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Chapter 348: The Sky Titans, I'll Fight The Hundred of You
"Little fellow, come with me!"
As though a hawk swooping down on a little chick, Eric reached out his massive hand and grabbed at Meng Lei. Bathed in flames and giving off mighty divine power, he was as though a God of Fire from the heavens that had descended upon the world.
His action badly frightened the 100 "wild oxen" and sent them into a panic. They raced into the distance as though they had gone mad, causing the ground to shake and dust to swirl about everywhere.
"I've been looked down upon again," lamented Meng Lei with a slight shake of his head.
He evaded Eric's enormous hand with a flash of his form and said, "My friend, what's the meaning of coming to blows the moment you have a disagreement with someone else?"
"He actually dodged it!"
Eric, the Fire Titan, was a little taken aback. A hint of ire came over his features right away, and he shouted, "Lowly native, die!"
Eight fire dragons rose into the air around him and lunged at Meng Lei with their claws brandished and their fangs bared. Then, they came together to form a prison of flames that trapped Meng Lei within.
"Come over here!"
Eric snorted and grabbed the prison of flames—together with Meng Lei inside—over to himself with a casual swipe. He warned, "You'd better behave, or else!"
Meng Lei broke into a slight frown and asked, "Who exactly are you guys? Why are you capturing me?"
Eric didn't pay Meng Lei any heed. Instead, he flew toward the other Titans with the prison of flames in tow.
As though they were looking at a cheap and lowly ant, looks of aloofness, contempt, and high-and-mightiness adorned the Titans' faces as they gazed upon Meng Lei.
"Answer my questions," Gregg said aloofly, "If you dare utter so much as a lie, I'll make you wish you were dead. The first question—what is this place?"
"I don't know," answered Meng Lei.
"You don't?"
Gregg broke into a frown and said coldly, "Aren't you a native of this world? How could you possibly not even know what this place is?"
"Who said I'm a native?" Meng Lei rolled his eyes and said, "Alright, you've asked your question. It's my turn to ask mine now. Listen up, if you dare utter so much as a lie, I'll kill all of you right away."
The Titans stared at Meng Lei in astonishment. They hadn't expected a native to actually have the nerve to talk to them like that. That guy was too full of himself!
Meng Lei didn't bother himself with what the Titans thought at all. He asked, "Tell me, where are all of you from?"
"You worm, you're courting death!"
Gregg's countenance turned icy-cold at once, and a surge of pressure weighed down upon Meng Lei right away. The wave of pressure was exceedingly powerful, so much so that even most typical Great Demon Gods would find it hard to bear. However, it was as if it were non-existent to Meng Lei.
"How dare a mere high-level Sky Titan behave so audaciously in my presence? Who gave you the guts to do so?"
Meng Lei let out an icy snort, upon which an even more violent force crushed down upon Gregg.
Boom!
A huge jolt went through Gregg, and a shrewd glint shone in his eyes as he exclaimed, "You're a high-level Sky Titan!"
"What?"
"He's a high-level Sky Titan?"
His exclamation raised a great furor among the Titans.
Gregg's words were tantamount to a hydrogen bomb going off with a thunderous boom in the Titans' minds, causing loud droning in their minds as the blood drained from their faces.
The contempt, aloofness, and high-and-mightiness in their eyes disappeared in a split second. They were replaced with disbelief and a deep sense of fear and reverence.
High-level Sky Titans were absolute powerhouses even in the Thunderbolt Divine Realm, where experts were aplenty. They couldn't not respect and revere them!
"I've surprisingly made a lapse in my judgment!"
Gregg had an overcast and sinister look on his countenance. His eyes bore into Meng Lei for a moment before he finally said, "Let's go!"
Gregg was a high-level Sky Titan himself. However, he didn't have the confidence to beat Meng Lei in a fight.
Rather than coming to blows with Meng Lei, only to gain nothing in the end, he might as well just leave at this point. Exploring the Boundless Plane at the fastest speed possible was what he should be doing at this moment instead.
Therefore, he made the prompt decision to leave.
"Go? Did I allow you to?" Meng Lei said dispassionately.
"What do you want, mister?"
Gregg gazed coldly at Meng Lei.
"You may leave, but not before answering my question," said Meng Lei. "You may leave once you've answered it."
"Surely you don't think we're afraid of you, mister?" Gregg's voice was deep and low as he threatened, "I'd advise you not to make any trouble. Otherwise, the consequences are beyond what you can bear!"
"Hah!"
Meng Lei let out a peal of laughter. Then, he abruptly appeared right in front of Gregg and threw out a punch.
Boom!
Unable to react in time, Gregg took Meng Lei's blow right on the chest. As a crisp snap rang out, Gregg's chest also sank inward right away. One couldn't even tell how many ribs he'd broken.
"Ugh!"
Blood spurted from Gregg's mouth. A look of alarm and anger came over his countenance at once.
What alarmed him was the fact that Meng Lei actually possessed such strength, while what angered him was naturally the fact that Meng Lei had actually dared to attack him. He was an elder from the Theodore Titan Gods of the Thunderbolt Divine Realm! Just how revered was his position?
"Elder Gregg!"
"Are you alright, Elder?"
The other Titans were greatly alarmed.
"A difference in strength lies even among high-level Great Demon Gods." Meng Lei blew the non-existent dust off his fist and said, "And I can beat 100 high-level Great Demon Gods like you!"
"You bastard!"
Gregg gnashed his teeth in a fury. However, Meng Lei's strength had certainly astounded him. For Meng Lei to crush his ribs with a single punch, it meant that his physical strength surpassed his own.
However, what filled him with shock and horror the most was that he hadn't even seen how Meng Lei had appeared before him.
"Can you answer my question now?" asked Meng Lei calmly.
Gregg took a deep breath as he suppressed his fury and compromised. "Go ahead and ask!"
"Forget it. Asking questions is too troublesome. I'll just search your soul instead," said Meng Lei with a shake of his head. He couldn't be bothered to ask anymore.
Search his soul?
Gregg's expression changed dramatically upon hearing what he said. He shouted hoarsely, "Mister, I'm Gregg Theodore, an elder of the Theodore Titan Gods from the Thunderbolt Divine Realm. Are you certain you want to go against us so utterly?"
"The Theodore Titan Gods from the Thunderbolt Divine Realm?"
Meng Lei chuckled. "What the heck is that? Sorry, but I've never heard of them!"
"You bastard!"
Gregg gnashed his teeth in a fury.
"Die!"
Since he had already decided to kill them, Meng Lei naturally didn't hold back. Mysterious Ice of The Depths burst forth as he teleported in front of Gregg.
Crack!
Gregg, a high-level Great Demon God, was frozen where he was in an instant. He turned into a glittering golden ice sculpture and became still and motionless.
"It's just the rest of you now!"
Meng Lei turned to the other Titans.
"Damn it!"
"Run!"
Scared witless, the Titans immediately turned into a dozen or so streaks of light that fled into the distance without any hesitation whatsoever, wishing they had been born with an extra pair of legs.
"That's nothing more than just futile struggling."
God's Domain spread into the surroundings, instantly enveloping the whole area 10,000 miles of where they were. All the Titans were mid-level Sky Titans, and they moved at incredibly high speed. However, no matter how fast they moved, they would never reach the speed at which God's Domain spread.
All of them were trapped where they were in an instant. They couldn't move even though they wanted to and couldn't escape even though they wanted to. They couldn't even bat an eyelid!
Snap!
The Titans' heads suddenly exploded with a light snap of Meng Lei's fingers. Brain fluids shot out, and bits of flesh splattered everywhere as several divine cores flew over to Meng Lei.
"You devil! How dare you kill us! The Theodore Titan Gods will never let you off! You can just wait for their frenzied revenge to befall upon you!"
The Titans' roars of fury and hatred rang out from within the divine cores. They practically couldn't get any more f*cking unlucky! Having been sent to the Boundless Plane to carry out a mission, they had initially thought that they would be able to show their skill and shine and return with a bountiful haul this time.
Who would have thought that they would all be wiped out right after they had passed through the dimensional channel? This was practically enough to drive one mad!
"Revenge? I'm ready for it anytime!"
Meng Lei let out a peal of laughter. Then, he opened his Grim Reaper's Eye and destroyed all the divine spirits in the divine cores.
It was Gregg's turn after that...
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Chapter 349: Ambrose, The Fairy Goddess
"A Chief God grandmaster! And a Great Perfection expert!
"The Theodore Titan Gods are really as powerful as I've expected!"
Many fearsome forces existed in the Thunderbolt Divine Realm. The Theodore Titan Gods were exactly one of them.
As one of the most powerful forces in the Thunderbolt Divine Realm, the Theodore Titan Gods were extremely influential. There were innumerable Sky Titans in the clan, and only high-level ones qualified to become clan elders.
There were a total of 127 elders in the Theodore Titan God clan. Apart from them, they also had a Great Perfection expert as well as a Chief God among their ranks.
A Great Perfection expert was one that had fused five types of laws of nature into one, while a Chief God was a supreme god among the gods—one could easily imagine just how fearsome the Theodore Titan Gods were.
"The foundation that these juggernauts that have been in existence for countless years have built up is simply too solid!"
Meng Lei lamented, "I'd better stay away from the Thunderbolt Divine Realm before I gain enough power to contend with a Chief God. It's too dangerous there."
"While you're right in not underestimating your enemy, you needn't put yourself down."
A smiling Dodola comforted him and said, "You're already a huge monster for possessing power that's great enough to kill a high-level higher deity at such a young age.
"Besides, I believe you'll become capable of contending with a Great Perfection expert in no more than another few days' time!"
"Do you really have that much confidence in me?" Meng Lei raised an eyebrow.
"Of course!" Dodola was full of confidence.
"Haha, you're mistaken!" A laughing Meng Lei said, "I don't even need a few days' time to do that. As long as I'm willing, I can attain strength that allows me to contend with a Great Perfection expert anytime I want!"
"Uh..."
Taken aback, Dodola asked, "Are you really that impressive?"
"What do you think?"
Meng Lei gave Dodola a smug smile. Then, he went behind the dimensional gate and hid. According to Gregg's memories, apart from them, other forces from the Thunderbolt Divine Realm would also be making their way to the Boundless Plane.
For example, the Haber Colossal Dragon Gods, the Kurud Frost Gods, the Gabriel Angel Gods... All those godly clans had also dispatched men over.
Unlike the 36 slots that Dark Hell Continent had, the Thunderbolt Divine Realm had as many as tens of thousands of slots. This meant that there would be large groups of experts arriving from the Thunderbolt Divine Realm.
Experts?
In Meng Lei's eyes, all of them were his prey instead.
A mid-level higher deity was worth 60 million Divinity Crystals, while a high-level higher deity was worth 900 million Divinity Crystals.
Meng Lei did his math—as long as he could kill all those experts from the Thunderbolt Divine Realm, he would gain enough Divinity Crystals to strengthen himself.
Not only would he be able to enhance his divine body and his divine spirit, but he would also be able to enhance his many bloodlines. From this, one could tell just how big a sum of money he would receive.
One must know that bloodline enhancement alone would already require a huge sum of money. For example, enhancing the Gods-Slaying Rat bloodline into an Ancient God Bloodline would cost him 10 billion Divinity Crystals.
Enhancing the Divine Netherworld Phoenix bloodline into an Ancient God Bloodline would also cost him 10 billion Divinity Crystals while enhancing the Hundred-Armed Giant bloodline into an Ancient God Bloodline would cost him another 10 billion Divinity Crystals.
Similarly, enhancing the Frost Gods bloodline into an Ancient God Bloodline required 10 billion Divinity Crystals, as did enhancing the Grim Reaper bloodline into an Ancient God Bloodline.
On top of those, he also had another two Ancient God Bloodlines—the Primordial Human and the Ancient Tree of Life bloodlines. Boosting their assimilation rates to 100% would also cost him more than 10 billion Divinity Crystals!
While it seemed like he would need a ton of money to enhance them all, in actuality, he needed only to wipe out the many experts from the Thunderbolt Divine Realm, and all his problems would be easily solved.
"As long as I can kill them, my combat strength shall undergo a tremendous change!" Meng Lei's eyes shone brightly. "And when that happens, even a Great Perfection expert would be nothing to me. I can smash them into a pulp with just a smack of my palm!"
Whoosh!
Meng Lei didn't wait in vain. People rushed out of the dimensional gate after just a short while. Upon taking a closer look, however, Meng Lei couldn't help but become slightly taken aback.
"They... are all goddesses?"
There were only about 20 newcomers, but every one of them was charmingly graceful and possessed peerless beauty. They were either hot and burning with passion, elegant and tranquil, dignified and steady, lively and quick-witted, or valiant and heroic...
The air around each of them was entirely different, but every one of them was a beauty that could fall even kingdoms and cities. What astonished Meng Lei even further was an elegant and tranquil green-haired goddess among them—the Fairy Goddess!
That goddess was none other than the Fairy Goddess whom the Heaven's Vault Continent Fairies worshiped!
"What the heck? Even the Fairy Goddess has come!"
Meng Lei was rather dumbstruck.
"Tsk, tsk. You sure are in luck, kid!" Dodola snickered and said, "They are goddesses from the Nature Gods clan, and every one of them is a peerless beauty. You'll graduate from bachelorhood if you can hook up with any of them!"
"Graduate my ass!"
Meng Lei rolled his eyes.
"This is a great opportunity for you to graduate from bachelorhood, kid!" Dodola was highly dissatisfied with Meng Lei's attitude, so it chastised him. "Which among the many goddesses of the Nature Gods isn't a target of admiration and desire among the gods of the Void? Yet a kid like you is so indifferent toward them!"
Meng Lei was rendered speechless. He said, "How many times have I told you that I'm a man with a wife and a child? What kind of bachelorhood am I supposed to graduate from?!"
"Tch! A bachelor who's forever alone!"
Dodola stuck its middle finger at Meng Lei.
Although Meng Lei didn't harbor any illicit thoughts, one had to admit that the goddesses were indeed very beautiful. Moreover, the air around them differed from goddess to goddess, and they oozed great allure.
"So, this is the so-called Boundless Plane?"
"As expected, the magic elements and laws of nature here are far inferior to the Thunderbolt Divine Realm's!"
"Lava Goddess, which direction should we go in?"
"The dimensional gate opens in different locations each time, so I don't know which region we're currently in, either. Let's just walk around and decide again later."
"Let's go, then..."
The 20-odd goddesses decided their next course of action in no time. They were just about to set off after they picked a random direction to go in when another group of people rushed out of the dimensional gate.
Each of them had a pair of horns on their heads and gave off majestic dragon might—it was evident that they were Colossal Dragons. In particular, Meng Lei's eyes even lit up at the sight of a familiar face among them—it was Ambrose!
"Tsk, tsk! Even Ambrose has made his way here. Things are gonna be fun now!"
"Goddesses, please wait a moment."
Ambrose called out to the goddesses.
"Mr. Ambrose, is something the matter?"
The goddesses turned around and gazed at Ambrose and the other Dragons in puzzlement.
"Goddesses, the Boundless Plane is a fairly dangerous place. Why don't we move around together instead?"
Ambrose stated his purpose as he looked at the goddesses. In particular, admiration and desire even filled his eyes when his gaze fell upon the Fairy Goddess.
The Fairy Goddess, the owner of a wood-origin divine body, was an outstanding existence among the Nature Gods' younger generation. On top of that, she had also been selected as a target of priority grooming by the Natural Goddesses System, thereby making her someone with an extremely promising future.
Coupled with her elegant and tranquil demeanor and her peerless beauty, she had become the target of love and admiration of many deities in the Thunderbolt Divine Realm and even the Void. It was rumored that quite a few Chief Gods lusted after her beauty and wished to bring her into their bedrooms and make her one of their divine consorts.
Ambrose was exactly one of the millions of deities that secretly admired the Fairy Goddess.
"Move around together? It's not necessary."
The Lava Goddess, who boasted a sensual figure, firmly rejected his invitation. "Our purpose in coming to the Boundless Plane this time is just to complete a small mission. We can easily get it done ourselves."
The Lava Goddess was the Nature Gods' team leader this time and also the only goddess among them that had already fused four basic types of laws of nature. She was someone that possessed fearsome strength and a revered position. Thus, the other goddesses naturally wouldn't oppose her decision.
Besides, none of them was willing to move around together with the Colossal Dragon Gods, either. Those fellows were too lustful. It would be more dangerous moving around together with them instead.
"What a real shame that is!"
Ambrose, who looked utterly disappointed, forced a smile and said, "In that case, I wish the goddesses success in perfectly completing your mission."
"Thanks!"
After giving a word of thanks, the Lava Goddess got ready to leave with the rest of the goddesses. However, the Fairy Goddess was staring hard in a certain direction with a look of puzzlement.
"What's the matter, Diana?" asked the puzzled Lava Goddess.
"There's someone over there."
The Fairy Goddess pointed at the sky behind the dimensional gate.
"There's someone over there?"
The Lava Goddess raised an eyebrow. However, before she could say anything, Ambrose had already shouted, "Who's skulking around and hiding over there? Get the hell out here!"
He threw a punch as he spoke, causing the dimension to break and revealing someone's form.
"It's you!"
"It's you!"
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Chapter 350: Enemies Meet, The Goddess Is Stunned
"It's you!"
"It's you!"
Ambrose and the Fairy Goddess simultaneously let out an exclamation, and a look of surprise flashed across their eyes. Neither of them had expected Meng Lei to show up here.
However, their expressions became completely different the next moment. Ambrose's countenance became incredibly savage as he burst into unrestrained laughter.
"I searched far and wide to no avail, only to obtain it so effortlessly in the end! What a surprise! Who would have thought that I would actually run into you here? Even the heavens are on my side!"
The puzzled Fairy Goddess asked, "Elder Ambrose, do the two of you know each other?"
"Know each other? It doesn't stop at just that!" Ambrose let out a sinister laugh and said, "That kid once destroyed my alternate incarnation, robbed me of my wealth, and searched my divine spirit in the past by leveraging on his status as the master of the existential plane. There's a death feud between the two of us. I swear I'll never give up until I kill him!"
"This..."
The expression on the beautiful Fairy Goddess' countenance changed slightly as she said, "Surely not, Elder Ambrose? He's probably just an intermediate deity. How could he have possibly destroyed your alternate incarnation?"
The Fairy Goddess hadn't paid any more attention to Heaven's Vault Continent giving the Heart of The Existential Plane to Meng Lei, so she wasn't aware of anything that happened thereafter.
Thus, she naturally had no way of knowing about the battle that had taken place between Meng Lei and Ambrose. But as far as the Fairy Goddess knew, Meng Lei was indeed just an intermediate deity.
"An intermediate deity? That kid suddenly broke through to become a higher deity in the midst of our battle! It was only because of that and the fact that he's the master of the existential plane that I lost the fight!"
Ambrose gnashed his teeth in fury as he said, "I swore to the heavens then that I'll definitely rip him into a million pieces someday to vent my anger! However, I also knew that I wouldn't be able to do anything about him if he chose to keep hiding in his existential plane.
"Never would I have ever expected myself to actually run into him here. It looks like even the heavens are helping me out!"
Ambrose looked at Meng Lei with undisguised delight and excitement in his eyes at this point. Obviously, he thought of Meng Lei as prey that was already within his grasp and an ant that he could squash dead anytime he wanted.
"Are you full of desperation, kid? Full of fear? Full of frustrations? Full of regret at what you did once upon a time?"
Ambrose said with a sinister laugh, "It's just a shame that it's too late. There's never been any cure for regrets in this world! Men! Take him down!"
The Fairy Goddess hastily interrupted and said, "Elder Ambrose, he's my friend. Let's talk things out instead!"
"Your friend?"
Ambrose was taken aback for a moment. He hadn't expected Meng Lei to actually be the Fairy Goddess' friend. However, he was determined to kill Meng Lei. It was useless no matter who it was that pleaded for mercy on his behalf.
"Ms. Diana, I have a death feud with that piece of cheap trash. I have to kill him no matter what. Don't speak up for him anymore. He's not worth your time and effort!"
Ambrose brooked no refusal. Even though he held feelings of admiration for the Fairy Goddess, compared to killing Meng Lei, those feelings didn't count as much. Besides, the Tower of Time was even still in Meng Lei's hands...
"Elder Ambrose—"
Nevertheless, the Fairy Goddess continued to try to intercede for Meng Lei. Next to her, the Lava Goddess broke into a frown and said, "Diana, you've been cultivating in the clan's sanctum the whole time all these years. How did you become friends with him? There's no need for you to intercede for him any further if he's just a mere acquaintance."
"That's right, Diana. There's no need to offend Elder Ambrose for the sake of an acquaintance."
The other goddesses also spoke up and tried to dissuade the Fairy Goddess. After all, Ambrose was an elder of the Colossal Dragon Gods and didn't hold just any ordinary status.
"I appreciate your kindness, Your Holiness," Meng Lei also spoke up at this point. He said, "It's alright, you don't have to intercede on my behalf anymore. That old lizard doesn't amount to much in my eyes!"
The Fairy Goddess was slightly taken aback by his words, whereas a hint of distaste flashed across the rest of the goddesses' eyes. Ambrose didn't amount to much in his eyes? Who did he think he was?
"Hahaha! You're really an egotistical and cheap piece of trash, indeed! To think you're still being so stubborn even in the face of death. But it's alright. Your stubbornness is exactly what I like. The more stubborn you are, the better it is!"
Ambrose guffawed and said, "Your haughtiness had enraged me in the past, making me wish I could rip you into a million pieces, but it pleases me greatly instead now.
"It's just like watching a grasshopper that's hopping joyfully and jumping energetically in my palm, yet little does it know that I can squash it dead anytime I want. Haha, this feeling is simply too wonderful!"
"What a dumbass!"
Meng Lei shook his head. Then, he said, "Since you're asking for a fight, then hurry up and get to it. I'm in a rush!"
"In a rush? So that you can reincarnate?" A sinister smile appeared on Ambrose's countenance, and he ordered, "Men! Take him down!"
"Yes, Elder!"
A youth with black horns on his head responded loudly before lunging right at Meng Lei. He was a Colossal Dragon of Darkness and was a mid-level higher deity.
"Sigh!"
The Fairy Goddess didn't say any more. She knew that Meng Lei was finished. He wouldn't have any chance of survival after he fell into Elder Ambrose's clutches.
"What a shame! A genius who owns a metal-origin divine body is going to perish soon..."
"You cheap trash! How dare you offend Elder Ambrose! You really have a death wish, don't you!" The Colossal Dragon of Darkness youth snorted—he didn't think much of Meng Lei at all.
He was a Colossal Dragon of Darkness at the mid-level higher deity stage. Someone who had only just broken through to become a higher deity a few days ago was nothing in his eyes.
"Hah!"
Meng Lei neither ducked nor evaded. Instead, he allowed the Dragon youth to grab at him. Just as the Dragon youth's right claw was about to land on his shoulder, Meng Lei gave a slight shrug.
Boom!
A forceful wave of energy burst forth from him. As a loud crack rang out, the Dragon youth's right claw—together with the rest of his right arm—turned into a bloody pulp, causing bits of flesh to fly about.
"Ahhh!"
The Dragon youth let out a shrill scream.
"Die!"
Meng Lei smacked his palm down.
Bam!
As though a hammer had struck a watermelon, the Dragon youth's head was blasted apart with a great boom. Smashed brains splattered into the surroundings, turning the scene incredibly bloody.
"What?"
A huge jolt went through everyone at the sight. They couldn't believe their eyes!
A Colossal Dragon of Darkness at the mid-level higher deity stage... had just had his head blasted apart?
How... could this be?
Of course, the most astounded ones were none other than those that were the most familiar with Meng Lei—Ambrose and the Fairy Goddess themselves!
"Denton's combat strength among those of the younger generation might only be mediocre, but no matter what, he's still a mid-level Colossal Dragon King. Yet that guy has actually killed him just like that?"
Ambrose was flabbergasted. "How long has it only been since that cheap piece of trash had broken through to become a higher deity? Yet he can already kill Denton? How did he manage to do that?"
"He's actually... actually..."
The Fairy Goddess clapped her hand over her mouth. Astoundment filled her beautiful eyes. Wasn't Meng Lei an intermediate deity? Why was he so strong now?
"Mr. Ambrose, are you sure he's only just broken through to become a higher deity?" asked the frowning Lava Goddess, who was sporting a look of disbelief and incredulity on her countenance.
Ambrose didn't answer her. Instead, his eyes bore into Meng Lei as he said, "Little did I think that you'd have gotten stronger again during this brief separation. I've surprisingly underestimated you!
"But do you really think you can escape death today? That's nothing but just a daydream! I will kill you with my own hands and rip you into a million pieces and make you pay a heavy price for your foolishness and ignorance!"
"I'm afraid you're gonna be disappointed, "Meng Lei gave him a noncommittal smile as he said, "Because I don't plan on letting you off, either. Don't worry. I won't kill you right away. I'll wipe them out first and then let you die amid your fear and fury!"
"Die!"
Ambrose charged brazenly toward Meng Lei.
Whoosh!
He moved extremely quickly. A phantom-like image flashed by, and he had already charged right up to Meng Lei. His fist that carried fierce and vast force blasted right at Meng Lei with overwhelming momentum.
Whoosh!
Meng Lei bizarrely vanished from where he was, easily evading Ambrose's full-powered punch.
He subsequently appeared behind one of the Colossal Dragons and lightly tapped him on the shoulder.
"Who's there?"
This was a Green Dragon who was currently closely watching the battle taking place in front of him. Before he could even react, Meng Lei's fist had already smashed down upon him.
Boom!
His head broke apart, and smashed brains spurted.
"The second one!"
Meng Lei turned to the remaining Colossal Dragons there.
"Damn it!"
"O Dragon Grandmaster above!"
"He's over here!"
"He's killed Dampier!"
The Colossal Dragons were thrown into a huge panic. Ambrose was fuming mad. Not only had he not managed to kill Meng Lei, but he had even allowed him to kill Dampier!
How hateful!
"Die! Die!"
On the verge of becoming hysterical, Ambrose roared again and again. "God's Domain—imprison!"
God's Domain spread into the surroundings, locking down the whole area 10,000 miles of where they were. Yet despite that, it couldn't imprison Meng Lei at all, and he showed up behind another Colossal Dragon.
Bam!
His head broke apart, and smashed brains spurted.
"The third one now!"
"Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!"
Ambrose was close to being sent over the edge, but it didn't do anything to help the situation at all. He couldn't catch Meng Lei at all!
Bam!
"The fourth one!"
Bam!
"The fifth one!"
Just like that, Meng Lei moved about like a phantom, sending a Colossal Dragon on its way and reaping its life every time he appeared.
The remaining Colossal Dragons were so frightened that they took off at once but to no avail. No matter how quickly they ran, they would never be as fast as Meng Lei's teleportation. On top of that, the further they ran, the harder it was for Ambrose to protect them.
A span of about a dozen or so breaths later, Meng Lei had killed all 20-odd Colossal Dragons, leaving behind only the battle-crazed Ambrose and the dumbfounded goddesses.
"That guy... He's practically nuts! He's actually killed all 27 Colossal Dragons!"
"A lunatic! He's a total lunatic! Ambrose will never let him off! The Haber Colossal Dragon Gods will never let him off, either! He's finished!"
"Moving about elusively like a phantom... That's... Teleportation? O Nature Goddess above, someone has actually mastered that special ability..."
The goddesses were utterly stunned. It wasn't so much that they hadn't seen powerful experts before, but they honestly hadn't seen anyone that dared to kill the Haber Colossal Dragon Gods without any restraint. What he was doing was no different from making enemies with the entire Haber Colossal Dragon God clan!
"I've raked in more profits!"
Meng Lei was elated at his newly-gained profits of almost 1.5 billion Divinity Crystals. He then reappeared in front of Ambrose.
The current Ambrose was as though a gambler who had lost everything he had, right down to even his underwear. His eyes were blood-red, and he was hysterical. He had totally lost it.
"You... Should... Die!"
When Ambrose, with his repressed immense fury and hatred, saw Meng Lei showing up in front of him, he lunged straight at him without any hesitation at all.
"Nice!"
This time, Meng Lei didn't teleport away. Instead, he threw a punch at him.
Boom!
Raging impact waves blasted the surroundings as their fists clashed against each other. The dimension within 10 million kilometers of where they were instantly broke and became a black hole. Ambrose and Meng Lei, who were both in the middle of the black hole, each retreated a few steps simultaneously.
"A draw!"
A huge jolt went through the goddesses at the sight. In spite of how Meng Lei had slaughtered the Colossal Dragon youths and exhibited his fearsome strength just now, none of them had expected him to actually possess strength capable of contending with Ambrose!
"When did you become this strong?"
Ambrose regained some clarity of mind upon feeling the ache and numbness coming from his right arm. He couldn't help but stare at Meng Lei with a look of alarm and fury.
"Is this already what you call 'powerful'? We haven't even gotten started yet!" replied Meng Lei with a derisive scoff of laughter.
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Chapter 351: Heated Clash, Sending Goddess Flying
"Is this already what you call 'powerful'? We haven't even gotten started yet," replied Meng Lei with a derisive scoff of laughter.
Meng Lei sneered. "Last time, you descended upon Heaven's Vault Continent and attempted to kill me. Now we shall settle the scores today, and this is where you will perish!"
"Kill me? I think you'll die first!"
Ambrose revealed his true form as he became an 8,000,000-feet-long Golden Colossal Dragon, which was like the blazing sun that shone brightly in gold throughout.
To be more accurate, it was a Golden Primordial Colossal Dragon King!
Among the Dragons, the Ancient Colossal Dragon was comparable to a true god, the Ancient Colossal Dragon King was comparable to a lesser deity, the Primordial Colossal Dragon was comparable to an intermediate deity, while the Primordial Colossal Dragon King was comparable to a higher deity.
Ambrose was now a high-level higher deity, a high-level Primordial Colossal Dragon King!
Boom!
An intense surging dragon might expanded into the surroundings, reaching millions of kilometers away. Every living thing within this area was alarmed.
Roar!
Ambrose roared furiously at the sky as soundwaves blasted across the sky. The skies could not withstand it anymore as it began to break up and separate into pieces.
In an instant, a black hole formed in the million-kilometer radius with Ambrose at the center. Ambrose stood in the middle of the black hole and glared at Meng Lei with murderous intent and overflowing hatred rolling in his eyes.
"I'm going to rip you into a million pieces, worm!"
Ambrose raised his claw larger than Mount Everest and crashed it down with the momentum to turn Meng Lei into a bloody mess.
"Retreat! Everyone retreat at once!"
The Lava Goddess' delicate face turned pale. "Retreat to a safe distance at once!" she yelled.
The goddesses flitted afar immediately. They were only mid-level higher deities, and if they were too close to Ambrose that had gotten serious, they might die in vain as collateral damage.
"Ambrose has gotten serious now. He's completely enraged!" The Lava Goddess said coldly, "This fellow is in deep trouble now! He'll get killed for sure!"
"I hope that he'll be fine!"
The Fairy Goddess sighed and flew away swiftly.
"Haha, good one!"
Watching the dragon claw crushing toward him like a great mountain, Meng Lei neither ran nor dodged. Like an inflated balloon, his entire body expanded rapidly.
"What's going on?"
The goddesses flitting away could sense a gigantic figure towering behind them as the shadow enveloped them.
They turned their heads in horror and saw an indomitable giant that towered between heaven and earth!
It stepped on the earth while the head was up in the skies. It was 8,000,000-feet-tall with 100 muscular arms.
What shocked the goddesses the most was that the glow emanated from this giant was more eye-catching and dazzling than Ambrose's true form!
"Hun... Hundred-Armed Giant?"
The goddesses gasped together.
"No! That isn't a normal Hundred-Armed Giant! Just sense his aura carefully!"
The Lava Goddess' countenance became interesting as horror, confusion, disbelief, and various other expressions appeared from time to time. Her feelings were very mixed.
"Metal-elemental Power of Origin!
"This must be the aura of the Metal-elemental Power of Origin!"
The aghast Iron Goddess looked at the Fairy Goddess. "Diana, so this is the aura of the Metal-elemental Power of Origin? He has the metal-origin divine body?"
"Indeed!"
The Fairy Goddess was in disbelief as well. "He does have the metal-origin divine body, but I did not expect that it was already at the level of great mastery!"
"That's really a metal-origin divine body!" The Iron Goddess muttered, "And it's cultivated to Great-Mastery level! Incredible! That's just unbelievable!"
"Metal-origin divine body of Great-Mastery level!"
The rest of the goddesses were aghast as well.
The origin divine body was extremely rare to start with. Throughout the entire Natural Goddesses System, only the Fairy Goddess possessed the wood-origin divine body, which was only at Lesser Mastery.
However, a Great-Mastery metal-origin divine body was now in front of them. How shocking was that? How unbelievable was that?"
"Just how did he manage to do that?" muttered the Fairy Goddess.
Boom!
On the other hand, Meng Lei raised his left fist to meet the dragon claw coming down on him. Along with a thunderous boom, impact waves exploded across the area while dragon blood spurted about.
Argh!
Ambrose let out a miserable cry. His claw was riddled with holes from the impact while golden blood gushed out profusely.
"Metal-origin divine body?
"You have the Metal-origin divine body!"
Ambrose could not believe it.
"It's too late to realize that, though!"
Meng Lei burst into laughter. "Today, I'll show you just how powerful the metal-origin divine body is!"
"Metal-Origin Divine Technique: Ultimate Alchemy!"
A sparkling golden light beam descended from the sky and fell upon Ambrose in an instant. Once it landed, the area started to transmute into gold!
This was truly a gold transmutation, or rather, metal-origin transmutation. It meant that Ambrose's body part under the beam had turned into the metal-elemental Power of Origin!
For Meng Lei, his divine body was made out of metal-elemental Power of Origin, so he was unaffected by the transmutation. However, it was completely different for Ambrose.
His body was flesh and blood. Thus, once the divine body started to go through metal-origin transmutation, it would cripple Ambrose completely.
Roar!
Ambrose's face turned pale. He swung his tail away to avoid the golden beam from the sky.
"Behave!"
Meng Lei appeared before the dragon's head and punched rapidly with his 100 arms. After some battering, Ambrose's scales were broken up into bits while he bled from all seven of his facial orifices.
"Ultimate Alchemy!"
Meng Lei caught hold of Ambrose's head as another golden beam of light came down, enshrouding Ambrose's head completely this time.
Buzz!
Ambrose struggled desperately with all his might, but it was in vain. Meng Lei was holding him tightly.
No matter how much force he used, and however he tried to move, Ambrose could not move. He could only watch the golden beam enveloping him completely.
"Perfect!"
Once Ambrose's head had gone through the metal-origin transmutation process, Ambrose became useless. His brain had just transmuted into gold, after all.
"Mr. Ambrose, you just never dreamed of reaching this stage today. Am I right?"
Meng Lei reverted to his human form and stood on top of Ambrose's skull.
"I won't let you off even if I become a ghost!"
Being unable to speak normally, Ambrose could use his divine spirit to communicate his endless hatred.
"Become a ghost? That can only happen if you even get the chance to!"
Meng Lei sneered. "Don't worry. I'll make sure that your divine spirit dissipates. By then, you won't even get to become a ghost, not to mention taking any revenge!"
Ambrose was shaking as chills coursed down his spine. If it were anyone else, they would probably show mercy due to his status.
Yet, as for Meng Lei...
Ambrose was not confident with that at all!
"What, are you scared?" Meng Lei chuckled. "I did not expect an elder of the Haber Colossal Dragon Gods to be afraid of something now!"
"You... What do you really want?" bellowed Ambrose. He felt an immense feeling of shame and frustration.
"Nothing much, just some questions!" Meng Lei continued. "Are you full of desperation? Full of fear? Full of frustrations? Full of regret at what you did once upon a time?"
It was what Ambrose had said before, which Meng Lei returned back to him word for word! Resentment and hatred brewed within Ambrose upon hearing those words!
"Why? Why aren't you talking? Playing dead now?" Meng Lei raised an eyebrow. "Do you believe me when I say that I'll make sure you die a complete death?"
Complete death?
Ambrose shivered and roared, "Sir! I'm an elder of the Haber Colossal Dragon Gods. You can't do this to me!"
At this point, there was nothing he could do other than an attempt to use the name and prestige of the Haber Colossal Dragon Gods to intimidate Meng Lei. He hoped that Meng Lei would become daunted by that name and let him off. Ambrose could not care about maintaining his prestige anymore.
"Using the name of the Haber Colossal Dragon Gods to intimidate me?" Meng Lei shook his head. "If I remember correctly, I think I killed a bunch of Titans along with the leader. He was called Gregg Theodore!"
"You killed Gregg?!"
A huge jolt went through Ambrose's body.
"Of course I did," Meng Lei said dispassionately.
"Lunatic! You're a lunatic!"
Ambrose's voice became hoarse. "Gregg was the child of Lord Gaianos! He'll never, ever let you off!"
"Gaianos?"
Meng Lei had assimilated Gregg's memory, and thus he knew who Gaianos was—the only Great Perfection-level higher deity of the Theodore Titan Gods.
Great Perfection!
The existence that was even rarer than Chief Gods!
Although most of the Great Perfection-level higher deities were still weaker than Chief Gods, their status, social standing, and deterrence were no less inferior to Chief God
As Gaianos Theodore's child, Gregg Theodore had a venerable status among the Theodore Titan Gods.
To Ambrose, the audacity of Meng Lei killing Gregg was beyond his understanding!
"Meng Lei, you've offended the Theodore Titan Gods. So don't mess with us Haber Colossal Dragon Gods!" Ambrose's voice was deep. "Or else, you'll never be able to endure the wrath of both the Theodore Titan Gods and our Haber Colossal Dragon Gods!"
"Offending one is an offense. Offending two only means another offense. Where's the big difference?" Meng Lei shook his head a little and continued. "Well, since it's enough talking from you, it's time to go!"
Ambrose shivered all over as he cried out loudly, "What do you want? You can't kill me! I'm the elder of the Haber Colossal Dragon Gods! If you dare kill me, they won't let you off the hook at all!"
"Your time has come, and you won't be alone!"
Meng Lei took out the Grim Reaper Scythe. Ambrose screamed in extreme horror in the face of death—Meng Lei was about to slice off his head!
At this moment, he saw the Lava Goddess and her party not far away, so he cried for help, "Eugina, save me! Diana, help me!"
"What's this..."
A group of goddesses flew over hurriedly.
The Lava Goddess frowned. "Mister, Ambrose is still the elder of the Haber Colossal Dragon Gods. You can't kill him as you won't be able to bear the consequences!" she said.
"So are you pleading for mercy on his behalf?"
Meng Lei raised an eyebrow.
The Lava Goddess yelled coldly, "This isn't an appeal, but a warning!"
"You're warning me? Who do you think you are?" Meng Lei swept a glance at her before he said coldly, "Get lost! Such an eyesore!"
"Insolence!"
The Lava Goddess was enraged.
"What's your issue? You want to die too?"
Meng Lei appeared in front of the Lava Goddess while the Grim Reaper Scythe was already up against her snowy-white neck. He could slice off her head anytime.
"You bastard!"
"Let go of the Lava Goddess at once!"
"Meng Lei, please don't!"
The goddesses erupted into a frenzy instantly.
"Meng Lei, please don't harm the Lava Goddess!" pleaded the Fairy Goddess.
"Fine! For the Fairy Goddess's sake, I won't kill you. Now get lost!"
Meng Lei let out a cold snort before punching the Lava Goddess' abdomen. Blood spurted madly out of her mouth while the Lava Goddess flew backward as if she got struck by thunder.
Immediately after, Meng Lei raised the scythe and swung it down, beheading Ambrose!
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Chapter 352: Wood-Origin Divine Body, The Ancient Tree of Life
As a great expert at the high-level higher deity stage and an elder of the Haber Colossal Dragon Gods, Ambrose enjoyed extremely revered status in the Thunderbolt Divine Realm.
For people like him, they were usually the ones taking others' lives. Who would dare to take his life?
Yet someone had beheaded him and slain him on the spot, giving him an extremely terrible death!
The sight was honestly as though a superbly huge earthquake that erupted with a great boom in the goddesses' hearts, causing their faces to turn pale from tremendous shock and horror.
Just how bold and audacious must he be in order for him to do the absolutely forbidden and slay Ambrose?
Inconceivable!
Unbelievable!
Unacceptable!
Yet Meng Lei, the person involved himself, was acting as though he had done something that wasn't even worth mentioning. He gouged out Ambrose's divine core, destroyed his divine spirit, scanned through his spatial ring, collected his Dragon carcass... He did all these so calmly that it was almost perverse!
"A lunatic! He's a total lunatic!"
The goddesses were screaming madly inwardly when they suddenly noticed Meng Lei walking over to them at this point. All of their expressions changed at once, and they instinctively retreated a few steps.
"W-what do you want?"
The Ocean Goddess' voice trembled as she asked.
"Don't be afraid. I just want to speak to the Fairy Goddess," replied Meng Lei as he motioned to them to calm down. Then, he turned to the Fairy Goddess and said with a smile, "Your Holiness, I'm very happy to have run into you here!"
"Yes!"
The Fairy Goddess had a complex look in her eyes.
"I haven't had the opportunity to thank you for giving me Heaven's Vault Continent's Heart of The Existential Plane yet. Please excuse me for that."
With an apologetic smile on his face, Meng Lei then took out a piece of green armor and a green sword. He said, "As a token of my gratitude, you can have these weapons."
The green armor was forged from exotic mutant beasts' scales and gave off a strong life force, while the sword gave off a heart-pounding chill.
Although the Fairy Goddess couldn't tell what grade the divine weapons were, she could nevertheless sense that both of them, no matter which, were more precious and valuable than all the ones she owned.
"No, these are too precious."
The Fairy Goddess shook her head repeatedly and declined them firmly. She said, "It's just a mere existential plane and cannot compare in any way to these divine weapons at all. I can't accept them."
At the sight of her firm and resolute expression that brooked no refusal, Meng Lei had no choice but to keep the divine weapons away.
The Fairy Goddess heaved a sigh of relief. Then, the puzzled goddess asked, "Why are you in this place?"
"I found a space-time rift in Light Continent that was directly connected to another existential plane. After I arrived at that existential plane, I got to know of the Boundless Plane and its related matters, so I came over after that," explained a smiling Meng Lei.
"I see."
The Fairy Goddess nodded slightly. She had a somewhat complex look on her countenance as she said, "Your speed of improvement is simply too fast. If memory serves me right, you're only 25-years-old, right?"
-years-old?
Seriously?
A huge jolt went through the other goddesses upon hearing the Fairy Goddess' words, and looks of incredulity adorned their faces. Which among them hadn't had to cultivate for a few million years before they became higher deities?
And yet that guy... was only 25-years-old?
What kind of joke was that?
However, what gave them a mental breakdown next was that Meng Lei actually acknowledged it. He replied, "I've just turned 25, I guess."
Hiss!
The goddesses gasped sharply at once. In particular, the Lava Goddess' face even flushed red.
I've been defeated by a little brat who's only 25-years-old?
"To think you're already this strong when you're only 25 years old! I really don't know how you managed to do it!"
The Fairy Goddess chuckled wryly, feeling as though she had lived her life in vain.
"To tell the truth, even as of now, I actually haven't deified yet," Meng Lei rubbed his nose and said, "My physical body is just a little stronger than most, that's all."
"You haven't deified yet? How can that be?"
A huge shudder went through the goddesses again. However, the Fairy Goddess instead replied, "You haven't deified yet? I'd thought that you would choose to do it."
"No, I didn't."
Meng Lei shook his head.
The goddesses didn't know what to say anymore. He was already this strong when he hadn't even deified yet? How the heck did he exactly cultivate?
Was he cultivating his divine body instead?
Oh my goodness!
Was there anyone who didn't know that it was a million times harder for one to cultivate their divine body than to comprehend and fuse laws of nature?
In any case, Meng Lei had astounded the whole group of goddesses. They felt as if they were dreaming.
"I knew you were a strange one the moment I took notice of you back then. Little did I expect that you'd be even more of a monster than what you had shown in the past, though!"
The Fairy Goddess could only chuckle wryly. "What are your plans now? Are you going to explore the Boundless Plane?"
"I'm just here to have fun," replied a smiling Meng Lei with a nod.
Then, he suddenly said rather embarrassedly, "Your Holiness, I have a favor to ask of you. I hope you can fulfill it for me."
The Fairy Goddess was taken aback for a moment before she replied, "Tell me about it."
"I'd like a drop of your blood!"
Meng Lei's eyes shone brightly as he spoke with a look of anticipation. The Fairy Goddess had a wood-origin divine body. Since he'd bumped into her today, he couldn't pass up the opportunity, of course.
"What do you want my blood for?"
The Fairy Goddess was bewildered.
"I have great use for it!"
Meng Lei feigned a mysterious smile and said, "Don't worry, I won't take it for free."
"Alright, I guess!"
Although the Fairy Goddess was puzzled and confused, it was just a drop of blood anyway. It wasn't a big deal.
Meng Lei brought out three divine weapons after he took the drop of blood from her. Apart from the armor and sword from just now, there was also a ring that gave off divine spirit energy waves.
"These three divine weapons come as a set. One defends against physical attacks, one defends the divine spirit, and the last one is an offensive weapon. Additionally, they are all high-tier higher deity-level divine weapons."
A set of three high-tier higher deity-level divine weapons!
The expressions on all the goddesses' countenances changed at once. Their eyes, as they gazed at the set of three divine weapons, were filled with a huge sense of astoundment. After all, a set of high-tier higher deity-level divine weapons was comparable to a Great Perfection-level divine weapon!
It was invaluable!
"No, these are too precious. I can't take them!" The Fairy Goddess declined the gifts.
"Your blood is very important to me. It's worth much more than just three divine weapons."
Meng Lei brooked no refusal. He teleported and left immediately after stuffing the three divine weapons into the Fairy Goddess' arms. Now that he had gotten his hands on the blood, it was time to plunder the wood-origin divine body!
"Meng Lei!"
The Fairy Goddess called out to him twice, but Meng Lei was already nowhere in sight a long time ago. She stared at the divine weapons—it didn't feel right no matter whether she took them or left them, and she felt rather troubled for a moment there.
"Just take them for now, Diana."
The Lava Goddess sighed.
"Alright, I guess!"
The Fairy Goddess shook her head slightly and kept the three divine weapons away.
"Who exactly is that guy, Diana?"
"Is he really not even 25 yet, Diana?"
"He's so nice to you, Diana. Is he interested in you..."
The goddesses surrounded the Fairy Goddess right away and peppered her with questions noisily.
"It's not what you're imagining..."
Somewhere 10 million kilometers away, Meng Lei had already given the plundering order a long time ago.
"Ding! Plunder successful. Will you assimilate it?"
"Assimilate it!"
Whoosh!
Rich wood-elemental Power of Origin surged and spread into every part of Meng Lei's body, including his limbs and every nook and cranny...
The assimilation process came to an end half an hour later.
Meng Lei balled up his fists. His physical strength had become greater, and his defenses stronger. His life force had also become more vigorous, and his cells even more active.
Upon looking at his stats interface, what Meng Lei didn't expect to see was that two of his attributes had changed.
His Ancient Tree of Life assimilation rate had risen by 10% and gone from 26% to 36%—this had come unexpectedly to Meng Lei.
However, it wasn't hard to understand why.
The Ancient Tree of Life bloodline was ultimately a botanical bloodline. It was completely within logic and reason that assimilating the wood-origin divine body would end up increasing the bloodline's assimilation rate.
The second change was in his Physical Body Constitution attribute.
Physical Body Constitution: Metal-Origin Divine Body (Great Mastery), Wood-Origin Divine Body (1%)
This particular change didn't come as much as a surprise, though.
"1% assimilation rate? System, raise it to 100%!" Meng Lei ordered.
Whoosh!
His Wealth decreased by 100 million Divinity Crystals.
A strong, torrential surge of wood-elemental Power of Origin immediately erupted from him. It gave off rich life force, causing the plants around him to grow in a frenzy as if they had been injected with steroids.
A look at Meng Lei again revealed a green glow circling around him. Wood-elemental Power of Origin fused into his cells in a frenzy, flowing into his limbs and every corner of his body.
That was what it looked like from a macroscopic view.
From a microscopic view, the golden cells—that had previously been fully formed from metal-elemental Power of Origin—were currently gradually vacating half the space they had taken up and allowing a green color to take over!
Like a bi-colored billiard ball covered in gold and green, each cell was half-golden and half-green in color.
The colors were like gold, yet not gold; like green, yet not green.
They brimmed with a sharp aura of slaughter yet also emanated a rich sense of vitality.
Meng Lei reached out his palm, upon which two bunches of flames manifested. One was golden in color, and the other was green in color.
The aura around them was completely different from each other—the former was sharp and deadly while the latter was filled with life and vitality.
Additionally, following Meng Lei's mental command, the two bunches of flames safely and successfully fused together. Half of it was golden, and half of it was green; it was sharp and deadly, yet also full of life and vitality.
"It seems like it's become even mightier!"
Meng Lei casually extinguished the Netherworld Divine Fire and looked at his stats interface again—the Ancient Tree of Life bloodline assimilation rate had increased again. This time, it had increased by a whole 30% and gone from 36% to 66%.
What an astonishing increase this was!
One must know that because the Ancient Tree of Life bloodline was an Ancient God Bloodline, boosting it by every 1% required 100 million Divinity Crystals. Now that it had increased by 30%, this meant that Meng Lei had managed to save 3 billion Divinity Crystals!
What a huge bargain that was!
"I feel like my divine body has also strengthened greatly. I wonder how far it has gone?"
A puzzled Meng Lei asked, "System, how much does it cost to enhance my divine body?"
"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 4 billion Divinity Crystals," replied the system coldly.
Meng Lei was a little disappointed upon hearing the system's response. To think his divine body still hadn't reached Great Perfection-level yet even though his wood-origin divine body had already attained Great Mastery-level!
However, the enhancement cost had certainly decreased from the previously-quoted 12 billion Divinity Crystals to the current 4 billion Divinity Crystals. From this, one could see that Meng Lei's divine body had indeed improved by a great deal.
Meng Lei was just about to give the order for enhancement when he suddenly noticed the 66% Ancient Tree of Life bloodline assimilation rate out of the corner of his eye. A thought involuntarily occurred to him.
If I raise the Ancient Tree of Life bloodline assimilation rate to 100%...
Meng Lei gave the order right away. "System, raise my Ancient Tree of Life bloodline to 100%!"
Whoosh!
His wealth decreased by 3.4 billion Divinity Crystals in an instant.
Boom!
A strong, torrential surge of green fog instantly gushed out of Meng Lei, and he involuntarily transformed into an Ancient Tree of Life.
Then, as though he was riding a rocket, Meng Lei entered a frenzied growth spurt!
,500,000 feet, 9,000,000 feet, 9,200,000 feet, 9,500,000 feet...
In no time, Meng Lei had broken through the 10,000,000-feet-tall mark and grown into a massive tree that towered in between the heavens and earth. Green fog rose around him while golden and green glows circled around him, lighting up the whole area a million miles of where he was.
"What a terrifying aura!"
"A huge treasure has emerged into the world over there! Quick, let's go over!
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Chapter 353: A Mid-Level Ancient God, On Par With A Chief God
What kind of concept was a height of 10,000,000 feet?
,000,000 feet = 3,000 kilometers!
The linear distance from Harbin to Yunnan was just a little more than 3,000 kilometers. From this, one could see just how tall Meng Lei currently was! Coupled with the bi-colored gold and green light he was giving off, it was as if the multicolored radiance of the sun was circling around him during this majestic and phenomenal scene!
It was the very picture of a great treasure emerging into the world, as well as an unusual natural phenomenon when viewed from afar. Not only did it attract the Boundless Plane's native beings, but it also attracted a fair number of experts from other existential planes.
All the experts raced toward the area without even a moment's pause, wishing they had been born with two extra legs!
Meng Lei didn't notice any of these—he was currently taking in his divine body changes. His divine body's hardiness had obviously improved substantially. On top of that, his life force had also become thousands of times more vigorous.
"What a powerful presence! And what a robust life force!"
Dodola was so shocked that it simply had to fly out of the Tower of Time. The astoundment in its eyes was barely concealable as it exclaimed, "Kid, you've actually really broken through to become a Great Perfection deity! How unfathomable!"
Dodola's words caught Meng Lei's attention, and he asked, "Has my divine body already become comparable to that of a Great Perfection deity, Dodola?"
"There's no mistaking that presence of yours!"
Dodola nodded repeatedly and said, "Even though I've long since been acquainted with your ability to inexplicably power up, I still can't help but become astounded as I watch with my own two eyes you grow step by step into what you are now!"
"Hahaha, haven't you gotten used to it yet?"
Meng Lei then looked at his stats interface.
Host: Meng Lei
Race: Human (Primeval Bloodline: Primordial Human 36%, Assimilated Bloodlines: Gods-Slaying Rat Youth, Divine Netherworld Phoenix Youth, Hundred-Armed Giant Youth, Ancient Tree of Life Juvenile, Frost God Juvenile, Grim Reaper Juvenile)
Wealth: 22.5 billion Divinity Crystals
Physical Body Constitution: Metal-Origin Divine Body (Great Mastery), Wood-Origin Divine Body (Great Mastery)
Spirit: Higher Deity (Mid-Grade)
Power of Divinity: 200 Divinity Crystals
Laws of Nature:
Triple-Elemental Fusion: Wind-Light-Dark (0.1%), Metal-Wood-Earth (0.1%), Earth-Wood-Thunder (0.1%), Metal-Dark-Ice (0.1%), Earth-Water-Metal (0.1%)
Quadruple-Elemental Fusion: Ice-Metal-Dark-Fire (0.1%), Earth-Water-Fire-Light (0.1%)
Innate Special Abilities: Teleportation, Dark-Elemental Transformation, Thunder-Elemental Transformation, Transfer, Absolute Zero, Rise From The Ashes, Mysterious Ice of The Depths, Grim Reaper's Eye (Ultimate-Grade), Netherworld Divine Fire (Ultimate-Grade)
"My personal attributes can be said to be extremely extravagant now!
"I have the Ancient God-grade Primordial Human bloodline, Ancient Tree of Life bloodline, as well as many other bloodlines;
"A metal-origin divine body and a wood-origin divine body;
"A powerful and robust body that rivals that of a Great Perfection-level deity;
"As well as great riches that amount to 22.5 billion Divinity Crystals, fairly excellent laws of nature comprehension, and many different types of special abilities!
"I've become even more powerful!"
Meng Lei couldn't help but think back to his shabby-looking personal attributes back when he had first obtained the system.
Host: Meng Lei
Race: Human
Wealth: 0
Physical Body Constitution: Normal Human Being (0.5/10)
Spirit: Normal Human Being (1/10)
Others: None
The two were practically as different as night and day. There was no comparability between the two at all!
"I was totally a 5-point fighter[1] back then!
"Yet ten years haven't even gone by, and I'm already standing at the pinnacle of the gods and possess strength capable of contending with Great Perfection-level higher deities!
"The whole journey has been like a dream, but it's still not enough yet. Far from enough!
"I will become the most powerful existence in the whole universe!"
As he returned his attention to the stats interface, he realized that there were still a lot of things that he needed to spend on. After all, every attribute enhancement required him to spend Divinity Crystals by the billion now.
For example, if he wanted to enhance his bloodlines, then each would cost him 10 billion Divinity Crystals. The 22.5 billion Divinity Crystals he currently had were only enough for him to enhance two bloodlines.
Or, for example, if he wanted to enhance his Physical Body Constitution...
Meng Lei asked curiously, "System, how many Divinity Crystals would it cost to enhance my body?"
"Ding! The host's divine body is currently on par with that of a low-level Ancient God and will rival that of a mid-level Ancient God's after enhancement. Enhancement cost is estimated at 1 trillion Divinity Crystals."
"1... trillion?"
Meng Lei couldn't help but gasp. "What a crazy number! It's understandable, though—mid-level Ancient Gods are existences that can contend with Chief Gods after all."
Great Perfection deities were also known as Ancient Gods.
This was an amazing and miraculous cultivation stage because powerful Ancient Gods were capable of contending with Chief Gods.
Mere Ancient Gods were definitely no match for Chief Gods. However, things would be completely different for Ancient Gods who had comprehended supreme laws of nature. They were fully capable of contending with Chief Gods!
Take the Chief God of Time, for example!
Although the Chief God of Time had only comprehended some time-based laws of nature, he had been able to contend against the weakest Chief Gods—and the "weakest" in question here was referring to lesser Chief Gods!
If the Chief God of Time's prowess in time-based laws of nature had become higher and higher, he would also have become more and more powerful, and he would have been able to contend against an intermediate Chief God!
In fact... He would have been able to contend against a higher Chief God!
To be more accurate, the power comparison between an Ancient God and a Chief God was as follows:
Low-level Ancient God (Zero) Chief God;
Mid-level Ancient God (Superficial) = Lesser Chief God;
High-level Ancient God (Half) = Intermediate Chief God;
Supreme Ancient God (Full) = Higher Chief God;
The "zero", "superficial", "half", and "full" terms here indicated the Ancient God's degree of comprehension in supreme laws of nature. "" indicated "weaker than" while "=" indicated "on equal terms with".
Strictly speaking, the Ancient God system was actually the true cultivation system that all the deities in the Void had to go through.
In ascending order, the system went as such:
Mortal, Saint Domain, half-deity, true god, lesser deity, intermediate deity, higher deity, low-level Ancient God, mid-level Ancient God, high-level Ancient God, Supreme Ancient God.
As for Chief Gods...
Ha!
They were but just a group of lucky ones that had the fortune to obtain a Chief God divine core. It was because they had assimilated Chief God divine cores that the Chief Gods managed to climb on top of all the deities. That was how the "Chief God" stage that stood on top of all the deities in the Void had forcibly come into existence!
But in reality, it was impossible for one to attain Chief Godhood through cultivation. No matter how hard deities cultivated, the most they could ever be were just Ancient Gods and not Chief Gods. Only those that had assimilated Chief God divine cores could become Chief Gods.
"My current body is comparable to that of a low-level Ancient God—in other words, an ordinary Great Perfection higher deity. If I go through another bout of enhancement, it'll become like a mid-level Ancient God's!"
Meng Lei muttered to himself, "A mid-level Ancient God is comparable to a lesser Chief God... Tsk, tsk. A lesser Chief God, y'know! That's an existence that truly stands at the pinnacle of the gods!"
Therefore, although the 1 trillion Divinity Crystals price was certainly ridiculous, it was also completely understandable. After all, this was a Chief God they were talking about here!
Of course, while understandable, this didn't mean that Meng Lei was willing to fork out that much money. Perhaps attaining the same result via comprehending supreme laws of nature instead would be much cheaper?
Meng Lei suddenly asked, "How many Great Perfection experts are there in total in the vast universe?"
"Not many," Dodola shook its head slightly and said, "There are no more than 100 real Great Perfection deities in the vast universe. They are rarer than even Chief Gods!"
"'Real Great Perfection'?"
Meng Lei was puzzled by Dodola's answer.
"By 'real Great Perfection', I'm referring to the higher deities that have comprehended five basic types of laws of nature and fully fused them into one."
Dodola emphasized, "There are no more than 100 of such Great Perfection deities. Of course, if we're talking about pseudo-Great Perfection deities like you instead, then there are a ton of them out there!"
"Pseudo-Great Perfection deities?"
Black lines filled Meng Lei's forehead.
"The so-called 'pseudo-Great Perfection deities' are higher deities that possess Great Perfection-level combat power, but do not possess the corresponding state of cultivation."
A smiling Dodola said, "For example, those whose bodies are comparable to Great Perfection deities; those who own Chief God-level divine weapons and equipment; or other existences whose combat power is comparable to a Great Perfection deity's.
"To sum it up, there are many pseudo-Great Perfection deities that lack the Great Perfection state of cultivation itself but possess combat power comparable to a Great Perfection deity's in the Void!"
"I see."
Meng Lei nodded slightly. Then, he asked, "What about Great Perfection deities that have comprehended supreme laws of nature? How many are there?"
"That's simply too rare!"
Dodola shook its head and said, "I told you, there are no more than 100 real Great Perfection deities in existence, among whom there are even fewer that have comprehended supreme laws of nature.
"Aside from the fact that it's extremely difficult to comprehend supreme laws of nature, another important factor is that the five basic types of laws of nature that they've comprehended—because of their natural aptitude—are not the right ones."
Meng Lei had no words for that.
Choosing any five of the ten basic laws of nature to fuse together would lead to a total of 252 fusion combinations. This meant that there were theoretically 252 types of Great Perfection deities.
However, only five fusion combinations led to the formation of supreme laws of nature at the moment:
Time-based laws of nature: Thunder, fire, wind, light, and dark;
Spatial laws of nature: Metal, wood, earth, water, and fire;
Life laws of nature: Earth, wood, thunder, light, and water;
Destruction laws of nature: Thunder, ice, metal, dark, and fire;
Death laws of nature: Metal, dark, ice, wind, and earth;
As of now, it was still unknown whether or not supreme laws of nature could form from other fusion combinations—because no one had attempted it yet.
After all, there were only no more than 100 real Great Perfection deities in existence!
However, it wasn't hard for one to imagine that it must definitely be impossible to comprehend supreme laws of nature through most of the fusion combinations. Had it been possible, people would already have comprehended them a long time ago.
This led to many Great Perfection deities' inability to comprehend supreme laws of nature at all, simply because the five basic types of laws of nature that they had fused together was incorrect in the first place...
Something worth mentioning here was that aptitude was something necessary for a deity to comprehend laws of nature. Without the corresponding aptitude for laws of nature, it was useless no matter how hard one tried to comprehend them. One couldn't just comprehend whichever laws of nature they wanted to!
It was apparent from this that it was very difficult for anyone to attain Great Perfection level. As for comprehending supreme laws of nature, it was even harder. Not only did it require hard work, but it also required talent.
Or rather... It required luck!
These reasons led to the situation where only a pitiful few Great Perfection deities had comprehended supreme laws of nature. Exceptionally talented deities like the God of Time that possessed a talent for the five types of laws of nature—thunder, fire, wind, light, and dark—and had fully comprehended and fused them together were simply too rare!
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Chapter 354: Three Sets Of Wealth, Quintuple-Elemental Fusion
Most of the people did not have any magic talent.
Those that possessed such magic talent were in the minority, mostly single- or double-elemental.
Triple-elementals were extremely rare, less the quadruple-elementals. As for the quintuple-elementals... they were one in a billion.
And those that possessed the required five elements for the supreme laws of nature were even rarer.
Of course, there were also other reasons like possessing the talent, but they had no chance to cultivate, or dying prematurely, and so on.
These reasons made higher deities of Great Perfection-level who could comprehend the supreme laws of nature so rare. They could be counted by one hand.
Dodola sighed. "They said there is always a way out. The heavens allowed ordinary living things to cultivate to Great Perfection level, but this opportunity is way too slim."
"Indeed, that's just almost impossible." Meng Lei nodded. "This shows how great the God of Time truly was!"
"Duh!"
Dodola snorted, looking as though it said, "I told you that the God of Time was impressive, but you refused to believe it. What else can I do?"
Meng Lei snickered. "Dodola, now that I'm at the level of Great Perfection isn't it time to pass whatever the God of Time had to me?"
"You haven't completed the test—"
Dodola did not hesitate to reject that proposal, and Meng Lei cut it off quickly. "It's better to offer timely assistance than to put the icing on the cake. By the time I become a Chief God, I might not appreciate your gift if you decide to hand over that wealth."
That was true—no matter how impressive the God of Time was, it was only on par with a lesser Chief God. How much wealth would it possess?
It was at most approximately the same as a lesser Chief God, which would be a lot for Meng Lei currently.
However, as Meng Lei advanced further, this wealth would depreciate infinitely. If Meng Lei became an intermediate Chief God, or further up to a higher Chief God, he would no longer be satisfied by that wealth of the God of Time...
An icing to the cake was not comparable to providing timely assistance. Hence, now was the best time to give him that wealth.
Dodola was smart as it understood the key to it immediately. "Wow, so now you're starting to dare threaten me already!"
"Threaten? How was that threatening?" Meng Lei waved his hands. "I'm just stating the facts."
"Hmph! Stop bluffing me!" Dodola rolled its eyes and continued, "Though I'm not pleased with your threat, I must admit that what you said made sense! So..."
Meng Lei's eyes lit up.
"So, I've decided to hand over the wealth of the God of Time!" Dodola showed a strange smile. "But before I hand it over, I must tell you that the God of Time controlled the time-based laws of nature. What he did best was finding treasures and looting treasuries. Thus, his wealth will be beyond your imagination!"
"Hehe, the more, the merrier!"
Meng Lei's eyes shone even brighter.
Dodola curled its lips as an opening split open on the grass patch it was stepping on. A secret compartment appeared with a delicate little box inside.
Meng Lei grabbed the box in its hands and could not wait to open it. With the sound of a click, the box opened. A spatial ring sat quietly inside as Meng Lei picked it up and released his divine cognition...
"What the heck!?"
Meng Lei was stunned at once.
"See? Are you shocked now?"
Dodola had an expression as if its evil plan worked.
Meng Lei kept quiet for a while before glaring at Dodola.
"Dodola, you tricked me!"
"What trick? That's gone too far!" Dodola got a little angry.
"Weren't you the one?"
Meng Lei took out the spatial ring's wealth—there was only an irregular crystal emanating glows of five different colors.
Meng Lei became angry. "That's all there is for the God of Time's wealth? One laws of nature fragment? What are you trying to do?"
"Er..."
Dodola paused and smacked its head. "Oh, look at my memory. How could I forget such an important matter? I deserve to be beaten up."
"What else do you have to say?"
Meng Lei's expression turned sour as he felt he was played like a fool.
"Listen carefully." Dodola became serious. "The wealth that the God of Time had left for you definitely wasn't just this laws of nature fragment. It's just that the other riches are not with me."
"Not with you? What do you mean?"
Meng Lei was stunned.
"In those years when that powerful existence was hunting the God of Time, due to the worry of his wealth might fall into that existence's hands, he split it up and hid it away."
Dodola said solemnly, "The wealth was split into three groups hidden in three different places. Every single one of them was worth an intermediate Chief God's lifelong savings!"
"There's so much?"
Meng Lei's eyes lit up again.
"Do you know why the God of Time was being pursued in the past?" Dodola snorted. "That was because other than stealing the high-end existential plane seed, the God of Time also looted that existence's treasury. And that was a higher Chief God!"
Gasp!
Meng Lei gasped. "The God of Time had the guts to steal from a higher Chief God? That was a little too bold!"
"That was why he died!" Dodola got a little emotional. "You must learn that lesson and never end up the same way as him!"
"No need to worry, I'm really afraid of death. Without enough capabilities, I'll never instigate something with anyone more powerful than me." Meng Lei shook his head. "Oh yes, where were the three sets of wealth hidden?"
"Two are pretty far. Let's not mention them yet," Dodola said. "The nearest from here is in the Opus Mountains in the Thunderbolt Divine Realm."
"Thunderbolt Divine Realm!" Meng Lei frowned in an instant. "It's over there... Now, this is rather troublesome. But it should be fine if I do a makeover and leave with that set of wealth."
"It's not much of an issue for you."
Dodola nodded. Meng Lei had many bloodlines. As long as he could enter the Thunderbolt Divine Realm secretly, who would recognize him?
"Once this trip in the Boundless Plane is over, I'll head to the Thunderbolt Divine Realm and retrieve those treasures."
Meng Lei's eyes were sparkling. The wealth was similar to an intermediate Chief God, so it was too much for him to miss out on.
"Before you go, you must comprehend the time-based laws of nature first." Dodola pointed to that piece of laws of nature fragment and continued. "The three sets of wealth are hidden in time fluxes. If you have not yet comprehended the time-based laws of nature, you won't get those riches."
"Comprehend the time-based laws of nature?"
Meng Lei looked at the laws of nature fragment, which emanated glows of five colors—it was clearly a quintuple-elemental fusion laws of nature fragment. Meng Lei could tell it was the five elements, Thunder, Fire, Wind, Light, and Dark, which were required to comprehend the time-based laws of nature.
"This quintuple-elemental fusion laws of nature fragment is the key to those riches. It will only be possible to obtain that wealth once you have completely understood the time-based laws of nature," Dodola said slowly.
"As long as I have the laws of nature fragment, anything would be easy!" Meng Lei chuckled as he ordered, "System, plunder the quintuple-elemental fusion laws of nature."
Of course, he could slowly comprehend the laws of nature within this fragment, but that would have been too slow. Hence, he opted to plunder directly. He believed that it would work since Super Plunder could steal anything.
"Ding! Plundering target: Quintuple-elemental Fusion Laws of Nature Fragment. Target substance: Quintuple-elemental Fusion Laws of Nature."
The system said coldly, "Ding! Plunder cost: 6 Divinity Crystals. Will you plunder it?"
"Plunder it!"
Whoosh!
Strange energy shrouded the laws of nature fragment. Within a blink of an eye, the five-colored glow was gone while the laws of nature fragment became white dust. The fragment then turned into white dust, sliding off Meng Lei's fingers like white sand.
At the same time, a deluge of information flooded Meng Lei's mind like a movie being played.
Meng Lei quickly started to comprehend the information.
Speaking of prowess in the comprehension of laws of nature, Meng Lei was a weirdo who understood ten basic laws of nature. With just that, he was the only one in the entire universe who could do it.
Other than that, he comprehended a few dozen double-elemental fusion laws of nature, four kinds of triple-elemental fusion laws of nature, and two kinds of quadruple-elemental fusion laws of nature.
However, after comprehending so many laws of nature, Meng Lei had not yet been introduced to the quintuple-elemental fusion laws of nature. Since he met one here, he would naturally become serious in comprehending it.
"Quickly! The priceless treasure is over there!"
"Faster! Before others beat us to it!"
At that moment, a bunch of uninvited guests arrived. They were a thousand feet tall, wearing golden armor and holding giant axes or hammers, while they appeared to have elephant heads and a human body.
Each of them emitted a savage, violent aura, just like gigantic humanoid elephants.
"Where's the priceless treasure? Where is it?"
These Elephant-Men moved around swiftly, but they could not see the priceless treasure. Instead, they saw Meng Lei, who had returned to his human form, making them mad.
"Damn it! No matter how much we rushed, someone still beat us to it!"
"Kill him! Snatch the priceless treasure back! Then leave at once!"
"Kill!"
The current Meng Lei was focused on comprehending the laws of nature, and thus his aura became as ordinary as an average Joe—there was absolutely no sense of power.
Hence, the Elephant-Men attacked.
They drew their giant axes and war hammers and swung at Meng Lei, aiming to end things quickly by killing Meng Lei and leaving immediately.
Bam, bam, bam!
Heavy weapons like axes and hammers landed on Meng Lei's body without any damage done, but it woke up Meng Lei.
"Ugh! Damn it!"
Meng Lei was immersed in the complex quintuple-elemental fusion laws of nature. Once he completed this comprehension, he could buy credit to upgrade it to 100%.
By then, he would have completely comprehended the quintuple-elemental fusion laws of nature and achieved a Great Perfection-level domain.
A Great Perfection-level divine body and a Great Perfection-level domain would make Meng Lei a true Great Perfection expert!
Such a wonderful thing... interrupted as he was woken up.
Meng Lei suddenly had a feeling of destroying everything. "You f*cking bastards! How dare you all spoil my comprehension process! Die! All of you deserve death!"
A raging aura exploded like huge tidal waves. Rumbling sounds echoed as the Elephant-Men who attacked him were thrown away instantly.
"Ugh!"
All of them were coughing up blood incessantly as horror peaked among them.
"W-what a terrifying aura!"
"Sh*t! We've run into the wall this time!"
"Run! Just run! He's too powerful!"
At their cultivation level, they were not dumb. They knew that Meng Lei was not someone they could mess with once they finally sensed Meng Lei's true aura.
And so they ran.
"Escape? Come here!"
The God's Domain spread out and imprisoned every Elephant-Man. Meng Lei raised his palm and slapped each of them like flies.
Crack!
Crack!
Crack!
All the Elephant-Men exploded...
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Chapter 355: Contest Between Two Sides, Angels and Behemoths
A commoner's rage would lead to blood splattering three feet away.
An emperor's rage would lead to a flowing river of blood with floating shields.
Meng Lei's rage would lead to the heaven fall and the earth rend.
Crack!
Crack!
Crack!
Each Elephant-Man was smashed into a bloody pulp as over 30 clouds of bloody mist combined for an incredibly bloody scene.
"A bunch of trash!"
Meng Lei kept the Elephant-Men's bodies and separated their divine cores before he destroyed their divine spirits amidst petrified begging sounds.
"Ding! 1 Giant Elephant-Man killed. 920 million Divinity Crystals gained!"
"Ding! 1 Giant Elephant-Man killed. 64 million Divinity Crystals gained!"
"Ding! 1 Giant Elephant-Man killed. 62.5 million Divinity Crystals gained!"
"Ding..."
The Giant Elephant Gods were one of the ten great godly clans who enjoyed the same status as the Colossal Dragon Gods, the Titan Gods, the Angel Gods, and the Frost Gods.
Meng Lei might be cautious in the past, but he would not think much of them now.
At present, Meng Lei held his breath in concentration before he continued comprehending the laws of nature flooding into his mind.
However, like a leaking house caught in an overnight rain, misfortune rarely came singly as another group of uninvited visitors arrived shortly.
They wore milky-white armors, with huge swords of light and four pairs of snowy-white feathered wings. They emanated a holy aura—angels, they were all eight-winged angels!
"Where's the great treasure?"
"The phenomenon disappeared too!"
"He must have taken the treasure!"
Whoosh!
The eight-winged angels swept their glances toward Meng Lei as murderous intent flashed across their eyes. That unusual phenomenon was so mythical that the treasure must be extraordinary. Hence, it attracted them here.
Yet now, the treasure was nowhere to be seen. Meng Lei's presence here must have meant that he got that treasure.
"Kid, hand the great treasure, and we can let you live!"
The leading eight-winged angel bellowed coldly. That was Rodd Gabriel, an elder of the Gabriel Angel Gods in the Thunderbolt Divine Realm. He was also a Highest Order Angel—Seraph.
However, Meng Lei ignored him as he focused on understanding the quintuple-elemental fusion laws of nature.
Rodd Gabriel's face became awful. Just as he was about to get mad, another eight-winged angel said suddenly, "Oh no, someone else is here!"
"Mm?"
Rodd Gabriel looked in another direction and saw a group rushing toward their direction. He recognized them instantly. "Damn it! It's the Bahamut Behemoth Gods! These smelly chimpanzees are attracted here too!"
"The Bahamut Behemoth Gods!" A commotion erupted among the angels. "Elder, what do we do now?"
"The great treasure is ours, and no one shall snatch it away from us!" Rodd Gabriel yelled. "Protect him, and don't let these monkeys take him away no matter what!"
"Yes, Elder!"
The other angels replied with an affirmative as they surrounded Meng Lei to—yes—protect him.
"It's you!"
The behemoths of the Bahamut Behemoth Gods arrived shortly. They frowned once they saw the Gabriel Angel Gods.
They were a thousand feet tall, their golden fur stood up like steel needles, and their solid muscles were bulging like rocks that were full of explosive strength.
"So it's the hypocritical birds!" The leading golden behemoth had a sour face. "And it seems that the priceless treasure has fallen into your hands?"
His name was Ludwig Bahamut, an elder of the Bahamut Behemoth Gods in the Thunderbolt Divine Realm, a powerful high-level Primordial Behemoth King!
"Of course!"
Rodd Gabriel sneered. "The great treasure is already ours, Ludwig. Why don't you leave since you came late?"
Ludwig's heart sank a little—the unusual phenomenon that came with the arrival of the treasure happened not long ago, yet, these birdmen were quick to beat them to such an extraordinary treasure.
But, since we're here, why should we return empty-handed?
With that thought, Ludwig replied coldly, "Rodd, since the commotion over it was huge, the treasure must be extraordinary. Why don't you show everyone?"
"The great treasure is ours. And it has nothing to do with you. If you don't wish to sever our relations, leave immediately!" Rodd Gabriel said coldly.
"All I wanted was to have a glimpse of it. Why so nervous?" Ludwig said indifferently, "There's a saying that, 'All that catches sight of it should be entitled to a share'. Since we're here already, we can't just leave empty-handed, right?"
"What do you want?"
Rodd Gabriel's face darkened.
"Bring out the treasure, and we'll split evenly!" Ludwig let the cat out of the bag. "How about that?"
"You really want a fight, do you, Ludwig?" Rodd Gabriel said as rage mounted.
"Rodd, if you know what's good for you, hand the priceless treasure immediately!" Ludwig's true intentions revealed themselves. "Or else, I don't mind leaving all of you lying around here!"
"You foul monkey, you're too much! If you want the treasure that bad, let's see if you have the capabilities to snatch it from us!" Rodd Gabriel bellowed as a gigantic holy sword appeared in his hand. He pointed the tip at Ludwig, a cold glint flashing across the blade's surface.
"We've not met for so long, and you've grown to be aggressive. Fine, I'll play this game with you today!"
Ludwig waved off the rest of the behemoths before he shot forward. "Come on, Rodd! Let me see whether you have improved after all these years!"
"You're going too far!" Rodd yelled.
He prepared to meet Ludwig with his sword. Just as a fierce battle seemed inevitable, Meng Lei opened his eyes suddenly.
"Are you guys done already?"
Meng Lei's voice was not too loud, but it was clear enough to be heard by everyone. The angels and behemoths looked toward him.
"Who's there?"
Both Ludwig and Rodd stopped at the same time before their battle started, and they looked at Meng Lei with surprised looks.
Meng Lei was furious, like a volcano ready to erupt anytime. He swept a glance over the bunch of angels and behemoths and demanded, "If you all don't come up with a plausible explanation, I'll make sure you stay here for eternity!"
"Little fellow, who are you to speak to us like that?" Ludwig snorted coldly. "If the priceless treasure is with you, hand it over! Or else, I'll devour you alive!"
"Eat me? Aren't you afraid that you'll break your teeth?"
Meng Lei scoffed.
"You have a death wish!"
A terrifying aura emanated from Ludwig, sending the eight-winged angels surrounding Meng Lei flying. Ludwig took only a step to reach before Meng Lei.
He then swung his gigantic hairy palm toward Meng Lei's head. Any ordinary person would have been crushed by it.
As usual, though, Meng Lei did not attempt to dodge at all as he watched the gigantic palm crashing on his head.
Bam!
With a muffled bang, Ludwig's hand bounced off Meng Lei's head. The head seemed perfectly fine as Meng Lei stood casually in the same spot.
"How can this be?!"
Feeling the numbness from the palm that struck Meng Lei, Ludwig's eyes were wide open as if he had seen a ghost. Horror and inconceivability filled his eyes.
How was it possible that he could not even move Meng Lei's head with his strike? What kind of joke was that?
"Only this little strength?" Meng Lei mocked. "It's not even enough to tickle me, and you wanted to eat me? Maybe you don't mind becoming the joke of the Thunderbolt Divine Realm!"
Ludwig would have become terribly enraged by now after being mocked like that. However, cold sweat broke out of Ludwig's back while his heart sank.
"W-who are you?" Ludwig asked in a low voice. He had a bad feeling that he might have run into a wall this time.
"The dead don't have to know!"
Meng Lei shook his head as he appeared right in front of Ludwig like a specter and poked a finger on Ludwig's forehead.
Splurt!
A bloody hole appeared.
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Chapter 356: Fusing Them Into One, Time-Based Laws of Nature
"Noooo!"
Ludwig froze on the spot as indignation and despair filled his eyes. No matter what, he'd never have ever thought that he, an elder of the Bahamut Behemoth Gods and a powerful high-level Primordial Behemoth King, would actually die in such a way in a place like this!
Just how miserable was that?
He couldn't accept it!
"How dare you bark madly like a dog in front of me? How presumptuous!" Meng Lei gouged out Ludwig's divine core and took his spatial ring before tossing his dead body to the little golden tree in the Tower of Time.
A system notification rang out at this point.
"Ding! 1 Primordial Behemoth King killed. 920 million Divinity Crystals gained."
"920 million? Not bad!"
Meng Lei smiled in satisfaction. Then, he took out Ludwig's spatial ring and ransacked it, earning another 800 to 900 million Divinity Crystals in the process. Sweet!
It was only after he was done with all that that Meng Lei finally turned to the other Behemoths and Angels.
"Is there anyone that's still looking for the great treasure now?" asked Meng Lei aloofly.
All the Behemoths and Angels had long since been scared witless. They shook their heads vehemently at his question.
"No, I don't want it anymore!"
"We don't want the treasure anymore! We were blind to have affronted you just now, sir. Please be magnanimous and let us off!"
"You don't want it anymore? I've already prepared a treasure for you, yet you actually don't want it? What a waste of my painstaking effort! You should die for that! All of you!"
Meng Lei let out a cold snort. Innumerable green-gold spears of fire appeared out of nowhere and turned into a storm of arrows that shot toward them from every direction.
"Noooo!"
"Spare me, sir!"
A round of arrows later, be it the 20-odd Behemoths or the 30 or so Angels, all of them had turned into swiss cheese. Even Rodd Gabriel, the Seraph and Highest Order Angel, was no exception.
Gouging out their divine cores, collecting their bodies, destroying their divine spirits, ransacking their spatial rings—the whole procedure was a walk in the park for Meng Lei, who made a net profit of 400 million Divinity Crystals. He had earned yet another sum of money!
"Awesome!"
Meng Lei, who was in a fantastic mood, then discovered that a group of people was currently staring at him with visible shock and horror in their eyes—it was the Fairy Goddess and the others.
Evidently, the "treasure emergence" phenomenon had also attracted them over.
Meng Lei smiled at the Fairy Goddess in greeting and then teleported and left. The goddesses heaved long sighs of relief as they watched him leave, fear lingering in their hearts.
"A lunatic! That guy's a lunatic!"
"First, he slaughtered all 28 people from the Haber Colossal Dragon Gods, and now he's killed 31 people from the Gabriel Angel Gods and 29 people from the Bahamut Behemoth Gods!"
"Isn't he afraid that he'll become the Divine Realm's public enemy and attract all the major godly clans' mad revenge on him?"
"So bold! So audacious! So perverse! That guy's no different from a madman!"
The goddesses had received quite the shock.
The three major godly clans!
Those were juggernauts that stood at the pinnacle of Thunderbolt Divine Realm's pyramid of power and had Chief Gods protecting them!
Who would dare to offend them?
Nobody!
Yet not only had Meng Lei offended them, but he had even so wantonly slaughtered the three major godly clans' pillars of support. Just how bold must he be in order to do something so crazy?
"Is he really only 25, Diana?"
Laws of Nature:
Double-Elemental Fusion: ...
Triple-Elemental Fusion: ...
Quadruple-Elemental Fusion: ...
Quintuple-Elemental Fusion: Thunder-Fire-Wind-Light-Dark (0.1%)
"System, raise my Thunder-Fire-Wind-Light-Dark quintuple-elemental fusion laws of nature assimilation rate!"
"Ding! Raising a quintuple-elemental fusion laws of nature's assimilation rate by 1% requires 120 million Divinity Crystals," the system asked coldly, "May I know whether you'd like to raise it?"
"In other words, raising it to 100% requires 12 billion Divinity Crystals? Say no more, raise it!"
Whoosh!
His wealth decreased by 12 billion Divinity Crystals in an instant.
At the same time, a surging torrent of data gushed into Meng Lei's mind like waters from a breached dam and lashed furiously against his divine spirit flame.
Fortunately, Meng Lei's divine spirit was powerful enough, and its storage capacity and operational capacity far exceeded what they had been in the past. Otherwise, he really might not have been able to withstand the impact and end up becoming mentally disabled.
Even so, Meng Lei still felt giddy and dizzy as though back when he had stayed at an Internet cafe for three days and three nights straight and ended up mentally exhausted to the extreme.
"Damn! To think there's actually such a vast amount of data! I can't handle it anymore!" Meng Lei turned pale with fright and hastily barked, "System, enhance my divine spirit!"
"Ding! The host's divine spirit is currently comparable to a mid-level higher deity's and will rival that of a high-level higher deity's after enhancement. Enhancement cost is estimated at 900 million Divinity Crystals," the system asked coldly, "Will you enhance it?"
"Yes, enhance it!"
Upon his command, a wave of golden energy flowed into his sea of consciousness and toward his divine spirit flame. The moment the two made contact, the intensity of his divine spirit flame instantly surged as though it had been doused with a bucket of petrol.
It doubled, tripled, quadrupled...
At the same time, Meng Lei also felt his exhaustion clearly ebbing away. His consciousness became clearer and clearer, and his woozy mind also gradually regained clarity...
"Whew~"
Meng Lei rubbed his temples as he remarked, "No wonder only Great Perfection-level divine spirits can fuse five types of laws of nature together. There's simply too vast an amount of data involved in the fusion!"
Meng Lei took some time to have a quiet rest. After a long while, when he had more or less recuperated, he finally began to look through the laws of nature information in his mind.
Meng Lei wasn't disappointed—the five types of laws of nature had fused together perfectly!
This was a true blue fusion!
It wasn't like a simple intertwining of five different strings. Rather, it was a perfect blend that made no distinction between one and the other and no longer displayed five different colors!
They had ultimately come together to form an all-new... golden color—or rather, an all-new type of golden laws of nature!
The all-new type of golden laws of nature was not as dazzling, resplendent, ostentatious, and sonorous as metal-elemental laws of nature. Rather, it brimmed with an aura that was eternal, immortal, detached, and noble.
"An all-new type of laws of nature was born after the five types of laws of nature—thunder, fire, wind, light, and dark—were perfectly fused together. So, are these golden laws of nature time-based laws of nature?
A thread of golden chains made out of laws of nature formed at Meng Lei's fingertip with a thought. It gave off a profound and enigmatic aura of time.
Dodola had always paid close attention to Meng Lei at all times. At the sight of the golden laws of nature chains at his fingertip, it flew right out of the Tower of Time.
"Time-based laws of nature! That's time-based laws of nature!"
Dodola could hardly suppress its surprise and elation. It was so worked up that it nearly broke into tears. "How many years has it been? I'm finally seeing time-based laws of nature..."
"Is this time-based laws of nature, Dodola?" murmured Meng Lei softly, his agitation barely concealable.
"The dimensions rule over all, while time is honored above all; when life and death are absent, destruction shall reign!"
Dodola couldn't get any more agitated. It said, "Back then, Master had fused thunder, fire, wind, light, and dark-elemental laws of nature into one and successfully gave birth to time-based laws of nature. It was exactly this type of subtle and understated eternal gold. I'll never mistake it for anything else!"
"Time-based laws of nature..."
Meng Lei murmured as he glanced at the stats interface. The Laws of Nature comprehension column had indeed changed.
Laws of Nature:
Double-Elemental Fusion: ...
Triple-Elemental Fusion: ...
Quadruple-Elemental Fusion: ...
Quintuple-Elemental Fusion: Thunder-Fire-Wind-Light-Dark (100%)
Supreme Laws of Nature: Time-Based (0.1%)
Time-based laws of nature had been added to the stats interface!
"System, how many Divinity Crystals does it cost to raise my time-based laws of nature comprehension rate?" asked an excited Meng Lei. After all, an Ancient God that had fully comprehended supreme laws of nature would become comparable to a higher Chief God!
A higher Chief God!
Just the thought alone was enough to make one unable to stop themselves!
"Ding! Raising time-based laws of nature assimilation rate by 1% would cost 50 trillion Divinity Crystals," replied the system coldly.
50 t-trillion?"
Meng Lei sucked in a breath of chilly air.
"Raising it by 1% would cost me 50 trillion Divinity Crystals? Oh my god, doesn't that mean that I'll need 5,000 trillion Divinity Crystals to raise it to 100%?!"
Meng Lei could only laugh wryly in response. Even though he had already expected buying credit for supreme laws of nature to cost an astronomical price, he nevertheless didn't expect it to be such a ridiculous price.
1 trillion = 1,000 billion!
This meant that 5,000 trillion would be... 5,000,000 billion!
,000,0000 billion Divinity Crystals!
Meng Lei currently only had 16.5 billion Divinity Crystals. It couldn't even count as spare change for the sum of 5,000 trillion Divinity Crystals!
Buying credit?
To hell with buying credit!
He had better just hurry up and make more money instead!
"But I'm already very satisfied right now after I managed to comprehend time-based laws of nature!" Meng Lei let out a pent-up breath, his eyes filled with joy.
"I really didn't expect you to comprehend time-based laws of nature so quickly!" Dodola had a complex look in its eyes, though it could hardly conceal its joy, too. "Nevertheless, I'd still like to congratulate you!"
"Haha! This is all thanks to the laws of nature fragment that the God of Time left behind." An awfully delighted Meng Lei said, "Thank you, o noble God of Time!"
"You can skip the thanks," Dodola shook its head and said, "All I hope for is that you can do something for me when you've fully comprehended time-based laws of nature in the future!"
"Revive the God of Time?" asked Meng Lei as he raised an eyebrow.
"How did you know that?"
Dodola looked absolutely surprised. It had never brought up the matter to Meng Lei before in the past!
"I guessed it," Meng Lei smiled and said, "Don't worry. If I really can revive the God of Time, I'll definitely do it!"
"Thank you!"
Dodola said sincerely.
"You're standing on ceremony too much."
Meng Lei waved.
"Is it time you deify now, Meng Lei?" asked Dodola all of a sudden.
"If you split off a time-based divine incarnation from yourself by using the time-based laws of nature that you've comprehended as a source of nutrition, that divine incarnation shall possess strength capable of contending with a lower Chief God."
"Deify?"
Meng Lei was stunned at the suggestion. After a long while, he finally said, "Now that I've comprehended time-based laws of nature, it is indeed time that I deify.
"And with a divine incarnation, I'll be able to convert power of faith. However, I feel that it's still not the right time for me to deify just yet."
"You mean..."
Dodola's brows drew together slightly.
"I'll deify when I've fully mastered time-based laws of nature instead!"
Meng Lei had his own concerns, too. What if the time-based divine incarnation wasn't entitled to the system's benefits after he split it off from himself? How was he supposed to buy credit for his time-based laws of nature, then?
Therefore, he'd better put it off a little further. It didn't affect much anyway.
"It's your call!"
Dodola didn't persuade him any further. Meng Lei was already stronger than Dodola and had his own views now.
"It's time to go out and make some money now!"
Meng Lei took a deep breath and said, "I'm very poor and am a total pauper from head to toe right now. I need Divinity Crystals! Lots and lots of Divinity Crystals!"
He was certainly very poor!
The terrifying 5,000 trillion Divinity Crystals price tag weighed down on Meng Lei's heart like a heavy mountain. The only thing on his mind at the moment was making money, lots and lots and lots of money!
"Let's go!"
The moment the thought occurred to him, Meng Lei promptly went to the area where the dimensional gate had appeared. He intended to hunt the experts who were coming from Thunderbolt Divine Realm to the Boundless Plane.
Unfortunately, the dimensional gate had actually vanished. This meant that everyone from Thunderbolt Divine Realm had already entered the Boundless Plane and had already split up and gone to various unknown areas of the plane.
"Damn it. I was too late!"
Meng Lei cursed under his breath. Then, he released his divine cognition into the surroundings and began to search for targets whom he could hunt.
"Eh? There's a melee going on over there!"
Meng Lei teleported over at once, upon which a huge volcano then appeared before his eyes.
The majestic volcano was spewing boiling hot lava and thick, roiling smoke into the vicinity while an intense battle took place above the bubbling lava.
A group of pitch-black Divine Netherworld Phoenixes was currently besieging a crimson-red, Qilin-like[1] beast that had eight horns on its head and six legs below its abdomen!
Dodola explained, "That's an Eight-Horned Fire Unicorn, a type of fire-elemental divine beast. An adult Nine-Horned Fire Unicorn is extremely powerful and possesses strength capable of contending with a high-level Great Demon God!"
"No wonder those Divine Netherworld Phoenixes are besieging the Nine-Horned Fire Unicorn. So it's a fire-elemental divine beast!"
Meng Lei nodded slightly. However, just as he was about to attack, another group of people charged over.
"The Fire Phoenix Gods?"
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Chapter 357: An Intense Clash, Thunder-Origin Divine Body
Like the Titan Gods, Giant Elephant Gods, Behemoth Gods, and Nature Gods, the Fire Phoenix Gods were also one of the ten great godly clans in the deity faction.
Although the Fire Phoenix Gods' base was located in the Flaming Divine Realm, traces of them could nevertheless be found throughout the vast universe, and they held astonishingly strong influence and power.
The Divine Netherworld Phoenixes didn't need any further introduction. As a powerful race that dominated Hell, be it their strength or their savage reputation, they weren't any bit inferior to the Fire Phoenix Gods at all.
By right, since the Divine Netherworld Phoenixes and the Fire Phoenix Gods were both phoenixes and had similar bloodlines to each other, the two should have a close relationship with each other. However, that was not the case at all. Instead, the two races were mortal enemies!
The Divine Netherworld Phoenixes held great animosity toward the Fire Phoenix Gods, while the Fire Phoenix Gods themselves also wished that they could kill the Divine Netherworld Phoenixes!
The two parties would undoubtedly come to blows and cause a huge battle to break out the moment they ran into each other.
And true enough, upon discovering the approaching Fire Phoenix Gods, the Divine Netherworld Phoenixes currently besieging the Eight-Horned Fire Unicorn quickly ceased their actions and shifted their hostile gazes toward the Fire Phoenix Gods flying toward them instead.
"So it's that bunch of evil fallen ones!"
"You hypocritical Fire Phoenixes!"
Intense sparks flew everywhere the instant the two parties made contact with each other, and they watched each other with feelings of animosity in their eyes.
"Tsk, tsk! Those two races have actually bumped into each other!"
Dodola said with great interest, "Once the Divine Netherworld Phoenixes and the Fire Phoenix Gods run into each other, they'll never stop until one party is dead. We're gonna have a good show now!"
A smiling Meng Lei asked, "Which of the two races is stronger, Dodola?"
"Both of them are fire-elemental divine beasts. The Divine Netherworld Phoenixes have their Netherworld Divine Fire, but the Fire Phoenix Gods' Inextinguishable Phoenix Flames are also in no way inferior to the Netherworld Divine Fire."
Dodola clicked its tongue and concluded, "I reckon it's likely going to be a lose-lose fight!"
"Both are powerful divine beasts, after all!"
Meng Lei marveled at them, only to realize that both parties were already duking it out by now. Energy blasts shot about, and flames sprayed everywhere as blood spilled and feathers flew all over the place...
"They've already gone straight to duking it out without even so much as foreplay. Just how great is the enmity between the two of them?" Meng Lei was taken aback. "I thought they would have had at least a brief showdown!"
"Those two races are exactly like that. You'll get used to it," Dodola laughed as it watched the show and remarked, "Tsk, tsk. I haven't seen such an intense sight for so long!"
The sight was indeed extremely grand. The intense clash among the 60-odd divine beasts was practically earth-shattering—the sky within a million kilometers of where they were broke and formed a black hole. Like a great fog, black and red flames suffused the area within 10,000 miles of where they were. It was truly an apocalyptic scene that looked as though doomsday had arrived.
The terrifying sight badly frightened the Eight-Horned Fire Unicorn occupying the inside of the volcano. No matter what, it was still a divine beast that was comparable to a high-level Great Demon God, yet it was so frightened that it was hiding within the lava, too scared to even show its face. What a coward!
"They sure are ruthless!"
Meng Lei noticed that an Immortal Fire Phoenix had grabbed a Divine Netherworld Phoenix by its neck and was using its sharp beak to peck relentlessly at the other party's head. It was as if it wished it could thoroughly mash the Divine Netherworld Phoenix's neck into a pulp with its beak!
Dodola laughed and replied, "This is exactly what it's like whenever those two races run into each other."
Meng Lei nodded lightly. After watching the battle for a while more, he promptly decided to attack. He was very poor at the moment, so he didn't have the time to waste on any delays here. He had to make full use of the time he had to make money!
"Freeze!" Meng Lei uttered.
Buzz!
God's Domain instantly spread into the vicinity and locked down the dimension. The Divine Netherworld Phoenixes and Immortal Fire Phoenixes that were originally engaged in fierce battle instantly froze on the spot.
"Go!"
Green-gold spears that filled the sky shot out with a flick of Meng Lei's fingers and harvested all the Divine Netherworld Phoenixes' and Immortal Fire Phoenixes' lives. As usual, the carcasses were given to the little golden tree while the divine cores went to Meng Lei himself.
"Ding! 1 Divine Netherworld Phoenix killed. 67 million Divinity Crystals gained."
"Ding! 1 Immortal Fire Phoenix killed. 66.5 million Divinity Crystals gained."
"Ding..."
"And you, too, Eight-Horned Fire Unicorn!"
Meng Lei didn't forget about the Eight-Horned Fire Unicorn hiding in the lava lake and also took its life.
During the next few days, Meng Lei traveled about everywhere and hopped from battle to battle in various Boundless Plane regions.
Boundless Great Beasts... Kill!
Visitors from foreign existential planes... Kill!
Over the span of a few days, Meng Lei had already harvested an unknown number of lives. His Wealth value skyrocketed at an insane speed and reached a shocking 100 billion Divinity Crystals.
100 billion!
This was an extremely excessive number!
Yet relative to the astronomical sum of 5,000 trillion Divinity Crystals, this bit of money was clearly rather inadequate.
Meng Lei didn't dare to slack off, and he continued to hunt. Of course, his expectations had also risen by now. He couldn't be bothered to hunt those who were weaker than higher deity-level because he wouldn't earn much from those.
After all, even an ordinary higher deity was only worth 3,000,000 Divinity Crystals, while those weaker than that were worth even less. Hunting them was a complete waste of time.
Harvest!
Harvest!
Harvest!
Meng Lei was just like a hardworking farmer. He hunted tirelessly despite the hardships as if he didn't know what fatigue was. This gave the little golden tree in the Tower of Time a huge treat.
Although the golden little tree's growth was very slow, it nevertheless showed visible growth after devouring innumerable powerful dead bodies.
True enough, it had already grown from the initial two meters to its current height of more than 20 meters!
This was a tenfold growth!
However, what filled Meng Lei with a sense of resignation was that aside from having a richer life force, the little golden tree still looked the same as ever and didn't show much of a difference.
Meng Lei appeared in the sky above a tribe on this day. The extremely big and tall buildings, which were formed from stacks of rocks, gave off a raw and unrestrained air.
This was a tribe of Giants, but unfortunately, the tribe had encountered a massacre.
Dead bodies littered the wilderness. Buildings and houses had collapsed, leaving behind only rubble. Blood was everywhere, and the place was an utter mess.
"Yet another tribe of Giants has been slaughtered!"
Meng Lei couldn't help but shake his head as he overlooked the wreckage that was the tribe from above. Like the humans on Heaven's Vault Continent, the level of strength among Boundless Giants was not a uniform one.
Powerful Boundless Giants could rival high-level Great Demon Gods, while weak ones were barely even Saint Domain-level. In a small tribe, even the most powerful person there was just intermediate deity-level or thereabouts. It was only in mid-range tribes that one could find higher deities...
This was obviously a small tribe with few tribesmen and low overall combat power. When faced with the ferocious experts from foreign existential planes, it would be stranger if they had managed to avoid the fate of being slaughtered instead.
"In a cruel world like this, being weak and powerless is an original sin itself. You're destined to be slaughtered by others if you're weak and powerless."
Meng Lei sent the dead bodies in the ruins into the Tower of Time. Then, he continued to teleport and move ahead. Before long, he arrived at yet another tribe.
Like the previous one, this particular tribe had also been massacred. All 10,000-odd Giants in the whole tribe had been killed, leaving behind not even a single survivor.
"H-help!"
Just as Meng Lei was about to collect the dead bodies, he suddenly heard a weak cry for help.
He hurriedly looked toward where the voice had come from and detected a weak life force underneath a pile of straw.
"A survivor?"
Meng Lei was rather astonished. The straw was reduced to dust with a casual wave from him, revealing a small Giant underneath.
The term "small" was only in relation to adult Giants because he was actually over two-meters-tall.
He was a Giant child!
Or rather... A toddler!
However, there was a life-threatening wound on the child's abdomen. It started on the left of his chest and went all the way to his right hip, almost severing him in two.
The amazing thing, however, was that violet electric currents were constantly forming at the fatal wound and healing it, allowing the child's life to be preserved.
"That's—"
Meng Lei felt an extremely familiar sensation at the sight of the violet electric currents on the child, whereas Dodola had already let out an exclamation.
"O God of Time above! This, this, this... This is a thunder-origin divine body!"
"So it really is a thunder-origin divine body!"
A huge jolt went through Meng Lei all over. As someone that also owned an origin divine body, he was extremely sensitive to Power of Origin. The moment he saw the violet electric currents, he had already realized that it was definitely also a form of Power of Origin. Little did he think that it was really true!
At once, Dodola suggested, "Meng Lei, that child is definitely a genius. Quick, save him!"
"Alright!"
The child was someone that owned an origin divine body, after all. Meng Lei didn't wish to see him perish. At once, he took out a tree branch, squeezed out the life essence in it, and fed it to the Giant child.
The branch was an Ancient Tree of Life branch that Meng Lei had obtained in the past. It contained strong, rich life essence, so its healing effect was much stronger than the Tree of Vitality's.
True enough, the wound on the child's abdomen started to wriggle non-stop after he consumed the few drops of life essence. Then, it started to visibly close and heal.
In the short span of just a few minutes, the wound had completely healed. It was as if it had never once been there. The child opened his eyes, upon which he then noticed Meng Lei.
"D-don't kill me! Sob..."
Badly frightened, an incredibly fearful and horror-stricken look appeared in the child's eyes, and he sobbed and whimpered.
"Don't be scared, little boy. Uncle here isn't a bad person!"
Meng Lei gave him what he thought was a smile brimming with kindness and took out a divine fruit. Then, with a smile that looked like the big bad wolf's, he said, "Here, have a fruit. Uncle won't hurt you..."
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Chapter 358: A Monarch's Treasure, Congregation Of Experts
Faint clouds hang high in the sky, southbound geese yonder fly—autumn.
Two figures—a big one and a small one—raced across the boundless plain in low altitude before they finally arrived above a tribe.
It was a large tribe with tall structures, occupying vast land, which contained countless herded Boundless Great Beasts and dried meat being hung around.
It was a rare tribe in the Boundless Plane, where resources were aplenty while buildings were magnificent.
Tragically, like other tribes, dead bodies littered the wilderness while most buildings had collapsed. It was evident that it had gone through a massacre.
"These damn devils!"
A giant gnashed his teeth as hatred was written all over his tender face. He was the giant child Meng Lei just saved—Samo.
A cute name indeed.
"Men or women, old or young were all slaughtered mercilessly. This is tantamount to the devil's descent!" Meng Lei had great emotions.
"Uncle, can you help me take revenge?"
Samo looked at Meng Lei with hopeful looks in his eyes.
"Revenge?"
Meng Lei raised an eyebrow before saying righteously, "I have descended upon the Boundless Plane to destroy these extraterrestrial demons and save your world!"
Samo possessed the thunder-origin divine body, and Meng Lei planned to bring him under his control. Hence, he needed to establish an image as a symbol of justice in Samo's heart.
"Thank you, Uncle! You're such a nice person!" Samo said gratefully.
"I'm not that nice. I just hate to see the atrocities committed by those evil extraterrestrial demons!" Meng Lei felt more and more guilty the more he said those. "Let's move on and keep going. We must catch up to them as soon as possible!"
"Yes!"
Meng Lei kept the bodies with a wave of hands and continued his journey with Samo.
After hurrying for the entire trip, they finally reached another tribe of Giants. However, this tribe was suffering from the most horrific disaster in their history at that very moment.
A bunch of Colossal Dragons had descended upon this tribe, carrying out their inhumane massacre.
These Dark Demonic Dragons—other than one high-level Great Demon God—were all mid-level Great Demon Gods.
They were spitting black flames to burn the tall structures, massacring the Boundless Giants.
Despite this tribe's strongest giant's best efforts, there was nothing he could do as he got trampled on by the Dark Demonic Dragons like a toy.
The other Boundless Giants were either trembling as they awaited their inescapable fate or getting burned into blackening dry corpses. It was a horrific sight to behold.
"Uncle!"
Samo looked at Meng Lei and begged.
Meng Lei took a step into the skies above the tribe, with his voice thundering across the place.
"You damned extraterrestrial demons, how dare you kill the innocent and slaughter the weak!"
The Dark Demonic Dragons who were ravaging the tribe were taken aback slightly as they looked up in the sky to see Meng Lei towering over them. They were amused immediately.
"Where did this worm come from to be a busybody? Die!"
A Dark Demonic Dragon roared and sprayed out a black dragon breath.
"Be careful, Uncle!"
A frightened Samo screamed as he could sense the threat of the deadly dragon breath from afar. It contained terrifying destructive powers as it was just like boiling lava plus poisonous acid—blazing hot and highly corrosive.
A drop of that would burn and corrode Samo into nothing in which not even the bones would remain.
"Hah!"
Meng Lei calmly extended his right hand with a light clap. A gigantic palm a few million feet long appeared out of nowhere and pressed toward this Dark Demonic Dragon.
Boom!
The gigantic palm crashed down and decimated the black dragon's breath in an instant before crushing this Dark Demonic Dragon and turned it into a meat sauce.
"Yay! Uncle is so mighty and powerful!" Samo shouted in great excitement.
"No! Bartulu!!"
"He killed Bartulu!"
"Die!"
Meng Lei's action opened Pandora's box as he enraged the rest of the Dark Demonic Dragons.
They bellowed and roared as they charged at Meng Lei, trying to tear him into pieces.
"You all have overestimated yourselves!"
With a wave of the hand, thousands of spears shot out and flooded more than 30 Dark Demonic Dragons, turning them into swiss cheese.
"Ding! 1 Dark Demonic Dragon killed. 61 million Divinity Crystals gained!"
"Ding! 1 Dark Demonic Dragon killed. 63 million Divinity Crystals gained!"
"Ding..."
"S-so powerful!"
Samo widened his eyes in disbelief—the ability to wipe out over 30 powerful extraterrestrial demons. How powerful was that?
"Uncle, you're so incredible!"
Samo's eyes were brimming with idolization.
"Work hard with your cultivation, and you'll be as great!" Meng Lei patted Samo's head and smiled. "Let's proceed down and check it out!"
"Yeap!"
The two landed on the ground. The Boundless Giants that survived looked at Meng Lei with terror-stricken faces, while that strongest giant of the tribe hurriedly dragged his body to block off Meng Lei.
He was known as Pico. After getting trampled on previously, he was already heavily injured. However, his resilient eyes still stared at Meng Lei and Samo vigilantly.
In Pico's eyes, Meng Lei was an enemy much more terrifying than the Dark Demonic Dragons!
"Don't be nervous. I'm not here to hurt you." Meng Lei signaled for them to calm down.
"Hey, Mister, this uncle is here to help protect us!
"It was he who saved me and killed every extraterrestrial demon along the way to save us Boundless Giants! Uncle is a good person!"
"Good person?" Pico was taken aback for a moment as he looked at Samo with a puzzled look. "You're a Boundless Giant!"
"Yeap!"
Samo nodded.
"Kid, he fooled you!"
Pico looked at Meng Lei with hostility. "He's different from us! He's an extraterrestrial demon like those dragons who will only slaughter us. He won't help us!"
"Fool you?" Meng Lei scoffed. "Why do you think I need to lie to all of you?"
"Hmph! Who doesn't know that all of you demons will do anything for the Monarch's treasure?"
Hatred filled Pico's eyes. "Let me tell you this, I have no clue where the Monarch's treasure is! Even if I knew, I wouldn't ever say it! You disgusting demons!"
"Monarch's treasure?" Meng Lei perked up. "What's the Monarch's treasure?"
"Stop acting!" Pico said coldly, "You thought I'd tell you where it's hidden just like that? You can stop daydreaming!"
"I don't care whether you believe it or not." Meng Lei sneered. "Samo, I'm going to continue hunting those extraterrestrial demons down in other places. Are you staying here or leaving with me?"
Samo took a glance at Pico and shook his head. "Uncle, I'm leaving with you!"
Although Pico and the rest were all Boundless Giants, he did not know any of them. Hence, he would prefer to follow Meng Lei.
"Let's go then."
Meng Lei smiled in satisfaction and disappeared from this tribe along with Samo.
"Samo, what's the Monarch's treasure?" Meng Lei asked on the way.
Samo did not doubt him, so he explained, "The Monarch's treasure is the treasure left behind by the greatest, strongest ever Boundless King in the legends. It's said that it was the Boundless King's lifelong riches!"
"Then do you know where it's hidden?" Meng Lei asked casually.
"I don't know," answered Samo as he shook his head.
"The Monarch's treasure is just a legend. Naturally, no one would know its exact location. Wait! Maybe the Great Prophet might know something about it!"
"Great Prophet?"
Meng Lei was puzzled.
"The Great Prophet is the greatest Boundless Giant on the Boundless Plane. He lives in the Monarch Mountain, guarding the statue of the Boundless King for his entire lifetime!"
Awe flashed across Samo's eyes. "The legends said that the Great Prophet's ancestor was the Boundless King's right-hand man, following the Boundless King in his domination over the vast universe!"
"I see."
After half an hour, they arrived in another tribe. Still, Meng Lei and Samo were a step too late.
This huge tribe did not survive the disaster as it was massacred. Meng Lei kept the bodies with a wave of hands and continued forward.
Onward...
Kill...
Onward...
Kill...
Of course, Meng Lei did not travel forward blindly as he moved in the direction of the center of the continent.
After some devious questioning around the continent, he already had the rough idea that the Monarch Mountain was in the middle of the continent.
Meng Lei believed that the experts of each existential plane were heading to Monarch Mountain as well. After all, no matter how tough the Boundless Giants were, they could not withstand the harshest questioning of all—reading their spirit memory!
Anything the giants knew or not would have been known to the experts of other existential planes. Hence, the Monarch Mountain would be unavoidably exposed to everyone.
The truth spoke itself as Meng Lei had expected. Experts from each existential plane had gathered at the Monarch Mountain. By the time Meng Lei reached the mountain, most of the experts were there already.
Contrary to what he had imagined, the mountain was unlike the undulating nature of other divine mountains. Instead, it was like a holy sword straight in between heaven and earth.
In summary: it was thin and high.
Standing at the mountain foot was like standing under the Korin Tower, where half of the mountain was covered up by thick clouds, while the top of the mountain was not to be seen.
At the moment, two sides were in a standoff.
One side was the massive numbers of Boundless Giants—they formed a densely-packed blockade around the mountain as they guarded the Monarch Mountain firmly.
Opposite them were experts from other existential planes—Colossal Dragons, Angels, Giant Elephants, Behemoths, Immortal Fire Phoenixes, Frost Gods...
Divine Netherworld Phoenixes, Fallen Angels, Abyss Demons, Purgatory Kings, Dark Demonic Dragons, Hell Dragon Gods, Necromancers, Fire Demons, Dead Souls, the Undead...
The sheer numbers were no less than a million.
The weakest ones were mid-level higher deities and mid-level Great Demon Gods. High-level higher deities and high-level Great Demon Gods were aplenty as well.
And, of course, the Fairy Goddess and other goddesses were there as well. They joined up with goddesses from other Divine Realms to make up over 300 goddesses.
At that moment, the experts of different existential planes surrounded and jammed up the Monarch Mountain. Cold, greedy eyes wished they could devour the mountain immediately.
"This massive formation is unprecedented!" Dodola commented. "Meng Lei, have you seen so many experts on the same stage?"
"Not really!"
Meng Lei licked his lips as he swallowed his saliva. His eyes were overt and filled with greed, as though they had seen a bunch of portable treasuries.
What about the Monarch's Treasure?
In Meng Lei's eyes, a million experts in front of him were the richest treasure.
Just think about it!
A mid-level Great Demon God was worth around 60 million Divinity Crystals. 10 of them would be 600 million, 100 of them would be 6 billion, 10,000 of them would be 600 billion...
,000,000 of them would be 6,000 billion, which was... 6 trillion.
6 trillion Divinity Crystals!
That was already a lot.
"Foolish Boundless Giants, you are surrounded! If you know what's good for you, get your Great Prophet to come out at once! Or else, we don't mind helping you flatten the Monarch Mountain..."
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Chapter 359: The King's Providence, The Heart of The Existential Plane
A million experts from foreign existential planes stood proudly in the sky and gazed upon Monarch Mountain with utmost greed. They clearly thought that they already had the Great Prophet in the bag.
And, of course, the Monarch's treasure, too. They were determined to get their hands on it!
As for the innumerable Boundless Giants guarding Monarch Mountain, they didn't think much of them at all.
While it seemed like there were numerous Boundless Giants there, their overall combat strength was far from ideal. There was a world of difference and no comparability between the two parties at all.
"You foolish giants!"
"If you know what's good for you, then get the Great Prophet out here at once!"
"Otherwise, we don't mind filling this place with blood!"
The experts from foreign existential planes shouted and clamored for their demands, their demeanors arrogant and conceited. The innumerable Boundless Giants in the vicinity of Monarch Mountain gnashed their teeth in fury, wishing they could fight to the death with them.
"Those evil extraterrestrial demons! They are too much! I'm going to fight it out with them!"
"That's right! Fight it out with them!"
"Fight it out with them? You fools! Our mission is to guard the Great Prophet and ensure his safety, not to fight it out with those extraterrestrial demons. Get it?"
The strongest Boundless Giant among them barked fiercely at them. His name was Olio, and he was the strongest existence on the Boundless Plane itself. He was also the Great Prophet's guardian and held absolute authority on the Boundless Plane.
The riled-up Boundless Giants quietened at once the moment he spoke. There was trust in their eyes. As long as Big Brother Olio was around, they had nothing to fear. Big Brother Olio was the strongest!
Yet what they didn't know was that Big Brother Olio, whom they thought of as the strongest, was currently in a huge panic. He wasn't confident in beating them at all!
Olio could sense that the extraterrestrial demons were unprecedentedly strong this time. They were far, far stronger than the ones that had descended upon the continent in the past, especially when there were even quite a few among them who weren't any weaker than himself!
What... were they supposed to do this time?
Olio's countenance remained stoic, but he could hardly conceal the despair in his heart. He knew very well that they, the Boundless Giants, were currently facing the most terrifying catastrophe that they had ever had!
Show even a moment of carelessness, and they, the Boundless Giants, would completely become history itself!
O Great Prophet, I beg you, please give me a sign! Olio cried inwardly.
"Is the Great Prophet coming out or not?"
"If he's not coming out, then we're going to charge in there!"
"So, it seems like you want to do this the hard way! Let's attack together, everyone! Once we wipe out those foolish Boundless Giants, we'll naturally find their Great Prophet!"
"Attack!"
At last, the million experts from foreign existential planes could no longer hold back, and they launched their attacks. The strongest deities and Great Demon Gods among them took the lead and charged brazenly toward the Boundless Giants.
"Damn it!"
"They're coming!"
"We'll protect the Great Prophet even if we must die!"
"Fight to the death and protect Monarch Mountain!"
Boom!
Like huge, raging black waves, the million experts surged toward Monarch Mountain as though they were going to drown out the Boundless Giants and Monarch Mountain itself.
Against such attacks, the Boundless Giants naturally didn't just sit and await death to befall them. They forged ahead in the face of the crisis, and both parties clashed against each other with a great boom.
Boom!
As though two huge waves had clashed against each other, vast and mighty shockwaves that shook the world erupted and spread into the surroundings. The dimension around them broke into pieces. Energy blasts ran rampant, strong gales wreaked havoc, and blood splashed everywhere...
The area around Monarch Mountain instantly became Hell itself. Vast numbers of Boundless Giants died tragically. The two parties weren't in the same league at all!
One could easily envisage that the Boundless Giants would all be killed before long. Against the ferocious and terrifyingly strong experts from foreign existential planes, they didn't have a chance of victory at all.
"Save them, Uncle!"
Anxiety and worry surfaced in Samo's eyes. He turned to Meng Lei with a pleading look, hoping that he would render his assistance.
"Don't worry. Uncle will definitely do something about it."
Meng Lei gestured at Samo to calm down. Then, he said with a smile, "Before that, though, Uncle's gonna bring you somewhere first."
"Where are we going?"
A puzzled look came over Samo's face, and then he realized that he had already arrived somewhere new.
"This is... The peak of Monarch Mountain?"
Samo was stunned.
"Yes, we're at the peak."
Meng Lei nodded lightly.
Monarch Mountain was tall and narrow, so the peak wasn't very wide or spacious. In spite of that, a majestic shrine stood tall on the cramped and narrow peak.
The shrine was gray in color, and it was of an identical color palette to the Boundless Plane. Simple and boorish in style, it matched the Boundless Giants' architectural style very much.
"The Monarch Shrine!" Samo exclaimed in a low voice.
He was incredibly excited, as though he had just seen something that existed only in legends.
"Let's go in and take a look."
Meng Lei gave him a smile and walked toward the Monarch Shrine while Samo hurriedly followed after him.
However, before they could push the doors open and enter, the Monarch Shrine's doors slowly swung open by themselves. A deep, aged voice then floated out from within.
"You've come?"
"Uh..."
Meng Lei was stupefied for a moment there. He didn't quite know what was going on. Nevertheless, he continued into the shrine, where the majestic statue of a Giant stood.
Clad in beast hide, the Giant held a gigantic axe.
His eyes were sharp and his countenance stern and awe-inspiring.
Meng Lei had never seen the Boundless King, but he could guess that that must be a statue of the Boundless King himself.
Of course, the statue wasn't the point here. Rather, the target of Meng Lei's attention was a white-haired elderly man seated cross-legged at the foot of the statue.
Short and small and as skinny as a stick, he was vastly different from the big, tall, strong, and muscular Boundless Giants.
"You've finally come, o he who is favored by the King!" The old man slowly lifted his head, revealing an aged visage covered in age spots.
"Are you the Great Prophet?"
Meng Lei looked the old man up and down with a puzzled look on his face. He asked, "What did you mean when you said what you did just now? It sounds as if you knew that I'd be coming?"
"Cough, cough!"
The Great Prophet started to cough badly. Then he replied, "Though the great Boundless King has perished, his brilliance continues to watch over and bless his descendants. It's just a shame," the Great Prophet sighed softly and said, "That the descendants were unfilial and ultimately couldn't fulfill his dying wishes. I am truly ashamed!"
"Why is your explanation confusing me more and more, Great Prophet?" Meng Lei picked his ears and asked, "Can you be a little clearer?"
"Haha, you'll understand right away!"
The Great Prophet gave a raspy laugh and slowly got onto his feet with his walking stick's help. Then, he turned and walked right up to the statue and shifted one of the statue's thumbs.
Crack!
The floor in front of the statue suddenly cracked and revealed a magic circle.
Meng Lei raised an eyebrow and immediately recognized with just a glance that it was just a regular teleportation magic circle. There was nothing complex or profound about it.
The Great Prophet activated the magic circle and said to Meng Lei, "Go ahead and enter, he who is favored by the King. You will receive the answers you are looking for within!"
Meng Lei asked with a frown, "Where exactly does this teleportation magic circle lead to, Great Prophet?"
"The place where you wish to go!"
After uttering these few words, the Great Prophet retreated to the side and stayed there. As though an old monk that had entered a state of meditation, his head was hung low, and he didn't speak anymore. No matter how Meng Lei tried to probe him, he was as if a woodblock and simply didn't say even a word more.
"I can't help but find the whole thing rather strange, Meng Lei." Dodola said gravely, "You'd better think carefully about whether or not you really want to go in."
"I'll go! There's nothing much to really think about."
Surprisingly, Meng Lei didn't hesitate much. He said, "The metal-origin divine body, wood-origin divine body, and thunder-origin divine body are all in me now, so my body is even stronger than the average Great Perfection deity now. Added to this my time-based laws of nature, I'm confident that I can put up a fight even if a Chief God makes an appearance!"
Meng Lei then said to Samo, "Stay here and wait for me to return, Samo. I'll be back in a jiffy!"
"'kay, Uncle!"
Meng Lei stepped into the teleportation circle and vanished from where he was. Only then did the Great Prophet raise his head, a bright gleam flashing across his murky eyes.
Whoosh!
The world spun for a while, and then, Meng Lei arrived somewhere else.
Dazzling and eye-catching light of ten colors filled the whole world. There was eye-catching metal, burning fire, heavy earth, vitality wood, flashing thunder, gentle water...
Rich laws of nature auras rippled throughout the place at will. Apart from that, there was also pure, unadulterated Power of Origin enveloping Meng Lei!
Floating quietly in the center of this whole world was a crystal that shone with light of ten colors. As though the sun, it reigned over the whole world.
"The Heart of The Existential Plane!"
Meng Lei recognized the crystal at first glance.
"You're here."
It was right at this moment that a deep and boorish-sounding voice abruptly rang out beside his ear.
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Chapter 360: Reviving The King, Greetings, My Master
"You're here."
A boorish voice abruptly rang out.
Meng Lei suddenly swung his head to the side to see several rays of light shooting out of the Heart of The Existential Plane's surface. Then, they converged into a big burly man clad in beast hide and holding a gigantic axe. Boorish and heroic, he had an air that overlooked the whole world around him.
"The Boundless King!" A huge jolt went through Meng Lei, who couldn't help but exclaim, "You're still alive?!"
"No, he's dead! Take a closer look—the one in front of you right now is just a fragment of his divine spirit."
Dodola's voice rang out. "The Boundless King is a supreme, juggernaut-class existence. If he really were still alive, you'd have been flattened a long time ago."
"That's true!"
Realization dawned upon Meng Lei. He wasn't afraid of anyone in the whole Boundless Plane, and this remained true even if the Boundless Plane already had a master.
However, the Boundless King was the only exception. After all, that was a computer bug-like existence!
True enough, the Boundless King gave a hearty laugh and said, "You don't need to be so nervous. I have indeed already met my demise. This is a divine spirit fragment that I left on the Heart of The Existential Plane."
Meng Lei nodded lightly in response, but puzzlement filled him the next moment. He said, "Since you have a divine spirit fragment here, then why don't you seize someone else's body and be reborn? I believe you definitely have the capability to do so!"
Even a half-deity's divine spirit fragment was near-immortal and near-indestructible. Should a half-deity die, they could totally just seize someone else's body and come back to life. This was also the reason why so many evil deities had managed to reincarnate.
Of course, the rebirth process would definitely be fraught with great difficulties. It could only be said to harbor a chance of being reborn. It couldn't guarantee that one would fully be brought back to life.
That was already the case for even half-deities, let alone the Boundless King. Meng Lei believed that as long as he was willing, he could totally seize someone else's body, come back to life, and make a name for himself once more.
The Boundless Plane shook his head and replied, "You're not wrong. I can indeed make use of the divine spirit fragment that I left on the Heart of The Existential Plane to come back to life, but I'm above doing something like that."
"Why?"
Meng Lei was puzzled.
"My divine spirit origin energy has already been destroyed. I won't be able to return to my peak condition even if I seize someone else's body and come back to life. I'll only be able to reach the Great Perfection stage at the very most."
The Boundless King smiled disdainfully and said, "That is but just mere Great Perfection. I'm above doing something like that!"
His words, however, puzzled Meng Lei all the more. The Boundless King had been a great Juggernaut-class existence before he had died.
Juggernaut?
What was a Juggernaut?
A Chief God that had 100% comprehended a type of supreme laws of nature... That was what a Juggernaut was!
Since he could cultivate and reach the Great Perfection stage, then he could continue to cultivate further, couldn't he? With his memories from the past, comprehending supreme laws of nature shouldn't be too difficult, right?
He shouldn't have any problem returning to his peak.
"Meng Lei, the rumors say that the Boundless King didn't cultivate laws of nature but just his body."
Having seen through Meng Lei's puzzlement, Dodola explained, "He's said to be the only existence that had ever managed to cultivate his body to the Juggernaut stage!"
"A Juggernaut-level body? No wonder!"
A huge jolt went through Meng Lei as realization dawned upon him.
"My circumstances are unique, so it's extremely difficult for me to return to my peak. It's impossible unless I can find my divine body from back then!"
The Boundless King sighed.
"I see."
Meng Lei let out a small sigh, too.
"But I've seen hope now!"
The Boundless King looked at Meng Lei and said, "Although it's just a tiny sliver of hope, compared to the huge returns that rebirth would bring, I'm willing to stake everything on it!"
Meng Lei perked up.
The Boundless King's eyes were bright and intense as he asked, "Little fellow, you've comprehended time-based laws of nature, haven't you?"
"Yes!"
Meng Lei didn't keep it a secret. Besides, he couldn't, anyway. As the master of the existential plane, nothing that happened on the Boundless Plane would escape the Boundless King's control. As such, he must also have witnessed him fusing five types of laws of nature together and comprehending time-based laws of nature.
"Can you let me feel it?"
The Boundless King had a fervent look on his countenance.
Meng Lei nodded slightly. Then, he reached his arm out, pointed at the Boundless King, and commanded, "Freeze!"
Buzz!
A ripple of energy that contained time-based laws of nature quietly spread into the vicinity, enveloping the Boundless King and the air 100 meters around him.
Whoosh!
The Boundless King became still, as did the air around him.
To be more accurate, they didn't become "still". Rather, time had stopped temporarily—the time within 100 meters of where the Boundless King was had stopped temporarily!
A brief moment later, Meng Lei dismissed the time-based laws of nature, and time within those 100 meters began to flow once more.
"The stopping of time!"
A glint appeared in the Boundless King's eyes. "It is indeed true blue time-based laws of nature! Never would I have thought that someone would actually be able to comprehend time-based laws of nature in this wide universe!"
The Boundless King exclaimed with admiration, "We actually all know that apart from the four major supreme laws of nature, there's also another type of supreme laws of nature that can control time in this world. Even so, knowing is one thing, while discovering and comprehending it is another thing altogether.
"You're the first person to have comprehended time-based laws of nature. You can definitely be said to be amazingly gifted and extraordinarily talented!"
Dodola was displeased at his comment right away. It immediately raised its voice and said, "What kind of nonsensical 'first person to have comprehended time-based laws of nature' is that?! The God of Time was the first!"
Rather amused, Meng Lei replied, "The Boundless King died before the God of Time. It's very normal that he would misunderstand. Don't hold it against a dead man!"
"Hmph! You've already become the first person to have comprehended time-based laws of nature. Of course you wouldn't argue about it. Hypocrite!" said a displeased Dodola sulkily.
Meng Lei rolled his eyes.
The Boundless King went on. "Time-based laws of nature can manipulate time itself, so it has a chance of reviving me, albeit the chances are slim and close to non-existent."
The Boundless King turned to Meng Lei and asked, "Little fellow, are you willing to revive me?"
"I'm willing to give it a go, but you should also understand that with my current abilities, I can't even revive a mortal, let alone someone like you. After all, you've already been gone for such a long time, too," replied Meng Lei with a shake of his head.
"I understand, naturally."
The Boundless King nodded lightly.
"Secondly, nothing is free in this world," the corners of Meng Lei's lips curled upward, "If you want me to revive you, then you'll have to show me enough sincerity!"
"Hahaha, of course!"
The Boundless King let out a hearty laugh and said, "Disregarding the fact that I couldn't possibly have you help me for free, regardless, I would still invest in you with everything I've got and help you to grow faster if only to have you become capable of reviving me as soon as possible!"
Light flashed across Meng Lei's eyes.
"Although I've already perished, I still have the riches that I saved up when I was still alive."
The Boundless King said with a big smile, "Little fellow, as long as you swear a divine oath and promise to revive me, I'll give you all my riches!"
All the wealth that he saved up in his whole lifetime!
Meng Lei's eyes lit up brightly, and he swore the divine oath without hesitation.
"As long as the Boundless King gives me all of the riches that he had accumulated when he was still alive, I'm willing to revive the Boundless King..."
An inexplicable force from an unseen world enveloped Meng Lei in the instant that the divine oath was successfully made. Meng Lei knew intuitively that this was the power of the oath. Should he go against his oath, then...
"Great!"
The Boundless King laughed heartily. Then, he reached out and pointed at Meng Lei, upon which a golden beam then entered the area in between his brows. Meng Lei closed his eyes and swiftly took it in. After a brief moment, he couldn't help but laugh wryly.
The Boundless King's riches were indeed vast and enormous, so much so that Meng Lei could hardly imagine it. However, just like the God of Time, that guy had actually divided them into quite a few batches and stored them in different places!
If Meng Lei wanted to get his hands on the riches, then he'd have to look for them one by one. Tedious and troublesome, this was totally a scam!
"Dammit, why do I feel like I've been had?"
Meng Lei felt a headache coming on. He'd initially thought that the Boundless King's riches were all stored and hidden on the Boundless Plane. How convenient would that have been? Yet...
"It's up to you now, little fellow!" The Boundless King was full of anticipation. "If you succeed, we'll naturally meet again!
"Oh, and by the way, do help those descendants of mine out a little if you can. Thanks!"
Then, his big and tall body dispersed with a boom, turning into countless multi-colored light particles that dissipated into nothingness and vanished completely into the universe.
The Boundless King... had fully departed this time!
"He's gone?"
Dodola appeared out of nowhere.
"Yeah, let's go."
Meng Lei then looked at the Heart of The Existential Plane a short distance away. The divine spirit mark left on the Heart of The Existential Plane had completely disappeared, rendering it a master-less object now.
"The Boundless King sure is big-hearted and unrestrained!" Dodola sighed and said, "He dispersed his divine spirit fragment and erased himself right away after you agreed to his request. His courage and boldness are not what the average man can compare to."
"He's the Boundless King, y'know!" Meng Lei sighed emotionally. Then, he said, "It's time to go, Dodola."
"Go? Aren't you going to refine the Heart of The Existential Plane?" asked a puzzled Dodola.
"All the Boundless Giants would be dead by the time I'm done refining the Heart of The Existential Plane." Meng Lei shook his head and said, "Let's go. Let's take care of the foreign existential plane experts first."
"That's true."
Dodola said no more.
Meng Lei left his divine spirit mark on the Heart of The Existential Plane so that he could locate it again next time. Then, he returned to the Monarch Shrine with Dodola.
"You're out?"
The Great Prophet looked at Meng Lei and asked agitatedly, "Have you met the great Lord Juggernaut?"
"Yes, I have."
Meng Lei nodded lightly.
"Greetings, my new master!"
The Great Prophet dropped onto his knees with a thud and prostrated before Meng Lei with a face full of piousness.
"Your new master?" Master raised an eyebrow. "Why do you address me so?"
"The Lord Juggernaut has issued a holy decree just now," the Great Prophet replied respectfully, "From this point on, you shall be the new master of us Boundless Giants!"
"I see."
Meng Lei waved and said, "Rise!"
"Thank you, Master!"
The Great Prophet rose to his feet respectfully.
"How's the situation outside?" asked Meng Lei dispassionately.
"My clan's children have nearly died out."
A hint of grief flashed across the Great Prophet's eyes. The Boundless Giants that guarded Monarch Mountain were the strongest and most elite men on the whole of the Boundless Plane.
Now that all of them had been wiped out, the blow to the Boundless Giants could be said to be extremely great. Without tens of thousands of years of recuperation, they could forget about recovering and getting back on their feet.
"Let's go. We'll go out and take a look."
Meng Lei took the lead and started to walk out of the shrine. The Great Prophet hurriedly followed after him. The current Great Prophet was quick on his feet and walked smoothly. Which part of him even looked like he was about to croak?
That old coot!
Like what the Great Prophet had said, nearly all the Boundless Giants guarding Monarch Mountain had been wiped out. Only Olio, the strongest among them, and a handful of others were still putting up a resistance.
Even so, they had already been pushed back to the area right in front of the shrine and were stubbornly defending the Monarch Shrine. On top of that, every one of them sported injuries all over themselves and was riddled in wounds. They were already close to breaking down.
"The losses sure are great..."
Meng Lei shook his head lightly. Then, he said dispassionately, "That's enough."
Boom!
He wasn't particularly loud, yet his voice boomed right next to everyone's ears like a clap of thunder. It shocked everyone into halting their motions, and all of them looked over at once.
"Who's he?"
"Great Prophet?"
All the experts from each major existential plane turned to Meng Lei with a hint of burning fervency in their eyes. So, he was the Great Prophet, the one that knew about the Monarch's treasure?
"Who's that guy?"
On the other hand, Olio and several other Boundless Giants' expressions changed drastically, and they looked at Meng Lei with hostility. "Who are you? Why are you in the Monarch Shrine?"
"Olio, don't you show any disrespect now!" The Great Prophet barked, "This is our, the Boundless Giants', new master!"
"Our new master?" Olio was stunned. "What do you mean by that, Great Prophet?"
"The new master has already met Lord Juggernaut. Lord Juggernaut has personally appointed him as his heir, so he's naturally the Boundless Giants' new master!"
The Great Prophet's countenance darkened, and he barked, "Hurry and pay your respects to our new master!"
"Greetings, my new master!"
Even though Olio's head was reeling from the news, he didn't dare to question the Great Prophet and hastily bowed in greeting.
"Greetings, my new master!"
The other surviving Boundless Giants also knelt and kowtowed. Even Big Brother Olio had gotten onto his knees, so how would they possibly dare to raise any objections?
"The master is the master himself. Why is there a distinction between the old and the new? Remove the word 'new' in the future." Then, Meng Lei said dispassionately with a wave, "Rise, everyone."
"Yes, Master!"
"Master?"
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Chapter 361: Smashed In A Strike, One Man Army
"Master?"
As they witnessed this sudden event, the experts from each existential plane were bewildered—since when the Boundless Giants had a master?
Wait!
What did that old man say?
'The new master has already met Lord Juggernaut. Lord Juggernaut has personally appointed him as his heir, so he's naturally the Boundless Giants' new master!'
"Perhaps..."
A jolt went through the foreign existential planes' experts as they looked at Meng Lei together.
"He met the Boundless King?"
"The Boundless King is still alive?"
"Damn it! The Boundless King is still alive!"
A furor went through the experts. A person's name was like a tree's shadow[1, the Boundless King was the supreme Juggernaut. If he was not dead, the experts would be dead in no time!
"Wait! The Boundless King is surely dead, or else we would all be dead by now! Plus, this fellow wouldn't become the Boundless Giants' new master!"
"Oh, you're right! That makes perfect sense. He must've seen the divine spirit fragment of the Boundless King. A supreme Juggernaut like him must have left behind some divine spirit fragments!"
"That makes sense..."
The various experts heaved a sigh of relief before they looked toward Meng Lei. "So, this means he has inherited everything from the Boundless King?"
"Yes, he must know where the Monarch's treasure is hidden!"
"The Monarch's treasure..."
Their eyes were now gleaming with hunger, like starving wolves staring at Meng Lei greedily.
"Little fellow, you must know where the Monarch's treasure is hidden, right?"
An eight-winged angel threatened, "You better spit it out now! Or else, I'll torture you with the cruelest methods ever known!"
"Yeah! Tell us the hidden location, and we'll be merciful to spare your life! Otherwise, don't blame us for being ruthless!"
"A bunch of fools! Why waste time talking when we can kill him straightaway and search his soul's memory?"
Search his soul?
"He's mine! Don't any of you dare fight me for it!"
Just as everyone was arguing, a black figure flashed across the crowd and shot toward Meng Lei at top speed.
"Damn it!"
"Despicable Dark Demonic Dragon!"
The experts were fuming, but they made no further delay as they joined in to charge at Meng Lei.
"Protect our Master!" the Great Prophet commanded.
"Yes! Great Prophet!"
Olio and the remaining Boundless Giants rushed in front of Meng Lei, prepared to fight the incoming enemies.
"All of you stand down."
Meng Lei waved the giants off.
"But, Master—"
"Stand down!"
Meng Lei brooked no refusal.
"Yes, Master!"
Olio and the rest could only retreat obediently. Still, they prepared to defend Meng Lei anytime the experts started their attacks. They did not think that their new master could stop the extraterrestrial demons.
"You're mine, kid!"
The Dark Demonic Dragon looked at Meng Lei, who was becoming larger and larger. Its eyes were firm and scorching hot as it had decided to swallow Meng Lei directly, and it would leave promptly.
After shaking those annoying competitors off, it would find a safe place to search through Meng Lei's memory to find out the Monarch's treasure's location.
The Monarch's treasure is mine. No one shall snatch it away from me! The Dark Demonic Dragon exclaimed in its mind.
It was getting nearer and nearer!
50 meters, 30 meters, 10 meters...
"Come here! Kid!"
The Dark Demonic Dragon opened its huge mouth. Upon seeing this, the experts chasing behind were shocked. "Ugh! It's going to devour that little fellow for itself!"
"Greedy fellow! That's too despicable!"
"Quickly! Stop that dragon!"
"Damn! It's too late!"
The Dark Demonic Dragon was a high-level Great Demon God, after all. It was one of the fastest among the experts, especially when it had gotten the head start. It had pulled away from the rest behind it in a few moments.
The countless experts could only watch helplessly as it was about to devour Meng Lei.
However, just as everyone thought Meng Lei was about to be swallowed, something unbelievable happened the next moment.
A gigantic hammer appeared in Meng Lei's hands, and he swung it up ferociously, smashing the Dark Demonic Dragon.
Bam!
The Dark Demonic Dragon's mouth had an intimate moment with the hammer. Everyone else could only hear the crisp crackling sounds of broken bones as they witnessed the dragon's head explode into pieces in front of them.
The confident Dark Demonic Dragon the moment before was now dead.
"Ah!"
The sight put the brakes upon the wave of experts. They could not help but gasp when they saw the Dark Demonic Dragon's lifeless body.
The Dark Demonic Dragon was at a level on par with a high-level higher deity, only a few among the experts were more powerful!
If such an expert was smashed in the head easily with a hammer, how powerful was Meng Lei?
For a while, all eyes on Meng Lei were filled with cautiousness. The experts knew that Meng Lei could do the same to any one of them.
They had to be careful now.
"So our new master possesses such capabilities?"
The Great Prophet, Olio, and the remaining Boundless Giants were shocked too. Meng Lei's power was beyond their imaginations, much stronger than they had expected.
"Who else?"
Meng Lei swung the hammer around to shake off the blood and flesh on it before looking at the experts in a calm and composed manner.
They did not reply as they were all astounded, and nobody dared to make a move.
"Everyone! No matter how strong he is, he is just one person. While there are so many of us!"
A Primordial Behemoth King yelled suddenly, "It's difficult for two fists to beat four hands. Even a hungry tiger could not deal with a wolf pack. I refuse to believe that we can't take him down with so many of us!"
"That's right! Once we charge together, he'll be no match against us!"
"The Monarch's treasure is with him. So if we take him out, we'll obtain the treasure—the Boundless King's lifelong savings! How can we miss out on it?"
"We better make use of this great opportunity! If we miss this, we'll have to wait another 30,000 years!"
"Kill!"
The experts moved at the same time. They were like a ferocious tiger emerging from the mountains, swarming Meng Lei from every direction with various attacks relentlessly.
"Protect our Master!" the Great Prophet bellowed immediately.
"Stay back!" Meng Lei said indifferently, "Don't ruin the show."
As he spoke, Meng Lei switched the hammer for the Grim Reaper Scythe before he charged out.
Since there were too many enemies, he did not need to aim his strikes at all.
Moreover, Meng Lei's speed was far superior to the experts', and his teleportation ability reinforced it. He was like a tiger charging into a flock of sheep. Similar to when Madara Uchiha charged into the Allied Shinobi Forces[2]. It was not a battle at all—it was an outright one-sided massacre!
Splurt!
Splurt!
Splurt!
Blood sprayed across as heads flew around.
Experts were getting killed constantly.
"Damn it!"
"He's too fast!"
"We can't even touch him!"
Although the battlefield was in a mess, the experts knew—as Meng Lei killed another dozen deities—that they would get wiped out at this rate.
"God's Domain! Use God's Domain to restrain him!" yelled someone.
"Yes, yes! God's Domain!"
Buzz!
Various God's Domains shrouded the area within 10,000 miles in an instant. As many God's Domains stacked up, the power of imprisonment was enough to suppress anything.
The problem was... how could so many domains stack up together perfectly?
As such, a tragedy followed.
It was not Meng Lei who got imprisoned. Instead, it was the experts who got trapped by their own temporary allies!
"Sh*t! I can't move!"
"Me neither!"
"Bastard! Whose God's Domain is this..."
"Haha! You all went for wool and came back shorn!"
Meng Lei almost died in laughter. He would surely not miss out on this perfect opportunity. And so, a bloody massacring feast ensued.
Splurt!
Splurt!
"Idiots! Remove your goddamn domains!"
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Chapter 362: Primordial Human, Packed Up For Enhancement
The group of experts around a million-strong was from different factions, so commands would naturally never be standardized, not to mention stacking up God's Domains in sync.
The result was disastrous.
Before Meng Lei could attack them, the experts imprisoned each other, and they could barely move. It was utterly miserable!
"Kill!"
Meng Lei would not let this chance slide pass, so he started a one-sided massacre with heads flying around in the air.
"Remove your God's Domains, you bastards!"
Some of the experts bellowed angrily. For once, the commands were standardized as various God's Domains were finally removed at the critical moment. The imprisonment disappeared.
After regaining mobility, the experts charged at Meng Lei furiously, trying to vent out all their rage on him.
"Damn it!"
"Kill him!"
"Kill this bastard!"
"The Monarch's treasure is ours!"
"You're still thinking of the treasure?" Meng Lei could not hide his smile as he uttered, "Time Freeze!"
Buzz!
A strange aura of time spread out with Meng Lei as the center, covering the entire battlefield. Time had frozen within this area.
The experts froze.
The dropping bodies and splattering blood froze.
The broken void and its energy waves froze.
It was as if a pause button was pressed, and everything went still.
"That's—"
Outside the affected battlefield, the Great Prophet, Olio, and the remaining Boundless Giants, as well as the Fairy Goddess and the ones who had not joined in the battle, looked at the frozen void, their mouths wide open in disbelief.
"To imprison the entire void and a million experts, how could his God's Domain be that strong?"
"No, this isn't God's Domain!"
"Not God's Domain? Then what is it?"
"No idea, but it's definitely not God's Domain!"
"Your fates were sealed from the very start!"
Meng Lei lifted his right hand. He could have used mass destructive skills to wipe out everyone, but he did not do so.
Meng Lei just wanted to kill everyone slash by slash, strike by strike. He enjoyed the feeling of being in absolute control!
Spurt!
Spurt!
Spurt!
Heads flew upwards one by one, and blood sprayed all across the field.
Those watching the battle could only tremble in deep fear as they witnessed Meng Lei's massacre.
Other than Meng Lei, the only one excited was none other than Dodola as it laughed and cried.
"See that? That's the time-based laws of nature! That's how powerful it is! Sob... Time-based laws of nature are the most powerful..."
A minute passed.
The massacre continued.
Ten minutes passed.
It was still the same.
Half an hour had passed.
Meng Lei finally stopped.
A million experts perished, becoming headless bodies.
The hundreds of thousands of headless corpses floating in the void were absolutely shocking, especially when these corpses were mid-level higher deities, high-level higher deities, mid-level Great Demon Gods, high-level Great Demon Gods.
The only fortunate thing was that these experts did not suffer any pain or fear at their life's final moment and died quietly.
When time froze, their minds were in a paused state. Hence, their deaths were painless.
"Collect!"
Meng Lei waved his arm and stored all these headless bodies into the Tower of Time. Once the little golden tree devoured these carcasses, it would surely grow to a great extent.
Meng Lei then stored all the heads from which he would dig out the divine cores, demonic cores, and spirit cores later to diminish their divine spirits and earn his rewards.
After doing all these, Meng Lei returned to the mountaintop.
"Greetings, Master!"
The Great Prophet and the rest bowed hurriedly once they saw Meng Lei. Their eyes were brimming with awe.
They had just fought with those demons, so they knew how scarily powerful the enemies were. They thought they were goners before Meng Lei wiped out the million-strong enemy force. That was an unbelievable feat!
"Stay on guard outside. I'll be refining the Heart of The Existential Plane of the Boundless Plane."
"Yes, Master!"
The Great Prophet and the rest of the giants answered affirmatively and surrounded the Monarch Shrine tightly, surveying the remaining foreign demons vigilantly.
The Fairy Goddess and the other goddesses were the only other experts left.
"W-what do we do now?" a goddess asked in a trembling voice.
"What else can we do? We'll just find somewhere to stay for around 20 years. When the dimensional gate reopens, we'll leave this nightmarish place!"
"Indeed! Leave as soon as possible!"
The goddesses had no objections. How could they muster up the courage to mess around after an event like that? All they wanted at this point was to wait for 20 years before they could leave quietly.
As for the Monarch's treasure... screw that! They would never think of such life-threatening things ever again as it would be tragic if they died here.
"Sister Ukana and all, thank you so much. If it weren't for your earlier advice, we would have died by now!"
"We're lucky to have Ukana and all today..."
The other existential planes' goddesses looked at the Lava Goddess and Fairy Goddess with eyes full of gratefulness.
"Everyone's from the Nature Gods. We wouldn't watch you all die in front of us!"
The Lava Goddess looked at the Monarch Shrine and sighed. "Well, this guy is just incredible with such a level of power!"
"Indeed, those were a million experts including so many higher deities and Great Demon Gods of a high level. He killed all of them all by himself..."
The goddesses' expressions were hard to read.
It was the same for the Fairy Goddess, but she was worried about something else. Since Meng Lei had killed so many experts of different backgrounds, he would surely offend the various gods, demons, and many other races.
These enormous clans would not let him off. What awaited Meng Lei would be an endless rain of enemies seeking revenge. This would not be far in the future.
The day that the dimensional gate would reopen 20 years later would be the day of revenge.
"Sigh, take care!"
"Ding! 1 Eight-Winged Fallen Angel killed. 61 million Divinity Crystals gained!"
"Ding! 1 Golden Behemoth killed. 920 million Divinity Crystals gained!"
"Ding! 1 Cerberus killed. 60.5 million Divinity Crystals gained!"
"Ding..."
The system notifications kept ringing. They were music to Meng Lei's ears, and he became even more pumped up to destroy the divine spirits. His Grim Reaper's Eye opened, extracted, and devoured over and over...
After over an hour, the million deities and demon gods were completely dead. Meng Lei took a peek at those staggering numbers on his stats interface. One word—satisfying!
Host: Meng Lei
Wealth: 64 trillion Divinity Crystals
"That's how you make a fortune! It is always the fastest way to earn Divinity Crystals!"
Of course, Meng Lei did not forget about the spatial rings the experts carried with them. Although many had left their wealth behind before coming to the Boundless Plane, there were bound to be exceptions.
After a round of looting, Meng Lei earned another 6 trillion Divinity Crystals, which added up to a staggering 70 trillion Divinity Crystals.
"70 trillion Divinity Crystals should be enough to raise the time-based laws of nature assimilation rate by 1%. But, that can wait a while longer." Meng Lei set his sights on his various bloodlines. "It's time to improve my bloodlines!"
"System, raise my Primordial Human bloodline assimilation rate!" Meng Lei gave his first command.
"Ding! Raising the Primordial Human bloodline by 1% requires 100 million Divinity Crystals. May I know whether you'd like to raise it?" replied the system coldly.
"Raise it to 100%!"
Meng Lei did not hesitate at all.
Whoosh!
His wealth decreased by 6,4 billion Divinity Crystals in an instant.
,4 billion Divinity Crystals was a huge sum. Normally, Meng Lei would have been in pain to part away with so many Divinity Crystals. However, Meng Lei remained unfazed this time for obvious reasons.
Boom!
A great, deafening sound rang within his bloodline. Meng Lei could feel a heavy, inclusive, and gentle energy envelop his body while he emanated an iridescent, divine glow.
At that moment, a warm sensation coursed through Meng Lei's body. It was as if he had returned to his mother's embrace—sweet, comfy, warm, peaceful...
This was a kind of comfort that was felt from head to toe, from inside out, spreading from the deepest part of his bloodline. This experience was unrivaled. Meng Lei could not find more words to describe this satisfying sensation.
The entire process did not last too long, and Meng Lei opened his eyes slowly. His dark pupils were as pure as a baby's eyes. Meng Lei's skin was fair and tender like a baby, without any pores or dirt visible. His body was pristine without any form of filth. At present, any of those popular fresh meats and delicate ladies would pale in comparison to him.
However, Meng Lei knew that even if his skin was tender and soft, it was incredibly tough. Even if a Great Perfection-level higher deity attacked him the best it could, Meng Lei would not be harmed the slightest bit.
And the muscles!
His muscles weren't bulging like a bodybuilding champion. Instead, they were ripped and toned enough, containing an endless amount of power that was much more potent than before.
"My Primordial Human bloodline is now fully awakened!" Meng Lei lets out a sigh. "Now I should be a complete Primordial Human, right?"
"Impressive! You've gotten stronger yet again!" Dodola appeared on Meng Lei's shoulders. "And your divine body is so perfect right now. Tsk, tsk. You're getting pretty handsome, young fellow. If I were a female, I would definitely lick your toes!"
"Handsome?"
Meng Lei waved casually to form an ice mirror. Looking at the person in the mirror, he finally understood what Dodola meant.
Six-feet tall, physically trim, charming face, tender skin—everything about Meng Lei's features was perfect. He was really matching Pan An and defeating Song Yu[1].
"If I returned to Earth now, I would mesmerize so many fangirls with this face!"
Meng Lei marveled as he gave his next order. "System, enhance the Gods-Slaying Rat bloodline!"
"Ding! The Gods-Slaying Rat bloodline is classified as a powerful True God Bloodline. After enhancement, it will become an Ancient God Bloodline—Primordial Gods-Slaying Rat Bloodline. The enhancement cost is estimated at 10 billion Divinity Crystals," the system replied coldly.
"Will you enhance it?"
"Yes, enhance it!"
Boom!
"System, enhance the Divine Netherworld Phoenix bloodline!"
"Ding! The Divine Netherworld Phoenix bloodline is classified as a powerful True God Bloodline. After enhancement, it will become an Ancient God Bloodline—Netherworld Ancestral Phoenix Bloodline. The enhancement cost is estimated at 10 billion Divinity Crystals," the system replied coldly.
"Will you enhance it?"
"Yes, enhance it!"
Boom!
"System, enhance the Hundred-Armed Giant bloodline!"
"Ding! The Hundred-Armed Giant bloodline is classified as a powerful True God Bloodline. After enhancement, it will become an Ancient God Bloodline—Hundred-Armed Giant King Bloodline. The enhancement cost is estimated at 10 billion Divinity Crystals," the system replied coldly.
"Will you enhance it?"
"Yes, enhance it!"
Boom!
"System, enhance the Grim Reaper bloodline!"
"Ding! The Grim Reaper bloodline is classified as a powerful True God Bloodline. After enhancement, it will become an Ancient God Bloodline—Grim Reaper King Bloodline. The enhancement cost is estimated at 10 billion Divinity Crystals," the system replied coldly.
"Will you enhance it?"
"Yes, enhance it!"
Boom!
"System, enhance the Frost Gods bloodline!"
"Ding! The Frost Gods bloodline is classified as a powerful True God Bloodline. After enhancement, it will become an Ancient God Bloodline—Frost King Bloodline. The enhancement cost is estimated at 10 billion Divinity Crystals," the system replied coldly.
"Will you enhance it?"
"Yes, enhance it!"
Boom!
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Chapter 363: A Chief God's Mighty Aura, A Powerful Enemy Attacks
By the time all the enhancements were complete, Meng Lei felt as if his divine body had improved in quality by a whole notch again.
He didn't know concretely what kind of standard it had reached, but... it really was very powerful!
Meng Lei had a feeling that the current him could kill ten of his previous selves with a single punch. The difference between then and now was like night and day—there was no comparability between the two at all.
"I currently own six types of Ancient God Bloodlines. This is definitely a groundbreaking first. Is there anyone in the whole wide universe that's as impressive as I am?"
The Primordial Gods-Slaying Rat bloodline!
The Netherworld Ancestral Phoenix bloodline!
The Hundred-Armed Giant King bloodline!
The Ancient Tree of Life bloodline!
The Frost King bloodline!
The Grim Reaper King bloodline!
Added to this the fact that Meng Lei himself was a Primordial Human, that made it a total of seven Ancient God Bloodlines. Meng Lei was undoubtedly the one and only person like that in the whole world!
"System, how many Divinity Crystals does it cost to enhance my divine body?"
Meng Lei wanted to know how strong his divine body currently was. Asking the system was the simplest way to find out.
"Ding! The host's Physical Body Constitution is currently that of a mid-level Ancient God's and will rival that of a high-level Ancient God's after enhancement. Enhancement cost is estimated at 100 trillion Divinity Crystals," replied the system coldly.
"Will you enhance it?"
"A mid-level Ancient God? Tsk, tsk. That's a lesser Chief God-level divine body!"
Meng Lei let out a long breath of air. "Calm down, calm down! This is to be expected!"
He had already assimilated his metal-origin divine body, his wood-origin divine body had reached Great Mastery-level, and his Ancient Tree of Life bloodline assimilation rate had been raised to 100%.
By this point, his divine body was already comparable to a Great Perfection deity's—in other words, a low-level Ancient God's!
He had then also assimilated the thunder-origin divine body and boosted it to Great Mastery-level, thereby strengthening his divine body even further.
After that, he had also boosted the Primordial Human bloodline and strengthened several bloodlines today. Thus, his divine body had undergone another round of furious enhancements.
Thus, it was completely understandable that his divine body had reached the mid-level Ancient God stage after the series of enhancements!
"But..." Meng Lei marveled, "My divine body has only become comparable to a mid-level Ancient God's, even though I've enhanced so many attributes one after the other. It's apparent for this just how vast the difference between a low-level Ancient God and a mid-level one is!"
(Note: Mid-level Ancient God = Lesser Chief God)
"Given my mid-level Ancient God body and the time-based laws of nature that I've comprehended, my current self is already completely in a position to fight a lesser Chief God head-on now!"
Meng Lei murmured, "If I must pick out a shortcoming, then it would be my divine spirit that's at the high-level higher deity stage. How can I, someone who's comparable to a Chief God, allow myself to have any shortcomings?"
"System, enhance my divine spirit!"
"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."
The system asked coldly, "Will you enhance it?"
"Yes, enhance it!"
Whoosh!
As his Wealth decreased by 12 billion Divinity Crystals, his divine spirit also reached Great Perfection-level as desired.
It wasn't over yet, though!
Meng Lei glanced at his Wealth value of 70 trillion Divinity Crystals and gave the order for enhancement again.
"Ding! The host's divine body is currently on par with that of a Great Perfection-level higher deity and will rival that of a lesser Chief God's after enhancement. Enhancement cost is estimated at 1 trillion Divinity Crystals."
The system asked coldly, "Will you enhance it?"
"Yes, enhance it!"
Whoosh!
His Wealth went down by 1 trillion Divinity Crystals again.
Boom!
After a long while...
Meng Lei slowly let out a pent-up breath. His eyes gleamed brightly, and fearsome divine spirit energy waves emanated from him and swept into every direction.
Boom!
Outside the hall, the Great Prophet, Olio, the other Boundless Giants, the Fairy Goddess, and the other goddesses that hadn't yet left were all flattened onto the ground.
Cold sweat drenched everyone. The divine spirit force coming from the shrine was simply too fearsome. They didn't have any means of resisting it at all.
"A... A Chief God!"
"That's Chief God-level divine spirit force!"
"Has he actually broken through to the Chief God stage?"
"A Chief God? What kind of joke is that? How can he possibly have a Chief God divine core?"
The goddesses were indescribably horrified. They didn't believe that Meng Lei could break through to the Chief God stage. After all, he didn't have a Chief God divine core at all, so how could he possibly attain Chief Godhood?
Yet, these were true blue Chief God-level divine power energy waves!
So, here came the problem—how exactly did Meng Lei manage to achieve that?
Horrified!
Perplexed!
Disbelieving!
Inconceivable!
Of course, while the Great Prophet and the others were certainly astounded, they were naturally also overjoyed. Meng Lei was the Boundless Giants' new master. The stronger he became, the safer they would be.
"Congrats, Meng Lei!"
Dodola circled and fluttered around Meng Lei as it let out an emotional sigh from the bottom of its heart. It said, "Apart from your comprehension of time-based laws of nature that's still slightly inferior to the God of Time, you've already completely surpassed him in every other aspect. He'd definitely be greatly comforted if he knew!"
"You've finally said it!" A beaming Meng Lei said, "It sure wasn't easy to gain your approval!"
"Work hard, Meng Lei!" An encouraging Dodola said, "You'll definitely stand at the pinnacle of the world someday!"
"Haha, I hope your wishes come true!"
Meng Lei then broke into a smile and said, "It's time to refine the Boundless Plane's Heart of The Existential Plane."
"Yeah!"
After that, Meng Lei teleported to where the Heart of The Existential Plane was. He enveloped the Heart of The Existential Plane in his divine spirit power and started to refine it furiously.
Had it been the Dark Hell Demonic Emperor, the Three-Headed Hell Empress, or the Fallen Emperor instead, they would never be able to refine a mid-end existential plane's Heart of The Existential Plane in under several hundred—or even 1,000—years.
But Meng Lei was different. He had a lesser Chief God-level divine spirit, so refining it was a much easier task and naturally also took less time.
Time passed rapidly during the refinement process. Before he knew it, 20 years had passed.
On this day, the Fairy Goddess and the other 30-odd goddesses eagerly went over to where the dimensional gate was and waited for it to open.
"I'm finally leaving this goddamn place!"
The Iron Goddess was rather agitated. She lamented, "My goodness! The last 20 years were the most arduous 20 years of my entire lifetime. I spent every moment in fear and trepidation, deathly afraid that that guy would have a screw loose in his head and come over to kill us all!"
"Spending every day in that guy's shadow was certainly an ordeal. Fortunately, our term here ends today, so we can finally leave!" added the Ocean Goddess.
"I swear I'll never step into the Boundless Plane ever again..."
The goddesses chatted noisily with one another as they vented their feelings of repression and frustration that they had accumulated over the last 20 years. Only the Fairy Goddess remained quiet, her delicate brows tightly knitted together.
"What's wrong, Diana? You don't seem to be in a good mood," asked the puzzled Lava Goddess as she gazed at the silent Fairy Goddess.
"It's... nothing."
The Fairy Goddess mustered a smile.
"Are you worried about that guy?" asked the Lava Goddess with a frown.
"N-no!"
The Fairy Goddess hastily shook her head.
"Don't bother hiding it. You're not good at lying."
The Lava Goddess shook her head and sighed. She said, "Although that guy's prowess is unfathomably deep, he's made too big a mess this time. Even if we disregard everything else and just focus on the Thunderbolt Divine Realm alone, the number of experts that he's killed is no fewer than 10,000-odd. The godly clans behind their backs will never let him off!
"Sigh, he can only count on his luck now."
The Fairy Goddess also sighed and said, "I had intended to bring him into the Goddess System because he has a metal-origin divine body, but now..."
"Bring him into the Goddess System? I think you'd better just forget about it."
The Lava Goddess shook her head resolutely. "With that murderous, ruthless, and vicious nature of his, he'll totally be a misfit in the Natural Goddesses System. Besides, he'll have to overcome his current trials first. He's already become the number one public enemy of all the gods and demons in the Void."
"That's true..."
The Fairy Goddess let out a soft sigh.
"It's open!"
"The dimensional gate is opening!"
The goddesses started to cheer at this point. The Fairy Goddess raised her head and looked over—true enough, the dimensional gate was slowly appearing and opening in mid-air.
"I can finally leave this goddamn place!"
"C'mon, let's hurry and leave. I don't want to stay here for even a moment longer!"
"Let's go, Diana," said the smiling Lava Goddess.
"Yeah!"
The Fairy Goddess nodded slightly. After casting a glance in the Monarch Mountain direction, she got ready to enter the dimensional gate.
Unexpectedly, right at that moment...
Whoosh!
A figure suddenly charged out of the dimensional gate. He stood at 10,000-feet-tall, had intertwining muscles, wore golden armor, and emanated immense divine power.
Strong, surging, and fearsome divine power emanated from the figure the moment he appeared, weighing down on the goddesses so strongly that their expressions couldn't help but change greatly. They exclaimed, "A G... Great..."
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Chapter 364: Six Great Perfection Deities, The Moon Goddess
Terrifying divine power engulfed the whole place, crushing down wantonly on the goddesses' souls. It weighed down on them, causing their petite forms to shake like leaves and filling their hearts with extreme fear.
"A Great Perfection deity!"
"That's a Great Perfection deity!"
At that moment, another terrifying figure rushed out of the dimensional gate and appeared in the air.
He had an elephant head and a human body. Standing at 1,000-feet-tall, he held a gigantic axe and was covered from head to toe in golden armor. He gave off immense divine power that was in no way inferior to the previous figure's.
This wasn't the last of them, however. Right on the heels of his appearance, a few other figures also charged out of the dimensional gate. As though someone had stirred a hornet's nest, people rushed out of the dimensional gate one after another.
Every one of them gave off vast, majestic divine power, their powerful auras reaching far beyond the clouds.
"O Nature Goddess above!"
"S-so many Great Perfection deities!"
"There are as many as six Great Perfection deities there!"
"How incredible!"
"How unbelievable!"
"How inconceivable!"
The goddesses were horror-stricken.
What kind of existence were Great Perfection deities?
They were supreme existences second only to Chief Gods in the vast universe! They possessed unrivaled strength and exalted social statuses unmatched by others.
Think about it, once a godly clan produced a Great Perfection deity, they would become eligible and be in the position to dominate a whole region. As long as they didn't mess with a Chief God, the clan would be able to live on for generations and prosper for eternity!
Existences on a level like that were usually elusive and nowhere to be found, yet six had appeared in one go. This was practically a sight that could frighten one to death!
"He's doomed!"
"That guy's doomed for sure!"
"Those six Great Perfection deities are going to rip him into shreds and thoroughly kill him!"
The goddesses murmured under their breaths. They had realized that the major godly clans' revenge had come. Now that six Great Perfection deities had personally come over, there was little chance that Meng Lei would survive.
"Ebenezer, Adolphus, Burnside! You're here!"
Gaianos, the lofty figure that had been the first to appear, swept his gaze across the five Great Perfection deities. His voice was as though thunderclaps were exploding in the air.
"Yeah!"
The five other deities made sounds of acknowledgment. Then, their gazes fell onto the Fairy Goddess and the others, and they asked aloofly, "Are all of you part of the Nature Gods?"
"Y-yes, sir!" answered the Lava Goddess with a bow.
"I heard that everyone that entered the Boundless Plane is dead. Why are all of you still alive?" asked Gaianos with a frown.
He was the only Great Perfection deity among the Theodore Titan Gods in the Thunderbolt Divine Realm and was also Gregg Theodore's father.
"Sir, t-this..."
Lost for words, the Lava Goddess was filled to the brim with fear. Indeed, all the experts that had come to the Boundless Plane were dead, yet they were still alive and unscathed.
How were they supposed to explain this?
Were they supposed to say that Meng Lei had let them off on account of Diana, the Fairy Goddess?
Should they say that, the six Great Perfection deities would probably take it out on Diana. It was likely that she would be in danger.
"What's the matter?"
Gaianos' expression darkened slightly.
However, it was right at that moment that a soft and gentle voice rang out. "Gaianos, are you trying to vent your anger regarding your son's death on us, the Nature Gods?"
A huge jolt went through the Lava Goddess' petite form, and she turned to the newcomer agitatedly. "Greetings, Lady Elune!"
"Greetings, Lady Elune!"
The other goddesses also bowed in greeting.
The newcomer wore a white chiffon dress. The incredibly beautiful woman carrying an elegant and tranquil air around her was none other than the Nature Gods' Great Perfection deity—Elune, the Moon Goddess.
Elune's gaze swept across all the goddesses. Upon seeing that they were all safe and well, she heaved a sigh of relief and said, "I'm glad all of you are alright. Rise, everyone."
"Thank you, Lady Elune!"
The goddesses thanked her and got back up. Then, all of them flew behind the Moon Goddess. It was as though they would only be able to gain a sense of security by staying behind her.
"Lady Elune, why have you come, too?" asked the puzzled Lava Goddess.
"I had no choice but to come. The Divine Realm is in a huge uproar!" The Moon Goddess shook her head lightly and said, "News of how the experts that the major godly clans had dispatched to the Boundless Plane have all been killed spread throughout all the major Divine Realms a long time ago. The great Chief God is worried about your safety, so they instructed me to hurry over. Fortunately, all of you are alright!"
Her words touched the Lava Goddess. She wasn't surprised in the least that commotions had broken out in all the major Divine Realms. After all, this incident was simply too astounding.
Given the huge incident, it would be stranger if the major clans could keep their calm instead!
"My son was killed! The murderer is truly perverse and arrogant to the extreme!"
An expressionless Gaianos said, "All I want now is to find that knave and rip him into a million pieces to vent my anger! Elune, I won't make things difficult for those young ones, but they must answer a few of my questions. Surely I'm not going too far with this request?"
"To be honest, I have a lot of questions on my mind, too."
The Moon Goddess nodded slightly. She turned to the Lava Goddess and asked in puzzlement, "Ukana, I heard that the murderer is a bloodthirsty and ruthless one that killed all the experts that had come to the Boundless Plane, including deities from each of the major Divine Realms, as well as demons and the Undead from the unholy faction. Why were all of you the only ones that he spared?"
The moment the question left her mouth, Gaianos, Ebenezer, Adolphus, the other few Great Perfection deities also turned to the Lava Goddess with puzzlement in their eyes.
The Lava Goddess felt immense pressure from having seven Great Perfection deities staring at her. However, she had no choice but to press on and reply, "My lady, Diana may have something to do with it."
"Diana?"
The Moon Goddess was slightly taken aback by her answer. She turned to the Fairy Goddess in puzzlement and asked, "What does this have to do with you?"
A wry smile appeared on the Fairy Goddess' countenance as she replied, "Lady Elune, Meng Lei is from a low-end existential plane that was under my control called Heaven's Vault Continent. At that time, I noticed that he has a metal-origin divine body and thought of inviting him to join the Natural Goddesses System, so I gave him Heaven's Vault Continent as a welcome gift. Perhaps it was on account of this bit of friendship between us that Meng Lei hadn't made things difficult for us."
The Moon Goddess nodded lightly.
Although the Natural Goddesses System was named as such, it didn't mean that there weren't any male deities among them.
In truth, the Natural Goddesses System also took in talented male deity geniuses in order to strengthen itself.
If Meng Lei really had a metal-origin divine body, then he would indeed be a rare genius. It would also make sense why Diana had intentions of bringing him into the Natural Goddesses System.
"Since he's a genius that owns a metal-origin divine body, then why haven't I heard you mention it before, Diana?"
The puzzled Moon Goddess raised another question. It was undoubtedly the most suitable to have geniuses join a faction while they were still weak. After all, the weaker they were, the easier it would be to bring them in.
But Meng Lei?
He was already capable of slaughtering high-level higher deities at will now. Given his strength, why hadn't Diana mentioned him before? She should have referred Meng Lei to the organization a long time ago instead!
"Lady Elune, it's not that I wasn't willing to refer him to the organization. Rather, it's because his growth was simply too fast!"
The Fairy Goddess could only chuckle wryly as she said, "His growth rate was so fast that it had gone beyond my expectations. It was to the extent that he had already reached what he is now before I could even refer him to the organization."
"Is it that fast?"
The Moon Goddess was taken aback. How fast were they talking about? Three seconds?
"Lady Elune, he's not even 45 years old yet this year," replied the Fairy Goddess with a wry smile.
"45 years old!?"
"What nonsense!"
"That's utter bull!"
Before the Moon Goddess could even speak, Gaianos and the other Great Perfection deities were already sneering.
"How can that knave possibly be younger than 45 years old when he can slaughter high-level higher deities and high-level Great Demon Gods at will? Are you insulting our intelligence?"
"Diana, you can't just joke about something like that," chided the Moon Goddess, whose brows were also lightly drawn together.
The Fairy Goddess hurriedly said, "Lady Elune, why would I joke about something like that with you? Meng Lei indeed hasn't yet reached 45 years old this year. I swear this upon my divine spirit!"
Making an oath upon one's divine spirit...
The Moon Goddess fell silent, as did the other six Great Perfection deities.
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Chapter 365: Stopping Meng Lei, Violent Soul Reading
Before they arrived at the Boundless Plane, the seven Great Perfection deities understood from the deceased's divine incarnations that the murderer was powerful, really powerful!
One hammer to thrash a high-level Great Demon God!
Massacring a million experts!
The Great Perfection deities thought that such a human was a reclusive ancient freak.
Otherwise, Meng Lei must be a Pseudo-Chief God, who had refined the Boundless Plane's Heart of The Existential Plane.
No matter how they cracked their brains, they never thought that the million experts' murderer was a human who was under 45 years old!
Not yet 45... Was he really human?
Gaianos said gravely, "Fairy Goddess, I want to know everything about him!"
"Yes, Lord Gaianos!"
The Fairy Goddess did not hide anything as she explained Meng Lei's past thoroughly. "45 years ago, Meng Lei was only an ordinary villager from the Magical Beast Village of the Heaven's Vault Continent's Fire Dragon Kingdom..."
After the Fairy Goddess finished speaking, the seven Great Perfection deities went silent yet again. The Moon Goddess mumbled, "In less than ten years, how could a human become a super expert!? It's just fantasy!"
"It's not just a fantasy. Even a Juggernaut's reincarnation could not do it!"
The Great Perfection deity Ebenezer's eyes lit up. "There must be some huge secret behind this fellow. Otherwise, he would never have improved so quickly!"
Huge secret?
A jolt went through everyone. Their eyes lit up as they became hugely interested in Meng Lei's secret.
After cultivating to their level, unless they encountered some incredible opportunity, cultivating further was almost impossible.
If they got their hands on that secret, they might have a chance to cultivate further!
"Where is that knave!"
Adolphus, the Great Perfection deity of the Colossal Dragon Gods, bellowed as it could not wait any longer.
The Fairy Goddess was conflicted. Even though it wouldn't affect Meng Lei if she talked about his life, telling where Meng Lei was would put him in danger!
She simply couldn't do it.
"Mm?"
Adolphus' expression turned grim as he seemed displeased. The Lava Goddess noticed that and answered quickly, "That fellow is currently in the Monarch Mountain, and he seemed to be refining the Boundless Plane's Heart of The Existential Plane!"
"Damn!"
"We can't let him get his way!"
"Damn it! We must stop him!"
The six Great Perfection deities' expressions changed dramatically.
Meng Lei was a powerful presence who broke through to high-level higher deity with ease. If he was allowed to refine the Boundless Plane's Heart of The Existential Plane, he would become a Pseudo-Chief God.
Not just them, even if Chief Gods descended upon the plane, they could not do anything to Meng Lei. By then, let alone digging up Meng Lei's secret, revenge would be impossible.
"Stop him!"
"We must stop him immediately!"
"Where's the Monarch Mountain?" barked Gaianos.
"That direction!" The Lava Goddess pointed away.
"Here we go!"
Gaianos went along with the other five Great Perfection deities to speed to the Monarch Mountain immediately.
"You may return to the Divine Realm now," the Moonlight Goddess said to the goddesses.
The Lava Goddess answered respectfully, "Yes, Lady Elune!"
The Fairy Goddess then asked, "Lady Elune, what will happen to Meng Lei?"
"Since you knew the outcome, why should you even ask further?"
The Moonlight Goddess left these words before she left without looking back.
"Diana, let's go. He'll die surely!" The Lava Goddess shook her head. "Killing a million deities and demons, offending almost every possible faction? He won't have a good ending at all!"
"Sigh..."
The Fairy Goddess sighed quietly.
At the Monarch Mountain...
The Great Prophet, Olio, and the rest continued to guard the Monarch Shrine as they talked among themselves, leaving the Monarch Mountain rather peaceful.
"Great Prophet, is our Juggernaut still alive?"
"Lord Juggernaut died long ago. What's left are his divine spirit fragments!"
"Great Prophet, do you know what kind of person our new master is? How did he inherit everything from the Juggernaut and become our master?"
"It was all the will of the Great Juggernaut. All we have to do is follow any of their orders!"
"Since we are talking about that, our new master is really powerful! He can slaughter a million extraterrestrial demons single-handedly, similar to the Boundless King's style!"
"Ah yes! Our new master is too powerful—"
Just as the Boundless Giants were talking casually, a terrifying divine power came from across the horizon. Although the divine might was not as powerful due to the distance, the pressure it contained made everyone's heart pound in trepidation.
The Boundless Giants raised their heads and saw a few figures shooting in their direction at unbelievable speed. In a blink of an eye, those figures skit passed a great distance as they appeared in the skies not far away.
"That's..."
"Extraterrestrial demons!"
"Damn it! Those extraterrestrial demons are back!"
The Great Prophet's countenance changed greatly.
Damn it! Why were they here again? These extraterrestrial demons linger around too much!
Olio cursed inwardly before he shouted his commands, "Guard the Monarch Shrine, don't let them disturb Master!"
"Yes, sir!"
The Boundless Giant answered cohesively as they went on standby, staying alert to the figures closing in on them.
However, as those figures approached, the divine might became more and more powerful, which almost turned into a solid suppression over the Boundless Giants on the mountain. The overwhelming aura pressed everyone like a primordial divine mountain up in their hearts, as all the giants could no longer muster the courage to battle.
"Great Perfection deities! They're all Great Perfection-level extraterrestrial demons!" The Great Prophet's face became especially awful, his voice trembling.
"What? Great Perfection?" Olio exclaimed as his heart sank to the bottom.
Across the entire Boundless Plane, Great Perfection was a mythical concept which most Boundless Giants dreamed of achieving, but it was a domain they could never ever enter!
At that moment, however, there were already a few Great Perfection-level extraterrestrial demons that spelled disaster. Who could stop their attacks?
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Just as the Boundless Giants' morale sank to the very bottom, shrill air-piercing sounds rang—the six Great Perfection deities arrived above the mountaintop.
They looked down from above, sweeping their glances at the Boundless Giants. They did not hide their divine power as they overwhelmed the giants' minds incessantly.
"This is the Monarch Mountain?"
"It must be it!"
"Where's that knave?"
"I'll grab someone to ask!"
Gaianos grabbed in the air and caught a giant.
Extreme terror overwhelmed this giant while he struggled madly.
It was pointless.
Any struggles were in vain. Gaianos did not hesitate to crush this poor giant's skull and took out his divine core.
"Bastard!"
After watching that scene, Olio and the rest widened their eyes to the point of splitting, and they shot themselves toward Gaianos. However, a glance was all it took for Gaianos to repel Olio and the rest. They flew off, coughing up blood.
The difference was really too big!
One glance, and they were heavily injured!
"Trash!"
Gaianos held the divine core and searched the soul violently. Shrill, horrific screams of that giant rang. The suffering from the violent soul-reading was too unbearable.
"Ugh!"
With blood at the corners of his lips, Olio wanted to charge again before the Great Prophet stopped him.
"The difference is power is too huge! All you will achieve by doing that is dying aimlessly!"
"Then what do we do? Are we going to stand and watch this go on?" Olio bellowed, his eyes bloodshot. He had never been this furious before.
"Just wait. Once Master refines the Heart of The Existential Plane, that's the time they perish!"
As the wisest, oldest Boundless Giant, the Great Prophet saw things crystal clear.
"Ugh!"
Olio held his fists tightly.
The whole soul-reading process did not take long. Gaianos threw away the divine core casually and looked at the Monarch Shrine.
"How was it, Gaianos? Where's that knave?" The other Great Perfection deities asked impatiently.
Gaianos did not answer. Instead, he raised his right hand and swiped down his palm pointed at the tall, lofty Monarch Shrine. The shrine collapsed in an instant.
Gaianos swung his sleeves as the ruins went away with the winds.
The Monarch Shrine disappeared.
"No one?"
"Where's that knave?"
"If he's not in this shrine, then he should be in the Boundless Plane's Land of Origin!"
Gaianos' expression turned awful.
"The Land of Origin?"
The other five Great Perfection deities had similar expressions.
The Land of Origin was the land where the Heart of The Existential Plane was in. The mid-end existential plane was huge, so the Land of Origin was never easy to find. Even if they were Great Perfection deities, they still needed to put in the effort.
"Search at once! We must find him before he completely refines the Heart of The Existential Plane! Otherwise, we'll be in trouble! We'll split out now!"
The six Great Perfection deities looked at each other as they were about to search for the Land of Origin. Just then, a soft sound of the slicing of air echoed.
Gaianos' expression changed slightly. He tilted his head to the left instinctively. A three-colored spear flew right past his temple.
"How dare you act so presumptuously in my territory! How bold of you!"
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Chapter 366: Destruction Laws of Nature, Killing Great Perfection Deities
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"How dare you act so presumptuously in my territory! How bold of you!"
An aloof voice rang out, and right away, someone else had already appeared in the sky. He had a head of black hair, a pair of black eyes, handsome looks, and a proportionate figure with perfect contours. His looks were perfect and flawless, easily giving Pan An a run for his money and firmly surpassed Song Yu's.
"Master!"
At the sight of the newcomer, the Great Prophet, Olio, and the others could hardly keep their feelings in control. They had never longed for Meng Lei to show up as much as how they currently did.
"He's finally appeared!"
Gaianos, Ebenezer, Adolphus, Burnside, and the other two Great Perfection deities also turned to Meng Lei, light flashing across their eyes.
"One, two... Five, six!"
Meng Lei's gaze flitted past the six Great Perfection deities one by one. Disappointment filled him at once.
Why are there only six of them that came? What a disappointment!
A Great Perfection deity was worth 12 billion Divinity Crystals. Even with six of them, the total value would never exceed 80 billion Divinity Crystals, even at the maximum!
How disappointing!
This bit of money wasn't even enough to fill in any gaps!
"Eh?"
However, at this exact moment, Meng Lei suddenly noticed a five-colored light ball falling from one of the Great Perfection deities. A system notification rang out right away.
"Ding! Dropped item detected. Will you pick it up?"
"A five-colored light ball?"
Meng Lei perked up, and he ordered, "Pick it up!"
"Ding! Pickup successful. You have obtained a Laws of Nature Fragment. Will you assimilate it?" asked the system.
"Assimilate it!"
Boom!
A torrent of data instantly gushed into his mind, flashing swiftly across his eyes as though it were a movie that was being played. Meng Lei hurriedly checked it out.
Immense joy then filled Meng Lei right away.
"Thunder, ice, metal, dark, and fire elements! Tsk, tsk! To think it's a fusion laws of nature fragment that's actually made up of these five elements!"
Meng Lei was extremely excited.
"I searched far and wide to no avail, only to obtain it so effortlessly in the end! Never would I have ever thought that I would actually obtain destruction laws of nature like this! Even the heavens are on my side! Hahaha!"
Thunder, ice, metal, dark, and fire—these were exactly the five elements corresponding to the destruction laws of nature!
Destruction laws of nature were one of the five supreme laws of nature, yet he had obtained it so easily! One could easily imagine just how excited Meng Lei must be.
"Hahaha!"
Wild laughter boomed in the sky like thunder, its reverberations breaking the dimension around them and causing it to vibrate and shake. Everyone looked absolutely stupefied.
He had suddenly burst into raucous laughter?
He could actually still bring himself to laugh when six Great Perfection deities surrounded him? Had his brain been caught in between Sister Feng's1 a*s?
The six Great Perfection deities' expressions darkened, feeling as though they had been insulted. How dare he laugh when they were standing right in front of him?
Gaianos barked in a deep voice, "I'm going to tear you into a million pieces for killing my child, you knave!"
Before he even finished speaking, he had already raised his right palm and smacked it down at Meng Lei.
Boom!
As though Buddha's Palm, a massive palm that blotted out the sky appeared above Meng Lei.
The Great Prophet and the others' expressions changed greatly upon sensing the massive palm's terrifying might, and they hastily shouted a warning, "Look out, Master!"
"Insignificant tricks!"
Meng Lei's smile disappeared. He couldn't help but shake his head lightly as he looked up at the huge palm crashing down upon him. Then, he formed a sword with his index finger and middle finger and slashed lightly across the air. The sound of something ripping apart rang out, and the massive palm that carried with it boundless destructive might and blotted out the sky was instantly cleaved into two, disappearing into nothingness upon being destroyed.
"What?"
A huge jolt went through Gaianos, whose eyes were filled with incredulity. Although that palm strike was just a casual strike from him, it was in no way an attack that an ordinary higher deity could fight against. Yet Meng Lei had casually cleaved it apart...?
"Kid, are you also a Great Perfection deity?"
Gaianos was rather alarmed and unsettled. Since the other party was able to slaughter high-level higher deities and high-level Great Demon Gods at will, it was evident that he was infinitely close to the Great Perfection stage!
And now, he had even countered his attack so effortlessly. This was something that only Great Perfection deities could do.
"He's a Great Perfection deity?!"
A shock went through Ebenezer and the other Great Perfection deities. At once, a hint of incredulity surfaced in their eyes that were fixed on Meng Lei. A 45-year-old Great Perfection deity?
What kind of joke was that?
"Great Perfection? No, I'm not."
Meng Lei shook his head and denied the statement.
Whew~
It's a good thing he isn't one! That gave me a fright!
Gaianos and the others secretly heaved sighs of relief. Things would become rather tricky if Meng Lei were really a Great Perfection deity. Even with the six of them joining hands, it would still be a lot of work if they wish to kill a Great Perfection deity!
After all, a Great Perfection deity... wasn't that easy to kill!
"You worm, how dare you slaughter the experts from the major godly clans! You practically can't get any more perverse than that! Today, I shall give you a terrible death!"
Ebenezer, the Great Perfection deity from the Giant Elephant Gods, let out an icy snort and brazenly went on the offensive.
He vanished from where he was in the blink of an eye. Then, he raised his car-sized fist and smashed it toward Meng Lei.
The Giant Elephant Gods were naturally blessed with Herculean strength and cultivated only their physical body. Among those of the same grade, only the Behemoth Gods, the Titan Gods, and the Scarab Gods could contend against them.
As a deity with a Great Perfection-level body, Ebenezer was undoubtedly top-class among the Great Perfection deities when it came to one's divine body's level of sturdiness and physical strength. As such, one could easily imagine the destructive power contained within his fist.
It was just a shame that Meng Lei merely gave a light shake of his head even when he was faced with such an earth-shattering punch. He reached out a finger and pointed lightly at the powerful punch intending to smash him into a bloody pulp.
"He's using a finger to counter Ebenezer's powerful punch head-on?"
"How arrogant!"
"How presumptuous!"
"He overestimates himself!"
"I've never seen such an arrogant person in my whole life! Just you watch—he'll definitely die in a very, very tragic manner..."
The five Great Perfection deities gnashed their teeth in fury at the sight of Meng Lei's actions, which had significantly angered them.
"You're courting death!"
Ebenezer, who felt that his pride as a Great Perfection deity had been immensely insulted, also flew into a rage. He couldn't help but apply even more force in his punch, causing the punch's might to spike.
Spurt!
Meng Lei's index finger and Ebenezer's powerful punch clashed against each other. The very next moment, something that none of them ever imagined would have happened took place—their finger and fist clashed against each other like a watermelon and a nail colliding with each other. Following a spurt, Ebenezer's fist was pierced right through—Meng Lei's finger... had jabbed deeply into it!
"Ugh!"
Ebenezer let out a muffled grunt, his face as though he had just seen a ghost.
His finger has actually pierced right through my fist? How can that be?!
"How did that happen?"
The five other Great Perfection deities were stunned by what they saw.
"Thinking of taking my life with just that bit of power you've got? You're a far ways off!" Meng Lei shook his head. Then, he said, "Just as well. Since you've come to seek your death, then I'll send you on your way."
As he spoke, Meng Lei came right up to Ebenezer in a flash. Ebenezer was several thousand feet tall, and his face was even bigger than a bus. The 1.8-meter-tall Meng Lei was no different from a child when he stood right in front of his face.
"Go on your way, Mr. Great Perfection!"
Meng Lei bent his fingers and flicked them lightly against the area in between Ebenezer's brows.
Crackle!
The sound of something breaking rang out. At once, as though thunderstruck, Ebenezer's eyes widened to a size even larger than millstones and became bloodshot, the interweaving veins of blood causing his eyes to look like broken glass.
Right on the heels of it, the area in between Ebenezer's brows started to crack and break into little pieces like a broken mirror. The cracks spread through the area in an instant, and then... A huge bloody hole formed in between his brows.
Golden blood gushed from the wound like a waterfall, instantly dyeing Ebenezer's face, chest, and the lapel of his clothes gold. He stumbled a couple of steps backward, pointing at Meng Lei as he sputtered, "You, you..." Then, he collapsed onto the ground.
Boom!
His body crashed onto the mountain peak, causing the earth to quake and throwing an infinite amount of dust into the air. In spite of that, the whole place was dead silent as though someone had pressed the pause button in this instant.
The dimension had been locked down.
The air had congealed.
Time had stopped.
The five Great Perfection deities' acupoints had also been sealed.
Only the Great Prophet, Olio, and the others were in such a state of excitement that their faces were all red. They were so agitated that they shook all over and burst into loud, unrestrained laughter.
"Great Perfection deities are nothing more than just that!"
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Chapter 367: Besieged By Five Deities, Weapon Enhancement
Dead silence filled Monarch Mountain.
Gaianos and the other four deities stared at Ebenezer's corpse, feeling as though an extra-powerful tsunami with huge, rolling tidal waves rising to the heavens had struck their hearts.
Ebenezer!
A Great Perfection-level Giant Elephant God!
He had died just like that?
How could that possibly have happened?
How could that be?
One must know that he was a Great Perfection deity!
An existence second only to a Chief God!
How did he die?
How could he die?
Extreme astoundment filled the five Great Perfection deities in this instant. All along, lesser deities and intermediate deities had always frequently perished while only a very small number of higher deities lost their lives.
As for Great Perfection deities...
Unless a war between gods and demons broke out, no Great Perfection deities would perish at all!
Over time, this had given the gods the impression that Great Perfection deities would never die.
Yet Ebenezer had perished! The resulting astoundment was no less shocking than a hydrogen bomb going off!
However, what shocked and horrified them even more was that Meng Lei acted as if all he had killed was just a mere chicken and nothing more after he killed Ebenezer. Calm and tranquil, he wasn't excited or agitated in the least.
"That guy... Who exactly is he?"
A bone-deep chill ran down the five Great Perfection deities' spines as they stared at the calm Meng Lei.
They had suddenly realized that they couldn't tell how strong or weak Meng Lei was at all. He was just like an ordinary person that didn't give off even a hint of any aura.
This was what alarmed and frightened them the most—because it meant that there was an incredibly huge gap between Meng Lei and themselves!
"Now that one's dead, there are still five left."
Meng Lei turned to Gaianos and the other four deities and asked calmly, "So, who's next?"
Meng Lei's gaze greatly alarmed the five Great Perfection deities and gave them incredible pressure. They hastily began to communicate with one another via their divine spirits in search of a solution.
"What should we do, everyone?"
Marshall, the Great Perfection-level Angel God, said, "That guy is unfathomably strong. If we continue to engage in fierce battle with him, it's very likely that we'll end up like Ebenezer. Why don't we... Retreat instead?"
The other Great Perfection deities fell silent at once. They couldn't accept such an outcome at all. They were Great Perfection deities; how were they supposed to face the world if they retreated just like that?
Yet if they didn't...
They really didn't have the guts to battle Meng Lei!
Just as the five Great Perfection deities were caught in a dilemma, Meng Lei spoke once more. He looked at Gaianos and said calmly, "You made the most noise just now, so you'll do."
Gaianos' eyelid twitched, and he instantly tensed up. However, before he could respond, Meng Lei had shown up right in front of him like a phantom.
They made eye contact.
Meng Lei gave him a slight smile.
A huge shudder went through Gaianos.
The next moment, a blood-red glint flashed across, and the Grim Reaper Scythe instantly cleaved onto Gaianos' neck with a crisp clink.
Then, something awkward happened:
Apart from causing a series of sparks, the Grim Reaper Scythe wasn't able to slice open Gaianos' skin at all. In fact, the blade even curled somewhat.
"(o)"
Meng Lei was stunned for a second before an embarrassed smile formed on his face. He said, "Sorry, I forgot to enhance it!"
No matter what, Gaianos was a Titan with a Great Perfection-level body. Not only did he possess Herculean strength, but his body was also incredibly strong and powerful. How could his divine body's defenses possibly be sub-par?
On the other hand, the Grim Reaper Scythe was just an ordinary high-tier divine weapon. While it would do if one were just trying to slice open a higher deity, it was somewhat inadequate if they were trying to slay a Great Perfection deity instead.
But no matter, he could just enhance it.
"Ding! The Grim Reaper Scythe is currently an intermediate high-tier divine weapon and will rival that of an advanced high-tier divine weapon after enhancement. Enhancement cost is estimated at 6 million Divinity Crystals." The system asked coldly, "Will you enhance it?"
"Yes, enhance it!"
Whoosh!
A blood-red glow flashed across the Grim Reaper Scythe, causing the aura around it to become even more unholy. As the blood-red glow intensified, the blade's curled edge also returned to being straight and level, becoming even sharper and chillier than before, as well as receiving an upgrade in level.
"This isn't enough, though. Enhance it further!"
"Ding! The Grim Reaper Scythe is currently an advanced high-tier divine weapon and will rival that of a Great Perfection-level high-tier divine weapon after enhancement. Enhancement cost is estimated at 1.2 billion Divinity Crystals." The system asked coldly, "Will you enhance it?"
"Yes, enhance it!"
Whoosh!
Another blood-red glow flashed past...
Just as Meng Lei was in the midst of enhancing the Grim Reaper Scythe, Gaianos finally snapped back to reality.
"Die!"
He raised his gigantic fist and smashed it toward Meng Lei without a second thought. Although he didn't know why Meng Lei had suddenly frozen in mid-air... It didn't matter as long as he could kill him!
Boom!
Gaianos' punch was filled with incredible might. It smashed ruthlessly into Meng Lei, sending him flying like a launched cannon.
"Attack!"
Adolphus, Burnside, and the other two hurriedly launched into a flurry of attacks at the sight.
"Holy Judgment!"
Marshall, the Great Perfection-level Angel God, roared furiously. A huge light sword that flashed with platinum-silver light descended from the sky, stabbing right at Meng Lei's head.
"Dragon Breath of Destruction!"
Adolphus, the Great Perfection-level Colossal Dragon God, also let out a loud and sonorous dragon roar. He opened his mouth and sprayed out a wave of violet-red dragon breath that blasted Meng Lei mercilessly.
The violet-red dragon breath contained extremely great destructive power capable of wrecking everything in the world. The moment it appeared, it destroyed the dimension around it without any prior warning whatsoever.
"Berserk Punch!"
Burnside, the Great Perfection-level Behemoth God, let out a bellow. His divine body started to furiously expand, instantly becoming as big as 1,000,000-feet-long, and he threw a punch.
"Inextinguishable Phoenix Flames!"
Roald, the Great Perfection-level Fire Phoenix God, emitted a crisp and clear cry as he transformed into his true form, the Fire Phoenix. Crimson-gold flames burst forth with a strong flap of his fiery-red wings as he tried to burn Meng Lei into ashes.
"Ten Thousand Thunderbolts!"
Gaianos didn't stay idle, either. He knew very well the true essence of the saying "Kick a man when he's down". He brought out a pair of hammers with a flip of his wrists and smashed them viciously against each other.
Crackle!
The two hammers crashed against each other, producing dazzling violet thunderbolts that struck mercilessly at Meng Lei.
For a moment there, a gigantic light sword, Dragon Breath of Destruction, Berserk Punch, Inextinguishable Phoenix Flames, and violet thunderbolts came blasting from five different directions, their terrifying might seemingly going to crush Meng Lei and reduce him to dust.
"Look out, Master!"
The tremendous might flattened the Great Prophet, Olio, and the others to the ground, rendering them limp and unable to even speak. All they could do was shout furiously in their hearts and watch helplessly as the series of attacks engulfed Meng Lei.
Boom!
A destructive force capable of wrecking the world erupted as the five attacks landed on Meng Lei. The place where he stood instantly became a black hole. Violent, raging energy waves shot into the surroundings. Even the five Great Perfection deities became somewhat unsteady on their feet as the force pushed them back.
The energy waves continued to spread. True to expectations, Monarch Mountain was turned into dust. As for the Great Prophet, Olio, and the others at the summit, they were sent flying right away like leaves drifting in the wind.
In this instant, the sky within 10 million kilometers of where they were... was turned into a black hole. The whole area had completely become a doomsday scene right out of hell.
The skies became dim and overcast as light from the sun and moon was blotted out.
This was exactly what a battle among Great Perfection deities was like!
"Is he dead?"
"I should think so?"
"He's doomed for sure after suffering all-out attacks from the five of us!"
The five Great Perfection deities steadied themselves and watched the center of the black hole nervously, waiting for the outcome of their attacks.
"How is he?"
"How's Master?"
The Great Prophet, Olio, and the others who had been sent flying into the distance were also watching the center of the black hole nervously. Since they were able to survive a siege by a million experts, they were naturally also very strong.
That was why they had been able to survive the residual shock waves just now. Otherwise, they'd have been destroyed a long time ago!
"I hope Master's safe. Otherwise..."
An incredibly nervous Olio clenched his fists.
"Master is the heir whom our great Juggernaut has selected. How would he possibly perish here?"
"He's alive! He's definitely still alive!"
The residual shock waves gradually faded away, and the broken dimension slowly recovered.
When everything had been restored...
"How can that be?!"
"I knew it!"
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Chapter 368: He's A Chief God, Perfect Divine Core
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As the residual impact receded and the sky returned to normal, a jaw-dropping scene occurred.
Meng Lei stood in the sky, nothing had happened to him, and even his robes were untouched. The attacks just now could not even damage the corners of his clothes.
"How is this possible?!"
The five Great Perfection deities were dumbfounded, disbelief written all over their faces. Their combined best shot should have obliterated anything other than Chief Gods—how did Meng Lei survive it unscathed?
"How could this be? Perhaps he's a Chief God?" Gaianos was shocked and horrified.
"Chief God?"
The other four Great Perfection deities' hearts quivered before shaking their heads in disbelief. "No! There are only so many Chief Gods in the Void. There should be no other extra Chief God divine cores for him to become one! He can't be a Chief God!"
"If he's not a Chief God, then how could he be so powerful?"
Horror!
Perplexity!
Disbelief!
The five Great Perfection deities began to question their own life.
On the other hand, the Great Prophet, Olio, and the rest of the Boundless Giants were delirious with joy.
The terrifying aura of the combined strike by the Great Perfection deities almost frightened them to death. They were worried that Meng Lei could not withstand it and get killed.
"I knew it!" Olio almost jumped in excitement. "How could we try to fathom our Master's power? How could five extraterrestrial demons be his match? He's the great Juggernaut's appointed heir. How could mere demons kill him..."
On the other side, Meng Lei was in awe. "Dodola, the time-based laws of nature really defy natural orders! As long as my divine spirit is not damaged, I can turn back time by a few seconds anytime! Now, who in this world can kill me?"
The combined attack of the five Great Perfection deities was formidable, and Meng Lei's divine body was almost indestructible, but the clothes were not as great.
After that strike, Meng Lei's clothes had evaporated, leaving him naked for a moment!
That was not an issue for Meng Lei as he used his time-based laws of nature to return to a few seconds ago. Hence, he looked the same with his clothes intact as before.
"The time-based laws of nature are indeed powerful, but they aren't all-powerful." Dodola snorted and remarked, "Or else, the God of Time wouldn't have perished!"
"Erm... That's true!"
Meng Lei smiled and shook his head before his gaze returned to the five Great Perfection deities. "Since you have attacked, now it's my turn!
"First one, you!"
Meng Lei leaped forward and teleported before the Titan Gods Great Perfection deity, Gaianos. The Grim Reaper Scythe came down, and a flash of blood was seen.
Splurt!
Gaianos' body stiffened as a narrow line of blood appeared on his throat. The Grim Reaper Scythe had been enhanced to a Great Perfection-level high-tier divine weapon, so coupled with Meng Lei's immense power, a strike was enough to kill any Great Perfection deities.
"H-how can that be?" Gaianos murmured in nonacceptance. His head slowly slipped away from the neck and fell off toward the mountaintop, leaving a headless body floating around.
"Collect!"
Meng Lei swung his arm and threw the body to the little golden tree. He then grabbed the head to use his Grim Reaper's Eye.
"Grim Reaper's Eye!"
"Ding! 1 Sky Titan killed. 12 billion Divinity Crystals gained!"
As he listened to the system's icy voice notification, Meng Lei let out a long breath.
Once upon a time, the Titan Spiritual God and others were godly beings that he had looked up to before. Now, however, even the Great Perfection deity of the Theodore Titan Gods was killed by him.
How things had changed with time, and how people had changed, despite the environment remaining the same.
"Gaianos was k-killed by him?"
The four Great Perfection deities were on the edge of breaking down. If they counted themselves fortunate when Ebenezer was killed, they only realized when Gaianos got killed—Meng Lei really was capable of killing a Great Perfection deity in an instant!
As for whether he was a Chief God or not...
It was no longer of any importance.
The key was that he could kill any one of them!
"Run!"
With this clear understanding, the four remaining Great Perfection deities did not hesitate as they turned into four beams of light and sped off.
They needed to escape as far as possible!
Away from Meng Lei!
Away from danger!
At this moment, whatever pride and prestige as Great Perfection deities were nothing compared to their lives as they just wanted to stay alive.
"Escape? You think you can do so?" Meng Lei shook his head lightly as one word came out. "Immobilize!"
Once that word came off, the four Great Perfection deities were stopped on the spot as if their acupoints had been sealed, completely immobilized mid-air.
"Power of Existential Plane?!"
"Ugh! This is... the Power of Existential Plane!"
Marshall, the Great Perfection deity of the Angel Gods, was aghast. "He had actually refined the Heart of The Existential Plane! Damn it! How did he refine it in such a short time?"
It was not just him who was horrified.
Adolphus the Great Perfection deity from the Colossal Dragon Gods. Burnside the Great Perfection deity from the Behemoth Gods and Roald the Great Perfection deity from the Fire Phoenix Gods were horrified.
20 years!
Meng Lei had only taken 20 years to refine the Boundless Plane's Heart of The Existential Plane?
Just how fast was that?
That was a mid-end existential plane's Heart of The Existential Plane, and he had already refined that?
Horror!
Shock!
Disbelief!
"He's Great Perfection-level?"
"No! No way he's a Great Perfection deity!"
"The strength of his divine spirit is definitely comparable to a Chief God! Only a Chief God can refine a mid-end existential plane's Heart of The Existential Plane!"
The four Great Perfection deities had desperation written all over their faces. They would be the supreme gods when they face normal deities, but against Chief Gods, they would be the little ones...
They were currently so full of regret that they were beating their chests. If the heavens gave them another chance, they would never have come to the Boundless Plane. Even if there were greater secrets and treasures, they would not come either.
What a goddamn scam!
It was just a shame that there was no cure for regrets in this world. The moment they had stepped into the Boundless Plane, their fates had been sealed.
"Get over here!"
With Meng Lei's thought, the Power of Existential Plane pulled the four Great Perfection deities back to the top of the Monarch Mountain. As he looked at the terrified deities, Meng Lei smiled faintly. "Do you want to live? Or do you want to die?"
"What do you want?" Marshall of the Angel Gods asked somberly.
"Nothing, just that you all are Great Perfection deities after all. It would be a pity to kill you all, so I'd like to point you in the right direction," Meng Lei said plainly.
"You want us to submit to you?" Marshall asked softly.
"It's always easy to speak to smart people." Meng Lei smiled faintly. "Give up your divine spirit origin energy and submit to me, then you'll live. Or else, death is imminent!"
"You're too much!" Adolphus of the Colossal Dragon Gods roared furiously, "We are the prestigious Great Perfection deities. How can we submit it to you? Dream on!"
"Not going to submit? Then prepare to die!"
Meng Lei sneered as the Grim Reaper Scythe swiped down to cut off Adolphus's head.
Looking at Adolphus' widened eyes, Meng Lei said lightly. "You know? Of all Great Perfection deities, I care less about your life the most!"
Adolphus could not accept his fate as he replied with the last of his breaths, "W-why?"
"It's because the others are all Great Perfection-level in their physical body, while their divine cores are only at the level of normal high-level higher deities. Even if I killed them, what I would obtain would still be higher deity's divine cores,"
Meng Lei looked at Adolphus. "Yours was different since you are the true Great Perfection who successfully assimilated thunder, ice, metal, dark, and fire into one!
"Killing you will give me the true Great Perfection divine core. And with your divine core, I can create a Great Perfection-level incarnation!"
As he spoke, Meng Lei dug out Adolphus' Great Perfection divine core, activating his Grim Reaper's Eye to crush Adolphus's divine spirit.
Dodola said in excitement, "Meng Lei, give me this divine core, please!"
"Take it then!"
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Chapter 369: Super Plunder, Life Laws Of Nature
Adolphus' death was a massive blow to the remaining three Great Perfection deities. Given their Great Perfection statuses, even Chief Gods would treat them courteously.
It was a different story for Meng Lei, who wanted them to surrender to him. Objections? Immediate death!
That was brutality at its peak!
Still, to be fair, this cruel treatment's effects were well received as Marshall, Burnside, and Roald were petrified.
As Great Perfection deities, they stood above most deities and enjoyed a lofty status, possessing eternal life. Who would want to die?
No one!
Yet, forcing them to hand over their divine spirit origin energy to become Meng Lei's slaves was more unacceptable than killing them.
Even if I die, get smashed into pieces, or perish in this Boundless Plane, I won't lower myself to become his slave!
The three Great Perfection deities were determined as they swore to themselves. Rather than losing their dignity, freedom, and becoming Meng Lei's slaves, they would rather die!
"What about the three of you?" Meng Lei looked at the remaining Great Perfection deities and asked, "Live or die?"
"We're willing to submit!"
The three Great Perfection deities did not hesitate to hand their divine spirit origin energy.
Honor was dear, but life was dearer. To live was better than to die—it was simple logic that even elementary school children would know how to choose after all.
"You've made the right choice!"
Meng Lei gave them a meaningful look before refining their divine spirit origin energy to take complete control of their life and death.
"Come on, do an introduction." Meng Lei looked at the expressionless trio and smiled faintly. "Speaking of which, I still don't know what your names."
"Marshall Gabriel!" the Angel Gods Great Perfection deity said in a deep voice.
"Burnside Bahamut!" the Behemoth Gods Great Perfection deity said with some unwillingness.
"Roald Tomas!" the Fire Phoenix Great Perfection deity said slowly.
"Marshall, Burnside, Roald."
Meng Lei nodded slightly. "From now on, follow me and work hard. In the future, you'll be glad about your decision today."
Glad my *ss!
My reputation has just been thrown out of the window. I just want to kill myself by eating sh*t now!
The three of them scoffed in their minds while their faces remained blank.
Meng Lei did not say anything else as he turned to the sky not far away. He said, "After watching for so long, isn't it time to show yourself?"
"Eh?"
Upon hearing this, Marshall and the other Great Perfection deities, plus the Great Prophet, Olio, and the rest, looked in that direction, but they saw nothing.
"Great Prophet, is there someone there?" a puzzled Olio asked.
The Great Prophet said calmly, "If Master says there's someone, there must be someone there."
"Why? Do I have to drag you out?"
Seeing that nothing had happened there, Meng Lei looked on coldly as his tone turned bitter.
A rippling wave appeared in the air, revealing a beautiful feminine figure. She was dressed in moon-white robes, elegant and stunning. It was the Great Perfection deity of the Nature Gods, Elune.
"Lady Elune!"
Marshall and the other two looked at the Moon Goddess and wished they could bury themselves in a hole.
That was awkward.
"Who are you? What are you doing sneaking around here?" Meng Lei swept his gaze at Elune as a sharp glint flashed across his eyes.
"Your Esteemed Highness, I am Lady Elune, the Moon Goddess of the Nature Gods."
The Moon Goddess was tense inside, but she did not show it in her expression as she bowed gracefully. She said respectfully, "I'm here in the Boundless Plane to search for the goddesses."
"So have you found them?" Meng Lei asked.
"I've found them, Your Highness," the Moon Goddess replied respectfully.
"Since you've found them, why didn't you leave the Boundless Plane?" Meng Lei asked further. "Don't tell me that you've set your sights on me just like them?"
"Erm..."
The Moon Goddess was rendered speechless.
"Well, it seems that my charm is so great that even such a beautiful goddess have worldly affections for me. Should I be proud of myself? Or be proud of me?"
Meng Lei snapped his finger and smiled leisurely.
The Moon Goddess explained quickly, "Your Esteemed Highness, I bear no disrespect..."
Thinking back on what state Marshall and the rest were in, she could not help but shiver. It was simply tragic, and she did not want to end up like that no matter what.
"Enough! There's no need to speak any further. You should know the truth better than anyone!" Meng Lei waved his hand to cut off the Moon Goddess' excuses. "On the Fairy Goddess' account, I can let you off."
The Moon Goddess was surprised and joyous before Meng Lei added, "But, you have to leave behind something in exchange for your life and freedom!"
"What would that be?"
The Moon Goddess's expression tensed up.
"Don't be nervous. You do have it."
Meng Lei had a strange smile as he teleported in front of the Moon Goddess and activated the other chargeable function—Super Plunder.
"System, plunder the supreme laws of nature comprehended by the Moon Goddess," Meng Lei ordered coldly.
"Ding! Target item: Supreme Laws of Nature! Plundering target: Moon Goddess of the Nature Gods, Elune. Plundering cost is estimated at 10 billion Divinity Crystals."
The system asked coldly, "Will you plunder it?"
"Plunder it!"
Whoosh!
An unknown wave of great strength descended upon the Moon Goddess, and it started to plunder her supreme laws of nature.
At the same time, a surging wave of information gushed into Meng Lei's mind—the supreme laws of nature plundered from the Moon Goddess.
Meng Lei closed his eyes as he quickly comprehended the knowledge. After quite a while, he exhaled a long breath as the corner of his mouth quirked up. "As I had expected!"
Although they were all Great Perfection deities, the Moon Goddess was very much different compared to Marshall, Burnside, and Roald, who had Great Perfection-level bodies. She and Adolphus of the Colossal Dragon Gods were both true Great Perfection deities—they had assimilated five basic laws of nature to comprehend the supreme form of laws of nature.
The difference between the two of them was that what Adolphus assimilated was the elements of thunder, ice, metal, dark, and fire, comprehending the destruction laws of nature.
While the Moon Goddess had assimilated the elements of earth, wood, thunder, light, and water to comprehend the life laws of nature.
"So much for the Monarch's treasure. In my eyes, these Great Perfection deities are the true treasures!"
The stats interface changed naturally.
Others: Some increase
Quintuple-Elemental Fusion: Thunder-Fire-Wind-Light-Dark (100%), Thunder-Ice-Metal-Dark-Fire (100%), Earth-Wood-Thunder-Light-Water (100%)
Supreme Laws of Nature: Time-Based (0.1%), Destruction (0.1%), Life (0.1%)
"Time-based laws of nature!
"Destruction laws of nature!
"Life laws of nature!
"Of the five supreme forms of laws of nature, I have acquired three! Now I only need more Divinity Crystals!
"I will then leap on to become truly the most powerful experts with enough Divinity Crystals!"
Meng Lei was motivated upon thinking of his bright future. Once he comprehended one of the supreme laws of nature to 100%, he would be comparable to a higher Chief God!
What about the three of them?
Could he match the Juggernaut?
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Chapter 370: Spatial Laws Of Nature, Gaiazeus
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"What have you done to me?"
The Moon Goddess looked at Meng Lei in horror. All of a sudden, she felt that her powers had been reduced massively, from a Great Perfection deity to a higher deity.
Her quintuple-elemental fusion laws of nature was gone.
Her life laws of nature was gone.
Was she actually pushed down from the level of Great Perfection?
It was inconceivable!
"You may go now."
Meng Lei naturally did not explain further as he issued an eviction order.
"A devil! You're a devil!"
The Moon Goddess was shaking with rage.
"Mm? Don't want to go?" Meng Lei sneered. "If you won't go, then you'll stay here forever!"
"You bastard!"
The Moon Goddess almost went berserk, but her last vestige of rationality helped her make the right choice.
She knew that if she did not leave, she would likely die over here since the devil in front of her did not possess any protective feelings for the fairer sex at all.
As Marshall, Burnside, and Roald watched the Moon Goddess' back, their eyes betrayed complicated feelings while astonishment churned in their hearts.
The moment that the Moon Goddess had fallen from the Great Perfection level, they had felt it clearly.
It was exactly because they had felt it that caused them to be even more shocked. What had Meng Lei done to make the Moon Goddess' cultivation level drop?
Horror!
Perplexity!
Incomprehensible!
Meng Lei looked at the three of them and said, "The three of you can return now."
"You... You're willing to let us return?"
The three Great Perfection deities looked at Meng Lei in astonishment.
"Of course." Meng Lei nodded. "But, I wouldn't let you off with nothing to do. There's something I need you all to accomplish."
"We await your instructions!" the trio said hurriedly.
All they desired now was to leave this place, far away from Meng Lei.
"Collect as many Divinity Crystals as possible. If you can, bring everything in the treasuries of your godly clans to me," Meng Lei said with a smile.
"P-plunder the clan treasuries?"
They almost planted their heads into the ground. "This... This might not be possible. Those treasuries are important places. Once they get plundered, our Chief Gods will notice, and we'll be dead for sure—"
"It's an order!" Meng Lei said coldly. "All of you are Great Perfection deities who can probably enter the treasuries and clean them up with ease."
"But—"
"No buts! Remember, all of you are my slaves now, not the lofty Great Perfection deities of the past. You must carry out my orders." Meng Lei huffed. "After emptying the treasuries, come to the Boundless Plane immediately. I'll open the dimensional gate for you all."
Although the Boundless Plane was a mid-end existential plane, it had a huge difference when compared to other mid-end existential planes—the dimensional gate connecting each existential plane.
After the Boundless King's rise, he had paid a huge price in creating the dimensional gates that connected every kind of existential plane.
High-end existential planes like the ten major Divine Realms, the Abyss, and Hell became accessible, while other mid-end existential planes could be accessed too through these dimensional gates.
It could be said that it was extremely convenient.
Under normal circumstances, these dimensional gates would open every 30,000 years. However, since Meng Lei became the master of the Boundless Plane, he could open and close these dimensional gates anytime he wanted.
"Yes, sir!"
The three Great Perfection deities answered with a wry laugh and left as though they were fleeing.
Meng Lei laughed as he watched the departing deities. He felt that he was too smart.
Those were the treasuries of the three major godly clans.
What was collected within must be invaluable. If all of those treasures were emptied into his pockets, he would most definitely earn another fortune.
"Meng Lei, do you really trust them that much?"
Dodola appeared on Meng Lei's shoulder.
"Of course I don't trust them, but their divine spirit origin energies are in my hands. If they ever dare to betray me or defy my orders, I'll let them know why flowers are red1," Meng Lei said coldly.
"Anything you say, but don't be complacent." Dodola reminded as it continued. "Now I'm going to assimilate that Great Perfection divine core!"
"Very well, carry on then." Meng Lei waved his hand. "I hope by the next time I see you, you have already successfully assimilated that Great Perfection divine core to become a true Great Perfection deity."
"Yeah!" Dodola then casually tossed out something. "Oh yes, and this!"
"What's this?" Meng Lei caught it in his hands. When he saw what it was, he was surprised. "S-spatial laws of nature fragment!"
"Yeap! That's the spatial laws of nature fragment you've been longing for. Now I'm handing it over to you."
Dodola smiled faintly as it snapped its fingers. A golden beam of light entered Meng Lei's head. "And this too, you can have it."
Meng Lei absorbed the incoming information and became overjoyed.
"It's the Great World-Breaching Transfer Technique! Tsk, tsk, Dodola, how can you bear to give it?"
"You'll have use for it," Dodola replied casually before returning to the Tower of Time to refine the divine core.
"Tsk, tsk, it's the Great World-Breaching Transfer Technique! The best way to escape, plus travel! I must quickly grasp such a great technique."
Meng Lei could not wait any longer. He activated the Super Plunder function straightaway to plunder the spatial laws of nature within the fragment. He was not going to comprehend it diligently.
That would be too slow.
Boom!
A massive wave of information crashed into his mind like a breached dam, lashing against his divine spirit. If it was before, Meng Lei would have become mentally unstable from the impact.
Now though...
He took them all in.
After a long while...
Meng Lei spat out a long pent-up breath. It was only a laws of nature fragment. After all, the spatial laws of nature encompassed within were so little that it was nothing but a drop of water in the vast sea.
However, it was already enough for him to cultivate the Great World-Breaching Transfer Technique, a special spatial ability exclusively under the spatial laws of nature.
"According to the descriptions of the ability, the Great World-Breaching Transfer Technique and the comprehension of the spatial laws of nature are closely linked together.
"The better the comprehension of the spatial laws of nature, the further the maximum teleportation distance of the Great World-Breaching Transfer Technique. If I can comprehend it to 100%, I'll be able to travel anywhere, just like it's my own backyard.
"To be able to travel everywhere in the universe is simply insane!"
After that, Meng Lei stayed at Monarch Mountain to cultivate the Great World-Breaching Transfer Technique. As for the rest of the Boundless Giants, they were sent off.
After the arrival of experts from other existential planes, the Boundless Giants had suffered great losses that required much support. Meng Lei delegated these duties to Olio and others to deal with.
The Boundless Giants were born with Herculean strength. If they were nurtured properly, they would not pale in comparison to clans like the Behemoth Gods, Titan Gods, and Giant Elephant Gods.
Such powerful fighters should be properly groomed. Luckily for them, Meng Lei had nothing but countless treasures of a huge variety, resources which his subordinates could utilize for cultivation.
Just as Meng Lei was busy with cultivating the Great World-Breaching Transfer Technique, the outside world was in a furor.
A million experts from each significant existential plane had fallen.
Such a horrific incident had not occurred for over a million years. Thus, this event was no less than a super earthquake.
The Thunderbolt Divine Realm was shocked.
The Forest Divine Realm was shocked.
The Earth Divine Realm was shocked.
It shocked the Demon Realm.
It shocked the Abyss.
It shocked Hell.
To sum it up, every existential plane that had sent experts to the Boundless Plane was duly stunned.
The various godly clans, demons, races, and other influences were enraged for a while.
It was only the Boundless Plane.
How weak was a mere mid-end existential plane?
They had sent some of their best experts to descend upon the Boundless Plane just for the gold rush.
Indeed, a mere gold rush.
And now, they were completely annihilated!
There were some things that one could tolerate and some things that one couldn't!
If the fall of a million experts was nothing, would the fall of Great Perfection deities be nothing?
As one of the ten major Divine Realms, the Thunderbolt Divine Realm had almost boundless and incredibly vast boundaries.
A tiny mountain in the Thunderbolt Divine Realm was already larger than a mid-end existential plane, while a small pond was the size of a low-end existential plane.
The Theodore Titan Gods' headquarters was situated in the Theodore Titan Mountain Range.
As its name suggested, the Theodore Titan Mountain Range was one of the largest mountain ranges in the Thunderbolt Divine Realm. The undulating mountains were like Colossal Dragons lying around the vast land. Every offshoot of the mountain range was huge, not to mention the sub-branches and the main branch.
The Theodore Titan Gods Mountain was on the main branch of the mountain range. This sky-high mountain towered through the clouds, barely visible like a primordial heavenly court.
The Theodore Chief God Shrine was located on the mountaintop.
As the name suggested, the Chief God Shrine was the place to worship the Chief God's statue and the place to conduct meetings among the high-ranking titans of the Theodore Titan Gods.
At this moment in time, the shrine was overcrowded.
The elders holding the Theodore Titan Gods headquarters were all gathered in the Chief God Shrine. They were panic-stricken, all frightened by something.
"How did that happen?"
"How could such a thing happen?"
"How was it possible for him to perish?"
"The Clan Chief has arrived!"
Just as the chaotic situation continued, a massive titan walked into the hall. As if they had found their leader, the elders welcomed him immediately.
"Greetings, Clan Chief!"
The elders bowed.
"Rise, everyone!"
The burly titan waved his hand and walked to the seat in front of the Chief God Statue. He sat down and swept an authoritative look at the many elders in the hall.
Gaiazeus Theodore.
He was the Clan Chief of the Theodore Titan Gods, son of the Theodore Chief God. His status was only below the Theodore Chief God, and same as the Great Perfection deity, Gaianos.
"What's the urgent matter which required me to rush here?" Gaiazeus asked.
"Something terrible has happened, Clan Chief!" The Grand Elder stood out and said in an unsettling voice, "The executive in charge of guarding the Soul Jades reported that Lord Gaianos' jade has shattered!"
"What!?" Gaiazeus' expression immediately changed as he stared at the Grand Elder and demanded fiercely, "This is no joking matter, Grand Elder!"
"I would never dare to joke about this, Clan Chief." Terror was written all over the Grand Elder's face as he continued. "After receiving the report, I went to check it myself. And it was true, Lord Gaianos' Soul Jade had shattered into pieces. He has... He has passed away!"
Gaiazeus' vision blackened, but he refused to believe it. "You must be lying! 88th Younger Brother is a Great Perfection deity, someone invincible below the level of Chief God! Who could have killed him? You better not sprout such nonsense here, Grand Elder!"
"Clan Chief..."
The Grand Elder had a bitter smile as he called in someone—the executive responsible for guarding the Soul Jade Hall. He was holding on to a tray that showcased the bits and pieces of a broken Soul Jade.
Gaiazeus recognized it immediately. He could tell the remaining aura on the Soul Jade was left behind by Gaianos.
"88th Younger Brother... He's really dead?" Gaiazeus' body quivered slightly. "Who? Who killed him? Which Chief God attacked and killed my brother?"
"Clan Chief, Gaianos perished in the Boundless Plane!" exclaimed the Grand Elder.
"The Boundless Plane?"
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Chapter 371: Black Cloud Continent, Earth Divine Realm
"The Boundless Plane?"
Gaiazeus was greatly surprised. He asked, "Isn't the Boundless Plane an ordinary mid-end existential plane? How did 88th Younger Brother die in a place like that?"
"We don't know the concrete details yet," the Grand Elder shook his head, "But according to the news we've received, a super expert has made his appearance in the Boundless Plane. He's likely connected to Lord Gaianos' death."
"A super expert? Who's he?" asked Gaiazeus with a frown.
"We don't know what his name is yet, but he's definitely in the Boundless Plane."
The Grand Elder said unhurriedly, "During this period of time when you were heading to the Chaotic Star Ocean, the dimensional gate leading to the Boundless Plane opened. The clan dispatched Elder Gregg to the Boundless Plane..."
The Grand Elder recounted everything that had happened. In the end, he finally said, "Lord Gaianos isn't the only one. From what I know, the Colossal Dragon Gods' Lord Adolphus, the Angel Gods' Lord Marshall, the Behemoth Gods' Lord Burnside, etc. A total of seven Great Perfection deities have entered the Boundless Plane, but to date, not a single one of them has come out alive."
"Do you mean to say that all seven Great Perfection deities have perished in the Boundless Plane?" A huge jolt went through Gaiazeus. He practically couldn't believe what he was hearing.
"That's right, Clan Chief."
"Clan Chief!"
Right at this moment, someone hurriedly entered the hall. He said, "We've received news from the people stationed at the dimensional gate. Four of the Great Perfection deities—Lady Elune from the Nature Gods, Lord Marshall from the Angel Gods, Lord Roald from the Fire Phoenix Gods, and Lord Burnside from the Behemoth Gods—have returned!"
"They've returned?"
Surprise came over the Grand Elder's features. He asked, "How is it possible that the four of them have returned alive? Didn't they also perish like Lord Gaianos?"
The newcomer quickly replied, "Grand Elder, the four Great Perfection deities have indeed returned."
"They've actually returned!" murmured the Grand Elder to himself.
A glint flashed across Gaiazeus' eyes, and he barked, "Send my orders—ready the teleportation magic circle right away! I'm going to personally make a trip to the Behemoth Gods and find out what's going on!"
The Grand Elder said, "Clan Chief, why don't you send someone there instead? There's no need for you to personally make the trip yourself."
"My mind is set. Say no more!"
Similar events were also taking place among the Colossal Dragon Gods and the Giant Elephant Gods. A Great Perfection deity clansman's demise was undoubtedly a shocking major incident in the clan!
But no matter how turbulent things were in the outside world, it had nothing whatsoever to do with Meng Lei. He remained in the Boundless Plane and concentrated on cultivating the Great World-Breaching Transfer Technique instead.
Now that his divine spirit had become comparable to a lesser Chief God's and he had even comprehended some spatial laws of nature, cultivating the Great World-Breaching Transfer Technique didn't pose much difficulty for him.
In under half a year's time, he had already successfully mastered it.
Whoosh!
On this day, Meng Lei, who had been staying on Monarch Mountain, suddenly disappeared. By the time he reappeared, he was already in the Void outside of the Boundless Plane.
There was nothing in the icy-cold and dead silent outer space except large numbers of meteors and floating continents that orbited irregularly around the Boundless Plane.
Meng Lei disappeared again the next moment—he had actually arrived in front of an existential plane a few light-years away.
This was a fire-elemental existential plane filled with only one type of element—fire elements!
The existential plane wasn't particularly big and was roughly the size of a low-end existential plane. However, the fire elements in there were extremely rich.
At the sight of the existential plane, Meng Lei couldn't help but think of Salamanders, the fire-elemental life form.
That little fellow whom he named Wahaha had been residing in the Tower of Time's 97th level all this time. In the beginning, the rich fire elements in the 97th level had made the place its paradise and had been enough for its growth, but as it became stronger and stronger, the 97th level could no longer satisfy Wahaha's growing needs.
Simply put, the Tower of Time was starting to impede its growth.
It was just that Meng Lei didn't have any better alternative, so he could only let it stay inside the Tower of Time all this time.
Now that he had found the fire-elemental existential plane, Meng Lei thought it a good place and immediately released Wahaha from the Tower of Time.
"Eh? What is this place?"
A puzzled look came over Wahaha's countenance when it realized that it had suddenly appeared in the pitch-black outer space. Upon noticing Meng Lei, however, a happy smile immediately appeared on its face, and it asked, "What are you doing here, Meng Lei?"
Meng Lei then pointed at the existential plane a short distance away and replied, "I just found a fire-elemental existential plane. I think you'll like it very much!"
When Wahaha looked at where Meng Lei was pointing, it immediately started to jump up and down in excitement and exclaimed, "What rich fire elements! That's a fire-elemental existential plane!"
"You can go over if you like it!"
Meng Lei smiled and said, "You can stay there from now on. I'll come back and visit someday."
"Thank you, Meng Lei!"
Wahaha could already barely contain itself. It transformed into a burst of flames that shot right toward the fire-elemental existential plane, pierced through the dimensional wall, and dived right in.
"Haha!"
Meng Lei let out a laugh at the sight and left the place.
As a fire-elemental Salamander, Wahaha possessed enormous potential and would likely provide great assistance to him once it grew to a certain level. However, that day was too far off. Meng Lei couldn't afford to wait that long.
Thus, he decided to just let it go and allow it to grow freely. He would like very much to see how it would develop!
After that, Meng Lei began to experiment with the Great World-Breaching Transfer Technique in the Void.
As expected, it was indeed a top-class spatial special ability that allowed one to teleport across an extremely great distance.
After a series of experiments, Meng Lei discovered to his delight that the furthest he could currently teleport to was 10 light-years away. This meant that he could cross a distance of 10 light-years in an instant! How incredibly crazy was that?!
After that, Meng Lei returned to the Boundless Plane before he then went back to Dark Hell Continent.
Meng Lei also made a trip back to Light Continent before he refined Dark Hell Continent's Heart of The Existential Plane.
After being away for such a long time, it was time for him to return. There was no need to hurry to refine Dark Hell Continent's Heart of The Existential Plane, anyway.
Light Continent was just like what it was before.
It was apparent that Ol' Amos' faith had already spread throughout the continent and become deeply entrenched in every intelligent life form during the last 20 years while he was away, allowing them to continuously provide him with power of faith.
"Strange, where's Ol' President?"
Meng Lei's gaze swept across Light Continent, yet he didn't find any trace of Ol' Amos at all. His divine cognition passed through the Endless Oceans and came to Heaven's Vault Continent, where he finally found Ol' Amos.
"The others are actually there, too!"
A smile appeared on Meng Lei's countenance, and he teleported over right away.
In the Meng Lei Empire's imperial palace on Heaven's Vault Continent...
The conference hall was packed with people at the moment.
Ol' Amos and Amolin, his younger sister, were also present.
All of Meng Lei's subordinates—Puhaman, Thaniel, Bubbles, Mervyn, Pursuer, Nadja, Seisia, Galen, the Spider Goddess, the Dark Fairy Empress, and Sacas—were also there.
Amazingly enough, even Fatty Hart, the lascivious Colossal Dragon, was there!
The group of them had congregated and were arguing over something. None of them seemed to be able to convince anyone else, resulting in a persistent argument.
"Everyone, we mustn't let such an opportunity slip by us. It's now or never! This is an excellent opportunity for us to expand our territories. If we seize it, we'll be able to conquer a vast amount of territory!" Puhaman patiently and earnestly persuaded them. "If Master were here, he'd definitely support my view!"
"Expanding our territories is certainly great and all, but don't you forget something," the Spider Goddess said coldly, "The other party we're talking about is the Earth Divine Realm! One of the ten major Divine Realms, the Earth Divine Realm! Just how powerful are they? We may be higher deities, but this bit of strength we have is nothing in the Earth Divine Realm. To put it nicely, we're 'expanding our territories', but otherwise, we're just sending ourselves to death's door!"
"I beg to differ, Rose!"
Galen, the Swirling Snow Sword Saint, rebutted, "While the Earth Divine Realm is certainly filled with experts, the place itself is also vast and boundless. After scattering them around, the number of experts in the Earth Divine Realm in each area will definitely be very sparse. We may not be top-notch in strength, but occupying a few mountains is completely within our means!"
"What Galen says makes sense!"
Bubbles said, "A single mountain in the Demon Realm is already bigger than all the existential planes that we currently own put together. I'm sure it's also the same in the Earth Divine Realm. As long as we can occupy a mountain range in the Earth Divine Realm, it'll be enough for us to spread our faith."
"Experts are aplenty in the Earth Divine Realm. It's highly likely that we'll put ourselves in peril if we enter so recklessly," said the Dark Fairy Empress with a soft sigh.
"Nothing good comes without risk! An excellent opportunity for us to enter the Earth Divine Realm is right before our eyes now. If we miss it this time, we may just miss it for good!"
Puhaman said gravely, "Everyone has already become a higher deity by now. Surely it doesn't feel good to lack power of divinity? But an excellent opportunity for us to spread our faith sits right before our eyes now. We absolutely mustn't let it slip by us!"
The Spider Goddess didn't know how she should rebut his words anymore. Lack power of divinity? How could the word "lack" even cut it? It was practically an extreme deficit!
They had successfully refined the higher deity divine cores that Meng Lei had bestowed upon them and thereby became powerful higher deities. This was naturally something to be happy about, but the blemish in this otherwise perfect situation was that while they had the title, they didn't have an abundance of power of divinity. This caused their combat power to become significantly impaired.
This was tantamount to someone being equipped with tanks and cannons yet didn't have enough gunpowder with them. While they had the weapons, they couldn't use them!
How torturous!
Therefore, everyone wanted to do something about the situation. The best way to replenish one's power of divinity was to spread their faith and collect power of divinity.
Unfortunately, they evidently didn't own enough existential planes at the moment. Even though the migration process for the 48 existential planes had long since concluded, and the populations on all 48 existential planes were multiplying dramatically every year, this still wasn't enough!
The amount of power of divinity that a higher deity needed was simply too harrowing. 100 existential planes' worth of power of faith domains could only barely provide a higher deity with the amount of power of divinity they needed.
Yet, they had so many higher deities among them. How would 48 existential planes possibly be enough? Therefore, they needed to expand their territories and extend their reach beyond what they currently had arisen. But the problem was...
"What are all of you arguing so intensely about?"
A familiar voice suddenly rang out in the hall in the midst of their heated debate, causing a huge jolt to go through everyone.
"Master!"
"Meng Lei!"
"Boss!!"
Meng Lei quietly appeared in the hall and gazed at all of them with a big smile.
"Greetings, Master!"
Overjoyed, everyone quickly bowed in greeting. Even Ol' Amos was so elated that he kept stroking his beard.
"Rise, everyone!"
Meng Lei dismissed them with a wave and asked with a smile, "What were all of you arguing about just now? What is it about the Earth Divine Realm?"
"This is what happened, Master," Puhaman suppressed his feelings of agitation and answered with a bow, "A space-time rift suddenly appeared above Black Cloud Continent half a month ago. Upon investigation, we've found out that the space-time rift leads to one of the ten major Divine Realms, the Earth Divine Realm."
"The Earth Divine Realm?"
His response surprised Meng Lei. Black Cloud Continent was one of the 48 existential planes he had seized previously, so he naturally aware of its existence. Even so, little did he think that the space-time rift above Black Cloud Continent actually led to the Earth Divine Realm!
"Yes, Master!"
Puhaman continued his explanation and said, "Upon investigation, we've confirmed that the space-time rift does indeed lead to the Earth Divine Realm. On top of that, we've also exchanged blows with some of the experts from the Earth Divine Realm..."
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Chapter 372: Arriving At The Divine Realm, Pronouncing The Death Sentence
Earth Divine Realm, Double Realm Mountain.
The undulating Double Realm Mountain stretched on for several light-years. Dense forests filled the mountain grounds, the sight completely one of primeval forests covering the area.
Added to this the rich magic elements and distinct laws of nature there, Double Realm Mountain was undoubtedly a cultivation sanctum for both Magical Beasts and cultivators.
Yet a perfect cultivation sanctum like that had instead been taken over by a den of bandits. They acted like the kings of the mountain, robbed deities and trade caravans passing by, committed various acts of arson and pillage, and acted without any care or restraint. All the Divine Realm residents within dozens of light-years of the area were severely troubled by them, yet they didn't dare to speak up despite their fury.
On this day, the Double Realm Mountain bandits were hiding in their den, drinking and enjoying themselves as usual. They admired the singers and dancers whom they had looted and abducted from the vicinity as they sang and danced, totally leading the good life.
"C'mon, let's drink!"
"Bottoms up, my brothers!"
"You first, my lord!"
"Reporting!"
A piercing shout suddenly rang out, and then, a bandit carrying a large saber rushed into the room. He said, "My king, we've found the cause for our brothers' recent unexplained disappearances!"
The bandit chief sitting on the throne gave a small wave and dismissed the singers and dancers. Then, he said, "Tell me, why have our brothers gone missing?"
"My lord, the brothers have discovered a space-time rift at the bottom of Heartbroken Cliff. Our missing brothers likely entered the space-time rift," replied the bandit respectfully.
"A space-time rift?" The bandit chief's eyes lit up at once. A shrewd glint flickered in his eyes as he asked, "Have you investigated where the space-time rift leads to?"
All the other bandits were also looking at the reporting bandit excitedly. A space-time rift! The Divine Realm's dimension was incredibly stable, so space-time rifts typically didn't form there.
This also meant that once one entered the Divine Realm, they could basically forget about ever leaving.
Thus, the appearance of a space-time rift had naturally piqued the bandits' interest. In the event that the space-time rift led to other existential planes...
"My lord, none of the brothers that entered have returned, and neither did we hear anything from there."
The bandit shook his head and said, "But what we can be sure of is that the other end of the space-time rift lies a low-end existential plane. However, that existential plane is fairly a dangerous place. There are existences that are at least an intermediate deity there."
"A low-end existential plane?"
The bandits let out a soft exclamation. While the Divine Realm was known to be a beautiful place, it was simply too dangerous there, especially for bandits like them. If they could find a low-end existential plane and use it as a hiding place, then life would practically be perfect!
The bandit chief got to his feet and ordered, "Ready the horses and our men! I'm going to take a good look at what kind of world the existential plane on the other end exactly is!"
"Yes, my lord!"
A flurry of activity immediately went through the whole den upon his orders. In no time, the bandit chief had already led a group of underlings over to the Heartbroken Cliff.
They moved with great momentum, the lines of men stretching on and undulating for miles.
The masses of men were densely packed and could practically blot out the sun.
One must admit that the Double Realm Mountain bandits did indeed hold great influence. They had as many as a million members, and even the weakest among them was a lesser deity.
With strength like theirs, they could pretty much wipe every low-end existential plane out there!
"So, that's the space-time rift?" asked the bandit chief with some excitement as he gazed at the deep, dark fissure at the bottom of Heartbroken Cliff.
"Yes, my lord!"
"Old Third, bring some men with you and go check it out," said the bandit chief to another bandit with a python head and human body.
He was ranked third among the bandits and was a pinnacle-level intermediate deity.
"Yes, Big Brother!"
The python-headed third-in-charge assembled a small team right away and prepared to enter the fissure. However, it was at this exact moment that a figure unexpectedly darted out of the fissure. Then, as though someone had stirred a hornet's nest, people started to dart out of the space-time rift one after another.
"That's—"
The bandit chief and the rest of the bandits stared blankly at the dozens of figures that had just darted out of the space-time rift.
We haven't even gone over, yet you're already coming over so eagerly? Aren't the lot of you afraid of death?
"So, this is the Earth Divine Realm?"
The group of people that had just come out of the space-time rift was naturally Meng Lei and the others. They stood proudly in the sky and sized up their surroundings with curiosity and novelty in their eyes. Come to think of it, none of them had ever been to a high-end existential plane yet!
"What rich magic elements!"
"It's at least 10,000 times richer than Heaven's Vault Continent's!"
"And the laws of nature, too!"
"They are simply too distinct!"
"As expected of the Earth Divine Realm! Surely even a pig can break through to become a half-deity here..."
All of them were totally astounded.
Meng Lei was also astonished. This was also the first time that his real body had stepped into a high-end existential plane. One must admit that be it magic elements or laws of nature, the Earth Divine Realm wasn't something that mid-end existential planes like the Boundless Plane or the Dark Hell Continent could compare to, let alone low-end material planes like Heaven's Vault Continent.
There was practically a world of difference between them!
There was no comparability between them at all!
"Feh! Where are those aboriginals from?"
A furious shout suddenly rang out next to their ears while everyone was admiring the environment around them. At once, they noticed a group of people shooting into the sky and surrounding them on all sides.
"Eh?"
Aside from Meng Lei, everyone else's expressions changed dramatically. With a wary look on their faces, they watched the Double Realm Mountain bandits, who were all deities. There were a fair number of intermediate deities among them. As for higher deities...
Where were the higher deities?
Everyone's gazes swept across the bandits, only to realize in the end that there was only one higher deity there!
"Only one higher deity?"
Ol' Amos, Puhaman, Bubbles, and the others exchanged looks with one another, all of them not quite knowing whether to laugh or to cry.
And here they were wondering just what kind of powerful experts had surrounded them, too. As it turned out, it was just a bunch of unsavory thugs!
It was just a false alarm!
"How bold of you, you lowly aboriginals! We haven't even gone to you, yet you've come all the way to us instead. You're courting death, indeed!"
The third-in-charge pointed at Meng Lei and the rest with his saber and shouted furiously, "Come on, kids! Take down those foolish aboriginals!"
"Yes, Third-in-charge!"
The bandits let out a shout and lunged toward Meng Lei and the others right away. At the sight, Puhaman couldn't help but snort and released the aura around himself.
Boom!
A surging wave of pressure swept through the surroundings like tidal waves, instantly weighing down on the bandit chief, the third-in-charge, and every single bandit's hearts. Apart from the bandit chief himself, all the other bandits unsurprisingly... fell onto their knees!
Thud, thud, thud!
Horror-stricken, all the bandits were shaking like leaves. "A h-higher deity! That's a higher deity! Oh my god! Why is there a higher deity among them?"
It was then that the bandits realized that they had run into a wall this time. This wasn't the end of it yet, however, because Bubbles and the others also followed suit and released their own auras.
Boom!
Thump!
Thump!
Thump!
Tremendous divine power overlaid on top of one another and wantonly ravaged the bandits' fragile souls. The weak ones passed out from fear right away, while the slightly stronger ones sank into despair as fear and horror took over them.
"H-higher deities!"
"They are all higher deities!"
"Oh my god! To think they are all higher deities! How are we supposed to fight them?"
Despair came over the bandits. Realization also dawned upon the bandit chief who had stayed silent all this time in this instant. No wonder he had felt like he couldn't tell how strong the group of people were from the very moment he laid eyes on them and was being totally perplexed!
Little did he think that... They were all higher deities!
He understood everything now, but he had also lost all hope.
The bandit chief knew that with the Double Realm Mountain bandits' combat strength, they were no match at all for so many higher deities.
"How should we handle those people, Master?"
Puhaman bowed and requested for further instructions.
"Kill the weak ones and subdue the strong ones."
With a single sentence, Meng Lei had pronounced the death sentence upon the Double Realm Mountain bandits.
"Yes, Master!"
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Chapter 373: Divinity Crystal Mine, A Change of Mindset
With a single sentence from Meng Lei, the Double Realm Mountain bandits became total history. All one million bandits died, leaving behind only the bandit chief dragging out an ignoble existence.
"Kill the weak ones and subdue the strong ones."
Puhaman and the others carried out Meng Lei's order excellently. In their eyes, only the bandit chief, who was a higher deity, counted as someone strong by a stretch.
The rest... They were all weaklings!
"Thank you for sparing my life! Thank you for sparing my life!" The frightened bandit chief kowtowed incessantly and said his thanks loudly.
"Tell me, what is this place?" Meng Lei ordered, "Tell me everything you know, and I'll consider sparing your life."
"Yes, yes! I'll definitely tell you everything I know and withhold nothing at all!"
How would the bandit chief possibly dare to keep anything a secret from Meng Lei? He quickly told him everything he knew, wishing that he knew more so that he could continue speaking.
"Double Realm Mountain?"
"Dragon-Elephant City?"
"The Caesar Dragon-Elephant Gods?"
As the bandit chief narrated everything he knew, Meng Lei and the others gradually also got to know about the area.
This particular mountain range was known as the Double Realm Mountain and was a small mountain range near Dragon-Elephant City, while the Caesar Dragon-Elephant Gods built Dragon-Elephant City itself.
The Caesar Dragon-Elephant Gods!
The Caesar Dragon-Elephant Gods were a third-rate godly clan in the Earth Divine Realm. Said to simultaneously possess both the Giant Elephant and the Colossal Dragon bloodlines, they occupied territories that stretched for a radius of 10,000 light-years. The clan boasted innumerable experts where just higher deities alone already numbered as many as over 10,000. They were the most powerful force in the vicinity.
"What do we do next, Master?" asked a slightly uneasy Puhaman for further instructions while the others also gazed at Meng Lei. All of them felt immense pressure after understanding the situation.
The Caesar Dragon-Elephant Gods!
They were just a small, third-rate force in the Earth Divine Realm, yet they boasted over 10,000 higher deities among the clan and occupied territories that spanned 10,000 light-years in the surroundings.
With even a third-rate force being this powerful, what more the second-rate forces, first-rate forces, top-class godly clans, and the ten major godly clans? How powerful must they be?
"What do all of you think?"
Meng Lei asked instead of replying.
"I think we should go about things steadily and surely, and do things step by step."
Puhaman said respectfully, "I'd suggest that we use Double Realm Mountain as our base for now and manage these few light-years of territory around Double Realm Mountain well before we then extend our reach to the outside step by step and take over more territories."
The others nodded upon hearing his suggestion.
The Earth Divine Realm was simply too big. Just the Double Realm Mountain alone was already bigger than all the existential planes that they currently owned. They mustn't let such vast territories go to waste! They had to manage it properly.
Expansion?
They had better just manage this bit of land properly before talking about anything else!
"Oh, you guys, your mindset has become too fixed." Meng Lei shook his head and said, "To think you're still thinking of managing territories, spreading your faith, and slowly harvesting power of faith!"
"Uhh... Shouldn't we?"
Puhaman scratched his head, somewhat sheepish.
Meng Lei shook his head. Then, he pointed at the bandit chief in front of them and said jokingly, "All of you are stronger than this guy, yet your mindsets aren't even as quick-witted as his. Why don't you ask this guy whether or not he's ever spread his faith?"
Perplexed, all of them turned to the bandit chief.
"S-sir...!"
Frightened, the bandit chief braced himself and said, "You're awfully astute indeed, sir! I've never spread my faith before. All the power of divinity that I needed were... were... stolen from others!"
"Stolen?"
Everyone was taken aback.
"Sirs, you may not know this, but the common currency in the Divine Realms are Divinity Crystals."
The bandit chief had no choice but to press on and explain, "The deities and trade caravans passing by here carry a substantial amount of Divinity Crystals on themselves, so you need only to just snatch them and use them for yourselves. W-who would spend so much time and effort to spread their faith, collect power of faith, and slowly form power of divinity?"
"Snatch and use them straight away?"
"You can actually do that?"
Puhaman and the others widened their eyes in shock. They suddenly felt as if poverty had limited their imagination. All they had in mind was spreading their faith, but little did they know that there was also such a method of obtaining power of divinity.
Ol' Amos suddenly raised a question. He asked, "If everyone relies on robbery to maintain their day-to-day power of divinity needs like you, then where do the Divinity Crystals come from?"
"There's more to it than meets the eye, sir!"
The bandit chief hastily explained, "As the Divine Realms' common currency, Divinity Crystals are also the most common and most important strategic resource in the Divine Realms. All the deities naturally come up with all sorts of ideas and ways to obtain Divinity Crystals. There are typically two ways to obtain Divinity Crystals.
"The first way is to spread one's religious faith. All of the major godly clans and forces have their own power of faith domains. They also have laborers that specialize in manifesting power of divinity and purifying and refining Divinity Crystals. These laborers are essentially the farmers and workers of low-end existential planes."
"You can actually do that?"
Everyone found this a huge eye-opener.
"The second way is mining the Divinity Crystal mines."
The bandit chief went on. "There are innumerable Divinity Crystal mines of various sizes in the Divine Realms. These mines are rich in mineral deposits and contain an ample amount of Divinity Crystals. You need only to extract them, and you'll be able to refine and use them. It's simple, convenient, and quick!
"For the same reason, every Divinity Crystal mine is worth a lot. In particular, large ore veins with astonishing amounts of mineral deposits are even priceless in value! However, such ore veins are typically controlled by large godly clans and large forces. Ordinary deities can't get a share of the action at all."
"Divinity Crystal mines!"
Everyone's eyes lit up. Compared to spreading religious faith, this method was practically way too convenient.
"Did you hear that?" Meng Lei smiled and said, "Divinity Crystals are aplenty in the Divine Realms. Relying on spreading faith to convert power of faith into power of divinity is too inefficient."
"What a huge eye-opener!"
Ol' Amos said with a sigh, "Little did I think that one can also obtain Divinity Crystals this way. We're simply too ignorant and ill-informed!"
"That's right, that's right!"
Puhaman and the others nodded repeatedly.
"Our level of strength is constantly changing, as is the environment that we're in. Therefore, our mindsets must also keep up with these changes," said a smiling Meng Lei.
"In that case, what exactly should we do, Master?" asked Bubbles.
"Ask him!"
Meng Lei turned to the bandit chief. He said, "In the Divine Realm, how exactly do ordinary deities obtain Divinity Crystals? After all, I believe bandits that rob others like you are a minority."
The bandit chief blushed in embarrassment and replied, "To obtain Divinity Crystals, ordinary deities typically choose to join any of the forces and earn their income through labor.
"Experts like all of you can also join a small clan somewhere and become their retainer or foreign minister[1]. You'll be able to receive a handsome amount of Divinity Crystals every year."
"Earn income through labor?"
"Become a retainer or a foreign minister?"
All of them looked at one another before turning to Meng Lei with queries in their eyes.
Meng Lei, however, shook his head lightly and said, "In comparison, I still prefer your method."
The bandit chief was stupefied for a moment before he said disbelievingly, "Sir, you mean..."
"Didn't you say it yourself just now? Divinity Crystals can be found everywhere in the Divine Realm, so wouldn't everything be solved if you just take it and use it directly?"
Meng Lei gave him a slight smile.
The bandit chief was instantly rendered speechless.
Take it and use it directly? That's even more goddamn shameless than what I'm doing!
Sheepish looks came over everyone else's countenances, and they kindly reminded him, "This is the Earth Divine Realm, Master. Shouldn't we exercise a bit of restraint here?"
"Restraint?"
A bewildered Meng Lei stared at them. "Since we can afford to be willful, then why should we exercise any restraint?"
Everyone was rendered completely speechless.
"Let's go to Dragon-Elephant City."
Meng Lei held his hands behind his back and said, "In the Divine Realm, the strong are revered, and they can wantonly strip everything from the weak. This is a truth that'll never change for eternity. You'll be on the losing end if you're too embarrassed to do it!"
"Yes, Master!"
The others could only follow after him in resignation.
"As for you, on account of how you've provided quite a bit of information, I'll spare you for now."
Meng Lei turned to the bandit chief and ordered, "Lead the way!"
"Thank you, sir!"
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Chapter 374: A Chief God Bandit, Mysterious Black Fog
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The Earth Divine Realm was indeed inconceivably huge. It took them a whole week just to get out of Double Realm Mountain.
Of course, this was also partially due to Meng Lei. In order to "take" all the Divinity Crystals lying in abundance everywhere, Meng Lei had refrained from using the Great World-Breaching Transfer Technique, leading to their slow progress.
As the saying went, "From small increments comes abundance". After a series of ransacking, he had collected a fairly impressive amount of riches. Going by a rate like that, Meng Lei believed that he'd be able to put together enough money very soon for the 5 trillion Divinity Crystals that he needed in order to buy credit for one of his supreme laws of nature!
The path ahead was a smooth and level one!
Thus, Meng Lei was naturally filled with motivation.
Half a month later, they finally arrived at Dragon-Elephant City. This was a city so massive that it was pretty much boundless. In comparison, Double Realm Mountain was just like a little pond sitting next to the boundless oceans.
There was no comparability between the two at all!
"It's huge!"
"How many light years does this city stretch on for? Are all the cities in the Divine Realms so excessive?"
Terribly astounded, the group of them floated in mid-air and overlooked Dragon-Elephant City that stretched on far beyond one's line of vision.
"Dear sirs, Dragon-Elephant City stretches on for 200 light-years from the east to the west and 180 light-years from the north to the south. It's one of the 66 cities under the Caesar Dragon-Elephant Gods' command."
Upon seeing their astounded reactions, the bandit chief, a Divine Realm native, actually felt a small sense of smugness come over him. He explained with a smile, "Dragon-Elephant City has a resident population of 98,000 quadrillion people, among which the number of higher deities has reached as many as over one million, and more than 10% of the population are intermediate deities. It's considered a fourth-rate city in the Divine Realms."
Everyone couldn't help but gasp upon hearing his explanation.
A distance of 200 light-years from the east to the west!
A distance of 180 light-years from the north to the south!
A resident population of 98,000 quadrillion people!
Higher deities that numbered as many as a million of them!
Huge!
It was too huge!
It was to the extent that one could no longer imagine how big Dragon-Elephant City was just by their imagination alone!
Meng Lei was also astounded. Even if he were to use his Great World-Breaching Transfer Technique, he'd have to spend quite a long time before he could get out of Dragon-Elephant City. This was simply too excessive!
However...
"The bigger it is, the better it is!"
The corners of Meng Lei's lips curled upward, and his divine cognition gushed down like flowing mercury, instantly enveloping the whole area within a billion kilometers beneath them. Then, he cast his special ability—Transfer!
Transfer was a special ability that he had plundered from the Dark Mother Tree back then. He could disregard all obstructions and spatial barriers and transfer anything to his target location with this ability.
Meng Lei rarely used Transfer in battle because it wasn't very suitable for use in battle. Its biggest functionality was emptying treasuries and ransacking safes...
"Collect!"
With a thought from Meng Lei, all the Divinity Crystals, Laws of Nature Origin Crystals, and even spatial rings that he detected during his scan—be it hidden in treasuries or hidden in the soles of one's shoes—were all transferred over to him!
"Collect them all, system!"
Whoosh!
An insane spike went through his Wealth value in the system. By the time it came to a stop, it had actually increased by a terrifying 7 trillion Divinity Crystals. This was simply too dramatic! One must know that Meng Lei had only looted all the Divinity Crystals within a billion kilometers of where he was!
How big was Dragon-Elephant City?
How many billion kilometers must it be?
"To hell with the Monarch's treasure and the God of Time's riches!" Meng Lei couldn't help but let out an emotional sigh. "The Divine Realms' deities' riches are the true and biggest treasure of all!"
No matter how much riches a person had, there was ultimately still a limit to it simply because they were just an individual. This was true even if the person they were talking about was a mid-level Ancient God like the God of Time or a Supreme Juggernaut like the Boundless King.
Conversely, no matter how poor the masses were, once their riches were put together, it would come together to form a dramatic number.
Was Bill Gates rich?
Yes, he was!
But did he have as much as the total savings of 1.3 billion common people?
Of course not!
This was exactly what was so fearsome about a huge base number!
"Let's continue!"
Since he'd already gotten a taste of the benefits, all the more, Meng Lei would never let the opportunity slip him by. Even though his actions were very shameless and had crossed the line and even caused innumerable deities to lose everything they had, what did it matter?
As the saying went, "If one doesn't take what the heavens bestow upon them, misfortune brought about by it would instead befall them". In a dog-eat-dog world like the Divine Realm, one's strength was what was the most important instead. Who would care about the weak's mad barking?
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Meng Lei looted the wallets and assets of all the deities in Dragon-Elephant City without any limit. Wailing and lamenting followed in the wake of everywhere he went.
"Damn it!"
"Who stole my wallet?!"
"My spatial ring! Where's my spatial ring?!"
"That goddamn thief! How dare you steal my treasures!"
The large-scale theft naturally caught the city governors' attention. The Caesar Dragon-Elephant Gods' higher management officials in charge of Dragon-Elephant City deployed the city guards at once and began a search for the thief.
However, it was destined that they would never find him.
Who would be able to find Meng Lei when he had already mastered spatial laws of nature and was hiding in the sky with the others?
It was nothing more than just a futile struggle.
"How strange!"
"Why are there suddenly so many people in Dragon-Elephant City?"
"What are they ranting about?"
"What a mess..."
Meng Lei and the others were standing right above Dragon-Elephant City, so the ongoings in the city naturally didn't escape them. All of them looked absolutely puzzled when they noticed the chaos in the city. Everything had been perfectly fine just now. Why had the city suddenly gone into utter chaos?
What exactly had happened in Dragon-Elephant City?
"Haha!"
Meng Lei merely chuckled in response and continued his shameless actions. If one were to say that he had the decency to feel a little embarrassed about his actions, in the beginning, all sense of shame and guilt had been tossed out of his mind by now at the sight of his currently rapidly increasing wealth.
Embarrassment?
All I want is Divinity Crystals!
In the city governors' residence...
"A bunch of good-for-nothings!"
Dowa Caesar, a man with a dragon head, a human body, and a pair of horns on his head, yet also an elephant's trunk on his face, was so furious that he smashed the table into pieces with his fist. With his finger pointed at a group of subordinates, he broke into a huge rant.
"There are so many of you, yet you can't even catch a single thief! What's the point of having all of you here?!"
"My lord, please calm down!"
"Calm down? How do you expect me to calm down?"
Dowa Caesar was fuming mad. "With so many deities robbed, everyone in the city is fearful and in a panic. If this goes on, Dragon-Elephant City will become totally destroyed!"
"My lord, that thief is simply too arrogan—"
"Cut that useless crap and find that goddamn thief at once! Otherwise, there's no point in your existences anymore!"
"Yes, my lord"!
"A bunch of good-for-nothings!"
Dowa Caesar took a few deep breaths and forced himself to calm down as he stared at the now empty hall. However, he simply couldn't.
Theft was actually just a trivial matter, but with so many deities robbed—especially when innumerable higher deities had been robbed of everything they had—this was no laughing matter!
One must know that a million higher deities were residing in Dragon-Elephant City. In contrast, there were no more than just a mere total of 100,000 higher deities in the whole of the Caesar Dragon-Elephant Gods!
If all one million higher deities came together to create a fuss, the Caesar Dragon-Elephant Gods wouldn't be able to handle them at all!
Therefore, they absolutely had to find the thief and take back the treasures that the residents had lost.
Otherwise, Dowa Caesar had no guts to even imagine what might happen next!
"Kekeke, you've run into trouble, haven't you?"
A series of piercing, owl's hoot-like sounds rang out, and then, a black fog arose and started to circle and dance around Dowa Caesar.
"You bastard, who let you out?"
Dowa Caesar took a few furtive glances around him like an alarmed little rabbit. After ascertaining that no one had discovered them, he heaved a sigh of relief before shouting furiously, "Are you worried that no one will find you or what? Hurry and go back!"
"What's there to be scared of? Everyone has already left."
The black fog let out a couple of strange cackles and asked, "It seems like you've run into some trouble, and on top of that, it's pretty serious?"
"It's just a few petty thieves. It's not much of a problem!" Dowa Caesar snorted and ordered, "Go back for now. Let's communicate via telepathy instead."
The black fog was unmoved. Instead, it replied, "A few petty thieves? You're oversimplifying things. Do you know who the one that stole those innumerable deities' riches is?"
"You know who it is?"
Dowa Caesar was puzzled.
"I'm afraid it would frighten you to death if I say his name!" replied the black fog mockingly.
"Who exactly is it?"
Dowa Caesar gnashed his teeth in fury.
"A Chief God," uttered the black fog leisurely.
"A Chief God?"
A shudder went through Dowa Caesar's entire body, and he almost wet himself in fear.
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Chapter 375: A Chief God's Remnant Soul, The Great Reincarnation And Destruction Process
What was a Chief God?
That was a supreme existence! Even the mere mention of a Chief God itself was enough to make Dowa Caesar tremble all over. He said, "Stop joking around, Moro. It's not funny at all!"
"Joking? Who's joking with you?"
The black fog cackled and said, "I'll just tell you the truth. The thief that stole the Dragon-Elephant City deities' treasures is none other than a Chief God, albeit I have no idea why he's doing something like that."
A Chief God stealing other deities' treasures?
It might sound awfully incredulous, but an inconceivable thing like that had indeed happened!
The black fog was also utterly puzzled.
"The thief's a Chief God? Oh my god!"
Dowa Caesar was dismayed. He knew Moro was no decent fellow, but Moro had never lied to him during this long period that he had known him.
Whatever Moro said was definitely true. Innumerable incidents in the past had already proven this.
"Why is that Chief God doing something like this, Moro?" Dowa Caesar muttered to himself, "What kind of treasure is there that a supreme and lofty Chief God like him can't get his hands on? Why did he steal the other deities' belongings instead?"
"Who knows? Maybe he's looking for something in particular." The black fog cackled and said, "You can only count yourself unlucky to have encountered something like this because there's no way you could've prevented it at all. What a pitiful fellow!"
Dowa Caesar shuddered and said, "Aren't you supposed to be invincible, Moro? Can you stop that Chief God? Help me out here and stop him!"
"Had I been in my prime, I naturally wouldn't have feared him, but now... We'd better just forget about it instead!"
The black fog rejected his request right away. It said, "I have no desire to mess with a Chief God-class existence at all. Even though he's only a lesser Chief God... Eh? He's coming over!"
As though it had detected something, the black fog instantly disappeared into Dowa Caesar and vanished from sight as though it had never once appeared.
"Moro! Moro!"
Dowa Caesar shouted his name twice.
"Stop calling for me, you fool! He's already noticed us!" The black fog berated him furiously.
"Uh..."
Dowa Caesar hastily took the hint and shut up. One must know that Moro was his cheating device. The reason why an unvalued descendant from the clan's branch family like him could mature into what he currently was was all thanks to Moro. He didn't dare to even imagine how things would go if he were to lose Moro!
"What was that just now?"
It was at this moment that a leisurely, unhurried voice suddenly rang out by his ear.
"Mo—"
Dowa Caesar was about to answer out of habit when he suddenly realized something amiss. He hastily raised his head to see that someone had appeared in front of him.
He had black hair and black eyes and was as handsome and attractive as a celestial being. Dowa Caesar swore he had never seen such a good-looking human before. He was so dazzled by his beauty that he became dazed for a moment there.
"Where did that fellow from just now go?"
The newcomer was none other than Meng Lei, who raised the question again.
"W-who are you?"
Dowa Caesar snapped back to reality in shock and stared at Meng Lei in fear and horror.
"You don't need to know who I am," Meng Lei said dispassionately. "You need only to tell me where that fellow who was with you just now has gone."
"W-what are you talking about? I don't understand what you're saying!" stammered Dowa Caesar with a face full of fear.
"Hah! It's fine even if you don't tell me."
A soft chuckle escaped Meng Lei as he shook his head. Then, he reached out his right hand, pointed lightly at Dowa Caesar, and slowly uttered, "Time Replay!"
Buzz!
Time-based laws of nature instantly enveloped Dowa Caesar. The time around him slowly came to a halt and started to turn back. It went back 0.1 seconds ago, one second ago...
"W-what are you talking about? I don't understand what you're saying!"
"W-who are you?"
"Moro! Moro!"
"Aren't you supposed to be invincible, Moro? Can you stop that Chief God? Help me out here and stop him!"
"What kind of treasure is there that a supreme and lofty Chief God like him can't get his hands on? Why did he steal the other deities' belongings instead?"
The time around Dowa Caesar went back to a dozen or so seconds ago, but oddly enough, Moro, who had been talking to him just now, didn't show up at all from start to finish. It seemed like Moro was completely unaffected by Time Replay.
However, Dowa Caesar's speech had completely sold it out.
"His name is Moro?"
As Meng Lei stopped Time Replay, he looked at Dowa Caesar and remarked with a smile, "To think he's actually unaffected by time-based laws of nature. His abilities have exceeded my expectations."
"What did you do to me?"
Dowa Caesar was incredibly fearful.
"You're too noisy!"
Meng Lei gave a casual wave of his arm, and Dowa Caesar's eyes rolled up into his head, and he passed out completely. It was best that he went to sleep at a time like this anyway. Perhaps he might still be able to keep his life this way.
"What? Aren't you coming out?" A smiling Meng Lei then added, "To act so sneakily and secretive despite being a great Chief God, aren't you just degrading yourself?"
"I only came out for a breather, yet you've discovered me right away. You sure have a sharp nose!"
A cloud of black fog arose from Dowa Caesar and manifested into a human. He was bald and had an ordinary human's appearance, except for an extra eye in between his brows.
"A Death God?"
Meng Lei couldn't help but be somewhat taken aback as he stared at the vertical eye in between the other party's brows.
"I'm no Death God. Don't you dare lump me together with those low-end undeads with impure bloodlines!" Moro retorted icily.
"Your name is Moro?" asked Meng Lei.
"That's right," replied Moro dispassionately.
"Who exactly are you?"
A puzzled Meng Lei asked, "Despite being just a divine spirit, your divine spirit is as strong as a lesser Chief God's. Your combat prowess can be ranked among the top even in the vast universe, so why would you be in a place like this?"
"Why should I tell you?" scoffed Moro, who was completely unafraid of Meng Lei.
"Sir, for your own safety, I think you should tell me everything you know instead." Meng Lei gave him a calm smile and added, "That's if you're wise enough, of course."
"You can't kill me." Moro shook his head and said, "Although I'm just a remnant of my soul, this remnant soul has already gone through the Great Reincarnation And Destruction Process' purification. Nobody can kill me even in this whole world!"
The Great Reincarnation And Destruction Process!
Meng Lei quietly took note of the term. Then, he remarked, "I'd initially thought that you were just an ordinary Chief God's remnant soul, but little did I think that you actually also harbor other secrets on you."
He had really only been looting Divinity Crystals just now, but little did he expect that he would detect a Chief God's aura when he unintentionally cast a glance in this direction. He then discovered this place when he followed after the aura and teleported over.
At the sight of Moro, Meng Lei suddenly realized that it was highly likely that he was about to strike gold!
"I certainly have a lot of secrets, but what has it anything to do with you?" scoffed Moro.
"I can't be bothered to say any more meaningless crap." Meng Lei said dispassionately, "Tell me everything you know, and I'll consider letting you off."
"Are you revealing your true intentions so quickly? I had thought that you would take a more indirect approach and only show your true colors after you've received more information from me."
Moro shook his head and chuckled. "What an anxious little fellow. Speaking of which, are all the little fellows from this era of yours this impatient?"
"Come clean, Mr. Moro." A smiling Meng Lei said, "Tell me everything about yourself!"
"Why should I tell you?" Moro stared at Meng Lei as though he were staring at a mentally disabled person. He said, "There's no way you can kill me, so don't bother threatening me with my life. It won't work."
"I can't kill you?" Meng Lei shook his head. "How would we know for sure if we don't give it a try?"
"Give it a go, then!"
Moro uttered an "oh".
"Grim Reaper's Eye!"
Meng Lei opened the vertical eye in between his brows.
Whoosh!
A tricolored divine light burst forth from his Grim Reaper's Eye and instantly fell onto Moro. A terrifying devouring force swept out of the eye and furiously tried to devour Moro's remnant soul.
Then, an amazing sight happened...
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Chapter 376: The Previous Era, Genesis Laws of Nature
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Upon activation, the Grim Reaper's Eye started to furiously devour Moro's remnant soul. Something amazing then occurred at this point.
The ever-victorious Grim Reaper's Eye had actually run into a wall! No matter how it tried, it simply couldn't do anything about the remnant soul standing in front of it!
This shocked Meng Lei!
His divine spirit was already comparable to a lesser Chief God's, and his Grim Reaper's Eye had already been enhanced to an ultimate-grade special ability.
Moreover, the Grim Reaper bloodline in his body had also been enhanced to become the Grim Reaper King bloodline.
There were few in the vast universe under such circumstances who could resist the Grim Reaper's Eye's devouring power, let alone a mere remnant soul.
And yet, this guy currently standing in front of him had somehow managed to!
"Who exactly are you?" Meng Lei narrowed his eyes and asked seriously.
"I told you, you can't kill me." Moro shook his head and chuckled. "Stop those pointless actions of yours. In any case, it's nothing but just futile efforts."
"Futile efforts? Aren't you being overconfident here?"
Meng Lei snorted lightly and ordered, "System, plunder that guy's memories. I want to know who he is!"
"Ding! Target Item: Moro's memories. Plunder Target: Moro's remnant soul. Plundering cost is estimated at 100 trillion Divinity Crystals."
The system asked coldly, "Will you plunder it?"
"100 trillion Divinity Crystals?"
Meng Lei almost broke into expletives.
I've only managed to gather 100-odd trillion Divinity Crystals after going through so much trouble and pain, yet now I have to pay 100 trillion Divinity Crystals just to plunder a remnant soul's memories? Is there any justice in this world?
"System, what exactly is that guy? Why does it cost so much to plunder his memories?" asked a puzzled Meng Lei.
However, the system didn't even make a peep in response.
Meng Lei was rendered speechless at once.
"Leave, young Ancient God." Moro spoke again. "You can't kill me, but neither can I do anything about you. Besides, there are no feuds between the two of us. There's no need for us to fight to the death."
"I certainly can't kill you." Meng Lei was awfully displeased. "But it doesn't mean that I can't do anything about you!"
"Oh?"
Moro raised an eyebrow.
"Mysterious Ice of The Depths!"
Meng Lei uttered five words. At once, a tricolored icy current shot out of his fingers and enveloped Moro before freezing him into a large ice lump.
"Even if I can't kill you, do you think I can't trap you?"
Meng Lei let out a cold snort. As he watched Moro's remnant soul that had been sealed within the Mysterious Ice of The Depths, he said, "Since I've already discovered your existence, then you can forget abou—"
Before Meng Lei could even finish, Moro, who had been sealed in ice, suddenly transformed into a cloud of black smoke, darted out of the tricolored ice lump, and reappeared in front of Meng Lei.
"Mysterious Ice of The Depths! Tsk, to think you can use the Frost Gods' Innate Special Ability. How unexpected!"
Moro watched Meng Lei with a big smile, clicking his tongue in wonder as he remarked, "What a mysterious little fellow! I've suddenly taken a huge interest in you!"
Meng Lei took a deep breath and launched another of his special abilities. "Netherworld Divine Fire!"
A tricolored burst of flames burst forth and manifested into a fireball that trapped Moro within. Before long, Moro darted out of it again, however.
"First Grim Reaper's Eye, then Mysterious Ice of The Depths, and now Netherworld Divine Fire!"
The way Moro was watching Meng Lei had changed. He said, "If my senses aren't deceiving me, you also own three great origin divine bodies—a metal-origin divine body, a wood-origin divine body, and a thunder-origin divine body—at the same time. What kind of mutant are you, exactly? Why do you have so many abilities all gathered in one place?"
"You're the mutant! Your entire family are mutants!"
Meng Lei was going rather crazy. He said, "Grim Reaper's Eye is useless on you, and neither do you fear Mysterious Ice of The Depths or Netherworld Divine Fire. I want to know who you are exactly?"
"I told you," Moro replied leisurely, "My divine spirit has already gone through the Great Reincarnation And Destruction Process' purification and has become immortal and indestructible. Your ways are ineffective on me!"
"What's effective on you, then?" asked a vexed Meng Lei.
"Genesis laws of nature." Moro shook his head and said, "In this whole wide world, only genesis laws of nature, which are equipped with the power to create a world, can destroy my remnant soul and thoroughly kill me."
"Genesis laws of nature?"
Meng Lei was stunned. "What are genesis laws of nature?"
"They are primordial laws of nature that create the universe. There are three types in total—space-time laws of nature that dominate the top, bottom, and all four other directions and the flow of time from the past to the present; destiny laws of nature that controls the birth, existence, and death of all things in the world; and order laws of nature that maintains the universe's balance."
Moro said dispassionately, "These three great genesis laws of nature come together to form the whole universe and are also the basis and foundation of the vast universe. Only genesis laws of nature can erase my immortal divine spirit."
"Genesis laws of nature..." Meng Lei murmured under his breath.
"Little fellow, because you've already comprehended time-based laws of nature, there's certainly a chance that you may also comprehend space-time laws of nature. Of course, it's just a very tiny little chance."
Moro went on and said, "Space-time laws of nature include two different parts—time-based laws of nature and spatial laws of nature. When you've 100% comprehended these two supreme laws of nature and merged them into one, you'll be able to comprehend space-time laws of nature.
"As for now..."
Moro shook his head and said, "You'd better just concentrate on properly comprehending time-based laws of nature instead. Your level of comprehension with regard to time-based laws of nature is simply too poor!"
"Is it that terrible? You must understand that I'm the one and only person to have comprehended time-based laws of nature in this whole wide world!" retorted a somewhat displeased Meng Lei.
"Is that so? In that case, lifeforms from your era sure are inferior!"
Moro chuckled and said, "The current era looks like it's already almost half-gone, yet it has only just birthed someone that can comprehend time-based laws of nature? How lousy! Lousy, indeed!"
"You've been mentioning the word 'era'. What exactly is an 'era'?" asked a frowning Meng Lei.
"Trees go through summer and winter, and people go through aging, weakening, and death."
Moro said dispassionately, "There's an end to the lives of all things in this world, and the universe itself is no exception.
"Every certain period, the universe will die out and be reborn—this is reincarnation. Every reincarnation cycle is an era."
"You're someone from the previous era?!"
A jolt went through Meng Lei, and he couldn't help but let out an exclamation.
"That's right."
Moro gave him a dispassionate smile and said, "Thus, you're no different from a little fellow in my eyes—or rather, all the living things in your era are little fellows to me."
"So you're that kind of old fart!"
Meng Lei clicked his tongue in wonder. Then, he suddenly looked Moro up and down and wondered aloud curiously, "Given how your remnant soul alone is already this powerful, how strong were you during your prime?"
"Hah, that's a secret!"
The corners of Moro's lips quirked upward.
Pooh!
Meng Lei curled his lip disdainfully and said, "I'll rephrase this, then—what class of lifeform must one be in order to survive the Great Reincarnation And Destruction Process like you?"
"What a quick-witted little fellow!"
Moro shook his head and smiled as he replied, "The Great Reincarnation And Destruction Process is the end of the whole universe. Even the high-end existential planes that you think are eternal and immortal will also be destroyed, and all lives in the universe have to die.
"That's what a real disaster is."
Moro's voice became low and deep as he said, "Watching helplessly as existential planes crumble, dissipate, and turn into energy torrents; watching masses of lifeforms die out in an instant; watching lifeforms at the pinnacle of the power pyramid fleeing in a panic before ultimately being utterly destroyed amid their despair... These are enough to make one break down!"
Meng Lei felt his throat going dry and parched from Moro's words. He asked, "So, what class of lifeform must one be in order to survive the Great Reincarnation And Destruction Process and become immortal like you?"
"Immortal?"
Moro said mockingly, "Can this even be considered 'immortality'? It's just dragging out an ignoble existence at best!"
Meng Lei listened quietly and waited for his follow-up.
"As of now, I've not seen any lifeform that can truly safely survive the Great Reincarnation And Destruction Process. Perhaps only the legendary Primordial World Genesis Gods are able to," said Moro sorrowfully.
"The Primordial World Genesis Gods?" Meng Lei quickly asked, "What class are these lifeforms?"
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Chapter 377: Immortal Essence, Power of Genesis
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The conversation with Moro had a great impact on Meng Lei. Once upon a time, he had always thought that becoming a god would mean immortality.
However, even existences far above like a Chief God would only live till the end of an era. Once the reincarnation cycle ended, and the Great Reincarnation And Destruction Process restarted, even a Chief God would be finished.
Immortality?
Eternal life?
It's all a joke!
"Divinity Crystals! I need more Divinity Crystals!" Meng Lei clenched his fists. "Only with enough Divinity Crystals can I comprehend the supreme laws of nature or even the Genesis laws of nature. Only then I might be able to survive the destruction of the universe."
Divinity Crystals!
Meng Lei let out a long breath as he looked at Moro again. "What are your plans? Are you going to follow this guy all the way?"
Meng Lei glanced at the unconscious Dowa Caesar with some disagreement.
"Why? You want to take me away?"
Moro raised an eyebrow with a ghost of a smile.
"You won't have a future following him."
Meng Lei shook his head lightly.
"Future? I'm only barely alive. What future can I have?" Moro gave a self-mocking smile. "If I knew then that I'd turn out like this, I would rather be buried with the last era!"
"There's a saying back home, 'To live is better than to die'." Meng Lei laughed. "Plus, so what if it's a remnant soul? There will always be a way to restore it."
"You don't even understand!" Moro shook his head. "Without enough immortal essence, my remnant soul will never be restored!"
"Immortal essence?"
Meng Lei broke into a slight frown.
"Do you know what's that? That's a kind of substance that will never decay, get destroyed, and not even the Great Reincarnation And Destruction Process can erase it." Moro said slowly, "Across the entire universe, there are only three types of immortal essence that I know of, the three great powers of genesis. Yes, the powers relating to the three great genesis laws of nature."
Meng Lei fell silent.
The three great powers of genesis are part of the immortal essence?
Now isn't this too difficult to obtain?
"So you can imagine how rare and precious the immortal essence is." Moro continued self-mockingly. "Therefore, I'm destined to never restore my soul!"
"Indeed, the immortal essence is extremely rare. But, there's still a chance." Meng Lei suddenly smiled. "Once I comprehended the genesis laws of nature, wouldn't I possess the immortal essence by then?"
"You? Comprehend the... genesis laws of nature?"
Moro clutched his belly as if he had just heard a superb joke and laughed out loud for quite a while. When he had enough laughing, he cut his smile.
"You? The genesis laws of nature? Are you an idiot sent by a monkey?
"So you're looking down on me?"
Meng Lei smiled.
"Stop joking. If it's those four Supreme Juggernauts who have already comprehended one supreme laws of nature, I might believe them. After all, they do have hope for the genesis laws of nature. As for you..."
Moro sneered. "Forget it!"
"What if I tell you that I had comprehended the spatial, destruction, and life laws of nature? Though it's just superficial knowledge for now."
Meng Lei chuckled.
"Gah..."
Moro was in a daze as he looked at Meng Lei. "Kid, you sure you're not joking?"
"Where's the need to?"
Meng Lei laughed softly and opened his right palm. Three laws of nature chains appeared in his palms—a gray one, a purple one, and a green one.
Gasp!
A jolt went through Moro as his eyes widened, and he stared at Meng Lei as if he had seen a ghost. "S-spatial laws of nature! Destruction laws of nature! Life laws of nature! You really comprehended the three great supreme laws of nature!"
"Not three, it's four, there's still the time-based laws of nature," Meng Lei corrected.
"Ah yes, four! Oh gosh! How could someone manage to simultaneously comprehend four great laws of nature? How is that even possible? This is too inconceivable!"
Moro was frightened. He gasped and looked at Meng Lei as if he was a monster.
"Okay, okay, stop gasping already. This is nothing," said Meng Lei. "Once I completely comprehended the genesis laws of nature, you can be excited all you want, okay?"
"Oh, you don't understand, young fellow."
As an existence that stood at the very pinnacle once, Moro calmed down soon enough.
He looked at Meng Lei with a complicated look and explained, "The supreme laws of nature are extremely complex and profound. This makes them really difficult to comprehend.
"Don't mention comprehending one supreme laws of nature for a normal deity since they don't even have the talent to comprehend five basic laws of nature. These things require lots of talent, after all!
"One type of supreme laws of nature is already so difficult, let alone four types? Who knows how you managed to do it!"
"Hehe, that's just talent, nothing else," Meng Lei said in a showy manner.
"Indeed! This is true talent!"
Moro nodded slightly and continued. "Still, I just couldn't get over the fact that you comprehended four types of supreme laws of nature. It's simply too wasteful of your time. An era may seem long, but when it compares to comprehending the supreme laws of nature relatively, it's still too short.
"I'll suggest that you choose two among the four. Either you choose time and space for the route of space-time laws of nature or choose life and destruction towards the destiny laws of nature.
"If you were able to comprehend a type of supreme laws of nature before the Great Reincarnation And Destruction Process, you should be thankful already!"
"You don't have to worry about this." Meng Lei had a confident smile. "I won't give up any of the three great genesis laws of nature. My target is to become the legendary Primordial World Genesis God!"
"You'll regret it, young fellow."
Moro was rather displeased, but as he thought back on his relations with Meng Lei, his anger was suppressed. Still, he reminded, "Coming from experience, I don't want to see you waste your talent like this. Just do as I say, and you'll thank me later."
"Perhaps!"
Meng Lei was not too hung up over it, so he returned to the previous topic. "Now tell me your plan. Are you continuing with him or coming with me?"
Meng Lei would not care about any other ordinary beings, but the person before him was different. That was an old antique that had survived that previous era! His experience, cultivation knowledge, comprehension in laws of nature...
That's a treasure right there.
He had to bring him along.
This time, Moro did not reject directly as he fell silent.
"Why? Still hesitant?" Meng Lei raised an eyebrow. "You should know clearly that there's no future if you follow this hopeless chap."
"And that means following you has a brighter future?" Moro asked with a bored voice.
"Of course!" Meng Lei gave him a proud smile. "I am confident that I can completely comprehend the time-based laws of nature within ten years and all four supreme laws of nature within 100 years."
Moro was startled and could not help but laugh. "Kid, what do you treat the supreme laws of nature as? Elementary school multiplication table? Ten years to comprehend time-based laws of nature? I'll say you'll be good enough when you fully comprehend it in ten million years!"
"Ten million years? That is way too long."
Meng Lei laughed. "You might not believe what I'm about to say, but I'm not even 45 years old yet!"
Moro was dazed. "45 years old?"
"Hehe, you can ask around if you like."
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Chapter 378: A Heaven And Earth Phenomenon, Appearance of Chief God Divine Core
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In the Dragon-Elephant City's Governor Residence...
Dowa Caesar woke up leisurely. He then realized that the hall was empty and that Chief God, who had suddenly visited, was gone. Dowa Caesar had lingering fears as he felt that he had almost died.
"Oh gosh! Did I just meet a Chief God? That's just hard to believe!"
Dowa Caesar patted his chest. His heartbeat had never been pounding so intensely before. "Moro! Has that Chief God left? Did he do anything to you?"
There was no response.
"Moro? You there?"
Dowa Caesar called out again, but there was still no response.
"Moro!
"Moro?
"It can't be! Moro!
"My cheating device..."
Moro was gone.
It plunged Dowa Caesar into total desperation as Moro was his everything. He was only a piece of turd without Moro. He just could not imagine what he would face next.
Moro had left with Meng Lei. After learning Meng Lei's actual age, Moro did not hesitate anymore and promptly followed Meng Lei.
Seriously!
He had already comprehended four supreme laws of nature by the age of 45 years old.
Was he really human?
He was an absolute freak!
Even if the Primordial World Genesis God had a reincarnation, it would be nothing more than that.
In Moro's eyes, Meng Lei's probability of comprehending the genesis laws of nature and controlling the Power of Genesis was great.
Whether Meng Lei would save him in the future could be left for another time.
Yes, I must build good relations with him first! As for the rest, I'll take one step at a time!
Meng Lei continued his search for Divinity Crystals as loads of them entered his spatial ring, expanding his wealth massively. This act greatly puzzled Moro.
"You're already a mid-level Ancient God, so why do you need to steal treasures from normal deities? These treasures shouldn't be valuable for the current you, right?"
"You don't understand."
"I don't?"
"You really won't understand!"
Moro was fuming, but he could not do anything to Meng Lei.
Plunder!
Plunder!
Plunder!
Despite Meng Lei's unprecedented looting speed, the Dragon-Elephant City was just too huge.
A month passed...
Two months passed...
Three months passed...
The plundering continued.
Half a year passed in the blink of an eye.
Moro was fed up upon seeing how 'frivolous' Meng Lei was.
"Kid, we are almost halfway past this era, and you're still over here wasting time. You're simply wasting your life away!"
"Wasting my life?"
Meng Lei took a peek at his Wealth on the stats interface and revealed a satisfied smile. The massive wealth he had was worth his hard work.
"Kid, what you need to do now is to find a place to comprehend the supreme laws of nature properly, not wasting your time like this. Understand?" Moro tried to persuade him.
"You wouldn't understand even if I told you." Meng Lei rolled his eyes. "You can relax, old man. Rather than idling with so much time, why don't you help me guide my subordinates?"
Meng Lei glanced at the bored subordinates following behind him. They were like frozen eggplants, withered and spiritless1.
"A bunch of fellows who refined divine cores to become higher deities, there's nothing more to their future. Guiding them would be the actual waste of time!" Moro huffed. "I still believe you must find a quiet place to comprehend the supreme laws of nature—"
"Enough, enough. You better return to the Tower of Time since I'm going nuts because of your nagging!" Meng Lei shooed Moro back into the Tower of Time.
"Disaster is nearby if you don't listen to your elders, kid. You'll regret it later!"
Moro was so angry that he wanted to put a bomb in Meng Lei's groin.
Boom!
Just then, a terrifying wave of pressure coming from afar swept across, along with dazzling multi-colored light beams.
The air in some distance away was painted in rainbow colors; even Dragon-Elephant City glowed colorfully.
"What's going on?"
Meng Lei looked toward the beams' direction.
Ol' Amos, Puhaman, Bubbles, and the rest shuddered as they regained their spirits, each of them looking at the air in the distance.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
The deities in the city were alarmed by it, and they flew into the sky to check the situation.
"What has happened over there?"
"Did you all sense that? Such... Such pressure!"
"I felt that. Even from afar, it makes me palpitate."
Meng Lei frowned and looked into the distance with a solemn look. If Puhaman and the rest could sense it, he felt it even clearer.
Somewhere far away, someone or something emanated a terrifying aura, which even made Meng Lei feel pressured.
That was incredible as he was a mid-level Ancient God. What could have pressured him?
"This aura... Tsk, another bloodshed is coming!" Moro flew out of the Tower of Time and gloated.
"Do you know what's happening over there?"
Meng Lei looked puzzled as he looked at Moro.
"Hoho, across the vast universe, nothing can be hidden from me!" Moro boasted.
Meng Lei was rendered speechless. "Then tell me what can give off such a powerful aura?"
Moro asked instead of replying, "You've refined a Heart of The Existential Plane, right?"
"Of course!"
Meng Lei nodded lightly.
Moro chuckled and asked, "If you sense it carefully, isn't this aura similar to one of a Heart of The Existential Plane?"
"The Heart of The Existential Plane?"
Meng Lei sensed the aura for a while before he exclaimed, "Indeed, this aura is pretty similar to a Heart of The Existential Plane. Perhaps it's coming from Earth Divine Realm's Heart of The Existential Plane?"
"If it's the complete Earth Divine Realm's Heart of The Existential Plane, you'd be lying on the floor right now. There would be no way you could still be standing here." Moro shook his head. "If I'm not wrong, this aura should be coming out from a fragment of the Heart of The Existential Plane."
"Fragment?" Meng Lei was surprised. "The Heart of The Existential Plane can be broken?"
The Heart of The Existential Plane was made up of ten basic laws of nature and ten kinds of Power of Origin, which was indestructible. Even at Meng Lei's level, he could not simply break low-end existential planes' Heart of The Existential Plane, not to mention Earth Divine Realm's Heart of The Existential Plane, a high-end existential plane's.
"Young man, across the entire universe, other than the immortality essence, there's nothing else that can be everlasting!" Moro shook his head slowly. "Plus, it's different from those of low-end and mid-end existential planes since it's almost never complete."
"Never complete?" Meng Lei was surprised. "Why so?"
"Who knows? They were never complete, that's for sure!" Moro smiled slightly. "Oh yes, I think there's a name for the Heart of The Existential Plane of a high-end existential plane."
"What?" asked Meng Lei.
"Chief God divine core."
Moro looked at Meng Lei with a ghost of a smile.
"Chief God divine core!" Meng Lei was utterly shocked. "You mean, the thing that emanated such aura is a Chief God divine core?"
"That's right," Moro replied with a smile. "If I'm not wrong, it's an unowned divine core that just came into existence. Or else, it wouldn't have caused such a ruckus."
"Since it's a Chief God divine core, why didn't you say it earlier?"
Meng Lei was mad as he placed Ol' Amos and the rest into the Tower of Time before activating the Great World-Breaching Transfer Technique to shoot toward the direction.
A Chief God divine core!
That was something that could give him a meteoric rise!
Even if he did not assimilate it for himself, he had to obtain it first!
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Chapter 379: The Manro Empress, Man And Wife Become Enemies
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This was a desert that stretched far beyond one's vision. The endless sea of sand gave off an aura of desolation, dead silence, and sweltering heat and stretched on to the end of the skies.
The Great Pompeii Desert!
This was the biggest desert in the Earth Divine Realm and the whole wide universe!
None could compare to it!
A ten-colored "sun" hung high above the Great Pompeii Desert.
The sun radiated an infinite number of multi-colored rays of light that fell upon the land, dyeing the boundless yellow sea of sand in colors and turning it into a sea of colored lights.
The people living in the desert were the first to notice the natural phenomenon. Among them, the strongest faction to have occupied the Great Pompeii Desert for years on end was the Desert Manro Nagas.
The Desert Manro Nagas were half-human and half-snake. They had a human's upper torso but a snake's lower body. Due to being extraordinarily gifted and having a strong reproductive ability and owing to the Great Pompeii Desert's naturally favorable living environment, Desert Manro Nagas tribes could be found all over the desert.
Apart from that, as innumerable desert divine beasts inhabited the Great Pompeii Desert, the desert was also heaven for the adventurers. Every year, innumerable adventurers ventured to the Great Pompeii Desert to hunt divine beasts and earn Divinity Crystals.
Thus, the multi-colored sun immediately caught the attention of the Desert Manro Nagas and innumerable adventurers the moment it appeared. They came from various corners of the desert and converged in hopes of getting a glimpse of the truth behind the multi-colored sun.
Unfortunately, the closer they went to the multi-colored sun, the stronger the force of its presence. Many deities had no choice but to give up mid-way, and only the strong could continue to forge ahead.
Toward the end, the only ones that could truly go near the multi-colored sun were the elder-class high-level higher deities. Everyone else was powerless to do so despite their desire to.
"A Chief God divine core!"
"It's definitely a Chief God divine core's aura!"
A gorgeous, sensual beauty with a golden snake tail arrived at the bottom, gazing at the multi-colored sun hanging high in the sky with white-hot fervency in her beautiful eyes.
She was the Manro Empress, the empress of the Desert Manro Nagas, and also the most powerful among them. She was far stronger than a high-level higher deity and was infinitely close to becoming a Great Perfection deity.
Behind her were two elderly Nagas, one an old man and the other an old lady. They were elders of the Desert Manro Nagas and had come along to protect the Manro Empress.
"Once I assimilate that Chief God divine core, I shall rise to become a lofty Chief God in a single step! I'll be able to lead us, the Desert Manro Nagas, out of the Great Pompeii Desert and make a thorough emergence!
"Mine! The divine core is mine!"
Whoosh!
Unable to suppress the greed and desire in her heart any longer, the Manro Empress turned into a beam of light that shot straight toward the multi-colored sun. In spite of that, there was someone else that moved even faster than she did.
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
At practically almost the same time, two other light beams also shot simultaneously toward the sun in the sky.
The sight of the other two made the Manro Empress fuming mad. She snapped, "The audacity of you, elders! How dare you snatch what belongs to me!"
That's right!
The ones trying to get ahead of the Manro Empress were none other than the two elders whom she had brought with her!
Never had the Manro Empress ever imagined that those two old farts that usually obeyed her every order and were incredibly loyal to her would betray her in this instant!
This greatly infuriated the Manro Empress.
Boom!
The Manro Empress displayed her full power, and her speed abruptly went through a sharp increase. She instantly caught up to the two elders and stood in their way with an icy-cold expression.
"How dare you betray me! You should die for that!"
The two Naga elders' expressions changed greatly upon sensing the cold, sharp killing intent around the Manro Empress. They said, "Please pardon us, Your Majesty! We were just trying to fetch the divine core for Your Majesty!"
"That's right, Your Majesty. We're loyal and devoted to you and have never once thought of betraying you. Your Majesty, I hope you can look into the matter and show understanding for our difficulties!"
"What empty rhetoric! Do you really think I'll believe that?" scoffed the Manro Empress with an icy look on her face as she raised her palm, ready to kill the duo.
Unexpectedly, the Naga old man suddenly shouted, "Wait a moment, Your Majesty! Someone's rushing toward the Chief God divine core!"
"What?"
The look on the Manro Empress' pretty face changed drastically, and she hastily turned to look at the multi-colored sun.
"Die!"
A savage look came over the Naga old man's countenance, and his fist went smashing out. A murderous gleam similarly surfaced in the Naga old woman's eyes, and she threw a punch with everything she had at the Manro Empress.
The pair attacked with incredible swiftness. Even though the Manro Empress was a notch stronger than the two of them, she was still caught off-guard and fell for their tricks.
Boom!
Boom!
The two punches struck the Manro Empress, causing her to cough up a mouthful of blood. She let out a tragic cry as the attacks sent her flying like a broken kite.
The two elders exchanged a look after they sent the Manro Empress flying, and then they shot toward the multi-colored sun once more.
"Traitors! Goddamn traitors!"
The Manro Empress coughed up another few mouthfuls of blood as she steadied herself. Her features were all contorted as she watched the two elders in the sky, the look on her face as if she wanted to tear them into halves with her own hands or shoot those two motherf*ckers down with a gun from 800 miles away.
They were getting nearer and nearer! Nearer and nearer!
As super experts, the two Naga elders gritted their teeth and tried their best to endure the terrifying pressure given off by the multi-colored sun as they went nearer and nearer to it.
At last, only a short few meters stood between them and the sun!
The two elderly Nagas could already see the irregularly-shaped Chief God divine core, as well as the multi-colored patterns characteristic of a Chief God divine core on its surface. The two elderly Nagas' hearts started to pound intensely for a moment there.
A stone's throw away!
This was truly what "a stone's throw away" was!
They were only a step away from becoming a supreme Chief God and rising to become one of the greatest existences in the Earth Divine Realm and even the whole wide universe!
"It's mine!!"
The two of them shouted in their minds and used every last ounce of strength they had to grab at the divine core. In that instant, they had even forgotten about each other's existence. The only thing they had in their eyes was the divine core itself!
Thud!
The two of them caught hold of the Chief God divine core at the same time. A warm and soft sensation spread throughout their palms, causing their hearts to tremble. Catching hold of the Chief God divine core was tantamount to catching hold of everything in the world!
The true blue meaning of "everything"!
"I'm about to become a Chief God!"
"I'm about to become a Chief God!"
The two of them were so excited that they were beside themselves with delight. They then applied force at the same time, both wanting to pull the Chief God divine core to themselves—only to discover that they couldn't move the divine core at all. It was only then that they noticed each other's presence.
"Old woman, hurry and let go!" The Naga old man shouted, "The Chief God divine core is mine!"
"What nonsense! The Chief God divine core is mine! Mine!" The Naga old woman remained firm. "You're the one that should be letting go! I'm the one that's going to become a Chief God!"
"Old woman, I've yielded to you my whole life. Can't you yield to me this one time today?"
The Naga old man had a hint of pleading in his eyes as he said, "The Chief God divine core has created too great a commotion. Numerous experts must be hurrying here right now. We don't have much time anymore. Hurry and let go!"
"Hmph! Since you've already yielded to me your whole life, what's the harm in yielding to me one more time?"
The Naga old woman let out an icy snort. Then, her voice suddenly turned exceptionally gentle as she said, "Old man, why don't you think about whether there's any difference as to whether it's you or I that become a Chief God? Besides, I can swear a divine oath that I'll never leave you and will always protect you even if I become a Chief God!"
"Old woman, I'll never leave you, either, I swear!"
The Naga old man said anxiously, "Large numbers of experts are about to rush here now. We don't have much time anymore! Are you going to watch as the Chief God divine core ends up in someone else's hands?"
"I'm not letting go! The Chief God divine core is min—"
"Alright, you guys. Make way, please!"
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