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 321: The Fall Of the Dragon God, The Frost Gods

"It's just a pity that you won't get this chance anymore!"

A cold voice rang, and the Dragon God bounced up immediately. His face turned pale and colorless. "Meng... Meng Lei!"

He might not be that familiar with other's voices, but Meng Lei's voice was so distinct that he would never forget it—that was a nightmarish existence!

Meng Lei appeared in the cave and looked at the ghastly pale Dragon God. "Dragon God, so we meet again, or I should say, we've finally met."

He had only seen the divinity projection previously, so this was the first time Meng Lei saw the Dragon God's true self. Hence, it was indeed their first actual meeting.

"What... What do you want?" The Dragon God quivered as his voice trembled.

"What do I want?" Meng Lei replied indifferently. "You have consistently opposed me and even wanted me dead. How about you tell me what I want?"

"S-spare me!"

The Dragon God dropped onto his knees with a thud as he kowtowed again and again. "Lord Meng Lei, I was wrong. I beg for your mercy and let me live..."

Meng Lei looked down at the Dragon God, kneeling and begging with many emotions running through his mind. A few years ago, the Dragon God had been a deity far above anyone in the Dragon God Empire—he was worshiped by many, and its prestige was unrivaled in the empire.

While Meng Lei was just a nobody who had just left the novice village and had to bow in respect to the statue of the Dragon God, otherwise, it would have been a grave offense.

Yet, the great figure that he once looked up to was now a miserable fellow on his knees begging for mercy.

How ironic was that?

"A King from the past has fallen into Bronze, and the Bronze in the past has risen to become a King[1]."

The speed of how things could change in life was a blur!

"It's too late to ask for forgiveness now!"

Meng Lei pointed his finger, and a hole appeared on the Dragon God's head. The body went stiff and fell straight down. He was truly dead.

Meng Lei waved his hands and kept the Dragon God's carcass. He took off his spatial ring and started checking. The Dragon God was indeed a pauper with little Divinity Crystals and other treasures. Meng Lei lost interest after only a glance.

"Time to go back."

Meng Lei and Dodola returned to the Dragon God's divine nation. With the Dragon God's death, this vast divine nation had begun to show signs of collapse.

"Dodola, how long does it take for the Dragon God's divine nation to collapse?" Meng Lei asked casually.

"It can be as short as 1,000 years or as long as 10,000 years," Dodola replied as it looked around and seemed to be searching for something.

After a while, Dodola smiled. "It is really there. It seems I've guessed it right!"

"What?"

Meng Lei was puzzled.

"The Great Void Shift teleportation magic circle." Dodola laughed. "Come on. I'll show you!"

Whoosh!

In the next second, they arrived at a majestic mountain top. It was extremely flat, and a magic circle of an incredible size was drawn here, while the center of the magic circle was constructed with Divinity Crystals.

"This is the Great Void Shift teleportation magic circle, Ambrose and those 50 Dark Demonic Dragons descended through this thing." Dodola smiled as it explained, "The Thunderbolt Divine Realm was too far away from Heaven's Vault Continent, which could not be reached through ordinary teleportation magic circles. Only the Great Void Shift teleportation magic circle can do so."

"So for existential planes that are too far away from each other, they use this to link up. That's something new!" Meng Lei realized.

"Duh!"

Dodola laughed. "Wait till you conquer more territories, and you'll need to use this Great Void Shift teleportation magic circle for every existential plane."

"You're right, so I must learn this!"

Meng Lei sat above the teleportation magic circle at once to study it.

"Meng Lei, how are you going to deal with this teleportation magic circle?" Dodola reminded him.

Meng Lei understood what it meant. "You're worried that Ambrose will bring in reinforcements for revenge?"

"One can never be too careful. Ambrose has just taken a hard fall. How can he take it? We should just destroy it."

Dodola reminded again, "Plus, the Tower of Time. It's something that even Chief Gods might be vying for, so keeping this teleportation magic circle will ultimately be problematic!"

"The Tower of Time..."

Meng Lei went silent. If it was just between him and Ambrose, Meng Lei was not too worried about that.

Ambrose could come all he wanted. Why would Meng Lei be afraid?

It was exactly what he would have hoped for, as he could earn a fortune from it.

However, when it concerned the Tower of Time, things would be complicated. Its attraction was too great, so what if a Chief God was attracted here?

"Destroy it then!"

Meng Lei ultimately destroyed the Great Void Shift teleportation magic circle and cut off the connection to the Thunderbolt Divine Realm, blocking the pathway there.

After that, Meng Lei and Dodola returned to Heaven's Vault Continent.

"We welcome your return, Master!"

Puhaman, Thaniel, Galen, and the rest were excited as their eyes were only left with great admiration and awe toward Meng Lei.

"Rise, everyone!"

Meng Lei waved his hand slightly and gazed upon Puhaman. "How's your injury?"

"I'm grateful for Master's concern. I'm fine!"

Puhaman slightly panicked as he hurriedly replied.

"Good to hear that."

Meng Lei nodded slightly and looked at everyone. "All of you can carry on with your work and finish the migration plan as soon as possible. Then start cultivating as your powers are still rather weak."

"Yes, Master!"

They lowered their heads in shame.

Weak?

My goodness! We aren't weak at all. It's just that you have improved too fast!

Having sent everyone away, Meng Lei returned to the palace and took out the Dark Demonic Dragons and the dead bodies of intermediate deity-level for absorption.

The dead bodies he kept were all intermediate deity-level that were filled with massive amounts of life essence.

Gurgle!

Every carcass was soon turned into dried corpses.

Life essence surged into his body as Meng Lei's divine body strengthened. Each bloodline was improved under the nourishment of the immense life essence.

After devouring all the bodies, Meng Lei felt that his divine body's strength was at least doubled. It might be enough to even smash Ambrose if he was standing in front of him.

"This isn't enough! It's far from it!"

Meng Lei's eyes flashed as he read Ambrose's memories. He knew deep inside that even with the power he possessed already, it was far from satisfactory.

The higher deity was a vast realm, excluding Gods like the Titan Gods who specialized in cultivating their divine body, higher deities specialized in comprehending laws of nature.

Assimilation of two types of laws of nature equated to Elementary-level higher deity.

Assimilation of three types of laws of nature equated to Middle-level higher deity.

Assimilation of four types of laws of nature equated to High-level higher deity.

Assimilation of five types of laws of nature equated to Great Perfection-level higher deity!

The difference between each realm was massive, comparable to the difference between a mortal and a true god!

As for Ambrose's divine incarnation, it was only an Elementary-level higher deity.

It meant that Meng Lei had only killed the weakest higher deity with the Power of Existential Plane's help, which was not anything to be proud about.

"I'm still too weak. I need to keep on grinding!"

Meng Lei checked his personal stats interface.

Wealth: 23.3 million Divinity Crystals

"How can I not spend this much money?"

"System, continue the Super Pickup!"

"Ding! Dear host, please designate your target existential plane."

Meng Lei paused for a moment and said. "The Frost Divine Realm."

"Ding! Pickup successful. You have obtained the Frost Gods' bloodline. Will you assimilate it?"

[1] The term 'King' and 'Bronze' refers to the ranks in the multiplayer online battle arena game 'Honor Of Kings' where King was the second-highest rank while Bronze was the lowest

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Chapter 322: Mysterious Ice of The Depths, Breaking The Seal

Had Meng Lei heard the term "Frost Gods" in the past instead, he would definitely have been utterly confused and would even have had to ask Dodola about it. However, Meng Lei knew what they were now.

The vast Void and boundless universe had birthed many, many extremely strong and powerful clans.

Among which, the clans standing at the pinnacle of the deities were the ten great godly clans.

Traces of the ten great godly clans could be found all over the vast universe. Ranging from as high as the supreme Celestial Realm and the ten major Divine Realms to as low as every low-end existential plane, traces of the clans could be found on all of them.

The Frost Gods were one of the ten great godly clans. They were born with the ability to command ice-elemental laws of nature and the origin of ice. In fact, a significant portion of the Frost Gods could awaken their ice-origin divine bodies. They were an extremely fearsome clan.

The most unbelievable thing was that the Frost Gods even had an extremely fearsome special ability known as the Mysterious Ice of The Depths. This was an Innate Special Ability whose temperatures were lower than even Absolute Zero's and had even greater destructive power than Absolute Zero's.

Once cast, the Mysterious Ice of The Depths was near invincible among all same-grade skills. It was an incredibly powerful spell!

"Yes, assimilate it!"

Meng Lei considered for a brief moment and made his decision.

Boom!

A chilly milky-white current gushed out of his brain and instantly surged into every part and every corner of Meng Lei.

Crack!

Meng Lei turned into a big ice sculpture in an instant. He gave off an astonishing chill that spread into the surroundings. Everything in the path of the chill was sealed in ice.

In an instant, the palace that Meng Lei was in became fully sealed in ice. The astonishing phenomenon badly frightened the palace maidservants, eunuchs, and guards in the imperial palace, and all of them distanced themselves from the palace. None of them dared to go near.

Waves of great pain accompanied the whole assimilation process. However, this bit of pain was nothing to Meng Lei by now and would pass with just a bit of endurance.

The assimilation process ended quickly. Meng Lei's clothes had long since been frozen into ice chips, causing him to become naked. His whole body had become a snowy-white color, while his pupils had become red. He had round, bronze coin-like ears, his muscles intertwined with one another, and he had a long tail behind him.

His current appearance looked surprisingly similar to Lord Frieza[1]—petite and charming, but emanating a terrifying chill and a savage aura.

"So, this is the Frost God bloodline?"

Meng Lei balled up his fists as he took in the sensation of the changes in his divine body. There hadn't been any improvement in his body's physical toughness, yet something about his divine body seemed to have somewhat changed.

He checked his stats interface.

Host: Meng Lei

Race: Human (Primeval Bloodline: Primordial Human 26%, Assimilated Bloodlines: Gods-Slaying Rat Youth, Divine Netherworld Phoenix Youth, Hundred-Armed Giant Youth, Ancient Tree of Life 23%, Frost God 39%)

"A 39% assimilation rate? System, raise my Frost God bloodline assimilation rate!"

Whoosh!

His Wealth decreased by 61 Divinity Crystals, and his Frost God bloodline assimilation rate was successfully raised to 100%.

One could tell from the cost that the Frost God bloodline belonged to the same grade as the Gods-Slaying Rat, the Hundred-Armed Giant, and the Divine Netherworld Phoenix bloodlines and was a True God Bloodline.

Meng Lei asked, "System, how many Divinity Crystals would it cost to enhance my Frost God bloodline?"

"Ding! The Frost God 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."

"My guess was right after all."

Meng Lei nodded slightly. Then, a rhombus-shaped ice crystal that glowed a pale violet color appeared on his palm with a thought. As though a dazzling and eye-catching crystal or diamond, it was the Mysterious Ice of The Depths.

"As expected, the Mysterious Ice of The Depths' temperature is indeed lower than even Absolute Zero's and is also tougher. Not only can it be used to attack, but it can also be used for defense. It's a pretty good special ability."

"System, continue to do pickups!"

"Ding! Dear host, please designate your target existential plane."

"The Frost Divine Realm!"

"Ding! Pickup successful. You have obtained an Ocean Ice Beast's carcass."

"Such trash! Continue with the pickups!"

"Ding! Pickup successful. You have obtained a Frost Colossal Dragon egg."

"Send it into the Tower of Time!"

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

"It's a quadruple-elemental one with earth, water, fire, and light elements. What a shame. The five currently known supreme laws of nature's fusion combinations don't include these four elements."

"Ding! Pickup successful. You have obtained an Ice Flame Spear."

"Ding! Pickup successful..."

Time passed bit by bit. Meng Lei carried out pickups continuously. Unfortunately, despite designating a high-end existential plane as a target, his rate of picking up good finds was still as low as ever.

After a series of pickups, most of his gains turned out to be true god-level and lesser deity-level items, and he didn't gain even a single useful item. Meng Lei was filled with a sense of helpless resignation.

This was probably a downside of improving one's capabilities. The treasures that used to be useful in the past had all become useless.

Meng Lei stayed in the imperial palace and carried out pickups for three consecutive days. It was only when Ol' Amos came over that he finally wrapped up his pickup session.

"Meng Lei, I'm going to return to the Light Continent."

Ol' Amos stated the reason for his visit right away. Amolin, his younger sister, was also with him.

"Ol' President, you can just leave the matter of spreading faith to your subordinates. Why do you have to personally see to everything yourself?"

Meng Lei didn't quite agree with his way of handling things. He said, "I've just killed the Dragon God and was even intending to let you take over his divine nation."

"You've killed the Dragon God?"

Ol' Amos was greatly astonished, and so was Amolin.

"A few things took place during the last few days when you were at Dragon Island."

Then, Meng Lei did a rough recount of what had happened the last few days.

"Little did I think that something so serious would happen when all I did was make a trip to Dragon Island!"

Ol' Amos was astounded. He asked, "In that case, this means that you've already become a higher deity?"

Amolin was also looking at Meng Lei with a face full of shock and horror. The first time she had met Meng Lei, he had only been a tiny little Saint Domain, and yet now...

People commonly said that the wheel of fortune turned and that one should never bully the young who were down and out. Even so, how many years had it only been since then?

"Yeah."

Meng Lei nodded slightly. "That's why, Ol' President, stop running about here and there. Hurry up and become stronger. Otherwise, the gap between us is going to become bigger and bigger!"

"What the f*ck! I've been looked down upon by the little kid again!"

Ol' Amos rolled his eyes and said, "But I have to go this time. A space-time rift has appeared in Light Continent, and demons have frequently been gushing out of it. I have to go and deal with it."

"A space-time rift?" Meng Lei raised an eyebrow. "Something like that has been going on?"

"Yeah."

Ol' Amos nodded lightly and replied, "According to my subordinates' reports, the other end of the space-time rift is likely a demon existential plane, and it's definitely not a weak one. I have to seal the space-time rift as soon as possible. I can't sit by and let it expand bigger and bigger."

"A demon existential plane?"

A shrewd glint flashed across Meng Lei's eyes. "Just as well that I happen to be free lately, too. I'll go over and take a look at it with you!"

"That's great! With you, the master of this existential plane, around, things will become a lot simpler."

A hint of craftiness flashed across Ol' Amos' eyes as he let out a sneaky chuckle. Him coming over to bid farewell to Meng Lei this time was just a pretense. Rather, his true purpose in coming over was to get Meng Lei to help.

"Let's go then!"

The trio arrived at Light Continent in no time and found the group of Light Church higher management officers that Ol' Amos had subdued.

Of course, calling them the Light Church officers was no longer appropriate now. Rather, it should be the Kroc Holy Sect instead.

"Greetings, Great God Kroc!"

The Kroc Holy Sect higher management officers, who were led by the 108 half-deities, bowed respectfully in greeting.

"You may rise!"

Ol' Amos waved dismissively. A look of satisfaction couldn't help but come over his features as he gazed at a 100-feet-tall statue in the shrine. Stern and imposing-looking, it was exactly a statue of him.

Ol' Amos went straight to the point. He asked, "Tell me, what's going on with the space-time rift that suddenly appeared?"

"O noble Great God Kroc," a Red-Cloaked Archbishop half-deity replied respectfully, "That space-time rift has already existed before this. It has been around for at least 50,000-odd years, but because it has been sealed by the Light Church all this time, nothing has ever happened until a few days ago."

"What happened after that?"

Ol' Amos frowned lightly.

"Someone broke the seal!"

[1] A Dragon Ball character

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Chapter 323: The Demon Ravine, Tigers Among The Sheep

"Someone broke the seal?"

Ol' Amos broke into a slight frown.

"Yes, noble Great God Kroc. The sealing magic circle showed clear signs of tampering, so someone must have broken the seal on their own," answered the Red-Cloaked Archbishop respectfully.

Ol' Amos barked coldly, "Have you found the culprit yet?"

Light Continent was his turf. Anyone that dared to create trouble in Light Continent would be going against him.

"At the moment, we haven't found out who the culprit that broke the seal is yet, noble Great God Kroc."

Then, the Red-Cloaked Archbishop added fearfully, "But we're guessing that it's likely the seven true gods that had previously fled. They are the most suspicious candidates."

"Those seven fellows?"

Ol' Amos' eyes narrowed slightly. He turned to Meng Lei and asked, "Meng Lei, are you able to locate them?"

"Let me try!"

Meng Lei nodded slightly. His divine cognition spread into the surroundings and enveloped the whole Light Continent in no time. The forms of various people flitted by in his mind...

A brief moment later, Meng Lei said, "There are only three true gods in Light Continent at the moment. The other four's whereabouts are unknown. I can't find traces of them even in the whole existential plane. They must have already left."

"Could it really be the four of them?"

Ol' Amos had an awful look on his countenance.

"It's actually not important whether or not they are really the culprits."

A smiling Meng Lei said, "The most pressing issue now is to seal the space-time rift, or alternatively, you might as well eradicate the demons on the other end of the space-time rift. Everything else isn't that important."

Eradicate the demons on the other end of the space-time rift?

All the Kroc Holy Sect higher management officers shuddered all over upon hearing his suggestion. After all, no one knew exactly what the demon existential plane was like on the other end of the space-time rift.

However, one could already catch a glimpse or two about the big picture from the demons that had come out of the rift. Judging from those demons, the demon existential plane on the other end must be an extremely fearsome demonic world—because even the weakest of the demons that had emerged from the rift was a Demon Overlord!

Demon Overlords were comparable to Heaven's Vault Continent's half-deities. How strong and powerful must a world whose basic lifeforms were Demon Overlords be?

It was unimaginable!

In short, the world on the other end of the space-time rift must be an extremely strong and fearsome one. Eradicating all the demons on the existential plane there?

They dared not even entertain the thought!

Ol' Amos, however, was extremely in favor of the suggestion. He said, "You're right. The most pressing issue now is indeed to reseal that space-time rift."

"Let's go, then!"

Meng Lei brought along with him everyone present and vanished from where he was. By the time they'd reappeared, they had already arrived in front of a bottomless ravine.

"This is... The Demon Ravine?"

At the sight of the pitch-dark ravine that one couldn't even see to the bottom of in front of them, blood drained from all the Kroc Holy Sect higher management officers' faces. Deep reverence filled their eyes as they gazed at Meng Lei.

They had been on the Holy Kroc Mountain just a moment ago, yet they were actually at the Demon Ravine now!

One was right in the center of Light Continent while the other was in the west of Light Continent. A distance of more than a million kilometers laid between the two.

Yet he had crossed a million kilometers with them in tow with just a single teleport? How impressive were his means?

"So, is this where that space-time rift is?"

Ol' Amos overlooked the pitch-dark Demon Ravine and asked gravely. To be honest, he didn't actually need to ask because he could also sense a strong demonic aura coming from the ravine's depths.

"This is the Demon Ravine, Great God Kroc. That space-time rift is located in the depths of the ravine. This is exactly where the demons came out of."

The same Red-Cloaked Archbishop said respectfully, "To prevent a large-scale surge of demons from the rift, we've deployed a great amount of manpower within the Demon Ravine's vicinity. There they are!"

Ol' Amos looked over upon hearing his words. True enough, he spotted large numbers of Knights of Light in the ravine's vicinity. Among them were even a fair number of half-deities and Saint Domain experts. All of them were stationed within the vicinity of Demon Ravine.

"Greetings, noble Great God Kroc!"

A Red-Cloaked Archbishop stationed here flew over and bowed in greeting.

"How's the state of the space-time rift, Esmond? How many demons have come out of it in total?" asked Ol' Amos.

"As of last evening, a total of three Demon Overlords have come out of it. They've all been slain by us," answered Esmond, the Red-Cloaked Archbishop hastily.

"Three Demon Overlords!"

Ol' Amos had a grave look on his countenance. "Looks like the demon existential plane on the other en—"

Whoosh!

A series of shrill whizzes rang out from the deep Demon Ravine at this point.

At the same time, a surging, torrential wave of demonic aura also erupted at the bottom of the ravine.

To deities, demonic aura was just like the stench of cesspits. They instinctively disliked and rejected it. In this instant, upon sensing the demonic aura that had suddenly erupted, everyone broke into frowns in tandem.

"Demons are coming out of the rift!"

Esmond let out a low exclamation. Upon his exclamation, everyone immediately saw several hundred black streaks of light shooting out of the ravine and into the sky above the Demon Ravine!

Boom!

A vast, mighty demonic aura instantly weighed down on everyone's hearts. Unable to put up any resistance, the Knights of Lights stationed at the Demon Ravine fell onto their knees.

Even the expressions of half-deity experts like Esmond and Amolin also changed greatly, and they watched the sight above them with looks of fear and alarm.

"Great Demon Lords!"

"There are definitely Great Demon Lords among them!"

"Great Demon Lords?"

Meng Lei shook his head lightly. It didn't stop at just Great Demon Lords; there were even Demon Gods among them. On top of that, one of them had even reached the pinnacle of Demon God-level!

Demon Gods were the equivalent of intermediate deities!

Several hundred demons floated in the sky, overlooking everyone from a high and lofty position.

There were Fire Demons bathed in flames, Ice Demons that emanated bitter and chilly air, Trolls that stood 1,000-feet-tall, as well as a chaotic mix of Bloodseekers, Wind Demons, Sloth Demons, Longhorned Demons...

The demon species mix was very messy and random, but they all had one thing in common—the aura around every single one of them was extremely powerful. Even the weakest among them was a Demon Overlord. However, the vast majority of them were Demon Lords and Great Demon Lords instead, and they boasted fairly fearsome strength!

"So, is this the world on the other end of the space-time rift?"

A big and fat youth dressed in black armor swept his gaze across the surroundings. A hint of disappointment flashed across his eyes as he remarked, "So, it's just a low-end mortal existential plane. All that joy had been for nothing."

A Fire Demon beside him licked its lips, bowed, and said, "Lord Demon God, your lowly subordinate would like to request to flatten this low-end mortal existential plane!"

"How can such a heavy responsibility be left to you alone? Lord Demon God, your lowly subordinate here would like to request for that, too!"

"Lord Demon God..."

The other demons clambered to be the first and fought against one another, lest all the good things went to someone else if they were even a step too slow.

"What are all of you clamoring about? You good-for-nothings!"

The fat youth snorted and said, "The same old rules apply. Leave all the creatures that are Demon Lord-level and above for me. Don't any of you dare think of taking them! As for the others, all of you can do whatever you want with them!"

"Yes, Lord Demon God!"

"We'll kill those guys first!"

"Kakaka! Delicious blood and souls sure make one salivate! Here I come!"

The bunch of demons let out a cheer, and then they lunged toward Meng Lei and the rest straight away.

Drool dripped from every one of their mouths, and all their eyes were gleaming, making them look just like hungry wolves that had been starving for a few years.

"T-they're here!!"

"Fight them! Hurry and fight them!"

Everyone was so frightened by the sight of the several hundred demons lunging toward them that they became panic-stricken. They could only fight back in a flustered manner, but the demons simply moved too fast.

Without waiting for the Knights of Light and the half-deity experts to get into formation, they had already flown into the masses of humans like tigers rushing into a herd of sheep. They were all prepared to launch a large-scale massacre.

"Hmph!"

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Chapter 324: Ancient Demon Pigs, The Dark Hell Continent

Even the weakest among those several hundred demons were Demon Overlords. There were also a considerable number of Demon Lords and Great Demon Lords.

In comparison, the Kroc Holy Sect's combat power was rather inadequate!

To sum it up, their combat power wasn't on the same level at all. There was no comparability between the two at all!

If both parties were allowed to fight it out, the Kroc Holy Sect men would undoubtedly be slaughtered and end up as the demons' delicious meals.

"Hmph!"

Meng Lei would never allow that to happen, of course. He locked down the dimension around them at once.

Be it the hundreds of demons lunging over or the Kroc Holy Sect men, everyone was frozen where they were as if their acupoints had been sealed and became motionless.

"Destroy!"

Meng Lei uttered.

Splash!

With a loud explosion, the hundreds of demons exploded and burst into mists of blood. The dimension that had been locked down was subsequently freed. Air began to flow again, and chilly winds blew past.

Suddenly, the fat, black armor-wearing youth became the only person left in the sky and was floating all by himself.

As for the several hundred demons?

They had all turned into mists of blood!

"They're dead?"

The dazed fat youth stared at his subordinates, who had exploded into mists of blood. His narrow, slit-like eyes were widened big and round and filled with disbelief and incredulity.

There were quite a fair number of Great Demon Lords and Demon Gods among his subordinates, which made their overall strength highly powerful. Yet they had been so inexplicably killed in the end!

Just how frighteningly strong was the person who had killed them?

What frightened him even more was—he actually didn't even know who the one that had killed them was?

"Who was it? Who exactly was the one that killed them?"

The fat youth was filled with alarm and horror, trembling all over. At this point, he saw another youth rising into the air and coming right up to him.

Right on the heels of it, an incredibly fearsome aura began to spread from the youth and instantly weighed down upon him. The fat youth was scared witless at once, and his insides almost ruptured from his fear.

A... A Great Demon God! He's a Great Demon God!

The fat youth's eyes were filled with fear and trepidation as he stared at Meng Lei.

"Are you trying to invade my territory?"

Meng Lei spoke unhurriedly, his expression one of aloofness.

"N-no!"

The fat youth mustered a smile that looked more awful than a grimace and said, "S-sir, this is a misunderstanding. This is completely a misunderstanding. I'm just here as... A tourist! Yes, a tourist! Please look into this properly, sir!"

"A tourist?"

Meng Lei picked his ears and said, "Are you insulting my intelligence, or do you think your acting is Oscars-worthy? Get on your knees!"

Thud!

The fat youth knelt down right away. "Spare my life, sir! I have realized the error of my ways. Please be magnanimous and let me off!"

Meng Lei was very satisfied with the other party's attitude. He said, "By the way, I'd say that I have a pretty good understanding of demons, yet I can't tell what your true form is. What kind of demon are you?"

"Sir, I'm an Ancient Demon Pig!"

At once, the fat youth transformed into a huge, pitch-dark demon pig that stood 1,000-feet-tall and had two sharp fangs.

"An Ancient Demon Pig?" Meng Lei was startled. "A demon species like that actually exists?"

"Meng Lei, you'd better not underestimate the Ancient Demon Pigs. They are extremely fearsome demons."

Dodola's voice rang out as it said, "Ancient Demon Pigs are greedy and gluttony by nature. Not only can their Innate Special Ability, Devour, devour an enemy's life essence, but it also has a certain chance of plundering the other party's Innate Special Ability.

"Additionally, Ancient Demon Pigs have an extremely high reproduction rate, which makes their clans' numbers exceedingly great. There are more Ancient Demon Pigs than even the total number of Colossal Dragon Gods and Titan Gods combined!

"Therefore, the clan holds status and power of extreme importance in the demon faction."

"Are the Ancient Demon Pigs that powerful?"

Meng Lei was flabbergasted.

His impression was that creatures belonging to the pig species were always at the lowest tier of the food chain and were always food for other species, no matter which world they were in.

Little did he think that the Ancient Demon Pigs would actually be an exception!

"Meng Lei, you must remember this—a clan's foundation is what determines the number of experts they have. Clans like the humans, Beast People, and Ancient Demon Pigs may generally seem very weak, but because of the clans' vast foundations, they are usually able to produce a lot of great existences," said Dodola profoundly.

"Fine!" Meng Lei curled his lip.

Then, he turned back to the Ancient Demon Pig and said, "On account of how your attitude was pretty good, I'll let you off for now. But while you may escape death, you cannot avoid punishment—hand over your divine spirit origin energy and submit to me!"

"Yes, sir!"

Even though the Ancient Demon Pig was extremely reluctant to do so, he didn't show it at all. Instead, he very promptly handed over his divine spirit origin energy and allowed Meng Lei to refine it.

"Tell me a bit about yourself!"

"Yes, Master!"

The Ancient Demon Pig said respectfully, "My name is Bailey Yale. In the Pighead Ridge of the Dark Hell Continen—"

"Dark Hell Continent? What kind of place is that?" asked Meng Lei as a shrewd glint flashed across his eyes.

"Master, the Dark Hell Continent is a mid-end demon existential plane—"

"What? A mid-end demon existential plane?"

A huge jolt went through Meng Lei. Even Dodola couldn't keep its calm anymore, and it exclaimed, "What the heck! Heaven's Vault Continent is actually linked to a mid-end existential plane! Your luck is off the charts, kid!"

Meng Lei was also very excited. He urged, "Hurry, tell me in detail about the Dark Hell Continent! With the main focus on introducing the powerhouses there, of course."

"Yes, Master!"

The Ancient Demon Pig didn't dare to keep secrets from Meng Lei, and it started to speak unceasingly.

Dark Hell Continent was a very vast place. Its territory was a whole million times that of normal low-end existential planes. Given its vast space, it naturally birthed an infinite number of living creatures and innumerable experts.

Great Demon Gods were the strongest beings in Dark Hell Continent. Every Great Demon God ruled over incredibly vast territories and had more than billions of demons under their rule.

As pinnacle-level Demon Gods, the Pighead Ridge that the Ancient Demon Pigs ruled over was also incredibly huge. Its size was equivalent to that of 30 low-end existential planes put together!

The only unfortunate thing was that pinnacle-level Demon Gods were ultimately still just Demon Gods. In a world where Great Demon Gods ruled, even Demon Gods would have to behave themselves and tuck their tails between their legs...

"There are a total of three most powerful forces in the Dark Hell Continent. They are the Dark Hell Demonic Kingdom, the Fallen Empire, and the Three-Headed Hell Kingdom."

Bailey Yale said respectfully, "These three demonic countries have split up and taken almost the vast majority of Dark Hell Continent's land. They also have many Great Demon Gods protecting them."

"How many Great Demon Gods are there in the Dark Hell Demonic Kingdom?"

Meng Lei popped the most crucial question.

"This... I'm not sure, either."

Bailey Yale hurriedly said, "Dark Hell Demonic Kingdom is a country established by the Divine Netherworld Phoenixes. Although there are few members among the Divine Netherworld Phoenix royal family, they likely have also amassed a group of Great Demon Gods over the long passage of time. As for how many there are in concrete detail, I can't be sure."

"The Dark Hell Demonic Kingdom is an empire established by the Divine Netherworld Phoenixes?" Meng Lei's pupils contracted slightly.

"Yes, Master!"

Bailey Yale replied respectfully, "As for the Fallen Empire and the Three-Headed Hell Kingdom, they are great countries that were established respectively by the Fallen Angels and the Cerberuses."

Divine Netherworld Phoenixes!

Fallen Angels!

Cerberuses!

Meng Lei licked his lips and remarked, "To think that the three largest forces of Dark Hell Continent are actually built by those three races. Now, this is interesting!"

"You mustn't be careless!"

Dodola's voice rang out. "Those three races are no ordinary demon clans. You have to take it easy a little. It would be awful if you end up failing where you shouldn't.

"Also, there's something else that I worry the most over."

"What is it?"

"Dark Hell Continent's master of the existential plane!"

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Chapter 325: The Skeletal Dragon's Incarnation, This Is A Pigsty

The scale of mid-end existential planes was a million times that of low-end material planes. Not only did they have more vast territories and a higher number of living beings there, but it went without saying that the Power of Existential Plane that they boasted was also more fearsome.

"The master of mid-end existential planes does not need to fear any existence while they are in their own existential planes. Even a Chief God wouldn't be able to do anything about the master of the existential plane even if they were to descend!"

Dodola said with an emotional sigh, "Therefore, the masters of mid-end existential planes are also known as the Chief Gods of Existential Planes—meaning that among mid-end existential planes, the masters of the existential planes are Chief God-like presences."

"Chief Gods of Existential Planes!"

A huge jolt went through Meng Lei. He exclaimed, "For people to confer the title of 'Chief God' upon them, I can already imagine just how revered and powerful the masters of mid-end existential planes are!"

"Exactly. Although Chief Gods are hailed as the gods among gods and seen as supreme beings, there are also existences that do not fear Chief Gods, and they are—the masters of mid-end existential planes!"

Dodola sighed and said, "By occupying mid-end existential planes, those guys are absolute overlords among the gods. Nobody can do anything about them."

Meng Lei licked his lips and commented, "After hearing what you've said, even I would like to occupy a mid-end existential plane and become a master of a mid-end existential plane myself."

"It's normal to become tempted by the idea. Becoming the master of a mid-end existential plane is the dream of all deities. This is also another reason why mid-end existential planes and their seeds are so expensive," replied Dodola with a sigh.

"Dodola, I've become somewhat hesitant now."

Meng Lei gazed at the bottomless Demon Ravine and said, "In the event that Dark Hell Continent already has a master, wouldn't I be putting myself in peril?"

"That's exactly what I'm worried about." Dodola warned, "So, you'd better not take risks so easily. Investigate thoroughly before you make your next move."

Meng Lei nodded slightly. "In that case, I'll use a divinity projection to do some scouting first. What a shame that I don't even have a single divine incarnation!"

"Didn't you just obtain an Abyss Skeletal Dragon carcass? You can turn that into your demonic incarnation!" suggested Dodola.

"Why did I let that slip my mind!"

Meng Lei smacked his forehead as he let out an exclamation. The Abyss Skeletal Dragon's body was extremely tough. Aside from its skull that Meng Lei had smashed into bits, every other part of it was still well and intact. He could totally turn it into a demonic incarnation without any problem.

Without further ado, Meng Lei brought out the Abyss Skeletal Dragon carcass and began to work on it.

Creating an alternate incarnation was actually not much different from refining divine weapons. He needed to imprint his divine spirit mark on the target object in both cases and turn it into something that he could control at will and command like a third arm.

Therefore, it wasn't a difficult task.

The only frustrating thing was that the Abyss Skeletal Dragon's skull had been broken, so there was no longer a place to hold one's divine spirit flame. This created quite a fair bit of trouble for Meng Lei.

Fortunately, he had an abundance of dried-up dead bodies, remains, and bones in storage. After a series of selecting, mending, and fixing, he finally managed to replace it with an imitation skull.

One could barely discern any flaws from just its outer appearance. However, in truth, the actual Abyss Skeletal Dragon's skull was far beyond what the skull he'd constructed could compare with.

It was also the one and only opening that enemies could take advantage of in the Abyss Skeletal Dragon alternate incarnation.

"It's finally done!"

Meng Lei heaved a sigh of relief. Then, he gritted his teeth and bore with the severe pain, split part of his divine spirit flame, and placed it inside the Abyss Skeletal Dragon's skull.

After that, he tried to control the Abyss Skeletal Dragon.

Krak, krak, krak...

The Abyss Skeletal Dragon slowly began to move.

It shook its head, swung its tail, raised its claw, took a step...

After testing it out for a while, Meng Lei gradually familiarized himself with the Abyss Skeletal Dragon alternate incarnation and became smoother and smoother at controlling it. Toward the end, he finally managed to control it perfectly.

"All done! I can set out now!"

Under Meng Lei's control, the Abyss Skeletal Dragon alternate incarnation turned into human form. Dodola and Ol' Amos also each created a divinity projection. Then, under Bailey Yale's lead, they entered the space-time rift.

Howl!

The moment they entered, they immediately encountered violent, raging space-time fluxes. Ol' Amos' divinity projection lasted only a few seconds before the havoc-wreaking space-time fluxes smashed it into smithereens.

"Ol' President!" Meng Lei shouted.

"The space-time fluxes here are too strong. He can't endure them at all!" Dodola shouted, "Let's go! Speed up and charge all the way out!"

"Okay!"

A few seconds later, the trio finally passed through the space-time rift and arrived at a whole new world.

It wasn't dim and dark like what they had imagined. Nor was there the bloody scene that they had imagined. Dark Hell Continent, an existential plane that demons had completely occupied, was actually a world brimming with life and vitality that didn't differ much from Heaven's Vault Continent!

Or at least, that was what it seemed like from the surface.

"The magic elements here are almost 100 times richer than that of Heaven's Vault Continent. The laws of nature here can also be detected much more clearly!

"And the gravity, and the dimension's stability level, too. There's no comparison between the two at all!"

Meng Lei threw a punch, causing a small hole to be smashed into the dimension. Had he done this in Heaven's Vault Continent instead, the same amount of force would have smashed a large part of the dimension into bits and pieces instead.

"That's what a mid-end existential plane is like. Low-end existential planes can't compare to them at all."

Dodola had a look of nostalgia on its face as it said, "It's just a shame that a bunch of demons has actually occupied a mid-end existential plane like this. What a waste of heaven's gifts!"

"You don't say!"

Meng Lei agreed wholeheartedly. Then, he turned to Bailey, the Ancient Demon Pig, and asked, "Where are we?"

"This is the Forest of Darkness, Master. It's within my territory, the Pighead Ridge," replied Bailey respectfully.

"Let's go! We'll take a look around your den first," said Meng Lei after some thought.

"Yes, Master!"

The trio rose into the air and flew toward Bailey's den under his lead.

Meng Lei observed the fascinating new world as he flew. As the magic elements there were extremely rich, the forest's vegetation grew exceptionally lushly and luxuriantly.

Apart from that, an astonishing number of Magical Beasts also lived there. If not for the occasional demon tribes here and there, one could practically see no difference between the Forest of Darkness and Heaven's Vault Continent's Magical Beast Forest.

Meng Lei's divine cognition had already spread into the surroundings a long time ago and was ransacking the demon tribes' gold coins, Laws of Nature Origin Crystals, Divinity Crystals, treasures, divine weapons...

Meng Lei pilfered from the demon tribes the whole way and made a huge killing. The tribes were poor in general, but as the idiom went, "Many little drops make an ocean". They added up to an extremely astonishing amount.

As for how much they concretely added up to, Meng Lei had no idea, either. This was just his alternate incarnation, so the system hadn't followed him over.

He collected riches the whole way as they flew.

Two days later, Meng Lei finally arrived at Bailey's den.

"So, this is your den?"

The trio arrived in front of a gigantic sinkhole. The sinkhole was astonishingly wide in diameter and measured as wide as 10,000 kilometers. At the bottom of the sinkhole was a vast primeval forest, and living within it was an astonishing number of... Pigs!

A 100,000-feet-deep sinkhole!

With pigs within the sinkhole!

Wasn't this a freaking naturally-formed pigsty?

"Yes, Master, this is my den, the Demon Pig Sinkhole!"

Bailey said respectfully, "The Yale family has lived here for generations. All these piglets are my children."

"Alright!"

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

"Father is back!"

"Wah! Father!"

Bailey's return caused a rather significant furor. Innumerable little piglets converged from all directions and passionately welcomed him home.

Bailey then casually brought out piles and piles of good stuff and distributed them to the piglets in the sinkhole.

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Chapter 326: Ice Demon Prefecture Guards, Death In A Strike

"Master, these piglets are my children. They will be able to start families once they become adults," Bailey Yale explained.

"They're all your children?"

Meng Lei's expression became very interesting.

How many piglets were in the sinkhole? It should be no less than a million, right? And they're all the Ancient Demon Pig's children?

Well, that is a lot of reproduction here!

"Yes, Master!"

Bailey seemed proud of himself. "In our race, whoever reproduces more will have more prestige, and it means that they are more capable!"

"Some unique standards!"

As he continued forward, Meng Lei saw a bunch of seductively dressed ladies. They were either fat ladies with huge waists or bigger and taller than Zhang Fei...

Each of them looked fierce-looking, but they all looked at Bailey Yale. This made Meng Lei so uncomfortable that he broke out in cold sweat.

Bailey seemed used to it though, and he introduced them to Meng Lei. "Master, they're all my wives!"

"Can... Can tell!"

Meng Lei wiped his forehead and said untruthfully, "You have so much luck with women!"

"Of course! At our Pighead Ridge, who isn't envious of me? Envious of my 129,600 beautiful wives?" Bailey said proudly.

"You're really blessed then!"

Just then, a cold, eerie voice rang.

"Where's the Demon God Bailey of the Pighead Ridge?"

Upon hearing it, Bailey's face became awful. "Damn these bastards!"

"Who's looking for you?" Meng Lei raised an eyebrow.

"Other than the Ice Demon Guards, who else?" Bailey gritted his teeth. "We Pighead Ridge belonged to the Dark Hell Demonic Kingdom's Ice Demon Prefecture. We have to pay tributes to them every year, and the Ice Demon Guards are the ones collecting them."

"I see."

Meng Lei nodded slowly.

"These bastards are bloodsuckers. Half of the tribute I pay enters their pockets. They are so avaricious, but we can only suffer in silence since they represent the prefecture!" Bailey loathed them.

"Let's go out and check it out!"

They came to the sky above the sinkhole and saw a squad of demons made of ice. They had horns and wore silver armor—the Ice Demons!

There were not many, only 20 demons, and almost all of them were lesser deity-level Great Demon Lords. The one in the front was the strongest, an intermediate deity-level Demon God!

"Demon God Bailey, how are the preparations for today's tribute?"

The Ice Demon God cast a glance at Meng Lei before ignoring him and continued looking at Bailey Yale as it spoke in a lofty tone.

"All here!"

Bailey took a breath and threw a spatial ring containing the tributes casually.

The Ice Demon God caught the ring and began checking. After a while, it frowned slightly. "Bailey Demon God, the tributes you prepared aren't enough!"

"Not enough?" Bailey's expression changed. "Demon God Isiah, the tributes were prepared according to past years' standards. Why is this not enough now suddenly?"

"Oh my useless brains, how could I forget. Really shouldn't!" Demon God Isiah smacked its forehead. "You might not know this Demon God Bailey. My Master had ordered to double this year's tributes!"

"Double?"

Bailey Yale could no longer hold in his anger. "Demon God Isiah, there was no change in the number of tributes for over 10,000 years, so why was it increased all of a sudden? Plus, if the Prefecture Master did increase the number of tributes, please show your official papers!"

Isiah's expression turned cold, and it bellowed, "Demon God Bailey, are you questioning Master's orders? You better not make me complain to Master and sentence you for blasphemy!"

"Hmph! Without seeing the official papers, I won't increase the tributes!" Bailey said coldly. "Please leave Demon God Isiah!"

"How impudent!"

Isiah bellowed, "Demon God Bailey, how dare you question Master's orders! Come, take him down and bring him back to the prefecture for Master to decide his fate!"

He glared at Bailey coldly. "If he resists, execute him at once!"

"Yes, sir!"

The squadron of Ice Demon Guards responded affirmatively and swarmed toward Bailey. Their eyes were ferocious, provocative, and fearless.

Even though they were lesser deities who were much weaker than Demon God Bailey, they were not afraid whether Bailey would resist them!

They were the Ice Demon Guards who represented the Ice Demon Prefecture, after all. If Bailey dared to resist them, it would be no different than provoking the prefecture and becoming an enemy.

Opposing the Ice Demon Prefecture... meant a death sentence!

"Bastard!"

Bailey clenched his fists tightly, enraged. Flames of rage were suppressed inside as he had the urge to kill all of them.

However, once the Ice Demon Guards charged toward him, he was like a leaking balloon and gave up resistance completely.

"We are sorry, Demon God Bailey."

The squad swarmed and took down Bailey immediately and seized him.

"No matter how powerful you are, you will still bow down before us, the Ice Demon Guards!"

"I'm really sorry, Master!" Bailey laughed bitterly. "I can't oppose the prefecture, or else not just myself, my entire family will be wiped out!"

"Bailey, I understand your feelings. But sometimes, too much giving in will only make the situation worse as they will only exploit you even more!"

Meng Lei shook his head and cautioned, "Appropriate resistance is very necessary!"

Upon hearing Meng Lei's words, Bailey let out a wry laugh.

Isiah's expression turned icy once again, and his eyes turned savage. "Who are you?"

"The one that will kill you," Meng Lei said calmly as a terrifying aura swept across like an imposing tsunami wave crashing toward Isiah.

"Great... Great Demon God!"

Upon sensing Meng Lei's aura, Demon God Isiah's teeth chattered with horror in its eyes. "You're a G-Great Demon God!"

"Just die!"

Meng Lei was in no mood to speak with such pawns any longer and sent a slap. Isiah was frightened badly, yelling hoarsely, "No! You can't kill me! I'm an Ice Demon Prefecture Guard, so if you dare to kill me, the Prefecture Master will not let—"

Crackle!

It did not manage to finish the sentence as Meng Lei's palm arrived. Demon God Isiah was squashed into bits with a crackle.

"M-murder!"

"Captain was murdered!"

The Ice Demon Guards' squad was aghast as they shivered in fear. They would never have imagined that someone would actually oppose them and kill their captain. It was absolutely audacious and perverse!

"Hand over all the tributes you have collected, and I won't kill you." Meng Lei looked at the guards.

"The tributes are all in the captain's hands!" said an Ice Demon with a trembling voice.

Meng Lei grabbed casually and pulled out a few dozen spatial rings. As his divine cognition scanned, it sensed huge amounts of tributes.

"Get lost," Meng Lei said lightly.

"Yes, yes!"

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Chapter 327: The Whole Clan Moves Away, Clash of The Powerful

The squadron of Ice Demon Guards left quickly as though they were running for their lives. Bailey panicked at the sight and said, "Master, we mustn't let them leave! If we do, they'll bring more Ice Demon Guards!"

Bailey prepared to attack after he spoke so that the squadron of Ice Demon Guards would remain here forever and they could eradicate the source of the problem once and for all.

"It's fine."

Meng Lei stopped Bailey with a wave and said, "That's exactly what I want—them to attract the Ice Demon Guards here. Otherwise, how would I be able to know how strong the Ice Demon Prefecture is?"

"But, Master..."

"There are no buts!"

Meng Lei brought out the dozens of spatial rings that he'd just collected and instructed, "Bring these tributes, as well as your wives and children, with you and leave Dark Hell Continent. Go to Light Continent instead!"

"Leave?"

A jolt went through Bailey, and a lost look surfaced in his eyes. He was born in Dark Hell Continent and had grown up in Pighead Ridge, yet he had to leave the continent now?

At the sight, Meng Lei raised an eyebrow and said, "What? Can't bear to leave? In that case, why don't you stay and suffer the Ice Demon Prefecture's wrath together with me, then? Can you afford to do that?"

Upon hearing his words, Bailey shuddered all over and gave him a wry smile. He said, "Master, I'd better just leave, I guess. The Ice Demon Prefecture's wrath isn't something that I can withstand."

"There you have it!"

Meng Lei waved dismissively and said, "Pass these spatial rings to my true body, and get him to set aside a piece of land in Light Continent for you and your family to temporarily live in."

"Yes, Master!"

Bailey received the spatial rings from Meng Lei. Then, he said, "Take care, Master!"

"Don't worry. This is just a demonic incarnation of mine. I can afford to lose it! Besides, it remains to be seen whether or not they can beat this demonic incarnation of mine!"

Meng Lei then waved and urged, "You'd better hurry and withdraw. You won't be able to leave if it's too late!"

"Yes, Master!"

Aware of how serious the situation was, Bailey hastily gathered his wives and children and fled. Even the weakest ones among his children were as strong as half-deities, so fleeing wasn't a problem for them.

A short while later, the originally lively and bustling Demon Pig Sinkhole became incredibly deserted. Meng Lei and Dodola were the only two left.

"Let's go outside the sinkhole."

Meng Lei continued to wander about Pighead Ridge. He looted the demon tribes in the forest while he waited for the Ice Demon Prefecture troops' arrival.

Meng Lei didn't know how powerful the Dark Hell Continent was, either. Therefore, he was dead set on using his alternate incarnation to measure the extent of Dark Hell Continent's strength.

An alternate incarnation was a price that he could afford to pay!

"This is really a beautiful existential plane!"

The more Meng Lei strolled about leisurely, the more he liked Dark Hell Continent. Rich magic elements, clear and distinct laws of nature, and wide and vast lands...

Meng Lei must admit that he had become tempted. He really wished he could seize Dark Hell Continent and make it his. It was just a shame that... All he could do at the moment was just think about it.

Ice Demon Prefecture moved at a slower speed than what Meng Lei had expected. Meng Lei waited for them for three consecutive days, but the Ice Demon Prefecture troops simply didn't show up from start to finish. Instead, he surprisingly ended up looting quite a fair bit of riches.

It was only on the fourth day that people finally started to make their way to Pighead Ridge. There were a lot of them, and they numbered approximately over 100,000 people. They formed a big, dark mass that moved with fierce momentum, causing a great commotion.

"The Ice Demon Prefecture Guards!"

"It's that bunch of detestable bloodsuckers!"

"The Ice Demon Prefecture Guards are here again!"

"That's a lot of Ice Demon Prefecture Guards. What are they intending to do? Are there Demon Gods rebelling again?"

"Who knows?"

The Ice Demon Prefecture Guards charged over to the sky above Demon Pig Sinkhole in no time. A demonic aura that shot up to the skies spread into the surroundings and swept across all directions. Had those piglets from the Yale clan still been here, they would undoubtedly have mass-peed their pants in fear!

However, they had already left in advance, so all they left for the Ice Demon Prefecture Guards was just an empty den and sinkhole.

The Ice Demon Prefecture Guards also realized what had happened. Their leader was so furious that it couldn't help but break into an angry rant. "Those damned Demon Pigs! They've actually fled! Damn it! Damn it all!"

"Relay my orders—report the situation here to the Prefecture Master at once, and request for permission for a prefecture-wide search! We must find the Demon Pigs!"

"Yes, Lord Great Demon God Grover!"

"I don't believe that the Demon Pigs are so capable that they can just disappear into thin air, despite their numbers!"

"Lord Great Demon God Grover, what should we do now?"

"Capture them! Capture all the demons in Pighead Ridge. Make sure you interrogate and get the Demon Pigs' exact whereabouts from them! If anyone dares to hide any information, you're authorized to kill them!"

"Yes, Lord Great Demon God Grover!"

The 100,000 Ice Demon Prefecture Guards quickly spread into the surroundings and began to investigate the Demon Pigs' whereabouts. Great Demon God Grover, the one leading the troops, became the only one left in the sky above the sinkhole.

"Bailey Yale! And that bastard that killed Isiah! You'd better not fall into my hands!"

Great Demon God Grover's eyes gleamed coldly in the light as a sharp chill emanated from all over it.

Isiah, the Demon God that had been killed, was its child. On top of that, Isiah had even been its most outstanding child!

Yet someone had actually killed Isiah, its most outstanding child, seven days ago!

Great Demon God Grover swore to the heavens that it would be no demon if it didn't take revenge!

"Are you here to look for me?"

A clear and pleasant-sounding voice suddenly rang out next to his ear at this point. A jolt went through Great Demon God Grover, and it hastily looked toward the source of the voice—a black-haired youth floating a short distance away.

"Who are you?" Great Demon God Grover asked coldly.

Meng Lei held his hands behind his back and replied, "Seven days ago, I wiped out a squadron of Ice Demon Prefecture Guards here."

"You were the one that killed Isiah!"

Great Demon God Grover's gleaming, furious eyes bore into Meng Lei. A surge of fierce killing intent spread from it and instantly crushed down upon Meng Lei.

"Well done! Well done, indeed!"

Great Demon God Grover gnashed its teeth in a fury, all the hatred in it erupting in this instant.

"Rest assured that I won't kill you right away. I will erode away your demonic body bit by bit and roast your divine spirit in demonic fire for billions of years. I want you to repent for your sins in endless pain and torment!"

"Is that so? Come get me, then!" Meng Lei shook his head and let out a soft chuckle. "Show me what you've got!"

"Die!"

Great Demon God Grover instantly vanished from where it was. As a sharp and short whiz rang out, it charged right up to Meng Lei and raised its arm, instantly throwing out a punch that carried earth-shattering momentum.

"Nice one!"

Meng Lei licked his lips, raised his fist, and met Grover's fist head-on without any hesitation.

Boom!

As though Mars crashing into Earth, their fists collided with each other. As an explosive crack erupted, the dimension around the duo broke inch by inch like broken glass. A gigantic black hole appeared around them in an instant.

They had broken a mid-end existential plane's dimension!

Boom!

Meng Lei and Great Demon God Grover flew backward at the same time after the collision. Meng Lei took ten steps back while Great Demon God Grover retreated 100 meters.

The stronger between the two was determined with just one move—Meng Lei's Abyss Skeletal Dragon alternate incarnation edged out the other party by a notch!

"It seems like you aren't strong enough to kill me."

Meng Lei smiled calmly and antagonized his opponent.

"Bastard!"

Grover clenched its fists, flames of fury bursting from its eyes. It swiftly calmed down, however. Meng Lei was stronger than it had expected.

"Since you can't kill me, then I'll kill you instead!"

Meng Lei burst into laughter and took the initiative to attack. He was stronger than the other party. Hence he had a very high chance of killing his opponent.

A Great Demon God should know a lot of information about Dark Hell Continent, right?

This information was exactly what Meng Lei eagerly wanted to know at the moment!

Boom, boom, boom!

A shocking clash took place. By virtue of his slightly higher strength, Meng Lei managed to suppress the other party. After all, Grover was indeed much more inferior to him.

"Die!"

Upon seeing that the situation was becoming increasingly perilous, Great Demon God Grover let out a roar and transformed into a gigantic, 5,000,000-feet-tall Ice Demon that looked as if its whole body was made out of ice.

"Again!"

Meng Lei also transformed into his true form.

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Chapter 328: The Three Most Powerful Existences, A Master-less Existential Plane

Roar!

Roar!

One was a gigantic, 5,000,000-feet-tall Ice Demon formed fully from ice.

The other was a 6,000,000-feet-long Abyss Skeletal Dragon formed purely with bones.

The two massive monstrosities gave off an immense demonic aura. Two waves of demonic might shot high into the heavens and clashed violently against each other. As though a nuclear bomb had exploded, great impact waves erupted with a boom, implicating the whole area within 1,000,000 kilometers of where they were.

Dust swirled everywhere as trees and branches were broken.

Grass flew about as mountains and rocks shattered and broke.

"T-that's..."

"It's Great Demon God Grover!"

"Who's that Abyss Skeletal Dragon?"

"That Abyss Skeletal Dragon is also a Great Demon God!"

"O Ice Demon Grandmaster..."

The demon tribes in Pighead Ridge, as well as the 100,000 Ice Demon Prefecture Guards that had just spread into the surroundings, all watched the two figures in the sky in fear and shock.

Fearsome demonic might weighed down upon their souls wantonly, filling them with fear and trepidation and making them shake like leaves. They couldn't muster any battle spirit within them at all.

Roar!

As a couple of fearsome, earth-shattering roars rang out, the two massive monsters clashed against each other with a thunderous boom. The dimension around them instantly splintered and broke upon the explosion, forming a terrifying black hole straight away.

The gigantic Ice Demon and the Abyss Skeletal Dragon stayed within the black hole. The fearsome space-time fluxes and dimensional gales blew wantonly at them, yet they were indifferent to it and continued to clash against each other instead.

Boom, boom, boom!

Crack, crack, crack!

Their clashes went from the south to the north, and they battled fiercely with each other from the east to the west.

The dimension around them turned into black holes everywhere they passed through. Impact waves and rushing waves of energy ran rampant, causing a great many unlucky demons to become collateral damage.

They were either smashed into minced meat by the impact waves, jabbed into swiss cheese by the rushing energy waves, or smashed dead by huge rocks thrown into the air by the wind.

Unlucky to the extreme, they died in all sorts of different ways.

"Run! Hurry and run!"

The creatures on the continent scurried about in fear as they fled, wishing they had been born with an extra pair of legs. Little did they know that the seemingly intense battle was already nearing a conclusion.

Boom!

The gigantic Ice Demon was already riddled with wounds all over, and there were innumerable ice holes on its body. Its aura had also become several times weaker than what it had initially been.

The Abyss Skeletal Dragon, on the other hand, was as unscathed as ever. It had a strong momentum going on and was actually becoming more and more valiant as the battle progressed. Its battle spirit had become several times stronger than what it had been in the beginning.

"Die!"

Meng Lei roared, smashing his huge claw down and going straight for the Ice Demon's head.

"Damn!"

The Ice Demon's expression changed dramatically, and it hastily raised its right arm in defense.

Crack!

The skeletal claw and ice arm collided against each other. Amidst a great collision so loud that it could deafen spectators, the Ice Demon's ice arm broke apart with a boom, causing ice chips to spray about.

"Again!"

Meng Lei was unforgiving upon gaining momentum, and he started a new round of bombardment on the Ice Demon. He had higher speed and more violent strength than the Ice Demon, and his attacks rained down endlessly like a fierce, turbulent storm.

Boom, boom, boom!

At last, the huge Ice Demon couldn't withstand the consecutive series of blows anymore, and it broke apart into pieces with a blast.

The Ice Demon had lost!

Whoosh!

A white crystal shot out of the broken ice chips, instantly hurtling into the distance—it was Great Demon God Grover's demonic core!

"Fleeing? I was already on guard against that a long time ago!"

Meng Lei let out a derisive scoff and smacked his skeletal claw downward in mid-air. As though he were swatting a mosquito dead, his claw completely covered the white demonic core...

Smack!

The blow dazed and dizzied Great Demon God Grover and Meng Lei easily caught the demonic core with a casual grab. The sound of Grover's mad and furious bellows could be heard coming from it.

"You damned bastard! How dare you destroy my demonic body! I'll fight you to the death! The enmity between us knows no bounds! I, Grover, swear I'll be no demon if I don't kill you—"

Meng Lei couldn't help but laugh. He couldn't be bothered to pay any more heed to the fellow. Instead, he turned to Dodola and asked, "Dodola, do you have any way of reading this guy's memories?"

Dodola shook its head and answered, "I'm just a divinity projection right now, so my divine spirit is extremely weak at the moment and unable to read its memories. Your alternate incarnation can't do it either, right?"

Meng Lei nodded lightly. Then, he said, "In that case, we can only return to Light Continent for the time being."

"Let's go then!"

Meng Lei and Dodola returned to Light Continent, upon which he then passed the demonic core to his true body. What happened next was obvious—breaking through the divine spirit's defenses and reading its memories.

A long while later, he was finally done with reading its memories.

"How is it?" asked a concerned Dodola.

Ol' Amos and Amolin also turned to Meng Lei. As for the rest of the Kroc Holy Sect's higher management officers, Ol' Amos had already sent them all away to continue spreading his faith.

As for Bailey Yale, the Ancient Demon Pig, he was already on his way to Gods-Demons Continent with his wives and children.

Although the place was a great distance away, there was no other place more suitable for them as a habitat besides Gods-Demons Continent.

In other words, Meng Lei, Dodola, Ol' Amos, and Amolin were the only ones left in the sky above the Demon Ravine at the moment.

"Dark Hell Continent is far stronger and far more dangerous than what we had imagined, Dodola."

Meng Lei said with a sigh, "According to Grover's memories, the Ice Demon Prefecture alone already houses more than ten Great Demon Gods, among which the strongest—the Ice Demon Prefecture Master—is even a mid-level Great Demon God."

"A mid-level Great Demon God!"

Dodola gasped. It knew the significance behind a mid-level Great Demon God. Great Demon Gods were also grouped into four classes in accordance to how strong they were—ordinary Great Demon Gods, mid-level Great Demon Gods, high-level Great Demon Gods, and Great Perfection-level Great Demon Gods.

They corresponded respectively to elementary-level, mid-level, high-level, and Great Perfection-level higher deities.

A mid-level Great Demon God = A mid-level higher deity!

Ordinary Great Demon Gods and mid-level Great Demon Gods might seem as though they were only a grade apart, but in truth, one was as lofty as the heavens while the other was as lowly as the earth. There was no comparability between the two at all.

One mustn't be fooled by how Meng Lei's Abyss Skeletal Dragon alternate incarnation had killed Grover, an ordinary Great Demon God. Had he been up against a mid-level Great Demon God instead, he... would undoubtedly have suffered complete defeat!

Dodola was aware that Meng Lei's Abyss Skeletal Dragon alternate incarnation's standard was, at best, only in between an ordinary Great Demon God and a mid-level Great Demon God and was neither higher nor lower than that.

"How many prefectures are there in total in the Dark Hell Demonic Kingdom?"

Dodola popped the most crucial question.

"108," replied Meng Lei.

Dodola gasped. "In other words, there are at least another 107 mid-level Great Demon Gods like the Ice Demon Prefecture Master in the Dark Hell Demonic Kingdom?"

"Yes, that's right!"

Meng Lei nodded lightly. He said, "There's a certain tradition in the Dark Hell Demonic Kingdom—the strongest person usually undertakes the position of Prefecture Master in the prefecture. Additionally, they must also be prepared for challengers for the position at all times. If a challenger succeeds in beating them, they'll be able to replace them and become the new Prefecture Master."

This information didn't come as a surprise to Dodola at all. It said, "Competition among demons is usually as simple and direct as that. The weak are eliminated, and the strong are revered."

Meng Lei nodded and added, "Because of the stiff competition, those who are capable of becoming the Dark Hell Demonic Kingdom's 108 prefectures' masters are all extremely powerful people."

Dodola asked, "Any news about the master of the existential plane?"

"Probably not."

Meng Lei shook his head and said, "According to Grover's memories, there are three most powerful Great Demon Gods in Dark Hell Continent. They are the kings of the Dark Hell Demonic Kingdom, the Fallen Kingdom, and the Three-Headed Hell Kingdom. All three of them are high-level Great Demon Gods, and none of them can do anything about the other two."

Dodola's eyes lit up slightly, and it asked, "In that case, there isn't any especially strong and peerless Great Demon God that's powerful enough to overwhelm the whole existential plane?"

Meng Lei shook his head again and replied, "There's no one like that in Grover's memories."

"That's wonderful news!"

Dodola snickered and added, "Or at least, it shows that there's a certain chance that Dark Hell Continent doesn't have a master!"

"Really?" Meng Lei frowned and asked, "What if Dark Hell Continent actually has a master, but they are just indifferent to fame and fortune, and thus, their name and existence are unknown to the public?"

"The possibility exists, but it's not very likely."

A smiling Dodola explained, "You must understand that mid-end existential planes' masters, regardless of which, are all peerless overlord-like existences. It's typically impossible for any of them to be nameless existences. They don't call them 'Chief Gods of Existential Planes' for nothing! Besides, it isn't that easy to become a master of mid-end existential planes."

Dodola went on. "Mid-end existential planes are more vast in territory, and their Power of Existential Plane contains even stronger force than that of low-end ones. It's also harder for one to refine the Heart of The Existential Plane, and the process typically requires a long time to complete.

"However, we have three peerless powerhouses that each impose a restraining effect on and interfere with one another on Dark Hell Continent. Therefore, the likelihood of them refining the Heart of The Existential Plane is really not high."

Meng Lei nodded incessantly in response. He said, "According to Grover's memories, the relationships among the three most powerful Great Demon Gods in Dark Hell Continent are indeed like oil and water. Each of them wishes to kill the other two and dominate Dark Hell Continent by themselves. However, all three have been in a tripartite confrontation all the way even till today."

"No doubt about it, then!"

An excited Dodola said, "My bold guess is that there's a high likelihood that no one has yet refined Dark Hell Continent's Heart of The Existential Plane! In other words, there's a very high chance that... Dark Hell Continent is masterless!"

"Masterless!"

Meng Lei's breathing turned quick and ragged. One must know that Dark Hell Continent was a mid-end existential plane! Should he be able to refine its Heart of The Existential Plane and take the existential plane for himself, just how spectacular a sight would that be?

A Chief God of Existential Planes!

He would become a Chief God of Existential Planes!

How grand and spectacular an event would that be?

"Of course, whether or not it really is master-less still requires verification."

Dodola looked at Meng Lei and said, "Verifying this is a very simple matter. You just need to find the Heart of The Existential Plane and investigate, that's all. It all depends on whether you have the guts to do it or not."

"We must verify it! Of course, we must verify it!"

Meng Lei nodded heavily. A shrewd gleam twinkled in his eyes as he said seriously, "The bold die fat, while the cowardly die hungry. I'll do it!"

"Don't you brag," Dodola snickered and said, "It isn't that easy to find a mid-end existential plane's Heart of The Existential Plane. Given your divine spirit, it'll take eons before you find it!"

"What should I do, then?"

Meng Lei broke into a frown at once. His divine body was comparable to a higher deity's, but his divine spirit was still at pinnacle-grade intermediate deity-level. Even if he were to use Super Enhancement to enhance it, the highest it could go was just elementary-grade higher deity-level.

It certainly wasn't very powerful.

"I'll go!"

Dodola flapped its tiny little wings and said, "I've made contact with a mid-end existential plane's Heart of The Existential Plane before, so I know how to find it in the shortest amount of time possible."

Meng Lei asked seriously, "Will you need to head there in your real body?"

"Yes, I must head there in my real body."

Dodola nodded and said, "It's only when I head there in my real body that my divine spirit will be at its strongest. It's also only then that I can search for the Heart of The Existential Plane at the best of my ability."

Meng Lei couldn't stop himself from reminding Dodola, "Have you thought about this, Dodola? In the event that Dark Hell Continent does have a master, you'll be in danger!"

He was a master of an existential plane himself. Therefore, he knew very well that the master of the existential plane would be able to immediately sense it the moment the Heart of The Existential Plane experienced any sign of trouble.

Should Dark Hell Continent already have a master, Dodola would be very easily discovered and put in danger while investigating the Heart of The Existential Plane!

"I'll bet you that Dark Hell Continent definitely doesn't have a master yet!" Dodola gave him a confident smile and said, "My intuition has always been very accurate!"

"Are you really gonna go?"

Meng Lei said seriously, "We can take our time to investigate this. There's no hurry."

"Don't worry. I haven't fulfilled the God of Time's instructions yet, so I will never put myself in danger!"

A laughing Dodola then leaped forward and flew into the space-time rift.

Meng Lei hastily took control of the Abyss Skeletal Dragon and went after Dodola. Should Dodola meet with danger, at least he'd still be able to help out a little here and there.

Upon reaching Dark Hell Continent, Dodola immediately released its divine cognition and began its search without any hesitation.

This was Meng Lei's first time sensing Dodola's divine cognition. He couldn't help but be astounded.

Dodola's divine cognition was extremely vast. As though the boundless starry skies, there was no end to it...

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Chapter 329: Defeating The Prefecture Master, Replacement

"Dodola's divine spirit is too strong, far superior to any Great Demon Gods or higher deities!" Meng Lei had great emotions.

Speaking of which, Meng Lei was most familiar with Dodola. Υet, Meng Lei's knowledge of Dodola was limited as he only knew that it was powerful. As for how powerful it was, it was still a mystery.

For now, however, Meng Lei could sense that Dodola should be at least a mid-level higher deity, possibly even a high-level higher deity!

How powerful!

Time flew by quickly as a day went by. Dodola showed no signs of waking up, and Meng Lei had no choice but to continue waiting.

One day, two days, three days...

On the other hand, Meng Lei's true body did not idle after he received the tributes from the spatial rings and treasures plundered from the demon tribes. His assets had burgeoned once again.

Wealth: 49.57 million Divinity Crystals

An increase in wealth meant another round of spending as Meng Lei chose to strengthen his divine spirit. His divine spirit was only at pinnacle intermediate deity-level with obvious weaknesses.

Enhancement cost: 4 million Divinity Crystals

Meng Lei did not hesitate and chose to enhance.

Whoosh!

As the order was relayed, Meng Lei's divine spirit flame burned madly as if gasoline was poured into it, and its intensity soared by multiple times...

The divine spirit started to enhance insanely!

After it was over, Meng Lei felt that the world before him had changed.

The laws of nature that traversed the entire world and the laws of nature's origins hidden deep within the existential plane had undergone a tremendous change.

Even without the help of Power of Existential Plane, his divine cognition could now spread out hundreds of thousands of miles to envelop the entire Light Continent.

The divine spirit was so much more powerful than before!

"A higher deity-level divine body plus a higher deity-level divine spirit, now I'm finally an actual higher deity!" Meng Lei sighed.

"One word—satisfying!"

"System, continue the Super Pickup!"

Meng Lei was now eyeing covetously on the Dark Hell Continent and hoped to pick up some treasure he could use now through Super Pickup.

"Ding! Dear host, please designate your target existential plane."

After a moment of contemplation, Meng Lei answered, "The Netherworld!"

"Ding! Pickup successful. You have obtained a Crystallized Divine Spirit Extract!"

"Crystallized Divine Spirit Extract? There isn't much use for me right now, though I can give it to Ol' Amos or grant it to Puhaman and the rest!"

"Ding! Pickup successful. You have obtained a higher deity's Demonic Core. Will you assimilate it?"

"No, don't assimilate it."

"Ding! Pickup successful. You have obtained a Fallen Angel's carcass."

"A Fallen Angel's carcass?"

A 1,000-feet-tall Fallen Angel's carcass shrouded in billowing black mist and emitting dark aura appeared with a mere thought.

These were not that significant as what made Meng Lei astounded was that this Fallen Angel had one, two, three, four...

Four pairs of wings!

"Eight-Winged Fallen Angel! An Eight-Winged Fallen Angel of a higher deity level!

"I've struck it big! I've landed a huge one this time!"

Meng Lei's eyes lit up brightly. With this Fallen Angel carcass, he could create another Great Demon God-level alternate incarnation.

"Meng Lei, this is a Fallen Angel?"

Ol' Amos and Amolin were stunned as they looked at the carcass in disbelief.

"Yep! A Fallen Angel!"

Meng Lei smiled and nodded as he started to refine this carcass. Compared to the Abyss Skeletal Dragon alternate incarnation that had a damaged skull, this Fallen Angel carcass was more complete—except for a bloody hole at the forehead, which showed how it had died.

Two days later, Meng Lei successfully created the Fallen Angel alternate incarnation. He flapped the four pairs of wings and soared up in the sky. Dark elements from within thousands of miles gathered and combined into a huge black longsword with a thought.

"Slash!"

Meng Lei yelled as he swung the sword in the air, and it slashed open a pitch-black bottomless canyon that spanned into the horizon.

"Hahaha! That's great!"

Meng Lei laughed and controlled the Fallen Angel alternate incarnation to enter the space-time rift so it could assist the matters in Dark Hell Continent.

"System, continue with the pickups!"

"Ding! Pickup successful. You have obtained a Spirit Core. Will you assimilate it?"

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

"Yes, assimilate it!"

"Earth, Water, Metal... Triple-elemental Fusion Laws of Nature Fragment!"

"Ding! Pickup successful. You have obtained a Dead Soul Moss."

"Ding! Pickup successful. You have obtained a Hell Mirage Fox carcass."

"Ding..."

"Ding! Pickup successful. You have obtained an Underworld Bone Spear."

"Underworld Bone Spear?"

Meng Lei had a thought, and a bone spear gleaming with a chilly glint appeared, while its surface gave off a baleful and dead aura.

"This bone spear should be harder than my Abyss Skeletal Dragon alternate incarnation. It must be a high-tier demonic weapon. That's some good stuff. Keep it first!"

"Ding! Pickup successful. You have obtained a Grim Reaper's cloak."

"Ding! Pickup successful. You have obtained a Specter Orb. Will you assimilate it?"

"Specter Orb?"

Meng Lei let out a soft sound of surprise as a grayish orb appeared in his palm. It emitted an aura of death and divine spirit waves. An indistinct look flashed across his eyes.

The vast and boundless universe had nurtured countless lifeforms.

Different lifeforms required different lifestyles. Some were flesh-and-blood beings, others were energy beings, and then there were the shadow beings.

The Specter was a form of shadow beings. They had no physical form while they came and went without a trace, much similar to ghosts.

Although Specters had no physical form, they had the Specter Orb, which was their core of life and their divine spirit core at the same time. In other words, the source of their powers.

Hence, the Specter Orb equated to a Specter's body.

"This might... must be a Great Demon God-level Specter's orb!"

Meng Lei's eyes flashed brightly. "If I refine this Specter Orb, does that mean that I can get a Specter alternate incarnation?

"Let me test it out!"

After three days, it was a success as Meng Lei obtained a Specter alternate incarnation.

When he was controlling the alternate incarnation, it moved like the shadows in the dark. Ol' Amos and Amolin were entirely unaware of his presence.

"It's great stuff!"

Meng Lei was in a superb mood as he sent the Specter alternate incarnation to Dark Hell Continent.

At this point, Ol' Amos became rather impatient. "Meng Lei, you all have been in Dark Hell Continent for almost half the month. There's still no news?"

"Not yet." Meng Lei shook his head. "Dodola is still searching for the Heart of The Existential Plane there. Since I haven't heard from Dodola till now, I think they have not found it yet."

"A mid-end existential plane's Heart of The Existential Plane could be that hard to find?" Ol' Amos found it hard to understand.

"It's not any ordinary difficulty..."

Meng Lei was about to say something before he paused, and expressions of joy appeared.

"Found it! Hahaha, Dodola has found Dark Hell Continent's Heart of The Existential Plane!"

"Found it?"

A jolt went through Ol' Amos' body.

"I've found it! I've found it!" Dodola shouted excitedly. "Meng Lei, if I'm not wrong, no one has refined the Heart of The Existential Plane here yet!"

"So it's really unowned!" Meng Lei was delirious with joy. "That's awesome! There's hope! There's hope now! Hahaha, it's the Chief God of Existential Planes. I'm about to become one!"

"Meng Lei, here's your chance!"

Dodola looked at Meng Lei and said earnestly, "I can only help you so much. Whether you can refine this Heart of The Existential Plane to become the Chief God of Existential Planes is all up to you now!"

"Relax! As long as there is no master of this existential plane, I have no fear." Meng Lei nodded his head heavily. "Dark Hell Continent's master of the existential plane will be me!"

"Then I'll wish you success!"

Dodola was rather pleased and asked, "What's your next step?"

Meng Lei took a deep breath as a glint flashed across his eyes. "Plunder more wealth and enhance myself as much as possible. The day that I can suppress Dark Hell Continent will be the day I refine the Heart of The Existential Plane!"

Dodola frowned as it was puzzled. "I still don't understand this. What's the link between you strengthening yourself and looting for more wealth?"

"Haha, that's a secret!"

In the Demon Ravine...

"Meng Lei, so Dark Hell Continent is currently unowned?"

"Dodola has confirmed that Dark Hell Continent's Heart of The Existential Plane has not been refined by anyone yet. So yes, it is unowned."

"Such a huge mid-level existential plane with no master? How unbelievable!" Ol' Amos was astonished. "Then once you refine this Heart of The Existential Plane, how strong will you become with that Power of Existential Plane?"

"Powerful enough to fight against a Chief God!"

Meng Lei took a deep breath and continued. "Ol' Amos, I'm going to Dark Hell Continent to seize the Heart of The Existential Plane with all my might. I'm entrusting Heaven's Vault Continent with you!"

"You need not worry and leave it to me."

Meng Lei went through the space-time rift at once and arrived in Dark Hell Continent. He kept the three alternate incarnations and embarked on a journey of plunder.

"The Ice Demon Prefecture is the closest, so that shall be my first stop!

"I'll defeat Ice Demon Prefecture's master and become their new master. Of course, the treasury there will be empty soon!"

"Take it easy, Meng Lei. The master of the Ice Demon Prefecture is a mid-level Great Demon God. It'll be really tough to defeat it!"

"Only then it'll be challenging, am I right?"

Both Meng Lei and Dodola teased each other as they traveled.

Of course, Meng Lei did not forget to pilfer the demon tribes for looting on the way.

For some time, his wealth kept increasing. Meng Lei was all smiles—at this growth rate, he would be able to save up enough money to enhance his divine body.

After three days, an enormous towering city appeared before their eyes. The majestic city walls were so high as a cliff that they would make one stay away with one look of it.

There were plenty of city gates. They had the appearance of a devil's huge wide-opened mouth, devouring the demons going in and out of the city.

"Dodola, this is the Ice Demon City." Meng Lei took a deep breath and continued. "This city has a rigid class system while the Prefecture Master is the highest status of the entire city.

"Below him are the loyal Ice Demon Prefecture Guards, all of whom are the minions of the master. Even the various Great Demon Gods living in the city won't dare to mess with them.

"But today... Hehe! I'm going to defeat the Prefecture Master and destroy his guards, looting everything there is in the treasury!"

Things were as usual at Ice Demon City, but no one knew that two devils had arrived—an incoming turmoil that would soon consume the city was about to erupt!

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Chapter 330: Smacking It Dead With One Palm Strike, The Behemoth Corpse Emperor

The boundless Ice Demon City rested upon the land like a quiet and dormant great beast. An infinite number of demons lived within the huge city.

The demon world abided absolutely by the Dark Forest Theory[1] where the strong preyed upon the weak, and the weak were eliminated. This rule was especially obvious in the wilderness, and it was only when one reached the city that they would finally see some semblance of order.

It was precisely this tiny semblance of order that attracted innumerable demons to head there and take up residence there. It was only after a long passage of time that the grandly-proportioned Ice Demon City of current times came to be.

While walking within the walls of Ice Demon City, one would see shops, restaurants, teahouses, demonic weapon stores... In this aspect, it was unexpectedly more or less similar to the human world.

"Kylegas' Miscellaneous Goods?"

Meng Lei sensed a fairly fearsome demonic might when he walked by a shop. Curiosity couldn't help but come over him, and he walked into the shop with Dodola.

"Esteemed, sir, may I know what you're looking for?"

A Succubus dressed in a sexy, revealing outfit sashayed over to them cheerfully. Her ample bottom moved from side to side as she moved, giving off great allure all over. How would ordinary men possibly be able to take the sight? They would probably have already wet themselves a long time ago.

"Just looking around."

Fortunately, Meng Lei had a strong will, so he was unaffected. His gaze swept across the display shelves before finally stopping at an arm with bulging veins.

"What's that?"

Meng Lei pointed at the arm and asked.

"What a sharp eye you have, sir!" The Succubus said cheerfully, "That arm originated from a high-level Great Demon God-level Hundred-Armed Giant. It's one of our shop's best products!"

"Is that so?" Meng Lei raised an eyebrow and asked, "How much is it?"

The Succubus gave him a sweet and beautiful smile and replied, "Sir, this is a high-level Great Demon God's arm, so it naturally has extraordinary value to it. But seeing as to how you're really taken with it, I'll give you a discount at 3,000,000 Demonic Crystals!"

"3,000,000 Demonic Crystals? That's daylight robbery!"

Meng Lei scoffed. The Demonic Crystals in question here weren't the magic crystals[2] formed from magic power that people extracted from magic crystal mines in Heaven's Vault Continent. Rather, they were crystals formed from demonic aura and were worth roughly the same as Divinity Crystals.

,000,000 Demonic Crystals were approximately equivalent to 3,000,000 Divinity Crystals. The price could be said to be ridiculously high. Disregarding how he didn't have many Demonic Crystals, to begin with, he wouldn't have born to buy the arm either—and this was in spite of the fact that he had great use for it.

Meng Lei turned and looked at the other products, among which the ones that came in abundance the most were demonic cores. Demons frequently fought and killed one another in the demon world, so what they lacked the least were demonic cores.

"Sir, if you find it too expensive, we can discuss the price further?"

The Succubus persisted, almost pressing her full, ample chest right against Meng Lei. She even constantly gave him amorous looks, the coquettish air around her off the charts.

Meng Lei snorted and said, "10,000 Demonic Crystals! That's all I can afford. I don't have even more than that!"

"10,000!?"

The Succubus froze for a moment, and then she promptly distanced herself from Meng Lei. Loathing and dislike filled her eyes as she looked at Meng Lei, and her expression became one of someone looking at a pauper.

Meng Lei was unaffected. After taking a casual look around, he got ready to leave. However, it was at this point that a cold and aloof low roar suddenly rang out outside.

"Where is the Ice Demon Prefecture Master? Get the hell out here and meet your end!"

The voice wasn't particularly loud, but it was extremely penetrative. It pierced through the air and passed through all obstacles to reach Meng Lei's ears, as well as everyone in the city. It was as though the voice had arisen in their hearts.

"A challenge to the Prefecture Master? O Demon Grandmaster above, a demon is actually challenging the Prefecture Master?"

The pretty Succubus' expression changed drastically in the store, and she ran out of the store like the wind.

Meng Lei and Dodola exchanged a look, both seeing the surprise on each other's faces. Boy, someone had actually beaten them to it.

"Let's go out and take a look!"

The duo went out of the store to find that the entire Ice Demon City had gone into a furor. Demons were walking out of stores, walking out of their homes, walking out of the colosseums...

Demon traffic surged and flowed as thousands upon thousands of demons filled the place.

The streets and alleys were chock full of demons.

The weak ones—like the Demon Overlords and the Demon Lords—stood docilely on the ground while the strong ones—like the Great Demon Lords and the Demon Gods—floated in mid-air.

The demon world's strict class stratifications were displayed to their fullest in this instant. The strong could stand in the sky while the weak could only stay on the ground docilely.

Every demon had its own position. No one dared to easily go against it.

"Who's so bold as to actually challenge our Prefecture Master?"

"Probably someone that doesn't cherish their life again?"

"How long has it been since our Prefecture Master was last challenged? 18,000 or 19,000 years?"

"In any case, it's nearing 20,000 years!"

"There's gonna be a good show now!"

The demons speculated wildly among themselves.

At this point, the demons suddenly noticed Meng Lei rising into the air and floating above them. For a moment there, all the demons became enraged.

"Who's that unfamiliar-looking fellow? How dare he fly above us? The audacity of him!"

"To think it's actually him!"

The Succubus among the demon masses had also spotted Meng Lei, who had flown above them. A hint of surprise flashed across her countenance. She couldn't tell how strong Meng Lei was, but she had assumed that he couldn't be particularly strong anyway.

Being a Great Demon Lord herself, she was well aware of all the demons that were stronger than her in Ice Demon City. Meng Lei? Who? Sorry, but she had never seen him before!

"Trash, get the hell down here!"

"Where did that bastard come from? How dare you climb above me?!"

"You're courting death!"

Meng Lei was taken aback upon hearing the demons' cusses at him. Why didn't any of the demons grumble or whine about the other Demon Gods and Great Demon Gods floating in the air? Yet he couldn't for some reason?

"Where did that worm come from? Get the hell down there!"

Not only were the demons on the ground dissatisfied, but the Demon Gods and Great Demon Gods in the air also showed their displeasure. A Fire Demon God even straight-up attacked him.

Boom!

A huge palm of flames manifested out of nowhere and smacked brazenly at Meng Lei. The palm strike contained might so fearsome that even a Great Demon Lord would undoubtedly be smacked dead by it.

"That presumptuous piece of trash. Good call!"

All the demons gloated at the sight. They feared and revered powerful demons and would never ever allow a nameless weakling to lord over them!

This was exactly what the demons were like—they feared the mighty and discriminated against the weak.

However, just as the huge palm of flames was about to strike Meng Lei, he gave a light wave, and the palm of flames that carried an astonishing momentum instantly dissipated and vanished without a trace.

"What?"

The Fire Demon God received a huge shock.

The demons around them were also filled with disbelief. He had actually so easily and so casually dispelled such a fearsome palm of flames? Just how strong was he?

"Die!"

Meng Lei looked at the Fire Demon God and flicked his fingers. A strong gust of wind shot out and instantly pierced through the Fire Demon God's forehead.

The Fire Demon God froze as a bloody hole formed in between its brows, and a look of surprise, indignation, and regret appeared on its face.

Never in its wildest dreams would it ever have thought that the attack that it had casually launched simply because of its displeasure would actually rile up such a powerful enemy, causing it to pay for its mistake with its life.

Boom!

The Fire Demon God's carcass plummeted and crashed onto the ground with a dull bam, causing dust and earth to swirl about.

The impact caused the demons to snap back to reality, and they broke out in cold sweat. Shock and horror filled their eyes as they looked at Meng Lei. In particular, those that had insulted and hurled verbal abuse at Meng Lei just now were all the more shaking in their boots and close to wetting themselves in fear.

"He... He's a-actually..."

The Succubus' jaw dropped. A look of incredulity flickered in her beautiful eyes. Never would she have ever thought that Meng Lei would actually be so powerful! He had jabbed a powerful Fire Demon God dead with just a finger!

Just what kind of combat strength was that?

Meng Lei couldn't be bothered to pay any more attention to the demons after casting one last glance at them. Instead, he turned, flew even higher, and only stopped upon reaching the altitude that the Great Demon Gods were.

Puzzlement and curiosity flashed across the few Great Demon Gods' eyes as their gazes swept across Meng Lei. However, no one said anything else—the strength that Meng Lei displayed just now had already gained their acknowledgment.

A burly figure was floating in the sky a fairly great distance away at the moment.

It stood 10,000-feet-tall and looked like a Behemoth, except for its incredibly ghastly white skin tone. There was no hint of vitality in it at all. All it had was just an endless aura of death and corpse aura[3] around it.

"It's a Purgatory Corpse Emperor," Meng Lei uttered.

"That's no ordinary Purgatory Corpse Emperor but a Purgatory Behemoth Corpse Emperor," said Dodola as it corrected Meng Lei.

It said, "A demon like that is born when a dead Behemoth stays in unique environments, such as places where the stench of dead bodies pervades the atmosphere. It feeds on an endless supply of baleful aura, corpse aura, and the aura of death, and is immortal and indestructible."

"A Purgatory Behemoth Corpse Emperor..." Meng Lei nodded slightly. "That Purgatory Behemoth Corpse Emperor is fairly powerful. Despite the great distance between us, I can nonetheless sense an intense threat coming from it."

"It's undoubtedly a mid-level Great Demon God." A smiling Dodola added, "There'll definitely be a fierce battle between giants coming up later. Pay close attention when you watch the battle later."

"Okay!"

Meng Lei nodded lightly.

"Ice Demon Prefecture Master, hurry and get out here and meet your end!"

The Purgatory Behemoth Corpse Emperor let out another deep roar. Rolling sound waves reverberated through the surroundings, instantly spreading throughout the skies above the boundless Ice Demon City.

Whoosh!

Numerous figures rapidly shot out of the Prefecture Master's residence and into the sky above Ice Demon City. With numbers as many as 10,000,000, they were none other than the Ice Demon Prefecture Guards.

A Great Demon God-level Ice Demon Prefecture Guard let out a cold snort and barked, "State your name, challenger!"

"I am Cornelius Lattimore!" The Purgatory Behemoth Corpse Emperor replied coldly, "Hurry and summon your Prefecture Master out here. I'm here to challenge him!"

"Give me a moment!"

The Great Demon God took a good, close look at the Purgatory Behemoth Corpse Emperor before it returned to the Prefecture Master residence.

A brief moment later, a skinny and frail-looking Ice Demon that looked about the same size as a normal human appeared in mid-air.

At the sight of the Ice Demon, the 10,000,000 Ice Demon Prefecture Guards all got down on one knee and bowed formally.

"Greetings, Lord Prefecture Master!"

"Greetings, Lord Prefecture Master!"

All the demons in every corner of Ice Demon Prefecture also got down on their knees. The Demon Gods and Great Demon Gods watching the battle were the only ones that bowed slightly instead as a sign of respect.

"So, it's you that wishes to challenge me."

The frail and skinny Ice Demon Prefecture Master yawned as it peered sleepily at the Purgatory Behemoth Corpse Emperor.

"That's right!"

The Purgatory Behemoth Corpse Emperor stated coldly, "Ice Demon Prefecture Master, you've taken steady possession of the Prefecture Master position for over 40,000 years. It's time that you abdicate your position and hand over the Prefecture Master throne!"

"Since you're aware that I've been Prefecture Master for over 40,000 years, then you should have also realized how strong I am. After all, there aren't many that can sit so firmly on the Prefecture Master throne for over 40,000 years," replied the Ice Demon Prefecture Master leisurely.

"Cut the crap! Let's get down to it instead!"

The Purgatory Behemoth Corpse Emperor declared coldly, "Not only am I going to take your position as Prefecture Master today, but I'm also going to drive that bunch of damned Ice Demons out of the Ice Demon Prefecture!"

"How presumptuous!"

"How impudent!"

"It should be killed!"

Upon hearing the Purgatory Behemoth Corpse Emperor's words, the 10,000,000 Ice Demon Prefecture Guards and all the Ice Demons in the city broke into curses. Fury and displeasure welled up within their eyes.

During the last 40,000 years when the Ice Demon Prefecture Master had been Prefecture Master, they, the Ice Demons, had indeed enjoyed a higher status than other demons. On top of that, they had also enjoyed the benefits and graces of several policies advantageous to themselves. Thus, they naturally didn't show the Purgatory Behemoth Corpse Emperor any courtesy and hoped that its challenge would end in failure.

"Young Purgatory Behemoth Corpse Emperor, you should be aware of how you'll end up when your challenge ends in failure."

The Ice Demon Prefecture Master said dispassionately, "I'll give you one last chance to change your mind. Call off the challenge at once and return to wherever you came from."

"Are you scared, Ice Demon Prefecture Master?"

The Purgatory Behemoth Corpse Emperor was full of mockery.

"Scared? What an arrogant and ignorant fellow."

The Ice Demon Prefecture Master shook its head lightly. Then, it said, "Go ahead and attack. I need to return to sleep after the challenge, so I don't have time to waste here."

"Die!"

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Chapter 331: Intense Clash, Fishing In Troubled Waters

"Die!"

The Purgatory Behemoth Corpse Emperor let out a furious roar. Endless streams of ghastly white corpse aura burst forth from its body and converged into a huge palm capable of blotting out the sun. Then, it smacked downward brazenly.

Boom!

The dimension instantly splintered and broke. The huge palm of corpse aura passed through the air and appeared above the Ice Demon Prefecture Master. Then, it crashed downward like a great mountain crushing down on someone.

"How dare you antagonize me just because you have gained some corpse aura?"

A white, chilly air current shot forth with a flick of the Ice Demon Prefecture Master's fingers. It gave off an alarming chill in the instant it collided with the huge palm of corpse aura.

Crack!

The huge palm of corpse aura was instantly frozen, and then it turned into large expanses of falling snowflakes.

During this precise moment, the Purgatory Behemoth Corpse Emperor abruptly showed up right in front of the Ice Demon Prefecture Master. Its gigantic palm smacked downward at the Ice Demon Prefecture Master at lightning-quick speed.

"That's more like it!"

A smile appeared on the Ice Demon Prefecture Master's countenance, and it promptly raised its right palm—which was formed out of ice—to meet the attack.

Crack!

Both palms collided with each other. The dimension exploded as an earth-shattering boom rang out.

The sky turned into a black hole that swallowed the Ice Demon Prefecture Master and the Purgatory Behemoth Corpse Emperor in an instant. However, the two demons were unaffected, and they continued to fervently bombard each other with attacks.

Bam, bam, bam!

Crack, crack, crack!

Energy waves burst into the surroundings. The black hole in the sky continuously expanded. Air fluxes surged and churned as gales wreaked havoc. It was as though doomsday had come in the skies above Ice Demon City.

"H-how terrifying!"

"Given my strength, there's no doubt that I'll die if the resulting impact waves hit me!"

"So, is that what a Prefecture Master-level battle is like?!"

The demons in Ice Demon City were in a panic, for fear that the battle between the Ice Demon Prefecture Master and the Purgatory Behemoth Corpse Emperor would implicate them and bring them death.

In truth, they weren't the only ones feeling that way because even a Great Demon God like Meng Lei was filled with fear and trepidation in the face of the battle.

The clash between mid-level Great Demon Gods was too intense. Every hit was capable of causing grievous injuries to them.

"Dodola, I've finally come to understand why the gap between each cultivation stage is as wide as an insurmountable obstacle after one becomes a higher deity."

Meng Lei was filled with great emotion. He had also become a higher deity by now and could totally sense how strong and powerful the Ice Demon Prefecture Master and the Purgatory Behemoth Corpse Emperor were. Be it their speed, physical strength, or their reflexes, none of them was something that an ordinary Great Demon God could compare to.

"Duh!"

Dodola sighed and said, "At the Great Demon God stage, every step forward is filled with great difficulties. Not only must one consume a vast amount of treasures, but they also need to accumulate strength and resources over a long period of time. It's no exaggeration to say that every step forward is countless times more difficult than a mortal becoming a god."

Meng Lei nodded lightly.

Unlike deities, battles between demons were usually a clash of their demonic bodies. It was simpler, more straightforward, rougher, and crueler than battles between deities.

The one whose demonic body was stronger and the one that possessed greater physical strength would be the one to achieve victory!

In this aspect, even the Ice Demon Prefecture Master and the Purgatory Behemoth Corpse Emperor, who were mid-level Great Demon Gods that stood at the pinnacle of the demon pyramid, were no exceptions.

Boom!

The clash between the Ice Demon Prefecture Master and the Purgatory Behemoth Corpse Emperor was still ongoing. It seemed like the two Great Demon Gods' levels of strength were infinitely close to each other. Neither of them could do anything about the other even after such a long confrontation.

The Purgatory Behemoth Corpse Emperor let out furious roar after furious roar as its attacks became more and more ferocious. The Ice Demon Prefecture Master discarded its previous sleepy demeanor and started to take the battle seriously.

Boom, boom, boom!

The skies became dim and overcast as the light from the sun and moon was blotted out.

Another series of clashes later, the two Great Demon Gods finally briefly separated from each other. Both were breathing rather heavily. Evidently, the battle had taken a huge toll on both of them.

"I've surprisingly underestimated you."

The Ice Demon Prefecture Master's eyes bore into the Purgatory Behemoth Corpse Emperor as it said, "A powerhouse like you can't possibly be a nameless nobody. Why haven't I seen you before?"

"To tell you the truth." The Purgatory Behemoth Corpse Emperor said with an icy snort of laughter, "I came from Hell!"

"Hell? I see."

The Ice Demon Prefecture Master's pupils constricted slightly as it nodded slowly. "It's time to end the warm-up exercises. Show me your true strength!"

"As you wish!"

The Purgatory Behemoth Corpse Emperor let out a deep roar. Then, as though an inflating balloon, it began to expand. A few breaths later, it had become an enormous monster.

Standing at 7,000,000 feet tall, waves of corpse aura churned all around it and shrouded the whole area within a million miles of where they were. All the demons within Ice Demon City felt their bodies going cold and chills running all over them.

Roar!

The Ice Demon Prefecture Master no longer held back, either. It transformed straight into its true form—a massive, 7,000,000-feet-tall Ice Demon fully made out of ice.

,000,000 feet = 2,100 kilometers!

Even the moon's diameter was no more than just 3,400 kilometers!

From this, one could tell just how massive the two Great Demon Gods were!

Boom!

After transforming into its true form, the Ice Demon Prefecture Master and the Purgatory Behemoth Corpse Emperor started a new round of clashes.

The impact waves resulting from their clash became even fiercer and even more fearsome. The powerful energy waves had even affected Ice Demon City itself.

Innumerable buildings were destroyed, high-rise buildings collapsed, and huge rocks rolled and fell off. Many unlucky demons also became collateral damage.

"Run! Run!"

"A battle of that level isn't something that we can watch at all! We'll end up being killed!"

"O Sloth Demon forebears, please save your pitiful and lowly descendants..."

Ice Demon City was into total chaos. Innumerable demons fled the area in fear and panic, wishing they had been born with an extra pair of legs as they did so.

Boom, boom, boom!

Ice chips flew about as corpse aura churned and surged.

The two Great Demon Gods showed no signs of stopping at all, and the clash between the two continued all the way till evening fell.

Wheeze!

The Ice Demon Prefecture Master panted heavily like an exhaust fan. Riddled with wounds all over, the aura around it had weakened significantly compared to what it was like in the beginning. Not only had it exhausted a large amount of stamina, but it had also sustained considerable injuries, resulting in a significant drop in combat power.

As for the Purgatory Behemoth Corpse Emperor, its aura had also greatly weakened. Its corpse aura that had been running rampant had also substantially weakened. It was also bleeding profusely, evidently heavily wounded. Similarly, its combat power had also dropped considerably.

"You're the first person in 40,000 years to drive me into such a state. However, unless you wish to see a situation where both sides suffer, you won't be able to defeat me!"

The Ice Demon Prefecture Master barked, "I'd advise you to stop here. If we continue this intense battle, both of us will only end up suffering. There's nothing in it for you."

Upon hearing what he said, the Purgatory Behemoth Corpse Emperor's gaze swept across the many Great Demon Gods around them who were watching the battle, as well as the 10,000,000 Ice Demon Prefecture Guards. A look of indignation surfaced in its eyes.

Though unwilling to admit it, the Ice Demon Prefecture Master was indeed right. The two of them were evenly matched. If it wished to defeat the other party, both parties would only end up suffering great losses.

A situation where neither side won wasn't a positive outcome in the Purgatory Behemoth Corpse Emperor's case. The 10,000,000 Ice Demon Prefecture Guards covetously watching them aside, just the many Great Demon Gods watching the battle alone would probably never let it off. It was likely that all the Great Demon Gods would try to kill it while it was injured.

As a veteran Great Demon God, the Purgatory Behemoth Corpse Emperor didn't doubt that at all!

"Count yourself lucky this time, Ice Demon Prefecture Master!"

The Purgatory Behemoth Corpse Emperor stared hard at the Ice Demon Prefecture Master before it turned and transformed into a streak of light that shot swiftly into the far distance. It would only end up putting itself in harm's way if it continued the battle, and that was something that it would never do.

"Upon realizing that things were not to be, it promptly decided to leave." A smiling Meng Lei marveled, "What a wise fellow!"

"There are no fools among those who could survive in the bloody and cruel world of demons." A smiling Dodola then added, "Because all the fools have already been eliminated a long time ago!"

"That is certainly so!"

Meng Lei nodded slightly. Then, a shrewd glint flashed across his eyes, and he said, "It's my turn now."

"You intend to fish in troubled waters?"

Dodola cocked an eyebrow.

"So what even if I do? This is the demon world, after all!" Meng Lei let out a derisive chuckle and said, "Surely you do not intend to persuade me to be a man of honor?"

"What 'man of honor' nonsense is that? Hurry up and attack!"

Dodola said dryly, "Don't worry, you can fight head-on at the frontline while I help you out in the background. With the two of us joining hands, there won't be much of a problem killing the half-dead Ice Demon Prefecture Master!"

"Okay!"

"It's finally left!"

The Ice Demon Prefecture Master heaved a sigh of relief as it watched the Purgatory Behemoth Corpse Emperor leave. It had really been worried that the Purgatory Behemoth Corpse Emperor would have a one-track mind and insist on fighting it to the death.

If that happened, it would be hard to tell just how things would end.

The Ice Demon Prefecture Master swept its gaze across the Great Demon Gods, watching the battle in the surroundings, a look of warning flashing across its eyes.

One mustn't be fooled by how docile and submissive those guys looked—the Ice Demon Prefecture Master was well aware that they would definitely pounce forward and rip it into shreds the moment something untoward happened to it.

Demons had never been one to speak of comradeship, after all!

The truth was indeed so, as well. The dozen or so Great Demon Gods watching the battle could hardly hide the disappointment in their eyes upon seeing the Purgatory Behemoth Corpse Emperor leave.

How they wished that the Purgatory Behemoth Corpse Emperor had fought the Ice Demon Prefecture Master to the death and concluded the battle with an outcome where both sides suffered great losses! That way, they would be able to profit from their losses and replace them.

What a shame...

"What a piece of trash!"

The Great Demon Gods cursed inwardly, though their countenances remained humble and reverent.

"Let's go back!"

The Ice Demon Prefecture Master took a deep breath, and then it prepared to return to its residence to rest and recuperate.

However, it was at this point that an aloof voice suddenly rang out beside its ear.

"The challenge hasn't ended yet, Ice Demon Prefecture Master. Why are you in such a hurry to leave?"

"Who's that?"

A huge jolt went through everyone the moment the person spoke. Be it the 10,000,000 Ice Demon Prefecture Guards, the Demon Gods and Great Demon Gods watching the battle, or the Ice Demon Prefecture Master itself, they all looked toward the source of the voice in unison.

Upon which, they immediately spotted Meng Lei, who was taking step after step toward the Ice Demon Prefecture Master.

"It's him!"

"It's actually that guy!"

"Is he intending to challenge the Prefecture Master?"

"Who's he?"

"Do any of you know who he is?"

"I don't know who he is!"

"Never seen him before!"

"He's awfully unfamiliar to the eye!"

Looks of perplexity couldn't help but surface in the demons' eyes as they gazed at Meng Lei. They were very clear on who the Ice Demon Prefecture experts were, yet they had never seen Meng Lei before.

Their understanding of Meng Lei was solely limited to how he had killed the Fire Demon God earlier. Aside from that, they knew nothing about him.

In spite of that, a lot of the demons were still greatly astonished when they heard that Meng Lei was going to challenge the Prefecture Master. In particular, those that had previously insulted and verbally abused Meng Lei even revealed looks of fear and horror.

How strong must Meng Lei be if he thought he could challenge the Prefecture Master?

Oh my goodness! They had even hurled such insults at Meng Lei just now. Weren't they just courting death?

Disregarding the puzzled Great Demon Gods and fearful Demon Gods for now and focusing on the Ice Demon Prefecture Master instead, the Ice Demon Prefecture Master currently had an awful look on its countenance. Its eyes bore into Meng Lei, and killing intent shot forth from within them.

"You wish to challenge me?"

"That's right." Meng Lei nodded slightly. "You seem extremely awe-inspiring as the master of a prefecture. It has tempted me somewhat, and so I wish to try what it feels like to be one."

"Challenger, one must be strong enough if they wish to challenge someone!" The Ice Demon Prefecture Master let out a deep roar. "Without it, they will only throw their lives away in vain!"

"Is that so? Let's fight, then! Show me how much power you, the Ice Demon Prefecture Master, have left," said Meng Lei leisurely with a flick of his fingers.

"Die!"

The Ice Demon Prefecture Master let out a deafening roar and promptly launched an attack. It raised its huge ice palm and slammed it at Meng Lei, using its full strength right away.

The Ice Demon Prefecture Master had launched a killing move right away. It wanted to end the battle quickly and use iron-fist means to take Meng Lei's life so that it could intimidate the other thieves and rascals.

"Nice one!"

Meng Lei let out a long howl and vanished from where he was with a teleport. By the time he reappeared, he was already behind the Ice Demon Prefecture Master. As he glared hard at it, two bunches of black flames then burst forth from his eyes!

Boom!

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Chapter 332: The Netherworld Divine Fire Evolves, Besieging The Prefecture Master

Boom!

Meng Lei abruptly appeared behind the Ice Demon Prefecture Master. Two bunches of flames manifested in his eyes and turned into a couple of fire pillars that sprayed onto the Ice Demon Prefecture Master.

The black flames blazed away right upon making contact and completely disregarded the Ice Demon Prefecture Master's body of ice.

"Netherworld Divine Fire!"

"That's the Netherworld Divine Fire!"

At the sight of the black flames, the expressions of the Great Demon Gods among the Ice Demon Prefecture Guards, the dozen or so Great Demon Gods watching the battle, as well as the many Demon Gods all changed dramatically. The way they looked at Meng Lei immediately changed.

"To think he's actually royalty!"

Disbelief filled the demons.

The Ice Demon Prefecture belonged to the Dark Hell Demonic Kingdom, and the kingdom's royal family was exactly the Divine Netherworld Phoenixes. However, the Divine Netherworld Phoenixes' reproduction rate was extremely low, so pure-blooded Divine Netherworld Phoenixes were exceedingly rare.

However, it was exactly their rarity that made them elegant and noble!

Every Divine Netherworld Phoenix had a lofty and exalted status in the Dark Hell Demonic Kingdom. Everyone treated them with respect and deference wherever they went. Who would dare to slight them at all?

"To think he's actually royalty!"

Some of the Demon Gods that had hurled insults at Meng Lei earlier sported grimaces on their faces. They'd initially thought Meng Lei a nobody, but little did they know that he was actually just pretending to be weak in order to take advantage of others.

Not only was he a Great Demon God, but he was even royalty! His posturing this time had caught everyone off-guard.

"You're part of the royal family!"

Like the others, the Ice Demon Prefecture Master had also discovered the Netherworld Divine Fire blazing away on its back. Though surprised, it wasn't as shocked and horrified like the many Demon Gods and Great Demon Gods.

As a Prefecture Master, its status was just as respected as Meng Lei's—in fact, it wasn't inferior to most typical members of the royal family.

What it was truly wary of was that Divine Netherworld Phoenixes were terrifyingly strong. They were nearly invincible among opponents of the same grade as themselves. In particular, Divine Netherworld Phoenixes were even the Ice Demons' natural enemy!

Should Meng Lei really turn out to be a mid-level Great Demon God-level Divine Netherworld Phoenix, the Ice Demon Prefecture Master wasn't confident that it could beat Meng Lei at all.

"You're losing for sure today!"

Meng Lei teleported a few times consecutively and furiously cast Netherworld Divine Fire. His divine body was far inferior to the Ice Demon Prefecture Master's. Fighting the Ice Demon Prefecture Master head-on was no different from courting death.

Therefore, being constantly on the move and teleporting about while casting Netherworld Divine Fire to burn the Ice Demon Prefecture Master was the best strategy.

"Defeating me? Dream on!"

The Ice Demon Prefecture Master let out a deep roar. Churning chilly currents arose around it and shook off all the Netherworld Divine Fire flames on it.

Right on the heels of it, it opened its mouth, and a white, chilly current sprayed out of it. The chilly current froze the air around it everywhere it passed through. Had Meng Lei not been fast enough with his teleportation, he would undoubtedly have been frozen to the spot.

Meng Lei teleported to a faraway spot and gazed at the frozen air, finding it an awfully thorny problem. It was one thing to watch someone else's battle and something else altogether when he was the one actually battling.

The Ice Demon Prefecture Master was even more fearsome than what it had seemed.

"You're surprisingly quick at fleeing!"

The Ice Demon Prefecture Master gazed coldly at Meng Lei before glancing at the Netherworld Divine Fire that it had cast off itself. A hint of an icy smile appeared at the corners of its lips as it said, "If my evaluation is correct, you've only gone through five rebirths at best, so your Netherworld Divine Fire can't burn me to death yet!"

Meng Lei had certainly given the Ice Demon Prefecture Master a shock earlier. It had initially thought that since Meng Lei had dared to challenge it, then he must be a mid-level Great Demon God for sure.

However, Meng Lei's Netherworld Divine Fire was a lot weaker than what it had imagined. Thus, the Ice Demon Prefecture Master had basically judged that Meng Lei was just an ordinary Great Demon God.

He was just a mere ordinary Great Demon God, yet he had actually dared to challenge it? He was practically sending himself to death's door!

"Haha! The Ice Demon Prefecture Master is looking down on you, Meng Lei!"

Dodola's somewhat-gloating voice rang out in Meng Lei's mind.

"Are you that happy that it's looking down on me?" Meng Lei rolled his eyes. "It's fine if you don't wanna help, but to think you're cracking wise at my expense!"

Dodola toned down its grin and said, "There's a huge gap in strength between you and the Ice Demon Prefecture Master. Given your current prowess, you can only maneuver around it for a while at best. It's impossible for you to kill it."

Meng Lei fell silent upon Dodola's response. Thanks to his teleportation ability, it was very hard for the Ice Demon Prefecture Master to kill him. However, his objective wasn't to maneuver around it but to kill it.

By killing the Ice Demon Prefecture Master, not only would he earn vast amounts of Divinity Crystals, but he would also inherit the position of Ice Demon Prefecture Master and get his hands on the Ice Demon Prefecture's treasury.

He must kill the Ice Demon Prefecture Master!

But the problem was—how was he supposed to achieve that?

Meng Lei couldn't help but sweep his gaze across his stats interface. He asked, "System, how many Divinity Crystals does it cost to enhance my divine body?"

"Ding! The host's Physical Body Constitution is currently that of a low-level higher deity's and will rival that of a mid-level higher deity's after enhancement. Enhancement cost is estimated at 60 million Divinity Crystals," replied the system coldly.

"60 million..."

Meng Lei was lost for words in an instant. What a ridiculous price that was! He wouldn't fetch that sort of money even if they split him up and sold him in bits and pieces. How was he supposed to enhance his divine body?

Since I can't enhance my divine body, what else can I enhance?

Meng Lei's gaze continued downward.

Spirit, Power of Divinity, Laws of Nature Comprehension, Innate Special Ability... Wait a minute! Innate Special Ability?!

Meng Lei hurriedly asked, "System, can Innate Special Abilities be enhanced?"

"Dear host, Super Enhancement is capable of enhancing everything about the host."

"How many Divinity Crystals does it cost to enhance Netherworld Divine Fire?"

"Ding! The host's Netherworld Divine Fire is currently classified as a high-grade Innate Special Ability and will become a superior-grade Innate Special Ability after enhancement. Enhancement cost is estimated at 10 million Divinity Crystals."

"10 million Divinity Crystals? Alright, do it!"

Meng Lei didn't hesitate.

Whoosh!

His Wealth instantly decreased by 10 million Divinity Crystals, leaving him with a balance of only 37 million Divinity Crystals.

At the same time, Meng Lei sensed a strange and fascinating warm current flowing into the deepest depths of his body. Netherworld Divine Fire flames involuntarily gushed out of the surface of his body and enveloped him within.

Black Netherworld Divine Fire flames wrapped around his whole body. Despite the lack of apparent changes on the surface, Meng Lei could clearly sense that his Netherworld Divine Fire's temperature increased at a crazy rate!

500,000C, 550,000C, 600,000C...

700,000C, 800,000C, 900,000C...

His Netherworld Divine Fire's temperature rose by leaps and bounds practically every second. At the end of it, it had actually broken through the 1,000,000C milestone!

,000,000C?

What kind of concept was that?

Even the temperature of the sun's surface was no more than just a mere 5,500C!

One could imagine how just hot Meng Lei's Netherworld Divine Fire was!

The Ice Demon Prefecture Master's sharp senses caught the changes in Meng Lei's Netherworld Divine Fire, and its expression changed dramatically right away.

If Netherworld Divine Fire had posed no threat to it previously, then things were different now!

"His Netherworld Divine Fire has actually evolved?"

The Ice Demon Prefecture Master was rather horror-stricken. Every time a Divine Netherworld Phoenix was reborn, their Netherworld Divine Fire would also evolve along with it. Its temperature would rise even further, and the power it contained would become even more fearsome.

However, it only evolved after their rebirth. How could anyone just inexplicably evolve their Netherworld Divine Fire within such a short amount of time like what Meng Lei did?

That didn't make sense at all!

"The Netherworld Divine Fire has evolved?"

Dodola, however, was already desensitized to such surprises by now. This wasn't the first or second time that Meng Lei had inexplicably powered up—Dodola had already become used to it by now.

Meng Lei took a deep breath as he took in the changes in his Netherworld Divine Fire. Then, he said unhurriedly, "Didn't you find my Netherworld Divine Fire's temperatures too low for you, Ice Demon Prefecture Master? Come and give it a go again now!"

Meng Lei had already launched a casual attack before he was even done speaking. Several hundred black spears—all of them manifested from Netherworld Divine Fire—suddenly appeared in front of him.

"Go!"

Meng Lei stretched his arm out and pointed. At once, the several hundred black spears suddenly pierced through the air and shot toward the Ice Demon Prefecture Master at lightning-quick speed, reaching right in front of it in the blink of an eye.

Roar!

The Ice Demon Prefecture Master opened its mouth, and a white, chilly current sprayed out from within. It formed an ice wall in front of it that blocked the black spears hurtling toward it.

Boom!

The black spears landed against the ice wall and burst into raging flames. In the span of a few short breaths, they had already melted the ice wall and burned it into ashes.

The Ice Demon Prefecture Master's expression involuntarily changed drastically. The Netherworld Divine Fire's might had spiked dramatically after its evolution. Once struck by its flames, they would definitely have a shot at killing it!

"His Netherworld Divine Fire might have evolved, but his divine body hasn't." The Ice Demon Prefecture Master's eyes were cold and imposing as it told itself, "As long as I can seize the opportunity, I'll definitely be able to kill him in one hit!"

"Again!"

The greatly-strengthened Netherworld Divine Fire gave Meng Lei a huge boost of confidence, and he transformed into a Divine Netherworld Phoenix whose wingspan exceeded 100,000 feet.

Every one of his black plumes stood on end like steel needles. His enormous form emanated a noble, cold, and aloof pressure. A fearsome aura spread from Meng Lei and swept through all directions.

Screeeech!

Meng Lei let out a cry. Great bursts of Netherworld Divine Fire shot forth like tornadoes with a flap of his wings and rushed toward the Ice Demon Prefecture Master with overwhelming momentum.

"Damn!"

The Ice Demon Prefecture Master's expression changed at once, and it swiftly retreated with a burst of speed. It didn't want the Netherworld Divine Fire flames to get onto it at all. Otherwise, things would be terrible.

"Thinking of fleeing?"

Meng Lei snorted and teleported behind the Ice Demon Prefecture Master. Another great burst of Netherworld Divine Fire flames surged out of him as he let out another cry.

"Bastard!"

The Ice Demon Prefecture Master tried to flee from the side, but Meng Lei didn't give it the chance at all. After teleporting a few times, the Ice Demon Prefecture Master had become surrounded by Netherworld Divine Fire on its left and right, top and bottom!

For a while there, there was Netherworld Divine Fire to its top and bottom, left and right, as well as front and back. The Ice Demon Prefecture Master was completely surrounded by flames, leaving it no way out and nowhere to hide.

"Damn!"

The Netherworld Divine Fire flames reflected a fiery glow on the Ice Demon Prefecture Master's face, which had already become all distorted. Its heart sank as it stared at the Netherworld Divine Fire surging toward it from every direction.

The evolved Netherworld Divine Fire contained incredible might. The Ice Demon Prefecture Master didn't want to come into contact with it at all if it could help it. However, now that things had come to such a pass, it could only fight back head-on.

Roar!

Surging, torrential white, chilly currents arose all around the Ice Demon Prefecture Master and formed a thick ice shield all around it as it roared.

Right after that, the Ice Demon Prefecture Master jumped right into the blazing Netherworld Divine Fire flames. A moment later, it charged out of the Netherworld Divine Fire encirclement.

The ice shield was already on fire and blazing away by now. Just as it was about to be fully burned away, the Ice Demon Prefecture Master shook itself hard all over, shaking off the ice shield and throwing it out.

"Phew! I've finally charged my way out!"

The Ice Demon Prefecture Master heaved a sigh of relief. However, before it could completely become at ease, a mocking voice rang out beside its ear.

"Ice Demon Prefecture Master, did you think it's already over with just that?"

"Eh?"

The ice Demon Prefecture Master raised its head—only to see that an overwhelming number of black spears had surrounded it!

Densely-packed black spears occupied the heavens and the earth, its left and right, front and back, every direction...

There were as many as tens of thousands of them!

There was nowhere in and nowhere out!

It... had become surrounded again!

"Bastard!"

The Ice Demon Prefecture Master was so furious that it was shaking all over. It had only just escaped from the encirclement after so much trouble and hadn't even caught its breath yet, yet it had become surrounded again?

Just how goddamn *beep* was that?

Meng Lei resumed his human form and said, "Accept your fate, Ice Demon Prefecture Master. There's nowhere for you to run anymore!"

"We'll have to see whether or not you're that capable if you want to kill me!"

The Ice Demon Prefecture Master let out a deep roar. White, chilly currents arose all around it again. Evidently, it was intending to use the same trick and escape using an ice shield.

"Shoot!"

The black spears covering the sky shot toward the Ice Demon Prefecture Master in a swarm like a rain of arrows.

"Block!"

The Ice Demon Prefecture Master bellowed. The white, chilly currents formed a thick ice wall around it. On top of that, the ice wall constantly increased in size and became thicker and thicker.

"Resistance is futile!"

Dodola flew over at this point and blew lightly at the ice wall. A huge dimensional vortex—through which one could see the Ice Demon Prefecture Master—bizarrely appeared on the thick ice wall.

Whoosh!

Meng Lei seized the opportunity right away. Dozens of black spears shot into the dimensional vortex.

"Ahhh!"

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Chapter 333: The Prefecture Master Self-Destructs, Rich Rewards

Dozens of black spears shot into the dimensional vortex. The Ice Demon Prefecture Master's shrill cries could be heard coming from within the thick ice wall at once.

The ice wall dispersed with a boom right after that. Netherworld Divine Fire wrapped around the Ice Demon Prefecture Master's abdomen and began to spread like wildfire to other parts of its body.

"Damn!"

Blood drained from the Ice Demon Prefecture Master's face. Chilly air reverberated around it, instantly shaking off a greater half of the flames at its abdomen. Nevertheless, quite a bit of Netherworld Divine Fire flames continued to stick to it like glue.

"Don't struggle in vain anymore, Ice Demon Prefecture Master. Your fate has already been destined!"

A calm smile graced Meng Lei's features as an overwhelming number of black spears shot toward it simultaneously.

Stab, stab, stab!

The Ice Demon Prefecture Master was unable to block the attack this time. The black spears bombarded it and turned into fierce, raging flames that began to blaze away furiously.

Boom!

The Ice Demon Prefecture Master instantly turned into a demon on fire. It tried desperately to spur the demonic aura inside it so that it could shake off the Netherworld Divine Fire and drive the flames away, but... It was of no use.

Within the short span of a few breaths, the fire, which was becoming increasingly bigger and fiercer, had completely swallowed it up.

The Ice Demon Prefecture Master let out a shrill cry that sounded as if the wailing of vengeful spirits from hell. All the demons that heard it were incredibly alarmed and frightened and their hair couldn't help but stand on end.

"Lord Prefecture Master has... lost?"

The 10,000,000 Ice Demon Prefecture Guards were trembling all over. They couldn't believe the scene taking place before their eyes.

The grand Ice Demon Prefecture's most powerful Lord Prefecture Master that was unbeatable in their eyes had... lost?

"Lord Prefecture Master has actually lost to him! This is truly unbelievable!"

The Demon Gods and Great Demon Gods watching the battle also had a complex look in their eyes and a look of disbelief on their faces.

The Ice Demon Prefecture Master had sat firmly on the Prefecture Master throne for as long as 40,000 years. It had encountered innumerable challengers during this period and won them all, yet it had finally been defeated today.

"Ice Demon Prefecture... is in for a huge change! From now on, the whole Ice Demon Prefecture will be his!"

"Ahhh!"

The Ice Demon Prefecture Master was still screaming. The terrifying Netherworld Divine Fire flames continued blazing away, burning its demonic body into ashes bit by bit. The pain and agony involved were self-evident. Even a mid-level Great Demon God like the Ice Demon Prefecture Master found it hard to bear!

"Congratulations, Meng Lei!"

A smiling Dodola said, "From now on, you're the newly-appointed Prefecture Master of the Ice Demon Prefecture!"

"You, too!"

Meng Lei returned the smile. Then, his gaze swept across the Demon Gods, Great Demon Gods, and Ice Demon Prefecture Guards around them. It was time to enjoy the fruits of his victory next.

"S-spare me!"

At last, the Ice Demon Prefecture Master couldn't take it anymore. It begged for mercy hoarsely. "L-let me off! I... I'm willing... t-to submit to you!"

"Submit?"

Meng Lei shook his head. "It's too late now!"

"Bastard!"

Hate filled the Ice Demon Prefecture Master. It, a lofty mid-level Great Demon God, was sincerely begging for mercy and offering submission, yet Meng Lei had actually rejected it. He was too much!

"Since you refuse to give me a way out, then you can forget about having a good time, too. We'll go down together, you bastard!"

The Ice Demon Prefecture Master bellowed hysterically. Its gigantic demonic body suddenly began to inflate and expand furiously like an inflating balloon.

"Oh no! It intends to self-destruct!"

At the sight of this, the expressions of the dozen or so Great Demon Gods watching the battle all changed, and they immediately turned tail and ran.

The 10,000,000 Ice Demon Prefecture Guards, as well as the Demon Gods watching the battle, were scared witless. All of them turned and fled into the distance, wishing they had been born with an extra pair of legs.

However, they were ultimately still a tad too slow. As a deafening boom rang out, the Ice Demon Prefecture Master's body also exploded with a loud bang as though a hundred million hydrogen bombs were suddenly going off.

Boom!

The dimension broke apart right away, and a gigantic black hole formed from the explosion. Additionally, the black hole was also expanding at a terrifying rate. In no time, it had expanded to a size that spanned a million miles in radius.

The Ice Demon City right underneath it was out of luck.

The black hole swallowed the buildings, the demons, the streets, the forests... It swallowed everything that it could possibly swallow!

The world became void of all sounds, color, life, and vitality in this instant. All one could see within their sight was just a constantly-expanding black hole.

One couldn't tell how long had passed before the expanding black hole finally calmed down. A few minutes later, the black hole disappeared completely, and the sky resumed its original brightness once more.

However, when the surviving Great Demon Gods saw the sight before their eyes, all of them were stunned.

A gigantic deep pit that spanned a radius of 10,000,000 miles had formed in the center of the boundless Ice Demon City. As though a crater formed by a meteor crashing into the earth, there was no sign of life or any living being inside it. All there was in there was just charred soil and rocks that had turned into glass from the high heat.

As for the many Demon Gods and the 10,000,000 Ice Demon Prefecture Guards that had been floating in the air earlier—in fact, even the countless demons on the ground—all of them had vanished!

"H-how did this happen?"

One of the Great Demon Gods had a rather dazed look in its eyes. All the Ice Demon Prefecture Guards had died while the city center had also turned into a deep pit. How many demons had exactly died just now?

How many demons had died?

Meng Lei didn't know, either. He was very displeased—terribly so—at the moment. Since the Ice Demon Prefecture Master had self-destructed, then that meant that he hadn't killed it with his own hands. The money that had been about to enter his bank... was gone!

Just how f*cked up was that?

"That was a mid-level Great Demon God that rivaled a mid-level higher deity! Just how much money have I lost!?"

Meng Lei felt as if his heart was bleeding. Aside from that, there was also one other thing that he was worried about—the whole Prefecture Master residence had been caught in the explosion just now. Surely the treasury in there was fine, right?

Meng Lei's heart couldn't help but sink as he gazed at the huge pit whose diameter spanned as wide as 10,000,000 miles. The explosion had destroyed the Prefecture Master residence. In that case, the chances of the treasury surviving the explosion...

Meng Lei griped, "Why didn't you stop it from self-destructing just now?"

"Stop it from self-destructing? Why don't you do it yourself if you're that capable?"

Dodola said huffily, "Who would be able to stop a mid-level Great Demon God from self-destructing? Not me, for sure! It's already pretty impressive that one can come out of it alive!"

Meng Lei curled his lip grumpily. Then, he quickly teleported to the center of the huge pit. There was nothing in the pit at all, not even an ant, let alone the Prefecture Master residence.

This didn't bode well for the treasury...

Meng Lei immediately urged, "Hurry, look for the Prefecture Master residence's treasury for me, Dodola!"

All he could do now was hope that the treasury was on other half-planes instead and not in the Prefecture Master residence itself. Otherwise, everything they had done would really have been all for naught.

"Fine!"

Dodola agreed to his request. It released its divine cognition into the surroundings and started to look for it. Meng Lei also tried searching for it.

It was just a pity that...

There was nothing here and nothing there.

There was nothing in the east and nothing in the west.

"Eh? What's that?"

Dodola suddenly let out a soft sound of surprise. Then, it took a white crystal out from the soil with a casual wave. The crystal emanated might that filled one with trepidation.

"This aura..."

Dodola burst into laughter at once. "Meng Lei, I've found the Ice Demon Prefecture Master's demonic core!"

"Its demonic core?"

A huge jolt went through Meng Lei, and he hurriedly grabbed the demonic and inspected it. True enough, he could sense the Ice Demon Prefecture Master's divine spirit's aura inside it. Meng Lei was overjoyed right away—the Ice Demon Prefecture Master was still alive!

"The destructive power of self-destruction may be great, but demonic cores are objects manifested from demonic power, one's divine spirit, and the origin of laws of nature. They are firm and indestructible, so they won't be broken by the power generated from self-destruction," explained Dodola with a smile.

Meng Lei nodded repeatedly. Then, he released his divine cognition, sent it into the demonic core, and began to inspect it. The demonic core was undamaged. This meant that the Ice Demon Prefecture Master's divine spirit was definitely unharmed. At best, it might have sunk into a deep sleep.

True enough, as Meng Lei inspected the demonic core, the Ice Demon Prefecture Master's divine spirit also gradually awakened. At once, it let out a mad, furious roar full of immense hatred. "You bastard! You forced me to self-destruct and destroyed my demonic body! I'll never let you off even if I were to fall into the depths of hell!"

"Hehe! It's great that you're still alive!"

Meng Lei licked his lips. Then, the power of his divine spirit gushed forth and began to furiously attack the Ice Demon Prefecture Master's divine spirit in an attempt to thoroughly kill it.

To deities and demons, the true core of their existences were their divine spirits. As long as their divine spirit was still alive, then they would be considered alive. It was only when their divine spirit was destroyed and dissipated that they would truly be dead.

Therefore, Meng Lei wanted to kill the Ice Demon Prefecture Master once more.

"Argghhhh!"

The Ice Demon Prefecture Master roared furiously in pain and agony. However, without its demonic body, its divine spirit was as though a tree without its roots—it couldn't withstand Meng Lei's attacks at all. Gradually, it began to break down.

In the end...

"Ding! 1 Ice Demon God killed. 62 million Divinity Crystals gained!"

"Haha! One's effort should always be rewarded. Now, this feels much better!"

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Chapter 334: New Prefecture Master, Ice Demon Shrine

Earning 62 million Divinity Crystals did not just make up for the 10 million spent on enhancing the Netherworld Divine Fire. It also meant a 52-million profit!

One word—way too satisfying!

"And the prefecture treasury, I have to find it! The wealth of a mid-level Great Demon God accumulated over its entire life must be plenteous!"

Meng Lei had Dodola continue the search while he started to read the Ice Demon Prefecture Master's divine spirit fragments.

Other than knowing the treasury's exact location, the memory itself was a precious treasure which Meng Lei had to dig into.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

As he continued reading, the Ice Demon Prefecture Master's memory played out swiftly in his mind.

After over an hour, Meng Lei finally completed the reading process. He let out a long breath of pent-up air as a hint of a smile dashed across his face.

"Dodola, have you found anything yet?"

Meng Lei teased.

"Found what? There was not even the slightest trace of it."

"Hahaha, that's normal." Meng Lei laughed. "The treasury wasn't here in the first place!"

"Not here?" Dodola paused. "Then where is it?"

"The Ice Demon Prefecture Master wasn't in the prefecture usually as it stayed in the Ice Demon Snow Mountain most of the time, cultivating in the extreme cold on top of the mountain," Meng Lei explained. "All its treasures, collections, and wealth are stored there!"

"So where is the Ice Demon Snow Mountain?" Dodola asked.

"Follow me."

Meng Lei smiled faintly as he was about to leave with Dodola. Just then, a dozen of the Great Demon Gods who were previously watching the battle surrounded him suddenly.

Meng Lei raised an eyebrow.

What are they trying to do? Perhaps they are trying to take advantage of the situation?

The reality proved that Meng Lei overthought it. These Great Demon Gods flew over and bowed respectfully.

"Greetings, Prefecture Master!"

It was an expression of goodwill.

Meng Lei nodded slightly. "Stand down the formalities."

"Your prowess is unfathomable. Defeating Cador to become the new Prefecture Master is a blessing to the prefecture and also our great honor!"

A Great Demon God said respectfully, "Please allow us to carry out any orders you have, and we will bend our backs to the task until our dying day!"

The other Great Demon Gods also expressed their willingness to serve Meng Lei as his tools.

"Great!"

Meng Lei was satisfied with their attitude. He smiled and said, "I was born rapacious, and I have an eye for things like Laws of Nature Origin Crystals and Divinity Crystals. If you are free, you can help me find more of these treasures!"

Upon hearing that, the Great Demon Gods only had swearing and curses in their minds.

We expressed our goodwill only as a formality, not literally serving you! And you actually start ordering us around? Do you not know the way of the world, or you thought you're an actual Prefecture Master?

The Great Demon Gods were dissing Meng Lei secretly in their minds. To be honest, the previous Prefecture Master had never ordered them around before—not for this one, though.

"Oh, one more thing, three days later will be my 25th birthday." Meng Lei continued. "I'll let you all settle the birthday feast. If I'm not pleased with the feast or the presents are undesirable, I'll be furious!"

Having said that, Meng Lei left with Dodola, leaving behind the confused Great Demon Gods.

It'll be your 25th birthday three days later?

th birthday?

Who are you trying to fool?

If you're not at least 1,000 years old, I'll change my surname to yours!

"What the hell does he want?"

A Great Demon God's expression was awful.

"He obviously wants to plunder more treasure!"

"Such naked greed! This bastard is even greedier than Cador!"

"The Ice Demon Snow Mountain is on the west side of the Ice Demon Prefecture. It's 1,286,000 kilometers above sea level, with permanent snow throughout the year, making it suitable for ice demons to live in.

"The Ice Demon Prefecture Master stayed there most of the time for cultivation. It was the perfect place for it!"

The two of them chatted idly on the way. It took half a day for them to reach the Ice Demon Snow Mountain. The undulating white mountains were like countless Frost Colossal Dragons lying prostrate on top—magnificent and spectacular.

Among these countless snowy mountains stood out an extremely majestic white mountain that was way higher than the ordinary mountains.

It was the Ice Demon Snow Mountain!

The mountain was already covered by clouds halfway up as if it was a celestial realm that was separate from the world—holy, advanced, and majestic.

The two of them passed through the clouds and went up all the way. It took them half an hour to reach the top of the mountain. There were no layers of clouds here anymore.

The sky was azure while there was nothing in the vicinity except for a majestic icy palace on top of the mountain—the Ice Demon Prefecture Master's shrine!

"We're here!"

Meng Lei's heart quickened uncontrollably as he knew how rich the Ice Demon Prefecture Master was after he read its memory.

The Ice Demon Prefecture's territory was the size of over 1,000 of Heaven's Vault Continent.

The Ice Demon Prefecture Master had been in charge for over 40,000 years and collected massive amounts of tributes!

How much wealth did it accumulate over 40,000 years?

Meng Lei was eager to open the treasury and feast his eyes on what was inside.

Roar!

A furious roar rang abruptly.

"Who? Who dares to trespass into the Ice Demon Shrine!

Meng Lei stopped and realized that there was a gigantic winged python chained by the door. Its body seemed to be made of ice as it coiled up its massive body. The python's stared at Meng Lei as a cold glint flashed across its greenish eyes.

"Heaven Devouring Python of the Depths!"

Meng Lei recognized this python. It was a divine beast that the Ice Demon Prefecture Master had caught to guard the shrine. It was as powerful as a normal Great Demon God.

"Archibald!" Master looked at the python and said, "The Ice Demon Prefecture Master you knew is now dead. The one standing before you is your new master!"

"What? Master is dead?"

The Heaven Devouring Python of the Depths was shaken as disbelief filled its eyes.

"You're lying! How would my master die? Master ruled the prefecture, and it was a mid-level Great Demon God! Who could've killed it?"

"I killed it!"

Meng Lei said calmly. "I killed your Prefecture Master, and the prefecture is now mine, including its wealth too. Well, seeing that you have guarded the shrine, I can let you live on the condition that you submit to me."

"My master is the mightiest I've seen. How could it be killed? You dare to fool me!"

The Heaven Devouring Python of the Depths roared and opened its bloody mouth and bit toward Meng Lei.

"Presumptuous!"

Meng Lei frowned as he pointed his finger. A chilly current with a purple glint shot into the body of the python.

Crackle!

Ice formed on the Heaven Devouring Python of the Depths starting from its huge mouth. After a few moments, the enormous slithering body was frozen in light purple ice.

"Mysterious Ice of The Depths! This is the Mysterious Ice of The Depths!"

Dodola was a little shocked. "What the heck! How did you manage to use the signature Special Ability of the Frost Gods?"

"I accidentally awakened the Frost Gods bloodline a while ago," Meng Lei laughed as he explained.

"Accidentally..."

Dodola did not know what to say. It sighed. "You're really assembling powerful bloodlines into one body!

"The Gods-Slaying Rat bloodline, Divine Netherworld Phoenix bloodline, Hundred-Armed Giant bloodline, the Frost Gods bloodline, and the Ancient Tree of Life bloodline!

"Monster! You're a monster!"

"Thanks for the compliment!"

Meng Lei laughed and walked straight toward the shrine with Dodola following closely behind.

The door was pushed open; it was empty. However, ice elements were extremely rich here, making it an ideal place for cultivation.

And at the center of the shrine, there was a gigantic magic circle. Meng Lei knew that this magic circle would lead him to the treasury existential plane.

Buzz...

Meng Lei activated the magic circle and disappeared with Dodola. When they reappeared, they entered another world.

As far as the eye could see, it was a vast expanse of white. Icefields and white snow were everywhere, and there was no wind which made the place terrifyingly quiet.

There were only ice-elemental laws of nature and ice elements here as this was an ice-elemental half-plane.

"Meng Lei, where are the treasures?" Dodola looked around and asked curiously.

"It can be as far away as being at the edge of the sky or as near as being right before your eyes."

Meng Lei waved his arm as the snow under his feet rose into the air. What was revealed was not the bare ground but densely packed chests.

These chests crafted from solid ice were gleaming with a chilly glint, as colorful sparkles of the treasures could be seen through the transparent ice. The wealth of the Ice Demon Prefecture Master was in these chests!

"Wow!"

Dodola exclaimed softly as it flapped its wings and struck open an icy chest. It emitted a pure divine spirit wave as it contained Crystallized Divine Spirit Extracts.

A chest that was full of Crystallized Divine Spirit Extracts!

Meng Lei had obtained them before, but they were always picked up one by one in the past—when had he ever seen a full chest of Crystallized Divine Spirit Extracts?

For a moment, Meng Lei's eyes were immediately fixed. "So... So many Crystallized Divine Spirit Extract!"

"Crystallized Divine Spirit Extracts are extremely rare resources which normal higher deities wouldn't have much savings. Now there's so many stocked up here!"

Dodola was rather stunned by the sight.

"Nice! Got to keep all these!"

Meng Lei kept this chest of Crystallized Divine Spirit Extract and continued opening each chest as more treasures were revealed.

"So many Laws of Nature Origin Crystals?"

"Keep! Keep them!"

"Divinity Crystals this time!"

"Keep! Keep! Keep..."

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

Chests of Laws of Nature Origin Crystals vanished.

Chests of Divinity Crystals vanished.

Meng Lei's wealth spiked rapidly once again. When the count finally paused, his Wealth had grown to an astonishing 397.6 million Divinity Crystals.

"Yes! I've struck a true jackpot today!"

Meng Lei spoke to himself as his speech became incoherent in excitement.

"Stop laughing foolishly and look at this!"

Watching Meng Lei's silliness of an upstart, Dodola could not help but yell at him.

"What?"

Meng Lei flew over as he saw a chest of colorful crystals that gave off gushing laws of nature power. They were without a doubt, laws of nature fragments.

However, this chest of laws of nature fragments was very much different from those Meng Lei had collected in the past.

"These are fusion laws of nature fragments!"

Dodola's eyes were shining brightly. "Two-colored ones are double-elemental fusion laws of nature fragments, three-colored ones are triple-elemental fusion laws of nature fragments, as such four-colored ones are quad-elemental.

"Of course, the four-colored ones are really rare as there are close to none of them."

"Fusion laws of nature fragments?"

Meng Lei's eyes lit up.

He did not think too much of the double-elemental fusion laws of nature fragments since he had already assimilated so many of them.

He was looking for triple-elemental and quad-elemental fusion laws of nature fragments, especially the quad-elemental ones.

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Chapter 335: The Death Gods, The Grim Reaper's Eye

Meng Lei kept all the double-elemental fusion laws of nature fragments, and the triple- and quad-elemental ones were left in the chest.

Meng Lei picked out the quad-elemental fusion laws of nature fragments first and counted 11 of them of various colors.

These were special as they were assimilated from four different laws of nature, making them extremely valuable.

Meng Lei kept them cautiously for later use when he had the time.

The leftovers were triple-elemental fusion laws of nature fragments with over 300 pieces, which Meng Lei kept too.

Meng Lei carried on with the box openings with chests of demonic crystals, demonic cores...

"Ding! Dropped item discovered. Will you pick it up?" The system's notification rang abruptly.

"Yes, pick it up!"

"Ding! Pickup successful. You have obtained the Grim Reaper bloodline. Will you assimilate it?"

"Grim Reaper bloodline?"

A dash of shock flashed in Meng Lei's eyes. Despite their rare numbers, the Grim Reaper was one of the most terrifying races in the universe.

"Assimilate it!"

Meng Lei did not hesitate.

Boom!

Unique gray energy surged into Meng Lei's body within his limbs and bones, spreading throughout his entire body.

For a while, a gray mist came off Meng Lei's body as if he had burst into flames. Dodola watched with concern.

"Meng Lei, what's happening to you?"

"Nothing much, just accidentally awakening some Grim Reaper bloodline. It is part of the process."

Meng Lei gritted through the intense pain across his body and gave Dodola a smile of reassurance. Although the assimilation process was painful, he could withstand it now at this stage.

"Grim Reaper bloodline?" Dodola gasped. "You awakened another one, and it's the Grim Reaper bloodline this time? O great God of Time, what kind of freak are you?"

"Hehe!"

Meng Lei curled his lips and grinned.

A thick fog of gray mist spewed out steadily as Meng Lei emitted an aura of death, while his skin turned from yellow to gray.

Ten minutes later, the Grim Reaper bloodline had assimilated while Meng Lei's skin color had turned gray completely. Other than that, his appearance remained the same.

No, there was one other thing that changed—a vertical-slit gray pupil on Meng Lei's forehead!

There was nothing else that changed other than that.

"Dodola, so this is how the Death Gods look like?" Meng Lei was surprised.

When he assimilated other bloodlines, he would transform into the appearance of that race like the Gods-Slaying Rat, the Hundred-Armed Giant, the Divine Netherworld Phoenix, the Ancient Tree of Life, the Frost Gods...

The Grim Reaper bloodline was the exception. Other than the skin turning gray and a vertical pupil on the forehead, there were no other transformations, making it unique.

"The Death Gods have no fixed appearance." Dodola had a complex look on its face. "The biggest feature would be the gray skin and the Grim Reaper's Eye."

"The Grim Reaper's Eye?"

Meng Lei waved his hand as a water mirror appeared before him, reflecting his current look. "This extra thing on my forehead is the Grim Reaper's Eye? What is the use of this?"

"What use? I must say it's a huge one!"

Dodola explained, "Normally, whether it's a deity or a demon, they're either skilled in physical attacks or divinity attacks.

"The Death Gods, however, other than the two standard types of attack, possess a terrifying offensive ability—the divine spirit attack.

"That's what the Grim Reaper's Eye does!"

Dodola sighed as it continued. "The Grim Reaper's Eye can attack the enemy's divine spirit directly, and it can kill enemies of the same class in one strike. Plus, it can devour the enemy's divine spirit to strengthen your own divine spirit without any side effects!"

"Damn! That's crazy!"

Meng Lei could not help but gasp. Attacking the divine spirit directly, one-shot kill, and the ability to devour divine spirits to strengthen his own divine spirit!

That's just crazy!

"It's that insane." Dodola sighed. "The reason why they're known as the Death Gods is because of this crazy Grim Reaper's Eye!"

"Crazy! That's too insane!"

Meng Lei swept a glance at his stats interface. The assimilation degree of the Grim Reaper bloodline was only 32%. Meng Lei did not hesitate to raise it to 100% immediately.

68 Divinity Crystals were spent.

It was clear that the Grim Reaper bloodline was another powerful True God bloodline, not an Ancient God bloodline!

After that, Meng Lei continued with the loot. There were chests of demons and magical beast carcasses, including Fire Demon's Heart, Succubus's Eye, and limbs of powerful magical beasts...

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

"Yes, pick it up!"

"Ding! Pickup successful. You have obtained the Underworld Ghost bloodline. Will you assimilate it?"

"No, don't assimilate it."

"Ding! Pickup successful. You have obtained..."

Meng Lei was not too interested in these carcasses as he sent them into the Tower of Time for the golden little tree's enjoyment.

After consuming a massive amount of remains that Meng Lei had provided, the golden little tree grew taller by only a small margin. It made Meng Lei rather anxious—how long would it take for this tree to grow into an adult?

I guess there's no choice but to grow this slowly.

After keeping the chests with the carcasses, there were the chests containing weapons. There were demonic weapons and divine weapons of good quality as the lowest graded ones were at least mid-tier weapons.

"These mid-tier divine weapons and demonic weapons are not useful to me, but I can give them to Ol' Amos and the rest."

Meng Lei kept these weapons except for a dozen high-tier divine weapons and demonic weapons, with each of them giving off divinity power (magic power) waves!

"These will be mine!"

After another round of looting, Meng Lei was overflowing with wealth. The Ice Demon Prefecture Master's treasury did not disappoint after all as he made a great fortune.

It was time to spend his newfound fortune as Meng Lei chose to enhance his divine body. Even if he killed the Ice Demon Prefecture Master, Meng Lei knew that his absolute combat strength would only be on par with a normal Great Demon God. How was that acceptable?

Prefecture Masters were usually mid-level Great Demon Gods. How could he fall behind them?

"Ding! The host's Physical Body Constitution is currently that of a low-level higher deity's and will rival that of a mid-level higher deity's after enhancement. Enhancement cost is estimated at 60 million Divinity Crystals," the system informed coldly.

"Enhance!"

Meng Lei huffed.

I had no money previously, but it's different now! A mere 60 million Divinity Crystals is still affordable!

Whoosh!

His wealth shrunk by 60 million while Meng Lei could feel that his divine body was strengthened at a skyrocketing speed, as a new round of enhancement had begun.

2 times, 3 times, 4 times...

10 times, 20 times, 30 times...

After the enhancement was complete, Meng Lei could feel that his divine body was stronger by 100 times. Endless power gushed within his body as Meng Lei had never felt such strength before.

"If the Ice Demon Prefecture Master was in front of me, I could absolutely go head to head with it!"

After leaving the ice-elemental half-plane, both of them returned to the Ice Demon Shrine. The Heaven Devouring Python of the Depths was still frozen within the Mysterious Ice of The Depths before Meng Lei released it.

Hiss!

Once the Heaven Devouring Python of the Depths went free, it tried to bite Meng Lei immediately. The Mysterious Ice of The Depths might have immobilized its body, but its divine spirit and consciousness were not as its mind was still active.

During the time that it was frozen, it was not frightened. Instead, it hated Meng Lei to the core as it swore to kill Meng Lei and avenge its master.

"You still dare to attack me?"

Meng Lei let out an icy snort. Then, his palm smacked toward the python.

Boom!

His iron fists hit the snake in the nose as it bent down instantly with a crackling sound.

Meng Lei appeared above the python's head with a flash and stomped down hard. Its skull turned into a massive pit with a thunderous boom.

Hiss... argh!

The Heaven Devouring Python of the Depths let out a painful cry as blood shot out of every hole of its face. It then dropped dead onto the ground as its brain was blasted into pieces instantly.

Meng Lei waved his arm and summoned a demonic core from the corpse. Using the Grim Reaper's Eye, the divine spirit of the python was dragged out and devoured.

"Ding! 1 Heaven Devouring Python of the Depths killed. 4.9 million Divinity Crystals gained!"

"You overestimated yourself!"

Meng Lei sneered as he kept the carcass into the Tower of Time for the golden little tree to consume. He had finally understood that there was more value in using Super Enhancement than to upgrade his divine body through devouring life essence.

Although Super Enhancement was costly, it had the best effects without any repercussions, making it much more effective than devouring life essence.

"Dodola, let's return!"

"Alright!"

The two of them went through the same way they came and returned to the Ice Demon City after a day.

From leaving the city until their return, adding the amount of time they spent at the treasury in the middle, it took them three days.

However, after Meng Lei returned, there were no signs of celebrations in the streets at all.

"Meng Lei, what happened to your birthday feast and celebrations?" Dodola watched the quiet city and tried to hold its laughter. "They completely disregarded you as their new Prefecture Master!"

"Isn't this what I wanted?" Meng Lei said calmly while he seemed indifferent.

The 25th birthday? He was only using it as an excuse to be mad!

Things had gone in his favor as the dozen of Great Demon Gods did not bother to treat his words seriously.

Host a birthday banquet?

It was clear that they did not think much of it!

"Time to meet up with these audacious Great Demon Gods and see what they have to say." Meng Lei spoke directly. "Great Demon Gods in Ice Demon City, get the hell out here!"

Boom!

Meng Lei's voice rang across the entire city and caused a great stir. Demons ran out of their living spaces and saw Meng Lei hovering in the air with fear written all over their faces—they had not fully recovered from the disaster a few days ago yet.

Whoosh!

The dozens of Great Demon Gods responded to Meng Lei's call actively and reached before him swiftly.

"You're back, Prefecture Master!"

"Greetings, my Lord Prefecture Master!"

These Great Demon Gods seemed respectful as they presented their formalities.

"It seems that you all have been doing a great job, really great!"

Meng Lei was furious. "To be able to treat my orders like nonsense, how did you all manage to do that?"

"What do you mean, Lord Prefecture Master?"

The Great Demon Gods pretended to be shocked.

"You don't know? Then let me remind you a bit!"

Meng Lei said coldly, "Three days ago before I left the city, I remember I had instructed something. So why is there nothing going on in the city?"

"You mean... the birthday banquet, my Lord?"

"Oh, you remembered!"

A Great Demon God explained, "Lord Prefecture Master, you should look for the guards on matters like birthday banquets, not us. It's not part of our job scope!"

"Lord Prefecture Master, Cador Prefecture Master did not have such requests for us when he reigned. We are Great Demon Gods, after all. We aren't lackeys of the Prefecture Master!"

"Exactly..."

These Great Demon Gods seemed to be respectful, but the disdain and mockery in their eyes were clear and obvious.

You might have defeated Cador to become the new Prefecture Master, but don't think of ordering us around!

We're the Great Demon Gods, not your lackeys. Why would we do such lowly work for you?

"Great! Awesome!"

Meng Lei smiled at them cheerfully. "Since all of you have disobeyed my orders, don't blame me for being mad!"

"Hahaha!"

Upon hearing Meng Lei's warning, the Great Demon Gods laughed out loud.

"You're amusing, my Lord!"

"You're great at making jokes, my Lord!"

"Joking? Who the hell is joking with you? Since all of you did not even give me the slightest respect, your existence isn't necessary anymore!"

Meng Lei promptly became mad!

In his eyes, these Great Demon Gods were all walking treasuries. How could he let them off?

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Chapter 336: Killing All of Them, Hosting A Birthday Banquet

"Since you show no respect for me, the Prefecture Master, then there's no need for you to exist anymore!"

Meng Lei promptly flipped out. He said, "All of you can go to hell together with your Ice Demon Prefecture Master!"

The dozen or so Great Demon Gods' expressions darkened upon his statement. Hostility filled their eyes.

"Lord Prefecture Master, don't go too far. You may be the new Prefecture Master, but don't think that you can order us around. We, the Great Demon Gods, are not your servants!"

"Lord Prefecture Master, to put it bluntly, you'll need our help if you wish to stabilize your position as Prefecture Master. Previously, it was also because of this same reason that Lord Cador had always treated us with civility, rather than adopting a haughty attitude like you and shouting at us."

"We're also bigwigs in the Ice Demon Prefecture. Without our cooperation, you won't even be able to get your government ordinances out the door..."

"Are you finished yet?"

Meng Lei gazed at the Great Demon Gods.

Thinking that they had managed to convince Meng Lei, the Great Demon Gods' tones also mellowed.

They said, "Lord Prefecture Master, Ice Demon City hasn't ever been the Prefecture Master's alone. As long as you treat us with civility, we'll also be willing to revere you as the newly-appointed Prefecture Master. It's good for you, good for me, and good for all of us."

"Since this is Lord Prefecture Master's first time here, perhaps you aren't familiar with Ice Demon City's situation yet. We express our understanding toward Lord Prefecture Master's earlier insolence."

"Yes, exactly—"

"So, are you finished yet?"

The smile on Meng Lei's countenance gradually vanished.

At the sight of Meng Lei's expression, the Great Demon Gods suddenly realized that things didn't seem to be going the way that they had expected. At once, they barked, "What's the meaning of this, Lord Prefecture Master?"

"Since you've finished, then go to hell!"

The aura around Meng Lei was strong and thriving. He said, "The Ice Demon City that's free of your presences will only develop even better and even more steadily. Taking control of it will also become easier!"

A Fire Great Demon God, with an awful look on its countenance, asked, "Kid, are you really going to completely fall out with us?"

"Fall out with all of you? Do you even deserve such an honor?" Meng Lei let out a peal of laughter and said, "I'll be honest with you—from the very moment I came to Ice Demon City, I've never intended to let any of you off!"

"Kid, you're too full of yourself!"

"Do you think you can do whatever you want just because you've killed Prefecture Master Cador? I'll tell you this—you're imagining things! Thinking of acting presumptuously here? Dream on!"

"You succeeded in killing Prefecture Master Cador only because you had taken advantage of the difficult situation it was in. Had Prefecture Master Cador not been utterly exhausted, how could you possibly have killed it? Ha, do you really think you're strong enough to be Prefecture Master?"

"You can't beat someone on their own turf—"

"Die!"

How would Meng Lei possibly waste his breath on them? A pale violet chilly current burst forth from all over him and instantly spread 1,000 miles into the surroundings—he had cast Mysterious Ice of The Depths.

Crack!

The Mysterious Ice of The Depths looked just like featherlight, weightless violet mist. However, it rapidly froze over the moment it made contact with the Great Demon Gods' bodies. At once, the dozen or so Great Demon Gods sensed their movements slowing down and showing signs of freezing.

"Damn it! Let go!"

Alarmed, the Great Demon Gods completely flared up.

Boom, boom, boom!

Flames rose, demonic aura ran rampant, black winds wreaked havoc, lightning flashed, and thunder boomed... It took only a brief moment for them to shake off the violet chilly currents on them. on

"Kid, you may want to kill us, but are you strong enough to? Everyone, let's attack together and kill him! Ice Demon City is ours!"

The Great Demon Gods' cold gazes swept toward Meng Lei—only to discover to their astonishment that densely-packed short black spears had filled the sky around them. They surrounded them from all directions—including above and below them—and sealed off every possible way out.

"Sorry," A smiling Meng Lei floated in the air a short distance away, "But I made some Netherworld Divine Spears to prevent you guys from escaping while you were shaking off the Mysterious Ice of The Depths."

"You bastard!"

The Great Demon Gods' expressions darkened immensely as they gazed at the infinite number of black spears surrounding them. Never had they ever expected that Meng Lei would really try to wipe them all out!

"Kid, do you really think that you can kill this many Great Demon Gods all by yourself?" A Thunder Great Demon God roared furiously.

"How would I know if we don't give it a shot?"

Meng Lei flicked his fingers and said, "Look out, I'm about to attack now!"

His placid voice was still echoing in the surroundings when he teleported in front of a Thunder Great Demon God. He revealed a smile and declared, "I'll start with you!"

"So, you want to kill me? Not so easy!"

A huge jolt of alarm went through the Thunder Great Demon God. However, it fully exhibited its demonic nature during this moment of crisis. A dazzling flash of black thunder burst forth from it as it brazenly swung its fist at Meng Lei, its movements savage to the extreme.

"You think too highly of yourself!"

Meng Lei chuckled softly and swung his fist lightly at it.

Boom!

The two fists clashed against each other. As the crisp boom of something breaking rang out, the Thunder Great Demon God's entire arm exploded, leaving behind only ghastly white bones.

"Ahhh!"

The Thunder Great Demon God let out a shrill scream. It couldn't help but stare at Meng Lei in disbelief as it exclaimed, "W-why is your demonic body so powerful?"

"Haven't you heard of the proverb 'A separation of three days makes one a changed man'?"

Meng Lei shook his head leisurely. Then, he reached out and tapped the Thunder Great Demon God in between its brows.

Crack!

A bloody hole immediately formed in between the Thunder Great Demon God's brows, and it stiffened all over. Then, the light in its eyes gradually dissipated, and all signs of life disappeared.

Whoosh!

Meng Lei then sent the Thunder Great Demon God's demonic body into the Tower of Time for the golden little tree's feeding pleasure. An ordinary Great Demon God's life essence would be enough for it to grow a small section.

Everything had taken place in a flash from the point where Meng Lei had attacked till the point that the Thunder Great Demon God perished and vanished. This shocked and horrified all the other Great Demon Gods.

Having witnessed Meng Lei and Prefecture Master Cador's intense battle with their own eyes, they self-professed to have understood how strong Meng Lei was. Apart from his Netherworld Divine Fire, Meng Lei only had an average demonic body that was about the standard of an ordinary Great Demon God.

That was why they didn't fear Meng Lei and had dared to treat his words as mere hot air.

They had thought that no matter how strong Meng Lei was, he would never be a match for them if they joined hands against him.

However, they felt like they had severely underestimated Meng Lei at this moment. Given his capability of killing a Thunder Great Demon God with just a punch, just how frighteningly powerful must his body be?

He was definitely not just an ordinary Great Demon God!

"He's at least a mid-level Great Demon God!"

"Damn it! We've been had!"

The Great Demon Gods were alarmed, furious, and filled with regrets. Had they known that Meng Lei was this strong, how would they possibly have dared to go against him? Wouldn't they just be courting death that way?

"So, who's next?"

Meng Lei turned to the remaining Great Demon Gods. Then, he very quickly locked on to the Fire Great Demon God as a target and said, "You raised the biggest clamor just now, so I'll make you the second target!"

"No! Don't!"

Frightened out of its wits, the Fire Great Demon God wanted to beg for mercy. Alas, it was too late.

Boom!

Its head was also pierced through with another tap of Meng Lei's finger.

"Who's the third?"

Meng Lei looked at the rest of the Great Demon Gods, frightening them out of their wits. Instantly taking out Great Demon Gods with one tap of his finger each—just how savage was he?

How many taps would they be able to withstand?

"Spare us! Spare us, Lord Prefecture Master! We were wrong. Please, have mercy on us! We were wrong..."

The rest of the Great Demon Gods all dropped onto their knees and kowtowed incessantly as they begged for mercy desperately.

"Begging for mercy on your knees? How can this do?"

Meng Lei raised an eyebrow and said, "Hurry and get up. All of you are lofty Great Demon Gods, y'know. If you kowtow to me and beg for mercy, you might just reduce my lifespan[1]!"

"My lord..."

Meng Lei had never been a softhearted person, so how would he possibly let them off?

Jab! Jab! Jab, jab, jab!

"Ugh!"

"Ugh!"

"Ugh!"

The span of a few breaths later, yet another seven to eight Great Demon Gods perished. The last three remaining Great Demon Gods had already fled in fear a long time ago. How would they possibly dare to linger for even a moment longer?

They didn't even fear the black spears that covered the sky anymore at this point. They lunged straight toward the densely-packed black spears and didn't stop even when the Netherworld Divine Fire came into contact with their bodies.

"They're just sending themselves straight to death's door."

Meng Lei shook his head lightly. The Grim Reaper's Eye in between his brows slowly opened, upon which a gray light beam shot out from within and landed on the back of a Great Demon God's head.

Boom!

The Great Demon God froze on the spot right away. The gray light beam extracted its divine spirit from its sea of consciousness before it was then sucked into the Grim Reaper's Eye.

Gurgle~

A wave of pure divine spirit power flowed out of the Grim Reaper's Eye and surged into Meng Lei's sea of consciousness, rapidly enhancing his divine spirit flame.

"Mmm, this feels great!"

Meng Lei couldn't help but let out a long breath of air. It felt so great that he almost made a sound of pleasure. The Grim Reaper's Eye was said to be capable of devouring divine spirits and converting them into pure divine spirit power to enhance one's body. From the looks of it, it seemed to be indeed true.

Thud!

"Ding! 1 Sloth Great Demon God killed. 4,400,000 Divinity Crystals gained!"

A system notification sounded in a timely manner.

Now that the Sloth Great Demon God's divine spirit was no longer present to control its body, its demonic body started to go into free-fall mode and plummeted toward the ground.

Meng Lei sent it into the Tower of Time with a casual wave and handed it over to the golden little tree.

"Two left!"

Meng Lei looked at the two last Great Demon Gods. They had already passed through the black spears' encirclement and fled into the distance. Despite Netherworld Divine Fire blazing away on them, they paid no attention to it and fled desperately for their lives, wishing they had been born with an extra pair of legs.

"What a shame!"

Meng Lei teleported behind one of the Great Demon Gods' back. His Grim Reaper's Eye opened once more and harvested its divine spirit, too.

The other Great Demon God was next.

"Ding! 1 Underworld Ghost Great Demon God killed. 3,900,000 Divinity Crystals gained!"

"Ding! 1 Wailing Great Demon God killed. 4,100,000 Divinity Crystals gained!"

"How exciting!"

Dodola flew over. It couldn't help but rub its palms together and praised Meng Lei. "You wiped out 13 Great Demon Gods in under a minute! You can finally stand on your own now!"

"Haha!"

Meng Lei burst into laughter and sent the last two Great Demon God carcasses into the Tower of Time. Then, he brought out the 11 Great Demon Gods' demonic cores that he'd killed just now and destroyed their divine spirits.

This was a very simple task for him. He only needed to open the Grim Reaper's Eye, and he'd be able to extract their divine spirits from the demonic cores. Thereafter, he would need to crush them, kill them, and convert them into the purest of divine spirit power for his own use.

"Ding! 1 Thunder Great Demon God killed. 5,200,000 Divinity Crystals gained!"

"Ding! 1 Fire Great Demon God killed. 5,300,000 Divinity Crystals gained!"

"Ding! 1 Wind Great Demon God killed. 4,800,000 Divinity Crystals gained!"

"Ding..."

After a series of actions, not only did Meng Lei gain approximately 50 million Divinity Crystals, but he had only gained a large amount of pure divine spirit power. His divine spirit received an immense enhancement boost and took a big step toward reaching the mid-level higher deity stage.

"I feel much better now!"

Meng Lei gazed at the sky that had resumed its original peacefulness and said, "Dodola, the Ice Demon Prefecture will be my territory from now on."

"Congratulations, Prefecture Master Meng Lei!"

Dodola pretended to bow in greeting.

"You may rise, Steward Dodola!"

Meng Lei burst into laughter. Then, his gaze shifted to the whole Ice Demon City, and his voice spread throughout the city like rumbling thunderclaps. He said, "From today onward, I... will be Ice Demon Prefecture's newly-appointed Prefecture Master! It'll be my 25th birthday three days later. All demons ranked Great Demon Lord and above are allowed to take part in the celebration!"

The rumbling thunderous sound of his voice spread throughout Ice Demon City, ringing out in every demon's ears...

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Chapter 337: The Boundless King, The Dark Canopy of The Heavens

Three days passed in the blink of an eye.

All the demons ranked Great Demon Lord and above in Ice Demon City moved out and headed to the "new Prefecture Master residence" in the heart of Ice Demon City to take part in the newly-appointed Prefecture Master's birthday banquet.

They didn't dare to miss the celebration when the new Prefecture Master had already spoken.

Besides, they also had their own personal motives. Didn't anyone see that all 10 million prefecture guards had been annihilated and that the new Prefecture Master didn't have even a single subordinate?

This was a golden opportunity for them!

Should they win the new Prefecture Master's favor and become highly regarded by him, they would be in for a huge profit!

Therefore, every demon who qualified to participate in the birthday banquet had all turned up in splendid attire. On top of that, they had even brought generous birthday gifts in hopes that their wishes would come true.

Currently at the new Prefecture Master residence...

The so-called "new Prefecture Master residence" was the Ice Demon Shrine that Meng Lei had especially moved over from the Ice Demon Snow Mountain. He had placed the shrine—which was fully made out of ice-elemental magic crystals—right in the center of the gigantic pit.

It was tall and majestic, stately and solemn.

Meng Lei sat on the holy throne and received the demon guests here to congratulate him on his birthday one by one. He also checked their congratulatory gifts as he did so, causing his bearing to come across as awfully tacky and vulgar.

However, not a single demon dared to mock him. In fact, a lot of them were secretly delighted. Since the new Prefecture Master was so fond of monetary possessions, things would be easier.

"I'm very pleased with your gift!"

Meng Lei turned to a Fire Demon God and asked, "What's your name? Are you willing to become a prefecture guard?"

"My name is Dewater, and I'm willing to serve Lord Prefecture Master faithfully!"

The Fire Demon God dropped onto its knees with a thud, so excited that it kowtowed repeatedly.

"Wonderful!"

Meng Lei nodded slightly. He said, "You can serve as the captain of the prefecture guards. How about this? I'll make you the guards' 1st Battalion leader."

"Thank you, Lord Prefecture Master! Thank you! I'll definitely be loyal and faithful to you and devote myself to my duty!"

Dewater, the Fire Demon God, was beyond itself with excitement as it kowtowed repeatedly. Envy filled the other demons' eyes as they watched Dewater.

The new prefecture guards hadn't yet been formed, so they weren't sure what exactly their organizational structure would be like. However, based on their previous structure, one could say that Dewater had just had a meteoric rise in career.

The prefecture guards were grouped into ten battalions in total, where each battalion consisted of one million people. Not only did the battalion leaders hold command over one million guards each, but they were also directly under the Prefecture Master's command.

Apart from the Prefecture Master, no one else in the whole Ice Demon City held a higher position than the ten battalion leaders. They could be said to be second to only one person!

"Next!"

Meng Lei dismissed Dewater, who then sat at the side with a wave and turned to the next demon in line.

"I wish the Prefecture Master everlasting longevity!"

The demon bowed in greeting and respectfully offered up the gift it had brought. Meng Lei immediately waved it off impatiently after taking a look.

"You may go!"

"Yes, yes!"

The demon backed off in trepidation.

"Next!"

Just like that, Meng Lei checked the guests' gifts one by one with unflagging patience.

Those whose gifts met the benchmark were permitted to join the prefecture guards' ranks.

Additionally, those whose gifts pleased him were appointed platoon leaders, company leaders, and battalion leaders.

Time went by little by little, and three days passed before he knew it. An endless stream of demons came to offer their well wishes for his birthday, but Meng Lei showed great patience.

The demons offered up birthday gifts of varying quantities, but as they say, "From small increments comes abundance". Meng Lei's Wealth had gone up to 900 million Divinity Crystals in just a short span of three days.

"900 million Divinity Crystals! I can do a lot with that! For example, I could enhance my divine body and bring it up to high-level higher deity stage, or I could also upgrade many of my special abilities."

Joy secretly filled Meng Lei time and again.

Tsk, tsk. It simply feels too awesome just raking in the money while doing nothing!

Roar!

Just as Meng Lei was happily collecting birthday gifts, an aloof roar suddenly boomed above Ice Demon City like a deafening clap of thunder.

"Where's the Ice Demon Prefecture Master?"

"What's that sound?"

"Is someone challenging the Prefecture Master again?"

All the demons in Ice Demon City were alarmed the moment the voice rang out. Looks of alarm, fear, and worry adorned their countenances as they looked up.

The battle that had taken place a few days ago—including the scene where innumerable demons, including the 10 million prefecture guards, had died so tragically—was still fresh in their minds. Now that someone was challenging the Prefecture Master again, who wouldn't be fearful or thrown into a panic?

"Someone's here to make trouble right away when I've only just become Prefecture Master for a few days? The audacity of them!"

Meng Lei instantly vanished from the holy throne. By the time he reappeared, he was already in mid-air above Ice Demon City. The demon here to look for him entered his sight.

"Who are you?"

An unusual look flashed across Meng Lei's eyes as he gazed at the demon standing before him. He could sense an extremely familiar aura coming from it.

"And who are you?"

The newcomer stared at Meng Lei and broke into a frown. A look of dissatisfaction appeared on its arrogant countenance as it said, "I'm looking for the Ice Demon Prefecture Master, not you."

"Sorry, but I actually am the Ice Demon Prefecture Master himself," replied Meng Lei aloofly with a flick of his fingers.

"You're the Ice Demon Prefecture Master? What a joke!"

The newcomer snorted. "If memory serves me right, it seems like Cador's the Ice Demon Prefecture Master. It's an Ice Great Demon God, right?"

"That's already a thing of the past." Meng Lei shook his head and said, "I've already killed Cador and become Ice Demon Prefecture's new Prefecture Master."

"You've killed Cador?"

The newcomer's expression changed slightly, and a hint of astonishment surfaced in its eyes.

Each of the 108 Prefecture Masters of Dark Hell Demonic Kingdom was the most powerful expert of each prefecture, and all of them were at least mid-level Great Demon Gods.

Over countless years, the 108 Prefecture Masters frequently received all sorts of challenges, but those that could really succeed... were far and few!

Yet Meng Lei had actually succeeded, and on top of that, he had even killed the previous Ice Demon Prefecture Master. How strong must he be?

The newcomer sized up Meng Lei anew and adopted a much more pleasant attitude. Each Prefecture Master's revered status aside, just their combat power alone was already worthy of it looking up to them.

"So, what are you looking for me for? Are you thinking of challenging me?" asked Meng Lei calmly.

"Esteemed Ice Demon Prefecture Master, I am August Hymans Bartholomew Holmes Cyril Lawrence Bart Hollis, the Demonic Kingdom's special envoy," said the newcomer in self-introduction.

Meng Lei, "..."

"You may call me Special Envoy Hollis."

It went on and said, "The Dark Canopy of The Heavens will commence in the middle of next month. Please proceed to the Demonic Capital in a timely fashion and assemble with the other Prefecture Masters there."

"The Dark Canopy of The Heavens?"

Meng Lei was slightly taken aback. As information about the Dark Canopy of The Heavens rapidly surfaced in his mind, a light jolt couldn't help but go through him. Then, he nodded slightly and replied, "I'll be there punctually."

"Since I've relayed the message, then I'll take my leave now."

The newcomer bowed slightly and quickly left.

"What's the Dark Canopy of The Heavens, Meng Lei?" asked Dodola somewhat curiously.

Meng Lei took a deep breath and asked, "Have you heard of the Boundless King, Dodola?"

"The Boundless King?"

A huge jolt went through Dodola, and it exclaimed, "Are you talking about that great existence whose name is eponymous with the four juggernauts of the Void?"

"Yes, him!"

Meng Lei nodded slightly. There were a total of four juggernauts in the vast universe. They stood above all deities, demons, Chief Gods, and Demon Grandmasters and were the true gods among the gods and demons among the demons.

They were supreme existences!

They dominated the universe!

They were the Life Dominus, the Sky Dominus, the Supreme God of The Underworld, and the Grim Reaper King.

It was no exaggeration to say that the four juggernauts were exalted beings that stood at the very pinnacle of the pyramid of power. They were also the four strongest existences in the vast universe, and even Chief Gods paled in comparison to them.

From how the Boundless King enjoyed equal fame as them, one could tell just how fearsome he must be, yet tragically enough, the Boundless King had actually oddly met his demise.

As to how he had fallen, public opinions were divided. Nevertheless, the Boundless King had indeed perished.

"Why are you suddenly bringing up the Boundless King? Is he related to the Dark Canopy of The Heavens?" asked a puzzled Dodola.

Meng Lei replied, "You should also be aware that the four juggernauts had emerged from the two supreme existential planes, the Celestial Realm, and the Netherworld. The Boundless King, however, was the only one of humble origins."

"That's true."

Dodola nodded and said, "During those years that the Boundless King dominated the vast universe, all his deeds were spun into legends that innumerable beings delighted in talking about. The rumored Boundless King was indeed of humble origins and born in a low-end existential plane."

"According to Cador's memories, before the Boundless King became a Chief God or even a juggernaut, he was also once the master of a mid-end existential plane!"

Meng Lei explained, "The mid-end existential plane involved with the Dark Canopy of The Heavens is exactly the one that he had once owned. That existential plane is also known as the Boundless Plane."

Dodola was astonished.

"I can't determine the authenticity of this information, either. However, that's exactly what it's like in Cador's memories. In fact, many of Dark Hell Continent's experts also believe that the mid-end existential plane involved with the Dark Canopy of The Heavens is related to the Boundless King," said Meng Lei with a wry smile.

A frowning Dodola asked, "In that case, the Dark Canopy of The Heavens is actually a space-time rift?"

"To be more accurate, it's a dimensional gate."

Meng Lei was rather excited. He said, "The Dark Canopy of The Heavens opens once every 30,000 years. When that happens, all the experts in Dark Hell Continent will gather in front of the Dark Canopy of The Heavens and compete against one another for a slot to enter, in hopes that they can enter the Boundless Plane."

"You even have to compete to enter?"

Dodola was astonished.

"Only 36 people are allowed to pass through the Dark Canopy of The Heavens each time. Once 36 people have entered, it'll close temporarily and forbid any more people from entering."

Meng Lei said with a sigh, "Cador had gone to the Dark Canopy of The Heavens 30,000 years ago, but because it was of mediocre strength, it didn't win the right to enter."

"Only 36 people are allowed to enter?" A puzzled Dodola asked, "How intense must the competition be, then?"

"Yes, the competition is exceedingly intense."

Meng Lei nodded and said, "Innumerable Demon Gods in the entire Dark Hell Continent take part in the competition just to fight for those 36 slots. You can imagine for yourself how stiff the competition must be!"

"It's certainly very intense!"

Dodola nodded slightly and said, "Since competition is so intense, then there must definitely be some kind of priceless treasure on the Boundless Plane. Otherwise, it would never attract that many Demon Gods."

"Treasure? While Cador had never seen it before, it's said that someone had found Demon Grandmaster remains—and even Demon Grandmaster-level demonic weapons—on the Boundless Plane before," said Meng Lei.

"Demon Grandmaster remains? Demon Grandmaster-level demonic weapons?"

A huge jolt went through Dodola.

Demon Grandmasters were beings equivalent to Chief Gods.

In that case, didn't that make Demon Grandmaster remains Chief God remains, and Demon Grandmaster-level demonic weapons Chief God-level divine weapons?

"If that's really the case, then the Boundless Plane is definitely no simple place!"

Dodola took a deep breath. Then, it asked, "Is there any other information about the Boundless Plane aside from that?"

"The Boundless Plane is a very dangerous place. Supposedly, apart from Dark Hell Continent, there are also experts from Hell, the Abyss, the Netherworld, and other existential planes there."

Meng Lei added, "When the time comes, innumerable experts shall gather at the Boundless Plane, compete on the same stage, and hunt for treasure together. The Boundless Plane will surely become incredibly dangerous!

"Apart from that, there are also the natives on the Boundless Plane. They are the ones that are actually the most fearsome and most dangerous of all!"

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Chapter 338: The Three Major Rulers, Power of Origin

News of the Dark Canopy of The Heavens taking place soon had completely messed up Meng Lei's plans. He had originally been planning on challenging all 108 Prefecture Masters, but it obviously looked like his plans were going to be held up now.

Meng Lei absolutely had to go to the Boundless Plane.

After a brief moment of consideration, Meng Lei said, "I'll need to make a trip back home, Dodola."

"Back home?"

Dodola cocked an eyebrow.

"Each round of Dark Canopy of The Heavens lasts for at least 20 years from the point of commencement to the end. This is too long a period of time. I need to properly settle all the matters in Heaven's Vault Continent before I can leave with peace of mind," explained Meng Lei.

"It's certainly pretty long."

Dodola nodded lightly.

20 years were nothing more than just a fleeting moment to the demons and deities of the Void, but to Meng Lei, it was instead an awfully long period of time. After all, he was only in his twenties at the very most.

After that, Meng Lei brought out his Fallen Angel alternate incarnation and got him to continue collecting birthday gifts on his behalf while he himself left Ice Demon Prefecture together with Dodola.

The duo returned to Light Continent a day later, which greatly surprised Ol' Amos. It had only been ten days since Meng Lei's departure, yet he had already gotten Dark Hell Continent under control?

"Something cropped up, so I had to make a trip back here."

Meng Lei then brought out a couple of divine cores and more than ten Crystallized Divine Spirit Extracts. He said, "Here's a couple of higher deity divine cores and 16 Crystallized Divine Spirit Extracts, Ol' President. Take them."

"What?"

Ol' Amos shuddered all over and exclaimed loudly, "H-higher deity divine cores?!"

"Yep, higher deity divine cores. One has assimilated three types of laws of nature, while the other has assimilated two types."

A smiling Meng Lei said, "I'm giving them to you. You can decide for yourself whether or not you want to assimilate them."

He had already given Ol' Amos five lesser deity divine cores previously. Once Ol' Amos assimilated them all, he would own five divine incarnations and become a pinnacle-level intermediate deity.

At that point, as long as Ol' Amos could assimilate any two types of laws of nature contained within, he would be able to become a higher deity. If he could assimilate three types, then he would become a mid-level higher deity, and so on and so forth.

In other words, Ol' Amos would still have a shot at becoming a higher deity even if his intermediate deity status had only come about through assimilating divine cores!

However, if Ol' Amos directly assimilated a higher deity divine core instead, while he would experience a meteoric rise and become a higher deity right away, his road of cultivation would end up becoming completely sealed off after that.

Unless Meng Lei could find divine cores of even higher grade—such as Chief God ones—for Ol' Amos, he would no longer have any chance at further progression.

"And these, too," said Meng Lei as he took out another few higher deity-level divine weapons and a pile of other random treasures. "Take all these with you, and just use them whenever you need to. I have no lack of them."

Then, he left with Dodola, leaving behind only a stunned Ol' Amos.

Upon returning to Heaven's Vault Continent, Meng Lei then went to Puhaman and the others and distributed divine cores, divine weapons, Crystallized Divine Spirit Extracts, and random treasures to them.

"The divine cores must be assimilated, but the migration process must also be expedited." Meng Lei instructed, "I hope to be able to see the migrations' preliminary results upon my return."

"We definitely won't let you down, Master!"

Puhaman and the others bowed and gave their promise.

"Great!"

Meng Lei then went to the Magical Beast Village after that.

Thanks to the vast amount of resources the Magical Beast Village had received, the villagers' combat strength had undergone a massive change during the last few years. Several Saint Domain experts had even emerged from the village, including Captain Hudders, Uncle Leo, Jonah, Joseph, and Andrew.

The older ones like Hudders continued to stay in the village, whereas the youths like Jonah, Joseph, and Andrew had headed to various corners of the continent to adventure and explore the world.

The village had undergone a great change. The shabby and primitive thatched houses of the past were gone. What replaced them were instead lavish, brand-new buildings.

Additionally, there were also a lot of new faces in the village. There were women that had married into the village, as well as children born during the recent few years...

Apart from the people whom Meng Lei knew, the rest of the village had undergone a tremendous change. Even Meng Lei himself found the place somewhat unfamiliar to him now. Both the people and environment had changed, indeed.

Meng Lei had initially wanted to catch up with Hudders and the others, but at the sight of the village in its current state, he lost the desire to. After leaving behind a few lesser deity divine cores, he prepared to quietly leave.

"Boss, is that you?"

Unexpectedly, an agitated voice suddenly rang out in Meng Lei's mind at this point.

"Teddy?"

Meng Lei was surprised.

"It really is you, Boss!"

A flash of lightning whizzed across the sky, and then a Magical Beast appeared right in front of him. It stood at 100-feet-tall and had a pair of wings on its back, yet it also possessed a powerful and muscular giant ape-like body. It was Meng Lei's very first Magical Beast pet, Teddy the Titanic Dragon-Ape!

"Boss, you're finally back!" Teddy dived into Meng Lei's arms at once, so worked up that tears welled up in its eyes. "Teddy missed you, Boss!"

"Don't cry. You're already a half-deity-level Magical Beast, so how can you still snivel like a child? Aren't you afraid that the other Magical Beasts in the Magical Beast Forest would laugh at you?" said Meng Lei teasingly.

"As if they would dare to!" Teddy snorted and said, "See if I don't pummel them dead if they dare to laugh at me!"

"Alright, alright! I get it. You're super strong!"

Meng Lei stroked Teddy on the head and asked, "Weren't you staying in the imperial palace all along? Why have you returned to the Magical Beast Forest?"

"The imperial palace was awfully boring without you around all the time, Boss, so I left."

Teddy wrinkled its nose and added, "I'm a Magical Beast, so the Magical Beast Forest is ultimately still more comfortable for me. I bet you don't know this, Boss, but I'm one of the four great kings of Magical Beast Forest now! I'm really impressive now!"

"The four great kings of Magical Beast Forest?" Meng Lei raised an eyebrow and asked, "Why isn't it just 'the king of Magical Beast Forest' instead?"

A look of resignation came over Teddy's countenance, and it replied, "I can't beat the other three, so I can only take fourth place."

"Who are the other three?" Meng Lei asked curiously.

"The Cerulean Ox-Flood Dragon, the Titanic Giant Gorilla, and the Golden Carp."

A gloomy Teddy then added, "They are the three major rulers of Magical Beast Forest and have already dominated the forest since a very long time ago. Also, they've all already deified."

"I see."

Meng Lei nodded in response. He couldn't help but spread his divine cognition into the surroundings. It quickly spread to the Magical Beast Forest's central region, where he then spotted a lake that stretched as far as the eye could see.

Occupying the lake's bottom were a 100,000-feet-long Cerulean Ox-Flood Dragon and a sparkling, crystal-clear Golden Carp. Both emanated pure divine power and were actually lesser deity-level divine beasts!

A 100,000-feet-tall gorilla was snoozing away in the forest a short distance away from the lake. The trail of drool trickling down its mouth measured over a dozen meters long and was pretty much close to becoming a waterfall.

Meng Lei let out an emotional sigh and commented, "Never would I have expected presences like those three rulers to be in Magical Beast Forest's central region."

A puzzled Teddy asked, "What are you mumbling about, Boss?"

"Nothing much."

Meng Lei gave it a smile, and then, he brought out a higher deity divine core and gave it to Teddy. He said, "Teddy, you'll be able to beat them after you assimilate this."

"This is..."

Meng Lei headed to the underground world after he left Magical Beast Village. There, he also gave a higher deity divine core to Little Gold, his other Magical Beast pet. He then went to New Dragon Island after that.

After several years, the Colossal Dragons had already settled down peacefully on New Dragon Island. They occupied volcanoes, lakes, deserts, forests, etc., and made them their dens.

New Dragon Island had completely become the Colossal Dragons' homeland, and soaring Colossal Dragons could be seen everywhere.

As the Dragon Emperor, Fatty Hart had been leading a fairly comfortable life during the last few years. He held command over tens of thousands of Colossal Dragons and ruled over a whole continent, leading an extraordinarily free and unfettered life.

True enough, the moment Meng Lei arrived on New Dragon Island, he discovered the fellow fooling around in bed with a female Colossal Dragon whose hoarse cries resounded far into the distance.

"That dimwit!"

Rather lost for words, Meng Lei flicked a higher deity divine core over and left immediately. He had initially wanted to catch up with Fatty Hart, but that was clearly out of the question now.

Meng Lei was relieved of everything weighing on his mind after he was done, and he returned to Demon Ravine once more.

"I'm leaving, Ol' President. I'll leave Heaven's Vault Continent in your care."

"Don't worry. You can leave with peace of mind."

Ol' Amos nodded heavily and said, "Everyone can forget about making any trouble on Heaven's Vault Continent as long as I'm alive. I'll definitely watch over it well."

"Alright!"

Meng Lei nodded lightly and turned to leave.

"Come back alive, brat!"

Ol' Amos shouted after him.

"Don't worry, I will!"

Meng Lei gave him a wave. Then, he leaped into the space-time rift and arrived at Dark Hell Continent once more.

"I've settled all outstanding matters, so I can head to the Boundless Plane with peace of mind now." Then, Meng Lei looked into the far distance and murmured, "I'll go to Dark Hell Demonic Kingdom's capital and meet up with the other Prefecture Masters first."

Having read Cador's memories, Meng Lei naturally knew the way to the capital. However, he also left behind his Abyss Skeletal Dragon alternate incarnation before he set off.

With his Fallen Angel and Abyss Skeletal Dragon alternate incarnations protecting Ice Demon Prefecture, it was unlikely that anything would go wrong.

Besides, Dark Hell Demonic Kingdom had also mandated that it was forbidden for anyone to challenge Prefecture Masters during the duration that Dark Canopy of The Heavens was taking place. Thus, he surmised that it was unlikely for anyone to take the opportunity to create trouble.

"Let's go, Dodola!"

After ensuring that everything was foolproof, Meng Lei and Dodola set off for the capital together.

There wasn't much time left before Dark Canopy of The Heavens would commence, so Meng Lei couldn't afford any delays on the way there. Otherwise, he would definitely have ransacked all the places he passed by while on the way there.

Meng Lei didn't stay idle in spite of that, however.

"I have 940 million Divinity Crystals now. There are a lot of things I can do with that!"

Meng Lei scanned through his stats interface, looking for options that he could buy credit for. He wanted to do everything he could to improve his combat strength so that he could make it into the Boundless Plane.

Host: Meng Lei

Race: Human (Primeval Bloodline: Primordial Human 26%, Assimilated Bloodlines: Gods-Slaying Rat Youth, Divine Netherworld Phoenix Youth, Hundred-Armed Giant Youth, Ancient Tree of Life 23%, Frost God Juvenile, Grim Reaper Juvenile)

Wealth: 940 million Divinity Crystals

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

Spirit: Higher Deity (Elementary-Grade)

Power of Divinity: 200 Divinity Crystals

Innate Special Abilities: Teleportation, Dark-Elemental Transformation, Transfer, Absolute Zero, Rise From The Ashes, Thunder-Elemental Transformation, Mysterious Ice of The Depths, Grim Reaper's Eye

Others: Some increase

"I can't buy credit for any of my bloodlines at the moment, so I won't bother with them... Next up is my divine body.

"My metal-origin divine body... Raising its assimilation rate requires one million Divinity Crystals for every 1%, so if I want to boost it to 100%, I'll need a total of 100 million Divinity Crystals.

"Here comes the problem—is there any purpose to boosting my metal-origin divine body's assimilation rate to 100%?"

Meng Lei fell into deep thought.

100 million Divinity Crystals was no small sum. He would be suffering a huge loss if he boosted his metal-origin divine body's assimilation rate to 100%, only to find out that it didn't provide much help to his combat strength.

Meng Lei was somewhat in two minds about it. He asked, "System, how many Divinity Crystals would it cost to enhance my divine body with Super Enhancement?"

"Ding! The host's divine body is currently on par with that of a mid-level higher deity's and will rival that of a high-level higher deity's after enhancement," the system replied coldly, "Thus, the enhancement cost is estimated at 900 million Divinity Crystals."

"900 million?!"

Meng Lei couldn't help but gasp.

Ascending from a limits-level intermediate deity to an elementary-level higher deity required only 3 million Divinity Crystals while ascending from an elementary-level higher deity to a mid-level higher deity required 60 million Divinity Crystals.

However, ascending from a mid-level higher deity to a high-level higher deity actually required 900 million Divinity Crystals!

What a ridiculous price!

"That's too expensive."

A wry smile appeared on Meng Lei's countenance. In the end, he still ended up boosting his metal-origin divine body's assimilation rate instead.

Whoosh!

His Wealth decreased by 100 million Divinity Crystals in an instant.

At the same time, an incredibly sharp wave of power also instantly spread throughout Meng Lei. It flowed into his limbs and every part of his body.

Buzz...

A powerful surge of golden light suffused the area all around Meng Lei right away. Filled with an austere and razor-sharp aura, he looked just like an ultimate peerless weapon that had been unsheathed.

The sudden change in him alarmed Dodola, who turned to him with a look of astonishment on its face and exclaimed, "M-metal-elemental Power of Origin[1]!"

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Chapter 339: Metal-Origin Body, A Great Improvement In Strength

Power of Origin was the most fundamental and the most intrinsic form of power that constituted the vast universe itself. Power of Origin and laws of nature were complementary to each other, and they jointly formed the vast universe.

If laws of nature were the rules and guidelines by which all things in the universe operated, then Power of Origin was the very material that all things in the universe were formed from.

The former was intangible lines and frames, whereas the latter was a tangible form of energy and matter.

They were opposites but were just as powerful as the other.

Great waves churned in Dodola's heart as it wondered to itself, "For such a surge of metal-elemental Power of Origin to suddenly erupt from Meng Lei, could it be that his metal-origin divine body has reached a level of Great Mastery?"

Origin divine bodies were extremely rare. How many among the trillions of living beings in the vast universe even owned origin divine bodies? Only a handful!

And yet, apart from being rare, origin divine bodies were also extremely hard to cultivate. From the point of awakening to the point where one reached Lesser Mastery and subsequently Great Mastery, every step along the way could be said to be fraught with great difficulties.

This was because one needed to constantly assimilate Power of Origin into themselves to enhance their bodies during the entire cultivation process. But where were they supposed to find that much Power of Origin to assimilate into themselves?

The process might be difficult, but once they could cultivate it to the point of Great Mastery, their divine body would then become one that was fully formed from Power of Origin and would be incredibly powerful!

Yet Meng Lei had actually cultivated his metal-origin divine body to the point of Great Mastery without showing even so much as a sign or two?

The metal-elemental Power of Origin around Meng Lei started to surge more and more fervently as Dodola's mind ran wild. The sharp aura of slaughter emanating off him also became stronger and stronger.

Toward the end, Meng Lei's entire self had become as though it was fully made out of gold. Every single cell, every internal organ, every fiber of muscle, every bone... All of them had turned into gold through and through.

Or, to be more accurate, they had turned into metal-elemental Power of Origin. His entire self was as though a peerless, powerful weapon!

"This sensation... It feels really miraculous!"

With a thought from Meng Lei, a dagger that looked as though it was made out of gold immediately appeared in his hand.

Plain and unremarkable, the dagger seemed just like any other ordinary golden dagger.

However, Meng Lei knew that this dagger that he had so casually made... was, in fact, incredibly sharp. Its degree of sharpness was in no way inferior to higher deity-level divine weapons!

On top of that, it was neither forged from metal nor manifested using metal-elemental power of divinity. Rather, it was formed from a type of fascinating material, though Meng Lei couldn't tell what kind of material it was specifically, either.

"This is a dagger that's manifested using metal-elemental Power of Origin!"

Dodola's eyes bore into the golden dagger as it exclaimed, "This is the very first time in my entire life seeing a divine weapon made out of pure Power of Origin!"

"Metal-elemental Power of Origin?"

Something occurred to Meng Lei, and he asked, "Is this kind of fascinating material called metal-elemental Power of Origin, Dodola?"

"That's right!"

Dodola explained, "Power of Origin is an extremely fearsome form of power. It's the most intrinsic form of power that forms all things in the universe and is purer and of an even higher grade than Battle Aura (magic power) or power of divinity (demonic aura). It's also more destructive, of course."

Then, Dodola suddenly asked, "You've seen a Heart of The Existential Plane before, right?"

"Yes, of course I have," replied Meng Lei as he nodded repeatedly.

"Hearts of The Existential Plane are manifested from the ten basic laws of nature and the ten types of Power of Origin. Thus, they are one of the toughest and sturdiest types of matter in the whole wide universe," explained Dodola.

"In that case, is my divine body also manifested from metal-elemental Power of Origin?" asked Meng Lei.

"Yes, of course! Your metal-elemental divine body has already reached the point of Great Mastery, so of course it's made out of metal-elemental Power of Origin."

An excited Dodola said, "Every gene of yours, every cell, every internal organ, every fiber of muscle, every strand of hair, etc... They are all made out of metal-elemental Power of Origin. It's no exaggeration to say that you're a walking mass of metal-elemental Power of Origin itself!"

Upon hearing that, Meng Lei hastily asked, "This... won't affect the bloodlines in me, right?"

"Why aren't you getting it?"

Dodola had become rather anxious. "Never mind, I won't explain any further. Just try calling up the bloodlines within you instead. I guarantee that you'll get a huge shock!"

"Alright!"

Meng Lei said no more and quietly initiated his Divine Netherworld Phoenix bloodline.

Whoosh!

Meng Lei transformed right into a mighty, awe-inspiring gigantic phoenix. However, unlike in the past, the phoenix was no longer black in color but gold!

"I... This..."

Meng Lei was rather filled with disbelief as he took in his current appearance.

"Do you see it now? All the cells in your body have become completely made out of metal-elemental Power of Origin. Even if you initiate your bloodline and transform into a Divine Netherworld Phoenix, a change in your body has already taken place such that you've become totally different from other Divine Netherworld Phoenixes!"

Dodola burst into laughter and said, "The current you should be referred to as a Metal-Origin Divine Netherworld Phoenix instead. Without further ado, why don't you give your other bloodlines a spin, too?"

"Alright!"

Meng Lei transformed into a Gods-Slaying Rat that was fully made out of gold upon activating his Gods-Slaying Rat bloodline. Every strand of his fur stood on end like golden needles.

"So, that's a Metal-Origin Gods-Slaying Rat!"

Dodola rubbed its palms together as it marveled.

Boom!

Meng Lei transformed into a dazzling, golden giant upon activating his Hundred-Armed Giant bloodline. Every inch of his skin, every muscle, every arm... It was as though they were made out of gold.

"A Metal-Origin Hundred-Armed Giant!"

Dodola burst into gleeful laughter once more.

Shortly after, Meng Lei went on to also activate his Ancient Tree of Life bloodline, his Frost God bloodline, and his Grim Reaper bloodline—they had actually all turned a golden-yellow color, too.

"A Metal-Origin Ancient Tree of Life!"

"A Metal-Origin Frost God!"

"A Metal-Origin Death God!"

Dodola was incredibly excited.

Astounded, Meng Lei asked, "Are the bloodlines within my body still the same bloodlines they originally were, Dodola?"

"The bloodlines are still the same original bloodlines. It's just that the matter that had formed the bloodlines is now metal-elemental Power of Origin instead. Thus, your appearance has already changed along with it."

Dodola was awfully delighted. It said, "In truth, this particular situation of yours isn't an anomaly, either. The same thing also happens when people from other godly clans awaken their origin divine bodies."

Meng Lei thought to himself, "The same thing?"

"Take the Fairy Goddess, for example."

A smiling Dodola said, "She's a Fairy, but because she has awakened her wood-origin divine body, she is green-skinned and not like the other ordinary Fairies.

"Another example is the Divine Netherworld Phoenixes. There was once a famous genius among them. Because it awakened its fire-origin divine body, it ultimately turned into a fiery-red color.

"And that Steel-Winged Angel from whom you got your metal-origin divine body, too!"

Dodola went on. "Steel-Winged Angels are originally silver in color, but because that guy had a metal-origin divine body, unlike the other ordinary Steel-Winged Angels, he was gold in color instead.

"It still goes back to the same thing—your bloodlines are still the same bloodlines as before, but the matter making up the bloodlines has changed. Thus, your appearance has also changed along with it."

"I see," Meng Lei nodded slightly. "So, my appearance has changed, but I wonder if my combat power has improved?"

"It definitely has. Give it a try if you don't believe me," replied Dodola very certainly.

"Alright!"

Meng Lei transformed back into his human form. Then, he balled up his fist lightly and threw a forceful punch.

Boom!

The power contained within the punch erupted, and the whole sky 10 million miles in front of them instantly turned into a black hole. Space-time fluxes wreaked havoc as gales stormed. Fear and unease filled all the demons on the ground as they stared at the sky that had suddenly turned into a black hole.

"What the heck! It's horrifying!"

Meng Lei was shocked by the sight. The dimension on Dark Hell Continent was extremely stable, so it was much harder to break the dimension here than in Heaven's Vault Continent. In the past, his punch would only have, at the maximum, broken the dimension hundreds of thousands of miles of where he was.

Yet his punch had created a black hole that spanned 10 million miles now! Just what level of strength was that?

"System, how many Divinity Crystals would it cost to use Super Enhancement to enhance my divine body?" asked Meng Lei at once.

The system responded right away.

"Ding! The host's divine body is currently on par with that of a high-level higher deity's and will rival that of a Great Perfection-level higher deity's after enhancement. Enhancement cost is estimated at 12 billion Divinity Crystals."

"My divine body is actually on par with a high-level higher deity's!"

Meng Lei couldn't help but gasp—he knew he had profited greatly this time.

Previously, enhancing his divine body—which was also an improvement that would have gone from mid-level higher deity to high-level higher deity—via Super Enhancement had required 900 million Divinity Crystals.

As it was too expensive, Meng Lei had chosen to spend 100 million Divinity Crystals to boost his metal-origin divine body's assimilation rate instead.

He had initially thought that all that would happen was that his metal-origin divine body would achieve Great Mastery-level. Little did he think that the accompanying outcome would actually turn out to be an upgrade in his divine body that brought it up to high-level higher deity instead!

This was too dramatic!

However, one must admit that he had struck gold this time. He had spent only 100 million Divinity Crystals to hit a target that originally would have required 900 million Divinity Crystals to achieve!

In fact, it might even have a better effect!

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Chapter 340: Dark Hell Imperial Palace, Fire Demon Prefecture Master

"One punch can break the void within millions of miles!"

Dodola sighed emotionally. "Your divine body is now on par with high-level higher deity. Including the metal-origin divine body, you should be scarier than ordinary high-level Great Demon Gods right now!"

"This means that I can compete with the three most powerful Great Demon Gods of Dark Hell Continent already?" Meng Lei's eyes lit up.

"Why? You want to refine Dark Hell Continent's Heart of The Existential Plane?"

Dodola raised an eyebrow and shook its head. "Unless you don't want to enter the Dark Canopy of The Heavens, please drop that idea for now. Given your current divine spirit, you'll need a few hundred or even over a thousand years to refine the Heart of The Existential Plane of a mid-end existential plane."

"So long?"

Meng Lei's brows knitted together.

"If it wasn't for this long period, Dark Hell Continent's Heart of The Existential Plane would have been secretly refined by someone. Why would they wait till now?"

Dodola shook its head again. "It's because of the difficulty to refine it. It will take a lot of time and effort, so the three most powerful Great Demon Gods can deter each other!"

"Fine!"

Meng Lei was slightly disappointed. "Then we'll go to the Boundless Plane before coming back to refine the Heart of The Existential Plane. I believe that I'll become stronger by then!"

"Sure!"

They started their journey toward the Dark Hell Demonic Kingdom's capital as they flew at their quickest speed. Still, it took them over half a month to reach the capital.

Compared to the Ice Demon City, the capital was even larger and prosperous. Countless live volcanoes stood within the city as billowing smoke and brimstones were everywhere.

"See these smoking volcanoes? They are the Divine Netherworld Phoenix's favorite place to live in. Though they are rare in numbers, mixed-breed descendants with their bloodline are common here as 90% of the volcanoes are occupied by them."

"Sure!"

When they flew within the range of the capital, the city guards on patrol stopped them. They were demons with a pair of wings and a lion's body.

"These are Netherworld Demonic Lions."

Meng Lei smiled confidently. "They are the descendants of the Divine Netherworld Phoenix and the Dark Demonic Lion. They didn't just inherit some Divine Netherworld Phoenix abilities; their reproduction rate is much higher than Divine Netherworld Phoenix. Naturally, they are Demon Gods after they become adults, hence making them extremely successful descendants of the Divine Netherworld Phoenix."

"That's not bad indeed."

Dodola approved. Many powerful races chose to crossbreed with races that had great fertility rates to guarantee the size of their race. There were many types of descendants, with only a few that could inherit both races' strengths.

It was similar to the Dragons in Heaven's Vault Continent in the past. Of all the Drakes, the most successful ones were the offspring between Dragons and humans—the Dragon People.

"Who are you? Did you not know that it is forbidden to fly in the sky above the capital?" The leading Netherworld Demonic Lion questioned fiercely, staring at them with its savage eyes.

"I'm the Prefecture Master of the Ice Demon Prefecture!"

Meng Lei remained expressionless.

"Prefecture Master?"

The Netherworld Demonic Lions' expression changed. Indeed, it was forbidden to fly in the capital. However, it only applied to ordinary demons, not mid-level Great Demon Gods like Prefecture Masters.

Prefecture Masters were allowed to fly here.

"Sir, since you are a Prefecture Master, why have I not seen you before?" The Netherworld Demonic Lion in charge frowned. "If I'm not wrong, the Ice Demon Prefecture Master should be Lord Cador..."

"That's already a thing of the past. Lord Cador is dead, and I'm the current Ice Demon Prefecture Master."

Meng Lei shook his head as he released an overwhelming aura upon the squad of Netherworld Demonic Lions.

Whoosh!

The Netherworld Demonic Lions went crashing toward the ground as if they were thunderstruck. Before they hit the ground, Meng Lei retained the aura, and they could finally steady themselves.

The looks on every Netherworld Demonic Lion were full of fear for a while.

The capital was where some of the most powerful demons congregated, where Great Demon Gods were aplenty. Yet, there were only a few that had such a terrifying aura as Meng Lei.

"He's definitely a mid-level Great Demon God!"

The Netherworld Demonic Lions did not dare to obstruct Meng Lei anymore. "If we offended you just now, please forgive us! Please carry on!"

"Sure!"

Meng Lei nodded slightly as he flew straight towards the volcano where the imperial palace was located. The squad of Netherworld Demonic Lions watched Meng Lei's back and wiped the cold sweat on their foreheads. They were still shaken up in fear.

"Who is this guy?"

"Didn't you hear him say that he's the Ice Demon Prefecture Master?"

"This is too scary. His aura was more overwhelming than our princes! When did such an expert appear in our kingdom..."

Meng Lei and Dodola carried on flying as their action caused a huge commotion. Demons of all kinds gesticulated and speculated wildly.

Weaker demons gave off reverent looks.

Stronger demons had intense fighting spirits.

Among these, the two arrived at the largest live volcano of the capital. Its height above sea level was not very high. Still, it was massive nevertheless, like a gigantic chimney shooting out thick black smoke incessantly.

The volcano's body was embedded with black-red crystals, emitting dark elements and fire elements that almost manifested into a solid-state.

"Meng Lei, where's the imperial palace?" quizzed Dodola.

It sized up the huge and vast volcano and could not find any trace of the imperial palace.

"You'll know when you get down!"

Meng Lei answered as he brought Dodola toward the crater of the volcano. As they approached it, the crater became increasingly extensive while the temperatures were getting increasingly higher, getting up to a few thousand degrees Celsius.

A lava lake within the vast crater—it seemed boundless. The lava boiled as it released stunningly high temperatures. Among these, a grand palace stood above the lava lake like a resort built on a sea.

Meng Lei smiled as he said, "That's the imperial palace."

"Oh, it over here!"

Dodola suddenly realized.

"Who are you?"

A cold voice rang as a human figure came with the wind. Although it was in human form, the intense aura and scorching breath revealed its identity.

A Divine Netherworld Phoenix!

And it's a pure one!

It was Meng Lei's first time meeting a Divine Netherworld Phoenix other than himself. He could not help but size this person up, forgetting to reply in the process.

"Who are you?"

Seeing that Meng Lei did not answer, its voice became amplified. Meng Lei could not help but pick his ears and reply dryly. "I'm the new Ice Demon Prefecture Master!"

With the previous experience, Meng Lei did not bother to explain further by adding the word 'new' to his introduction.

The Divine Netherworld Phoenix understood straight away as it took another look at Meng Lei. It then said respectfully, "Please follow me."

It did not doubt Meng Lei's identity since it was unnecessary. He would be meeting the other Prefecture Masters, princes and princesses, court officials, and even the Demon Emperor. If Meng Lei did not have the capability and impersonate the Prefecture Master, he would surely die a horrible death.

Meng Lei and Dodola arrived before the grand hall under its lead.

At present, the palace was full of demons. There was a strong, forceful aura around each of them, and they gave off a powerful demonic might—they were all savage devils.

"Please proceed... Ice Demon Prefecture Master!"

The one leading Meng Lei stopped by the door of the palace hall and cued him to enter. It then shouted, "The Ice Demon Prefecture Master has arrived!"

Upon hearing this, a burst of hearty laughter sounded off. "Hahaha, my brother Cador you've finally come. I thought I would be meeting you on the way here, yet who knew that you would reach after I've been here for three days. You're pretty slow this time!"

"Why would you think that Cador is as impatient as you. He's an Ice Demon, not a Fire Demon..."

"Prefecture Master Cador?"

Meng Lei shook his head and giggled softly as he stepped into the hall.

Whoosh!

Many pairs of eyes looked over. When the demons saw Meng Lei, astonishment, puzzlement, and confusion surfaced on their faces.

Was that Cador?

"No! He isn't Cador!"

"It's a stranger!"

"Perhaps..."

After being stunned for a short moment, the demons came to their senses and started whispering among themselves. It seemed that they had realized what had happened.

"Who are you? Where's my brother, Cador?" a Fire Demon bellowed. It was bathed in flames as it stared at Meng Lei coldly with its brass bell-like eyes.

Having read the memory of Cador, Meng Lei would naturally know this guy. Cato, the Prefecture Master of the Fire Demon Prefecture who had a lifelong brotherhood with Cador.

"Since I'm standing here, why would you still ask what happened to Prefecture Master Cador?" Meng Lei shook his head. "But if you want to know, I don't mind telling you that I killed him."

The moment the words left his mouth, a furor went through the entire hall!

Even if they had already guessed it, hearing the confirmation from Meng Lei still sent shockwaves across the hall.

"Cador had been in the Prefecture Master position for more than 40,000 years, plus he was one of the stronger one of the 108 Prefecture Masters. Who would have thought he was killed!"

"Do any of you know this guy?"

"I don't know who he is!"

"Never seen him before!"

"Never heard of him at all!"

"That's weird! To think that such a nameless guy could kill Prefecture Master Cador, it just sounds fishy..."

"Scoundrel! My big brother had been a solid Ice Demon Prefecture Master for over 40,000 years, proving his combat prowess! How could a little scoundrel like you defeat him head-on?"

Prefecture Master Cato's demonic aura was surging as its eyes were bursting with flames of rage. "Own up now! How did you assassinate my brother?"

"Assassinate?" Meng Lei sneered, "Why do I need to plan an assassination when it's just Cador? You've overestimated him."

"How dare you disrespect my big brother!"

Cato was enraged further as his overwhelming aura attacked Meng Lei.

If it were an ordinary Great Demon God, it would have struck onto the ground. However, Meng Lei did not even move as if the suppressive aura was a breeze.

"In Dark Hell Continent, power speaks the loudest!" Meng Lei snapped his fingers and continued coldly. "Since Cador was weaker than me, isn't it normal for me to look down on it?"

"Since power speaks the loudest," Prefecture Master Cato's eyes were spitting fire, "Do you dare to fight me?"

A hint of joy flashed across Meng Lei's eyes as they lit up. This fellow was a genuine mid-level Great Demon God, which killing it should at least earn him 60 million Divinity Crystals from the system.

Not forgetting the spatial ring it carried around...

"Why? So you're afraid?"

As Meng Lei did not reply, Prefecture Master Cato thought Meng Lei was afraid as its voice became even bitter.

"What is there to fear?" Meng Lei hummed. "If you want a battle, we shall have one. Why would I be afraid of you?"

"Follow me then!"

Cato left these three words behind as it turned into a fiery beam that shot out of the palace. A smile appeared on Meng Lei's face as he followed suit.

"Let's go!"

"Let's go out and take a look!"

The various Prefecture Masters, princes, and princesses could not sit still as they got out of the palace. They all flew above the palace as they anticipated the battle that was about to start.

No-one stopped them!

And no one would ever think of it!

In the Demon's world, only the strong were revered. Thus, they would settle any disagreement with a fight.

Conflict? Feud?

Fight it out, and it's settled!

Just do it!

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Chapter 341: Killing Cato Instantly, An Assembly of The Powerful

Chilly winds blew as thick smoke roiled.

Meng Lei and Prefecture Master Cato stood facing each other with a great distance between them above the tall, magnificent volcano. They were at swords' point and ready to fight any moment. A short distance away, the other Prefecture Masters, princes, princesses, royalty, and officials were also watching the battle with rapt attention.

A handsome and attractive youth with black hair and black eyes asked, "Dear Prefecture Masters, between the two of them, who do you think will win?"

He was the Dark Hell Demonic Kingdom's Eldest Prince and was also a Divine Netherworld Phoenix with the purest bloodline. His combat strength was in no way inferior to the many Prefecture Masters present.

"Prefecture Master Cador and Prefecture Master Cato were evenly matched. If that man had really defeated Cador by his own strength, then he would undoubtedly emerge victoriously," replied one of the Prefecture Masters without hesitation.

"That is certainly so!"

The other Prefecture Masters nodded in agreement.

Everyone knew that Cador and Cato were brothers who were evenly matched. Since Meng Lei could defeat Cador, then he would be able to defeat Cato for sure. There was no doubt about that.

"However...!"

The same Prefecture Master suddenly changed the course of the conversation at this point. Suspicion filled its speech as it said, "That new Ice Demon Prefecture Master appears extremely unfamiliar to the eye. If memory serves me right, it seems like an expert like him has never existed in the Dark Hell Demonic Kingdom—or even the Dark Hell Continent—before!"

"Prefecture Master Cyril, you mean—"

The astonished Eldest Prince cocked an eyebrow and prompted it to go on.

"No matter what, Prefecture Master Cador was undoubtedly still an old-timer mid-level Great Demon God. Up-and-coming rising stars are no match for it."

A smiling Cyril said, "Perhaps Prefecture Master Cato was right, and that fellow had indeed used some kind of dishonest method to defeat Prefecture Master Cador."

"That makes sense!"

"That kid looks awfully unfamiliar to the eye. He's likely a young one that's only just emerged during these recent few years. How could a mere junior have been Prefecture Master Cador's match?"

"There are only a few experts in the whole of Dark Hell Continent who could kill Prefecture Master Cador, and it definitely doesn't include that fellow who came out of god knows where!"

"Going by what everyone is saying, that newly-appointed Ice Demon Prefecture Master won't be Prefecture Master Cato's match, then?" asked the Eldest Prince with his eyebrows raised.

"That's most likely the case!"

"It's more likely than not that he was able to kill Prefecture Master Cador because he had used some kind of dishonest means!"

"Yes, that must be it..."

Meng Lei and Cato's battle had already begun while the Prefecture Masters were still engaged in speculation. Fury burst forth from Cato as it roared deeply, "You despicable young one who knows no shame! I will avenge Big Brother Cador and make you pay a heavy price for your despicable actions!"

A flash of fire shot by immediately after it spoke, and then Cato was already right in front of Meng Lei. A fearsome punch then followed right after.

"Die, you bastard!"

The punch broke a hole into the dimension right away, and its fist went smashing toward Meng Lei's skull alongside the hole—evidently, it intended to blast Meng Lei's head apart with its fist!

"Can he deflect the attack?"

All the Prefecture Masters, princes, princesses, royalty, and officials' gazes shifted to Meng Lei in this instant. All of them wanted to know whether or not he could deflect the attack.

"Thinking of killing me with just this bit of strength? You think too highly of yourself!"

Meng Lei shook his head lightly. Then, he reached out his right arm and made a light grabbing motion. A loud bam rang out, and Meng Lei immediately caught Cato's earth-shattering punch in his palm.

"What?!"

This greatly shocked Cato, as well as the other Prefecture Masters, princes, princesses, and everyone else who was watching the battle. All of them were utterly astounded!

He managed to parry Prefecture Master Cato's attack so casually?

"It's my turn to attack now!"

Meng Lei disappeared in a flash and appeared behind Cato like a phantom. Then, he bent his fingers and flicked them lightly against the back of Cato's head.

Crack!

As though a bullet was piercing through a watermelon, yet also like a steel bead passing through an egg, a crisp crack rang out, and a bloody hole immediately formed in between Cato's brows.

Cato froze at once, its eyes widening to a size larger than even discs as a look of disbelief came over its features.

"H-how... could... this..."

Before it could even finish speaking, the light in its eyes was already beginning to gradually dim. Then, it plummeted straight down toward the ground.

Meng Lei easily froze Cato's body in mid-air with a wave. Then, in front of the many Prefecture Masters, princes, princesses, royalty, and officials, he gouged out Cato's demonic core and killed its divine spirit.

A system notification rang out.

"Ding! 1 Fire Great Demon God killed. 60 million Divinity Crystals gained!"

"Not bad!"

A satisfied smile appeared on Meng Lei's lips. Then, he slipped off Cato's spatial ring and began to inspect the contents.

The smile on his face widened the moment he did, and he remarked, "Tsk, tsk! As expected of a Prefecture Master. Even the treasures it brings about on its body are of such a generous standard!"

"System, collect all the items that you can collect!"

A brief moment later, his Wealth had spiked by 40 million Divinity Crystals.

Added to this the other 60 million Divinity Crystals that he had just gained, they just so happened to make up a total of 100 million Divinity Crystals. In the twinkling of an eye, he had already made back the 100 million Divinity Crystals that he just spent to boost his metal-origin divine body's assimilation rate.

Sweet!

Meng Lei only tossed Cato's dead body to the little golden tree after he was done with all these. Then, he turned to the other Prefecture Masters, princes, princesses, royalty, and officials—only to discover that every one of them was in a state of astoundment, and all of them were staring at him as if they were staring at a freak.

The place... was filled with dead silence.

Evidently, everyone had received a shock.

Dodola chuckled and poked fun at Meng Lei as it said, "You've scared them all, Meng Lei!"

"What can I say? It's all because I'm too strong!" Meng Lei returned Dodola a smile and flew toward the others.

"He's coming over!"

A furor went through the demons.

A smiling Meng Lei asked, "Dear all, I'm sure no one doubts my combat strength anymore, right?"

The Prefecture Masters were rather embarrassed, especially Prefecture Master Cyril, who had passed judgment on Meng Lei without any restraint earlier. It wished even more than the others that it could bury itself into a hole somewhere.

Up-and-coming rising star?

Dishonest means?

What nonsense!

How many Prefecture Masters among those present could even instantly kill Cato in a flick of their fingers?

Given his frightening combat strength, would he even need to resort to dishonest means?

"I didn't expect the newly-appointed Ice Demon Prefecture Master to possess such strength! One can say that this is a blessing for the Demonic Kingdom. I believe Father will be extremely pleased to know of this."

A bright and hearty smile appeared on the Eldest Prince's countenance, and he said, "Dear all, Father will summon us for an audience soon. Let's return to the conference hall for now."

"Yes, Your Highness!"

Everyone returned to the same palace as just now. Meng Lei had originally planned on just taking any random seat, but unexpectedly, the Eldest Prince instead arranged for him to take the seat of honor at the front.

The other Prefecture Masters didn't say much about it—evidently, they had all acknowledged Meng Lei's strength.

The strong was revered in the world of demons. Since Meng Lei was stronger than them, his status would also be more venerable than theirs.

The Demonic Emperor of Dark Hell Demonic Kingdom showed up shortly after they took their seats. The Prefecture Masters present felt immense pressure the moment it took its seat.

"Greetings, Your Majesty!"

"You may dispense with the formalities, my beloved subjects."

The Demonic Emperor gestured to everyone to take their seats. His gaze swept across everyone before it quickly landed on Meng Lei, who was seated in the seat of honor below. He couldn't help but be slightly surprised.

At the sight, the Eldest Prince quickly leaned over and whispered softly in his ear. The moment he did, a light burst forth in the Demonic Emperor's eyes, and he declared unhurriedly, "To be able to instantly kill Prefecture Master Cato with just a flick of his fingers shows that the newly-appointed Ice Demon Prefecture Master boasts pretty impressive strength. This is the Dark Hell Demonic Kingdom's good fortune!"

"You flatter me, Your Majesty."

Meng Lei nodded lightly.

"Hearing such great news just as the Dark Canopy of The Heavens is imminent foretells great rewards for the Dark Hell Demonic Kingdom during the Dark Canopy of The Heavens this time!"

It seemed like the Demonic Emperor was indeed very pleased. He turned to Meng Lei and said, "Ice Demon Prefecture Master, I'm counting on you and all the other Prefecture Masters for this round of Dark Canopy of The Heavens!"

"You're too kind, Your Majesty. I'll definitely do my very best!"

Meng Lei adopted a fairly humble stance.

"Dear all..."

After giving everyone another pep talk, the Demonic Emperor then led everyone to the Dark Canopy of The Heavens. None of the three most powerful experts, such as the Demonic Emperor, entered the Dark Canopy of The Heavens every time it opened. The reason behind this was obvious—they were worried that someone would take Dark Hell Continent's Heart of The Existential Plane for themselves and refine it.

Though they themselves didn't go in, the three emperors nevertheless didn't hold back at all when it came to the treasures brought out by those who had gone in.

In other words, the three emperors had priority in taking anything that the others brought out, no matter what it was!

If the others refused to hand it over?

Then they could just go to hell!

No one would bother reasoning with anyone here!

The group made their way to the Dark Canopy of The Heavens three days later.

The Dark Canopy of The Heavens had yet to open at the moment. Thus, what appeared in their sight was instead a steep, 1,000-feet-tall cliff. There were innumerable amazing sights and sceneries of cliffs to be found in Dark Hell Continent, so a 1,000-feet-tall cliff was actually nothing impressive. However, the cliff currently standing before them was no ordinary cliff because it was where the Dark Canopy of The Heavens would be opening.

For countless years, a great number of powerful demons had visited the area on account of its reputation in hopes that they could catch a glimpse of the amazing Dark Canopy of The Heavens. Thus, all the more demons would gather on the day that the Dark Canopy of The Heavens would open every time.

True enough, the place was packed full of and teeming with demons as far as the eye could see. They came from every part of Dark Hell Continent, and they were all here in hopes of witnessing the upcoming battles.

"What the heck! There are so many demons here!"

Dodola let out exclamation after exclamation. "And none of them are weaklings! Even the weakest among them is a Demon God!"

"The Dark Canopy of The Heavens, which opens once every 30,000 years, is a grand affair that sweeps through the whole Dark Hell Continent. It attracts innumerable experts."

Meng Lei smiled and went on. "Naturally, they aren't eligible to fight for a slot, so their only purpose in coming is just to watch the battles among the three great empires as they contest for slots to enter."

"All the experts of Dark Hell Continent must already have congregated here, right? Tsk, tsk! That's a lot of ordinary and mid-level Great Demon Gods. What shocking numbers!"

Dodola clicked its tongue as it marveled. "As expected, Dark Hell Continent indeed has an extremely strong and profound cultural heritage. Out of all the mid-end existential planes I've seen, they definitely rank among the top few!"

"An extremely large part of this is due to the Boundless Plane."

Meng Lei smiled and said, "Even though the Boundless Plane is an extremely dangerous place, and a greater half of the 36 experts that enter each time usually perish within, they bring out an extremely generous number of artifacts every time. After so many years of accumulation, they have significantly improved Dark Hell Continent's combat strength standards."

While the two of them were chatting away idly, everyone had already arrived in front of the cliff. A person-in-charge from the Dark Hell Demonic Kingdom had already hastily come forward to receive them a long time ago.

"Greetings, Your Majesty!"

"You may rise."

The Dark Hell Demonic Emperor waved lightly and asked dispassionately, "Are people from the other two countries here yet?"

"People from the Fallen Empire and the Three-Headed Hell Kingdom have yet to arrive, Your Majesty."

The person-in-charge bowed and answered. However, it was at this moment that several exclamations suddenly rang out around them.

"They're here! People from the other two empires have also arrived! The show's finally starting! How exciting!"

Meng Lei turned and looked over. True enough, two groups of people were traveling toward them at high speed from afar. In no time, they arrived in the sky above the cliff.

"Isaiah, you've surprisingly reached first."

"So what even if he arrived first? What ultimately counts is still combat prowess!"

Meng Lei followed the source of the voices and looked over at the two people in the lead.

One was a sexy and sensual beautiful woman with a head of red hair, while the other was a cold and austere Fallen Angel with eight wings on his back.

They were none other than the other two most powerful experts of the continent—Euphemia Foster, the Empress of the Three-Headed Hell Kingdom, and Alec Houdini, the Emperor of the Fallen Empire.

"You're both here!"

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Chapter 342: A Chaotic Melee Breaks Out, At Least You Know What's Good For You

The competition started right away after the three parties exchanged their greetings with one another.

The rules of the competition were very simple. All three parties could dispatch an unlimited number of experts to take part in a chaotic melee battle. It would do as long as 36 victors remained standing in the end.

The rules were very simple.

To sum it up, it was a melee.

Of course, while they could theoretically send an unlimited number of experts, only a few truly qualified to take part in the melee. Weaklings would just be throwing their lives away if they entered the battle!

"A melee? Tsk, tsk. As expected of the demons. Even their process of filtering people for entrance slots is done in such a simple and crude way!"

Dodola couldn't help but marvel after hearing the competition rules.

"The demon world is exactly a simple one like that!"

Meng Lei smiled and said, "The strong ones will last till the end, while the weak ones take the initiative to withdraw or lose their lives mid-way. This will continue until only 36 candidates remain."

After a moment's thought, Dodola said, "All of you are mid-level Great Demon Gods, so the difference in strength among everyone isn't very great. As long as you keep your guard up, you'll be able to get out of there safely, even in the worst of scenarios. The likelihood that someone will kill you isn't high."

"That's true." Meng Lei nodded and said, "Only three unlucky fellows died during the last melee."

"Only three? As expected, indeed!"

Dodola shook its head. Then, its eyes suddenly swiveled, and it wondered aloud, "I wonder how many will die this time?"

"If it's possible, I hope they all die!"

Meng Lei licked his lips, the burning heat in his eyes barely concealed. A mid-level Great Demon God was worth 60 million Divinity Crystals, so that meant 10 of them would be worth 600 million Divinity Crystals.

100 of them would be worth six billion Divinity Crystals...

And 300 of them would be worth 18 billion Divinity Crystals!

It seemed like the amount of rewards he would get would be enough for him to ascend to Great Perfection-level if he could kill all those mid-level Great Demon Gods!

Meng Lei was so excited that he couldn't quite suppress the overwhelming power inside his body anymore. He was ready to run wild!

"Everyone, I'm leaving everything in your hands!"

The Dark Hell Demonic Emperor's gaze swept across Meng Lei and the other 107 Prefecture Masters as he gave them one last bout of encouragement. He said, "The Boundless Plane is the place that the Boundless King had used as his base before he became a Chief God. The Boundless King had managed the place for countless years, and an infinite number of treasures is contained within.

"Among which, there is no lack of supreme treasures such as Demon Grandmaster-level demonic weapons, and Demon Grandmaster remains. Whether or not you can go in there and bring those treasures out will depend on yourselves!"

All the Prefecture Masters' eyes burned with passion at the mention of Demon Grandmaster-level demonic weapons and remains, their inner desires barely concealable.

If they could obtain those treasures and successfully refine them in the Boundless Plane, their strength would undergo a tremendous change!

When that happened, perhaps they would be strong enough to contend against the three rulers upon their return to Dark Hell Continent?

The Prefecture Masters hastily promised, "Don't worry, Your Majesty! We'll definitely do our very best!"

"Great!"

Highly satisfied with their responses, an unusual glint flashed across the Demonic Emperor's eyes, and he said, "Go on your way!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

All 108 Prefecture Masters then took flight into the sky.

At the same time, the many experts from the Fallen Empire and the Three-Headed Hell Kingdom also rose into the air. Upon reaching the skies, all three parties got into a triangular formation and stayed there.

All set for a showdown, they gazed at one another.

"It's starting!"

"The battle's right about to start!"

All the demons here to watch the battle got into a state of excitement. Their eyes brimmed with anticipation and shone brightly.

"The melee's about to begin!"

Euphemia, the sensual Three-Headed Hell Kingdom Empress, asked with a bright smile, "Which country do you think will be the one with the highest number of candidates remaining this time?"

The Fallen Empire's emperor replied aloofly, "It's still unclear at the moment which country will have the highest number of candidates remaining, but the one with the fewest remaining is undoubtedly the Dark Hell Demonic Kingdom. There's no doubt about that."

"Hehe, don't say that out loud. Isaiah won't be happy to hear that!" Euphemia held her hand over her sexy ruby-red lips as she giggled.

Had he been mocked like that in the past, the Dark Hell Demonic Emperor would already have dissed them back a long time ago. This time, however, not only did he not get mad, but he even gave them a somewhat profound smile and said, "There's no point in saying that much. We'll just wait and see!"

Both Euphemia and Alec were slightly taken aback at the sight of the Dark Hell Demonic Emperor's expression. What was the matter with Isaiah? Why was he behaving somewhat differently from before?

Boom!

The battle in the sky had broken out.

"Attack!"

"Kill!"

"The Boundless Plane is ours!"

People from all three factions clashed with a great boom, and a shocking grand melee thus began.

Boom, boom, boom!

It took only a mere instant for the sky above to break and form into a black hole. The whole place within millions of kilometers of where they were was completely filled with havoc-wreaking rushes of energy waves and space-time fluxes.

The scene was as though doomsday had come. The hearts of the demons watching the battle pounded with fear and trepidation. Some even developed the urge to make a run for it. They were really afraid that they might become collateral damage if they stayed there any longer!

There were a total of over 300 mid-level Great Demon Gods from all three factions. Every one of them was brimming with bloodlust. They attacked anyone who dared so much as to go near them without any questions.

True enough, Meng Lei was besieged by a Thunder Great Demon God and a Wind Great Demon God the moment the melee started. The former was bathed in lightning while the latter rode the winds, and they lunged toward him with fierce momentum.

"You're new, aren't you, kid?"

"Kekeke, offer up your life!"

The two demons knew right away that Meng Lei was a newbie the moment they took a look at him. Immense bloodlust welled up within them, and they charged toward him at once.

"Have I been taken as an easy target?"

Meng Lei rubbed his nose lightly.

"Keke! Newbies will be newbies. He's already scared witless! Now, die!"

A lightning whip appeared in the Thunder Great Demon God's hand and lashed right at Meng Lei. Unlike ordinary electricity currents, the lightning whip was formed from Black Lightning of Destruction instead.

Black Lightning of Destruction was a special ability exclusive to Thunder Demons. On top of that, it was a skill that boasted extremely fearsome might, and only Thunder Demons that had cultivated to the point of Great Demon God stage could awaken the ability.

The Thunder Great Demon God had absolute confidence that the lashing from the whip could maim, if not kill, most mediocre mid-level Great Demon Gods, so how would a newbie possibly be able to withstand it?

However, what happened next was completely out of their expectations. Despite being up against a destructive lightning whip capable of destroying all in the world, Meng Lei easily caught the lightning whip in his hand in one grab.

"Huh?"

The Thunder Great Demon God's jaw dropped, unable to believe what it was seeing. He had actually caught it so easily?

"Come over here!"

Meng Lei took the opportunity while it was still staring blankly to tug at the lightning whip, easily pulling the Thunder Great Demon God over to him.

"Die!"

Meng Lei bent his fingers and flicked them, his finger tapping the Thunder Great Demon God in between its brows.

"Ugh!"

A soft sound rang out. A stream of blood spurted from the back of the Thunder Great Demon God's head, and then a bloody hole as wide as a fingertip appeared at the back of its head.

The Thunder Great Demon God stiffened at once. The light in its eyes gradually dimmed until, at last, it died completely.

Meng Lei gouged out its demonic core and tossed its dead body into the Tower of Time. Then, he turned to the Wind Great Demon God, who was so frightened that it just stood on the spot.

"It has already died. You can go on your way now, too!"

Meng Lei teleported right in front of the Wind Great Demon God. A golden dagger appeared in his hand and slashed lightly across the Wind Great Demon God's throat.

"Ugh!"

Streams of blood spurted from the wound as a huge head rushed into the sky. Meng Lei then sent the flying head and body into the Tower of Time with a casual wave.

"Who's he?"

With a few hundred Great Demon Gods fighting it out, the battleground was naturally an incredibly chaotic one. While Meng Lei killing two Great Demon Gods in a row had gone unnoticed by the other Great Demon Gods in the battle, some of the spectators had noticed it.

"What the heck! That guy's so savage! He's killed two mid-level Great Demon Gods just like that?"

"Who exactly is he? Isn't he too powerful?!"

"Isaiah, if memory serves me right, he should be one of your men?" Euphemia, the Three-Headed Hell Empress, had lost her calm composure, and her expression had turned rather awful-looking.

The Thunder Great Demon God and the Wind Great Demon God that Meng Lei had just killed were from the Three-Headed Hell Kingdom.

"Not bad!"

Highly satisfied with Meng Lei's combat power, a slight smile appeared on the Dark Hell Demonic Emperor's countenance. He said, "He's from the Ice Demon Prefecture and is the newly-appointed Ice Demon Prefecture Master of Dark Hell Demonic Kingdom."

"The Ice Demon Prefecture Master?"

Euphemia said gravely, "Little did I think that a fellow like that had actually emerged under your command! I've underestimated the Dark Hell Demonic Kingdom."

"Underestimate? We haven't even gone that far yet." The Dark Hell Demonic Emperor shook his head and chuckled softly. He said, "Just watch on. My Ice Demon Prefecture Master will definitely give you guys a great surprise!"

"Hmph!"

Euphemia couldn't be bothered to pay any more attention to the Dark Hell Demonic Emperor. Instead, she shifted her gaze to Meng Lei, who was in the sky.

Alec, the Fallen Emperor, was also paying close attention to Meng Lei. For him to be able to instantly kill a mid-level Great Demon God, such combat strength was practically too fearsome. Even if he wasn't a high-level Great Demon God yet, he wouldn't be that far off, either.

"120 million Divinity Crystals into the pocket! Sweet!"

Earning 120 million Divinity Crystals so easily had totally ignited the greed dwelling within Meng Lei's heart.

In his eyes, the Great Demon Gods currently battling it out were no longer Great Demon Gods but heaps of gold and silver awaiting his harvest!

As the saying went, "If one doesn't take what the heavens bestow upon them, misfortune brought about by it would instead befall them"!

If he left that many Divinity Crystals as they were instead of collecting them, even the heavens wouldn't be able to stand it!

"Kaka, Big Bro's here!"

Meng Lei had brazenly gone on the offensive.

Whoosh!

He teleported right in front of a Bloodseeker and gouged out its heart in one smooth motion. Then, he casually tightened his grip around it and crushed it.

"What?!"

A Cerberus that had originally been battling the Bloodseeker was so frightened by the sight that it shuddered all over. Its eyes, as it gazed at Meng Lei, were filled with shock and fear.

He had instantly killed its opponent with just a punch?

Just what kind of combat strength was that?

Filled with fear and trepidation, the Cerberus was all ready to run. But before it could even run far, Meng Lei had already shown up behind it. A fist went flying out with a flip of his wrist.

Bam!

The Cerberus' head was blasted straight into smithereens. Blood mixed with white and red brains and fluid sprayed about, and the Cerberus died on the spot.

"That bastard!"

Euphemia, the Three-Headed Hell Empress, was so furious that she couldn't help but stamp her foot. The Cerberus that Meng Lei had killed was her offspring, yet Meng Lei had killed it just like that. How could she not be furious?

"Calm down, Euphemia. This is just the beginning!" The Dark Hell Demonic Emperor was full of elation.

"Damn!"

Euphemia gnashed her teeth in a fury. Had the Dark Hell Demonic Emperor not been around, she would definitely have lunged forward and killed Meng Lei without any hesitation. Contesting for slots? Rules? They could go to hell!

"That bastard!"

Alec, the Fallen Emperor, suddenly broke into expletives at this point. Veins bulged from the surface of his skin, and he almost went berserk.

"Eh?"

Taken back, Euphemia quickly raised her head and looked over to see that Meng Lei had killed another Fallen Angel and gouged out its demonic core from its head.

Euphemia heaved a sigh of relief at the sight of that, and a large part of her fury dissipated right away. She felt a lot more comfortable after seeing a rival being down on luck.

However, she became furious again the very next moment—Meng Lei had actually set his sights on another Cerberus and was charging toward it...

"That fool! Hurry, duck!"

Euphemia hastily shouted a warning. How could the Cerberus possibly be Meng Lei's match in a one-on-one battle?

"You've broken the rules, Euphemia," said Isaiah coldly.

"Damn the rules! I am the rules themselves!"

Euphemia snapped furiously, "If that bastard dares so much as to kill another Great Demon God under my charge, I'll definitely give him a tragic death!"

"Isaiah, the main objective today is placement selection, not for them to kill their opponents!"

A cold Alec warned, "Warn your subordinate and make him cease his slaughter. Otherwise...!"

The Dark Hell Demonic Emperor was secretly furious, but he also understood that should Meng Lei continue his slaughter, given Euphemia's and Alec's personalities, they would definitely come to blows. If they joined hands, he definitely wouldn't be able to stop them.

Thus, he had better just quit while he was ahead.

The Dark Hell Demonic Emperor suppressed his feelings of frustration and gave Meng Lei a warning. He said, "Cease your slaughter, Ice Demon Prefecture Master. Just defeating them would do!"

"Hmph!"

Euphemia and Alec snorted lightly, both thinking to themselves, "It's good that you know what's good for you!"

It was just a pity that...

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Chapter 343: Divine Fire Suppression, Ultimate Special Ability

Every mid-level Great Demon God was a pillar of the kingdom. Thus, any deaths would be a great loss. As they watched Meng Lei slaughtering their mid-level Great Demon Gods, the Three-Headed Hell Empress and the Fallen Emperor could not stand it anymore.

They promptly threatened the Dark Hell Demonic Emperor to order Meng Lei to stop the killing spree. Although he was unhappy with it, he was forced to follow.

However, what the Dark Hell Demonic Emperor did not expect was that Meng Lei carried on his onslaught of mid-level Great Demon Gods as if he did not hear his order.

"Bastard!"

The Dark Hell Demonic Emperor was quite embarrassed as he yelled, "Ice Demon Prefecture Master, have you heard my orders? Cease your killings at once!"

Meng Lei turned a deaf ear and continued slaughtering.

Boom!

He blasted an Ice Demon with a punch.

Splurt!

He jabbed a Wind Demon to death with one finger.

Crack!

He snapped a Fallen Angel's neck.

"Ugh!"

His blade sliced off a Cerberus' head.

In a matter of seconds, another four mid-level Great Demon Gods died in Meng Lei's hands. He earned 240 million Divinity Crystals.

"Isaiah, it seems that this Prefecture Master under you couldn't care less about you!" Euphemia said mockingly.

Fallen Emperor Alec had something to say too. "Isaiah, if you can't control your subordinate, I can help you with that!"

"Damn it!"

The Dark Hell Demonic Emperor was furious as it was a challenge to his authority. A mere Prefecture Master ignoring it meant that Meng Lei simply disregarded the Dark Hell Demonic Emperor!

Whoosh!

The Dark Hell Demonic Emperor joined the battle zone with a flash. In an instant, a massive surging demonic aura swept the entire place.

Buzz...

The dimension around was locked instantly. The 300 over mid-level Great Demon Gods were imprisoned on the spot; even the battle's energy waves had stopped moving.

It was as if... everything became still!

"What's going on?"

The demons watching the battle were stunned and confused.

The Dark Hell Demonic Emperor walked toward Meng Lei as his demonic aura gushed out incessantly. "Ice Demon Prefecture Master, why did you not obey my orders?" he asked, his cold eyes staring at Meng Lei.

"Obey your orders? Why should I obey you?"

Meng Lei broke out of the demon's domain imprisoning him, and looked back at the icy stares of the Dark Hell Demonic Emperor. "Oh, don't tell me you thought that I'm your subordinate?"

"How impudent!"

The Dark Hell Demonic Emperor's expression turned icy-cold. "Ice Demon Prefecture Master, do you know what you have just said?"

"Hehe!"

Meng Lei smiled as he shook his head. Since things had gotten ugly, there was no need to keep his disguise.

"Dark Hell Demonic Emperor, I am from another existential plane. The only reason I'm impersonating the Ice Demon Prefecture Master was for the Dark Canopy of The Heavens that's taking place soon!"

"So that's why! Now you shall die!"

A hint of murderous intent flashed across the Dark Hell Demonic Emperor's eyes as he slapped toward Meng Lei. He believed that with the strength of a high-level Great Demon God, he could kill Meng Lei with that strike.

"Nice!"

Meng Lei met up with his punch.

"What the! Why did the Dark Hell Demonic Emperor start a fight with that guy?"

"If I remember properly, that savage guy was brought here by the Dark Hell Demonic Emperor, right? Then why did the Dark Hell Demonic Emperor attack him?"

"What exactly is going on?"

The unknowing onlooking demons were stupefied. The battle was going on a moment before, and suddenly this happened? That did not make any sense!

Boom!

Just as the onlookers were bewildered, Meng Lei's fist met the Dark Hell Demonic Emperor's palm. It was almost as if Mars had hit Earth, and the duo's raging shockwaves blasted off with a deafening boom.

Meng Lei and the Dark Hell Demonic Emperor flew backward at the same time. What shocked everyone was that Meng Lei only retreated for a few meters while the Dark Hell Demonic Emperor backed off by dozens of meters.

It was clear who was superior after one move!

"What!?

"How can that be?"

"I'm hallucinating! I must be hallucinating!"

The Three-Headed Hell Empress and the Fallen Emperor were shocked, same with the countless other spectators.

Who was the Dark Hell Demonic Emperor? That was one of the three most powerful beings on the Dark Hell Continent, a high-level Great Demon God standing on the pinnacle of the pyramid of lifeforms in the continent for countless tens of thousands of years!

But Meng Lei?

No one knew where he popped out from!

Yet, this unknown nobody was evenly matched with the Dark Hell Demonic Emperor, or even a notch higher.

"You actually have such power!"

As his right palm was getting numb, great waves of shock and astonishment churned in the heart of the Dark Hell Demonic Emperor. He looked at Meng Lei in complete disbelief.

The Three-Headed Hell Empress and the Fallen Emperor flew to the Dark Hell Demonic Emperor and asked somberly, "Isaiah, this guy seemed like a tough nut to crack. Need any help?"

"No one shall interfere!"

The Dark Hell Demonic Emperor rejected the offer coldly. "I brought this scoundrel here, and I'll kill him myself to vent my anger!"

"Alright!"

Both the Three-Headed Hell Empress and the Fallen Emperor agreed and said nothing else.

"Little fellow, I didn't expect you to possess such power. I must say I underestimated you. But everything ends here. I'll kill you myself!"

His aura began to surge as if he was a volcano stocking up its energy, awaiting the moment to erupt.

"Kill me? To be honest, I want to take you out as well!"

Meng Lei licked his lips as his eyes shone—a mid-level Great Demon God was worth 60 million, while a high-level Great Demon God was worth at least 900 million!

900 million!

Such a huge sum!

"Die!"

The Dark Hell Demonic Emperor bellowed as densely packed black spears appeared around his body before they shot toward Meng Lei like a rain of arrows.

"Netherworld Divine Fire!"

The spectators exclaimed as they looked in the same direction almost instinctively. It was the famous Netherworld Divine Fire, which was incredibly powerful.

In particular, the Dark Hell Demonic Emperor's Netherworld Divine Fire was incomparably destructive—the slightest contact with it would most definitely burn one into ashes.

"Isaiah has gone through eight rebirths, meaning his Netherworld Divine Fire has evolved eight times, with temperatures up to ten million degree Celsius. Even we wouldn't dare to take it head-on!"

The Three-Headed Hell Empress and the Fallen Emperor's expressions changed slightly upon the sight of the overwhelming rain of spears. They dared not underestimate the destructive capabilities of the Netherworld Divine Fire. A hint of graveness flashed across their eyes.

"I'll see how you die, scoundrel!"

The Dark Hell Demonic Emperor snapped as the rain of spears surrounded Meng Lei, blocking any route of retreat.

There was no space for him to escape!

"Meng Lei, wasn't this your standard move?"

Dodola's voice rang while poking fun at Meng Lei. "Now that your own attack is being used against you, does it feel frustrating?"

"Nope. I actually enjoy this feeling."

Meng Lei neither dodged nor evaded as he let the spears flood him. Given Meng Lei's divine body's degree of sturdiness, these black spears would not harm his divine body at all.

Once they came into contact with him, the rain of spears turned into countless black flames, which devoured Meng Lei in an instant. Meng Lei turned into a black human torch as the fire burned incessantly.

"He's dead for sure! Even if he has the strength to rival Isaiah, being devoured in the Netherworld Divine Fire means that he'll never come back from this!"

The Three-Headed Hell Empress had already given Meng Lei the death sentence.

"I wonder where such a crazily strong fellow popped out from." Alec, the Fallen Emperor, frowned with puzzled eyes.

"It doesn't matter. What matters now is that he's about to be burned to death, and that's good enough!"

Euphemia shook her head and smiled. To be honest, the Dark Hell Continent had been the trio's territory. Hence, the sudden appearance of someone whose powers matched theirs frightened them.

Fortunately for them, this fellow was about to be burned to death while anything else would not matter.

However, as the burning process continued, Euphemia's eyebrows raised eventually. Meng Lei seemed fine in the flames of the Netherworld Divine Fire?

He stood within the raging black fire like steel in normal flames. No matter how the fire burned, there was no injury on him!

Euphemia frowned and asked, "Isaiah, there seems to be something wrong?"

The Dark Hell Demonic Emperor did not reply. He glared at Meng Lei with crashing waves churning in his heart.

This guy... seems unafraid of the Netherworld Divine Fire?

"No! This isn't possible! The Netherworld Divine Fire is everlasting and burns everything. Mine has already been enhanced to a great level!"

The Dark Hell Demonic Emperor shook his head repeatedly. "It will burn him! I'll wait! I'll just wait..."

He waited and waited.

A minute passed.

Two minutes passed.

Three minutes passed.

In the blink of an eye, five minutes passed. Meng Lei stood among the flames and let the flames burn while he remained firm and motionless.

"How did this happen?"

The Dark Hell Demonic Emperor was stunned once more.

It was the same for Euphemia and Alec as the Netherworld Divine Fire was useless against Meng Lei.

"Your Majesty, so this is your Netherworld Divine Fire? It doesn't seem that great after all." Meng Lei shook his head slightly and continued. "I thought that Your Majesty's Netherworld Divine Fire would be incredibly powerful and burn anything. After seeing it today... it's nothing impressive."

"Why? Why aren't you afraid of my Netherworld Divine Fire?" The Dark Hell Demonic Emperor seemed to be dealt with a huge blow upon seeing that his signature move was useless against Meng Lei.

"Why?"

Meng Lei shook his head and grinned. He pointed a finger, and a golden flame appeared. "That's because I have the Netherworld Divine Fire too!"

"Netherworld Divine Fire?"

The Dark Hell Demonic Emperor paused for a moment before laughing. "You call this the Netherworld Divine Fire? Who are you trying to bluff? Who doesn't know that the Netherworld Divine Fire is black!"

"Don't believe me? Let's try it out then!"

Meng Lei flicked the golden flame on his fingertip into the black flames. Once both met, they started to burn each other madly.

At the start, the size of the black fire was ferociously huge, while the golden one was only the size of a finger.

It seemed that both were at a different level. However, the strange thing was that the golden flame became more and more intense as its size swelled swiftly.

On the other hand, the black fire became smaller and smaller. It could not suppress the growth of the golden fire, and it was gradually engulfed in golden flames.

In the end, only Meng Lei's golden flames remained!

"T-this... How... How is this possible?"

The Dark Hell Demonic Emperor could not believe his eyes. The Netherworld Divine Fire that he had evolved from the eight rebirths was completely suppressed!

No matter how strong your Netherworld Divine Fire is, how would it match against my Metal-Origin Netherworld Divine Fire? Meng Lei thought triumphantly.

After his Metal-Origin Body was upgraded to Great Mastery, his Netherworld Divine Fire was enhanced into the Metal-Origin Netherworld Divine Fire. However, the increase in power was not too much. Thus, it was still slightly inferior to the Dark Hell Demonic Emperor's Netherworld Divine Fire.

It was not a big deal since he could continue enhancing it.

Hence, Meng Lei spent 100 million Divinity Crystals to enhance the Netherworld Divine Fire again until it evolved into the Ultimate Innate Special Ability!

Ultimate Innate Special Ability!

What did ultimate represent?

Ultimate represented the extreme. It represented that there were no Innate Special Abilities stronger than the Ultimate Innate Special Ability. It also represented that Meng Lei's Netherworld Divine Fire was enhanced to the limit, and it would never evolve again no matter how many times he underwent rebirth again.

Of course, it meant that Meng Lei's Metal-Origin Netherworld Divine Fire now was at the same level as a normal nine-rebirth Netherworld Divine Fire, while Meng Lei's divine fire might be slightly stronger too.

"What kind of fire is that?" muttered the Dark Hell Demonic Emperor.

"You still can't tell? What a foolish demon!"

Meng Lei shook his head as he transformed into a shining Divine Golden Phoenix.

"This aura!"

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Chapter 344: The Grim Reaper's Eye Evolves, Killing The Demonic Emperor

Boom!

Dazzling golden light burst forth from Meng Lei. It shone with such radiance and resplendence and dazzled the eyes so much that one couldn't even look directly upon it.

At the same time, a terrifying force that reached into the heavens and deep into the ground engulfed the area and swept through every inch of land, crushing everything in all directions.

Dazzling golden light, a sharp aura of slaughter... Added to this that familiar appearance of a cockatoo-like head, a snake-like neck, a strong jaw, a raised back, and a fishtail...

"That aura... And that appearance..."

The Dark Hell Demonic Emperor's eyes widened big and round as he exclaimed, "Why does it resemble a Divine Netherworld Phoenix so much!?"

"No, it's not so much that it 'resembles' one as it IS one!" The Three-Headed Hell Empress' eyes bore into Meng Lei as she declared, "It is a Divine Netherworld Phoenix just like you are!"

"No! That's impossible! How can a Divine Netherworld Phoenix possibly look like that?" The Dark Hell Demonic Emperor shook his head forcefully, though a tiny theory had already formed in his mind.

"That's a metal-origin divine body!"

The Fallen Emperor murmured to himself, "It's a Divine Netherworld Phoenix with a metal-origin divine body! Never have I ever thought that I would see such a rare divine body during this lifetime!"

"A metal-origin divine body?!"

A huge jolt went through the Dark Hell Demonic Emperor.

"That... That's..."

The idle demons watching the battle were also stunned. Even their brains had somewhat short-circuited as they stared at the enormous creature suspended proudly in the sky.

Its appearance and the aura around it bore a striking resemblance to that of a Divine Netherworld Phoenix, yet it was golden in color. Was that really a Divine Netherworld Phoenix?

"Do you see it now, Your Majesty?"

The Metal-Origin Divine Netherworld Phoenix spoke the human tongue and said, "I'm also a Divine Netherworld Phoenix, and my divine flames are also Netherworld Divine Fire. That is why you can't burn me to death!"

"Well done! Well done, indeed!"

After a brief moment of astonishment, the Dark Hell Demonic Emperor finally regained his senses. His eyes shone with fervency as he said, "Never have I ever thought that you would actually be a Divine Netherworld Phoenix with a metal-origin divine body. If I destroy your divine spirit and occupy that body of yours, I shall own a Metal-Origin Divine Netherworld Phoenix alternate incarnation, too!"

The Dark Hell Demonic Emperor's eyes turned incredibly scorching hot at this point. He said, "I must thank you for coming here and bestowing such a golden opportunity upon me, kid!"

"Occupy my body?"

As though he had just heard the funniest joke in the world, Meng Lei burst into laughter and said, "Your Majesty, you overestimate yourself!"

"Is that so?"

The Dark Hell Demonic Emperor let out a snort. Then, a terrifying wave of Demon's Domain swept out from him, instantly locking down the dimension around Meng Lei and trapping Meng Lei himself along with it as well.

"Kill!"

The Dark Hell Demonic Emperor appeared right in front of Meng Lei like a phantom the very next moment and quietly took out a blood-red dagger stained with blood.

Rather than a dagger, it looked more like a razor blade.

Slash!

The Dark Hell Demonic Emperor slashed right at Meng Lei's throat with the blood-red razor blade in hand.

Had it been any other ordinary attack, Meng Lei wouldn't have thought much of it at all. However, he could feel a strong sense of danger coming from the tiny little razor blade in this instant.

That razor blade... is capable of taking my life!

Meng Lei felt an intense tingling sensation on his scalp, and he promptly teleported and vanished from where he was, causing the Dark Hell Demonic Emperor's razor blade to miss.

"He actually dodged it?"

The Dark Hell Demonic Emperor found this rather unbelievable. By right, Meng Lei would have needed some time to shake off his Demon's Domain, and this pocket of time would have been sufficient for his attack to land on Meng Lei.

Yet the reality was that... Meng Lei had actually evaded the attack!

How did he manage to escape?

"What kind of weapon is that, Your Majesty?"

Meng Lei's eyes bore into the blood-red razor blade in the Dark Hell Demonic Emperor's grip as he barked the question gravely.

"You're surprisingly quick at fleeing."

The Dark Hell Demonic Emperor didn't answer Meng Lei. Instead, he turned to the Three-Headed Hell Empress and the Fallen Emperor and said, "Aid me in taking him down, and the Dark Hell Demonic Kingdom shall not take part in the Dark Canopy of The Heavens journey this time!"

Both the Three-Headed Hell Empress and the Fallen Emperor knew exactly what the Dark Hell Demonic Emperor had in mind. It was very evident that he had set his sights on Meng Lei's body.

Even they coveted the metal-origin divine body, let alone the Dark Hell Demonic Emperor who was a Divine Netherworld Phoenix. It was just that the Dark Hell Demonic Emperor undoubtedly desired the body even more desperately than them.

The Three-Headed Hell Empress said, "Isaiah, the other party is a Divine Netherworld Phoenix with a metal-origin divine body of Great Mastery-level that possesses unlimited potential. We can aid you in taking him down, but the conditions you've offered are simply too lacking in sincerity."

The Fallen Emperor also said, "The Boundless Plane is fraught with great danger, so the chances of people successfully bringing out priceless treasures are simply too low. If you'd like us to aid you, then you'll have to offer up treasures of similar value, too."

"These two greedy fellows!"

The Dark Hell Demonic Emperor had an awful look on his countenance, though he then said coldly, "Aid me in taking him down, and I'll give you two high-level Great Demon God dead bodies!"

The Three-Headed Hell Empress' eyelid twitched a little, though she still shook her head. "It isn't enough!"

"I'll throw in another two high-tier demonic weapons!"

The Dark Hell Demonic Emperor continued to make an offer.

"Isaiah, be it high-level Great Demon God dead bodies or high-tier divine weapons, they are nothing but icing on the cake for you and me. There isn't much practical value in them."

The Fallen Emperor shook his head and said, "Your level of sincerity is too low. We can't help you like that."

"That bastard!"

The Dark Hell Demonic Emperor was so furious that he had broken into expletives. "Alec, you're too greedy!"

"Compared to a Metal-Origin Divine Netherworld Phoenix alternate incarnation, the sincerity you've shown is not up to snuff at all." The Fallen Emperor let out a derisive snort of laughter and said, "If you want us to help you, then show some sincerity, Isaiah!"

"Damn it!"

The Dark Hell Demonic Emperor took a deep breath. He suppressed the fury within him and said unhurriedly, "We'll cancel the previous offer. Would two Great Perfection-level demonic weapons suffice?"

"Alright!"

"Deal!"

The Three-Headed Hell Empress' and the Fallen Emperor's eyes brightened a little. This time, they took up the offer right away.

"Since you've agreed to it, then cut the crap and help me to take him down!" The Dark Hell Demonic Emperor barked stiffly, feeling as though his heart was bleeding as he spoke.

"No problem!"

The Three-Headed Hell Empress and the Fallen Emperor appeared right in front of Meng Lei with a flash of their forms. For a moment there, the trio formed a triangular formation and surrounded Meng Lei on all sides.

"Give up and surrender, kid! There's no way you'll be able to escape. Extending your neck in preparation for execution is your final outcome!"

"Ganging up on me just because you can't beat me one-on-one? This certainly matches your demonic natures very much!"

Meng Lei's gaze swept across all three of them one by one. "But with the likes of the three of you, I don't think you can kill me just yet?"

"We'll see about that!"

"Attack!"

"Demon's Domain!"

The Dark Hell Demonic Emperor let out a deep roar while the Three-Headed Hell Empress and the Fallen Emperor promptly cast Demon's Domain. Evidently, they were intending to suppress Meng Lei so that they could take him down thereafter.

Buzz...

The imprisoning force from a stack of three Demon's Domains cast by three high-level Great Demon Gods was incredibly strong. Meng Lei could totally sense how fearsome the imprisoning force was—it was enough to suppress any high-level Great Demon God out there!

"Die, you worm!"

The Dark Hell Demonic Emperor let out a furious roar. The blood-red razor blade in his hand drew a blood-red slash across the air as it went straight for Meng Lei's throat. Given how sharp it was, it would undoubtedly slash Meng Lei's throat open if the attack landed.

One strike would be all it needed to take his life!

"It's a good weapon, and the imprisoning force from your Demon's Domains is also extremely strong. What a shame..."

Meng Lei shook his head lightly. A thought flashed across his mind, and then he vanished right away from where he was. By the time he next appeared, he had already bizarrely shown up behind the Dark Hell Demonic Emperor.

"Hey."

Meng Lei patted the Dark Hell Demonic Emperor on the shoulder and asked with a smile, "Do you have the guts to look at me?"

"Die!"

A jolt went through the Dark Hell Demonic Emperor, and he immediately smashed his elbow into Meng Lei without even so much as a thought. Meng Lei dodged the attack and kept his gaze on the Dark Hell Demonic Emperor.

Meanwhile, the Dark Hell Demonic Emperor also turned around to look at him.

Two pairs of eyes gazed at each other.

Meng Lei couldn't help but laugh. "You're doomed!"

Just as the puzzlement filled the Dark Hell Demonic Emperor, a golden eye slowly surfaced in between Meng Lei's brows before it snapped open forcefully.

Whoosh!

A golden light beam shot out of it, striking the Dark Hell Demonic Emperor in between his brows in a split second.

Boom!

As though he was thunderstruck, the Dark Hell Demonic Emperor instantly froze where he was and became completely still.

"That's—"

A short distance away, a violent jolt involuntarily went through the Three-Headed Hell Empress and the Fallen Emperor upon seeing what had happened. They couldn't help but exclaim, "T-the Grim Reaper's Eye!"

"Damn it! That's the Grim Reaper's Eye!"

"Stop him! We mustn't let him get his way!"

The two rulers brazenly launched their attacks. As demonic lifeforms, they were all too aware of how frightening the Grim Reaper's Eye was. Once they gave Meng Lei enough time, the Dark Hell Demonic Emperor would be doomed for sure.

And once the Dark Hell Demonic Emperor was dead, they definitely wouldn't have it any better, either. Therefore, they absolutely had to stop Meng Lei.

"Stop me?"

Meng Lei let out a derisive snort of laughter. Then, he grabbed the Dark Hell Demonic Emperor and vanished from where they were, his whereabouts unknown.

"Where's he?"

"Where are they?"

The Three-Headed Hell Empress and the Fallen Emperor's attacks landed on empty air. They looked around, but there was no one around, let alone Meng Lei and the Dark Hell Demonic Emperor.

"Damn it! Where has that bastard brought the Dark Hell Demonic Emperor?"

The two terribly enraged rulers' expressions were exceedingly grim and sinister.

When had they ever been played like fools like this during all this time that they dominated the Dark Hell Continent?

What a great insult to them this was!

"Find him! We must find him no matter what!"

Find him?

It was naturally impossible for them to find him because Meng Lei had already teleported millions of kilometers away with the Dark Hell Demonic Emperor in tow.

One must admit that the teleportation special ability was simply too powerful. As Meng Lei's divine spirit powered up, the range that his teleportation special ability could cover had also increased along with it.

He could cover at least 10 million kilometers with each teleportation attempt!

Therefore, finding him was practically just a pipe dream for the Three-Headed Hell Empress and the Fallen Emperor. They wouldn't even be able to catch a glimpse of his shadow, let alone actually finding him.

However, Meng Lei had also encountered some difficulties—he was experiencing great resistance from the Dark Hell Demonic Emperor. For a while, he actually couldn't extract the Dark Hell Demonic Emperor's divine spirit from his body!

Dodola reminded him loudly, "Meng Lei, your Grim Reaper's Eye isn't strong enough."

"Not strong enough?" Meng Lei snorted coldly and ordered, "System, enhance my Grim Reaper's Eye!"

"Ding! The host's Grim Reaper's Eye is currently classified as a superior-grade Innate Special Ability and will become an ultimate-grade Innate Special Ability after enhancement. Enhancement cost is estimated at 100 million Divinity Crystals."

The system asked coldly, "Will you enhance it?"

"Yes, enhance it!"

Whoosh!

His Wealth decreased by 100 million Divinity Crystals in an instant.

Meng Lei then felt a fascinating warm current flowing into the Grim Reaper's Eye in the middle of his brows and furiously enhancing it.

"Since I'm going to enhance it anyway, then I might as well go all the way. I have the cash for it anyway." Meng Lei barked coldly, "System, enhance my divine spirit, too!"

"Ding! The host's divine spirit is currently comparable to an elementary-level higher deity's and will rival that of a mid-level higher deity's after enhancement. Enhancement cost is estimated at 60 million Divinity Crystals."

The system asked coldly, "Will you enhance it?"

"Yes, enhance it!"

Whoosh!

A few minutes later, when both the Grim Reaper's Eye and his divine spirit's enhancements were complete, Meng Lei restarted his attempts to extract the Dark Hell Demonic Emperor's divine spirit.

The resistance he encountered was still just as strong, but it didn't amount to anything at all this time.

"Damn it!"

The Dark Hell Demonic Emperor let out a wretched cry, and then his divine spirit flew uncontrollably toward the Grim Reaper's Eye.

Upon being sucked into the Grim Reaper's Eye, a fearsome destructive force manifested and began to furiously crush the Dark Hell Demonic Emperor's divine spirit.

"Aaahhhh!"

Despite the Dark Hell Demonic Emperor's powerful divine spirit, he nevertheless couldn't withstand the Grim Reaper's Eye's insane destructive force. Ultimately crushed into smithereens, he was then turned into the purest of divine spirit power that surged into Meng Lei's own divine spirit.

"This feels awesome!"

Meng Lei was in such a fantastic mood that he was even making snot bubbles.

"What the heck!? You've killed even the Dark Hell Demonic Emperor!" Dodola let out a strange-sounding squawk. "Impressive, impressive! I'm not even impressed by anyone else other than you now!"

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Chapter 345: The Boundless Giant, Taking Out All The Enemies In One Fell Swoop

"Ding! 1 Divine Netherworld Phoenix killed. 930 million Divinity Crystals gained."

The system's icy voice notification subsequently rang out within Meng Lei's mind. As though he had just downed a glass of iced watermelon juice on a hot sweltering summer day, he felt a sense of comfort from the top of his head all the way to the tips of his toes. One couldn't even begin to describe how fantastic it felt.

"Tsk, tsk. 930 million Divinity Crystals? What a windfall! Adding this to my previous gains, my Wealth must already have broken through the 2 billion milestone by now!

"Tsk, tsk. Money comes much faster when you kill high-level Great Demon Gods like the Dark Hell Demonic Emperor after all!"

Of course, Meng Lei didn't forget about the Dark Hell Demonic Emperor's spatial ring, either. The blood-red razor blade from just now had left a fairly deep impression on him, so he had to take it out for a look for sure.

"System, collect all the things you can collect first."

Whoosh!

His Wealth increased by 400 million Divinity Crystals in no time. It wasn't a very great increase—the Dark Hell Demonic Emperor was a demon, after all, so he hadn't been that interested in Divinity Crystals and Laws of Nature Origin Crystals.

What the spatial ring contained the most were instead various types of demon carcasses and weapons.

Among which, even the most inferior of the lot was a mid-level Great Demon God carcass. There were also quite a few high-level Great Demon God carcasses.

"No, these aren't high-level Great Demon Gods but other lifeforms!"

Meng Lei took out one of the "high-level Great Demon God" carcasses. It was a bronze-colored, demi-giant-like creature with intertwining muscles.

Unlike Demigiants, however, it had six arms, and its muscles were incredibly hard like rocks and filled with explosive power.

"A Boundless Giant!"

Dodola flew out of the Tower of Time and gazed at the Giant's dead body in astonishment. It said, "That form... It's definitely a Boundless Giant. There's no mistaking it!"

"A Boundless Giant?"

Meng Lei perked up.

"There are many Giant races, among which the most well-known is naturally the Titans. However, apart from the Titans, many other types of Giants are well-known for their savagery. For example, the Boundless Giants, the Golden-Horned Giants, the Wild Giants, and so on."

Dodola explained, "The Boundless Giants were initially nobodies, but following the Boundless King's emergence, the Boundless Giants also emerged along with him and made a mighty and illustrious name for themselves.

"It was just a shame that while they had emerged thanks to the Boundless King, they also died out along with him. Following the Boundless King's demise, the enormous Boundless Kingdom collapsed and crumbled, and the Boundless Giants also faded into silence."

"I see."

Meng Lei nodded repeatedly and added, "Perhaps it's exactly because of the Boundless Giants' existence that many Dark Hell Continent experts believe that the Boundless Plane had been refined by the Boundless King before."

There was no smoke without fire. From the looks of it, the Dark Hell Continent experts weren't just making things up when they gave the Boundless Plane its name.

Dodola sighed and said, "I can only say that there's a certain chance that that's the case. As for whether or not it's true, it may not necessarily be the case."

Meng Lei continued to look through the spatial ring's contents after that.

Apart from an astonishing number of Boundless Giant dead bodies, there were also a lot of other types of dead bodies and remains. They were basically all extremely powerful existences. Meng Lei wasn't very interested in these dead bodies, so he picked a few of the strongest for himself and sent the rest all into the Tower of Time.

Without those dead bodies, the spatial ring became incredibly spacious right away, and each and every weapon in there entered his sight. Almost every single weapon emanated a fearsome and savage aura that made one's heart pound in trepidation.

"So many high-level demonic weapons! And this one, too!"

A blood-red razor blade that seemed as if it were forged from blood appeared in Meng Lei's hand. The sharp aura it gave off turned Meng Lei's scalp numb.

He knew that the tiny little razor blade was definitely capable of easily slicing open his divine body!

Meng Lei asked unhurriedly, "What grade is this weapon, Dodola?"

"Let me take a look."

Dodola observed it closely for a moment and said, "Its degree of sharpness has already exceeded that of a Great Perfection-level divine weapon. In fact, it's even comparable to a Chief God-level weapon.

"Yet it evidently isn't equipped with the various Chief God-level weapons' might and functions. On top of that..."

"What is it?" Meng Lei quickly asked.

"This blade is obviously incomplete." A shrewd glint appeared in Dodola's eyes as it said, "If I'm not mistaken, this should be a Chief God-level weapon's spare part."

A huge jolt went through Meng Lei as he exclaimed, "No wonder it's so sharp! So it's a Chief God-level weapon's spare part!"

Dodola said slowly, "I wonder where the Dark Hell Demonic Emperor had gotten this from. If he had gotten it from the Boundless Plane, then it's highly likely that the Boundless Plane is related to the Boundless King."

Meng Lei suddenly asked, "Dodola, do you think anyone owns the Boundless Plane? If it is, wouldn't I be courting death if I enter it?"

"It probably doesn't."

Dodola shook its head and said, "If someone already owned the Boundless Plane, then how would they possibly allow people from Dark Hell Continent and other existential planes to go in and out at will?"

"That's true!"

Meng Lei heaved a sigh of relief.

"Let's go. It's time to dispose of those two fellows."

Dodola said with a shake of its head, "Get rid of them first so that you can completely eliminate all possible future threats."

"Alright!"

Meng Lei nodded heavily. By the time he next appeared, he was already back at the Dark Canopy of The Heavens.

The many demons watching the battle were still there, as were the mid-level Great Demon Gods who had been fighting it out in the melee. The only ones missing were the Three-Headed Hell Empress and the Fallen Emperor.

"They aren't here? That works in my favor, too!"

Meng Lei turned toward the 300-odd mid-level Great Demon Gods who had already ended their melee and were currently staring at him. He licked his lips and dived straight in.

"Damn it!"

"He's coming over!"

"Run!"

Although they had been imprisoned for a short while, the mid-level Great Demon Gods had nevertheless witnessed the whole battle that had taken place between Meng Lei and the Dark Hell Demonic Emperor. Thus, they were well aware of Meng Lei's great strength.

Upon noticing Meng Lei charging toward them at the moment, the group of Great Demon Gods was almost scared out of their wits, and they made a run for it without any hesitation—they didn't have the guts to battle Meng Lei at all!

"Thinking of fleeing?" Meng Lei sneered. "God's Domain!"

Buzz...

Fearsome power from God's Domain spread into the surroundings, instantly enveloping the whole area 10,000 miles of where they were and also trapping the 300-odd mid-level Great Demon Gods on the spot.

Trapping over 300 mid-level Great Demon Gods singlehandedly—this was exactly what made a high-level Great Demon God so fearsome. It was also representative of the huge difference in strength between a mid-level Great Demon God and a high-level one.

The difference was truly an insurmountable obstacle.

Battling past one's own level?

One could dream on!

"Netherworld Divine Fire!"

Over 300 golden spears formed in front of Meng Lei with a wave from him—they were spears of flames manifested from Netherworld Divine Fire.

"Go!"

The 300-odd golden spears shot out swiftly with a wave of Meng Lei's hand. They unsurprisingly pierced right through the 300-odd Great Demon Gods' heads and shot them dead on the spot.

After gouging out their demonic cores and taking their spatial rings, he then sent their dead bodies into the Tower of Time and tossed them to the golden little tree for its feeding pleasure.

"Perfect!"

Meng Lei was very satisfied with his gains. Then, as though there was no one else in the vicinity, he sat cross-legged in front of the cliff and began to destroy the mid-level Great Demon Gods' divine spirits one by one.

"Ding! 1 Cerberus killed. 61 million Divinity Crystals gained!"

"Ding! 1 Eight-Winged Fallen Angel killed. 61.5 million Divinity Crystals gained!"

"Ding! 1 Divine Netherworld Phoenix killed. 62 million Divinity Crystals gained!"

Meng Lei listened to the system's constant ringing notifications and watched his continuously-increasing Wealth value in a fantastic mood as if he had eaten a jar of honey.

On the other hand, the many demons here to watch the battle were utterly frightened out of their minds because he had annihilated more than 300 Great Demon Gods in just the span of a couple of breaths.

Just what kind of combat strength was that?

And what level of savagery was that?

"All... All three demonic kingdoms' mid-level Great Demon Gods have been taken out in one fell swoop?"

"Oh my god! How did that happen?"

The demon onlookers shook in their boots, feeling as if the sky had fallen on them. However, what made them even more horror-stricken was yet to come. Following a couple of whizzes, the Three-Headed Hell Empress and the Fallen Emperor returned to the scene once more.

The Three-Headed Hell Empress asked fiercely, "Where's Isaiah, kid? What have you done to him?"

"What have I done to him? I killed him, of course!"

Boom!

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Chapter 346: Death Roar, Fighting With Each Other To Submit

Boom!

Meng Lei's words were nothing less than a million-megaton hydrogen bomb going off. Explosions went off in all the demons' minds, and they couldn't believe their ears.

The Dark Hell Demonic Emperor who had stood strong and dominated Dark Hell Continent for tens of thousands of years was actually dead?

How could that be?

"No, that's not true! His Majesty is one of the three most powerful experts in Dark Hell Continent. How immensely powerful is his battle prowess? How could he possibly have died?"

"That's right! It must be fake!"

The demons watching the battle couldn't accept the news at all.

"H-have you really killed him?"

The Three-Headed Hell Empress' voice was shaking somewhat.

"Not only have I killed him, but I'm also going to kill you."

Meng Lei appeared in front of the Three-Headed Hell Empress like a phantom. Then, his Grim Reaper's Eye abruptly opened, and a golden light beam suddenly struck the Three-Headed Hell Empress in between her brows.

"Duck!"

The Fallen Emperor suddenly attacked in the nick of time. He stomped on Meng Lei's face and sent him flying with a kick.

The Three-Headed Hell Empress felt as if she had just had a near-death experience. The sensation of the Grim Reaper's Eye enveloping her divine spirit and immobilizing her just now had simply felt too awful.

"If you don't want to die, then keep your guard up!" The Fallen Emperor said coldly, "Show even a moment of carelessness, and we'll end up just like Isaiah!"

"Thanks, Alec!"

The Three-Headed Hell Empress cast a grateful glance at the Fallen Emperor. Then, she turned to Meng Lei with immense killing intent in her eyes and said, "You deserve death for that!"

Roar!

The Three-Headed Hell Empress let out a furious roar and transformed into a huge, 8,000,000-feet-long, three-headed hound bathed in blood-red flames—it was none other than the Three-Headed Hell Empress' true form, a Cerberus!

Boom!

At the same time, an incredibly violent, bloodthirsty, and savage aura also swept through the surroundings. All the demons that had come to watch the battle trembled in fear and prostrated on the ground, unable to even stand.

"Die!"

The Three-Headed Hell Empress opened all three of her large, cavernous jaws and three energy torrents sprayed from within.

One was a torrent of crimson-red flames, one was a torrent of thick, black smoke, and one was a torrent of green acid.

The three torrents traveled across the distance and rushed toward Meng Lei almost unreasonably quickly, intending to burn him into ashes, smoke him into dried bones, and corrode him into a pool of liquid.

However, Meng Lei easily evaded the three torrents of energy coming at him with fierce momentum with a teleport, all the while keeping his gaze fixed on the Fallen Emperor.

"How dare you kick me in the face! Well done! Well done, indeed!"

Murderous intent emanated wantonly from Meng Lei, who had an awful look on his countenance.

The Fallen Emperor remained expressionless. A long black sword appeared in his hand, and he turned into a black streak of light that rushed straight toward Meng Lei with a light flap of his eight black wings.

He was incredibly fast, even more so than the Three-Headed Hell Empress and the Dark Hell Demonic Emperor. He arrived right in front of Meng Lei in an instant and cleaved his sword down.

"Judgment of Sin!"

The jet-black sword gave off an incomparably unholy aura. The blade hadn't even reached Meng Lei, yet its unholy aura was already assaulting Meng Lei's senses and messing with his divine spirit.

"That's a good sword. It's just a shame that..."

Meng Lei neither ducked nor evaded the attack. Instead, he abruptly vanished in the very instant that the black sword cleaved down at him. The Fallen Emperor's expression changed at once, and he tried to duck and get out of range without a second thought.

"It's too late!"

A cold and aloof voice rang out beside his ear, and then he felt a piercing pain in his abdomen. The Fallen Emperor looked down to see that a blood-red blade had pierced right through his abdomen to stab into his heart.

"You're actually holding on to this blade!"

The Fallen Emperor was astounded. His attention had been fully on the Grim Reaper's Eye just now, so it hadn't occurred to him at all that the blood-red blade might actually have fallen into Meng Lei's hands.

That was too careless of him! He should have thought of it earlier!

"No one on the same level as or below me is my match!"

Meng Lei stood right behind the Fallen Emperor and said dispassionately, "With this blood-red razor blade added to the combination of teleportation and the Grim Reaper's Eye, how are you gonna fight against me now?"

"So, that's teleportation!" A huge jolt went through the Fallen Emperor. "Little did I think that you'd actually own a special ability as fearsome as that! However—"

Whoosh!

The Fallen Emperor suddenly transformed into a cloud of black fog. He swiftly vanished from where he was before resuming his previous form several hundred meters away.

"Dark-Elemental Transformation!"

Meng Lei was slightly taken aback. He couldn't help but become puzzled. He asked, "Do Fallen Angels also possess that Innate Special Ability, Dodola?"

Dodola explained, "Low-level Fallen Angels do not possess that ability, but they'll gain it once they cultivate into an Eight-Winged Fallen Angel."

"I see."

Meng Lei nodded lightly.

"Euphemia, let's attack together!"

Although the Fallen Emperor had managed to escape, the blow just now had given him a sense of impending death. He said, "Stop holding back. Attack with all you've got and kill him!"

"Alright!"

Holding back?

She no longer dared to hold back anymore, of course. Meng Lei's immense combat prowess had deeply astounded the Three-Headed Hell Empress. Should she continue to hold back, she would undoubtedly die in one of the worst ways possible.

"Death Roar!"

The Three-Headed Hell Empress opened her cavernous jaws again and roared furiously into the heavens. Deafening booms rang out as raging sound waves swept into the surroundings and assailed Meng Lei.

As a canine, her roars were already very loud from the start, let alone when she was a Cerberus. Barking had even become one of their Innate Special Abilities.

Boom!

The violent sound waves instantly engulfed Meng Lei, causing him to lose his sense of hearing. Loud ringing rang out in his ears, and his mind slipped into a temporary state of blankness.

"Here's my chance!"

The Fallen Emperor wielded the black sword in his hand and slashed right at Meng Lei's throat. Although the black greatsword wasn't as good as the Dark Hell Demonic Emperor's blood-red razor blade, it was still a Great Perfection-level demonic weapon and boasted an incredible degree of sharpness.

The Fallen Emperor believed that as long as his attack landed, the greatsword would definitely be able to slash open Meng Lei's throat and behead him, thereby taking his life with one hit!

"Ugh!"

The black sword cleaved down at Meng Lei's throat. This time, however, Meng Lei evidently didn't dodge the attack, and the Fallen Emperor couldn't help but reveal a smile—he had finally succeeded!

However, before he could stay delighted for long, Meng Lei's throat surprisingly turned into a cloud of black fog. On top of that, the rest of his body below the throat also turned into black fog. His head was the only part of him that remained in his human form.

"W-why..."

A huge jolt went through the Fallen Emperor.

"Do you think that you're the only one who can transform into dark elements?" A hint of a smile appeared on Meng Lei's face as he slowly uttered three words, "Grim Reaper's Eye!"

The third eye in between Meng Lei's brows slowly opened the moment he spoke. At the sight, the Fallen Emperor transformed into a cloud of black fog without a second thought again, all ready to run.

"Ha, that move again?"

Meng Lei let out a derisive scoff of laughter and pointed with his finger.

Buzz!

A golden chilly current shot out of his finger, instantly engulfing the black fog that was the Fallen Emperor and freezing him into a golden lump of ice.

"Damn it!!"

Blood drained from the face of the Fallen Emperor within the ice lump. Not only had the hard and tough ice lump sealed his movements, but it also prevented him from exiting his state of elemental transformation.

He... couldn't transform back to his original form anymore!

"Save me, Euphemia!"

The anxious Fallen Emperor shouted and released roiling waves of divine spirit energy.

Roar!

At the sight of the Fallen Emperor's predicament, the Three-Headed Hell Empress hurriedly let out a roar. Roiling sound waves abruptly rushed toward the Fallen Emperor, who was encased within the ice lump with a great blast.

"Go ahead and hit it! I'll let you off today if you can break it."

Meng Lei didn't stop the Three-Headed Hell Empress. Instead, he watched her with a big smile and allowed her to attack the ice lump.

Boom!

Violent sound waves crashed against the golden ice lump, yet it was as though torrential tidal waves were crashing against hard and solid coral reefs—they couldn't leave even a scratch on the golden ice lump!

"I can't break it?" The Three-Headed Hell Empress was astounded. "What kind of ice is that?"

"That's Mysterious Ice of The Depths, the Frost Gods' Innate Special Ability."

Meng Lei gave her a slight smile and added, "Of course, I've also spent a bit of money and evolved it into an ultimate-grade special ability, so it's impossible for you to break it."

Though the Three-Headed Hell Empress was confused by his explanation, she managed to catch the gist of it, nonetheless. Firstly, the ice was made from the Frost Gods' Mysterious Ice of The Depths. Secondly, the Mysterious Ice of The Depths had become an ultimate-grade special ability.

Mysterious Ice of The Depths!

An ultimate-grade special ability!

"What kind of freak are you, exactly?"

The Three-Headed Hell Empress was close to having a mental breakdown.

"You're the freak! Your entire family is a freak!"

Meng Lei took a step forward, immediately arriving right in front of the Three-Headed Hell Empress, who was currently in a mental state of turmoil.

Mysterious Ice of The Depths sprayed from his finger as he pointed at the Three-Headed Hell Empress, freezing her body and the two heads on her left and right. Only the head in the middle was left unfrozen.

"Damn it!"

The Three-Headed Hell Empress struggled fiercely, but she simply couldn't break free of Mysterious Ice of The Depths' hold on her, let alone break the ice itself. That thing was simply too tough; it had exceeded what her abilities were capable of.

"What's your preferred way to die, Your Majesty?" asked a cheerful Meng Lei as he stroked the Three-Headed Hell Empress' head.

"You... What do you want?"

The Three-Headed Hell Empress was in such a panic that even her voice was trembling.

"I had initially wanted to kill you, but the Dark Canopy of The Heavens is about to open. Things will definitely go wrong in Dark Hell Continent if I go to the Boundless Plane just like that."

A glint flashed in Meng Lei's eyes as he went on. "Therefore, I'd like to give you a chance—hand over your divine spirit origin energy and submit to me, and I'll spare your life."

No matter what, it was definite that Meng Lei would have to make a trip to the Boundless Plane. The problem was—what was he supposed to do about Dark Hell Continent after he left?

Even with the three major rulers of the continent and most of the mid-level Great Demon Gods dead, a fair number of mid-level Great Demon Gods remained hidden in Dark Hell Continent's various nooks and crannies.

Those mid-level Great Demon Gods were exactly what Meng Lei was greatly concerned about.

He would be totally screwed if some guy secretly refined Dark Hell Continent's Heart of The Existential Plane while he was in the Boundless Plane.

Thus, he needed someone to watch over Dark Hell Continent and help him to look after things there.

"Submit?"

The Three-Headed Hell Empress' expression changed greatly. She was one of the three lofty powerhouses of the continent and had enjoyed a high and mighty status there for tens of thousands of years. Submission? How would that do!?

"If you don't submit, then you can go straight to hell," said Meng Lei icily.

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

The Three-Headed Hell Empress was still hesitating when the ice-encased Fallen Emperor at the other side took the initiative to speak up first. He sent a telepathic message via his divine spirit. He sounded extremely desperate and anxious as he said, "Sir, I'm willing to submit! I'm willing to do anything for you and serve you faithfully!"

"Oh?"

Meng Lei cocked an eyebrow as a hint of a smile appeared on his lips. He remarked, "Wise people still exist in this world, don't they? It seems like you've let your opportunity slip by you, Three-Headed Hell Empress."

"Alec, you despicable bastard!" The furious Three-Headed Hell Empress broke into a rant. Then, as though she had finally ditched her noble bearing, she said, "Sir, I'm willing to submit to you. I hope you can take me in."

Then, she hurriedly released her divine spirit origin energy and offered it up to Meng Lei. She was now the very picture of someone willing to accept whatever was done to her and would even cooperate in every way possible.

"Oh dear, things have become rather difficult now."

Meng Lei glanced at the Three-Headed Hell Empress and then at the Fallen Emperor. Awfully troubled, he said, "Both of you are willing to submit, but who exactly should I pick?"

"Pick me! Sir, pick me!"

The Fallen Emperor pleaded, "I'm a Fallen Angel, so I have great strength. On top of that, I'll also be absolutely loyal to you. I will do exactly as you say and will never defy your orders! Your will is my direction in life itself—"

"Alec, you dirty, evil, and cunning Fallen Angel! Is there anyone who isn't aware that Fallen Angels like you are the most adept in lying and going against their word?"

The Three-Headed Hell Empress broke into a rant. "When it comes to loyalty, no one is more loyal than us canines! Sir, I'm a Cerberus. Once I acknowledge someone as my master, I'll never go against my word for life!

"Besides, Alec, that bastard, even stomped on your face just now, Sir. That's so treacherous of him! Sir, you'd better just pick me..."

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Chapter 347: Boundless Great Beasts, The Titans

In the end, Meng Lei chose to accept the Three-Headed Hell Empress while he finished off the Fallen Emperor.

In this universe, no one had survived after kicking Meng Lei's face!

"This guy is pretty wealthy!"

Meng Lei checked the spatial ring left behind by the Fallen Emperor, and he was satisfied with the treasures within.

After that, he looked at the Three-Headed Hell Empress and said, "Give me your spatial ring."

"Yes, Master!"

The Three-Headed Hell Empress was reluctant, but she still gave away her spatial ring immediately.

Meng Lei took everything inside...

After a round of collection, Meng Lei returned the spatial ring to the Three-Headed Hell Empress. She checked the ring with her divine cognition and almost coughed up blood as the ring was almost empty.

That was too harsh!

He only left a few Demonic Crystals, the rest all gone—that was what an evil tyrant would do!

"This bastard!"

The Three-Headed Hell Empress felt that her heart was bleeding. She wished that she could smash Meng Lei with a hammer to vent her anger.

Yet, she knew that she could not do so since Meng Lei controlled her divine spirit origin energy. Thus, there was only one word if she dared to provoke him—death!

"You're scolding me?"

Meng Lei had a ghostly smile.

"N-no!" The Three-Headed Hell Empress trembled in fear and shook her head repeatedly in denial.

"This is my first and final warning." Meng Lei swept a glance at her. "Carry on, bring me the Dark Hell Demonic Kingdom's, Fallen Kingdom's, and your Three-Headed Hell Kingdom's treasury to me. Remember, if you dare to steal any treasure, I'll make you understand why flowers are red[1]!"

"Yes, Master!"

The Three-Headed Hell Empress quivered and went to execute the order.

"To think the great Three-Headed Hell Empress would actually end up like this. That's just sad." Dodola watched the Three-Headed Hell Empress' back and sighed.

"In a world where the strong are revered, anything can happen. We'll just get used to it."

Meng Lei found a place to sit down where he would wait for the Dark Canopy of The Heavens to start while destroying the divine spirits of mid-level Great Demon Gods to earn more Divinity Crystals in the meantime.

"Ding! 1 Ice Great Demon God killed. 6,300,000 Divinity Crystals gained!"

"Ding! 1 Cerberus killed. 6,250,000 Divinity Crystals gained!"

The system's notification sounds kept ringing as divine spirits were getting destroyed one by one within each demonic cores, while Meng Lei's wealth continued to skyrocket. While Meng Lei destroyed the last of the 300 divine spirits, something happened at the cliff in front.

Buzz...

Dark beams of light radiated from the middle of the cliff. A 100-feet tall, 100-feet wide black portal appeared as it seemed like a stage's curtain.

"The Dark Canopy of The Heavens has opened!"

Meng Lei perked up and looked toward the portal in the middle of the cliff. At the same time, a commotion erupted among the onlooking demons.

"It's open!"

"The Dark Canopy of The Heavens has finally opened!"

"Who can enter this time?"

"Every mid-level Great Demon God is dead. Even among the Dark Hell Demonic Emperor, the Fallen Emperor, and the Three-Headed Hell Empress, two died while one submitted. So the one who can enter this time..."

"This is the Dark Canopy of The Heavens!"

Dodola appeared on Meng Lei's shoulder, its eyes shining brightly. That was the existential plane the Boundless King had refined before!

Just the Boundless King itself was enough for Dodola to look forward to the trip.

"Dodola, are you sure the Boundless Plane doesn't have a master?" Meng Lei contained his excitement and confirmed again.

"I'm not too sure, but the possibility is quite high." Dodola smiled. "Trust me. My instincts are normally accurate!"

"What if it's not accurate this time? Wouldn't that force me into a precarious situation?" Meng Lei rolled his eyes.

Why would I trust instincts for such an important matter when my life might be at stake?

It's way too naive!

"Don't worry! If the Boundless Plane has a master, I can guarantee your safety. You might have forgotten that I knew how to use the Great World-Breaching Transfer Technique!"

Dodola smiled faintly. "At most, we escape immediately. What can the master of an existential plane do to us?"

"How could your Great World-Breaching Transfer Technique work and help us escape the imprisonment of a mid-end Power of Existential Plane?"

Meng Lei was quite astonished.

"So you think the name 'World-Breaching' is a joke?" Dodola snorted. "Other than the power of Chief Gods, the mid-end Power of Existential Plane is useless against the Great World-Breaching Transfer Technique!"

"Alright, I'm relieved to hear that." Meng Lei let out a sigh of relief.

"Okay, enough blabbering. Are we going in or not?" Dodola could not help but urge.

"Here we go!"

Meng Lei stood up and entered the dark portal.

"He went in!"

"That expert went in!"

"He didn't care about us!"

"This means that..."

The onlooking demons were not stupid, so they charged toward the portal once Meng Lei entered the Dark Canopy of The Heavens.

In the past, the Dark Canopy of The Heavens used to be controlled by the three kingdoms. They were never allowed to enter while they could only act as spectators outside.

It was different today, however.

When the opportunity presented itself, who would let it slip?

"Mine! The slot is mine!"

"Get lost!"

"I'll kill anyone who dares obstruct me!"

"Ahhh!"

The crowd of demons plunged into madness as they fought for the 35 remaining slots to enter in a bloody, brutal competition...

Of course, Meng Lei would not have known about these. He had appeared in a dimensional channel after he entered the Dark Canopy of The Heavens. It was different from the space-time rift between Light Continent and Dark Hell Continent. This channel was very stable, while it was like a dreamy, colorful corridor.

As Meng Lei walked inside, there were neither time-space fluxes nor dimensional gales. It was steady and silent, as if he was walking in a tunnel from his past life.

"Meng Lei, this dimensional channel doesn't look like it's formed naturally," Dodola quickly concluded. "It seems to be artificial!"

"Artificial?" Meng Lei was amazed. "Who was capable of creating an artificially made dimensional channel?"

"Far and few." Dodola sighed. "I'm now convinced that the Boundless Plane was once refined and owned by the Boundless King!"

"Okay!"

Meng Lei hastened his pace. After around ten minutes, they finally reached the end of the channel. Light flashed into their eyes as they entered a new world.

Grayish skies, grayish earth, grayish plants, grayish hills...

Everything in their sights was gloomy and gray; even the rolling rivers and the vast plains were painted in gray.

Meng Lei could not help but comment, "Such a dull world!"

"Don't just look at the surface. Just sense the magic elements and the laws of nature in this existential plane," said Dodola.

"Eh?"

Meng Lei sensed the surroundings and came to a realization. "The magic elements here are much richer than Dark Hell Continent's. It must be richer by at least ten times, right? And the laws of nature, this is so clear! Cultivating here might even turn a pig into a Saint Domain Magical Beast!"

Since he had just come from Dark Hell Continent, Meng Lei compared this plane to Dark Hell Continent instead of low-end existential planes like Heaven's Vault Continent.

Hence, Meng Lei was surprised that the magic elements were richer by at least ten times while the laws of nature were far clearer compared to Dark Hell Continent's.

"They're both mid-end existential planes, so why is there such a massive difference?" Meng Lei asked.

"This is very normal." Dodola continued. "There aren't any identical existential planes, and massive differences exist even between mid-end existential planes."

"Okay."

Meng Lei did not mind that issue as he continued his exploration of this new mid-end existential plane. Other than the magic elements and the laws of nature, there was not much difference in gravity, dimensional stability, restraint to divine cognition, and so on.

After he had a brief understanding, Meng Lei decided to find out more useful information. The most straightforward method was to ask this existential plane's natives.

Meng Lei's divine cognition spread across millions of kilometers as every detail within this area was shown clearly in his mind.

"That's weird. Why are there only Boundless Great Beasts here?" Meng Lei frowned. "Never mind, I'll just get my information from them!"

Meng Lei teleported above the nearest group of Boundless Great Beasts with a thought.

The Boundless Great Beast was the name given by Dark Hell Continent's experts to the wild beasts in this world. They had the same nature as the beasts from other existential planes.

What appeared before Meng Lei was an ox-type beast. It floated at 100,000 feet with six legs and nine horns.

There were around 100 of them, the numbers were small, but they were all-powerful creatures. The weakest ones were at the Great Demon Lord level, while the best was a Demon God.

"A bunch of ox-type beasts is already this strong, as expected from the Boundless Plane," Meng Lei commented.

He then caught the strongest one from the bunch and prepared to read its memory.

Buzz...

Just then, a dimensional gate appeared not too far away. A group of experts swarmed out of the gate.

These were 100,000-feet-tall firm muscles all over their bodies; some were showered in lightning, some were bathed in fire...

"Titans?"

Meng Lei recognized them immediately when he saw them and sensed their aura.

They were Titans, or to be exact, the Titan Gods!

"This is the Boundless Plane?"

"The air is so filthy!"

"The magic elements here are too poor!"

"And the laws of nature... so indistinct!"

Obviously, it was their first time at the Boundless Plane as they sized up the Boundless Plane with contemptuous, critical comments.

A Titan shrouded in purple lightning at the front chastised. "Stop complaining and think of getting more details of this existential plane!"

"Yes, Elder Gregg!" The rest of the Titans replied as they looked around. It only took a few moments for them to notice Meng Lei not far away.

"Hmm? There's someone here?"

"Perhaps he's a native from the Boundless Plane?"

"We'll surely find out something useful from this guy."

"Eric, bring him over. Remember, don't kill him by accident."

"Yes, Elder Gregg!" a Titan shrouded in flames answered and flew toward Meng Lei.

"Little fellow, come with me!"

Without another word, the Titan called Eric grabbed toward Meng Lei as if he was catching a chick.

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