear with a flip of his wrist. He thrust it up forcefully as he barked, "Block!"

As of this moment, Meng Lei still didn't know what grade of divine weapon the Gods-Slaying Spear was, but its sharpness continued to blow his mind.

Splurt!

The Gods-Slaying Spear easily pierced Horace's sole, jabbing a bloody hole into his foot. Horace cried out and hurriedly retracted his foot.

"What a great treasure!"

Meng Lei rose into the sky. He gazed at Horace and commented, "You don't seem like much, either, Horace."

"What kind of divine weapon is that, kid?"

Horace's eyes bore into the Gods-Slaying Spear.

"Aren't you very knowledgeable? Why don't you try identifying it, then?" Meng Lei flung off the golden divine blood on the Gods-Slaying Spear's tip and gave him a leisurely smile.

"Ridiculous! Just how many divine weapons are out there in the world? How can I possibly know every single one?" Horace retorted with a cold snort.

Graveness and reservations filled his eyes as he gazed at the Gods-Slaying Spear.

Although he was only a true god of Perfection-level, he'd already awakened his Titan God bloodline, so his divine body was on par with a lesser deity's.

Even so, the Gods-Slaying Spear had nevertheless still instantly pierced through his flesh.

This sufficiently proved that the divine spear was at least a mid-tier divine weapon, perhaps even higher.

"It's alright if you don't recognize the Gods-Slaying Spear, but there's one divine weapon that you'll definitely recognize!"

A strange and peculiar smile appeared on Meng Lei's face. Then, a blood-red scythe appeared in his hand.

"T-the Grim Reaper Scythe!!"

[1] A traditional Southern Chinese Kung fu style and a form of self-defense

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