Picking Up Attributes From Today

by Stayrr

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

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Chapter 263: Took Turns Beating Up, Life's Too Difficult For Him

"T-the Grim Reaper Scythe!"

"This is... the Grim Reaper Scythe!!"

In its divine kingdom, the Titan Spiritual God gazed as the scythe appeared abruptly. His countenance changed instantly. "How did this knave get the Grim Reaper Scythe!?"

The Grim Reaper Scythe was no ordinary divine weapon. It was what the Grim Reaper used to reap and sacrifice souls. It was evil, terrifying, bloodthirsty, powerful...

Every scythe was at least a higher-tier divine weapon. A higher-tier divine weapon, the kind that even a wealthy intermediate deity like Titan Spiritual God was envious of!

The key point was that the Grim Reaper Scythe was the Grim Reaper's companion divine weapon. Where did that Grim Reaper Scythe come from? Perhaps he was part of the Death Gods?

"The Grim Reaper Scythe! Why do you have this evil weapon?"

Horace's countenance changed as his eyes fixated on the scythe were filled with dread.

That was a higher-tier divine weapon that could kill him by slicing him up like cutting cabbages, his divine body could not take it.

"The Grim Reaper Scythe is the companion divine weapon of the Grim Reaper." Meng Lei licked his lips and lied casually, "So where do you think I got it from?"

"This means you're..."

Horace's expression changed greatly.

"You've guessed right! Now let me reward you with a slice!" Meng Lei said as he teleported in front of him.

Splurt!

The Grim Reaper Scythe chopped down and sliced Horace's body like a kitchen knife on bean curd, easily slicing open a two-meter wound.

A sharp pain coursed through his body as Horace looked at his bleeding abdomen and gasped. "I'd expect no less from the Grim Reaper Scythe, so sharp!"

"Of course it's sharp! I killed a true god-level Ram-Lion Demon Lord forcibly two years ago with this!" Meng Lei laughed faintly. "And you'll be the first God I chop dead!"

"Chop me dead?" Horace's eyelid twitched a few times. He said with a cold voice, "Then we'll see whether you are capable of it, Divine Kingdom Suppression!"

Buzz...

A huge hologram of a golden divine kingdom appeared above Meng Lei's head, and massive amounts of divine kingdom power shrouded Meng Lei within.

Buzz...

At this moment, Meng Lei felt like he was stuck in a mud pit—pressure came from everywhere as it squeezed against his body, as if hundreds of millions of tons of weight were on him, while he could barely move.

"Oh little kid, why are true gods different from half-deities? It's because of our divine kingdoms!"

Horace sneered. "The divine kingdom is the most powerful trump card of true gods. True gods are the most powerful in their divine kingdoms. Even if they are away from it, they could use the power of divine kingdoms to suppress their enemies!"

"The power of divine kingdom..."

Meng Lei looked at the golden power of the divine kingdom above him inexplicably.

"Little kid, you're indeed really incredible, with unbelievable luck. Still, if you did not become a true god, how would you know our true terrifying power?"

Horace snapped. "Let me tell you something, do not underestimate any true god!"

With that said, Horace threw a punch toward Meng Lei—this time with full force!

Meng Lei was a threat to his life, and he did not dare to relax anymore!

Horace believed that with his lesser deity level of the divine body, his punch with full power would definitely break Meng Lei apart, killing him on the scene.

However, just as it was about to hit Meng Lei, Meng Lei exploded into countless micro-electrical currents that flew around in the air.

Horace's body stumbled a little as he hit nothing, while the micro-electrical currents combined instantly and transformed back into Meng Lei.

Meng Lei wielded his Grim Reaper Scythe. Horace's right arm shot into the sky with a splurt as it split from the body.

"What?"

Upon seeing this sudden change, the spectators were shocked!

At the moment before, Meng Lei was suppressed by the divine kingdom and could not move at all. Horace had that much advantage just now!

Yet, at the very next moment, how did this happen?

He did not just miss Meng Lei, but he actually got his right arm cut off by Meng Lei? That was way too fast!

"That was... Thunder-Elemental Transformation?"

Horace held his bloodied shoulder as he grimaced in pain with a look of disbelief toward Meng Lei.

"Bingo! Sadly no prizes for you!"

Meng Lei swung the Grim Reaper Scythe as blood drops streamed down the ground.

"I did not expect you to have such ability!" Horace had an awful look on his face. "But, if you think you can defeat me like that, then you're wrong big time!"

"No! I had never thought of defeating you!"

Meng Lei took a step forward and flashed before Horace. "Since the beginning, I had only one objective... to kill you!"

Whoosh!

Meng Lei exploded without warning and turned into a menacing black smoke that went through Horace's body. Meng Lei reformed his body and swung his scythe.

Splurt!

This time, the left arm was sliced off.

For a while, with both arms chopped off, Horace became a stick. Golden divine blood gushed out of his severed shoulders.

"Dark-Elemental Transformation!?"

Blood drained from Horace's face as he was finally frightened. "You could actually master two elemental abilities! What kind of monster are you?"

"Hmm, where was I?" Meng Lei smiled leisurely. "It's rare to meet such a strong opponent, so next, I'll use every trick I have on you!"

With that said, a 100,000-feet-tall mountain appeared above Horace abruptly and crashed down toward him.

It was Teleportation this time!

Snap!

The mountain crashed onto Horace's body, and it shattered instantly. As the mountain drowned Horace, Meng Lei pointed his finger.

A golden air current flew out and flooded Horace and the shattered mountain in a flash.

It was Absolute Zero this time!

Snap!

Snap!

In a blink of an eye, Horace and the mountain debris became a huge golden ice lump. An astonishing cold air spread around, though the crowd was quite far from the battleground, they could feel the chill down their whole bodies.

Until now, Meng Lei had no plans to let Horace off. The Netherworld Divine Fire formed in his palm and turned into a black spear.

It was the Netherworld Divine Fire this time!

"One, two, three..." Meng Lei counted slowly.

Boom!

A thunderous roar was heard as the huge ice lump exploded off. Horace reappeared!

Just then, the loaded black spear shot out!

Thud!

The black spear was made up of Netherworld Divine Fire after all, so its sharpness was unlike Gods-Slaying Spear and Grim Reaper Scythe and did not penetrate Horace's divine body.

Still, it exploded on Horace's body and started burning!

Horace's entire body was burning in the flames of the Netherworld Divine Fire in just a split second.

"Damn it! It's the Netherworld Divine Fire!"

Horace was shocked and outraged as he almost broke down.

Everyone who was watching the battle gave their pitiful gazes—sliced by the scythe, frozen by ice, and now getting burned by fire...

Too difficult!

That was too difficult for him!

"You bastard!"

In his divine kingdom, the Titan Spiritual God's eyelids twitched uncontrollably—he was starting to regret sending Horace to Heaven's Vault Continent.

Being beaten up was one thing, being tortured like that was the key thing—that was simply bullying!

Teleportation!

Thunder-Elemental Transformation!

Dark-Elemental Transformation!

Grim Reaper Scythe!

That spear!

And now Netherworld Divine Fire!?

What kind of mortal is this man? Why did he possess so many unbelievable Innate Special Abilities and high tier divine weapons?

The Titan Spiritual God simply could not understand why.

Ignoring the divine weapons since they could be obtained through having connections and background, Innate Special Abilities could not be obtained so simply like that.

Elemental Transformation—the exclusive Innate Special Ability of elemental beings, how did a mere human like Meng Lei have it?

Teleportation—the extremely rare Innate Special Ability that the Titan Spiritual God had only heard of but never seen with his own eyes!

Netherworld Divine Fire—the exclusive special ability of the Divine Netherworld Phoenix. Meng Lei was just a human. How could he be able to use the Netherworld Divine Fire?

Just how?!

Just why?!

Just...

"This human is a mystery himself, I just couldn't see through his background!"

The Titan Spiritual God did not like things to get out of control under his nose because it made him feel that he was not powerful enough.

"The Netherworld Divine Fire! Could he be a part of the Divine Netherworld Phoenix race?"

The Dragon God's countenance was rather contorted. Although he did not want to admit it, he was jealous. What kind of presence was the Divine Netherworld Phoenix race?

It was an incredibly powerful race that would not pale in comparison with the Titan Gods. Plus, they had a diluted bloodline, which made them so rare.

The Dragon God could imagine that once the Divine Netherworld Phoenix discovered Meng Lei, they would surely bring Meng Lei back to be groomed with priority.

Till then, the number of resources that Meng Lei could enjoy would surely be no less than that of the Titan Spiritual God!

Till then, with the vast amount of power of faith and resources, Meng Lei's combat power would surely improve very quickly and overtake the Dragon God in no time.

"You bastard!"

At the thought of these, the Dragon God's jealousy was off the charts. The Dragon Gods were not weak. In fact, they were very powerful in the Void.

The thing was that the Dragon Gods race was so selfish and strict that they only groomed offspring with the pure bloodline. Those with a mixed bloodline and born as lowly wild dragons in the material plane like him would never get the chance to be groomed by the elders.

"I'm so damn jealous!"

The Dragon God's eyes were red.

Once he met the everlasting flames of the Netherworld Divine Fire, even Horace could do nothing about it and could only suffer in pain.

"As I've said before, the ending will always be the same." Meng Lei walked step by step toward Horace. "The Dragon Island half-deities, the Titan half-deities, or you, you are all the same in my eyes!"

"Human, I have underestimated you!"

Horace was a warrior as he did not make any noises with flames burning all over him. "I might die without regrets, but Master Spiritual God will avenge me!"

"Avenge? Then let him come." Meng Lei puffed. "Since we have beef already, I don't care at all!"

Horace did not say anything as he closed his eyes slowly and allowed the Netherworld Divine Fire to ravage his body, poised like he was about to sacrifice himself.

"Not bad! You're hardy!" Meng Lei could not help but praise. "How about this, I'll give you a chance. As long as you submit to me, I can spare your life. How about that?"

"I'm the great Horace, how could I submit to a junior?"

"Oh well... Whatever suits you!"

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Chapter 264: Abandoned By The Deities, Submitting By One's Own Initiative

Horace was dead!

After being burned by the Netherworld Divine Fire, he was unsurprisingly reduced to ashes.

He had come in a hurry and was also gone in a hurry.

His death caused a large number of people to feel as if they had plummeted into an ice cave. Their hands and feet were cold and clammy as endless fear and hopelessness came over them. It felt no different from the entire sky collapsing unto them.

Among them, the Thunder Titan Emperor was one who felt it the strongest.

No hint of blood could be seen in the Titan Empire's ruler's countenance at the moment. As if he had been drained of strength, he fell limp onto the ground.

"It's over! The Titan Empire is totally over!"

The Beast Emperor felt just as hopeless.

Even an unfathomably powerful true god like Horace had been so badly beaten up by Meng Lei in a one-sided fight. How were they, the Beast People Empire, supposed to contend with Meng Lei?

By relying on the Beast God?

Was he dependable enough?

The Beast Emperor didn't hold any bit of confidence in that. His thoughts were currently a mess, and he was in a state of utter stupefaction.

Great skill and strategy?

Unifying the continent?

Emergence of the empire?

Everything had been tossed to the back of the mind!

At the moment, the Beast Emperor wanted only to leave this place and have a quiet moment to himself so that he could properly think about how he was to resist Meng Lei's attacks.

"He's actually killed Horace!"

The Fairy Empress was just as filled with disbelief as the others. She knew that Meng Lei was very strong. After all, he had annihilated the Dragon Island half-deities and battled the Titan half-deities by himself. His cultivation prowess was unfathomably powerful.

Even so, never would the Fairy Empress have ever imagined Meng Lei to actually be 'this' strong. He could kill even a true god-level powerhouse like Horace!

Just how strong is Meng Lei, exactly?

The question couldn't help but arise in the Fairy Empress' mind.

In truth, a lot of people were also wondering about this. However, there was no one who could answer their question—not even Meng Lei's closest subordinates like Bubbles, Puhaman, and the others.

"Horace is dead!"

As he faced the shocked and horrified, idolizing, or hopeless eyes of everyone present, Meng Lei spoke. He said, "I believe the so-called Titan Spiritual God, Dragon God, and even the Beast God will not be easily sending anyone else here now! So..."

Meng Lei turned to the three empires' envoys and said, "All of you should have lost all hope by now, right? Thus, I'm sure you don't need me to tell you what you should be doing anymore?

"Within a month, I want the three empires to submit to me. If I don't see that happening, my apologies, but the Colossal Dragons of yesterday shall be your fates tomorrow!"

After leaving behind those words, Meng Lei returned to the dragon carriage and left together with Bubbles and the others. Everyone looked at one another wordlessly as they watched the departing dragon carriage.

"What do we do now, Your Majesty?"

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

Meng Lei's throne ascension ceremony had concluded, but the impact it'd brought had only just begun.

A declaration of the humans' emergence!

Ordering the three empires to submit!

Killing the Dragon God and exterminating Horace!

Every single incident, every single deed...

Like a tornado, they spread throughout the Meng Lei Empire and even the entire continent. In particular, under the Meng Lei Empire imperial court's deliberate promotion efforts, the news had spread even faster.

"His Majesty has said that in the Meng Lei Empire, all humans below the age of 20 can undergo magic aptitude evaluation tests and receive Battle Aura manuals at no cost!"

"His Majesty has also said that he'll build Battle Aura and Magic Academies in the Meng Lei Empire! All children under the age of 16 can enroll at no cost and receive six-year-long compulsory education!"

"His Majesty has also said he will not levy any taxes, collect agricultural tax, or recruit any soldiers in the Meng Lei Empire for ten years!"

"His Majesty has also said that every human in the Meng Lei Empire will receive a plot of land measuring at least two square kilometers!"

"His Majesty has also said that everyone is equal in the Meng Lei Empire. There are no slaves, no nobles!"

"Sob! Praise be to the great His Majesty!"

"Your Majesty, praise be to you!"

"Your Majesty..."

Meng Lei's vows were printed into booklets. They spread throughout streets and alleys, villages, and every corner of the empire.

The effects brought about by the vows were beyond comparison. Scorching tears welled up in everyone's eyes as they wept tears of joy, edified by his vows.

For a while, those that already worshiped Meng Lei became even pious, while those that didn't also started to worship him. Meng Lei's worshipers began to increase at a terrifying rate.

When all these pieces of information made their way into the three major empires, the influence they caused on the humans there was also beyond comparison.

As the saying went, "With comparison come frustrations."

For a while, everyone longed for the Meng Lei Empire. Everyone wanted to become part of the Meng Lei Empire. Among them, those with initiative then started to flee...

To sum it up, the whole continent had become chaotic because of Meng Lei's actions.

An invisible storm engulfed the continent as the three major empires started to be shaken at the core.

Of course, none of this was very important.

The three empires didn't fear rioting slaves. The only thing that worried them was still just Meng Lei himself. The slaves didn't possess any combat power. No matter how fiercely they struggled, it was no more than the mad barking of the weak.

On the other hand, Meng Lei was different—he loomed over them like a sharp blade that might cleave down upon them any moment!

In the Beast People Empire...

"Please, I'm leaving it to you, high priest!"

The Beast Emperor, as well as all the Beast People Empire officials, were all watching the old Fox-Man with hope and anticipation in their eyes. Now that things had come to this, they could only place hope in... the Beast God.

"Your Majesty, this old man will try his best!"

The aging old high priest let out a couple of coughs. Then, he slowly closed his eyes and began to build a communication link with the Beast God hidden in some obscure place.

As the Beast God's most devout worshiper in Heaven's Vault Continent, it wasn't hard for the old Fox-Man to build a link to the Beast God. The Beast God would also usually respond to him, but this time...

A minute passed.

Two minutes passed.

Half an hour passed.

"Your Majesty, I've disappointed you."

The old Fox-Man opened his eyes, a look of shame and guilt on his face.

"Old high priest, has the Beast God really abandoned his pious believers?"

The Beast Emperor's eyes were filled with hopelessness. Dejected and lost, all the officials looked like lifeless grieving widows.

"Your Majesty, let me try again!"

The old Fox-Man let out a resigned laugh. He quietly set ablaze the power of his divine spirit and strengthened his senses.

Yet, no matter how hard or how many times he tried, the great Beast God simply didn't respond. It was as if he had vanished into thin air.

In the end, the old Fox-Man could no longer persevere any further. He coughed up blood, collapsed to the ground, and breathed his last.

"Old high priest!!"

"Old high priest!!"

"Sob..."

A sad and sorrowful atmosphere filled the hall as the officials fell onto their knees. The Beast Emperor was filled with self-blame. "Old high priest, it's my fault! It's all my fault..."

Disregarding the sorrowful and despairing Beast People Empire monarch and officials for now and focusing on the old Fox-Man instead, a mysterious and mighty force descended upon him and brought his divine spirit away after he died.

When he opened his eyes, he was already in a beautiful, scenic, and picturesque golden divine nation. Power of divinity descended from above and re-manifested a physical body for him.

A brief moment later, a strong and muscular Fox-Man with a head full of black hair appeared—it was the Fox-Man himself!

As the Fox-Man looked at his hands and took in his young and strong body's sensation, he became so agitated that tears filled his eyes, and he dropped onto his knees right away and kowtowed.

"O great Beast God! Thank you for your generosity and kindness! Praise be to you!"

"Those who believe in me shall gain eternal life!"

An awe-inspiring, majestic, and thunderous voice rang out in his ear. The old Fox-Man knew that it was the Beast God's voice. At once, he lamented tearfully, "O great Beast God, please save your lowly people. They are currently in an abyss of suffering..."

The Beast God's voice, however, completely died down and didn't sound again.

"Beast God..."

The old Fox-Man fell limp onto the ground as a look of despair came over his features. He knew—the Beast God had completely abandoned the Beast People in Heaven's Vault Continent!

In the Titan Empire...

"What do we do now, Your Majesty?"

"Think of something, Your Majesty!"

The Titan Empire officials were currently in a state of utter panic. In spite of that, the Thunder Titan Emperor was instead drowning his sorrows in alcohol, paying no attention whatsoever to the anxious officials.

"Your Majesty!"

Helpless, the officials could only request the Titan Empress to make an appearance in hopes that she could persuade the emperor.

"Oh, it's the Empress? Come on, have a few drinks with me!"

"Your Majesty, how can I possibly still be in the mood to drink when a national crisis looms over us?" The Titan Empress said, "The officials are all in a panic and awaiting your directions!"

"Directions? What kind of directions can I possibly give?"

The Thunder Titan Emperor looked completely drunk as he said, "The temple grandmasters are all dead, and even Horace, whom the Titan Spiritual God had dispatched, is also dead.

"The enormous Titan Empire doesn't even have a single half-deity anymore. We are, but just meat on the chopping block now. What kind of directions is there to give at this point? We can just await death to befall us!"

"Even so, are you just going to do nothing and wait for the Meng Lei Empire to invade us, Your Majesty?"

The Titan Empress said in persuasion, "If that happens, we won't have any way out at all!"

"What do you mean by that, Empress?"

The Thunder Titan Emperor looked at the empress out of the corner of his eyes.

"Since we cannot resist them, then why don't we take the initiative to submit to them?"

The Titan Empress said gravely, "If we take the initiative to submit, we'll at least be able to welcome a decent outcome, rather than ending up like the Dragons whose country has been ruined and the whole race annihilated. But if we do nothing and wait for the Meng Lei Empire to invade us instead, I'm afraid we'll only see our people dead and our country ruined, while we ourselves suffer wretched deaths!"

"Wretched deaths?"

The Thunder Titan Emperor shuddered and instantly snapped out of his drunken stupor. He said, "Yes, yes, that's right! We mustn't wait for them to invade us! We mustn't!

"Someone! Hurry! Assemble the officials! I'm going to submit to the Meng Lei Empire! I don't want to die!"

In the Fairy Empire...

The Fairy Empress opened her beautiful eyes. She gazed at the many pairs of eyes filled with hope and anticipation, let out a wry laugh, and said, "Everyone, I have disappointed you!"

"Your Majesty!"

The officials' countenances changed drastically, their hearts sinking to the very bottom in an instant.

Azshara's voice trembled as she asked, "Your Majesty, what did Her Holiness say?"

The Fairy Empress' expression was pained as she replied, "She wants us to take the initiative to submit. I am to lead the Fairies to take shelter in the Forest of Life, and from then on, we are never to take another step out of the Forest of Life ever again!"

"Take shelter in the Forest of Life? How would that do?"

Azshara couldn't accept the outcome at all.

The Fairy Empire's territory included the entire Fairy Forests. Its vastness in territory was in no way inferior to the Dragon God Empire's, while it was only a tad smaller than the Beast People Empire's. But what about the Forest of Life?

The Tree of Vitality gave off a vitality barrier and the range that the barrier covered formed the Forest of Life. It was the heart of the Fairy Forests and measured only about 1,000 miles in radius.

That bit of territory wasn't even as big as a corner of the Fairy Forests. Yet they, the Fairies, had to give up the vast and spacious Fairy Forests to take shelter in the Forest of Life that only measured 1,000 miles in radius? Who would be able to accept something like that?

"This is Her Holiness' orders. There's nothing I can do about it, either."

The Fairy Empress let out a soft sigh, and then she ordered, "Dispatch envoys to the Meng Lei Empire at once and take the initiative to submit. On account of Her Holiness, I should think that His Majesty Meng Lei wouldn't go as far as to take all our lives!"

"We mustn't, Your Majesty!"

Azshara cried out, "The Fairy Forests are the Fairies' home. If we give up the Fairy Forests, just how many of our clansmen would we have to abandon?"

"Regimental Commander Azshara, I know this is a painful decision to make, but have you thought about this? Should we not give up the Fairy Forests, the entire Fairy race shall completely vanish from the face of Heaven's Vault Continent!"

A look of pain came over the Fairy Empress' countenance as she asked, "Between the two, which do you think is worse?"

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Chapter 265: The New Dragon Emperor, Filling Up The Imperial Harem

Compared to the other three major empires' dismal states, the Meng Lei Empire imperial palace formed a completely different sight.

"Y-Your Majesty!"

Fatty Hart, Hudders, and the others gazed at Meng Lei with expressions of reverence, their countenances somewhat reserved and uncomfortable.

"What's with the 'Your Majesty' this and 'Your Majesty' that? There isn't any 'Your Majesty' here but just your friend and the person Meng Lei!"

Meng Lei had already discovered Fatty Hart, Hudders, Joseph, Jonah, Andrew, and the others hidden among the crowd during the ascension ceremony earlier.

He then summoned them into the imperial palace after the ceremony had ended. It had been more than two years since he'd last met them. To be honest, he really missed them somewhat.

"Your Majesty, you're the monarch while we're commoners. We mustn't neglect proper propriety!"

They felt rather overwhelmed by the honor and spoke rather reservedly.

Meng Lei was still the Meng Lei they knew, but his status had undergone a tremendous change by now.

This was especially true after they personally witnessed him slaying a true god. It had given them a clear understanding of Meng Lei's great strength and power. Who, then, could still bring themselves to behave like how they had in the past in front of him?

They couldn't! And neither could they return to those days!

"Oh, you guys!"

Meng Lei felt rather resigned. He had finally experienced what solitude felt like.

When the disparity in strength or status between two parties reached a point so vast in size, even friends and family would drift apart.

Even if one had treated them as friends all along, that might not necessarily also be the case for the other party.

Left with no other choice, Meng Lei could only invite them to take a seat and try his best to bring up topics that would help to relieve the tension in the atmosphere. He asked, "Is everything alright in the village, Captain Hudders?"

"Yes, everything is fine!"

At Meng Lei's question, Hudders jumped onto his feet at once. He said, "During the last couple of years, because the villagers have consumed the divine tree fruits that you bestowed upon them and coupled with the special care given to us by Lord Puhaman, the villagers' lives have been improving more and more, and their combat power becoming stronger and stronger by the day."

"I'm glad to hear that."

Meng Lei let him take a seat. Then, he said, "I see that you've also become a Ninth-Grade Warrior now. The energy flow around you is strong and solid. I believe you can break through to become a Saint Domain very soon!"

Hudders hastily said in gratitude, "This is all thanks to Your Majesty's great blessings!"

In truth, he wasn't the only one—Joseph, Jonah, Andrew, and the others had also improved tremendously.

Joseph and Andrew had become Eighth-Grade Warriors while Jonah had become an Eighth-Grade Great Magician. Compared to two years ago, they had become much, much stronger!

This didn't count as much, though. The one with the truly dramatic improvement was Fatty Hart—during the short two years of separation, that fellow had actually already broken through to the Saint Domain stage!

The dragon might around him was pure and vast. Evidently, he had already awakened his Golden Colossal Dragon, and it was a high level of awakening at that—the kind where he could transform into a Golden Colossal Dragon!

"Looks like you haven't been slacking off during the last two years!" A laughing Meng Lei patted Fatty Hart.

Fatty Hart hastily got up and said, "This is all thanks to Your Majesty—"

Dissatisfied, Meng Lei said fiercely, "Do you believe me when I say that I'll smack you on the face if you call me Your Majesty again? Have you forgotten what you used to call me?"

"Your... O-old bro!"

Fatty Hart had a troubled look on his face.

"That's more like it!"

Meng Lei felt much more comfortable now. He said cheerfully, "I've said that I would gift you New Dragon Island and make you the new Dragon Emperor of the Colossal Dragons if you could break through to the Saint Domain stage. I'm a man of my word, so New Dragon Island is yours now!"

"O... Old bro, that won't do. That won't do!" Fatty Hart shook his hands hastily. He said, "How can you take something said in jest back then so seriously..."

"Jest? I meant what I said!"

Meng Lei glared at him and said, "You're unhappy because there aren't any Dragons on New Dragon Island, right? Don't worry, I have tens of thousands of Colossal Dragons at hand. I'll send them to New Dragon Island for you later!"

"This... Is that alright?"

Fatty Hart blinked, a hint of excitement surfacing in his small, narrow eyes. Those were tens of thousands of Colossal Dragons!

"It would be a waste to just leave the Lost Continent as it is anyway, so I might as well make use of it. Besides, the tens of thousands of Colossal Dragons are living off me at the moment. They're close to bankrupting me!"

Meng Lei patted Fatty Hart on the shoulder and said, "Just take it as you're doing me a favor and properly manage them in my stead. How does that sound?"

"Since you've put it that way, it would be rude of me to decline any further, old bro!" Fatty Hart snickered, a wretched expression surfacing on his face once more.

"That's more like it! Given your current strength, I'm afraid you won't be able to suppress those Colossal Dragons, though. Every single one of those guys is awfully arrogant and rebellious!"

Meng Lei gave him a smile, and then he brought out a metal-elemental divine core. He said, "Take this and refine it. Once you've assimilated it, you likely won't have any more problems suppressing them."

"What's this, old bro?"

Fatty Hart stared at the divine core. He could feel the terrifying divine power energy fluctuations coming from the divine core, and they made him incredibly fearful.

"This is a divine core."

A smiling Meng Lei said, "One that has already been processed, of course. The original owner's thoughts, will, memories, divinity, and so on have all been fully cleansed and removed. Only pure power of divinity and laws of nature comprehension have been left behind in it, so you can assimilate it with peace of mind."

"A d-divine core!"

Fatty Hart shuddered all over, so astonished that he almost jumped. He would have at least heard of it even if he hadn't actually seen one before! What was a divine core?

It was the sign of a deity!

Once he assimilated the divine core, he would make the leap to becoming a deity in one bound! A lofty deity high up above!

Just what kind of supreme treasure was this?

"O-old bro, this thing is too precious. I can't accept it! I really can't!"

Fatty Hart shook his head vehemently. He said, "You're already treating me with enough kindness, old bro. I'd be too greedy if I take anything else from you!"

"You sure say a lot of crap!"

Meng Lei snorted lightly. Then, he snapped his fingers lightly. A drop of blood shot out of Fatty Hart and landed on the divine core, upon which the divine core instantly embedded itself in between Fatty Hart's brows and vanished from sight.

"Old bro, w-where's the divine core?"

Fatty Hart was greatly alarmed.

"It has already integrated itself with you!"

A smiling Meng Lei said, "At your newly-promoted Saint Domain prowess, even though you'll need a much longer time than a half-deity to completely assimilate the divine core, at least it's still possible to achieve.

"Don't run about carelessly from now on. Stay in the imperial palace and fully assimilate it for now, lest someone finds out and attacks you for the divine core."

"Thank you, old bro!"

Fatty Hart's eyes reddened as he said, "Old bro, my life is yours now! Be it the most dangerous of places or the most severe of trials, I, Fatty Hart, will not hesitate!"

"Relax, it's not that serious."

Meng Lei sighed. "To be honest, I also have my own selfish reasons for doing so. I'll eventually have to leave Heaven's Vault Continent and head into the vast Void someday. How lonely would it be to be all by myself? So, I'll have to bring a few friends together with me, right? That way, I won't be all alone!"

At this point, Meng Lei then turned to Hudders and the others. "All of you must work hard in your cultivation, too. When you've broken through to the Saint Domain stage, we'll become deities and break through the void together!"

Joseph pointed at himself with a look of disbelief and asked, "Big Brother Meng Lei, am I also capable of becoming a deity?"

Meng Lei smiled and said, "Of course! Thus, all of you must work hard and strive to achieve the Saint Domain stage as soon as possible!"

"Big Brother Meng Lei, we'll definitely work hard!"

As they ate, drank, and chatted about the past and embarrassing childhood incidents, everyone slowly relaxed and was no longer that reserved. Laughter and chatter went on without pause at the table...

Meng Lei didn't cultivate during the next few days. Instead, he accompanied the others and had fun in the Imperial City. Only when they were more or less done did he see them off.

The moment he returned to the imperial palace, Puhaman led a group of people and requested an audience with him.

"Didn't I tell you, Puhaman? You have full authority to handle state affairs on my behalf. You can take care of everything, so there's no need to ask me for anything!"

"Thank you for your trust in me, Master," Puhaman said with a wry chuckle before continuing, "But this matter today really requires you to make the decision!"

"What is it?"

Meng Lei was rather surprised.

"The Fairy Empire and the Titan Empire's envoys are here. They've taken the initiative to submit to us."

An excited Puhaman said, "The Titan Empire is willing to offer up all of their national territory, and only requests that Your Majesty can bestow upon them a plot of land for the Titans to live and proliferate."

"The Thunder Titan Emperor is surprisingly wise." Meng Lei smiled and said, "Alright, since he's so amenable to reason, then I shall fulfill his wishes. Puhaman, draft my decree."

"Awaiting your instructions, Master!"

"I hereby appoint the Thunder Titan Emperor as the life peer Titan Duke and bestow upon him the Titan Ranges as a fief for the Titans to inhabit," said an aloof Meng Lei.

"How brilliant of Your Majesty!"

Puhaman bowed slightly.

"Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty!"

The Titan Empire envoy bowed and gave his thanks. He had lived up to his mission and achieved his diplomatic mission's objective.

"You may rise!"

Meng Lei waved lightly.

"Master, the Fairy Empire is also willing to offer up the entire Fairy Forests and submit to us. They only request that Your Majesty bestow the Forest of Life upon them as the Fairies' habitat," said Puhaman.

"The Fairies have actually also submitted?"

Meng Lei was awfully surprised. He couldn't help but turn to the Fairy Empire envoy.

The Fairies weren't weak. On top of that, they were the Fairy Goddess' worshipers, while the Fairy Goddess herself was a great higher deity. Was she really willing to part with a territory as vast and spacious as the Fairy Forests?

That didn't make sense!

"Your Majesty, this is Her Holiness' holy decree," said the Fairy Empire envoy with a bow.

"The Fairy Goddess' instructions..."

Meng Lei couldn't help but become even more curious. However, this wasn't the time to be puzzled over something like that. He gazed at the Fairy Empire envoy and said, "Since the Fairy Empire has taken the initiative to express goodwill, neither am I an unkind person. We'll go with the Fairy Empire's wishes!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

The Fairy Empire envoy also bowed and expressed their gratitude.

"You can deal with the rest of the matters as you deem appropriate, Puhaman," said Meng Lei with a wave as he started to chase them away.

"There's one more thing, Master," said a rather hesitant Puhaman.

"What is it?"

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

"It's about the imperial harem!"

Puhaman reminded him, "Now that Master has ascended the throne and become the ruler of the empire, leaving the harem empty would be disadvantageous to the empire's stability and development. It's time to fill up the imperial harem, Master!"

Meng Lei was rather lost for words. "What does an empty harem have anything to do with the empire's stability? I'm a great true god who's immortal and indestructible. Is there a need to pass down the throne and legacy?"

A wry smile appeared on Puhaman's lips at once. He said, "You are indeed immortal, Master, but you'll eventually leave Heaven's Vault Continent someday. When that day comes, who are you going to pass down the throne to?"

"We'll talk about that when the time comes." Meng Lei waved and said, "Leave if there's nothing else. I'm tired."

"This... Yes, Master."

A resigned Puhaman could only leave with the others.

"Royal consort selection..."

Meng Lei shook his head resolutely. "I'm a man with a wife and a child. How can I do something as immoral as this behind my wife's back? No! Absolutely not!

"But... Three palaces, six courtyards, and 72 royal consorts! The sound of it alone already excites me..."

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Chapter 266: Reaching An Agreement, A Demon God Contract

The vast universe had birthed countless existential planes.

As though bubbles, the planes floated in the Void, either linked together in a row, or independent of one another, or moved about at high speed...

Their sheer numbers were as though sand in the desert.

There were no magic elements, air, or water outside the planes, but just turbulent, havoc-wreaking time-space fluxes.

These time-space fluxes were the Void itself.

The word "void" meant nothingness, while the world of the Void meant a world of nothingness.

Heaven's Vault Continent was one of the innumerable bubble-like existential planes. Piled up around it was an infinite amount of dust particles that circled and spun around Heaven's Vault Continent like meteors.

From afar, the dust particles looked very small. It was only when one went nearer that they would realize that these dust particles were, in fact, incredibly huge like humongous floating blocks of land.

Among them was a certain dust particle that wasn't very big and looked completely inconspicuous. It floated quietly in the air.

However, unbeknown to anyone was that there was actually more to the dust particle's interior than meets the eye—hidden inside of it was actually a divine nation.

The divine nation was a world full of life and vitality. Endless, expansive fields, meandering and undulating seas of forests, the magnificent, azure-blue oceans...

Everything that a material plane should carry, as well as things that a material plane shouldn't carry, could all be found there!

Full of vitality, grand and magnificent!

Lush and luxuriant, as though a celestial realm!

Floating within the divine nation was a lofty and magnificent-looking shrine made out of gold. Engraved on its surface were densely-packed laws of nature runes that looked just like tadpoles.

A middle-aged man sat in the grand hall's center with a transparent floating crystal ball before him. Various scenes were reflected in the crystal ball:

Innumerable Lion-Men wailing and crying as they kowtowed and prayed to a Beast God statue; innumerable Tiger-Men on their knees as they wept tears of blood while piously praying and begging for salvation;

Innumerable Hippo-Men, Pig-Men, Fox-Men, Centaurs, Taurens, Elephant-Men...

"Sigh..."

The middle-aged man let out a faint sigh as he watched the scenes depicted in the crystal ball, a sense of helplessness welling up within him.

"It's not that I'm unwilling to save all of you, but there's nothing I can do about the ongoings in Heaven's Vault Continent..."

The middle-aged man was the deity whom the Beast People Empire in Heaven's Vault Continent worshiped—the Beast God.

In the very instant that Meng Lei killed Horace, the Beast God knew—the Beast People Empire was finished!

Even if he was absolutely unwilling for it to happen;

Even if he was absolutely discontent with the result;

Even if he absolutely couldn't bear to part with it;

There was nothing the Beast God could do!

Meng Lei was unbeatable in Heaven's Vault Continent. Any measures taken against him were all in vain.

Rather than doing something like that, he might as well give it up cleanly and consider his options again after Meng Lei left.

In any case, this wasn't the first time that the Beast God had experienced something like this. He knew what the correct course of action to take was. Nevertheless, he still felt displeased upon witnessing his worshipers weeping tears of blood as they prayed to him.

There were a great number of devout believers—and even fanatics—among them. Their faith in him was pious and fervent and provided an extremely impressive amount of power of faith.

Even after their deaths, he could bring them into the divine nation and grant them eternal life, in turn letting them provide him with an endless supply of power of faith.

Yet he had to give all of them up now. The loss could be said to be a significant one!

"It's all Meng Lei's fault!"

Flames of fury flickered in the Beast God's eyes—only to turn into resignation thereafter. Meng Lei was very weak and was someone whom he could easily smack dead with just his palm. But when he was far away in Heaven's Vault Continent...

"I don't believe that you can hide in Heaven's Vault Continent forever! The day you leave will be the day you die!"

Fury boiled in the Beast God's heart as intense murderous intent toward Meng Lei welled up within him.

"Lord Beast God, what is troubling you?"

A laugh traveled over from outside the hall at this point. Slightly surprised, the Beast God then noticed a burly middle-aged man with horns on his head walking in.

"Helibos, how dare you come here?"

A hint of murderous intent flitted across the Beast God's eyes as he gazed at the newcomer. "Aren't you afraid that I'll extract your divine spirit from your body, find your divine nation, and thoroughly kill you?"

Helibos Haber was the Dragon God's real name. In other words, the newcomer was one of Heaven's Vault Continent's four great true gods—the Dragon God himself!

Of course, he had only sent a divinity projection there and hadn't arrived in the flesh. The Dragon God would never dare to step into the Beast God's divine nation for sure—that was no different from having a death wish!

"Lord Beast God, it has already been 60,000 years since then. Must you still hold a grudge even now?"

The Dragon God gave him a leisurely smile and said, "Besides, I'm here to strike a deal with you today. I believe you won't kill me!"

"60,000 years is but just a nap to us," The Beast God was noncommittal as he said, "But I've never forgotten how you had stolen my power of faith back then!"

"Lord Beast God, I didn't have any choice back then, either. In order to deify, I could only resort to that. I hope Lord Beast God can understand," said the Dragon God as he adopted a very humble stance.

"Hmph!"

The Beast God snorted lightly before he said, "Now, tell me, what are you here for? What has actually made come all the way here, despite having to run the risk of being killed by me?"

"Lord Beast God, you should also know that all deities like us care about is nothing more than just three words—power of faith."

The Dragon God said softly, "You've also seen it for yourself. A monster has emerged in Heaven's Vault Continent. Not only has he seized my Dragon God Empire, but he even intends to unify the continent! I believe that he'll also destroy your Beast People Empire shortly after, Lord Beast God, and your billions of worshipers shall also be gone with the wind. The loss is simply too great to bear. Meng Lei's behavior is too perverse!"

"Decline will eventually come after the zenith has passed. This is just nature running its course."

The Beast God remained noncommittal. He said, "Besides, he'll eventually leave Heaven's Vault Continent. When that happens, the Meng Lei Empire he has established will also dissolve accordingly like the Fairy Empire, the Titan Empire, and the Beast People Empire of olden times, and your Dragon God Empire."

"That may be the case, but who knows when that knave is going to leave? During this period of time, how much power of faith will you lose?"

The Dragon God said anxiously, "Lord Beast God, the knave is behaving so wildly and arrogantly. Are you just going to watch him run rampantly like that?"

"Helibos, what exactly are you trying to say?" The Beast God let out an icy snort of laughter and said, "Get straight to the point. I don't have the time to beat about the bush with you!"

"Lord Beast God, the Dragon God Empire is my one and only power of faith domain. I cannot lose it just like that!"

The Dragon God's countenance then changed slightly as he said gravely, "Moreover, the Colossal Dragons have also been wiped out by that knave. How can I possibly accept an outcome like this if I don't seek revenge?"

"Calm down. You'll get used to it after experiencing it a few more times." The Beast God waved him off and said, "If there's nothing else, you may leave!"

"Lord Beast God!" The Dragon God gritted his teeth and said, "If you aid me in my revenge and help me to take back the Dragon God Empire, I will offer up a big gift!"

"A big gift?"

The Beast God scoffed, "Who doesn't know that you're the weakest and poorest among Heaven's Vault Continent's four great true gods? What kind of big gift can you come up with?"

The Dragon God didn't rebut him. Instead, he asked, "If memory serves me right, the laws of nature that Lord Beast God is in the midst of comprehending are thunder, fire, wind, light, and ice, right?"

"That's some thorough investigation you've done. So what even if it is?" The Beast God's countenance turned icy.

"I'll speak candidly with you, Lord Beast God. I've once stumbled upon a hidden realm and obtained a fair number of treasures from within in the past, among which happens to be a fusion laws of nature fragment," said the smiling Dragon God as a shrewd glint flashed across his eyes.

"A fusion laws of nature fragment?"

A huge jolt went through the Beast God. His eyes bore straight into the Dragon God as they glinted fiercely in the light.

"You mean..."

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Chapter 267: Struggling At Death's Door, The Far Northern Icelands

"To be honest with you, Lord Beast God, that fusion laws of nature fragment is exactly a thunder-elemental and ice-elemental fusion fragment," said the smiling Dragon God.

"A thunder-ice fusion laws of nature fragment!"

The Beast God jumped off his seat. Fearsome divine power weighed down on the Dragon God, almost blasting apart his divinity projection.

"Helibos, you should know the outcome of deceiving me!" The Beast God's eyes bore into the Dragon God.

"I daren't deceive you, Beast God!"

The smile vanished from the Dragon God's face, and he said, "I swear upon my divine spirit—should there be any untruths in my words, then let me plummet into the depths of hell for eternity and die from a thousand ghosts devouring my heart!"

"Give it to me!"

The excited Beast God's eyes shone brightly.

He had already completely comprehended five types of laws of nature—thunder, fire, wind, light, and ice—and manifested five divine incarnations. Thus, he was currently a pinnacle-level intermediate deity.

He was only a single step away from becoming a higher deity!

But to cross that step, he had to at least completely assimilate two types of laws of nature first.

The Beast God dreamed of achieving that and becoming a higher deity, but it was not to be.

It was exactly this tiny little step that firmly caged the Beast God. No matter how hard he tried, he simply couldn't assimilate any two of those laws of nature!

To him, the tiny little step was as though an insurmountable obstacle.

After all these years, even the Beast God himself had become rather filled with despair. In fact, he was already beginning to wonder whether it was impossible for him to ever break through to become a higher deity in this lifetime of his?

But the Beast God saw hope again in this instant!

A fusion laws of nature fragment!

As long as he could obtain that fusion laws of nature fragment and comprehend the thunder-ice fusion laws of nature within, he would be able to use that window of opportunity to follow the trail. He might then have a chance at fusing the two types of laws of nature—thunder and ice—into one!

Yes, a chance!

At least he would have a chance, rather than not having even the slightest inkling as to how to go about it like now!

Therefore, the Beast God's mind had become set on obtaining the fragment mentioned by the Dragon God—provided that it really did exist.

At the sight of the Beast God's reaction, the Dragon God immediately knew that he had bitten the hook. He said with a slight smile, "By risking my life to approach the Beast God today, I've already long since thrown away everything, including my own divine nation!"

"What do you mean?"

The Beast God watched him closely.

"Lord Beast God, I know that the fusion laws of nature fragment holds great significance to you. In order to obtain it, you will even go as far as to kill this divinity projection of mine in order to locate my divine nation and find my actual body."

The Dragon God looked absolutely confident as he asked, "Am I right, Lord Beast God?"

"Since you already know that, then cut the crap and hand over the fragment at once!" The Beast God replied coldly.

"Calm down, Lord Beast God. I told you, in order to seek revenge, I've long since abandoned everything I have, including my divine nation."

The smiling Dragon God said, "To be honest with you, my actual body has already left the divine nation and entered the vast Void together with all my treasures, including that fusion laws of nature fragment. You won't be able to find me even if you kill this divinity projection of mine."

The Beast God was startled for a moment before he gazed coldly at the Dragon God and remarked, "Helibos, you sure are a cautious one. I've underestimated you!"

"Thank you for the compliment, Lord Beast God. You're a Nine-Eyed Wolf, after all. How would I possibly dare to be careless when associating with you? Thus, I could only employ a clumsy method like this," replied the smiling Dragon God.

The Beast God narrowed his eyes and watched the Dragon God closely for quite a while before he slowly asked, "Tell me, what conditions do you have?"

"I hope the Beast God can kill that renegade Meng Lei for me and avenge me, and help me to take back the Dragon God Empire that used to belong to me!"

The Dragon God quickly added, "As long as the Beast God helps me, I'll be more than happy to offer up that fusion laws of nature fragment to repay the Beast God's kindness!"

"Change your condition!"

The Beast God shook his head lightly. "Meng Lei is close to unbeatable when he's in Heaven's Vault Continent. Nobody can kill him there, including myself!"

"Lord Beast God..."

The Dragon God was panicking.

The Beast God waved and said dispassionately, "As long as you hand over that fusion laws of nature fragment, I'll permit you to pick a good continent from among the seven material planes I rule over to spread your faith. That's much better than the Dragon God Empire!"

"Lord Beast God, with my prowess, I can easily find a random remote material plane to spread my faith if I really wanted to," said the Dragon God as he shook his head. "But I simply cannot take this lying down. Not only has that kid Meng Lei stolen my Dragon God Empire, but he's even slaughtered one of my incarnations alive in front of so many mortals! Only his blood may cleanse this hatred and grudge of mine. I hope the Beast God can help me!"

"Helibos, you're too obsessed with that. This isn't the way of the gods!"

The Beast God shook his head slightly. Then, he said, "It's not impossible to kill Meng Lei, though."

"May the Beast God point me in the right direction!"

The Dragon God was overjoyed.

"I have a Devil contract here. The master of the contract is a Demon God."

The Beast God said dispassionately, "You should also know that we true gods cannot descend upon material planes with our true bodies. However, the Demon Gods can!"

The Dragon God was overjoyed. He said, "Lord Beast God, I'm willing to exchange the fragment for that Devil contract!"

"Give me the laws of nature fragment, and this Devil contract is yours!"

Like a frightened deer, a black figure flitted swiftly across the sky. He crossed the mountains and the hills, weaving through the Dragon God Empire and the Far Northern Wastelands to finally arrive at the Far Northern Icelands.

As the northernmost area of Heaven's Vault Continent, the Far Northern Icelands were perpetually covered in ice and snow. A white world of ice and snow, it was icy-cold and filled with dead silence...

The place was simply too cold. Aside from ice-elemental Magical Beasts, there were almost no other traces of life.

"The Dragon God has suffered a crushing defeat! The Dragons will never rise again! From now on, Heaven's Vault Continent shall completely become Meng Lei's!"

The black figure slowed down—it was actually the Tempest Colossal Dragon half-deity that had just partaken in the throne ascension ceremony at the summit of Mount Dragon God and was subsequently frightened out of his wits.

He had fled the Dragon God Empire and come all the way to the Far Northern Icelands in hopes of avoiding Meng Lei.

"I, a great Dragon half-deity, have actually fallen into this state. How unjust of the heavens! Never mind, I shall live out the rest of my life in these Far Northern Icelands from now on. I'll leave when Meng Lei departs Heaven's Vault Continent!"

The Tempest Colossal Dragon then found an ice mountain and got ready to excavate and build a den as living quarters.

Buzz...

At that moment, a golden light pillar descended from above and coalesced into a divinity projection.

The Tempest Colossal Dragon spun around to see a golden, middle-aged man standing behind him.

At once, a shudder went through the Tempest Colossal Dragon, and he lowered his head and kowtowed. "G-greetings, Your Holiness!"

"Arlo, to think you've actually fled all the way to these Far Northern Icelands?" The Dragon God frowned and asked, "Is it because you fear Meng Lei that you've decided to hide here like a rat and live out your ignoble existence?"

"Your Holiness, I—"

The Tempest Colossal Dragon wished he could bury himself in a hole. That was indeed what he had thought.

"As a descendant of the Dragons, to think you're actually so cowardly! Arlo, you've tainted the noble Dragon race. I'm very disappointed in you!"

"Your Holiness, I... I was forced into this. I have no other choice, either!"

The Tempest Colossal Dragon hastily explained, "That knave Meng Lei is simply too powerful. Even if I wish to fight him to the death, I'm not his match at all!"

"What if there is a way to kill him?"

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Chapter 268: Dark Demonic Dragon, Creating Magic Circle

"What if there is a way to kill him?" the Dragon God asked suddenly.

"If there is a way to kill that knave, even if there's only the slightest hope, I will tear him into a million pieces!"

Tempest's eyes were filled with pure hatred!

"Very well then!"

The Dragon God was quite pleased as he took out a parchment manuscript. "Sign this, and you'll have the way to kill Meng Lei and take vengeance for us Dragons!"

"May I ask what is this, Your Holiness?"

The Tempest Colossal Dragon looked at the Devil contract. It was filled with unrecognizable words, giving off an evil vibe.

"The way to kill Meng Lei!" The Dragon God's voice was deep with emphasis. "The only way!"

"Your Holiness, could you inform me what this is?" the Tempest Colossal Dragon asked softly.

"This is a Devil contract, the owner of the contract is a Demon God. Once you sign this contract, you can borrow that Demon God's powers!" The Dragon God said coldly, "Even if you borrowed a tenth, no, even a hundredth of that power, it'll be enough to kill that knave!"

"A Devil contract?"

The Tempest Colossal Dragon trembled all over while his head was shaking like a rattling drum. "Your Holiness, I heard that signing the Devil contract means selling your soul to the devil! From then on, my life, freedom, and dignity would be controlled by the devil! Becoming a slave and puppet of the devil where death is easier than living!"

"You can say that," the Dragon God replied indifferently.

"No! I can't!" The Tempest Colossal Dragon shook his head repeatedly. "I can't sign such an evil contract. I can't completely give up my life and freedom just for revenge!"

"Selfish coward!" The Dragon God's eyes were fuming. "As a half-deity of our race, you shoulder our hatred and the heavy responsibility to restore our honor! How can you neglect these and for your self-interest?"

"Your Holiness, once I sign this contract, I'll degenerate into a puppet!" The Tempest Colossal Dragon shook his head repeatedly again. "I can't agree to this! You should find someone else!"

The Dragons' vengeance was important, but it would be worth nothing compared to his life. The Tempest Colossal Dragon was not going to sell his soul away just for revenge, no way.

Absolutely no way!

Even if it was an order from the Dragon God!

"Arlo, so you are going against my will?" The Dragon God's face turned cold.

"Your Holiness, I wouldn't dare go against your will, but as a half-deity, I have my dignity, and you cannot force me!"

The Tempest Colossal Dragon switched from his obedient self of before to a tough attitude. Even though the difference between a half-deity and a true god was worlds apart, a half-deity was still a deity.

Of those that could become half-deities, who was not prideful and hardy?

How could Arlo give up his life and sell his soul to the devil just because of a few words of the Dragon God?

That was nothing more than wishful thinking!

"You dare defy me!"

The Dragon God was enraged as terrifying divine power soared up the sky and pressed toward the Tempest Colossal Dragon.

"My great lord Dragon God, I just want to survive. Please do not make it difficult for me. Let us part our ways!"

The Tempest Colossal Dragon bowed slightly, turned into a stream of light, and escaped outside.

Though the Dragon God was just a divinity projection, it could still utilize a half-deity's strength. The Tempest Colossal Dragon did not dare to challenge him and decided to escape.

"Selfish fool, you think you can run away?"

The Dragon God gave a cold snort and flew over.

"W-what's going on?!"

The Tempest Colossal Dragon spasmed all over as he felt a sharp pain across his body as if he was bitten by thousands of ants and suffered greatly.

"What's going on? What is happening to me?" The Tempest Colossal Dragon was petrified.

"Selfish coward, you are a disgrace to the Dragons!" The Dragon God watched the suffering Tempest Colossal Dragon. "You deserve to die!"

"What exactly have you done to me?"

The Tempest Colossal Dragon was alarmed and furious.

"Still remember how you broke through to become a half-deity?" the Dragon God asked detachedly.

"Assimilating the Primordial Colossal Dragon's blood, breaking the bloodline deadlock..." The Tempest Colossal Dragon's eyes widened suddenly. "You tampered with the Primordial Colossal Dragon's blood?"

"You're not too foolish after all." The Dragon God said coldly, "The so-called Primordial Colossal Dragon's blood was my divine blood. And of course, I've added something inside!"

"Why did you do that?" The Tempest Colossal Dragon's face contorted in pain. "We are all Dragons. We are even your followers. Why would you harm us?"

"Why? Of course, it's a precaution. The Dragons only need one Dragon God!" The Dragon God shook his head slightly. "No one else shall contest for the power of faith with me!"

"Despicable! Selfish! Shameless!" The Tempest Colossal Dragon's countenance was grim. "Helibos, what kind of Dragon God are you? You don't deserve to be a Dragon God!"

"Cut the crap!" The Dragon God snorted coldly and threw out the Devil contract. "Sign this, and you'll stay alive! Or else, I will make you explode instantly!"

"You... bast*rd!"

The Tempest Colossal Dragon was full of hatred. If it was possible, he really wanted to give everything he had and perish together with the Dragon God. Yet, in reality, he would not dare or want to do so—he had not lived enough and did not want to die!

Plus, so what if he fought till the end?

What was in front of him was just a divinity projection and not Dragon God himself, so what was the point perishing with that?

"Your Holiness, you've won!"

In the end, the Tempest Colossal Dragon was wise enough and yielded as he signed the Devil contract.

Buzz...

At the moment when the contract came into effect, a huge dimensional vortex appeared in the sky, emitting an evil aura that would make people's heart pound wildly.

Gulp~

The Tempest Colossal Dragon swallowed his saliva as his eyes were filled with terror. If he could, he would have run away at the first sight of it.

Two blood-red light beams shot out of the vortex, and a head that was darker than the night poked out slowly.

Boom!

A vast and vile aura spread across instantly, even the air started to solidify due to the immense pressure. The Tempest Colossal Dragon was trembling as he was extremely terrified.

"This is..."

The Dragon God fixed his eyes and recognized this Demon God, who was comparable to an intermediate deity.

Thick ram horns, blood-red eyes, unbreakable scale armor, fangs that exuded an eerie chill, and a petrifying and depressing evil aura...

"Dark Demonic Dragon!" the Dragon God murmured as there was a flash of wariness in his eyes—this Demon God's power was on par with his actual body!

Indeed, the gigantic head that came out of the dimensional vortex was a dragon head.

But this dragon head was way too big!

The dragon horns were already 100,000 feet long, the pair of eyes were larger than a bus, while every scale was the size of a basketball court gleaming with a black shine.

You can conjure up the whole body just by seeing a part of it.

"Lowly servant from far away, it is you who awakened me?"

The Dark Demonic Dragon's lips moved, letting out a deep and intimidating voice.

"Yes... Yes! My great Master!"

The Tempest Colossal Dragon was shivering in fear. As a half-deity, his size was rather huge at 10,000 feet.

However, that was not even a tenth of the size of the Dark Demonic Dragon's head, not to mention the entire body.

Both were from way different leagues!

"Such a disgusting smell!" The Dark Demonic Dragon raised its eyebrows and looked at the Dragon God. "Lowly and foul-smelling stink bug, stay away from me!"

Roar!

With a terrifying roar, the Dragon God's divinity projection exploded in a flash, and even the Void around it was blasted into a mixture of black holes.

Upon seeing this, the Tempest Colossal Dragon felt jovial for a while but lowered his head even more.

One must know that the Dark Demonic Dragon had the same roots as the Dragons before it turned into a Devil, becoming the Colossal Dragon race's arch-nemesis.

They were simply incompatible together!

The Tempest Colossal Dragon was afraid that this Dark Demonic Dragon did not like the sight of him, and it might swallow him alive. His death would be too tragic!

Having dealt with the Dragon God's divinity projection, the Dark Demonic Dragon's eyes fell upon the Tempest Colossal Dragon. "Lowly bug, it was you who signed my contract?"

"Yes... My great Master!"

The Tempest Colossal Dragon's voice was trembling.

"Your smell is very disgusting!" The Dark Demonic Dragon growled in a deep voice. "But since you signed the Devil contract, giving me a low-end existential plane, I shall not kill you!"

"Thank you for your kindness, Master!"

The Tempest Colossal Dragon repeatedly kowtowed as he broke out in cold sweat. He was really worried that he would be swallowed by the Dark Demonic Dragon and die in vain.

"However, since you have signed the contract to become my servant, you must obey me. Or else, I can kill you anytime," the Dark Demonic Dragon said indifferently.

"I shall perform the duties you lay upon me faithfully!"

The Tempest Colossal Dragon quickly declared his allegiance.

"Great! Very Good!"

The Dark Demonic Dragon was pleased. "First order—build the magic circle immediately, summoning our servants to conquer this existential plane!"

"Conquering this existential plane?" A jolt went through the Tempest Colossal Dragon's body. "My great Master, you want to—"

"Any place I visit shall become my territory!" The Dark Demonic Dragon's voice was cold. "I will spread my influence around the entire Void, and everyone shall bow down before me!"

"Master, I shall follow your will!" The Tempest Colossal Dragon kowtowed quickly. "But if Master wants to conquer this existential plane, you must eradicate the one person who can stop Master's plans!"

"Once my army descends, every being on this existential plane shall be the army's food!" The Dark Demonic Dragon took out a black scale. "Construct the magic circle following this. I hope to see its completion half a month later."

"My great Master, but that person—"

The Tempest Colossal Dragon wanted to carry on speaking, but the Dark Demonic Dragon did not give him any chances as its head retreated into the dimensional vortex and disappeared.

For the time being, that ferocious evil aura was gone. In the vast Far Northern Iceland's sky, the Tempest Colossal Dragon hovered alone over there.

"Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!

"Damn you, Helibos! Damn you, Dark Demonic Dragon! You're all damned! All damned!"

The Tempest Colossal Dragon's face was contorted as he clenched his jaws, the amount of hatred he had...

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Chapter 269: An Unknown Army, Attack of the Demons

As the Fairy Empire and the Titan Empire consecutively declared their submission, the two races also took action accordingly.

The Titans retreated to the Titan Mountains, while the Fairies returned to the Forest of Life.

In the meantime, the armies of the two empires disbanded and returned home. Meng Lei's troops moved in.

Within a mere period of two months, the Meng Lei Empire took over two empires without bloodshed.

At once, various policies were launched one after another, taking down nobles, dividing up the land, promoting faith...

As the human race was huge in numbers, these policies quickly received enthusiastic responses from the two countries' people.

With their support, the demi-Titan and demi-Fairy nobles in the two empires couldn't make many waves before they were drowned out in the waves of liberation.

The Meng Lei Empire's territory reached an astonishing size at once, threatening the Beast People Empire and making it feel a huge pressure.

"Everyone, the Fairy Empire and Titan Empire successively surrendered, and only we, the Beast People Empire, are left. What should we do?"

The Beast Emperor sat on the stone chair, looking much more aged than before.

"It's all up to you to decide, Your Majesty!"

The officials of the empire sobbed with a low voice.

There were only two choices when looking at the current situation—either surrender and prolong their pitiful life, like the Fairy Empire and Titan Empire or fight to their death against the Meng Lei Empire.

They didn't want to accept either case nor could they!

Surrender?

Meng Lei's empire took down nobles and divided up all the land, but it was just so that all these officials were nobles of the Beast People Empire and very prominent nobles.

Once they surrendered, they would completely become the Meng Lei Empire's civilians, with no more chance to return to their noble statuses.

Fight?

They couldn't beat him!

Meng Lei had even killed the legendary Titan Horace, with even 11 half-deities, as well as 10 half-deities Colossal Dragons, under his leadership, so how could they possibly fight against him?

Wouldn't that be like hitting an egg against a rock?

"Up to me to decide? How do I decide?"

The Beast Emperor was depressed. "Either choice will push our Beast People Empire to a place of no return, and I will become the Beast People Empire's criminal!"

"Your Majesty may as well surrender!"

A Pig Person official said with a crying voice, "Surrender, and we can still live. If we don't, the Meng Lei Empire will completely erase our Beast People Empire from this earth!

"Then, with our people dead and our country destroyed, we, Beast People, will completely become history, just like the Dragons!"

"Wuneng Pig, how dare you incite Your Majesty to surrender! What is your intention!?"

A Wolf Person with a wolf head condemned the Pig Person angrily, his eyes flashing with coldness.

"Sanwa Wolf, against absolute power, roaring is useless!" Wuneng Pig said coldly, "Roaring will only cause an absolute disaster!"

"Hmph!"

"Report!"

At this time, a Lion Man guard rushed into the great hall, terrified, and knelt down in front of the Beast Emperor. "Your... Your Majesty, it's no good!"

Upon hearing that, the Beast Emperor stood up at once, and his facial expression changed. "Why are you so terrified? Has that Meng Lei already come to our gates?"

"No, not that, Your Majesty! There was just news from the Far Northern Icelands! A huge demon army suddenly appeared in the Far Northern Icelands!"

The Lion Person guard panicked. "Their numbers are astonishing, and they came rushing to the Far Northern Icelands like a tide!"

"What?"

"A demon army?"

The Beast Emperor looked at the officials, and all of them looked confused. Everyone knew that the Far Northern Icelands had no living thing other than a small handful of Ice-Elemental Magical Beasts.

A demon army?

Wasn't that nonsense?

Right when everyone was confused and stunned, another Lion Person guard rushed in.

"Your... Your Majesty, news came from the Far Northern Icelands! The demon army is huge, and their capability is scary! The Far Northern Icelands can't hold for much longer, and they hope Your Majesty will send reinforcements soon!"

"Your Majesty, it's no good..."

In the hours to come, one piece of bad news followed by another hit the hearts of the Beast Emperor and all the members of his court!

The demon army broke through the Far Northern Icelands, and then, like a flood that overcame a dam...

It went rushing all the way toward the Beast People Empire. Everywhere it passed, everything was destroyed!

What made the Beast Emperor and the top echelon of the empire despair the most was that the angry demon army went all the way without leaving a single living being alive!

All living things they encountered were killed!

Every strong fort was turned into dust!

Every Beast Person clan was burnt to the ground!

"Where on earth did this demon army come from? Why would they appear in my Beast People Empire?"

The Beast Emperor was on the verge of collapse. "Who can tell me, where did they come from, who do they listen to, how to resist them?"

The officials looked at one another and said nothing.

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

I am also f*cking in despair!

"Your Majesty, it has come to this, so we should gather our army, choose our generals, and hit the demon army head-on! They are really too fast!"

A Fox Person official said hurriedly, "If we allow things to continue, it will spread to our entire realm in no time, our millions of people will all die, and our Beast People Empire will come to its end!"

Upon hearing this, the Beast Emperor, Grom Lexar, shivered and nodded continuously.

"This is very true, Ados, I neglected it!

"Pass my order! Dispatch 6 big regiments, including the Behemoth, Oxen, and Elephant-Men regiments, to stop the invading enemy. Be sure to stop their army, pause their movement, and eventually destroy them completely!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Meng Lei had no idea about what was happening at the Beast People Empire. A few months later, Fatty Hart finally completed the initial-stage integration of that piece of divine core.

Thus, he brought Fatty Hart and Sacas the Multi-Armed Behemoth to the Lost Continent.

At present, the duo's aura had undergone an overwhelming change. Their facial expressions carried divine power in every turn of their eyes!

Deities!

Both had actually already surpassed the level of half-deity to become true gods!

Although they were the weakest true gods with the least fighting power, they were indeed real true gods!

They couldn't beat other true gods of the same level, but they were more than good enough to deal with Saint Domain experts and half-deities.

"Big Brother, so this is the Lost Continent?"

Fatty Hart's feet stepped out into empty air. Looking at the green and lush Lost Continent, their eyes contained a bit of curiosity, a bit of excitement, a bit of anticipation...

Without any accidents, from now on, this would become the new Dragon Island, and he would become the new master and Dragon Emperor of this new continent!

"Yes, this is the Lost Continent." Meng Lei smiled and nodded. "From now on, you are in charge of this place. I hope you will manage the Colossal Dragon clan properly, don't let me down!"

"Rest assured, old bro. I will be sure to keep the Colossal Dragon clan obedient and well-behaved, make them all become your believers, and follow your orders!"

Fatty Hart patted his chest and promised proudly. He had enough confidence in his own power, so what was dealing with the Colossal Dragon clan to him?

"Good to hear that!"

Meng Lei nodded slightly and waved his hand.

Splash...

Countless Colossal Dragons appeared out of thin air. There were Dark Colossal Dragons with completely black bodies, Light Colossal Dragons shining with bright divine light, Frost Colossal Dragons emanating with a cold shine, and Storm Colossal Dragons with green scales all over their bodies...

They came in all kinds and variations, and they numbered more than 10,000!

"Roar!"

When so many Colossal Dragons just appeared, a huge wave of dragon might was immediately released.

All of them stretched their necks and roared angrily, expressing the confusion and surprise in their hearts.

"Roar!"

"Where?"

"Where is this?"

"Did we escape that goddamn place?"

"Fatty Hart, I will leave the rest to you!"

Meng Lei looked at Fatty Hart smiling.

"Old bro, just watch!"

Fatty Hart smiled, took one step out, arrived at the space above the dragons, and decisively changed his form.

Boom!

A golden Colossal Dragon, tens of thousands of feet long and shining with golden light all over its body, appeared suddenly. An overwhelming wave of divine power spread and pressed across thousands of miles.

Boom!

Boom!

Boom!

The Colossal Dragons hit the ground like dumplings being dropped into the pot. Then, they were pressed down on the ground hard, shivering, not able to even start to think about resistance.

"Listen, Colossal Dragons below, this is the new Dragon Island. You will be the first batch of residents of the new Dragon Island, and I am the new Dragon Emperor! Do you have any objections to this?"

"The new Dragon Island?"

"The new Dragon Emperor?"

Master left the Lost Continent with Sacas, and right after he returned to the palace, Puhaman approached him. "Master, something big happened in the Beast People Empire!"

"Beast People Empire?" Meng Lei's eyebrows lifted. "These guys made trouble again?"

In the past few months, the Titan Empire and Fairy Empire had both surrendered, and only the Beast People Empire had not sent any news yet—clearly not willing to surrender!

Of course, Meng Lei was displeased, and just as he was about to order the army to attack, something happened in the Beast People Empire?

What do these Beast People want to do after all?

Fight with him till death, or what?

"Master, our spy dragon guard in the Beast People Empire reported back that a demon army of astonishing numbers was found within the realm of the empire. They came in great force and momentum and seized almost 1/10 of the empire's territories near the Far Northern Icelands within a short period!"

Puhaman's face was solemn. "Now, they are spreading to the entire realm of the Beast People Empire with a shocking speed. Given the demon army's marching speed, they will completely raze the Beast People Empire to the ground within less than half a month!"

"A demon army?"

Meng Lei looked completely astonished. "Where did a demon army come from in the realm of the Beast People Empire? Did some Demon Magician make trouble, or did someone accidentally sign a demon contract?"

"Both are possible!"

Puhaman said in a low voice, "When I got the news in the morning, I sent Thaniel off to the Beast People Empire already. I believe he will be back soon!"

"Mmm!"

Meng Lei nodded slightly. Thaniel had similarly integrated his lesser deity divine core, and his ability reached the level of true gods, especially his speed was faster than before. It was the most appropriate for him to collect intelligence.

Meng Lei didn't have to wait for long. After just over 2 hours, Thaniel came back with shocking news.

"Master, the size of the demon army attacking the Beast People Empire is estimated at around 100,000,000!

"There is a shocking amount of Devil Overlords among them, and a decent number of even Demon Lords!

"Several Great Demon Lords as well!

"The demon army is extremely fast, and they will completely seize the Beast People Empire!"

Devil Overlords were comparable to half-deities!

Demon Lords were comparable to true gods!

Great Demon Lords were the equivalent of lesser deities!

"Master, this is not an ordinary demon invasion. It is more terrifying than any other time in history. We have to be careful!"

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Chapter 270: Armies At The Borders, An Unstoppable Force

Taurens were one of the most powerful races in the Beast People Empire due to their strong physique and a decent reproduction rate.

Taurens were similar to other Beast People races, where they were made up of over a thousand clans of different sizes.

The Iron Heel Clan was one of them, occupying several dozen million square kilometers of land in the Iron Heel Plains. The clan had a huge population where experts were plenty, so it had a huge influence over the Taurens and the Beast People Empire.

However, the Iron Heel Clan was faced with their worst ever crisis on this day, as waves and waves of demons swept toward them like a tsunami.

Hooowl!

Croooak!

Quaaack!

From the weak juvenile Taurens, and the strong Tauren warriors, to the Saint Domain experts hovering in the sky, they were all overwhelmed. They were getting torn into pieces and split among the devils as food, getting swallowed as a whole, or getting stomped into a meat sauce by the Demon Overlords.

Everything in the devil's path turned into ruins.

"We... We are finished!"

"O' great and noble Beast God, please save your lowly people!"

"These damn demons, I'm going all out!"

"Save me! Somebody, please save me..."

Screams, shrills, cries for help rung across the sky above the Iron Heel Plains. They died down quickly as the relentless waves of demons drowned them out.

Three hours later, the tide went away. The Iron Heel Clan was completely gone, and what remained was a hellish scene.

The Taurens were gone.

Buildings had all collapsed.

The clan was reduced to ruins.

The Iron Heel Clan had disappeared forever in the Beast People Empire and Heaven's Vault Continent as if they vanished in thin air!

"Master below is the most important passage of the Beast People Empire, the Beast God Pass. It is the only way through to the Beast People Empire's heart and the last line of defense of the empire. If the pass falls, the demon army will be able to enter straight toward the Beast People royal court, and the empire will fall to the enemies!"

"The Beast God Pass is indeed majestic!"

Meng Lei hovered in the air and looked at the grand pass as he remarked.

The Beast God Pass looked mighty as it sat on the Far Northern Wastelands—surrounded by huge mountains and precipitous ridges and spanned over hundreds and thousands of miles.

"Due to its importance, the Beast People Empire has gathered 10 regiments here to defend the pass at all cost against the demon army."

"That is certainly so!"

The Beast People Empire army that amassed at the pass was well over a billion in strength, it was simply vast!

The hundred-meter-high Behemoth regiment, the blond-haired Lion People regiment, and the formidable-looking Tiger People regiment.

Of course, there was also the Bull, Komodo, Elephant-Men, Hippo-Men, Centaur, Rhino-Men, and Leopard-Men regiments!

Each regiment's average size was over 100,000,000, so the 10 regiments had a combined force of more than 1,000,000,000 strength, on par with India's population!

Other than that, many Saint Domain experts gathered at the pass, reaching over 10,000 in size!

Over 10,000 Saint Domains was an absolute force to be reckoned with that could destroy a country easily!

Despite this, no one favored the Beast People Empire to win!

"It will be in vain! Everything will be in vain!"

Gazing at the huge Beast People Empire army, Puhaman shook his head. "This demon army is very different from any other demonic disaster in the past. This one is an unprecedented one which this bit of resistance will surely fail!"

Bubbles, Thaniel, Nadja, and the rest nodded in agreement—the Beast People Empire's military strength was indeed formidable, but that was only the case for ordinary beings as it was nothing compared to this demonic disaster.

"If this carries on, the Beast People Empire will be finished and destroyed by the demon army!" Puhaman shook his head and sighed. "Master, do we watch them get wiped out and cash in on the situation, or help them out?"

Bubbles, Thaniel, and the others looked at Meng Lei and awaited his orders.

"The Beast People Empire nobles deserved to die, but the commoners have done no wrong to deserve death." Meng Lei did not hesitate at all. "Plus, Beast People live in our Heaven's Vault Continent, how can we watch them get destroyed by the demons?"

"Yes, Master!"

Hooowl!

Just then, a deep roar came from afar, as a black line was spotted on the ground level.

As time passed by, the black line became thicker and thicker, turning into a black wave, then into a sea...

That was the mighty demon army!

"Master, the demon army is here!"

Puhaman, Bubbles, and the rest perked up with no fear in their eyes. They were actually excited and getting ready for a battle.

It was the demon army, after all!

There were a lot of demon lords that were the same level as them, so they were eager to have the chance to battle them.

"Indeed! They're here!"

Meng Lei raised his head slightly as he remained calm.

"The demons are here!!"

"The demon army is coming!"

The Beast People Empire army saw the demon army's arrival and shouted at the top of their lungs.

With every order passed down, the entire Beast People Empire army went to stand by for battle.

Arrows on the bowstring!

Blades were drawn!

Mages chanted lightly!

Cannons ready to fire!

Roar!!

Croooak!!

"Master, the demon army is here!"

The Beast Emperor and his officials watched the swarm of the demon army, with hatred, fear, and anxiety in their eyes.

"Send my orders! From myself down to every soldier, we must give it our all and fight till the very end! We shall defend the Beast God Pass to our death!" The Beast Emperor said coldly.

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

The orders were sent down. Still, the Beast Emperor was worried as he flew above his army and said with a thunderous voice, "Fellow comrades, the time to defend our homeland has come. Let us destroy these damn demons and protect our home and our loved ones!"

"We shall defend the Beast God Pass to our death!"

"We shall defend the Beast God Pass to our death!"

"We shall defend the Beast God Pass to our death!"

Every beast people roared at the sky, sending thundering sound waves across the plains, beating the massive demon wave in terms of their aura.

"Send my order: Attack!"

At his command, countless magic cannons spewed fire and blasted toward the swarm of the demon army.

Boom!

Innumerable demon soldiers were blasted into pieces while flesh exploded all over the place, creating pockets of empty spaces. However, the rest of the demons were unfazed as they carried on charging at the Beast God Pass.

There were Fire demons bathed in flames, the Ice demons snow-white throughout, the Wind demons shrouded in black winds, and Bloodseekers made of blood. There were countless little devils, great devils, long-horned devils, and howling devils, all continuing their advancement ceaselessly!

"Kill!"

After the cannons were fired, a dense rain of arrows and spells killed innumerable demons, but it still could not stop the demon wave in their tracks. In fact, they did not even slow down at all.

In a matter of minutes, the blood-red wave had arrived before the pass. Demon Generals of Saint Domain level led the line as they jumped toward the Beast People Empire army at the gateway to start the siege.

"Attack!"

The Beast Emperor swung his longsword!

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

Their attacks were like a massive thunderstorm that turned the demon generals into sieves. Before the defending Beast People Empire could catch their breath, countless demon soldiers carried on with their charge toward the gates...

Just like that, a charge led to a counter-attack!

Under the Beast People Empire army's strong-willed resistance, the demons could not break through for quite a while.

In this situation, a half-deity level Demon Overlord soared into the sky and let out a deafening roar.

"Roar!"

A mighty demonic aura erupted and pressed toward the Beast People Empire army. Upon sensing this threatening might, the Beast People Empire army panicked.

"Half-deities!!"

"This is a half-deity demon!"

"Damn it! How are we going to stop that?"

The empire officials were close to breaking down—they could stop ordinary demon soldiers and demon generals with their advantage in Beast God Pass even if there were more of them. However, how were they supposed to stop half-deities?

What distressed them the most was that after the first Demon Overlord came out, the second one, the third one, the fourth one, the fifth one...

In an instant, hundreds of Demon Overlords were up in the sky as they charged toward the Beast God Pass.

Demonic might that covered every expanse of land pressed upon the Beast God Pass like a mountain.

"O my Beast God!"

"So many half-deities?"

"It's all over!"

"We're dead meat!"

"We can't compete with them at all!"

The Beast People Empire army, with over a billion in numbers, lost all of their morale. They could not fight one half-deity already, not to mention so many half-deities here!

How were they supposed to survive?

"Gone! Beast People Empire is finished!"

The Beast Emperor's face turned pale as he limped onto the ground, his words of courage just had collapsed.

He knew deep inside that there was no hope of winning against hundreds of half-deities, not to mention the endless demon army.

One sentence—The Beast People Empire was finished!

"Kill!"

Hundreds of Demon Overlords charged at the gates of the Beast God Pass. Some spat red hot lava, some spat white chilly currents, and some spat gleaming wind blades.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

After a round of offense, the ten regiments of the empire were either burnt into ashes or frozen into ice sculptures...

In an instant, there was already a large number of casualties.

"Too powerful!"

"They're way too powerful!"

"We are just no match against them!"

At the sight of this scene, the remaining empire army was shrouded in an endless feeling of despair, losing all hope and their willingness to fight.

When facing such terrifying Demon Overlords, how could they have won? Even if the Beast God descended now, the chances of defeating these Demon Overlords were close to none.

"It's my fault! It's all my fault!" The iron entered the Beast Emperor's soul. "If I had submitted to the Meng Lei Empire earlier, then it might not have turned out like this!

"I have failed the Beast People Empire! I have failed to protect all of my citizens!"

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Chapter 271: A Spike In Wealth, A True God Melee

A dozen or so figures floated in the sky a short distance away from the Beast God Pass. Among them were Behemoths, Fox-Men, Tiger-Men, Lion-Men, Taurens...

There was a strong, forceful aura around every one of them, and they gave off vast, majestic divine power—evidently, they were all half-deities.

That's right, they were half-deities of the Beast People Empire. They were currently here at the Beast God Pass in hopes that they could aid the empire's army in eliminating the threat of the demon invasion.

However, all of them had become rather hesitant as they watched the hundreds of Demon Overlords that had suddenly come charging out.

With that many half-deity-level Demon Overlords there, wouldn't they just be throwing their lives away in vain if they also charged toward them?

A Tiger-Man half-deity asked hoarsely, "What should we do?"

The others had only silence as a response. None of them knew how they should answer him.

The Tiger-Man half-deity couldn't help but turn to a Nine-Tailed Fox-Woman. He said, "Fawkes, you're the wisest and cleverest among us. Hurry and think of something!"

The other half-deities also turned to the Nine-Tailed Fox-Woman, their eyes filled with hope and anticipation.

"The demon army is attacking with a vengeance, and on top of that, there are even several hundred half-deities among them. Even if we were to fight them, it would be no different from us fighting a hopeless battle."

The Nine-Tailed Fox-Woman let out a faint sigh and said, "Besides, I can also sense an intimidating aura coming from the demon army—in other words, there are true god-level presences among them!"

The others couldn't help but let out an exclamation of shock at her words.

The Nine-Tailed Fox-Woman was a pinnacle-level half-deity that was only a step—establishing a divine nation—short of becoming a true god. The only thing that could possibly intimidate her was a true god!

"Yes, true gods!"

The Nine-Tailed Fox-Woman looked in the direction of the demon army and said, "The demon invasion this time is definitely much more fearsome than what we had initially thought. We are powerless against it."

Awful looks came over the other half-deities' countenances. They asked, "What should we do, then? Surely we can't just watch helplessly as the empire falls?"

The Nine-Tailed Fox-Woman closed her eyes painfully and replied, "Now that things have come to this, we only have one solution left."

The half-deities hastily asked, "What is it?"

"Submit to the Meng Lei Empire!"

The Nine-Tailed Fox-Woman slowly said, "There are currently two true god-level existences in the Meng Lei Empire—Bubbles and Meng Lei himself. If we submit, they will take the Beast People under their wing and offer us protection, such that we won't die out completely.

"Conversely, should we not submit to the Meng Lei Empire and allow the demon army to ravage the empire instead, we Beast People will end up disappearing from Heaven's Vault Continent for eternity.

"To sum it up, we either submit or be destroyed! What do all of you think?"

The Nine-Tailed Fox-Woman gazed at the other half-deities.

"Fawkes is right. The Beast People Empire may cease to exist after we submit to the Meng Lei Empire, but we Beast People can still live on. If we don't, death will be our only way out!"

"I agree. We'll pick the lesser of two evils. Submission is better than complete destruction."

After hearing the Nine-Tailed Fox-Woman's analysis, all the half-deities practically agreed to Fawkes' suggestion without any hesitation.

Then, they went in the other direction, intending to fly toward the Meng Lei Empire to seek aid from Meng Lei.

However, it was right at this moment that a dozen or so figures suddenly shot toward them and arrived right above the Beast God Pass. Every one of them gave off vast, majestic divine power and a terrifying aura.

"That's..."

The Beast People Empire half-deities turned toward them.

The Beast Emperor and the court officials also raised their heads in puzzlement.

At once, looks of astonishment and puzzlement came over everyone's faces.

One of the officials exclaimed in a low voice, "Your Majesty, it's Meng Lei and his subordinates!"

The Beast Emperor's brows drew together into a huge frown as he said, "What have they come here for? Are they here to watch from a safe distance as the Beast People Empire falls? Or are they here to help us?"

The Beast Emperor and the officials were filled with unease at the moment. As adversaries, they really couldn't quite guess what Meng Lei and the others were here for.

To watch the show? Or to help?

Or could it be that they were the ones behind the demon army themselves?

The ones approaching them were indeed Meng Lei and the others!

Meng Lei knew it was time for him to make his appearance the instant that the hundreds of Demon Overlords showed up at the Beast God Pass. He couldn't just allow them to wreak havoc at will.

Otherwise, the one billion-strong army currently occupying the Beast God Pass would definitely be completely wiped out!

"Greetings, Your Holiness Meng Lei."

The Beast People Empire's dozen or so half-deities flew over and bowed to Meng Lei in greeting. They knew that Meng Lei and the others had already discovered their presence a long time ago.

"Are all of you the Beast People Empire's half-deities?" asked Meng Lei as he cast a glance at them.

He had indeed discovered their presence a long time ago.

"Yes, Your Holiness."

The Nine-Tailed Fox-Woman bowed and said, "We are willing to lead the Beast People Empire's people and submit to Your Holiness. I hope Your Holiness can show us compassion and take us in."

"Submitting only now? What have you been doing all this time instead?"

Bubbles snorted. "Master's holy decree has long since spread like wildfire in the entire continent. The Fairy Empire and the Titan Empire have already submitted to us one by one, while the Beast People Empire is the only one that has stayed silent all this time during the last few months. I had thought that all of you were intending to resist to the very end and would rather choose death over submission!"

"Forgive us, Your Holiness."

The half-deities pleaded for mercy. "Everything is the result of our muddleheadedness and has nothing to do with the billions of people in the Beast People Empire. If Your Holiness must punish someone, then we're willing to shoulder it all. We beg only for Your Holiness to save the billions of people in the Beast People Empire. They are innocent!"

"If I didn't intend to save them, I wouldn't be showing up here today."

Meng Lei said dispassionately, "The Beast People Empire is already as good as secured, regardless of whether all of you submit to me or not. This is a fact that nobody can change!"

"As per Your Holiness' holy decree!"

All the half-deities bowed one by one.

Meng Lei said dispassionately with a wave, "Go! Kill those demons!"

"Yes, Master!"

Bubbles and the others were already raring to go a long time ago. The moment Meng Lei gave the order, all 11 true gods charged right out brazenly as though ferocious beasts that had been freed from cages!

"Hahaha! Die!"

Bubbles threw a punch out. Vast, enormous power surged out of him and instantly caused the air to explode!

Crack!

About ten or so Demon Overlords were blasted into a mist of blood before they could even react. Bits of flesh flew about as blood spurted everywhere, triggering a huge uproar.

"How can that be?"

The remaining Demon Overlords' countenances changed greatly. Their eyes were filled with shock, horror, and fear as they watched Bubbles. Killing more than ten Demon Overlords with a single punch—that was definitely a level of strength that only a true god could possess!

That wasn't the end of it, however. While the Demon Overlords were still stunned, Puhaman, Thaniel, Nadja, and the others also attacked one by one.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

Several blood-red steel needles shot toward the enemy, piercing through another ten or so Demon Overlords and killing them—the Spider Goddess had been the first to attack!

Howl!

A true god-level Undead Skeletal Dragon appeared in the sky. Its gigantic claw went smacking down, killing a dozen or so Demon Overlords right away.

Puhaman had summoned the Undead Skeletal Dragon!

Howl!

Thaniel sprayed a wave of black dragon breath from his mouth, instantly engulfing a dozen or so Demon Overlords in it.

For a while, each of the 11 true god subordinates displayed their own skills, swallowing up several hundred Demon Overlords in various different attacks.

A few moments later, the several hundred Demon Overlords who had been invading with a fierce momentum just a while ago were all dead!

"This, this..."

The Beast People Empire half-deities, the Beast Emperor and officials, as well as the billion-strong army, were all thoroughly stunned at the sight. Every one of them was flabbergasted and dumbstruck.

"Several hundred half-deities... have... all died... just like that?"

"O my Beast God! Since when have half-deities become that weak?"

"How terrifying! They are truly too terrifying!"

Putting the Beast People Empire's people's astoundment aside for now, Meng Lei had also attacked at this point.

His target wasn't the Demon Overlords, the Demon Lords, or the Great Demon Lords. Rather, it was the endless and infinite demon army and the overwhelming, relentless waves of demons!

"Absolute Zero!"

Meng Lei pointed with his finger. A golden chilly air current quietly formed and spread into the surroundings with an explosive boom.

They spread 10,000 miles into the surroundings in an instant and enveloped the whole area.

Crack!

All the demons within the area were instantly frozen, every one of them turning into golden ice statues frozen to the spot, still and motionless.

"Ding! 1 Longhorned Demon killed, 12 Laws of Nature Origin Crystals gained!"

"Ding! 1 Fire Demon killed, 23 Laws of Nature Origin Crystals gained!"

"Ding! 1 Little Demon killed, 1,000,000 gold coins gained!"

"Ding..."

System notifications sounded one after another without pause.

Most of the demons in the army weren't very strong. Their advantage laid in their sheer, endless numbers instead.

That moment just now had actually brought Meng Lei 13,000,000 Laws of Nature Origin Crystals!

,000,000!

Now, that was an extremely large amount of riches!

Going by the rate of 0.1 Laws of Nature Origin Crystal per demon, Meng Lei had actually killed 130,000,000 demons just now!

A whole 130,000,000!

Just how excessive were those numbers?

Yet relative to the entire demon army, these 130,000,000 demons were just the tip of the iceberg and not even worth mentioning at all.

"Absolute Zero!"

"Absolute Zero!"

"Absolute Zero!"

Meng Lei would never let the demon army off even if he couldn't profit off them, let alone when they could bring him handsome riches and rewards!

All the more he would never let them off!

Clink, clink, clink!

Large expanses of demons were frozen into ice statues one by one. His Wealth values on his stats interface started to climb at an insanely fast speed, increasing by millions.

"Damn it!"

Enraged by Meng Lei and his subordinates' actions, all the Demon Lords in the demon army started to fly toward them with fierce momentum.

Among them were Fire Demon Lords bathed in flames, Wind Demon Lords with cyan winds around them, and Ice Demon Lords formed from ice.

At one glance, there were actually as many as 17 of them!

"Lowly, stinky worms, how dare you attack the demon army! You should die for that! All of you!"

The 17 Demon Lords roared furiously in the sky. Their bloodlust-filled eyes bore into Meng Lei and his 11 subordinates as murderous intent welled up in them, and demonic aura surged around them.

"They're finally attacking!"

Bubbles licked his lips. A hint of bloodthirstiness flashed across his eyes as he roared, "Kill them, my brothers!"

"Kill!"

"Kill!"

Puhaman, Thaniel, and the other true gods charged straight toward the Demon Lords.

Boom, boom, boom!

Without a second word, all 28 true gods instantly clashed against one another.

Bubbles clashed with two 100,000-feet-tall Black Flame Fox true gods;

Puhaman, who was riding an Undead Skeletal Dragon, became entangled in a fight with a 100,000-feet-long Hell Demon Dragon;

Thaniel transformed into his 100,000-feet-long Colossal Dragon form and battled fiercely with a Cerberus;

Nadja, Seisia...

They either fought one-on-one or one-on-two!

What was "heavens-destroying and earth-rending"?

This was it!

The clash between 28 true gods was one that was truly "heavens-destroying and earth-rending". A casual blow could break the void, while a casual punch could break the heavens and split the earth. The aftershocks spreading into the surroundings could kill even Saint Domains, while the ravaging space-time rifts could rip even half-deities apart!

It was a true doomsday sight!

"Retreat!"

"Hurry and retreat!"

"A battle of this class..."

The Nine-Tailed Fox-Woman and the other Beast People Empire half-deities, the Beast Emperor and court officials, as well as the one billion-strong army, retreated in a panic, lest they become collateral damage if they were even a moment too slow.

Meng Lei naturally didn't retreat—he was still in the midst of slaughtering the demon army and making money!

"Absolute Zero!"

"Absolute Zero!"

"Absolute Zero!"

Large expanses of ice statues appeared!

Large groups of demons died!

His Wealth increased at a crazy speed!

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Chapter 272: Killing The Demon Lords, The Demonic Dragon Continent

Wealth: 888.88 million Laws of Nature Origin Crystals

"888 million Laws of Nature Origin Crystals! That's an extra 300 million! So, roughly three billion demons have died in my hands? Not bad! Let's keep up the good work!"

As Meng Lei continued to slaughter the demons, large expanses of empty space began to appear in the sea of demons. Every moment saw large numbers of demons dying.

Yet relative to the sea of demons' endless and infinite numbers, it nevertheless didn't amount to much.

"I'm too slow!"

Dissatisfied with his hunting speed, Meng Lei split himself into ten clones with a flash. The ten clones then each split into ten again to form 100 clones. Then, the 100 clones split once more into another ten clones each to form a total of 10,000 clones!

In just an instant, 10,000 Meng Leis had appeared in the sky. All of them were personifications of his power of divinity.

One droplet of Power of Divinity was spent per divinity personification formed. This meant that forming 10,000 divinity personifications required 10,000 Power of Divinity droplets—this was no small sum!

But to the rich Meng Lei, the amount was negligible and completely within an acceptable range.

"Netherworld Divine Fire!"

,000 licks of Netherworld Divine Fire flames burst forth from 10,000 Meng Leis' fingertips, leaped toward the demon army, and landed on 10,000 demons.

Boom!

The Netherworld Divine Fire burned stronger and bigger upon contact with wind and began to spread like wildfire in the sea of demons.

For a while, screams rang out one after another, causing people's scalps to go numb and their hair to stand on end.

"What kind of fire is that? It's too terrifying!"

"I don't know!"

"It's practically unheard of!"

The people of the Beast People Empire felt chills coming all over them as they watched innumerable demons scream as they tried to struggle free of the Netherworld Divine Fire, only to be reduced to ashes thereafter.

The Netherworld Divine Fire was simply too terrifying!

Be it low-level demons like the Little Demons or high-level ones like the Fire Demons and so on, with no exception whatsoever, all the demons that it came into contact with were burned to death.

The sight was undoubtedly a much more chilling one than when they were frozen into ice statues by Absolute Zero.

Ding, ding, ding!

At the same time, system notifications also rang out non-stop while his Wealth increased at an insanely fast speed, sending Meng Lei over the moon.

"That's the way to go! Burn into ashes!"

"Damn it! It's the Netherworld Divine Fire!"

"Isn't the Netherworld Divine Fire the Divine Netherworld Phoenixes' inextinguishable flames? Where did a mortal from a material plane like him get that from?"

Two lesser deity-level Great Demon Lords were hidden at the very back of the demon army.

One of them was a fully pitch-black demon with warts all over it and looked like a tyrannosaurus, while the other was a snapping turtle-like demon with spikes all over its body and a turtle shell on its back.

The former was a Dark T-Rex King, while the latter was a Dark Snapping Turtle King.

As Great Demon Lords, the Dark T-Rex King and the Dark Snapping Turtle King were the Dark Demonic Dragon's most competent underlings. Thus, they had been sent here to invade and conquer Heaven's Vault Continent.

They had initially thought that conquering a material plane would be a piece of cake. All living beings standing in the way of the demon army would no doubt be annihilated everywhere that they passed through.

Yet Heaven's Vault Continent's strength had exceeded their initial expectations. Firstly, more than ten true gods had shown up, and then, a terrifying existence that could release Netherworld Divine Fire flames had also emerged. How inconceivable!

As Great Demon Lords of lesser deity-level, it went without saying that they recognized the Netherworld Divine Fire, of course. That was divine fire exclusive to the Divine Netherworld Phoenixes and was also an inextinguishable flame that could burn even higher deities to death!

It was exactly because they knew of these facts that they couldn't help but become wary!

"How is it that that human deity can use the Netherworld Divine Fire? Could he be part of the Divine Netherworld Phoenixes' bloodline?"

"That's the only possibility left now!"

"What should we do now?"

"Our mission from His Holiness the Demonic Dragon is to invade and conquer this existential plane. Unless we intend to go against His Holiness' orders, we must kill him!"

"The aura around that human deity isn't very strong. His combat strength is also at a lesser deity's level. If the two of us join hands, killing him should be no issue for us. What worries me is the Divine Netherworld Phoenixes instead!"

"There's no need to worry! The Divine Netherworld Phoenixes are faraway in Hell and too far to be able to help!"

"That makes sense!"

"Kill!"

After a simple discussion, the Dark T-Rex King and the Dark Snapping Turtle King promptly charged toward Meng Lei. They moved extraordinarily quickly and reached Meng Lei in an instant.

"Die!!"

The Dark T-Rex King roared furiously. Its thick, muscular tail whipped down through the air toward Meng Lei with an earth-shattering momentum as if intending to smash him into a bloody pulp.

Whoosh!

Meng Lei teleported away and vanished from the spot before showing up bizarrely right above the Dark T-Rex King.

The Dark Snapping Turtle King let out a low roar at the sight and shot out dozens of steel spikes from its back.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

The dozens of steel spikes shot toward Meng Lei in a swarm amid shrill whizzing noises as they cut through the air. However, just as they were about to hit their target, Meng Lei disappeared again.

"Such agility!"

A huge jolt went through the Dark Snapping Turtle King, and then it heard a soft whiz coming from above it right away. Without a second thought, it instinctively withdrew into its turtle shell.

Meng Lei's attack missed, upon which he couldn't help but laugh and comment, "As expected of a turtle-type demon; that withdrawal speed is pretty much unbeatable. Do you think there's nothing I can do about you just because of that, though?"

As he spoke, Meng Lei teleported on top of the Dark Snapping Turtle King's shell. The Grim Reaper Scythe quietly appeared in his hand, and then, he swung it down forcefully!

Slash!

The incredibly sharp Grim Reaper Scythe instantly sundered the shell that the Dark Snapping Turtle King relied on for protection and made a two-meter-deep fissure in it.

"Damn it!"

Demonic aura churned around the pained Dark Snapping Turtle King and morphed into a hammer that smashed mercilessly toward Meng Lei.

The Dark T-Rex King didn't stay idle, either. His voice exploded like a low, dull thunderclap as he launched sound wave attacks.

Sound wave attacks were omnidirectional, so Meng Lei wasn't able to dodge them. Struck by the waves, Meng Lei suffered a mild concussion, and his mind blanked out for a moment.

"What terrifying sound waves!"

A hint of murderous intent flitted across Meng Lei's eyes as he watched the Dark T-Rex King. Then, he teleported behind it and swung the Grim Reaper Scythe down.

"Die!!"

Slash!

The Dark T-Rex King's scaly armor might be extremely tough, but it was ultimately still no match for the Dark Snapping Turtle King's shell. The Grim Reaper Scythe could sunder even the Dark Snapping Turtle King's shell, let alone its neck!

Splurt!

Black blood spurted everywhere, and the Dark T-Rex King's head shot up into the sky before falling and landing on the ground.

The Dark T-Rex King's eyes widened dramatically, completely unable to believe what was happening.

"I... I'm actually dying? D-dying in the hands of a deity on a low-end existential plane?"

The Dark T-Rex King couldn't quite die in peace. The divine power that Meng Lei gave off was in no way strong and barely reached a lesser deity's, yet he had actually managed to kill the Dark T-Rex King. It couldn't accept such a harsh reality at all!

"Baker!"

The Dark Snapping Turtle King's gaze fell on the decapitated Dark T-Rex King and then on the Grim Reaper Scythe in Meng Lei's hand. It couldn't help but exclaim in a low voice, "The Grim Reaper Scythe! That's the Grim Reaper Scythe! O His Holiness the Demonic Dragon, where did that guy get the Grim Reaper Scythe from?"

Meng Lei flung off the black blood on the Grim Reaper Scythe. Then, he said, "I shall use the Grim Reaper Scythe to harvest your head next and send you on your way to the Grim Reaper!"

"You have too active an imagination, human deity!"

The Dark Snapping Turtle let out a cold snort, and then it actually took off and started to flee in the direction from which it had come from. It didn't press on with the battle at all!

"Fleeing already?"

Meng Lei was slightly taken aback. Then, he teleported behind the Dark Snapping Turtle King. A black spear shot forward with a flick of his fingers.

Boom!

As he was simply too close, the Dark Snapping Turtle King couldn't dodge the attack at all and was stabbed squarely by the black spear. Due to its turtle shell's astonishingly powerful defenses, the black spear couldn't do anything to it at all.

However, the black spear exploded upon contact and turned into a big burst of Netherworld Divine Fire flames that started to burn the Dark Snapping Turtle King!

"Damn it!"

Demonic aura rose from the Dark Snapping Turtle King's back and formed a shield, isolating the Netherworld Divine Fire from its body and then separating it from its body.

"What an impressive turtle!"

This was Meng Lei's first time ever seeing someone that could separate the Netherworld Divine Fire from themselves, and he found it very astonishing.

Of course, astonishment aside, Meng Lei's actions didn't slow down in the least. With a grand wave, ten black spears shot toward the Dark Snapping Turtle King.

"Damn it!"

The Dark Snapping Turtle King's expression changed greatly, and it instantly sped up and darted into the distance. But no matter how fast it fled, how could it ever compare to the speed of teleportation?

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

Meng Lei blocked its path and tossed out another ten black spears formed from Netherworld Divine Fire.

In that instant, there were spears in front of it, as well as behind it. The Dark Snapping Turtle King ultimately couldn't dodge them, and all 20 black spears bombarded it in quick succession and exploded with a grand boom!

Boom!

The Dark Snapping Turtle King was instantly engulfed in Netherworld Divine Fire. No matter how desperately it tried to control its demonic aura, it couldn't separate the flames from itself again, causing it to scream loudly as the flames blazed away.

Meng Lei watched on mirthfully, allowing the flames to burn the Dark Snapping Turtle King. Only when it was close to its limit did he finally say, "If you wish to live, then pipe up!"

The Dark Snapping Turtle King immediately begged for mercy the moment it heard him. "S-spare me! Sir, spare me!"

"There's a very simple way to live on—offer up your divine spirit origin energy and submit to me!" Meng Lei said, "As long as you submit to me, I'll spare your life."

"I... I submit! I'm willing to submit!"

The Dark Snapping Turtle King handed over its divine spirit origin energy with nary any hesitation and submitted under Meng Lei's tyrannical bearing!

"Great!"

Meng Lei refined the Dark Snapping Turtle King's divine spirit origin energy and successfully subdued the Great Demon Lord-level demon servant.

"What's your name?"

"My noble Master, my name is Anton," replied the Dark Snapping Turtle King respectfully.

"Give me the details about the current situation!"

"Yes, my noble Master!"

Following the Dark Snapping Turtle King's recount of events, Meng Lei gradually understood the reason for the demon army's appearance, where they had come from, and who they had been sent by.

As it turned out, the demon army had come from a demonic existential plane known as the Demonic Dragon Continent.

Of course, the Demonic Dragon Continent was neither under Hell's nor the Demon Realm's jurisdiction, much less the Netherworld's.

Like Heaven's Vault Continent, the Demonic Dragon Continent was just a relatively low-end material plane.

The difference laid in the fact that the living beings on the Demonic Dragon Continent weren't kind-hearted races like humans or Fairies, but... Demons!

That's right, the entire continent was occupied by demons. They were the only living beings on the continent.

The greatest existence that the Demonic Dragon Continent worshiped wasn't a deity, either, but a Dark Demonic Dragon!

The Dark Demonic Dragon was named Cyrus Frost. A powerful intermediate deity-level Demon God, it ruled over a lot of territories.

The number of low-end existential planes under its rule alone numbered as many as dozens, and its territories far exceeded those of Heaven's Vault Continent's Dragon God and Beast God.

The Demonic Dragon Continent was one of them.

This time, the demon invasion was precisely Cyrus Frost's handiwork because it had taken an interest in Heaven's Vault Continent and wanted to take it for itself, thereby resulting in the invasion.

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Chapter 273: Complete Annihilation, Take Your Own Life

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Elsewhere, Bubbles, Puhaman, and the others' battles were nearing their end.

Although they were fighting at 11 versus 17 and weren't at an advantage in numbers, Bubbles and the others were ultimately still lesser deities. A lesser deity, even the weakest one, wasn't an existence that true god-level Demon Lords could contend against!

"The task has been successfully completed, Master!"

The 17 Demon Lords were forcefully escorted over to Meng Lei. Bubbles and the others looked greatly satisfied—they had fought to their hearts' content during the battle just now.

Meng Lei's gaze swept across the Demon Lords one by one. They were wound-riddled and appeared to be in an exceptionally pathetic state at the moment. Evidently, they had suffered a terrible beating just now.

"Anton, what do you think we should do with them?" Meng Lei asked leisurely as he turned to Anton, the Dark Snapping Turtle King he had just subdued.

"My noble Master, like me, they were also forcefully dispatched here by Cyrus. They didn't invade Heaven's Vault Continent on their own accord."

A prostrating Anton said, "I hope Master can show them mercy and let them live."

Meng Lei nodded slightly. "Since you're pleading for mercy on their behalf, then I'll give them a way out."

"Thank you, o great Your Holiness!"

"Thank you for showing us kindness and sparing our lives!"

The 17 Demon Lords repeatedly kowtowed and gave their thanks.

"You may live on, but not without punishment!"

Meng Lei changed the course of the conversation and said, "Had it been my old temperament, my anger at all of you leading the masses to invade Heaven's Vault Continent would only have been abated with your deaths."

"Please mete out our punishment, Your Holiness!"

"Your Holiness, please punish us!"

The 17 Demon Lords were so frightened that they were shaking in their boots.

"How about this," Meng Lei turned to Bubbles and the others and suggested, "I'll make them submit to all of you and let them become your servants."

"Master, is this... really okay?"

Bubbles and the other ten people's eyes lit up at his suggestion. However, they were rather hesitant. Those were all true god-level Demon Lords that were only a tad weaker than them. Would they be going too far if they made them their servants?

"It's okay because I say so!"

Meng Lei said leisurely, "According to Anton, the Dark Demonic Dragon still has dozens of other Demon Lords under his command, so I can bestow these ones upon all of you."

"Thank you, my noble Master!"

"Your greatness is endless and eternal like the gushing rivers, yet also like the overflowing Yellow River, beyond control once the floodgates open! Praise be to you, my noble Master!"

Overjoyed, Bubbles and the others quickly bowed and gave their thanks, immensely grateful.

"Go!"

Meng Lei waved.

"Yes, Master!"

"That Fire Demon is mine. Don't any of you fight with me over it! I'll fight whoever fights me for it!"

"I've taken an interest in that Wind Demon..."

Anton, the Dark Snapping Turtle King, was somewhat on the brink of tears as he watched Bubbles and the others taking their pick of the 17 Demon Lords as if they were picking out goods.

Once upon a time, those Demon Lords had all been absolute devils known for their ferocity. They had dominated dozens of existential planes like the Demonic Dragon Continent and ruled over vast regions.

When had they ever landed themselves in such a state? When had they ever been subjected to others picking them out like goods?

Indeed, even heroes would be subjected to bullying when they were down and out!

Now that things had come to this, however, there was nothing that Anton could do, either. It could only watch on helplessly.

The splitting of goods didn't last long before it concluded. All 17 Demon Lords went to new homes and became Bubbles and the others' servants.

"Thank you for your generosity, Master!"

The 11 subordinates expressed their sincerest gratitude to Meng Lei.

"No problem!"

Then, Meng Lei turned to the demon army.

The longer the Netherworld Divine Fire blazed, the stronger it became. It had already spread throughout half of the sea of demons by this point. Innumerable demons struggled in pain and agony in the fire, shrieking and wailing shrilly.

This badly frightened the rest of the demons, who then fled toward the Far Northern Icelands.

They moved very quickly. Large groups of demons had even gotten out of the Netherworld Divine Fire's range.

"Do they really think they can escape?"

Had Meng Lei been any other ordinary deity, part of the endless and infinite demon army certainly would have successfully escaped.

After all, their numbers were simply too great. By dispersing and fleeing, some would definitely be able to get away.

But who did they think Meng Lei was?

He was a cheat that could teleport and didn't fear power of divinity depletion, so how could the demon army possibly escape?

The final outcome was obvious—the billions of demons perished in the sea of fire, burned to death, and reduced to ashes by the Netherworld Divine Fire.

Anton and the 17 Demon Lords bore witness to the whole process and almost wet themselves in fear. They had initially been rather displeased at having to submit to Bubbles and the others, but now?

Displeasure? Not anymore!

Indignation? Not anymore!

All they had were just lingering fears after a calamity and joy at having narrowly escaped death!

Had they not submitted just now, they would definitely also have been reduced to ashes like the demon army!

The thought of it alone sent chills down their spines!

"Master is simply too impressive!"

Bubbles and the others were also fairly frightened. The sight of billions of demons struggling and shrieking as they perished in the sea of fire was simply too brutal, too tragic, and too astounding. It made their blood run cold.

Then, Bubbles asked, "What do we do next, Master?"

"Let's take care of the Beast People Empire's matters. We'll head to the Demonic Dragon Continent and pay that Demonic Dragon a visit when we're done."

Meng Lei cast a glance at the Beast People Empire people and quickly made a decision.

"Yes, Master!"

Bubbles and the others naturally didn't have any objections to that.

They went over to the Beast God Pass' city gates. The Beast People Empire half-deities, the Beast Emperor, and all the court officials quickly hurried over to greet them, lest they infuriate Meng Lei with their slow speed.

Bubbles barked fiercely, "Where's the Beast Emperor?"

"Here! I'm here!"

Grom, the Beast Emperor, hastily bowed.

"If memory serves me right," Meng Lei gazed at Grom and said, "The decree that I issued should already have reached the Beast People Empire three months ago. Why hasn't the Beast People Empire taken any action even now?"

The Beast Emperor naturally knew what the decree that Meng Lei was referring to was. At once, he became incredibly fearful.

He knew what Meng Lei was doing—after all, revenge was a dish best served cold. What was he to do now? How should he explain this?

The Beast Emperor stammered, "Your Holiness, I—"

"Forget it. There's no need to explain anymore."

Meng Lei waved and said, "Since you've decided to stand against me, then you'll have to suffer due consequences. On account of your status as the Beast Emperor, I'll grant you a respectable death. Take your own life!"

Boom!

Thunderstruck, the Beast Emperor fell limp onto the ground. He knew that everything was over for him! All over!

He no longer had any way out!

All the officials were on tenterhooks and shaking like leaves. If the Beast Emperor had been ordered to take his own life, then what about them? How would Meng Lei punish them?

"As for all of you," Meng Lei turned to the officials and said, "Your titles shall be stripped from you, and you'll be demoted to commoners. Your clans are to be dissolved, and you are to hand over all your land and riches. Be honest and proper commoners from now on!"

"Thank you for showing us mercy, Your Holiness!"

At once, the officials were overjoyed, and they repeatedly bowed in gratitude. They had thought that they were doomed just now, but little did they think that they wouldn't need to die. They had managed to keep their lives!

Meng Lei turned to Puhaman and said, "I'll entrust the Beast People Empire matters to you, Puhaman. Do as you deem fit!"

Puhaman promised, "I thank Master for his trust in me. I definitely won't let you down!"

Then, Meng Lei's gaze turned to the direction of the Far Northern Icelands. He said, "Now that all the Beast People Empire matters have been taken care of, it's time to head to the Demonic Dragon Continent!"

"Yes, Master!"

Vast and wide, the Far Northern Icelands were covered in ice and snow all year round. With pure white snowfields and lofty snow mountains, it was a world fully filled with ice and snow. Rarely did outsiders ever step into the area.

However, a group of unique beings had occupied a certain corner of the Far Northern Icelands. Demonic aura roiled around them—they were actually all Demon Overlords, and they numbered up to 100 of them!

These Demon Overlords formed an encirclement that protected a gigantic teleportation magic circle.

The teleportation magic circle was very big and spanned 10 miles in diameter. An infinite number of elemental crystals were embedded in it.

From this, one could easily imagine that the magic circle's teleportation ability must no doubt be extremely powerful. It could definitely teleport more than a million demons each time.

Indeed, the demon army currently wreaking havoc in the Beast People Empire had come to Heaven's Vault Continent using this exact teleportation magic circle. Therefore, it was evident just how crucial the teleportation magic circle was.

"I'm so bored!"

"I'm dying of boredom!"

"Why do Klas and the others get to lead the army and invade Heaven's Vault Continent while we can only stay here obediently and guard the teleportation magic circle?"

"Exactly! The thought of it alone pisses me off. Why do they get to go while I don't?"

"Those are living beings on mortals' existential planes, y'know! They must taste very fresh and delicious. The thought of Klas and the others currently enjoying delicious blood and flesh makes me drool!"

"This goddamn mission!"

"No, this won't do! I must talk to Lord Anton and Lord Baker next time and get them to put us in charge of invading mortals' existential planes instead!"

"Next time? Who knows when that'll be?"

"Exactly! I'm already 39,872-years-old, yet I've only experienced something like this twice. Who knows when the next time will be?"

"The thought of it pisses me off. Speaking of which, though, how long do you think our demon army will take to occupy Heaven's Vault Continent this time?"

"No more than seven days! In no more than seven days, our demon army will definitely be able to flatten Heaven's Vault Continent, wipe out all the living beings on this existential plane, and turn this place into the demons' paradise!"

"Indeed! With the demon army's incredible prowess, we'll need only seven days to completely take over..."

The 100 Demon Overlords chatted and exchanged comments with one another to pass the time.

They were bored to tears from being sent to guard the teleportation magic circle, so they were naturally greatly displeased.

They wanted to lead the demon army, too!

They wanted to invade Heaven's Vault Continent, too!

They wanted to feed on the mortals' flesh and blood, too!

But what were they to do?

The teleportation magic circle was the gateway to their invasion of Heaven's Vault Continent. It absolutely mustn't be destroyed, so dispatching Demon Overlords like them to guard it was the only way to ensure its safety.

Therefore, no matter how reluctant they were, they could only carry out their duty faithfully.

"Eh?"

A light breeze blew past them at this point, and a group of people appeared above them. The Demon Overlords looked over in puzzlement, and then, their countenances changed greatly right away!

"Human... deities?"

"They are human deities!"

"Why are there human deities here?"

Swept clean of their previous boredom and complaints, the Demon Overlords' eyes bore into the newcomers that had suddenly shown up. Their eyes were filled with wariness and caution.

The newcomers were none other than Meng Lei and the others. As they hadn't deliberately toned down the aura around them, the Demon Overlords had naturally sensed the divine power that they gave off.

One of the Demon Overlords barked, "Who are you?"

"You've already guessed it, haven't you?"

Meng Lei flicked his fingers and ordered aloofly, "Kill them! Leave not a single one alive!"

"Yes, Master!"

"God's Domain!"

"Aaahhhh!!"

"Aaahhhh!!"

"Aaahhhh!!"

In just a short while, all 100 Demon Overlords guarding the teleportation magic circle were wiped out. Not even a single one managed to escape. When faced with powerful combat power, even escaping was nothing but just a fantasy!

"Manifest a divinity personification each and let them guard the teleportation magic circle, lest someone destroys it.

"The others are to follow me to the Demonic Dragon Continent and pay that powerful Dark Demonic Dragon a visit!"

"Yes, Master!"

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Chapter 274: The War Between Gods And Demons, The Secret of The Existential Planes

Demons and deities belonged to two different camps, and they were two completely different types of higher beings.

For a deity to gain strength, apart from having to comprehend laws of nature themselves, they also had to spread their faith. The more abundant their supply of power of faith was, the faster they would gain strength.

Therefore, the number of power of faith domains one had was an important indicator of a deity's strength and status.

It was a different case for demons in comparison.

Firstly, demons didn't need power of faith. They needed only to cannibalize one another or devour demons or deities of a higher level than them, and they would be able to strengthen themselves.

This was the simplest and most straightforward way—as well as what most demons did—for a demon to strengthen itself.

Apart from that, demons also had another way to strengthen themselves, and that was—to occupy existential planes.

The more existential planes a demon occupied and the bigger their territory was, the more rewards they would receive from the Void. As a result, they would also naturally gain strength even faster.

This was also the main reason why many Demon Gods were passionate about expanding their territory and occupying more existential planes despite clearly not needing power of faith.

This was the exact reason why Cyrus, the Dark Demonic Dragon, had invaded Heaven's Vault Continent.

As a Demon God, Cyrus had taken only a short period of time to mature to what it currently was. To outsiders, it would definitely appear to be amazingly talented!

After all, Cyrus had come from a low-end demon existential plane. Moreover, it wasn't even more than 30,000-years-old yet.

How talented must it be, then?

But the truth was?

The existential plane in the Void that Cyrus' hometown was in was relatively unique. Surrounding it were dozens of existential planes that were entangled together to form a densely-packed existential plane cluster.

Yes, an existential plane cluster!

An even more crucial factor was that no Demon God or true god had ever graced the existential plane cluster prior to Cyrus' emergence. It was an untouched area that no one had ever stepped into.

Cyrus effortlessly occupied the dozens of existential planes after its emergence. That was how it had managed to enhance its strength and become a Demon God in such a short amount of time.

Its great fortune made innumerable living beings green with envy, while the speed at which it gained strength made it seem like a cheat that was armed with a cheating device.

Currently, at Mount Demonic Dragon on the Demonic Dragon Continent...

As the loftiest and tallest mountain ranges on Demonic Dragon Continent, Mount Demonic Dragon was shrouded in blood-red clouds and black fog all year round.

No birds flew there, while beasts and insects also stayed clear.

There were barely any traces of human presence and no signs of life at all.

Mount Demonic Dragon was a holy and untouchable place in the whole Demonic Dragon Continent. Any living being that dared so much as to come near would be executed.

Thunderous snoring could be heard coming from a cave at Mount Demonic Dragon's summit at the moment. Air currents from exhalation surged out of the cave like windstorms—the Dark Demonic Dragon was currently fast asleep in the cave.

Indeed, the Dark Demonic Dragon spent its day in slumber all year round. It handed even tasks like invading existential planes and occupying territories to its subordinates.

The only thing it needed to do was to wait for its subordinates to conquer an existential plane, return to the Demonic Dragon Continent, and then refine the Heart of the Existential Plane, and... that would do.

Every other moment of the day was spent in comfortable slumber.

"Grandmaster!"

Just as the Dark Demonic Dragon was still in sweet slumber, a panicked voice traveled over from afar. Then, another Dark Demonic Dragon passed through the thick blood-red clouds and black fog and quickly arrived at the cave.

The Dark Demonic Dragon prostrated on the ground, weeping as it cried out, "Something terrible has happened, Grandmaster!"

"Eh?"

The thunderous snoring died down at once. Then, a furious roar thundered. "Damn you, Baker! How dare you disturb my beauty sleep! If you don't give me a satisfactory explanation today, I'm going to skin you!"

"Something terrible has happened, Grandmaster!"

The Dark Demonic Dragon was actually Baker, whom Meng Lei had previously killed. It sobbed loudly as it said, "The demon army in charge of invading Heaven's Vault Continent has been annihilated. Even my demonic incarnation has died! Dead! They're all dead, Grandmaster!"

"What?"

A pitch-black Dragon head emerged from the cave. Its blood-red eyes bore into the prostrating Baker as it barked fiercely, "What exactly has happened? Speak clearly!"

"Yes, Grandmaster!"

Not daring to dally and show any disrespect, Baker hastily recounted everything that had happened on Heaven's Vault Continent. In the end, it even added, "That human deity is extremely powerful. Not only can he release Netherworld Divine Fire, but he even has the Grim Reaper Scythe that only the Grim Reapers possess. Both Anton and I were not his match even when we joined hands!"

Cyrus, the Dark Demonic Dragon, narrowed its eyes, hints of murderous intent flashing across them. It said, "No matter who you are, be it a Divine Netherworld Phoenix or a Grim Reaper, you deserve death for having the audacity to challenge my authority!"

As a Demon God that's on the same level as an intermediate deity, the Dark Demonic Dragon wasn't one to be intimidated that easily. It was well aware just how powerful the Divine Netherworld Phoenixes and the Grim Reapers were, but it was even more aware of the fact that beings from those two races couldn't show up in a remote existential plane like Heaven's Vault Continent.

But since they had indeed shown up, then there was only one explanation behind this—Meng Lei was very likely a descendant of the Divine Netherworld Phoenixes and the Grim Reapers.

The Dark Demonic Dragon didn't fear that. More importantly, it had even thought of some other things by association.

"Heaven's Vault Continent must be no ordinary continent if the Divine Netherworld Phoenixes' and the Grim Reapers' bloodlines have been passed down over there. A war between gods and demons might have broken out there in the past."

"A war between gods and demons?!"

An unusual look flashed across the Dark Demonic Dragon's eyes.

A war between gods and demons wasn't something uncommon.

As adversaries, fights would break out between gods and demons whenever they encountered each other.

In fact, god-demon wars involving all the deities and all the demons in the Void and swept through the entire Void would break out every once in a while.

Thus, there was nothing that strange about god-demon wars. What the Dark Demonic Dragon was concerned about was what these god-demon wars left behind, such as their dead bodies, their weapons, their divine cores, their riches...

All of these were things to be coveted!

"Looks like there's a need for me to make a trip to Heaven's Vault Continent!"

An unusual glint flashed in the Dark Demonic Dragon's eyes. It was no big deal, even if it ended up making a wasted trip anyway. It was nothing more than just wasting some time that it could've spent sleeping instead.

On the other hand, it would strike gold if it really did discover anything exceptional in Heaven's Vault Continent.

The moment the thought occurred to it, the Dark Demonic Dragon transformed into its human form and exited the cave.

"Baker, assemble the remaining Demon Lords and Great Demon Lords. They are to follow me to Heaven's Vault Continent. We shall exterminate those goddamn human deities and flatten that low-end material plane!"

"As per the Grandmaster's orders!"

Overjoyed, Baker quickly went to assemble the demons.

Before long, all the other Demon Lords and Great Demon Lords under the Dark Demonic Dragon's command assembled and, under the Dark Demonic Dragon's lead, headed toward the Camor Plateaus where the teleportation magic circle leading to Heaven's Vault Continent was.

The demons moved very quickly. Before long, they had arrived at the Camor Plateaus. Unexpectedly, just as they arrived at the teleportation magic circle, the magic circle showed signs of fluctuations, and then Meng Lei and the others appeared within.

"Eh?"

Both parties were slightly taken aback as their eyes met. Evidently, neither had expected to run into each other.

Baker, who was among the demon masses, was the first to regain his senses. It glared at Meng Lei and shouted, "Damned human demon, to think you actually dare to make your way here!"

"Who are you?"

Meng Lei stared at Baker, somewhat weirded out. He could swear that he had never seen that guy before.

"Damned human deity, have you already forgotten that you killed one of my demonic incarnations?"

Baker gnashed its teeth in a fury, hatred filling its eyes.

"I don't remember."

Meng Lei waved lightly, his gaze sweeping across the demons one by one before finally stopping at Cyrus, the Dark Demonic Dragon.

Among the dozens of demons present, Cyrus gave off the strongest demonic might. Much like the blazing sun in the sky, it couldn't get any more obvious.

In comparison, while the Demon Lords and Great Demon Lords boasted large numbers, they were just like stars in the sky. How could they possibly outshine the blazing sun?

Cyrus also stared at Meng Lei and the others, a look of disbelief flitting across his eyes.

"No wonder Baker and Anton weren't a match for all of you. You're certainly not that inferior!"

"So, you're Cyrus the Demon God?" asked a leisurely and smiling Meng Lei.

"How dare a tiny little lesser deity utter Lord Demon God's name!"

A Great Demon Lord covered in blood-red armor and with ram horns on its head glared at Meng Lei. The aura around it churned and surged as it barked, "Get on your knees!"

As it spoke, the energy flow around it also manifested into a solid form and crushed down on Meng Lei like a mountain, as though trying to flatten him to the ground.

"How dare you affront Master! Die!"

Bubbles let out a furious roar and smashed his fist mercilessly toward the Great Demon Lord.

Both parties weren't very far from each other. Moreover, Bubbles had attacked out of the blue. Thus, the Great Demon Lord couldn't react in time and took the punch in the head.

Crack!

As a crisp crack rang out, the Great Demon Lord's head was instantly blasted apart into a mist of blood.

Weirdly enough, the Great Demon Lord's head was bizarrely restored to its original state after being blasted into a bloody mist.

"It's actually alright despite that punch?"

Bubbles looked dumbfounded.

Meng Lei and his true god subordinates also looked at the Great Demon Lord with astonishment.

To think it was actually fine and dandy after taking an all-out punch from Bubbles! How tough and durable!

"You damned deity!"

The Great Demon Lord was glaring furiously at Bubbles, however. Flames of fury blazed fiercely in its eyes as it roared, "How dare you wound me! Die! Die!"

Roar!

The Great Demon Lord instantly expanded into a 1,000-feet-tall Bloodseeker and charged madly toward Bubbles.

"It's a Bloodseeker! No wonder it didn't die!"

Bubbles brazenly met the Great Demon Lord head-on.

Boom!

Both parties clashed in an instant.

Bloodseekers were demons whose demonic body was formed from blood. They didn't have any specific kind of physical body and were a fluid lifeform. Thus, they were immune to most physical attacks.

That characteristic alone greatly restricted Bubbles. Bubbles couldn't do anything about the Bloodseeker at all despite his terrifying physical strength.

Moreover, Bubbles had ultimately only just assimilated his divine core and was a lesser deity of the weakest class. How could he possibly be a match for the enraged Bloodseeker?

After a series of entanglements, Bubbles was gradually outmatched. Surrounded by perils, he was completely in a disadvantageous position.

"Master, I'll go and help Bubbles out!"

At the sight, Sacas hastily requested.

"Go!"

Meng Lei waved lightly. Sacas charged toward them right away. At the sight, another demon also flew out from the demon party. It was a winged demon with a pair of black wings on its back and ram horns on its head.

"Thinking of fighting two against one? Human deities are indeed despicable!" Ludwig, the winged demon, stood in Sacas' way and sneered.

"Get lost!"

Sacas let out a low roar and began to battle Ludwig.

"Go, all of you can attack, too!"

Meng Lei gave an order with a wave.

"Yes, Master!"

Nadja, the Spider Goddess, the Swirling Snow Sword Saint, and the others also charged out fearlessly.

Cyrus said dispassionately, "Go. Give them a good time."

"Yes, Lord Demon God!"

Boom!

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Chapter 275: Dark Demonic Dragon, Divine Netherworld Phoenix

Boom, boom, boom!

An unprecedented tangled war between gods and demons had broken out above the Camor Plateaus!

10 deities—Puhaman wasn't present—and 45 demons instantly clashed against one another.

The 10 deities were all lesser deities that had just assimilated their divine cores, while the 45 demons consisted of nine Great Demon Lords and 36 Demon Lords.

On paper, the deities appeared to be at a complete and absolute disadvantage, and chances of victory were worryingly low—and the truth was indeed so.

On average, each deity was being besieged by one Great Demon Lord and three Demon Lords. Moreover, the deities had only just assimilated their divine cores, so all 11 of them were completely being suppressed by the Demon Lords.

Surrounded by perils and stuck in a precarious situation, they seemed like they might perish any moment.

Yet Meng Lei wasn't worried about that at all. His gaze stayed on Cyrus, and he said, "Mr. Cyrus, it's just you and me now."

"The audacity of you, human deity!"

Sharp, forceful murderous intent emanated from Cyrus. It said, "Even if we put the matter of annihilating my army aside for now, to think you actually dare to pursue us all the way here to seek your own death!"

"We'll talk about whether or not I'm seeking my own death later on." Meng Lei gave him a leisurely smile and said, "But for deploying a demon army to invade my territory without any reason, don't you think you owe me an explanation?"

"You'll naturally get one if you beat me in a fight!"

Cyrus bared its fangs and said, "Otherwise, both you and those deities of yours will all perish by my fangs and end up in my belly!"

"Let's fight, then!"

Meng Lei stretched and loosened his neck muscles, producing crisp cracks as he did so. Then, he said, "On account of your senior status, I'll allow you to make the first move."

"You cocky deity, die!"

Enraged, Cyrus threw a punch out.

Although it was currently in human form, its punch nevertheless still held incredibly fearsome power. The fragile, brittle dimension instantly broke, and its fist appeared right in front of Meng Lei as if it had teleported.

It was fast! Incredibly so!

It was wild and raging! Exceptionally so!

Wild, violent power erupted with a great blast. Anyone, even a pinnacle-level lesser deity, would no doubt be reduced to a bloody pulp should they receive the full brunt of the punch.

Meng Lei could totally sense the terrifying power the punch contained. In the instant it came at him, he used Dark-Elemental Transformation right away and transformed into a cloud of drifting dark elements.

"Dark-Elemental Transformation!"

Cyrus immediately recognized Meng Lei's move. It couldn't help but let out an icy snort. Then, it said, "Demon's Domain!"

Buzz...

A great force abruptly manifested and froze the dimension around Meng Lei. Meng Lei was rendered immobile—in fact, he couldn't even resume human form!

"You arrogant human deity!"

Cyrus said coldly, "Your cultivation level is too low. I don't even need to use other means because my Demon's Domain alone is enough to completely subdue you."

"Demon's Domain?"

Meng Lei perked up.

Since deities had God's Domain, Demon Gods naturally also had their own Domain of the Demons, which was also shortened to Demon's Domain by the Demon Gods. It was merely a difference in names.

As expected, Demon's Domain cast by a Demon God that rivals an intermediate deity is exceptionally powerful!

Meng Lei sighed inwardly. Then, he promptly teleported and quietly disappeared from the Demon's Domain range.

"He vanished?"

Cyrus was a little startled at the sight, and it stared somewhat disbelievingly at Meng Lei, who was a short distance away.

"There weren't any power of divinity or air-current fluctuations. If my guess is right, what you've just used must be a special spatial ability?"

"Bingo!" Meng Lei smiled and replied, "To be more accurate, it's teleportation."

"Teleportation!"

Cyrus narrowed its eyes slightly, great waves churning in its heart. Not only did the other party possess the Divine Netherworld Phoenix bloodline and the Grim Reaper Scythe, but he could even use powerful special abilities like Dark-Elemental Transformation and Teleportation!

Just what kind of existence was Meng Lei? Why did he own such powerful and fearsome abilities, and so many at that?

"Cyrus, you're very strong," Meng Lei gazed at Cyrus and said, "What a shame that you're not a match for me. I'll give you a chance at survival. I hope you can seize the opportunity. Submit to me!"

"How presumptuous!" Cyrus snorted. "You're a deity with secrets that I'm very interested in. As long as you hand over all your secrets, I'm willing to give you a way out."

"Since that's the case, then let's fight!" Meng Lei smiled calmly and said, "I'm going to show you my greatest trump card now!"

Thick, viscous black flames suddenly burst forth from Meng Lei as he spoke. It was as though his entire body had burst into flames. The more the black flames blazed, the stronger they became...

Toward the end, Meng Lei had completely turned into a fiercely-blazing large black fireball.

Floating in the center of the black fireball was a handsome and powerful-looking beast with a wingspan that exceeded 100 meters!

Ink-black in color all over and covered in rising black flames, it had a cockatoo-like head, a snake-like neck, a strong jaw, a raised back, and a fishtail...

Boom!

A fearsome and intimidating aura emanated from the handsome and powerful-looking beast and swept toward all directions, wantonly weighing down on everyone.

The 50 gods and demons that were originally entangled in chaotic battles halted their movements, turning to the floating beast covered in black flames and staring at it in disbelief.

"W-what a terrifying aura!"

"The Divine Netherworld Phoenix! That's the divine beast from Hell, the Divine Netherworld Phoenix!"

"No wonder Master can manipulate the Netherworld Divine Fire. So he's really a Divine Netherworld Phoenix!"

Be it Bubbles and the other true gods or the Demon Lord masses, everyone was filled with trepidation.

Even if they temporarily disregarded the Divine Netherworld Phoenix's intimidating status, just the aura that Meng Lei was currently giving off was already enough to prevent them from even forming the desire to battle him.

It was too scary!

"How long has it only been? Yet he has already become that strong? Just how exactly does that guy cultivate?"

Rose, the Spider Goddess, had a complex look in her eyes. She couldn't help but think back to the time when she had first met Meng Lei.

Meng Lei had only been a tiny little half-deity back then. Had it not been for his strange special abilities and the Netherworld Divine Fire, he wouldn't have been her match at all.

How long had it only been since then? Yet Meng Lei's aura had far surpassed that of a lesser deity by now and reached a level that even the Spider Goddess couldn't identify anymore. She couldn't help but feel as if she had lived her entire life in vain.

"The Divine Netherworld Phoenix!"

Cyrus was also watching Meng Lei. A barely discernible hint of wariness flashed across its eyes as it said, "As expected, you really are a Divine Netherworld Phoenix! I've underestimated you!

"Mr. Cyrus, come at me at full power!" Meng Lei flapped his wings and said, "Otherwise, you won't even have a chance at beating me!"

"Having a death wish? I'll fulfill your wish!"

Cyrus moved carefully.

Meng Lei's current aura had completely reached a Demon God's level and wasn't weaker than his by much. Moreover, Meng Lei was even a Divine Netherworld Phoenix. How would it dare to underestimate him?

Howl!

A loud, sonorous roar later, the Dark Demonic Dragon promptly transformed into its true form, and a pitch-black, 100,000-feet-long Demonic Dragon appeared.

It wasn't very big in size and was about the same size as a true god-level Colossal Dragon. However, the aura it gave off was ridiculously strong and infinitely more powerful than a true god-level Colossal Dragon's!

"Great!"

Meng Lei raised his head and laughed into the heavens. Then, with a light flap of his wings, he turned into a black thunderbolt that lunged toward the Dark Demonic Dragon, coming right up to it in the blink of an eye.

"Are you actually intending to wrestle with me?"

The Dark Demonic Dragon released a couple of tornadoes from its nostrils at the sight, while its thick, muscular tail morphed into an iron whip that lashed mercilessly at Meng Lei.

Whoosh!

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Chapter 276: Power Of Existential Plane, Rebirth

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The thick, muscular dragon tail turned into an iron whip, slashing toward Meng Lei, who had transformed into a Divine Netherworld Phoenix.

It came as fast as lightning with great force and momentum. It was mighty and forceful that could destroy heaven and earth!

If it hits its target, Meng Lei would surely be squashed into meat sauce. However, just as the tail was about to hit Meng Lei, he vanished. When he reappeared, Meng Lei was already at the back of the Dark Demonic Dragon.

Meng Lei swiped his gleaming phoenix claws viciously. A ripping sound echoed as the Dark Demonic Dragon's back was scratched, leaving deep fissures.

Howl!

The Dark Demonic Dragon let out a cry of pain as it turned its head to spit out black dragon breath. However, in front of the powerful teleportation, how could it even touch Meng Lei?

Slash!

Meng Lei teleported away and swiped his claws down as black blood and flesh flew everywhere.

"Damn it!"

The Dark Demonic Dragon roared in rage and released its Demon's Domain, attempting to trap Meng Lei in his position. Though the Demon's Domain could seal the air around, Meng Lei could not be suppressed.

Another teleportation!

Slash!

The following rounds of battles were almost the same, where Meng Lei constantly teleported around and attacked any openings he saw. The Dark Demonic Dragon simply had no answer to that.

Every single furious roar only exchanged for its battered body!

On the other hand, Meng Lei was neither out of breath nor red-faced, becoming more valiant the more he fought as he dominated over the Dark Demonic Dragon. To be honest, teleportation was such a huge BUG!

Dark Demonic Dragon used Demon's Domain, Meng Lei used Teleport!

Dark Demonic Dragon used physical attack, Meng Lei used Teleport!

Dark Demonic Dragon used magic attacks, Meng Lei used Teleport!

No matter what the Dark Demonic Dragon threw at Meng Lei, he only needed to teleport to evade any attacks.

Of course, other than teleportation, Meng Lei possessed incredible speed and a pair of phoenix claws that could slice through the Dark Demonic Dragon's demonic body.

What did the Dark Demonic Dragon have?

Its powerful and strong demonic body, its terrifying power, its destructive dragon breath.

Upon comparing both sides, Meng Lei naturally restricted the Dark Demonic Dragon.

No matter how tough your demonic body is, or how powerful you are, or how terrifying your dragon breath is, they are all useless if you can't hit me!

"Mr. Cyrus, is that all you got?" Meng Lei said with a thundering voice, "If that's it, then today will be the day you fall!"

"Human deity!" The Dark Demonic Dragon let out a deep growl. "You have well and truly enraged me! I'm going to tear you into a million pieces! Power of existential plane, Suppression!"

Buzz...

A massive amount of force came rushing from all around and pressed onto Meng Lei's body.

This force was incredibly pervasive and terrifying. It was much heavier than Mount Tai and Mount Everest putting on millions of G forces on Meng Lei's body!

Meng Lei froze at his spot as his bones made cracking sounds as if he could be crushed into dust anytime.

"What powerful suppression!" Meng Lei's expression changed a little. "It's not Demon's Domain. It's also not one of those special suppression abilities, while it seems very similar to Horace's divine kingdom's power. What exactly is that then?"

Meng Lei was rather puzzled.

"Human deity, you'll pay the price for your foolishness and ignorance!" The Dark Demonic Dragon let out a roar before sweeping its claw down.

This time, under the restraint of the existential plane's power, Meng Lei could neither use Teleport or Elemental Transformation as he got hit cleanly.

Boom!

A great, vast force erupted. An unmatchable force hit Meng Lei's body as if he was thunderstruck, almost breaking his bones apart.

"F*ck! This power is really... strong!"

Meng Lei licked the blood on the corner of his lips and gasped.

"Die! Ignorant fool!"

The Dark Demonic Dragon let out a sinister laugh, and rounds of frenzied attacks like a thunderstorm ensued—using either its sharp claws, or its heavy tail, or its destructive dragon breath...

At this juncture, the situation had turned around completely, opposite of what happened just now.

"Master!"

Bubbles and the rest shouted angrily and tried to rescue Meng Lei, but 45 Demon Lords and Great Demon Lords were in their way.

"Kekeke! Your opponents are us!"

"Lowly human deity, I can't wait to taste your flesh!"

"Kill these damn deities..."

Boom, boom, boom!

Under the 45 Demon Lords and Great Demon Lords attacks, Bubbles and the rest were in a precarious circumstance, which might be worse than Meng Lei's situation.

"Human deity, the only thing you can blame is your arrogance to trespass into my territory! If not, I would not have been able to deal with you!" The Dark Demonic Dragon attacked while it laughed sinisterly. "Here in the Demonic Dragon Continent, you are just meat on the chopping block waiting for me to kill anytime!"

"What exactly is this ability?" Meng Lei barked a question.

"Since you're about to die, there's no harm telling you. This is the power of the existential plane." The Dark Demonic Dragon gave a smug smile. "I have refined the Heart of the Existential Plane, and I am able to use the power of the existential plane of the Demonic Dragon Continent! Human deity, you might be powerful, but you are no match against the power of an existential plane on the material level."

"Power of an existential plane?" Meng Lei came to a sudden realization as he asked further, "Then how did you refine a Heart of the Existential Plane of a material plane?"

"To refine a Heart of Existential Plane, you need to find one before you can refine it!" The Dark Demonic Dragon sneered. "But you'll never get the chance since you'll die in my hands without any chance to rise again!"

"Die? I'm not certain about that!" Meng Lei took a breath and said, "You are indeed rather powerful to be able to push me this far, Mr. Cyrus. But it would be a pity since you can't kill me!"

He had only just spoken when thick black flames lit up around Meng Lei and completely engulfed him from inside out.

His head was burning;

His limbs were burning;

His intestines were burning;

Every part of his body was in flames.

Gradually, the viscous Netherworld Divine Fire formed a huge solid-like black cocoon, wrapping up Meng Lei within!

The cocoon was inscribed with strange fire runes. They were like tadpoles full of life squirming around in a special rhythm.

"That's..."

The Dark Demonic Dragon watched the fire cocoon forming abruptly before its pupils contracted suddenly, and it exclaimed, "Rise From The Ashes! Damn it! This rascal dares to use Rise From The Ashes at this timing!"

The Divine Netherworld Phoenix's race was well known across the Void, dominating in the Netherworld. Hence, it would be difficult for Cyrus not to have heard about them.

Of course, Cyrus knew the Divine Netherworld Phoenix's exclusive Innate Special Ability—Rise From The Ashes!

In the lifetime of a Divine Netherworld Phoenix, it must complete nine rebirths before it became a true adult and reached its peak, but it was incredibly difficult.

This was due to every rebirth came with an immense amount of risk—any carelessness would burn itself to death till it turned into ashes and the divine spirit was destroyed. That was why it was so dangerous!

For that reason, every time before it went through Rise From The Ashes, the Divine Netherworld Phoenix would normally do a full preparation and find a safe hidden spot to perform this Innate Special Ability.

Who else would be like Meng Lei who—midway through the battle—decided to perform Rise From The Ashes after seeing that he was losing?

This isn't a goddamn Rise From The Ashes, it's just the same as a moth flying into the fire—seeking death!

"Foolish human deity, since you're seeking death, then don't blame me for granting your wish!"

The Dark Demonic Dragon gave a deep roar as demonic aura gathered in its mouth and shot the demonic aura ball toward Meng Lei like a cannon.

"Die! Human deity!"

The demonic aura ball was formed with an extremely compressed demonic aura containing huge destructive powers. If it hit, the black fire cocoon would surely be blasted into pieces.

"Master!"

Bubbles and the rest shouted anxiously, though they could not help Meng Lei with all the Demon Lords surrounding them. They could only watch a ball of demonic aura shot toward Meng Lei!

"Human deity, you're finished!" The Dark Demonic Dragon sneered. However, right before the ball hit the fire cocoon, a space vortex appeared out of nowhere and devoured the black aura ball.

"What?"

The Dark Demonic Dragon was stunned as it could not believe its eyes.

Where did that space vortex come from?

"It vanished?"

Bubbles and the other nine deities, plus the 45 Demon Lords and Great Demon Lords were all in shock. How did such a ferocious attack vanish just like that?

What kind of situation was this?

The Dark Demonic Dragon growled and sprayed out another dragon breath of destruction, the result remained the same as the dragon breath was devoured by the space vortex too!

"Goddamn it! What's happening?"

The Dark Demonic Dragon was going crazy. Just then, a little demon flapping its wings appeared in front of the fire cocoon.

"Little rascal, taking advantage of others' perilous state isn't a good habit!" The little demon looked at the Dark Demonic Dragon angrily and shouted, "Wait till Meng Lei finishes his rebirth process before you fight him, understand?"

Compared to the Dark Demonic Dragon's humongous body, the little demon was too small to command any authority, especially when it called the Dark Demonic Dragon 'little rascal'. The scene was as comical as anyone would expect!

Yet, the Dark Demonic Dragon did not object. Instead, it looked at this little demon with a face in horror, as if it saw a primeval behemoth!

"You better follow as I say! Wait for him to complete his rebirth process before resuming your battle! Or else I'll skin you alive!"

The little demon threatened one last time before it disappeared. The Dark Demonic Dragon was panting hard while it broke out in cold sweat.

It did not attack the fire cocoon anymore and stayed at the same place obediently!

This scene left the demon subordinates clueless about what was happening as they looked at each other in the eyes.

"What happened to our great master?

"Afraid of a little demon?"

"What exactly is going on then?"

They could not understand what was in the mind of the Dark Demonic Dragon. If they did, they would be scared to death!

"Higher deity! That's definitely the aura of a higher deity! This damned human deity, he has a higher deity supporting him!"

Terror gripped the Dark Demonic Dragon.

It neither knew the little demon nor its background, but the aura it emitted was definitely over the level of an intermediate deity!

That little demon was a higher deity!

A higher deity!

Even though it seemed mighty now, it could get smashed into pieces with one slap if it faced a higher deity!

That was the terrifying part of it. It would never have thought that there was a higher deity on Meng Lei's side!

What could it even do now?

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Chapter 277: Bankrupt Overnight, Reconstructing The Divine Body

"You little scoundrel, how dare you act so recklessly!"

In the Tower of Time, Dodola cursed as it watched Meng Lei, who was currently wrapped in a fire cocoon. Evidently, it was greatly displeased with what he had done.

"Rise From The Ashes is a highly risky move. A moment of carelessness and one will vanish in a puff of smoke, their divine spirit fully destroyed.

"Other Divine Netherworld Phoenixes only wish they could make even safer and even more perfect preparations, yet he actually went ahead and cast Rise From The Ashes under such circumstances. He shouldn't have done that even if he has a death wish!"

Despite how fiercely Dodola was ranting, it couldn't hide the look of worry in its eyes. The Dark Demonic Dragon was nothing to Dodola; it could smack the Dark Demonic Dragon dead with just one hit.

What it was worried about was Meng Lei!

"Can such a sudden casting of Rise From The Ashes really succeed?

"Never mind, the chances of success are simply too low, considering how he had cast it so recklessly. If it doesn't work, then I'll just lend him a hand. He mustn't die... If he dies, I'll suffer a huge loss..."

Could he succeed?

Meng Lei himself didn't know, either.

All he knew was that the power of divinity inside him was currently being depleted at an alarming rate. Every second passing saw 100 Power of Divinity droplets being depleted!

100 droplets per second!

How ridiculous was a rate like that?

For many half-deities, that was all the power of divinity they had even after saving and accumulating them for tens of thousands of years. One could easily imagine just how frightening Meng Lei's current power of divinity consumption rate was.

However, that was how Rise From The Ashes was. It had to fully burn every cell, every bone, every muscle, every organ...

...Until Meng Lei's entire self was burned into ashes, leaving behind only his divine spirit and the purest, most refined blood essence!

His divine body will then be reconstructed using that as a foundation. To sum it up, the act of destruction was all for the sake of creation.

Naturally, the whole process required vast amounts of power of divinity. After all, divine bodies were incredibly difficult to destroy and even harder to construct.

Of course, because their divine body would be burned and destroyed—in fact, even burned to ashes—the process was also accompanied by immense pain and agony. One could easily imagine the amount of affliction involved in the process.

Meng Lei didn't fear pain. He had already gone through innumerable hardships and painful experiences by now, so pain didn't frighten him anymore.

Neither was he afraid of power of divinity depletion. Given the 888.88 million Laws of Nature Origin Crystals in his possession, was there any need for him to fear the mere power of divinity depletion?

However, the events that followed next showed Meng Lei that he had grossly underestimated the amount of power of divinity he needed—it took only two hours for the 10,000 Divinity Crystals' worth of power of divinity to be completely depleted!

Left with no other choice, he could only buy and redeem more.

"System, redeem 10,000 Divinity Crystals' worth of power of divinity for me!"

Whoosh!

His Wealth instantly shrank by 100,000,000 Laws of Nature Origin Crystals. At the same time, he also received 10,000 Divinity Crystals' worth of power of divinity.

The burning continued!

The depletion continued!

Another two hours later, the 10,000 Divinity Crystals' worth of power of divinity that he had only just redeemed were fully depleted again.

Left with no other choice again, Meng Lei could only spend another 100,000,000 Laws of Nature Origin Crystals and replenish his reserves with another 10,000 Divinity Crystals' worth of power of divinity.

After four hours of burning, Meng Lei could feel that his physical body had already been completely burned away. His bones, his muscles... Everything had been reduced to ashes, leaving behind only his divine spirit flame and a ball of blood essence floating in the air.

The divine spirit flame was a bunch of flames fully golden in color, and it gave off rich divine spiritual power.

The blood essence gave off a pale golden glow and was also filled with a strong aura of vitality—it was the essence that had formed using all of Meng Lei's blood and life force.

"Now that my physical body has been burned away, it's time to reconstruct my divine body."

He let out a long sigh and infused power of divinity into his blood essence. As though injected with hormones, the blood essence began to replicate and proliferate furiously...

For a while, the blood essence expanded swiftly like an inflating balloon. In the short span of a few breaths, it had already expanded by quite a few times of its original size and become as big as a basketball!

The blood essence's rapid expansion was accompanied by a frighteningly high power of divinity depletion rate. The depletion rate was a whole multiple times that of what it had previously been. Up to 1,000 Power of Divinity droplets were depleted every second.

,000 Divinity Crystals' worth of power of divinity had originally been able to sustain him for two hours, yet it couldn't last even half an hour now. The depletion rate was simply too scary, and it filled Meng Lei with alarm and trepidation.

"I still have 680 million Laws of Nature Origin Crystals left. Can it guarantee me a successful divine body reconstruction?"

Meng Lei was rather nervous. Like what people usually said, "Destruction is easy, but creation is hard."

If it had taken 20,000 Divinity Crystals' worth of power of divinity to burn his divine body away, then how much would he need to reconstruct it?

Meng Lei had no idea at all, but now that things had reached this point, it was impossible for him to stop halfway. He had to successfully reconstruct his divine body in one go.

Ten minutes passed...

Twenty minutes passed...

Half an hour passed...

"System, redeem 30,000 Divinity Crystals' worth of power of divinity for me!"

His blood essence was still expanding and had already become taller than an average human's height by now. Then, it began to form and grow meridians and blood veins, internal organs and bones, muscles, tendons, marrow, and so on.

The meridians and blood veins came first, followed by internal organs and bones, while the muscles, tendons, marrow, hair, and skin came last.

Only when everything had fully formed did the power of divinity depletion gradually stop.

It was then that Meng Lei discovered to his horror that he was only left with 880,000 Laws of Nature Origin Crystals and 200 Divinity Crystals' worth of power of divinity!

This meant that his rebirth had, in total, consumed 888 million Laws of Nature Origin Crystals, leaving him with only a fraction of the original amount now!

This also meant that he had gone right back to square one—Meng Lei had become a pauper again!

"At least it's succeeded, though."

Meng Lei couldn't help but heave a sigh of relief. Had his wealth been any less, his rebirth would really have sent everything he had previously achieved down the drain and destroyed everything he had in one day.

He would have been doomed if that had happened.

Meng Lei balled his hands into fists. He could feel that his physique had changed completely and could sense great power constantly gushing out from the depths of his blood.

"What a powerful sensation! It's much, much more powerful than what it had previously been! Surely I can be considered a young adult Divine Netherworld Phoenix now?

"Since my divine body has been successfully reconstructed, it's time to go out."

A boom rang out with a thought from Meng Lei, and the black fire cocoon enveloping him instantly exploded. Meng Lei showed himself in front of everyone once more.

"He's out!"

Dodola, Cyrus the Dark Demonic Dragon, the 45 Demon Lords and Great Demon Lords, as well as Bubbles and the others who had been subdued, all looked over.

"That guy's actually succeeded!"

Dodola was so astonished that it widened its eyes so large that its eyeballs almost fell out of their sockets. It had already gotten all ready to lend him a hand, yet Meng Lei had actually succeeded in the end!

"Just how did he manage to do that?"

Dodola couldn't help but somewhat question its own life.

The Dark Demonic Dragon was also questioning its own life. It simply couldn't understand—despite casting Rise From The Ashes so recklessly, Meng Lei had actually succeeded?

Was there even any justice in this world?

Who the hell was it supposed to reason with?

Nevertheless, now that things had come to this, it was meaningless no matter how indignant he was. The Dark Demonic Dragon knew very well that with Meng Lei's successful rebirth, it would have to face an even stronger Meng Lei now.

Meng Lei's physical body was already comparable to an average intermediate deity's previously, but it must be even stronger now. Was it a match for him?

What's more was that higher deity behind him, too.

The thought of Dodola drove the Dark Demonic Dragon rather mad. With a higher deity like that hidden behind Meng Lei's back, how was it supposed to fight him?

Kill Meng Lei, and then be killed by Dodola? Take the initiative to concede defeat and allow Meng Lei to humiliate it?

It was a goddamn miserable outcome no matter which it chose!

"Mr. Cyrus, I've kept you waiting," said Meng Lei as he rose into the air.

His pupils were pitch-black and as pure and flawless as an infant's, while two tiny licks of flames flickered in their depths.

"Human deity!"

The Dark Demonic Dragon's eyes bore into Meng Lei.

Even though Meng Lei didn't physically look like he had changed much, the Dark Demonic Dragon could nonetheless still sense an invisible pressure coming from him.

The pressure alarmed and suffocated it. It was as if it wasn't facing a human deity but a ferocious primeval beast!

Although he hasn't reached the Great Demon God stage yet, he has already far surpassed an ordinary Demon God!

The Dark Demonic Dragon was alarmed.

That damned human deity! To think the rebirth has actually strengthened him so much. How inconceivable!

"Mr. Cyrus, let us continue our battle!"

Meng Lei's eyes were clear. Battle spirit surged in his eyes. He was rather eager to test his newfound strength.

"Human deity, leave Demonic Dragon Continent with your servants at once, and I'll take it that nothing has ever happened."

The Dark Demonic Dragon growled, "From then on, we'll stay in our own lanes and mind our own business. How does that sound?"

"That's a nice plan you have for yourself."

Meng Lei shook his head lightly and said, "Do you think you can make me leave so easily after you've deployed troops to invade my territory? Aren't you indulging in fantasy a little too much?"

"What do you want, human deity?"

The Dark Demonic Dragon roared deeply.

"One must shoulder the consequences of their own mistakes."

Meng Lei's voice gradually turned icy as he said, "I'm open to the idea if you wish to bury the hatchet and turn hostility into friendship. Everything is open for discussion if you hand over your divine spirit origin energy to me."

The Dark Demonic Dragon flew into a thundering rage and roared, "That's going too far human deity!"

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Chapter 278: Netherworld Divine Fire Upgrades, The End of The Demonic Dragon

Chilly winds blew fiercely above the Camor Plateaus.

Bubbles and the nine other deities were covered in wounds and appeared extremely worse for the wear. They had even been firmly subdued by the 45 Demon Lords and Great Demon Lords.

Had the Dark Demonic Dragon not been afraid of Dodola backing Meng Lei up and thus acted with caution, Bubbles and the others would have been executed a long time ago.

Dodola had not only protected Meng Lei but also indirectly saved Bubbles and the others. From this, one could tell just how fearsome a higher deity's influence was.

"That's going too far, human deity!"

The Dark Demonic Dragon glared at Meng Lei, its eyes spitting flames of fury as it gnashed its teeth hatefully.

"Let's fight, then!"

The corners of Meng Lei's lips quirked upward as he said, "I believe you'll make a wise decision when the battle ends."

The Dark Demonic Dragon hadn't completely lost all reason yet. It roared, "Human deity, leave before you enrage me!"

"Cut the crap!"

Meng Lei snorted, and then he promptly launched an attack. This time, he didn't transform into the Divine Netherworld Phoenix but attacked in human form instead.

He wasn't being arrogant and presumptuous. Rather, it was because he had confidence in himself. After his rebirth, Meng Lei's strength had undergone an overwhelming change.

Meng Lei believed that he could defeat the Dark Demonic Dragon while still in human form and that there was no need for him to shapeshift.

Boom!

As he took a step forward, his fist also instantly reached its target. A thunderous boom rang out, and the Dark Demonic Dragon was sent flying.

Its nose bridge had sunken inward, and blood spurted high into the air from its nose—Meng Lei's punch had actually broken its nose bridge and caused him to bleed from the nose.

"You bastard!"

The Dark Demonic Dragon was alarmed and incensed. It roared furiously, "Suppress him, Power of Existential Plane!"

The existential plane's omnipresent power weighed down on Meng Lei, but this time, he teleported above the Dark Demonic Dragon instead.

Then, he stomped down with his foot!

Boom!

Vast, mighty force erupted as Meng Lei made a deep pit right in the Dark Demonic Dragon's head. Then, its enormous body plummeted straight down onto the ground.

"Power of Existential Plane is certainly very fearsome," Meng Lei stood proudly in the sky, light flickering in his eyes as he said, "But it takes time for it to take effect on me after you've cast it. This interval is enough for me to escape!"

Once was more than enough when it came to suffering disadvantages.

Meng Lei was confident that he could evade Power of Existential Plane even if he hadn't been reborn, let alone when he had become much stronger after his rebirth.

"Damn it!"

The Dark Demonic Dragon was exceptionally enraged.

Meng Lei had broken its nose bridge and even trampled upon its head!

That was an incredibly huge insult to it. How could the great Dark Demonic Dragon possibly take it lying down?

"Die! Go to hell!"

The Dark Demonic Dragon took on a terrifying 500,000-feet-long size, opened its mouth, and sprayed a beam of dragon breath that crushed down on Meng Lei from every direction.

Spanning several hundred meters long in diameter, the beam of dragon breath was simply too wide and thick. Most people had no way of resisting it at all, but to Meng Lei, it was futile.

He teleported and vanished from the spot. By the time he reappeared, he had already shown up behind the Dark Demonic Dragon out of the blue.

"It looks like you don't have any methods that are superior to physical attacks, Demon's Domain, and Power of Existential Plane. In that case, it's time for this battle to end!"

Having seen through the Dark Demonic Dragon's moves, Meng Lei lost interest in battling any further. Netherworld Divine Fire flames started to blaze in Meng Lei's eyes as he glared at the Dark Demonic Dragon. They began to burn fervently and ultimately turned into two black pillars of fire so tall that they connected the heavens and earth before shooting onto the Dark Demonic Dragon's back.

From appearances alone, it didn't look like the Netherworld Divine Fire flames had changed much. They were still as black as ink and as though Itachi[1]'s Amaterasu[2] flames.

However, it had undergone a qualitative change at its core.

Its temperature had become even more insanely high!

Its ability to burn had also become even more fearsome!

The flames had also become more high-quality!

In other words, the Netherworld Divine Fire had also upgraded itself after Meng Lei's rebirth.

To be honest, this was a very normal occurrence.

The Netherworld Divine Fire heralded as an inextinguishable fire that could burn even higher deities to death was actually referring to the one that had gone through several rebirths and upgrades, not a juvenile Divine Netherworld Phoenix's Netherworld Divine Fire.

After all, no matter how powerful a juvenile Divine Netherworld Phoenix's Netherworld Divine Fire was, how could it possibly burn a higher deity to death?

"Ahhh!"

After the Netherworld Divine Fire landed onto the Dark Demonic Dragon's back, it began to blaze away furiously and spread throughout its back at a ridiculously high speed.

The astonishing thing was that every area that the Netherworld Divine Fire burned was actually reduced to ashes that scattered into the surroundings when the chilly winds blew.

After that, pitch-black holes that looked as if they were caused by sulphuric acid corrosion would appear in each area!

It formed an extremely frightening sight!

However, this was nothing because, more importantly, the Divine Fire had brought it unbearable pain.

The Dark Demonic Dragon let out shrill cries as it tried desperately to manifest its demonic aura and isolate the Netherworld Divine Fire. However, the flames were simply spreading too quickly.

The moment the chilly winds blew, the fire would spread like embers in a dry, withered field—the rate at which it spread was simply flabbergasting. The Dark Demonic Dragon's isolation speed was far slower than the speed at which the fire spread.

In just a mere dozen seconds or so, the Netherworld Divine Fire had spread to every part of the Dark Demonic Dragon and totally enveloped its enormous, 500,000-feet-long body.

Hooowl!

The Dark Demonic Dragon cried out in pain and agony as it struggled mournfully. Its tough dragon scales turned into bits of drifting ashes while its robust and well-developed body swiftly shrank.

This badly frightened its subordinates. Overcome by shock and horror, the 45 Demon Lords and Great Demon Lords began to shake like a leaf.

"L-Lord Demon God!"

"What do we do now?"

What should they do?

Meng Lei didn't know the answer to that, either—the Netherworld Divine Fire's fearsome might had shocked him, too.

"Little did I think that the upgraded Netherworld Divine Fire would be that fearsome! It's actually burned a great Demon God's body into ashes, how frightful!"

However, the more terrifying and the more powerful the Netherworld Divine Fire was, the more advantageous it was for Meng Lei. This was good news!

"This is your last chance, Mr. Cyrus." Meng Lei flew right up to the Dark Demonic Dragon and ordered, "Hand over your divine spirit origin energy and submit to me!"

"You despicable human deity!"

The Dark Demonic Dragon's eyes were bloodshot. It said, "Even if I die; even if I'm destroyed; even if I'm burned into ashes, I'll never submit to you!"

"In that case, you leave me with no choice."

Meng Lei shook his head lightly and said, "Go in peace. I'll look after your subordinates and those dozens of existential planes of yours well."

"You bastard!"

The Dark Demonic Dragon gnashed its teeth loudly and glared hard at Meng Lei, the corners of its eyes nearly splitting from the intensity of its glare. If looks could kill, it wished for nothing more than to rip Meng Lei into shreds!

What a shame... that it couldn't!

"Rest in peace, Mr. Cyrus!"

Meng Lei gave it a dispassionate smile before turning and walking toward the 45 Demon Lords and Great Demon Lords. He said, "The heavens are virtuous and cherish all life. Likewise, I'll also give all of you a chance."

"We'll submit! We'll submit!"

With barely any hesitation, the Demon Lords and Great Demon Lords dropped onto their knees and expressed their willingness to hand over their divine spirit origin energies and submit to Meng Lei.

"Submit to me? No, I'm afraid you're mistaken." Unexpectedly, Meng Lei shook his head instead and said, "They are the ones whom all of you should submit to, not me."

"Them?"

The Demon Lords' and Great Demon Lords' expressions became fairly interesting to watch as they turned to Bubbles and the others.

There was grief, indignation, humiliation, disbelief, as well as the inability to accept such an outcome.

They had nothing more to say if Meng Lei had been the one whom they had to submit to. After all, he was stronger than them. To demons like them, submission to the strong was the norm.

However, Bubbles and the others had suffered defeat at their hands. Yet he was ordering them to submit to them?

This was practically worse than taking their lives!

"They are all my most loyal subordinates. Only by submitting to them will you have a chance to live. Otherwise, Cyrus will become a fitting example of your eventual outcome!" said Meng Lei simply.

The Demon Lords and Great Demon Lords were greatly frustrated, though none of them rebutted him. After all, Lord Demon God's tragic outcome was still fresh in their minds.

Refusal to submit? Were they intending to have themselves burned into ashes by Netherworld Divine Fire, then?

Under the threat of death, the clever Demon Lords and Great Demon Lords made the wisest decision they could make—they lowered their noble heads!

"You can split them among yourselves," said Meng Lei dispassionately.

"Yes, Master!"

Bubbles and the others answered resoundingly. Then, their gazes swept back and forth across the demons as they sought their ideal candidates. Even though the 45 Demon Lords and Great Demon Lords were filled with grief and indignation, all they could do was grin and bear with it.

Just like that, a grand loot-dividing session commenced, and various squabbles rang out continuously without pause.

A smiling Meng Lei asked leisurely, "Mr. Cyrus, does the sight of them taking their pick of your subordinates like livestock enrage you? Does it fill you with indignation?"

The Netherworld Divine Fire had already burned away and destroyed the Dark Demonic Dragon's scales and hypodermis layer and was currently burning its flesh. It was an unbearable sight to behold.

The Dark Demonic Dragon's hatred soared right into the heavens, and it roared hysterically and hoarsely, "I'll never let you off even after I become a ghost, human!"

"Become a ghost? That can only happen if you even get the chance to!"

Meng Lei shook his head lightly and said, "I'm going to read your memory and then burn and destroy your divine spirit fragments so that even your soul will become fully destroyed. You'll never be able to reincarnate for eternity!"

The Dark Demonic Dragon shivered non-stop upon hearing what he had said. It roared, "How ruthless of you, human deity!"

"Ruthless? I'm nowhere near when compared to you!"

Meng Lei shook his head and said, "Your life is the only one I'm taking, while you had wanted to kill all the living beings in Heaven's Vault Continent. In comparison, you're still the more ruthless one."

The Dark Demonic Dragon stared straight at Meng Lei and said, "Human deity, I may admit defeat, but I will also curse you and pester you for all lifetimes to come so that you'll never die in peace!"

"Alright, alright! Are you done?"

Meng Lei waved him off and shot out another few Netherworld Divine Fire flames at it. The fire blazed fiercely, swiftly turning the Dark Demonic Dragon into ashes.

The Dark Demonic Dragon's 500,000-feet-long body was fully reduced to ashes in a few minutes, leaving behind only a crystallized demonic core that glowed a blood-red color.

Similar to a deity's divine core, a demonic core was the core of a Demon God's power and stored their soul and magic power within it. Simply put, it was actually also a divine core.

The demons just called them demonic cores to differentiate them from the deities' divine cores.

The Netherworld Divine Fire continued to blaze even after the demonic core appeared. If nothing went wrong, the demonic core would also be burned into ashes like the Dark Demonic Dragon.

However, would Meng Lei burn it away?

Of course not!

Meng Lei was still intending to read the Dark Demonic Dragon's memories, so he naturally wouldn't allow such a thing to happen. At once, he grabbed hold of the demonic core.

Then, he removed the Netherworld Divine Fire on it and started to read the Dark Demonic Dragon's memories.

"48 material planes! Oh my goodness, I've struck gold! Mine! Those 48 material planes are all mine, don't anyone dare fight me for them!

"A windfall! This is a total windfall!"

Meng Lei had been upset over the loss of his 888 million Laws of Nature Origin Crystals—after all, those were savings that he'd accumulated over many years—but now, all his unhappiness had been swept clean!

48 material planes!

Just how massive a windfall was that?

[1] Referring to Uchiha Itachi, a character from Japanese anime and comic Naruto

[2] One of Uchiha Itachi's skills

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Chapter 279: Dividing and Enfeoffing Existential Planes, Creating a God System

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

48 material planes!

This was such a huge fortune!

Take the four great true gods, for example, with the most ancient Fairy Goddess left out.

The Beast God had only seven or eight power of faith domains as a peak intermediate deity.

The Titan Spiritual God also had only five or six power of faith domains before being granted more by the Theodore Titan Gods of the Thunderbolt Divine Realm.

On the other hand, the Dragon God was the weakest intermediate deity of the four, and he had only the Dragon God Empire as his power of faith domain.

How poor was that?

From this, one could easily imagine that the 48 material planes were such a massive windfall!

If all these material planes were converted into Meng Lei's power of faith domain, how massive would the power of faith be?

"Cyrus really got some dumb luck!"

Meng Lei wondered, Cyrus only emerged recently and met an unclaimed existential plane, if that wasn't dumb luck, what was it?

Compared to Cyrus, the Dragon God should be crying. Why was there such a huge difference between dragons?

Meng Lei carried on reading Cyrus' memory. He expected to see massive memories from Cyrus, a powerful Demon God that had been around for tens of thousands of years.

However, it was the complete opposite!

Cyrus' actual memories were few since it was sleeping most of the time.

In other words, Cyrus spent most of its time in slumber and rarely woke up.

"Such a lazy dragon!"

Still, Meng Lei managed to find some useful information from the limited memories.

For example, the details of the 48 material planes, the exact location of the 48 Heart of the Existential Plane...

"After refining the Heart of the Existential Plane, I'll be able to exert total control over the entire existential plane. Every tree, every river, every brick will all be under my control!"

Meng Lei could not wait any longer to try it out as he followed Cyrus' memory and found the Heart of the Existential Plane of the Demonic Dragon Continent.

After that, he went into a vibrant, colorful world where laws of nature in the shape of chains covered the entire continent.

The silver Thunder-elemental laws of nature!

The red Fire-elemental laws of nature!

The blue Water-elemental laws of nature!

The golden Metal-elemental laws of nature!

Ten types of basic laws of nature formed a densely packed web, filling the colorful world. In the center of this colorful web floated a multicolored rhombus-shaped crystal.

It was iridescent and dazzling.

The ten laws of nature seemed to extend out from this colorful crystal. At the same time, the crystal seemed to be the heart of this colorful world.

"This is the Heart of the Existential Plane!"

Meng Lei sized up the crystal from top to bottom. He was rather curious since it was his first time seeing a Heart of the Existential Plane.

Having examined enough, Meng Lei released his divine cognition, which shrouded the Heart of the Existential Plane.

At that instant, Meng Lei could feel that his divine cognition permeated through the entire Demonic Dragon Continent.

Every single thing in the Demonic Dragon Continent appeared in Meng Lei's mind.

Every speck of grass growing, every cry of a bird, every sleeping little demon... They were all reflected in his mind!

It was a fascinating experience for Meng Lei, similar to when he had refined and obtained the Tower of Time!

After some examination, Meng Lei discovered something surprising as the Demonic Dragon Continent's existential plane was quite different from Heaven's Vault Continent.

Heaven's Vault Continent was surrounded by vast, endless oceans which occupied more than half of the existential plane. The continent itself was just a small portion.

As for the Demonic Dragon Continent's existential plane, it had no oceans as it was covered with land. The center of the existential plane had countless rivers and lakes, so water sources were still abundant.

If Heaven's Vault Continent was like Earth, then the Demonic Dragon Continent was like Mars. One was mainly made up of oceans, while the other was mainly made up of land.

Both were completely different!

"Since the entire existential plane was made up of land, the soil is much more extensive, thus giving birth to more intelligent species.

"It's just a pity that they were all killed by Cyrus, and Cyrus' demon army occupied the vast land. The continent then became a paradise for demons!"

Meng Lei learned from Cyrus' memory that the Demonic Dragon Continent and the other 47 material planes gave birth to many unique species.

The tragic thing was that ever since Cyrus' rise, every living thing in these material planes was completely erased by the demons. Demons then occupied these 48 material planes, becoming the only creatures to roam the lands.

"That's ruthless!"

Meng Lei was appalled as he started to refine the Heart of the Existential Plane of the Demonic Dragon Continent. It was quite easy to refine since it had no consciousness.

Meng Lei left his divine spirit mark in it within a few minutes and completed the refinement process.

In an instant, Meng Lei felt that he was the Demonic Dragon Continent existential plane, and the existential plane was him.

If he had the will, he could change anything in this existential plane. He could make mountains float, reverse the river flows, make a forest wither, and could also kill every demon within the material plane!

Everything... with just a thought!

Of course, there was also the Power of Existential Plane.

"So that's how this power works! The Power of Existential Plane is... just ridiculous!"

Meng Lei sensed everything in the Demonic Dragon Continent. If he battled Cyrus now, Meng Lei was confident that he could suppress it with just a flip of his hands.

The Power of Existential Plane in the material level was too fearsome; suppressing an intermediate deity was just a small matter!

At the same time, Meng Lei was glad that he could teleport. Once the Power of Existential Plane controlled him, then he would have no chance to make a comeback.

"It's just tragic for Cyrus to meet me. If it was someone else, who could rival it?"

Meng Lei smiled and shook his head as he teleported out of the space that held the Heart of the Existential Plane.

At this timing, Bubbles and the rest had finished dividing the loot as everyone was satisfied with what they got.

"Greetings Master!"

The subordinates greeted excitedly.

Meng Lei smiled and asked, "All done?"

"Thank you for your generosity, Master. We have finished dividing the loot!" Bubbles and the rest bowed, their eyes filled with gratitude.

As lesser deities, it was already difficult to subdue Demon Lords, not to mention Great Demon Lords!

Don't even think about it!

Yet now, they did it. How could they not feel grateful from the bottom of their heart?

"Now, let's talk about some proper matters. Cyrus had a total of 48 material planes." Meng Lei said, "I won't be able to manage all of them, so I have decided to divide and enfeoff these existential planes to you and help me manage!"

"Enfeoff them to us?"

Everyone was stunned.

"Indeed, I'm planning to divide these existential planes among all of you to manage and spread your faith. Yes, spread your faith!"

Meng Lei smiled again. "I've calculated, everyone can get around three to four existential planes on average. You all should be able to accumulate massive power of divinity with them."

Since they had assimilated divine cores to become deities, it would be difficult for Bubbles and the rest to advance further in their cultivations. Their only route to advance was to assimilate divine cores of higher levels.

Meng Lei did not have any of those divine cores for the time being. Thus, they were not going to think about advancing for some time.

Would spreading faith be useless to them? The answer was negative!

The power of faith would always be useful to every deity, even if they became deities through the assimilation of divine cores.

Suppose there were three to four existential planes as the deity's power of faith domains. The deity would be able to gather massive amounts of power of faith that could be converted into the power of divinity or strengthen the divine spirit! Hence there were many benefits!

After all, for any deities, the amount of power of divinity and the strength of divine spirit would always determine the combat power of deities! Hence, the power of faith was very important!

The question was, was Meng Lei really willing to enfeoff all 48 existential planes to them? That was 48 existential planes, after all!

It just sounded unbelievable to them.

"There's no need to doubt." Meng Lei smiled faintly. "I'm planning to create a god system. After that, all of you will become true gods under my command!"

"Creating a god system?!"

A huge jolt went through everyone.

A god system was a closely linked combination of deities. It was similar to a nation or family where they were closely connected.

A god system would consist of a Lord of Gods and a bunch of true gods under it. The Lord of Gods not only ruled the god system, but it would also be prioritized to enjoy the power of faith—the power of faith collected by each true god would be shared equally between the Lord of Gods and the true god.

Thus, it was evident that the god system was a strict hierarchy, which differed greatly from alliances like the deity alliance.

"We stand by your decision, Master!"

Bubbles and the others naturally didn't have any objections to that.

They were already Meng Lei's servants. Even if Meng Lei decided to seize all the power of faith of the 48 existential planes for himself, they would not dare to say anything.

All the more, Meng Lei was going to split these existential planes among them, make them gods under him, and enjoy half of the power of faith!

That was simply an enormous act of kindness bestowed upon them!

"Let's go then! Accompany me to explore other existential planes," Meng Lei said faintly.

"Yes, Master!"

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Chapter 280: System Upgrade, New Functions

Meng Lei hadn't planned on establishing a god system initially. He had only come up with the idea after he obtained the 48 existential planes.

To him, his main means of gaining strength was still the system. Power of faith was ultimately just supplementary.

After all, the worst thing here was that Meng Lei still hadn't lit up his divine fire even as of now. Well, that was awkward!

What was divine fire?

Divine fire was a tool that turned power of faith into power of divinity—in other words, it was a power of divinity converter. If power of divinity were electricity, then divine fire would be the power plant!

Even if Meng Lei had vast amounts of power of faith, he wouldn't be able to convert them into power of divinity anyway without a divine fire.

In other words, even if Meng Lei had 1,000 existential planes acting as his power of faith domains, the vast amounts of power of faith they produced would only pile up and accumulate.

This was a complete waste.

Rather than having that happen, he might as well enfeoff those existential planes to Bubbles and the others and allow them to spread their own faith, earn and accumulate power of divinity, and strengthen themselves.

Once they became stronger, Meng Lei would no longer need to personally attend to a lot of things. There were a lot of benefits to be had.

Besides!

How would Meng Lei possibly have that much time to manage that many existential planes? He couldn't even be bothered to deal with the Dragon God Empire, much less 48 existential planes!

Therefore, the ideal solution was to enfeoff them to others. Meng Lei believed that Bubbles and the others would definitely manage the existential planes with great diligence for the sake of power of faith.

"You've finally smartened up for once, kid!"

Dodola was full of praise for Meng Lei's idea. It said, "Not only is establishing a god system beneficial to spreading one's faith, but it can also encourage the subsidiary gods to open up new grounds and forge ahead, such that they would develop the ambition to expand their territory. It's a move that kills two birds with one stone!"

"With that coming from even you, then there shouldn't be anything to worry over anymore!"

Dodola's response further strengthened Meng Lei's thoughts of establishing a god system.

After that, the group began to take a leisurely stroll around the 48 existential planes. The existential planes were connected via teleportation magic circles, so they were easily accessible.

Of course, Meng Lei didn't forget to refine their Hearts of The Existential Planes and take full control of them, either.

The 48 existential planes were rich and diverse in variety and differed from one another. Some were marine worlds, some were dry lands, some were fully covered in forests...

With incredibly vast and wide lands and containing abundant resources, all the existential planes were highly suitable to be used as living beings' habitats and were exceptionally good power of faith domains. The only thing that displeased them was that... All of them were currently being occupied by demons.

Innumerable demons occupied the existential planes, filling the pleasant environments with foul atmospheres as they ran rampant. It was truly irksome!

"What a waste for demons to be occupying them!"

None of them looked favorably upon demons. Apart from the fact that deities and demons were natural adversaries and thus adopted hostile attitudes toward each other, there was also one other reason for this—it was in the demons' nature to be cunning, cruel, and bloodthirsty. They didn't easily worship others, so it was far harder to grow demon worshiper numbers than to grow normal worshiper numbers.

Thus, everyone wanted to kill the demons and migrate other living beings there instead.

To be honest, Meng Lei also wanted to kill the demons. However, it wasn't because he disliked them, but rather... It was because he was poor!

The rebirth had depleted him of 888 million Laws of Nature Origin Crystals and left him with only 880,000 Laws of Nature Origin Crystals. One could say that he had gone right back to square one overnight and become a penniless pauper again!

Thus, Meng Lei was in a panic. It didn't feel good to be penniless.

The only thing currently on his mind was to replenish his Wealth. He didn't feel very confident with an empty purse!

"I should be, no, I definitely will be able to replenish everything that I've spent if I kill all the demons!"

The moment the thought occurred to him, Meng Lei said, "Everyone, I've decided to establish a god system and enfeoff these existential planes to all of you. Do you have any suggestions?"

Everyone exchanged looks with one another. Then, Bubbles scratched his head and asked, "Are you serious, Master?"

"Duh, of course!"

Meng Lei rolled his eyes.

"Since Master has already made up his mind, then I hope Master can forgive for taking the liberty of raising a suggestion."

Bubbles lowered his voice and said, "Can we kill those demons? They are simply too detestable. I have no desire to have a bunch of demon worshipers."

"My thoughts exactly, Master!"

Seisia spoke up and said, "These are good material planes, yet those demons have polluted them. What a huge waste that is!"

"That's right, Master. Let's hurry up and kill those demons. Leaving them alive is just a waste of resources!"

"Master, I suggest exterminating all the demons and migrating some humans, Colossal Dragons, or Beast People from Heaven's Vault Continent over..."

Everyone else also spoke up one after another, with all of them essentially saying the same thing in different forms. They indeed didn't have any other ideas, either. The fact that their Master was willing to divide and confer the existential planes to them was already a pleasant surprise to them.

What more was there for them to be discontent about?

"Since everyone has the same opinions, then we'll do just that." Meng Lei mused for a long while before he said, "We'll exterminate the demons and migrate other races over!"

"How wise, Master!"

"O my noble Master, your wisdom is like the dazzling and eye-catching stars in the sky, yet also like a lighthouse at sea that lights up our paths..."

Overjoyed, everyone launched into wild bursts of flattery. For a while, all sorts of praises gushed from them like an endless, overflowing river that was out of control.

The next problem was—how should they exterminate the demons?

There were billions of demons in the 48 existential planes. Killing them was no easy task. To quote Zhang Fei[1, "One would have to spend a total of three days and three nights even if they were just killing 700,000 pigs", let alone that many demons!

However, to Meng Lei, who had already refined all the Hearts of The Existential Planes, this really wasn't that difficult a task at all. He needed only to think about it, and he would be able to easily wipe out all the demons.

That was what made an existential plane's master so fearsome. By using Power of Existential Plane, they could easily kill all the low-end living beings in their existential planes.

"Ding! 1 Longhorned Demon killed, 12 Laws of Nature Origin Crystals gained!"

"Ding..."

As Meng Lei commenced his operation, his Wealth value also began to spike insanely. He gained one billion Laws of Nature Origin Crystals after wiping out the demons on one existential plane.

Going by the rate of 0.1 Laws of Nature Origin Crystal per demon, that meant that he had killed as many as 10 billion demons!

Of course, the actual numbers were undoubtedly even bigger.

If 1 Laws of Nature Origin Crystal equated to 10 billion gold coins, then that meant that 0.1 Laws of Nature Origin Crystal equated to 1 billion gold coins.

That was the amount he earned when he killed a Saint Domain Magical Beast, which was the equivalent of a Demon General among the demons.

Was it possible for every demon on an existential plane to be a Demon General? Obviously not. Worlds would always be populated by low-end beings the most, no matter which it was.

Therefore, more than 10 billion demons had definitely died on that existential plane alone.

Fortunately, Meng Lei had employed a humanitarian way of annihilating them. The demons died instantly without any pain or fear and left the world very peacefully.

"Let's head to the next one!"

Just like that, Meng Lei traveled around all 48 existential planes and began an all-new way of withdrawing funds from ATMs.

About ten existential planes later, the depleted funds were not only replenished, but he had also broken through the 10 billion milestone.

The system's icy voice abruptly rang out at this point.

"Ding! It has been detected that the host's Wealth value has broken through the 10 billion Laws of Nature Origin Crystals mark and now fulfills the system upgrade condition. Dear host, will you upgrade the system?"

Meng Lei was stunned. The system was upgrading again?

The last time it had upgraded was when he had broken through to Saint Domain, thereby fulfilling the system upgrade condition. However, this time, the upgrade was actually because his Wealth had broken through the 10 billion mark!

Wasn't the trash system being a little too willful here?

Dissing aside, Meng Lei promptly gave the order to upgrade the system without any hesitation whatsoever.

"Upgrade!"

"Ding! Upgrading the system requires 10 billion Laws of Nature Origin Crystals. Dear host, will you upgrade the system?"

"10... billion... Laws of Nature Origin Crystals?!"

Meng Lei couldn't help but gasp and remark, "What the hell! Must you use that many Laws of Nature Origin Crystals just to upgrade yourself? Isn't this daylight robbery?!"

As though it hadn't heard Meng Lei's dissing at all, the system repeated coldly, "Ding! Upgrading the system requires 10 billion Laws of Nature Origin Crystals. Dear host, will you upgrade the system?"

Meng Lei suppressed the heartache from having to part with the money, and then he gave the order to upgrade—albeit in an extremely disgruntled manner.

Whoosh!

The 10 billion Laws of Nature Origin Crystals that he had only just earned were instantly reset to zero, and Meng Lei turned into a pauper once more.

"Ding! System upgrade commencing!

"Upgrade Duration: Three hours.

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

"Go ahead and upgrade all you want! All the better if you're broken in the process! Upgrade all the way into the sky, and don't come back if you so dare! Goddamn it!"

Meng Lei felt like crying as he stared at his empty Wealth attribute. He had only just earned 10 billion Laws of Nature Origin Crystals through his own abilities and hadn't even spent that much time with it, yet they were all gone now?

Wasn't this frustrating?

Wasn't this infuriating?

Despite his displeasure, however, Meng Lei was still very much looking forward to the results. The system had gained two new functions—Limitless Pickup and Brutal Plunder—after its previous upgrade.

Even though he rarely used Brutal Plunder, the function's powerful capabilities were an undeniable fact.

Limitless Pickup didn't even require any further explanation. Just how many benefits had the function brought to Meng Lei?

The Gods-Slaying Rat bloodline, the Hundred-Armed Giant bloodline, various fusion laws of nature fragments, as well as the Crystallized Divine Spirit Extracts and Soul Ice Marrow droplet used to enhance his divine spirit...

All of these had been thanks to Limitless Pickup.

It was no exaggeration to say that Meng Lei wouldn't be where he was today had it not been for Limitless Pickup.

It was apparent how great the benefits that the system had brought Meng Lei after its upgrade were.

This was also the reason why Meng Lei hadn't hesitated to upgrade the system at all, despite the astrological cost. The rewards that he had received post-upgrade were far more than what he had spent.

"I wonder what kind of new functions there'll be after the upgrade?"

Meng Lei was full of anticipation.

"Master, you..."

Bubbles and the others were utterly confused at the sight of Meng Lei, who had suddenly stopped in his tracks and adopted a look of anticipation.

What is Master secretly so thrilled about? C'mon, tell us and let us share in the joy, too!

After all, happiness is better off shared with others!

"It's nothing."

Meng Lei waved them off and said, "You can return to Heaven's Vault Continent and discuss the migration issue with Puhaman first. A sudden wave of inspiration has struck me, so I'm going to go into seclusion here instead."

A sudden wave of inspiration?

His subordinates didn't quite know what to say anymore. How long had it only been since his breakthrough? Yet he had been struck by inspiration again?

Compared to Master, we've practically lived our lives in vain!

Incredibly ashamed of themselves, Bubbles and the others quickly returned to Heaven's Vault Continent via the teleportation magic circle.

Three hours passed in the blink of an eye, and the system's cold, emotionless voice rang out once more.

"Ding! The Most Powerful Pickup System upgrade complete!

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

Although its voice was cold and emotionless, it nevertheless sounded like music to Meng Lei's ears. He exclaimed, "The upgrade is complete at last! Hurry, tell me, system, what new functions have you gained?"

"Dear host, the basic pickup function has undergone a few changes after the system upgrade," The system stated emotionlessly, "The chargeable functions Limitless Pickup and Brutal Plunder have been removed, while the following new chargeable functions have been added—Super Pickup, Super Plunder, and Super Enhancement."

"Super Pickup, Super Plunder, and Super Enhancement?"

[1] A major character in the 14th-century historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms. A military general that served under warlord Liu Bei

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Chapter 281: Monstrous New Functions, Ancient God Bloodline

An excited Meng Lei urged, "System, hurry and tell me more about these three functions!"

"Super Pickup: Picks up dropped items from designated existential planes, including but not limited to Divinity Crystals, Bloodlines, Laws of Nature Fragments, Divine Cores..." The system stated coldly, "This is a chargeable function and costs 100 Divinity Crystals per attempt."

"Pick up dropped items from designated existential planes?"

Meng Lei's eyes lit up a little as he asked, "Is this an improved version of Limitless Pickup? What does 'designated existential planes' mean? Do I get to specify the existential plane?"

"That's right, host," replied the system. Then it added, "By using this function, the host may pick up dropped items from any existential plane designated by the host."

"I get to designate the existential plane? That's just insane!"

Meng Lei's spirits were rather roused up.

Limitless Pickup was a random pickup function. Just how many existential planes were there in the vast universe?

Billions! The rate of picking up something good was too low when one could only do random pickups from so many existential planes out there.

However, he could designate a specific existential plane as the pickup location instead with the new function. Now, that made the function way more monstrous!

If he designated the location as the Thunderbolt Divine Realm, then he would be able to pick up dropped items from the Thunderbolt Divine Realm;

If he designated the location as the Earth Divine Realm, then he would be able to pick up dropped items from the Earth Divine Realm!

If he designated the location as the Celestial Realm, then he would be able to pick up dropped items from the Celestial Realm!

Even if he were to temporarily put aside the issue of whether or not he could pick up decent dropped items, at least he definitely wouldn't be seeing things like Anna the barmaid's panties, a Fairy's bra, and other kinds of eyesores anymore.

"This function is certainly powerful, but the price..." Meng Lei couldn't help but gasp. The price was certainly very ridiculous, too.

100 Divinity Crystals was the equivalent of 1,000,000 Laws of Nature Origin Crystals. This meant that using Super Pickup once would cost him 1,000,000 Laws of Nature Origin Crystals—this was as many as one million times the cost of using Limitless Pickup!

How could the word "expensive" even cut it?

Meng Lei asked, "What about Super Plunder?"

"Super Plunder: Plunders anything from designated existential planes, including but not limited to Divinity Crystals, Bloodlines, Laws of Nature Fragments, Divine Cores..." The system stated coldly, "The cost of using the function depends on how powerful and how rare the target of plunder and object of plunder are."

"As expected, it's also an improved function, this time of Brutal Plunder."

An excited Meng Lei exclaimed, "To think it can actually plunder anything from designated existential planes! It's pretty terrifying once you think carefully about it—this means that I can even plunder a Chief God's divine core if I so wish?"

"Yes, it's possible, host," replied the system emotionlessly.

True enough!

Meng Lei couldn't help but gasp. This particular function was simply too monstrous—it could even plunder a Chief God's divine core! This was practically... too frightening!

However, Meng Lei knew without even asking that the cost of plundering a Chief God divine core from a chief god must undoubtedly be an astronomical sum, way beyond what he could even imagine. It wasn't something that he could plunder so easily.

"System, tell me about Super Enhancement."

Meng Lei was full of anticipation. Since the previous two functions hadn't disappointed, then the last one couldn't possibly be a bad one, either.

"Super Enhancement: Enhances any object in the host's possession, including but not limited to Physical Body Constitution, Spirit, Bloodlines, Divine Cores, Divine Weapons..." The system stated coldly, "The cost of using this function depends on the object of enhancement's grade."

"This function sounds pretty good, too!"

Meng Lei's eyes were sparkling. He asked, "Can the function enhance even bloodlines, system?"

"Yes, it can."

"If I want to enhance my bloodline, what would happen after the bloodline has been enhanced?"

The system replied, "The bloodline will upgrade by one grade each time the function is used to enhance it."

"Upgrade by one grade?" Meng Lei was rather confused. "What does that mean?"

"Dear host, bloodlines are classified into different grades," The system explained, "They are respectively the Mundane Bloodlines, Saint Domain Bloodlines, Half-Deity Bloodlines, True God Bloodlines, Ancient God Bloodlines, Supreme Bloodlines, and the Genesis Bloodlines.

"It is possible for the host to improve a bloodline's grade through the use of Super Enhancement. For example, the host may enhance a Mundane Bloodline into a Saint Domain Bloodline, or a Saint Domain Bloodline into a Half-Deity Bloodline."

The system's explanation was an eye-opener for Meng Lei.

He wasn't surprised at the fact that bloodlines had a difference in grades. After all, this was simply too common an occurrence.

Some races—such as humans—were born mundane and would remain mundane if they didn't cultivate.

Some races were born Saint Domains and would naturally become Saint Domain existences once they become of age, such as the Golden Behemoths, the Golden Colossal Dragons, and the Golden Dragon-Lions.

And some races were born half-deities the moment they came into the world, such as the Gods-Slaying Rats.

Therefore, it was very normal for there to be grade classifications in bloodlines. Instead, what had astonished Meng Lei was the latter three types of bloodlines—the Ancient God Bloodlines, the Supreme Bloodlines, and the Genesis Bloodlines.

A frowning and puzzled Meng Lei asked, "System, what does 'Ancient God' mean?"

"Ancient Gods are known as Pseudo-Chief Gods. The term refers to Great Perfection higher deities that have comprehended supreme Laws of Nature."

The system explained, "Although Ancient Gods do not have Chief God Divine Cores, because they have comprehended supreme laws of nature, they nevertheless still possess extremely powerful combat power and are able to contend against Chief Gods.

"Additionally, the deeper an Ancient God's comprehension of the supreme Laws of Nature was, the stronger their combat power would be. When an Ancient God perfectly comprehends a form of supreme Laws of Nature, they'll be able to contend against the strongest Chief God."

Realization dawned upon Meng Lei. As it turned out, the term "Ancient God" referred to Great Perfection higher deities that had comprehended supreme laws of nature.

Going by that definition, the God of Time that had comprehended time-based laws of nature could also be referred to as an Ancient God. Despite not possessing a Chief God divine core, he nevertheless could still contend against a Chief God.

How impressive!

What was the Supreme Bloodline that came next in line, though?

And the Genesis Bloodline, too—what the heck was that?

"Dear host, above the Chief Gods stand the Supreme Gods of The Universe, and above the Supreme Gods stand the Primordial World Genesis Gods. These terms are commonly abbreviated to Supreme Gods and Genesis Gods," explained the system.

Supreme Gods of The Universe!

Primordial World Genesis Gods!

Meng Lei couldn't help but gasp. The Chief Gods were already the most supreme and the highest form of godhood among the deities. They were the universally-acknowledged king of all gods, yet the Supreme Gods and Genesis Gods were actually even more powerful than the Chief Gods?

In that case, how powerful must they be?

Meng Lei was astounded by the new knowledge. He felt even more keenly just how tiny and insignificant an existence he was. The current Meng Lei was just a tiny little intermediate deity, let alone a Supreme God or a Genesis God.

He was ridiculously weak!

"I'm still young, though. I have loads of time to improve myself. Besides, I also have the system. I believe that I'll definitely achieve considerable heights in the future!"

Then, Meng Lei asked, "System, what grades do the bloodlines currently in my body belong to?"

"Dear host, you currently have a total of four bloodlines in your body. Among them, the Gods-Slaying Rat bloodline, the Divine Netherworld Phoenix bloodline, and the Hundred-Armed Giant bloodline are classified as True God Bloodlines," replied the system, "Whereas the Primordial Human bloodline is one grade higher and classified as an Ancient God Bloodline."

"I expected that of the first three types."

Meng Lei nodded lightly. After all, as long as the Gods-Slaying Rats, the Divine Netherworld Phoenixes, and the Hundred-Armed Giants could survive and become of age, they would be able to contend against higher deities. That firmly made them True God Bloodlines. On top of that, they were even extremely powerful presences among the True God Bloodlines.

What had surprised Meng Lei was instead the Primordial Human bloodline. It was actually an Ancient God Bloodline!

"Wouldn't that mean that as long as I can awaken the Primordial Human bloodline to 100%, I'll become an Ancient God capable of contending against a Chief God once I naturally come of age?

"Oh my goodness! How terrifying!"

Meng Lei was fairly shocked. However, he also knew that the more powerful a bloodline was, the harder it would be for him to buy credit for it.

At the moment, he had only awakened 16% of his Primordial Human bloodline. Should he intend to buy credit and boost it to 100%, he would need a total of 8.4 billion Divinity Crystals!

.4 billion!

He wouldn't even be worth that much money even if he sold himself off!

Meng Lei inquired, "System, how much would it cost to enhance my Gods-Slaying Rat bloodline?"

"Ding! The Gods-Slaying Rat bloodline is classified as a powerful True God Bloodline and will become an Ancient God Bloodline after enhancement. The enhancement cost is estimated at 10 billion Divinity Crystals."

"Take it that I didn't ask!"

Meng Lei rolled his eyes. Then, he asked, "System, how much would it cost to enhance my divine spirit?"

"Dear host, your divine spirit is currently at pinnacle-grade lesser deity level and will reach an intermediate deity's level after enhancement. The enhancement cost is estimated at 100,000 Divinity Crystals."

"100,000 Divinity Crystals? That's still pretty expensive, but at least it's somewhat within an acceptable range. What about Physical Body Constitution enhancement?"

"Can divine weapons also be enhanced?"

"How much would it cost to enhance the Gods-Slaying Spear?"

"Dear host, the Gods-Slaying Spear is a mid-tier divine weapon and will become a high-tier divine weapon after enhancement..."

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Chapter 282: Intermediate Deity, The Looted Dragon's Den

Super Pickup—picking up from high-end existential planes!

Super Plunder—even Chief God's divine cores could be plundered!

Super Enhancement—bloodlines, Physical Body Constitution, Spirit, divine cores, divine weapons... could all be enhanced!

Upon looking at the three functions, Meng Lei was excited.

Even though the system upgrade cost him a painstaking 10 billion Laws of Nature Origin Crystals, the new functions after the upgrade lifted his spirits.

They deserved the word 'Super' in their names!

Meng Lei could imagine that his powers would undergo a tremendous change with the help of these three new functions.

The prerequisite was... money! Enough money!

I need money! A lot of money!

Meng Lei exclaimed in his mind. The new functions were so powerful, yet he was still a poor fellow! That was tragic!

And so, Meng Lei started his killing spree!

In the 16th existential plane, he earned around 1.1 billion Laws of Nature Origin Crystals.

In the 17th existential plane, he earned around 1.3 billion Laws of Nature Origin Crystals.

In the 18th existential plane, he earned around 0.9 billion Laws of Nature Origin Crystals.

After some hard work of plundering the remaining 33 existential planes, wiping out the demons in the process, Meng Lei earned a total of 34.2 billion Laws of Nature Origin Crystals.

"Now that's 3,420,000 Divinity Crystals!"

Meng Lei licked his lips and asked, "System, without further ado, enhance my divine spirit, I want to break through to become an intermediate deity!"

"Host, your Spirit is at the pinnacle-level lesser deity, it will reach intermediate deity after enhancement. Enhancement price: 100,000 Divinity Crystals!"

The system asked coldly, "Will you undergo enhancement?"

"Enhance it, I'm rich!"

Meng Lei did not hesitate as he felt generous.

Whoosh!

His Wealth decreased by 100,000 Divinity Crystals in an instant.

Boom!

At the same time, a golden energy current rushed into his sea of consciousness and toward the divine spirit flame. The divine spirit flame flared up instantly as if oil was added to it.

Boom, boom, boom!

2 times, 3 times, 4 times...

When the injection of golden energy was complete, the divine spirit flame's intensity was 10 times higher than before.

If the divine spirit flame before was a little ball of fire, it was now an inferno. It was completely different than before.

"So this is the level of intermediate deity?"

Meng Lei enjoyed the wonderful feeling after his divine spirit was strengthened. He even almost moaned in satisfaction—it was simply too comfortable!

He checked his stats interface.

Host: Meng Lei

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

Wealth: 3.32 million Divinity Crystals

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

Spirit: Intermediate-Deity (Elementary-Grade)

Power of Divinity: 200 Divinity Crystals

"The physique of an intermediate deity! The divine spirit of an intermediate deity! Wahaha, I'm an intermediate deity too!"

Meng Lei was excited as he could not help laughing to vent his excitement.

Of course, other than being excited, Meng Lei did not forget an important matter—Cyrus' wealth.

Indeed, the Dark Demonic Dragon's wealth!

Although it was a Dark Demonic Dragon, Cyrus was a dragon after all. It was passionate about collecting treasures, and it had 48 existential planes under its control!

Hence, it was much wealthier than other intermediate deities, like a huge dirty rat hoarding vast amounts of health.

How could Meng Lei miss out on this opportunity?

After returning to the Demonic Dragon Continent, Meng Lei rushed to Cyrus' den straight away. However, Meng Lei was left furious by the results.

The den... it was empty!

The treasure... all gone!!

"F*ck! Damn it!"

Meng Lei was enraged. "Who dares to steal my treasure?"

Meng Lei was extremely angry. He had already wiped out all the demons in the Demonic Dragon Continent, so the treasures couldn't have disappeared in thin air.

Someone must have stolen it!

"Someone actually dares to steal my treasure!"

Meng Lei extended his divine cognition throughout the Demonic Dragon Continent through the Heart of the Existential Plane and started searching.

Nothing in the east... Nothing in the north... Nothing in the west... the south...

"Eh?"

At once, Meng Lei vanished on the spot.

The north of the Heaven's Vault Continent was the Far Northern Icelands. The south, on the other hand, was the lush Fairy Forests. The north was frozen and silent, while the south was full of life.

The Demonic Dragon Continent was the complete opposite.

The Demonic Dragon Continent's north's weather was spring all year round, while the south was covered in ice and snow. Other than ice demons, other demons could hardly survive here.

However, after Meng Lei's massacre, the south's ice demons were dead as the rest of the demons in the Demonic Dragon Continent. There should not be any signs of life here, but his search just now picked up something.

The thief isn't far!

"Cyrus, you idiot! How did you get killed so easily! How terrifying! This is too terrifying!

"I have to leave the Demonic Dragon Continent immediately, away from Meng Lei's territory, and get to a safe place..."

The Tempest Colossal Dragon with green dragon scales flapped his wings as he sped higher into the sky. He was about to leave the Demonic Dragon Continent for good!

"Once I get out of here, I'll be safe. Maybe I can be like Horace, finding a hidden and remote existential plane. Then I'll spread faith, collect the power of faith, and one day I shall become a true god!

"Yes! Leave! Leave, and there's hope!"

After leaving the Demonic Dragon Continent, the thought of the promising future gave the Tempest Colossal Dragon motivation, as his wings swung with more force and flew even faster.

As the altitude increased, he pulled ever closer to the dimensional wall of the Demonic Dragon Continent.

Once he passed through the dimensional wall, he would be able to leave the Demonic Dragon Continent and head into the Void.

By then, the sky is high and broad for birds to fly; the sea is wide and deep for fishes to swim. Meng Lei could not kill him anymore!

He was getting nearer and nearer!

He was getting nearer and nearer!

As the Tempest Colossal Dragon rose, the dimensional wall of the existential plane was within reach. He mustered up some of his last bit of power of divinity and charged toward the dimensional wall.

Rip!

An opening was ripped open on the dimensional wall, the pitch-black Void could be seen through it.

"Just you wait, Meng Lei, I'll be b... Never mind, I better not come back!"

The Tempest Colossal Dragon flapped his wings and was about to leave the existential plane.

However, just as he was about to reach, the opening abruptly closed up.

Thud!

The Tempest Colossal Dragon crashed onto the dimensional wall, becoming a little dizzy and seeing stars in his vision.

"Damn it!"

The Tempest Colossal Dragon was exasperated. He only had a little bit of power of divinity left after he used some to cut an opening.

One chance!

One last chance!

I must seize it!

The Tempest Colossal Dragon mustered his final bit of power of divinity and attacked the dimensional wall again. With another ripping sound, an opening appeared.

"Here's my chance!"

The Tempest Colossal Dragon turned into a flash of lightning as it shot toward the opening.

This time, he went as fast as he could as the front half of the body went through smoothly...

"I did it!"

The Tempest Colossal Dragon was relieved that he managed to leave the Demonic Dragon Continent; he was going to be safe.

Just then, a strong pulling force was felt on his tail. The Tempest Colossal Dragon turned his head around to find out that someone had caught his tail.

The Tempest Colossal Dragon saw a face through the rapidly closing opening of the dimensional wall—one that he could not be more familiar with!

"Meng Lei!!"

The Tempest Colossal Dragon was frightened out of his wits as he frantically flapped his huge wings, trying to escape. However, with his tail firmly grabbed by Meng Lei, he just could not struggle free.

I can only go all out now!

At this crucial moment, the Tempest Colossal Dragon cut his tail off and freed himself!

Whoosh!

The Tempest Colossal Dragon looked at its severed tail as cold sweat broke out.

"Meng Lei, I did not expect you to come for me so soon. But too bad, you'll never catch me! Plus, I'll be back here someday!"

The Tempest Colossal Dragon sneered and entered the dark endless Void.

The Tempest Colossal Dragon did not fly too far away when a human figure flashed in front of him.

"M-Meng Lei!"

The Tempest Colossal Dragon trembled and felt weak. He asked with a trembling voice, "How... How did you come out!"

"You tell me how I came out." Meng Lei looked at the Tempest Colossal Dragon like a retarded dragon.

The Tempest Colossal Dragon came to a realization.

Oh indeed, if a lowly half-deity like me could break off the dimensional wall, how could an intermediate deity like Meng Lei not do the same?

"I'm finished! I'm completely done for!" The Tempest Colossal Dragon's body shivered uncontrollably. "M-Meng Lei, w-what will you do?"

"No worries, I won't kill you." Meng Lei said faintly. "Didn't you hope to enter the Void? I'll fulfill your wishes. But, you have to hand over whatever you have stolen!"

As he spoke, Meng Lei pointed his sword and swung it around mid-air.

The Tempest Colossal Dragon was baffled. "What... What are you doing?"

"Oh, you'll know soon."

Meng Lei smiled faintly as he spread his five fingers out.

Splash!

Instantly, the Tempest Colossal Dragon's body broke apart, like an exploding firework turning into pieces of meat floating in the Void.

Even his brain was split into 81 pieces evenly.

"Ahhh!"

The sharp, piercing pain attacked his senses as the barely alive Tempest Colossal Dragon let out a heart-wrenching scream.

"Relax! There's plenty of time!"

Meng Lei glared as a pinch of Netherworld Divine Fire fell upon the pieces of split fleshes and started to burn. It spread rapidly from the first piece to the second piece, then the third...

After a short while, in the shrilling screams of the Tempest Colossal Dragon, every bit of flesh was in flames as the Netherworld Divine Fire burned intensely.

"Meng Lei, what do you want exactly?" the Tempest Colossal Dragon asked hoarsely.

"When a mistake is made, punishment follows, am I right? Even kids understand this principle."

Meng Lei took out a spatial ring from the Tempest Colossal Dragon with a casual grabbing motion and used his divine cognition. A big smile appeared on Meng Lei's face quickly.

Countless gold coins!

Countless Laws of Nature Origin Crystals!

Countless Divinity Crystals

Countless magic crystals!

There were so many of them that they were almost impossible to count. The variety of the riches could also make one dizzy.

"System, take whatever that can be taken!"

Whoosh!

His Wealth started to surge again, and it rose quite a while before the system stopped counting. Meng Lei's Wealth had reached 4.5 million Divinity Crystals, including the newly added 1.2 million!

.2 million Divinity Crystals, which was equal to 12 billion Laws of Nature Origin Crystals!

That was an astronomical number!

It was unimaginable for an intermediate deity-level Demon God to possess so much wealth. Even the normal intermediate deities like the Dragon God did not even have 10,000 Divinity Crystals!

.2 million!

Cyrus was simply not normal!

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Chapter 283: The Fairy Goddess, Ol' President Returns

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Meng Lei's Wealth reached an astonishing 4.5 million Divinity Crystals after he pocketed the Dark Demonic Dragon's riches.

However, he wasn't satisfied.

.5 million Divinity Crystals?

Was that bit of riches enough for him to do anything?

Awaken the Primordial Human bloodline further?

No, it wasn't enough!

Enhance the Gods-Slaying Rat bloodline, the Divine Netherworld Phoenix bloodline, and the Hundred-Armed Giant bloodline?

No, it wasn't enough!

Raise his metal-origin divine body assimilation rate?

No, it wasn't enough!

Continue to enhance his divine spirit?

It still wasn't enough!

The only things he could buy credit for at the moment were his triple-elemental and quadruple-elemental fusion laws of nature assimilation rates, yet those were attributes that he was in no hurry to boost at the moment.

"So, I'm still as poor as ever, I'm still a penniless pauper, and I still have to continue to work hard and strive hard."

Meng Lei's gaze landed on the Tempest Colossal Dragon once more. He said, "Tell me, who gave you the Devil contract? I can let you go free if you tell me what I want to know."

"It's the Dragon God! The Demon God was the one that gave me the Devil contract with the Dark Demonic Dragon. He's also the one that forced me to enter into the contract!"

The Tempest Colossal Dragon shouted hoarsely, "He wanted me to kill you through the Dark Demonic Dragon's power. All of this is his doing and has nothing to do with me!"

"Him? That doesn't make sense, though."

Meng Lei narrowed his eyes and asked, "It doesn't seem to benefit the Dragon God even if you sign the Devil contract, attract the demon army here, and allow Cyrus to occupy Heaven's Vault Continent."

"That... I wouldn't know, but it is indeed the Dragon God that forced me to sign the Devil contract!

"No grudges or enmity exists between us. How would I possibly sell my soul to a demon just to avenge the Dragons? I'm not that selfless!"

The Tempest Colossal Dragon shouted hoarsely, "Lord Meng Lei, you must believe me. I'm innocent!"

"What you say makes sense."

Meng Lei nodded slightly and said, "In that case, I'll personally ask the Dragon God about it another time. I believe he'll be able to give me a satisfactory answer. As for you..."

Meng Lei made a grabbing motion in mid-air and dragged the Tempest Colossal Dragon's divine spirit out of his sea of consciousness.

Then, he said, "Since I've said that I wouldn't kill you, then I'll keep my word. You may leave!"

"Leave?"

The Tempest Colossal Dragon, who was currently in his divine spirit form, stared blankly at Meng Lei and then at his body that the Netherworld Divine Fire was burning.

"You... You're really letting me go?"

To which, Meng Lei replied aloofly, "Do you not want to leave? If so, then you may stay."

"I'm going! I'm going!"

The Tempest Colossal Dragon hastily shot into the vast sky. Due to its current divine spirit form, it moved even faster than before and vanished into the dark in the blink of an eye.

"Are you letting that guy off so easily, Meng Lei? I don't mean to nag, but you should eradicate the source of the problem so that they do not resurge."

Dodola's voice rang out beside Meng Lei's ear—it was also watching the ongoings outside.

"Eradicate the source of the problem? Easy-peasy!"

A leisurely smile appeared on Meng Lei's features, and he snapped his fingers.

"Ahhh!"

A miserable and shrill divine spirit energy fluctuation traveled over from the endless darkness. A bunch of Netherworld Divine Fire flames ignited within the Tempest Colossal Dragon's divine spirit and burned wantonly.

The Netherworld Divine Fire was capable of setting anything and everything on fire.

"I knew you weren't that kind!"

Dodola had a contemptuous look on its countenance.

"Hehe!"

Meng Lei chuckled, and then, he turned and flew toward Demonic Dragon Continent. When he was near the dimensional wall, it took the initiative to rip a gate open and allow Meng Lei through.

That was what made an existential plane's master so powerful. Meng Lei would still be able to return to Heaven's Vault Continent without being repelled even after 10,000 years from his point of deification.

Meng Lei didn't linger after stepping into the Demonic Dragon Continent. He returned to Heaven's Vault Continent, and then, he released and spread his divine cognition into the surroundings to locate the continent's Heart of The Existential Plane.

He wasn't determined to take Heaven's Vault Continent's Heart of The Existential Plane just for the sake of taking control of the continent. More importantly... He wanted to find someone!

Heaven's Vault Continent was very big. On top of that, the Heart of The Existential Plane was hidden in a very secluded place. This made searching for it a very difficult task.

Meng Lei was very patient, however. He had gained some insight toward locating an existential plane's Heart after reading Cyrus' memories, so he knew that there was no meaning to being impatient about it.

He continuously teleported and searched unceasingly.

As the saying went, "The diligent and faithful are rewarded."

Three days later, Meng Lei finally found the Heart of The Existential Plane. However, when he reached the area where the Heart was, he saw something that was within his expectations yet also surprised him at the same time—the Heart of The Existential Plane... had already been taken!

Someone had already left their divine spirit mark on the Heart of The Existential Plane ahead of him!

Meng Lei's brows drew together slightly. By right, it wasn't that strange that someone had gotten ahead of him and already refined the Heart of The Existential Plane.

After all, Heaven's Vault Continent had seen the birth of four true gods. Any of them might have already refined the Heart of The Existential Plane. There was nothing to be astonished about.

But what Meng Lei couldn't understand was that since Heaven's Vault Continent already had a master, then why didn't its master obstruct his emergence? Or even erase him?

One must know that he had driven out the four major races, dissolved the four major empires, and unified Heaven's Vault Continent.

Had the existential plane's master intended to erase him, it would have been too easy a task for them to accomplish. Yet they hadn't!

This was incomprehensible!

But...

"So what even if someone has gotten a step ahead of me? I can destroy the divine spirit mark and take back the Heart of The Existential Plane all the same!"

Meng Lei let out an icy snort. Then, his divine cognition took on the shape of a sharp knife and cleaved mercilessly onto the divine spirit mark left on the Heart of The Existential Plane. Once he destroyed the divine spirit mark, the Heart would become his all the same!

Yet, no matter how Meng Lei attacked it, his attacks simply didn't damage the divine spirit mark in the least.

"What a tough and durable divine spirit mark! Could a higher deity have been the one that had marked it?"

Meng Lei was rather shocked and apprehensive. At this moment, a green hue blossomed from the divine spirit mark and coalesced into a beautiful figure.

She had pointed ears, long blond hair that cascaded like a waterfall, peerless beauty, and a graceful figure. Her eyes were expressive, and she had a holy, pure aura around her.

"That's..."

Meng Lei's eyes bore into the newcomer as a guess formed in his mind. Among Heaven's Vault Continent's four great true gods, the Dragon God, the Beast God, and the Titan Spiritual God, were all males.

The Fairy Goddess was the only female deity among them!

"Little fellow, I'm very happy to see you."

Her ruby-red lips parted as she spoke. Her voice was like the murmur of spring water, melodious and pleasant to the ears. She said, "I'm sure you must have guessed my identity by now. I am the Fairy Goddess."

"Greetings, Your Holiness."

Meng Lei bowed slightly in greeting. The other party was an ancient higher deity, whereas he was just a newly-ascended intermediate deity. Thus, he ought to show the Fairy Goddess due respect.

"I've taken notice of you a very long time ago," the Fairy Goddess said as a smile appeared on her visage. "By achieving intermediate deity status before you're even 20 years old, you can be said to be the number one person in Heaven's Vault Continent's history."

"You flatter me, Your Holiness."

Meng Lei bowed slightly.

"No, you're indeed very excellent."

The Fairy Goddess gave a small emotional sigh and said, "Even in the many high-end existential planes in the vast universe, you'd still be considered a one-in-100,000-years genius."

"You give me too much credit, Your Holiness."

Meng Lei blushed slightly.

"Little fellow, I'd like to ask you something. I hope you can answer me honestly," said the Fairy Goddess.

"Feel free to ask away, Your Holiness."

Meng Lei nodded slightly.

"When do you intend to leave Heaven's Vault Continent?" The Fairy Goddess gazed seriously at Meng Lei. "And which faction do you intend to join?"

"I've not thought about that."

Meng Lei shook his head and said, "As for which faction... I know nothing about the Void, much less where to even start with when it comes to joining factions."

The Fairy Goddess nodded lightly to indicate that she understood. Then, she said, "With your talent and aptitude, lingering for a long time in a low-end existential plane like Heaven's Vault Continent is honestly a waste of time. I'd suggest that you leave as soon as possible. High-end existential planes are where you should be shining instead."

"Perhaps!"

Meng Lei was noncommittal. Before the system had upgraded, staying in Heaven's Vault Continent was indeed of no help to him. However, now that the system had gained three new functions after its upgrade, everything had become completely different!

He could pick up things from high-end existential planes!

He could plunder the living beings on high-end existential planes!

There really wasn't much meaning as to whether or not he went to high-end existential planes.

At the sight of Meng Lei's noncommittal expression, the Fairy Goddess couldn't help but become somewhat puzzled.

She wasn't deceiving Meng Lei. To intermediate deities, there really wasn't much point in lingering in low-end existential planes, so why was Meng Lei thinking otherwise?

Though puzzled, the Fairy Goddess didn't press the issue. Instead, she said, "Little fellow, if there comes a day where you'd like to leave Heaven's Vault Continent, you can go to the Fairies to look for me. I can lend you a hand."

"Thank you for your guidance, Your Holiness."

Meng Lei bowed slightly.

The Fairy Goddess gave him a smile that looked as if a blooming lily. She said, "Work hard, little fellow. I believe you'll definitely achieve even greater glory in the future!"

Then, the Fairy Goddess' form gradually dissipated, vanishing together with the divine spirit mark she had left on the Heart of The Existential Plane.

Meng Lei gazed at the Heart of The Existential Plane, and then, he bowed and said, "Thank you for fulfilling my wishes, Your Holiness!"

These words of gratitude came from his heart. Meng Lei knew very well that had the Fairy Goddess been unwilling to give up the Heart of The Existential Plane, there was no way he could have destroyed the divine spirit mark on the Heart with his current abilities.

Yet the Fairy Goddess had dispersed the divine spirit mark on her own accord. This was no different from gifting Meng Lei the Heart of The Existential Plane. How could he not be grateful to her?

Meng Lei refined the Heart of The Existential Plane and took complete control over Heaven's Vault Continent. Then, he began to search the continent eagerly.

The Dragon God Empire...

The Titan Empire...

The Beast People Empire...

The Far Northern Icelands...

The Fairy Empire...

The Endless Oceans...

The Lost Continent...

Familiar-looking scenery flashed past one by one at high speed in Meng Lei's mind. Compared to Demonic Dragon Continent, Heaven's Vault Continent was no different from a tiny little island.

His line of vision left Heaven's Vault Continent and came to the Endless Oceans. Several islands, big and small, came into view. The large ones were about the same size as the Lost Continent, while the small ones were no bigger than a few square kilometers.

Traces of humans and Beast People could be found on many of the islands. They lived far away from turmoil and disturbances and far away from civilization and made a living by fishing.

"I can't find him! I still can't find him!

"Eh? What's that?"

Suddenly, a huge continent came into Meng Lei's view. The continent was extremely far away from Heaven's Vault Continent, easily millions of miles away from it.

It occupied an area above the Endless Oceans and was actually multiple times the size of Heaven's Vault Continent in surface area. Additionally, it was densely populated and boasted an astonishingly high population that far exceeded that of Heaven's Vault Continent!

"I knew the Heaven's Vault Continent existential plane wasn't that simple! With such a vast ocean on the existential plane, how can Heaven's Vault Continent be the only continent on it?"

Astounded, Meng Lei swiftly began to check out information about the continent. After a series of checks, Meng Lei discovered to his astonishment that there were actually humans, Fairies, Dragons, Titans, Beast People, and even races such as Dwarves and Demi-Beast People on the continent! Every race that should be there was there!

However, there was something completely out of his expectations—the ones ruling over the continent weren't Dragons or Titans. Neither was it the Fairies or the Beast People.

Rather, it was the humans!

Humans occupied the vastest and most fertile territories on the continent, whereas the Beast People, Dragons, Fairies, Titans, and other races were scattered in the continent's peripheral regions.

"The humans on this continent certainly live up to expectations!"

Meng Lei marveled inwardly and continued to scan the continent.

Suddenly, a familiar aura appeared in his line of sight.

"That's... Ol' President!!"

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Chapter 284: Angel's Blade, The Light Church

"Ol' President, I've finally found you!"

Meng Lei was incredibly agitated. Shrouded by Power of Existential Plane, he instantly vanished from where he was.

By the time he next appeared, he was already in the sky above a huge, lofty mountain on the new continent.

The mountain was tall, lofty, and magnificent. Various exotic buildings stood on the mountain, and almost a thousand of them linked together to form a dignified and stately building complex.

People filled up a square in the building complex. They wore unusual clothes and were incredibly nervous as they watched a figure suspended in the sky.

"I'm cheering for you, President Amos!"

"Mr. President, show those quacks from the Light Church the power of the Kroc Academy!"

Five figures were suspended in the air at the moment. Every one of them gave off an incredibly powerful aura—evidently, all of them had reached Heaven's Vault Continent's definition of the half-deity realm.

There were four people on one side. All of them were dressed in red bishop's cloaks and wore specially-made miters on their heads. They wore golden gloves and held pastoral staffs in their hands. Pinned on their chests were metal badges printed with an angel's image.

They were the Light Church's Red-Cloaked Archbishops!

On the other hand, only a single person stood on the other side. He had a head of red hair, wore white robes, and looked kindly and amicable.

Had Meng Lei been here, he'd definitely be able to recognize him. That man was exactly the Ol' President whom he had been painstakingly looking for—Amos Kroc!

"Archbishop Chicas," Ol' Amos glared furiously at the four men standing opposite him and said, "The Kroc Academy has always minded their own business and has never interfered with the Light Church's matters. Why are you attacking us?"

"Not quite, President Kroc."

Archbishop Chicas adopted an attitude that displayed great compassion and sadness for mankind as he said, "The gods have mercy on the people! Our Lord has taken pity on the hardships and suffering of the Kroc Kingdom's people. We are following our Lord's decree and wish to bathe the Kroc Kingdom's people in the light of our Lord. Why do you stand in our way, President Amos?"

"Don't give me that crap!"

Ol' Amos said coldly, "You just want to spread the Goddess of Light's faith in the Kroc Kingdom, don't you? Don't even think about it! The Kroc Kingdom has unremitting self-reliance. We don't need any deity to worship!"

"President Kroc, you cannot speak on the Kroc Kingdom's billions of citizens' behalf. They have the freedom and right to choose their own faith. You have no right to decide on their behalves," Archbishop Chicas sported a merciful expression on his face as he said, "Much less obstruct them from joining the Light Church."

"Such hypocrisy and pretentiousness!" Ol' Amos snorted. "Let's battle if that's what you want! I'm ready anytime!"

"Since President Kroc insists on being unrepentant, then don't hold it against us if we don't show you any civility!"

Archbishop Chicas sighed and said, "O supreme Lord, your children are going to sin again. I beg for your forgiveness and clemency!"

After saying a prayer, all of Archbishop Chicas' previous compassionate and sorrowful demeanor vanished, and he became incredibly cold and detached. He said, "Get into the Angel Battle Formation and take him out quickly!"

"Kill!"

The other three Red-Cloaked Archbishops let out a fierce shout. Then, holy light-elemental power of divinity formed around them and rose into the air, taking the shape of three holy angel holograms.

For a moment, four terrifying auras swept outward and went crashing down onto Ol' Amos from all around.

Boom!

The dimension around Ol' Amos was instantly locked down. Ol' Amos felt an overwhelming pressure weighing down on him, rendering him almost immobile.

"Thinking of suppressing me with a mere Angel Battle Formation? Open up!"

A divine nation hologram suddenly manifested above Ol' Amos as he roared. Strong, torrential Power of Divine Nation surged forth from the hologram and resisted the Angel Battle Formation.

"A divine nation! You've actually already established a divine nation! The pope was right—you are indeed the most secretive and low-profile half-deity on the whole continent!"

The four Red-Cloaked Archbishops were filled with shock and fury as they gazed at the divine nation hologram in the sky.

The three steps to deification for a half-deity were as follows: Light up the divine fire, manifest a divine core, establish a divine nation.

Each completed step brought tremendous changes to a half-deity's strength.

Upon the complete establishment of a divine nation, a half-deity would officially step into the true god stage and become a true god.

A true god!

How few true gods were there on the Light Continent?

Which one among them wasn't a powerful existence that had already deified since tens of thousands of years ago? Who the hell did Amos Kroc think he was? What had he done to deserve becoming a true god?

"It is heresy for one to deify without approval!" Archbishop Chicas bellowed furiously, "Go all out and suppress him, even if you have to kill him! No one is allowed to deify without explicit approval on the Light Continent!

"Angel's Blade!"

Following Archbishop Chicas' shout, a holy sword glittering with endless holy light suddenly appeared in the hands of the angel hologram above him.

The blade was incredibly keen and gave off a sharp aura that even slashed several pitch-black rifts into the dimension.

It was none other than Angel's Blade, the Light Church's trump card that was capable of slaughtering even true gods.

"Cleave, Angel's Blade!"

Angel's Blade instantly cleaved downward, sundering the dimension and creating a rift. Then, it passed through the rift and appeared above Ol' Amos as though it had teleported.

"That bastard, he's brought even the hallowed gods-slaying weapon Angel's Blade here!"

Ol' Amos' countenance changed drastically, and he hastily used his Power of Divine Nation to break free of Angel Battle Formation's suppression. Then, he darted to the side in a flash.

Angel's Blade was a legendary true god-level divine weapon that made slaying gods and vanquishing demons a cinch. It was said that only the most pious worshipers could receive them.

The four archbishops weren't weaker than him by much. Moreover, they even had Angel's Blade with them and could slay a true god by joining hands. Ol' Amos didn't dare to meet their attacks head-on so stubbornly.

Ol' Amos moved very quickly, successfully dodging the Angel's Blade attack. However, the dodge caused the divine nation hologram above him to instantly dissipate.

"Suppress him, Angel's Battle Formation!"

The four archbishops would never let such a great opportunity pass them by. Pure, holy light blossomed from the angel holograms and crushed down on Ol' Amos, suppressing him and holding him down to the spot.

"Cleave, Angel's Blade!"

Angel's Blade cleaved downward at Ol' Amos again!

"I'm finished!"

Immobilized, Ol' Amos could only watch helplessly as Angel's Blade cleaved down upon him. A look of despair surfaced in his eyes—he knew that it was all over for him!

He was just a half-deity and ultimately hadn't attained true godhood yet. Should Angel's Blade, the hallowed gods-slaying weapon, strike him, his divine body would definitely be severed into two.

"Am I going to perish here on Light Continent when I haven't even returned to Heaven's Vault Continent yet?"

Despair filled Ol' Amos' eyes. "My younger sister! And Meng Lei! I'm going to die when I haven't even said my final goodbye to the two of you... I can't accept this..."

"Look out, Mr. President!"

The students and teachers in the square cried out in shock and horror as they tried to call out a warning to him. However, their voices were completely drowned out by the howling cold winds.

"Go in peace, Amos!"

A smug look appeared on Archbishop Chicas' face as he said, "After your death, the Kroc Kingdom shall become a part of the Light Church, and its billions of people shall bathe in our Lord's holy light!"

"Chicas! And the Light Church! I'll never let all of you off even after my death!"

Fury welled up in Ol' Amos' eyes as he bellowed into the sky, "I can't accept this...!"

Whoosh!

Angel's Blade cleaved down at him, instantly engulfing Ol' Amos. Following its momentum, it then struck a mountain peak and cleaved it right into two!

The blow's terrifying force badly frightened the students and teachers in the square, and they hastily turned their gazes to the sky—only to find that there was no one there.

Only the four Red-Cloaked Archbishops remained standing in mid-air, whereas their academy president was nowhere in sight. It was as if he had vanished into thin air!

"Ol' President?"

"Where's Ol' President?"

"Where is he?"

The dazed and despondent students and teachers couldn't accept what had happened. After all, the academy president was God and the heavens himself in the entire Kroc Academy, yet the heavens had crashed down unto them at this moment.

"He's gone?"

In contrast to the dazed and despondent students and teachers, all four Red-Cloaked Archbishops were frowning instead.

While Angel's Blade was indeed incomparably sharp, there was no way a cleave from it could turn someone into dust.

Amos was gone, and there was only one possible reason why—he had managed to evade the attack just now!

"He's actually evaded it!"

The four archbishops had an awful look on their faces as they looked around for Ol' Amos' traces. Then, they spotted him in the air a short distance away... Wait a second, who was that beside him?

The four archbishops could see that there was actually someone else next to Ol' Amos. It was a young man under 20 years old and dressed in black robes.

"Do any of you know who he is?"

Archbishop Chicas turned to the other three beside him.

"No, I don't know who he is."

"Never seen him before."

"I've never seen him before, either."

All three Red-Cloaked Archbishops shook their heads.

"How strange. I actually can't detect any aura coming from him at all. Who exactly is that guy?"

Archbishop Chicas' eyes bore deeply into Meng Lei as his brows locked into a deep frown. He was definitely no ordinary person for him to fly through the air yet not give off any detectable aura.

Might he be a powerful expert?

"You... You're Meng Lei?"

Others might not recognize Meng Lei, but Ol' Amos definitely did. He stared at Meng Lei in disbelief, his eyes filled with amazement and wonder.

He and the Ol' Amos of Heaven's Vault Continent were one and the same and shared a common memory, so he naturally recognized Meng Lei. However, it was exactly because of this same reason that he couldn't help but be astounded.

Heaven's Vault Continent was millions of kilometers far away from the Light Continent. On top of that, the boundless Endless Oceans even separated the two. Even true gods could forget about crossing it!

Meng Lei, who was supposed to be in Heaven's Vault Continent, had actually shown up here. How did he manage to make his way here?

"It's been a while, Ol' President!"

Meng Lei's eyes reddened slightly as he said, "I had thought that I would never get to see you ever again after our farewell the other time. Never would I have thought that you're actually still alive. Thank the heavens! Thank the heavens!"

"Why are you here, Meng Lei?"

Ol' Amos was also very agitated.

"It's a long story!"

Meng Lei took a deep breath. Then, an icy glint flashed across his eyes as he said, "Give me a moment, Ol' President. We'll talk in detail after I drive those four stinky worms away!"

"What are you planning on doing, Meng Lei?"

Shocked, Ol' Amos said, "They are the Light Church's Red-Cloaked Archbishops. Every one of them is a pinnacle-level half-deity. Moreover, they have Angel's Blade, the gods-slaying sword, with them. You aren't their match..."

"Pinnacle-level half-deities?"

Meng Lei came right up to the four Red-Cloaked Archbishops with a flash. His voice was icy-cold like never-melting ice as he said, "The audacity of you to besiege Ol' President! All of you should die for that!"

As he couldn't judge how strong Meng Lei was, Archbishop Chicas didn't recklessly attack. Instead, he warned gravely, "Sir, I don't know who you are, but these are the Light Church's matters. I hope you can refrain from interfering. Otherwise..."

"The Light Church? Hmph!"

Meng Lei sneered, "Who does the Light Church think they are? That woman, the Goddess of Light, won't be able to alter your fates even if she personally shows up today!"

"How dare you blaspheme our noble Lord!"

Archbishop Chicas' expression changed, and he barked sternly, "You heretic! No matter who you may be, you should die for being so audacious as to blaspheme our Lord!

"Cleave, Angel's Blade!"

"Look out, Meng Lei!"

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Chapter 285: With A Snap Of Fingers, I'm Not Really A Deity

The pure, holy Angel's Blade sliced through the air and appeared above Meng Lei's head as if it had teleported there. It went straight down for Meng Lei's head.

"Die, heretic!"

Archbishop Chicas sneered as if he had already seen the scene where Meng Lei was chopped into halves and blood splattered everywhere. He was confident with his Angel's Blade.

"Look out, Meng Lei!"

Ol' Amos shouted his reminder, but Meng Lei did not seem concerned. He even turned his head and smiled at Ol' Amos. "No worries, Ol' Amos."

"Meng Lei!"

Looking at the situation, Ol' Amos was scared out of his wits.

No worries? How can I not worry at all?

A moment later, he witnessed an unforgettable scene. Meng Lei extended two fingers, and Angel's Blade became stuck in between as it stopped dead.

On the other hand, Meng Lei's fingers were perfectly fine—it was neither severed nor bleeding, as if it was clipping chopsticks instead of Angel's Blade.

"This, this..."

Ol' Amos gasped; his eyes almost popped out in disbelief. Others may not know Meng Lei well, but how could he not know him well enough?

He had been with Meng Lei all along until his divine incarnation died and lost contact.

At the very most, they had not met for less than three years. What could be done in three years?

Only enough to take a nap!

How much could Meng Lei progress in such a short time? Breaking through half-deity would already be an unprecedented feat.

But the truth was?

Catching Angel's Blade barehanded was completely beyond his imagination. Just what kind of combat strength was that?

"Im-Impossible! It's impossible!"

Archbishop Chicas and the rest were equally shocked. Angel's Blade was a divine weapon that could kill true gods. How could it be caught just like that?

"An illusion! This must be an illusion!"

The four Red-Cloaked Archbishops could not accept this!

"Angel's Blade? It's nothing more!"

Meng Lei applied a little more force, and a snap was heard. Angel's Blade glowing in pure, holy light, snapped and broke into two pieces!

"The Angel's Blade... broke?"

The four Red-Cloaked Archbishops were dazed as their minds went blank.

Ol' Amos came back to his senses earlier than the rest. "It's frightening! What happened to this kid in these three years that made him progress to such a level?"

"I don't care whether you're the Light Church or the God of Light, anyone that dares to harm Ol' President deserves to die!"

Meng Lei shook his wrist, and half of the Angel's Blade transformed into a stream of light as it shot toward one of the Red-Cloaked Archbishops.

Splurt!

Without any surprise, the half blade pierced through this Archbishop's head, shot out of the head's back, and carried on flying forward under inertia.

This Archbishop stiffened, and his eyes were widened, indicating that he hadn't died in peace.

How could he have imagined that a great Red-Cloaked Archbishop of the Light Church, a person with millions under him, could die in such circumstances?

He could not accept dying like this!

"Kurt!"

Archbishop Chicas and the other two widened their eyes to the point of splitting as they glared at Meng Lei furiously. "You damned heretic! How dare you to murder our Light Church's Red-Cloaked Archbishop!"

"You're dead meat! No matter who you are and what your background is, even if we have to soar into the heavens or burrow into the ground, the Light Church will end you for sure!"

"Is that so?" Meng Lei smiled faintly. "I look forward to that day, but I'm afraid the three of you won't see to that day."

"Oh no!"

How could the Red-Cloaked Archbishops not feel the murderous intent in Meng Lei's words? They ran immediately!

They were facing someone who could catch Angel's Blade barehanded and kill Kurt in an instant. They could not even muster up the courage to resist Meng Lei.

Ran!

They ran at once!

They ran as far as they could, the further, the better!

"Flee? Do you think you can really flee?"

"Immobilize!" Meng Lei commanded.

Buzz...

A huge force came down in an instant. Archbishop Chicas and the rest were frozen on the spot as if their acupoints had been sealed.

"Death!" Meng Lei shot another word.

Crack!

Archbishop Chicas and two others exploded into a bloody mist, which dissipated along with the wind—they were smashed into tiny pieces, not even a single bone was left.

"Dead? Four Red-Cloaked Archbishops... dead just like that? Gosh, how was that possible?"

Great waves of shock and astonishment churned in Ol' Amos's heart. Ηe had never imagined that Meng Lei would surprise him in such a manner.

Killing four pinnacle-level half-deities, what level of terrifying strength was this?

If Ol' Amos was shocked, then the innumerable students and teachers were petrified.

Those were the Red-Cloaked Archbishops of the Light Church who were second only to the Pope and the Holy Maiden!

Did they die just like that?

The teachers and students were terrified!

The Light Church was the Light Goddess' messenger on the Light Continent, the entire continent's highest authority. The Red-Cloaked Archbishops were some of the most influential beings.

Yet just now, they witnessed them being killed by an unknown young man.

Shock!

Horrified!

Disbelief!

Unbelievable!

"Just who is that young man!"

"How does he possess such power?"

"Mr. President seemed to know him? Perhaps he's a friend of Mr. President..."

Meng Lei went back before Ol' Amos as if he was finished with trivial matters. "Ol' Amos, it's been a few years since we've met. How have you been?"

"Well, I'm... I'm doing fine!"

Ol' Amos spoke as if it was his first time knowing Meng Lei. "Possessing such formidable power, it seems you've been through a lot in these three years!"

"Not too bad, I guess." Meng Lei smiled. "Ol' Amos, I'm eager to find out how you came to this continent and what you have experienced over here."

"Well, it's a long story." Ol' Amos sighed. "Let's move to my office."

"Alright!"

Ol' Amos's office was in a garret of antique flavors, and the surroundings were elegant, with rockeries and waterfalls, water flowing under a little bridge—life was pleasant over here.

"Come, have some tea."

Ol' Amos poured two cups of tea and lay on the beach chair. He sighed. "Well, speaking about coming to the Light Continent, it's a long story."

"You can take your time Ol' Amos."

Meng Lei smiled. He was jovial to be able to meet Ol' Amos again, and he wanted to know anything about Ol' Amos.

"In the year when I became a half-deity, like many other half-deities, I chose to split my divine spirit. But I did not split evenly, as it was a ratio of 3:7. Hence one was at a half-deity's level while the other was at Saint Domain's level."

Ol' Amos sighed again. "You should know that Heaven's Vault Continent was split amongst the four true gods right down to the very last bit. Thus, half-deities like me had no place in it."

Meng Lei nodded in agreement. Many half-deities on Heaven's Vault Continent had faced the same awkward situation before him—they had no source of faith!

"And so, my Saint Domain divine incarnation stayed at Heaven's Vault Continent, while the half-deity divine incarnation left Heaven's Vault Continent and entered the Endless Oceans."

Ol' Amos laughed. "I hoped to find a decent island on the Endless Oceans to spread faith and gather power of faith."

"What happened after that?" Meng Lei asked.

"The Endless Oceans was massive with countless islands, but there were only a few proper ones. Those that were decent were already owned." Ol' Amos shook his head as he said, "I had no choice but to carry on traveling around, which became 5,000 years. At last, I somehow arrived here."

At this point, Ol' Amos could not help but give a wry smile. "At first, I was excited as I thought that heaven rewards the faithful, and I've struck the jackpot here.

"But the truth was not how I expected it to be.

"This continent was numerous times the size of Heaven's Vault Continent. Plus, be it the population, amount of experts, or level of civilization, they were all far superior to our Heaven's Vault Continent.

"These were still secondary. The key was that this continent belonged to masters with powerful backgrounds!"

Ol' Amos shook his head again and sighed. "This continent is being ruled by two religious organizations known as the Light Church and the Dark Church.

"Upon learning these, I was very disappointed. I had come so far out here, yet the results were the same. I wasn't ready to accept this!

"But I was tired, tired of traveling again. Hence, I decided to live in seclusion in the Light Continent.

"And as the Light Church was busy defeating the Dark Church, I founded the Kroc Kingdom!

"A few years ago, the Light Church finally destroyed the Dark Church completely and united the continent. As such, they finally had time to deal with my Kroc Kingdom!"

Ol' Amos ground his teeth as he continued. "The Light Church is very powerful, far stronger than any empires or races on Heaven's Vault Continent!

"Plus, they have the backing of the Angel Gods from the Celestial Realm. How could my Kroc Kingdom possibly be of their match?

"If it wasn't for you, I would be dead for sure! So I must thank you!"

"Ol' Amos, don't mention it." Meng Lei was rather speechless. "Given our relationship, why is there a need to be so polite here?"

"Hehe! I'm only being polite for a while, and you thought that was real? I wouldn't stand on ceremony with you!"

Ol' Amos chuckled, then he stared at Meng Lei suddenly. "Oh yeah, how powerful are you exactly? Have you become a deity? You should be a deity now, right?"

Meng Lei shook his head and replied honestly, "No, I'm not a deity yet."

Had he become a deity?

Not really!

He had neither ignited the divine fire nor had he formed divinity yet, much less establishing a divine nation.

Thus, he really wasn't a deity.

He only had the divine spirit and physique of an intermediate deity.

"Not a deity yet?" Ol' Amos stopped for a moment. "You could kill pinnacle-level half-deities like Chicas instantly. How are you not a deity yet? This can't be!"

"Ol' Amos, why would I lie to you?" Meng Lei said helplessly, "I'm indeed not a deity, just that my physique is slightly stronger."

"You're really not a deity?"

Ol' Amos frowned and stared at Meng Lei.

"I'm really not!" Meng Lei answered seriously.

"Freak! You're such a freak possessing such strength without being a deity yet!" Ol' Amos' brows drew together tightly. "But, since you're not a deity yet, that spells trouble!"

"Trouble?"

Meng Lei raised an eyebrow.

"You've killed four Red-Cloaked Archbishops. Given the Light Church's style of avenging the dead, they will not let you off easily! We can only await the Light Church's savage retaliation!"

Meng Lei smiled faintly. "They're just the Light Church. You don't have to be worried, Ol' Amos. If they dare to come, I'll just destroy them with a snap of fingers."

"Destroy them with a snap of a finger?" Ol' Amos let out a wry laugh and continued. "You must be ignorant to be fearless. The Light Church is far more powerful than what you could imagine. They're not something we can compete with!"

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Chapter 286: The God of Magical Beasts, The Graveyard of Gods And Demons

The Light Church's headquarters was located on the Holy Mountain of Light. The whole mountain was made of light-elemental elemental crystals and gave off a pure and tranquil sacred glow.

The Shrine of Light stood towering atop the sacred mountain.

Currently at the Shrine of Light...

Dressed in a pope's cassock, Pope Hayes stood in front of an enormous Goddess of Light statue as he prayed piously.

"Your Holiness!"

Four Red-Cloaked Archbishops wearing looks of immense fury on their faces suddenly entered the hall.

The pope paid them no attention and continued to pray piously instead. At the sight, the four Red-Cloaked Archbishops refrained from interrupting him any further and waited quietly.

It was only when the pope finished his prayers a moment later that he finally spoke. He asked, "Didn't you go to the Kroc Kingdom? Why are you back so quickly?"

As it turned out, the four Red-Cloaked Archbishops were actually Archbishop Chicas and the other three that Meng Lei had just killed. However, the ones currently in the shrine were their alternate divine incarnations instead.

"Something terrible has happened, Your Holiness!"

Archbishop Chicas gnashed his teeth, trying to suppress his fury as he recounted what had happened.

In the end, he even added, "Not only has that wicked heretic dishonored our great Lord, but he has also shown no respect for the Light Church. We must punish him severely for that, Your Holiness!"

"That's right, Your Holiness! That heretic is deeply mired in sin and wicked beyond redemption. We must burn him alive at the stake so as to serve a warning to the world!"

"There's that bastard Amos, too. He's hidden his cultivation prowess too deeply. To think he's already actually secretly established a divine nation and stepped into the realm of a true god. His intentions should be punishable by death!"

The other three Red-Cloaked Archbishops also spoke up one after another, their speech filled with fury and hate. They practically hated Meng Lei with every fiber of their being for destroying their half-deity divine incarnations, causing their many years of painstaking cultivation to go up in smoke.

Pope Hayes listened to them quietly. Only when the four Red-Cloaked Archbishops were done did he slowly ask, "Do any of you know that young man?"

"No, we've never seen him before."

Chicas and the others shook their heads repeatedly. "We're well aware of all the experts on the whole continent who are half-deities or stronger. However, that young man is the only one whom we've never heard of or seen before. Had he not been acquainted with Amos, I'd even have thought that he had popped out of thin air!"

"Not only have you not seen him before, but he's also acquainted with Amos..."

Pope Hayes said leisurely, "If my guess is right, that expert that appeared out of the blue likely also comes from Heaven's Vault Continent like Amos himself."

"Heaven's Vault Continent?"

The four Red-Cloaked Archbishops were taken aback for a moment.

"You may not know this, but there are a total of three continents in the material plane that we're on. They are the Light Continent that we're in, Heaven's Vault Continent in the east, and the Gods-Demons Continent in the southeast."

Pope Hayes said softly, "The three continents form a triangle in the Endless Oceans. Dozens of millions of kilometers separate one continent from another, and they rarely interact with one another."

His words stunned the four Red-Cloaked Archbishops, and they stared at Pope Hayes in disbelief.

"There are actually three continents on this existential plane? That's simply too shocking a piece of news!"

"Heaven's Vault Continent! Gods-Demons Continent!"

"How unbelievable!"

"How incredible!"

"This information is top secret in the Light Church. Only the Popes, the Holy Sons, and the Holy Maidens of each generation qualify to be privy to it."

"In that case, isn't it quite inappropriate for you to also let us know of it, Your Holiness?"

The four Red-Cloaked Archbishops' expressions changed slightly.

"No, there's no longer a need to hide it."

A shrewd glint flashed across Pope Hayes' eyes as he said, "It is the duty and mission of the Light Church to let our Lord's glory shine upon the whole existential plane. Now that we have unified the Light Continent, it's time for us to expand our reach further and let the other two continents bask in our Lord's glory, too!"

"How our Lord shows compassion to the people!"

"How merciful of our Lord!"

"How brilliant, Your Holiness!"

The four Red-Cloaked Archbishops' eyes shone brightly as they requested, "Your Holiness, do tell us a little about those two continents. After all, it's only when one knows their enemy and themselves inside out that they may emerge victorious in all their battles!"

Pope Hayes nodded lightly and said, "Heaven's Vault Continent is located to the east of Light Continent and is ruled over by the Dragons, the Fairies, the Beast People, and the Titans. These four races have each founded an enormous empire, and they respectively worship four different true gods—the Dragon God, the Fairy Goddess, the Beast God, and the Titan Spiritual God.

"Among them, the Dragon God, the Beast God, and the Titan Spiritual God are intermediate deities, while the Fairy Goddess whom the Fairies worship is a higher deity."

The four Red-Cloaked Archbishops' expressions changed greatly upon hearing what he said. They hastily asked, "Your Holiness, surely the four true gods have departed this existential plane by now?"

"Yes, they have," replied Pope Hayes with a small nod.

"Phew! Good to hear that they've departed!"

The Red-Cloaked Archbishops heaved sighs of relief. The four great true gods simply gave them too much pressure. Should any of them still be around, sh*t would no doubt hit the fan!

"Heaven's Vault Continent is the weakest among the three continents, so conquering it shouldn't pose much of a problem. We should be able to conquer it just by deploying a troop of angels there."

Then, Pope Hayes sighed and said, "The one that's difficult to conquer is the Gods-Demons Continent in the southeast."

Alarmed, the Red-Cloaked Archbishops asked gravely, "Your Holiness, could it be that there are also intermediate deities in Gods-Demons Continent?"

The Light Church wielded extremely fearsome power and could slay even regular true gods. Thus, the Pope would only find intermediate deities and existences beyond that level troublesome to deal with.

"There are indeed intermediate deities in Gods-Demons Continent."

Pope Hayes nodded slowly. Then, he went on and said, "Gods-Demons Continent is completely unlike Light Continent and Heaven's Vault Continent. There are no humans, Dragons, Titans, and so on there. Rather, it's completely occupied by Magical Beasts!"

"Magical Beasts?"

The Red-Cloaked Archbishops were a little dumbfounded.

"Yes, Magical Beasts. They are the only creatures on Gods-Demons Continent. That place is entirely the Magical Beasts' paradise."

A sighing Pope Hayes said, "All the Magical Beasts there worship only one true god—the Magical Beast God. On top of that, not only is the Magical Beast God an intermediate deity, but it's currently present in Gods-Demons Continent itself!"

"That doesn't make sense, Your Holiness. Since the Magical Beast God hasn't departed the existential plane yet, then that means it hasn't been 10,000 years since its deification."

A puzzled Archbishop Chicas went on. "As everyone knows, one's cultivation speed would become extremely slow after becoming a half-deity, and a true god's cultivation speed is even more shockingly slow."

"How can the Magical Beast God possibly be an intermediate deity when it hasn't been 10,000 years since its deification?"

"That makes sense. A true god that hasn't yet passed the 10,000th-year mark since its deification can't possibly be an intermediate deity, and as long as it's not an intermediate deity, we have no need to fear it!"

"Once we slay the Magical Beast God, won't Gods-Demons Continent be as good as secured?"

The other three Red-Cloaked Archbishops also voiced their thoughts one after another. Their countenances were filled with puzzlement.

"No, you're mistaken."

Pope Hayes shook his head lightly as he said, "Although it hasn't been 10,000 years since the Magical Beast God's deification, it is indeed a powerful intermediate deity. It's undoubtedly an invincible presence on this material plane!"

"So it really is an intermediate deity!"

"How can this be!?"

The four Red-Cloaked Archbishops couldn't help but gasp in complete astoundment.

Intermediate deities might be nothing in the vast Void, but they were absolutely invincible existences in low-end material planes.

Why?

Because low-end existential planes were off-limits to higher deities, Great Perfection-level deities, as well as Chief Gods. Even if they were to cast their divinity projections into the planes, the divinity projections would only be able to display a pinnacle-level half-deity's combat prowess at best.

Pinnacle-level half-deities?

An intermediate deity could blow them into smithereens with just a puff of air.

"Is that really true, Your Holiness?"

Archbishop Chicas was filled with disbelief.

"Of course!"

Pope Hayes nodded lightly. Then, he added, "The Magical Beast God was already a lesser deity 4,300 years ago, while it broke through to the intermediate deity stage 1,200 years ago."

"It used only 3,000 years to go from a lesser deity to an intermediate deity? How exactly did it achieve that?"

The four Red-Cloaked Archbishops were shocked.

,000 years?

What could one even achieve in that amount of time? Nothing but just a nap!

Yet the Magical Beast God had gone from a lesser deity to become an intermediate deity within a short span of 3,000 years. Its cultivation speed had practically put everyone to shame!

"Things would indeed become very tricky if the Magical Beast God really turns out to be an intermediate deity."

"An intermediate deity... How are we supposed to contend against something like that?"

"There's no way we can contend against an intermediate deity even if we assemble all of the Light Church's forces! How are we supposed to fight back if the other party counterattacks us instead?"

Pope Hayes explained, "The Graveyard of Gods And Demons is in Gods-Demons Continent itself. The Magical Beast God's astonishingly fast cultivation speed is likely because it had gotten hold of something from the graveyard—for example, a divine core!"

"The Graveyard of Gods And Demons?"

The Red-Cloaked Archbishops were taken aback. They asked, "Your Holiness, what's the Graveyard of Gods And Demons?"

"The Graveyard of Gods And Demons is the final resting place of many gods and demons. It's said that a meteor had crashed into Gods-Demons Continent over 30,000 years ago, and gods and demons of the Void descended upon the world shortly after the meteor crash."

Pope Hayes said softly, "A war between the gods and demons then broke out after that. The war was extremely fierce and bitter, and innumerable gods and demons perished in that shocking battle.

"After the war ended, the surviving gods and demons left Gods-Demons Continent while the fallen ones remained in eternal rest in Gods-Demons Continent. Thus, Gods-Demons Continent is also referred to as the Graveyard of Gods And Demons, meaning the place where gods and demons are laid to rest."

"A war between gods and demons?!"

"Fallen gods and demons!"

"The Graveyard of Gods And Demons!"

The four Red-Cloaked Archbishops' eyes shone brightly as they listened to Pope Hayes' explanation. That was a place where gods and demons were buried! Wouldn't there be treasures in every corner of the place? As well as divine cores?

If they could find a divine core and assimilate it, they might be able to become true gods, too!

"Every generation of the Light Church's Holy Sons and Holy Maidens is required to head to Gods-Demons Continent for training. Only those that return alive can qualify to inherit the position of Pope," said Pope Hayes leisurely.

The Red-Cloaked Archbishops looked at Pope Hayes and asked, "In that case, does that mean that you've also been to Gods-Demons Continent, Your Holiness?"

"That's right."

Pope Hayes nodded slightly and said, "I have indeed been to Gods-Demons Continent in my youth. Additionally, I even stayed there for over 30 years."

"Really!?"

The four Red-Cloaked Archbishops were greatly astonished. The Holy Sons and Holy Maidens' cultivation process had always been the church's biggest secret. Even Red-Cloaked Archbishops like them whose positions were second only to the Pope weren't privy to it.

Never would they have ever thought that the Pope had actually stayed in Gods-Demons Continent for over 30 years.

A whole 30 years!

Did the Pope ever find a divine core there?

Archbishop Chicas asked carefully, "Your Holiness, it's been a very long time since we've seen the Holy Maiden. Might she have gone to Gods-Demons Continent?"

"Yes, that's right. She has indeed headed to Gods-Demons Continent." Pope Hayes didn't deny it.

Suddenly, an aloof voice rang out.

"Sir, I'm back!"

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Chapter 287: The Church Attacks, Her Eminence The Holy Maiden

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Meng Lei wasn't aware of the ongoings in the Light Church at all. He was chatting happily with Ol' Amos. They were currently immersed in a joyous reunion after a long separation.

"Ol' President, I noticed that you had used Power of Divine Nation when you were battling the four Red-Cloaked Archbishops earlier. Have you become a true god?" asked a curious Meng Lei.

Ol' Amos couldn't help but laugh wryly upon hearing his question. He replied, "No, I haven't become a true god yet. Otherwise, I wouldn't have been in such a pathetic predicament."

His reply puzzled Meng Lei even further. He asked, "How did you manage to use Power of Divine Nation if you haven't established a divine nation yet?"

"It's a long story!"

Ol' Amos shook his head and said, "I strayed into a strange and fascinating place by chance when I was traveling around a month ago. Only one type of laws of nature existed there, and it was fairly small in surface area, yet it was also unlike a half-plane. Later on, I realized that it was actually a divine nation's ruins!"

"A divine nation's ruins?"

Meng Lei was taken aback.

"That's right, a divine nation's ruins!"

Ol' Amos nodded slightly and said, "As the divine nation's master has already met their demise, it has been crumbling and falling apart since a long time ago. If nothing beyond my expectations happens, it'll dissolve and disappear completely in 100 years.

"I lucked out and found a masterless true god-level divine core in the divine nation. You must have already guessed what happened after that."

Ol' Amos shook his head and said, "I've assimilated the divine core, but unfortunately, it's not fully assimilated yet because of time constraints. Otherwise, I wouldn't have been outclassed by those four Red-Cloaked Archbishops from the church."

"Ol' President, that luck of yours is really..."

Meng Lei didn't know how he should describe it anymore.

"I was just too short on time!" A grumpy Ol' Amos said, "Had I fully assimilated the divine core and completely become a true god, things would have turned out differently today."

"You're mistaken, Ol' President. Even if you had fully assimilated the divine core, you still wouldn't have been the Light Church's archbishops' match."

An amused Meng Lei said, "I can detect the presence of nine true gods, as well as a lesser deity, in the Light Church, not to mention innumerable half-deities."

"Really?"

"Of course!"

Gasp!

Ol' Amos couldn't help but gasp. "I knew the Light Church was very powerful, but I didn't think that they would actually be that powerful. Their strength is practically beyond one's imagination! How did you know that, by the way?"

"Amos, you wicked heretic! Get out here and meet your end!"

Suddenly, a cold and emotionless voice rang out like an explosion in the sky, resounding in the entire Kroc Academy like a deep thunderclap and causing great commotion.

Ol' Amos' expression changed, and he said, "The inevitable has ultimately still come. Meng Lei, you'd better go. There's no need for you to involve yourself in this mess."

"Don't worry. The Light Church hasn't become so powerful that they can send me running for my life yet." A smiling Meng Lei said, "Let's go and pay them a visit!"

"Sigh! I really don't know what to do with you!"

Ol' Amos sighed and left the office with Meng Lei. He was then stunned by the Light Church's luxurious line-up right away—innumerable knights clad in light-elemental armor stood afloat in the sky. They wore light-elemental metal helmets, grasped light-elemental sacred swords, and were as holy and pure as angels.

A student exclaimed, "It's the Knights of Light!"

"No, they aren't the Knights of Light but the Light Church's most elite Holy Maiden Knights!"

A teacher corrected them and said, "Take a good look—the badges pinned on the knights' chests are in the shape of angels. That's the symbol unique to the Holy Maiden Knights."

"The Holy Maiden Knights? That's the elite order of knights dedicated to protecting the Holy Maiden of Light, aren't they? Even the weakest among them is at least a Saint Domain. Could the Holy Maiden of Light have actually come in person?"

"Oh my god! Even the Holy Maiden of Light herself has come..."

"Meng Lei, things have become rather troublesome!"

Ol' Amos' gaze was fixed on the Holy Maiden Knights. He had a grave look on his face, and even his voice had become rather deep and low.

"Perhaps, I guess."

Meng Lei gave him a noncommittal smile and said, "The other party's line-up is certainly impressive—there are 24 half-deities and even a true god among them. On top of that, it's even a pinnacle-level true god."

Ol' Amos gasped. "A p-pinnacle-level true god? How are we supposed to even fight them?"

"Amos, you've colluded with a demon from another continent to bring calamity to the Light Continent and are deeply mired in sin!"

Archbishop Chicas stepped forward from among the crowd and said, "Get on your knees and repent! What are you waiting for?"

"What's he talking about?"

"What does he mean by a demon from another continent?"

"Could he be talking about that expert standing beside Mr. President? Is that expert from another continent?"

All the students and teachers of Kroc Academy shifted their curious and puzzled gazes to Meng Lei.

"Stop spouting such nonsense to fool the world, Chicas! The Light Church is always playing the same old tricks. Can't you think of something new?"

Ol' Amos said coldly, "Let's battle if that's what you want! I'm ready for you anytime, so cut the crap!"

"To think you're actually that insistent on being unrepentant!" Archbishop Chicas ordered coldly, "Men, capture him and bring him back to the Holy Mountain so that he can be put on trial!"

"Yes, sir!"

Ten half-deities immediately shot forth at his command and lunged toward Ol' Amos.

Meanwhile, Archbishop Chicas' eyes, which were filled with fearful reservations and a look of warning, bore deeply into Meng Lei.

"Good job on making it here!"

Ol' Amos let out a deep war cry. He was just about to go forward and meet their attacks when Meng Lei stopped him. He said, "Let me do it instead, Ol' President. I can also take this opportunity to show you the results of my cultivation during the last three years."

"This... Alright!"

Ol' Amos sighed, choosing not to reject his offer. Indeed, he certainly didn't have even a shred of confidence when up against such terrifying power from the Light Church.

Now that things had come to this, he could only pin his hopes on Meng Lei.

Meng Lei took a step forward. His gaze swept slowly and leisurely across the Light Church men as he said calmly, "I'm in a good mood today and don't wish to go on a killing spree. I'll give you a chance—vanish from my sight at once!"

"How dare you!"

"How presumptuous!"

"How impudent!"

The Light Church men flew into a rage at his words. The ten half-deities that had lunged at Ol' Amos previously immediately changed their course of motion and charged brazenly toward Meng Lei instead.

They transformed into ten white lightning bolts, the friction of their movement against the air producing crackling whizzing sounds like the whistling of trains.

"Die, you devil!"

"Those that challenge the Light Church's authority shall... Die!"

"You think too highly of yourselves!"

Meng Lei shook his head slightly. Then, he reached out a finger, tapped lightly in the air, and commanded, "Freeze!"

Buzz...

The dimension instantly solidified, and the ten half-deities that had initially been charging toward Meng Lei with great momentum froze where they were, completely immobilized.

"Ashes to ashes, dust to dust. Disperse!"

With a wave from Meng Lei, the ten half-deities instantly exploded into ten veils of bloody mist.

Their heads exploded into a bloody mist.

Their bones exploded into a bloody mist.

Their limbs exploded into a bloody mist.

Their entrails exploded into a bloody mist.

All their internal organs exploded into bloody mists.

The mists of blood scattered with the wind and floated toward the Light Church men, drowning them out in the blink of an eye.

Archbishop Chicas included, everyone from the church couldn't help but gasp.

Ten half-deities... had died just like that?

They hadn't made any waves... They hadn't flown up to the other party... In fact, they hadn't even caused much of a commotion, if at all...

Yet they had already been blasted into mists of blood?

Gulp!

Archbishop Chicas swallowed hard as a hint of indescribable fear surfaced in his eyes.

The ten ascetic cultivators had all been pinnacle-level half-deities and had been pillars of support in the church. Yet they had been instantly taken out?

Just how frighteningly strong was the other party?

And how terrifying was his power?

"Initially, I couldn't be bothered about the Light Church because I've only just come to this continent. After all, no matter how hard you try to make trouble, you would only be nothing but a bunch of insignificant ants."

As though he was talking about something insignificant and trivial, he said, "But since you're seeking death, I don't mind squashing you along the way!"

"On guard!"

Archbishop Chicas' eyelid twitched continuously, and he let out a great shout—he knew that Meng Lei was about to launch an attack!

Clank, clank, clank!

The Holy Maiden Knights quickly released their Battle Aura and gathered it above them to form a tough, solid light shield that shrouded all of them within.

"You perverse demon! How dare you so cruelly and wantonly kill the Light Church's half-deities!"

It was only within the light shield that Archbishop Chicas finally gained a sense of security. He glared at Meng Lei and shouted, "Surrender at once and follow me back to the Holy Mountain to repent for your sins if you know what's good for you! Otherwise, you'll regret ever coming to the Light Continent when our Lord metes out punishment!"

"You're too noisy!"

Meng Lei cast a glance at Archbishop Chicas. Then, he raised his glistening jade-like palm and lightly smacked downward in the direction of the Holy Maiden Knights.

Boom!

Power of Existential Plane formed a huge palm capable of blotting out the sky and crashed down on the Holy Maiden Knights like a great mountain.

Archbishop Chicas' heart, as well as all the Holy Maiden Knights' hearts, almost jumped out of their mouths as they watched the gigantic palm crashing down on them.

"Please watch over us, Goddess of Light!"

"We have to block that attack!"

"O supreme Lord, praise be to you! Please let us block that damned attack..."

Everyone shouted and cheered themselves on inwardly. However, their prayers went unanswered by the Goddess of Light because cracks formed all over the light shield the moment the gigantic palm made contact with the light shield.

Then, it broke with a crack and dissipated with white glowing particles that dissipated into the air.

"It's all over!"

"We're doomed now!"

Looks of despair came over everyone's faces at once. How strong must that palm strike have been if even the light shield that tens of thousands of people had simultaneously formed couldn't withstand it?

Just as everyone thought that they were about to be smashed into a bloody pulp, a sword's golden glint burst forth from the Knights and shot toward the gigantic palm!

Slash!

The sword glint was incredibly sharp, and it cleaved the gigantic palm right into two. Then, a graceful golden figure appeared in a flash and gazed coldly at Meng Lei.

She was tall and slender and had a shapely, curvaceous figure.

She possessed unparalleled beauty that outshone even that of Lady Zhen's1.

Her eyes were stern and grave, while her attractive face was as icy as snow.

She had a head of long blond hair and a pair of long and slender legs. Clad in golden armor and wearing a red cape on her shoulders, she carried herself tall and looked heroic and valiant.

"Your Eminence!" exclaimed Archbishop Chicas, whose spirits had become fired up again right away. The Holy Maiden was a pinnacle-level true god. With her around, there was nothing to fear!

The Holy Maiden glowered at Meng Lei and stated icily, "I am Altacia, the Holy Maiden of Light."

"You've made your appearance at last!"

Meng Lei flicked his fingers as he said, "Here I was, thinking that you were going to hide at the back and refuse to come out."

Altacia said coldly, "Deity from Heaven's Vault Continent, this is the Light Church's territory. We will not allow you to behave so atrociously here! Follow me back to the Holy Mountain to be punished!"

"The Light Church's territory?"

Meng Lei couldn't help but laugh.

I'm the master of this existential plane, y'know. The whole existential plane is my territory!

Yet you won't allow me to behave so atrociously?

"Your Eminence, are you trying to make me die of laughter so that you can inherit my Ant Check Later1?"

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Chapter 288: Holy Maiden Killed Instantly, Fleeing Away

"Your Eminence, are you trying to make me die of laughter so that you can inherit my Ant Check Later?"

Ant Check Later?

Altacia found that strange. However, from Meng Lei's tone, she knew that he was not saying nice things. He was probably even mocking her!

"Foreign deity, you're too arrogant!"

Altacia had a frosty look on her delicate face. "Surrender at once and follow me back to the Holy Mountain to stand trial! Or else, don't hold it against me if I show you no civility!"

"Your Eminence, many had said similar things to me, but they never ended up well. I think... you'll be the same."

As he spoke, Meng Lei struck down a palm.

Boom!

It was another gigantic palm.

"Unrepentant!"

Altacia grunted softly as she swung down her sword and sliced the gigantic palm into halves.

"It's Your Eminence, after all!"

"All hail our mighty Holy Maiden!"

"Your Eminence, let this damned heretic know the consequence of setting himself against the Light Church!"

"Die! Demon!"

The Light Church men cheered as it looked to them that the Holy Maiden had negated Meng Lei's attack with only a swing of her sword. Naturally, she had the upper hand!

However, the Holy Maiden of Light did not think so—the gigantic palm was neither a physical attack nor a divinity attack, yet its power was of a true god's level.

Plus, Meng Lei attacked casually just now—that was too scary!

In the eyes of the Holy Maiden of Light, Meng Lei was like a black hole that she could not see through at all. From this, she did not dare to underestimate Meng Lei.

Since when did such an expert pop out in Heaven's Vault Continent? the Holy Maiden of Light thought as she tried to guess Meng Lei's identity.

"Your Eminence, your combat prowess is still acceptable. So as long as you can take my next attack, I'll let you off," Meng Lei said leisurely.

He slowly extended his glistening jade-like palm. Black condensed flames appeared on his palm as it transformed into a black spear.

"Go!" Meng Lei shouted with a swoosh of his sleeve. The black spear then turned into a bolt of black lightning and shot toward the Holy Maiden.

"Black flames? It's the Netherworld Divine Fire!"

The Holy Maiden's expression changed drastically.

She would never have expected that Meng Lei could actually use the Netherworld Divine Fire. Those were flames exclusive to the Divine Netherworld Phoenix!

Facing the Netherworld Divine Fire, the Holy Maiden of Light did not dare let her guard down. She quickly activated her power of divinity, injected it into her sword, and swung it in the air.

"Holy Light Judgment!"

The dazzling aura formed a 40-meter long blade, like a rainbow across the sky, slicing open a pitch-black crevice in the air in an instant.

"Such a scary Holy Light Judgment!"

At the sight of this sword, Archbishop Chicas and the Knights exclaimed.

As people from the Church, almost all of them had learned this ability, but they could never use it to such a terrifying level as Her Eminence.

Clang!

The black spear clashed with the golden blade as if two hammers rammed onto each other, setting off bright sparks. Then a shocking scene occurred—the sharp golden blade blasted into pieces, turning into countless golden glow shooting outward in all directions!

The Holy Maiden Knights were implicated as golden beams of light went through their brains and shot through their chests overwhelmingly, turning them into swiss cheese.

A golden beam shot even Archbishop Chicas's head. He became the largest fish of the lot to be implicated.

"How?"

Archbishop Chicas' expression was full of disbelief. He was the Red-Cloaked Archbishop of the Light Church, and his status was only below the Pope and the Holy Maiden of Light—one of the highest standing in the Light Continent.

Yet, he was about to die. With both divine incarnations dead, he was thoroughly dead!

Thud!

Thud!

Thud!

Archbishop Chicas fell facing the ground. The unlucky ones among the Holy Maiden Knights also dropped on the ground motionless.

For a while, the initially intimidating and mighty men of the Light Church suffered heavy casualties, as over a third of the troops were lost.

The Holy Maiden of Light could not spare any concern for these people because that black spear was undamaged and shot toward her nevertheless!

By now, it was too late to dodge it. In this situation, the Holy Maiden of Light rushed to use her power of divinity to cast a divine power shield.

Whoosh!

Just at the moment when the shield was up, the black spear struck the shield. A crisp snap rang out, and the divine power shield was penetrated as if it was made of paper.

Splurt!

The black spear pierced right through the Holy Maiden's neck and continued its trajectory.

"Wah!!"

The Holy Maiden's face turned pale instantly as blood shot out of her throat like a fountain uncontrollably.

"You... are not a true god. You're a less... lesser de... deity!" the Holy Maiden of Light stared at Meng Lei and uttered slowly before her head drooped and her body fell straight backward.

"Your Eminence!!"

The remaining knights were terribly aghast. Some threw themselves toward the Holy Maiden of Light, while the others went for Meng Lei, their eyes bloodshot.

"You damned heretic! How dare you to hurt Her Eminence!"

"Death upon anyone who harms Her Eminence!"

"Kill!"

These knights lost no time to initiate their attacks.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Torrents of attacks fell upon.

"Annoying!"

Meng Lei frowned slightly and waved his arms. Then, densely packed golden wind blades swept toward the Holy Maiden Knights.

"Ahhh!"

Screams rang out everywhere.

As the wind blades swept by, almost all these knights were killed, with only a few lucky survivors barely standing.

Although they were alive, each of them was extremely petrified, as if they were looking at an extremely vicious demon.

"Devil! You're a devil!"

The knights screamed in horror.

"Go back and tell your Pope, I'm giving him three days to prepare for our meeting, be it recruiting experts or calling in reinforcements! Three days later, I'll arrive at the Holy Mountain of Light. I hope he doesn't disappoint me! Now scram!" Meng Lei waved them off.

Although the remaining half-deities and knights could not bear to accept this result, they could only stay away from the dominant Meng Lei.

"Let's go."

Everyone from the Light Church fled within ten seconds, bringing every dead body with them, including the Holy Maiden of Light.

Suddenly, only Ol' Amos and Meng Lei were left hovering in the sky.

Ol' Amos had a complicated look on his face. "The Holy Maiden of Light was a pinnacle-level true god! You can even kill a pinnacle true god instantly! Meng Lei, how powerful are you exactly?"

Meng Lei laughed and said, "Ol' Amos, to be honest with you, in this existential plane, no one can defeat me."

"So this means that... you're a lesser deity!?" Ol' Amos asked in disbelief.

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Chapter 289: The Astounded Ol' Amos, Five Divine Cores

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In front of the Goddess of Light statue at the Shrine of Light...

"I've disappointed you, sir."

The Holy Maiden of Light hung her head with a look of shame on her face. Behind her also stood four half-deities and three Red-Cloaked Archbishops, who all also looked worse for the wear.

A slightly frowning Pope Hayes gazed at them and said, "Has that Heaven's Vault Continent deity killed your divine incarnation, too?"

"Yes, he has, sir."

Altacia felt unbearably ashamed of herself. She had made confident promises to the pope at the point of deployment, yet she had returned after a crushing defeat. She had practically embarrassed herself thoroughly.

"Tell me about the battles," said Pope Hayes slowly.

"This is what happened, sir."

The Holy Maiden of Light didn't dare to keep any secrets from him. She truthfully recounted the battle events—though rather than calling it "events", one might as well just call it "a recount of how they had been crushed and taken out instantly".

Meng Lei had only used three moves from start to finish—the gigantic palm strike formed by Power of Existential Plane, the spear formed by Netherworld Divine Fire, and the wind blades that he had used to kill the Holy Maiden Knights.

Was that a battle? Obviously not!

Pope Hayes sank into silence after hearing Altacia's recount of the incident. Only after a long moment did he finally say, "Never would I have thought that the weak Heaven's Vault Continent would actually birth such a monster. If my guess is right, Heaven's Vault Continent must have undergone great changes."

The Holy Maiden of Light nodded slowly. How could Heaven's Vault Continent possibly not have undergone great changes when an existence like Meng Lei had emerged? Would he sit by and just allow the four great true gods to occupy Heaven's Vault Continent?

Of course not!

"He's a Divine Netherworld Phoenix descendant of lesser deity-level. The other party's combat strength has surpassed our expectations. The church faces a great crisis."

Pope Hayes sighed and said, "Everyone, let us prepare ourselves for the imminent crisis that might wipe out the church!"

"Yes, sir!"

"You're really a monster indeed, kid!"

Ol' Amos had a complex look on his face. "You frequently astounded me when I was traveling around with you back then. That's when I knew that you'd definitely be going places in the future, but never would I have ever thought that you would reach such astonishing heights in just the short span of three years! A lesser deity, y'know! It's practically inconceivable!"

Meng Lei burst into laughter and replied, "Don't praise me anymore, Ol' President. If you do, I'm gonna float onto cloud nine!"

He was indifferent to other people's praise. Only praise from Ol' Amos made him feel good about himself.

"I really don't know how you managed to cultivate to such a level!"

Ol' Amos shook his head. Then, he asked, "By the way, how is Heaven's Vault Continent?"

Meng Lei's smile gradually toned down at his question. He sighed and replied, "Don't get mad at me if I tell you, Ol' President. Otherwise, I won't say it anymore."

Ol' Amos raised an eyebrow. He said, "Get mad? From the sound of it, I can roughly imagine what you must have done—nothing good for sure!"

"Your guess is more or less right."

Meng Lei didn't keep it a secret from him. He said, "I killed the Dragon God Empire's emperor, exterminated the court officials, and also slain the Dragon Island half-deities—excluding your younger sister, of course.

"As for the Dragon People nobles, they've either died or been stripped of their titles. There aren't many of them left anymore. The enormous Dragon God Empire has become my Meng Lei Empire instead."

Despite having expected it, Ol' Amos was still incredibly astounded. Killing the emperor, exterminating the court officials, slaying half-deities, stripping the nobles' titles... Every case and every deed was horrifying and appalling!

Meng Lei had actually done everything that he hadn't even dared so much as to even think about in the past. It was practically unbelievable!

"Ol' President, you must be furious, right?"

Meng Lei looked at Ol' Amos.

"Furious? You're thinking too deeply into it."

Ol' Amos waved his comment off and said, "I'm just astounded by the incidents, that's all. I'm not mad at all. I'd also have done the same thing had I been in your shoes."

A smiling Ol' Amos shook his head and added, "After all, for people like us, deification takes higher priority over everything else. Is there anything that we won't do for the sake of deification? I'd only have been even more merciless than you had I been in your shoes!"

"Is that really what you think?"

"Duh, of course!"

Ol' Amos glared at Meng Lei and said, "What about the other three empires, aside from Dragon God Empire? Given your temperament, there's no way you'd let the other three empires off, right?"

Meng Lei nodded slightly. "I've annexed the other three empires and fully unified Heaven's Vault Continent."

"You've unified Heaven's Vault Continent? That's impressive!"

Ol' Amos gasped and remarked, "Only the Fairy Goddess, the Titan Spiritual God, the Beast God, and the Dragon God have ever accomplished a feat like that, while you're the fifth groundbreaking person to do so. Who would have ever imagined that the little fellow from years ago would reach such heights today?

"Speaking of which, though, have you come to Light Continent this time to take it over?"

"No," Meng Lei shook his head, "My purpose in coming to Light Continent was to search for you. Taking over it is secondary. Light Continent hasn't yet reached a point where I would think much of it."

Ol' Amos said dryly, "You've become arrogant, haven't you, brat? How many power of faith domains can you possibly have? To think you don't even think much of Light Continent! I'll tell you. Light Continent is much bigger than Heaven's Vault Continent..."

Meng Lei scratched his head and gave Ol' Amos a simple and honest smile before he said, "Not a lot, not a lot. Excluding Heaven's Vault Continent, I only have 48 existential planes as my power of faith domains."

"How can you become that arrogant when you only have 48 existential pl... Wait a second, how many did you say you have?" Ol' Amos' eyes widened and became as big as discs as he stared at Meng Lei. "48 existential planes?"

"Yes, I accidentally killed a Demon God a few days ago and took over its territories. There are exactly 48 existential planes, not one more and not one fewer," replied Meng Lei with an innocent smile.

"What the hell!"

Ol' Amos was astonished. "48 power of faith domains? Are you serious?"

"Yes, I am!"

Meng Lei nodded heavily.

"To think it's actually true!"

Ol' Amos gasped. "You're so blessed, kid. I really wish I could strangle you dead and take those 48 existential planes for myself!"

"Must you? It's just 48 existential planes, Ol' President."

Meng Lei rolled his eyes and said, "I'll give you a few power of faith domains if you want, Ol' President."

"Really?"

A huge shudder went through Ol' Amos as his eyes bore into Meng Lei. Then, he said viciously, "If you dare to lie to me... See if I don't skin you!"

Meng Lei was rendered rather speechless. He said, "It's just a few existential planes. Must you be that worked up? I'll give you a few right away after we get back. Here's a disclaimer in advance, though—there isn't anyone on those existential planes, so you'll have to manage it yourself."

"There's no one there? Why?"

Ol' Amos was slightly taken aback.

Meng Lei then recounted the cause and effect of what had happened to him, upon which an unaffected Ol' Amos then waved him off. He said, "As long as the territory's there, what's the big deal about it being empty? I'll just bring a group of humans and Beast People over when I get back. With the humans' and Beast People's reproductive abilities, it won't take even 100 years before they spread throughout the whole existential plane!

"Wahaha! A few existential planes' worth of power of faith domains! How much power of faith would they produce? The thought of it alone is enough to make my blood boil with excitement and send me out of control!"

Meng Lei didn't feel like paying any more attention to the crazed little old man. He brought out a few objects and said, "Ol' President, there are five lesser deity divine cores here. Take them for now."

"What did you say? L-lesser deity divine cores? A-and... Five at that?"

Stunned, Ol' Amos could only stare at the five divine cores sitting in Meng Lei's palm in disbelief.

Judging from the auras they gave off, they were indeed and undoubtedly lesser deity divine cores, but Ol' Amos was still filled with disbelief.

Lesser deity divine cores!

And a whole five of them at that!

Oh my goodness!

Were they really lesser deity divine cores?

How did Meng Lei get his hands on so many lesser deity divine cores?

Ol' Amos was astounded, perplexed, and filled with disbelief. However, he didn't hesitate at all!

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Chapter 290: Going Up The Holy Mountain, It's Useless Against Me

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Three days passed in the blink of an eye.

On this morning, Meng Lei woke up bright and early and had a hearty breakfast with Ol' Amos. Only then did he slowly and leisurely start to fly toward the Holy Mountain of Light.

"The Holy Mountain of Light is situated at the center of the continent. It's the Light Church's headquarters, as well as this continent's core of religious faith. Countless worshipers make pilgrimages to the Holy Mountain of Light every year..."

Ol' Amos flew in the sky with his hands held behind his back while telling Meng Lei about the continent.

Despite not having assimilated the five lesser deity divine cores yet, the air around him had become totally different from what it had been three days ago.

He was filled with confidence toward their journey to the Light Church. Were they kidding? How strong must Meng Lei be when he could bring out even lesser deity divine cores? What was there to fear about a mere Light Church?

Although the duo took their time to fly there, they nevertheless crossed a greater half of Light Continent and reached the Holy Mountain of Light in less than half an hour.

The whole Holy Mountain of Light was made of light-elemental elemental crystals, and it gave off a pure and sacred glow.

The Shrine of Light stood at the Holy Mountain peak, looking as if a celestial palace in the sunlight.

Even though an endless stream of pilgrims went to and fro in the past, the whole Holy Mountain of Light had been completely cordoned off on this day. Not a single worshiper was within sight. The only ones there were knights instead!

Knights clad in armor of light were stationed every three to five steps. They guarded the Holy Mountain of Light strictly, surrounding the mountain so securely that it was impenetrable.

"They are all prepared for battle!"

Meng Lei and Ol' Amos, who were floating in the air, marveled as they gazed upon the Holy Mountain of Light.

"I didn't feel anything in particular while on the way here, but I'm becoming rather nervous now," Ol' Amos took a deep breath, "Here's hoping that nothing goes wrong and everything goes smoothly today."

"Don't worry, Ol' President!"

A smiling Meng Lei gave him a few words of comfort. Then, he turned to the majestic Holy Mountain of Light and said, "Meng Lei of Heaven's Vault Continent has come to call on His Holiness, the Light Church's pope!"

Meng Lei wasn't particularly loud. He spoke just like how he usually did when chatting with another person. However, as though ten thousand thunderclaps were booming at the same time, his voice caused earth-rending results upon spreading into the surroundings.

Boom, boom, boom!

As though thunderstruck, all the battle-ready Knights of Light on guard clapped their hands over their ears and cried out in pain and agony. Blood gushed from their noses and trickled from their lip corners...

They were actually bleeding from all seven facial orifices!

"My apologies for not receiving you earlier, despite coming from afar, Your Holiness."

A group of people walked out of the Shrine of Light. The one in the lead was Pope Hayes himself.

Aside from him, Altacia the Holy Maiden, eight Red-Cloaked Archbishops, the General Inquisitor of the Holy Inquisition, a large group of ascetic cultivators, and Light Church fanatics that made up about 100 half-deities were also there.

"108 half-deities, nine true gods, and the Pope of Light whose cultivation level we cannot tell!"

Ol' Amos had a grave look on his face as he commented, "As expected, the church's strength is unfathomably deep. No wonder they could defeat the Dark Church and unify Light Continent."

Meng Lei also marveled, "Their overall strength is indeed impressive. They are much stronger than Heaven's Vault Continent."

"Your Esteemed Holiness, I am the Pope of the Light Church. On behalf of the Light Church and Light Continent, I welcome you."

Pope Hayes was extremely respectful, as though the person he was facing wasn't an enemy whom the Light Church bore grudges against but an esteemed guest.

"Your Holiness, let me first introduce to you this man next to me."

Meng Lei gave him a slight smile and said, "This is my teacher. Of course, he's also the founding emperor of Kroc Kingdom and the academy president of Kroc Academy."

"I see," replied the pope with a slight nod.

"Unfortunately, I had seen something that displeased me the moment I descended upon Light Continent. Four Red-Cloaked Archbishops from the Light Church were actually besieging my teacher and had even wanted to seize Kroc Academy—and even the Kroc Kingdom—for themselves."

Meng Lei said dispassionately, "Do you think you should give me an explanation for that, Your Holiness?"

"Your Esteemed Holiness," The pope bowed slightly, "Firstly, we weren't aware that Academy President Kroc was your teacher. That was why we had unintentionally affronted him. I hope Your Holiness can pardon us for that.

"Secondly, it is the Light Church's duty and obligation to spread our Lord's faith and let our Lord's light shine upon the whole continent. We had only wanted to let the people of Kroc Kingdom bask in our Lord's glory as soon as possible. We had no intentions to offend at all."

Meng Lei couldn't help but laugh and ask, "In that case, the unknowing Light Church isn't to blame and had been acting in accordance with their duty. Thus, they weren't in the wrong at all?"

"Your Holiness, the Light Church has always been advocating our Lord's teachings of showing love and care for the world and guiding people to do good. Perhaps there are flaws in our deeds, but we've never made any huge mistakes," replied Pope Hayes, who had adopted an attitude that displayed great compassion and sadness for mankind.

"Such hypocrisy and pretentiousness!"

Ol' Amos couldn't help but snort. The Light Church might look pure and beautiful, but hadn't they also reached where they were today by trampling upon piles of dead bodies?

Showing love and care for the world and guiding people to do good? What b*llshit!

"Going by what Your Holiness has said, I feel that I am certainly making a mountain out of a molehill."

Meng Lei said dispassionately, "After all, even if those four Red-Cloaked Archbishops from the Light Church had killed Ol' President, it's because he had stood in the Light Church's way of fulfilling their duty to spread the Lord's teachings and faith. Thus, he would have had only himself to blame, right?"

Pope Hayes' expression changed a little upon hearing Meng Lei's response.

"I understand now. So, that's the kind of logic that the Light Church believes in."

Then, Meng Lei flicked his fingers and said, "In that case, I would also like to spread my faith in Light Continent. What do you think, Your Holiness?"

"Your Holiness—"

"The Pope would definitely stop me, right? In that case, none of you would say much even if I wipe all of you out, right?"

A smiling Meng Lei added, "After all, this is the logic that the Light Church believes in!"

"Your Holiness—"

"Let's cut to the chase."

Meng Lei waved him off and said, "Your Holiness, don't hesitate to employ every means at your disposal, lest you argue that I didn't give you any chances at all."

"Your Holiness, must we really go to the extent of such an acrimonious falling-out?"

Pope Hayes' expression had also darkened. The Light Continent had stood unwaveringly in Light Continent for tens of thousands of years. Was there any turmoil that it hadn't yet experienced?

A lesser deity-level Divine Netherworld Phoenix? The Light Church didn't fear it in the least!

"An acrimonious falling-out? No, no. I'm just practicing what you preach, that's all," replied Meng Lei.

"Since Your Holiness insists on pushing us into a corner, then don't hold it against us if we don't show you any civility!" Pope Hayes commanded in a deep shout, "Get into the Angel Battle Formation!"

"Yes, Your Holiness!"

At once, the nine true gods rushed into the sky. They turned into nine streaks of light and appeared all around Meng Lei, instantly surrounding him.

The next moment, a pure and holy milky-white glow arose from around them and converged above them to form the hologram of a sacred and stately-looking angel.

The angel hologram gradually solidified as they continuously infused light-elemental power of divinity into it. Toward the end, the angel hologram had completely solidified and taken on a physical form!

Boom!

Terrifying pressure from the angel swept outward, spreading into the surroundings. The force of its aura had already surpassed the level of a true god and reached that of a lesser deity.

"Suppress him, Angel's Battle Formation!"

All nine true gods let out a furious shout at the same time. As though wanting to caress Meng Lei on the head, the angel above them reached out its arms and pressed down lightly on Meng Lei.

Boom!

A vast, majestic, and huge force instantly weighed down on Meng Lei as well as the dimension around him, producing soft screeches.

"That's not a bad move. What a shame..."

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Chapter 291: Making A Getaway, The Pope of Light

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

The lofty, majestic Holy Mountain of Light was as pure and sacred as ever as it gave off a gentle, holy glow.

However, the whole mountain was on red alert on this day. From every Knight of Light to Pope Hayes himself, everyone was watching the scene unfolding in the sky.

Everyone on the mountain knew—the battle on this day would determine the Light Church's continuity.

Should they win, they would continue to reign over Light Continent.

But should they lose, they would be completely wiped out.

Everything hinged on the outcome.

"Suppress him, Angel's Battle Formation!"

A great force crushed down toward Meng Lei, sweeping toward him like torrential waves. The void was instantly locked down with Meng Lei in the very center.

"That's a pretty good containment tactic. It's likely that you'll be able to suppress most lesser deities out there. What a shame... That it's useless against me!"

Meng Lei formed a sword with his fingers and lightly drew a line across the air that had been locked down. A formless sword glint shot forth and instantly cleaved against the air that had solidified.

Slash!

The void was instantly cleaved into two. The suppression force triggered by Angel Battle Formation also dissolved in this instant, causing the nine true gods' expressions to change dramatically.

He has destroyed Angel Battle Formation just like that?

"Do you think you can trap me when I'm the master of this existential plane? How childish!"

An invisible spear manifested from Power of Existential Plane shot out forcefully with a flick of Meng Lei's fingers and pierced right through one of the true gods' head.

"Ugh!"

Thunderstruck, the true god froze up at once. A bloody hole formed in between his brows, and then golden divine blood began to trickle from the wound.

"I... I've died just like that?"

Disbelief was written all over the true god's countenance. He was one of the church's ascetic cultivators. During the last 50,000 years, he had painstakingly and diligently cultivated. At last, he broke free of the shackles and stepped into the realm of true gods 28,760 years ago and became one of the few true gods that had broken through by their own efforts in the church.

Yet, he was actually going to die. His years of painstaking cultivation would go up in smoke. He couldn't accept it! He couldn't!

"Lord Conant!"

The Light Church masses' expressions couldn't help but change greatly as shock and disbelief filled them.

That was Lord Conant, one of the church's strongest ascetic cultivators! Yet he had died just like that?

"Why is this happening?"

"How did Lord Conant die?"

None of them could accept such an outcome.

"Sir, that's exactly the kind of attack he had used!"

The Holy Maiden of Light had an awful look on her face. She said, "It's neither a physical nor a power of divinity attack. Nor is it a divine spirit attack, yet its power is on the level of a true god. It's extremely bizarre!"

Pope Hayes nodded slightly, his brows drawing together into a frown. Meng Lei was stronger than he had expected. Things would be tough for them today.

"Has Conant died just like that?"

The remaining eight true gods looked fearful. As they gazed at Meng Lei, their eyes were full of shock, horror, and wariness.

The Angel Battle Formation jointly formed by the nine of them was capable of trapping the vast majority of lesser deities.

But Meng Lei?

He had actually destroyed their Angel Battle Formation and killed Conant so casually. How strong must he be?

"A pinnacle-level lesser deity!"

"He's definitely a pinnacle-level lesser deity!"

The eight true gods exchanged looks with one another, communicating swiftly with one another via their divine cognition.

"Everyone, the other party is too powerful. His strength far surpasses what we had expected. What should we do?"

"There's only that one move left if we hope to defeat him. Otherwise, we won't be his match at all!"

"That move? Is there no other way?"

"Yes, do we absolutely have to use that move?"

"Unless we flee, that move is the only one we can use. Otherwise, we won't be a match for him at all!"

"Flee?"

One must admit that thoughts of fleeing had indeed occurred to the few true gods. They were true gods; as long as they focused solely on fleeing, they would definitely be able to get away.

But the problem was—if they fled, then what about the church?

The Light Church had groomed them ever since they were young. The church was their origin. Even if they must die or be killed, they couldn't just abandon the church and make a getaway on their own!

"One down, eight to go."

Meng Lei gazed at the remaining eight true gods and said, "I will kill all of you, flatten the Holy Mountain of Light, and completely erase the Light Church now. All of you... Are you ready?"

The eight true gods shuddered the moment the words left his mouth. Looks of hesitation and internal struggle flashed across their eyes. Unless they absolutely had to, they really didn't want to resort to that move!

"The first one!"

Meng Lei locked on to one of the true gods and slowly reached out his right index finger. He said, "I pick you!"

"Damn!"

The true god's expression changed drastically, and he instinctively wanted to dodge. To his horror, however, he discovered in this instant that he actually couldn't move!

"Damn! Move! Hurry, mov—"

He bellowed madly inwardly. However, he felt an intense, piercing pain in the middle of his brows at this moment. It instantly swept through his nerves and his brain...

Then, he stiffened and crashed straight onto the ground. His eyes were widened big and round—evidently, he hadn't died in peace.

"The second one!"

Meng Lei turned to the remaining seven true gods. His gaze swept to and fro among them, frightening the seven true gods out of their wits.

Six of them were still caught in their internal struggles and hesitating, but one of them actually began to flee into the distance without even so much as a look behind him. He moved extremely swiftly, crossing ten miles in a breath. In the blink of an eye, he had vanished into the horizon...

The six remaining true gods' eyes widened big and round as they stared in stunned silence at the other true god's back. Torrential waves churned in their hearts—they really felt like breaking into expletives at this moment!

"Jarpet!"

"That bastard!"

"He's actually fled!"

"He's actually abandoned his faith and deserted the Light Church and chickened out!"

"A disgrace! He's a disgrace to the church!"

Pope Hayes had an extremely dark and sinister look on his face. Jarpet had always claimed that he wouldn't hesitate to do anything and would go through the hardest of trials for the church, yet now, in the face of danger, he had actually fled so resolutely. This was an utter embarrassment to the church!

"Someone has actually fled?"

Ol' Amos also looked taken aback. He said, "Every one of those quacks from the Light Church has always adopted an attitude as if they were full of compassion and pity for mankind, and acted as if they would sacrifice themselves for their faith anytime. I'd never have thought that they would actually make a run for it the moment trouble actually knocks on their door. What a jaw-dropping surprise!"

A smiling Meng Lei shook his head at Ol Amos' comment. Then, he said, "It's already remarkable that only one of them has fled. After all, which among those that could cultivate all the way to become a true god isn't a person of determination and strong will? How would they possibly truly worship someone else?"

"That's true."

Ol' Amos agreed with his statement. He said, "Be it half-deities or true gods, they are usually all selfish people that can bring themselves to abandon anything during moments of life and death."

"The six of you are the only ones left now," said Meng Lei as he turned to the six remaining true gods.

The six true gods shuddered all over upon noticing Meng Lei's gaze. Then, they did something shocking—they took off at once without even so much as a look behind them and disappeared into the far horizon in the blink of an eye...

Meng Lei, "..."

Ol' Amos, "..."

The Light Church masses, "..."

"All of them ran away, Ol' President!" Meng Lei found this hilarious. "We were wrong—their faith in the Goddess of Light isn't that pious after all!"

"Yeah, we were wrong!"

Ol' Amos didn't know what to say anymore. "As expected, humans are selfish. And the more powerful and the higher of a status a deity is, the more selfish they usually are, too."

"Exactly!"

Meng Lei nodded slightly. Then, he turned to Pope Hayes and said, "Your Holiness, the talents that the Light Church has groomed sure are astonishing."

"Bastards! Those seven selfish and mercenary bastards! They are all sinners! Sinners!"

Pope Hayes could no longer maintain his compassionate and merciful attitude. His whole face had become incredibly distorted, and even his eyes were red.

"They've abandoned their faith and betrayed our Lord, as well the church. They are even more abominable and deserve death even more than those wicked heretics!"

"What do we do now, sir?"

The Holy Maiden of Light also had an icy look on her face. She had never thought that things would reach such a point.

Two true gods had fallen in battle while the remaining seven had fled from battle and abandoned them!

The Light Church had landed itself into an incredibly embarrassing and perilous situation.

"We can only risk our lives and fight!"

Pope Hayes instructed, "Activate the light shield. Nothing must happen to the Shrine of Light!"

"Yes, sir!"

The Holy Maiden of Light nodded slightly and relayed his order.

Buzz...

A gentle milky-white glow formed around the Shrine of Light before swiftly spreading and turning into a milky-white shield that isolated the whole Shrine of Light from the outside world.

"The light shield is formed from power of faith that the Shrine of Light has accumulated over the years. It can endure several attacks from an intermediate deity."

Pope Hayes let out a sigh of relief as he gazed at the light shield enveloping the Shrine of Light. He said, "With the light shield, the Shrine of Light should be safe and secure. Now, I can battle with peace of mind."

"Sir, you—"

A huge jolt went through the Holy Maiden of Light.

"Altacia, blasphemy toward our Lord's faith cannot be condoned. The Light Church will not stand for anyone challenging its authority. Keep this firmly in mind, and you'll become a qualified pope."

Pope Hayes gave Altacia a deep and meaningful look. Then, he took off the pope's hat he was wearing and personally placed it atop the Holy Maiden of Light's head.

"Sir, no! Don't!"

The Holy Maiden of Light shook her head vehemently, choking up as tears welled up in her eyes.

"Altacia, do not grieve for me. It is my utmost honor to be able to sacrifice myself for our Lord."

Then, Pope Hayes gave her a kind and benevolent smile and said, "Besides, your teacher won't die so easily."

Then, Pope Hayes slowly rose into the air. Without the pope's hat restraining his hair, his head of white hair now fluttered in the breeze. His snowy-white robes were clean and spotless. Flames of fury burned within his small and skinny frame like a volcano that might erupt any moment.

"Your Holiness, you're finally out."

Meng Lei looked at the Pope of Light with a smile. He said, "You're very brave. I'm even somewhat admiring you now!"

"For our Lord's glory, what is there to fear about death?"

Pope Hayes' voice turned cold and emotionless as he said, "Your Holiness, leave at once, and I'll take it that nothing had ever happened. Otherwise—"

"Your Holiness, from start to finish, there's something you actually still haven't understood."

Meng Lei flicked his fingers and said with a shake of his head, "This existential plane belongs to me. I will not permit other types of religious faith to exist here. Do you understand?"

"Let's fight!"

Torrential power of divinity gushed into Pope Hayes' pastoral staff as he brandished it. His voice thundered in the sky, "By Our Lord's Decree—Let There Be Light!"

Buzz...

Dazzling golden divine light spilled from the sky, melting the void inch by inch and creating pitch-black fissures everywhere it passed through. The terrifying divine light had actually obliterated even the dimension itself!

Boom!

Divine light instantly enveloped Meng Lei.

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