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Chapter 301 - Wind Blade Grand Burial, Life Guardian

Volume 4

<h1>Chapter 301 - Wind Blade Grand Burial, Life Guardian</h1><p>Chapter 301: Wind Blade Grand Burial, Life Guardian</p><p>A waterfall measuring tens of thousands of meters wide cascaded from the sky like the Milky Way gushing down from the heavens. Mist wafted about the surroundings, forming a spectacular sight that looked as though it came straight out of a celestial realm.</p><p>However, no one was admiring the spectacular-looking waterfall at the moment because of the highly tense situation in front of them.</p><p>“Human, Gods-Demons Continent isn’t a place where you can act so presumptuously! I’m warning you—leave at once!”</p><p>An icy glint gleamed in the Magical Beast God’s eyes. It gave off a forceful and intense aura as though a ferocious primeval beast that might go berserk and kill Meng Lei anytime.</p><p><em>This guy is much more powerful than Lorenzo, the six-winged Virtue Angel. Be it its divine body or its power of divinity, both are top-notch even among intermediate deities!</em></p><p>Meng Lei could totally sense how strong the Magical Beast God was. Its divine body was terrifyingly mighty, and its life force was strong and vigorous. Power of divinity surged intensely with great force while its divine spirit was as enduring as a rock.</p><p>It was hard to imagine that a low-end material plane could birth an existence like that. What was even more unbelievable was that it hadn’t even been 10,000 years since its deification. Who would believe something like that?</p><p>Meng Lei wondered, “How many divine incarnations does that guy have? And how strong are they?”</p><p>Intermediate deities were defined as those that had fully comprehended at least two types of basic laws of nature and owned two divine incarnations, though they were considered the weakest among intermediate deities. The Dragon God was a fine example of this.</p><p>Whereas those that had fully comprehended five types of basic laws of nature, owned five divine incarnations and were only a step away from becoming a higher deity—such as the Beast God—were the strongest among intermediate deities.</p><p>The Magical Beast God’s divine body, life force, power of divinity, and divine spirit had all reached their pinnacle. Meng Lei’s bold conjecture was that it most likely owned four divine incarnations.</p><p>Four divine incarnations! Yet it hadn’t yet been 10,000 years since an existence like that had deified? Would anyone believe that?</p><p>“What a shame that no matter how strong you are, you’re ultimately still just an intermediate deity.”</p><p>Meng Lei looked at the Magical Beast God and said, “It’s impossible that I’ll leave, Magical Beast God! I don’t mind telling you this—this existential plane is only allowed to worship one person, and that’s me!</p><p>“But if you’re willing to become a subsidiary to me, I don’t mind allowing you to continue ruling over this continent.”</p><p>“You’re courting death, human!”</p><p>The Magical Beast God’s vertical snake pupils narrowed as murderous looks surfaced in them as though it wanted to devour someone.</p><p>“You’ll only know whether or not I’m courting death after we battle!” Meng Lei shook his head and let out a soft chuckle. “Go on and attack. Show me your—the Magical Beast God’s—strength!”</p><p>“Divine Technique: Wind Blade Grave!”</p><p>The Magical Beast God didn’t hold back at all. Innumerable violet wind blades shot out of its mouth and reached right in front of Meng Lei in an instant.</p><p>These violet wind blades were unlike ordinary wind blades. Not only were they as quick as lightning, but they were also extremely compact and condensed, making them shockingly sharp.</p><p>Had it been any other ordinary intermediate deity, they would undoubtedly become riddled with wounds and heavily injured even if they survived. Even the act of fleeing would be tough for them!</p><p>“Not bad, but what a shame!”</p><p>Meng Lei shook his head lightly and slowly uttered four words, “Life Guardian!”</p><p>Splash!</p><p>Countless green leaves appeared in front of Meng Lei and formed a thin wall of leaves that blocked him.</p><p>An icy smile surfaced in the Magical Beast God’s eyes at the sight. “Do you think that you can use mere leaves to withstand my Wind Blade Grave? What a futile attempt!”</p><p>Yet the violet wind blades collided against the wall of leaves as though sharp arrows embedding themselves onto high tenacity fibers. The wall of leaves merely quivered a little and easily blocked all the wind blades. No matter how furiously the violet wind blades slashed at it, it simply couldn’t make even a hint of a gash on it.</p><p>“How can that be?”</p><p>The Magical Beast God’s expression changed drastically. Disbelief filled its eyes.</p><p>“Nothing is impossible!”</p><p>Meng Lei shook his head.</p><p><em>The Ancient Tree of Life is a great Ancient God! It’s impossible for you to hurt me even if my Ancient Tree of Life bloodline assimilation rate is only 13%!</em></p><p>“Divine Technique: Wind Blade Grand Burial!”</p><p>The Magical Beast God howled and opened its mouth again to blast another violet wind blade from within. Unlike the previous one, however, the new wind blade spanned about 500-feet-wide and looked like a rainbow that could blot out the sun itself.</p><p>The wind blade reached the wall of leaves in under 1/10th of a second.</p><p>It made a hole in the wall of leaves with a loud rip and passed through it, reaching right in front of Meng Lei in an instant.</p><p>“The quantity has decreased, but its might has increased!”</p><p>Meng Lei neither dodged nor ducked the attack. Instead, he reached out his right arm. Innumerable vines extended from his right arm’s surface to form a thick and solid shield.</p><p>Bam!</p><p>The wind blade collided against the shield, producing intense sparks and a deep and dull metal collision sound as though two pieces of metal had knocked into each other.</p><p>However, the same scene unfolded once more:</p><p>No matter how the wind blades slashed at the shield, it still couldn’t cut it apart. The shield formed from innumerable vines was incredibly tough and sturdy. The wind blades simply couldn’t do anything about it!</p><p>“Why is it so sturdy?”</p><p>The Magical Beast God couldn’t believe its eyes. It could totally sense Meng Lei’s divine body’s level of sturdiness. He was also an intermediate deity like it. In fact, he was even a notch inferior!</p><p>So, why was his divine body so sturdy?</p><p>Wind Blade Grave hadn’t worked, and neither was Wind Blade Grand Burial working now, too?</p><p>What kind of living being species was Meng Lei, exactly?</p><p>“The great Magical Beast God actually can’t even break past Master’s defenses?”</p><p>“Just what kind of background exactly does Master come from?”</p><p>The 28 divine beasts watching the battle were incredibly astounded. They simply couldn’t imagine why a powerful existence like the Magical Beast God couldn’t even break past Meng Lei’s defenses.</p><p>Meng Lei!</p><p>Why was their new Master this physically sturdy?</p><p>“I don’t believe this!”</p><p>The Magical Beast God roared incessantly. Suddenly, it opened its mouth and sprayed out a blast of violet flames. They burned furiously at Meng Lei—it was the divine technique, Violet Flames Scorch The Sky!</p><p>Boom!</p><p>The violet flames expanded sharply the moment they appeared and came into contact with the wind. In an instant, they had become as tall as 1,000 feet, completely engulfing Meng Lei in no time.</p><p>Boom, boom, boom!</p><p>The violet flames blazed away furiously. They emitted a terrifyingly high heat, causing even the water in the waterfall and pool to simmer and boil. Large amounts of steam formed and shrouded the surroundings.</p><p>The 28 divine beasts withdrew a great distance away. They had no choice but to retreat when facing terrifyingly mighty fire-elemental divine techniques even if they didn’t fear high heat or low temperatures.</p><p>“Fire naturally restrains wood. I simply don’t believe that you’re not scared of fire-elemental divine techniques!” The Magical Beast God’s vertical snake pupils bore coldly into Meng Lei, who was currently being engulfed by the flames.</p><p>However, the violet flames gradually extinguished as they blazed away, revealing Meng Lei’s form, who had been in the fire for a few dozen seconds. Everyone was stunned the moment they spotted Meng Lei—he was currently wrapped inside a “shell” formed from green vines just like the shield from earlier!</p><p>By right, wood feared fire the most. Once burned, they would definitely be reduced to ashes. Even in the best possible scenario, they would still be turned into charcoal.</p><p>Yet this wasn’t the case for Meng Lei’s shell at all. Even after burning away at it for half a day, the violet flames actually couldn’t leave even a scorch mark on its surface. They didn’t leave even a hint of charred blackness!</p><p>“How did this happen?”</p><p>The Magical Beast God was close to breaking down. How sturdy must the other party be if he feared neither wind blades nor fire?</p><p>“I don’t believe this!”</p><p>The Magical Beast God’s eyes were bloodshot as it roared, “Divine Technique: Rolling Heavenly Thunder!”</p><p>Crack!</p><p>A moment later, the thunder-elemental divine technique also left the field in dejection while Meng Lei remained well and intact. It was subsequently also followed by metal-elemental divine techniques, yet they were all in vain.</p><p>In the end, Meng Lei was still fine and dandy, but the Magical Beast God had already completely broken down mentally!</p>

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Chapter 302 - Golden Vines, Meng Lei Pierced

Volume 4

<h1>Chapter 302 - Golden Vines, Meng Lei Pierced</h1><p>Chapter 302: Golden Vines, Meng Lei Pierced</p><p>After a round of bombardment, Meng Lei was completely unscathed, and the Magical Beast God nearly broke down first. “What… What kind of monster are you?”</p><p>Meng Lei did not answer. He looked at the Magical Beast God and said. “Wind, Fire, Thunder, Metal. It seems I was right, you do have four divine incarnations!”</p><p>The Magical Beast God replied coldly, “So?”</p><p>“Ordinary cultivation will never be able to get you to such levels. If I’m not wrong, you must’ve obtained four lesser deity divine cores and a treasure that can strengthen your divine spirit. Am I right?” Meng Lei said casually.</p><p>Assimilating divine cores to become a deity was easy, but to split one’s divine spirit and cultivate it was difficult.</p><p>To split a divine spirit, it must be powerful enough. The prerequisite to split a divine spirit was to have a strong divine spirit.</p><p>Hence, it was easy to become a lesser deity. However, to become an intermediate deity was much harder, and to have four or even five divine incarnations as an intermediate deity was even harder.</p><p>Splitting a divine spirit was too damaging for it!</p><p>Therefore, it was evident that the Magical Beast God must have obtained a treasure that could strengthen divine spirits so that it could be able to split out four divine incarnations as an intermediate deity within 10,000 years.</p><p>The Magical Beast God stared coldly at Meng Lei. It neither admitted nor denied the fact, indirectly admitting it.</p><p>“Your luck defied natural order. Even I’m jealous!” Meng Lei shook his head lightly. “I’m giving you one last chance. Submit to me or die!”</p><p>“I’m the Magical Beast God, how can I submit to a mere human!?” The Magical Beast God’s voice was deep. “So what if you’re powerful? Don’t even think about making me submit!”</p><p>“Why is it always like this?”</p><p>Meng Lei shook his head lightly again as dozens of vines shot toward the Magical Beast God.</p><p>“Hmph! I won’t play with you anymore!”</p><p>The Magical Beast God sneered at Meng Lei with contempt as its head sunk into the pool and left immediately.</p><p>Meng Lei smiled lightly. “Running away already? That’s too naive!</p><p>“Power of Existential Plane… suppression!”</p><p>Buzz…</p><p>A surging flood of Power of Existential Plane burst out and pressed upon the Magical Beast God instantly, forcing it out of the water.</p><p>Splash!</p><p>The true features of the Magical Beast God were revealed immediately. It had a head of a snake with the body of a dragon.</p><p>Whoosh!</p><p>The vines followed closely and wrapped up the Magical Beast God like a mummy. It roared angrily and struggled madly, but it could not move an inch even with the strength of an intermediate deity under the suppression of both the Power of Existential Plane and the vines.</p><p>“It’s useless.” Meng Lei shook his head. “Even without the Power of Existential Plane, the vines alone are enough to impede you.”</p><p>“Human… What do you want exactly?”</p><p>The Magical Beast God glared at Meng Lei.</p><p>“Do you know who I am?” Meng Lei asked instead of replying.</p><p>“Who are you?” the Magical Beast God asked in a low voice.</p><p>“I’m the master of this existential plane,” Meng Lei said casually. “Doesn’t matter if it’s Heaven’s Vault Continent, Light Continent, or your Gods-Demons Continent, and the Endless Oceans—they’re all my territory! Do you think you can build an independent kingdom in my place?”</p><p>“Master of the existential plane!?”</p><p>The Magical Beast God sneered. “You’re lying! The master of this existential plane is the Fairy Goddess. She refined the Heart of The Existential Plane and became the master 20,000 years ago!”</p><p>“Believe it or not, you’re dying anyway!’</p><p>Meng Lei did not bother explaining as he activated Life Drawing to absorb the Magical Beast God’s life essence.</p><p>“You have a really strong divine body. After I absorb all of your life essences, my divine body will definitely break through to pinnacle-level intermediate deity!”</p><p>Gurgle!</p><p>Under Meng Lei’s intense absorption, the Magical Beast God’s life essence was like a breached dam as it flooded toward Meng Lei. A warm sensation enveloped Meng Lei, which was more pleasant than soaking in a hot spring.</p><p>At the same time, every single cell of his body was like a hungry wolf as they devoured the life essence that surged into his body.</p><p>It was the purest form of life essence, greatly beneficial to the growth of the body. A normal body would have a limited appetite, which would stop absorbing to a certain extent.</p><p>Meng Lei was different.</p><p>He had awakened the Primordial Human bloodline, assimilated the Gods-Slaying Rat bloodline, the Divine Netherworld Phoenix bloodline, the Hundred-Armed Giant bloodline, and the Ancient Tree of Life bloodline.</p><p>These bloodlines were not good-for-nothings—they needed to grow with precious herbs and medicines, as well as massive amounts of life essence.</p><p>Thus, Meng Lei’s appetite was terrifying. And as he absorbed crazily, these bloodlines started to grow at an insane speed.</p><p>Their growth brought about the upgrade of Meng Lei’s divine body.</p><p>Upgrade!</p><p>Upgrade!</p><p>Insane upgrading!</p><p>The feeling of upgrading was wonderful, and Meng Lei almost moaned, immersed in this superb feeling.</p><p>The opposite of how Meng Lei felt was the Magical Beast God. It felt that its vitality was sucked away rapidly, and its strength was weakening quickly.</p><p>This feeling terrified it and made it alarmed. It knew that at this rate, it would die… it would surely die!</p><p>“Magical Beast God, don’t you have three other divine incarnations? Why don’t you summon them?” Meng Lei smiled faintly. “If they came to your aid, they might save your life.”</p><p><em>Three divine incarnations?</em></p><p><em>I do have them, but how do I summon them when they’re not on this existential plane!?</em></p><p>Until this moment, the Magical Beast God knew deep inside that it was the critical moment of life and death—if it did not risk its life and fight, it would most definitely die!</p><p>The Magical Beast God cried, “Golden vines!”</p><p>Boom!</p><p>A golden vine shot out of the restless pool suddenly, like a golden cobra bursting out of the water straight toward Meng Lei.</p><p>Whoosh!</p><p>The speed was lightning-quick!</p><p>No! Speed could not be used to describe it!</p><p>Meng Lei did not even manage to use his vine shield, as he was penetrated in the belly by the golden vine.</p><p>“Wah!”</p><p>Meng Lei spat out a mouthful of blood as he looked at the golden vine in disbelief.</p><p><em>What is this divine weapon? How sharp is this thing?</em></p><p>“Meng Lei!” Dodola’s voice rang in his ears. “Are you alright?”</p><p>“Won’t die from this!”</p><p>Meng Lei then asked, “Dodola, you know anything about this golden vine?”</p><p>“Nope! But it looked like the tree branches of the Golden Apple Tree, yet the aura isn’t right?”</p><p>Dodola shook its head. “You need to be careful. There’s an evil aura throughout this ancient snake, unlike ordinary intermediate deities!”</p><p>“Got it!”</p><p>Meng Lei nodded as his body went through Dark-Elemental Transformation. He then re-manifested his body not far away. “I didn’t think you would have such a divine weapon.”</p><p>“Human! You’re not dead!”</p><p>Upon seeing Meng Lei reappear lively there, the Magical Beast God almost coughed up blood in anger.</p><p>That strike was already its trump card; still, it could not kill Meng Lei!</p><p>Now that survivability was too much!</p><p>“You’re still far from killing me!”</p><p>Meng Lei waved his arm as a trident appeared. “But, to prevent any accident, I have decided to execute you with immediate effect!”</p><p>“Don’t you dare, human!”</p><p>The Magical Beast God panicked.</p><p>“Hmph!”</p><p>Meng Lei teleported and appeared right in front of the Magical Beast God. The sharp trident jabbed in an instant and shot a hole through its head.</p><p>“Human… I won’t let you off!”</p>

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Chapter 303 - Sucked Dry, Golden Little Tree

Volume 4

<h1>Chapter 303 - Sucked Dry, Golden Little Tree</h1><p>Chapter 303: Sucked Dry, Golden Little Tree</p><p>The Magical Beast God died eventually, or rather, this divine incarnation died.</p><p>At the moment Meng Lei decided to kill, there was no more chance that it could survive.</p><p>The snakehead was penetrated and died on the spot.</p><p>“I gotta strike while it’s hot!”</p><p>Meng Lei did not let the Magical Beast God off as he continued to absorb its life essence madly. He finally stopped delightfully when it was sucked till it became a mummy.</p><p>“My divine body is getting stronger again. There should be little match for it among intermediate deities!”</p><p>Meng Lei clenched his fist slightly, and endless strength surged from his body. Meng Lei had a feeling that he could punch a hole through the Gods-Demons Continent!</p><p>“To be able to absorb others’ life essence for my own, the Ancient Tree of Life was the right bloodline to assimilate!”</p><p>Meng Lei took a deep breath and kept the Magical Beast God’s mummified body with a wave of a hand. Then he looked at the golden vine that dropped on the ground.</p><p>Without sustained power of divinity, the golden vine became a 20 centimeter-long twig with the thickness of a thumb. It had a unique striation, which made Meng Lei feel familiar at first sight.</p><p>“This texture… Why does this look so similar to the golden leaf in my sea of consciousness?” Meng Lei mumbled. “Perhaps they came from the same plant?”</p><p>Meng Lei wanted to summon that golden leaf and compare with it properly, yet tragically, the golden leaf just would not answer his calls.</p><p>But what could he do?</p><p>Meng Lei could only refine the golden twig and compare it within his sea of consciousness.</p><p>A drop of blood fell, but it could not seep into the golden twig, meaning it failed to recognize the owner.</p><p>That also meant that the golden twig was owned previously.</p><p>Meng Lei released his divine cognition, and indeed there was a divine spirit mark left by the Magical Beast God.</p><p>Without a word, the divine spirit mark was destroyed immediately.</p><p>Meng Lei successfully claimed ownership of the golden twig and let it enter his sea of consciousness.</p><p>Then, an amazing sight happened!</p><p>The stationary golden leaf that was hovering in the sea of consciousness started to move over when the golden twig arrived.</p><p>The golden twig flew over too, and the two just combined strangely together!</p><p>To be exact, the golden leaf grew onto the golden twig. From afar, it looked like a tree branch with a leaf growing on it.</p><p>“What the… They grew into each other!”</p><p>Meng Lei was dumbfounded.</p><p>What kind of situation was this?</p><p>He could tell that the two were very much alike, and they were likely from the same source. Yet, he could never have thought that they would actually combine. It was beyond his expectations.</p><p>Meng Lei immediately tried to activate them… and the combined leaf and twig started to move!</p><p>“I can activate them!”</p><p>Meng Lei was overjoyed and summoned the golden branch at once. He started to check it out in his hands.</p><p>The golden twig and the golden leaf had the same striation, so it could be seen that they originated from the same tree.</p><p>Now the question was, what was that tree?</p><p>“Dodola, you said it was the tree branch of the Golden Apple Tree, right?” Meng Lei asked.</p><p>“It looked like that, but the aura was entirely different!” Dodola was puzzled too as it continued. “To be honest, I am quite baffled by this! But it is definitely some good stuff that you should keep!”</p><p>Meng Lei nodded. This piece of golden tree branch could penetrate his divine body with such ease. Just how sharp and powerful was it?</p><p>It was a so-called high-tier divine weapon! Of course, he should keep it safe!</p><p>After keeping the golden branch, Meng Lei looked at the Magical Beast God’s carcass and dug out a divine core from it—the Magical Beast God’s divine core.</p><p>“Human, I’ll never let you off! I’ll never let you off!”</p><p>Furious screams came from the divine core—it hated Meng Lei to the core!</p><p>If hate could kill, it would have cut Meng Lei up into a million pieces and tortured him to death.</p><p>“I’ll welcome your arrival anytime.”</p><p>Meng Lei scoffed, and his divine cognition ravaged the divine core.</p><p>He wanted to read the memory of the Magical Beast God and find out what secrets it had.</p><p>“Don’t even think about it, human!”</p><p>The Magical Beast God clearly understood Meng Lei’s intentions, and its divine spirit started to resist madly.</p><p>“You’re not even my match when you’re alive, and you still have the cheek to resist?”</p><p>Meng Lei sneered and increased the intensity of his divine spirit offense.</p><p>“Arghhhh…”</p><p>After some intense ravaging, the Magical Beast God’s divine spirit was smashed into bits all around, and Meng Lei could finally read its memory.</p><p>After approximately half an hour…</p><p>Meng Lei let out a long breath, and a hint of a slight smile appeared at the corners of his lips.</p><p>“This… I really deserved to earn another windfall! How could the Magical Beast God have such a lucky encounter!”</p><p>Who was the Magical Beast God?</p><p>The Magical Beast God was only a normal Saint Domain python divine beast.</p><p>However, it had been extremely lucky to pick up a spatial ring from an underground cave that it had stumbled upon by accident.</p><p>The spatial ring had been an ordinary one, but the things stored inside were not ordinary at all. Other than tons of treasure, there were also two lesser deity divine cores.</p><p>The Magical Beast God had refined both divine cores and used the treasure that could strengthen the divine spirit to become an intermediate deity!</p><p>In the Gods-Demons Continent, an intermediate deity was an invincible presence. The Magical Beast God had relied on its incredible power to subdue all the Magical Beasts of the continent and become the Magical Beast God while looting around without restraint.</p><p>Thanks to these treasures and divine cores, the Magical Beast God had split its divine spirit two times in a row while cultivating another two divine incarnations!</p><p>From then on, it had four divine incarnations to become an outstanding existence among intermediate deities.</p><p>Plus, if not because of the limited treasures to strengthen the divine spirit, the Magical Beast God could have had a fifth divine incarnation and become a pinnacle-level intermediate deity.</p><p>“How impressive! Most of the treasures were looted by this fellow!”</p><p>Having read the Magical Beast God’s memory, Meng Lei knew how rich it was:</p><p>There were more than 100 lesser deity divine cores alone and countless other treasures that could at least strengthen the divine spirit!</p><p>However, Meng Lei mostly overlooked these many treasures as only one thing caught his serious attention—a golden little tree!</p><p>Where had the golden branch that attacked Meng Lei at the final moment come from?</p><p>It came from this golden little tree!</p><p>What was the golden little tree?</p><p>The Magical Beast God did not know.</p><p>It only knew that the golden little tree grew on a half-plane and was discovered by chance!</p><p>“Half-plane!”</p><p>Meng Lei hurriedly followed the Magical Beast God’s memory to teleport to that half-plane’s entrance and went straight into it.</p><p>The half-plane was not particularly huge, with just a few kilometers big. It was bare without any plants, just a little tree that stood strong alone over there.</p><p>The little tree was not tall as it was only a meter tall, with around four branches growing a few leaves. One of the branches was broken with the leaves gone too.</p><p>How should this tree be described?</p><p>It was as if it had been through the cold autumn where most leaves had fallen.</p><p>“The golden tree branch was cut down by the Magical Beast God who had done everything it could!”</p><p>Meng Lei stared at the little tree with apprehension and anticipation in his eyes. “All these years, the Magical Beast God had been trying to refine this little tree, but it failed!”</p><p>“I wonder if I can do it?”</p><p>Meng Lei dropped a drip of blood onto the golden little tree, and something exciting occurred—the blood managed to seep through the little tree!</p><p>In an instant, Meng Lei had the slightest of connections with this golden little tree.</p><p>“I’ve refined the golden little tree!?”</p><p>Meng Lei was stupefied.</p>

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Chapter 304 - Fearsome Devouring Ability, An Extraordinary Background

Volume 4

<h1>Chapter 304 - Fearsome Devouring Ability, An Extraordinary Background</h1><p>Meng Lei couldn’t understand why he was able to successfully refine the golden little tree right away at first try when the Magical Beast God had done everything it could and tried for thousands of years, yet it simply couldn’t.</p><p>Why?</p><p>Meng Lei couldn’t put his finger on it, either!</p><p>But was this important?</p><p>Of course it wasn’t!</p><p>What was important was that he had successfully refined it. Thus, Meng Lei formed a connection with the golden little tree.</p><p>In the instant he successfully refined it, both the golden branch and the golden leaf that had taken up a spot each in Meng Lei’s sea of consciousness flew out of his sea of consciousness in tandem and merged with the golden little tree.</p><p>A misty golden glow rippled outward from the golden little tree as it merged perfectly with the golden branch and the golden leaf. They became one whole entity and made no distinction between one another.</p><p>“What kind of background did this little tree exactly come from?”</p><p>Meng Lei suppressed the excitement in him and suffused the golden little tree’s internal structure with his divine cognition. Then, he began to inspect it.</p><p>Since the golden little tree had already recognized it as its master, perhaps he would be able to find a clue or two. However, he didn’t discover anything miraculous about it despite inspecting for quite a while.</p><p>The golden little tree was an ordinary golden little tree through and through. Apart from its fully-golden exterior that appeared as if it were made out of gold, nothing else about it differed from any other ordinary tree.</p><p>It had an average internal composition, an average level of pliability, and average sharpness.</p><p>Everything about it was average with nothing out of the ordinary.</p><p>Even its life force was also average. Its life force was really very so-so—it couldn’t even compare to that of a vine on Meng Lei.</p><p>“Is this little tree really that ordinary?”</p><p>Meng Lei sank into deep thought.</p><p><em>The Magical Beast God had easily pierced through my divine body just by moving one of its branches. How sharp must it have been? Is it really that ordinary?</em></p><p>It was just a shame that no matter how he inspected it, he simply couldn’t discern any of its secrets even after observing it for a good half a day!</p><p>“Never mind, I won’t bother myself with it anymore. It’s a treasure in any case, so I can’t go wrong keeping it.”</p><p>Through his connection with the little tree, Meng Lei then tried to move the little tree. The little tree slowly plucked itself out of the ground and flew into the air.</p><p>The golden little tree’s roots were also golden. As though a work of art forged from gold, the golden little tree was golden in color from head to toe and full of charm.</p><p>“Collect!”</p><p>Meng Lei collected the little tree and sent it into the Tower of Time with a thought.</p><p>“Where should I plant this, Dodola?”</p><p>“You can just plant it anywhere you want!”</p><p>“Okay!”</p><p>Meng Lei went to the Tower of Time’s 95th level. The wood magic elements on this level were very rich and concentrated, so it was the most beneficial to plant growth. He had also planted a Tree of Vitality sapling here in the past.</p><p>It had been a very long while since he’d last seen it. The Tree of Vitality sapling had already grown a lot since then. The little sapling that had only been about one-meter-tall previously had grown into a large tree over 20-meters-tall. Its fluffy crown spread into the surroundings and shrouded the area 100 meters from where they were as it gave off an astonishing aura of vitality.</p><p>Meng Lei was very satisfied with the Tree of Vitality’s growth. Given its current growth rate, the Tree of Vitality would be able to birth and nurture little Fairies in another few dozen years.</p><p>“I think you’ll like it here!”</p><p>Meng Lei went to a field a few hundred kilometers away from the Tree of Vitality and planted the golden little tree there.</p><p>Then, he brought out large quantities of wood-elemental elemental crystals and set up a magical energy-gathering magic circle around it to collect the wood magic elements in the surroundings.</p><p>However, just as Meng Lei finished setting up the magic circle, something that he would never have ever expected happened—all the plants around the golden little tree started to wilt and wither…</p><p>One meter, 10 meters, 100 meters…</p><p>1,000 meters, 10,000 meters, 100,000 meters…</p><p>In the span of just a few short breaths, all the grass 100 kilometers of where the golden little tree was had withered. The whole field turned yellow and withered and became a dead zone. The grass was as though dry grass during winter…</p><p>They became withered, yellow, dry, dead, and highly flammable.</p><p>What left Meng Lei even more flabbergasted was that more and more plants were withering, and the yellow, withered field was continuing to spread.</p><p>100 kilometers, 200 kilometers…</p><p>At last, when the entire field became dry and withered, the forests around the field began to suffer.</p><p>All the vegetation there, all the huge, towering trees, and all the ancient trees that had stood for 1,000 years—all of them began to wither!</p><p>Just like that, the whole forest started to wilt and wither at a dramatic rate…</p><p>Even the Tree of Vitality that Meng Lei had planted wasn’t spared, either, and became a dead tree!</p><p>“Just what kind of monster is the golden little tree, exactly? It can actually devour the life force of all the plants around it?”</p><p>Dodola appeared beside Meng Lei, its mouth wide as it stared at the rapidly-withering 95th level. It was so astonished that it couldn’t even speak.</p><p>“You’re asking me? Who am I supposed to ask, then?”</p><p>Meng Lei could only give Dodola a wry smile in response.</p><p>“At this rate, all the plants and vegetation on the 95th level are going to wither while the half-plane will also be reduced to a dead zone!”</p><p>Dodola took a deep breath and muttered to itself, “How domineering! It’s really too domineering! It has to be one of the most domineering plants I’ve ever seen!”</p><p>The final outcome was true to Dodola’s expectations. Ten minutes later, all the plants in the whole half-plane had wilted and withered.</p><p>Be it fields, forests, undergrowth…</p><p>Be it ordinary plants, the Tree of Vitality, or botanical Magical Beasts…</p><p>The golden little tree had absorbed all of their life force!</p><p>The lush and luxuriant half-plane on the 95th level that had been full of life and vitality had completely turned into a dead zone. Only one lone plant was still alive, and that was the golden little tree.</p><p>Yet despite having devoured so many plants’ life force, it actually didn’t change in any way.</p><p>It didn’t grow any taller, it didn’t sprout any new buds, and neither did its life force become any richer.</p><p>Nothing about it was different from before!</p><p>“What kind of monster is this?”</p><p>As they say, “What goes in must come out”. Even a random blade of grass would release oxygen after absorbing carbon dioxide!</p><p>Yet the golden little tree didn’t show any activity at all. Who would dare to believe something like that?</p><p>“Could it be that it has too voracious an appetite so that bit of life force couldn’t fill its stomach at all?”</p><p>Struck by a brainwave, Meng Lei brought out a deity’s dead body and threw it in front of the golden little tree.</p><p>The life force that the deity’s dead body contained was undoubtedly strong. Even the combined life force of all the plants on the whole half-plane might not necessarily be as rich and strong as the dead body’s!</p><p>The golden little tree didn’t let Meng Lei down. It was hard to tell how exactly it did it, but the life force within the deity’s dead body began to disappear at an alarming rate.</p><p>The originally plump and full dead body began to visibly dry up. Two minutes later, the dead body had turned into a dried corpse.</p><p>The golden little tree finally showed a hint of a change after absorbing the deity’s dead body’s life force. A tiny little bud slowly sprouted on one of its branches. Sparkling and translucent, it looked extremely tender.</p><p>At the sight of the bud, Meng Lei and Dodola exchanged a look with each other. Neither of them knew what to say anymore.</p><p>After absorbing the life force of all the plants in the half-plane, as well as a deity’s dead body’s, it had actually only sprouted a single bud!</p><p>Was there any plant out there whose growth rate was slower than the golden little tree’s?</p><p>“Although I don’t still know its origins, I daresay that its origins must be an extremely astonishing one. In fact, it might be even more amazing than the five Primeval Divine Trees!”</p><p>Dodola’s eyes sparkled as it said, “Its terrifying appetite alone has already greatly surpassed the Ancient Tree of Life’s!”</p><p>“Yeah!”</p><p>Meng Lei nodded slightly. The stronger a being was, the bigger its appetite usually was. Just like mortals and deities—mortals would be stuffed to death after eating a whole cow, but the same amount of food was nothing to a deity.</p><p>A deity’s digestive ability was simply too horrifying. They could digest while they eat, so once they finished eating a whole cow, they would also have finished digesting it at the same time. As long as the deity was willing to, they could eat even 10,000 cows.</p><p>“Cultivate it well. That golden little tree will definitely bring you a surprise!”</p>

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Chapter 305 - Angel'S Heart, A Titan King

Volume 4

<h1>Chapter 305 - Angel'S Heart, A Titan King</h1><p>Meng Lei couldn’t figure out the golden little tree’s origins, but his opinion was highly similar to Dodola’s—the ordinary-looking little tree definitely had a terrifying identity and a background beyond one’s imagination!</p><p>He had to take care of it properly. If done well, he might just gain a supreme treasure in the future!</p><p>At once, Meng Lei tossed all the gods and demons’ dead bodies that he had previously taken to the little golden tree. The little fellow took them all and cleanly devoured all of them.</p><p>It was just a shame that the little golden tree’s newly-sprouted bud merely grew a little and didn’t change much.</p><p>“This is really tough!”</p><p>Meng Lei sighed emotionally. Then, he left the Tower of Time. Given the golden little tree’s voracious appetite, he would need to look for even more gods and demons’ dead bodies to feed it with.</p><p>Meng Lei felt a pressing need to know what kind of powerful life form the little golden tree would grow into after it really began to mature!</p><p>Boom!!</p><p>The 10,000-meters-wide waterfall continued to crash into the pool. The scenery in the surroundings hadn’t changed much, but the pool’s master had already left the world forever.</p><p>Meng Lei reached the area above the pool, spread his divine cognition into the surroundings, and scanned through all the treasures at the bottom of the pool that the Magical Beast God had accumulated over the years.</p><p>There were 126 lesser deity-level gods and demons’ dead bodies; 154 mid-tier and low-tier divine weapons; 138 lesser deity divine cores; and innumerable other treasures like Divinity Crystals and so on.</p><p>“As expected of the Magical Beast God, the biggest beneficiary of the war between the gods and demons back then! It’s so rich!”</p><p>Meng Lei was incredibly emotional as he gazed at all the treasures. Innumerable gods and demons had fallen during the war. Their dead bodies, divine cores, riches… The greater half of it had all gone to the Magical Beast God. Who was the biggest beneficiary, if not it?</p><p>It was just that all the treasures were going to Meng Lei now instead!</p><p>“System, collect all the Laws of Nature Origin Crystals and Divinity Crystals!”</p><p>Whoosh!</p><p>His Wealth instantly spiked by 2,000,000 Divinity Crystals and reached an astonishing total of 8,500,000 Divinity Crystals, giving Meng Lei a huge windfall.</p><p>Then, Meng Lei also threw the 126 gods and demons’ dead bodies to the little golden tree for it to devour.</p><p>Next up were the divine cores and the divine weapons.</p><p>“As of now, I have a total of 171 divine weapons and 176 divine cores. It’s just a shame that they are all low-tier and mid-tier divine weapons and lesser deity divine cores, so they are of no use to me.”</p><p>After taking inventory of his earnings, Meng Lei continued to ransack Gods-Demons Continent for treasures. Although the Magical Beast God had already ransacked it before, it wasn’t the master of the existential plane, so there were a lot of things that it wouldn’t have noticed at all. Thus, there were still a lot of things for Meng Lei to go through.</p><p>And the truth was indeed so!</p><p>After a few days of ransacking, Meng Lei found another few dozens of gods and demons dead bodies, a few dozen divine weapons, a few dozen divine cores, and other incomplete gods and demons remains.</p><p>As usual, he gave the gods and demons dead bodies to the little golden tree.</p><p>After doing all these, Meng Lei’s itinerary in Gods-Demons Continent had also basically come to an end. However, he didn’t leave in a hurry—there was still one last thing he needed to do.</p><p>“According to the Magical Beast God’s memories, its three other divine incarnations aren’t on this existential plane. Rather, they’ve already left for other existential planes.”</p><p>That’s right, other existential planes!</p><p>Gods-Demons Continent wasn’t the Magical Beast God’s only power of faith domain. Not only did it have other power of faith domains, but it even had a few—as many as three, in fact!</p><p>Using its memories as a guide, Meng Lei came to the teleportation magic circle leading to the first existential plane. However, Meng Lei was disappointed to find that the magic circle had failed to activate.</p><p>He knew that the Magical Beast God must have already destroyed the other end of the teleportation magic circle, causing it to become unable to function.</p><p>“That guy sure acts fast!”</p><p>Meng Lei subsequently also tested the other teleportation magic circles, but they had all been sabotaged. A resigned Meng Lei could only give up on searching for the Magical Beast God.</p><p>“It’s time to leave!”</p><p>Meng Lei summoned the 28 divine beast subordinates and said, “Listen up, the Magical Beast God is already dead. Its faith in Gods-Demons Continent should also have dissolved.”</p><p>The 28 divine beasts listened with bated breath.</p><p>“I have a mission for all of you—spread my faith and let the whole Gods-Demons Continent bask in the light of my faith. Understand?”</p><p>“Yes, Master!”</p><p>“We’ll definitely do our best to spread Master’s faith and let Master become Gods-Demons Continent’s…”</p><p>The 28 divine beast subordinates gave him their promises one after another.</p><p>Meng Lei gave them a slight nod, and then, he left.</p><p>“The matters in Gods-Demons Continent have been settled. It’s time to deal with the Demon God now! Dodola, do you know where the Dragon God’s divine nation is?”</p><p>“No, I don’t,” Dodola shook its head, “Divine nations are a deity’s den, so they are extremely hidden and obscure, and those belonging to weak intermediate deities like the Dragon God are especially so. How am I supposed to know where it is?”</p><p>“Fine,” Meng Lei was rather disappointed, “What a shame. If I could find the Dragon God’s divine nation, I’ll definitely make him pay for his foolishness!”</p><p>“Don’t bother with the pointless talk anymore. If you’re that free, you might as well think of how you can make yourself stronger instead,” Dodola rolled its eyes and said, “The Colossal Dragon Gods’ descension is near. Your current level of strength is far from being sufficient to handle them!”</p><p>“Don’t worry. I’m aware of that.”</p><p>Meng Lei then returned to the empire’s imperial palace and started a new round of seclusion.</p><p>“System, bring up the stats interface!”</p><p>Host: Meng Lei</p><p>Race: Human (Primeval Bloodline: Primordial Human &lt;16%&gt;, Assimilated Bloodlines: Gods-Slaying Rat, Divine Netherworld Phoenix&lt;Youth&gt;, Hundred-Armed Giant, Ancient Tree of Life&lt;13%&gt;)</p><p>Wealth: 8.5 million Divinity Crystals</p><p>Physical Body Constitution: Metal-Origin Divine Body (1%)</p><p>Spirit: Intermediate-Deity (Elementary-Grade)</p><p>Power of Divinity: 200 Divinity Crystals</p><p>Laws of Nature: Some increase</p><p>“I have 8,500,000 Divinity Crystals now. It’s too expensive to buy credit for anything. I can’t afford it at all, so there are only three functions that I can use now—Super Pickup, Super Enhancement, and Super Plunder. I’ll go one by one!”</p><p>Meng Lei took a deep breath and commanded, “System, use Super Pickup!”</p><p>The system’s icy voice rang out right away.</p><p>“Ding! Super Pickup is a chargeable function that costs 100 Divinity Crystals per use. Will you use it?”</p><p>“Yes!”</p><p>“Ding! Dear host, please designate your target existential plane.”</p><p>“The Celestial Realm!”</p><p>Meng Lei uttered two words, “The Celestial Realm!”</p><p>Whoosh!</p><p>His Wealth decreased by 100 Divinity Crystals right away. Ten seconds later, the system’s icy voice rang out again.</p><p>“Ding! Pickup successful. You have obtained a Sky Silver Herb.”</p><p>“A Sky Silver Herb?”</p><p>Meng Lei was taken aback. He asked, “What the heck is that?”</p><p>The system did not respond, so Meng Lei could only ask Dodola.</p><p>“The Sky Silver Herb is a common botanical life form in the Celestial Realm. Not only is it incredibly pliable, but it’s also incomparably sharp. An adult Sky Silver Herb is comparable to a half-deity.”</p><p>“Comparable to a half-deity?”</p><p>Meng Lei was sorely disappointed. He tossed it into the Tower of Time’s 95th level without much thought and continued to do pickups.</p><p>“Ding! Dear host, please designate your target existential plane.”</p><p>“The Celestial Realm!”</p><p>“Ding! Pickup successful. You have obtained an Angel’s Heart. Will you assimilate it?”</p><p>“Given its weak aura, it’s evidently a four-winged angel’s Angel’s Heart. Why would I assimilate something like that?!” Meng Lei was rather displeased. He ordered, “Continue with the pickups!”</p><p>“Ding! Dear host, please designate your target existential plane.”</p><p>“The Celestial Realm!”</p><p>“Ding! Pickup successful. You have obtained a Light Titan blood essence droplet. Will you assimilate it?”</p><p>“A Light Titan blood essence droplet?”</p><p>Meng Lei was rather disappointed. Nevertheless, he habitually took out the Light Titan blood essence droplet and began to inspect it.</p><p>Boom!</p><p>An incredibly fearsome pressure emanated from the Light Titan blood essence droplet right away. Caught off-guard, Meng Lei was almost flattened to the ground.</p><p>Even so, Meng Lei still felt a sense of tightness in his chest, and he found it incredibly difficult to breathe. His heart couldn’t help but pound, and he felt a strong sense of suffocation.</p><p>“W-what fearsome pressure and might!</p><p>“A Titan King!</p><p>“This is definitely a Titan King’s blood essence!”</p>

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Chapter 306 - A Spike In Divine Body Sturdiness, 4,000,000 Feet

Volume 4

<h1>Chapter 306 - A Spike In Divine Body Sturdiness, 4,000,000 Feet</h1><p>In a secluded divine nation faraway from Heaven’s Vault Continent, the Dragon God prostrated respectfully on the ground.</p><p>A middle-aged man dressed in black robes sat on the throne in front of him.</p><p>“My lowly clansman that wanders the lower realms,” the black-robed middle-aged man’s voice boomed loudly with boundless dignity and might as he said, “Let me ask you something—is the information that you previously reported true?”</p><p>“My lord, should there be even a bit of untruth in what I’ve said, then let me fall into the depths of hell, never to be reincarnated!”</p><p>The Dragon God quickly swore an oath. “That huge tower has a total of 100 floors and is able to turn back time. It’s exactly the same as the rumored Tower of Time!”</p><p>“Wonderful!”</p><p>The black-robed middle-aged man nodded slightly and added, “If what you said is true, I am willing to take you as my disciple and bestow upon you 20 material planes as a reward.”</p><p>“Thank you, my lord… No, thank you, sir ¹ ! Thank you, sir!”</p><p>Overjoyed, the Dragon God kowtowed incessantly.</p><p>“This is the construction method for building a Great Void Shift teleportation magic circle.”</p><p>The black-robed middle-aged man tapped his finger in mid-air, and then, a golden light beam shot into the area in between the Dragon God’s brows. He said, “Build a Great Void Shift teleportation magic circle with this method within the shortest amount of time and behold my descension!”</p><p>“Yes, sir!”</p><p>The Dragon God responded affirmatively repeatedly.</p><p>“Alright!”</p><p>Then, the black-robed middle-aged man’s form dissipated in an instant. The Dragon God slowly got to his feet. As he gazed at the throne that had once again become empty, he couldn’t help but guffaw into the sky.</p><p>“Lowly cheap trash, let me see how you’re going to die this time!”</p><p>Elation filled the Dragon God’s eyes as he said, “If I can’t get the Tower of Time, then you can forget about having it, too! I’ll watch with my eyes as you die in front of me…”</p><p>…</p><p>Meng Lei was completely unaware of the ongoings in the Dragon God’s divine nation. At the moment, all his attention was on the Titan blood essence droplet in front of him.</p><p>He murmured to himself, “This is just a drop of blood essence, yet it’s already emanating such fearsome might. This is undoubtedly a Titan King’s blood essence! In fact, it… might be from an existence that’s even stronger!”</p><p>What was a Titan King?</p><p>As a powerful godly clan that dominated the vast Void, the Titan Gods boasted innumerable powerhouses within the clan. They were specifically split into three different grades—Earth Titans, Sky Titans, and Titan Kings.</p><p>Earth Titans were comparable to lesser deities;</p><p>Sky Titans were comparable to intermediate deities;</p><p>And Titan Kings were comparable to higher deities.</p><p>As for Titans weaker than lesser deity-level, since they hadn’t even awakened their Titan God bloodline, they naturally didn’t count as members of the Titan Gods.</p><p>A Titan King’s blood essence was, in other words, the blood essence of a Titan whose strength was comparable to a higher deity’s.</p><p>While it might seem like higher deities were only a grade higher than intermediate deities, in truth, the difference in strength between the two could be said to be like night and day.</p><p>Needless to say, a higher deity’s blood essence was naturally incredibly precious. However, most typical higher deities’ blood essence definitely didn’t contain such a terrifying aura.</p><p>Meng Lei’s bold conjecture was that the person whom the blood essence droplet had come from was definitely no ordinary Titan King!</p><p>Meng Lei couldn’t help but lick his lips as he remarked, “This might even be an Invincible Titan King’s blood essence!”</p><p>An Invincible Titan King was an unbeatable existence among the Titan Kings and was comparable to a Great Perfection-level higher deity.</p><p>There were millions of Titan Kings among the Titan Gods, but there were undoubtedly only a few Invincible Titan Kings.</p><p>“Since I have the Hundred-Armed Giant bloodline, my divine body will definitely be greatly enhanced if I assimilate this drop of Titan blood essence!”</p><p>The moment the thought occurred to him, Meng Lei promptly ordered, “System, assimilate the Titan blood essence!”</p><p>Buzz…</p><p>The Titan blood essence spread apart right away and turned into a thin veil of blood that enveloped Meng Lei’s entire self. Then, it seeped into Meng Lei.</p><p>Boom!</p><p>At once, the Hundred-Armed Giant bloodline in Meng Lei started to furiously and restlessly stir. Every single cell clamored for and fought to devour the Titan blood essence…</p><p>The triggering of the Hundred-Armed Giant bloodline caused Meng Lei to transform into a Hundred-Armed Giant. As though earthworms on his skin, the blood vessels, and veins throughout his body suddenly bulged against his skin.</p><p>Meng Lei could sense an endless wave of pure, unadulterated energy gushing into the depths of his cells. It enhanced every single cell, as well as his Hundred-Armed Giant bloodline.</p><p>Every cell swiftly split and proliferated!</p><p>Every bit of Hundred-Armed Giant bloodline in him rapidly strengthened!</p><p>At the same time, Meng Lei’s divine body also began to expand further and further like an inflating balloon.</p><p>5,000 feet, 10,000 feet, 50,000 feet…</p><p>100,000 feet, 500,000 feet, 1,000,000 feet…</p><p>Boom!</p><p>An incomparably vast and violent might spread out from the palace that Meng Lei was in and into the surroundings, forming a super-tornado in the imperial palace…</p><p>The palace was wrecked, and the palace maidservants and eunuchs inside were sent flying like leaves in the wind!</p><p>Even Puhaman and the others, who were currently carrying out their administrative duties, were also flattened to the ground. They watched the giant in the center of the imperial palace with fear and horror on their faces.</p><p>“W-what fearsome pressure and might!”</p><p>“Has Master broken through again?”</p><p>“M-most likely!”</p><p>“Oh my god! Master is already an intermediate deity. Is he already breaking through to higher deity-level?”</p><p>Puhaman and the others were all filled with shock and horror.</p><p>Meng Lei had exhibited a fearsome level of strength that was comparable to an intermediate deity’s when he previously slew the Dark Demonic Dragon. And now… He was about to break through again?</p><p>Just how fast was his rate of improvement?</p><p>2,000,000 feet, 3,000,000 feet, 4,000,000 feet…</p><p>When Meng Lei’s size reached a colossal 4,000,000-feet-tall, his rate of growth finally began to slow down. The current Meng Lei was as if an indomitable giant that towered between the heavens and earth. The sight astounded innumerable people.</p><p>How tall were 4,000,000 feet?</p><p>Ten feet was equivalent to three meters, so 4,000,000 feet would be 1,200,000 meters, which was equivalent to 1,200 kilometers!</p><p>How tall was Mount Everest?</p><p>Only 8.8-kilometers-tall!</p><p>Even the length of Meng Lei’s sole was taller than Mount Everest!</p><p>One could imagine exactly just how tall Meng Lei currently was!</p><p>Thus, not only could the people of Dragon God Empire see Meng Lei towering between heaven and earth, but even the people of Titan Empire, Beast People Empire, and Fairy Empire could see him.</p><p>“Great God Meng Lei!”</p><p>“It’s our Great God Meng Lei!”</p><p>“Praise be to you, Great God Meng Lei!”</p><p>Everyone bowed and prayed to Meng Lei. Their demeanors couldn’t get any more pious than that.</p><p>“What fearsome power!”</p><p>Meng Lei didn’t notice how great of a commotion he had caused at all. He exhaled a long pent-up breath as he took in the sensation of the almost-overflowing power in him.</p><p>Boom!</p><p>The pent-up breath he exhaled turned into a howling storm that happened to crash into a lofty mountain, causing the mountain to be crushed downward from the mid-point right away.</p><p>“So, is this what power on the level of a higher deity is like?” A shocked Meng Lei murmured to himself.</p><p>“No, it’s not enough yet. It still lacks a bit of power!”</p><p>Dodola’s voice rang out. “I don’t know where you got the Titan blood essence from, but your body has only reached the level of an intermediate deity’s limits after assimilation. It still falls a bit short of a higher deity’s level.”</p><p>“It hasn’t reached a higher deity’s level yet?”</p><p>Meng Lei was slightly startled. He said, “But I feel very powerful right now. It’s as if I can crush the Dark Demonic Dragon, the Magical Beast God, and other fellows like them with just a punch!”</p><p>“If I said that it hasn’t reached that level yet, then that means it hasn’t reached that level yet. How dare you question my judgment?”</p><p>Dodola suddenly appeared in front of Meng Lei, its quaint little wings flapping slightly.</p><p>Boom!</p><p>A violent gust of wind swept toward Meng Lei, instantly slamming into his chest. Meng Lei felt a fearsome wave of power striking his chest right away. He couldn’t help but let out a muffled grunt as he stumbled backward, barely managing to come to a stop after more than ten steps.</p><p>“What are you doing, Dodola?”</p><p>Meng Lei flew into a rage.</p><p>Dodola replied dispassionately, “I’ve only used an ordinary higher deity’s level of strength just now, yet I had easily blasted you backward. Do you understand the difference between a higher deity and yourself now?”</p><p>“I really haven’t stepped into the realm of a higher deity yet?”</p><p>Meng Lei was dumbfounded.</p><p><em>But I’m already so strong!</em></p><p>“Duh! A Titan King’s height typically starts at 5,000,000 feet, but take a look at your height now! You’re still falling a bit short of that. That’s what I mean when I say you still lack a bit of power. Do you understand now?”</p>

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Chapter 307 - Primordial Green Dragon, Cerberus

Volume 4

<h1>Chapter 307 - Primordial Green Dragon, Cerberus</h1><p>Chapter 307: Primordial Green Dragon, Cerberus</p><p><em>Fall a bit short of a higher deity’s level?</em></p><p><em>That’s fine, though. I still have Super Enhancement.</em></p><p>Meng Lei remained relaxed and asked the system immediately.</p><p>“Ding! Host’s Physical Body Constitution is infinitely close to a higher deity and will become a higher deity after Super Enhancement. Super Enhancement price: 3,000,000 Divinity Crystals!”</p><p>“3,000,000 Divinity Crystals?”</p><p>Meng Lei was agitated instantly. “Wasn’t my infinitely close to a higher deity? Why do I still need so many Divinity Crystals? Is this a robbery?”</p><p>The system went silent and simply did not reply, as if saying, “If you’re not going to enhance, then forget it.”</p><p>“Enhance for what? All these Divinity Crystals are enough for me to use Super Pickup 30,000 times. I just don’t believe that there will be nothing good from so many chances!”</p><p>Meng Lei began to use a second Super Pickup.</p><p>“Ding! Dear host, please designate your target existential plane.”</p><p><em>I’ve already picked up twice in the Celestial Realm, time to go somewhere else.</em></p><p>“Forest Divine Realm!”</p><p>Whoosh!</p><p>100 Divinity Crystals were gone.</p><p>After a dozen seconds, the cold voice of the system rang again.</p><p>“Ding! Pickup successful. You have obtained a Primordial Green Dragon’s Egg!”</p><p>“Primordial Green Dragon’s egg?</p><p>Meng Lei was stunned. After becoming true gods, the Colossal Dragon Gods would become the Colossal Ancient Dragon, higher up would be the Colossal Ancient Dragon King that leveled lesser deities, up another level at intermediate deity would be the Colossal Primordial Dragon.</p><p>The Primordial Green Dragon here meant that it was an intermediate deity with fearsome capabilities.</p><p>However, the egg was not very useful for Meng Lei currently, so he sent it to the Tower of Time to hatch without a second thought.</p><p>“Let’s continue with the pickups, system!”</p><p>“Ding! Pickup successful. You have obtained Natural Goddess’ underwear! Will you wear it?”</p><p>“Why would I f*cking wear that, you disgusting b*stard of a system! Can you be more serious here? My Divinity Crystals aren’t here to be wasted like this!”</p><p>Meng Lei yelled.</p><p>“Ding! Pickup successful. You have obtained a drop of Wood Bat’s blood essence. Will you assimilate it?”</p><p>“A Wood Bat? No way I’ll assimilate that!”</p><p>A shiver went through Meng Lei as his face turned pale.</p><p><em>Who knows if this thing harbors viruses?</em></p><p><em>Assimilate?</em></p><p><em>Do you want to die?</em></p><p>“Ding! Pickup successful. You have obtained a spatial ring!”</p><p>“Spatial ring?”</p><p>Meng Lei’s eyes lit up as he quickly checked the spatial ring. It was a pity that the owner was clearly not a tycoon. The ring was likely from an ordinary deity from the Forest Divine Realm.</p><p>Still, even the most ordinary of deities were deities of the Forest Divine Realm with decent riches.</p><p>A pair of Divinity Crystals, loads of Laws of Nature Origin Crystals, a few low-tier divine weapons, some divine cores, and other miscellaneous items…</p><p>“Collect the Divinity Crystals!”</p><p>“Collect the Laws of Nature Origin Crystals!”</p><p>Whoosh!</p><p>His wealth grew by 20,000 Divinity Crystals.</p><p>Even though it was not a lot, whatever was spent just now had been earned back.</p><p>It felt fantastic!</p><p>“Let’s continue with the pickups, system!”</p><p>“Ding! Dear host, please designate your target existential plane.”</p><p>“Still the Forest Divine Realm!”</p><p>“Ding! Pickup successful. You have obtained a Crystallized Divine Spirit Extract! Will you assimilate it?”</p><p>“Crystallized Divine Spirit Extract? Not bad, assimilate!”</p><p>After assimilating this Crystallized Divine Spirit Extract, Meng Lei’s divine spirit was strengthened further from an elementary-level to an intermediate-level intermediate deity.</p><p>“Carry on!”</p><p>“Ding! Pickup successful. You have obtained an Omega Divine Ape’s carcass!”</p><p>“Dodola, what kind of divine beast is the Omega Divine Ape?”</p><p>“Omega Divine Ape? That’s a rather impressive divine beast. An adult could tear apart intermediate deities alive, belonging to a pinnacle-level intermediate divine beast!”</p><p>“Pinnacle-level intermediate divine beast?”</p><p>Meng Lei was a little disappointed, but it was better than nothing. He promptly released the Omega Divine Ape’s carcass and started to absorb its life essence.</p><p>Gurgle~</p><p>Huge amounts of life essence surged into the body as warm currents filled his body as if he was soaked in 70°C hot spring water.</p><p>“Come on! Hope this can help me breakthrough to a higher deity level in one go!” Meng Lei encouraged himself.</p><p>The Omega Divine Ape’s carcass dried up at a speed visible to the naked eye as Meng Lei’s divine body was somewhat strengthened.</p><p>Yet… he still could not break through to become a higher deity. Meng Lei was a little disappointed, and he could only carry on with the pickups.</p><p>“Ding! Pickup successful. You have obtained a Soul Ice Marrow droplet. Will you assimilate it?”</p><p>“Soul Ice Marrow droplet? Keep it first!”</p><p>“Ding! Pickup successful. You have obtained a Fusion Laws of Nature Fragment. Will you assimilate it?”</p><p>“Yes, assimilate it!”</p><p>“Ding! Pickup successful. You have obtained a higher deity’s Divine Core. Will you assimilate it?”</p><p>“Higher deity’s divine core? Nope!”</p><p>“Ding! Pickup successful. You have obtained a Ninth Heaven Elderwood Beast’s cub!”</p><p>“Dodola, what kind of beast god is the Ninth Heaven Elderwood Beast?”</p><p>“The Ninth Heaven Elderwood Beast is an extremely rare thunder-elemental and wood-elemental divine beast. It’s born as a half-deity and becomes a higher deity when they’re adults.”</p><p>“Nice stuff, I’ll raise it first!”</p><p>“Ding! Pickup successful. You have obtained a Mystic Ginseng!”</p><p>“Mystic Ginseng is an extremely valuable divine medicine that could revive the dead and grow flesh on bones[1], whereby even if a higher deity was heavily injured, one Mystic Ginseng would be enough to heal it!”</p><p>“Nice! Keep that!”</p><p>“Ding! Pickup successful…”</p><p>For the next twenty pickups in the Forest Divine Realm, there were plenty of treasures. However, there was nothing that could help Meng Lei break through to become a higher deity.</p><p>He had no choice but to change the target existential plane.</p><p>Meng Lei locked in the Netherworld.</p><p>“Ding! Pickup successful. You have obtained the Fallen Angel bloodline. Will you assimilate it?”</p><p>“No, don’t assimilate it.”</p><p>“Ding! Pickup successful. You have obtained a Necromancer’s Spiritual Core. Will you assimilate it?”</p><p>“Necromancer? Spiritual core? What are those?”</p><p>“Necromancers are higher netherworld beings that level half-deities at birth, and they will become higher deity level as adults!”</p><p>Dodola continued explaining. “The spirit core is the core of the Necromancers, similar to divine cores of the various deities and demonic cores of demons, basically divine cores.”</p><p>“I see.”</p><p>The pressure generated from this spirit core was terrifying, similar to the higher deity’s divine core, meaning it should be a higher spirit core.</p><p>A higher spirit core’s value must be shockingly high. As long as it was assimilated, Meng Lei could leap toward becoming a higher deity, but he did not want to risk his future.</p><p>“Ding! Pickup successful. You have obtained a Cerberus cub!”</p><p>“Cerberus… cub?”</p><p>With a thought, a cute little puppy appeared in front of Meng Lei. It looked like a month-old husky, cute and chubby.</p><p>It was a pity that it was shrouded in black-red flames with incredibly high temperatures. Any normal person who got close would be burnt into ashes!</p><p>“What a nice little dog!”</p><p>Meng Lei liked this little guy at first sight as he could not resist patting its furry head.</p><p>However, in the next moment…</p><p>Woof!</p><p>The puppy bit Meng Lei’s hand and growled at Meng Lei, obviously showing its unwillingness to let Meng Lei pet its head.</p><p>“That’s pretty fierce!”</p><p>Meng Lei smiled and lifted the puppy by its neck. “Isn’t this a Cerberus? Why is there only one head?”</p><p>Woof! Woof! Woof!</p><p>The little dog bared its teeth and barked at Meng Lei as it would not listen to Meng Lei at all. Meng Lei did not mind as he brought out a bone.</p><p>Woof?</p><p>The puppy’s attention was caught immediately. It stared at the bone and drooled all over the ground. What was the difference between this and the normal dogs in Meng Lei’s house in his previous life?</p><p>“I guess no matter what kind of dog they are, they all love bones. Now I know how to deal with you!”</p><p>[1] An idiom that lauds the supreme medicinal properties of the medicine</p>

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Chapter 308 - Limits-Level Divine Body, Pinnacle-Grade Divine Spirit

Volume 4

<h1>Chapter 308 - Limits-Level Divine Body, Pinnacle-Grade Divine Spirit</h1><p>Chapter 308: Limits-Level Divine Body, Pinnacle-Grade Divine Spirit</p><p>Cerberus was an extremely fearsome divine beast. An adult Cerberus could even swallow a higher deity alive. They could be said to have an exceptionally wild and violent nature.</p><p>Additionally, they also inherited a characteristic typical of canines—their reproduction rate was especially high. Cerberuses had a wide distribution in high-end demonic existential planes like the Netherworld, the Demon Realm, and Hell.</p><p>As a result, Cerberuses were even more fearsome and more powerful than the Divine Netherworld Phoenixes!</p><p>Therefore, one mustn’t underestimate the little dog that looked remarkably similar to a husky. It would grow into an extremely fearsome existence in the future!</p><p>However, it was ultimately still just an adorable little puppy at the moment. A few bones were enough to trick it into running around in circles, and it showed great affection for Meng Lei.</p><p>“Good doggy!”</p><p>Meng Lei stroked its furry head, which felt especially nice to the touch. He said, “Since you’re so adorable and look so much like a husky, I’ll just name you Husky!”</p><p>“Woof!”</p><p>Husky didn’t put up any resistance, allowing Meng Lei to stroke it. Its jet-black little eyes were fixed on Meng Lei and filled with desire as though it was saying, “Bones! I wanna eat bones!”</p><p>“Don’t worry. You’ll get what you want!”</p><p>Meng Lei brought out another divine beast thighbone and fed it to Husky while he continued to carry out pickups.</p><p>“Ding! Pickup successful. You have obtained a spatial ring!”</p><p>“Another spatial ring?”</p><p>Meng Lei perked up slightly. His divine cognition swiftly entered the spatial ring, and then he began to look through the contents.</p><p>Meng Lei was all smiles the moment he did—there were much richer rewards in this spatial ring than the previous one. One could tell at first glance that it had belonged to a wealthy tycoon.</p><p>Meng Lei promptly ordered, “Collect the Divinity Crystals and the Laws of Nature Origin Crystals, system!”</p><p>Whoosh!</p><p>His Wealth instantly spiked by 3.6 million Divinity Crystals!</p><p>“3.6 million Divinity Crystals? What a windfall!”</p><p>With the newly-gained 3.6 million Divinity Crystals, Meng Lei’s Wealth successfully broke through the 10 million milestone and reached an amount as high as 12.1 million Divinity Crystals, making him a rich man overnight!</p><p>“28 mid-tier demonic weapons and innumerable low-tier demonic weapons!</p><p>“And most importantly, there are actually so many Crystallized Divine Spirit Extracts in here! I’ve struck gold! I’ve struck gold big-time! Say no more, I’ll just assimilate these Crystallized Divine Spirit Extracts first!”</p><p>Boom!</p><p>Following vast amounts of Crystallized Divine Spirit Extracts entering his body, Meng Lei’s divine spirit flame began to visibly expand as though it had been doused with buckets of petroleum.</p><p>It doubled, tripled, quadrupled…</p><p>At last, after an unknown amount of time, the divine spirit flame’s expansion rate finally began to slow down. His divine spirit flame was currently as many as ten times bigger than what it had previously been.</p><p>Another look at the stats interface revealed that his divine spirit had also gone from mid-grade intermediate deity-level to pinnacle-grade intermediate deity-level. His divine spirit was only a step away from becoming a higher deity-level now!</p><p>“A limits-grade intermediate deity-level divine body and a pinnacle-grade intermediate deity-level divine spirit!”</p><p>Meng Lei slowly let out a pent-up breath and remarked, “Apart from lacking a divine core and divine incarnations, I’m already totally a pinnacle-level intermediate deity now! It’s just a shame that I still haven’t found anything that can enhance my divine body yet.”</p><p>There were also a lot of Demon God, Specter God, and Undead God dead bodies in the spatial ring. In fact, the divine power that some of them gave off could rival an intermediate deity’s.</p><p>Meng Lei devoured and absorbed them all, causing his life force to grow without end.</p><p>Yet, no matter how it grew, it simply couldn’t cross the hurdle. His divine body remained stuck at limits-grade intermediate deity-level the whole time, unable to progress any further.</p><p>Meng Lei rubbed his temples. He was rather frustrated. He muttered, “Why can’t my divine body evolve, even though I’ve already devoured this much life force?”</p><p>“This is a very normal occurrence.”</p><p>Dodola’s voice rang out. “The progression from an intermediate deity to a higher deity might seem like only a single step, but it’s no different from an insurmountable obstacle in reality. One can’t just break through it so easily.</p><p>“Otherwise, people like the Titan Spiritual God won’t be stuck as a pinnacle-level intermediate deity for so long and unable to take that critical step forward.”</p><p>“What should I do, Dodola?”</p><p>Meng Lei frowned slightly. Must he really spend 3 million Divinity Crystals on Super Enhancement?</p><p>“You can consider two ways,” Dodola said dispassionately, “Firstly, if you have enough power of divinity in your reserves, I’d suggest that you try the Divine Netherworld Phoenix’s Rise From The Ashes.”</p><p>“Rise From The Ashes?”</p><p>Meng Lei’s eyes lit up slightly.</p><p><em>That’s true. Why didn’t I think of using that Innate Special Ability?</em></p><p>“The second way is to look for treasures that can enhance your divine body, such as a Titan King’s blood essence and so on.”</p><p>Dodola cast a meaningful glance at Meng Lei and said, “I believe this shouldn’t be much of a problem for you?”</p><p>Meng Lei gave Dodola a wry smile and replied, “Ordinary treasures aren’t hard to find, but that’s not necessarily also the case when it comes to treasures of that grade.”</p><p>After carrying out so many Super Pickups, the Titan King’s blood essence droplet could be said to be the most valuable treasure that he had obtained. As for the others… They were really very mediocre.</p><p>“That’s out of my hands!”</p><p>Dodola looked relaxed as it said, “If all else fails, then just split your divine spirit and deify in advance. Your divine spirit is very strong, so splitting it should be a cinch for you.”</p><p>“Easy for you to say!”</p><p>Meng Lei shook his head. It hadn’t been easy enhancing his divine spirit to its current state. He’d rather use Super Enhancement than split his divine spirit and weaken his divine spirit.</p><p>“Just do as you deem fit, then!”</p><p>Dodola’s voice subsequently faded away.</p><p>A resigned Meng Lei could only continue to carry out pickups.</p><p>“Ding…”</p><p>“Ding…”</p><p>“Ding…”</p><p>In the time that followed, Meng Lei continuously carried out pickups. However, things didn’t go his way. The Netherworld, the Demon Realm, the Abyss, Hell, the Thunderbolt Divine Realm, the Light Divine Realm… He carried out pickups in all of them!</p><p>He gained a lot of average treasures, but he didn’t pick up anything else that could aid him in breaking through.</p><p>For a few consecutive days, Meng Lei only picked up a large amount of random, messy trash.</p><p>Of course, in the eyes of true gods, lesser deities, and even intermediate deities, what he viewed as trash were undoubtedly treasures that could enhance one’s strength instead!</p><p>“Forget it! Since I can’t pick up any, then I’d better just stop for now. It’s pointless to continue any further.”</p><p>Meng Lei finally walked out of the wrecked palace. Then, he summoned Puhaman over.</p><p>“Greetings, Master!”</p><p>Puhaman bowed respectfully.</p><p>Meng Lei asked casually, “How’s the migration progress?”</p><p>“After our hard work the last few days, we’ve already sent the first batch of Beast People into all 48 existential planes,” Puhaman replied respectfully.</p><p>Then, he added, “There are a total of 48 million Beast People with one million on each existential plane.”</p><p>“An acceptable progression rate.”</p><p>Meng Lei nodded slightly. The Beast People Empire was teeming with Beast People, after all. 48 million? That was nothing but just a drop in the ocean. However, to the 48 existential planes, those 48 million Beast People… were instead the best seeds!</p><p>Given the Beast People’s terrifying reproduction rate, those one million people on each existential plane would multiply by tenfold, maybe by even a few dozen times, in just a year!</p><p>Of course, if they were to relax the timeline even further or migrate more seeds over, the population growth would undoubtedly also become even faster.</p><p>“All of you have done well. Keep up the good work!”</p><p>Meng Lei nodded slightly. Then, he brought out a huge pile of treasures with a wave. They were treasures that he had picked up but were of no use to him and brought over in the past.</p><p>They included Saint Domain magic devices, half-divine weapons, true god-level divine weapons, magic materials, magic crystals, etc.</p><p>“Master, these…?”</p><p>Puhaman looked puzzled.</p><p>“These things were brought over from the Dragon God Empire, the Beast People Empire, the Titan Empire, and other forces’ treasuries, but they are no longer of any use to me.”</p><p>Meng Lei said dispassionately, “I’ve taken them out now to fill up the empire’s treasury so that they may be used wherever is appropriate. As for how they should be used, you can do as you deem fit.”</p><p>Treasures would definitely always be useful. It merely depended on who the one using it was. They might be useless to Meng Lei, but it didn’t mean that they would also be useless to others!</p><p>Given the Meng Lei Empire’s vastness and how generations of geniuses were currently emerging, a new batch of pillars supporting the empire would definitely come to pass in the future. It wouldn’t do at all if the empire didn’t have anything to bestow upon them!</p><p>Puhaman launched into a mad deluge of flattery at once. “Master, your wisdom and generosity are as if the blazing sun in the sky…”</p>

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Chapter 309 - New Home, The Demon God Descends

Volume 4

<h1>Chapter 309 - New Home, The Demon God Descends</h1><p>Howl!</p><p>Howling chilly winds wreaked havoc in the ice fields.</p><p>A world of ice completely covered in frost and snow, these were the Far Northern Icelands of Heaven’s Vault Continent.</p><p>Whoosh!</p><p>A huge shadowy mass suddenly traveled swiftly across the ice fields—it was actually an astonishingly large group of humans that numbered tens of thousands flying in the sky.</p><p>Upon closer look, they turned out to be tens of thousands of shabbily-dressed Beast People. At the moment, however, they all sported fearful and horror-stricken looks on their faces and looked as if they were full of despair.</p><p>Above them was a Multi-Armed Behemoth—it was Meng Lei’s Magical Beast pet, Sacas.</p><p>“Listen up now!”</p><p>Sacas tried to comfort the Beast People as they flew. It said, “The new home that I’m bringing all of you to is an all-new continent. There, the lands are vast, and the resources rich and abundant. It’s a perfect habitat to live in!</p><p>“There, no one will compete with you for resources or fight with you for food. Neither are there savage Magical Beasts that will attack you! You can reproduce freely and make the place your home.”</p><p>The Beast People were dubious about his claims. Vast lands? Rich and abundant resources? No natural enemies?</p><p>Did a place as wonderful as that really exist?</p><p>Amid their doubts, everyone arrived at the teleportation magic circle in the Far Northern Icelands in no time. Sacas led the Beast People through the teleportation magic circle and arrived at Demonic Dragon Continent.</p><p>“Look, this is your new home!”</p><p>Sacas pointed at the vast and boundless Demonic Dragon Continent and said passionately, “Here, there are lush grasslands, dense and luxuriant forests, clear rivers, and fertile soil!”</p><p>The Beast People’s eyes widened big and round as they gazed at the all-new world. True enough, what entered their sights was green grasslands that stretched as far as the eye could see, a sea of lush forests, and great rivers that meandered through the lands like silver snakes…</p><p>And yet…</p><p>They didn’t spot even a single Magical Beast!</p><p>They didn’t spot even a single human!</p><p>They didn’t spot even a single Colossal Dragon!</p><p>“Here, you can freely till the fields, herd or let the livestock graze as much as you want, and fish as you wish. You can also pick fruits and enjoy life as much as you want!”</p><p>Sacas said loudly, “Now, I’ll bring you to your new home!”</p><p>Shortly after, they arrived at the intersection of an expanse of grasslands and a forest. Sacas let the Beast People down. At the same time, he also brought out a huge pile of food, seeds, etc.</p><p>“Welcome to your new home, my people!”</p><p>…</p><p>Similar incidents were also taking place in all the other existential planes.</p><p>Thaniel the Black Dragon, Bubbles the Fallen Titan, Mervyn the squid Magician, Pursuer the alchemy creature, Nadja the Black Panther Goddess, Seisia the Thunderbolt Queen, Galen the Swirling Snow Sword Saint, Rose the Spider Goddess, Nagaros the Dark Fairy Empress, Anton the Dark Snapping Turtle King, etc.—all of them were also busy migrating people over.</p><p>Every one of them took the trouble to personally migrate them over.</p><p>All of them were full of smiles and brimming with anticipation.</p><p>In the past, many of them could only hide underground and painstakingly build up what they could because they didn’t have fiefs of their own.</p><p>But now that they had such wonderful resources sitting in front of them, how would they possibly let it pass them by?</p><p>They couldn’t wait to see the day where their worshipers filled the 48 existential planes and provided vast amounts of power of faith for them!</p><p>With power of faith, they would be able to convert it into power of divinity!</p><p>With power of faith, they would be able to enhance their divine spirit!</p><p>Even the mere thought of it seemed wonderful!</p><p>They had only one word for it—beautiful!</p><p>After settling the group of Beast People, Sacas went through the teleportation magic circle and returned to the Far Northern Icelands. However, something shocking entered its sight at this moment:</p><p>A massive black pit suddenly appeared in the sky, spanning across it like a black hole. It was hard to say just how big it was, but it measured at least 100-meters-wide even when looking at it from the faraway Far Northern Icelands.</p><p>Given that it measured 100-meters-wide even when looking at it from such a great distance away, one could easily imagine just how massive the black hole must be!</p><p>Boom!</p><p>A black-light beam suddenly shot out of the black hole and shone vertically downward on the ground, forming a black pillar of light that connected the heavens and earth.</p><p>Vast, majestic might spread everywhere into the surroundings from the black pillar of light, spreading throughout Heaven’s Vault Continent like a tsunami.</p><p>Thud!</p><p>Everywhere the mighty aura passed through, be it normal humans or Saint Domain experts, everyone fell onto their knees uncontrollably. They felt as if a huge rock was weighing down on their hearts, making it difficult for them to breathe.</p><p>“O Great God Meng Lei! W-what exactly is going on?”</p><p>“Have extraterrestrial demons descended upon us?”</p><p>“Please watch over us, Great God Meng Lei! Please watch over us…”</p><p>The people were terrified out of their wits. Filled with fear and unease, they hastily started to pray piously.</p><p>“Something terrible has happened!”</p><p>Sacas’ expression changed drastically. It transformed into a beam of light that shot toward the Meng Lei Empire. Thaniel, Nadja, and the others also did the same.</p><p>Roar!</p><p>A loud and sonorous dragon roar rang out. The people looked up and turned their gazes to the direction from which the roar came. At once, they saw a terrifying, savage-looking dragon head emerge from within the black hole.</p><p>It was then followed by its body, wings, tail…</p><p>It was a Dark Demonic Dragon that measured more than 1,000,000-feet-long. Pitch-black all over and incredibly savage-looking, it gave off a demonic aura that reached all the way into the heavens.</p><p>“A Colossal Dragon! It’s a Colossal Dragon!”</p><p>“Oh my god! The Colossal Dragons are back!”</p><p>“The Colossal Dragons have made a comeback…”</p><p>The Dragon God Empire had only just been overthrown not too long ago, so the people’s faith in the Dragon God hadn’t yet completely dispersed. How could they possibly have forgotten about the nefarious Colossal Dragons?</p><p>For a moment, hate, fury, fear, and various other negative emotions swept through Heaven’s Vault Continent, and the people sank into great fear and panic.</p><p>Roar!</p><p>“What fearsome demonic might! That’s a Dark Demonic Dragon! Boss was right on the mark after all!”</p><p>Sacas moved at high speed while keeping his gaze fixed on the Dark Demonic Dragon that had emerged from the black hole. It scoffed, “Do they think they can make trouble here with just one intermediate deity-level Dark Demonic Dragon, though? They are practically just courting deat—”</p><p>Roar!</p><p>Just as Sacas was sneering, another huge and savage-looking head that also gave off great demonic might popped out of the black hole.</p><p>Its body… measured 1,000,000-feet-long, too!</p><p>“Another Dark Demonic Dragon?!” Sacas’ heart sank a little. “It’s alright. Boss is the master of the existential plane. So what even if there are two intermediate deities?”</p><p>Roar!</p><p>It was just a shame that following the second Dark Demonic Dragon, more of them also started to emerge one after another. As though they had opened Pandora’s box, there was no end to them at all.</p><p>In under a minute, 50 Dark Demonic Dragons had emerged from the black hole. Every one of them was 1,000,000-feet-long and emanated overwhelming demonic might.</p><p>Sacas was completely unnerved this time. A hint of shock and horror surfaced in its eyes as it exclaimed, “Damn it! Why are there so many Dark Demonic Dragons? Where did they come from?”</p><p>No one answered Sacas, however.</p><p>No one answered Thaniel and the others, too.</p><p>No one answered the masses, either!</p><p>Roar!</p><p>Roar!</p><p>Roar!</p><p>50 Dark Demonic Dragons circled about high up in the sky as they roared furiously into the sky. Their earth-shattering roars were as though thousands upon thousands of horses neighing simultaneously or thousands upon thousands of cannons exploding.</p><p>Boom!!</p><p>Roiling sound waves haphazardly mixed together and formed an earth-shattering energy wave that exploded with a deafening boom. The dimension broke and splintered into numerous viscous masses.</p><p>In a split second, the azure-blue skies turned into pitch-black hell as several horrifying space-time rifts flickered and appeared. It was as though doomsday had come.</p>

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Chapter 310 - A Must-Have, Daydream

Volume 4

<h1>Chapter 310 - A Must-Have, Daydream</h1><p>“So many Demon Gods!”</p><p>In a hidden dimension within Heaven’s Vault Continent, an enormous figure gazed upon the black hole and the 50 Dark Demonic Dragons with an ugly look.</p><p>“Where did they come from?”</p><p>This figure was the previous religion of the Beast People Empire—the Beast God. At this moment, however, a deeply confused look took over his gloomy face.</p><p>50 Demon Gods!</p><p>That was a force that could wreak havoc across countless existential planes, disintegrate any deity alliances, and conquer massive territories!</p><p>The question was—why would this force descend upon Heaven’s Vault Continent? What were they plotting?</p><p>“Heaven’s Vault Continent is just a normal low-end existential plane. How is it possible that it could attract so many Demon Gods here?”</p><p>The Beast God did not understand. “A secret! There must be some secret in Heaven’s Vault Continent!”</p><p>Whoosh!</p><p>A figure appeared quietly. It wore golden armor and was incredibly muscular—it was one of the four great true gods of Heaven’s Vault Continent, the Titan Spiritual God!</p><p>“Kronos, you couldn’t sit still either?”</p><p>The Beast God took a glance at the Titan Spiritual God.</p><p>“Haylen, do you know why these Demon Gods have descended here?” asked the Titan Spiritual God.</p><p>The Beast God shook his head. “I can’t tell yet!”</p><p>“50 Demon Gods, such an enormous scale!”</p><p>The Titan Spiritual God frowned deeply. “What purpose could they possibly have?”</p><p>Just as both deities were puzzled, two skinnier figures came out of the black hole and descended upon Heaven’s Vault Continent.</p><p>Upon seeing these two, both deities’ expressions changed.</p><p>“Helibos!”</p><p>“Why him?”</p><p>They did not know the other figure, but they would definitely recognize another one of the four great true gods of Heaven’s Vault Continent, the Dragon God, Helibos Haber!</p><p>“These Demon Gods are brought here by the Dragon God?”</p><p>“It seems so!”</p><p>“I don’t understand. Where did the Dragon God find so many experts? Wasn’t he the weakest and had the least influence among the four of us?”</p><p>“I’m not sure! I guess we’ll see!”</p><p>…</p><p>“Master!”</p><p>50 Dark Demonic Dragons lowered their heads and bowed respectfully.</p><p>“Rise, everyone!” A middle-aged man in black robes said lightly and looked toward the Dragon God. “Helibos, I hope you did not deceive me!”</p><p>“You need not worry, teacher!” The Dragon God promised. “That rascal who snatched the Tower of Time away is right here in this existential plane. Let me call him out, and the rest will be decided by you, my teacher!”</p><p>“Very well, go then!”</p><p>The middle-aged man in black robes nodded slightly.</p><p>“Uno, Dos, both of you shall follow Helibos.”</p><p>“Yes, Master!”</p><p>The two Dark Demonic Dragons nodded their heads.</p><p>“Please wait for a moment, my teacher!”</p><p>The Dragon God bowed slightly before bringing Uno and Dos toward the Meng Lei Empire.</p><p>The middle-aged man in black robes watched the three dragons’ back as a hint of greed flashed across his eyes. No one knew the true value of the Tower of Time better than him, and no-one desired to obtain it more than him!</p><p>The Tower of Time—the rumored time divine weapon!</p><p>It was created by the great God of Time, the only one that had comprehended the laws of time in the vast and boundless universe. It was said that there were not just his lifelong riches in the tower, but there were also his cultivation methods for the laws of time and even a high-end existential plane seed!</p><p>Any of the three would make countless deities envious, not to mention all three together!</p><p>Hence, the moment there was news of the Tower of Time, the middle-aged man in black robes came here. He would rather believe it to be true than not since if the Tower of Time was indeed here, he would strike the jackpot!</p><p>“The Tower of Time, I must have it!”</p><p>…</p><p>“You lowly cheap piece of trash, I’ll see how you die this time!”</p><p>The Dragon God was excited as he was eager to see Meng Lei. “I won’t let you get something that I could not get myself!”</p><p>The three of them flew at high speed and reached the sky above the Meng Lei Empire Palace.</p><p>The landing of the three dragons, especially the two Dark Demonic Dragons, created a huge ruckus that terrified Imperial City’s citizens.</p><p>They wanted to run, but under the suppression of the demonic might, it was difficult to stand, not to mention running away. All they could do was pray.</p><p>“Please watch over us, our Great God Meng Lei!”</p><p>“Oh Great God Meng Lei, I pray for my safety, I pray for my family’s safety, I pray for my wife’s family’s safety. As long as you bless me, I’m willing to do anything…”</p><p>“Come out and face your death at once, knave!” The Dragon God roared, and like deafening claps of thunder, it blasted into the people’s ears. Their minds buzzed, and they were petrified once more.</p><p>“You audacious heretic, how dare you to act so atrociously here!”</p><p>A figure soared up into the sky with an angry roar and glared at the Dragon God and the two Dark Demonic Dragons as he emitted divine might.</p><p>It was Puhaman!</p><p>As the Meng Lei Empire Army’s absolute authority, Puhaman’s prestige in the empire was the highest, excluding Meng Lei. His appearance had an immediate effect as the people were relieved to see him.</p><p>“Yes! It’s Lord Puhaman!”</p><p>The people looked on with their hopeful eyes at Puhaman.</p><p>It was a pity, though…</p><p>“Who is this lowly worm that dares to bark in front of me?”</p><p>Uno bellowed as it slapped its enormous dragon claws at such a high speed that Puhaman could not evade at all, striking him hard.</p><p>“Ugh!”</p><p>Puhaman was like a meteorite plummeting faster than when he arrived as he crashed into a palace that was reduced to rubble.</p><p>“Argh!!”</p><p>Puhaman spat out a mouthful of blood. He felt that his bones were shattered, and his organs were badly injured.</p><p>“Little worm, you think too highly of yourself!”</p><p>The Dragon God could not help but sneer. “Meng Lei, you knave, don’t think that you can escape death by hiding in your palace. I’ll tell you that’s daydreaming!</p><p>“If you know what’s good for you, follow me to meet my teacher at once. Otherwise, I’ll make sure you die a terrible death!”</p><p>“Why so troublesome?” Uno bellowed as he spat a black dragon’s breath toward the imperial palace. The breath was filled with endless destructive power that could ravage anything in the world.</p><p>If there were no miracles, the entire imperial palace would be reduced to rubbles. Everyone inside and even the city would be turned into ashes.</p><p>“It’s all over!”</p><p>Watching the terrifying dragon’s breath descending from the sky, the people were in utter despair. At that moment, a cold voice rang abruptly, as if it rang in everyone’s heart. “Absolute Zero!”</p><p>Buzz…</p><p>A golden cold fog met the black dragon’s breath. Once they met, the black dragon’s breath started to freeze into a thick icicle.</p><p>The icicle then broke into ice chips.</p><p>“We’re saved!”</p><p>The people were immensely relieved, as though they had just been to hell and back. Right then, a figure rose into the sky slowly and appeared above the imperial palace.</p><p>“Great God Meng Lei!”</p><p>“It’s Great God Meng Lei!”</p><p>“He saved us!”</p><p>The people wept tears of joy.</p><p>“Well, well, well, Dragon God. You’re not hiding in your divine nation to live the rest of your miserable life, and you dare come out with a death wish?” Meng Lei surveyed the Dragon God and the two Dark Demonic Dragons.</p><p>“You cheap piece of trash! still so stubborn even when death is knocking on your door!” The Dragon God grinned. “Today, I won’t just kill you. I’ll take everything that you took from me back!”</p><p>“That will depend on whether you’re capable!”</p><p>Meng Lei scoffed.</p><p>“Dodola, lock onto this divinity projection of the Dragon God and find his divine nation. I’ll finish this stinky bug off completely!”</p><p>“As long as there’s a divinity projection, everything’s a-okay!”</p>

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Chapter 311 - Thundering Fury, Headshot With One Punch

Volume 4

<h1>Chapter 311 - Thundering Fury, Headshot With One Punch</h1><p>Chapter 311: Thundering Fury, Headshot With One Punch</p><p>“That cheap, lowly human is doomed! With that many Demon Gods there, they’ll definitely rip him into shreds!</p><p>“In comparison, I’m more concerned about those people. Where exactly are they from? And why are they willing to work for Helibos?”</p><p>The Beast God and the Titan Spiritual God stood proudly in the sky as they kept a close watch on the Dragon God and the others’ movements. The more attention they paid to them, the more questions arose in their minds.</p><p>Where did that many Dark Demonic Dragons come from?</p><p>Why were they willing to help the Dragon God?</p><p>What was their purpose in coming to Heaven’s Vault Continent?</p><p>“Both you and I know that Helibos has always been alone. Although he’s technically a member of the Colossal Dragon Gods, he’s not valued at all.”</p><p>The Titan Spiritual God mused aloud in a low voice, “But he’s suddenly recruited so many powerhouses this time. This doesn’t make sense at all! Could it be that Helibos has also had a similar encounter like mine whereby the Colossal Dragon Gods suddenly attached importance to him and bestowed upon him a group of subordinates?”</p><p>The Beast God let out a derisive laugh and replied, “Look at how Helibos is bending all over for them. Does he even look like their master?”</p><p>The Titan Spiritual God shook his head slightly. Given Helibos’ exceptionally respectful attitude toward that black-robed middle-aged man, the duo’s statuses were self-evident—Helibos looked more like the other man’s subordinate instead.</p><p>“Since they aren’t his subordinates, why have they descended upon Heaven’s Vault Continent? Are they just here to seek revenge on Helibos’ behalf?” asked the Titan Spiritual God.</p><p>“No way!”</p><p>The Beast God’s eyes flickered with a shrewd gleam. He said, “There’s no point in doing things that don’t benefit you. This is especially true for deities like us. Who would do things that don’t benefit them? Something fishy must be going on!”</p><p>“You mean…”</p><p>The Titan Spiritual God’s brows drew together slightly.</p><p>“I have a bold conjecture. Meng Lei must be hiding some kind of astounding secret on him, and those people are here for that secret!”</p><p>The Beast God spoke in a low and deep voice, the fury in his voice barely concealable. He had suddenly realized that he might have been duped. The Dragon God had claimed that he wanted to seek revenge on Meng Lei during the last time the Dragon God had come to him to exchange for the devil contract.</p><p>However, it was only now that the Beast God realized that it was clearly because Helibos had been coveting the huge secret on Meng Lei that he had risked his life to approach him.</p><p>Revenge?</p><p>It was nothing more than just an excuse!</p><p>“An astounding secret?”</p><p>The Titan Spiritual God’s pupils contracted sharply. He exclaimed, “Now that you mention it, I think that’s highly likely the case. Otherwise, how can a human like him possibly cultivate so quickly?”</p><p>“I get it now! I finally get it now!” The Titan Spiritual God gnashed his teeth in fury as he said, “That damned Helibos! He clearly knew that secret, yet he kept it from both of us and told those people instead!”</p><p>“It’s too late to say anything now.”</p><p>The Beast God said with a sigh, “Judging from how big a fuss those people are making, they are clearly hell-bent on getting it. What can we do even if we know that Meng Lei’s hiding a secret?”</p><p>“Damn it!”</p><p>…</p><p>100,000 feet was roughly equivalent to 300 kilometers.</p><p>A 300-kilometer-long body! One could imagine just how enormous the two Dark Demonic Dragons were.</p><p>They spanned across the sky above the imperial palace like two undulating mountain ranges suspended above the people, forming a dark mass that practically blotted out the sun.</p><p>Dark Demonic Dragon Uno asked in a deep roar, “Helibos, is he that person that Master is looking for?”</p><p>“Yes, he’s my teacher’s target!”</p><p>The Dragon God nodded slightly. Then, he gave them a kind warning and said, “But you mustn’t let down your guard. Although that renegade is certainly hateful, his strength is not to be underestimated.”</p><p>“How strong can a native deity of a low-end existential plane be? I can swallow him whole in one gulp!”</p><p>Dragon Uno let out a derisive laugh and roared, “Human deity if you know what’s good for you, come with me obediently to meet my master. Otherwise, I don’t mind ripping you into shreds!”</p><p>“You sure talk big.” Meng Lei held his hands behind his back as he said, “The grass growing at the grave of the last Dark Demonic Dragon that had dared to act so arrogantly in front of me has already grown dozens of meters tall.”</p><p>“How presumptuous!”</p><p>Dragon Uno raised its claw that measured dozens of kilometers wide and smacked it down forcefully. The claw gleamed coldly in the light as it smashed down at Meng Lei.</p><p>Compared to the mountain-sized claw, Meng Lei was as though an insignificant little ant.</p><p>“Long live the Great God Meng Lei!”</p><p>“The Great God Meng Lei is unbeatable!”</p><p>“The Great God Meng Lei is the strongest!”</p><p>“Great God Meng Lei, I’m cheering for you!”</p><p>The Imperial City’s citizens’ hearts leaped into their mouths. All of them prayed for Meng Lei amid their own unease.</p><p>“You think too highly of yourself.”</p><p>Meng Lei gave a shake of his head as he watched the gigantic claw crashing down upon him. As though an inflating balloon, his divine body started to expand, instantly reaching a height of 100,000 feet.</p><p>Then, he clenched his right hand into a fist and met the gigantic claw smacking him with it.</p><p>Crack!</p><p>As though Mars were crashing into Earth, violent shockwaves exploded into the surroundings together with a terrifying, earth-shattering boom. The dimension broke instantly.</p><p>To the Imperial City citizens’ horror, they saw a humongous black hole form above them. As though a ferocious primeval beast’s gigantic mouth, it looked like it was going to devour everything in the world.</p><p>Roar!</p><p>Dragon Uno retracted its claw right away with a muffled grunt. Its massive claw was trembling slightly—evidently, the clash just now had not felt good.</p><p>“I’ve surprisingly underestimated you!” A look of cautious reservation flashed across Dragon Uno’s eyes as they bore into Meng Lei. “Do you think you can contend against me with just that, though? Demon’s Domain!”</p><p>Buzz…</p><p>An imprisoning force suddenly spread into the surroundings, locking down the dimension around them right away. Meng Lei, who was in the center of Demon’s Domain, bore the brunt of the attack and was locked down where he was.</p><p>“Die, you worm!”</p><p>Dragon Uno let out a furious roar. It opened its cavernous, ghastly fang-filled jaws and bit at Meng Lei. Each of its fangs measured several kilometers long and was even harder and sharper than a lesser deity-level divine weapon.</p><p>Should the bite land, even a lofty mountain would undoubtedly be crushed into smithereens.</p><p>“Don’t you brush your teeth before you head outside?”</p><p>Meng Lei wrinkled his nose in distaste as he tried to wave the stench away. He said, “It’s not your fault for having bad breath, but it’s not right if you come here and disgust others with it!”</p><p>The moment he spoke, Meng Lei teleported above Dragon Uno and stomped down heavily with his foot.</p><p>Boom!</p><p>His enormous sole landed squarely on Dragon Uno’s head. Following the crisp sounds of bones breaking and tendons snapping, Dragon Uno’s head plummeted straight toward the ground like a falling meteor.</p><p>Should it really crash onto the ground, the greater half of the Imperial City would undoubtedly be implicated, and the millions of people living in the Imperial City would definitely be crushed dead.</p><p>Meng Lei evidently would never allow such a thing to happen. He teleported underneath Dragon Uno and socked it forcefully on the chin with his fist like a cannon.</p><p>Crack!</p><p>Meng Lei had used his full force. Raging great force exploded with a boom, instantly breaking Dragon Uno’s lower jaw into pieces and subsequently blasting its head apart.</p><p>Bits of flesh flew everywhere as blood spilled.</p><p>The pitiful intermediate deity-level Dragon Uno didn’t even have the time to scream before its head was blasted apart. It died on the spot and became deader than dead.</p><p>Meng Lei stored Dragon Uno’s enormous carcass into the Tower of Time with a casual beckoning wave, lest it plummeted onto the ground and caused a great disaster.</p><p>“Dragon Uno!”</p><p>Dragon Dos’ eyes widened greatly. Flames of hate burst forth from its eyes as it spat, “Damned native, how dare you kill Dragon Uno! I’m going to eat you up!”</p><p>“You’re too noisy!”</p>

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Chapter 312 - Instantly Killing The Demonic Dragon, Besieging Meng Lei

Volume 4

<h1>Chapter 312 - Instantly Killing The Demonic Dragon, Besieging Meng Lei</h1><p>Chapter 312: Instantly Killing The Demonic Dragon, Besieging Meng Lei</p><p>Nobody expected Meng Lei and Dark Demonic Dragon Uno’s battle to end so quickly.</p><p>After all, that was a 1,000,000-feet-long Dark Demonic Dragon whose strength rivaled an intermediate deity. Yet Meng Lei had actually blasted its head apart with a stomp of his foot. Just how vast was the gap in strength between the two?</p><p>“He’s taken out an intermediate deity-level Dark Demonic Dragon in an instant! That human has become stronger again!”</p><p>“As expected, he’s hiding a huge secret on himself!”</p><p>The Beast God and the Titan Spiritual God exchanged a look in the faraway distance, both seeing hints of graveness, alarm, and horror in each other’s eyes.</p><p>Meng Lei’s emergence was simply too quick. It definitely didn’t exceed ten years, even at the longest estimation.</p><p>Ten years!</p><p>He had grown from a weak and lowly human brat into an existence that could instantly kill a Demon God. Just how terrifying was his cultivation speed?</p><p>It would undoubtedly be very hard for one to find another monstrous genius like Meng Lei even in the vast Void!</p><p>Too fast!</p><p>It was really too fast!</p><p>“A huge secret! That human must be hiding some kind of huge, astounding secret on himself!”</p><p>The Titan Spiritual God clenched his fists. “That damned Helibos! How dare he keep something like that from us!”</p><p>“He indeed deserves death!”</p><p>The Beast God’s countenance was even more awful-looking. He said, “Had I known, I would have captured him at all costs when he came to me back then. It’s just a shame that it’s too late no matter what I say now.”</p><p>“Too late? Not necessarily!”</p><p>The Titan Spiritual God’s eyes flickered as he said, “That group of Demon Gods will have to leave Heaven’s Vault Continent at some point after they accomplish what they’re here for. Perhaps our chance will come at that point.”</p><p>A slight shudder went through the Beast God. He looked at the Titan Spiritual God and said, “Kronos, you mean…”</p><p>“You and I can join hands to intercept and kill those Demon Gods. Given our strength, nothing will go wrong!” replied the Titan Spiritual God.</p><p>Sorely tempted by the idea, the Beast God agreed right away. He said, “Alright! You and I shall share that secret after we succeed. If it’s a treasure, we’ll split it equally between us!”</p><p>“Deal!”</p><p>…</p><p>“You lowly worm, how dare you kill Dragon Uno!” Dragon Dos roared furiously as it tried to repress the endless fury and immense hate in its eyes.</p><p>Their master had reared Dark Demonic Dragons like them since they were young. Their lives laid not in their own hands but in others’, and they could only obey their master’s orders and cultivate night and day.</p><p>They had already formed deep and close friendships with one another after such a long time together. Now that it had witnessed Meng Lei slaying Dragon Uno, how could Dragon Dos possibly not hate him?</p><p>“Die! Die!”</p><p>Dragon Dos roared incessantly, its claws smashing downward to smack Meng Lei into a bloody pulp.</p><p>“Good job on making it here!”</p><p>Meng Lei neither ducked nor dodged. Instead, he reached out both arms and caught the claws smacking toward him in his hands.</p><p>Roar!</p><p>At the sight, Dragon Dos opened its mouth to spray a wave of immensely destructive dragon breath. Should it succeed in doing so, it would definitely hit Meng Lei right in the face.</p><p>“Hmph!”</p><p>How could Meng Lei possibly let things go its way? An additional arm grew out of his back and hurled a punch in mid-air, hitting Dragon Dos on its chin. The impact caused its head to lean backward, and the dragon breath ended up spraying out only a hair’s breadth away from Meng Lei.</p><p>“Die, you worm!”</p><p>Meng Lei’s third arm gripped Dragon Dos by its throat and tightened around it forcefully. Following a loud snap, Dragon Dos’ throat was crushed into bits right away.</p><p>Dragon Dos’s eyes rolled back into its head, unable to breathe with its throat crushed.</p><p>“Die!”</p><p>100 vines extended from Meng Lei. They turned into several poisonous snakes that wound around Dragon Dos’s enormous body and began to devour it furiously.</p><p>Gurgle~</p><p>Gurgle~</p><p>Pure life force gushed into Meng Lei through the vines and surged into his limbs, his organs, and every nook and cranny of his body…</p><p>How could the word “awesome” even cut it?</p><p>“This is exactly the feeling I like!”</p><p>It was so comfortable that Meng Lei couldn’t help but close his eyes as he enjoyed to the fullest the fantastic feeling brought about by the warm current enveloping him.</p><p>“I don’t believe my divine body can’t break through even after I’ve devoured this much life force! If one isn’t enough, then I’ll devour two! If two isn’t enough, then I’ll devour three! I’ll devour as many as it takes until my divine body fully metamorphoses!”</p><p>Gurgle~</p><p>Dragon Dos began to visibly shrivel and dry up from Meng Lei’s furious devouring of its life force and turned into a dry carcass in under a minute.</p><p>All skin and bones now, it had totally become a skeleton wrapped in dragon skin.</p><p>Meng Lei stored away Dragon Dos’s carcass with a wave. Then, he turned to the Dragon God. He knew that the Dragon God standing before him at the moment was just a divinity projection and that he hadn’t descended in his true body.</p><p>“You’ve actually killed Dragon Uno and Dragon Dos?”</p><p>Shock, horror, and disbelief brimmed in the Dragon God’s eyes. Both Dragon Uno and Dragon Dos were stronger than his true form!</p><p>Yet Meng Lei had actually taken them out in an instant. Had Meng Lei already grown and strengthened to such an extent?</p><p>“Don’t worry. You’ll also die!”</p><p>Meng Lei said calmly, “I’ll go to you when I’ve gotten rid of these Dark Demonic Dragons that you brought. After all, even though you’re as weak as an ant, you’re more irritating than a fly or a mosquito!”</p><p>“How arrogant!”</p><p>A cold and aloof voice rang out beside his ear at this point—it turned out that the black-robed middle-aged man and the 48 Dark Demonic Dragons had reached him at some point in time.</p><p>“Welcome to Heaven’s Vault Continent!”</p><p>Meng Lei held his hands behind his back as he said, “Not only have you come, but you’ve even brought so many delectable desserts with you. For showing me such profound friendship, I am much obliged!”</p><p>The black-robed middle-aged man had an aloof and emotionless expression on his face as he said, “Be smug all you want, native. You won’t be able to cry even if you want to in a while! Men, take him out!”</p><p>“Yes, Master!”</p><p>The 48 Dark Demonic Dragons chorused affirmatively and turned into multiple black streaks of light that rushed toward Meng Lei.</p><p>Although their bodies were huge, Meng Lei was also 1,000,000-feet-tall at the moment, so he, as a target, was more than large enough for them.</p><p>“Since all of you are so passionate, then I won’t stand on ceremony with you anymore!” Meng Lei laughed into the heavens, and then his fists went flying out like cannons.</p><p>Crack!</p><p>The Dark Demonic Dragon leading the charge had its head blasted apart right away and immediately perished!</p><p>The first one had died!</p><p>Meng Lei reached out right on the heels of it, grabbed another Dark Demonic Dragon, and tore at it forcefully. Right away, it was torn apart into two with a loud rip. Large droplets of blood splashed into the surroundings, and then the screaming Dark Demonic Dragon was sent into the Tower of Time.</p><p>The second one had also died!</p><p>Meng Lei leaped into the air, his right leg turning into a steel whip that struck the third Dark Demonic Dragon squarely in its abdomen. As a dull bam rang out, the Dark Demonic Dragon’s abdomen was instantly blasted apart, and all its guts exploded into the surroundings.</p><p>“Ugh!”</p><p>Blood spurted from the Dark Demonic Dragon’s mouth, and it instantly turned listless and dispirited. Meng Lei also sent it into the Tower of Time along the way and stored it there.</p><p>The third one had also died!</p><p>“Damn it!”</p><p>“Bastard!”</p><p>“How hateful!”</p><p>At the sight of Meng Lei killing three of their companions in the blink of an eye, the remaining Dark Demonic Dragons were alarmed, furious, yet also fearful!</p><p>“Attack!”</p><p>“Attack, everyone!”</p><p>“Don’t give him the chance to take us out one by one!”</p><p>“Kill!”</p><p>Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!</p><p>The remaining 45 Dark Demonic Dragons instantly spread apart and formed a circle that surrounded Meng Lei on all sides. Then, they launched attacks from all 45 directions.</p><p>“Ganging up on me? What I fear the least is people ganging up on me!”</p><p>Meng Lei laughed loudly into the sky. The muscles under his skin wriggled and moved for a while, and then several python-like arms grew from his body.</p><p>Not one more and not one fewer, they made up exactly 100 arms!</p>

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Chapter 313 - Rampage, Forming An Alliance

Volume 4

<h1>Chapter 313 - Rampage, Forming An Alliance</h1><p>Chapter 313: Rampage, Forming An Alliance</p><p>“Hundred-Armed Giant!”</p><p>“He’s a Hundred-Armed Giant!”</p><p>At the sight of Meng Lei’s appearance, everyone was shocked, be it the 45 Dark Demonic Dragons or the black-robed middle-aged man.</p><p>As a mutated species of the Titans, its colossal strength and incredible combat power were not to be taken lightly!</p><p>“Come here one by one. No one’s leaving!”</p><p>Meng Lei’s Hundred-Armed Giant form affected his mind with the bloodline’s influence, as his bloodthirsty eyes meant that he had become extremely violent.</p><p>“Charge together! So what if he’s a Hundred-Armed Giant? He’s still just a Sky Titan!”</p><p>After a brief shock, the 45 Dark Demonic Dragons swarmed toward Meng Lei once again.</p><p>As killing machines nurtured by their master, there was no fear or retreat in their beliefs.</p><p>As long as their master did not call for a stop, they would never cease till they had shredded their enemy into pieces.</p><p>“Kill!”</p><p>Meng Lei did not dodge and avoid them as a hundred arms struck at the same time to meet the 45 Dark Demonic Dragons.</p><p>Boom!</p><p>Both sides collided fiercely.</p><p>Judging by their vigor, the 45 Dark Demonic Dragons were obviously superior. They were all Demon Gods that were 100,000-feet-long, and they had the numerical advantage.</p><p>They surrounded Meng Lei, and it seemed as if a bunch of adults was ganging up on a little student—they seemed to be on a completely different level.</p><p>Unfortunately, after they collided, the battle turned out to be very different.</p><p>Meng Lei fought 45 dragons alone and completely dominated them, either smashing or grabbing…</p><p>Blasting a dragon’s head with a punch!</p><p>Snapped another’s neck!</p><p>Ripped one into halves!</p><p>What was a beating? This was!</p><p>What was a massacre? This was!</p><p>What was a gang-up? This was!</p><p>Meng Lei was beating up, massacring, and ganging up on 45 Dark Demonic Dragons!</p><p>Roar!</p><p>Roar!</p><p>Roar!</p><p>For a while, the Dark Demonic Dragons were crashing down from the sky like dumplings dropping into the pot.</p><p>The unlucky ones shattered their skulls and died instantly, while the lucky ones had their wings pulled apart and heavily injured.</p><p>Dragon blood sprayed across the place and bloodied the air. Only Meng Lei was left in mid-air, with blood all over his body as if he was a Devil of Death that crawled out of hell.</p><p>“Collect!”</p><p>Whoosh!</p><p>Meng Lei waved his arms, and every dead Dark Demonic Dragon disappeared from the skies, returning rays of sunshine to the once covered sky.</p><p>After Meng Lei kept the carcasses, there were only ten injured Dark Demonic Dragons that remained in the sky, and they started to fly away in fear.</p><p>“Devil!”</p><p>“He’s a devil!”</p><p>These ten Dark Demonic Dragons were frightened so badly that their insides nearly ruptured from fear, losing any fighting spirit that was left.</p><p>“Flee? Do you really think you can flee from me?”</p><p>Meng Lei licked the fresh blood at the corner of his lips and teleported before a Dark Demonic Dragon. Dozens of vines crept out and devoured this dragon’s body completely.</p><p>“Noooo!”</p><p>This Dark Demonic Dragon was scared out of its wits and struggled madly, but it could not flee from these vines at all.</p><p>The dragon’s body dried up quickly as it could not escape the fate of being consumed into a bag of bones.</p><p>Puff!</p><p>Having felt his surging vitality, Meng Lei let out a long breath and looked at the next Dark Demonic Dragon. “Not enough! Again!”</p><p>“Don’t… Don’t come here!”</p><p>Upon sensing Meng Lei’s gaze, this Dark Demonic Dragon backed away in immense fear. However, in this existential plane, how could it ever escape?</p><p>Meng Lei teleported again to feast once more. After half a minute, there was another dried corpse!</p><p>Whoosh!</p><p>Meng Lei began madly absorbing, and the Dark Demonic Dragons turned into dried corpses one by one, all reduced into bags of bones.</p><p>“That was nice!”</p><p>Meng Lei let out a long breath of relief as his entire body was filled with warm currents of endless, surging power. It was an incredible feeling.</p><p>It was just a shame that his divine body still showed no sign of evolving, even after absorbing from so many Dark Demonic Dragons. He still could not break through the final shackles of becoming a higher deity.</p><p>Meng Lei was in no rush. Since there were still over 30 Dark Demonic Dragon carcasses, he believed that quantitative change might cause a qualitative change once he devoured all of them.</p><p>At that moment, the dark skies returned and became bright again. The people fixed their eyes on the proud figure hovering in the sky.</p><p>“Victory!”</p><p>“Meng Lei was victorious!”</p><p>“O supreme Great God Meng Lei, praise be to you. You’ve defeated those evil Colossal Dragons…”</p><p>Imperial City’s citizens were jubilant and excited as they chanted Meng Lei’s name. Their loyalty was as solid as ever.</p><p>Even those that did not espouse his religion started to worship him at this instance.</p><p>On another side, Thaniel, Sacas, the Spider Goddess, and the rest breathed a long sigh of relief and smiled. “Master is indeed the strongest one!”</p><p>“In this existential plane, Master is just invincible, and no one can match him at all!”</p><p>“Too powerful! That’s really too powerful! Battling 48 Dark Demonic Dragons alone and killing all of them? The word powerful just wasn’t enough to describe this!”</p><p>“To be able to follow such a great Master is the greatest honor of our lives!”</p><p>“Yes! A great honor…”</p><p>Even the once defiant Spider Goddess submitted to Meng Lei wholeheartedly at this moment. She had no other ideas or dissatisfaction under Meng Lei anymore, even starting to be in awe and appreciation.</p><p>In the sky far away, both the Beast God and the Titan Spiritual God were speechless and could not recover from their shock.</p><p>After a long pause, the Beast God broke the silence. “Kronos, if it were you, would you be able to kill these Demon Gods in such a short time?”</p><p>The Titan Spiritual God opened his mouth but only spoke after a while. “Though I don’t want to admit it, I have to say that I can’t do so in such a manner!”</p><p>The Beast God nodded slightly. Although the Titan Spiritual God was indeed a pinnacle-level intermediate deity with colossal strength and supreme combat power, it was difficult for two fists to beat four hands.</p><p>“When facing the besiegement of 50 Dark Demonic Dragons, I could defeat them, but not in such a short time! I really don’t know how he managed to cultivate to such a level!”</p><p>The Titan Spiritual God clenched his fists tightly. To witness an ant in his eyes surpass him was the worst possible feeling.</p><p>The Beast God sighed and mentioned suddenly, “Kronos, since it’s come to this, we’ll need to form an alliance!”</p><p>“Form an alliance?” The Titan Spiritual God was a little startled. “Haylem, what do you mean?”</p><p>“Kronos, have you forgotten? Our domains are not too far from Heaven’s Vault Continent. Do you think that given this little fellow’s character, he’ll let us off?”</p><p>“He dares?”</p><p>The Titan Spiritual God scoffed coldly. “If he dares to think about it, I won’t let him off!”</p><p>“Look, Kronos now is not the time to be influenced by sentiments!”</p><p>The Beast God shook his head. “Although I don’t want to boost others’ morale, I have a feeling that he will step into a higher deity level before us. By then, we’ll be in trouble!”</p><p>The Titan Spiritual God’s countenance changed drastically.</p><p><em>Meng Lei, becoming a higher deity!?</em></p>

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Chapter 314 - Higher Deity, Unbeatable

Volume 4

<h1>Chapter 314 - Higher Deity, Unbeatable</h1><p>Chapter 314: Higher Deity, Unbeatable</p><p>Deities were all greedy, especially when it came to matters concerning power of faith.</p><p>It was no exaggeration to say that as long as they were capable of doing so, any deity would do their utmost best to seize all the power of faith they could seize.</p><p>Nobody would dislike having more power of faith!</p><p>Take the Titan Spiritual God, for example.</p><p>Back then, after he had left Heaven’s Vault Continent, he had done all he could to expand his territory and occupy more material planes.</p><p>Even after he had received over 100 existential planes as power of faith domains later on, he had still continued to expand his territory. He hadn’t become content with the amount of power of faith he already had.</p><p>In fact, the Titan Spiritual God would even kill the Beast God and seize his power of faith domains without any hesitation if he was strong enough to.</p><p>Thus, the Titan Spiritual God had instantly felt a sense of crisis when the Beast God told him that it was extremely likely that Meng Lei would become a higher deity before he did.</p><p>If he were Meng Lei…</p><p>He would definitely attack the Beast God and himself without any hesitation, take over their power of faith domains, and occupy all the existential planes that he could occupy.</p><p>“Damn it!”</p><p>After he understood all these, the Titan Spiritual God couldn’t help but curse under his breath. He felt utterly frustrated.</p><p>“Kronos, you should face reality.”</p><p>The Beast God sighed and said, “We have to form an alliance so that we can respond to the crisis that will highly likely happen in the future. Of course, you’re the Theodore clan’s target of priority grooming, so you can also request for aid from them during moments of danger.”</p><p>“Request for aid?”</p><p>The Titan Spiritual God gnashed his teeth as he said, “If mere human trash can push me into a corner so badly that I have to request for aid from the clan, then I’d rather die!”</p><p>“Kronos, you’re too prideful!”</p><p>At the other side…</p><p>Meng Lei turned to the black-robed middle-aged man after he defeated the Dark Demonic Dragons. He said, “Actually, you could’ve launched a sneak attack on me when I was fighting them just now.”</p><p>“A sneak attack?”</p><p>The black-robed middle-aged man dusted off the imaginary dust on his robe and said, “Do you think I need to resort to sneak attacks when it’s you that I’m up against? You think too highly of yourself.”</p><p>“Is that so?”</p><p>Meng Lei narrowed his eyes slightly.</p><p>“You should know why I’m here.”</p><p>The black-robed middle-aged man said aloofly, “Hand over that thing and offer up your divine spirit origin energy, and I’ll show you some mercy and spare your life.”</p><p>“I’ve always been the one saying that in the past. Little did I expect there would come a day when someone else says it to me instead. It’s really like what they say, ‘What goes around comes around’.”</p><p>Meng Lei shook his head and chuckled lightly. Then, he said, “I’m returning those very same lines to you instead, though. Get onto your knees, beg for mercy, and offer up your divine spirit origin energy, and I’ll spare your life!”</p><p>“You worm, you’re courting death!”</p><p>The black-robed middle-aged man’s eyes turned cold. Then he raised his right arm and flicked his fingers. A strong gust of wind shot from his fingers with a whoosh and instantly struck Meng Lei on the chest.</p><p>“Ugh!”</p><p>As though it were piercing through weak, fragile tofu, it actually pierced through Meng Lei’s terrifyingly and incredibly tough and sturdy divine body that could withstand the Dark Demonic Dragons’ chaotic bombardment of attacks. It made a pitch-dark and bloody hole in him in a split second.</p><p>Divine blood flowed out of the wound as severe pain assaulted his nerves. Immense shock came over Meng Lei as he gazed at the bloody hole in his chest.</p><p><em>What a fast and sharp attack! I actually couldn’t react at all!</em></p><p>“Meng Lei, he’s a higher deity!”</p><p>Dodola gave him a timely warning.</p><p>“A higher deity!”</p><p>“He’s actually a higher deity!”</p><p>In the sky, a great distance away, a huge jolt went through the Beast God and the Titan Spiritual God at the same time. Looks of incredulity also surfaced in their eyes almost simultaneously.</p><p>“That guy is actually a higher deity!”</p><p>The Beast God murmured to himself, “I should have thought of that a long time ago. How can an intermediate deity possibly subdue that many Demon God-level subordinates?”</p><p>“Just what kind of huge secret is that kid carrying on him? He’s alarmed even a higher deity?”</p><p>The Titan Spiritual God found this inconceivable.</p><p>“Who knows? In any case, that secret has nothing to do with us anymore.”</p><p>The Beast God let out a faint sigh and added, “That kid’s doomed for sure, and the secret on him will also be taken from him.</p><p>“Here’s hoping that that higher deity will leave after he’s gotten his hands on the secret. Otherwise, we’ll be in danger.”</p><p>The Titan Spiritual God nodded slightly.</p><p>…</p><p>“Master!”</p><p>“Master has been wounded!”</p><p>“To think the opponent is actually so strong!”</p><p>At the sight of the other party inflicting an injury on Meng Lei with just a single move, blood drained from Sacas, Puhaman, and the others’ faces. Worry and concern filled their eyes.</p><p>“I had guessed that you’re a higher deity, but it didn’t occur to me that a higher deity would actually possess such fearsome abilities. This is truly hard to imagine!”</p><p>Despite suffering an injury on the chest, Meng Lei didn’t show any fear. Instead, there was even a hint of marvel on his countenance as he remarked, “You surprisingly didn’t disappoint!”</p><p>“Worm, I’ll give you a chance.”</p><p>The black-robed middle-aged man ordered with an aloof expression on his countenance, “Hand over that thing, and I’ll spare your life!”</p><p>“You can say that later instead!”</p><p>Meng Lei resumed his human form and said, “The only thing on my mind is having a proper battle with you right now. Come on, show me what a higher deity is capable of!”</p><p>“You’re courting death!”</p><p>The black-robed middle-aged man’s countenance turned cold, and another strong gust of wind shot toward Meng Lei. However, Meng Lei vanished from where he was without waiting for the gust of wind to hit him this time.</p><p>By the time he reappeared, he had already shown up bizarrely behind the black-robed middle-aged man. The Grim Reaper Scythe appeared out of nowhere and swung right at his head.</p><p>“It’s useless!”</p><p>The black-robed middle-aged man shook his head lightly. As though he had eyes at the back of his head, his head tilted slightly to the side and easily dodged the incredibly sharp Grim Reaper Scythe. Then, he raised his right fist and smashed it behind him, striking Meng Lei right on his chest.</p><p>“Ugh!”</p><p>A wave of great force assaulted Meng Lei. He felt as if a heavy hammer had hit him on the chest. Intense, severe pain came over him, and he coughed up blood right away.</p><p>“Nice one!”</p><p>Meng Lei teleported and appeared some distance away. There was blood at the corners of his lips. He said, “Higher deities are indeed powerful and mighty. Looks like normal physical attacks really can’t do anything to you at all.”</p><p>“Stop your futile and useless struggling.” The black-robed middle-aged man said aloofly, “The more you struggle, the more despair you’ll only feel.”</p><p>“Is that so?”</p><p>Meng Lei teleported behind him again. Two bursts of black flames suddenly shot out of his eyes and struck the black-robed middle-aged man.</p><p>Boom!</p><p>The black flames immediately started to blaze away upon landing and appeared to be spreading.</p><p>The black-robed middle-aged man’s expression changed slightly. Black fog rose from his hand. Then, he actually flung away the black flames on him with a casual swipe.</p><p>“Netherworld Divine Fire!” The black-robed middle-aged man’s eyes bore into Meng Lei. “You’re a descendant of the Divine Netherworld Phoenixes?”</p><p>Meng Lei didn’t answer him. Instead, he was looking at the Netherworld Divine Fire that had been flung aside. He said, “Even the Netherworld Divine Fire is ineffective on you. Looks like I’m really out of options.”</p><p>“Stop the meaningless struggles.”</p><p>The black-robed middle-aged man said coldly, “I don’t care whether you’re part of the Grim Reapers or a Divine Netherworld Phoenix descendant. Hand over that thing. Otherwise—”</p><p>“I had originally intended to kill you and devour your life force so that I can break through to the higher deity stage, but it evidently looks like I can’t do that anymore.”</p><p>Meng Lei sighed. “Now that things have come to such a pass, I’ve been forced to use my ultimate skill. System, how much does it cost to plunder his life force?”</p><p>“Ding! The target is a higher deity and possesses extremely strong combat power. Plundering his life force requires 6,000,000 Divinity Crystals,” replied the system coldly.</p><p>“What about plundering his divine core?”</p><p>“8,000,000 Divinity Crystals.”</p><p>“Fine, I won’t plunder. Use Super Enhancement to enhance my divine body instead!”</p><p>Whoosh!</p>

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Chapter 315 - Endless Regret, Breakthrough To Higher Deity

Volume 4

<h1>Chapter 315 - Endless Regret, Breakthrough To Higher Deity</h1><p>“He’s too powerful!”</p><p>“Where exactly did that guy come from? Why is he so strong?”</p><p>“What should we do now?”</p><p>Puhaman, Thaniel, Galen, and the others’ hearts were heavy as they watched the battle taking place in the sky. In fact, despair was even starting to come over them.</p><p>Not only did the other party move at lightning-quick speed, but he even had incredible reflexes. Even their master’s specialty move, the Netherworld Divine Fire, had no effect on him. How was Meng Lei supposed to fight him?</p><p>“A higher deity! He must be a higher deity! Only higher deities can play Master like a fool!”</p><p>“A higher deity?!”</p><p>A huge jolt went through all of them.</p><p>Higher deities were existences that stood at the pinnacle of the deities. They were undoubtedly extremely powerful even in the vast Void, let alone in a low-end existential plane like Heaven’s Vault Continent.</p><p>A higher deity descending upon Heaven’s Vault Continent was just like special forces soldiers descending upon a nursery school. It was no different from a tiger going into a herd of sheep—practically a disaster!</p><p>“Everyone, we cannot just sit around and wait for death to befall us!”</p><p>Puhaman sounded grave as he said, “Once something untoward happens to Master, none of us will survive, either!”</p><p>His words instilled a sense of fearful anxiety in everyone. They rose into the air, intending to attack and assist Meng Lei, but a sudden turn of events unexpectedly took place at this point.</p><p>Boom!</p><p>As though a hydrogen bomb was going off, an incredibly violent and raging aura suddenly erupted from Meng Lei. It instantly engulfed the area and swept through the surroundings.</p><p>“That’s…”</p><p>Everyone turned to Meng Lei with expressions of shock and astonishment.</p><p>Boom, boom, boom!</p><p>As though he had been injected with steroids, the aura around Meng Lei rose and intensified sharply and furiously. Within the span of a few breaths, it had reached an incredibly fearsome state.</p><p>Vast, majestic divine power spread from Meng Lei into the surroundings, forming all-reaching energy waves that brazenly swept across all directions with a crushing momentum.</p><p>“M-Master has… has broken through again?”</p><p>“L-looks like it!”</p><p>“How long has it only been since the last time Master had broken through?”</p><p>There was a very exciting range of expressions on Puhaman and the others’ faces. Shock, horror, elation, astoundment, agitation, disbelief… Various complex emotions welled up within them.</p><p>“He’s actually made a breakthrough in the midst of battle?”</p><p>The Beast God and the Titan Spiritual God exchanged a look, both seeing the alarm and horror in each other’s eyes.</p><p>Despite having guessed that Meng Lei might break through to become a higher deity before they would, never would they have ever expected him to break through right away!</p><p>Just how goddamn *beep* was that?</p><p>“A monster! That guy is a total monster!”</p><p>The Titan Spiritual God exclaimed, “How long has it only been since he had deified? Yet he’s already breaking through into a higher deity?”</p><p>“He’s no monster! The huge secret on him is the true monster instead!”</p><p>The Beast God was terribly filled with regret. He said, “Had we known of the secret on him earlier, we would be the ones becoming higher deities now and not him!”</p><p>A look of frustration and indignation also surfaced on the Titan Spiritual God’s countenance. Indeed, if they had known about the secret on Meng Lei just a bit earlier and killed him when he was still weak and powerless, how would things have come to such a pass?</p><p>“O great Titan Chief God, what exactly have I missed out on?”</p><p>…</p><p>“A h-higher deity! He’s actually broken through to become a higher deity!”</p><p>The Dragon God also looked shocked and horrified. Before he had descended upon Heaven’s Vault Continent, he had fantasized and dreamed about various ways to kill Meng Lei, avenge himself, and erase all the humiliation he had suffered in the past.</p><p>But no matter how he fantasized, he had never once imagined the scenario currently taking place in front of him—Meng Lei had actually broken through in the midst of battle!</p><p>Oh my goodness!</p><p>A higher deity! That was a supreme stage that he didn’t even dare to dream of!</p><p>Yet a human whom he saw as weak, powerless, lowly, and cheap had actually broken through to become a higher deity right before his eyes!</p><p>How ironic was that?</p><p>And how infuriating was that?</p><p>“The Tower of Time! He must have used the treasures in the Tower of Time! That’s the only way he could’ve broken through to become a higher deity in such a short time!”</p><p>The Dragon God was completely consumed by regret and jealousy. Unlike the Beast God and the Titan Spiritual God, he had once occupied the Tower of Time for a period of time that lasted as long as tens of thousands of years.</p><p>Tens of thousands of years!</p><p>What a long period of time!</p><p>He’d totally had the chance to gain the Tower of Time’s acknowledgment and inherit everything that the God of Time had owned!</p><p>That way, the one standing here and showing off today would have been him and not Meng Lei!</p><p>And yet…</p><p>He hadn’t gained the Tower of Time’s acknowledgment. Instead, he could only watch helplessly as the supreme treasure fell into Meng Lei’s hands and watch helplessly again as Meng Lei became a higher deity ahead of him.</p><p>Such regret!</p><p>Such indignation!</p><p>Such fury!</p><p>His emotions were far beyond what the Beast God’s and the Titan Spiritual God’s could compare to.</p><p>It was just a shame that there was no cure for regrets in this world and no ‘if’s to speak of. It was too late to say anything anymore.</p><p>…</p><p>“He’s actually made a breakthrough in the midst of battle!”</p><p>The black-robed middle-aged man was just as startled as the others.</p><p>The deification journey was filled with obstacles at every step. From a true god to a lesser deity; from a lesser deity to an intermediate deity; from an intermediate deity to a higher deity—every step required a long amount of time, and every step required vast amounts of accumulation.</p><p>It wasn’t something that one could break through anytime they wanted.</p><p>Breaking through in the midst of battle?</p><p>That was something that existed only in fairytales and legends!</p><p>Yet a lowly native born in a low-end existential plane had actually broken through to become a higher deity in the midst of battle right under his nose!</p><p>This was practically a fantasy story!</p><p>The black-robed middle-aged man’s eyes flickered as he thought to himself, “The Tower of Time! It must be the Tower of Time!”</p><p>The system’s Super Enhancement didn’t last very long before it ended. A sense of realization welled up in Meng Lei as he took in the changes in his now-entirely different divine body.</p><p>“No wonder my divine body simply couldn’t break through even though I had devoured so much life essence!</p><p>“No wonder I still needed to spend a whole 3 million Divinity Crystals to use Super Enhancement even though my divine body was already infinitely close to becoming a higher deity’s!</p><p>“No wonder the Netherworld Divine Fire that had never once failed me in the past was useless on him!</p><p>“All of this is because the gap between an intermediate deity and a higher deity… is simply too great!”</p><p>Meng Lei let out a long sigh. An intermediate deity was ultimately still just an intermediate deity. Even if they were at the limits of intermediate deity-level, they were still no higher deity.</p><p>“Be it power, speed, endurance, agility, or defense, they are really as different as night and day. There’s no way of comparing them in the same vein at all!”</p><p>To sum it up—the difference was really too vast!</p><p>Meng Lei looked at the black-robed middle-aged man and said leisurely, “You’ve just caused me to suffer a loss of 3 million Divinity Crystals. I’ll have to make you fork out that sum of money now!”</p><p>“You’ve actually broken through!”</p><p>The black-robed middle-aged man’s countenance gradually turned icy. He said, “But do you think you can contend against me just because of that? Let me show you that class stratifications exist even among higher deities!”</p><p>Whoosh!</p><p>His cold and aloof voice was still echoing in the air, but the black-robed middle-aged man had already disappeared from the sky. An instant later, he had already charged right up to Meng Lei.</p><p>His palm struck Meng Lei squarely on the chest with just a casual smack. As though a launched cannon, Meng Lei was sent flying right away.</p><p>Whoosh!</p><p>The black-robed middle-aged man didn’t let Meng Lei off even after successfully landing his attack. He showed up bizarrely behind Meng Lei and punched him right on his back.</p><p>Bam!</p><p>Meng Lei was sent flying again.</p><p>Whoosh!</p><p>In the short while that followed, the black-robed middle-aged man attacked continuously. Like a phantom, he appeared and disappeared suddenly, showing up here one moment and there the next.</p><p>Meng Lei was completely rendered a punching bag. Fully suppressed by the other party, it seemed like he still had no means of retaliation at all?</p>

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Chapter 316 - Clash Of The Greats, Abyss Skeletal Dragon

Volume 4

<h1>Chapter 316 - Clash Of The Greats, Abyss Skeletal Dragon</h1><p>Chapter 316: Clash Of The Greats, Abyss Skeletal Dragon</p><p>“The higher deity is a whole different realm. Assimilating two types of laws of nature is a higher deity. Assimilating five types of laws of nature is also a higher deity. The gap in between is huge!”</p><p>The black-robed middle-aged man attacked while he said coldly. “You’ve only just broken through and dare to oppose me already? You have no idea of death!”</p><p>After another series of attacks, the black-robed middle-aged man finally stopped. “Little fellow, I’m giving you one last chance. Hand over the Tower of Time and submit to me, and I’ll let you live!”</p><p>Meng Lei retreated to afar and let out a long breath suddenly as he looked at the man.</p><p>“Although what I’m about to say is a little hurtful, I got to say that your massage was very relaxing and comfortable. I’m very satisfied!”</p><p>The black-robed middle-aged man’s face darkened, and a cold glint flashed in his eyes. “Kid, you’re seeking death!”</p><p>“Seeking death?”</p><p>Meng Lei smiled as he took a step forward and appeared behind the man, pulling out a hard punch.</p><p>Boom!</p><p>A berserk power exploded, and the black-robed middle-aged man spat out a mouthful of blood. The impact sent him flying forward, and he almost fell flat on his face.</p><p>“Cough, cough!”</p><p>The black-robed man steadied himself after stumbling. He wiped the blood on his lips and looked at Meng Lei in disbelief. “You… You…”</p><p>“Sir, now that’s a true attack!” Meng Lei blew a breath on his fist and continued. “Your attacks… were at most ticklish!”</p><p>“Argh!”</p><p>The black-robed middle-aged man’s face contorted, and his eyes flamed up. “Lowly worm, you have enraged me. I’ll tear you into pieces!”</p><p>Whoosh!</p><p>The cold, imposing voice was still reverberating in the air as the man shot a punch toward Meng Lei.</p><p>The punch was so immense and swift that it was clear that it was aiming to smash Meng Lei.</p><p>“Finally!”</p><p>This time, Meng Lei did not play a sandbag anymore and went to meet him with his fists.</p><p>Crackle!</p><p>Both fists collided like a thunderstruck along with a clear-sounding crackle. Shockwaves ravaged the area, and the air around them turned into a black hole instantly.</p><p>Additionally, as the shockwaves traveled further, the black hole expanded at terrifying speed. In a matter of a few breaths, it had already expanded thousands of miles.</p><p>Howl!</p><p>Time-space fluxes ravaged inside the black hole. Even lesser deities that got sucked in would be mixed into meat sauce.</p><p>Hell befell upon the skies of Heaven’s Vault Continent!</p><p>However, no one paid attention to the black hole in the sky as everyone fixed their eyes on Meng Lei and the black-robed man as they waited for the result of this clash.</p><p>Both of them blasted backward together—Meng Lei only backed off ten meters while the middle-aged man backed off close to a hundred meters.</p><p>Ten meters…</p><p>A hundred meters…</p><p>It was clear who was superior!</p><p>“This is impossible!!”</p><p>The black-robed middle-aged man was rather hysterical. “You’ve clearly just broken through. How could your divine body be this strong? That’s absolutely illogical!”</p><p>He could not believe it—this incarnation was a Demon God.</p><p>Demon Gods did not cultivate laws of nature as they only cultivated their demonic bodies, which were much tougher than ordinary higher deities!</p><p>Meng Lei was obviously a deity who had just broken through, and yet, Meng Lei’s divine body was stronger than his?</p><p>What kind of joke was this?</p><p>“You’ve been feeling too good about yourself. Little did you know that you’re the most foolish and ignorant one!”</p><p>Meng Lei loosened his neck by twisting it, making crackling sounds. “Today, I’ll let you witness how terrifying my higher deity divine body is!”</p><p>Did Super Enhancement enhance Meng Lei’s divine body only?</p><p>No!</p><p>Of course not!</p><p>Look at Meng Lei’s stats!</p><p>Host: Meng Lei</p><p>Race: Human (Primeval Bloodline: Primordial Human &lt;26%&gt;, Assimilated Bloodlines: Gods-Slaying Rat&lt;Youth&gt;, Divine Netherworld Phoenix&lt;Youth&gt;, Hundred-Armed Giant&lt;Youth&gt;, Ancient Tree of Life&lt;23%&gt;)</p><p>Wealth: 9.1 million Divinity Crystals</p><p>Physical Body Constitution: Metal-Origin Divine Body (1%)</p><p>Looking at the stats interface, three of Meng Lei’s bloodlines improved to different extents.</p><p>The Primordial Human Bloodline was awakened from 16% to 26%, up by 10%.</p><p>The Gods-Slaying Rat bloodline grew from the Juvenile stage to the Youth stage.</p><p>The Ancient Tree of Life bloodline’s assimilation was increased from 13% to 23%, up by 10%.</p><p>It was no exaggeration to say that this Super Enhancement did not just enhance Meng Lei’s divine body but also improved these three bloodlines.</p><p>The meaning behind this was massive.</p><p>One must know that the Gods-Slaying Rat bloodline might not be much, but the Primordial Human bloodline and the Ancient Tree of Life bloodline were an Ancient God Bloodline!</p><p>A solid 10% increase!</p><p>“You bastard!”</p><p>Having witnessed Meng Lei go from a good-for-nothing to an existence who was more powerful than himself, how could the black-robed man accept it?</p><p>“Just die!”</p><p>The middle-aged man went insane as he transformed into a 6,000,000-feet-long Colossal Dragon made up of golden skeletons.</p><p>Its huge skull, massive wings, humongous body—they were all made up of bones!</p><p>Plus, every single bone was golden and inscribed with laws of nature runes. Instead of a creepy vibe, it was filled with a holy and untouchable aura.</p><p>On its head, a golden divine fire burned ferociously and gave off a surging divine aura. Including its huge figure, it looked unbeatable.</p><p>“Skeletal Dragon!” Meng Lei uttered these two words.</p><p>“No! This isn’t any ordinary Skeletal Dragon. It’s the Abyss Skeletal Dragon!”</p><p>Dodola’s voice rang. “Meng Lei, the Abyss Skeletal Dragon is pretty powerful. Its bones were incredibly tough and sharp, comparable to high-tier divine weapons! You have to be careful!”</p><p>“The Abyss Skeletal Dragon?” Meng Lei nodded. “I understand!”</p><p>“Die, you worm!”</p><p>As the Abyss Skeletal Dragon roared, its tail made of over a thousand joints of bones whip across the sky, which broke up in the process, reaching Meng Lei instantly.</p><p>Smack!</p><p>Meng Lei vanished as the skeletal whip only hit his afterimage. Meng Lei teleported above the Abyss Skeletal Dragon’s head and stomped his foot on the skull with great force.</p><p>Bam!</p><p>The Abyss Skeletal Dragon stumbled.</p><p>Meng Lei was unforgiving upon gaining momentum. He teleported to the back, grabbing its tail, and tossed the Abyss Skeletal Dragon out with a swing.</p><p>“Again!”</p><p>Meng Lei garnered power into his right wrist and punched the skull. A cracking sound echoed, and cracks appeared on the Skeletal Dragon’s skull.</p><p>“It’s not that tough after all!”</p><p>Meng Lei sneered and disappeared again.</p><p>Bam, bam, bam!</p><p>A similar scene occurred but with a different main character:</p><p>Meng Lei appeared here and there from time to time and dominated the Abyss Skeletal Dragon, turning it into his sandbag.</p><p>Roar!</p><p>The Abyss Skeletal Dragon repeatedly roared in frustration as he panicked. Meng Lei’s fists were much heavier than his own just now, and almost every of Meng Lei’s punches could crack his bones which made the Abyss Skeletal Dragon feel that it was on the verge of breaking apart.</p><p>Meng Lei ceased his attacks and said calmly. “It seems that this is all there is for a so-called Abyss Skeletal Dragon!”</p><p>“Die!”</p><p>The Abyss Skeletal Dragon roared angrily as two rows of rib bones left its body. They turned into a torrent of piercing arrows and shot toward Meng Lei.</p><p>“Freeze,” Meng Lei said calmly.</p><p>Whoosh!</p><p>The ribs stopped dead in mid-air.</p><p>“This is… God’s Domain? No, it’s the Power of Existential Plane!” The Abyss Skeletal Dragon exclaimed. “You’re the master of this existential plane!”</p><p>“Bingo!”</p>

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Chapter 317 - The Haber Colossal Dragon Gods, Making A Killing

Volume 4

<h1>Chapter 317 - The Haber Colossal Dragon Gods, Making A Killing</h1><p>Chapter 317: The Haber Colossal Dragon Gods, Making A Killing</p><p>“You’re actually the master of the existential plane!”</p><p>The Abyss Skeletal Dragon had an awful look on his face. He had a rather strong feeling that things seemed to bode ill now. He was also a master of another existential plane himself and thus knew very well just how powerful a master of an existential plane was.</p><p>It was no exaggeration to say that “higher deity status” + “master of existential plane status” + “currently in their own existential plane” = “strong and invincible”!</p><p>The words “strong and invincible” were no joke. As long as a pinnacle-level higher deity or a Great Perfection-level deity didn’t show up, the master of the existential plane would undoubtedly be an invincible existence.</p><p>“Therefore, your fate has been destined from the very moment you stepped into Heaven’s Vault Continent.” Meng Lei held his hands behind his back and said, “And that is… To offer up your life!”</p><p>“So, you want to kill me? Not so easy!” the Abyss Skeletal Dragon roared. It easily shook off the Power of Existential Plane’s hold on it with a strong jerk from its body.</p><p>As a Great Demon God on par with a higher deity, it was very hard for Power of Existential Plane to imprison him for long. The skill could only trap him for two to three seconds before he would succeed in shaking it off.</p><p>“Human deity, I’ll remember you!”</p><p>The Abyss Skeletal Dragon gave Meng Lei a long, deep gaze. Then, he broke the dimension, created a black hole in the air with a light smack from its claws, and dived into it.</p><p>“Thinking of fleeing?”</p><p>Meng Lei couldn’t help but shake his head. He said, “Coming and going as and when you please… What do you take this place for? Your mistress’ residence?”</p><p>Meng Lei had only just spoken when he teleported right in front of the black hole. He grabbed the Abyss Skeletal Dragon’s tail in one motion and dragged it out of the black hole.</p><p>“You bastard!”</p><p>The golden divine fire inside the Abyss Skeletal Dragon’s skull shook fiercely for a while and gave off furious divine spirit energy fluctuations.</p><p>“Human deity, you’re going too far!”</p><p>“Let’s cut the crap!”</p><p>Meng Lei let out an icy snort and waved dismissively. He said, “I’ll give you a chance. If you hand over your divine spirit origin energy and submit to me, you live. If not… You die!”</p><p>Roar!</p><p>The Abyss Skeletal Dragon roared, “I’m part of the noble Colossal Dragon Gods. How can I possibly submit to a cheap and lowly inferior native life form like you? Dream on!”</p><p>“Go to hell, then!”</p><p>Meng Lei couldn’t be bothered to say any more. He teleported right in front of the Abyss Skeletal Dragon, concentrated raging power into his right fist, and threw it out.</p><p>Crack!</p><p>The Abyss Skeletal Dragon wanted to duck, but Power of Existential Plane descended upon him at a timely moment and imprisoned him where he was.</p><p>During this momentary freeze in motion, Meng Lei’s fist successfully connected with his skull.</p><p>Crack!</p><p>The golden skull cracked at once. Densely-packed cracks formed, and then it broke apart with a boom—the punch had actually directly blasted it apart.</p><p>Without the skull, the Abyss Skeletal Dragon’s divine fire lost its vessel and was separated from the gigantic dragon body right away, resulting in the body plummeting straight toward the ground.</p><p>Given his 6,000,000-feet-long body, should he crash onto the ground, the destruction the crash would cause would definitely in no way be any less serious than the moon plummeting onto Earth.</p><p>“Collect!”</p><p>Meng Lei naturally would never allow something like that to happen. He collected and stored the enormous skeletal dragon body into the Tower of Time with a grand wave, thereby preventing a catastrophic disaster from happening.</p><p>For a moment, a bunch of golden-color divine fire flames was the only thing left floating in mid-air. It let out a hysterical roar of hatred and fury, “You cheap, lowly native! How dare you destroy my divine incarnation! I’ll fight to the death with you!”</p><p>“Hah, I welcome you to offer up your head anytime!” Meng Lei scoffed. Then, he tapped the air lightly with his index finger and commanded, “Freeze!”</p><p>Power of Existential Plane descended again, and the Abyss Skeletal Dragon’s golden divine fire was trapped to the spot at once. Meng Lei easily pulled the golden divine fire over to himself with a casual wave of his arm.</p><p>It was evident what happened next.</p><p>Meng Lei released his divine spirit’s power and turned and twisted the golden divine fire into a jumbled mess amid the Abyss Skeletal Dragon’s sad and shrill screams. Then, he started to read its memories.</p><p>“Ambrose Haber? An elder from the Haber Colossal Dragon Gods clan in the Thunderbolt Divine Realm?”</p><p>As he read his memories, Meng Lei gradually also received information about the black-robed middle-aged man.</p><p>As it turned out, the black-robed middle-aged man was an elder from the Thunderbolt Divine Realm’s Haber Colossal Dragon Gods clan.</p><p>As one of the most powerful godly clans, traces of the Colossal Dragon Gods could be found in billions of existential planes. They had offshoots and descendants in both the supreme Celestial Realm as well as billions of other existential planes.</p><p>The Haber Colossal Dragon Gods were the Colossal Dragon Gods’ offshoot in the Thunderbolt Divine Realm. In terms of strength, they were no weaker than the Thunderbolt Divine Realm’s Theodore clan.</p><p>Not only did the Haber Colossal Dragon Gods have a Great Perfection-level deity protecting them, but they even boasted the lofty presence of a Chief God, thereby making them one of the most powerful forces in the Thunderbolt Divine Realm.</p><p>As for the black-robed middle-aged man, he was an elder of the Haber Colossal Dragon Gods, and his true body had already assimilated four types of basic laws of nature.</p><p>This particular Abyss Skeletal Dragon was just a spare demonic incarnation that he had created so that he could descend upon low-end existential planes with ease and convenience when he needed to handle emergencies.</p><p>“To think the Haber Colossal Dragon Gods are actually so strong!”</p><p>Meng Lei took a deep breath. He didn’t fear the black-robed middle-aged man—in other words, Ambrose—at all. He was just a higher deity that had assimilated four types of basic laws of nature, that was all.</p><p>What Meng Lei held reservations about was instead the huge monstrosity that was the Haber Colossal Dragon Gods!</p><p>They had a Chief God protecting them!</p><p>The two words, “Chief God,” were more than enough to instill restraining fear in Meng Lei.</p><p>“Looks like I’d better not step into the Thunderbolt Divine Realm before I can contend with a Chief God,” murmured Meng Lei softly.</p><p>He had offended Ambrose through and through this time, after all.</p><p>Of course, what was the most important here was still the Tower of Time. That thing was a treasure that even Chief Gods would covet. It was hard to guarantee that others wouldn’t try to seize it from him.</p><p>Meng Lei took Ambrose’s spatial ring after he was done with reading his memories. Although the skeletal dragon was just his demonic incarnation, he had nevertheless carried quite a fair amount of treasures on him.</p><p>The spatial ring had an astonishingly huge capacity, and one couldn’t even see to the end with one glance. It was evident that an existential plane fragment had been sealed within it, which was why there was such a huge space inside.</p><p>Piled up inside the vast and boundless dimension were innumerable densely-packed treasures.</p><p>There were mountains of Laws of Nature Origin Crystals, mountains of elemental crystals, and mountains of god and demon dead bodies.</p><p>There were also various highly valuable herbs, magic materials, divine weapons, magic crystals, and so on.</p><p>All the treasures gave off strong, surging power of divinity energy waves, and every one of them was a priceless treasure. Meng Lei couldn’t stop staring at them right at first glance…</p><p>“I’ve struck gold! I’ve struck gold this time!” Meng Lei was practically drooling as he said, “System, collect the Divinity Crystals and the Laws of Nature Origin Crystals. Take everything that can be taken!”</p><p>Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!</p><p>His Wealth began to spike madly!</p><p>9.2 million Divinity Crystals… 9.3 million Divinity Crystals…</p><p>10 million Divinity Crystals… 11 million Divinity Crystals…</p><p>In under ten seconds, his Wealth had increased by a whole 14.2 million Divinity Crystals and spiked dramatically to a total of 23.3 million Divinity Crystals. Not only had it made up for the previous 3 million Divinity Crystals spent, but he had even gained an additional 9 million Divinity Crystals and more!</p><p>He had undoubtedly made a profit!</p><p>“Robbery is the best way to gain riches indeed!” Meng Lei was filled with great emotion. Then, he continued to check out the treasures inside the spatial ring.</p><p>The space inside the spatial ring had been considerably freed up after he collected the Laws of Nature Origin Crystals and Divinity Crystals.</p><p>Meng Lei then transferred and stored the elemental crystals in the spatial ring into the Tower of Time. With that, the spatial ring became even more spacious.</p><p>“Next up are the god and demon dead bodies.”</p><p>Meng Lei picked out dead bodies of intermediate deity-level and above for his own use and gave the true god-level and lesser deity-level ones to the little golden tree.</p><p><em>Yep, I’ll take the good ones while you take the dregs. Good for me, good for you, and good for everybody!</em></p><p>What came after were the vast amounts of herbs and magic materials. These things were of no use to Meng Lei, so he naturally gave them all to the little golden tree for its enjoyment instead.</p><p>Without the Laws of Nature Origin Crystals, Divinity Crystals, god and demon dead bodies and remains, herbs, and magic materials inside, the space inside the spatial ring became even wider and more spacious.</p><p>Meng Lei could also see the contents more clearly now—among the few treasures left, the most dazzling one was undoubtedly a pile of colorful divine cores. There weren’t a lot of them, but they nevertheless added up to a considerable quantity of a few tens of thousands.</p>

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Chapter 318 - Dealing With The Dragon God, Mid-End Existential Planes

Volume 4

<h1>Chapter 318 - Dealing With The Dragon God, Mid-End Existential Planes</h1><p>Chapter 318: Dealing With The Dragon God, Mid-End Existential Planes</p><p>“Who would have thought that things would turn out like that!”</p><p>The Beast God and the Titan Spiritual God floated in the air a great distance away. Both were sporting exceptionally awful looks on their faces. The scene unfolding before their eyes had completely exceeded their expectations.</p><p>Not only had Meng Lei broken through in the midst of battle, but he had even slain the Great Demon God-level Abyss Skeletal Dragon.</p><p>Just what kind of combat strength was that?</p><p>After a long period of dead silence, the Titan Spiritual God was still the one that chose to break the silence first. He asked, “What should we do now, Haylem?”</p><p>Meng Lei’s breakthrough had given him a huge sense of crisis. Not only had he offended Meng Lei before, but he even owned territories that amounted to over 100 existential planes!</p><p>Would Meng Lei even let him off?</p><p>“Now that things have come to such a pass, we have no other choice now.” The Beast God sighed and said, “We can only offer him our sincerity and maintain friendly relations with him.”</p><p>“Maintain friendly relations with him?”</p><p>The Titan Spiritual God’s facial features twitched, wishing that he could throw a punch at the Beast God and kill him.</p><p><em>Not only have you never freaking offended Meng Lei before, but you also own only a few territories! If you curry a little favor with him, maybe he’ll let you off.</em></p><p><em>But what about me?</em></p><p><em>Would he let me off?</em></p><p>…</p><p>“Lord Ambrose has actually died!”</p><p>The Dragon God was also filled with immense shock and horror. He had fantasized about the operation’s various possible outcomes but never had he ever thought that the final outcome would turn out like this.</p><p>All 50 Dark Demonic Dragons had died, and even Ambrose, who was a higher deity, had also died!</p><p>They had been annihilated!</p><p>Just how fierce and desperate had the battle been?</p><p>Meng Lei gazed at the Dragon God, who was floating in the sky all alone. He said leisurely with a smile, “O Your Holiness the great Dragon God, you probably never imagined that things would turn out like this before you had descended upon Heaven’s Vault Continent with Ambrose and the others, right?”</p><p>“L-lord Meng Lei!”</p><p>The Dragon God gave him a smile that looked worse than a grimace. He trembled like a leaf and shook in his boots.</p><p>“Don’t worry. You won’t be able to escape even when they’re already dead.” Meng Lei said dispassionately, “Let’s go and have a little tour around your divine nation. I’ll send you on your way, too!”</p><p>“My d-divine nation?”</p><p>The Dragon God shuddered all over. At once, he dispelled his divinity projection and vanished into the air. He had to make his escape and leave as soon as possible!</p><p>In the event that Meng Lei successfully locked on to his divine nation’s location via his divinity projection, he would be totally finished and would never have the chance to ever make a comeback again.</p><p>“Dodola, you should have locked on to the Dragon God’s divine nation by now, right?” Meng Lei asked calmly.</p><p>“Don’t worry!”</p><p>Dodola smiled and replied, “The Dragon God’s divine nation is in the cluster of floating continents right outside Heaven’s Vault Continent. It’s very near Heaven’s Vault Continent!”</p><p>“Wonderful!”</p><p>Meng Lei nodded slightly. “Bring me there!”</p><p>“Alright!”</p><p>…</p><p>Outside Heaven’s Vault Continent was the boundless Void. It was a place like outer space. There were no magic elements and no air there. The only things there were turbulent, havoc-wreaking space-time fluxes and meteors with only dead silence around them.</p><p>Some of these meteors were bigger than even continents. Hence they were also known as floating continents. There was a densely-packed cluster of them right outside the Heaven’s Vault Continent existential plane.</p><p>Much like asteroid belts that orbited around the sun, these floating continents also orbited around the Heaven’s Vault Continent existential plane. They orbited in a messy and disorderly manner yet did not interfere with one another.</p><p>“Most deities would usually choose floating continents like these to build their divine nations on.”</p><p>Dodola explained, “Not only are these floating continents exceedingly tough and sturdy, but they are also extremely huge, hence making them exceptionally wonderful places to build divine nations on.”</p><p>Meng Lei nodded slightly. When looking at them from afar, the floating continents looked just like meteors. However, when one went nearer, they would realize that some of them were astonishingly huge and were therefore indeed very suitable to build divine nations on.</p><p>“The best place to build divine nations on aren’t floating continents, though.” A smiling Dodola said, “Make a guess—where’s the best place to build a divine nation?”</p><p>Meng Lei raised an eyebrow at the question. After a moment of musing, he answered, “Although a divine nation is a deity’s base, they are still a world in essence. Rather than paying a huge price to modify a lifeless floating continent, one might as well just directly occupy a material plane instead.”</p><p>At this point, Meng Lei frowned and added, “The only inadequacy is that material planes are too small. They don’t seem to be able to house that many worshipers.”</p><p>The main purpose of a deity’s divine nation was ultimately to house their pious worshipers’ souls after their deaths and reconstruct bodies for them so that they could continue to provide power of faith for them. At the end of the day, it ultimately still couldn’t get away from the three words “power of faith”.</p><p>By developing a material plane into a divine nation, one would be able to dispense with an infinite amount of modification work, of course. However, material planes were only that big. They might be sufficient for true gods and lesser deities, but for intermediate deities and especially for higher deities, they were indeed too small. There wasn’t enough space.</p><p>One must know that higher deities usually owned almost 100 existential planes’ worth of power of faith domains. How many worshipers died each day? Over the course of hundreds and thousands of years, how many worshipers would die?</p><p>How could a material plane possibly house all of them?</p><p>Therefore, material planes were certainly suitable to be used as divine nations, but they were too small!</p><p>“Bingo, material planes are indeed ready-made divine nations. You need only to refine the Heart of The Existential Plane, and you’ll be in absolute control in your existential plane.”</p><p>A smiling Dodola said, “There are certainly issues about insufficient space in the case of material planes. Therefore, that makes mid-end existential planes the most perfect places to build divine nations on!”</p><p>“Mid-end existential planes?”</p><p>Meng Lei was a little taken aback.</p><p>“Yes, mid-end existential planes!”</p><p>Dodola smiled and explained, “All things are classified into various grades and ranks, and the same goes for existential planes. There are half-planes where laws of nature are flawed and incomplete, low-end material planes where laws of nature are whole, as well as vast, boundless high-end existential planes.</p><p>“However, in between low-end material planes and high-end existential planes exist also the mid-end existential planes.</p><p>“Mid-end existential planes are inferior to high-end existential planes in terms of the vastness of size, richness of magic elements, and laws of nature’ degree of clarity, but are far superior to low-end existential planes.</p><p>“And the most important factor,” Dodola turned to Meng Lei with a shrewd glint in its eyes, “There are far more mid-end existential planes than high-end ones. In fact, as long as you can afford it, you can even buy mid-end existential planes, as well as their seeds!”</p><p>“Y-you can buy them?”</p><p>A huge jolt went through Meng Lei.</p><p>“Of course! However, they are very hard to find.”</p><p>Dodola let out a sneaky laugh and said, “My master, the God of Time, managed to buy a mid-end existential plane seed back then and subsequently nurtured it into his divine nation. Its size is easily a million times that of a low-end material plane’s!”</p><p>“A million times?” Meng Lei couldn’t help but gasp. “How big must that be?”</p><p>“Very big! Extremely big!”</p><p>A smiling Dodola said, “Thus, the value of a mid-end existential plane is priceless. Most typical higher deities can’t afford them, even if they were to spend their whole fortune. Mid-end existential plane seeds come slightly cheaper, though, but they still aren’t something that the average higher deity can afford, either.”</p><p>“What a shame! I can’t afford one.”</p><p>Meng Lei couldn’t help but sigh. He was just a higher deity born in a native existential plane. In terms of family fortune, he was definitely the poorest among the higher deities!</p><p>Buy a mid-end existential plane?</p><p>He wouldn’t be able to afford it even if they chopped him up and sold him in bits and pieces!</p><p>“You don’t need to buy one,” Dodola gave him a mysterious smile, “Have you forgotten that I have a high-end existential plane seed in my hands?”</p><p>Meng Lei rolled his eyes and replied, “Of course I remember that. Didn’t you say that I was too weak and not qualified enough to nurture that high-end existential plane?”</p><p>“That was then, but this is now.”</p><p>Dodola smiled at him and said, “Back then, you were just a tiny little Saint Domain. Naturally, you wouldn’t qualify. But you’re already a higher deity, so the time has come!”</p><p>“Do you mean to say that I can nurture that high-end existential plane seed now?”</p><p>Meng Lei’s eyes lit up like light bulbs. After all, it was said that high-end existential planes could nurture Chief God divine cores!</p>

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Chapter 319 - World-Breaching Transfer, Spatial Laws Of Nature

Volume 4

<h1>Chapter 319 - World-Breaching Transfer, Spatial Laws Of Nature</h1><p>Chapter 319: World-Breaching Transfer, Spatial Laws of Nature</p><p>As the name indicated, high-end existential plane seeds were things that could grow and mature into high-end existential planes.</p><p>Once fully nurtured, Meng Lei would gain a high-end existential plane and world similar to high-end existential planes like the ten major Divine Realms, the Demon Realm, the Abyss, and Hell.</p><p>Additionally, high-end existential planes were also rumored to produce Chief God divine cores!</p><p>A Chief God divine core!</p><p>How precious a supreme treasure was that?</p><p>It was the only proof that could show that one had become a Chief God!</p><p>Without a Chief God divine core, one could forget about becoming a Chief God, no matter how astonishing and talented they were.</p><p>Thus, Meng Lei naturally had his heart extremely set on nurturing a high-end existential plane seed.</p><p>Meng Lei asked rather eagerly, “Where’s the high-end existential plane seed, Dodola?”</p><p>Dodola gave him a mysterious smile and flapped its wings at the grasslands beneath its feet. Then, a peach-like object broke through the ground and flew right up to the duo.</p><p>The “peach” wasn’t very big, and fascinating patterns covered its surface. Just like a normal peach, it was simple and unadorned, with absolutely nothing extraordinary about it.</p><p>Meng Lei took it from Dodola and asked excitedly, “So, this is a high-end existential plane seed?”</p><p>“Yes, that’s right. This is the high-end existential plane seed that the God of Time had obtained using his life in exchange,” replied Dodola with a slight nod as a hint of grief and sorrow flashed across its eyes.</p><p>“I offer my thanks to the noble God of Time.”</p><p>Meng Lei sighed. Then, he asked, “Dodola, how do I nurture this thing?”</p><p>“All the current existing high-end existential planes had formed naturally. Therefore, no one knows exactly how to go about nurturing this existential plane seed.”</p><p>Then, Dodola added with a frown, “However, I know the way to nurture a mid-end existential plane seed. You can reference it a little.”</p><p>Meng Lei hurriedly asked, “How do I nurture it?”</p><p>“By using your power of divinity!”</p><p>Dodola explained, “Existential plane seeds are in hibernation mode in the beginning. However, they are capable of absorbing power of divinity. Thus, you can use your power of divinity to nurture the seed.”</p><p>“My power of divinity?”</p><p>Meng Lei did as Dodola instructed. He held the existential plane seed in his hands, summoned a power of divinity droplet, and sent it toward the seed.</p><p>The existential plane seed was initially like an inanimate object and didn’t look much different from an ordinary peach. However, as Meng Lei activated his power of divinity, the seed seemingly also sensed it. A devouring force emanated from its surface and absorbed the power of divinity droplet in Meng Lei’s hands.</p><p>As though a stone was sinking into the ocean, the absorption of the divinity droplet’s power elicited no response from the existential plane seed. In spite of that, Meng Lei was overjoyed. The fact that it had absorbed the power of divinity indicated that the method was indeed effective.</p><p>“Again!”</p><p>Meng Lei released quite a few power of divinity droplets in succession, which the existential plane seed devoured without fail. However, it still elicited no other response from the seed, and the seed didn’t show any changes.</p><p>“Again!”</p><p>“Again!”</p><p>Soon, the 200 Divinity Crystals’ worth of power of divinity that Meng Lei usually had stored up were fully depleted. Yet, there were still no changes in the existential plane seed.</p><p>“As expected of a high-end existential plane seed. It has an astonishingly huge appetite indeed! This is great!”</p><p>Meng Lei took a deep breath. He wasn’t that concerned about it. Were it that easy to nurture it, it wouldn’t have been a high-end existential plane seed anymore.</p><p>“You saw that, right? It’s absorbed so much of your power of divinity, yet there’s no reaction whatsoever.”</p><p>Dodola joked, “Now you know how difficult it is to nurture that thing, don’t you?”</p><p>Meng Lei nodded and replied, “It’s certainly very difficult. Looks like I’ll have to do my best to earn more money now.”</p><p>“Earn more money?”</p><p>Dodola was confused by his words.</p><p>“Because only by earning more money will I gain more power of divinity!”</p><p>The duo chatted idly as they traveled. At last, they arrived in front of a floating continent.</p><p>Dodola pointed at it and said, “The Dragon God’s divine nation is in the internal structure of this continent.”</p><p>Meng Lei released his divine cognition and let it permeate into the floating continent’s internal structure. True enough, he found a divine nation there. At once, Meng Lei brought Dodola with him and teleported inside it.</p><p>It was a golden world. Golden skies, golden lands, golden mountain peaks… Even the plants were golden.</p><p>“This is the Dragon God’s divine nation.”</p><p>A hint of a smile appeared on Meng Lei’s lips as he said, “I’ll see where you can escape this time, Dragon God!”</p><p>His divine cognition spread into the surroundings and instantly enveloped the whole area, almost ten million miles of where they were. Everything within the range was reflected clearly in Meng Lei’s mind.</p><p>Innumerable worshipers lived within the divine nation. There were Colossal Dragons, humans, Beast People, as well as a small number of Titans and Fairies.</p><p>All of them were people whose souls the Dragon God had led and guided to the divine nation after their deaths. Their bodies were subsequently also reconstructed. They had near-eternal lifespans and could endlessly provide power of faith.</p><p>“Eh? The Dragon God is actually not here!”</p><p>Meng Lei teleported to somewhere ten million miles away and continued to check the area.</p><p>Approximately half an hour later, Meng Lei had looked through the whole divine nation, yet he still didn’t find traces of the Dragon God.</p><p>“He’s escaped!”</p><p>Meng Lei had a rather awful look on his face. The Dragon God was weak, so he didn’t think much of him. However, the Dragon God had tried to scheme and plot against him by every possible means. This greatly displeased Meng Lei, so he absolutely had to kill the Dragon God, yet he had actually escaped.</p><p>“Don’t panic. He’s likely only just escaped, so he couldn’t have gone far.” Dodola gave him a confident smile and said, “Let me look for him!”</p><p>Then, Dodola closed its eyes and began to try to sense the Dragon God’s presence. A brief moment later, it opened its eyes. A hint of a smile appeared at the corners of Dodola’s lips, and it said, “Fortunately, he hasn’t gone far yet.”</p><p>Meng Lei quickly asked, “Where is he?”</p><p>“I’ll bring you over, so don’t resist!”</p><p>Dodola gave him a smile, and then it released its divine cognition and enveloped Meng Lei within. By the time the duo reappeared, they were already within the vast and boundless Void.</p><p>Another floating continent appeared before their eyes.</p><p>A puzzled Meng Lei asked, “Where are we?”</p><p>“Somewhere a few hundred million miles from the Dragon God’s divine nation, I guess.” Dodola smiled and said, “The Dragon God whom you’re looking for is hiding right within that floating continent.”</p><p>“A few hundred million miles away?” Meng Lei gasped. “You’ve actually teleported such a great distance away during the one moment just now?”</p><p>“No, this isn’t teleportation.” Dodola shook its head. “Rather, it’s the Great World-Breaching Transfer Technique.”</p><p>“The Great World-Breaching Transfer Technique?”</p><p>Meng Lei was taken aback.</p><p>“It’s a kind of spatial secret art.” Dodola explained, “Only those that have comprehended some spatial laws of nature can practice it. Once it reaches Great Mastery-level, one will become able to go anywhere they want in the whole wide universe.”</p><p>“Anywhere they want in the whole wide universe? What a fearsome secret art!” Meng Lei was astounded. He urged, “Dodola, you’ve gotta teach me that!”</p><p>“You’re interested in learning it? We’ll talk about this again when you’ve comprehended spatial laws of nature instead.” Dodola rolled its eyes and said dryly, “Do you think the Great World-Breaching Transfer Technique is something that just anyone can pick up?”</p><p>“In that case, that means you’ve managed to comprehend spatial laws of nature?”</p><p>A huge jolt went through Meng Lei. His eyes bore into Dodola as he said, “Spatial laws of nature are one of the five currently known supreme laws of nature.</p><p>“I remember you mentioning that one can only comprehend spatial laws of nature if they’ve fully comprehended the five basic laws of nature—metal, wood, water, fire, and earth—and integrated them into one.</p><p>“Could it be that you’re a Great Perfection expert? And on top of that, you’re one that has comprehended spatial laws of nature?”</p><p>“I’m not a Great Perfection expert,” replied Dodola with a shake of its head.</p><p>Meng Lei frowned and said, “The fact that you can cast the Great World-Breaching Transfer Technique shows that you’ve already comprehended spatial laws of nature. Since that is so, then why aren’t you a Great Perfection expert?”</p><p>“Meng Lei, you’re mistaken.”</p><p>A smiling Dodola shook its head and replied, “Normally, it is indeed true that only those that have fully comprehended the five basic laws of nature that are metal, wood, water, fire, and earth, and integrated them into one would be able to comprehend spatial laws of nature. However, apart from that, there are actually also other methods of achieving it.”</p><p>“What methods are they?”</p><p>A look of puzzlement came over Meng Lei’s features.</p><p>“Comprehending a spatial laws of nature fragment!”</p>

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Chapter 320 - 500 Existential Planes, The Down And Out Dragon God

Volume 4

<h1>Chapter 320 - 500 Existential Planes, The Down And Out Dragon God</h1><p>Chapter 320: 500 Existential Planes, The Down And Out Dragon God</p><p>“A spatial laws of nature fragment?”</p><p>Meng Lei was slightly taken aback. Did spatial laws of nature fragments exist in this world?</p><p>He frequently picked up the ten basic elements’ laws of nature fragments and had even picked up quite a few fusion laws of nature fragments before. However, he had never picked up supreme laws of nature fragments—such as spatial laws of nature fragments—before!</p><p>So, did supreme laws of nature fragments exist?</p><p>“Compared to basic elements’ laws of nature fragments, supreme laws of nature fragments are extremely rare. They are rarer than even Chief Gods and Great Perfection-level experts. However, every one of them is a priceless treasure. They are usually in the possession of Great Perfection-level experts and Chief Gods. How can ordinary deities possibly come into contact with them?”</p><p>Dodola explained, “In truth, even fusion laws of nature fragments are extremely rare and valuable, let alone supreme laws of nature fragments. Moreover, the more types of laws of nature the fragment has infused, the rarer and more valuable they are.”</p><p>Dodola turned to Meng Lei and said, “Take the Beast God, for example. If he had a double-elemental laws of nature fragment, wouldn’t he have been able to break through to become a higher deity?</p><p>“But the reality is that he doesn’t.</p><p>“Even a great pinnacle-level intermediate deity can’t get his hands on a double-elemental fusion laws of nature fragment. From this, you can easily imagine just how rare fusion laws of nature fragments are.”</p><p>“That is certainly so.”</p><p>Meng Lei expressed agreement with Dodola’s views. This was something that he could sort of tell from the laws of nature fragments that he had picked up in the past.</p><p>He frequently picked up basic laws of nature fragments, but double-elemental fusion laws of nature fragments were a lot more uncommon.</p><p>There were even fewer triple-elemental fusion laws of nature fragments than that.</p><p>At the moment, he had only picked up one quadruple-elemental fusion laws of nature fragment, which was an ice-metal-dark-fire fusion.</p><p>As for quintuple-elemental ones, he didn’t even have a single one!</p><p>The more elements there were infused in the fragment, the rarer they were, indeed.</p><p>“Dodola, since your spatial laws of nature comprehension was gained through comprehending a spatial laws of nature fragment, then what happened to that spatial laws of nature fragment after that? Where is it?”</p><p>Meng Lei’s eyes shone brightly. Laws of nature fragments were just like textbooks of knowledge, and comprehending the laws of nature within them was comparable to learning the knowledge recorded in the textbooks. Laws of nature fragments would continue to exist even after one had comprehended them.</p><p>“What are you asking that for?”</p><p>Dodola raised an eyebrow.</p><p>“Give it to me!” Meng Lei said excitedly, “As long as I can get that spatial laws of nature fragment, I’ll have a way to comprehend spatial laws of nature!”</p><p>“You’re imagining things.”</p><p>A slight jolt went through Dodola, and it said, “That spatial laws of nature fragment is indeed with me, but as a form of supreme laws of nature, spatial laws of nature are billions and trillions of times more complex and profound than basic laws of nature. It’s not something that you can comprehend.”</p><p>“Say no more and just give it to me.” Meng Lei snickered and said, “Of course, if you also have other laws of nature fragments on you—such as quadruple-elemental or quintuple-elemental ones, or even supreme laws of nature fragments—you can also give them all to me!”</p><p>“Dream on!”</p><p>Dodola had a wary look all over its face as it said, “I don’t mind telling you this—there are indeed quite a few laws of nature fragments of various types among the assets that the great God of Time left behind.</p><p>“But all of them belong to the God of Time. Before you pass the God of Time’s trial, I can’t give them to you!”</p><p>“Dodola, you’re too inflexible.”</p><p>Meng Lei was rendered rather speechless. He said, “The God of Time has already fallen a long time ago. The so-called trial is also something that you’ve randomly set up. What sort of meaning does it even hold for me? Don’t you try bluffing me!”</p><p>Dodola sneered. “By the great God of Time’s order, one must pass the relevant trial before they can inherit all his assets. Otherwise, they can forget about even entertaining the thought!”</p><p>Meng Lei rolled his eyes and said, “Dodola, why are you so inflexible?”</p><p>“My life was bestowed upon me by the great God of Time. I will never defy his orders.” Dodola snorted and said, “It still goes back to the same old thing. If you wish to obtain the spatial laws of nature fragment and everything that belonged to the great God of Time, then you must pass the trial first!”</p><p>“You’re really so…” Meng Lei couldn’t be bothered to argue any further. He said, “So, tell me, what other trials are there?”</p><p>The first trial was to gain the Dragon God Empire’s people’s faith within 10,000 years. He had undoubtedly aced that with flying colors.</p><p>Dodola’s eyes swiveled about round and round. After a moment of contemplation, it said, “You’re already a higher deity now. As a powerful higher deity, how can you not own power of faith domains that complement your status?”</p><p>“So?”</p><p>Meng Lei raised an eyebrow and prompted Dodola further.</p><p>“Your second trial is—expand your territory, occupy at least 100 material planes, and make them your, a higher deity’s, power of faith domains!” answered a smiling Dodola.</p><p>“100 power of faith domains?” Meng Lei frowned slightly. “Where am I supposed to find and occupy that many existential planes?”</p><p>“It’s very simple!”</p><p>Dodola snickered and said, “Within an approximate range of 100 lightyears around Heaven’s Vault Continent exists many material planes that numbers definitely no fewer than 500. Among them are also the Beast God’s and the Titan Spiritual God’s power of faith domains.”</p><p>“Lightyears?”</p><p>Meng Lei was surprised. Did the concept of lightyears also exist in this world?</p><p>“Lightyears are a unit of distance. It refers to the distance that light travels in a straight line in one year in the Void and measures about one trillion kilometers.”</p><p>Dodola explained, “The Void is endless and boundless, so the units of measurement for length in Heaven’s Vault Continent evidently won’t be suitable for use when it comes to the Void.”</p><p>“Fair enough!”</p><p>Meng Lei nodded. Then, he asked, “Do you mean to say that there are another 500-odd material planes within 100 lightyears of Heaven’s Vault Continent?”</p><p>“Yes, that’s right. 100 lightyears covers an extremely vast area and is enough to contain too many material planes. 500 existential planes are already considered very few and sparsely distributed.”</p><p>Dodola nodded slightly and added, “Additionally, almost all of those material planes are controlled by true gods, with the Beast God and the Titan Spiritual God being two among them.</p><p>“As the saying goes, ‘If one doesn’t take what the heavens bestow upon them, misfortune brought about by it would instead befall them’!”</p><p>The corners of Meng Lei’s lips quirked upward and formed a smile. He said, “Since I’ve already become a higher deity, then it naturally follows that those material planes should also become my power of faith domains.”</p><p>“Work hard, then!” A smiling Dodola said, “As a higher deity, it doesn’t make sense if you don’t have enough power of faith domains to match your status.</p><p>“We’ll talk about this again later. For now, let’s deal with the stinky bug that is the Dragon God!”</p><p>Meng Lei turned to the floating continent in front of him.</p><p>…</p><p>“Ambrose is really a piece of trash!</p><p>“He’s a great higher deity, yet a cheap b*stard that’s only just broken through killed him!</p><p>“Trash! They are all trash!”</p><p>Someone had excavated a fairly wide and spacious cave in the deepest depths of the floating continent.</p><p>Embedded in the walls all around were all sorts of gleaming and glittering jewels and crystals. They decorated the whole cave and made it a fine and glorious sight. It looked beautiful and dazzling.</p><p>A shiny gold rug was laid out on the ground. A muscular middle-aged man sat limply on it and drowned his sorrows in alcohol while grumbling aloud.</p><p>That man was exactly the Dragon God himself.</p><p>“It’s finished! All finished! My divine nation and all my years of savings. They are all gone!”</p><p>The Dragon God downed a jar of wine, his eyes brimming with grief, sorrow, and indignation.</p><p>After Meng Lei had killed Ambrose, upon seeing that things had soured, he had immediately taken all the savings that he could hold on himself and fled from his divine nation. He had abandoned even his divine nation and the innumerable worshipers inside.</p><p>A divine nation and worshipers were undoubtedly extremely crucial to a deity. Without them, not only were all his years of work in managing them gone with the wind but he, as a deity, had also lost his roots.</p><p>If not driven to the most desperate of circumstances, who would resort to something like that?</p><p>“That cheap b*stard, it’s all his fault!”</p><p>The hysterical Dragon God’s eyes were bloodshot. “When I’ve tided over this crisis, I’ll definitely make you pay a heavy and painful price for that! I must throw you into a situation that’s one hundred… No, ten thousand times worse than mine…”</p><p>“What a shame. I’m afraid you won’t have the opportunity to do that anymore.”</p>

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Chapter 321 - The Fall Of The Dragon God, The Frost Gods

Volume 4

<h1>Chapter 321 - The Fall Of The Dragon God, The Frost Gods</h1><p>Chapter 321: The Fall Of the Dragon God, The Frost Gods</p><p>“It’s just a pity that you won’t get this chance anymore!”</p><p>A cold voice rang, and the Dragon God bounced up immediately. His face turned pale and colorless. “Meng… Meng Lei!”</p><p>He might not be that familiar with other’s voices, but Meng Lei’s voice was so distinct that he would never forget it—that was a nightmarish existence!</p><p>Meng Lei appeared in the cave and looked at the ghastly pale Dragon God. “Dragon God, so we meet again, or I should say, we’ve finally met.”</p><p>He had only seen the divinity projection previously, so this was the first time Meng Lei saw the Dragon God’s true self. Hence, it was indeed their first actual meeting.</p><p>“What… What do you want?” The Dragon God quivered as his voice trembled.</p><p>“What do I want?” Meng Lei replied indifferently. “You have consistently opposed me and even wanted me dead. How about you tell me what I want?”</p><p>“S-spare me!”</p><p>The Dragon God dropped onto his knees with a thud as he kowtowed again and again. “Lord Meng Lei, I was wrong. I beg for your mercy and let me live…”</p><p>Meng Lei looked down at the Dragon God, kneeling and begging with many emotions running through his mind. A few years ago, the Dragon God had been a deity far above anyone in the Dragon God Empire—he was worshiped by many, and its prestige was unrivaled in the empire.</p><p>While Meng Lei was just a nobody who had just left the novice village and had to bow in respect to the statue of the Dragon God, otherwise, it would have been a grave offense.</p><p>Yet, the great figure that he once looked up to was now a miserable fellow on his knees begging for mercy.</p><p>How ironic was that?</p><p>“A King from the past has fallen into Bronze, and the Bronze in the past has risen to become a King[1].”</p><p>The speed of how things could change in life was a blur!</p><p>“It’s too late to ask for forgiveness now!”</p><p>Meng Lei pointed his finger, and a hole appeared on the Dragon God’s head. The body went stiff and fell straight down. He was truly dead.</p><p>Meng Lei waved his hands and kept the Dragon God’s carcass. He took off his spatial ring and started checking. The Dragon God was indeed a pauper with little Divinity Crystals and other treasures. Meng Lei lost interest after only a glance.</p><p>“Time to go back.”</p><p>Meng Lei and Dodola returned to the Dragon God’s divine nation. With the Dragon God’s death, this vast divine nation had begun to show signs of collapse.</p><p>“Dodola, how long does it take for the Dragon God’s divine nation to collapse?” Meng Lei asked casually.</p><p>“It can be as short as 1,000 years or as long as 10,000 years,” Dodola replied as it looked around and seemed to be searching for something.</p><p>After a while, Dodola smiled. “It is really there. It seems I’ve guessed it right!”</p><p>“What?”</p><p>Meng Lei was puzzled.</p><p>“The Great Void Shift teleportation magic circle.” Dodola laughed. “Come on. I’ll show you!”</p><p>Whoosh!</p><p>In the next second, they arrived at a majestic mountain top. It was extremely flat, and a magic circle of an incredible size was drawn here, while the center of the magic circle was constructed with Divinity Crystals.</p><p>“This is the Great Void Shift teleportation magic circle, Ambrose and those 50 Dark Demonic Dragons descended through this thing.” Dodola smiled as it explained, “The Thunderbolt Divine Realm was too far away from Heaven’s Vault Continent, which could not be reached through ordinary teleportation magic circles. Only the Great Void Shift teleportation magic circle can do so.”</p><p>“So for existential planes that are too far away from each other, they use this to link up. That’s something new!” Meng Lei realized.</p><p>“Duh!”</p><p>Dodola laughed. “Wait till you conquer more territories, and you’ll need to use this Great Void Shift teleportation magic circle for every existential plane.”</p><p>“You’re right, so I must learn this!”</p><p>Meng Lei sat above the teleportation magic circle at once to study it.</p><p>“Meng Lei, how are you going to deal with this teleportation magic circle?” Dodola reminded him.</p><p>Meng Lei understood what it meant. “You’re worried that Ambrose will bring in reinforcements for revenge?”</p><p>“One can never be too careful. Ambrose has just taken a hard fall. How can he take it? We should just destroy it.”</p><p>Dodola reminded again, “Plus, the Tower of Time. It’s something that even Chief Gods might be vying for, so keeping this teleportation magic circle will ultimately be problematic!”</p><p>“The Tower of Time…”</p><p>Meng Lei went silent. If it was just between him and Ambrose, Meng Lei was not too worried about that.</p><p>Ambrose could come all he wanted. Why would Meng Lei be afraid?</p><p>It was exactly what he would have hoped for, as he could earn a fortune from it.</p><p>However, when it concerned the Tower of Time, things would be complicated. Its attraction was too great, so what if a Chief God was attracted here?</p><p>“Destroy it then!”</p><p>Meng Lei ultimately destroyed the Great Void Shift teleportation magic circle and cut off the connection to the Thunderbolt Divine Realm, blocking the pathway there.</p><p>After that, Meng Lei and Dodola returned to Heaven’s Vault Continent.</p><p>“We welcome your return, Master!”</p><p>Puhaman, Thaniel, Galen, and the rest were excited as their eyes were only left with great admiration and awe toward Meng Lei.</p><p>“Rise, everyone!”</p><p>Meng Lei waved his hand slightly and gazed upon Puhaman. “How’s your injury?”</p><p>“I’m grateful for Master’s concern. I’m fine!”</p><p>Puhaman slightly panicked as he hurriedly replied.</p><p>“Good to hear that.”</p><p>Meng Lei nodded slightly and looked at everyone. “All of you can carry on with your work and finish the migration plan as soon as possible. Then start cultivating as your powers are still rather weak.”</p><p>“Yes, Master!”</p><p>They lowered their heads in shame.</p><p><em>Weak?</em></p><p><em>My goodness! We aren’t weak at all. It’s just that you have improved too fast!</em></p><p>Having sent everyone away, Meng Lei returned to the palace and took out the Dark Demonic Dragons and the dead bodies of intermediate deity-level for absorption.</p><p>The dead bodies he kept were all intermediate deity-level that were filled with massive amounts of life essence.</p><p>Gurgle!</p><p>Every carcass was soon turned into dried corpses.</p><p>Life essence surged into his body as Meng Lei’s divine body strengthened. Each bloodline was improved under the nourishment of the immense life essence.</p><p>After devouring all the bodies, Meng Lei felt that his divine body’s strength was at least doubled. It might be enough to even smash Ambrose if he was standing in front of him.</p><p>“This isn’t enough! It’s far from it!”</p><p>Meng Lei’s eyes flashed as he read Ambrose’s memories. He knew deep inside that even with the power he possessed already, it was far from satisfactory.</p><p>The higher deity was a vast realm, excluding Gods like the Titan Gods who specialized in cultivating their divine body, higher deities specialized in comprehending laws of nature.</p><p>Assimilation of two types of laws of nature equated to Elementary-level higher deity.</p><p>Assimilation of three types of laws of nature equated to Middle-level higher deity.</p><p>Assimilation of four types of laws of nature equated to High-level higher deity.</p><p>Assimilation of five types of laws of nature equated to Great Perfection-level higher deity!</p><p>The difference between each realm was massive, comparable to the difference between a mortal and a true god!</p><p>As for Ambrose’s divine incarnation, it was only an Elementary-level higher deity.</p><p>It meant that Meng Lei had only killed the weakest higher deity with the Power of Existential Plane’s help, which was not anything to be proud about.</p><p>“I’m still too weak. I need to keep on grinding!”</p><p>Meng Lei checked his personal stats interface.</p><p>Wealth: 23.3 million Divinity Crystals</p><p>“How can I not spend this much money?”</p><p>“System, continue the Super Pickup!”</p><p>“Ding! Dear host, please designate your target existential plane.”</p><p>Meng Lei paused for a moment and said. “The Frost Divine Realm.”</p><p>“Ding! Pickup successful. You have obtained the Frost Gods’ bloodline. Will you assimilate it?”</p><p>[1] The term ‘King’ and ‘Bronze’ refers to the ranks in the multiplayer online battle arena game ‘Honor Of Kings’ where King was the second-highest rank while Bronze was the lowest</p>

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Chapter 322 - Mysterious Ice Of The Depths, Breaking The Seal

Volume 4

<h1>Chapter 322 - Mysterious Ice Of The Depths, Breaking The Seal</h1><p>Chapter 322: Mysterious Ice of The Depths, Breaking The Seal</p><p>Had Meng Lei heard the term “Frost Gods” in the past instead, he would definitely have been utterly confused and would even have had to ask Dodola about it. However, Meng Lei knew what they were now.</p><p>The vast Void and boundless universe had birthed many, many extremely strong and powerful clans.</p><p>Among which, the clans standing at the pinnacle of the deities were the ten great godly clans.</p><p>Traces of the ten great godly clans could be found all over the vast universe. Ranging from as high as the supreme Celestial Realm and the ten major Divine Realms to as low as every low-end existential plane, traces of the clans could be found on all of them.</p><p>The Frost Gods were one of the ten great godly clans. They were born with the ability to command ice-elemental laws of nature and the origin of ice. In fact, a significant portion of the Frost Gods could awaken their ice-origin divine bodies. They were an extremely fearsome clan.</p><p>The most unbelievable thing was that the Frost Gods even had an extremely fearsome special ability known as the Mysterious Ice of The Depths. This was an Innate Special Ability whose temperatures were lower than even Absolute Zero’s and had even greater destructive power than Absolute Zero’s.</p><p>Once cast, the Mysterious Ice of The Depths was near invincible among all same-grade skills. It was an incredibly powerful spell!</p><p>“Yes, assimilate it!”</p><p>Meng Lei considered for a brief moment and made his decision.</p><p>Boom!</p><p>A chilly milky-white current gushed out of his brain and instantly surged into every part and every corner of Meng Lei.</p><p>Crack!</p><p>Meng Lei turned into a big ice sculpture in an instant. He gave off an astonishing chill that spread into the surroundings. Everything in the path of the chill was sealed in ice.</p><p>In an instant, the palace that Meng Lei was in became fully sealed in ice. The astonishing phenomenon badly frightened the palace maidservants, eunuchs, and guards in the imperial palace, and all of them distanced themselves from the palace. None of them dared to go near.</p><p>Waves of great pain accompanied the whole assimilation process. However, this bit of pain was nothing to Meng Lei by now and would pass with just a bit of endurance.</p><p>The assimilation process ended quickly. Meng Lei’s clothes had long since been frozen into ice chips, causing him to become naked. His whole body had become a snowy-white color, while his pupils had become red. He had round, bronze coin-like ears, his muscles intertwined with one another, and he had a long tail behind him.</p><p>His current appearance looked surprisingly similar to Lord Frieza[1]—petite and charming, but emanating a terrifying chill and a savage aura.</p><p>“So, this is the Frost God bloodline?”</p><p>Meng Lei balled up his fists as he took in the sensation of the changes in his divine body. There hadn’t been any improvement in his body’s physical toughness, yet something about his divine body seemed to have somewhat changed.</p><p>He checked his stats interface.</p><p>Host: Meng Lei</p><p>Race: Human (Primeval Bloodline: Primordial Human &lt;26%&gt;, Assimilated Bloodlines: Gods-Slaying Rat &lt;Youth&gt;, Divine Netherworld Phoenix &lt;Youth&gt;, Hundred-Armed Giant &lt;Youth&gt;, Ancient Tree of Life &lt;23%&gt;, Frost God &lt;39%&gt;)</p><p>“A 39% assimilation rate? System, raise my Frost God bloodline assimilation rate!”</p><p>Whoosh!</p><p>His Wealth decreased by 61 Divinity Crystals, and his Frost God bloodline assimilation rate was successfully raised to 100%.</p><p>One could tell from the cost that the Frost God bloodline belonged to the same grade as the Gods-Slaying Rat, the Hundred-Armed Giant, and the Divine Netherworld Phoenix bloodlines and was a True God Bloodline.</p><p>Meng Lei asked, “System, how many Divinity Crystals would it cost to enhance my Frost God bloodline?”</p><p>“Ding! The Frost God bloodline is classified as a powerful True God Bloodline and will become an Ancient God Bloodline after enhancement. The enhancement cost is estimated at 10 billion Divinity Crystals.”</p><p>“My guess was right after all.”</p><p>Meng Lei nodded slightly. Then, a rhombus-shaped ice crystal that glowed a pale violet color appeared on his palm with a thought. As though a dazzling and eye-catching crystal or diamond, it was the Mysterious Ice of The Depths.</p><p>“As expected, the Mysterious Ice of The Depths’ temperature is indeed lower than even Absolute Zero’s and is also tougher. Not only can it be used to attack, but it can also be used for defense. It’s a pretty good special ability.”</p><p>“System, continue to do pickups!”</p><p>“Ding! Dear host, please designate your target existential plane.”</p><p>“The Frost Divine Realm!”</p><p>“Ding! Pickup successful. You have obtained an Ocean Ice Beast’s carcass.”</p><p>“Such trash! Continue with the pickups!”</p><p>“Ding! Pickup successful. You have obtained a Frost Colossal Dragon egg.”</p><p>“Send it into the Tower of Time!”</p><p>“Ding! Pickup successful. You have obtained a Fusion Laws of Nature Fragment. Will you assimilate it?”</p><p>“It’s a quadruple-elemental one with earth, water, fire, and light elements. What a shame. The five currently known supreme laws of nature’s fusion combinations don’t include these four elements.”</p><p>“Ding! Pickup successful. You have obtained an Ice Flame Spear.”</p><p>“Ding! Pickup successful…”</p><p>Time passed bit by bit. Meng Lei carried out pickups continuously. Unfortunately, despite designating a high-end existential plane as a target, his rate of picking up good finds was still as low as ever.</p><p>After a series of pickups, most of his gains turned out to be true god-level and lesser deity-level items, and he didn’t gain even a single useful item. Meng Lei was filled with a sense of helpless resignation.</p><p>This was probably a downside of improving one’s capabilities. The treasures that used to be useful in the past had all become useless.</p><p>Meng Lei stayed in the imperial palace and carried out pickups for three consecutive days. It was only when Ol’ Amos came over that he finally wrapped up his pickup session.</p><p>“Meng Lei, I’m going to return to the Light Continent.”</p><p>Ol’ Amos stated the reason for his visit right away. Amolin, his younger sister, was also with him.</p><p>“Ol’ President, you can just leave the matter of spreading faith to your subordinates. Why do you have to personally see to everything yourself?”</p><p>Meng Lei didn’t quite agree with his way of handling things. He said, “I’ve just killed the Dragon God and was even intending to let you take over his divine nation.”</p><p>“You’ve killed the Dragon God?”</p><p>Ol’ Amos was greatly astonished, and so was Amolin.</p><p>“A few things took place during the last few days when you were at Dragon Island.”</p><p>Then, Meng Lei did a rough recount of what had happened the last few days.</p><p>“Little did I think that something so serious would happen when all I did was make a trip to Dragon Island!”</p><p>Ol’ Amos was astounded. He asked, “In that case, this means that you’ve already become a higher deity?”</p><p>Amolin was also looking at Meng Lei with a face full of shock and horror. The first time she had met Meng Lei, he had only been a tiny little Saint Domain, and yet now…</p><p>People commonly said that the wheel of fortune turned and that one should never bully the young who were down and out. Even so, how many years had it only been since then?</p><p>“Yeah.”</p><p>Meng Lei nodded slightly. “That’s why, Ol’ President, stop running about here and there. Hurry up and become stronger. Otherwise, the gap between us is going to become bigger and bigger!”</p><p>“What the f*ck! I’ve been looked down upon by the little kid again!”</p><p>Ol’ Amos rolled his eyes and said, “But I have to go this time. A space-time rift has appeared in Light Continent, and demons have frequently been gushing out of it. I have to go and deal with it.”</p><p>“A space-time rift?” Meng Lei raised an eyebrow. “Something like that has been going on?”</p><p>“Yeah.”</p><p>Ol’ Amos nodded lightly and replied, “According to my subordinates’ reports, the other end of the space-time rift is likely a demon existential plane, and it’s definitely not a weak one. I have to seal the space-time rift as soon as possible. I can’t sit by and let it expand bigger and bigger.”</p><p>“A demon existential plane?”</p><p>A shrewd glint flashed across Meng Lei’s eyes. “Just as well that I happen to be free lately, too. I’ll go over and take a look at it with you!”</p><p>“That’s great! With you, the master of this existential plane, around, things will become a lot simpler.”</p><p>A hint of craftiness flashed across Ol’ Amos’ eyes as he let out a sneaky chuckle. Him coming over to bid farewell to Meng Lei this time was just a pretense. Rather, his true purpose in coming over was to get Meng Lei to help.</p><p>“Let’s go then!”</p><p>The trio arrived at Light Continent in no time and found the group of Light Church higher management officers that Ol’ Amos had subdued.</p><p>Of course, calling them the Light Church officers was no longer appropriate now. Rather, it should be the Kroc Holy Sect instead.</p><p>“Greetings, Great God Kroc!”</p><p>The Kroc Holy Sect higher management officers, who were led by the 108 half-deities, bowed respectfully in greeting.</p><p>“You may rise!”</p><p>Ol’ Amos waved dismissively. A look of satisfaction couldn’t help but come over his features as he gazed at a 100-feet-tall statue in the shrine. Stern and imposing-looking, it was exactly a statue of him.</p><p>Ol’ Amos went straight to the point. He asked, “Tell me, what’s going on with the space-time rift that suddenly appeared?”</p><p>“O noble Great God Kroc,” a Red-Cloaked Archbishop half-deity replied respectfully, “That space-time rift has already existed before this. It has been around for at least 50,000-odd years, but because it has been sealed by the Light Church all this time, nothing has ever happened until a few days ago.”</p><p>“What happened after that?”</p><p>Ol’ Amos frowned lightly.</p><p>“Someone broke the seal!”</p><p>[1] A Dragon Ball character</p>

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Chapter 323 - The Demon Ravine, Tigers Among The Sheep

Volume 4

<h1>Chapter 323 - The Demon Ravine, Tigers Among The Sheep</h1><p>Chapter 323: The Demon Ravine, Tigers Among The Sheep</p><p>“Someone broke the seal?”</p><p>Ol’ Amos broke into a slight frown.</p><p>“Yes, noble Great God Kroc. The sealing magic circle showed clear signs of tampering, so someone must have broken the seal on their own,” answered the Red-Cloaked Archbishop respectfully.</p><p>Ol’ Amos barked coldly, “Have you found the culprit yet?”</p><p>Light Continent was his turf. Anyone that dared to create trouble in Light Continent would be going against him.</p><p>“At the moment, we haven’t found out who the culprit that broke the seal is yet, noble Great God Kroc.”</p><p>Then, the Red-Cloaked Archbishop added fearfully, “But we’re guessing that it’s likely the seven true gods that had previously fled. They are the most suspicious candidates.”</p><p>“Those seven fellows?”</p><p>Ol’ Amos’ eyes narrowed slightly. He turned to Meng Lei and asked, “Meng Lei, are you able to locate them?”</p><p>“Let me try!”</p><p>Meng Lei nodded slightly. His divine cognition spread into the surroundings and enveloped the whole Light Continent in no time. The forms of various people flitted by in his mind…</p><p>A brief moment later, Meng Lei said, “There are only three true gods in Light Continent at the moment. The other four’s whereabouts are unknown. I can’t find traces of them even in the whole existential plane. They must have already left.”</p><p>“Could it really be the four of them?”</p><p>Ol’ Amos had an awful look on his countenance.</p><p>“It’s actually not important whether or not they are really the culprits.”</p><p>A smiling Meng Lei said, “The most pressing issue now is to seal the space-time rift, or alternatively, you might as well eradicate the demons on the other end of the space-time rift. Everything else isn’t that important.”</p><p>Eradicate the demons on the other end of the space-time rift?</p><p>All the Kroc Holy Sect higher management officers shuddered all over upon hearing his suggestion. After all, no one knew exactly what the demon existential plane was like on the other end of the space-time rift.</p><p>However, one could already catch a glimpse or two about the big picture from the demons that had come out of the rift. Judging from those demons, the demon existential plane on the other end must be an extremely fearsome demonic world—because even the weakest of the demons that had emerged from the rift was a Demon Overlord!</p><p>Demon Overlords were comparable to Heaven’s Vault Continent’s half-deities. How strong and powerful must a world whose basic lifeforms were Demon Overlords be?</p><p>It was unimaginable!</p><p>In short, the world on the other end of the space-time rift must be an extremely strong and fearsome one. Eradicating all the demons on the existential plane there?</p><p>They dared not even entertain the thought!</p><p>Ol’ Amos, however, was extremely in favor of the suggestion. He said, “You’re right. The most pressing issue now is indeed to reseal that space-time rift.”</p><p>“Let’s go, then!”</p><p>Meng Lei brought along with him everyone present and vanished from where he was. By the time they’d reappeared, they had already arrived in front of a bottomless ravine.</p><p>“This is… The Demon Ravine?”</p><p>At the sight of the pitch-dark ravine that one couldn’t even see to the bottom of in front of them, blood drained from all the Kroc Holy Sect higher management officers’ faces. Deep reverence filled their eyes as they gazed at Meng Lei.</p><p>They had been on the Holy Kroc Mountain just a moment ago, yet they were actually at the Demon Ravine now!</p><p>One was right in the center of Light Continent while the other was in the west of Light Continent. A distance of more than a million kilometers laid between the two.</p><p>Yet he had crossed a million kilometers with them in tow with just a single teleport? How impressive were his means?</p><p>“So, is this where that space-time rift is?”</p><p>Ol’ Amos overlooked the pitch-dark Demon Ravine and asked gravely. To be honest, he didn’t actually need to ask because he could also sense a strong demonic aura coming from the ravine’s depths.</p><p>“This is the Demon Ravine, Great God Kroc. That space-time rift is located in the depths of the ravine. This is exactly where the demons came out of.”</p><p>The same Red-Cloaked Archbishop said respectfully, “To prevent a large-scale surge of demons from the rift, we’ve deployed a great amount of manpower within the Demon Ravine’s vicinity. There they are!”</p><p>Ol’ Amos looked over upon hearing his words. True enough, he spotted large numbers of Knights of Light in the ravine’s vicinity. Among them were even a fair number of half-deities and Saint Domain experts. All of them were stationed within the vicinity of Demon Ravine.</p><p>“Greetings, noble Great God Kroc!”</p><p>A Red-Cloaked Archbishop stationed here flew over and bowed in greeting.</p><p>“How’s the state of the space-time rift, Esmond? How many demons have come out of it in total?” asked Ol’ Amos.</p><p>“As of last evening, a total of three Demon Overlords have come out of it. They’ve all been slain by us,” answered Esmond, the Red-Cloaked Archbishop hastily.</p><p>“Three Demon Overlords!”</p><p>Ol’ Amos had a grave look on his countenance. “Looks like the demon existential plane on the other en—”</p><p>Whoosh!</p><p>A series of shrill whizzes rang out from the deep Demon Ravine at this point.</p><p>At the same time, a surging, torrential wave of demonic aura also erupted at the bottom of the ravine.</p><p>To deities, demonic aura was just like the stench of cesspits. They instinctively disliked and rejected it. In this instant, upon sensing the demonic aura that had suddenly erupted, everyone broke into frowns in tandem.</p><p>“Demons are coming out of the rift!”</p><p>Esmond let out a low exclamation. Upon his exclamation, everyone immediately saw several hundred black streaks of light shooting out of the ravine and into the sky above the Demon Ravine!</p><p>Boom!</p><p>A vast, mighty demonic aura instantly weighed down on everyone’s hearts. Unable to put up any resistance, the Knights of Lights stationed at the Demon Ravine fell onto their knees.</p><p>Even the expressions of half-deity experts like Esmond and Amolin also changed greatly, and they watched the sight above them with looks of fear and alarm.</p><p>“Great Demon Lords!”</p><p>“There are definitely Great Demon Lords among them!”</p><p>“Great Demon Lords?”</p><p>Meng Lei shook his head lightly. It didn’t stop at just Great Demon Lords; there were even Demon Gods among them. On top of that, one of them had even reached the pinnacle of Demon God-level!</p><p>Demon Gods were the equivalent of intermediate deities!</p><p>Several hundred demons floated in the sky, overlooking everyone from a high and lofty position.</p><p>There were Fire Demons bathed in flames, Ice Demons that emanated bitter and chilly air, Trolls that stood 1,000-feet-tall, as well as a chaotic mix of Bloodseekers, Wind Demons, Sloth Demons, Longhorned Demons…</p><p>The demon species mix was very messy and random, but they all had one thing in common—the aura around every single one of them was extremely powerful. Even the weakest among them was a Demon Overlord. However, the vast majority of them were Demon Lords and Great Demon Lords instead, and they boasted fairly fearsome strength!</p><p>“So, is this the world on the other end of the space-time rift?”</p><p>A big and fat youth dressed in black armor swept his gaze across the surroundings. A hint of disappointment flashed across his eyes as he remarked, “So, it’s just a low-end mortal existential plane. All that joy had been for nothing.”</p><p>A Fire Demon beside him licked its lips, bowed, and said, “Lord Demon God, your lowly subordinate would like to request to flatten this low-end mortal existential plane!”</p><p>“How can such a heavy responsibility be left to you alone? Lord Demon God, your lowly subordinate here would like to request for that, too!”</p><p>“Lord Demon God…”</p><p>The other demons clambered to be the first and fought against one another, lest all the good things went to someone else if they were even a step too slow.</p><p>“What are all of you clamoring about? You good-for-nothings!”</p><p>The fat youth snorted and said, “The same old rules apply. Leave all the creatures that are Demon Lord-level and above for me. Don’t any of you dare think of taking them! As for the others, all of you can do whatever you want with them!”</p><p>“Yes, Lord Demon God!”</p><p>“We’ll kill those guys first!”</p><p>“Kakaka! Delicious blood and souls sure make one salivate! Here I come!”</p><p>The bunch of demons let out a cheer, and then they lunged toward Meng Lei and the rest straight away.</p><p>Drool dripped from every one of their mouths, and all their eyes were gleaming, making them look just like hungry wolves that had been starving for a few years.</p><p>“T-they’re here!!”</p><p>“Fight them! Hurry and fight them!”</p><p>Everyone was so frightened by the sight of the several hundred demons lunging toward them that they became panic-stricken. They could only fight back in a flustered manner, but the demons simply moved too fast.</p><p>Without waiting for the Knights of Light and the half-deity experts to get into formation, they had already flown into the masses of humans like tigers rushing into a herd of sheep. They were all prepared to launch a large-scale massacre.</p><p>“Hmph!”</p>

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Chapter 324 - Ancient Demon Pigs, The Dark Hell Continent

Volume 4

<h1>Chapter 324 - Ancient Demon Pigs, The Dark Hell Continent</h1><p>Chapter 324: Ancient Demon Pigs, The Dark Hell Continent</p><p>Even the weakest among those several hundred demons were Demon Overlords. There were also a considerable number of Demon Lords and Great Demon Lords.</p><p>In comparison, the Kroc Holy Sect’s combat power was rather inadequate!</p><p>To sum it up, their combat power wasn’t on the same level at all. There was no comparability between the two at all!</p><p>If both parties were allowed to fight it out, the Kroc Holy Sect men would undoubtedly be slaughtered and end up as the demons’ delicious meals.</p><p>“Hmph!”</p><p>Meng Lei would never allow that to happen, of course. He locked down the dimension around them at once.</p><p>Be it the hundreds of demons lunging over or the Kroc Holy Sect men, everyone was frozen where they were as if their acupoints had been sealed and became motionless.</p><p>“Destroy!”</p><p>Meng Lei uttered.</p><p>Splash!</p><p>With a loud explosion, the hundreds of demons exploded and burst into mists of blood. The dimension that had been locked down was subsequently freed. Air began to flow again, and chilly winds blew past.</p><p>Suddenly, the fat, black armor-wearing youth became the only person left in the sky and was floating all by himself.</p><p>As for the several hundred demons?</p><p>They had all turned into mists of blood!</p><p>“They’re dead?”</p><p>The dazed fat youth stared at his subordinates, who had exploded into mists of blood. His narrow, slit-like eyes were widened big and round and filled with disbelief and incredulity.</p><p>There were quite a fair number of Great Demon Lords and Demon Gods among his subordinates, which made their overall strength highly powerful. Yet they had been so inexplicably killed in the end!</p><p>Just how frighteningly strong was the person who had killed them?</p><p>What frightened him even more was—he actually didn’t even know who the one that had killed them was?</p><p>“Who was it? Who exactly was the one that killed them?”</p><p>The fat youth was filled with alarm and horror, trembling all over. At this point, he saw another youth rising into the air and coming right up to him.</p><p>Right on the heels of it, an incredibly fearsome aura began to spread from the youth and instantly weighed down upon him. The fat youth was scared witless at once, and his insides almost ruptured from his fear.</p><p><em>A… A Great Demon God! He’s a Great Demon God!</em></p><p>The fat youth’s eyes were filled with fear and trepidation as he stared at Meng Lei.</p><p>“Are you trying to invade my territory?”</p><p>Meng Lei spoke unhurriedly, his expression one of aloofness.</p><p>“N-no!”</p><p>The fat youth mustered a smile that looked more awful than a grimace and said, “S-sir, this is a misunderstanding. This is completely a misunderstanding. I’m just here as… A tourist! Yes, a tourist! Please look into this properly, sir!”</p><p>“A tourist?”</p><p>Meng Lei picked his ears and said, “Are you insulting my intelligence, or do you think your acting is Oscars-worthy? Get on your knees!”</p><p>Thud!</p><p>The fat youth knelt down right away. “Spare my life, sir! I have realized the error of my ways. Please be magnanimous and let me off!”</p><p>Meng Lei was very satisfied with the other party’s attitude. He said, “By the way, I’d say that I have a pretty good understanding of demons, yet I can’t tell what your true form is. What kind of demon are you?”</p><p>“Sir, I’m an Ancient Demon Pig!”</p><p>At once, the fat youth transformed into a huge, pitch-dark demon pig that stood 1,000-feet-tall and had two sharp fangs.</p><p>“An Ancient Demon Pig?” Meng Lei was startled. “A demon species like that actually exists?”</p><p>“Meng Lei, you’d better not underestimate the Ancient Demon Pigs. They are extremely fearsome demons.”</p><p>Dodola’s voice rang out as it said, “Ancient Demon Pigs are greedy and gluttony by nature. Not only can their Innate Special Ability, Devour, devour an enemy’s life essence, but it also has a certain chance of plundering the other party’s Innate Special Ability.</p><p>“Additionally, Ancient Demon Pigs have an extremely high reproduction rate, which makes their clans’ numbers exceedingly great. There are more Ancient Demon Pigs than even the total number of Colossal Dragon Gods and Titan Gods combined!</p><p>“Therefore, the clan holds status and power of extreme importance in the demon faction.”</p><p>“Are the Ancient Demon Pigs that powerful?”</p><p>Meng Lei was flabbergasted.</p><p>His impression was that creatures belonging to the pig species were always at the lowest tier of the food chain and were always food for other species, no matter which world they were in.</p><p>Little did he think that the Ancient Demon Pigs would actually be an exception!</p><p>“Meng Lei, you must remember this—a clan’s foundation is what determines the number of experts they have. Clans like the humans, Beast People, and Ancient Demon Pigs may generally seem very weak, but because of the clans’ vast foundations, they are usually able to produce a lot of great existences,” said Dodola profoundly.</p><p>“Fine!” Meng Lei curled his lip.</p><p>Then, he turned back to the Ancient Demon Pig and said, “On account of how your attitude was pretty good, I’ll let you off for now. But while you may escape death, you cannot avoid punishment—hand over your divine spirit origin energy and submit to me!”</p><p>“Yes, sir!”</p><p>Even though the Ancient Demon Pig was extremely reluctant to do so, he didn’t show it at all. Instead, he very promptly handed over his divine spirit origin energy and allowed Meng Lei to refine it.</p><p>“Tell me a bit about yourself!”</p><p>“Yes, Master!”</p><p>The Ancient Demon Pig said respectfully, “My name is Bailey Yale. In the Pighead Ridge of the Dark Hell Continen—”</p><p>“Dark Hell Continent? What kind of place is that?” asked Meng Lei as a shrewd glint flashed across his eyes.</p><p>“Master, the Dark Hell Continent is a mid-end demon existential plane—”</p><p>“What? A mid-end demon existential plane?”</p><p>A huge jolt went through Meng Lei. Even Dodola couldn’t keep its calm anymore, and it exclaimed, “What the heck! Heaven’s Vault Continent is actually linked to a mid-end existential plane! Your luck is off the charts, kid!”</p><p>Meng Lei was also very excited. He urged, “Hurry, tell me in detail about the Dark Hell Continent! With the main focus on introducing the powerhouses there, of course.”</p><p>“Yes, Master!”</p><p>The Ancient Demon Pig didn’t dare to keep secrets from Meng Lei, and it started to speak unceasingly.</p><p>Dark Hell Continent was a very vast place. Its territory was a whole million times that of normal low-end existential planes. Given its vast space, it naturally birthed an infinite number of living creatures and innumerable experts.</p><p>Great Demon Gods were the strongest beings in Dark Hell Continent. Every Great Demon God ruled over incredibly vast territories and had more than billions of demons under their rule.</p><p>As pinnacle-level Demon Gods, the Pighead Ridge that the Ancient Demon Pigs ruled over was also incredibly huge. Its size was equivalent to that of 30 low-end existential planes put together!</p><p>The only unfortunate thing was that pinnacle-level Demon Gods were ultimately still just Demon Gods. In a world where Great Demon Gods ruled, even Demon Gods would have to behave themselves and tuck their tails between their legs…</p><p>“There are a total of three most powerful forces in the Dark Hell Continent. They are the Dark Hell Demonic Kingdom, the Fallen Empire, and the Three-Headed Hell Kingdom.”</p><p>Bailey Yale said respectfully, “These three demonic countries have split up and taken almost the vast majority of Dark Hell Continent’s land. They also have many Great Demon Gods protecting them.”</p><p>“How many Great Demon Gods are there in the Dark Hell Demonic Kingdom?”</p><p>Meng Lei popped the most crucial question.</p><p>“This… I’m not sure, either.”</p><p>Bailey Yale hurriedly said, “Dark Hell Demonic Kingdom is a country established by the Divine Netherworld Phoenixes. Although there are few members among the Divine Netherworld Phoenix royal family, they likely have also amassed a group of Great Demon Gods over the long passage of time. As for how many there are in concrete detail, I can’t be sure.”</p><p>“The Dark Hell Demonic Kingdom is an empire established by the Divine Netherworld Phoenixes?” Meng Lei’s pupils contracted slightly.</p><p>“Yes, Master!”</p><p>Bailey Yale replied respectfully, “As for the Fallen Empire and the Three-Headed Hell Kingdom, they are great countries that were established respectively by the Fallen Angels and the Cerberuses.”</p><p>Divine Netherworld Phoenixes!</p><p>Fallen Angels!</p><p>Cerberuses!</p><p>Meng Lei licked his lips and remarked, “To think that the three largest forces of Dark Hell Continent are actually built by those three races. Now, this is interesting!”</p><p>“You mustn’t be careless!”</p><p>Dodola’s voice rang out. “Those three races are no ordinary demon clans. You have to take it easy a little. It would be awful if you end up failing where you shouldn’t.</p><p>“Also, there’s something else that I worry the most over.”</p><p>“What is it?”</p><p>“Dark Hell Continent’s master of the existential plane!”</p>

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Chapter 325 - The Skeletal Dragon'S Incarnation, This Is A Pigsty

Volume 4

<h1>Chapter 325 - The Skeletal Dragon'S Incarnation, This Is A Pigsty</h1><p>Chapter 325: The Skeletal Dragon’s Incarnation, This Is A Pigsty</p><p>The scale of mid-end existential planes was a million times that of low-end material planes. Not only did they have more vast territories and a higher number of living beings there, but it went without saying that the Power of Existential Plane that they boasted was also more fearsome.</p><p>“The master of mid-end existential planes does not need to fear any existence while they are in their own existential planes. Even a Chief God wouldn’t be able to do anything about the master of the existential plane even if they were to descend!”</p><p>Dodola said with an emotional sigh, “Therefore, the masters of mid-end existential planes are also known as the Chief Gods of Existential Planes—meaning that among mid-end existential planes, the masters of the existential planes are Chief God-like presences.”</p><p>“Chief Gods of Existential Planes!”</p><p>A huge jolt went through Meng Lei. He exclaimed, “For people to confer the title of ‘Chief God’ upon them, I can already imagine just how revered and powerful the masters of mid-end existential planes are!”</p><p>“Exactly. Although Chief Gods are hailed as the gods among gods and seen as supreme beings, there are also existences that do not fear Chief Gods, and they are—the masters of mid-end existential planes!”</p><p>Dodola sighed and said, “By occupying mid-end existential planes, those guys are absolute overlords among the gods. Nobody can do anything about them.”</p><p>Meng Lei licked his lips and commented, “After hearing what you’ve said, even I would like to occupy a mid-end existential plane and become a master of a mid-end existential plane myself.”</p><p>“It’s normal to become tempted by the idea. Becoming the master of a mid-end existential plane is the dream of all deities. This is also another reason why mid-end existential planes and their seeds are so expensive,” replied Dodola with a sigh.</p><p>“Dodola, I’ve become somewhat hesitant now.”</p><p>Meng Lei gazed at the bottomless Demon Ravine and said, “In the event that Dark Hell Continent already has a master, wouldn’t I be putting myself in peril?”</p><p>“That’s exactly what I’m worried about.” Dodola warned, “So, you’d better not take risks so easily. Investigate thoroughly before you make your next move.”</p><p>Meng Lei nodded slightly. “In that case, I’ll use a divinity projection to do some scouting first. What a shame that I don’t even have a single divine incarnation!”</p><p>“Didn’t you just obtain an Abyss Skeletal Dragon carcass? You can turn that into your demonic incarnation!” suggested Dodola.</p><p>“Why did I let that slip my mind!”</p><p>Meng Lei smacked his forehead as he let out an exclamation. The Abyss Skeletal Dragon’s body was extremely tough. Aside from its skull that Meng Lei had smashed into bits, every other part of it was still well and intact. He could totally turn it into a demonic incarnation without any problem.</p><p>Without further ado, Meng Lei brought out the Abyss Skeletal Dragon carcass and began to work on it.</p><p>Creating an alternate incarnation was actually not much different from refining divine weapons. He needed to imprint his divine spirit mark on the target object in both cases and turn it into something that he could control at will and command like a third arm.</p><p>Therefore, it wasn’t a difficult task.</p><p>The only frustrating thing was that the Abyss Skeletal Dragon’s skull had been broken, so there was no longer a place to hold one’s divine spirit flame. This created quite a fair bit of trouble for Meng Lei.</p><p>Fortunately, he had an abundance of dried-up dead bodies, remains, and bones in storage. After a series of selecting, mending, and fixing, he finally managed to replace it with an imitation skull.</p><p>One could barely discern any flaws from just its outer appearance. However, in truth, the actual Abyss Skeletal Dragon’s skull was far beyond what the skull he’d constructed could compare with.</p><p>It was also the one and only opening that enemies could take advantage of in the Abyss Skeletal Dragon alternate incarnation.</p><p>“It’s finally done!”</p><p>Meng Lei heaved a sigh of relief. Then, he gritted his teeth and bore with the severe pain, split part of his divine spirit flame, and placed it inside the Abyss Skeletal Dragon’s skull.</p><p>After that, he tried to control the Abyss Skeletal Dragon.</p><p>Krak, krak, krak…</p><p>The Abyss Skeletal Dragon slowly began to move.</p><p>It shook its head, swung its tail, raised its claw, took a step…</p><p>After testing it out for a while, Meng Lei gradually familiarized himself with the Abyss Skeletal Dragon alternate incarnation and became smoother and smoother at controlling it. Toward the end, he finally managed to control it perfectly.</p><p>“All done! I can set out now!”</p><p>Under Meng Lei’s control, the Abyss Skeletal Dragon alternate incarnation turned into human form. Dodola and Ol’ Amos also each created a divinity projection. Then, under Bailey Yale’s lead, they entered the space-time rift.</p><p>Howl!</p><p>The moment they entered, they immediately encountered violent, raging space-time fluxes. Ol’ Amos’ divinity projection lasted only a few seconds before the havoc-wreaking space-time fluxes smashed it into smithereens.</p><p>“Ol’ President!” Meng Lei shouted.</p><p>“The space-time fluxes here are too strong. He can’t endure them at all!” Dodola shouted, “Let’s go! Speed up and charge all the way out!”</p><p>“Okay!”</p><p>A few seconds later, the trio finally passed through the space-time rift and arrived at a whole new world.</p><p>It wasn’t dim and dark like what they had imagined. Nor was there the bloody scene that they had imagined. Dark Hell Continent, an existential plane that demons had completely occupied, was actually a world brimming with life and vitality that didn’t differ much from Heaven’s Vault Continent!</p><p>Or at least, that was what it seemed like from the surface.</p><p>“The magic elements here are almost 100 times richer than that of Heaven’s Vault Continent. The laws of nature here can also be detected much more clearly!</p><p>“And the gravity, and the dimension’s stability level, too. There’s no comparison between the two at all!”</p><p>Meng Lei threw a punch, causing a small hole to be smashed into the dimension. Had he done this in Heaven’s Vault Continent instead, the same amount of force would have smashed a large part of the dimension into bits and pieces instead.</p><p>“That’s what a mid-end existential plane is like. Low-end existential planes can’t compare to them at all.”</p><p>Dodola had a look of nostalgia on its face as it said, “It’s just a shame that a bunch of demons has actually occupied a mid-end existential plane like this. What a waste of heaven’s gifts!”</p><p>“You don’t say!”</p><p>Meng Lei agreed wholeheartedly. Then, he turned to Bailey, the Ancient Demon Pig, and asked, “Where are we?”</p><p>“This is the Forest of Darkness, Master. It’s within my territory, the Pighead Ridge,” replied Bailey respectfully.</p><p>“Let’s go! We’ll take a look around your den first,” said Meng Lei after some thought.</p><p>“Yes, Master!”</p><p>The trio rose into the air and flew toward Bailey’s den under his lead.</p><p>Meng Lei observed the fascinating new world as he flew. As the magic elements there were extremely rich, the forest’s vegetation grew exceptionally lushly and luxuriantly.</p><p>Apart from that, an astonishing number of Magical Beasts also lived there. If not for the occasional demon tribes here and there, one could practically see no difference between the Forest of Darkness and Heaven’s Vault Continent’s Magical Beast Forest.</p><p>Meng Lei’s divine cognition had already spread into the surroundings a long time ago and was ransacking the demon tribes’ gold coins, Laws of Nature Origin Crystals, Divinity Crystals, treasures, divine weapons…</p><p>Meng Lei pilfered from the demon tribes the whole way and made a huge killing. The tribes were poor in general, but as the idiom went, “Many little drops make an ocean”. They added up to an extremely astonishing amount.</p><p>As for how much they concretely added up to, Meng Lei had no idea, either. This was just his alternate incarnation, so the system hadn’t followed him over.</p><p>He collected riches the whole way as they flew.</p><p>Two days later, Meng Lei finally arrived at Bailey’s den.</p><p>“So, this is your den?”</p><p>The trio arrived in front of a gigantic sinkhole. The sinkhole was astonishingly wide in diameter and measured as wide as 10,000 kilometers. At the bottom of the sinkhole was a vast primeval forest, and living within it was an astonishing number of… Pigs!</p><p>A 100,000-feet-deep sinkhole!</p><p>With pigs within the sinkhole!</p><p>Wasn’t this a freaking naturally-formed pigsty?</p><p>“Yes, Master, this is my den, the Demon Pig Sinkhole!”</p><p>Bailey said respectfully, “The Yale family has lived here for generations. All these piglets are my children.”</p><p>“Alright!”</p><p>Meng Lei nodded and instructed, “Let’s go down and take a look!”</p><p>“Father is back!”</p><p>“Wah! Father!”</p><p>Bailey’s return caused a rather significant furor. Innumerable little piglets converged from all directions and passionately welcomed him home.</p><p>Bailey then casually brought out piles and piles of good stuff and distributed them to the piglets in the sinkhole.</p>

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

Volume 4

<h1>Chapter 326 - Ice Demon Prefecture Guards, Death In A Strike</h1><p>Chapter 326: Ice Demon Prefecture Guards, Death In A Strike</p><p>“Master, these piglets are my children. They will be able to start families once they become adults,” Bailey Yale explained.</p><p>“They’re all your children?”</p><p>Meng Lei’s expression became very interesting.</p><p><em>How many piglets were in the sinkhole? It should be no less than a million, right? And they’re all the Ancient Demon Pig’s children?</em></p><p><em>Well, that is a lot of reproduction here!</em></p><p>“Yes, Master!”</p><p>Bailey seemed proud of himself. “In our race, whoever reproduces more will have more prestige, and it means that they are more capable!”</p><p>“Some unique standards!”</p><p>As he continued forward, Meng Lei saw a bunch of seductively dressed ladies. They were either fat ladies with huge waists or bigger and taller than Zhang Fei…</p><p>Each of them looked fierce-looking, but they all looked at Bailey Yale. This made Meng Lei so uncomfortable that he broke out in cold sweat.</p><p>Bailey seemed used to it though, and he introduced them to Meng Lei. “Master, they’re all my wives!”</p><p>“Can… Can tell!”</p><p>Meng Lei wiped his forehead and said untruthfully, “You have so much luck with women!”</p><p>“Of course! At our Pighead Ridge, who isn’t envious of me? Envious of my 129,600 beautiful wives?” Bailey said proudly.</p><p>“You’re really blessed then!”</p><p>Just then, a cold, eerie voice rang.</p><p>“Where’s the Demon God Bailey of the Pighead Ridge?”</p><p>Upon hearing it, Bailey’s face became awful. “Damn these bastards!”</p><p>“Who’s looking for you?” Meng Lei raised an eyebrow.</p><p>“Other than the Ice Demon Guards, who else?” Bailey gritted his teeth. “We Pighead Ridge belonged to the Dark Hell Demonic Kingdom’s Ice Demon Prefecture. We have to pay tributes to them every year, and the Ice Demon Guards are the ones collecting them.”</p><p>“I see.”</p><p>Meng Lei nodded slowly.</p><p>“These bastards are bloodsuckers. Half of the tribute I pay enters their pockets. They are so avaricious, but we can only suffer in silence since they represent the prefecture!” Bailey loathed them.</p><p>“Let’s go out and check it out!”</p><p>They came to the sky above the sinkhole and saw a squad of demons made of ice. They had horns and wore silver armor—the Ice Demons!</p><p>There were not many, only 20 demons, and almost all of them were lesser deity-level Great Demon Lords. The one in the front was the strongest, an intermediate deity-level Demon God!</p><p>“Demon God Bailey, how are the preparations for today’s tribute?”</p><p>The Ice Demon God cast a glance at Meng Lei before ignoring him and continued looking at Bailey Yale as it spoke in a lofty tone.</p><p>“All here!”</p><p>Bailey took a breath and threw a spatial ring containing the tributes casually.</p><p>The Ice Demon God caught the ring and began checking. After a while, it frowned slightly. “Bailey Demon God, the tributes you prepared aren’t enough!”</p><p>“Not enough?” Bailey’s expression changed. “Demon God Isiah, the tributes were prepared according to past years’ standards. Why is this not enough now suddenly?”</p><p>“Oh my useless brains, how could I forget. Really shouldn’t!” Demon God Isiah smacked its forehead. “You might not know this Demon God Bailey. My Master had ordered to double this year’s tributes!”</p><p>“Double?”</p><p>Bailey Yale could no longer hold in his anger. “Demon God Isiah, there was no change in the number of tributes for over 10,000 years, so why was it increased all of a sudden? Plus, if the Prefecture Master did increase the number of tributes, please show your official papers!”</p><p>Isiah’s expression turned cold, and it bellowed, “Demon God Bailey, are you questioning Master’s orders? You better not make me complain to Master and sentence you for blasphemy!”</p><p>“Hmph! Without seeing the official papers, I won’t increase the tributes!” Bailey said coldly. “Please leave Demon God Isiah!”</p><p>“How impudent!”</p><p>Isiah bellowed, “Demon God Bailey, how dare you question Master’s orders! Come, take him down and bring him back to the prefecture for Master to decide his fate!”</p><p>He glared at Bailey coldly. “If he resists, execute him at once!”</p><p>“Yes, sir!”</p><p>The squadron of Ice Demon Guards responded affirmatively and swarmed toward Bailey. Their eyes were ferocious, provocative, and fearless.</p><p>Even though they were lesser deities who were much weaker than Demon God Bailey, they were not afraid whether Bailey would resist them!</p><p>They were the Ice Demon Guards who represented the Ice Demon Prefecture, after all. If Bailey dared to resist them, it would be no different than provoking the prefecture and becoming an enemy.</p><p>Opposing the Ice Demon Prefecture… meant a death sentence!</p><p>“Bastard!”</p><p>Bailey clenched his fists tightly, enraged. Flames of rage were suppressed inside as he had the urge to kill all of them.</p><p>However, once the Ice Demon Guards charged toward him, he was like a leaking balloon and gave up resistance completely.</p><p>“We are sorry, Demon God Bailey.”</p><p>The squad swarmed and took down Bailey immediately and seized him.</p><p>“No matter how powerful you are, you will still bow down before us, the Ice Demon Guards!”</p><p>“I’m really sorry, Master!” Bailey laughed bitterly. “I can’t oppose the prefecture, or else not just myself, my entire family will be wiped out!”</p><p>“Bailey, I understand your feelings. But sometimes, too much giving in will only make the situation worse as they will only exploit you even more!”</p><p>Meng Lei shook his head and cautioned, “Appropriate resistance is very necessary!”</p><p>Upon hearing Meng Lei’s words, Bailey let out a wry laugh.</p><p>Isiah’s expression turned icy once again, and his eyes turned savage. “Who are you?”</p><p>“The one that will kill you,” Meng Lei said calmly as a terrifying aura swept across like an imposing tsunami wave crashing toward Isiah.</p><p>“Great… Great Demon God!”</p><p>Upon sensing Meng Lei’s aura, Demon God Isiah’s teeth chattered with horror in its eyes. “You’re a G-Great Demon God!”</p><p>“Just die!”</p><p>Meng Lei was in no mood to speak with such pawns any longer and sent a slap. Isiah was frightened badly, yelling hoarsely, “No! You can’t kill me! I’m an Ice Demon Prefecture Guard, so if you dare to kill me, the Prefecture Master will not let—”</p><p>Crackle!</p><p>It did not manage to finish the sentence as Meng Lei’s palm arrived. Demon God Isiah was squashed into bits with a crackle.</p><p>“M-murder!”</p><p>“Captain was murdered!”</p><p>The Ice Demon Guards’ squad was aghast as they shivered in fear. They would never have imagined that someone would actually oppose them and kill their captain. It was absolutely audacious and perverse!</p><p>“Hand over all the tributes you have collected, and I won’t kill you.” Meng Lei looked at the guards.</p><p>“The tributes are all in the captain’s hands!” said an Ice Demon with a trembling voice.</p><p>Meng Lei grabbed casually and pulled out a few dozen spatial rings. As his divine cognition scanned, it sensed huge amounts of tributes.</p><p>“Get lost,” Meng Lei said lightly.</p><p>“Yes, yes!”</p>

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Chapter 327 - The Whole Clan Moves Away, Clash Of The Powerful

Volume 4

<h1>Chapter 327 - The Whole Clan Moves Away, Clash Of The Powerful</h1><p>Chapter 327: The Whole Clan Moves Away, Clash of The Powerful</p><p>The squadron of Ice Demon Guards left quickly as though they were running for their lives. Bailey panicked at the sight and said, “Master, we mustn’t let them leave! If we do, they’ll bring more Ice Demon Guards!”</p><p>Bailey prepared to attack after he spoke so that the squadron of Ice Demon Guards would remain here forever and they could eradicate the source of the problem once and for all.</p><p>“It’s fine.”</p><p>Meng Lei stopped Bailey with a wave and said, “That’s exactly what I want—them to attract the Ice Demon Guards here. Otherwise, how would I be able to know how strong the Ice Demon Prefecture is?”</p><p>“But, Master…”</p><p>“There are no buts!”</p><p>Meng Lei brought out the dozens of spatial rings that he’d just collected and instructed, “Bring these tributes, as well as your wives and children, with you and leave Dark Hell Continent. Go to Light Continent instead!”</p><p>“Leave?”</p><p>A jolt went through Bailey, and a lost look surfaced in his eyes. He was born in Dark Hell Continent and had grown up in Pighead Ridge, yet he had to leave the continent now?</p><p>At the sight, Meng Lei raised an eyebrow and said, “What? Can’t bear to leave? In that case, why don’t you stay and suffer the Ice Demon Prefecture’s wrath together with me, then? Can you afford to do that?”</p><p>Upon hearing his words, Bailey shuddered all over and gave him a wry smile. He said, “Master, I’d better just leave, I guess. The Ice Demon Prefecture’s wrath isn’t something that I can withstand.”</p><p>“There you have it!”</p><p>Meng Lei waved dismissively and said, “Pass these spatial rings to my true body, and get him to set aside a piece of land in Light Continent for you and your family to temporarily live in.”</p><p>“Yes, Master!”</p><p>Bailey received the spatial rings from Meng Lei. Then, he said, “Take care, Master!”</p><p>“Don’t worry. This is just a demonic incarnation of mine. I can afford to lose it! Besides, it remains to be seen whether or not they can beat this demonic incarnation of mine!”</p><p>Meng Lei then waved and urged, “You’d better hurry and withdraw. You won’t be able to leave if it’s too late!”</p><p>“Yes, Master!”</p><p>Aware of how serious the situation was, Bailey hastily gathered his wives and children and fled. Even the weakest ones among his children were as strong as half-deities, so fleeing wasn’t a problem for them.</p><p>A short while later, the originally lively and bustling Demon Pig Sinkhole became incredibly deserted. Meng Lei and Dodola were the only two left.</p><p>“Let’s go outside the sinkhole.”</p><p>Meng Lei continued to wander about Pighead Ridge. He looted the demon tribes in the forest while he waited for the Ice Demon Prefecture troops’ arrival.</p><p>Meng Lei didn’t know how powerful the Dark Hell Continent was, either. Therefore, he was dead set on using his alternate incarnation to measure the extent of Dark Hell Continent’s strength.</p><p>An alternate incarnation was a price that he could afford to pay!</p><p>“This is really a beautiful existential plane!”</p><p>The more Meng Lei strolled about leisurely, the more he liked Dark Hell Continent. Rich magic elements, clear and distinct laws of nature, and wide and vast lands…</p><p>Meng Lei must admit that he had become tempted. He really wished he could seize Dark Hell Continent and make it his. It was just a shame that… All he could do at the moment was just think about it.</p><p>Ice Demon Prefecture moved at a slower speed than what Meng Lei had expected. Meng Lei waited for them for three consecutive days, but the Ice Demon Prefecture troops simply didn’t show up from start to finish. Instead, he surprisingly ended up looting quite a fair bit of riches.</p><p>It was only on the fourth day that people finally started to make their way to Pighead Ridge. There were a lot of them, and they numbered approximately over 100,000 people. They formed a big, dark mass that moved with fierce momentum, causing a great commotion.</p><p>“The Ice Demon Prefecture Guards!”</p><p>“It’s that bunch of detestable bloodsuckers!”</p><p>“The Ice Demon Prefecture Guards are here again!”</p><p>“That’s a lot of Ice Demon Prefecture Guards. What are they intending to do? Are there Demon Gods rebelling again?”</p><p>“Who knows?”</p><p>The Ice Demon Prefecture Guards charged over to the sky above Demon Pig Sinkhole in no time. A demonic aura that shot up to the skies spread into the surroundings and swept across all directions. Had those piglets from the Yale clan still been here, they would undoubtedly have mass-peed their pants in fear!</p><p>However, they had already left in advance, so all they left for the Ice Demon Prefecture Guards was just an empty den and sinkhole.</p><p>The Ice Demon Prefecture Guards also realized what had happened. Their leader was so furious that it couldn’t help but break into an angry rant. “Those damned Demon Pigs! They’ve actually fled! Damn it! Damn it all!”</p><p>“Relay my orders—report the situation here to the Prefecture Master at once, and request for permission for a prefecture-wide search! We must find the Demon Pigs!”</p><p>“Yes, Lord Great Demon God Grover!”</p><p>“I don’t believe that the Demon Pigs are so capable that they can just disappear into thin air, despite their numbers!”</p><p>“Lord Great Demon God Grover, what should we do now?”</p><p>“Capture them! Capture all the demons in Pighead Ridge. Make sure you interrogate and get the Demon Pigs’ exact whereabouts from them! If anyone dares to hide any information, you’re authorized to kill them!”</p><p>“Yes, Lord Great Demon God Grover!”</p><p>The 100,000 Ice Demon Prefecture Guards quickly spread into the surroundings and began to investigate the Demon Pigs’ whereabouts. Great Demon God Grover, the one leading the troops, became the only one left in the sky above the sinkhole.</p><p>“Bailey Yale! And that bastard that killed Isiah! You’d better not fall into my hands!”</p><p>Great Demon God Grover’s eyes gleamed coldly in the light as a sharp chill emanated from all over it.</p><p>Isiah, the Demon God that had been killed, was its child. On top of that, Isiah had even been its most outstanding child!</p><p>Yet someone had actually killed Isiah, its most outstanding child, seven days ago!</p><p>Great Demon God Grover swore to the heavens that it would be no demon if it didn’t take revenge!</p><p>“Are you here to look for me?”</p><p>A clear and pleasant-sounding voice suddenly rang out next to his ear at this point. A jolt went through Great Demon God Grover, and it hastily looked toward the source of the voice—a black-haired youth floating a short distance away.</p><p>“Who are you?” Great Demon God Grover asked coldly.</p><p>Meng Lei held his hands behind his back and replied, “Seven days ago, I wiped out a squadron of Ice Demon Prefecture Guards here.”</p><p>“You were the one that killed Isiah!”</p><p>Great Demon God Grover’s gleaming, furious eyes bore into Meng Lei. A surge of fierce killing intent spread from it and instantly crushed down upon Meng Lei.</p><p>“Well done! Well done, indeed!”</p><p>Great Demon God Grover gnashed its teeth in a fury, all the hatred in it erupting in this instant.</p><p>“Rest assured that I won’t kill you right away. I will erode away your demonic body bit by bit and roast your divine spirit in demonic fire for billions of years. I want you to repent for your sins in endless pain and torment!”</p><p>“Is that so? Come get me, then!” Meng Lei shook his head and let out a soft chuckle. “Show me what you’ve got!”</p><p>“Die!”</p><p>Great Demon God Grover instantly vanished from where it was. As a sharp and short whiz rang out, it charged right up to Meng Lei and raised its arm, instantly throwing out a punch that carried earth-shattering momentum.</p><p>“Nice one!”</p><p>Meng Lei licked his lips, raised his fist, and met Grover’s fist head-on without any hesitation.</p><p>Boom!</p><p>As though Mars crashing into Earth, their fists collided with each other. As an explosive crack erupted, the dimension around the duo broke inch by inch like broken glass. A gigantic black hole appeared around them in an instant.</p><p>They had broken a mid-end existential plane’s dimension!</p><p>Boom!</p><p>Meng Lei and Great Demon God Grover flew backward at the same time after the collision. Meng Lei took ten steps back while Great Demon God Grover retreated 100 meters.</p><p>The stronger between the two was determined with just one move—Meng Lei’s Abyss Skeletal Dragon alternate incarnation edged out the other party by a notch!</p><p>“It seems like you aren’t strong enough to kill me.”</p><p>Meng Lei smiled calmly and antagonized his opponent.</p><p>“Bastard!”</p><p>Grover clenched its fists, flames of fury bursting from its eyes. It swiftly calmed down, however. Meng Lei was stronger than it had expected.</p><p>“Since you can’t kill me, then I’ll kill you instead!”</p><p>Meng Lei burst into laughter and took the initiative to attack. He was stronger than the other party. Hence he had a very high chance of killing his opponent.</p><p>A Great Demon God should know a lot of information about Dark Hell Continent, right?</p><p>This information was exactly what Meng Lei eagerly wanted to know at the moment!</p><p>Boom, boom, boom!</p><p>A shocking clash took place. By virtue of his slightly higher strength, Meng Lei managed to suppress the other party. After all, Grover was indeed much more inferior to him.</p><p>“Die!”</p><p>Upon seeing that the situation was becoming increasingly perilous, Great Demon God Grover let out a roar and transformed into a gigantic, 5,000,000-feet-tall Ice Demon that looked as if its whole body was made out of ice.</p><p>“Again!”</p><p>Meng Lei also transformed into his true form.</p>

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

Volume 4

<h1>Chapter 328 - The Three Most Powerful Existences, A Master-Less Existential Plane</h1><p>Chapter 328: The Three Most Powerful Existences, A Master-less Existential Plane</p><p>Roar!</p><p>Roar!</p><p>One was a gigantic, 5,000,000-feet-tall Ice Demon formed fully from ice.</p><p>The other was a 6,000,000-feet-long Abyss Skeletal Dragon formed purely with bones.</p><p>The two massive monstrosities gave off an immense demonic aura. Two waves of demonic might shot high into the heavens and clashed violently against each other. As though a nuclear bomb had exploded, great impact waves erupted with a boom, implicating the whole area within 1,000,000 kilometers of where they were.</p><p>Dust swirled everywhere as trees and branches were broken.</p><p>Grass flew about as mountains and rocks shattered and broke.</p><p>“T-that’s…”</p><p>“It’s Great Demon God Grover!”</p><p>“Who’s that Abyss Skeletal Dragon?”</p><p>“That Abyss Skeletal Dragon is also a Great Demon God!”</p><p>“O Ice Demon Grandmaster…”</p><p>The demon tribes in Pighead Ridge, as well as the 100,000 Ice Demon Prefecture Guards that had just spread into the surroundings, all watched the two figures in the sky in fear and shock.</p><p>Fearsome demonic might weighed down upon their souls wantonly, filling them with fear and trepidation and making them shake like leaves. They couldn’t muster any battle spirit within them at all.</p><p>Roar!</p><p>As a couple of fearsome, earth-shattering roars rang out, the two massive monsters clashed against each other with a thunderous boom. The dimension around them instantly splintered and broke upon the explosion, forming a terrifying black hole straight away.</p><p>The gigantic Ice Demon and the Abyss Skeletal Dragon stayed within the black hole. The fearsome space-time fluxes and dimensional gales blew wantonly at them, yet they were indifferent to it and continued to clash against each other instead.</p><p>Boom, boom, boom!</p><p>Crack, crack, crack!</p><p>Their clashes went from the south to the north, and they battled fiercely with each other from the east to the west.</p><p>The dimension around them turned into black holes everywhere they passed through. Impact waves and rushing waves of energy ran rampant, causing a great many unlucky demons to become collateral damage.</p><p>They were either smashed into minced meat by the impact waves, jabbed into swiss cheese by the rushing energy waves, or smashed dead by huge rocks thrown into the air by the wind.</p><p>Unlucky to the extreme, they died in all sorts of different ways.</p><p>“Run! Hurry and run!”</p><p>The creatures on the continent scurried about in fear as they fled, wishing they had been born with an extra pair of legs. Little did they know that the seemingly intense battle was already nearing a conclusion.</p><p>Boom!</p><p>The gigantic Ice Demon was already riddled with wounds all over, and there were innumerable ice holes on its body. Its aura had also become several times weaker than what it had initially been.</p><p>The Abyss Skeletal Dragon, on the other hand, was as unscathed as ever. It had a strong momentum going on and was actually becoming more and more valiant as the battle progressed. Its battle spirit had become several times stronger than what it had been in the beginning.</p><p>“Die!”</p><p>Meng Lei roared, smashing his huge claw down and going straight for the Ice Demon’s head.</p><p>“Damn!”</p><p>The Ice Demon’s expression changed dramatically, and it hastily raised its right arm in defense.</p><p>Crack!</p><p>The skeletal claw and ice arm collided against each other. Amidst a great collision so loud that it could deafen spectators, the Ice Demon’s ice arm broke apart with a boom, causing ice chips to spray about.</p><p>“Again!”</p><p>Meng Lei was unforgiving upon gaining momentum, and he started a new round of bombardment on the Ice Demon. He had higher speed and more violent strength than the Ice Demon, and his attacks rained down endlessly like a fierce, turbulent storm.</p><p>Boom, boom, boom!</p><p>At last, the huge Ice Demon couldn’t withstand the consecutive series of blows anymore, and it broke apart into pieces with a blast.</p><p>The Ice Demon had lost!</p><p>Whoosh!</p><p>A white crystal shot out of the broken ice chips, instantly hurtling into the distance—it was Great Demon God Grover’s demonic core!</p><p>“Fleeing? I was already on guard against that a long time ago!”</p><p>Meng Lei let out a derisive scoff and smacked his skeletal claw downward in mid-air. As though he were swatting a mosquito dead, his claw completely covered the white demonic core…</p><p>Smack!</p><p>The blow dazed and dizzied Great Demon God Grover and Meng Lei easily caught the demonic core with a casual grab. The sound of Grover’s mad and furious bellows could be heard coming from it.</p><p>“You damned bastard! How dare you destroy my demonic body! I’ll fight you to the death! The enmity between us knows no bounds! I, Grover, swear I’ll be no demon if I don’t kill you—”</p><p>Meng Lei couldn’t help but laugh. He couldn’t be bothered to pay any more heed to the fellow. Instead, he turned to Dodola and asked, “Dodola, do you have any way of reading this guy’s memories?”</p><p>Dodola shook its head and answered, “I’m just a divinity projection right now, so my divine spirit is extremely weak at the moment and unable to read its memories. Your alternate incarnation can’t do it either, right?”</p><p>Meng Lei nodded lightly. Then, he said, “In that case, we can only return to Light Continent for the time being.”</p><p>“Let’s go then!”</p><p>Meng Lei and Dodola returned to Light Continent, upon which he then passed the demonic core to his true body. What happened next was obvious—breaking through the divine spirit’s defenses and reading its memories.</p><p>A long while later, he was finally done with reading its memories.</p><p>“How is it?” asked a concerned Dodola.</p><p>Ol’ Amos and Amolin also turned to Meng Lei. As for the rest of the Kroc Holy Sect’s higher management officers, Ol’ Amos had already sent them all away to continue spreading his faith.</p><p>As for Bailey Yale, the Ancient Demon Pig, he was already on his way to Gods-Demons Continent with his wives and children.</p><p>Although the place was a great distance away, there was no other place more suitable for them as a habitat besides Gods-Demons Continent.</p><p>In other words, Meng Lei, Dodola, Ol’ Amos, and Amolin were the only ones left in the sky above the Demon Ravine at the moment.</p><p>“Dark Hell Continent is far stronger and far more dangerous than what we had imagined, Dodola.”</p><p>Meng Lei said with a sigh, “According to Grover’s memories, the Ice Demon Prefecture alone already houses more than ten Great Demon Gods, among which the strongest—the Ice Demon Prefecture Master—is even a mid-level Great Demon God.”</p><p>“A mid-level Great Demon God!”</p><p>Dodola gasped. It knew the significance behind a mid-level Great Demon God. Great Demon Gods were also grouped into four classes in accordance to how strong they were—ordinary Great Demon Gods, mid-level Great Demon Gods, high-level Great Demon Gods, and Great Perfection-level Great Demon Gods.</p><p>They corresponded respectively to elementary-level, mid-level, high-level, and Great Perfection-level higher deities.</p><p>A mid-level Great Demon God = A mid-level higher deity!</p><p>Ordinary Great Demon Gods and mid-level Great Demon Gods might seem as though they were only a grade apart, but in truth, one was as lofty as the heavens while the other was as lowly as the earth. There was no comparability between the two at all.</p><p>One mustn’t be fooled by how Meng Lei’s Abyss Skeletal Dragon alternate incarnation had killed Grover, an ordinary Great Demon God. Had he been up against a mid-level Great Demon God instead, he… would undoubtedly have suffered complete defeat!</p><p>Dodola was aware that Meng Lei’s Abyss Skeletal Dragon alternate incarnation’s standard was, at best, only in between an ordinary Great Demon God and a mid-level Great Demon God and was neither higher nor lower than that.</p><p>“How many prefectures are there in total in the Dark Hell Demonic Kingdom?”</p><p>Dodola popped the most crucial question.</p><p>“108,” replied Meng Lei.</p><p>Dodola gasped. “In other words, there are at least another 107 mid-level Great Demon Gods like the Ice Demon Prefecture Master in the Dark Hell Demonic Kingdom?”</p><p>“Yes, that’s right!”</p><p>Meng Lei nodded lightly. He said, “There’s a certain tradition in the Dark Hell Demonic Kingdom—the strongest person usually undertakes the position of Prefecture Master in the prefecture. Additionally, they must also be prepared for challengers for the position at all times. If a challenger succeeds in beating them, they’ll be able to replace them and become the new Prefecture Master.”</p><p>This information didn’t come as a surprise to Dodola at all. It said, “Competition among demons is usually as simple and direct as that. The weak are eliminated, and the strong are revered.”</p><p>Meng Lei nodded and added, “Because of the stiff competition, those who are capable of becoming the Dark Hell Demonic Kingdom’s 108 prefectures’ masters are all extremely powerful people.”</p><p>Dodola asked, “Any news about the master of the existential plane?”</p><p>“Probably not.”</p><p>Meng Lei shook his head and said, “According to Grover’s memories, there are three most powerful Great Demon Gods in Dark Hell Continent. They are the kings of the Dark Hell Demonic Kingdom, the Fallen Kingdom, and the Three-Headed Hell Kingdom. All three of them are high-level Great Demon Gods, and none of them can do anything about the other two.”</p><p>Dodola’s eyes lit up slightly, and it asked, “In that case, there isn’t any especially strong and peerless Great Demon God that’s powerful enough to overwhelm the whole existential plane?”</p><p>Meng Lei shook his head again and replied, “There’s no one like that in Grover’s memories.”</p><p>“That’s wonderful news!”</p><p>Dodola snickered and added, “Or at least, it shows that there’s a certain chance that Dark Hell Continent doesn’t have a master!”</p><p>“Really?” Meng Lei frowned and asked, “What if Dark Hell Continent actually has a master, but they are just indifferent to fame and fortune, and thus, their name and existence are unknown to the public?”</p><p>“The possibility exists, but it’s not very likely.”</p><p>A smiling Dodola explained, “You must understand that mid-end existential planes’ masters, regardless of which, are all peerless overlord-like existences. It’s typically impossible for any of them to be nameless existences. They don’t call them ‘Chief Gods of Existential Planes’ for nothing! Besides, it isn’t that easy to become a master of mid-end existential planes.”</p><p>Dodola went on. “Mid-end existential planes are more vast in territory, and their Power of Existential Plane contains even stronger force than that of low-end ones. It’s also harder for one to refine the Heart of The Existential Plane, and the process typically requires a long time to complete.</p><p>“However, we have three peerless powerhouses that each impose a restraining effect on and interfere with one another on Dark Hell Continent. Therefore, the likelihood of them refining the Heart of The Existential Plane is really not high.”</p><p>Meng Lei nodded incessantly in response. He said, “According to Grover’s memories, the relationships among the three most powerful Great Demon Gods in Dark Hell Continent are indeed like oil and water. Each of them wishes to kill the other two and dominate Dark Hell Continent by themselves. However, all three have been in a tripartite confrontation all the way even till today.”</p><p>“No doubt about it, then!”</p><p>An excited Dodola said, “My bold guess is that there’s a high likelihood that no one has yet refined Dark Hell Continent’s Heart of The Existential Plane! In other words, there’s a very high chance that… Dark Hell Continent is masterless!”</p><p>“Masterless!”</p><p>Meng Lei’s breathing turned quick and ragged. One must know that Dark Hell Continent was a mid-end existential plane! Should he be able to refine its Heart of The Existential Plane and take the existential plane for himself, just how spectacular a sight would that be?</p><p>A Chief God of Existential Planes!</p><p>He would become a Chief God of Existential Planes!</p><p>How grand and spectacular an event would that be?</p><p>“Of course, whether or not it really is master-less still requires verification.”</p><p>Dodola looked at Meng Lei and said, “Verifying this is a very simple matter. You just need to find the Heart of The Existential Plane and investigate, that’s all. It all depends on whether you have the guts to do it or not.”</p><p>“We must verify it! Of course, we must verify it!”</p><p>Meng Lei nodded heavily. A shrewd gleam twinkled in his eyes as he said seriously, “The bold die fat, while the cowardly die hungry. I’ll do it!”</p><p>“Don’t you brag,” Dodola snickered and said, “It isn’t that easy to find a mid-end existential plane’s Heart of The Existential Plane. Given your divine spirit, it’ll take eons before you find it!”</p><p>“What should I do, then?”</p><p>Meng Lei broke into a frown at once. His divine body was comparable to a higher deity’s, but his divine spirit was still at pinnacle-grade intermediate deity-level. Even if he were to use Super Enhancement to enhance it, the highest it could go was just elementary-grade higher deity-level.</p><p>It certainly wasn’t very powerful.</p><p>“I’ll go!”</p><p>Dodola flapped its tiny little wings and said, “I’ve made contact with a mid-end existential plane’s Heart of The Existential Plane before, so I know how to find it in the shortest amount of time possible.”</p><p>Meng Lei asked seriously, “Will you need to head there in your real body?”</p><p>“Yes, I must head there in my real body.”</p><p>Dodola nodded and said, “It’s only when I head there in my real body that my divine spirit will be at its strongest. It’s also only then that I can search for the Heart of The Existential Plane at the best of my ability.”</p><p>Meng Lei couldn’t stop himself from reminding Dodola, “Have you thought about this, Dodola? In the event that Dark Hell Continent does have a master, you’ll be in danger!”</p><p>He was a master of an existential plane himself. Therefore, he knew very well that the master of the existential plane would be able to immediately sense it the moment the Heart of The Existential Plane experienced any sign of trouble.</p><p>Should Dark Hell Continent already have a master, Dodola would be very easily discovered and put in danger while investigating the Heart of The Existential Plane!</p><p>“I’ll bet you that Dark Hell Continent definitely doesn’t have a master yet!” Dodola gave him a confident smile and said, “My intuition has always been very accurate!”</p><p>“Are you really gonna go?”</p><p>Meng Lei said seriously, “We can take our time to investigate this. There’s no hurry.”</p><p>“Don’t worry. I haven’t fulfilled the God of Time’s instructions yet, so I will never put myself in danger!”</p><p>A laughing Dodola then leaped forward and flew into the space-time rift.</p><p>Meng Lei hastily took control of the Abyss Skeletal Dragon and went after Dodola. Should Dodola meet with danger, at least he’d still be able to help out a little here and there.</p><p>Upon reaching Dark Hell Continent, Dodola immediately released its divine cognition and began its search without any hesitation.</p><p>This was Meng Lei’s first time sensing Dodola’s divine cognition. He couldn’t help but be astounded.</p><p>Dodola’s divine cognition was extremely vast. As though the boundless starry skies, there was no end to it…</p>

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Chapter 329 - Defeating The Prefecture Master, Replacement

Volume 4

<h1>Chapter 329 - Defeating The Prefecture Master, Replacement</h1><p>Chapter 329: Defeating The Prefecture Master, Replacement</p><p>“Dodola’s divine spirit is too strong, far superior to any Great Demon Gods or higher deities!” Meng Lei had great emotions.</p><p>Speaking of which, Meng Lei was most familiar with Dodola. Υet, Meng Lei’s knowledge of Dodola was limited as he only knew that it was powerful. As for how powerful it was, it was still a mystery.</p><p>For now, however, Meng Lei could sense that Dodola should be at least a mid-level higher deity, possibly even a high-level higher deity!</p><p>How powerful!</p><p>Time flew by quickly as a day went by. Dodola showed no signs of waking up, and Meng Lei had no choice but to continue waiting.</p><p>One day, two days, three days…</p><p>On the other hand, Meng Lei’s true body did not idle after he received the tributes from the spatial rings and treasures plundered from the demon tribes. His assets had burgeoned once again.</p><p>Wealth: 49.57 million Divinity Crystals</p><p>An increase in wealth meant another round of spending as Meng Lei chose to strengthen his divine spirit. His divine spirit was only at pinnacle intermediate deity-level with obvious weaknesses.</p><p>Enhancement cost: 4 million Divinity Crystals</p><p>Meng Lei did not hesitate and chose to enhance.</p><p>Whoosh!</p><p>As the order was relayed, Meng Lei’s divine spirit flame burned madly as if gasoline was poured into it, and its intensity soared by multiple times…</p><p>The divine spirit started to enhance insanely!</p><p>After it was over, Meng Lei felt that the world before him had changed.</p><p>The laws of nature that traversed the entire world and the laws of nature’s origins hidden deep within the existential plane had undergone a tremendous change.</p><p>Even without the help of Power of Existential Plane, his divine cognition could now spread out hundreds of thousands of miles to envelop the entire Light Continent.</p><p>The divine spirit was so much more powerful than before!</p><p>“A higher deity-level divine body plus a higher deity-level divine spirit, now I’m finally an actual higher deity!” Meng Lei sighed.</p><p>“One word—satisfying!”</p><p>“System, continue the Super Pickup!”</p><p>Meng Lei was now eyeing covetously on the Dark Hell Continent and hoped to pick up some treasure he could use now through Super Pickup.</p><p>“Ding! Dear host, please designate your target existential plane.”</p><p>After a moment of contemplation, Meng Lei answered, “The Netherworld!”</p><p>“Ding! Pickup successful. You have obtained a Crystallized Divine Spirit Extract!”</p><p>“Crystallized Divine Spirit Extract? There isn’t much use for me right now, though I can give it to Ol’ Amos or grant it to Puhaman and the rest!”</p><p>“Ding! Pickup successful. You have obtained a higher deity’s Demonic Core. Will you assimilate it?”</p><p>“No, don’t assimilate it.”</p><p>“Ding! Pickup successful. You have obtained a Fallen Angel’s carcass.”</p><p>“A Fallen Angel’s carcass?”</p><p>A 1,000-feet-tall Fallen Angel’s carcass shrouded in billowing black mist and emitting dark aura appeared with a mere thought.</p><p>These were not that significant as what made Meng Lei astounded was that this Fallen Angel had one, two, three, four…</p><p>Four pairs of wings!</p><p>“Eight-Winged Fallen Angel! An Eight-Winged Fallen Angel of a higher deity level!</p><p>“I’ve struck it big! I’ve landed a huge one this time!”</p><p>Meng Lei’s eyes lit up brightly. With this Fallen Angel carcass, he could create another Great Demon God-level alternate incarnation.</p><p>“Meng Lei, this is a Fallen Angel?”</p><p>Ol’ Amos and Amolin were stunned as they looked at the carcass in disbelief.</p><p>“Yep! A Fallen Angel!”</p><p>Meng Lei smiled and nodded as he started to refine this carcass. Compared to the Abyss Skeletal Dragon alternate incarnation that had a damaged skull, this Fallen Angel carcass was more complete—except for a bloody hole at the forehead, which showed how it had died.</p><p>Two days later, Meng Lei successfully created the Fallen Angel alternate incarnation. He flapped the four pairs of wings and soared up in the sky. Dark elements from within thousands of miles gathered and combined into a huge black longsword with a thought.</p><p>“Slash!”</p><p>Meng Lei yelled as he swung the sword in the air, and it slashed open a pitch-black bottomless canyon that spanned into the horizon.</p><p>“Hahaha! That’s great!”</p><p>Meng Lei laughed and controlled the Fallen Angel alternate incarnation to enter the space-time rift so it could assist the matters in Dark Hell Continent.</p><p>“System, continue with the pickups!”</p><p>“Ding! Pickup successful. You have obtained a Spirit Core. Will you assimilate it?”</p><p>“…”</p><p>“Ding! Pickup successful. You have obtained a Laws of Nature Fragment. Will you assimilate it?”</p><p>“Yes, assimilate it!”</p><p>“Earth, Water, Metal… Triple-elemental Fusion Laws of Nature Fragment!”</p><p>“Ding! Pickup successful. You have obtained a Dead Soul Moss.”</p><p>“Ding! Pickup successful. You have obtained a Hell Mirage Fox carcass.”</p><p>“Ding…”</p><p>“Ding! Pickup successful. You have obtained an Underworld Bone Spear.”</p><p>“Underworld Bone Spear?”</p><p>Meng Lei had a thought, and a bone spear gleaming with a chilly glint appeared, while its surface gave off a baleful and dead aura.</p><p>“This bone spear should be harder than my Abyss Skeletal Dragon alternate incarnation. It must be a high-tier demonic weapon. That’s some good stuff. Keep it first!”</p><p>“…”</p><p>“Ding! Pickup successful. You have obtained a Grim Reaper’s cloak.”</p><p>“…”</p><p>“Ding! Pickup successful. You have obtained a Specter Orb. Will you assimilate it?”</p><p>“Specter Orb?”</p><p>Meng Lei let out a soft sound of surprise as a grayish orb appeared in his palm. It emitted an aura of death and divine spirit waves. An indistinct look flashed across his eyes.</p><p>The vast and boundless universe had nurtured countless lifeforms.</p><p>Different lifeforms required different lifestyles. Some were flesh-and-blood beings, others were energy beings, and then there were the shadow beings.</p><p>The Specter was a form of shadow beings. They had no physical form while they came and went without a trace, much similar to ghosts.</p><p>Although Specters had no physical form, they had the Specter Orb, which was their core of life and their divine spirit core at the same time. In other words, the source of their powers.</p><p>Hence, the Specter Orb equated to a Specter’s body.</p><p>“This might… must be a Great Demon God-level Specter’s orb!”</p><p>Meng Lei’s eyes flashed brightly. “If I refine this Specter Orb, does that mean that I can get a Specter alternate incarnation?</p><p>“Let me test it out!”</p><p>After three days, it was a success as Meng Lei obtained a Specter alternate incarnation.</p><p>When he was controlling the alternate incarnation, it moved like the shadows in the dark. Ol’ Amos and Amolin were entirely unaware of his presence.</p><p>“It’s great stuff!”</p><p>Meng Lei was in a superb mood as he sent the Specter alternate incarnation to Dark Hell Continent.</p><p>At this point, Ol’ Amos became rather impatient. “Meng Lei, you all have been in Dark Hell Continent for almost half the month. There’s still no news?”</p><p>“Not yet.” Meng Lei shook his head. “Dodola is still searching for the Heart of The Existential Plane there. Since I haven’t heard from Dodola till now, I think they have not found it yet.”</p><p>“A mid-end existential plane’s Heart of The Existential Plane could be that hard to find?” Ol’ Amos found it hard to understand.</p><p>“It’s not any ordinary difficulty…”</p><p>Meng Lei was about to say something before he paused, and expressions of joy appeared.</p><p>“Found it! Hahaha, Dodola has found Dark Hell Continent’s Heart of The Existential Plane!”</p><p>“Found it?”</p><p>A jolt went through Ol’ Amos’ body.</p><p>…</p><p>“I’ve found it! I’ve found it!” Dodola shouted excitedly. “Meng Lei, if I’m not wrong, no one has refined the Heart of The Existential Plane here yet!”</p><p>“So it’s really unowned!” Meng Lei was delirious with joy. “That’s awesome! There’s hope! There’s hope now! Hahaha, it’s the Chief God of Existential Planes. I’m about to become one!”</p><p>“Meng Lei, here’s your chance!”</p><p>Dodola looked at Meng Lei and said earnestly, “I can only help you so much. Whether you can refine this Heart of The Existential Plane to become the Chief God of Existential Planes is all up to you now!”</p><p>“Relax! As long as there is no master of this existential plane, I have no fear.” Meng Lei nodded his head heavily. “Dark Hell Continent’s master of the existential plane will be me!”</p><p>“Then I’ll wish you success!”</p><p>Dodola was rather pleased and asked, “What’s your next step?”</p><p>Meng Lei took a deep breath as a glint flashed across his eyes. “Plunder more wealth and enhance myself as much as possible. The day that I can suppress Dark Hell Continent will be the day I refine the Heart of The Existential Plane!”</p><p>Dodola frowned as it was puzzled. “I still don’t understand this. What’s the link between you strengthening yourself and looting for more wealth?”</p><p>“Haha, that’s a secret!”</p><p>In the Demon Ravine…</p><p>“Meng Lei, so Dark Hell Continent is currently unowned?”</p><p>“Dodola has confirmed that Dark Hell Continent’s Heart of The Existential Plane has not been refined by anyone yet. So yes, it is unowned.”</p><p>“Such a huge mid-level existential plane with no master? How unbelievable!” Ol’ Amos was astonished. “Then once you refine this Heart of The Existential Plane, how strong will you become with that Power of Existential Plane?”</p><p>“Powerful enough to fight against a Chief God!”</p><p>Meng Lei took a deep breath and continued. “Ol’ Amos, I’m going to Dark Hell Continent to seize the Heart of The Existential Plane with all my might. I’m entrusting Heaven’s Vault Continent with you!”</p><p>“You need not worry and leave it to me.”</p><p>…</p><p>Meng Lei went through the space-time rift at once and arrived in Dark Hell Continent. He kept the three alternate incarnations and embarked on a journey of plunder.</p><p>“The Ice Demon Prefecture is the closest, so that shall be my first stop!</p><p>“I’ll defeat Ice Demon Prefecture’s master and become their new master. Of course, the treasury there will be empty soon!”</p><p>“Take it easy, Meng Lei. The master of the Ice Demon Prefecture is a mid-level Great Demon God. It’ll be really tough to defeat it!”</p><p>“Only then it’ll be challenging, am I right?”</p><p>Both Meng Lei and Dodola teased each other as they traveled.</p><p>Of course, Meng Lei did not forget to pilfer the demon tribes for looting on the way.</p><p>For some time, his wealth kept increasing. Meng Lei was all smiles—at this growth rate, he would be able to save up enough money to enhance his divine body.</p><p>After three days, an enormous towering city appeared before their eyes. The majestic city walls were so high as a cliff that they would make one stay away with one look of it.</p><p>There were plenty of city gates. They had the appearance of a devil’s huge wide-opened mouth, devouring the demons going in and out of the city.</p><p>“Dodola, this is the Ice Demon City.” Meng Lei took a deep breath and continued. “This city has a rigid class system while the Prefecture Master is the highest status of the entire city.</p><p>“Below him are the loyal Ice Demon Prefecture Guards, all of whom are the minions of the master. Even the various Great Demon Gods living in the city won’t dare to mess with them.</p><p>“But today… Hehe! I’m going to defeat the Prefecture Master and destroy his guards, looting everything there is in the treasury!”</p><p>Things were as usual at Ice Demon City, but no one knew that two devils had arrived—an incoming turmoil that would soon consume the city was about to erupt!</p>

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

Volume 4

<h1>Chapter 330 - Smacking It Dead With One Palm Strike, The Behemoth Corpse Emperor</h1><p>Chapter 330: Smacking It Dead With One Palm Strike, The Behemoth Corpse Emperor</p><p>The boundless Ice Demon City rested upon the land like a quiet and dormant great beast. An infinite number of demons lived within the huge city.</p><p>The demon world abided absolutely by the Dark Forest Theory[1] where the strong preyed upon the weak, and the weak were eliminated. This rule was especially obvious in the wilderness, and it was only when one reached the city that they would finally see some semblance of order.</p><p>It was precisely this tiny semblance of order that attracted innumerable demons to head there and take up residence there. It was only after a long passage of time that the grandly-proportioned Ice Demon City of current times came to be.</p><p>While walking within the walls of Ice Demon City, one would see shops, restaurants, teahouses, demonic weapon stores… In this aspect, it was unexpectedly more or less similar to the human world.</p><p>“Kylegas’ Miscellaneous Goods?”</p><p>Meng Lei sensed a fairly fearsome demonic might when he walked by a shop. Curiosity couldn’t help but come over him, and he walked into the shop with Dodola.</p><p>“Esteemed, sir, may I know what you’re looking for?”</p><p>A Succubus dressed in a sexy, revealing outfit sashayed over to them cheerfully. Her ample bottom moved from side to side as she moved, giving off great allure all over. How would ordinary men possibly be able to take the sight? They would probably have already wet themselves a long time ago.</p><p>“Just looking around.”</p><p>Fortunately, Meng Lei had a strong will, so he was unaffected. His gaze swept across the display shelves before finally stopping at an arm with bulging veins.</p><p>“What’s that?”</p><p>Meng Lei pointed at the arm and asked.</p><p>“What a sharp eye you have, sir!” The Succubus said cheerfully, “That arm originated from a high-level Great Demon God-level Hundred-Armed Giant. It’s one of our shop’s best products!”</p><p>“Is that so?” Meng Lei raised an eyebrow and asked, “How much is it?”</p><p>The Succubus gave him a sweet and beautiful smile and replied, “Sir, this is a high-level Great Demon God’s arm, so it naturally has extraordinary value to it. But seeing as to how you’re really taken with it, I’ll give you a discount at 3,000,000 Demonic Crystals!”</p><p>“3,000,000 Demonic Crystals? That’s daylight robbery!”</p><p>Meng Lei scoffed. The Demonic Crystals in question here weren’t the magic crystals[2] formed from magic power that people extracted from magic crystal mines in Heaven’s Vault Continent. Rather, they were crystals formed from demonic aura and were worth roughly the same as Divinity Crystals.</p><p>3,000,000 Demonic Crystals were approximately equivalent to 3,000,000 Divinity Crystals. The price could be said to be ridiculously high. Disregarding how he didn’t have many Demonic Crystals, to begin with, he wouldn’t have born to buy the arm either—and this was in spite of the fact that he had great use for it.</p><p>Meng Lei turned and looked at the other products, among which the ones that came in abundance the most were demonic cores. Demons frequently fought and killed one another in the demon world, so what they lacked the least were demonic cores.</p><p>“Sir, if you find it too expensive, we can discuss the price further?”</p><p>The Succubus persisted, almost pressing her full, ample chest right against Meng Lei. She even constantly gave him amorous looks, the coquettish air around her off the charts.</p><p>Meng Lei snorted and said, “10,000 Demonic Crystals! That’s all I can afford. I don’t have even more than that!”</p><p>“10,000!?”</p><p>The Succubus froze for a moment, and then she promptly distanced herself from Meng Lei. Loathing and dislike filled her eyes as she looked at Meng Lei, and her expression became one of someone looking at a pauper.</p><p>Meng Lei was unaffected. After taking a casual look around, he got ready to leave. However, it was at this point that a cold and aloof low roar suddenly rang out outside.</p><p>“Where is the Ice Demon Prefecture Master? Get the hell out here and meet your end!”</p><p>The voice wasn’t particularly loud, but it was extremely penetrative. It pierced through the air and passed through all obstacles to reach Meng Lei’s ears, as well as everyone in the city. It was as though the voice had arisen in their hearts.</p><p>“A challenge to the Prefecture Master? O Demon Grandmaster above, a demon is actually challenging the Prefecture Master?”</p><p>The pretty Succubus’ expression changed drastically in the store, and she ran out of the store like the wind.</p><p>Meng Lei and Dodola exchanged a look, both seeing the surprise on each other’s faces. Boy, someone had actually beaten them to it.</p><p>“Let’s go out and take a look!”</p><p>The duo went out of the store to find that the entire Ice Demon City had gone into a furor. Demons were walking out of stores, walking out of their homes, walking out of the colosseums…</p><p>Demon traffic surged and flowed as thousands upon thousands of demons filled the place.</p><p>The streets and alleys were chock full of demons.</p><p>The weak ones—like the Demon Overlords and the Demon Lords—stood docilely on the ground while the strong ones—like the Great Demon Lords and the Demon Gods—floated in mid-air.</p><p>The demon world’s strict class stratifications were displayed to their fullest in this instant. The strong could stand in the sky while the weak could only stay on the ground docilely.</p><p>Every demon had its own position. No one dared to easily go against it.</p><p>“Who’s so bold as to actually challenge our Prefecture Master?”</p><p>“Probably someone that doesn’t cherish their life again?”</p><p>“How long has it been since our Prefecture Master was last challenged? 18,000 or 19,000 years?”</p><p>“In any case, it’s nearing 20,000 years!”</p><p>“There’s gonna be a good show now!”</p><p>The demons speculated wildly among themselves.</p><p>At this point, the demons suddenly noticed Meng Lei rising into the air and floating above them. For a moment there, all the demons became enraged.</p><p>“Who’s that unfamiliar-looking fellow? How dare he fly above us? The audacity of him!”</p><p>“To think it’s actually him!”</p><p>The Succubus among the demon masses had also spotted Meng Lei, who had flown above them. A hint of surprise flashed across her countenance. She couldn’t tell how strong Meng Lei was, but she had assumed that he couldn’t be particularly strong anyway.</p><p>Being a Great Demon Lord herself, she was well aware of all the demons that were stronger than her in Ice Demon City. Meng Lei? Who? Sorry, but she had never seen him before!</p><p>“Trash, get the hell down here!”</p><p>“Where did that bastard come from? How dare you climb above me?!”</p><p>“You’re courting death!”</p><p>Meng Lei was taken aback upon hearing the demons’ cusses at him. Why didn’t any of the demons grumble or whine about the other Demon Gods and Great Demon Gods floating in the air? Yet he couldn’t for some reason?</p><p>“Where did that worm come from? Get the hell down there!”</p><p>Not only were the demons on the ground dissatisfied, but the Demon Gods and Great Demon Gods in the air also showed their displeasure. A Fire Demon God even straight-up attacked him.</p><p>Boom!</p><p>A huge palm of flames manifested out of nowhere and smacked brazenly at Meng Lei. The palm strike contained might so fearsome that even a Great Demon Lord would undoubtedly be smacked dead by it.</p><p>“That presumptuous piece of trash. Good call!”</p><p>All the demons gloated at the sight. They feared and revered powerful demons and would never ever allow a nameless weakling to lord over them!</p><p>This was exactly what the demons were like—they feared the mighty and discriminated against the weak.</p><p>However, just as the huge palm of flames was about to strike Meng Lei, he gave a light wave, and the palm of flames that carried an astonishing momentum instantly dissipated and vanished without a trace.</p><p>“What?”</p><p>The Fire Demon God received a huge shock.</p><p>The demons around them were also filled with disbelief. He had actually so easily and so casually dispelled such a fearsome palm of flames? Just how strong was he?</p><p>“Die!”</p><p>Meng Lei looked at the Fire Demon God and flicked his fingers. A strong gust of wind shot out and instantly pierced through the Fire Demon God’s forehead.</p><p>The Fire Demon God froze as a bloody hole formed in between its brows, and a look of surprise, indignation, and regret appeared on its face.</p><p>Never in its wildest dreams would it ever have thought that the attack that it had casually launched simply because of its displeasure would actually rile up such a powerful enemy, causing it to pay for its mistake with its life.</p><p>Boom!</p><p>The Fire Demon God’s carcass plummeted and crashed onto the ground with a dull bam, causing dust and earth to swirl about.</p><p>The impact caused the demons to snap back to reality, and they broke out in cold sweat. Shock and horror filled their eyes as they looked at Meng Lei. In particular, those that had insulted and hurled verbal abuse at Meng Lei just now were all the more shaking in their boots and close to wetting themselves in fear.</p><p>“He… He’s a-actually…”</p><p>The Succubus’ jaw dropped. A look of incredulity flickered in her beautiful eyes. Never would she have ever thought that Meng Lei would actually be so powerful! He had jabbed a powerful Fire Demon God dead with just a finger!</p><p>Just what kind of combat strength was that?</p><p>Meng Lei couldn’t be bothered to pay any more attention to the demons after casting one last glance at them. Instead, he turned, flew even higher, and only stopped upon reaching the altitude that the Great Demon Gods were.</p><p>Puzzlement and curiosity flashed across the few Great Demon Gods’ eyes as their gazes swept across Meng Lei. However, no one said anything else—the strength that Meng Lei displayed just now had already gained their acknowledgment.</p><p>A burly figure was floating in the sky a fairly great distance away at the moment.</p><p>It stood 10,000-feet-tall and looked like a Behemoth, except for its incredibly ghastly white skin tone. There was no hint of vitality in it at all. All it had was just an endless aura of death and corpse aura[3] around it.</p><p>“It’s a Purgatory Corpse Emperor,” Meng Lei uttered.</p><p>“That’s no ordinary Purgatory Corpse Emperor but a Purgatory Behemoth Corpse Emperor,” said Dodola as it corrected Meng Lei.</p><p>It said, “A demon like that is born when a dead Behemoth stays in unique environments, such as places where the stench of dead bodies pervades the atmosphere. It feeds on an endless supply of baleful aura, corpse aura, and the aura of death, and is immortal and indestructible.”</p><p>“A Purgatory Behemoth Corpse Emperor…” Meng Lei nodded slightly. “That Purgatory Behemoth Corpse Emperor is fairly powerful. Despite the great distance between us, I can nonetheless sense an intense threat coming from it.”</p><p>“It’s undoubtedly a mid-level Great Demon God.” A smiling Dodola added, “There’ll definitely be a fierce battle between giants coming up later. Pay close attention when you watch the battle later.”</p><p>“Okay!”</p><p>Meng Lei nodded lightly.</p><p>“Ice Demon Prefecture Master, hurry and get out here and meet your end!”</p><p>The Purgatory Behemoth Corpse Emperor let out another deep roar. Rolling sound waves reverberated through the surroundings, instantly spreading throughout the skies above the boundless Ice Demon City.</p><p>Whoosh!</p><p>Numerous figures rapidly shot out of the Prefecture Master’s residence and into the sky above Ice Demon City. With numbers as many as 10,000,000, they were none other than the Ice Demon Prefecture Guards.</p><p>A Great Demon God-level Ice Demon Prefecture Guard let out a cold snort and barked, “State your name, challenger!”</p><p>“I am Cornelius Lattimore!” The Purgatory Behemoth Corpse Emperor replied coldly, “Hurry and summon your Prefecture Master out here. I’m here to challenge him!”</p><p>“Give me a moment!”</p><p>The Great Demon God took a good, close look at the Purgatory Behemoth Corpse Emperor before it returned to the Prefecture Master residence.</p><p>A brief moment later, a skinny and frail-looking Ice Demon that looked about the same size as a normal human appeared in mid-air.</p><p>At the sight of the Ice Demon, the 10,000,000 Ice Demon Prefecture Guards all got down on one knee and bowed formally.</p><p>“Greetings, Lord Prefecture Master!”</p><p>“Greetings, Lord Prefecture Master!”</p><p>All the demons in every corner of Ice Demon Prefecture also got down on their knees. The Demon Gods and Great Demon Gods watching the battle were the only ones that bowed slightly instead as a sign of respect.</p><p>“So, it’s you that wishes to challenge me.”</p><p>The frail and skinny Ice Demon Prefecture Master yawned as it peered sleepily at the Purgatory Behemoth Corpse Emperor.</p><p>“That’s right!”</p><p>The Purgatory Behemoth Corpse Emperor stated coldly, “Ice Demon Prefecture Master, you’ve taken steady possession of the Prefecture Master position for over 40,000 years. It’s time that you abdicate your position and hand over the Prefecture Master throne!”</p><p>“Since you’re aware that I’ve been Prefecture Master for over 40,000 years, then you should have also realized how strong I am. After all, there aren’t many that can sit so firmly on the Prefecture Master throne for over 40,000 years,” replied the Ice Demon Prefecture Master leisurely.</p><p>“Cut the crap! Let’s get down to it instead!”</p><p>The Purgatory Behemoth Corpse Emperor declared coldly, “Not only am I going to take your position as Prefecture Master today, but I’m also going to drive that bunch of damned Ice Demons out of the Ice Demon Prefecture!”</p><p>“How presumptuous!”</p><p>“How impudent!”</p><p>“It should be killed!”</p><p>Upon hearing the Purgatory Behemoth Corpse Emperor’s words, the 10,000,000 Ice Demon Prefecture Guards and all the Ice Demons in the city broke into curses. Fury and displeasure welled up within their eyes.</p><p>During the last 40,000 years when the Ice Demon Prefecture Master had been Prefecture Master, they, the Ice Demons, had indeed enjoyed a higher status than other demons. On top of that, they had also enjoyed the benefits and graces of several policies advantageous to themselves. Thus, they naturally didn’t show the Purgatory Behemoth Corpse Emperor any courtesy and hoped that its challenge would end in failure.</p><p>“Young Purgatory Behemoth Corpse Emperor, you should be aware of how you’ll end up when your challenge ends in failure.”</p><p>The Ice Demon Prefecture Master said dispassionately, “I’ll give you one last chance to change your mind. Call off the challenge at once and return to wherever you came from.”</p><p>“Are you scared, Ice Demon Prefecture Master?”</p><p>The Purgatory Behemoth Corpse Emperor was full of mockery.</p><p>“Scared? What an arrogant and ignorant fellow.”</p><p>The Ice Demon Prefecture Master shook its head lightly. Then, it said, “Go ahead and attack. I need to return to sleep after the challenge, so I don’t have time to waste here.”</p><p>“Die!”</p><p>[1] [Annotation text missing]</p><p>[2] [Annotation text missing]</p><p>[3] [Annotation text missing]</p>

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Chapter 331 - : Intense Clash, Fishing In Troubled Waters

Volume 4

<h1>Chapter 331 - : Intense Clash, Fishing In Troubled Waters</h1><p>Chapter 331: Intense Clash, Fishing In Troubled Waters</p><p>“Die!”</p><p>The Purgatory Behemoth Corpse Emperor let out a furious roar. Endless streams of ghastly white corpse aura burst forth from its body and converged into a huge palm capable of blotting out the sun. Then, it smacked downward brazenly.</p><p>Boom!</p><p>The dimension instantly splintered and broke. The huge palm of corpse aura passed through the air and appeared above the Ice Demon Prefecture Master. Then, it crashed downward like a great mountain crushing down on someone.</p><p>“How dare you antagonize me just because you have gained some corpse aura?”</p><p>A white, chilly air current shot forth with a flick of the Ice Demon Prefecture Master’s fingers. It gave off an alarming chill in the instant it collided with the huge palm of corpse aura.</p><p>Crack!</p><p>The huge palm of corpse aura was instantly frozen, and then it turned into large expanses of falling snowflakes.</p><p>During this precise moment, the Purgatory Behemoth Corpse Emperor abruptly showed up right in front of the Ice Demon Prefecture Master. Its gigantic palm smacked downward at the Ice Demon Prefecture Master at lightning-quick speed.</p><p>“That’s more like it!”</p><p>A smile appeared on the Ice Demon Prefecture Master’s countenance, and it promptly raised its right palm—which was formed out of ice—to meet the attack.</p><p>Crack!</p><p>Both palms collided with each other. The dimension exploded as an earth-shattering boom rang out.</p><p>The sky turned into a black hole that swallowed the Ice Demon Prefecture Master and the Purgatory Behemoth Corpse Emperor in an instant. However, the two demons were unaffected, and they continued to fervently bombard each other with attacks.</p><p>Bam, bam, bam!</p><p>Crack, crack, crack!</p><p>Energy waves burst into the surroundings. The black hole in the sky continuously expanded. Air fluxes surged and churned as gales wreaked havoc. It was as though doomsday had come in the skies above Ice Demon City.</p><p>“H-how terrifying!”</p><p>“Given my strength, there’s no doubt that I’ll die if the resulting impact waves hit me!”</p><p>“So, is that what a Prefecture Master-level battle is like?!”</p><p>The demons in Ice Demon City were in a panic, for fear that the battle between the Ice Demon Prefecture Master and the Purgatory Behemoth Corpse Emperor would implicate them and bring them death.</p><p>In truth, they weren’t the only ones feeling that way because even a Great Demon God like Meng Lei was filled with fear and trepidation in the face of the battle.</p><p>The clash between mid-level Great Demon Gods was too intense. Every hit was capable of causing grievous injuries to them.</p><p>“Dodola, I’ve finally come to understand why the gap between each cultivation stage is as wide as an insurmountable obstacle after one becomes a higher deity.”</p><p>Meng Lei was filled with great emotion. He had also become a higher deity by now and could totally sense how strong and powerful the Ice Demon Prefecture Master and the Purgatory Behemoth Corpse Emperor were. Be it their speed, physical strength, or their reflexes, none of them was something that an ordinary Great Demon God could compare to.</p><p>“Duh!”</p><p>Dodola sighed and said, “At the Great Demon God stage, every step forward is filled with great difficulties. Not only must one consume a vast amount of treasures, but they also need to accumulate strength and resources over a long period of time. It’s no exaggeration to say that every step forward is countless times more difficult than a mortal becoming a god.”</p><p>Meng Lei nodded lightly.</p><p>Unlike deities, battles between demons were usually a clash of their demonic bodies. It was simpler, more straightforward, rougher, and crueler than battles between deities.</p><p>The one whose demonic body was stronger and the one that possessed greater physical strength would be the one to achieve victory!</p><p>In this aspect, even the Ice Demon Prefecture Master and the Purgatory Behemoth Corpse Emperor, who were mid-level Great Demon Gods that stood at the pinnacle of the demon pyramid, were no exceptions.</p><p>Boom!</p><p>The clash between the Ice Demon Prefecture Master and the Purgatory Behemoth Corpse Emperor was still ongoing. It seemed like the two Great Demon Gods’ levels of strength were infinitely close to each other. Neither of them could do anything about the other even after such a long confrontation.</p><p>The Purgatory Behemoth Corpse Emperor let out furious roar after furious roar as its attacks became more and more ferocious. The Ice Demon Prefecture Master discarded its previous sleepy demeanor and started to take the battle seriously.</p><p>Boom, boom, boom!</p><p>The skies became dim and overcast as the light from the sun and moon was blotted out.</p><p>Another series of clashes later, the two Great Demon Gods finally briefly separated from each other. Both were breathing rather heavily. Evidently, the battle had taken a huge toll on both of them.</p><p>“I’ve surprisingly underestimated you.”</p><p>The Ice Demon Prefecture Master’s eyes bore into the Purgatory Behemoth Corpse Emperor as it said, “A powerhouse like you can’t possibly be a nameless nobody. Why haven’t I seen you before?”</p><p>“To tell you the truth.” The Purgatory Behemoth Corpse Emperor said with an icy snort of laughter, “I came from Hell!”</p><p>“Hell? I see.”</p><p>The Ice Demon Prefecture Master’s pupils constricted slightly as it nodded slowly. “It’s time to end the warm-up exercises. Show me your true strength!”</p><p>“As you wish!”</p><p>The Purgatory Behemoth Corpse Emperor let out a deep roar. Then, as though an inflating balloon, it began to expand. A few breaths later, it had become an enormous monster.</p><p>Standing at 7,000,000 feet tall, waves of corpse aura churned all around it and shrouded the whole area within a million miles of where they were. All the demons within Ice Demon City felt their bodies going cold and chills running all over them.</p><p>Roar!</p><p>The Ice Demon Prefecture Master no longer held back, either. It transformed straight into its true form—a massive, 7,000,000-feet-tall Ice Demon fully made out of ice.</p><p>7,000,000 feet = 2,100 kilometers!</p><p>Even the moon’s diameter was no more than just 3,400 kilometers!</p><p>From this, one could tell just how massive the two Great Demon Gods were!</p><p>Boom!</p><p>After transforming into its true form, the Ice Demon Prefecture Master and the Purgatory Behemoth Corpse Emperor started a new round of clashes.</p><p>The impact waves resulting from their clash became even fiercer and even more fearsome. The powerful energy waves had even affected Ice Demon City itself.</p><p>Innumerable buildings were destroyed, high-rise buildings collapsed, and huge rocks rolled and fell off. Many unlucky demons also became collateral damage.</p><p>“Run! Run!”</p><p>“A battle of that level isn’t something that we can watch at all! We’ll end up being killed!”</p><p>“O Sloth Demon forebears, please save your pitiful and lowly descendants…”</p><p>Ice Demon City was into total chaos. Innumerable demons fled the area in fear and panic, wishing they had been born with an extra pair of legs as they did so.</p><p>Boom, boom, boom!</p><p>Ice chips flew about as corpse aura churned and surged.</p><p>The two Great Demon Gods showed no signs of stopping at all, and the clash between the two continued all the way till evening fell.</p><p>Wheeze!</p><p>The Ice Demon Prefecture Master panted heavily like an exhaust fan. Riddled with wounds all over, the aura around it had weakened significantly compared to what it was like in the beginning. Not only had it exhausted a large amount of stamina, but it had also sustained considerable injuries, resulting in a significant drop in combat power.</p><p>As for the Purgatory Behemoth Corpse Emperor, its aura had also greatly weakened. Its corpse aura that had been running rampant had also substantially weakened. It was also bleeding profusely, evidently heavily wounded. Similarly, its combat power had also dropped considerably.</p><p>“You’re the first person in 40,000 years to drive me into such a state. However, unless you wish to see a situation where both sides suffer, you won’t be able to defeat me!”</p><p>The Ice Demon Prefecture Master barked, “I’d advise you to stop here. If we continue this intense battle, both of us will only end up suffering. There’s nothing in it for you.”</p><p>Upon hearing what he said, the Purgatory Behemoth Corpse Emperor’s gaze swept across the many Great Demon Gods around them who were watching the battle, as well as the 10,000,000 Ice Demon Prefecture Guards. A look of indignation surfaced in its eyes.</p><p>Though unwilling to admit it, the Ice Demon Prefecture Master was indeed right. The two of them were evenly matched. If it wished to defeat the other party, both parties would only end up suffering great losses.</p><p>A situation where neither side won wasn’t a positive outcome in the Purgatory Behemoth Corpse Emperor’s case. The 10,000,000 Ice Demon Prefecture Guards covetously watching them aside, just the many Great Demon Gods watching the battle alone would probably never let it off. It was likely that all the Great Demon Gods would try to kill it while it was injured.</p><p>As a veteran Great Demon God, the Purgatory Behemoth Corpse Emperor didn’t doubt that at all!</p><p>“Count yourself lucky this time, Ice Demon Prefecture Master!”</p><p>The Purgatory Behemoth Corpse Emperor stared hard at the Ice Demon Prefecture Master before it turned and transformed into a streak of light that shot swiftly into the far distance. It would only end up putting itself in harm’s way if it continued the battle, and that was something that it would never do.</p><p>“Upon realizing that things were not to be, it promptly decided to leave.” A smiling Meng Lei marveled, “What a wise fellow!”</p><p>“There are no fools among those who could survive in the bloody and cruel world of demons.” A smiling Dodola then added, “Because all the fools have already been eliminated a long time ago!”</p><p>“That is certainly so!”</p><p>Meng Lei nodded slightly. Then, a shrewd glint flashed across his eyes, and he said, “It’s my turn now.”</p><p>“You intend to fish in troubled waters?”</p><p>Dodola cocked an eyebrow.</p><p>“So what even if I do? This is the demon world, after all!” Meng Lei let out a derisive chuckle and said, “Surely you do not intend to persuade me to be a man of honor?”</p><p>“What ‘man of honor’ nonsense is that? Hurry up and attack!”</p><p>Dodola said dryly, “Don’t worry, you can fight head-on at the frontline while I help you out in the background. With the two of us joining hands, there won’t be much of a problem killing the half-dead Ice Demon Prefecture Master!”</p><p>“Okay!”</p><p>…</p><p>“It’s finally left!”</p><p>The Ice Demon Prefecture Master heaved a sigh of relief as it watched the Purgatory Behemoth Corpse Emperor leave. It had really been worried that the Purgatory Behemoth Corpse Emperor would have a one-track mind and insist on fighting it to the death.</p><p>If that happened, it would be hard to tell just how things would end.</p><p>The Ice Demon Prefecture Master swept its gaze across the Great Demon Gods, watching the battle in the surroundings, a look of warning flashing across its eyes.</p><p>One mustn’t be fooled by how docile and submissive those guys looked—the Ice Demon Prefecture Master was well aware that they would definitely pounce forward and rip it into shreds the moment something untoward happened to it.</p><p>Demons had never been one to speak of comradeship, after all!</p><p>The truth was indeed so, as well. The dozen or so Great Demon Gods watching the battle could hardly hide the disappointment in their eyes upon seeing the Purgatory Behemoth Corpse Emperor leave.</p><p>How they wished that the Purgatory Behemoth Corpse Emperor had fought the Ice Demon Prefecture Master to the death and concluded the battle with an outcome where both sides suffered great losses! That way, they would be able to profit from their losses and replace them.</p><p>What a shame…</p><p>“What a piece of trash!”</p><p>The Great Demon Gods cursed inwardly, though their countenances remained humble and reverent.</p><p>“Let’s go back!”</p><p>The Ice Demon Prefecture Master took a deep breath, and then it prepared to return to its residence to rest and recuperate.</p><p>However, it was at this point that an aloof voice suddenly rang out beside its ear.</p><p>“The challenge hasn’t ended yet, Ice Demon Prefecture Master. Why are you in such a hurry to leave?”</p><p>“Who’s that?”</p><p>A huge jolt went through everyone the moment the person spoke. Be it the 10,000,000 Ice Demon Prefecture Guards, the Demon Gods and Great Demon Gods watching the battle, or the Ice Demon Prefecture Master itself, they all looked toward the source of the voice in unison.</p><p>Upon which, they immediately spotted Meng Lei, who was taking step after step toward the Ice Demon Prefecture Master.</p><p>“It’s him!”</p><p>“It’s actually that guy!”</p><p>“Is he intending to challenge the Prefecture Master?”</p><p>“Who’s he?”</p><p>“Do any of you know who he is?”</p><p>“I don’t know who he is!”</p><p>“Never seen him before!”</p><p>“He’s awfully unfamiliar to the eye!”</p><p>Looks of perplexity couldn’t help but surface in the demons’ eyes as they gazed at Meng Lei. They were very clear on who the Ice Demon Prefecture experts were, yet they had never seen Meng Lei before.</p><p>Their understanding of Meng Lei was solely limited to how he had killed the Fire Demon God earlier. Aside from that, they knew nothing about him.</p><p>In spite of that, a lot of the demons were still greatly astonished when they heard that Meng Lei was going to challenge the Prefecture Master. In particular, those that had previously insulted and verbally abused Meng Lei even revealed looks of fear and horror.</p><p>How strong must Meng Lei be if he thought he could challenge the Prefecture Master?</p><p>Oh my goodness! They had even hurled such insults at Meng Lei just now. Weren’t they just courting death?</p><p>Disregarding the puzzled Great Demon Gods and fearful Demon Gods for now and focusing on the Ice Demon Prefecture Master instead, the Ice Demon Prefecture Master currently had an awful look on its countenance. Its eyes bore into Meng Lei, and killing intent shot forth from within them.</p><p>“You wish to challenge me?”</p><p>“That’s right.” Meng Lei nodded slightly. “You seem extremely awe-inspiring as the master of a prefecture. It has tempted me somewhat, and so I wish to try what it feels like to be one.”</p><p>“Challenger, one must be strong enough if they wish to challenge someone!” The Ice Demon Prefecture Master let out a deep roar. “Without it, they will only throw their lives away in vain!”</p><p>“Is that so? Let’s fight, then! Show me how much power you, the Ice Demon Prefecture Master, have left,” said Meng Lei leisurely with a flick of his fingers.</p><p>“Die!”</p><p>The Ice Demon Prefecture Master let out a deafening roar and promptly launched an attack. It raised its huge ice palm and slammed it at Meng Lei, using its full strength right away.</p><p>The Ice Demon Prefecture Master had launched a killing move right away. It wanted to end the battle quickly and use iron-fist means to take Meng Lei’s life so that it could intimidate the other thieves and rascals.</p><p>“Nice one!”</p><p>Meng Lei let out a long howl and vanished from where he was with a teleport. By the time he reappeared, he was already behind the Ice Demon Prefecture Master. As he glared hard at it, two bunches of black flames then burst forth from his eyes!</p><p>Boom!</p>

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

Volume 4

<h1>Chapter 332 - The Netherworld Divine Fire Evolves, Besieging The Prefecture Master</h1><p>Chapter 332: The Netherworld Divine Fire Evolves, Besieging The Prefecture Master</p><p>Boom!</p><p>Meng Lei abruptly appeared behind the Ice Demon Prefecture Master. Two bunches of flames manifested in his eyes and turned into a couple of fire pillars that sprayed onto the Ice Demon Prefecture Master.</p><p>The black flames blazed away right upon making contact and completely disregarded the Ice Demon Prefecture Master’s body of ice.</p><p>“Netherworld Divine Fire!”</p><p>“That’s the Netherworld Divine Fire!”</p><p>At the sight of the black flames, the expressions of the Great Demon Gods among the Ice Demon Prefecture Guards, the dozen or so Great Demon Gods watching the battle, as well as the many Demon Gods all changed dramatically. The way they looked at Meng Lei immediately changed.</p><p>“To think he’s actually royalty!”</p><p>Disbelief filled the demons.</p><p>The Ice Demon Prefecture belonged to the Dark Hell Demonic Kingdom, and the kingdom’s royal family was exactly the Divine Netherworld Phoenixes. However, the Divine Netherworld Phoenixes’ reproduction rate was extremely low, so pure-blooded Divine Netherworld Phoenixes were exceedingly rare.</p><p>However, it was exactly their rarity that made them elegant and noble!</p><p>Every Divine Netherworld Phoenix had a lofty and exalted status in the Dark Hell Demonic Kingdom. Everyone treated them with respect and deference wherever they went. Who would dare to slight them at all?</p><p>“To think he’s actually royalty!”</p><p>Some of the Demon Gods that had hurled insults at Meng Lei earlier sported grimaces on their faces. They’d initially thought Meng Lei a nobody, but little did they know that he was actually just pretending to be weak in order to take advantage of others.</p><p>Not only was he a Great Demon God, but he was even royalty! His posturing this time had caught everyone off-guard.</p><p>“You’re part of the royal family!”</p><p>Like the others, the Ice Demon Prefecture Master had also discovered the Netherworld Divine Fire blazing away on its back. Though surprised, it wasn’t as shocked and horrified like the many Demon Gods and Great Demon Gods.</p><p>As a Prefecture Master, its status was just as respected as Meng Lei’s—in fact, it wasn’t inferior to most typical members of the royal family.</p><p>What it was truly wary of was that Divine Netherworld Phoenixes were terrifyingly strong. They were nearly invincible among opponents of the same grade as themselves. In particular, Divine Netherworld Phoenixes were even the Ice Demons’ natural enemy!</p><p>Should Meng Lei really turn out to be a mid-level Great Demon God-level Divine Netherworld Phoenix, the Ice Demon Prefecture Master wasn’t confident that it could beat Meng Lei at all.</p><p>“You’re losing for sure today!”</p><p>Meng Lei teleported a few times consecutively and furiously cast Netherworld Divine Fire. His divine body was far inferior to the Ice Demon Prefecture Master’s. Fighting the Ice Demon Prefecture Master head-on was no different from courting death.</p><p>Therefore, being constantly on the move and teleporting about while casting Netherworld Divine Fire to burn the Ice Demon Prefecture Master was the best strategy.</p><p>“Defeating me? Dream on!”</p><p>The Ice Demon Prefecture Master let out a deep roar. Churning chilly currents arose around it and shook off all the Netherworld Divine Fire flames on it.</p><p>Right on the heels of it, it opened its mouth, and a white, chilly current sprayed out of it. The chilly current froze the air around it everywhere it passed through. Had Meng Lei not been fast enough with his teleportation, he would undoubtedly have been frozen to the spot.</p><p>Meng Lei teleported to a faraway spot and gazed at the frozen air, finding it an awfully thorny problem. It was one thing to watch someone else’s battle and something else altogether when he was the one actually battling.</p><p>The Ice Demon Prefecture Master was even more fearsome than what it had seemed.</p><p>“You’re surprisingly quick at fleeing!”</p><p>The Ice Demon Prefecture Master gazed coldly at Meng Lei before glancing at the Netherworld Divine Fire that it had cast off itself. A hint of an icy smile appeared at the corners of its lips as it said, “If my evaluation is correct, you’ve only gone through five rebirths at best, so your Netherworld Divine Fire can’t burn me to death yet!”</p><p>Meng Lei had certainly given the Ice Demon Prefecture Master a shock earlier. It had initially thought that since Meng Lei had dared to challenge it, then he must be a mid-level Great Demon God for sure.</p><p>However, Meng Lei’s Netherworld Divine Fire was a lot weaker than what it had imagined. Thus, the Ice Demon Prefecture Master had basically judged that Meng Lei was just an ordinary Great Demon God.</p><p>He was just a mere ordinary Great Demon God, yet he had actually dared to challenge it? He was practically sending himself to death’s door!</p><p>“Haha! The Ice Demon Prefecture Master is looking down on you, Meng Lei!”</p><p>Dodola’s somewhat-gloating voice rang out in Meng Lei’s mind.</p><p>“Are you that happy that it’s looking down on me?” Meng Lei rolled his eyes. “It’s fine if you don’t wanna help, but to think you’re cracking wise at my expense!”</p><p>Dodola toned down its grin and said, “There’s a huge gap in strength between you and the Ice Demon Prefecture Master. Given your current prowess, you can only maneuver around it for a while at best. It’s impossible for you to kill it.”</p><p>Meng Lei fell silent upon Dodola’s response. Thanks to his teleportation ability, it was very hard for the Ice Demon Prefecture Master to kill him. However, his objective wasn’t to maneuver around it but to kill it.</p><p>By killing the Ice Demon Prefecture Master, not only would he earn vast amounts of Divinity Crystals, but he would also inherit the position of Ice Demon Prefecture Master and get his hands on the Ice Demon Prefecture’s treasury.</p><p>He must kill the Ice Demon Prefecture Master!</p><p>But the problem was—how was he supposed to achieve that?</p><p>Meng Lei couldn’t help but sweep his gaze across his stats interface. He asked, “System, how many Divinity Crystals does it cost to enhance my divine body?”</p><p>“Ding! The host’s Physical Body Constitution is currently that of a low-level higher deity’s and will rival that of a mid-level higher deity’s after enhancement. Enhancement cost is estimated at 60 million Divinity Crystals,” replied the system coldly.</p><p>“60 million…”</p><p>Meng Lei was lost for words in an instant. What a ridiculous price that was! He wouldn’t fetch that sort of money even if they split him up and sold him in bits and pieces. How was he supposed to enhance his divine body?</p><p><em>Since I can’t enhance my divine body, what else can I enhance?</em></p><p>Meng Lei’s gaze continued downward.</p><p><em>Spirit, Power of Divinity, Laws of Nature Comprehension, Innate Special Ability… Wait a minute! Innate Special Ability?!</em></p><p>Meng Lei hurriedly asked, “System, can Innate Special Abilities be enhanced?”</p><p>“Dear host, Super Enhancement is capable of enhancing everything about the host.”</p><p>“How many Divinity Crystals does it cost to enhance Netherworld Divine Fire?”</p><p>“Ding! The host’s Netherworld Divine Fire is currently classified as a high-grade Innate Special Ability and will become a superior-grade Innate Special Ability after enhancement. Enhancement cost is estimated at 10 million Divinity Crystals.”</p><p>“10 million Divinity Crystals? Alright, do it!”</p><p>Meng Lei didn’t hesitate.</p><p>Whoosh!</p><p>His Wealth instantly decreased by 10 million Divinity Crystals, leaving him with a balance of only 37 million Divinity Crystals.</p><p>At the same time, Meng Lei sensed a strange and fascinating warm current flowing into the deepest depths of his body. Netherworld Divine Fire flames involuntarily gushed out of the surface of his body and enveloped him within.</p><p>Black Netherworld Divine Fire flames wrapped around his whole body. Despite the lack of apparent changes on the surface, Meng Lei could clearly sense that his Netherworld Divine Fire’s temperature increased at a crazy rate!</p><p>500,000°C, 550,000°C, 600,000°C…</p><p>700,000°C, 800,000°C, 900,000°C…</p><p>His Netherworld Divine Fire’s temperature rose by leaps and bounds practically every second. At the end of it, it had actually broken through the 1,000,000°C milestone!</p><p>1,000,000°C?</p><p>What kind of concept was that?</p><p>Even the temperature of the sun’s surface was no more than just a mere 5,500°C!</p><p>One could imagine how just hot Meng Lei’s Netherworld Divine Fire was!</p><p>The Ice Demon Prefecture Master’s sharp senses caught the changes in Meng Lei’s Netherworld Divine Fire, and its expression changed dramatically right away.</p><p>If Netherworld Divine Fire had posed no threat to it previously, then things were different now!</p><p>“His Netherworld Divine Fire has actually evolved?”</p><p>The Ice Demon Prefecture Master was rather horror-stricken. Every time a Divine Netherworld Phoenix was reborn, their Netherworld Divine Fire would also evolve along with it. Its temperature would rise even further, and the power it contained would become even more fearsome.</p><p>However, it only evolved after their rebirth. How could anyone just inexplicably evolve their Netherworld Divine Fire within such a short amount of time like what Meng Lei did?</p><p>That didn’t make sense at all!</p><p>“The Netherworld Divine Fire has evolved?”</p><p>Dodola, however, was already desensitized to such surprises by now. This wasn’t the first or second time that Meng Lei had inexplicably powered up—Dodola had already become used to it by now.</p><p>Meng Lei took a deep breath as he took in the changes in his Netherworld Divine Fire. Then, he said unhurriedly, “Didn’t you find my Netherworld Divine Fire’s temperatures too low for you, Ice Demon Prefecture Master? Come and give it a go again now!”</p><p>Meng Lei had already launched a casual attack before he was even done speaking. Several hundred black spears—all of them manifested from Netherworld Divine Fire—suddenly appeared in front of him.</p><p>“Go!”</p><p>Meng Lei stretched his arm out and pointed. At once, the several hundred black spears suddenly pierced through the air and shot toward the Ice Demon Prefecture Master at lightning-quick speed, reaching right in front of it in the blink of an eye.</p><p>Roar!</p><p>The Ice Demon Prefecture Master opened its mouth, and a white, chilly current sprayed out from within. It formed an ice wall in front of it that blocked the black spears hurtling toward it.</p><p>Boom!</p><p>The black spears landed against the ice wall and burst into raging flames. In the span of a few short breaths, they had already melted the ice wall and burned it into ashes.</p><p>The Ice Demon Prefecture Master’s expression involuntarily changed drastically. The Netherworld Divine Fire’s might had spiked dramatically after its evolution. Once struck by its flames, they would definitely have a shot at killing it!</p><p>“His Netherworld Divine Fire might have evolved, but his divine body hasn’t.” The Ice Demon Prefecture Master’s eyes were cold and imposing as it told itself, “As long as I can seize the opportunity, I’ll definitely be able to kill him in one hit!”</p><p>“Again!”</p><p>The greatly-strengthened Netherworld Divine Fire gave Meng Lei a huge boost of confidence, and he transformed into a Divine Netherworld Phoenix whose wingspan exceeded 100,000 feet.</p><p>Every one of his black plumes stood on end like steel needles. His enormous form emanated a noble, cold, and aloof pressure. A fearsome aura spread from Meng Lei and swept through all directions.</p><p>Screeeech!</p><p>Meng Lei let out a cry. Great bursts of Netherworld Divine Fire shot forth like tornadoes with a flap of his wings and rushed toward the Ice Demon Prefecture Master with overwhelming momentum.</p><p>“Damn!”</p><p>The Ice Demon Prefecture Master’s expression changed at once, and it swiftly retreated with a burst of speed. It didn’t want the Netherworld Divine Fire flames to get onto it at all. Otherwise, things would be terrible.</p><p>“Thinking of fleeing?”</p><p>Meng Lei snorted and teleported behind the Ice Demon Prefecture Master. Another great burst of Netherworld Divine Fire flames surged out of him as he let out another cry.</p><p>“Bastard!”</p><p>The Ice Demon Prefecture Master tried to flee from the side, but Meng Lei didn’t give it the chance at all. After teleporting a few times, the Ice Demon Prefecture Master had become surrounded by Netherworld Divine Fire on its left and right, top and bottom!</p><p>For a while there, there was Netherworld Divine Fire to its top and bottom, left and right, as well as front and back. The Ice Demon Prefecture Master was completely surrounded by flames, leaving it no way out and nowhere to hide.</p><p>“Damn!”</p><p>The Netherworld Divine Fire flames reflected a fiery glow on the Ice Demon Prefecture Master’s face, which had already become all distorted. Its heart sank as it stared at the Netherworld Divine Fire surging toward it from every direction.</p><p>The evolved Netherworld Divine Fire contained incredible might. The Ice Demon Prefecture Master didn’t want to come into contact with it at all if it could help it. However, now that things had come to such a pass, it could only fight back head-on.</p><p>Roar!</p><p>Surging, torrential white, chilly currents arose all around the Ice Demon Prefecture Master and formed a thick ice shield all around it as it roared.</p><p>Right after that, the Ice Demon Prefecture Master jumped right into the blazing Netherworld Divine Fire flames. A moment later, it charged out of the Netherworld Divine Fire encirclement.</p><p>The ice shield was already on fire and blazing away by now. Just as it was about to be fully burned away, the Ice Demon Prefecture Master shook itself hard all over, shaking off the ice shield and throwing it out.</p><p>“Phew! I’ve finally charged my way out!”</p><p>The Ice Demon Prefecture Master heaved a sigh of relief. However, before it could completely become at ease, a mocking voice rang out beside its ear.</p><p>“Ice Demon Prefecture Master, did you think it’s already over with just that?”</p><p>“Eh?”</p><p>The ice Demon Prefecture Master raised its head—only to see that an overwhelming number of black spears had surrounded it!</p><p>Densely-packed black spears occupied the heavens and the earth, its left and right, front and back, every direction…</p><p>There were as many as tens of thousands of them!</p><p>There was nowhere in and nowhere out!</p><p>It… had become surrounded again!</p><p>“Bastard!”</p><p>The Ice Demon Prefecture Master was so furious that it was shaking all over. It had only just escaped from the encirclement after so much trouble and hadn’t even caught its breath yet, yet it had become surrounded again?</p><p>Just how goddamn *beep* was that?</p><p>Meng Lei resumed his human form and said, “Accept your fate, Ice Demon Prefecture Master. There’s nowhere for you to run anymore!”</p><p>“We’ll have to see whether or not you’re that capable if you want to kill me!”</p><p>The Ice Demon Prefecture Master let out a deep roar. White, chilly currents arose all around it again. Evidently, it was intending to use the same trick and escape using an ice shield.</p><p>“Shoot!”</p><p>The black spears covering the sky shot toward the Ice Demon Prefecture Master in a swarm like a rain of arrows.</p><p>“Block!”</p><p>The Ice Demon Prefecture Master bellowed. The white, chilly currents formed a thick ice wall around it. On top of that, the ice wall constantly increased in size and became thicker and thicker.</p><p>“Resistance is futile!”</p><p>Dodola flew over at this point and blew lightly at the ice wall. A huge dimensional vortex—through which one could see the Ice Demon Prefecture Master—bizarrely appeared on the thick ice wall.</p><p>Whoosh!</p><p>Meng Lei seized the opportunity right away. Dozens of black spears shot into the dimensional vortex.</p><p>“Ahhh!”</p>

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

Volume 4

<h1>Chapter 333 - The Prefecture Master Self-Destructs, Rich Rewards</h1><p>Chapter 333: The Prefecture Master Self-Destructs, Rich Rewards</p><p>Dozens of black spears shot into the dimensional vortex. The Ice Demon Prefecture Master’s shrill cries could be heard coming from within the thick ice wall at once.</p><p>The ice wall dispersed with a boom right after that. Netherworld Divine Fire wrapped around the Ice Demon Prefecture Master’s abdomen and began to spread like wildfire to other parts of its body.</p><p>“Damn!”</p><p>Blood drained from the Ice Demon Prefecture Master’s face. Chilly air reverberated around it, instantly shaking off a greater half of the flames at its abdomen. Nevertheless, quite a bit of Netherworld Divine Fire flames continued to stick to it like glue.</p><p>“Don’t struggle in vain anymore, Ice Demon Prefecture Master. Your fate has already been destined!”</p><p>A calm smile graced Meng Lei’s features as an overwhelming number of black spears shot toward it simultaneously.</p><p>Stab, stab, stab!</p><p>The Ice Demon Prefecture Master was unable to block the attack this time. The black spears bombarded it and turned into fierce, raging flames that began to blaze away furiously.</p><p>Boom!</p><p>The Ice Demon Prefecture Master instantly turned into a demon on fire. It tried desperately to spur the demonic aura inside it so that it could shake off the Netherworld Divine Fire and drive the flames away, but… It was of no use.</p><p>Within the short span of a few breaths, the fire, which was becoming increasingly bigger and fiercer, had completely swallowed it up.</p><p>The Ice Demon Prefecture Master let out a shrill cry that sounded as if the wailing of vengeful spirits from hell. All the demons that heard it were incredibly alarmed and frightened and their hair couldn’t help but stand on end.</p><p>“Lord Prefecture Master has… lost?”</p><p>The 10,000,000 Ice Demon Prefecture Guards were trembling all over. They couldn’t believe the scene taking place before their eyes.</p><p>The grand Ice Demon Prefecture’s most powerful Lord Prefecture Master that was unbeatable in their eyes had… lost?</p><p>“Lord Prefecture Master has actually lost to him! This is truly unbelievable!”</p><p>The Demon Gods and Great Demon Gods watching the battle also had a complex look in their eyes and a look of disbelief on their faces.</p><p>The Ice Demon Prefecture Master had sat firmly on the Prefecture Master throne for as long as 40,000 years. It had encountered innumerable challengers during this period and won them all, yet it had finally been defeated today.</p><p>“Ice Demon Prefecture… is in for a huge change! From now on, the whole Ice Demon Prefecture will be his!”</p><p>“Ahhh!”</p><p>The Ice Demon Prefecture Master was still screaming. The terrifying Netherworld Divine Fire flames continued blazing away, burning its demonic body into ashes bit by bit. The pain and agony involved were self-evident. Even a mid-level Great Demon God like the Ice Demon Prefecture Master found it hard to bear!</p><p>“Congratulations, Meng Lei!”</p><p>A smiling Dodola said, “From now on, you’re the newly-appointed Prefecture Master of the Ice Demon Prefecture!”</p><p>“You, too!”</p><p>Meng Lei returned the smile. Then, his gaze swept across the Demon Gods, Great Demon Gods, and Ice Demon Prefecture Guards around them. It was time to enjoy the fruits of his victory next.</p><p>“S-spare me!”</p><p>At last, the Ice Demon Prefecture Master couldn’t take it anymore. It begged for mercy hoarsely. “L-let me off! I… I’m willing… t-to submit to you!”</p><p>“Submit?”</p><p>Meng Lei shook his head. “It’s too late now!”</p><p>“Bastard!”</p><p>Hate filled the Ice Demon Prefecture Master. It, a lofty mid-level Great Demon God, was sincerely begging for mercy and offering submission, yet Meng Lei had actually rejected it. He was too much!</p><p>“Since you refuse to give me a way out, then you can forget about having a good time, too. We’ll go down together, you bastard!”</p><p>The Ice Demon Prefecture Master bellowed hysterically. Its gigantic demonic body suddenly began to inflate and expand furiously like an inflating balloon.</p><p>“Oh no! It intends to self-destruct!”</p><p>At the sight of this, the expressions of the dozen or so Great Demon Gods watching the battle all changed, and they immediately turned tail and ran.</p><p>The 10,000,000 Ice Demon Prefecture Guards, as well as the Demon Gods watching the battle, were scared witless. All of them turned and fled into the distance, wishing they had been born with an extra pair of legs.</p><p>However, they were ultimately still a tad too slow. As a deafening boom rang out, the Ice Demon Prefecture Master’s body also exploded with a loud bang as though a hundred million hydrogen bombs were suddenly going off.</p><p>Boom!</p><p>The dimension broke apart right away, and a gigantic black hole formed from the explosion. Additionally, the black hole was also expanding at a terrifying rate. In no time, it had expanded to a size that spanned a million miles in radius.</p><p>The Ice Demon City right underneath it was out of luck.</p><p>The black hole swallowed the buildings, the demons, the streets, the forests… It swallowed everything that it could possibly swallow!</p><p>The world became void of all sounds, color, life, and vitality in this instant. All one could see within their sight was just a constantly-expanding black hole.</p><p>One couldn’t tell how long had passed before the expanding black hole finally calmed down. A few minutes later, the black hole disappeared completely, and the sky resumed its original brightness once more.</p><p>However, when the surviving Great Demon Gods saw the sight before their eyes, all of them were stunned.</p><p>A gigantic deep pit that spanned a radius of 10,000,000 miles had formed in the center of the boundless Ice Demon City. As though a crater formed by a meteor crashing into the earth, there was no sign of life or any living being inside it. All there was in there was just charred soil and rocks that had turned into glass from the high heat.</p><p>As for the many Demon Gods and the 10,000,000 Ice Demon Prefecture Guards that had been floating in the air earlier—in fact, even the countless demons on the ground—all of them had vanished!</p><p>“H-how did this happen?”</p><p>One of the Great Demon Gods had a rather dazed look in its eyes. All the Ice Demon Prefecture Guards had died while the city center had also turned into a deep pit. How many demons had exactly died just now?</p><p>How many demons had died?</p><p>Meng Lei didn’t know, either. He was very displeased—terribly so—at the moment. Since the Ice Demon Prefecture Master had self-destructed, then that meant that he hadn’t killed it with his own hands. The money that had been about to enter his bank… was gone!</p><p>Just how f*cked up was that?</p><p>“That was a mid-level Great Demon God that rivaled a mid-level higher deity! Just how much money have I lost!?”</p><p>Meng Lei felt as if his heart was bleeding. Aside from that, there was also one other thing that he was worried about—the whole Prefecture Master residence had been caught in the explosion just now. Surely the treasury in there was fine, right?</p><p>Meng Lei’s heart couldn’t help but sink as he gazed at the huge pit whose diameter spanned as wide as 10,000,000 miles. The explosion had destroyed the Prefecture Master residence. In that case, the chances of the treasury surviving the explosion…</p><p>Meng Lei griped, “Why didn’t you stop it from self-destructing just now?”</p><p>“Stop it from self-destructing? Why don’t you do it yourself if you’re that capable?”</p><p>Dodola said huffily, “Who would be able to stop a mid-level Great Demon God from self-destructing? Not me, for sure! It’s already pretty impressive that one can come out of it alive!”</p><p>Meng Lei curled his lip grumpily. Then, he quickly teleported to the center of the huge pit. There was nothing in the pit at all, not even an ant, let alone the Prefecture Master residence.</p><p>This didn’t bode well for the treasury…</p><p>Meng Lei immediately urged, “Hurry, look for the Prefecture Master residence’s treasury for me, Dodola!”</p><p>All he could do now was hope that the treasury was on other half-planes instead and not in the Prefecture Master residence itself. Otherwise, everything they had done would really have been all for naught.</p><p>“Fine!”</p><p>Dodola agreed to his request. It released its divine cognition into the surroundings and started to look for it. Meng Lei also tried searching for it.</p><p>It was just a pity that…</p><p>There was nothing here and nothing there.</p><p>There was nothing in the east and nothing in the west.</p><p>“Eh? What’s that?”</p><p>Dodola suddenly let out a soft sound of surprise. Then, it took a white crystal out from the soil with a casual wave. The crystal emanated might that filled one with trepidation.</p><p>“This aura…”</p><p>Dodola burst into laughter at once. “Meng Lei, I’ve found the Ice Demon Prefecture Master’s demonic core!”</p><p>“Its demonic core?”</p><p>A huge jolt went through Meng Lei, and he hurriedly grabbed the demonic and inspected it. True enough, he could sense the Ice Demon Prefecture Master’s divine spirit’s aura inside it. Meng Lei was overjoyed right away—the Ice Demon Prefecture Master was still alive!</p><p>“The destructive power of self-destruction may be great, but demonic cores are objects manifested from demonic power, one’s divine spirit, and the origin of laws of nature. They are firm and indestructible, so they won’t be broken by the power generated from self-destruction,” explained Dodola with a smile.</p><p>Meng Lei nodded repeatedly. Then, he released his divine cognition, sent it into the demonic core, and began to inspect it. The demonic core was undamaged. This meant that the Ice Demon Prefecture Master’s divine spirit was definitely unharmed. At best, it might have sunk into a deep sleep.</p><p>True enough, as Meng Lei inspected the demonic core, the Ice Demon Prefecture Master’s divine spirit also gradually awakened. At once, it let out a mad, furious roar full of immense hatred. “You bastard! You forced me to self-destruct and destroyed my demonic body! I’ll never let you off even if I were to fall into the depths of hell!”</p><p>“Hehe! It’s great that you’re still alive!”</p><p>Meng Lei licked his lips. Then, the power of his divine spirit gushed forth and began to furiously attack the Ice Demon Prefecture Master’s divine spirit in an attempt to thoroughly kill it.</p><p>To deities and demons, the true core of their existences were their divine spirits. As long as their divine spirit was still alive, then they would be considered alive. It was only when their divine spirit was destroyed and dissipated that they would truly be dead.</p><p>Therefore, Meng Lei wanted to kill the Ice Demon Prefecture Master once more.</p><p>“Argghhhh!”</p><p>The Ice Demon Prefecture Master roared furiously in pain and agony. However, without its demonic body, its divine spirit was as though a tree without its roots—it couldn’t withstand Meng Lei’s attacks at all. Gradually, it began to break down.</p><p>In the end…</p><p>“Ding! 1 Ice Demon God killed. 62 million Divinity Crystals gained!”</p><p>“Haha! One’s effort should always be rewarded. Now, this feels much better!”</p>

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Chapter 334 - New Prefecture Master, Ice Demon Shrine

Volume 4

<h1>Chapter 334 - New Prefecture Master, Ice Demon Shrine</h1><p>Chapter 334: New Prefecture Master, Ice Demon Shrine</p><p>Earning 62 million Divinity Crystals did not just make up for the 10 million spent on enhancing the Netherworld Divine Fire. It also meant a 52-million profit!</p><p>One word—way too satisfying!</p><p>“And the prefecture treasury, I have to find it! The wealth of a mid-level Great Demon God accumulated over its entire life must be plenteous!”</p><p>Meng Lei had Dodola continue the search while he started to read the Ice Demon Prefecture Master’s divine spirit fragments.</p><p>Other than knowing the treasury’s exact location, the memory itself was a precious treasure which Meng Lei had to dig into.</p><p>Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!</p><p>As he continued reading, the Ice Demon Prefecture Master’s memory played out swiftly in his mind.</p><p>After over an hour, Meng Lei finally completed the reading process. He let out a long breath of pent-up air as a hint of a smile dashed across his face.</p><p>“Dodola, have you found anything yet?”</p><p>Meng Lei teased.</p><p>“Found what? There was not even the slightest trace of it.”</p><p>“Hahaha, that’s normal.” Meng Lei laughed. “The treasury wasn’t here in the first place!”</p><p>“Not here?” Dodola paused. “Then where is it?”</p><p>“The Ice Demon Prefecture Master wasn’t in the prefecture usually as it stayed in the Ice Demon Snow Mountain most of the time, cultivating in the extreme cold on top of the mountain,” Meng Lei explained. “All its treasures, collections, and wealth are stored there!”</p><p>“So where is the Ice Demon Snow Mountain?” Dodola asked.</p><p>“Follow me.”</p><p>Meng Lei smiled faintly as he was about to leave with Dodola. Just then, a dozen of the Great Demon Gods who were previously watching the battle surrounded him suddenly.</p><p>Meng Lei raised an eyebrow.</p><p><em>What are they trying to do? Perhaps they are trying to take advantage of the situation?</em></p><p>The reality proved that Meng Lei overthought it. These Great Demon Gods flew over and bowed respectfully.</p><p>“Greetings, Prefecture Master!”</p><p>It was an expression of goodwill.</p><p>Meng Lei nodded slightly. “Stand down the formalities.”</p><p>“Your prowess is unfathomable. Defeating Cador to become the new Prefecture Master is a blessing to the prefecture and also our great honor!”</p><p>A Great Demon God said respectfully, “Please allow us to carry out any orders you have, and we will bend our backs to the task until our dying day!”</p><p>The other Great Demon Gods also expressed their willingness to serve Meng Lei as his tools.</p><p>“Great!”</p><p>Meng Lei was satisfied with their attitude. He smiled and said, “I was born rapacious, and I have an eye for things like Laws of Nature Origin Crystals and Divinity Crystals. If you are free, you can help me find more of these treasures!”</p><p>Upon hearing that, the Great Demon Gods only had swearing and curses in their minds.</p><p><em>We expressed our goodwill only as a formality, not literally serving you! And you actually start ordering us around? Do you not know the way of the world, or you thought you’re an actual Prefecture Master?</em></p><p>The Great Demon Gods were dissing Meng Lei secretly in their minds. To be honest, the previous Prefecture Master had never ordered them around before—not for this one, though.</p><p>“Oh, one more thing, three days later will be my 25th birthday.” Meng Lei continued. “I’ll let you all settle the birthday feast. If I’m not pleased with the feast or the presents are undesirable, I’ll be furious!”</p><p>Having said that, Meng Lei left with Dodola, leaving behind the confused Great Demon Gods.</p><p><em>It’ll be your 25th birthday three days later?</em></p><p><em>25th birthday?</em></p><p><em>Who are you trying to fool?</em></p><p><em>If you’re not at least 1,000 years old, I’ll change my surname to yours!</em></p><p>“What the hell does he want?”</p><p>A Great Demon God’s expression was awful.</p><p>“He obviously wants to plunder more treasure!”</p><p>“Such naked greed! This bastard is even greedier than Cador!”</p><p>…</p><p>“The Ice Demon Snow Mountain is on the west side of the Ice Demon Prefecture. It’s 1,286,000 kilometers above sea level, with permanent snow throughout the year, making it suitable for ice demons to live in.</p><p>“The Ice Demon Prefecture Master stayed there most of the time for cultivation. It was the perfect place for it!”</p><p>The two of them chatted idly on the way. It took half a day for them to reach the Ice Demon Snow Mountain. The undulating white mountains were like countless Frost Colossal Dragons lying prostrate on top—magnificent and spectacular.</p><p>Among these countless snowy mountains stood out an extremely majestic white mountain that was way higher than the ordinary mountains.</p><p>It was the Ice Demon Snow Mountain!</p><p>The mountain was already covered by clouds halfway up as if it was a celestial realm that was separate from the world—holy, advanced, and majestic.</p><p>The two of them passed through the clouds and went up all the way. It took them half an hour to reach the top of the mountain. There were no layers of clouds here anymore.</p><p>The sky was azure while there was nothing in the vicinity except for a majestic icy palace on top of the mountain—the Ice Demon Prefecture Master’s shrine!</p><p>“We’re here!”</p><p>Meng Lei’s heart quickened uncontrollably as he knew how rich the Ice Demon Prefecture Master was after he read its memory.</p><p>The Ice Demon Prefecture’s territory was the size of over 1,000 of Heaven’s Vault Continent.</p><p>The Ice Demon Prefecture Master had been in charge for over 40,000 years and collected massive amounts of tributes!</p><p>How much wealth did it accumulate over 40,000 years?</p><p>Meng Lei was eager to open the treasury and feast his eyes on what was inside.</p><p>Roar!</p><p>A furious roar rang abruptly.</p><p>“Who? Who dares to trespass into the Ice Demon Shrine!</p><p>Meng Lei stopped and realized that there was a gigantic winged python chained by the door. Its body seemed to be made of ice as it coiled up its massive body. The python’s stared at Meng Lei as a cold glint flashed across its greenish eyes.</p><p>“Heaven Devouring Python of the Depths!”</p><p>Meng Lei recognized this python. It was a divine beast that the Ice Demon Prefecture Master had caught to guard the shrine. It was as powerful as a normal Great Demon God.</p><p>“Archibald!” Master looked at the python and said, “The Ice Demon Prefecture Master you knew is now dead. The one standing before you is your new master!”</p><p>“What? Master is dead?”</p><p>The Heaven Devouring Python of the Depths was shaken as disbelief filled its eyes.</p><p>“You’re lying! How would my master die? Master ruled the prefecture, and it was a mid-level Great Demon God! Who could’ve killed it?”</p><p>“I killed it!”</p><p>Meng Lei said calmly. “I killed your Prefecture Master, and the prefecture is now mine, including its wealth too. Well, seeing that you have guarded the shrine, I can let you live on the condition that you submit to me.”</p><p>“My master is the mightiest I’ve seen. How could it be killed? You dare to fool me!”</p><p>The Heaven Devouring Python of the Depths roared and opened its bloody mouth and bit toward Meng Lei.</p><p>“Presumptuous!”</p><p>Meng Lei frowned as he pointed his finger. A chilly current with a purple glint shot into the body of the python.</p><p>Crackle!</p><p>Ice formed on the Heaven Devouring Python of the Depths starting from its huge mouth. After a few moments, the enormous slithering body was frozen in light purple ice.</p><p>“Mysterious Ice of The Depths! This is the Mysterious Ice of The Depths!”</p><p>Dodola was a little shocked. “What the heck! How did you manage to use the signature Special Ability of the Frost Gods?”</p><p>“I accidentally awakened the Frost Gods bloodline a while ago,” Meng Lei laughed as he explained.</p><p>“Accidentally…”</p><p>Dodola did not know what to say. It sighed. “You’re really assembling powerful bloodlines into one body!</p><p>“The Gods-Slaying Rat bloodline, Divine Netherworld Phoenix bloodline, Hundred-Armed Giant bloodline, the Frost Gods bloodline, and the Ancient Tree of Life bloodline!</p><p>“Monster! You’re a monster!”</p><p>“Thanks for the compliment!”</p><p>Meng Lei laughed and walked straight toward the shrine with Dodola following closely behind.</p><p>The door was pushed open; it was empty. However, ice elements were extremely rich here, making it an ideal place for cultivation.</p><p>And at the center of the shrine, there was a gigantic magic circle. Meng Lei knew that this magic circle would lead him to the treasury existential plane.</p><p>Buzz…</p><p>Meng Lei activated the magic circle and disappeared with Dodola. When they reappeared, they entered another world.</p><p>As far as the eye could see, it was a vast expanse of white. Icefields and white snow were everywhere, and there was no wind which made the place terrifyingly quiet.</p><p>There were only ice-elemental laws of nature and ice elements here as this was an ice-elemental half-plane.</p><p>“Meng Lei, where are the treasures?” Dodola looked around and asked curiously.</p><p>“It can be as far away as being at the edge of the sky or as near as being right before your eyes.”</p><p>Meng Lei waved his arm as the snow under his feet rose into the air. What was revealed was not the bare ground but densely packed chests.</p><p>These chests crafted from solid ice were gleaming with a chilly glint, as colorful sparkles of the treasures could be seen through the transparent ice. The wealth of the Ice Demon Prefecture Master was in these chests!</p><p>“Wow!”</p><p>Dodola exclaimed softly as it flapped its wings and struck open an icy chest. It emitted a pure divine spirit wave as it contained Crystallized Divine Spirit Extracts.</p><p>A chest that was full of Crystallized Divine Spirit Extracts!</p><p>Meng Lei had obtained them before, but they were always picked up one by one in the past—when had he ever seen a full chest of Crystallized Divine Spirit Extracts?</p><p>For a moment, Meng Lei’s eyes were immediately fixed. “So… So many Crystallized Divine Spirit Extract!”</p><p>“Crystallized Divine Spirit Extracts are extremely rare resources which normal higher deities wouldn’t have much savings. Now there’s so many stocked up here!”</p><p>Dodola was rather stunned by the sight.</p><p>“Nice! Got to keep all these!”</p><p>Meng Lei kept this chest of Crystallized Divine Spirit Extract and continued opening each chest as more treasures were revealed.</p><p>“So many Laws of Nature Origin Crystals?”</p><p>“Keep! Keep them!”</p><p>“Divinity Crystals this time!”</p><p>“Keep! Keep! Keep…”</p><p>Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!</p><p>Chests of Laws of Nature Origin Crystals vanished.</p><p>Chests of Divinity Crystals vanished.</p><p>Meng Lei’s wealth spiked rapidly once again. When the count finally paused, his Wealth had grown to an astonishing 397.6 million Divinity Crystals.</p><p>“Yes! I’ve struck a true jackpot today!”</p><p>Meng Lei spoke to himself as his speech became incoherent in excitement.</p><p>“Stop laughing foolishly and look at this!”</p><p>Watching Meng Lei’s silliness of an upstart, Dodola could not help but yell at him.</p><p>“What?”</p><p>Meng Lei flew over as he saw a chest of colorful crystals that gave off gushing laws of nature power. They were without a doubt, laws of nature fragments.</p><p>However, this chest of laws of nature fragments was very much different from those Meng Lei had collected in the past.</p><p>“These are fusion laws of nature fragments!”</p><p>Dodola’s eyes were shining brightly. “Two-colored ones are double-elemental fusion laws of nature fragments, three-colored ones are triple-elemental fusion laws of nature fragments, as such four-colored ones are quad-elemental.</p><p>“Of course, the four-colored ones are really rare as there are close to none of them.”</p><p>“Fusion laws of nature fragments?”</p><p>Meng Lei’s eyes lit up.</p><p>He did not think too much of the double-elemental fusion laws of nature fragments since he had already assimilated so many of them.</p><p>He was looking for triple-elemental and quad-elemental fusion laws of nature fragments, especially the quad-elemental ones.</p>

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Chapter 335 - The Death Gods, The Grim Reaper'S Eye

Volume 4

<h1>Chapter 335 - The Death Gods, The Grim Reaper'S Eye</h1><p>Chapter 335: The Death Gods, The Grim Reaper’s Eye</p><p>Meng Lei kept all the double-elemental fusion laws of nature fragments, and the triple- and quad-elemental ones were left in the chest.</p><p>Meng Lei picked out the quad-elemental fusion laws of nature fragments first and counted 11 of them of various colors.</p><p>These were special as they were assimilated from four different laws of nature, making them extremely valuable.</p><p>Meng Lei kept them cautiously for later use when he had the time.</p><p>The leftovers were triple-elemental fusion laws of nature fragments with over 300 pieces, which Meng Lei kept too.</p><p>Meng Lei carried on with the box openings with chests of demonic crystals, demonic cores…</p><p>“Ding! Dropped item discovered. Will you pick it up?” The system’s notification rang abruptly.</p><p>“Yes, pick it up!”</p><p>“Ding! Pickup successful. You have obtained the Grim Reaper bloodline. Will you assimilate it?”</p><p>“Grim Reaper bloodline?”</p><p>A dash of shock flashed in Meng Lei’s eyes. Despite their rare numbers, the Grim Reaper was one of the most terrifying races in the universe.</p><p>“Assimilate it!”</p><p>Meng Lei did not hesitate.</p><p>Boom!</p><p>Unique gray energy surged into Meng Lei’s body within his limbs and bones, spreading throughout his entire body.</p><p>For a while, a gray mist came off Meng Lei’s body as if he had burst into flames. Dodola watched with concern.</p><p>“Meng Lei, what’s happening to you?”</p><p>“Nothing much, just accidentally awakening some Grim Reaper bloodline. It is part of the process.”</p><p>Meng Lei gritted through the intense pain across his body and gave Dodola a smile of reassurance. Although the assimilation process was painful, he could withstand it now at this stage.</p><p>“Grim Reaper bloodline?” Dodola gasped. “You awakened another one, and it’s the Grim Reaper bloodline this time? O great God of Time, what kind of freak are you?”</p><p>“Hehe!”</p><p>Meng Lei curled his lips and grinned.</p><p>A thick fog of gray mist spewed out steadily as Meng Lei emitted an aura of death, while his skin turned from yellow to gray.</p><p>Ten minutes later, the Grim Reaper bloodline had assimilated while Meng Lei’s skin color had turned gray completely. Other than that, his appearance remained the same.</p><p>No, there was one other thing that changed—a vertical-slit gray pupil on Meng Lei’s forehead!</p><p>There was nothing else that changed other than that.</p><p>“Dodola, so this is how the Death Gods look like?” Meng Lei was surprised.</p><p>When he assimilated other bloodlines, he would transform into the appearance of that race like the Gods-Slaying Rat, the Hundred-Armed Giant, the Divine Netherworld Phoenix, the Ancient Tree of Life, the Frost Gods…</p><p>The Grim Reaper bloodline was the exception. Other than the skin turning gray and a vertical pupil on the forehead, there were no other transformations, making it unique.</p><p>“The Death Gods have no fixed appearance.” Dodola had a complex look on its face. “The biggest feature would be the gray skin and the Grim Reaper’s Eye.”</p><p>“The Grim Reaper’s Eye?”</p><p>Meng Lei waved his hand as a water mirror appeared before him, reflecting his current look. “This extra thing on my forehead is the Grim Reaper’s Eye? What is the use of this?”</p><p>“What use? I must say it’s a huge one!”</p><p>Dodola explained, “Normally, whether it’s a deity or a demon, they’re either skilled in physical attacks or divinity attacks.</p><p>“The Death Gods, however, other than the two standard types of attack, possess a terrifying offensive ability—the divine spirit attack.</p><p>“That’s what the Grim Reaper’s Eye does!”</p><p>Dodola sighed as it continued. “The Grim Reaper’s Eye can attack the enemy’s divine spirit directly, and it can kill enemies of the same class in one strike. Plus, it can devour the enemy’s divine spirit to strengthen your own divine spirit without any side effects!”</p><p>“Damn! That’s crazy!”</p><p>Meng Lei could not help but gasp. Attacking the divine spirit directly, one-shot kill, and the ability to devour divine spirits to strengthen his own divine spirit!</p><p><em>That’s just crazy!</em></p><p>“It’s that insane.” Dodola sighed. “The reason why they’re known as the Death Gods is because of this crazy Grim Reaper’s Eye!”</p><p>“Crazy! That’s too insane!”</p><p>Meng Lei swept a glance at his stats interface. The assimilation degree of the Grim Reaper bloodline was only 32%. Meng Lei did not hesitate to raise it to 100% immediately.</p><p>68 Divinity Crystals were spent.</p><p>It was clear that the Grim Reaper bloodline was another powerful True God bloodline, not an Ancient God bloodline!</p><p>After that, Meng Lei continued with the loot. There were chests of demons and magical beast carcasses, including Fire Demon’s Heart, Succubus’s Eye, and limbs of powerful magical beasts…</p><p>“Ding! Dropped item discovered. Will you pick it up?”</p><p>“Yes, pick it up!”</p><p>“Ding! Pickup successful. You have obtained the Underworld Ghost bloodline. Will you assimilate it?”</p><p>“No, don’t assimilate it.”</p><p>“Ding! Pickup successful. You have obtained…”</p><p>Meng Lei was not too interested in these carcasses as he sent them into the Tower of Time for the golden little tree’s enjoyment.</p><p>After consuming a massive amount of remains that Meng Lei had provided, the golden little tree grew taller by only a small margin. It made Meng Lei rather anxious—how long would it take for this tree to grow into an adult?</p><p><em>I guess there’s no choice but to grow this slowly.</em></p><p>After keeping the chests with the carcasses, there were the chests containing weapons. There were demonic weapons and divine weapons of good quality as the lowest graded ones were at least mid-tier weapons.</p><p>“These mid-tier divine weapons and demonic weapons are not useful to me, but I can give them to Ol’ Amos and the rest.”</p><p>Meng Lei kept these weapons except for a dozen high-tier divine weapons and demonic weapons, with each of them giving off divinity power (magic power) waves!</p><p>“These will be mine!”</p><p>…</p><p>After another round of looting, Meng Lei was overflowing with wealth. The Ice Demon Prefecture Master’s treasury did not disappoint after all as he made a great fortune.</p><p>It was time to spend his newfound fortune as Meng Lei chose to enhance his divine body. Even if he killed the Ice Demon Prefecture Master, Meng Lei knew that his absolute combat strength would only be on par with a normal Great Demon God. How was that acceptable?</p><p>Prefecture Masters were usually mid-level Great Demon Gods. How could he fall behind them?</p><p>“Ding! The host’s Physical Body Constitution is currently that of a low-level higher deity’s and will rival that of a mid-level higher deity’s after enhancement. Enhancement cost is estimated at 60 million Divinity Crystals,” the system informed coldly.</p><p>“Enhance!”</p><p>Meng Lei huffed.</p><p><em>I had no money previously, but it’s different now! A mere 60 million Divinity Crystals is still affordable!</em></p><p>Whoosh!</p><p>His wealth shrunk by 60 million while Meng Lei could feel that his divine body was strengthened at a skyrocketing speed, as a new round of enhancement had begun.</p><p>2 times, 3 times, 4 times…</p><p>10 times, 20 times, 30 times…</p><p>After the enhancement was complete, Meng Lei could feel that his divine body was stronger by 100 times. Endless power gushed within his body as Meng Lei had never felt such strength before.</p><p>“If the Ice Demon Prefecture Master was in front of me, I could absolutely go head to head with it!”</p><p>After leaving the ice-elemental half-plane, both of them returned to the Ice Demon Shrine. The Heaven Devouring Python of the Depths was still frozen within the Mysterious Ice of The Depths before Meng Lei released it.</p><p>Hiss!</p><p>Once the Heaven Devouring Python of the Depths went free, it tried to bite Meng Lei immediately. The Mysterious Ice of The Depths might have immobilized its body, but its divine spirit and consciousness were not as its mind was still active.</p><p>During the time that it was frozen, it was not frightened. Instead, it hated Meng Lei to the core as it swore to kill Meng Lei and avenge its master.</p><p>“You still dare to attack me?”</p><p>Meng Lei let out an icy snort. Then, his palm smacked toward the python.</p><p>Boom!</p><p>His iron fists hit the snake in the nose as it bent down instantly with a crackling sound.</p><p>Meng Lei appeared above the python’s head with a flash and stomped down hard. Its skull turned into a massive pit with a thunderous boom.</p><p>Hiss… argh!</p><p>The Heaven Devouring Python of the Depths let out a painful cry as blood shot out of every hole of its face. It then dropped dead onto the ground as its brain was blasted into pieces instantly.</p><p>Meng Lei waved his arm and summoned a demonic core from the corpse. Using the Grim Reaper’s Eye, the divine spirit of the python was dragged out and devoured.</p><p>“Ding! 1 Heaven Devouring Python of the Depths killed. 4.9 million Divinity Crystals gained!”</p><p>“You overestimated yourself!”</p><p>Meng Lei sneered as he kept the carcass into the Tower of Time for the golden little tree to consume. He had finally understood that there was more value in using Super Enhancement than to upgrade his divine body through devouring life essence.</p><p>Although Super Enhancement was costly, it had the best effects without any repercussions, making it much more effective than devouring life essence.</p><p>“Dodola, let’s return!”</p><p>“Alright!”</p><p>The two of them went through the same way they came and returned to the Ice Demon City after a day.</p><p>From leaving the city until their return, adding the amount of time they spent at the treasury in the middle, it took them three days.</p><p>However, after Meng Lei returned, there were no signs of celebrations in the streets at all.</p><p>“Meng Lei, what happened to your birthday feast and celebrations?” Dodola watched the quiet city and tried to hold its laughter. “They completely disregarded you as their new Prefecture Master!”</p><p>“Isn’t this what I wanted?” Meng Lei said calmly while he seemed indifferent.</p><p>The 25th birthday? He was only using it as an excuse to be mad!</p><p>Things had gone in his favor as the dozen of Great Demon Gods did not bother to treat his words seriously.</p><p>Host a birthday banquet?</p><p>It was clear that they did not think much of it!</p><p>“Time to meet up with these audacious Great Demon Gods and see what they have to say.” Meng Lei spoke directly. “Great Demon Gods in Ice Demon City, get the hell out here!”</p><p>Boom!</p><p>Meng Lei’s voice rang across the entire city and caused a great stir. Demons ran out of their living spaces and saw Meng Lei hovering in the air with fear written all over their faces—they had not fully recovered from the disaster a few days ago yet.</p><p>Whoosh!</p><p>The dozens of Great Demon Gods responded to Meng Lei’s call actively and reached before him swiftly.</p><p>“You’re back, Prefecture Master!”</p><p>“Greetings, my Lord Prefecture Master!”</p><p>These Great Demon Gods seemed respectful as they presented their formalities.</p><p>“It seems that you all have been doing a great job, really great!”</p><p>Meng Lei was furious. “To be able to treat my orders like nonsense, how did you all manage to do that?”</p><p>“What do you mean, Lord Prefecture Master?”</p><p>The Great Demon Gods pretended to be shocked.</p><p>“You don’t know? Then let me remind you a bit!”</p><p>Meng Lei said coldly, “Three days ago before I left the city, I remember I had instructed something. So why is there nothing going on in the city?”</p><p>“You mean… the birthday banquet, my Lord?”</p><p>“Oh, you remembered!”</p><p>A Great Demon God explained, “Lord Prefecture Master, you should look for the guards on matters like birthday banquets, not us. It’s not part of our job scope!”</p><p>“Lord Prefecture Master, Cador Prefecture Master did not have such requests for us when he reigned. We are Great Demon Gods, after all. We aren’t lackeys of the Prefecture Master!”</p><p>“Exactly…”</p><p>These Great Demon Gods seemed to be respectful, but the disdain and mockery in their eyes were clear and obvious.</p><p><em>You might have defeated Cador to become the new Prefecture Master, but don’t think of ordering us around!</em></p><p><em>We’re the Great Demon Gods, not your lackeys. Why would we do such lowly work for you?</em></p><p>“Great! Awesome!”</p><p>Meng Lei smiled at them cheerfully. “Since all of you have disobeyed my orders, don’t blame me for being mad!”</p><p>“Hahaha!”</p><p>Upon hearing Meng Lei’s warning, the Great Demon Gods laughed out loud.</p><p>“You’re amusing, my Lord!”</p><p>“You’re great at making jokes, my Lord!”</p><p>“Joking? Who the hell is joking with you? Since all of you did not even give me the slightest respect, your existence isn’t necessary anymore!”</p><p>Meng Lei promptly became mad!</p><p>In his eyes, these Great Demon Gods were all walking treasuries. How could he let them off?</p>

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Chapter 336 - Killing All Of Them, Hosting A Birthday Banquet

Volume 4

<h1>Chapter 336 - Killing All Of Them, Hosting A Birthday Banquet</h1><p>Chapter 336: Killing All of Them, Hosting A Birthday Banquet</p><p>“Since you show no respect for me, the Prefecture Master, then there’s no need for you to exist anymore!”</p><p>Meng Lei promptly flipped out. He said, “All of you can go to hell together with your Ice Demon Prefecture Master!”</p><p>The dozen or so Great Demon Gods’ expressions darkened upon his statement. Hostility filled their eyes.</p><p>“Lord Prefecture Master, don’t go too far. You may be the new Prefecture Master, but don’t think that you can order us around. We, the Great Demon Gods, are not your servants!”</p><p>“Lord Prefecture Master, to put it bluntly, you’ll need our help if you wish to stabilize your position as Prefecture Master. Previously, it was also because of this same reason that Lord Cador had always treated us with civility, rather than adopting a haughty attitude like you and shouting at us.”</p><p>“We’re also bigwigs in the Ice Demon Prefecture. Without our cooperation, you won’t even be able to get your government ordinances out the door…”</p><p>“Are you finished yet?”</p><p>Meng Lei gazed at the Great Demon Gods.</p><p>Thinking that they had managed to convince Meng Lei, the Great Demon Gods’ tones also mellowed.</p><p>They said, “Lord Prefecture Master, Ice Demon City hasn’t ever been the Prefecture Master’s alone. As long as you treat us with civility, we’ll also be willing to revere you as the newly-appointed Prefecture Master. It’s good for you, good for me, and good for all of us.”</p><p>“Since this is Lord Prefecture Master’s first time here, perhaps you aren’t familiar with Ice Demon City’s situation yet. We express our understanding toward Lord Prefecture Master’s earlier insolence.”</p><p>“Yes, exactly—”</p><p>“So, are you finished yet?”</p><p>The smile on Meng Lei’s countenance gradually vanished.</p><p>At the sight of Meng Lei’s expression, the Great Demon Gods suddenly realized that things didn’t seem to be going the way that they had expected. At once, they barked, “What’s the meaning of this, Lord Prefecture Master?”</p><p>“Since you’ve finished, then go to hell!”</p><p>The aura around Meng Lei was strong and thriving. He said, “The Ice Demon City that’s free of your presences will only develop even better and even more steadily. Taking control of it will also become easier!”</p><p>A Fire Great Demon God, with an awful look on its countenance, asked, “Kid, are you really going to completely fall out with us?”</p><p>“Fall out with all of you? Do you even deserve such an honor?” Meng Lei let out a peal of laughter and said, “I’ll be honest with you—from the very moment I came to Ice Demon City, I’ve never intended to let any of you off!”</p><p>“Kid, you’re too full of yourself!”</p><p>“Do you think you can do whatever you want just because you’ve killed Prefecture Master Cador? I’ll tell you this—you’re imagining things! Thinking of acting presumptuously here? Dream on!”</p><p>“You succeeded in killing Prefecture Master Cador only because you had taken advantage of the difficult situation it was in. Had Prefecture Master Cador not been utterly exhausted, how could you possibly have killed it? Ha, do you really think you’re strong enough to be Prefecture Master?”</p><p>“You can’t beat someone on their own turf—”</p><p>“Die!”</p><p>How would Meng Lei possibly waste his breath on them? A pale violet chilly current burst forth from all over him and instantly spread 1,000 miles into the surroundings—he had cast Mysterious Ice of The Depths.</p><p>Crack!</p><p>The Mysterious Ice of The Depths looked just like featherlight, weightless violet mist. However, it rapidly froze over the moment it made contact with the Great Demon Gods’ bodies. At once, the dozen or so Great Demon Gods sensed their movements slowing down and showing signs of freezing.</p><p>“Damn it! Let go!”</p><p>Alarmed, the Great Demon Gods completely flared up.</p><p>Boom, boom, boom!</p><p>Flames rose, demonic aura ran rampant, black winds wreaked havoc, lightning flashed, and thunder boomed… It took only a brief moment for them to shake off the violet chilly currents on them. on</p><p>“Kid, you may want to kill us, but are you strong enough to? Everyone, let’s attack together and kill him! Ice Demon City is ours!”</p><p>The Great Demon Gods’ cold gazes swept toward Meng Lei—only to discover to their astonishment that densely-packed short black spears had filled the sky around them. They surrounded them from all directions—including above and below them—and sealed off every possible way out.</p><p>“Sorry,” A smiling Meng Lei floated in the air a short distance away, “But I made some Netherworld Divine Spears to prevent you guys from escaping while you were shaking off the Mysterious Ice of The Depths.”</p><p>“You bastard!”</p><p>The Great Demon Gods’ expressions darkened immensely as they gazed at the infinite number of black spears surrounding them. Never had they ever expected that Meng Lei would really try to wipe them all out!</p><p>“Kid, do you really think that you can kill this many Great Demon Gods all by yourself?” A Thunder Great Demon God roared furiously.</p><p>“How would I know if we don’t give it a shot?”</p><p>Meng Lei flicked his fingers and said, “Look out, I’m about to attack now!”</p><p>His placid voice was still echoing in the surroundings when he teleported in front of a Thunder Great Demon God. He revealed a smile and declared, “I’ll start with you!”</p><p>“So, you want to kill me? Not so easy!”</p><p>A huge jolt of alarm went through the Thunder Great Demon God. However, it fully exhibited its demonic nature during this moment of crisis. A dazzling flash of black thunder burst forth from it as it brazenly swung its fist at Meng Lei, its movements savage to the extreme.</p><p>“You think too highly of yourself!”</p><p>Meng Lei chuckled softly and swung his fist lightly at it.</p><p>Boom!</p><p>The two fists clashed against each other. As the crisp boom of something breaking rang out, the Thunder Great Demon God’s entire arm exploded, leaving behind only ghastly white bones.</p><p>“Ahhh!”</p><p>The Thunder Great Demon God let out a shrill scream. It couldn’t help but stare at Meng Lei in disbelief as it exclaimed, “W-why is your demonic body so powerful?”</p><p>“Haven’t you heard of the proverb ‘A separation of three days makes one a changed man’?”</p><p>Meng Lei shook his head leisurely. Then, he reached out and tapped the Thunder Great Demon God in between its brows.</p><p>Crack!</p><p>A bloody hole immediately formed in between the Thunder Great Demon God’s brows, and it stiffened all over. Then, the light in its eyes gradually dissipated, and all signs of life disappeared.</p><p>Whoosh!</p><p>Meng Lei then sent the Thunder Great Demon God’s demonic body into the Tower of Time for the golden little tree’s feeding pleasure. An ordinary Great Demon God’s life essence would be enough for it to grow a small section.</p><p>Everything had taken place in a flash from the point where Meng Lei had attacked till the point that the Thunder Great Demon God perished and vanished. This shocked and horrified all the other Great Demon Gods.</p><p>Having witnessed Meng Lei and Prefecture Master Cador’s intense battle with their own eyes, they self-professed to have understood how strong Meng Lei was. Apart from his Netherworld Divine Fire, Meng Lei only had an average demonic body that was about the standard of an ordinary Great Demon God.</p><p>That was why they didn’t fear Meng Lei and had dared to treat his words as mere hot air.</p><p>They had thought that no matter how strong Meng Lei was, he would never be a match for them if they joined hands against him.</p><p>However, they felt like they had severely underestimated Meng Lei at this moment. Given his capability of killing a Thunder Great Demon God with just a punch, just how frighteningly powerful must his body be?</p><p>He was definitely not just an ordinary Great Demon God!</p><p>“He’s at least a mid-level Great Demon God!”</p><p>“Damn it! We’ve been had!”</p><p>The Great Demon Gods were alarmed, furious, and filled with regrets. Had they known that Meng Lei was this strong, how would they possibly have dared to go against him? Wouldn’t they just be courting death that way?</p><p>“So, who’s next?”</p><p>Meng Lei turned to the remaining Great Demon Gods. Then, he very quickly locked on to the Fire Great Demon God as a target and said, “You raised the biggest clamor just now, so I’ll make you the second target!”</p><p>“No! Don’t!”</p><p>Frightened out of its wits, the Fire Great Demon God wanted to beg for mercy. Alas, it was too late.</p><p>Boom!</p><p>Its head was also pierced through with another tap of Meng Lei’s finger.</p><p>“Who’s the third?”</p><p>Meng Lei looked at the rest of the Great Demon Gods, frightening them out of their wits. Instantly taking out Great Demon Gods with one tap of his finger each—just how savage was he?</p><p>How many taps would they be able to withstand?</p><p>“Spare us! Spare us, Lord Prefecture Master! We were wrong. Please, have mercy on us! We were wrong…”</p><p>The rest of the Great Demon Gods all dropped onto their knees and kowtowed incessantly as they begged for mercy desperately.</p><p>“Begging for mercy on your knees? How can this do?”</p><p>Meng Lei raised an eyebrow and said, “Hurry and get up. All of you are lofty Great Demon Gods, y’know. If you kowtow to me and beg for mercy, you might just reduce my lifespan[1]!”</p><p>“My lord…”</p><p>Meng Lei had never been a softhearted person, so how would he possibly let them off?</p><p><em>Jab! Jab! Jab, jab, jab!</em></p><p>“Ugh!”</p><p>“Ugh!”</p><p>“Ugh!”</p><p>The span of a few breaths later, yet another seven to eight Great Demon Gods perished. The last three remaining Great Demon Gods had already fled in fear a long time ago. How would they possibly dare to linger for even a moment longer?</p><p>They didn’t even fear the black spears that covered the sky anymore at this point. They lunged straight toward the densely-packed black spears and didn’t stop even when the Netherworld Divine Fire came into contact with their bodies.</p><p>“They’re just sending themselves straight to death’s door.”</p><p>Meng Lei shook his head lightly. The Grim Reaper’s Eye in between his brows slowly opened, upon which a gray light beam shot out from within and landed on the back of a Great Demon God’s head.</p><p>Boom!</p><p>The Great Demon God froze on the spot right away. The gray light beam extracted its divine spirit from its sea of consciousness before it was then sucked into the Grim Reaper’s Eye.</p><p>Gurgle~</p><p>A wave of pure divine spirit power flowed out of the Grim Reaper’s Eye and surged into Meng Lei’s sea of consciousness, rapidly enhancing his divine spirit flame.</p><p>“Mmm, this feels great!”</p><p>Meng Lei couldn’t help but let out a long breath of air. It felt so great that he almost made a sound of pleasure. The Grim Reaper’s Eye was said to be capable of devouring divine spirits and converting them into pure divine spirit power to enhance one’s body. From the looks of it, it seemed to be indeed true.</p><p>Thud!</p><p>“Ding! 1 Sloth Great Demon God killed. 4,400,000 Divinity Crystals gained!”</p><p>A system notification sounded in a timely manner.</p><p>Now that the Sloth Great Demon God’s divine spirit was no longer present to control its body, its demonic body started to go into free-fall mode and plummeted toward the ground.</p><p>Meng Lei sent it into the Tower of Time with a casual wave and handed it over to the golden little tree.</p><p>“Two left!”</p><p>Meng Lei looked at the two last Great Demon Gods. They had already passed through the black spears’ encirclement and fled into the distance. Despite Netherworld Divine Fire blazing away on them, they paid no attention to it and fled desperately for their lives, wishing they had been born with an extra pair of legs.</p><p>“What a shame!”</p><p>Meng Lei teleported behind one of the Great Demon Gods’ back. His Grim Reaper’s Eye opened once more and harvested its divine spirit, too.</p><p>The other Great Demon God was next.</p><p>“Ding! 1 Underworld Ghost Great Demon God killed. 3,900,000 Divinity Crystals gained!”</p><p>“Ding! 1 Wailing Great Demon God killed. 4,100,000 Divinity Crystals gained!”</p><p>“How exciting!”</p><p>Dodola flew over. It couldn’t help but rub its palms together and praised Meng Lei. “You wiped out 13 Great Demon Gods in under a minute! You can finally stand on your own now!”</p><p>“Haha!”</p><p>Meng Lei burst into laughter and sent the last two Great Demon God carcasses into the Tower of Time. Then, he brought out the 11 Great Demon Gods’ demonic cores that he’d killed just now and destroyed their divine spirits.</p><p>This was a very simple task for him. He only needed to open the Grim Reaper’s Eye, and he’d be able to extract their divine spirits from the demonic cores. Thereafter, he would need to crush them, kill them, and convert them into the purest of divine spirit power for his own use.</p><p>“Ding! 1 Thunder Great Demon God killed. 5,200,000 Divinity Crystals gained!”</p><p>“Ding! 1 Fire Great Demon God killed. 5,300,000 Divinity Crystals gained!”</p><p>“Ding! 1 Wind Great Demon God killed. 4,800,000 Divinity Crystals gained!”</p><p>“Ding…”</p><p>After a series of actions, not only did Meng Lei gain approximately 50 million Divinity Crystals, but he had only gained a large amount of pure divine spirit power. His divine spirit received an immense enhancement boost and took a big step toward reaching the mid-level higher deity stage.</p><p>“I feel much better now!”</p><p>Meng Lei gazed at the sky that had resumed its original peacefulness and said, “Dodola, the Ice Demon Prefecture will be my territory from now on.”</p><p>“Congratulations, Prefecture Master Meng Lei!”</p><p>Dodola pretended to bow in greeting.</p><p>“You may rise, Steward Dodola!”</p><p>Meng Lei burst into laughter. Then, his gaze shifted to the whole Ice Demon City, and his voice spread throughout the city like rumbling thunderclaps. He said, “From today onward, I… will be Ice Demon Prefecture’s newly-appointed Prefecture Master! It’ll be my 25th birthday three days later. All demons ranked Great Demon Lord and above are allowed to take part in the celebration!”</p><p>The rumbling thunderous sound of his voice spread throughout Ice Demon City, ringing out in every demon’s ears…</p><p>[1] [Annotation text missing]</p>

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Chapter 337 - The Boundless King, The Dark Canopy Of The Heavens

Volume 4

<h1>Chapter 337 - The Boundless King, The Dark Canopy Of The Heavens</h1><p>Chapter 337: The Boundless King, The Dark Canopy of The Heavens</p><p>Three days passed in the blink of an eye.</p><p>All the demons ranked Great Demon Lord and above in Ice Demon City moved out and headed to the “new Prefecture Master residence” in the heart of Ice Demon City to take part in the newly-appointed Prefecture Master’s birthday banquet.</p><p>They didn’t dare to miss the celebration when the new Prefecture Master had already spoken.</p><p>Besides, they also had their own personal motives. Didn’t anyone see that all 10 million prefecture guards had been annihilated and that the new Prefecture Master didn’t have even a single subordinate?</p><p>This was a golden opportunity for them!</p><p>Should they win the new Prefecture Master’s favor and become highly regarded by him, they would be in for a huge profit!</p><p>Therefore, every demon who qualified to participate in the birthday banquet had all turned up in splendid attire. On top of that, they had even brought generous birthday gifts in hopes that their wishes would come true.</p><p>Currently at the new Prefecture Master residence…</p><p>The so-called “new Prefecture Master residence” was the Ice Demon Shrine that Meng Lei had especially moved over from the Ice Demon Snow Mountain. He had placed the shrine—which was fully made out of ice-elemental magic crystals—right in the center of the gigantic pit.</p><p>It was tall and majestic, stately and solemn.</p><p>Meng Lei sat on the holy throne and received the demon guests here to congratulate him on his birthday one by one. He also checked their congratulatory gifts as he did so, causing his bearing to come across as awfully tacky and vulgar.</p><p>However, not a single demon dared to mock him. In fact, a lot of them were secretly delighted. Since the new Prefecture Master was so fond of monetary possessions, things would be easier.</p><p>“I’m very pleased with your gift!”</p><p>Meng Lei turned to a Fire Demon God and asked, “What’s your name? Are you willing to become a prefecture guard?”</p><p>“My name is Dewater, and I’m willing to serve Lord Prefecture Master faithfully!”</p><p>The Fire Demon God dropped onto its knees with a thud, so excited that it kowtowed repeatedly.</p><p>“Wonderful!”</p><p>Meng Lei nodded slightly. He said, “You can serve as the captain of the prefecture guards. How about this? I’ll make you the guards’ 1st Battalion leader.”</p><p>“Thank you, Lord Prefecture Master! Thank you! I’ll definitely be loyal and faithful to you and devote myself to my duty!”</p><p>Dewater, the Fire Demon God, was beyond itself with excitement as it kowtowed repeatedly. Envy filled the other demons’ eyes as they watched Dewater.</p><p>The new prefecture guards hadn’t yet been formed, so they weren’t sure what exactly their organizational structure would be like. However, based on their previous structure, one could say that Dewater had just had a meteoric rise in career.</p><p>The prefecture guards were grouped into ten battalions in total, where each battalion consisted of one million people. Not only did the battalion leaders hold command over one million guards each, but they were also directly under the Prefecture Master’s command.</p><p>Apart from the Prefecture Master, no one else in the whole Ice Demon City held a higher position than the ten battalion leaders. They could be said to be second to only one person!</p><p>“Next!”</p><p>Meng Lei dismissed Dewater, who then sat at the side with a wave and turned to the next demon in line.</p><p>“I wish the Prefecture Master everlasting longevity!”</p><p>The demon bowed in greeting and respectfully offered up the gift it had brought. Meng Lei immediately waved it off impatiently after taking a look.</p><p>“You may go!”</p><p>“Yes, yes!”</p><p>The demon backed off in trepidation.</p><p>“Next!”</p><p>Just like that, Meng Lei checked the guests’ gifts one by one with unflagging patience.</p><p>Those whose gifts met the benchmark were permitted to join the prefecture guards’ ranks.</p><p>Additionally, those whose gifts pleased him were appointed platoon leaders, company leaders, and battalion leaders.</p><p>Time went by little by little, and three days passed before he knew it. An endless stream of demons came to offer their well wishes for his birthday, but Meng Lei showed great patience.</p><p>The demons offered up birthday gifts of varying quantities, but as they say, “From small increments comes abundance”. Meng Lei’s Wealth had gone up to 900 million Divinity Crystals in just a short span of three days.</p><p>“900 million Divinity Crystals! I can do a lot with that! For example, I could enhance my divine body and bring it up to high-level higher deity stage, or I could also upgrade many of my special abilities.”</p><p>Joy secretly filled Meng Lei time and again.</p><p><em>Tsk, tsk. It simply feels too awesome just raking in the money while doing nothing!</em></p><p>Roar!</p><p>Just as Meng Lei was happily collecting birthday gifts, an aloof roar suddenly boomed above Ice Demon City like a deafening clap of thunder.</p><p>“Where’s the Ice Demon Prefecture Master?”</p><p>“What’s that sound?”</p><p>“Is someone challenging the Prefecture Master again?”</p><p>“…”</p><p>All the demons in Ice Demon City were alarmed the moment the voice rang out. Looks of alarm, fear, and worry adorned their countenances as they looked up.</p><p>The battle that had taken place a few days ago—including the scene where innumerable demons, including the 10 million prefecture guards, had died so tragically—was still fresh in their minds. Now that someone was challenging the Prefecture Master again, who wouldn’t be fearful or thrown into a panic?</p><p>“Someone’s here to make trouble right away when I’ve only just become Prefecture Master for a few days? The audacity of them!”</p><p>Meng Lei instantly vanished from the holy throne. By the time he reappeared, he was already in mid-air above Ice Demon City. The demon here to look for him entered his sight.</p><p>“Who are you?”</p><p>An unusual look flashed across Meng Lei’s eyes as he gazed at the demon standing before him. He could sense an extremely familiar aura coming from it.</p><p>“And who are you?”</p><p>The newcomer stared at Meng Lei and broke into a frown. A look of dissatisfaction appeared on its arrogant countenance as it said, “I’m looking for the Ice Demon Prefecture Master, not you.”</p><p>“Sorry, but I actually am the Ice Demon Prefecture Master himself,” replied Meng Lei aloofly with a flick of his fingers.</p><p>“You’re the Ice Demon Prefecture Master? What a joke!”</p><p>The newcomer snorted. “If memory serves me right, it seems like Cador’s the Ice Demon Prefecture Master. It’s an Ice Great Demon God, right?”</p><p>“That’s already a thing of the past.” Meng Lei shook his head and said, “I’ve already killed Cador and become Ice Demon Prefecture’s new Prefecture Master.”</p><p>“You’ve killed Cador?”</p><p>The newcomer’s expression changed slightly, and a hint of astonishment surfaced in its eyes.</p><p>Each of the 108 Prefecture Masters of Dark Hell Demonic Kingdom was the most powerful expert of each prefecture, and all of them were at least mid-level Great Demon Gods.</p><p>Over countless years, the 108 Prefecture Masters frequently received all sorts of challenges, but those that could really succeed… were far and few!</p><p>Yet Meng Lei had actually succeeded, and on top of that, he had even killed the previous Ice Demon Prefecture Master. How strong must he be?</p><p>The newcomer sized up Meng Lei anew and adopted a much more pleasant attitude. Each Prefecture Master’s revered status aside, just their combat power alone was already worthy of it looking up to them.</p><p>“So, what are you looking for me for? Are you thinking of challenging me?” asked Meng Lei calmly.</p><p>“Esteemed Ice Demon Prefecture Master, I am August Hymans Bartholomew Holmes Cyril Lawrence Bart Hollis, the Demonic Kingdom’s special envoy,” said the newcomer in self-introduction.</p><p>“…”</p><p>Meng Lei, “…”</p><p>“You may call me Special Envoy Hollis.”</p><p>It went on and said, “The Dark Canopy of The Heavens will commence in the middle of next month. Please proceed to the Demonic Capital in a timely fashion and assemble with the other Prefecture Masters there.”</p><p>“The Dark Canopy of The Heavens?”</p><p>Meng Lei was slightly taken aback. As information about the Dark Canopy of The Heavens rapidly surfaced in his mind, a light jolt couldn’t help but go through him. Then, he nodded slightly and replied, “I’ll be there punctually.”</p><p>“Since I’ve relayed the message, then I’ll take my leave now.”</p><p>The newcomer bowed slightly and quickly left.</p><p>“What’s the Dark Canopy of The Heavens, Meng Lei?” asked Dodola somewhat curiously.</p><p>Meng Lei took a deep breath and asked, “Have you heard of the Boundless King, Dodola?”</p><p>“The Boundless King?”</p><p>A huge jolt went through Dodola, and it exclaimed, “Are you talking about that great existence whose name is eponymous with the four juggernauts of the Void?”</p><p>“Yes, him!”</p><p>Meng Lei nodded slightly. There were a total of four juggernauts in the vast universe. They stood above all deities, demons, Chief Gods, and Demon Grandmasters and were the true gods among the gods and demons among the demons.</p><p>They were supreme existences!</p><p>They dominated the universe!</p><p>They were the Life Dominus, the Sky Dominus, the Supreme God of The Underworld, and the Grim Reaper King.</p><p>It was no exaggeration to say that the four juggernauts were exalted beings that stood at the very pinnacle of the pyramid of power. They were also the four strongest existences in the vast universe, and even Chief Gods paled in comparison to them.</p><p>From how the Boundless King enjoyed equal fame as them, one could tell just how fearsome he must be, yet tragically enough, the Boundless King had actually oddly met his demise.</p><p>As to how he had fallen, public opinions were divided. Nevertheless, the Boundless King had indeed perished.</p><p>“Why are you suddenly bringing up the Boundless King? Is he related to the Dark Canopy of The Heavens?” asked a puzzled Dodola.</p><p>Meng Lei replied, “You should also be aware that the four juggernauts had emerged from the two supreme existential planes, the Celestial Realm, and the Netherworld. The Boundless King, however, was the only one of humble origins.”</p><p>“That’s true.”</p><p>Dodola nodded and said, “During those years that the Boundless King dominated the vast universe, all his deeds were spun into legends that innumerable beings delighted in talking about. The rumored Boundless King was indeed of humble origins and born in a low-end existential plane.”</p><p>“According to Cador’s memories, before the Boundless King became a Chief God or even a juggernaut, he was also once the master of a mid-end existential plane!”</p><p>Meng Lei explained, “The mid-end existential plane involved with the Dark Canopy of The Heavens is exactly the one that he had once owned. That existential plane is also known as the Boundless Plane.”</p><p>Dodola was astonished.</p><p>“I can’t determine the authenticity of this information, either. However, that’s exactly what it’s like in Cador’s memories. In fact, many of Dark Hell Continent’s experts also believe that the mid-end existential plane involved with the Dark Canopy of The Heavens is related to the Boundless King,” said Meng Lei with a wry smile.</p><p>A frowning Dodola asked, “In that case, the Dark Canopy of The Heavens is actually a space-time rift?”</p><p>“To be more accurate, it’s a dimensional gate.”</p><p>Meng Lei was rather excited. He said, “The Dark Canopy of The Heavens opens once every 30,000 years. When that happens, all the experts in Dark Hell Continent will gather in front of the Dark Canopy of The Heavens and compete against one another for a slot to enter, in hopes that they can enter the Boundless Plane.”</p><p>“You even have to compete to enter?”</p><p>Dodola was astonished.</p><p>“Only 36 people are allowed to pass through the Dark Canopy of The Heavens each time. Once 36 people have entered, it’ll close temporarily and forbid any more people from entering.”</p><p>Meng Lei said with a sigh, “Cador had gone to the Dark Canopy of The Heavens 30,000 years ago, but because it was of mediocre strength, it didn’t win the right to enter.”</p><p>“Only 36 people are allowed to enter?” A puzzled Dodola asked, “How intense must the competition be, then?”</p><p>“Yes, the competition is exceedingly intense.”</p><p>Meng Lei nodded and said, “Innumerable Demon Gods in the entire Dark Hell Continent take part in the competition just to fight for those 36 slots. You can imagine for yourself how stiff the competition must be!”</p><p>“It’s certainly very intense!”</p><p>Dodola nodded slightly and said, “Since competition is so intense, then there must definitely be some kind of priceless treasure on the Boundless Plane. Otherwise, it would never attract that many Demon Gods.”</p><p>“Treasure? While Cador had never seen it before, it’s said that someone had found Demon Grandmaster remains—and even Demon Grandmaster-level demonic weapons—on the Boundless Plane before,” said Meng Lei.</p><p>“Demon Grandmaster remains? Demon Grandmaster-level demonic weapons?”</p><p>A huge jolt went through Dodola.</p><p>Demon Grandmasters were beings equivalent to Chief Gods.</p><p>In that case, didn’t that make Demon Grandmaster remains Chief God remains, and Demon Grandmaster-level demonic weapons Chief God-level divine weapons?</p><p>“If that’s really the case, then the Boundless Plane is definitely no simple place!”</p><p>Dodola took a deep breath. Then, it asked, “Is there any other information about the Boundless Plane aside from that?”</p><p>“The Boundless Plane is a very dangerous place. Supposedly, apart from Dark Hell Continent, there are also experts from Hell, the Abyss, the Netherworld, and other existential planes there.”</p><p>Meng Lei added, “When the time comes, innumerable experts shall gather at the Boundless Plane, compete on the same stage, and hunt for treasure together. The Boundless Plane will surely become incredibly dangerous!</p><p>“Apart from that, there are also the natives on the Boundless Plane. They are the ones that are actually the most fearsome and most dangerous of all!”</p>

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Chapter 338 - The Three Major Rulers, Power Of Origin

Volume 4

<h1>Chapter 338 - The Three Major Rulers, Power Of Origin</h1><p>Chapter 338: The Three Major Rulers, Power of Origin</p><p>News of the Dark Canopy of The Heavens taking place soon had completely messed up Meng Lei’s plans. He had originally been planning on challenging all 108 Prefecture Masters, but it obviously looked like his plans were going to be held up now.</p><p>Meng Lei absolutely had to go to the Boundless Plane.</p><p>After a brief moment of consideration, Meng Lei said, “I’ll need to make a trip back home, Dodola.”</p><p>“Back home?”</p><p>Dodola cocked an eyebrow.</p><p>“Each round of Dark Canopy of The Heavens lasts for at least 20 years from the point of commencement to the end. This is too long a period of time. I need to properly settle all the matters in Heaven’s Vault Continent before I can leave with peace of mind,” explained Meng Lei.</p><p>“It’s certainly pretty long.”</p><p>Dodola nodded lightly.</p><p>20 years were nothing more than just a fleeting moment to the demons and deities of the Void, but to Meng Lei, it was instead an awfully long period of time. After all, he was only in his twenties at the very most.</p><p>After that, Meng Lei brought out his Fallen Angel alternate incarnation and got him to continue collecting birthday gifts on his behalf while he himself left Ice Demon Prefecture together with Dodola.</p><p>The duo returned to Light Continent a day later, which greatly surprised Ol’ Amos. It had only been ten days since Meng Lei’s departure, yet he had already gotten Dark Hell Continent under control?</p><p>“Something cropped up, so I had to make a trip back here.”</p><p>Meng Lei then brought out a couple of divine cores and more than ten Crystallized Divine Spirit Extracts. He said, “Here’s a couple of higher deity divine cores and 16 Crystallized Divine Spirit Extracts, Ol’ President. Take them.”</p><p>“What?”</p><p>Ol’ Amos shuddered all over and exclaimed loudly, “H-higher deity divine cores?!”</p><p>“Yep, higher deity divine cores. One has assimilated three types of laws of nature, while the other has assimilated two types.”</p><p>A smiling Meng Lei said, “I’m giving them to you. You can decide for yourself whether or not you want to assimilate them.”</p><p>He had already given Ol’ Amos five lesser deity divine cores previously. Once Ol’ Amos assimilated them all, he would own five divine incarnations and become a pinnacle-level intermediate deity.</p><p>At that point, as long as Ol’ Amos could assimilate any two types of laws of nature contained within, he would be able to become a higher deity. If he could assimilate three types, then he would become a mid-level higher deity, and so on and so forth.</p><p>In other words, Ol’ Amos would still have a shot at becoming a higher deity even if his intermediate deity status had only come about through assimilating divine cores!</p><p>However, if Ol’ Amos directly assimilated a higher deity divine core instead, while he would experience a meteoric rise and become a higher deity right away, his road of cultivation would end up becoming completely sealed off after that.</p><p>Unless Meng Lei could find divine cores of even higher grade—such as Chief God ones—for Ol’ Amos, he would no longer have any chance at further progression.</p><p>“And these, too,” said Meng Lei as he took out another few higher deity-level divine weapons and a pile of other random treasures. “Take all these with you, and just use them whenever you need to. I have no lack of them.”</p><p>Then, he left with Dodola, leaving behind only a stunned Ol’ Amos.</p><p>…</p><p>Upon returning to Heaven’s Vault Continent, Meng Lei then went to Puhaman and the others and distributed divine cores, divine weapons, Crystallized Divine Spirit Extracts, and random treasures to them.</p><p>“The divine cores must be assimilated, but the migration process must also be expedited.” Meng Lei instructed, “I hope to be able to see the migrations’ preliminary results upon my return.”</p><p>“We definitely won’t let you down, Master!”</p><p>Puhaman and the others bowed and gave their promise.</p><p>“Great!”</p><p>Meng Lei then went to the Magical Beast Village after that.</p><p>Thanks to the vast amount of resources the Magical Beast Village had received, the villagers’ combat strength had undergone a massive change during the last few years. Several Saint Domain experts had even emerged from the village, including Captain Hudders, Uncle Leo, Jonah, Joseph, and Andrew.</p><p>The older ones like Hudders continued to stay in the village, whereas the youths like Jonah, Joseph, and Andrew had headed to various corners of the continent to adventure and explore the world.</p><p>The village had undergone a great change. The shabby and primitive thatched houses of the past were gone. What replaced them were instead lavish, brand-new buildings.</p><p>Additionally, there were also a lot of new faces in the village. There were women that had married into the village, as well as children born during the recent few years…</p><p>Apart from the people whom Meng Lei knew, the rest of the village had undergone a tremendous change. Even Meng Lei himself found the place somewhat unfamiliar to him now. Both the people and environment had changed, indeed.</p><p>Meng Lei had initially wanted to catch up with Hudders and the others, but at the sight of the village in its current state, he lost the desire to. After leaving behind a few lesser deity divine cores, he prepared to quietly leave.</p><p>“Boss, is that you?”</p><p>Unexpectedly, an agitated voice suddenly rang out in Meng Lei’s mind at this point.</p><p>“Teddy?”</p><p>Meng Lei was surprised.</p><p>“It really is you, Boss!”</p><p>A flash of lightning whizzed across the sky, and then a Magical Beast appeared right in front of him. It stood at 100-feet-tall and had a pair of wings on its back, yet it also possessed a powerful and muscular giant ape-like body. It was Meng Lei’s very first Magical Beast pet, Teddy the Titanic Dragon-Ape!</p><p>“Boss, you’re finally back!” Teddy dived into Meng Lei’s arms at once, so worked up that tears welled up in its eyes. “Teddy missed you, Boss!”</p><p>“Don’t cry. You’re already a half-deity-level Magical Beast, so how can you still snivel like a child? Aren’t you afraid that the other Magical Beasts in the Magical Beast Forest would laugh at you?” said Meng Lei teasingly.</p><p>“As if they would dare to!” Teddy snorted and said, “See if I don’t pummel them dead if they dare to laugh at me!”</p><p>“Alright, alright! I get it. You’re super strong!”</p><p>Meng Lei stroked Teddy on the head and asked, “Weren’t you staying in the imperial palace all along? Why have you returned to the Magical Beast Forest?”</p><p>“The imperial palace was awfully boring without you around all the time, Boss, so I left.”</p><p>Teddy wrinkled its nose and added, “I’m a Magical Beast, so the Magical Beast Forest is ultimately still more comfortable for me. I bet you don’t know this, Boss, but I’m one of the four great kings of Magical Beast Forest now! I’m really impressive now!”</p><p>“The four great kings of Magical Beast Forest?” Meng Lei raised an eyebrow and asked, “Why isn’t it just ‘the king of Magical Beast Forest’ instead?”</p><p>A look of resignation came over Teddy’s countenance, and it replied, “I can’t beat the other three, so I can only take fourth place.”</p><p>“Who are the other three?” Meng Lei asked curiously.</p><p>“The Cerulean Ox-Flood Dragon, the Titanic Giant Gorilla, and the Golden Carp.”</p><p>A gloomy Teddy then added, “They are the three major rulers of Magical Beast Forest and have already dominated the forest since a very long time ago. Also, they’ve all already deified.”</p><p>“I see.”</p><p>Meng Lei nodded in response. He couldn’t help but spread his divine cognition into the surroundings. It quickly spread to the Magical Beast Forest’s central region, where he then spotted a lake that stretched as far as the eye could see.</p><p>Occupying the lake’s bottom were a 100,000-feet-long Cerulean Ox-Flood Dragon and a sparkling, crystal-clear Golden Carp. Both emanated pure divine power and were actually lesser deity-level divine beasts!</p><p>A 100,000-feet-tall gorilla was snoozing away in the forest a short distance away from the lake. The trail of drool trickling down its mouth measured over a dozen meters long and was pretty much close to becoming a waterfall.</p><p>Meng Lei let out an emotional sigh and commented, “Never would I have expected presences like those three rulers to be in Magical Beast Forest’s central region.”</p><p>A puzzled Teddy asked, “What are you mumbling about, Boss?”</p><p>“Nothing much.”</p><p>Meng Lei gave it a smile, and then, he brought out a higher deity divine core and gave it to Teddy. He said, “Teddy, you’ll be able to beat them after you assimilate this.”</p><p>“This is…”</p><p>…</p><p>Meng Lei headed to the underground world after he left Magical Beast Village. There, he also gave a higher deity divine core to Little Gold, his other Magical Beast pet. He then went to New Dragon Island after that.</p><p>After several years, the Colossal Dragons had already settled down peacefully on New Dragon Island. They occupied volcanoes, lakes, deserts, forests, etc., and made them their dens.</p><p>New Dragon Island had completely become the Colossal Dragons’ homeland, and soaring Colossal Dragons could be seen everywhere.</p><p>As the Dragon Emperor, Fatty Hart had been leading a fairly comfortable life during the last few years. He held command over tens of thousands of Colossal Dragons and ruled over a whole continent, leading an extraordinarily free and unfettered life.</p><p>True enough, the moment Meng Lei arrived on New Dragon Island, he discovered the fellow fooling around in bed with a female Colossal Dragon whose hoarse cries resounded far into the distance.</p><p>“That dimwit!”</p><p>Rather lost for words, Meng Lei flicked a higher deity divine core over and left immediately. He had initially wanted to catch up with Fatty Hart, but that was clearly out of the question now.</p><p>Meng Lei was relieved of everything weighing on his mind after he was done, and he returned to Demon Ravine once more.</p><p>“I’m leaving, Ol’ President. I’ll leave Heaven’s Vault Continent in your care.”</p><p>“Don’t worry. You can leave with peace of mind.”</p><p>Ol’ Amos nodded heavily and said, “Everyone can forget about making any trouble on Heaven’s Vault Continent as long as I’m alive. I’ll definitely watch over it well.”</p><p>“Alright!”</p><p>Meng Lei nodded lightly and turned to leave.</p><p>“Come back alive, brat!”</p><p>Ol’ Amos shouted after him.</p><p>“Don’t worry, I will!”</p><p>Meng Lei gave him a wave. Then, he leaped into the space-time rift and arrived at Dark Hell Continent once more.</p><p>“I’ve settled all outstanding matters, so I can head to the Boundless Plane with peace of mind now.” Then, Meng Lei looked into the far distance and murmured, “I’ll go to Dark Hell Demonic Kingdom’s capital and meet up with the other Prefecture Masters first.”</p><p>Having read Cador’s memories, Meng Lei naturally knew the way to the capital. However, he also left behind his Abyss Skeletal Dragon alternate incarnation before he set off.</p><p>With his Fallen Angel and Abyss Skeletal Dragon alternate incarnations protecting Ice Demon Prefecture, it was unlikely that anything would go wrong.</p><p>Besides, Dark Hell Demonic Kingdom had also mandated that it was forbidden for anyone to challenge Prefecture Masters during the duration that Dark Canopy of The Heavens was taking place. Thus, he surmised that it was unlikely for anyone to take the opportunity to create trouble.</p><p>“Let’s go, Dodola!”</p><p>After ensuring that everything was foolproof, Meng Lei and Dodola set off for the capital together.</p><p>There wasn’t much time left before Dark Canopy of The Heavens would commence, so Meng Lei couldn’t afford any delays on the way there. Otherwise, he would definitely have ransacked all the places he passed by while on the way there.</p><p>Meng Lei didn’t stay idle in spite of that, however.</p><p>“I have 940 million Divinity Crystals now. There are a lot of things I can do with that!”</p><p>Meng Lei scanned through his stats interface, looking for options that he could buy credit for. He wanted to do everything he could to improve his combat strength so that he could make it into the Boundless Plane.</p><p>Host: Meng Lei</p><p>Race: Human (Primeval Bloodline: Primordial Human &lt;26%&gt;, Assimilated Bloodlines: Gods-Slaying Rat &lt;Youth&gt;, Divine Netherworld Phoenix &lt;Youth&gt;, Hundred-Armed Giant &lt;Youth&gt;, Ancient Tree of Life &lt;23%&gt;, Frost God &lt;Juvenile&gt;, Grim Reaper &lt;Juvenile&gt;)</p><p>Wealth: 940 million Divinity Crystals</p><p>Physical Body Constitution: Metal-Origin Divine Body (1%)</p><p>Spirit: Higher Deity (Elementary-Grade)</p><p>Power of Divinity: 200 Divinity Crystals</p><p>Innate Special Abilities: Teleportation, Dark-Elemental Transformation, Transfer, Absolute Zero, Rise From The Ashes, Thunder-Elemental Transformation, Mysterious Ice of The Depths, Grim Reaper’s Eye</p><p>Others: Some increase</p><p>“I can’t buy credit for any of my bloodlines at the moment, so I won’t bother with them… Next up is my divine body.</p><p>“My metal-origin divine body… Raising its assimilation rate requires one million Divinity Crystals for every 1%, so if I want to boost it to 100%, I’ll need a total of 100 million Divinity Crystals.</p><p>“Here comes the problem—is there any purpose to boosting my metal-origin divine body’s assimilation rate to 100%?”</p><p>Meng Lei fell into deep thought.</p><p>100 million Divinity Crystals was no small sum. He would be suffering a huge loss if he boosted his metal-origin divine body’s assimilation rate to 100%, only to find out that it didn’t provide much help to his combat strength.</p><p>Meng Lei was somewhat in two minds about it. He asked, “System, how many Divinity Crystals would it cost to enhance my divine body with Super Enhancement?”</p><p>“Ding! The host’s divine body is currently on par with that of a mid-level higher deity’s and will rival that of a high-level higher deity’s after enhancement,” the system replied coldly, “Thus, the enhancement cost is estimated at 900 million Divinity Crystals.”</p><p>“900 million?!”</p><p>Meng Lei couldn’t help but gasp.</p><p>Ascending from a limits-level intermediate deity to an elementary-level higher deity required only 3 million Divinity Crystals while ascending from an elementary-level higher deity to a mid-level higher deity required 60 million Divinity Crystals.</p><p>However, ascending from a mid-level higher deity to a high-level higher deity actually required 900 million Divinity Crystals!</p><p>What a ridiculous price!</p><p>“That’s too expensive.”</p><p>A wry smile appeared on Meng Lei’s countenance. In the end, he still ended up boosting his metal-origin divine body’s assimilation rate instead.</p><p>Whoosh!</p><p>His Wealth decreased by 100 million Divinity Crystals in an instant.</p><p>At the same time, an incredibly sharp wave of power also instantly spread throughout Meng Lei. It flowed into his limbs and every part of his body.</p><p>Buzz…</p><p>A powerful surge of golden light suffused the area all around Meng Lei right away. Filled with an austere and razor-sharp aura, he looked just like an ultimate peerless weapon that had been unsheathed.</p><p>The sudden change in him alarmed Dodola, who turned to him with a look of astonishment on its face and exclaimed, “M-metal-elemental Power of Origin[1]!”</p><p>[1] [Annotation text missing]</p>

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Chapter 339 - Metal-Origin Body, A Great Improvement In Strength

Volume 4

<h1>Chapter 339 - Metal-Origin Body, A Great Improvement In Strength</h1><p>Chapter 339: Metal-Origin Body, A Great Improvement In Strength</p><p>Power of Origin was the most fundamental and the most intrinsic form of power that constituted the vast universe itself. Power of Origin and laws of nature were complementary to each other, and they jointly formed the vast universe.</p><p>If laws of nature were the rules and guidelines by which all things in the universe operated, then Power of Origin was the very material that all things in the universe were formed from.</p><p>The former was intangible lines and frames, whereas the latter was a tangible form of energy and matter.</p><p>They were opposites but were just as powerful as the other.</p><p>Great waves churned in Dodola’s heart as it wondered to itself, “For such a surge of metal-elemental Power of Origin to suddenly erupt from Meng Lei, could it be that his metal-origin divine body has reached a level of Great Mastery?”</p><p>Origin divine bodies were extremely rare. How many among the trillions of living beings in the vast universe even owned origin divine bodies? Only a handful!</p><p>And yet, apart from being rare, origin divine bodies were also extremely hard to cultivate. From the point of awakening to the point where one reached Lesser Mastery and subsequently Great Mastery, every step along the way could be said to be fraught with great difficulties.</p><p>This was because one needed to constantly assimilate Power of Origin into themselves to enhance their bodies during the entire cultivation process. But where were they supposed to find that much Power of Origin to assimilate into themselves?</p><p>The process might be difficult, but once they could cultivate it to the point of Great Mastery, their divine body would then become one that was fully formed from Power of Origin and would be incredibly powerful!</p><p>Yet Meng Lei had actually cultivated his metal-origin divine body to the point of Great Mastery without showing even so much as a sign or two?</p><p>The metal-elemental Power of Origin around Meng Lei started to surge more and more fervently as Dodola’s mind ran wild. The sharp aura of slaughter emanating off him also became stronger and stronger.</p><p>Toward the end, Meng Lei’s entire self had become as though it was fully made out of gold. Every single cell, every internal organ, every fiber of muscle, every bone… All of them had turned into gold through and through.</p><p>Or, to be more accurate, they had turned into metal-elemental Power of Origin. His entire self was as though a peerless, powerful weapon!</p><p>“This sensation… It feels really miraculous!”</p><p>With a thought from Meng Lei, a dagger that looked as though it was made out of gold immediately appeared in his hand.</p><p>Plain and unremarkable, the dagger seemed just like any other ordinary golden dagger.</p><p>However, Meng Lei knew that this dagger that he had so casually made… was, in fact, incredibly sharp. Its degree of sharpness was in no way inferior to higher deity-level divine weapons!</p><p>On top of that, it was neither forged from metal nor manifested using metal-elemental power of divinity. Rather, it was formed from a type of fascinating material, though Meng Lei couldn’t tell what kind of material it was specifically, either.</p><p>“This is a dagger that’s manifested using metal-elemental Power of Origin!”</p><p>Dodola’s eyes bore into the golden dagger as it exclaimed, “This is the very first time in my entire life seeing a divine weapon made out of pure Power of Origin!”</p><p>“Metal-elemental Power of Origin?”</p><p>Something occurred to Meng Lei, and he asked, “Is this kind of fascinating material called metal-elemental Power of Origin, Dodola?”</p><p>“That’s right!”</p><p>Dodola explained, “Power of Origin is an extremely fearsome form of power. It’s the most intrinsic form of power that forms all things in the universe and is purer and of an even higher grade than Battle Aura (magic power) or power of divinity (demonic aura). It’s also more destructive, of course.”</p><p>Then, Dodola suddenly asked, “You’ve seen a Heart of The Existential Plane before, right?”</p><p>“Yes, of course I have,” replied Meng Lei as he nodded repeatedly.</p><p>“Hearts of The Existential Plane are manifested from the ten basic laws of nature and the ten types of Power of Origin. Thus, they are one of the toughest and sturdiest types of matter in the whole wide universe,” explained Dodola.</p><p>“In that case, is my divine body also manifested from metal-elemental Power of Origin?” asked Meng Lei.</p><p>“Yes, of course! Your metal-elemental divine body has already reached the point of Great Mastery, so of course it’s made out of metal-elemental Power of Origin.”</p><p>An excited Dodola said, “Every gene of yours, every cell, every internal organ, every fiber of muscle, every strand of hair, etc…. They are all made out of metal-elemental Power of Origin. It’s no exaggeration to say that you’re a walking mass of metal-elemental Power of Origin itself!”</p><p>Upon hearing that, Meng Lei hastily asked, “This… won’t affect the bloodlines in me, right?”</p><p>“Why aren’t you getting it?”</p><p>Dodola had become rather anxious. “Never mind, I won’t explain any further. Just try calling up the bloodlines within you instead. I guarantee that you’ll get a huge shock!”</p><p>“Alright!”</p><p>Meng Lei said no more and quietly initiated his Divine Netherworld Phoenix bloodline.</p><p>Whoosh!</p><p>Meng Lei transformed right into a mighty, awe-inspiring gigantic phoenix. However, unlike in the past, the phoenix was no longer black in color but gold!</p><p>“I… This…”</p><p>Meng Lei was rather filled with disbelief as he took in his current appearance.</p><p>“Do you see it now? All the cells in your body have become completely made out of metal-elemental Power of Origin. Even if you initiate your bloodline and transform into a Divine Netherworld Phoenix, a change in your body has already taken place such that you’ve become totally different from other Divine Netherworld Phoenixes!”</p><p>Dodola burst into laughter and said, “The current you should be referred to as a Metal-Origin Divine Netherworld Phoenix instead. Without further ado, why don’t you give your other bloodlines a spin, too?”</p><p>“Alright!”</p><p>Meng Lei transformed into a Gods-Slaying Rat that was fully made out of gold upon activating his Gods-Slaying Rat bloodline. Every strand of his fur stood on end like golden needles.</p><p>“So, that’s a Metal-Origin Gods-Slaying Rat!”</p><p>Dodola rubbed its palms together as it marveled.</p><p>Boom!</p><p>Meng Lei transformed into a dazzling, golden giant upon activating his Hundred-Armed Giant bloodline. Every inch of his skin, every muscle, every arm… It was as though they were made out of gold.</p><p>“A Metal-Origin Hundred-Armed Giant!”</p><p>Dodola burst into gleeful laughter once more.</p><p>Shortly after, Meng Lei went on to also activate his Ancient Tree of Life bloodline, his Frost God bloodline, and his Grim Reaper bloodline—they had actually all turned a golden-yellow color, too.</p><p>“A Metal-Origin Ancient Tree of Life!”</p><p>“A Metal-Origin Frost God!”</p><p>“A Metal-Origin Death God!”</p><p>Dodola was incredibly excited.</p><p>Astounded, Meng Lei asked, “Are the bloodlines within my body still the same bloodlines they originally were, Dodola?”</p><p>“The bloodlines are still the same original bloodlines. It’s just that the matter that had formed the bloodlines is now metal-elemental Power of Origin instead. Thus, your appearance has already changed along with it.”</p><p>Dodola was awfully delighted. It said, “In truth, this particular situation of yours isn’t an anomaly, either. The same thing also happens when people from other godly clans awaken their origin divine bodies.”</p><p>Meng Lei thought to himself, “The same thing?”</p><p>“Take the Fairy Goddess, for example.”</p><p>A smiling Dodola said, “She’s a Fairy, but because she has awakened her wood-origin divine body, she is green-skinned and not like the other ordinary Fairies.</p><p>“Another example is the Divine Netherworld Phoenixes. There was once a famous genius among them. Because it awakened its fire-origin divine body, it ultimately turned into a fiery-red color.</p><p>“And that Steel-Winged Angel from whom you got your metal-origin divine body, too!”</p><p>Dodola went on. “Steel-Winged Angels are originally silver in color, but because that guy had a metal-origin divine body, unlike the other ordinary Steel-Winged Angels, he was gold in color instead.</p><p>“It still goes back to the same thing—your bloodlines are still the same bloodlines as before, but the matter making up the bloodlines has changed. Thus, your appearance has also changed along with it.”</p><p>“I see,” Meng Lei nodded slightly. “So, my appearance has changed, but I wonder if my combat power has improved?”</p><p>“It definitely has. Give it a try if you don’t believe me,” replied Dodola very certainly.</p><p>“Alright!”</p><p>Meng Lei transformed back into his human form. Then, he balled up his fist lightly and threw a forceful punch.</p><p>Boom!</p><p>The power contained within the punch erupted, and the whole sky 10 million miles in front of them instantly turned into a black hole. Space-time fluxes wreaked havoc as gales stormed. Fear and unease filled all the demons on the ground as they stared at the sky that had suddenly turned into a black hole.</p><p>“What the heck! It’s horrifying!”</p><p>Meng Lei was shocked by the sight. The dimension on Dark Hell Continent was extremely stable, so it was much harder to break the dimension here than in Heaven’s Vault Continent. In the past, his punch would only have, at the maximum, broken the dimension hundreds of thousands of miles of where he was.</p><p>Yet his punch had created a black hole that spanned 10 million miles now! Just what level of strength was that?</p><p>“System, how many Divinity Crystals would it cost to use Super Enhancement to enhance my divine body?” asked Meng Lei at once.</p><p>The system responded right away.</p><p>“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.”</p><p>“My divine body is actually on par with a high-level higher deity’s!”</p><p>Meng Lei couldn’t help but gasp—he knew he had profited greatly this time.</p><p>Previously, enhancing his divine body—which was also an improvement that would have gone from mid-level higher deity to high-level higher deity—via Super Enhancement had required 900 million Divinity Crystals.</p><p>As it was too expensive, Meng Lei had chosen to spend 100 million Divinity Crystals to boost his metal-origin divine body’s assimilation rate instead.</p><p>He had initially thought that all that would happen was that his metal-origin divine body would achieve Great Mastery-level. Little did he think that the accompanying outcome would actually turn out to be an upgrade in his divine body that brought it up to high-level higher deity instead!</p><p>This was too dramatic!</p><p>However, one must admit that he had struck gold this time. He had spent only 100 million Divinity Crystals to hit a target that originally would have required 900 million Divinity Crystals to achieve!</p><p>In fact, it might even have a better effect!</p>

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Chapter 340 - Dark Hell Imperial Palace, Fire Demon Prefecture Master

Volume 4

<h1>Chapter 340 - Dark Hell Imperial Palace, Fire Demon Prefecture Master</h1><p>Chapter 340: Dark Hell Imperial Palace, Fire Demon Prefecture Master</p><p>“One punch can break the void within millions of miles!”</p><p>Dodola sighed emotionally. “Your divine body is now on par with high-level higher deity. Including the metal-origin divine body, you should be scarier than ordinary high-level Great Demon Gods right now!”</p><p>“This means that I can compete with the three most powerful Great Demon Gods of Dark Hell Continent already?” Meng Lei’s eyes lit up.</p><p>“Why? You want to refine Dark Hell Continent’s Heart of The Existential Plane?”</p><p>Dodola raised an eyebrow and shook its head. “Unless you don’t want to enter the Dark Canopy of The Heavens, please drop that idea for now. Given your current divine spirit, you’ll need a few hundred or even over a thousand years to refine the Heart of The Existential Plane of a mid-end existential plane.”</p><p>“So long?”</p><p>Meng Lei’s brows knitted together.</p><p>“If it wasn’t for this long period, Dark Hell Continent’s Heart of The Existential Plane would have been secretly refined by someone. Why would they wait till now?”</p><p>Dodola shook its head again. “It’s because of the difficulty to refine it. It will take a lot of time and effort, so the three most powerful Great Demon Gods can deter each other!”</p><p>“Fine!”</p><p>Meng Lei was slightly disappointed. “Then we’ll go to the Boundless Plane before coming back to refine the Heart of The Existential Plane. I believe that I’ll become stronger by then!”</p><p>“Sure!”</p><p>They started their journey toward the Dark Hell Demonic Kingdom’s capital as they flew at their quickest speed. Still, it took them over half a month to reach the capital.</p><p>Compared to the Ice Demon City, the capital was even larger and prosperous. Countless live volcanoes stood within the city as billowing smoke and brimstones were everywhere.</p><p>“See these smoking volcanoes? They are the Divine Netherworld Phoenix’s favorite place to live in. Though they are rare in numbers, mixed-breed descendants with their bloodline are common here as 90% of the volcanoes are occupied by them.”</p><p>“Sure!”</p><p>When they flew within the range of the capital, the city guards on patrol stopped them. They were demons with a pair of wings and a lion’s body.</p><p>“These are Netherworld Demonic Lions.”</p><p>Meng Lei smiled confidently. “They are the descendants of the Divine Netherworld Phoenix and the Dark Demonic Lion. They didn’t just inherit some Divine Netherworld Phoenix abilities; their reproduction rate is much higher than Divine Netherworld Phoenix. Naturally, they are Demon Gods after they become adults, hence making them extremely successful descendants of the Divine Netherworld Phoenix.”</p><p>“That’s not bad indeed.”</p><p>Dodola approved. Many powerful races chose to crossbreed with races that had great fertility rates to guarantee the size of their race. There were many types of descendants, with only a few that could inherit both races’ strengths.</p><p>It was similar to the Dragons in Heaven’s Vault Continent in the past. Of all the Drakes, the most successful ones were the offspring between Dragons and humans—the Dragon People.</p><p>“Who are you? Did you not know that it is forbidden to fly in the sky above the capital?” The leading Netherworld Demonic Lion questioned fiercely, staring at them with its savage eyes.</p><p>“I’m the Prefecture Master of the Ice Demon Prefecture!”</p><p>Meng Lei remained expressionless.</p><p>“Prefecture Master?”</p><p>The Netherworld Demonic Lions’ expression changed. Indeed, it was forbidden to fly in the capital. However, it only applied to ordinary demons, not mid-level Great Demon Gods like Prefecture Masters.</p><p>Prefecture Masters were allowed to fly here.</p><p>“Sir, since you are a Prefecture Master, why have I not seen you before?” The Netherworld Demonic Lion in charge frowned. “If I’m not wrong, the Ice Demon Prefecture Master should be Lord Cador…”</p><p>“That’s already a thing of the past. Lord Cador is dead, and I’m the current Ice Demon Prefecture Master.”</p><p>Meng Lei shook his head as he released an overwhelming aura upon the squad of Netherworld Demonic Lions.</p><p>Whoosh!</p><p>The Netherworld Demonic Lions went crashing toward the ground as if they were thunderstruck. Before they hit the ground, Meng Lei retained the aura, and they could finally steady themselves.</p><p>The looks on every Netherworld Demonic Lion were full of fear for a while.</p><p>The capital was where some of the most powerful demons congregated, where Great Demon Gods were aplenty. Yet, there were only a few that had such a terrifying aura as Meng Lei.</p><p>“He’s definitely a mid-level Great Demon God!”</p><p>The Netherworld Demonic Lions did not dare to obstruct Meng Lei anymore. “If we offended you just now, please forgive us! Please carry on!”</p><p>“Sure!”</p><p>Meng Lei nodded slightly as he flew straight towards the volcano where the imperial palace was located. The squad of Netherworld Demonic Lions watched Meng Lei’s back and wiped the cold sweat on their foreheads. They were still shaken up in fear.</p><p>“Who is this guy?”</p><p>“Didn’t you hear him say that he’s the Ice Demon Prefecture Master?”</p><p>“This is too scary. His aura was more overwhelming than our princes! When did such an expert appear in our kingdom…”</p><p>Meng Lei and Dodola carried on flying as their action caused a huge commotion. Demons of all kinds gesticulated and speculated wildly.</p><p>Weaker demons gave off reverent looks.</p><p>Stronger demons had intense fighting spirits.</p><p>Among these, the two arrived at the largest live volcano of the capital. Its height above sea level was not very high. Still, it was massive nevertheless, like a gigantic chimney shooting out thick black smoke incessantly.</p><p>The volcano’s body was embedded with black-red crystals, emitting dark elements and fire elements that almost manifested into a solid-state.</p><p>“Meng Lei, where’s the imperial palace?” quizzed Dodola.</p><p>It sized up the huge and vast volcano and could not find any trace of the imperial palace.</p><p>“You’ll know when you get down!”</p><p>Meng Lei answered as he brought Dodola toward the crater of the volcano. As they approached it, the crater became increasingly extensive while the temperatures were getting increasingly higher, getting up to a few thousand degrees Celsius.</p><p>A lava lake within the vast crater—it seemed boundless. The lava boiled as it released stunningly high temperatures. Among these, a grand palace stood above the lava lake like a resort built on a sea.</p><p>Meng Lei smiled as he said, “That’s the imperial palace.”</p><p>“Oh, it over here!”</p><p>Dodola suddenly realized.</p><p>“Who are you?”</p><p>A cold voice rang as a human figure came with the wind. Although it was in human form, the intense aura and scorching breath revealed its identity.</p><p>A Divine Netherworld Phoenix!</p><p>And it’s a pure one!</p><p>It was Meng Lei’s first time meeting a Divine Netherworld Phoenix other than himself. He could not help but size this person up, forgetting to reply in the process.</p><p>“Who are you?”</p><p>Seeing that Meng Lei did not answer, its voice became amplified. Meng Lei could not help but pick his ears and reply dryly. “I’m the new Ice Demon Prefecture Master!”</p><p>With the previous experience, Meng Lei did not bother to explain further by adding the word ‘new’ to his introduction.</p><p>The Divine Netherworld Phoenix understood straight away as it took another look at Meng Lei. It then said respectfully, “Please follow me.”</p><p>It did not doubt Meng Lei’s identity since it was unnecessary. He would be meeting the other Prefecture Masters, princes and princesses, court officials, and even the Demon Emperor. If Meng Lei did not have the capability and impersonate the Prefecture Master, he would surely die a horrible death.</p><p>Meng Lei and Dodola arrived before the grand hall under its lead.</p><p>At present, the palace was full of demons. There was a strong, forceful aura around each of them, and they gave off a powerful demonic might—they were all savage devils.</p><p>“Please proceed… Ice Demon Prefecture Master!”</p><p>The one leading Meng Lei stopped by the door of the palace hall and cued him to enter. It then shouted, “The Ice Demon Prefecture Master has arrived!”</p><p>Upon hearing this, a burst of hearty laughter sounded off. “Hahaha, my brother Cador you’ve finally come. I thought I would be meeting you on the way here, yet who knew that you would reach after I’ve been here for three days. You’re pretty slow this time!”</p><p>“Why would you think that Cador is as impatient as you. He’s an Ice Demon, not a Fire Demon…”</p><p>“Prefecture Master Cador?”</p><p>Meng Lei shook his head and giggled softly as he stepped into the hall.</p><p>Whoosh!</p><p>Many pairs of eyes looked over. When the demons saw Meng Lei, astonishment, puzzlement, and confusion surfaced on their faces.</p><p>Was that Cador?</p><p>“No! He isn’t Cador!”</p><p>“It’s a stranger!”</p><p>“Perhaps…”</p><p>After being stunned for a short moment, the demons came to their senses and started whispering among themselves. It seemed that they had realized what had happened.</p><p>“Who are you? Where’s my brother, Cador?” a Fire Demon bellowed. It was bathed in flames as it stared at Meng Lei coldly with its brass bell-like eyes.</p><p>Having read the memory of Cador, Meng Lei would naturally know this guy. Cato, the Prefecture Master of the Fire Demon Prefecture who had a lifelong brotherhood with Cador.</p><p>“Since I’m standing here, why would you still ask what happened to Prefecture Master Cador?” Meng Lei shook his head. “But if you want to know, I don’t mind telling you that I killed him.”</p><p>The moment the words left his mouth, a furor went through the entire hall!</p><p>Even if they had already guessed it, hearing the confirmation from Meng Lei still sent shockwaves across the hall.</p><p>“Cador had been in the Prefecture Master position for more than 40,000 years, plus he was one of the stronger one of the 108 Prefecture Masters. Who would have thought he was killed!”</p><p>“Do any of you know this guy?”</p><p>“I don’t know who he is!”</p><p>“Never seen him before!”</p><p>“Never heard of him at all!”</p><p>“That’s weird! To think that such a nameless guy could kill Prefecture Master Cador, it just sounds fishy…”</p><p>“Scoundrel! My big brother had been a solid Ice Demon Prefecture Master for over 40,000 years, proving his combat prowess! How could a little scoundrel like you defeat him head-on?”</p><p>Prefecture Master Cato’s demonic aura was surging as its eyes were bursting with flames of rage. “Own up now! How did you assassinate my brother?”</p><p>“Assassinate?” Meng Lei sneered, “Why do I need to plan an assassination when it’s just Cador? You’ve overestimated him.”</p><p>“How dare you disrespect my big brother!”</p><p>Cato was enraged further as his overwhelming aura attacked Meng Lei.</p><p>If it were an ordinary Great Demon God, it would have struck onto the ground. However, Meng Lei did not even move as if the suppressive aura was a breeze.</p><p>“In Dark Hell Continent, power speaks the loudest!” Meng Lei snapped his fingers and continued coldly. “Since Cador was weaker than me, isn’t it normal for me to look down on it?”</p><p>“Since power speaks the loudest,” Prefecture Master Cato’s eyes were spitting fire, “Do you dare to fight me?”</p><p>A hint of joy flashed across Meng Lei’s eyes as they lit up. This fellow was a genuine mid-level Great Demon God, which killing it should at least earn him 60 million Divinity Crystals from the system.</p><p>Not forgetting the spatial ring it carried around…</p><p>“Why? So you’re afraid?”</p><p>As Meng Lei did not reply, Prefecture Master Cato thought Meng Lei was afraid as its voice became even bitter.</p><p>“What is there to fear?” Meng Lei hummed. “If you want a battle, we shall have one. Why would I be afraid of you?”</p><p>“Follow me then!”</p><p>Cato left these three words behind as it turned into a fiery beam that shot out of the palace. A smile appeared on Meng Lei’s face as he followed suit.</p><p>“Let’s go!”</p><p>“Let’s go out and take a look!”</p><p>The various Prefecture Masters, princes, and princesses could not sit still as they got out of the palace. They all flew above the palace as they anticipated the battle that was about to start.</p><p>No-one stopped them!</p><p>And no one would ever think of it!</p><p>In the Demon’s world, only the strong were revered. Thus, they would settle any disagreement with a fight.</p><p>Conflict? Feud?</p><p>Fight it out, and it’s settled!</p><p>Just do it!</p>

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Chapter 341 - Killing Cato Instantly, An Assembly Of The Powerful

Volume 4

<h1>Chapter 341 - Killing Cato Instantly, An Assembly Of The Powerful</h1><p>Chapter 341: Killing Cato Instantly, An Assembly of The Powerful</p><p>Chilly winds blew as thick smoke roiled.</p><p>Meng Lei and Prefecture Master Cato stood facing each other with a great distance between them above the tall, magnificent volcano. They were at swords’ point and ready to fight any moment. A short distance away, the other Prefecture Masters, princes, princesses, royalty, and officials were also watching the battle with rapt attention.</p><p>A handsome and attractive youth with black hair and black eyes asked, “Dear Prefecture Masters, between the two of them, who do you think will win?”</p><p>He was the Dark Hell Demonic Kingdom’s Eldest Prince and was also a Divine Netherworld Phoenix with the purest bloodline. His combat strength was in no way inferior to the many Prefecture Masters present.</p><p>“Prefecture Master Cador and Prefecture Master Cato were evenly matched. If that man had really defeated Cador by his own strength, then he would undoubtedly emerge victoriously,” replied one of the Prefecture Masters without hesitation.</p><p>“That is certainly so!”</p><p>The other Prefecture Masters nodded in agreement.</p><p>Everyone knew that Cador and Cato were brothers who were evenly matched. Since Meng Lei could defeat Cador, then he would be able to defeat Cato for sure. There was no doubt about that.</p><p>“However…!”</p><p>The same Prefecture Master suddenly changed the course of the conversation at this point. Suspicion filled its speech as it said, “That new Ice Demon Prefecture Master appears extremely unfamiliar to the eye. If memory serves me right, it seems like an expert like him has never existed in the Dark Hell Demonic Kingdom—or even the Dark Hell Continent—before!”</p><p>“Prefecture Master Cyril, you mean—”</p><p>The astonished Eldest Prince cocked an eyebrow and prompted it to go on.</p><p>“No matter what, Prefecture Master Cador was undoubtedly still an old-timer mid-level Great Demon God. Up-and-coming rising stars are no match for it.”</p><p>A smiling Cyril said, “Perhaps Prefecture Master Cato was right, and that fellow had indeed used some kind of dishonest method to defeat Prefecture Master Cador.”</p><p>“That makes sense!”</p><p>“That kid looks awfully unfamiliar to the eye. He’s likely a young one that’s only just emerged during these recent few years. How could a mere junior have been Prefecture Master Cador’s match?”</p><p>“There are only a few experts in the whole of Dark Hell Continent who could kill Prefecture Master Cador, and it definitely doesn’t include that fellow who came out of god knows where!”</p><p>“Going by what everyone is saying, that newly-appointed Ice Demon Prefecture Master won’t be Prefecture Master Cato’s match, then?” asked the Eldest Prince with his eyebrows raised.</p><p>“That’s most likely the case!”</p><p>“It’s more likely than not that he was able to kill Prefecture Master Cador because he had used some kind of dishonest means!”</p><p>“Yes, that must be it…”</p><p>Meng Lei and Cato’s battle had already begun while the Prefecture Masters were still engaged in speculation. Fury burst forth from Cato as it roared deeply, “You despicable young one who knows no shame! I will avenge Big Brother Cador and make you pay a heavy price for your despicable actions!”</p><p>A flash of fire shot by immediately after it spoke, and then Cato was already right in front of Meng Lei. A fearsome punch then followed right after.</p><p>“Die, you bastard!”</p><p>The punch broke a hole into the dimension right away, and its fist went smashing toward Meng Lei’s skull alongside the hole—evidently, it intended to blast Meng Lei’s head apart with its fist!</p><p>“Can he deflect the attack?”</p><p>All the Prefecture Masters, princes, princesses, royalty, and officials’ gazes shifted to Meng Lei in this instant. All of them wanted to know whether or not he could deflect the attack.</p><p>“Thinking of killing me with just this bit of strength? You think too highly of yourself!”</p><p>Meng Lei shook his head lightly. Then, he reached out his right arm and made a light grabbing motion. A loud bam rang out, and Meng Lei immediately caught Cato’s earth-shattering punch in his palm.</p><p>“What?!”</p><p>This greatly shocked Cato, as well as the other Prefecture Masters, princes, princesses, and everyone else who was watching the battle. All of them were utterly astounded!</p><p><em>He managed to parry Prefecture Master Cato’s attack so casually?</em></p><p>“It’s my turn to attack now!”</p><p>Meng Lei disappeared in a flash and appeared behind Cato like a phantom. Then, he bent his fingers and flicked them lightly against the back of Cato’s head.</p><p>Crack!</p><p>As though a bullet was piercing through a watermelon, yet also like a steel bead passing through an egg, a crisp crack rang out, and a bloody hole immediately formed in between Cato’s brows.</p><p>Cato froze at once, its eyes widening to a size larger than even discs as a look of disbelief came over its features.</p><p>“H-how… could… this…”</p><p>Before it could even finish speaking, the light in its eyes was already beginning to gradually dim. Then, it plummeted straight down toward the ground.</p><p>Meng Lei easily froze Cato’s body in mid-air with a wave. Then, in front of the many Prefecture Masters, princes, princesses, royalty, and officials, he gouged out Cato’s demonic core and killed its divine spirit.</p><p>A system notification rang out.</p><p>“Ding! 1 Fire Great Demon God killed. 60 million Divinity Crystals gained!”</p><p>“Not bad!”</p><p>A satisfied smile appeared on Meng Lei’s lips. Then, he slipped off Cato’s spatial ring and began to inspect the contents.</p><p>The smile on his face widened the moment he did, and he remarked, “Tsk, tsk! As expected of a Prefecture Master. Even the treasures it brings about on its body are of such a generous standard!”</p><p>“System, collect all the items that you can collect!”</p><p>A brief moment later, his Wealth had spiked by 40 million Divinity Crystals.</p><p>Added to this the other 60 million Divinity Crystals that he had just gained, they just so happened to make up a total of 100 million Divinity Crystals. In the twinkling of an eye, he had already made back the 100 million Divinity Crystals that he just spent to boost his metal-origin divine body’s assimilation rate.</p><p>Sweet!</p><p>Meng Lei only tossed Cato’s dead body to the little golden tree after he was done with all these. Then, he turned to the other Prefecture Masters, princes, princesses, royalty, and officials—only to discover that every one of them was in a state of astoundment, and all of them were staring at him as if they were staring at a freak.</p><p>The place… was filled with dead silence.</p><p>Evidently, everyone had received a shock.</p><p>Dodola chuckled and poked fun at Meng Lei as it said, “You’ve scared them all, Meng Lei!”</p><p>“What can I say? It’s all because I’m too strong!” Meng Lei returned Dodola a smile and flew toward the others.</p><p>“He’s coming over!”</p><p>A furor went through the demons.</p><p>A smiling Meng Lei asked, “Dear all, I’m sure no one doubts my combat strength anymore, right?”</p><p>The Prefecture Masters were rather embarrassed, especially Prefecture Master Cyril, who had passed judgment on Meng Lei without any restraint earlier. It wished even more than the others that it could bury itself into a hole somewhere.</p><p>Up-and-coming rising star?</p><p>Dishonest means?</p><p>What nonsense!</p><p>How many Prefecture Masters among those present could even instantly kill Cato in a flick of their fingers?</p><p>Given his frightening combat strength, would he even need to resort to dishonest means?</p><p>“I didn’t expect the newly-appointed Ice Demon Prefecture Master to possess such strength! One can say that this is a blessing for the Demonic Kingdom. I believe Father will be extremely pleased to know of this.”</p><p>A bright and hearty smile appeared on the Eldest Prince’s countenance, and he said, “Dear all, Father will summon us for an audience soon. Let’s return to the conference hall for now.”</p><p>“Yes, Your Highness!”</p><p>Everyone returned to the same palace as just now. Meng Lei had originally planned on just taking any random seat, but unexpectedly, the Eldest Prince instead arranged for him to take the seat of honor at the front.</p><p>The other Prefecture Masters didn’t say much about it—evidently, they had all acknowledged Meng Lei’s strength.</p><p>The strong was revered in the world of demons. Since Meng Lei was stronger than them, his status would also be more venerable than theirs.</p><p>The Demonic Emperor of Dark Hell Demonic Kingdom showed up shortly after they took their seats. The Prefecture Masters present felt immense pressure the moment it took its seat.</p><p>“Greetings, Your Majesty!”</p><p>“You may dispense with the formalities, my beloved subjects.”</p><p>The Demonic Emperor gestured to everyone to take their seats. His gaze swept across everyone before it quickly landed on Meng Lei, who was seated in the seat of honor below. He couldn’t help but be slightly surprised.</p><p>At the sight, the Eldest Prince quickly leaned over and whispered softly in his ear. The moment he did, a light burst forth in the Demonic Emperor’s eyes, and he declared unhurriedly, “To be able to instantly kill Prefecture Master Cato with just a flick of his fingers shows that the newly-appointed Ice Demon Prefecture Master boasts pretty impressive strength. This is the Dark Hell Demonic Kingdom’s good fortune!”</p><p>“You flatter me, Your Majesty.”</p><p>Meng Lei nodded lightly.</p><p>“Hearing such great news just as the Dark Canopy of The Heavens is imminent foretells great rewards for the Dark Hell Demonic Kingdom during the Dark Canopy of The Heavens this time!”</p><p>It seemed like the Demonic Emperor was indeed very pleased. He turned to Meng Lei and said, “Ice Demon Prefecture Master, I’m counting on you and all the other Prefecture Masters for this round of Dark Canopy of The Heavens!”</p><p>“You’re too kind, Your Majesty. I’ll definitely do my very best!”</p><p>Meng Lei adopted a fairly humble stance.</p><p>“Dear all…”</p><p>After giving everyone another pep talk, the Demonic Emperor then led everyone to the Dark Canopy of The Heavens. None of the three most powerful experts, such as the Demonic Emperor, entered the Dark Canopy of The Heavens every time it opened. The reason behind this was obvious—they were worried that someone would take Dark Hell Continent’s Heart of The Existential Plane for themselves and refine it.</p><p>Though they themselves didn’t go in, the three emperors nevertheless didn’t hold back at all when it came to the treasures brought out by those who had gone in.</p><p>In other words, the three emperors had priority in taking anything that the others brought out, no matter what it was!</p><p>If the others refused to hand it over?</p><p>Then they could just go to hell!</p><p>No one would bother reasoning with anyone here!</p><p>The group made their way to the Dark Canopy of The Heavens three days later.</p><p>The Dark Canopy of The Heavens had yet to open at the moment. Thus, what appeared in their sight was instead a steep, 1,000-feet-tall cliff. There were innumerable amazing sights and sceneries of cliffs to be found in Dark Hell Continent, so a 1,000-feet-tall cliff was actually nothing impressive. However, the cliff currently standing before them was no ordinary cliff because it was where the Dark Canopy of The Heavens would be opening.</p><p>For countless years, a great number of powerful demons had visited the area on account of its reputation in hopes that they could catch a glimpse of the amazing Dark Canopy of The Heavens. Thus, all the more demons would gather on the day that the Dark Canopy of The Heavens would open every time.</p><p>True enough, the place was packed full of and teeming with demons as far as the eye could see. They came from every part of Dark Hell Continent, and they were all here in hopes of witnessing the upcoming battles.</p><p>“What the heck! There are so many demons here!”</p><p>Dodola let out exclamation after exclamation. “And none of them are weaklings! Even the weakest among them is a Demon God!”</p><p>“The Dark Canopy of The Heavens, which opens once every 30,000 years, is a grand affair that sweeps through the whole Dark Hell Continent. It attracts innumerable experts.”</p><p>Meng Lei smiled and went on. “Naturally, they aren’t eligible to fight for a slot, so their only purpose in coming is just to watch the battles among the three great empires as they contest for slots to enter.”</p><p>“All the experts of Dark Hell Continent must already have congregated here, right? Tsk, tsk! That’s a lot of ordinary and mid-level Great Demon Gods. What shocking numbers!”</p><p>Dodola clicked its tongue as it marveled. “As expected, Dark Hell Continent indeed has an extremely strong and profound cultural heritage. Out of all the mid-end existential planes I’ve seen, they definitely rank among the top few!”</p><p>“An extremely large part of this is due to the Boundless Plane.”</p><p>Meng Lei smiled and said, “Even though the Boundless Plane is an extremely dangerous place, and a greater half of the 36 experts that enter each time usually perish within, they bring out an extremely generous number of artifacts every time. After so many years of accumulation, they have significantly improved Dark Hell Continent’s combat strength standards.”</p><p>While the two of them were chatting away idly, everyone had already arrived in front of the cliff. A person-in-charge from the Dark Hell Demonic Kingdom had already hastily come forward to receive them a long time ago.</p><p>“Greetings, Your Majesty!”</p><p>“You may rise.”</p><p>The Dark Hell Demonic Emperor waved lightly and asked dispassionately, “Are people from the other two countries here yet?”</p><p>“People from the Fallen Empire and the Three-Headed Hell Kingdom have yet to arrive, Your Majesty.”</p><p>The person-in-charge bowed and answered. However, it was at this moment that several exclamations suddenly rang out around them.</p><p>“They’re here! People from the other two empires have also arrived! The show’s finally starting! How exciting!”</p><p>Meng Lei turned and looked over. True enough, two groups of people were traveling toward them at high speed from afar. In no time, they arrived in the sky above the cliff.</p><p>“Isaiah, you’ve surprisingly reached first.”</p><p>“So what even if he arrived first? What ultimately counts is still combat prowess!”</p><p>Meng Lei followed the source of the voices and looked over at the two people in the lead.</p><p>One was a sexy and sensual beautiful woman with a head of red hair, while the other was a cold and austere Fallen Angel with eight wings on his back.</p><p>They were none other than the other two most powerful experts of the continent—Euphemia Foster, the Empress of the Three-Headed Hell Kingdom, and Alec Houdini, the Emperor of the Fallen Empire.</p><p>“You’re both here!”</p>

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Chapter 342 - A Chaotic Melee Breaks Out, At Least You Know What'S Good For You

Volume 4

<h1>Chapter 342 - A Chaotic Melee Breaks Out, At Least You Know What'S Good For You</h1><p>Chapter 342: A Chaotic Melee Breaks Out, At Least You Know What’s Good For You</p><p>The competition started right away after the three parties exchanged their greetings with one another.</p><p>The rules of the competition were very simple. All three parties could dispatch an unlimited number of experts to take part in a chaotic melee battle. It would do as long as 36 victors remained standing in the end.</p><p>The rules were very simple.</p><p>To sum it up, it was a melee.</p><p>Of course, while they could theoretically send an unlimited number of experts, only a few truly qualified to take part in the melee. Weaklings would just be throwing their lives away if they entered the battle!</p><p>“A melee? Tsk, tsk. As expected of the demons. Even their process of filtering people for entrance slots is done in such a simple and crude way!”</p><p>Dodola couldn’t help but marvel after hearing the competition rules.</p><p>“The demon world is exactly a simple one like that!”</p><p>Meng Lei smiled and said, “The strong ones will last till the end, while the weak ones take the initiative to withdraw or lose their lives mid-way. This will continue until only 36 candidates remain.”</p><p>After a moment’s thought, Dodola said, “All of you are mid-level Great Demon Gods, so the difference in strength among everyone isn’t very great. As long as you keep your guard up, you’ll be able to get out of there safely, even in the worst of scenarios. The likelihood that someone will kill you isn’t high.”</p><p>“That’s true.” Meng Lei nodded and said, “Only three unlucky fellows died during the last melee.”</p><p>“Only three? As expected, indeed!”</p><p>Dodola shook its head. Then, its eyes suddenly swiveled, and it wondered aloud, “I wonder how many will die this time?”</p><p>“If it’s possible, I hope they all die!”</p><p>Meng Lei licked his lips, the burning heat in his eyes barely concealed. A mid-level Great Demon God was worth 60 million Divinity Crystals, so that meant 10 of them would be worth 600 million Divinity Crystals.</p><p>100 of them would be worth six billion Divinity Crystals…</p><p>And 300 of them would be worth 18 billion Divinity Crystals!</p><p>It seemed like the amount of rewards he would get would be enough for him to ascend to Great Perfection-level if he could kill all those mid-level Great Demon Gods!</p><p>Meng Lei was so excited that he couldn’t quite suppress the overwhelming power inside his body anymore. He was ready to run wild!</p><p>“Everyone, I’m leaving everything in your hands!”</p><p>The Dark Hell Demonic Emperor’s gaze swept across Meng Lei and the other 107 Prefecture Masters as he gave them one last bout of encouragement. He said, “The Boundless Plane is the place that the Boundless King had used as his base before he became a Chief God. The Boundless King had managed the place for countless years, and an infinite number of treasures is contained within.</p><p>“Among which, there is no lack of supreme treasures such as Demon Grandmaster-level demonic weapons, and Demon Grandmaster remains. Whether or not you can go in there and bring those treasures out will depend on yourselves!”</p><p>All the Prefecture Masters’ eyes burned with passion at the mention of Demon Grandmaster-level demonic weapons and remains, their inner desires barely concealable.</p><p>If they could obtain those treasures and successfully refine them in the Boundless Plane, their strength would undergo a tremendous change!</p><p>When that happened, perhaps they would be strong enough to contend against the three rulers upon their return to Dark Hell Continent?</p><p>The Prefecture Masters hastily promised, “Don’t worry, Your Majesty! We’ll definitely do our very best!”</p><p>“Great!”</p><p>Highly satisfied with their responses, an unusual glint flashed across the Demonic Emperor’s eyes, and he said, “Go on your way!”</p><p>“Yes, Your Majesty!”</p><p>All 108 Prefecture Masters then took flight into the sky.</p><p>At the same time, the many experts from the Fallen Empire and the Three-Headed Hell Kingdom also rose into the air. Upon reaching the skies, all three parties got into a triangular formation and stayed there.</p><p>All set for a showdown, they gazed at one another.</p><p>“It’s starting!”</p><p>“The battle’s right about to start!”</p><p>All the demons here to watch the battle got into a state of excitement. Their eyes brimmed with anticipation and shone brightly.</p><p>“The melee’s about to begin!”</p><p>Euphemia, the sensual Three-Headed Hell Kingdom Empress, asked with a bright smile, “Which country do you think will be the one with the highest number of candidates remaining this time?”</p><p>The Fallen Empire’s emperor replied aloofly, “It’s still unclear at the moment which country will have the highest number of candidates remaining, but the one with the fewest remaining is undoubtedly the Dark Hell Demonic Kingdom. There’s no doubt about that.”</p><p>“Hehe, don’t say that out loud. Isaiah won’t be happy to hear that!” Euphemia held her hand over her sexy ruby-red lips as she giggled.</p><p>Had he been mocked like that in the past, the Dark Hell Demonic Emperor would already have dissed them back a long time ago. This time, however, not only did he not get mad, but he even gave them a somewhat profound smile and said, “There’s no point in saying that much. We’ll just wait and see!”</p><p>Both Euphemia and Alec were slightly taken aback at the sight of the Dark Hell Demonic Emperor’s expression. What was the matter with Isaiah? Why was he behaving somewhat differently from before?</p><p>Boom!</p><p>The battle in the sky had broken out.</p><p>“Attack!”</p><p>“Kill!”</p><p>“The Boundless Plane is ours!”</p><p>People from all three factions clashed with a great boom, and a shocking grand melee thus began.</p><p>Boom, boom, boom!</p><p>It took only a mere instant for the sky above to break and form into a black hole. The whole place within millions of kilometers of where they were was completely filled with havoc-wreaking rushes of energy waves and space-time fluxes.</p><p>The scene was as though doomsday had come. The hearts of the demons watching the battle pounded with fear and trepidation. Some even developed the urge to make a run for it. They were really afraid that they might become collateral damage if they stayed there any longer!</p><p>There were a total of over 300 mid-level Great Demon Gods from all three factions. Every one of them was brimming with bloodlust. They attacked anyone who dared so much as to go near them without any questions.</p><p>True enough, Meng Lei was besieged by a Thunder Great Demon God and a Wind Great Demon God the moment the melee started. The former was bathed in lightning while the latter rode the winds, and they lunged toward him with fierce momentum.</p><p>“You’re new, aren’t you, kid?”</p><p>“Kekeke, offer up your life!”</p><p>The two demons knew right away that Meng Lei was a newbie the moment they took a look at him. Immense bloodlust welled up within them, and they charged toward him at once.</p><p>“Have I been taken as an easy target?”</p><p>Meng Lei rubbed his nose lightly.</p><p>“Keke! Newbies will be newbies. He’s already scared witless! Now, die!”</p><p>A lightning whip appeared in the Thunder Great Demon God’s hand and lashed right at Meng Lei. Unlike ordinary electricity currents, the lightning whip was formed from Black Lightning of Destruction instead.</p><p>Black Lightning of Destruction was a special ability exclusive to Thunder Demons. On top of that, it was a skill that boasted extremely fearsome might, and only Thunder Demons that had cultivated to the point of Great Demon God stage could awaken the ability.</p><p>The Thunder Great Demon God had absolute confidence that the lashing from the whip could maim, if not kill, most mediocre mid-level Great Demon Gods, so how would a newbie possibly be able to withstand it?</p><p>However, what happened next was completely out of their expectations. Despite being up against a destructive lightning whip capable of destroying all in the world, Meng Lei easily caught the lightning whip in his hand in one grab.</p><p>“Huh?”</p><p>The Thunder Great Demon God’s jaw dropped, unable to believe what it was seeing. He had actually caught it so easily?</p><p>“Come over here!”</p><p>Meng Lei took the opportunity while it was still staring blankly to tug at the lightning whip, easily pulling the Thunder Great Demon God over to him.</p><p>“Die!”</p><p>Meng Lei bent his fingers and flicked them, his finger tapping the Thunder Great Demon God in between its brows.</p><p>“Ugh!”</p><p>A soft sound rang out. A stream of blood spurted from the back of the Thunder Great Demon God’s head, and then a bloody hole as wide as a fingertip appeared at the back of its head.</p><p>The Thunder Great Demon God stiffened at once. The light in its eyes gradually dimmed until, at last, it died completely.</p><p>Meng Lei gouged out its demonic core and tossed its dead body into the Tower of Time. Then, he turned to the Wind Great Demon God, who was so frightened that it just stood on the spot.</p><p>“It has already died. You can go on your way now, too!”</p><p>Meng Lei teleported right in front of the Wind Great Demon God. A golden dagger appeared in his hand and slashed lightly across the Wind Great Demon God’s throat.</p><p>“Ugh!”</p><p>Streams of blood spurted from the wound as a huge head rushed into the sky. Meng Lei then sent the flying head and body into the Tower of Time with a casual wave.</p><p>“Who’s he?”</p><p>With a few hundred Great Demon Gods fighting it out, the battleground was naturally an incredibly chaotic one. While Meng Lei killing two Great Demon Gods in a row had gone unnoticed by the other Great Demon Gods in the battle, some of the spectators had noticed it.</p><p>“What the heck! That guy’s so savage! He’s killed two mid-level Great Demon Gods just like that?”</p><p>“Who exactly is he? Isn’t he too powerful?!”</p><p>“Isaiah, if memory serves me right, he should be one of your men?” Euphemia, the Three-Headed Hell Empress, had lost her calm composure, and her expression had turned rather awful-looking.</p><p>The Thunder Great Demon God and the Wind Great Demon God that Meng Lei had just killed were from the Three-Headed Hell Kingdom.</p><p>“Not bad!”</p><p>Highly satisfied with Meng Lei’s combat power, a slight smile appeared on the Dark Hell Demonic Emperor’s countenance. He said, “He’s from the Ice Demon Prefecture and is the newly-appointed Ice Demon Prefecture Master of Dark Hell Demonic Kingdom.”</p><p>“The Ice Demon Prefecture Master?”</p><p>Euphemia said gravely, “Little did I think that a fellow like that had actually emerged under your command! I’ve underestimated the Dark Hell Demonic Kingdom.”</p><p>“Underestimate? We haven’t even gone that far yet.” The Dark Hell Demonic Emperor shook his head and chuckled softly. He said, “Just watch on. My Ice Demon Prefecture Master will definitely give you guys a great surprise!”</p><p>“Hmph!”</p><p>Euphemia couldn’t be bothered to pay any more attention to the Dark Hell Demonic Emperor. Instead, she shifted her gaze to Meng Lei, who was in the sky.</p><p>Alec, the Fallen Emperor, was also paying close attention to Meng Lei. For him to be able to instantly kill a mid-level Great Demon God, such combat strength was practically too fearsome. Even if he wasn’t a high-level Great Demon God yet, he wouldn’t be that far off, either.</p><p>“120 million Divinity Crystals into the pocket! Sweet!”</p><p>Earning 120 million Divinity Crystals so easily had totally ignited the greed dwelling within Meng Lei’s heart.</p><p>In his eyes, the Great Demon Gods currently battling it out were no longer Great Demon Gods but heaps of gold and silver awaiting his harvest!</p><p>As the saying went, “If one doesn’t take what the heavens bestow upon them, misfortune brought about by it would instead befall them”!</p><p>If he left that many Divinity Crystals as they were instead of collecting them, even the heavens wouldn’t be able to stand it!</p><p>“Kaka, Big Bro’s here!”</p><p>Meng Lei had brazenly gone on the offensive.</p><p>Whoosh!</p><p>He teleported right in front of a Bloodseeker and gouged out its heart in one smooth motion. Then, he casually tightened his grip around it and crushed it.</p><p>“What?!”</p><p>A Cerberus that had originally been battling the Bloodseeker was so frightened by the sight that it shuddered all over. Its eyes, as it gazed at Meng Lei, were filled with shock and fear.</p><p>He had instantly killed its opponent with just a punch?</p><p>Just what kind of combat strength was that?</p><p>Filled with fear and trepidation, the Cerberus was all ready to run. But before it could even run far, Meng Lei had already shown up behind it. A fist went flying out with a flip of his wrist.</p><p>Bam!</p><p>The Cerberus’ head was blasted straight into smithereens. Blood mixed with white and red brains and fluid sprayed about, and the Cerberus died on the spot.</p><p>“That bastard!”</p><p>Euphemia, the Three-Headed Hell Empress, was so furious that she couldn’t help but stamp her foot. The Cerberus that Meng Lei had killed was her offspring, yet Meng Lei had killed it just like that. How could she not be furious?</p><p>“Calm down, Euphemia. This is just the beginning!” The Dark Hell Demonic Emperor was full of elation.</p><p>“Damn!”</p><p>Euphemia gnashed her teeth in a fury. Had the Dark Hell Demonic Emperor not been around, she would definitely have lunged forward and killed Meng Lei without any hesitation. Contesting for slots? Rules? They could go to hell!</p><p>“That bastard!”</p><p>Alec, the Fallen Emperor, suddenly broke into expletives at this point. Veins bulged from the surface of his skin, and he almost went berserk.</p><p>“Eh?”</p><p>Taken back, Euphemia quickly raised her head and looked over to see that Meng Lei had killed another Fallen Angel and gouged out its demonic core from its head.</p><p>Euphemia heaved a sigh of relief at the sight of that, and a large part of her fury dissipated right away. She felt a lot more comfortable after seeing a rival being down on luck.</p><p>However, she became furious again the very next moment—Meng Lei had actually set his sights on another Cerberus and was charging toward it…</p><p>“That fool! Hurry, duck!”</p><p>Euphemia hastily shouted a warning. How could the Cerberus possibly be Meng Lei’s match in a one-on-one battle?</p><p>“You’ve broken the rules, Euphemia,” said Isaiah coldly.</p><p>“Damn the rules! I am the rules themselves!”</p><p>Euphemia snapped furiously, “If that bastard dares so much as to kill another Great Demon God under my charge, I’ll definitely give him a tragic death!”</p><p>“Isaiah, the main objective today is placement selection, not for them to kill their opponents!”</p><p>A cold Alec warned, “Warn your subordinate and make him cease his slaughter. Otherwise…!”</p><p>“…”</p><p>The Dark Hell Demonic Emperor was secretly furious, but he also understood that should Meng Lei continue his slaughter, given Euphemia’s and Alec’s personalities, they would definitely come to blows. If they joined hands, he definitely wouldn’t be able to stop them.</p><p>Thus, he had better just quit while he was ahead.</p><p>The Dark Hell Demonic Emperor suppressed his feelings of frustration and gave Meng Lei a warning. He said, “Cease your slaughter, Ice Demon Prefecture Master. Just defeating them would do!”</p><p>“Hmph!”</p><p>Euphemia and Alec snorted lightly, both thinking to themselves, “It’s good that you know what’s good for you!”</p><p>It was just a pity that…</p>

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Chapter 343 - Divine Fire Suppression, Ultimate Special Ability

Volume 4

<h1>Chapter 343 - Divine Fire Suppression, Ultimate Special Ability</h1><p>Chapter 343: Divine Fire Suppression, Ultimate Special Ability</p><p>Every mid-level Great Demon God was a pillar of the kingdom. Thus, any deaths would be a great loss. As they watched Meng Lei slaughtering their mid-level Great Demon Gods, the Three-Headed Hell Empress and the Fallen Emperor could not stand it anymore.</p><p>They promptly threatened the Dark Hell Demonic Emperor to order Meng Lei to stop the killing spree. Although he was unhappy with it, he was forced to follow.</p><p>However, what the Dark Hell Demonic Emperor did not expect was that Meng Lei carried on his onslaught of mid-level Great Demon Gods as if he did not hear his order.</p><p>“Bastard!”</p><p>The Dark Hell Demonic Emperor was quite embarrassed as he yelled, “Ice Demon Prefecture Master, have you heard my orders? Cease your killings at once!”</p><p>Meng Lei turned a deaf ear and continued slaughtering.</p><p>Boom!</p><p>He blasted an Ice Demon with a punch.</p><p>Splurt!</p><p>He jabbed a Wind Demon to death with one finger.</p><p>Crack!</p><p>He snapped a Fallen Angel’s neck.</p><p>“Ugh!”</p><p>His blade sliced off a Cerberus’ head.</p><p>In a matter of seconds, another four mid-level Great Demon Gods died in Meng Lei’s hands. He earned 240 million Divinity Crystals.</p><p>“Isaiah, it seems that this Prefecture Master under you couldn’t care less about you!” Euphemia said mockingly.</p><p>Fallen Emperor Alec had something to say too. “Isaiah, if you can’t control your subordinate, I can help you with that!”</p><p>“Damn it!”</p><p>The Dark Hell Demonic Emperor was furious as it was a challenge to his authority. A mere Prefecture Master ignoring it meant that Meng Lei simply disregarded the Dark Hell Demonic Emperor!</p><p>Whoosh!</p><p>The Dark Hell Demonic Emperor joined the battle zone with a flash. In an instant, a massive surging demonic aura swept the entire place.</p><p>Buzz…</p><p>The dimension around was locked instantly. The 300 over mid-level Great Demon Gods were imprisoned on the spot; even the battle’s energy waves had stopped moving.</p><p>It was as if… everything became still!</p><p>“What’s going on?”</p><p>The demons watching the battle were stunned and confused.</p><p>The Dark Hell Demonic Emperor walked toward Meng Lei as his demonic aura gushed out incessantly. “Ice Demon Prefecture Master, why did you not obey my orders?” he asked, his cold eyes staring at Meng Lei.</p><p>“Obey your orders? Why should I obey you?”</p><p>Meng Lei broke out of the demon’s domain imprisoning him, and looked back at the icy stares of the Dark Hell Demonic Emperor. “Oh, don’t tell me you thought that I’m your subordinate?”</p><p>“How impudent!”</p><p>The Dark Hell Demonic Emperor’s expression turned icy-cold. “Ice Demon Prefecture Master, do you know what you have just said?”</p><p>“Hehe!”</p><p>Meng Lei smiled as he shook his head. Since things had gotten ugly, there was no need to keep his disguise.</p><p>“Dark Hell Demonic Emperor, I am from another existential plane. The only reason I’m impersonating the Ice Demon Prefecture Master was for the Dark Canopy of The Heavens that’s taking place soon!”</p><p>“So that’s why! Now you shall die!”</p><p>A hint of murderous intent flashed across the Dark Hell Demonic Emperor’s eyes as he slapped toward Meng Lei. He believed that with the strength of a high-level Great Demon God, he could kill Meng Lei with that strike.</p><p>“Nice!”</p><p>Meng Lei met up with his punch.</p><p>“What the! Why did the Dark Hell Demonic Emperor start a fight with that guy?”</p><p>“If I remember properly, that savage guy was brought here by the Dark Hell Demonic Emperor, right? Then why did the Dark Hell Demonic Emperor attack him?”</p><p>“What exactly is going on?”</p><p>The unknowing onlooking demons were stupefied. The battle was going on a moment before, and suddenly this happened? That did not make any sense!</p><p>Boom!</p><p>Just as the onlookers were bewildered, Meng Lei’s fist met the Dark Hell Demonic Emperor’s palm. It was almost as if Mars had hit Earth, and the duo’s raging shockwaves blasted off with a deafening boom.</p><p>Meng Lei and the Dark Hell Demonic Emperor flew backward at the same time. What shocked everyone was that Meng Lei only retreated for a few meters while the Dark Hell Demonic Emperor backed off by dozens of meters.</p><p>It was clear who was superior after one move!</p><p>“What!?</p><p>“How can that be?”</p><p>“I’m hallucinating! I must be hallucinating!”</p><p>The Three-Headed Hell Empress and the Fallen Emperor were shocked, same with the countless other spectators.</p><p>Who was the Dark Hell Demonic Emperor? That was one of the three most powerful beings on the Dark Hell Continent, a high-level Great Demon God standing on the pinnacle of the pyramid of lifeforms in the continent for countless tens of thousands of years!</p><p>But Meng Lei?</p><p>No one knew where he popped out from!</p><p>Yet, this unknown nobody was evenly matched with the Dark Hell Demonic Emperor, or even a notch higher.</p><p>“You actually have such power!”</p><p>As his right palm was getting numb, great waves of shock and astonishment churned in the heart of the Dark Hell Demonic Emperor. He looked at Meng Lei in complete disbelief.</p><p>The Three-Headed Hell Empress and the Fallen Emperor flew to the Dark Hell Demonic Emperor and asked somberly, “Isaiah, this guy seemed like a tough nut to crack. Need any help?”</p><p>“No one shall interfere!”</p><p>The Dark Hell Demonic Emperor rejected the offer coldly. “I brought this scoundrel here, and I’ll kill him myself to vent my anger!”</p><p>“Alright!”</p><p>Both the Three-Headed Hell Empress and the Fallen Emperor agreed and said nothing else.</p><p>“Little fellow, I didn’t expect you to possess such power. I must say I underestimated you. But everything ends here. I’ll kill you myself!”</p><p>His aura began to surge as if he was a volcano stocking up its energy, awaiting the moment to erupt.</p><p>“Kill me? To be honest, I want to take you out as well!”</p><p>Meng Lei licked his lips as his eyes shone—a mid-level Great Demon God was worth 60 million, while a high-level Great Demon God was worth at least 900 million!</p><p>900 million!</p><p>Such a huge sum!</p><p>“Die!”</p><p>The Dark Hell Demonic Emperor bellowed as densely packed black spears appeared around his body before they shot toward Meng Lei like a rain of arrows.</p><p>“Netherworld Divine Fire!”</p><p>The spectators exclaimed as they looked in the same direction almost instinctively. It was the famous Netherworld Divine Fire, which was incredibly powerful.</p><p>In particular, the Dark Hell Demonic Emperor’s Netherworld Divine Fire was incomparably destructive—the slightest contact with it would most definitely burn one into ashes.</p><p>“Isaiah has gone through eight rebirths, meaning his Netherworld Divine Fire has evolved eight times, with temperatures up to ten million degree Celsius. Even we wouldn’t dare to take it head-on!”</p><p>The Three-Headed Hell Empress and the Fallen Emperor’s expressions changed slightly upon the sight of the overwhelming rain of spears. They dared not underestimate the destructive capabilities of the Netherworld Divine Fire. A hint of graveness flashed across their eyes.</p><p>“I’ll see how you die, scoundrel!”</p><p>The Dark Hell Demonic Emperor snapped as the rain of spears surrounded Meng Lei, blocking any route of retreat.</p><p>There was no space for him to escape!</p><p>“Meng Lei, wasn’t this your standard move?”</p><p>Dodola’s voice rang while poking fun at Meng Lei. “Now that your own attack is being used against you, does it feel frustrating?”</p><p>“Nope. I actually enjoy this feeling.”</p><p>Meng Lei neither dodged nor evaded as he let the spears flood him. Given Meng Lei’s divine body’s degree of sturdiness, these black spears would not harm his divine body at all.</p><p>Once they came into contact with him, the rain of spears turned into countless black flames, which devoured Meng Lei in an instant. Meng Lei turned into a black human torch as the fire burned incessantly.</p><p>“He’s dead for sure! Even if he has the strength to rival Isaiah, being devoured in the Netherworld Divine Fire means that he’ll never come back from this!”</p><p>The Three-Headed Hell Empress had already given Meng Lei the death sentence.</p><p>“I wonder where such a crazily strong fellow popped out from.” Alec, the Fallen Emperor, frowned with puzzled eyes.</p><p>“It doesn’t matter. What matters now is that he’s about to be burned to death, and that’s good enough!”</p><p>Euphemia shook her head and smiled. To be honest, the Dark Hell Continent had been the trio’s territory. Hence, the sudden appearance of someone whose powers matched theirs frightened them.</p><p>Fortunately for them, this fellow was about to be burned to death while anything else would not matter.</p><p>However, as the burning process continued, Euphemia’s eyebrows raised eventually. Meng Lei seemed fine in the flames of the Netherworld Divine Fire?</p><p>He stood within the raging black fire like steel in normal flames. No matter how the fire burned, there was no injury on him!</p><p>Euphemia frowned and asked, “Isaiah, there seems to be something wrong?”</p><p>The Dark Hell Demonic Emperor did not reply. He glared at Meng Lei with crashing waves churning in his heart.</p><p><em>This guy… seems unafraid of the Netherworld Divine Fire?</em></p><p>“No! This isn’t possible! The Netherworld Divine Fire is everlasting and burns everything. Mine has already been enhanced to a great level!”</p><p>The Dark Hell Demonic Emperor shook his head repeatedly. “It will burn him! I’ll wait! I’ll just wait…”</p><p>He waited and waited.</p><p>A minute passed.</p><p>Two minutes passed.</p><p>Three minutes passed.</p><p>In the blink of an eye, five minutes passed. Meng Lei stood among the flames and let the flames burn while he remained firm and motionless.</p><p>“How did this happen?”</p><p>The Dark Hell Demonic Emperor was stunned once more.</p><p>It was the same for Euphemia and Alec as the Netherworld Divine Fire was useless against Meng Lei.</p><p>“Your Majesty, so this is your Netherworld Divine Fire? It doesn’t seem that great after all.” Meng Lei shook his head slightly and continued. “I thought that Your Majesty’s Netherworld Divine Fire would be incredibly powerful and burn anything. After seeing it today… it’s nothing impressive.”</p><p>“Why? Why aren’t you afraid of my Netherworld Divine Fire?” The Dark Hell Demonic Emperor seemed to be dealt with a huge blow upon seeing that his signature move was useless against Meng Lei.</p><p>“Why?”</p><p>Meng Lei shook his head and grinned. He pointed a finger, and a golden flame appeared. “That’s because I have the Netherworld Divine Fire too!”</p><p>“Netherworld Divine Fire?”</p><p>The Dark Hell Demonic Emperor paused for a moment before laughing. “You call this the Netherworld Divine Fire? Who are you trying to bluff? Who doesn’t know that the Netherworld Divine Fire is black!”</p><p>“Don’t believe me? Let’s try it out then!”</p><p>Meng Lei flicked the golden flame on his fingertip into the black flames. Once both met, they started to burn each other madly.</p><p>At the start, the size of the black fire was ferociously huge, while the golden one was only the size of a finger.</p><p>It seemed that both were at a different level. However, the strange thing was that the golden flame became more and more intense as its size swelled swiftly.</p><p>On the other hand, the black fire became smaller and smaller. It could not suppress the growth of the golden fire, and it was gradually engulfed in golden flames.</p><p>In the end, only Meng Lei’s golden flames remained!</p><p>“T-this… How… How is this possible?”</p><p>The Dark Hell Demonic Emperor could not believe his eyes. The Netherworld Divine Fire that he had evolved from the eight rebirths was completely suppressed!</p><p><em>No matter how strong your Netherworld Divine Fire is, how would it match against my Metal-Origin Netherworld Divine Fire?</em> Meng Lei thought triumphantly.</p><p>After his Metal-Origin Body was upgraded to Great Mastery, his Netherworld Divine Fire was enhanced into the Metal-Origin Netherworld Divine Fire. However, the increase in power was not too much. Thus, it was still slightly inferior to the Dark Hell Demonic Emperor’s Netherworld Divine Fire.</p><p>It was not a big deal since he could continue enhancing it.</p><p>Hence, Meng Lei spent 100 million Divinity Crystals to enhance the Netherworld Divine Fire again until it evolved into the Ultimate Innate Special Ability!</p><p>Ultimate Innate Special Ability!</p><p>What did ultimate represent?</p><p>Ultimate represented the extreme. It represented that there were no Innate Special Abilities stronger than the Ultimate Innate Special Ability. It also represented that Meng Lei’s Netherworld Divine Fire was enhanced to the limit, and it would never evolve again no matter how many times he underwent rebirth again.</p><p>Of course, it meant that Meng Lei’s Metal-Origin Netherworld Divine Fire now was at the same level as a normal nine-rebirth Netherworld Divine Fire, while Meng Lei’s divine fire might be slightly stronger too.</p><p>“What kind of fire is that?” muttered the Dark Hell Demonic Emperor.</p><p>“You still can’t tell? What a foolish demon!”</p><p>Meng Lei shook his head as he transformed into a shining Divine Golden Phoenix.</p><p>“This aura!”</p>

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Chapter 344 - The Grim Reaper'S Eye Evolves, Killing The Demonic Emperor

Volume 4

<h1>Chapter 344 - The Grim Reaper'S Eye Evolves, Killing The Demonic Emperor</h1><p>Chapter 344: The Grim Reaper’s Eye Evolves, Killing The Demonic Emperor</p><p>Boom!</p><p>Dazzling golden light burst forth from Meng Lei. It shone with such radiance and resplendence and dazzled the eyes so much that one couldn’t even look directly upon it.</p><p>At the same time, a terrifying force that reached into the heavens and deep into the ground engulfed the area and swept through every inch of land, crushing everything in all directions.</p><p>Dazzling golden light, a sharp aura of slaughter… Added to this that familiar appearance of a cockatoo-like head, a snake-like neck, a strong jaw, a raised back, and a fishtail…</p><p>“That aura… And that appearance…”</p><p>The Dark Hell Demonic Emperor’s eyes widened big and round as he exclaimed, “Why does it resemble a Divine Netherworld Phoenix so much!?”</p><p>“No, it’s not so much that it ‘resembles’ one as it IS one!” The Three-Headed Hell Empress’ eyes bore into Meng Lei as she declared, “It is a Divine Netherworld Phoenix just like you are!”</p><p>“No! That’s impossible! How can a Divine Netherworld Phoenix possibly look like that?” The Dark Hell Demonic Emperor shook his head forcefully, though a tiny theory had already formed in his mind.</p><p>“That’s a metal-origin divine body!”</p><p>The Fallen Emperor murmured to himself, “It’s a Divine Netherworld Phoenix with a metal-origin divine body! Never have I ever thought that I would see such a rare divine body during this lifetime!”</p><p>“A metal-origin divine body?!”</p><p>A huge jolt went through the Dark Hell Demonic Emperor.</p><p>“That… That’s…”</p><p>The idle demons watching the battle were also stunned. Even their brains had somewhat short-circuited as they stared at the enormous creature suspended proudly in the sky.</p><p>Its appearance and the aura around it bore a striking resemblance to that of a Divine Netherworld Phoenix, yet it was golden in color. Was that really a Divine Netherworld Phoenix?</p><p>“Do you see it now, Your Majesty?”</p><p>The Metal-Origin Divine Netherworld Phoenix spoke the human tongue and said, “I’m also a Divine Netherworld Phoenix, and my divine flames are also Netherworld Divine Fire. That is why you can’t burn me to death!”</p><p>“Well done! Well done, indeed!”</p><p>After a brief moment of astonishment, the Dark Hell Demonic Emperor finally regained his senses. His eyes shone with fervency as he said, “Never have I ever thought that you would actually be a Divine Netherworld Phoenix with a metal-origin divine body. If I destroy your divine spirit and occupy that body of yours, I shall own a Metal-Origin Divine Netherworld Phoenix alternate incarnation, too!”</p><p>The Dark Hell Demonic Emperor’s eyes turned incredibly scorching hot at this point. He said, “I must thank you for coming here and bestowing such a golden opportunity upon me, kid!”</p><p>“Occupy my body?”</p><p>As though he had just heard the funniest joke in the world, Meng Lei burst into laughter and said, “Your Majesty, you overestimate yourself!”</p><p>“Is that so?”</p><p>The Dark Hell Demonic Emperor let out a snort. Then, a terrifying wave of Demon’s Domain swept out from him, instantly locking down the dimension around Meng Lei and trapping Meng Lei himself along with it as well.</p><p>“Kill!”</p><p>The Dark Hell Demonic Emperor appeared right in front of Meng Lei like a phantom the very next moment and quietly took out a blood-red dagger stained with blood.</p><p>Rather than a dagger, it looked more like a razor blade.</p><p>Slash!</p><p>The Dark Hell Demonic Emperor slashed right at Meng Lei’s throat with the blood-red razor blade in hand.</p><p>Had it been any other ordinary attack, Meng Lei wouldn’t have thought much of it at all. However, he could feel a strong sense of danger coming from the tiny little razor blade in this instant.</p><p><em>That razor blade… is capable of taking my life!</em></p><p>Meng Lei felt an intense tingling sensation on his scalp, and he promptly teleported and vanished from where he was, causing the Dark Hell Demonic Emperor’s razor blade to miss.</p><p>“He actually dodged it?”</p><p>The Dark Hell Demonic Emperor found this rather unbelievable. By right, Meng Lei would have needed some time to shake off his Demon’s Domain, and this pocket of time would have been sufficient for his attack to land on Meng Lei.</p><p>Yet the reality was that… Meng Lei had actually evaded the attack!</p><p>How did he manage to escape?</p><p>“What kind of weapon is that, Your Majesty?”</p><p>Meng Lei’s eyes bore into the blood-red razor blade in the Dark Hell Demonic Emperor’s grip as he barked the question gravely.</p><p>“You’re surprisingly quick at fleeing.”</p><p>The Dark Hell Demonic Emperor didn’t answer Meng Lei. Instead, he turned to the Three-Headed Hell Empress and the Fallen Emperor and said, “Aid me in taking him down, and the Dark Hell Demonic Kingdom shall not take part in the Dark Canopy of The Heavens journey this time!”</p><p>Both the Three-Headed Hell Empress and the Fallen Emperor knew exactly what the Dark Hell Demonic Emperor had in mind. It was very evident that he had set his sights on Meng Lei’s body.</p><p>Even they coveted the metal-origin divine body, let alone the Dark Hell Demonic Emperor who was a Divine Netherworld Phoenix. It was just that the Dark Hell Demonic Emperor undoubtedly desired the body even more desperately than them.</p><p>The Three-Headed Hell Empress said, “Isaiah, the other party is a Divine Netherworld Phoenix with a metal-origin divine body of Great Mastery-level that possesses unlimited potential. We can aid you in taking him down, but the conditions you’ve offered are simply too lacking in sincerity.”</p><p>The Fallen Emperor also said, “The Boundless Plane is fraught with great danger, so the chances of people successfully bringing out priceless treasures are simply too low. If you’d like us to aid you, then you’ll have to offer up treasures of similar value, too.”</p><p>“These two greedy fellows!”</p><p>The Dark Hell Demonic Emperor had an awful look on his countenance, though he then said coldly, “Aid me in taking him down, and I’ll give you two high-level Great Demon God dead bodies!”</p><p>The Three-Headed Hell Empress’ eyelid twitched a little, though she still shook her head. “It isn’t enough!”</p><p>“I’ll throw in another two high-tier demonic weapons!”</p><p>The Dark Hell Demonic Emperor continued to make an offer.</p><p>“Isaiah, be it high-level Great Demon God dead bodies or high-tier divine weapons, they are nothing but icing on the cake for you and me. There isn’t much practical value in them.”</p><p>The Fallen Emperor shook his head and said, “Your level of sincerity is too low. We can’t help you like that.”</p><p>“That bastard!”</p><p>The Dark Hell Demonic Emperor was so furious that he had broken into expletives. “Alec, you’re too greedy!”</p><p>“Compared to a Metal-Origin Divine Netherworld Phoenix alternate incarnation, the sincerity you’ve shown is not up to snuff at all.” The Fallen Emperor let out a derisive snort of laughter and said, “If you want us to help you, then show some sincerity, Isaiah!”</p><p>“Damn it!”</p><p>The Dark Hell Demonic Emperor took a deep breath. He suppressed the fury within him and said unhurriedly, “We’ll cancel the previous offer. Would two Great Perfection-level demonic weapons suffice?”</p><p>“Alright!”</p><p>“Deal!”</p><p>The Three-Headed Hell Empress’ and the Fallen Emperor’s eyes brightened a little. This time, they took up the offer right away.</p><p>“Since you’ve agreed to it, then cut the crap and help me to take him down!” The Dark Hell Demonic Emperor barked stiffly, feeling as though his heart was bleeding as he spoke.</p><p>“No problem!”</p><p>The Three-Headed Hell Empress and the Fallen Emperor appeared right in front of Meng Lei with a flash of their forms. For a moment there, the trio formed a triangular formation and surrounded Meng Lei on all sides.</p><p>“Give up and surrender, kid! There’s no way you’ll be able to escape. Extending your neck in preparation for execution is your final outcome!”</p><p>“Ganging up on me just because you can’t beat me one-on-one? This certainly matches your demonic natures very much!”</p><p>Meng Lei’s gaze swept across all three of them one by one. “But with the likes of the three of you, I don’t think you can kill me just yet?”</p><p>“We’ll see about that!”</p><p>“Attack!”</p><p>“Demon’s Domain!”</p><p>The Dark Hell Demonic Emperor let out a deep roar while the Three-Headed Hell Empress and the Fallen Emperor promptly cast Demon’s Domain. Evidently, they were intending to suppress Meng Lei so that they could take him down thereafter.</p><p>Buzz…</p><p>The imprisoning force from a stack of three Demon’s Domains cast by three high-level Great Demon Gods was incredibly strong. Meng Lei could totally sense how fearsome the imprisoning force was—it was enough to suppress any high-level Great Demon God out there!</p><p>“Die, you worm!”</p><p>The Dark Hell Demonic Emperor let out a furious roar. The blood-red razor blade in his hand drew a blood-red slash across the air as it went straight for Meng Lei’s throat. Given how sharp it was, it would undoubtedly slash Meng Lei’s throat open if the attack landed.</p><p>One strike would be all it needed to take his life!</p><p>“It’s a good weapon, and the imprisoning force from your Demon’s Domains is also extremely strong. What a shame…”</p><p>Meng Lei shook his head lightly. A thought flashed across his mind, and then he vanished right away from where he was. By the time he next appeared, he had already bizarrely shown up behind the Dark Hell Demonic Emperor.</p><p>“Hey.”</p><p>Meng Lei patted the Dark Hell Demonic Emperor on the shoulder and asked with a smile, “Do you have the guts to look at me?”</p><p>“Die!”</p><p>A jolt went through the Dark Hell Demonic Emperor, and he immediately smashed his elbow into Meng Lei without even so much as a thought. Meng Lei dodged the attack and kept his gaze on the Dark Hell Demonic Emperor.</p><p>Meanwhile, the Dark Hell Demonic Emperor also turned around to look at him.</p><p>Two pairs of eyes gazed at each other.</p><p>Meng Lei couldn’t help but laugh. “You’re doomed!”</p><p>Just as the puzzlement filled the Dark Hell Demonic Emperor, a golden eye slowly surfaced in between Meng Lei’s brows before it snapped open forcefully.</p><p>Whoosh!</p><p>A golden light beam shot out of it, striking the Dark Hell Demonic Emperor in between his brows in a split second.</p><p>Boom!</p><p>As though he was thunderstruck, the Dark Hell Demonic Emperor instantly froze where he was and became completely still.</p><p>“That’s—”</p><p>A short distance away, a violent jolt involuntarily went through the Three-Headed Hell Empress and the Fallen Emperor upon seeing what had happened. They couldn’t help but exclaim, “T-the Grim Reaper’s Eye!”</p><p>“Damn it! That’s the Grim Reaper’s Eye!”</p><p>“Stop him! We mustn’t let him get his way!”</p><p>The two rulers brazenly launched their attacks. As demonic lifeforms, they were all too aware of how frightening the Grim Reaper’s Eye was. Once they gave Meng Lei enough time, the Dark Hell Demonic Emperor would be doomed for sure.</p><p>And once the Dark Hell Demonic Emperor was dead, they definitely wouldn’t have it any better, either. Therefore, they absolutely had to stop Meng Lei.</p><p>“Stop me?”</p><p>Meng Lei let out a derisive snort of laughter. Then, he grabbed the Dark Hell Demonic Emperor and vanished from where they were, his whereabouts unknown.</p><p>“Where’s he?”</p><p>“Where are they?”</p><p>The Three-Headed Hell Empress and the Fallen Emperor’s attacks landed on empty air. They looked around, but there was no one around, let alone Meng Lei and the Dark Hell Demonic Emperor.</p><p>“Damn it! Where has that bastard brought the Dark Hell Demonic Emperor?”</p><p>The two terribly enraged rulers’ expressions were exceedingly grim and sinister.</p><p>When had they ever been played like fools like this during all this time that they dominated the Dark Hell Continent?</p><p>What a great insult to them this was!</p><p>“Find him! We must find him no matter what!”</p><p>Find him?</p><p>It was naturally impossible for them to find him because Meng Lei had already teleported millions of kilometers away with the Dark Hell Demonic Emperor in tow.</p><p>One must admit that the teleportation special ability was simply too powerful. As Meng Lei’s divine spirit powered up, the range that his teleportation special ability could cover had also increased along with it.</p><p>He could cover at least 10 million kilometers with each teleportation attempt!</p><p>Therefore, finding him was practically just a pipe dream for the Three-Headed Hell Empress and the Fallen Emperor. They wouldn’t even be able to catch a glimpse of his shadow, let alone actually finding him.</p><p>However, Meng Lei had also encountered some difficulties—he was experiencing great resistance from the Dark Hell Demonic Emperor. For a while, he actually couldn’t extract the Dark Hell Demonic Emperor’s divine spirit from his body!</p><p>Dodola reminded him loudly, “Meng Lei, your Grim Reaper’s Eye isn’t strong enough.”</p><p>“Not strong enough?” Meng Lei snorted coldly and ordered, “System, enhance my Grim Reaper’s Eye!”</p><p>“Ding! The host’s Grim Reaper’s Eye is currently classified as a superior-grade Innate Special Ability and will become an ultimate-grade Innate Special Ability after enhancement. Enhancement cost is estimated at 100 million Divinity Crystals.”</p><p>The system asked coldly, “Will you enhance it?”</p><p>“Yes, enhance it!”</p><p>Whoosh!</p><p>His Wealth decreased by 100 million Divinity Crystals in an instant.</p><p>Meng Lei then felt a fascinating warm current flowing into the Grim Reaper’s Eye in the middle of his brows and furiously enhancing it.</p><p>“Since I’m going to enhance it anyway, then I might as well go all the way. I have the cash for it anyway.” Meng Lei barked coldly, “System, enhance my divine spirit, too!”</p><p>“Ding! The host’s divine spirit is currently comparable to an elementary-level higher deity’s and will rival that of a mid-level higher deity’s after enhancement. Enhancement cost is estimated at 60 million Divinity Crystals.”</p><p>The system asked coldly, “Will you enhance it?”</p><p>“Yes, enhance it!”</p><p>Whoosh!</p><p>A few minutes later, when both the Grim Reaper’s Eye and his divine spirit’s enhancements were complete, Meng Lei restarted his attempts to extract the Dark Hell Demonic Emperor’s divine spirit.</p><p>The resistance he encountered was still just as strong, but it didn’t amount to anything at all this time.</p><p>“Damn it!”</p><p>The Dark Hell Demonic Emperor let out a wretched cry, and then his divine spirit flew uncontrollably toward the Grim Reaper’s Eye.</p><p>Upon being sucked into the Grim Reaper’s Eye, a fearsome destructive force manifested and began to furiously crush the Dark Hell Demonic Emperor’s divine spirit.</p><p>“Aaahhhh!”</p><p>Despite the Dark Hell Demonic Emperor’s powerful divine spirit, he nevertheless couldn’t withstand the Grim Reaper’s Eye’s insane destructive force. Ultimately crushed into smithereens, he was then turned into the purest of divine spirit power that surged into Meng Lei’s own divine spirit.</p><p>“This feels awesome!”</p><p>Meng Lei was in such a fantastic mood that he was even making snot bubbles.</p><p>“What the heck!? You’ve killed even the Dark Hell Demonic Emperor!” Dodola let out a strange-sounding squawk. “Impressive, impressive! I’m not even impressed by anyone else other than you now!”</p>

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Chapter 345 - The Boundless Giant, Taking Out All The Enemies In One Fell Swoop

Volume 4

<h1>Chapter 345 - The Boundless Giant, Taking Out All The Enemies In One Fell Swoop</h1><p>Chapter 345: The Boundless Giant, Taking Out All The Enemies In One Fell Swoop</p><p>“Ding! 1 Divine Netherworld Phoenix killed. 930 million Divinity Crystals gained.”</p><p>The system’s icy voice notification subsequently rang out within Meng Lei’s mind. As though he had just downed a glass of iced watermelon juice on a hot sweltering summer day, he felt a sense of comfort from the top of his head all the way to the tips of his toes. One couldn’t even begin to describe how fantastic it felt.</p><p>“Tsk, tsk. 930 million Divinity Crystals? What a windfall! Adding this to my previous gains, my Wealth must already have broken through the 2 billion milestone by now!</p><p>“Tsk, tsk. Money comes much faster when you kill high-level Great Demon Gods like the Dark Hell Demonic Emperor after all!”</p><p>Of course, Meng Lei didn’t forget about the Dark Hell Demonic Emperor’s spatial ring, either. The blood-red razor blade from just now had left a fairly deep impression on him, so he had to take it out for a look for sure.</p><p>“System, collect all the things you can collect first.”</p><p>Whoosh!</p><p>His Wealth increased by 400 million Divinity Crystals in no time. It wasn’t a very great increase—the Dark Hell Demonic Emperor was a demon, after all, so he hadn’t been that interested in Divinity Crystals and Laws of Nature Origin Crystals.</p><p>What the spatial ring contained the most were instead various types of demon carcasses and weapons.</p><p>Among which, even the most inferior of the lot was a mid-level Great Demon God carcass. There were also quite a few high-level Great Demon God carcasses.</p><p>“No, these aren’t high-level Great Demon Gods but other lifeforms!”</p><p>Meng Lei took out one of the “high-level Great Demon God” carcasses. It was a bronze-colored, demi-giant-like creature with intertwining muscles.</p><p>Unlike Demigiants, however, it had six arms, and its muscles were incredibly hard like rocks and filled with explosive power.</p><p>“A Boundless Giant!”</p><p>Dodola flew out of the Tower of Time and gazed at the Giant’s dead body in astonishment. It said, “That form… It’s definitely a Boundless Giant. There’s no mistaking it!”</p><p>“A Boundless Giant?”</p><p>Meng Lei perked up.</p><p>“There are many Giant races, among which the most well-known is naturally the Titans. However, apart from the Titans, many other types of Giants are well-known for their savagery. For example, the Boundless Giants, the Golden-Horned Giants, the Wild Giants, and so on.”</p><p>Dodola explained, “The Boundless Giants were initially nobodies, but following the Boundless King’s emergence, the Boundless Giants also emerged along with him and made a mighty and illustrious name for themselves.</p><p>“It was just a shame that while they had emerged thanks to the Boundless King, they also died out along with him. Following the Boundless King’s demise, the enormous Boundless Kingdom collapsed and crumbled, and the Boundless Giants also faded into silence.”</p><p>“I see.”</p><p>Meng Lei nodded repeatedly and added, “Perhaps it’s exactly because of the Boundless Giants’ existence that many Dark Hell Continent experts believe that the Boundless Plane had been refined by the Boundless King before.”</p><p>There was no smoke without fire. From the looks of it, the Dark Hell Continent experts weren’t just making things up when they gave the Boundless Plane its name.</p><p>Dodola sighed and said, “I can only say that there’s a certain chance that that’s the case. As for whether or not it’s true, it may not necessarily be the case.”</p><p>Meng Lei continued to look through the spatial ring’s contents after that.</p><p>Apart from an astonishing number of Boundless Giant dead bodies, there were also a lot of other types of dead bodies and remains. They were basically all extremely powerful existences. Meng Lei wasn’t very interested in these dead bodies, so he picked a few of the strongest for himself and sent the rest all into the Tower of Time.</p><p>Without those dead bodies, the spatial ring became incredibly spacious right away, and each and every weapon in there entered his sight. Almost every single weapon emanated a fearsome and savage aura that made one’s heart pound in trepidation.</p><p>“So many high-level demonic weapons! And this one, too!”</p><p>A blood-red razor blade that seemed as if it were forged from blood appeared in Meng Lei’s hand. The sharp aura it gave off turned Meng Lei’s scalp numb.</p><p>He knew that the tiny little razor blade was definitely capable of easily slicing open his divine body!</p><p>Meng Lei asked unhurriedly, “What grade is this weapon, Dodola?”</p><p>“Let me take a look.”</p><p>Dodola observed it closely for a moment and said, “Its degree of sharpness has already exceeded that of a Great Perfection-level divine weapon. In fact, it’s even comparable to a Chief God-level weapon.</p><p>“Yet it evidently isn’t equipped with the various Chief God-level weapons’ might and functions. On top of that…”</p><p>“What is it?” Meng Lei quickly asked.</p><p>“This blade is obviously incomplete.” A shrewd glint appeared in Dodola’s eyes as it said, “If I’m not mistaken, this should be a Chief God-level weapon’s spare part.”</p><p>A huge jolt went through Meng Lei as he exclaimed, “No wonder it’s so sharp! So it’s a Chief God-level weapon’s spare part!”</p><p>Dodola said slowly, “I wonder where the Dark Hell Demonic Emperor had gotten this from. If he had gotten it from the Boundless Plane, then it’s highly likely that the Boundless Plane is related to the Boundless King.”</p><p>Meng Lei suddenly asked, “Dodola, do you think anyone owns the Boundless Plane? If it is, wouldn’t I be courting death if I enter it?”</p><p>“It probably doesn’t.”</p><p>Dodola shook its head and said, “If someone already owned the Boundless Plane, then how would they possibly allow people from Dark Hell Continent and other existential planes to go in and out at will?”</p><p>“That’s true!”</p><p>Meng Lei heaved a sigh of relief.</p><p>“Let’s go. It’s time to dispose of those two fellows.”</p><p>Dodola said with a shake of its head, “Get rid of them first so that you can completely eliminate all possible future threats.”</p><p>“Alright!”</p><p>Meng Lei nodded heavily. By the time he next appeared, he was already back at the Dark Canopy of The Heavens.</p><p>The many demons watching the battle were still there, as were the mid-level Great Demon Gods who had been fighting it out in the melee. The only ones missing were the Three-Headed Hell Empress and the Fallen Emperor.</p><p>“They aren’t here? That works in my favor, too!”</p><p>Meng Lei turned toward the 300-odd mid-level Great Demon Gods who had already ended their melee and were currently staring at him. He licked his lips and dived straight in.</p><p>“Damn it!”</p><p>“He’s coming over!”</p><p>“Run!”</p><p>Although they had been imprisoned for a short while, the mid-level Great Demon Gods had nevertheless witnessed the whole battle that had taken place between Meng Lei and the Dark Hell Demonic Emperor. Thus, they were well aware of Meng Lei’s great strength.</p><p>Upon noticing Meng Lei charging toward them at the moment, the group of Great Demon Gods was almost scared out of their wits, and they made a run for it without any hesitation—they didn’t have the guts to battle Meng Lei at all!</p><p>“Thinking of fleeing?” Meng Lei sneered. “God’s Domain!”</p><p>Buzz…</p><p>Fearsome power from God’s Domain spread into the surroundings, instantly enveloping the whole area 10,000 miles of where they were and also trapping the 300-odd mid-level Great Demon Gods on the spot.</p><p>Trapping over 300 mid-level Great Demon Gods singlehandedly—this was exactly what made a high-level Great Demon God so fearsome. It was also representative of the huge difference in strength between a mid-level Great Demon God and a high-level one.</p><p>The difference was truly an insurmountable obstacle.</p><p>Battling past one’s own level?</p><p>One could dream on!</p><p>“Netherworld Divine Fire!”</p><p>Over 300 golden spears formed in front of Meng Lei with a wave from him—they were spears of flames manifested from Netherworld Divine Fire.</p><p>“Go!”</p><p>The 300-odd golden spears shot out swiftly with a wave of Meng Lei’s hand. They unsurprisingly pierced right through the 300-odd Great Demon Gods’ heads and shot them dead on the spot.</p><p>After gouging out their demonic cores and taking their spatial rings, he then sent their dead bodies into the Tower of Time and tossed them to the golden little tree for its feeding pleasure.</p><p>“Perfect!”</p><p>Meng Lei was very satisfied with his gains. Then, as though there was no one else in the vicinity, he sat cross-legged in front of the cliff and began to destroy the mid-level Great Demon Gods’ divine spirits one by one.</p><p>“Ding! 1 Cerberus killed. 61 million Divinity Crystals gained!”</p><p>“Ding! 1 Eight-Winged Fallen Angel killed. 61.5 million Divinity Crystals gained!”</p><p>“Ding! 1 Divine Netherworld Phoenix killed. 62 million Divinity Crystals gained!”</p><p>Meng Lei listened to the system’s constant ringing notifications and watched his continuously-increasing Wealth value in a fantastic mood as if he had eaten a jar of honey.</p><p>On the other hand, the many demons here to watch the battle were utterly frightened out of their minds because he had annihilated more than 300 Great Demon Gods in just the span of a couple of breaths.</p><p>Just what kind of combat strength was that?</p><p>And what level of savagery was that?</p><p>“All… All three demonic kingdoms’ mid-level Great Demon Gods have been taken out in one fell swoop?”</p><p>“Oh my god! How did that happen?”</p><p>The demon onlookers shook in their boots, feeling as if the sky had fallen on them. However, what made them even more horror-stricken was yet to come. Following a couple of whizzes, the Three-Headed Hell Empress and the Fallen Emperor returned to the scene once more.</p><p>The Three-Headed Hell Empress asked fiercely, “Where’s Isaiah, kid? What have you done to him?”</p><p>“What have I done to him? I killed him, of course!”</p><p>Boom!</p>

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Chapter 346 - Death Roar, Fighting With Each Other To Submit

Volume 4

<h1>Chapter 346 - Death Roar, Fighting With Each Other To Submit</h1><p>Chapter 346: Death Roar, Fighting With Each Other To Submit</p><p>Boom!</p><p>Meng Lei’s words were nothing less than a million-megaton hydrogen bomb going off. Explosions went off in all the demons’ minds, and they couldn’t believe their ears.</p><p>The Dark Hell Demonic Emperor who had stood strong and dominated Dark Hell Continent for tens of thousands of years was actually dead?</p><p>How could that be?</p><p>“No, that’s not true! His Majesty is one of the three most powerful experts in Dark Hell Continent. How immensely powerful is his battle prowess? How could he possibly have died?”</p><p>“That’s right! It must be fake!”</p><p>The demons watching the battle couldn’t accept the news at all.</p><p>“H-have you really killed him?”</p><p>The Three-Headed Hell Empress’ voice was shaking somewhat.</p><p>“Not only have I killed him, but I’m also going to kill you.”</p><p>Meng Lei appeared in front of the Three-Headed Hell Empress like a phantom. Then, his Grim Reaper’s Eye abruptly opened, and a golden light beam suddenly struck the Three-Headed Hell Empress in between her brows.</p><p>“Duck!”</p><p>The Fallen Emperor suddenly attacked in the nick of time. He stomped on Meng Lei’s face and sent him flying with a kick.</p><p>The Three-Headed Hell Empress felt as if she had just had a near-death experience. The sensation of the Grim Reaper’s Eye enveloping her divine spirit and immobilizing her just now had simply felt too awful.</p><p>“If you don’t want to die, then keep your guard up!” The Fallen Emperor said coldly, “Show even a moment of carelessness, and we’ll end up just like Isaiah!”</p><p>“Thanks, Alec!”</p><p>The Three-Headed Hell Empress cast a grateful glance at the Fallen Emperor. Then, she turned to Meng Lei with immense killing intent in her eyes and said, “You deserve death for that!”</p><p>Roar!</p><p>The Three-Headed Hell Empress let out a furious roar and transformed into a huge, 8,000,000-feet-long, three-headed hound bathed in blood-red flames—it was none other than the Three-Headed Hell Empress’ true form, a Cerberus!</p><p>Boom!</p><p>At the same time, an incredibly violent, bloodthirsty, and savage aura also swept through the surroundings. All the demons that had come to watch the battle trembled in fear and prostrated on the ground, unable to even stand.</p><p>“Die!”</p><p>The Three-Headed Hell Empress opened all three of her large, cavernous jaws and three energy torrents sprayed from within.</p><p>One was a torrent of crimson-red flames, one was a torrent of thick, black smoke, and one was a torrent of green acid.</p><p>The three torrents traveled across the distance and rushed toward Meng Lei almost unreasonably quickly, intending to burn him into ashes, smoke him into dried bones, and corrode him into a pool of liquid.</p><p>However, Meng Lei easily evaded the three torrents of energy coming at him with fierce momentum with a teleport, all the while keeping his gaze fixed on the Fallen Emperor.</p><p>“How dare you kick me in the face! Well done! Well done, indeed!”</p><p>Murderous intent emanated wantonly from Meng Lei, who had an awful look on his countenance.</p><p>The Fallen Emperor remained expressionless. A long black sword appeared in his hand, and he turned into a black streak of light that rushed straight toward Meng Lei with a light flap of his eight black wings.</p><p>He was incredibly fast, even more so than the Three-Headed Hell Empress and the Dark Hell Demonic Emperor. He arrived right in front of Meng Lei in an instant and cleaved his sword down.</p><p>“Judgment of Sin!”</p><p>The jet-black sword gave off an incomparably unholy aura. The blade hadn’t even reached Meng Lei, yet its unholy aura was already assaulting Meng Lei’s senses and messing with his divine spirit.</p><p>“That’s a good sword. It’s just a shame that…”</p><p>Meng Lei neither ducked nor evaded the attack. Instead, he abruptly vanished in the very instant that the black sword cleaved down at him. The Fallen Emperor’s expression changed at once, and he tried to duck and get out of range without a second thought.</p><p>“It’s too late!”</p><p>A cold and aloof voice rang out beside his ear, and then he felt a piercing pain in his abdomen. The Fallen Emperor looked down to see that a blood-red blade had pierced right through his abdomen to stab into his heart.</p><p>“You’re actually holding on to this blade!”</p><p>The Fallen Emperor was astounded. His attention had been fully on the Grim Reaper’s Eye just now, so it hadn’t occurred to him at all that the blood-red blade might actually have fallen into Meng Lei’s hands.</p><p>That was too careless of him! He should have thought of it earlier!</p><p>“No one on the same level as or below me is my match!”</p><p>Meng Lei stood right behind the Fallen Emperor and said dispassionately, “With this blood-red razor blade added to the combination of teleportation and the Grim Reaper’s Eye, how are you gonna fight against me now?”</p><p>“So, that’s teleportation!” A huge jolt went through the Fallen Emperor. “Little did I think that you’d actually own a special ability as fearsome as that! However—”</p><p>Whoosh!</p><p>The Fallen Emperor suddenly transformed into a cloud of black fog. He swiftly vanished from where he was before resuming his previous form several hundred meters away.</p><p>“Dark-Elemental Transformation!”</p><p>Meng Lei was slightly taken aback. He couldn’t help but become puzzled. He asked, “Do Fallen Angels also possess that Innate Special Ability, Dodola?”</p><p>Dodola explained, “Low-level Fallen Angels do not possess that ability, but they’ll gain it once they cultivate into an Eight-Winged Fallen Angel.”</p><p>“I see.”</p><p>Meng Lei nodded lightly.</p><p>“Euphemia, let’s attack together!”</p><p>Although the Fallen Emperor had managed to escape, the blow just now had given him a sense of impending death. He said, “Stop holding back. Attack with all you’ve got and kill him!”</p><p>“Alright!”</p><p>Holding back?</p><p>She no longer dared to hold back anymore, of course. Meng Lei’s immense combat prowess had deeply astounded the Three-Headed Hell Empress. Should she continue to hold back, she would undoubtedly die in one of the worst ways possible.</p><p>“Death Roar!”</p><p>The Three-Headed Hell Empress opened her cavernous jaws again and roared furiously into the heavens. Deafening booms rang out as raging sound waves swept into the surroundings and assailed Meng Lei.</p><p>As a canine, her roars were already very loud from the start, let alone when she was a Cerberus. Barking had even become one of their Innate Special Abilities.</p><p>Boom!</p><p>The violent sound waves instantly engulfed Meng Lei, causing him to lose his sense of hearing. Loud ringing rang out in his ears, and his mind slipped into a temporary state of blankness.</p><p>“Here’s my chance!”</p><p>The Fallen Emperor wielded the black sword in his hand and slashed right at Meng Lei’s throat. Although the black greatsword wasn’t as good as the Dark Hell Demonic Emperor’s blood-red razor blade, it was still a Great Perfection-level demonic weapon and boasted an incredible degree of sharpness.</p><p>The Fallen Emperor believed that as long as his attack landed, the greatsword would definitely be able to slash open Meng Lei’s throat and behead him, thereby taking his life with one hit!</p><p>“Ugh!”</p><p>The black sword cleaved down at Meng Lei’s throat. This time, however, Meng Lei evidently didn’t dodge the attack, and the Fallen Emperor couldn’t help but reveal a smile—he had finally succeeded!</p><p>However, before he could stay delighted for long, Meng Lei’s throat surprisingly turned into a cloud of black fog. On top of that, the rest of his body below the throat also turned into black fog. His head was the only part of him that remained in his human form.</p><p>“W-why…”</p><p>A huge jolt went through the Fallen Emperor.</p><p>“Do you think that you’re the only one who can transform into dark elements?” A hint of a smile appeared on Meng Lei’s face as he slowly uttered three words, “Grim Reaper’s Eye!”</p><p>The third eye in between Meng Lei’s brows slowly opened the moment he spoke. At the sight, the Fallen Emperor transformed into a cloud of black fog without a second thought again, all ready to run.</p><p>“Ha, that move again?”</p><p>Meng Lei let out a derisive scoff of laughter and pointed with his finger.</p><p>Buzz!</p><p>A golden chilly current shot out of his finger, instantly engulfing the black fog that was the Fallen Emperor and freezing him into a golden lump of ice.</p><p>“Damn it!!”</p><p>Blood drained from the face of the Fallen Emperor within the ice lump. Not only had the hard and tough ice lump sealed his movements, but it also prevented him from exiting his state of elemental transformation.</p><p>He… couldn’t transform back to his original form anymore!</p><p>“Save me, Euphemia!”</p><p>The anxious Fallen Emperor shouted and released roiling waves of divine spirit energy.</p><p>Roar!</p><p>At the sight of the Fallen Emperor’s predicament, the Three-Headed Hell Empress hurriedly let out a roar. Roiling sound waves abruptly rushed toward the Fallen Emperor, who was encased within the ice lump with a great blast.</p><p>“Go ahead and hit it! I’ll let you off today if you can break it.”</p><p>Meng Lei didn’t stop the Three-Headed Hell Empress. Instead, he watched her with a big smile and allowed her to attack the ice lump.</p><p>Boom!</p><p>Violent sound waves crashed against the golden ice lump, yet it was as though torrential tidal waves were crashing against hard and solid coral reefs—they couldn’t leave even a scratch on the golden ice lump!</p><p>“I can’t break it?” The Three-Headed Hell Empress was astounded. “What kind of ice is that?”</p><p>“That’s Mysterious Ice of The Depths, the Frost Gods’ Innate Special Ability.”</p><p>Meng Lei gave her a slight smile and added, “Of course, I’ve also spent a bit of money and evolved it into an ultimate-grade special ability, so it’s impossible for you to break it.”</p><p>Though the Three-Headed Hell Empress was confused by his explanation, she managed to catch the gist of it, nonetheless. Firstly, the ice was made from the Frost Gods’ Mysterious Ice of The Depths. Secondly, the Mysterious Ice of The Depths had become an ultimate-grade special ability.</p><p>Mysterious Ice of The Depths!</p><p>An ultimate-grade special ability!</p><p>“What kind of freak are you, exactly?”</p><p>The Three-Headed Hell Empress was close to having a mental breakdown.</p><p>“You’re the freak! Your entire family is a freak!”</p><p>Meng Lei took a step forward, immediately arriving right in front of the Three-Headed Hell Empress, who was currently in a mental state of turmoil.</p><p>Mysterious Ice of The Depths sprayed from his finger as he pointed at the Three-Headed Hell Empress, freezing her body and the two heads on her left and right. Only the head in the middle was left unfrozen.</p><p>“Damn it!”</p><p>The Three-Headed Hell Empress struggled fiercely, but she simply couldn’t break free of Mysterious Ice of The Depths’ hold on her, let alone break the ice itself. That thing was simply too tough; it had exceeded what her abilities were capable of.</p><p>“What’s your preferred way to die, Your Majesty?” asked a cheerful Meng Lei as he stroked the Three-Headed Hell Empress’ head.</p><p>“You… What do you want?”</p><p>The Three-Headed Hell Empress was in such a panic that even her voice was trembling.</p><p>“I had initially wanted to kill you, but the Dark Canopy of The Heavens is about to open. Things will definitely go wrong in Dark Hell Continent if I go to the Boundless Plane just like that.”</p><p>A glint flashed in Meng Lei’s eyes as he went on. “Therefore, I’d like to give you a chance—hand over your divine spirit origin energy and submit to me, and I’ll spare your life.”</p><p>No matter what, it was definite that Meng Lei would have to make a trip to the Boundless Plane. The problem was—what was he supposed to do about Dark Hell Continent after he left?</p><p>Even with the three major rulers of the continent and most of the mid-level Great Demon Gods dead, a fair number of mid-level Great Demon Gods remained hidden in Dark Hell Continent’s various nooks and crannies.</p><p>Those mid-level Great Demon Gods were exactly what Meng Lei was greatly concerned about.</p><p>He would be totally screwed if some guy secretly refined Dark Hell Continent’s Heart of The Existential Plane while he was in the Boundless Plane.</p><p>Thus, he needed someone to watch over Dark Hell Continent and help him to look after things there.</p><p>“Submit?”</p><p>The Three-Headed Hell Empress’ expression changed greatly. She was one of the three lofty powerhouses of the continent and had enjoyed a high and mighty status there for tens of thousands of years. Submission? How would that do!?</p><p>“If you don’t submit, then you can go straight to hell,” said Meng Lei icily.</p><p>“I submit! I’m willing to submit!”</p><p>The Three-Headed Hell Empress was still hesitating when the ice-encased Fallen Emperor at the other side took the initiative to speak up first. He sent a telepathic message via his divine spirit. He sounded extremely desperate and anxious as he said, “Sir, I’m willing to submit! I’m willing to do anything for you and serve you faithfully!”</p><p>“Oh?”</p><p>Meng Lei cocked an eyebrow as a hint of a smile appeared on his lips. He remarked, “Wise people still exist in this world, don’t they? It seems like you’ve let your opportunity slip by you, Three-Headed Hell Empress.”</p><p>“Alec, you despicable bastard!” The furious Three-Headed Hell Empress broke into a rant. Then, as though she had finally ditched her noble bearing, she said, “Sir, I’m willing to submit to you. I hope you can take me in.”</p><p>Then, she hurriedly released her divine spirit origin energy and offered it up to Meng Lei. She was now the very picture of someone willing to accept whatever was done to her and would even cooperate in every way possible.</p><p>“Oh dear, things have become rather difficult now.”</p><p>Meng Lei glanced at the Three-Headed Hell Empress and then at the Fallen Emperor. Awfully troubled, he said, “Both of you are willing to submit, but who exactly should I pick?”</p><p>“Pick me! Sir, pick me!”</p><p>The Fallen Emperor pleaded, “I’m a Fallen Angel, so I have great strength. On top of that, I’ll also be absolutely loyal to you. I will do exactly as you say and will never defy your orders! Your will is my direction in life itself—”</p><p>“Alec, you dirty, evil, and cunning Fallen Angel! Is there anyone who isn’t aware that Fallen Angels like you are the most adept in lying and going against their word?”</p><p>The Three-Headed Hell Empress broke into a rant. “When it comes to loyalty, no one is more loyal than us canines! Sir, I’m a Cerberus. Once I acknowledge someone as my master, I’ll never go against my word for life!</p><p>“Besides, Alec, that bastard, even stomped on your face just now, Sir. That’s so treacherous of him! Sir, you’d better just pick me…”</p>

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Chapter 347 - Boundless Great Beasts, The Titans

Volume 4

<h1>Chapter 347 - Boundless Great Beasts, The Titans</h1><p>Chapter 347: Boundless Great Beasts, The Titans</p><p>In the end, Meng Lei chose to accept the Three-Headed Hell Empress while he finished off the Fallen Emperor.</p><p>In this universe, no one had survived after kicking Meng Lei’s face!</p><p>“This guy is pretty wealthy!”</p><p>Meng Lei checked the spatial ring left behind by the Fallen Emperor, and he was satisfied with the treasures within.</p><p>After that, he looked at the Three-Headed Hell Empress and said, “Give me your spatial ring.”</p><p>“Yes, Master!”</p><p>The Three-Headed Hell Empress was reluctant, but she still gave away her spatial ring immediately.</p><p>Meng Lei took everything inside…</p><p>After a round of collection, Meng Lei returned the spatial ring to the Three-Headed Hell Empress. She checked the ring with her divine cognition and almost coughed up blood as the ring was almost empty.</p><p>That was too harsh!</p><p>He only left a few Demonic Crystals, the rest all gone—that was what an evil tyrant would do!</p><p>“This bastard!”</p><p>The Three-Headed Hell Empress felt that her heart was bleeding. She wished that she could smash Meng Lei with a hammer to vent her anger.</p><p>Yet, she knew that she could not do so since Meng Lei controlled her divine spirit origin energy. Thus, there was only one word if she dared to provoke him—death!</p><p>“You’re scolding me?”</p><p>Meng Lei had a ghostly smile.</p><p>“N-no!” The Three-Headed Hell Empress trembled in fear and shook her head repeatedly in denial.</p><p>“This is my first and final warning.” Meng Lei swept a glance at her. “Carry on, bring me the Dark Hell Demonic Kingdom’s, Fallen Kingdom’s, and your Three-Headed Hell Kingdom’s treasury to me. Remember, if you dare to steal any treasure, I’ll make you understand why flowers are red[1]!”</p><p>“Yes, Master!”</p><p>The Three-Headed Hell Empress quivered and went to execute the order.</p><p>“To think the great Three-Headed Hell Empress would actually end up like this. That’s just sad.” Dodola watched the Three-Headed Hell Empress’ back and sighed.</p><p>“In a world where the strong are revered, anything can happen. We’ll just get used to it.”</p><p>Meng Lei found a place to sit down where he would wait for the Dark Canopy of The Heavens to start while destroying the divine spirits of mid-level Great Demon Gods to earn more Divinity Crystals in the meantime.</p><p>“Ding! 1 Ice Great Demon God killed. 6,300,000 Divinity Crystals gained!”</p><p>“Ding! 1 Cerberus killed. 6,250,000 Divinity Crystals gained!”</p><p>“…”</p><p>The system’s notification sounds kept ringing as divine spirits were getting destroyed one by one within each demonic cores, while Meng Lei’s wealth continued to skyrocket. While Meng Lei destroyed the last of the 300 divine spirits, something happened at the cliff in front.</p><p>Buzz…</p><p>Dark beams of light radiated from the middle of the cliff. A 100-feet tall, 100-feet wide black portal appeared as it seemed like a stage’s curtain.</p><p>“The Dark Canopy of The Heavens has opened!”</p><p>Meng Lei perked up and looked toward the portal in the middle of the cliff. At the same time, a commotion erupted among the onlooking demons.</p><p>“It’s open!”</p><p>“The Dark Canopy of The Heavens has finally opened!”</p><p>“Who can enter this time?”</p><p>“Every mid-level Great Demon God is dead. Even among the Dark Hell Demonic Emperor, the Fallen Emperor, and the Three-Headed Hell Empress, two died while one submitted. So the one who can enter this time…”</p><p>“This is the Dark Canopy of The Heavens!”</p><p>Dodola appeared on Meng Lei’s shoulder, its eyes shining brightly. That was the existential plane the Boundless King had refined before!</p><p>Just the Boundless King itself was enough for Dodola to look forward to the trip.</p><p>“Dodola, are you sure the Boundless Plane doesn’t have a master?” Meng Lei contained his excitement and confirmed again.</p><p>“I’m not too sure, but the possibility is quite high.” Dodola smiled. “Trust me. My instincts are normally accurate!”</p><p>“What if it’s not accurate this time? Wouldn’t that force me into a precarious situation?” Meng Lei rolled his eyes.</p><p><em>Why would I trust instincts for such an important matter when my life might be at stake?</em></p><p><em>It’s way too naive!</em></p><p>“Don’t worry! If the Boundless Plane has a master, I can guarantee your safety. You might have forgotten that I knew how to use the Great World-Breaching Transfer Technique!”</p><p>Dodola smiled faintly. “At most, we escape immediately. What can the master of an existential plane do to us?”</p><p>“How could your Great World-Breaching Transfer Technique work and help us escape the imprisonment of a mid-end Power of Existential Plane?”</p><p>Meng Lei was quite astonished.</p><p>“So you think the name ‘World-Breaching’ is a joke?” Dodola snorted. “Other than the power of Chief Gods, the mid-end Power of Existential Plane is useless against the Great World-Breaching Transfer Technique!”</p><p>“Alright, I’m relieved to hear that.” Meng Lei let out a sigh of relief.</p><p>“Okay, enough blabbering. Are we going in or not?” Dodola could not help but urge.</p><p>“Here we go!”</p><p>Meng Lei stood up and entered the dark portal.</p><p>“He went in!”</p><p>“That expert went in!”</p><p>“He didn’t care about us!”</p><p>“This means that…”</p><p>The onlooking demons were not stupid, so they charged toward the portal once Meng Lei entered the Dark Canopy of The Heavens.</p><p>In the past, the Dark Canopy of The Heavens used to be controlled by the three kingdoms. They were never allowed to enter while they could only act as spectators outside.</p><p>It was different today, however.</p><p>When the opportunity presented itself, who would let it slip?</p><p>“Mine! The slot is mine!”</p><p>“Get lost!”</p><p>“I’ll kill anyone who dares obstruct me!”</p><p>“Ahhh!”</p><p>The crowd of demons plunged into madness as they fought for the 35 remaining slots to enter in a bloody, brutal competition…</p><p>Of course, Meng Lei would not have known about these. He had appeared in a dimensional channel after he entered the Dark Canopy of The Heavens. It was different from the space-time rift between Light Continent and Dark Hell Continent. This channel was very stable, while it was like a dreamy, colorful corridor.</p><p>As Meng Lei walked inside, there were neither time-space fluxes nor dimensional gales. It was steady and silent, as if he was walking in a tunnel from his past life.</p><p>“Meng Lei, this dimensional channel doesn’t look like it’s formed naturally,” Dodola quickly concluded. “It seems to be artificial!”</p><p>“Artificial?” Meng Lei was amazed. “Who was capable of creating an artificially made dimensional channel?”</p><p>“Far and few.” Dodola sighed. “I’m now convinced that the Boundless Plane was once refined and owned by the Boundless King!”</p><p>“Okay!”</p><p>Meng Lei hastened his pace. After around ten minutes, they finally reached the end of the channel. Light flashed into their eyes as they entered a new world.</p><p>Grayish skies, grayish earth, grayish plants, grayish hills…</p><p>Everything in their sights was gloomy and gray; even the rolling rivers and the vast plains were painted in gray.</p><p>Meng Lei could not help but comment, “Such a dull world!”</p><p>“Don’t just look at the surface. Just sense the magic elements and the laws of nature in this existential plane,” said Dodola.</p><p>“Eh?”</p><p>Meng Lei sensed the surroundings and came to a realization. “The magic elements here are much richer than Dark Hell Continent’s. It must be richer by at least ten times, right? And the laws of nature, this is so clear! Cultivating here might even turn a pig into a Saint Domain Magical Beast!”</p><p>Since he had just come from Dark Hell Continent, Meng Lei compared this plane to Dark Hell Continent instead of low-end existential planes like Heaven’s Vault Continent.</p><p>Hence, Meng Lei was surprised that the magic elements were richer by at least ten times while the laws of nature were far clearer compared to Dark Hell Continent’s.</p><p>“They’re both mid-end existential planes, so why is there such a massive difference?” Meng Lei asked.</p><p>“This is very normal.” Dodola continued. “There aren’t any identical existential planes, and massive differences exist even between mid-end existential planes.”</p><p>“Okay.”</p><p>Meng Lei did not mind that issue as he continued his exploration of this new mid-end existential plane. Other than the magic elements and the laws of nature, there was not much difference in gravity, dimensional stability, restraint to divine cognition, and so on.</p><p>After he had a brief understanding, Meng Lei decided to find out more useful information. The most straightforward method was to ask this existential plane’s natives.</p><p>Meng Lei’s divine cognition spread across millions of kilometers as every detail within this area was shown clearly in his mind.</p><p>“That’s weird. Why are there only Boundless Great Beasts here?” Meng Lei frowned. “Never mind, I’ll just get my information from them!”</p><p>Meng Lei teleported above the nearest group of Boundless Great Beasts with a thought.</p><p>The Boundless Great Beast was the name given by Dark Hell Continent’s experts to the wild beasts in this world. They had the same nature as the beasts from other existential planes.</p><p>What appeared before Meng Lei was an ox-type beast. It floated at 100,000 feet with six legs and nine horns.</p><p>There were around 100 of them, the numbers were small, but they were all-powerful creatures. The weakest ones were at the Great Demon Lord level, while the best was a Demon God.</p><p>“A bunch of ox-type beasts is already this strong, as expected from the Boundless Plane,” Meng Lei commented.</p><p>He then caught the strongest one from the bunch and prepared to read its memory.</p><p>Buzz…</p><p>Just then, a dimensional gate appeared not too far away. A group of experts swarmed out of the gate.</p><p>These were 100,000-feet-tall firm muscles all over their bodies; some were showered in lightning, some were bathed in fire…</p><p>“Titans?”</p><p>Meng Lei recognized them immediately when he saw them and sensed their aura.</p><p>They were Titans, or to be exact, the Titan Gods!</p><p>“This is the Boundless Plane?”</p><p>“The air is so filthy!”</p><p>“The magic elements here are too poor!”</p><p>“And the laws of nature… so indistinct!”</p><p>Obviously, it was their first time at the Boundless Plane as they sized up the Boundless Plane with contemptuous, critical comments.</p><p>A Titan shrouded in purple lightning at the front chastised. “Stop complaining and think of getting more details of this existential plane!”</p><p>“Yes, Elder Gregg!” The rest of the Titans replied as they looked around. It only took a few moments for them to notice Meng Lei not far away.</p><p>“Hmm? There’s someone here?”</p><p>“Perhaps he’s a native from the Boundless Plane?”</p><p>“We’ll surely find out something useful from this guy.”</p><p>“Eric, bring him over. Remember, don’t kill him by accident.”</p><p>“Yes, Elder Gregg!” a Titan shrouded in flames answered and flew toward Meng Lei.</p><p>“Little fellow, come with me!”</p><p>Without another word, the Titan called Eric grabbed toward Meng Lei as if he was catching a chick.</p><p>“…”</p><p>[1] [Annotation text missing]</p>

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Chapter 348 - The Sky Titans, I'Ll Fight The Hundred Of You

Volume 4

<h1>Chapter 348 - The Sky Titans, I'Ll Fight The Hundred Of You</h1><p>Chapter 348: The Sky Titans, I’ll Fight The Hundred of You</p><p>“Little fellow, come with me!”</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>“I’ve been looked down upon again,” lamented Meng Lei with a slight shake of his head.</p><p>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?”</p><p>“He actually dodged it!”</p><p>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!”</p><p>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.</p><p>“Come over here!”</p><p>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!”</p><p>Meng Lei broke into a slight frown and asked, “Who exactly are you guys? Why are you capturing me?”</p><p>Eric didn’t pay Meng Lei any heed. Instead, he flew toward the other Titans with the prison of flames in tow.</p><p>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.</p><p>“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?”</p><p>“I don’t know,” answered Meng Lei.</p><p>“You don’t?”</p><p>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?”</p><p>“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.”</p><p>“…”</p><p>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!</p><p>Meng Lei didn’t bother himself with what the Titans thought at all. He asked, “Tell me, where are all of you from?”</p><p>“You worm, you’re courting death!”</p><p>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.</p><p>“How dare a mere high-level Sky Titan behave so audaciously in my presence? Who gave you the guts to do so?”</p><p>Meng Lei let out an icy snort, upon which an even more violent force crushed down upon Gregg.</p><p>Boom!</p><p>A huge jolt went through Gregg, and a shrewd glint shone in his eyes as he exclaimed, “You’re a high-level Sky Titan!”</p><p>“What?”</p><p>“He’s a high-level Sky Titan?”</p><p>His exclamation raised a great furor among the Titans.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>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!</p><p>“I’ve surprisingly made a lapse in my judgment!”</p><p>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!”</p><p>Gregg was a high-level Sky Titan himself. However, he didn’t have the confidence to beat Meng Lei in a fight.</p><p>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.</p><p>Therefore, he made the prompt decision to leave.</p><p>“Go? Did I allow you to?” Meng Lei said dispassionately.</p><p>“What do you want, mister?”</p><p>Gregg gazed coldly at Meng Lei.</p><p>“You may leave, but not before answering my question,” said Meng Lei. “You may leave once you’ve answered it.”</p><p>“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!”</p><p>“Hah!”</p><p>Meng Lei let out a peal of laughter. Then, he abruptly appeared right in front of Gregg and threw out a punch.</p><p>Boom!</p><p>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.</p><p>“Ugh!”</p><p>Blood spurted from Gregg’s mouth. A look of alarm and anger came over his countenance at once.</p><p>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?</p><p>“Elder Gregg!”</p><p>“Are you alright, Elder?”</p><p>The other Titans were greatly alarmed.</p><p>“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!”</p><p>“You bastard!”</p><p>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.</p><p>However, what filled him with shock and horror the most was that he hadn’t even seen how Meng Lei had appeared before him.</p><p>“Can you answer my question now?” asked Meng Lei calmly.</p><p>Gregg took a deep breath as he suppressed his fury and compromised. “Go ahead and ask!”</p><p>“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.</p><p>Search his soul?</p><p>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?”</p><p>“The Theodore Titan Gods from the Thunderbolt Divine Realm?”</p><p>Meng Lei chuckled. “What the heck is that? Sorry, but I’ve never heard of them!”</p><p>“You bastard!”</p><p>Gregg gnashed his teeth in a fury.</p><p>“Die!”</p><p>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.</p><p>Crack!</p><p>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.</p><p>“It’s just the rest of you now!”</p><p>Meng Lei turned to the other Titans.</p><p>“Damn it!”</p><p>“Run!”</p><p>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.</p><p>“That’s nothing more than just futile struggling.”</p><p>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.</p><p>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!</p><p>Snap!</p><p>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.</p><p>“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!”</p><p>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.</p><p>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!</p><p>“Revenge? I’m ready for it anytime!”</p><p>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.</p><p>It was Gregg’s turn after that…</p>

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Chapter 349 - Ambrose, The Fairy Goddess

Volume 4

<h1>Chapter 349 - Ambrose, The Fairy Goddess</h1><p>Chapter 349: Ambrose, The Fairy Goddess</p><p>“A Chief God grandmaster! And a Great Perfection expert!</p><p>“The Theodore Titan Gods are really as powerful as I’ve expected!”</p><p>Many fearsome forces existed in the Thunderbolt Divine Realm. The Theodore Titan Gods were exactly one of them.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>“The foundation that these juggernauts that have been in existence for countless years have built up is simply too solid!”</p><p>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.”</p><p>“While you’re right in not underestimating your enemy, you needn’t put yourself down.”</p><p>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.</p><p>“Besides, I believe you’ll become capable of contending with a Great Perfection expert in no more than another few days’ time!”</p><p>“Do you really have that much confidence in me?” Meng Lei raised an eyebrow.</p><p>“Of course!” Dodola was full of confidence.</p><p>“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!”</p><p>“Uh…”</p><p>Taken aback, Dodola asked, “Are you really that impressive?”</p><p>“What do you think?”</p><p>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.</p><p>For example, the Haber Colossal Dragon Gods, the Kurud Frost Gods, the Gabriel Angel Gods… All those godly clans had also dispatched men over.</p><p>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.</p><p>Experts?</p><p>In Meng Lei’s eyes, all of them were his prey instead.</p><p>A mid-level higher deity was worth 60 million Divinity Crystals, while a high-level higher deity was worth 900 million Divinity Crystals.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>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!</p><p>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.</p><p>“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!”</p><p>Whoosh!</p><p>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.</p><p>“They… are all goddesses?”</p><p>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…</p><p>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!</p><p>That goddess was none other than the Fairy Goddess whom the Heaven’s Vault Continent Fairies worshiped!</p><p>“What the heck? Even the Fairy Goddess has come!”</p><p>Meng Lei was rather dumbstruck.</p><p>“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!”</p><p>“Graduate my ass!”</p><p>Meng Lei rolled his eyes.</p><p>“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!”</p><p>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?!”</p><p>“Tch! A bachelor who’s forever alone!”</p><p>Dodola stuck its middle finger at Meng Lei.</p><p>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.</p><p>“So, this is the so-called Boundless Plane?”</p><p>“As expected, the magic elements and laws of nature here are far inferior to the Thunderbolt Divine Realm’s!”</p><p>“Lava Goddess, which direction should we go in?”</p><p>“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.”</p><p>“Let’s go, then…”</p><p>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.</p><p>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!</p><p>“Tsk, tsk! Even Ambrose has made his way here. Things are gonna be fun now!”</p><p>“Goddesses, please wait a moment.”</p><p>Ambrose called out to the goddesses.</p><p>“Mr. Ambrose, is something the matter?”</p><p>The goddesses turned around and gazed at Ambrose and the other Dragons in puzzlement.</p><p>“Goddesses, the Boundless Plane is a fairly dangerous place. Why don’t we move around together instead?”</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>Ambrose was exactly one of the millions of deities that secretly admired the Fairy Goddess.</p><p>“Move around together? It’s not necessary.”</p><p>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.”</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>“What a real shame that is!”</p><p>Ambrose, who looked utterly disappointed, forced a smile and said, “In that case, I wish the goddesses success in perfectly completing your mission.”</p><p>“Thanks!”</p><p>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.</p><p>“What’s the matter, Diana?” asked the puzzled Lava Goddess.</p><p>“There’s someone over there.”</p><p>The Fairy Goddess pointed at the sky behind the dimensional gate.</p><p>“There’s someone over there?”</p><p>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!”</p><p>He threw a punch as he spoke, causing the dimension to break and revealing someone’s form.</p><p>“It’s you!”</p><p>“It’s you!”</p>

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Chapter 350 - Enemies Meet, The Goddess Is Stunned

Volume 4

<h1>Chapter 350 - Enemies Meet, The Goddess Is Stunned</h1><p>Chapter 350: Enemies Meet, The Goddess Is Stunned</p><p>“It’s you!”</p><p>“It’s you!”</p><p>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.</p><p>However, their expressions became completely different the next moment. Ambrose’s countenance became incredibly savage as he burst into unrestrained laughter.</p><p>“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!”</p><p>The puzzled Fairy Goddess asked, “Elder Ambrose, do the two of you know each other?”</p><p>“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!”</p><p>“This…”</p><p>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?”</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>“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!”</p><p>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.</p><p>“Never would I have ever expected myself to actually run into him here. It looks like even the heavens are helping me out!”</p><p>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.</p><p>“Are you full of desperation, kid? Full of fear? Full of frustrations? Full of regret at what you did once upon a time?”</p><p>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!”</p><p>The Fairy Goddess hastily interrupted and said, “Elder Ambrose, he’s my friend. Let’s talk things out instead!”</p><p>“Your friend?”</p><p>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.</p><p>“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!”</p><p>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…</p><p>“Elder Ambrose—”</p><p>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.”</p><p>“That’s right, Diana. There’s no need to offend Elder Ambrose for the sake of an acquaintance.”</p><p>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.</p><p>“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!”</p><p>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?</p><p>“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!”</p><p>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.</p><p>“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!”</p><p>“What a dumbass!”</p><p>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!”</p><p>“In a rush? So that you can reincarnate?” A sinister smile appeared on Ambrose’s countenance, and he ordered, “Men! Take him down!”</p><p>“Yes, Elder!”</p><p>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.</p><p>“Sigh!”</p><p>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.</p><p>“What a shame! A genius who owns a metal-origin divine body is going to perish soon…”</p><p>“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.</p><p>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.</p><p>“Hah!”</p><p>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.</p><p>Boom!</p><p>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.</p><p>“Ahhh!”</p><p>The Dragon youth let out a shrill scream.</p><p>“Die!”</p><p>Meng Lei smacked his palm down.</p><p>Bam!</p><p>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.</p><p>“What?”</p><p>A huge jolt went through everyone at the sight. They couldn’t believe their eyes!</p><p>A Colossal Dragon of Darkness at the mid-level higher deity stage… had just had his head blasted apart?</p><p>How… could this be?</p><p>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!</p><p>“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?”</p><p>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?”</p><p>“He’s actually… actually…”</p><p>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?</p><p>“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.</p><p>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!</p><p>“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!”</p><p>“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!”</p><p>“Die!”</p><p>Ambrose charged brazenly toward Meng Lei.</p><p>Whoosh!</p><p>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.</p><p>Whoosh!</p><p>Meng Lei bizarrely vanished from where he was, easily evading Ambrose’s full-powered punch.</p><p>He subsequently appeared behind one of the Colossal Dragons and lightly tapped him on the shoulder.</p><p>“Who’s there?”</p><p>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.</p><p>Boom!</p><p>His head broke apart, and smashed brains spurted.</p><p>“The second one!”</p><p>Meng Lei turned to the remaining Colossal Dragons there.</p><p>“Damn it!”</p><p>“O Dragon Grandmaster above!”</p><p>“He’s over here!”</p><p>“He’s killed Dampier!”</p><p>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!</p><p>How hateful!</p><p>“Die! Die!”</p><p>On the verge of becoming hysterical, Ambrose roared again and again. “God’s Domain—imprison!”</p><p>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.</p><p>Bam!</p><p>His head broke apart, and smashed brains spurted.</p><p>“The third one now!”</p><p>“Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!”</p><p>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!</p><p>Bam!</p><p>“The fourth one!”</p><p>Bam!</p><p>“The fifth one!”</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>“That guy… He’s practically nuts! He’s actually killed all 27 Colossal Dragons!”</p><p>“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!”</p><p>“Moving about elusively like a phantom… That’s… Teleportation? O Nature Goddess above, someone has actually mastered that special ability…”</p><p>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!</p><p>“I’ve raked in more profits!”</p><p>Meng Lei was elated at his newly-gained profits of almost 1.5 billion Divinity Crystals. He then reappeared in front of Ambrose.</p><p>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.</p><p>“You… Should… Die!”</p><p>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.</p><p>“Nice!”</p><p>This time, Meng Lei didn’t teleport away. Instead, he threw a punch at him.</p><p>Boom!</p><p>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.</p><p>“A draw!”</p><p>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!</p><p>“When did you become this strong?”</p><p>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.</p><p>“Is this already what you call ‘powerful’? We haven’t even gotten started yet!” replied Meng Lei with a derisive scoff of laughter.</p>

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Chapter 351 - Heated Clash, Sending Goddess Flying

Volume 4

<h1>Chapter 351 - Heated Clash, Sending Goddess Flying</h1><p>Chapter 351: Heated Clash, Sending Goddess Flying</p><p>“Is this already what you call ‘powerful’? We haven’t even gotten started yet,” replied Meng Lei with a derisive scoff of laughter.</p><p>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!”</p><p>“Kill me? I think you’ll die first!”</p><p>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.</p><p>To be more accurate, it was a Golden Primordial Colossal Dragon King!</p><p>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.</p><p>Ambrose was now a high-level higher deity, a high-level Primordial Colossal Dragon King!</p><p>Boom!</p><p>An intense surging dragon might expanded into the surroundings, reaching millions of kilometers away. Every living thing within this area was alarmed.</p><p>Roar!</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>“I’m going to rip you into a million pieces, worm!”</p><p>Ambrose raised his claw larger than Mount Everest and crashed it down with the momentum to turn Meng Lei into a bloody mess.</p><p>“Retreat! Everyone retreat at once!”</p><p>The Lava Goddess’ delicate face turned pale. “Retreat to a safe distance at once!” she yelled.</p><p>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.</p><p>“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!”</p><p>“I hope that he’ll be fine!”</p><p>The Fairy Goddess sighed and flew away swiftly.</p><p>“Haha, good one!”</p><p>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.</p><p>“What’s going on?”</p><p>The goddesses flitting away could sense a gigantic figure towering behind them as the shadow enveloped them.</p><p>They turned their heads in horror and saw an indomitable giant that towered between heaven and earth!</p><p>It stepped on the earth while the head was up in the skies. It was 8,000,000-feet-tall with 100 muscular arms.</p><p>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!</p><p>“Hun… Hundred-Armed Giant?”</p><p>The goddesses gasped together.</p><p>“No! That isn’t a normal Hundred-Armed Giant! Just sense his aura carefully!”</p><p>The Lava Goddess’ countenance became interesting as horror, confusion, disbelief, and various other expressions appeared from time to time. Her feelings were very mixed.</p><p>“Metal-elemental Power of Origin!</p><p>“This must be the aura of the Metal-elemental Power of Origin!”</p><p>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?”</p><p>“Indeed!”</p><p>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!”</p><p>“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!”</p><p>“Metal-origin divine body of Great-Mastery level!”</p><p>The rest of the goddesses were aghast as well.</p><p>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.</p><p>However, a Great-Mastery metal-origin divine body was now in front of them. How shocking was that? How unbelievable was that?”</p><p>“Just how did he manage to do that?” muttered the Fairy Goddess.</p><p>Boom!</p><p>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.</p><p>Argh!</p><p>Ambrose let out a miserable cry. His claw was riddled with holes from the impact while golden blood gushed out profusely.</p><p>“Metal-origin divine body?</p><p>“You have the Metal-origin divine body!”</p><p>Ambrose could not believe it.</p><p>“It’s too late to realize that, though!”</p><p>Meng Lei burst into laughter. “Today, I’ll show you just how powerful the metal-origin divine body is!”</p><p>“Metal-Origin Divine Technique: Ultimate Alchemy!”</p><p>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!</p><p>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!</p><p>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.</p><p>His body was flesh and blood. Thus, once the divine body started to go through metal-origin transmutation, it would cripple Ambrose completely.</p><p>Roar!</p><p>Ambrose’s face turned pale. He swung his tail away to avoid the golden beam from the sky.</p><p>“Behave!”</p><p>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.</p><p>“Ultimate Alchemy!”</p><p>Meng Lei caught hold of Ambrose’s head as another golden beam of light came down, enshrouding Ambrose’s head completely this time.</p><p>Buzz!</p><p>Ambrose struggled desperately with all his might, but it was in vain. Meng Lei was holding him tightly.</p><p>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.</p><p>“Perfect!”</p><p>Once Ambrose’s head had gone through the metal-origin transmutation process, Ambrose became useless. His brain had just transmuted into gold, after all.</p><p>“Mr. Ambrose, you just never dreamed of reaching this stage today. Am I right?”</p><p>Meng Lei reverted to his human form and stood on top of Ambrose’s skull.</p><p>“I won’t let you off even if I become a ghost!”</p><p>Being unable to speak normally, Ambrose could use his divine spirit to communicate his endless hatred.</p><p>“Become a ghost? That can only happen if you even get the chance to!”</p><p>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!”</p><p>Ambrose was shaking as chills coursed down his spine. If it were anyone else, they would probably show mercy due to his status.</p><p>Yet, as for Meng Lei…</p><p>Ambrose was not confident with that at all!</p><p>“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!”</p><p>“You… What do you really want?” bellowed Ambrose. He felt an immense feeling of shame and frustration.</p><p>“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?”</p><p>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!</p><p>“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?”</p><p><em>Complete death?</em></p><p>Ambrose shivered and roared, “Sir! I’m an elder of the Haber Colossal Dragon Gods. You can’t do this to me!”</p><p>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.</p><p>“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!”</p><p>“You killed Gregg?!”</p><p>A huge jolt went through Ambrose’s body.</p><p>“Of course I did,” Meng Lei said dispassionately.</p><p>“Lunatic! You’re a lunatic!”</p><p>Ambrose’s voice became hoarse. “Gregg was the child of Lord Gaianos! He’ll never, ever let you off!”</p><p>“Gaianos?”</p><p>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.</p><p>Great Perfection!</p><p>The existence that was even rarer than Chief Gods!</p><p>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</p><p>As Gaianos Theodore’s child, Gregg Theodore had a venerable status among the Theodore Titan Gods.</p><p>To Ambrose, the audacity of Meng Lei killing Gregg was beyond his understanding!</p><p>“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!”</p><p>“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!”</p><p>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!”</p><p>“Your time has come, and you won’t be alone!”</p><p>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!</p><p>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!”</p><p>“What’s this…”</p><p>A group of goddesses flew over hurriedly.</p><p>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.</p><p>“So are you pleading for mercy on his behalf?”</p><p>Meng Lei raised an eyebrow.</p><p>The Lava Goddess yelled coldly, “This isn’t an appeal, but a warning!”</p><p>“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!”</p><p>“Insolence!”</p><p>The Lava Goddess was enraged.</p><p>“What’s your issue? You want to die too?”</p><p>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.</p><p>“You bastard!”</p><p>“Let go of the Lava Goddess at once!”</p><p>“Meng Lei, please don’t!”</p><p>The goddesses erupted into a frenzy instantly.</p><p>“Meng Lei, please don’t harm the Lava Goddess!” pleaded the Fairy Goddess.</p><p>“Fine! For the Fairy Goddess’s sake, I won’t kill you. Now get lost!”</p><p>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.</p><p>Immediately after, Meng Lei raised the scythe and swung it down, beheading Ambrose!</p>

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Chapter 352 - Wood-Origin Divine Body, The Ancient Tree Of Life

Volume 4

<h1>Chapter 352 - Wood-Origin Divine Body, The Ancient Tree Of Life</h1><p>Chapter 352: Wood-Origin Divine Body, The Ancient Tree of Life</p><p>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.</p><p>For people like him, they were usually the ones taking others’ lives. Who would dare to take his life?</p><p>Yet someone had beheaded him and slain him on the spot, giving him an extremely terrible death!</p><p>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.</p><p>Just how bold and audacious must he be in order for him to do the absolutely forbidden and slay Ambrose?</p><p>Inconceivable!</p><p>Unbelievable!</p><p>Unacceptable!</p><p>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!</p><p>“A lunatic! He’s a total lunatic!”</p><p>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.</p><p>“W-what do you want?”</p><p>The Ocean Goddess’ voice trembled as she asked.</p><p>“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!”</p><p>“Yes!”</p><p>The Fairy Goddess had a complex look in her eyes.</p><p>“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.”</p><p>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.”</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>“No, these are too precious.”</p><p>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.”</p><p>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.</p><p>The Fairy Goddess heaved a sigh of relief. Then, the puzzled goddess asked, “Why are you in this place?”</p><p>“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.</p><p>“I see.”</p><p>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?”</p><p><em>25-years-old?</em></p><p><em>Seriously?</em></p><p>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?</p><p>And yet that guy… was only 25-years-old?</p><p>What kind of joke was that?</p><p>However, what gave them a mental breakdown next was that Meng Lei actually acknowledged it. He replied, “I’ve just turned 25, I guess.”</p><p>Hiss!</p><p>The goddesses gasped sharply at once. In particular, the Lava Goddess’ face even flushed red.</p><p><em>I’ve been defeated by a little brat who’s only 25-years-old?</em></p><p>“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!”</p><p>The Fairy Goddess chuckled wryly, feeling as though she had lived her life in vain.</p><p>“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.”</p><p>“You haven’t deified yet? How can that be?”</p><p>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.”</p><p>“No, I didn’t.”</p><p>Meng Lei shook his head.</p><p>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?</p><p>Was he cultivating his divine body instead?</p><p>Oh my goodness!</p><p>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?</p><p>In any case, Meng Lei had astounded the whole group of goddesses. They felt as if they were dreaming.</p><p>“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!”</p><p>The Fairy Goddess could only chuckle wryly. “What are your plans now? Are you going to explore the Boundless Plane?”</p><p>“I’m just here to have fun,” replied a smiling Meng Lei with a nod.</p><p>Then, he suddenly said rather embarrassedly, “Your Holiness, I have a favor to ask of you. I hope you can fulfill it for me.”</p><p>The Fairy Goddess was taken aback for a moment before she replied, “Tell me about it.”</p><p>“I’d like a drop of your blood!”</p><p>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.</p><p>“What do you want my blood for?”</p><p>The Fairy Goddess was bewildered.</p><p>“I have great use for it!”</p><p>Meng Lei feigned a mysterious smile and said, “Don’t worry, I won’t take it for free.”</p><p>“Alright, I guess!”</p><p>Although the Fairy Goddess was puzzled and confused, it was just a drop of blood anyway. It wasn’t a big deal.</p><p>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.</p><p>“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.”</p><p>A set of three high-tier higher deity-level divine weapons!</p><p>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!</p><p>It was invaluable!</p><p>“No, these are too precious. I can’t take them!” The Fairy Goddess declined the gifts.</p><p>“Your blood is very important to me. It’s worth much more than just three divine weapons.”</p><p>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!</p><p>“Meng Lei!”</p><p>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.</p><p>“Just take them for now, Diana.”</p><p>The Lava Goddess sighed.</p><p>“Alright, I guess!”</p><p>The Fairy Goddess shook her head slightly and kept the three divine weapons away.</p><p>“Who exactly is that guy, Diana?”</p><p>“Is he really not even 25 yet, Diana?”</p><p>“He’s so nice to you, Diana. Is he interested in you…”</p><p>The goddesses surrounded the Fairy Goddess right away and peppered her with questions noisily.</p><p>“It’s not what you’re imagining…”</p><p>…</p><p>Somewhere 10 million kilometers away, Meng Lei had already given the plundering order a long time ago.</p><p>“Ding! Plunder successful. Will you assimilate it?”</p><p>“Assimilate it!”</p><p>Whoosh!</p><p>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…</p><p>The assimilation process came to an end half an hour later.</p><p>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.</p><p>Upon looking at his stats interface, what Meng Lei didn’t expect to see was that two of his attributes had changed.</p><p>His Ancient Tree of Life assimilation rate had risen by 10% and gone from 26% to 36%—this had come unexpectedly to Meng Lei.</p><p>However, it wasn’t hard to understand why.</p><p>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.</p><p>The second change was in his Physical Body Constitution attribute.</p><p>Physical Body Constitution: Metal-Origin Divine Body (Great Mastery), Wood-Origin Divine Body (1%)</p><p>This particular change didn’t come as much as a surprise, though.</p><p>“1% assimilation rate? System, raise it to 100%!” Meng Lei ordered.</p><p>Whoosh!</p><p>His Wealth decreased by 100 million Divinity Crystals.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>That was what it looked like from a macroscopic view.</p><p>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!</p><p>Like a bi-colored billiard ball covered in gold and green, each cell was half-golden and half-green in color.</p><p>The colors were like gold, yet not gold; like green, yet not green.</p><p>They brimmed with a sharp aura of slaughter yet also emanated a rich sense of vitality.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>“It seems like it’s become even mightier!”</p><p>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%.</p><p>What an astonishing increase this was!</p><p>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!</p><p>What a huge bargain that was!</p><p>“I feel like my divine body has also strengthened greatly. I wonder how far it has gone?”</p><p>A puzzled Meng Lei asked, “System, how much does it cost to enhance my divine body?”</p><p>“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.</p><p>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!</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p><em>If I raise the Ancient Tree of Life bloodline assimilation rate to 100%…</em></p><p>Meng Lei gave the order right away. “System, raise my Ancient Tree of Life bloodline to 100%!”</p><p>Whoosh!</p><p>His wealth decreased by 3.4 billion Divinity Crystals in an instant.</p><p>Boom!</p><p>A strong, torrential surge of green fog instantly gushed out of Meng Lei, and he involuntarily transformed into an Ancient Tree of Life.</p><p>Then, as though he was riding a rocket, Meng Lei entered a frenzied growth spurt!</p><p>8,500,000 feet, 9,000,000 feet, 9,200,000 feet, 9,500,000 feet…</p><p>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.</p><p>“What a terrifying aura!”</p><p>“A huge treasure has emerged into the world over there! Quick, let’s go over!”</p>

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Chapter 353 - A Mid-Level Ancient God, On Par With A Chief God

Volume 4

<h1>Chapter 353 - A Mid-Level Ancient God, On Par With A Chief God</h1><p>Chapter 353: A Mid-Level Ancient God, On Par With A Chief God</p><p>What kind of concept was a height of 10,000,000 feet?</p><p>10,000,000 feet = 3,000 kilometers!</p><p>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!</p><p>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.</p><p>All the experts raced toward the area without even a moment’s pause, wishing they had been born with two extra legs!</p><p>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.</p><p>“What a powerful presence! And what a robust life force!”</p><p>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!”</p><p>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?”</p><p>“There’s no mistaking that presence of yours!”</p><p>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!”</p><p>“Hahaha, haven’t you gotten used to it yet?”</p><p>Meng Lei then looked at his stats interface.</p><p>Host: Meng Lei</p><p>Race: Human (Primeval Bloodline: Primordial Human &lt;36%&gt;, Assimilated Bloodlines: Gods-Slaying Rat &lt;Youth&gt;, Divine Netherworld Phoenix &lt;Youth&gt;, Hundred-Armed Giant &lt;Youth&gt;, Ancient Tree of Life &lt;Juvenile&gt;, Frost God &lt;Juvenile&gt;, Grim Reaper &lt;Juvenile&gt;)</p><p>Wealth: 22.5 billion Divinity Crystals</p><p>Physical Body Constitution: Metal-Origin Divine Body (Great Mastery), Wood-Origin Divine Body (Great Mastery)</p><p>Spirit: Higher Deity (Mid-Grade)</p><p>Power of Divinity: 200 Divinity Crystals</p><p>Laws of Nature:</p><p>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%)</p><p>Quadruple-Elemental Fusion: Ice-Metal-Dark-Fire (0.1%), Earth-Water-Fire-Light (0.1%)</p><p>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)</p><p>“My personal attributes can be said to be extremely extravagant now!</p><p>“I have the Ancient God-grade Primordial Human bloodline, Ancient Tree of Life bloodline, as well as many other bloodlines;</p><p>“A metal-origin divine body and a wood-origin divine body;</p><p>“A powerful and robust body that rivals that of a Great Perfection-level deity;</p><p>“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!</p><p>“I’ve become even more powerful!”</p><p>Meng Lei couldn’t help but think back to his shabby-looking personal attributes back when he had first obtained the system.</p><p>Host: Meng Lei</p><p>Race: Human</p><p>Wealth: 0</p><p>Physical Body Constitution: Normal Human Being (0.5/10)</p><p>Spirit: Normal Human Being (1/10)</p><p>Others: None</p><p>The two were practically as different as night and day. There was no comparability between the two at all!</p><p>“I was totally a 5-point fighter[1] back then!</p><p>“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!</p><p>“The whole journey has been like a dream, but it’s still not enough yet. Far from enough!</p><p>“I will become the most powerful existence in the whole universe!”</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>Or, for example, if he wanted to enhance his Physical Body Constitution…</p><p>Meng Lei asked curiously, “System, how many Divinity Crystals would it cost to enhance my body?”</p><p>“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.”</p><p>“1… trillion?”</p><p>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.”</p><p>Great Perfection deities were also known as Ancient Gods.</p><p>This was an amazing and miraculous cultivation stage because powerful Ancient Gods were capable of contending with Chief Gods.</p><p>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!</p><p>Take the Chief God of Time, for example!</p><p>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!</p><p>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!</p><p>In fact… He would have been able to contend against a higher Chief God!</p><p>To be more accurate, the power comparison between an Ancient God and a Chief God was as follows:</p><p>Low-level Ancient God (Zero) &lt; Chief God;</p><p>Mid-level Ancient God (Superficial) == Lesser Chief God;</p><p>High-level Ancient God (Half) == Intermediate Chief God;</p><p>Supreme Ancient God (Full) == Higher Chief God;</p><p>The “zero”, “superficial”, “half”, and “full” terms here indicated the Ancient God’s degree of comprehension in supreme laws of nature. “&lt;” indicated “weaker than” while “==” indicated “on equal terms with”.</p><p>Strictly speaking, the Ancient God system was actually the true cultivation system that all the deities in the Void had to go through.</p><p>In ascending order, the system went as such:</p><p>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.</p><p>As for Chief Gods…</p><p>Ha!</p><p>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!</p><p>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.</p><p>“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!”</p><p>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!”</p><p>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!</p><p>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?</p><p>Meng Lei suddenly asked, “How many Great Perfection experts are there in total in the vast universe?”</p><p>“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!”</p><p>“‘Real Great Perfection’?”</p><p>Meng Lei was puzzled by Dodola’s answer.</p><p>“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.”</p><p>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!”</p><p>“Pseudo-Great Perfection deities?”</p><p>Black lines filled Meng Lei’s forehead.</p><p>“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.”</p><p>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.</p><p>“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!”</p><p>“I see.”</p><p>Meng Lei nodded slightly. Then, he asked, “What about Great Perfection deities that have comprehended supreme laws of nature? How many are there?”</p><p>“That’s simply too rare!”</p><p>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.</p><p>“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.”</p><p>Meng Lei had no words for that.</p><p>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.</p><p>However, only five fusion combinations led to the formation of supreme laws of nature at the moment:</p><p>Time-based laws of nature: Thunder, fire, wind, light, and dark;</p><p>Spatial laws of nature: Metal, wood, earth, water, and fire;</p><p>Life laws of nature: Earth, wood, thunder, light, and water;</p><p>Destruction laws of nature: Thunder, ice, metal, dark, and fire;</p><p>Death laws of nature: Metal, dark, ice, wind, and earth;</p><p>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.</p><p>After all, there were only no more than 100 real Great Perfection deities in existence!</p><p>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.</p><p>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…</p><p>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!</p><p>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.</p><p>Or rather… It required luck!</p><p>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!</p><p>[1] [Annotation text missing]</p>

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Chapter 354 - Three Sets Of Wealth, Quintuple-Elemental Fusion

Volume 4

<h1>Chapter 354 - Three Sets Of Wealth, Quintuple-Elemental Fusion</h1><p>Chapter 354: Three Sets Of Wealth, Quintuple-Elemental Fusion</p><p>Most of the people did not have any magic talent.</p><p>Those that possessed such magic talent were in the minority, mostly single- or double-elemental.</p><p>Triple-elementals were extremely rare, less the quadruple-elementals. As for the quintuple-elementals… they were one in a billion.</p><p>And those that possessed the required five elements for the supreme laws of nature were even rarer.</p><p>Of course, there were also other reasons like possessing the talent, but they had no chance to cultivate, or dying prematurely, and so on.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.”</p><p>“Indeed, that’s just almost impossible.” Meng Lei nodded. “This shows how great the God of Time truly was!”</p><p>“Duh!”</p><p>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?”</p><p>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?”</p><p>“You haven’t completed the test—”</p><p>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.”</p><p>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?</p><p>It was at most approximately the same as a lesser Chief God, which would be a lot for Meng Lei currently.</p><p>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…</p><p>An icing to the cake was not comparable to providing timely assistance. Hence, now was the best time to give him that wealth.</p><p>Dodola was smart as it understood the key to it immediately. “Wow, so now you’re starting to dare threaten me already!”</p><p>“Threaten? How was that threatening?” Meng Lei waved his hands. “I’m just stating the facts.”</p><p>“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…”</p><p>Meng Lei’s eyes lit up.</p><p>“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!”</p><p>“Hehe, the more, the merrier!”</p><p>Meng Lei’s eyes shone even brighter.</p><p>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.</p><p>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…</p><p>“What the heck!?”</p><p>Meng Lei was stunned at once.</p><p>“See? Are you shocked now?”</p><p>Dodola had an expression as if its evil plan worked.</p><p>Meng Lei kept quiet for a while before glaring at Dodola.</p><p>“Dodola, you tricked me!”</p><p>“What trick? That’s gone too far!” Dodola got a little angry.</p><p>“Weren’t you the one?”</p><p>Meng Lei took out the spatial ring’s wealth—there was only an irregular crystal emanating glows of five different colors.</p><p>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?”</p><p>“Er…”</p><p>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.”</p><p>“What else do you have to say?”</p><p>Meng Lei’s expression turned sour as he felt he was played like a fool.</p><p>“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.”</p><p>“Not with you? What do you mean?”</p><p>Meng Lei was stunned.</p><p>“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.”</p><p>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!”</p><p>“There’s so much?”</p><p>Meng Lei’s eyes lit up again.</p><p>“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!”</p><p>Gasp!</p><p>Meng Lei gasped. “The God of Time had the guts to steal from a higher Chief God? That was a little too bold!”</p><p>“That was why he died!” Dodola got a little emotional. “You must learn that lesson and never end up the same way as him!”</p><p>“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?”</p><p>“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.”</p><p>“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.”</p><p>“It’s not much of an issue for you.”</p><p>Dodola nodded. Meng Lei had many bloodlines. As long as he could enter the Thunderbolt Divine Realm secretly, who would recognize him?</p><p>“Once this trip in the Boundless Plane is over, I’ll head to the Thunderbolt Divine Realm and retrieve those treasures.”</p><p>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.</p><p>“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.”</p><p>“Comprehend the time-based laws of nature?”</p><p>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.</p><p>“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.</p><p>“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.”</p><p>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.</p><p>“Ding! Plundering target: Quintuple-elemental Fusion Laws of Nature Fragment. Target substance: Quintuple-elemental Fusion Laws of Nature.”</p><p>The system said coldly, “Ding! Plunder cost: 6 Divinity Crystals. Will you plunder it?”</p><p>“Plunder it!”</p><p>Whoosh!</p><p>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.</p><p>At the same time, a deluge of information flooded Meng Lei’s mind like a movie being played.</p><p>Meng Lei quickly started to comprehend the information.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>“Quickly! The priceless treasure is over there!”</p><p>“Faster! Before others beat us to it!”</p><p>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.</p><p>Each of them emitted a savage, violent aura, just like gigantic humanoid elephants.</p><p>“Where’s the priceless treasure? Where is it?”</p><p>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.</p><p>“Damn it! No matter how much we rushed, someone still beat us to it!”</p><p>“Kill him! Snatch the priceless treasure back! Then leave at once!”</p><p>“Kill!”</p><p>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.</p><p>Hence, the Elephant-Men attacked.</p><p>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.</p><p>Bam, bam, bam!</p><p>Heavy weapons like axes and hammers landed on Meng Lei’s body without any damage done, but it woke up Meng Lei.</p><p>“Ugh! Damn it!”</p><p>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%.</p><p>By then, he would have completely comprehended the quintuple-elemental fusion laws of nature and achieved a Great Perfection-level domain.</p><p>A Great Perfection-level divine body and a Great Perfection-level domain would make Meng Lei a true Great Perfection expert!</p><p>Such a wonderful thing… interrupted as he was woken up.</p><p>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!”</p><p>A raging aura exploded like huge tidal waves. Rumbling sounds echoed as the Elephant-Men who attacked him were thrown away instantly.</p><p>“Ugh!”</p><p>All of them were coughing up blood incessantly as horror peaked among them.</p><p>“W-what a terrifying aura!”</p><p>“Sh*t! We’ve run into the wall this time!”</p><p>“Run! Just run! He’s too powerful!”</p><p>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.</p><p>And so they ran.</p><p>“Escape? Come here!”</p><p>The God’s Domain spread out and imprisoned every Elephant-Man. Meng Lei raised his palm and slapped each of them like flies.</p><p>Crack!</p><p>Crack!</p><p>Crack!</p><p>All the Elephant-Men exploded…</p>

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Chapter 355 - Contest Between Two Sides, Angels And Behemoths

Volume 4

<h1>Chapter 355 - Contest Between Two Sides, Angels And Behemoths</h1><p>Chapter 355: Contest Between Two Sides, Angels and Behemoths</p><p>A commoner’s rage would lead to blood splattering three feet away.</p><p>An emperor’s rage would lead to a flowing river of blood with floating shields.</p><p>Meng Lei’s rage would lead to the heaven fall and the earth rend.</p><p>Crack!</p><p>Crack!</p><p>Crack!</p><p>Each Elephant-Man was smashed into a bloody pulp as over 30 clouds of bloody mist combined for an incredibly bloody scene.</p><p>“A bunch of trash!”</p><p>Meng Lei kept the Elephant-Men’s bodies and separated their divine cores before he destroyed their divine spirits amidst petrified begging sounds.</p><p>“Ding! 1 Giant Elephant-Man killed. 920 million Divinity Crystals gained!”</p><p>“Ding! 1 Giant Elephant-Man killed. 64 million Divinity Crystals gained!”</p><p>“Ding! 1 Giant Elephant-Man killed. 62.5 million Divinity Crystals gained!”</p><p>“Ding…”</p><p>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.</p><p>Meng Lei might be cautious in the past, but he would not think much of them now.</p><p>At present, Meng Lei held his breath in concentration before he continued comprehending the laws of nature flooding into his mind.</p><p>However, like a leaking house caught in an overnight rain, misfortune rarely came singly as another group of uninvited visitors arrived shortly.</p><p>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!</p><p>“Where’s the great treasure?”</p><p>“The phenomenon disappeared too!”</p><p>“He must have taken the treasure!”</p><p>Whoosh!</p><p>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.</p><p>Yet now, the treasure was nowhere to be seen. Meng Lei’s presence here must have meant that he got that treasure.</p><p>“Kid, hand the great treasure, and we can let you live!”</p><p>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.</p><p>However, Meng Lei ignored him as he focused on understanding the quintuple-elemental fusion laws of nature.</p><p>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!”</p><p>“Mm?”</p><p>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!”</p><p>“The Bahamut Behemoth Gods!” A commotion erupted among the angels. “Elder, what do we do now?”</p><p>“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!”</p><p>“Yes, Elder!”</p><p>The other angels replied with an affirmative as they surrounded Meng Lei to—yes—protect him.</p><p>“It’s you!”</p><p>The behemoths of the Bahamut Behemoth Gods arrived shortly. They frowned once they saw the Gabriel Angel Gods.</p><p>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.</p><p>“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?”</p><p>His name was Ludwig Bahamut, an elder of the Bahamut Behemoth Gods in the Thunderbolt Divine Realm, a powerful high-level Primordial Behemoth King!</p><p>“Of course!”</p><p>Rodd Gabriel sneered. “The great treasure is already ours, Ludwig. Why don’t you leave since you came late?”</p><p>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.</p><p><em>But, since we’re here, why should we return empty-handed?</em></p><p>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?”</p><p>“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.</p><p>“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?”</p><p>“What do you want?”</p><p>Rodd Gabriel’s face darkened.</p><p>“Bring out the treasure, and we’ll split evenly!” Ludwig let the cat out of the bag. “How about that?”</p><p>“You really want a fight, do you, Ludwig?” Rodd Gabriel said as rage mounted.</p><p>“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!”</p><p>“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.</p><p>“We’ve not met for so long, and you’ve grown to be aggressive. Fine, I’ll play this game with you today!”</p><p>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!”</p><p>“You’re going too far!” Rodd yelled.</p><p>He prepared to meet Ludwig with his sword. Just as a fierce battle seemed inevitable, Meng Lei opened his eyes suddenly.</p><p>“Are you guys done already?”</p><p>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.</p><p>“Who’s there?”</p><p>Both Ludwig and Rodd stopped at the same time before their battle started, and they looked at Meng Lei with surprised looks.</p><p>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!”</p><p>“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!”</p><p>“Eat me? Aren’t you afraid that you’ll break your teeth?”</p><p>Meng Lei scoffed.</p><p>“You have a death wish!”</p><p>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.</p><p>He then swung his gigantic hairy palm toward Meng Lei’s head. Any ordinary person would have been crushed by it.</p><p>As usual, though, Meng Lei did not attempt to dodge at all as he watched the gigantic palm crashing on his head.</p><p>Bam!</p><p>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.</p><p>“How can this be?!”</p><p>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.</p><p>How was it possible that he could not even move Meng Lei’s head with his strike? What kind of joke was that?</p><p>“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!”</p><p>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.</p><p>“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.</p><p>“The dead don’t have to know!”</p><p>Meng Lei shook his head as he appeared right in front of Ludwig like a specter and poked a finger on Ludwig’s forehead.</p><p>Splurt!</p><p>A bloody hole appeared.</p>

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Chapter 356 - Fusing Them Into One, Time-Based Laws Of Nature

Volume 4

<h1>Chapter 356 - Fusing Them Into One, Time-Based Laws Of Nature</h1><p>Chapter 356: Fusing Them Into One, Time-Based Laws of Nature</p><p>“Noooo!”</p><p>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!</p><p>Just how miserable was that?</p><p>He couldn’t accept it!</p><p>“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.</p><p>A system notification rang out at this point.</p><p>“Ding! 1 Primordial Behemoth King killed. 920 million Divinity Crystals gained.”</p><p>“920 million? Not bad!”</p><p>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!</p><p>It was only after he was done with all that that Meng Lei finally turned to the other Behemoths and Angels.</p><p>“Is there anyone that’s still looking for the great treasure now?” asked Meng Lei aloofly.</p><p>All the Behemoths and Angels had long since been scared witless. They shook their heads vehemently at his question.</p><p>“No, I don’t want it anymore!”</p><p>“We don’t want the treasure anymore! We were blind to have affronted you just now, sir. Please be magnanimous and let us off!”</p><p>“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!”</p><p>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.</p><p>“Noooo!”</p><p>“Spare me, sir!”</p><p>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.</p><p>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!</p><p>“Awesome!”</p><p>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.</p><p>Evidently, the “treasure emergence” phenomenon had also attracted them over.</p><p>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.</p><p>“A lunatic! That guy’s a lunatic!”</p><p>“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!”</p><p>“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?”</p><p>“So bold! So audacious! So perverse! That guy’s no different from a madman!”</p><p>The goddesses had received quite the shock.</p><p>The three major godly clans!</p><p>Those were juggernauts that stood at the pinnacle of Thunderbolt Divine Realm’s pyramid of power and had Chief Gods protecting them!</p><p>Who would dare to offend them?</p><p>Nobody!</p><p>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?</p><p>“Is he really only 25, Diana?”</p><p>…</p><p>Laws of Nature:</p><p>Double-Elemental Fusion: …</p><p>Triple-Elemental Fusion: …</p><p>Quadruple-Elemental Fusion: …</p><p>Quintuple-Elemental Fusion: Thunder-Fire-Wind-Light-Dark (0.1%)</p><p>“System, raise my Thunder-Fire-Wind-Light-Dark quintuple-elemental fusion laws of nature assimilation rate!”</p><p>“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?”</p><p>“In other words, raising it to 100% requires 12 billion Divinity Crystals? Say no more, raise it!”</p><p>Whoosh!</p><p>His wealth decreased by 12 billion Divinity Crystals in an instant.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>“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!”</p><p>“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?”</p><p>“Yes, enhance it!”</p><p>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.</p><p>It doubled, tripled, quadrupled…</p><p>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…</p><p>“Whew~”</p><p>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!”</p><p>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.</p><p>Meng Lei wasn’t disappointed—the five types of laws of nature had fused together perfectly!</p><p>This was a true blue fusion!</p><p>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!</p><p>They had ultimately come together to form an all-new… golden color—or rather, an all-new type of golden laws of nature!</p><p>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.</p><p>“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?</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>“Time-based laws of nature! That’s time-based laws of nature!”</p><p>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…”</p><p>“Is this time-based laws of nature, Dodola?” murmured Meng Lei softly, his agitation barely concealable.</p><p>“The dimensions rule over all, while time is honored above all; when life and death are absent, destruction shall reign!”</p><p>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!”</p><p>“Time-based laws of nature…”</p><p>Meng Lei murmured as he glanced at the stats interface. The Laws of Nature comprehension column had indeed changed.</p><p>Laws of Nature:</p><p>Double-Elemental Fusion: …</p><p>Triple-Elemental Fusion: …</p><p>Quadruple-Elemental Fusion: …</p><p>Quintuple-Elemental Fusion: Thunder-Fire-Wind-Light-Dark (100%)</p><p>Supreme Laws of Nature: Time-Based (0.1%)</p><p>Time-based laws of nature had been added to the stats interface!</p><p>“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!</p><p>A higher Chief God!</p><p>Just the thought alone was enough to make one unable to stop themselves!</p><p>“Ding! Raising time-based laws of nature assimilation rate by 1% would cost 50 trillion Divinity Crystals,” replied the system coldly.</p><p>50 t-trillion?”</p><p>Meng Lei sucked in a breath of chilly air.</p><p>“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%?!”</p><p>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.</p><p>1 trillion = 1,000 billion!</p><p>This meant that 5,000 trillion would be… 5,000,000 billion!</p><p>5,000,0000 billion Divinity Crystals!</p><p>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!</p><p>Buying credit?</p><p>To hell with buying credit!</p><p>He had better just hurry up and make more money instead!</p><p>“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.</p><p>“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!”</p><p>“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!”</p><p>“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!”</p><p>“Revive the God of Time?” asked Meng Lei as he raised an eyebrow.</p><p>“How did you know that?”</p><p>Dodola looked absolutely surprised. It had never brought up the matter to Meng Lei before in the past!</p><p>“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!”</p><p>“Thank you!”</p><p>Dodola said sincerely.</p><p>“You’re standing on ceremony too much.”</p><p>Meng Lei waved.</p><p>“Is it time you deify now, Meng Lei?” asked Dodola all of a sudden.</p><p>“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.”</p><p>“Deify?”</p><p>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.</p><p>“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.”</p><p>“You mean…”</p><p>Dodola’s brows drew together slightly.</p><p>“I’ll deify when I’ve fully mastered time-based laws of nature instead!”</p><p>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?</p><p>Therefore, he’d better put it off a little further. It didn’t affect much anyway.</p><p>“It’s your call!”</p><p>Dodola didn’t persuade him any further. Meng Lei was already stronger than Dodola and had his own views now.</p><p>“It’s time to go out and make some money now!”</p><p>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!”</p><p>He was certainly very poor!</p><p>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!</p><p>“Let’s go!”</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>“Damn it. I was too late!”</p><p>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.</p><p>“Eh? There’s a melee going on over there!”</p><p>Meng Lei teleported over at once, upon which a huge volcano then appeared before his eyes.</p><p>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.</p><p>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!</p><p>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!”</p><p>“No wonder those Divine Netherworld Phoenixes are besieging the Nine-Horned Fire Unicorn. So it’s a fire-elemental divine beast!”</p><p>Meng Lei nodded slightly. However, just as he was about to attack, another group of people charged over.</p><p>“The Fire Phoenix Gods?”</p><p>[1] [Annotation text missing]</p>

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Chapter 357 - An Intense Clash, Thunder-Origin Divine Body

Volume 4

<h1>Chapter 357 - An Intense Clash, Thunder-Origin Divine Body</h1><p>Chapter 357: An Intense Clash, Thunder-Origin Divine Body</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>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!</p><p>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!</p><p>The two parties would undoubtedly come to blows and cause a huge battle to break out the moment they ran into each other.</p><p>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.</p><p>“So it’s that bunch of evil fallen ones!”</p><p>“You hypocritical Fire Phoenixes!”</p><p>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.</p><p>“Tsk, tsk! Those two races have actually bumped into each other!”</p><p>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!”</p><p>A smiling Meng Lei asked, “Which of the two races is stronger, Dodola?”</p><p>“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.”</p><p>Dodola clicked its tongue and concluded, “I reckon it’s likely going to be a lose-lose fight!”</p><p>“Both are powerful divine beasts, after all!”</p><p>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…</p><p>“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!”</p><p>“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!”</p><p>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.</p><p>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!</p><p>“They sure are ruthless!”</p><p>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!</p><p>Dodola laughed and replied, “This is exactly what it’s like whenever those two races run into each other.”</p><p>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!</p><p>“Freeze!” Meng Lei uttered.</p><p>Buzz!</p><p>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.</p><p>“Go!”</p><p>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.</p><p>“Ding! 1 Divine Netherworld Phoenix killed. 67 million Divinity Crystals gained.”</p><p>“Ding! 1 Immortal Fire Phoenix killed. 66.5 million Divinity Crystals gained.”</p><p>“Ding…”</p><p>“And you, too, Eight-Horned Fire Unicorn!”</p><p>Meng Lei didn’t forget about the Eight-Horned Fire Unicorn hiding in the lava lake and also took its life.</p><p>During the next few days, Meng Lei traveled about everywhere and hopped from battle to battle in various Boundless Plane regions.</p><p>Boundless Great Beasts… Kill!</p><p>Visitors from foreign existential planes… Kill!</p><p>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.</p><p>100 billion!</p><p>This was an extremely excessive number!</p><p>Yet relative to the astronomical sum of 5,000 trillion Divinity Crystals, this bit of money was clearly rather inadequate.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>Harvest!</p><p>Harvest!</p><p>Harvest!</p><p>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.</p><p>Although the golden little tree’s growth was very slow, it nevertheless showed visible growth after devouring innumerable powerful dead bodies.</p><p>True enough, it had already grown from the initial two meters to its current height of more than 20 meters!</p><p>This was a tenfold growth!</p><p>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.</p><p>…</p><p>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.</p><p>This was a tribe of Giants, but unfortunately, the tribe had encountered a massacre.</p><p>Dead bodies littered the wilderness. Buildings and houses had collapsed, leaving behind only rubble. Blood was everywhere, and the place was an utter mess.</p><p>“Yet another tribe of Giants has been slaughtered!”</p><p>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.</p><p>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…</p><p>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.</p><p>“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.”</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>“H-help!”</p><p>Just as Meng Lei was about to collect the dead bodies, he suddenly heard a weak cry for help.</p><p>He hurriedly looked toward where the voice had come from and detected a weak life force underneath a pile of straw.</p><p>“A survivor?”</p><p>Meng Lei was rather astonished. The straw was reduced to dust with a casual wave from him, revealing a small Giant underneath.</p><p>The term “small” was only in relation to adult Giants because he was actually over two-meters-tall.</p><p>He was a Giant child!</p><p>Or rather… A toddler!</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>“That’s—”</p><p>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.</p><p>“O God of Time above! This, this, this… This is a thunder-origin divine body!”</p><p>“So it really is a thunder-origin divine body!”</p><p>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!</p><p>At once, Dodola suggested, “Meng Lei, that child is definitely a genius. Quick, save him!”</p><p>“Alright!”</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>“D-don’t kill me! Sob…”</p><p>Badly frightened, an incredibly fearful and horror-stricken look appeared in the child’s eyes, and he sobbed and whimpered.</p><p>“Don’t be scared, little boy. Uncle here isn’t a bad person!”</p><p>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…”</p>

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Chapter 358 - A Monarch'S Treasure, Congregation Of Experts

Volume 4

<h1>Chapter 358 - A Monarch'S Treasure, Congregation Of Experts</h1><p>Chapter 358: A Monarch’s Treasure, Congregation Of Experts</p><p>Faint clouds hang high in the sky, southbound geese yonder fly—autumn.</p><p>Two figures—a big one and a small one—raced across the boundless plain in low altitude before they finally arrived above a tribe.</p><p>It was a large tribe with tall structures, occupying vast land, which contained countless herded Boundless Great Beasts and dried meat being hung around.</p><p>It was a rare tribe in the Boundless Plane, where resources were aplenty while buildings were magnificent.</p><p>Tragically, like other tribes, dead bodies littered the wilderness while most buildings had collapsed. It was evident that it had gone through a massacre.</p><p>“These damn devils!”</p><p>A giant gnashed his teeth as hatred was written all over his tender face. He was the giant child Meng Lei just saved—Samo.</p><p>A cute name indeed.</p><p>“Men or women, old or young were all slaughtered mercilessly. This is tantamount to the devil’s descent!” Meng Lei had great emotions.</p><p>“Uncle, can you help me take revenge?”</p><p>Samo looked at Meng Lei with hopeful looks in his eyes.</p><p>“Revenge?”</p><p>Meng Lei raised an eyebrow before saying righteously, “I have descended upon the Boundless Plane to destroy these extraterrestrial demons and save your world!”</p><p>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.</p><p>“Thank you, Uncle! You’re such a nice person!” Samo said gratefully.</p><p>“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!”</p><p>“Yes!”</p><p>Meng Lei kept the bodies with a wave of hands and continued his journey with Samo.</p><p>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.</p><p>A bunch of Colossal Dragons had descended upon this tribe, carrying out their inhumane massacre.</p><p>These Dark Demonic Dragons—other than one high-level Great Demon God—were all mid-level Great Demon Gods.</p><p>They were spitting black flames to burn the tall structures, massacring the Boundless Giants.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>“Uncle!”</p><p>Samo looked at Meng Lei and begged.</p><p>Meng Lei took a step into the skies above the tribe, with his voice thundering across the place.</p><p>“You damned extraterrestrial demons, how dare you kill the innocent and slaughter the weak!”</p><p>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.</p><p>“Where did this worm come from to be a busybody? Die!”</p><p>A Dark Demonic Dragon roared and sprayed out a black dragon breath.</p><p>“Be careful, Uncle!”</p><p>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.</p><p>A drop of that would burn and corrode Samo into nothing in which not even the bones would remain.</p><p>“Hah!”</p><p>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.</p><p>Boom!</p><p>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.</p><p>“Yay! Uncle is so mighty and powerful!” Samo shouted in great excitement.</p><p>“No! Bartulu!!”</p><p>“He killed Bartulu!”</p><p>“Die!”</p><p>Meng Lei’s action opened Pandora’s box as he enraged the rest of the Dark Demonic Dragons.</p><p>They bellowed and roared as they charged at Meng Lei, trying to tear him into pieces.</p><p>“You all have overestimated yourselves!”</p><p>With a wave of the hand, thousands of spears shot out and flooded more than 30 Dark Demonic Dragons, turning them into swiss cheese.</p><p>“Ding! 1 Dark Demonic Dragon killed. 61 million Divinity Crystals gained!”</p><p>“Ding! 1 Dark Demonic Dragon killed. 63 million Divinity Crystals gained!”</p><p>“Ding…”</p><p>“S-so powerful!”</p><p>Samo widened his eyes in disbelief—the ability to wipe out over 30 powerful extraterrestrial demons. How powerful was that?</p><p>“Uncle, you’re so incredible!”</p><p>Samo’s eyes were brimming with idolization.</p><p>“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!”</p><p>“Yeap!”</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>In Pico’s eyes, Meng Lei was an enemy much more terrifying than the Dark Demonic Dragons!</p><p>“Don’t be nervous. I’m not here to hurt you.” Meng Lei signaled for them to calm down.</p><p>“Hey, Mister, this uncle is here to help protect us!</p><p>“It was he who saved me and killed every extraterrestrial demon along the way to save us Boundless Giants! Uncle is a good person!”</p><p>“Good person?” Pico was taken aback for a moment as he looked at Samo with a puzzled look. “You’re a Boundless Giant!”</p><p>“Yeap!”</p><p>Samo nodded.</p><p>“Kid, he fooled you!”</p><p>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!”</p><p>“Fool you?” Meng Lei scoffed. “Why do you think I need to lie to all of you?”</p><p>“Hmph! Who doesn’t know that all of you demons will do anything for the Monarch’s treasure?”</p><p>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!”</p><p>“Monarch’s treasure?” Meng Lei perked up. “What’s the Monarch’s treasure?”</p><p>“Stop acting!” Pico said coldly, “You thought I’d tell you where it’s hidden just like that? You can stop daydreaming!”</p><p>“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?”</p><p>Samo took a glance at Pico and shook his head. “Uncle, I’m leaving with you!”</p><p>Although Pico and the rest were all Boundless Giants, he did not know any of them. Hence, he would prefer to follow Meng Lei.</p><p>“Let’s go then.”</p><p>Meng Lei smiled in satisfaction and disappeared from this tribe along with Samo.</p><p>“…”</p><p>…</p><p>“Samo, what’s the Monarch’s treasure?” Meng Lei asked on the way.</p><p>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!”</p><p>“Then do you know where it’s hidden?” Meng Lei asked casually.</p><p>“I don’t know,” answered Samo as he shook his head.</p><p>“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!”</p><p>“Great Prophet?”</p><p>Meng Lei was puzzled.</p><p>“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!”</p><p>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!”</p><p>“I see.”</p><p>After half an hour, they arrived in another tribe. Still, Meng Lei and Samo were a step too late.</p><p>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.</p><p>Onward…</p><p>Kill…</p><p>Onward…</p><p>Kill…</p><p>Of course, Meng Lei did not travel forward blindly as he moved in the direction of the center of the continent.</p><p>After some devious questioning around the continent, he already had the rough idea that the Monarch Mountain was in the middle of the continent.</p><p>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!</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>In summary: it was thin and high.</p><p>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.</p><p>At the moment, two sides were in a standoff.</p><p>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.</p><p>Opposite them were experts from other existential planes—Colossal Dragons, Angels, Giant Elephants, Behemoths, Immortal Fire Phoenixes, Frost Gods…</p><p>Divine Netherworld Phoenixes, Fallen Angels, Abyss Demons, Purgatory Kings, Dark Demonic Dragons, Hell Dragon Gods, Necromancers, Fire Demons, Dead Souls, the Undead…</p><p>The sheer numbers were no less than a million.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>“This massive formation is unprecedented!” Dodola commented. “Meng Lei, have you seen so many experts on the same stage?”</p><p>“Not really!”</p><p>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.</p><p>What about the Monarch’s Treasure?</p><p>In Meng Lei’s eyes, a million experts in front of him were the richest treasure.</p><p>Just think about it!</p><p>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…</p><p>1,000,000 of them would be 6,000 billion, which was… 6 trillion.</p><p>6 trillion Divinity Crystals!</p><p>That was already a lot.</p><p>“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…”</p>

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Chapter 359 - The King'S Providence, The Heart Of The Existential Plane

Volume 4

<h1>Chapter 359 - The King'S Providence, The Heart Of The Existential Plane</h1><p>Chapter 359: The King’s Providence, The Heart of The Existential Plane</p><p>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.</p><p>And, of course, the Monarch’s treasure, too. They were determined to get their hands on it!</p><p>As for the innumerable Boundless Giants guarding Monarch Mountain, they didn’t think much of them at all.</p><p>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.</p><p>“You foolish giants!”</p><p>“If you know what’s good for you, then get the Great Prophet out here at once!”</p><p>“Otherwise, we don’t mind filling this place with blood!”</p><p>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.</p><p>“Those evil extraterrestrial demons! They are too much! I’m going to fight it out with them!”</p><p>“That’s right! Fight it out with them!”</p><p>“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?”</p><p>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.</p><p>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!</p><p>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!</p><p>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!</p><p>What… were they supposed to do this time?</p><p>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!</p><p>Show even a moment of carelessness, and they, the Boundless Giants, would completely become history itself!</p><p><em>O Great Prophet, I beg you, please give me a sign!</em> Olio cried inwardly.</p><p>“Is the Great Prophet coming out or not?”</p><p>“If he’s not coming out, then we’re going to charge in there!”</p><p>“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!”</p><p>“Attack!”</p><p>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.</p><p>“Damn it!”</p><p>“They’re coming!”</p><p>“We’ll protect the Great Prophet even if we must die!”</p><p>“Fight to the death and protect Monarch Mountain!”</p><p>Boom!</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>Boom!</p><p>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…</p><p>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!</p><p>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.</p><p>“Save them, Uncle!”</p><p>Anxiety and worry surfaced in Samo’s eyes. He turned to Meng Lei with a pleading look, hoping that he would render his assistance.</p><p>“Don’t worry. Uncle will definitely do something about it.”</p><p>Meng Lei gestured at Samo to calm down. Then, he said with a smile, “Before that, though, Uncle’s gonna bring you somewhere first.”</p><p>“Where are we going?”</p><p>A puzzled look came over Samo’s face, and then he realized that he had already arrived somewhere new.</p><p>“This is… The peak of Monarch Mountain?”</p><p>Samo was stunned.</p><p>“Yes, we’re at the peak.”</p><p>Meng Lei nodded lightly.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>“The Monarch Shrine!” Samo exclaimed in a low voice.</p><p>He was incredibly excited, as though he had just seen something that existed only in legends.</p><p>“Let’s go in and take a look.”</p><p>Meng Lei gave him a smile and walked toward the Monarch Shrine while Samo hurriedly followed after him.</p><p>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.</p><p>“You’ve come?”</p><p>“Uh…”</p><p>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.</p><p>Clad in beast hide, the Giant held a gigantic axe.</p><p>His eyes were sharp and his countenance stern and awe-inspiring.</p><p>Meng Lei had never seen the Boundless King, but he could guess that that must be a statue of the Boundless King himself.</p><p>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.</p><p>Short and small and as skinny as a stick, he was vastly different from the big, tall, strong, and muscular Boundless Giants.</p><p>“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.</p><p>“Are you the Great Prophet?”</p><p>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?”</p><p>“Cough, cough!”</p><p>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!”</p><p>“Why is your explanation confusing me more and more, Great Prophet?” Meng Lei picked his ears and asked, “Can you be a little clearer?”</p><p>“Haha, you’ll understand right away!”</p><p>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.</p><p>Crack!</p><p>The floor in front of the statue suddenly cracked and revealed a magic circle.</p><p>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.</p><p>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!”</p><p>Meng Lei asked with a frown, “Where exactly does this teleportation magic circle lead to, Great Prophet?”</p><p>“The place where you wish to go!”</p><p>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.</p><p>“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.”</p><p>“I’ll go! There’s nothing much to really think about.”</p><p>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!”</p><p>Meng Lei then said to Samo, “Stay here and wait for me to return, Samo. I’ll be back in a jiffy!”</p><p>“‘kay, Uncle!”</p><p>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.</p><p>Whoosh!</p><p>The world spun for a while, and then, Meng Lei arrived somewhere else.</p><p>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…</p><p>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!</p><p>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.</p><p>“The Heart of The Existential Plane!”</p><p>Meng Lei recognized the crystal at first glance.</p><p>“You’re here.”</p><p>It was right at this moment that a deep and boorish-sounding voice abruptly rang out beside his ear.</p>

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Chapter 360 - Reviving The King, Greetings, My Master

Volume 4

<h1>Chapter 360 - Reviving The King, Greetings, My Master</h1><p>Chapter 360: Reviving The King, Greetings, My Master</p><p>“You’re here.”</p><p>A boorish voice abruptly rang out.</p><p>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.</p><p>“The Boundless King!” A huge jolt went through Meng Lei, who couldn’t help but exclaim, “You’re still alive?!”</p><p>“No, he’s dead! Take a closer look—the one in front of you right now is just a fragment of his divine spirit.”</p><p>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.”</p><p>“That’s true!”</p><p>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.</p><p>However, the Boundless King was the only exception. After all, that was a computer bug-like existence!</p><p>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.”</p><p>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!”</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.”</p><p>“Why?”</p><p>Meng Lei was puzzled.</p><p>“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.”</p><p>The Boundless King smiled disdainfully and said, “That is but just mere Great Perfection. I’m above doing something like that!”</p><p>His words, however, puzzled Meng Lei all the more. The Boundless King had been a great Juggernaut-class existence before he had died.</p><p>Juggernaut?</p><p>What was a Juggernaut?</p><p>A Chief God that had 100% comprehended a type of supreme laws of nature… That was what a Juggernaut was!</p><p>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?</p><p>He shouldn’t have any problem returning to his peak.</p><p>“Meng Lei, the rumors say that the Boundless King didn’t cultivate laws of nature but just his body.”</p><p>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!”</p><p>“A Juggernaut-level body? No wonder!”</p><p>A huge jolt went through Meng Lei as realization dawned upon him.</p><p>“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!”</p><p>The Boundless King sighed.</p><p>“I see.”</p><p>Meng Lei let out a small sigh, too.</p><p>“But I’ve seen hope now!”</p><p>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!”</p><p>Meng Lei perked up.</p><p>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?”</p><p>“Yes!”</p><p>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.</p><p>“Can you let me feel it?”</p><p>The Boundless King had a fervent look on his countenance.</p><p>Meng Lei nodded slightly. Then, he reached his arm out, pointed at the Boundless King, and commanded, “Freeze!”</p><p>Buzz!</p><p>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.</p><p>Whoosh!</p><p>The Boundless King became still, as did the air around him.</p><p>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!</p><p>A brief moment later, Meng Lei dismissed the time-based laws of nature, and time within those 100 meters began to flow once more.</p><p>“The stopping of time!”</p><p>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!”</p><p>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.</p><p>“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!”</p><p>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!”</p><p>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!”</p><p>“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.</p><p>Meng Lei rolled his eyes.</p><p>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.”</p><p>The Boundless King turned to Meng Lei and asked, “Little fellow, are you willing to revive me?”</p><p>“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.</p><p>“I understand, naturally.”</p><p>The Boundless King nodded lightly.</p><p>“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!”</p><p>“Hahaha, of course!”</p><p>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!”</p><p>Light flashed across Meng Lei’s eyes.</p><p>“Although I’ve already perished, I still have the riches that I saved up when I was still alive.”</p><p>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!”</p><p><em>All the wealth that he saved up in his whole lifetime!</em></p><p>Meng Lei’s eyes lit up brightly, and he swore the divine oath without hesitation.</p><p>“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…”</p><p>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…</p><p>“Great!”</p><p>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.</p><p>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!</p><p>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!</p><p>“Dammit, why do I feel like I’ve been had?”</p><p>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…</p><p>“It’s up to you now, little fellow!” The Boundless King was full of anticipation. “If you succeed, we’ll naturally meet again!</p><p>“Oh, and by the way, do help those descendants of mine out a little if you can. Thanks!”</p><p>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.</p><p>The Boundless King… had fully departed this time!</p><p>“He’s gone?”</p><p>Dodola appeared out of nowhere.</p><p>“Yeah, let’s go.”</p><p>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.</p><p>“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.”</p><p>“He’s the Boundless King, y’know!” Meng Lei sighed emotionally. Then, he said, “It’s time to go, Dodola.”</p><p>“Go? Aren’t you going to refine the Heart of The Existential Plane?” asked a puzzled Dodola.</p><p>“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.”</p><p>“That’s true.”</p><p>Dodola said no more.</p><p>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.</p><p>“You’re out?”</p><p>The Great Prophet looked at Meng Lei and asked agitatedly, “Have you met the great Lord Juggernaut?”</p><p>“Yes, I have.”</p><p>Meng Lei nodded lightly.</p><p>“Greetings, my new master!”</p><p>The Great Prophet dropped onto his knees with a thud and prostrated before Meng Lei with a face full of piousness.</p><p>“Your new master?” Master raised an eyebrow. “Why do you address me so?”</p><p>“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!”</p><p>“I see.”</p><p>Meng Lei waved and said, “Rise!”</p><p>“Thank you, Master!”</p><p>The Great Prophet rose to his feet respectfully.</p><p>“How’s the situation outside?” asked Meng Lei dispassionately.</p><p>“My clan’s children have nearly died out.”</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>“Let’s go. We’ll go out and take a look.”</p><p>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?</p><p><em>That old coot!</em></p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>“The losses sure are great…”</p><p>Meng Lei shook his head lightly. Then, he said dispassionately, “That’s enough.”</p><p>Boom!</p><p>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.</p><p>“Who’s he?”</p><p>“Great Prophet?”</p><p>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?</p><p>“Who’s that guy?”</p><p>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?”</p><p>“Olio, don’t you show any disrespect now!” The Great Prophet barked, “This is our, the Boundless Giants’, new master!”</p><p>“Our new master?” Olio was stunned. “What do you mean by that, Great Prophet?”</p><p>“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!”</p><p>The Great Prophet’s countenance darkened, and he barked, “Hurry and pay your respects to our new master!”</p><p>“Greetings, my new master!”</p><p>Even though Olio’s head was reeling from the news, he didn’t dare to question the Great Prophet and hastily bowed in greeting.</p><p>“Greetings, my new master!”</p><p>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?</p><p>“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.”</p><p>“Yes, Master!”</p><p>“Master?”</p>

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Chapter 361 - Smashed In A Strike, One Man Army

Volume 4

<h1>Chapter 361 - Smashed In A Strike, One Man Army</h1><p>Chapter 361: Smashed In A Strike, One Man Army</p><p>“Master?”</p><p>As they witnessed this sudden event, the experts from each existential plane were bewildered—since when the Boundless Giants had a master?</p><p>Wait!</p><p>What did that old man say?</p><p>‘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!’</p><p>“Perhaps…”</p><p>A jolt went through the foreign existential planes’ experts as they looked at Meng Lei together.</p><p>“He met the Boundless King?”</p><p>“The Boundless King is still alive?”</p><p>“Damn it! The Boundless King is still alive!”</p><p>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!</p><p>“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!”</p><p>“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!”</p><p>“That makes sense…”</p><p>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?”</p><p>“Yes, he must know where the Monarch’s treasure is hidden!”</p><p>“The Monarch’s treasure…”</p><p>Their eyes were now gleaming with hunger, like starving wolves staring at Meng Lei greedily.</p><p>“Little fellow, you must know where the Monarch’s treasure is hidden, right?”</p><p>An eight-winged angel threatened, “You better spit it out now! Or else, I’ll torture you with the cruelest methods ever known!”</p><p>“Yeah! Tell us the hidden location, and we’ll be merciful to spare your life! Otherwise, don’t blame us for being ruthless!”</p><p>“A bunch of fools! Why waste time talking when we can kill him straightaway and search his soul’s memory?”</p><p>Search his soul?</p><p>“He’s mine! Don’t any of you dare fight me for it!”</p><p>Just as everyone was arguing, a black figure flashed across the crowd and shot toward Meng Lei at top speed.</p><p>“Damn it!”</p><p>“Despicable Dark Demonic Dragon!”</p><p>The experts were fuming, but they made no further delay as they joined in to charge at Meng Lei.</p><p>“Protect our Master!” the Great Prophet commanded.</p><p>“Yes! Great Prophet!”</p><p>Olio and the remaining Boundless Giants rushed in front of Meng Lei, prepared to fight the incoming enemies.</p><p>“All of you stand down.”</p><p>Meng Lei waved the giants off.</p><p>“But, Master—”</p><p>“Stand down!”</p><p>Meng Lei brooked no refusal.</p><p>“Yes, Master!”</p><p>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.</p><p>“You’re mine, kid!”</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p><em>The Monarch’s treasure is mine. No one shall snatch it away from me!</em> The Dark Demonic Dragon exclaimed in its mind.</p><p>It was getting nearer and nearer!</p><p>50 meters, 30 meters, 10 meters…</p><p>“Come here! Kid!”</p><p>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!”</p><p>“Greedy fellow! That’s too despicable!”</p><p>“Quickly! Stop that dragon!”</p><p>“Damn! It’s too late!”</p><p>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.</p><p>The countless experts could only watch helplessly as it was about to devour Meng Lei.</p><p>However, just as everyone thought Meng Lei was about to be swallowed, something unbelievable happened the next moment.</p><p>A gigantic hammer appeared in Meng Lei’s hands, and he swung it up ferociously, smashing the Dark Demonic Dragon.</p><p>Bam!</p><p>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.</p><p>The confident Dark Demonic Dragon the moment before was now dead.</p><p>“Ah!”</p><p>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.</p><p>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!</p><p>If such an expert was smashed in the head easily with a hammer, how powerful was Meng Lei?</p><p>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.</p><p>They had to be careful now.</p><p>“So our new master possesses such capabilities?”</p><p>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.</p><p>“Who else?”</p><p>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.</p><p>They did not reply as they were all astounded, and nobody dared to make a move.</p><p>“Everyone! No matter how strong he is, he is just one person. While there are so many of us!”</p><p>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!”</p><p>“That’s right! Once we charge together, he’ll be no match against us!”</p><p>“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?”</p><p>“We better make use of this great opportunity! If we miss this, we’ll have to wait another 30,000 years!”</p><p>“Kill!”</p><p>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.</p><p>“Protect our Master!” the Great Prophet bellowed immediately.</p><p>“Stay back!” Meng Lei said indifferently, “Don’t ruin the show.”</p><p>As he spoke, Meng Lei switched the hammer for the Grim Reaper Scythe before he charged out.</p><p>Since there were too many enemies, he did not need to aim his strikes at all.</p><p>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!</p><p>Splurt!</p><p>Splurt!</p><p>Splurt!</p><p>Blood sprayed across as heads flew around.</p><p>Experts were getting killed constantly.</p><p>“Damn it!”</p><p>“He’s too fast!”</p><p>“We can’t even touch him!”</p><p>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.</p><p>“God’s Domain! Use God’s Domain to restrain him!” yelled someone.</p><p>“Yes, yes! God’s Domain!”</p><p>Buzz!</p><p>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.</p><p>The problem was… how could so many domains stack up together perfectly?</p><p>As such, a tragedy followed.</p><p>It was not Meng Lei who got imprisoned. Instead, it was the experts who got trapped by their own temporary allies!</p><p>“Sh*t! I can’t move!”</p><p>“Me neither!”</p><p>“Bastard! Whose God’s Domain is this…”</p><p>“Haha! You all went for wool and came back shorn!”</p><p>Meng Lei almost died in laughter. He would surely not miss out on this perfect opportunity. And so, a bloody massacring feast ensued.</p><p>Splurt!</p><p>Splurt!</p><p>“Idiots! Remove your goddamn domains!”</p><p>[1] [Annotation text missing]</p><p>[2] [Annotation text missing]</p>

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Chapter 362 - Primordial Human, Packed Up For Enhancement

Volume 4

<h1>Chapter 362 - Primordial Human, Packed Up For Enhancement</h1><p>Chapter 362: Primordial Human, Packed Up For Enhancement</p><p>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.</p><p>The result was disastrous.</p><p>Before Meng Lei could attack them, the experts imprisoned each other, and they could barely move. It was utterly miserable!</p><p>“Kill!”</p><p>Meng Lei would not let this chance slide pass, so he started a one-sided massacre with heads flying around in the air.</p><p>“Remove your God’s Domains, you bastards!”</p><p>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.</p><p>After regaining mobility, the experts charged at Meng Lei furiously, trying to vent out all their rage on him.</p><p>“Damn it!”</p><p>“Kill him!”</p><p>“Kill this bastard!”</p><p>“The Monarch’s treasure is ours!”</p><p>“You’re still thinking of the treasure?” Meng Lei could not hide his smile as he uttered, “Time Freeze!”</p><p>Buzz!</p><p>A strange aura of time spread out with Meng Lei as the center, covering the entire battlefield. Time had frozen within this area.</p><p>The experts froze.</p><p>The dropping bodies and splattering blood froze.</p><p>The broken void and its energy waves froze.</p><p>It was as if a pause button was pressed, and everything went still.</p><p>“That’s—”</p><p>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.</p><p>“To imprison the entire void and a million experts, how could his God’s Domain be that strong?”</p><p>“No, this isn’t God’s Domain!”</p><p>“Not God’s Domain? Then what is it?”</p><p>“No idea, but it’s definitely not God’s Domain!”</p><p>“Your fates were sealed from the very start!”</p><p>Meng Lei lifted his right hand. He could have used mass destructive skills to wipe out everyone, but he did not do so.</p><p>Meng Lei just wanted to kill everyone slash by slash, strike by strike. He enjoyed the feeling of being in absolute control!</p><p>Spurt!</p><p>Spurt!</p><p>Spurt!</p><p>Heads flew upwards one by one, and blood sprayed all across the field.</p><p>Those watching the battle could only tremble in deep fear as they witnessed Meng Lei’s massacre.</p><p>Other than Meng Lei, the only one excited was none other than Dodola as it laughed and cried.</p><p>“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…”</p><p>A minute passed.</p><p>The massacre continued.</p><p>Ten minutes passed.</p><p>It was still the same.</p><p>Half an hour had passed.</p><p>Meng Lei finally stopped.</p><p>A million experts perished, becoming headless bodies.</p><p>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.</p><p>The only fortunate thing was that these experts did not suffer any pain or fear at their life’s final moment and died quietly.</p><p>When time froze, their minds were in a paused state. Hence, their deaths were painless.</p><p>“Collect!”</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>After doing all these, Meng Lei returned to the mountaintop.</p><p>“Greetings, Master!”</p><p>The Great Prophet and the rest bowed hurriedly once they saw Meng Lei. Their eyes were brimming with awe.</p><p>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!</p><p>“Stay on guard outside. I’ll be refining the Heart of The Existential Plane of the Boundless Plane.”</p><p>“Yes, Master!”</p><p>The Great Prophet and the rest of the giants answered affirmatively and surrounded the Monarch Shrine tightly, surveying the remaining foreign demons vigilantly.</p><p>The Fairy Goddess and the other goddesses were the only other experts left.</p><p>“W-what do we do now?” a goddess asked in a trembling voice.</p><p>“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!”</p><p>“Indeed! Leave as soon as possible!”</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>“Sister Ukana and all, thank you so much. If it weren’t for your earlier advice, we would have died by now!”</p><p>“We’re lucky to have Ukana and all today…”</p><p>The other existential planes’ goddesses looked at the Lava Goddess and Fairy Goddess with eyes full of gratefulness.</p><p>“Everyone’s from the Nature Gods. We wouldn’t watch you all die in front of us!”</p><p>The Lava Goddess looked at the Monarch Shrine and sighed. “Well, this guy is just incredible with such a level of power!”</p><p>“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…”</p><p>The goddesses’ expressions were hard to read.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>The day that the dimensional gate would reopen 20 years later would be the day of revenge.</p><p>“Sigh, take care!”</p><p>…</p><p>“Ding! 1 Eight-Winged Fallen Angel killed. 61 million Divinity Crystals gained!”</p><p>“Ding! 1 Golden Behemoth killed. 920 million Divinity Crystals gained!”</p><p>“Ding! 1 Cerberus killed. 60.5 million Divinity Crystals gained!”</p><p>“Ding…”</p><p>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…</p><p>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!</p><p>Host: Meng Lei</p><p>Wealth: 64 trillion Divinity Crystals</p><p>“That’s how you make a fortune! It is always the fastest way to earn Divinity Crystals!”</p><p>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.</p><p>After a round of looting, Meng Lei earned another 6 trillion Divinity Crystals, which added up to a staggering 70 trillion Divinity Crystals.</p><p>“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!”</p><p>“System, raise my Primordial Human bloodline assimilation rate!” Meng Lei gave his first command.</p><p>“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.</p><p>“Raise it to 100%!”</p><p>Meng Lei did not hesitate at all.</p><p>Whoosh!</p><p>His wealth decreased by 6,4 billion Divinity Crystals in an instant.</p><p>6,4 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.</p><p>Boom!</p><p>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.</p><p>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…</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>And the muscles!</p><p>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.</p><p>“My Primordial Human bloodline is now fully awakened!” Meng Lei lets out a sigh. “Now I should be a complete Primordial Human, right?”</p><p>“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!”</p><p>“Handsome?”</p><p>Meng Lei waved casually to form an ice mirror. Looking at the person in the mirror, he finally understood what Dodola meant.</p><p>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].</p><p>“If I returned to Earth now, I would mesmerize so many fangirls with this face!”</p><p>Meng Lei marveled as he gave his next order. “System, enhance the Gods-Slaying Rat bloodline!”</p><p>“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.</p><p>“Will you enhance it?”</p><p>“Yes, enhance it!”</p><p>Boom!</p><p>“System, enhance the Divine Netherworld Phoenix bloodline!”</p><p>“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.</p><p>“Will you enhance it?”</p><p>“Yes, enhance it!”</p><p>Boom!</p><p>“System, enhance the Hundred-Armed Giant bloodline!”</p><p>“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.</p><p>“Will you enhance it?”</p><p>“Yes, enhance it!”</p><p>Boom!</p><p>“System, enhance the Grim Reaper bloodline!”</p><p>“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.</p><p>“Will you enhance it?”</p><p>“Yes, enhance it!”</p><p>Boom!</p><p>“System, enhance the Frost Gods bloodline!”</p><p>“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.</p><p>“Will you enhance it?”</p><p>“Yes, enhance it!”</p><p>Boom!</p><p>[1] [Annotation text missing]</p>

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Chapter 363 - A Chief God'S Mighty Aura, A Powerful Enemy Attacks

Volume 4

<h1>Chapter 363 - A Chief God'S Mighty Aura, A Powerful Enemy Attacks</h1><p>Chapter 363: A Chief God’s Mighty Aura, A Powerful Enemy Attacks</p><p>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.</p><p>He didn’t know concretely what kind of standard it had reached, but… it really was very powerful!</p><p>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.</p><p>“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?”</p><p>The Primordial Gods-Slaying Rat bloodline!</p><p>The Netherworld Ancestral Phoenix bloodline!</p><p>The Hundred-Armed Giant King bloodline!</p><p>The Ancient Tree of Life bloodline!</p><p>The Frost King bloodline!</p><p>The Grim Reaper King bloodline!</p><p>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!</p><p>“System, how many Divinity Crystals does it cost to enhance my divine body?”</p><p>Meng Lei wanted to know how strong his divine body currently was. Asking the system was the simplest way to find out.</p><p>“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.</p><p>“Will you enhance it?”</p><p>“A mid-level Ancient God? Tsk, tsk. That’s a lesser Chief God-level divine body!”</p><p>Meng Lei let out a long breath of air. “Calm down, calm down! This is to be expected!”</p><p>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%.</p><p>By this point, his divine body was already comparable to a Great Perfection deity’s—in other words, a low-level Ancient God’s!</p><p>He had then also assimilated the thunder-origin divine body and boosted it to Great Mastery-level, thereby strengthening his divine body even further.</p><p>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.</p><p>Thus, it was completely understandable that his divine body had reached the mid-level Ancient God stage after the series of enhancements!</p><p>“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!”</p><p>(Note: Mid-level Ancient God = Lesser Chief God)</p><p>“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!”</p><p>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?”</p><p>“System, enhance my divine spirit!”</p><p>“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.”</p><p>The system asked coldly, “Will you enhance it?”</p><p>“Yes, enhance it!”</p><p>Whoosh!</p><p>As his Wealth decreased by 12 billion Divinity Crystals, his divine spirit also reached Great Perfection-level as desired.</p><p>It wasn’t over yet, though!</p><p>Meng Lei glanced at his Wealth value of 70 trillion Divinity Crystals and gave the order for enhancement again.</p><p>“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.”</p><p>The system asked coldly, “Will you enhance it?”</p><p>“Yes, enhance it!”</p><p>Whoosh!</p><p>His Wealth went down by 1 trillion Divinity Crystals again.</p><p>Boom!</p><p>After a long while…</p><p>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.</p><p>Boom!</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>“A… A Chief God!”</p><p>“That’s Chief God-level divine spirit force!”</p><p>“Has he actually broken through to the Chief God stage?”</p><p>“A Chief God? What kind of joke is that? How can he possibly have a Chief God divine core?”</p><p>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?</p><p>Yet, these were true blue Chief God-level divine power energy waves!</p><p>So, here came the problem—how exactly did Meng Lei manage to achieve that?</p><p>Horrified!</p><p>Perplexed!</p><p>Disbelieving!</p><p>Inconceivable!</p><p>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.</p><p>“Congrats, Meng Lei!”</p><p>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!”</p><p>“You’ve finally said it!” A beaming Meng Lei said, “It sure wasn’t easy to gain your approval!”</p><p>“Work hard, Meng Lei!” An encouraging Dodola said, “You’ll definitely stand at the pinnacle of the world someday!”</p><p>“Haha, I hope your wishes come true!”</p><p>Meng Lei then broke into a smile and said, “It’s time to refine the Boundless Plane’s Heart of The Existential Plane.”</p><p>“Yeah!”</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>Time passed rapidly during the refinement process. Before he knew it, 20 years had passed.</p><p>…</p><p>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.</p><p>“I’m finally leaving this goddamn place!”</p><p>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!”</p><p>“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.</p><p>“I swear I’ll never step into the Boundless Plane ever again…”</p><p>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.</p><p>“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.</p><p>“It’s… nothing.”</p><p>The Fairy Goddess mustered a smile.</p><p>“Are you worried about that guy?” asked the Lava Goddess with a frown.</p><p>“N-no!”</p><p>The Fairy Goddess hastily shook her head.</p><p>“Don’t bother hiding it. You’re not good at lying.”</p><p>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!</p><p>“Sigh, he can only count on his luck now.”</p><p>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…”</p><p>“Bring him into the Goddess System? I think you’d better just forget about it.”</p><p>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.”</p><p>“That’s true…”</p><p>The Fairy Goddess let out a soft sigh.</p><p>“It’s open!”</p><p>“The dimensional gate is opening!”</p><p>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.</p><p>“I can finally leave this goddamn place!”</p><p>“C’mon, let’s hurry and leave. I don’t want to stay here for even a moment longer!”</p><p>“Let’s go, Diana,” said the smiling Lava Goddess.</p><p>“Yeah!”</p><p>The Fairy Goddess nodded slightly. After casting a glance in the Monarch Mountain direction, she got ready to enter the dimensional gate.</p><p>Unexpectedly, right at that moment…</p><p>Whoosh!</p><p>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.</p><p>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…”</p>

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Chapter 364 - Six Great Perfection Deities, The Moon Goddess

Volume 4

<h1>Chapter 364 - Six Great Perfection Deities, The Moon Goddess</h1><p>Chapter 364: Six Great Perfection Deities, The Moon Goddess</p><p>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.</p><p>“A Great Perfection deity!”</p><p>“That’s a Great Perfection deity!”</p><p>At that moment, another terrifying figure rushed out of the dimensional gate and appeared in the air.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>Every one of them gave off vast, majestic divine power, their powerful auras reaching far beyond the clouds.</p><p>“O Nature Goddess above!”</p><p>“S-so many Great Perfection deities!”</p><p>“There are as many as six Great Perfection deities there!”</p><p>“How incredible!”</p><p>“How unbelievable!”</p><p>“How inconceivable!”</p><p>The goddesses were horror-stricken.</p><p>What kind of existence were Great Perfection deities?</p><p>They were supreme existences second only to Chief Gods in the vast universe! They possessed unrivaled strength and exalted social statuses unmatched by others.</p><p>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!</p><p>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!</p><p>“He’s doomed!”</p><p>“That guy’s doomed for sure!”</p><p>“Those six Great Perfection deities are going to rip him into shreds and thoroughly kill him!”</p><p>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.</p><p>“Ebenezer, Adolphus, Burnside! You’re here!”</p><p>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.</p><p>“Yeah!”</p><p>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?”</p><p>“Y-yes, sir!” answered the Lava Goddess with a bow.</p><p>“I heard that everyone that entered the Boundless Plane is dead. Why are all of you still alive?” asked Gaianos with a frown.</p><p>He was the only Great Perfection deity among the Theodore Titan Gods in the Thunderbolt Divine Realm and was also Gregg Theodore’s father.</p><p>“Sir, t-this…”</p><p>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.</p><p>How were they supposed to explain this?</p><p>Were they supposed to say that Meng Lei had let them off on account of Diana, the Fairy Goddess?</p><p>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.</p><p>“What’s the matter?”</p><p>Gaianos’ expression darkened slightly.</p><p>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?”</p><p>A huge jolt went through the Lava Goddess’ petite form, and she turned to the newcomer agitatedly. “Greetings, Lady Elune!”</p><p>“Greetings, Lady Elune!”</p><p>The other goddesses also bowed in greeting.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.”</p><p>“Thank you, Lady Elune!”</p><p>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.</p><p>“Lady Elune, why have you come, too?” asked the puzzled Lava Goddess.</p><p>“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!”</p><p>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.</p><p>Given the huge incident, it would be stranger if the major clans could keep their calm instead!</p><p>“My son was killed! The murderer is truly perverse and arrogant to the extreme!”</p><p>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?”</p><p>“To be honest, I have a lot of questions on my mind, too.”</p><p>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?”</p><p>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.</p><p>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.”</p><p>“Diana?”</p><p>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?”</p><p>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.”</p><p>The Moon Goddess nodded lightly.</p><p>Although the Natural Goddesses System was named as such, it didn’t mean that there weren’t any male deities among them.</p><p>In truth, the Natural Goddesses System also took in talented male deity geniuses in order to strengthen itself.</p><p>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.</p><p>“Since he’s a genius that owns a metal-origin divine body, then why haven’t I heard you mention it before, Diana?”</p><p>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.</p><p>But Meng Lei?</p><p>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!</p><p>“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!”</p><p>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.”</p><p>“Is it that fast?”</p><p>The Moon Goddess was taken aback. How fast were they talking about? Three seconds?</p><p>“Lady Elune, he’s not even 45 years old yet this year,” replied the Fairy Goddess with a wry smile.</p><p>“45 years old!?”</p><p>“What nonsense!”</p><p>“That’s utter bull!”</p><p>Before the Moon Goddess could even speak, Gaianos and the other Great Perfection deities were already sneering.</p><p>“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?”</p><p>“Diana, you can’t just joke about something like that,” chided the Moon Goddess, whose brows were also lightly drawn together.</p><p>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!”</p><p>Making an oath upon one’s divine spirit…</p><p>The Moon Goddess fell silent, as did the other six Great Perfection deities.</p>

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Chapter 365 - Stopping Meng Lei, Violent Soul Reading

Volume 4

<h1>Chapter 365 - Stopping Meng Lei, Violent Soul Reading</h1><p>Chapter 365: Stopping Meng Lei, Violent Soul Reading</p><p>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!</p><p>One hammer to thrash a high-level Great Demon God!</p><p>Massacring a million experts!</p><p>The Great Perfection deities thought that such a human was a reclusive ancient freak.</p><p>Otherwise, Meng Lei must be a Pseudo-Chief God, who had refined the Boundless Plane’s Heart of The Existential Plane.</p><p>No matter how they cracked their brains, they never thought that the million experts’ murderer was a human who was under 45 years old!</p><p>Not yet 45… Was he really human?</p><p>Gaianos said gravely, “Fairy Goddess, I want to know everything about him!”</p><p>“Yes, Lord Gaianos!”</p><p>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…”</p><p>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!”</p><p>“It’s not just a fantasy. Even a Juggernaut’s reincarnation could not do it!”</p><p>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!”</p><p><em>Huge secret?</em></p><p>A jolt went through everyone. Their eyes lit up as they became hugely interested in Meng Lei’s secret.</p><p>After cultivating to their level, unless they encountered some incredible opportunity, cultivating further was almost impossible.</p><p>If they got their hands on that secret, they might have a chance to cultivate further!</p><p>“Where is that knave!”</p><p>Adolphus, the Great Perfection deity of the Colossal Dragon Gods, bellowed as it could not wait any longer.</p><p>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!</p><p>She simply couldn’t do it.</p><p>“Mm?”</p><p>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!”</p><p>“Damn!”</p><p>“We can’t let him get his way!”</p><p>“Damn it! We must stop him!”</p><p>The six Great Perfection deities’ expressions changed dramatically.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>“Stop him!”</p><p>“We must stop him immediately!”</p><p>“Where’s the Monarch Mountain?” barked Gaianos.</p><p>“That direction!” The Lava Goddess pointed away.</p><p>“Here we go!”</p><p>Gaianos went along with the other five Great Perfection deities to speed to the Monarch Mountain immediately.</p><p>“You may return to the Divine Realm now,” the Moonlight Goddess said to the goddesses.</p><p>The Lava Goddess answered respectfully, “Yes, Lady Elune!”</p><p>The Fairy Goddess then asked, “Lady Elune, what will happen to Meng Lei?”</p><p>“Since you knew the outcome, why should you even ask further?”</p><p>The Moonlight Goddess left these words before she left without looking back.</p><p>“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!”</p><p>“Sigh…”</p><p>The Fairy Goddess sighed quietly.</p><p>At the Monarch Mountain…</p><p>The Great Prophet, Olio, and the rest continued to guard the Monarch Shrine as they talked among themselves, leaving the Monarch Mountain rather peaceful.</p><p>“Great Prophet, is our Juggernaut still alive?”</p><p>“Lord Juggernaut died long ago. What’s left are his divine spirit fragments!”</p><p>“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?”</p><p>“It was all the will of the Great Juggernaut. All we have to do is follow any of their orders!”</p><p>“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!”</p><p>“Ah yes! Our new master is too powerful—”</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>“That’s…”</p><p>“Extraterrestrial demons!”</p><p>“Damn it! Those extraterrestrial demons are back!”</p><p>The Great Prophet’s countenance changed greatly.</p><p><em>Damn it! Why were they here again? These extraterrestrial demons linger around too much!</em></p><p>Olio cursed inwardly before he shouted his commands, “Guard the Monarch Shrine, don’t let them disturb Master!”</p><p>“Yes, sir!”</p><p>The Boundless Giant answered cohesively as they went on standby, staying alert to the figures closing in on them.</p><p>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.</p><p>“Great Perfection deities! They’re all Great Perfection-level extraterrestrial demons!” The Great Prophet’s face became especially awful, his voice trembling.</p><p>“What? Great Perfection?” Olio exclaimed as his heart sank to the bottom.</p><p>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!</p><p>At that moment, however, there were already a few Great Perfection-level extraterrestrial demons that spelled disaster. Who could stop their attacks?</p><p>Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>“This is the Monarch Mountain?”</p><p>“It must be it!”</p><p>“Where’s that knave?”</p><p>“I’ll grab someone to ask!”</p><p>Gaianos grabbed in the air and caught a giant.</p><p>Extreme terror overwhelmed this giant while he struggled madly.</p><p>It was pointless.</p><p>Any struggles were in vain. Gaianos did not hesitate to crush this poor giant’s skull and took out his divine core.</p><p>“Bastard!”</p><p>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.</p><p>The difference was really too big!</p><p>One glance, and they were heavily injured!</p><p>“Trash!”</p><p>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.</p><p>“Ugh!”</p><p>With blood at the corners of his lips, Olio wanted to charge again before the Great Prophet stopped him.</p><p>“The difference is power is too huge! All you will achieve by doing that is dying aimlessly!”</p><p>“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.</p><p>“Just wait. Once Master refines the Heart of The Existential Plane, that’s the time they perish!”</p><p>As the wisest, oldest Boundless Giant, the Great Prophet saw things crystal clear.</p><p>“Ugh!”</p><p>Olio held his fists tightly.</p><p>The whole soul-reading process did not take long. Gaianos threw away the divine core casually and looked at the Monarch Shrine.</p><p>“How was it, Gaianos? Where’s that knave?” The other Great Perfection deities asked impatiently.</p><p>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.</p><p>Gaianos swung his sleeves as the ruins went away with the winds.</p><p>The Monarch Shrine disappeared.</p><p>“No one?”</p><p>“Where’s that knave?”</p><p>“If he’s not in this shrine, then he should be in the Boundless Plane’s Land of Origin!”</p><p>Gaianos’ expression turned awful.</p><p>“The Land of Origin?”</p><p>The other five Great Perfection deities had similar expressions.</p><p>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.</p><p>“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!”</p><p>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.</p><p>Gaianos’ expression changed slightly. He tilted his head to the left instinctively. A three-colored spear flew right past his temple.</p><p>“How dare you act so presumptuously in my territory! How bold of you!”</p>

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Chapter 366 - Destruction Laws Of Nature, Killing Great Perfection Deities

Volume 4

<h1>Chapter 366 - Destruction Laws Of Nature, Killing Great Perfection Deities</h1><p>“How dare you act so presumptuously in my territory! How bold of you!”</p><p>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.</p><p>“Master!”</p><p>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.</p><p>“He’s finally appeared!”</p><p>Gaianos, Ebenezer, Adolphus, Burnside, and the other two Great Perfection deities also turned to Meng Lei, light flashing across their eyes.</p><p>“One, two… Five, six!”</p><p>Meng Lei’s gaze flitted past the six Great Perfection deities one by one. Disappointment filled him at once.</p><p><em>Why are there only six of them that came? What a disappointment!</em></p><p>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!</p><p>How disappointing!</p><p>This bit of money wasn’t even enough to fill in any gaps!</p><p>“Eh?”</p><p>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.</p><p>“Ding! Dropped item detected. Will you pick it up?”</p><p>“A five-colored light ball?”</p><p>Meng Lei perked up, and he ordered, “Pick it up!”</p><p>“Ding! Pickup successful. You have obtained a Laws of Nature Fragment. Will you assimilate it?” asked the system.</p><p>“Assimilate it!”</p><p>Boom!</p><p>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.</p><p>Immense joy then filled Meng Lei right away.</p><p>“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!”</p><p>Meng Lei was extremely excited.</p><p>“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!”</p><p>Thunder, ice, metal, dark, and fire—these were exactly the five elements corresponding to the destruction laws of nature!</p><p>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.</p><p>“Hahaha!”</p><p>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.</p><p>He had suddenly burst into raucous laughter?</p><p>He could actually still bring himself to laugh when six Great Perfection deities surrounded him? Had his brain been caught in between Sister Feng’s ¹ a*s?</p><p>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?</p><p>Gaianos barked in a deep voice, “I’m going to tear you into a million pieces for killing my child, you knave!”</p><p>Before he even finished speaking, he had already raised his right palm and smacked it down at Meng Lei.</p><p>Boom!</p><p>As though Buddha’s Palm, a massive palm that blotted out the sky appeared above Meng Lei.</p><p>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!”</p><p>“Insignificant tricks!”</p><p>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.</p><p>“What?”</p><p>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…?</p><p>“Kid, are you also a Great Perfection deity?”</p><p>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!</p><p>And now, he had even countered his attack so effortlessly. This was something that only Great Perfection deities could do.</p><p>“He’s a Great Perfection deity?!”</p><p>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?</p><p>What kind of joke was that?</p><p>“Great Perfection? No, I’m not.”</p><p>Meng Lei shook his head and denied the statement.</p><p>Whew~</p><p><em>It’s a good thing he isn’t one! That gave me a fright!</em></p><p>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!</p><p>After all, a Great Perfection deity… wasn’t that easy to kill!</p><p>“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!”</p><p>Ebenezer, the Great Perfection deity from the Giant Elephant Gods, let out an icy snort and brazenly went on the offensive.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>“He’s using a finger to counter Ebenezer’s powerful punch head-on?”</p><p>“How arrogant!”</p><p>“How presumptuous!”</p><p>“He overestimates himself!”</p><p>“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…”</p><p>The five Great Perfection deities gnashed their teeth in fury at the sight of Meng Lei’s actions, which had significantly angered them.</p><p>“You’re courting death!”</p><p>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.</p><p>Spurt!</p><p>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!</p><p>“Ugh!”</p><p>Ebenezer let out a muffled grunt, his face as though he had just seen a ghost.</p><p><em>His finger has actually pierced right through my fist? How can that be?!</em></p><p>“How did that happen?”</p><p>The five other Great Perfection deities were stunned by what they saw.</p><p>“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.”</p><p>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.</p><p>“Go on your way, Mr. Great Perfection!”</p><p>Meng Lei bent his fingers and flicked them lightly against the area in between Ebenezer’s brows.</p><p>Crackle!</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>Boom!</p><p>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.</p><p>The dimension had been locked down.</p><p>The air had congealed.</p><p>Time had stopped.</p><p>The five Great Perfection deities’ acupoints had also been sealed.</p><p>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.</p><p>“Great Perfection deities are nothing more than just that!”</p>

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Chapter 367 - Besieged By Five Deities, Weapon Enhancement

Volume 4

<h1>Chapter 367 - Besieged By Five Deities, Weapon Enhancement</h1><p>Chapter 367: Besieged By Five Deities, Weapon Enhancement</p><p>Dead silence filled Monarch Mountain.</p><p>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.</p><p>Ebenezer!</p><p>A Great Perfection-level Giant Elephant God!</p><p>He had died just like that?</p><p>How could that possibly have happened?</p><p>How could that be?</p><p>One must know that he was a Great Perfection deity!</p><p>An existence second only to a Chief God!</p><p>How did he die?</p><p>How could he die?</p><p>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.</p><p>As for Great Perfection deities…</p><p>Unless a war between gods and demons broke out, no Great Perfection deities would perish at all!</p><p>Over time, this had given the gods the impression that Great Perfection deities would never die.</p><p>Yet Ebenezer had perished! The resulting astoundment was no less shocking than a hydrogen bomb going off!</p><p>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.</p><p>“That guy… Who exactly is he?”</p><p>A bone-deep chill ran down the five Great Perfection deities’ spines as they stared at the calm Meng Lei.</p><p>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.</p><p>This was what alarmed and frightened them the most—because it meant that there was an incredibly huge gap between Meng Lei and themselves!</p><p>“Now that one’s dead, there are still five left.”</p><p>Meng Lei turned to Gaianos and the other four deities and asked calmly, “So, who’s next?”</p><p>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.</p><p>“What should we do, everyone?”</p><p>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?”</p><p>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?</p><p>Yet if they didn’t…</p><p>They really didn’t have the guts to battle Meng Lei!</p><p>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.”</p><p>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.</p><p>They made eye contact.</p><p>Meng Lei gave him a slight smile.</p><p>A huge shudder went through Gaianos.</p><p>The next moment, a blood-red glint flashed across, and the Grim Reaper Scythe instantly cleaved onto Gaianos’ neck with a crisp clink.</p><p>Then, something awkward happened:</p><p>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.</p><p>“(⊙o⊙)”</p><p>Meng Lei was stunned for a second before an embarrassed smile formed on his face. He said, “Sorry, I forgot to enhance it!”</p><p>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?</p><p>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.</p><p>But no matter, he could just enhance it.</p><p>“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?”</p><p>“Yes, enhance it!”</p><p>Whoosh!</p><p>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.</p><p>“This isn’t enough, though. Enhance it further!”</p><p>“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?”</p><p>“Yes, enhance it!”</p><p>Whoosh!</p><p>Another blood-red glow flashed past…</p><p>Just as Meng Lei was in the midst of enhancing the Grim Reaper Scythe, Gaianos finally snapped back to reality.</p><p>“Die!”</p><p>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!</p><p>Boom!</p><p>Gaianos’ punch was filled with incredible might. It smashed ruthlessly into Meng Lei, sending him flying like a launched cannon.</p><p>“Attack!”</p><p>Adolphus, Burnside, and the other two hurriedly launched into a flurry of attacks at the sight.</p><p>“Holy Judgment!”</p><p>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.</p><p>“Dragon Breath of Destruction!”</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>“Berserk Punch!”</p><p>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.</p><p>“Inextinguishable Phoenix Flames!”</p><p>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.</p><p>“Ten Thousand Thunderbolts!”</p><p>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.</p><p>Crackle!</p><p>The two hammers crashed against each other, producing dazzling violet thunderbolts that struck mercilessly at Meng Lei.</p><p>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.</p><p>“Look out, Master!”</p><p>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.</p><p>Boom!</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>The skies became dim and overcast as light from the sun and moon was blotted out.</p><p>This was exactly what a battle among Great Perfection deities was like!</p><p>“Is he dead?”</p><p>“I should think so?”</p><p>“He’s doomed for sure after suffering all-out attacks from the five of us!”</p><p>The five Great Perfection deities steadied themselves and watched the center of the black hole nervously, waiting for the outcome of their attacks.</p><p>“How is he?”</p><p>“How’s Master?”</p><p>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.</p><p>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!</p><p>“I hope Master’s safe. Otherwise…”</p><p>An incredibly nervous Olio clenched his fists.</p><p>“Master is the heir whom our great Juggernaut has selected. How would he possibly perish here?”</p><p>“He’s alive! He’s definitely still alive!”</p><p>The residual shock waves gradually faded away, and the broken dimension slowly recovered.</p><p>When everything had been restored…</p><p>“How can that be?!”</p><p>“I knew it!”</p>

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Chapter 368 - He'S A Chief God, Perfect Divine Core

Volume 4

<h1>Chapter 368 - He'S A Chief God, Perfect Divine Core</h1><p>As the residual impact receded and the sky returned to normal, a jaw-dropping scene occurred.</p><p>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.</p><p>“How is this possible?!”</p><p>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?</p><p>“How could this be? Perhaps he’s a Chief God?” Gaianos was shocked and horrified.</p><p>“Chief God?”</p><p>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!”</p><p>“If he’s not a Chief God, then how could he be so powerful?”</p><p>Horror!</p><p>Perplexity!</p><p>Disbelief!</p><p>The five Great Perfection deities began to question their own life.</p><p>On the other hand, the Great Prophet, Olio, and the rest of the Boundless Giants were delirious with joy.</p><p>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.</p><p>“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…”</p><p>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?”</p><p>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.</p><p>After that strike, Meng Lei’s clothes had evaporated, leaving him naked for a moment!</p><p>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.</p><p>“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!”</p><p>“Erm… That’s true!”</p><p>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!</p><p>“First one, you!”</p><p>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.</p><p>Splurt!</p><p>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.</p><p>“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.</p><p>“Collect!”</p><p>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.</p><p>“Grim Reaper’s Eye!”</p><p>“Ding! 1 Sky Titan killed. 12 billion Divinity Crystals gained!”</p><p>As he listened to the system’s icy voice notification, Meng Lei let out a long breath.</p><p>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.</p><p>How things had changed with time, and how people had changed, despite the environment remaining the same.</p><p>“Gaianos was k-killed by him?”</p><p>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!</p><p>As for whether he was a Chief God or not…</p><p>It was no longer of any importance.</p><p>The key was that he could kill any one of them!</p><p>“Run!”</p><p>With this clear understanding, the four remaining Great Perfection deities did not hesitate as they turned into four beams of light and sped off.</p><p>They needed to escape as far as possible!</p><p>Away from Meng Lei!</p><p>Away from danger!</p><p>At this moment, whatever pride and prestige as Great Perfection deities were nothing compared to their lives as they just wanted to stay alive.</p><p>“Escape? You think you can do so?” Meng Lei shook his head lightly as one word came out. “Immobilize!”</p><p>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.</p><p>“Power of Existential Plane?!”</p><p>“Ugh! This is… the Power of Existential Plane!”</p><p>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?”</p><p>It was not just him who was horrified.</p><p>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.</p><p>20 years!</p><p>Meng Lei had only taken 20 years to refine the Boundless Plane’s Heart of The Existential Plane?</p><p>Just how fast was that?</p><p>That was a mid-end existential plane’s Heart of The Existential Plane, and he had already refined that?</p><p>Horror!</p><p>Shock!</p><p>Disbelief!</p><p>“He’s Great Perfection-level?”</p><p>“No! No way he’s a Great Perfection deity!”</p><p>“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!”</p><p>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…</p><p>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.</p><p><em>What a goddamn scam!</em></p><p>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.</p><p>“Get over here!”</p><p>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?”</p><p>“What do you want?” Marshall of the Angel Gods asked somberly.</p><p>“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.</p><p>“You want us to submit to you?” Marshall asked softly.</p><p>“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!”</p><p>“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!”</p><p>“Not going to submit? Then prepare to die!”</p><p>Meng Lei sneered as the Grim Reaper Scythe swiped down to cut off Adolphus’s head.</p><p>Looking at Adolphus’ widened eyes, Meng Lei said lightly. “You know? Of all Great Perfection deities, I care less about your life the most!”</p><p>Adolphus could not accept his fate as he replied with the last of his breaths, “W-why?”</p><p>“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,”</p><p>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!</p><p>“Killing you will give me the true Great Perfection divine core. And with your divine core, I can create a Great Perfection-level incarnation!”</p><p>As he spoke, Meng Lei dug out Adolphus’ Great Perfection divine core, activating his Grim Reaper’s Eye to crush Adolphus’s divine spirit.</p><p>Dodola said in excitement, “Meng Lei, give me this divine core, please!”</p><p>“Take it then!”</p>

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Chapter 369 - Super Plunder, Life Laws Of Nature

Volume 4

<h1>Chapter 369 - Super Plunder, Life Laws Of Nature</h1><p>Chapter 369: Super Plunder, Life Laws Of Nature</p><p>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.</p><p>It was a different story for Meng Lei, who wanted them to surrender to him. Objections? Immediate death!</p><p>That was brutality at its peak!</p><p>Still, to be fair, this cruel treatment’s effects were well received as Marshall, Burnside, and Roald were petrified.</p><p>As Great Perfection deities, they stood above most deities and enjoyed a lofty status, possessing eternal life. Who would want to die?</p><p>No one!</p><p>Yet, forcing them to hand over their divine spirit origin energy to become Meng Lei’s slaves was more unacceptable than killing them.</p><p><em>Even if I die, get smashed into pieces, or perish in this Boundless Plane, I won’t lower myself to become his slave!</em></p><p>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!</p><p>“What about the three of you?” Meng Lei looked at the remaining Great Perfection deities and asked, “Live or die?”</p><p>“We’re willing to submit!”</p><p>The three Great Perfection deities did not hesitate to hand their divine spirit origin energy.</p><p>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.</p><p>“You’ve made the right choice!”</p><p>Meng Lei gave them a meaningful look before refining their divine spirit origin energy to take complete control of their life and death.</p><p>“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.”</p><p>“Marshall Gabriel!” the Angel Gods Great Perfection deity said in a deep voice.</p><p>“Burnside Bahamut!” the Behemoth Gods Great Perfection deity said with some unwillingness.</p><p>“Roald Tomas!” the Fire Phoenix Great Perfection deity said slowly.</p><p>“Marshall, Burnside, Roald.”</p><p>Meng Lei nodded slightly. “From now on, follow me and work hard. In the future, you’ll be glad about your decision today.”</p><p><em>Glad my *ss!</em></p><p><em>My reputation has just been thrown out of the window. I just want to kill myself by eating sh*t now!</em></p><p>The three of them scoffed in their minds while their faces remained blank.</p><p>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?”</p><p>“Eh?”</p><p>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.</p><p>“Great Prophet, is there someone there?” a puzzled Olio asked.</p><p>The Great Prophet said calmly, “If Master says there’s someone, there must be someone there.”</p><p>“Why? Do I have to drag you out?”</p><p>Seeing that nothing had happened there, Meng Lei looked on coldly as his tone turned bitter.</p><p>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.</p><p>“Lady Elune!”</p><p>Marshall and the other two looked at the Moon Goddess and wished they could bury themselves in a hole.</p><p>That was awkward.</p><p>“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.</p><p>“Your Esteemed Highness, I am Lady Elune, the Moon Goddess of the Nature Gods.”</p><p>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.”</p><p>“So have you found them?” Meng Lei asked.</p><p>“I’ve found them, Your Highness,” the Moon Goddess replied respectfully.</p><p>“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?”</p><p>“Erm…”</p><p>The Moon Goddess was rendered speechless.</p><p>“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?”</p><p>Meng Lei snapped his finger and smiled leisurely.</p><p>The Moon Goddess explained quickly, “Your Esteemed Highness, I bear no disrespect…”</p><p>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.</p><p>“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.”</p><p>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!”</p><p>“What would that be?”</p><p>The Moon Goddess’s expression tensed up.</p><p>“Don’t be nervous. You do have it.”</p><p>Meng Lei had a strange smile as he teleported in front of the Moon Goddess and activated the other chargeable function—Super Plunder.</p><p>“System, plunder the supreme laws of nature comprehended by the Moon Goddess,” Meng Lei ordered coldly.</p><p>“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.”</p><p>The system asked coldly, “Will you plunder it?”</p><p>“Plunder it!”</p><p>Whoosh!</p><p>An unknown wave of great strength descended upon the Moon Goddess, and it started to plunder her supreme laws of nature.</p><p>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.</p><p>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!”</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>While the Moon Goddess had assimilated the elements of earth, wood, thunder, light, and water to comprehend the life laws of nature.</p><p>“So much for the Monarch’s treasure. In my eyes, these Great Perfection deities are the true treasures!”</p><p>The stats interface changed naturally.</p><p>Others: Some increase</p><p>Quintuple-Elemental Fusion: Thunder-Fire-Wind-Light-Dark (100%), Thunder-Ice-Metal-Dark-Fire (100%), Earth-Wood-Thunder-Light-Water (100%)</p><p>Supreme Laws of Nature: Time-Based (0.1%), Destruction (0.1%), Life (0.1%)</p><p>“Time-based laws of nature!</p><p>“Destruction laws of nature!</p><p>“Life laws of nature!</p><p>“Of the five supreme forms of laws of nature, I have acquired three! Now I only need more Divinity Crystals!</p><p>“I will then leap on to become truly the most powerful experts with enough Divinity Crystals!”</p><p>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!</p><p>What about the three of them?</p><p>Could he match the Juggernaut?</p>

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Chapter 370 - Spatial Laws Of Nature, Gaiazeus

Volume 4

<h1>Chapter 370 - Spatial Laws Of Nature, Gaiazeus</h1><p>“What have you done to me?”</p><p>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.</p><p>Her quintuple-elemental fusion laws of nature was gone.</p><p>Her life laws of nature was gone.</p><p>Was she actually pushed down from the level of Great Perfection?</p><p>It was inconceivable!</p><p>“You may go now.”</p><p>Meng Lei naturally did not explain further as he issued an eviction order.</p><p>“A devil! You’re a devil!”</p><p>The Moon Goddess was shaking with rage.</p><p>“Mm? Don’t want to go?” Meng Lei sneered. “If you won’t go, then you’ll stay here forever!”</p><p>“You bastard!”</p><p>The Moon Goddess almost went berserk, but her last vestige of rationality helped her make the right choice.</p><p>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.</p><p>As Marshall, Burnside, and Roald watched the Moon Goddess’ back, their eyes betrayed complicated feelings while astonishment churned in their hearts.</p><p>The moment that the Moon Goddess had fallen from the Great Perfection level, they had felt it clearly.</p><p>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?</p><p>Horror!</p><p>Perplexity!</p><p>Incomprehensible!</p><p>Meng Lei looked at the three of them and said, “The three of you can return now.”</p><p>“You… You’re willing to let us return?”</p><p>The three Great Perfection deities looked at Meng Lei in astonishment.</p><p>“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.”</p><p>“We await your instructions!” the trio said hurriedly.</p><p>All they desired now was to leave this place, far away from Meng Lei.</p><p>“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><p>“P-plunder the clan treasuries?”</p><p>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—”</p><p>“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.”</p><p>“But—”</p><p>“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.”</p><p>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.</p><p>After the Boundless King’s rise, he had paid a huge price in creating the dimensional gates that connected every kind of existential plane.</p><p>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.</p><p>It could be said that it was extremely convenient.</p><p>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.</p><p>“Yes, sir!”</p><p>The three Great Perfection deities answered with a wry laugh and left as though they were fleeing.</p><p>Meng Lei laughed as he watched the departing deities. He felt that he was too smart.</p><p>Those were the treasuries of the three major godly clans.</p><p>What was collected within must be invaluable. If all of those treasures were emptied into his pockets, he would most definitely earn another fortune.</p><p>“Meng Lei, do you really trust them that much?”</p><p>Dodola appeared on Meng Lei’s shoulder.</p><p>“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 red ¹ ,” Meng Lei said coldly.</p><p>“Anything you say, but don’t be complacent.” Dodola reminded as it continued. “Now I’m going to assimilate that Great Perfection divine core!”</p><p>“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.”</p><p>“Yeah!” Dodola then casually tossed out something. “Oh yes, and this!”</p><p>“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!”</p><p>“Yeap! That’s the spatial laws of nature fragment you’ve been longing for. Now I’m handing it over to you.”</p><p>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.”</p><p>Meng Lei absorbed the incoming information and became overjoyed.</p><p>“It’s the Great World-Breaching Transfer Technique! Tsk, tsk, Dodola, how can you bear to give it?”</p><p>“You’ll have use for it,” Dodola replied casually before returning to the Tower of Time to refine the divine core.</p><p>“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.”</p><p>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.</p><p>That would be too slow.</p><p>Boom!</p><p>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.</p><p>Now though…</p><p>He took them all in.</p><p>After a long while…</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>“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.</p><p>“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.</p><p>“To be able to travel everywhere in the universe is simply insane!”</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>…</p><p>Just as Meng Lei was busy with cultivating the Great World-Breaching Transfer Technique, the outside world was in a furor.</p><p>A million experts from each significant existential plane had fallen.</p><p>Such a horrific incident had not occurred for over a million years. Thus, this event was no less than a super earthquake.</p><p>The Thunderbolt Divine Realm was shocked.</p><p>The Forest Divine Realm was shocked.</p><p>The Earth Divine Realm was shocked.</p><p>…</p><p>It shocked the Demon Realm.</p><p>It shocked the Abyss.</p><p>It shocked Hell.</p><p>…</p><p>To sum it up, every existential plane that had sent experts to the Boundless Plane was duly stunned.</p><p>The various godly clans, demons, races, and other influences were enraged for a while.</p><p>It was only the Boundless Plane.</p><p>How weak was a mere mid-end existential plane?</p><p>They had sent some of their best experts to descend upon the Boundless Plane just for the gold rush.</p><p>Indeed, a mere gold rush.</p><p>And now, they were completely annihilated!</p><p>There were some things that one could tolerate and some things that one couldn’t!</p><p>…</p><p>If the fall of a million experts was nothing, would the fall of Great Perfection deities be nothing?</p><p>As one of the ten major Divine Realms, the Thunderbolt Divine Realm had almost boundless and incredibly vast boundaries.</p><p>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.</p><p>The Theodore Titan Gods’ headquarters was situated in the Theodore Titan Mountain Range.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>The Theodore Chief God Shrine was located on the mountaintop.</p><p>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.</p><p>At this moment in time, the shrine was overcrowded.</p><p>The elders holding the Theodore Titan Gods headquarters were all gathered in the Chief God Shrine. They were panic-stricken, all frightened by something.</p><p>“How did that happen?”</p><p>“How could such a thing happen?”</p><p>“How was it possible for him to perish?”</p><p>“The Clan Chief has arrived!”</p><p>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.</p><p>“Greetings, Clan Chief!”</p><p>The elders bowed.</p><p>“Rise, everyone!”</p><p>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.</p><p>Gaiazeus Theodore.</p><p>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.</p><p>“What’s the urgent matter which required me to rush here?” Gaiazeus asked.</p><p>“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!”</p><p>“What!?” Gaiazeus’ expression immediately changed as he stared at the Grand Elder and demanded fiercely, “This is no joking matter, Grand Elder!”</p><p>“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!”</p><p>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!”</p><p>“Clan Chief…”</p><p>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.</p><p>Gaiazeus recognized it immediately. He could tell the remaining aura on the Soul Jade was left behind by Gaianos.</p><p>“88th Younger Brother… He’s really dead?” Gaiazeus’ body quivered slightly. “Who? Who killed him? Which Chief God attacked and killed my brother?”</p><p>“Clan Chief, Gaianos perished in the Boundless Plane!” exclaimed the Grand Elder.</p><p>“The Boundless Plane?”</p>

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Chapter 371 - Black Cloud Continent, Earth Divine Realm

Volume 4

<h1>Chapter 371 - Black Cloud Continent, Earth Divine Realm</h1><p>Chapter 371: Black Cloud Continent, Earth Divine Realm</p><p>“The Boundless Plane?”</p><p>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?”</p><p>“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.”</p><p>“A super expert? Who’s he?” asked Gaiazeus with a frown.</p><p>“We don’t know what his name is yet, but he’s definitely in the Boundless Plane.”</p><p>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…”</p><p>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.”</p><p>“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.</p><p>“That’s right, Clan Chief.”</p><p>“Clan Chief!”</p><p>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!”</p><p>“They’ve returned?”</p><p>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?”</p><p>The newcomer quickly replied, “Grand Elder, the four Great Perfection deities have indeed returned.”</p><p>“They’ve actually returned!” murmured the Grand Elder to himself.</p><p>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!”</p><p>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.”</p><p>“My mind is set. Say no more!”</p><p>…</p><p>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!</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>In under half a year’s time, he had already successfully mastered it.</p><p>Whoosh!</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>Meng Lei disappeared again the next moment—he had actually arrived in front of an existential plane a few light-years away.</p><p>This was a fire-elemental existential plane filled with only one type of element—fire elements!</p><p>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.</p><p>At the sight of the existential plane, Meng Lei couldn’t help but think of Salamanders, the fire-elemental life form.</p><p>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.</p><p>Simply put, the Tower of Time was starting to impede its growth.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>“Eh? What is this place?”</p><p>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?”</p><p>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!”</p><p>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!”</p><p>“You can go over if you like it!”</p><p>Meng Lei smiled and said, “You can stay there from now on. I’ll come back and visit someday.”</p><p>“Thank you, Meng Lei!”</p><p>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.</p><p>“Haha!”</p><p>Meng Lei let out a laugh at the sight and left the place.</p><p>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.</p><p>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!</p><p>After that, Meng Lei began to experiment with the Great World-Breaching Transfer Technique in the Void.</p><p>As expected, it was indeed a top-class spatial special ability that allowed one to teleport across an extremely great distance.</p><p>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?!</p><p>After that, Meng Lei returned to the Boundless Plane before he then went back to Dark Hell Continent.</p><p>Meng Lei also made a trip back to Light Continent before he refined Dark Hell Continent’s Heart of The Existential Plane.</p><p>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.</p><p>Light Continent was just like what it was before.</p><p>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.</p><p>“Strange, where’s Ol’ President?”</p><p>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.</p><p>“The others are actually there, too!”</p><p>A smile appeared on Meng Lei’s countenance, and he teleported over right away.</p><p>…</p><p>In the Meng Lei Empire’s imperial palace on Heaven’s Vault Continent…</p><p>The conference hall was packed with people at the moment.</p><p>Ol’ Amos and Amolin, his younger sister, were also present.</p><p>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.</p><p>Amazingly enough, even Fatty Hart, the lascivious Colossal Dragon, was there!</p><p>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.</p><p>“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!”</p><p>“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!”</p><p>“I beg to differ, Rose!”</p><p>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!”</p><p>“What Galen says makes sense!”</p><p>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.”</p><p>“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.</p><p>“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!”</p><p>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!”</p><p>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!</p><p>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.</p><p>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!</p><p>How torturous!</p><p>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.</p><p>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!</p><p>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.</p><p>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…</p><p>“What are all of you arguing so intensely about?”</p><p>A familiar voice suddenly rang out in the hall in the midst of their heated debate, causing a huge jolt to go through everyone.</p><p>“Master!”</p><p>“Meng Lei!”</p><p>“Boss!!”</p><p>Meng Lei quietly appeared in the hall and gazed at all of them with a big smile.</p><p>“Greetings, Master!”</p><p>Overjoyed, everyone quickly bowed in greeting. Even Ol’ Amos was so elated that he kept stroking his beard.</p><p>“Rise, everyone!”</p><p>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?”</p><p>“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.”</p><p>“The Earth Divine Realm?”</p><p>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!</p><p>“Yes, Master!”</p><p>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…”</p>

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Chapter 372 - Arriving At The Divine Realm, Pronouncing The Death Sentence

Volume 4

<h1>Chapter 372 - Arriving At The Divine Realm, Pronouncing The Death Sentence</h1><p>Chapter 372: Arriving At The Divine Realm, Pronouncing The Death Sentence</p><p>Earth Divine Realm, Double Realm Mountain.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>“C’mon, let’s drink!”</p><p>“Bottoms up, my brothers!”</p><p>“You first, my lord!”</p><p>“Reporting!”</p><p>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!”</p><p>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?”</p><p>“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.</p><p>“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?”</p><p>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.</p><p>This also meant that once one entered the Divine Realm, they could basically forget about ever leaving.</p><p>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…</p><p>“My lord, none of the brothers that entered have returned, and neither did we hear anything from there.”</p><p>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.”</p><p>“A low-end existential plane?”</p><p>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!</p><p>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!”</p><p>“Yes, my lord!”</p><p>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.</p><p>They moved with great momentum, the lines of men stretching on and undulating for miles.</p><p>The masses of men were densely packed and could practically blot out the sun.</p><p>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.</p><p>With strength like theirs, they could pretty much wipe every low-end existential plane out there!</p><p>“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.</p><p>“Yes, my lord!”</p><p>“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.</p><p>He was ranked third among the bandits and was a pinnacle-level intermediate deity.</p><p>“Yes, Big Brother!”</p><p>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.</p><p>“That’s—”</p><p>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.</p><p><em>We haven’t even gone over, yet you’re already coming over so eagerly? Aren’t the lot of you afraid of death?</em></p><p>“So, this is the Earth Divine Realm?”</p><p>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!</p><p>“What rich magic elements!”</p><p>“It’s at least 10,000 times richer than Heaven’s Vault Continent’s!”</p><p>“And the laws of nature, too!”</p><p>“They are simply too distinct!”</p><p>“As expected of the Earth Divine Realm! Surely even a pig can break through to become a half-deity here…”</p><p>All of them were totally astounded.</p><p>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.</p><p>There was practically a world of difference between them!</p><p>There was no comparability between them at all!</p><p>“Feh! Where are those aboriginals from?”</p><p>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.</p><p>“Eh?”</p><p>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…</p><p>Where were the higher deities?</p><p>Everyone’s gazes swept across the bandits, only to realize in the end that there was only one higher deity there!</p><p>“Only one higher deity?”</p><p>Ol’ Amos, Puhaman, Bubbles, and the others exchanged looks with one another, all of them not quite knowing whether to laugh or to cry.</p><p>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!</p><p>It was just a false alarm!</p><p>“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!”</p><p>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!”</p><p>“Yes, Third-in-charge!”</p><p>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.</p><p>Boom!</p><p>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!</p><p>Thud, thud, thud!</p><p>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?”</p><p>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.</p><p>Boom!</p><p>Thump!</p><p>Thump!</p><p>Thump!</p><p>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.</p><p>“H-higher deities!”</p><p>“They are all higher deities!”</p><p>“Oh my god! To think they are all higher deities! How are we supposed to fight them?”</p><p>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!</p><p>Little did he think that… They were all higher deities!</p><p>He understood everything now, but he had also lost all hope.</p><p>The bandit chief knew that with the Double Realm Mountain bandits’ combat strength, they were no match at all for so many higher deities.</p><p>“How should we handle those people, Master?”</p><p>Puhaman bowed and requested for further instructions.</p><p>“Kill the weak ones and subdue the strong ones.”</p><p>With a single sentence, Meng Lei had pronounced the death sentence upon the Double Realm Mountain bandits.</p><p>“Yes, Master!”</p>

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Chapter 373 - Divinity Crystal Mine, A Change Of Mindset

Volume 4

<h1>Chapter 373 - Divinity Crystal Mine, A Change Of Mindset</h1><p>Chapter 373: Divinity Crystal Mine, A Change of Mindset</p><p>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.</p><p>“Kill the weak ones and subdue the strong ones.”</p><p>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.</p><p>The rest… They were all weaklings!</p><p>“Thank you for sparing my life! Thank you for sparing my life!” The frightened bandit chief kowtowed incessantly and said his thanks loudly.</p><p>“Tell me, what is this place?” Meng Lei ordered, “Tell me everything you know, and I’ll consider sparing your life.”</p><p>“Yes, yes! I’ll definitely tell you everything I know and withhold nothing at all!”</p><p>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.</p><p>“Double Realm Mountain?”</p><p>“Dragon-Elephant City?”</p><p>“The Caesar Dragon-Elephant Gods?”</p><p>As the bandit chief narrated everything he knew, Meng Lei and the others gradually also got to know about the area.</p><p>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.</p><p>The Caesar Dragon-Elephant Gods!</p><p>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.</p><p>“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.</p><p>The Caesar Dragon-Elephant Gods!</p><p>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.</p><p>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?</p><p>“What do all of you think?”</p><p>Meng Lei asked instead of replying.</p><p>“I think we should go about things steadily and surely, and do things step by step.”</p><p>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.”</p><p>The others nodded upon hearing his suggestion.</p><p>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.</p><p>Expansion?</p><p>They had better just manage this bit of land properly before talking about anything else!</p><p>“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!”</p><p>“Uhh… Shouldn’t we?”</p><p>Puhaman scratched his head, somewhat sheepish.</p><p>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?”</p><p>Perplexed, all of them turned to the bandit chief.</p><p>“S-sir…!”</p><p>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!”</p><p>“Stolen?”</p><p>Everyone was taken aback.</p><p>“Sirs, you may not know this, but the common currency in the Divine Realms are Divinity Crystals.”</p><p>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?”</p><p>“Snatch and use them straight away?”</p><p>“You can actually do that?”</p><p>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.</p><p>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?”</p><p>“There’s more to it than meets the eye, sir!”</p><p>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.</p><p>“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.”</p><p>“You can actually do that?”</p><p>Everyone found this a huge eye-opener.</p><p>“The second way is mining the Divinity Crystal mines.”</p><p>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!</p><p>“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.”</p><p>“Divinity Crystal mines!”</p><p>Everyone’s eyes lit up. Compared to spreading religious faith, this method was practically way too convenient.</p><p>“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.”</p><p>“What a huge eye-opener!”</p><p>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!”</p><p>“That’s right, that’s right!”</p><p>Puhaman and the others nodded repeatedly.</p><p>“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.</p><p>“In that case, what exactly should we do, Master?” asked Bubbles.</p><p>“Ask him!”</p><p>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.”</p><p>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.</p><p>“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.”</p><p>“Earn income through labor?”</p><p>“Become a retainer or a foreign minister?”</p><p>All of them looked at one another before turning to Meng Lei with queries in their eyes.</p><p>Meng Lei, however, shook his head lightly and said, “In comparison, I still prefer your method.”</p><p>The bandit chief was stupefied for a moment before he said disbelievingly, “Sir, you mean…”</p><p>“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?”</p><p>Meng Lei gave him a slight smile.</p><p>The bandit chief was instantly rendered speechless.</p><p><em>Take it and use it directly? That’s even more goddamn shameless than what I’m doing!</em></p><p>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?”</p><p>“Restraint?”</p><p>A bewildered Meng Lei stared at them. “Since we can afford to be willful, then why should we exercise any restraint?”</p><p>-_-||</p><p>Everyone was rendered completely speechless.</p><p>“Let’s go to Dragon-Elephant City.”</p><p>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!”</p><p>“Yes, Master!”</p><p>The others could only follow after him in resignation.</p><p>“As for you, on account of how you’ve provided quite a bit of information, I’ll spare you for now.”</p><p>Meng Lei turned to the bandit chief and ordered, “Lead the way!”</p><p>“Thank you, sir!”</p><p>[1] [Annotation text missing]</p>

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Chapter 374 - A Chief God Bandit, Mysterious Black Fog

Volume 4

<h1>Chapter 374 - A Chief God Bandit, Mysterious Black Fog</h1><p>The Earth Divine Realm was indeed inconceivably huge. It took them a whole week just to get out of Double Realm Mountain.</p><p>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.</p><p>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!</p><p>The path ahead was a smooth and level one!</p><p>Thus, Meng Lei was naturally filled with motivation.</p><p>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.</p><p>There was no comparability between the two at all!</p><p>“It’s huge!”</p><p>“How many light years does this city stretch on for? Are all the cities in the Divine Realms so excessive?”</p><p>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.</p><p>“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.”</p><p>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.”</p><p>Everyone couldn’t help but gasp upon hearing his explanation.</p><p>A distance of 200 light-years from the east to the west!</p><p>A distance of 180 light-years from the north to the south!</p><p>A resident population of 98,000 quadrillion people!</p><p>Higher deities that numbered as many as a million of them!</p><p>Huge!</p><p>It was too huge!</p><p>It was to the extent that one could no longer imagine how big Dragon-Elephant City was just by their imagination alone!</p><p>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!</p><p>However…</p><p>“The bigger it is, the better it is!”</p><p>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!</p><p>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.</p><p>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…</p><p>“Collect!”</p><p>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!</p><p>“Collect them all, system!”</p><p>Whoosh!</p><p>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!</p><p>How big was Dragon-Elephant City?</p><p>How many billion kilometers must it be?</p><p>“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!”</p><p>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.</p><p>Conversely, no matter how poor the masses were, once their riches were put together, it would come together to form a dramatic number.</p><p>Was Bill Gates rich?</p><p>Yes, he was!</p><p>But did he have as much as the total savings of 1.3 billion common people?</p><p>Of course not!</p><p>This was exactly what was so fearsome about a huge base number!</p><p>“Let’s continue!”</p><p>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?</p><p>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?</p><p>Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!</p><p>Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!</p><p>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.</p><p>“Damn it!”</p><p>“Who stole my wallet?!”</p><p>“My spatial ring! Where’s my spatial ring?!”</p><p>“That goddamn thief! How dare you steal my treasures!”</p><p>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.</p><p>However, it was destined that they would never find him.</p><p>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?</p><p>It was nothing more than just a futile struggle.</p><p>“How strange!”</p><p>“Why are there suddenly so many people in Dragon-Elephant City?”</p><p>“What are they ranting about?”</p><p>“What a mess…”</p><p>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?</p><p>What exactly had happened in Dragon-Elephant City?</p><p>“Haha!”</p><p>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.</p><p><em>Embarrassment?</em></p><p><em>All I want is Divinity Crystals!</em></p><p>In the city governors’ residence…</p><p>“A bunch of good-for-nothings!”</p><p>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.</p><p>“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?!”</p><p>“My lord, please calm down!”</p><p>“Calm down? How do you expect me to calm down?”</p><p>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!”</p><p>“My lord, that thief is simply too arrogan—”</p><p>“Cut that useless crap and find that goddamn thief at once! Otherwise, there’s no point in your existences anymore!”</p><p>“Yes, my lord”!</p><p>“A bunch of good-for-nothings!”</p><p>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.</p><p>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!</p><p>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!</p><p>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!</p><p>Therefore, they absolutely had to find the thief and take back the treasures that the residents had lost.</p><p>Otherwise, Dowa Caesar had no guts to even imagine what might happen next!</p><p>“Kekeke, you’ve run into trouble, haven’t you?”</p><p>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.</p><p>“You bastard, who let you out?”</p><p>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!”</p><p>“What’s there to be scared of? Everyone has already left.”</p><p>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?”</p><p>“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.”</p><p>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?”</p><p>“You know who it is?”</p><p>Dowa Caesar was puzzled.</p><p>“I’m afraid it would frighten you to death if I say his name!” replied the black fog mockingly.</p><p>“Who exactly is it?”</p><p>Dowa Caesar gnashed his teeth in fury.</p><p>“A Chief God,” uttered the black fog leisurely.</p><p>“A Chief God?”</p><p>A shudder went through Dowa Caesar’s entire body, and he almost wet himself in fear.</p>

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Chapter 375 - A Chief God'S Remnant Soul, The Great Reincarnation And Destruction

Volume 4

<h1>Chapter 375 - A Chief God'S Remnant Soul, The Great Reincarnation And Destruction</h1><p>Chapter 375: A Chief God’s Remnant Soul, The Great Reincarnation And Destruction Process</p><p>What was a Chief God?</p><p>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!”</p><p>“Joking? Who’s joking with you?”</p><p>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.”</p><p>A Chief God stealing other deities’ treasures?</p><p>It might sound awfully incredulous, but an inconceivable thing like that had indeed happened!</p><p>The black fog was also utterly puzzled.</p><p>“The thief’s a Chief God? Oh my god!”</p><p>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.</p><p>Whatever Moro said was definitely true. Innumerable incidents in the past had already proven this.</p><p>“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?”</p><p>“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!”</p><p>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!”</p><p>“Had I been in my prime, I naturally wouldn’t have feared him, but now… We’d better just forget about it instead!”</p><p>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!”</p><p>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.</p><p>“Moro! Moro!”</p><p>Dowa Caesar shouted his name twice.</p><p>“Stop calling for me, you fool! He’s already noticed us!” The black fog berated him furiously.</p><p>“Uh…”</p><p>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!</p><p>“What was that just now?”</p><p>It was at this moment that a leisurely, unhurried voice suddenly rang out by his ear.</p><p>“Mo—”</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>“Where did that fellow from just now go?”</p><p>The newcomer was none other than Meng Lei, who raised the question again.</p><p>“W-who are you?”</p><p>Dowa Caesar snapped back to reality in shock and stared at Meng Lei in fear and horror.</p><p>“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.”</p><p>“W-what are you talking about? I don’t understand what you’re saying!” stammered Dowa Caesar with a face full of fear.</p><p>“Hah! It’s fine even if you don’t tell me.”</p><p>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!”</p><p>Buzz!</p><p>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…</p><p>“W-what are you talking about? I don’t understand what you’re saying!”</p><p>“W-who are you?”</p><p>“Moro! Moro!”</p><p>“Aren’t you supposed to be invincible, Moro? Can you stop that Chief God? Help me out here and stop him!”</p><p>“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?”</p><p>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.</p><p>However, Dowa Caesar’s speech had completely sold it out.</p><p>“His name is Moro?”</p><p>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.”</p><p>“What did you do to me?”</p><p>Dowa Caesar was incredibly fearful.</p><p>“You’re too noisy!”</p><p>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.</p><p>“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?”</p><p>“I only came out for a breather, yet you’ve discovered me right away. You sure have a sharp nose!”</p><p>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.</p><p>“A Death God?”</p><p>Meng Lei couldn’t help but be somewhat taken aback as he stared at the vertical eye in between the other party’s brows.</p><p>“I’m no Death God. Don’t you dare lump me together with those low-end undeads with impure bloodlines!” Moro retorted icily.</p><p>“Your name is Moro?” asked Meng Lei.</p><p>“That’s right,” replied Moro dispassionately.</p><p>“Who exactly are you?”</p><p>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?”</p><p>“Why should I tell you?” scoffed Moro, who was completely unafraid of Meng Lei.</p><p>“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.”</p><p>“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!”</p><p>The Great Reincarnation And Destruction Process!</p><p>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.”</p><p>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.</p><p>At the sight of Moro, Meng Lei suddenly realized that it was highly likely that he was about to strike gold!</p><p>“I certainly have a lot of secrets, but what has it anything to do with you?” scoffed Moro.</p><p>“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.”</p><p>“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.”</p><p>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?”</p><p>“Come clean, Mr. Moro.” A smiling Meng Lei said, “Tell me everything about yourself!”</p><p>“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.”</p><p>“I can’t kill you?” Meng Lei shook his head. “How would we know for sure if we don’t give it a try?”</p><p>“Give it a go, then!”</p><p>Moro uttered an “oh”.</p><p>“Grim Reaper’s Eye!”</p><p>Meng Lei opened the vertical eye in between his brows.</p><p>Whoosh!</p><p>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.</p><p>Then, an amazing sight happened…</p>

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Chapter 376 - The Previous Era, Genesis Laws Of Nature

Volume 4

<h1>Chapter 376 - The Previous Era, Genesis Laws Of Nature</h1><p>Upon activation, the Grim Reaper’s Eye started to furiously devour Moro’s remnant soul. Something amazing then occurred at this point.</p><p>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!</p><p>This shocked Meng Lei!</p><p>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.</p><p>Moreover, the Grim Reaper bloodline in his body had also been enhanced to become the Grim Reaper King bloodline.</p><p>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.</p><p>And yet, this guy currently standing in front of him had somehow managed to!</p><p>“Who exactly are you?” Meng Lei narrowed his eyes and asked seriously.</p><p>“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.”</p><p>“Futile efforts? Aren’t you being overconfident here?”</p><p>Meng Lei snorted lightly and ordered, “System, plunder that guy’s memories. I want to know who he is!”</p><p>“Ding! Target Item: Moro’s memories. Plunder Target: Moro’s remnant soul. Plundering cost is estimated at 100 trillion Divinity Crystals.”</p><p>The system asked coldly, “Will you plunder it?”</p><p>“100 trillion Divinity Crystals?”</p><p>Meng Lei almost broke into expletives.</p><p><em>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?</em></p><p>“System, what exactly is that guy? Why does it cost so much to plunder his memories?” asked a puzzled Meng Lei.</p><p>However, the system didn’t even make a peep in response.</p><p>“…”</p><p>Meng Lei was rendered speechless at once.</p><p>“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.”</p><p>“I certainly can’t kill you.” Meng Lei was awfully displeased. “But it doesn’t mean that I can’t do anything about you!”</p><p>“Oh?”</p><p>Moro raised an eyebrow.</p><p>“Mysterious Ice of The Depths!”</p><p>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.</p><p>“Even if I can’t kill you, do you think I can’t trap you?”</p><p>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—”</p><p>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.</p><p>“Mysterious Ice of The Depths! Tsk, to think you can use the Frost Gods’ Innate Special Ability. How unexpected!”</p><p>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!”</p><p>“…”</p><p>Meng Lei took a deep breath and launched another of his special abilities. “Netherworld Divine Fire!”</p><p>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.</p><p>“First Grim Reaper’s Eye, then Mysterious Ice of The Depths, and now Netherworld Divine Fire!”</p><p>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?”</p><p>“You’re the mutant! Your entire family are mutants!”</p><p>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?”</p><p>“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!”</p><p>“What’s effective on you, then?” asked a vexed Meng Lei.</p><p>“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.”</p><p>“Genesis laws of nature?”</p><p>Meng Lei was stunned. “What are genesis laws of nature?”</p><p>“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.”</p><p>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.”</p><p>“Genesis laws of nature…” Meng Lei murmured under his breath.</p><p>“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.”</p><p>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.</p><p>“As for now…”</p><p>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!”</p><p>“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.</p><p>“Is that so? In that case, lifeforms from your era sure are inferior!”</p><p>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!”</p><p>“You’ve been mentioning the word ‘era’. What exactly is an ‘era’?” asked a frowning Meng Lei.</p><p>“Trees go through summer and winter, and people go through aging, weakening, and death.”</p><p>Moro said dispassionately, “There’s an end to the lives of all things in this world, and the universe itself is no exception.</p><p>“Every certain period, the universe will die out and be reborn—this is reincarnation. Every reincarnation cycle is an era.”</p><p>“You’re someone from the previous era?!”</p><p>A jolt went through Meng Lei, and he couldn’t help but let out an exclamation.</p><p>“That’s right.”</p><p>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.”</p><p>“So you’re that kind of old fart!”</p><p>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?”</p><p>“Hah, that’s a secret!”</p><p>The corners of Moro’s lips quirked upward.</p><p>Pooh!</p><p>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?”</p><p>“What a quick-witted little fellow!”</p><p>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.</p><p>“That’s what a real disaster is.”</p><p>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!”</p><p>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?”</p><p>“Immortal?”</p><p>Moro said mockingly, “Can this even be considered ‘immortality’? It’s just dragging out an ignoble existence at best!”</p><p>Meng Lei listened quietly and waited for his follow-up.</p><p>“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.</p><p>“The Primordial World Genesis Gods?” Meng Lei quickly asked, “What class are these lifeforms?”</p>

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Chapter 377 - Immortal Essence, Power Of Genesis

Volume 4

<h1>Chapter 377 - Immortal Essence, Power Of Genesis</h1><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>Immortality?</p><p>Eternal life?</p><p>It’s all a joke!</p><p>“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.”</p><p><em>Divinity Crystals!</em></p><p>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?”</p><p>Meng Lei glanced at the unconscious Dowa Caesar with some disagreement.</p><p>“Why? You want to take me away?”</p><p>Moro raised an eyebrow with a ghost of a smile.</p><p>“You won’t have a future following him.”</p><p>Meng Lei shook his head lightly.</p><p>“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!”</p><p>“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.”</p><p>“You don’t even understand!” Moro shook his head. “Without enough immortal essence, my remnant soul will never be restored!”</p><p>“Immortal essence?”</p><p>Meng Lei broke into a slight frown.</p><p>“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.”</p><p>Meng Lei fell silent.</p><p><em>The three great powers of genesis are part of the immortal essence?</em></p><p><em>Now isn’t this too difficult to obtain?</em></p><p>“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!”</p><p>“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?”</p><p>“You? Comprehend the… genesis laws of nature?”</p><p>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.</p><p>“You? The genesis laws of nature? Are you an idiot sent by a monkey?</p><p>“So you’re looking down on me?”</p><p>Meng Lei smiled.</p><p>“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…”</p><p>Moro sneered. “Forget it!”</p><p>“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.”</p><p>Meng Lei chuckled.</p><p>“Gah…”</p><p>Moro was in a daze as he looked at Meng Lei. “Kid, you sure you’re not joking?”</p><p>“Where’s the need to?”</p><p>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.</p><p>Gasp!</p><p>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!”</p><p>“Not three, it’s four, there’s still the time-based laws of nature,” Meng Lei corrected.</p><p>“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!”</p><p>Moro was frightened. He gasped and looked at Meng Lei as if he was a monster.</p><p>“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?”</p><p>“Oh, you don’t understand, young fellow.”</p><p>As an existence that stood at the very pinnacle once, Moro calmed down soon enough.</p><p>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.</p><p>“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!</p><p>“One type of supreme laws of nature is already so difficult, let alone four types? Who knows how you managed to do it!”</p><p>“Hehe, that’s just talent, nothing else,” Meng Lei said in a showy manner.</p><p>“Indeed! This is true talent!”</p><p>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.</p><p>“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.</p><p>“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!”</p><p>“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!”</p><p>“You’ll regret it, young fellow.”</p><p>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.”</p><p>“Perhaps!”</p><p>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?”</p><p>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…</p><p>That’s a treasure right there.</p><p>He had to bring him along.</p><p>This time, Moro did not reject directly as he fell silent.</p><p>“Why? Still hesitant?” Meng Lei raised an eyebrow. “You should know clearly that there’s no future if you follow this hopeless chap.”</p><p>“And that means following you has a brighter future?” Moro asked with a bored voice.</p><p>“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.”</p><p>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!”</p><p>“Ten million years? That is way too long.”</p><p>Meng Lei laughed. “You might not believe what I’m about to say, but I’m not even 45 years old yet!”</p><p>(⊙_⊙)?</p><p>Moro was dazed. “45 years old?”</p><p>“Hehe, you can ask around if you like.”</p>

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Chapter 378 - A Heaven And Earth Phenomenon, Appearance Of Chief God Divine Core

Volume 4

<h1>Chapter 378 - A Heaven And Earth Phenomenon, Appearance Of Chief God Divine Core</h1><p>In the Dragon-Elephant City’s Governor Residence…</p><p>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.</p><p>“Oh gosh! Did I just meet a Chief God? That’s just hard to believe!”</p><p>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?”</p><p>There was no response.</p><p>“Moro? You there?”</p><p>Dowa Caesar called out again, but there was still no response.</p><p>“Moro!</p><p>“Moro?</p><p>“It can’t be! Moro!</p><p>“My cheating device…”</p><p>…</p><p>Moro was gone.</p><p>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.</p><p>Moro had left with Meng Lei. After learning Meng Lei’s actual age, Moro did not hesitate anymore and promptly followed Meng Lei.</p><p>Seriously!</p><p>He had already comprehended four supreme laws of nature by the age of 45 years old.</p><p>Was he really human?</p><p>He was an absolute freak!</p><p>Even if the Primordial World Genesis God had a reincarnation, it would be nothing more than that.</p><p>In Moro’s eyes, Meng Lei’s probability of comprehending the genesis laws of nature and controlling the Power of Genesis was great.</p><p>Whether Meng Lei would save him in the future could be left for another time.</p><p><em>Yes, I must build good relations with him first! As for the rest, I’ll take one step at a time!</em></p><p>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.</p><p>“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?”</p><p>“You don’t understand.”</p><p>“I don’t?”</p><p>“You really won’t understand!”</p><p>Moro was fuming, but he could not do anything to Meng Lei.</p><p>Plunder!</p><p>Plunder!</p><p>Plunder!</p><p>Despite Meng Lei’s unprecedented looting speed, the Dragon-Elephant City was just too huge.</p><p>A month passed…</p><p>Two months passed…</p><p>Three months passed…</p><p>The plundering continued.</p><p>Half a year passed in the blink of an eye.</p><p>Moro was fed up upon seeing how ‘frivolous’ Meng Lei was.</p><p>“Kid, we are almost halfway past this era, and you’re still over here wasting time. You’re simply wasting your life away!”</p><p>“Wasting my life?”</p><p>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.</p><p>“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.</p><p>“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?”</p><p>Meng Lei glanced at the bored subordinates following behind him. They were like frozen eggplants, withered and spiritless ¹ .</p><p>“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—”</p><p>“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.</p><p>“Disaster is nearby if you don’t listen to your elders, kid. You’ll regret it later!”</p><p>Moro was so angry that he wanted to put a bomb in Meng Lei’s groin.</p><p>Boom!</p><p>Just then, a terrifying wave of pressure coming from afar swept across, along with dazzling multi-colored light beams.</p><p>The air in some distance away was painted in rainbow colors; even Dragon-Elephant City glowed colorfully.</p><p>“What’s going on?”</p><p>Meng Lei looked toward the beams’ direction.</p><p>Ol’ Amos, Puhaman, Bubbles, and the rest shuddered as they regained their spirits, each of them looking at the air in the distance.</p><p>Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!</p><p>The deities in the city were alarmed by it, and they flew into the sky to check the situation.</p><p>“What has happened over there?”</p><p>“Did you all sense that? Such… Such pressure!”</p><p>“I felt that. Even from afar, it makes me palpitate.”</p><p>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.</p><p>Somewhere far away, someone or something emanated a terrifying aura, which even made Meng Lei feel pressured.</p><p>That was incredible as he was a mid-level Ancient God. What could have pressured him?</p><p>“This aura… Tsk, another bloodshed is coming!” Moro flew out of the Tower of Time and gloated.</p><p>“Do you know what’s happening over there?”</p><p>Meng Lei looked puzzled as he looked at Moro.</p><p>“Hoho, across the vast universe, nothing can be hidden from me!” Moro boasted.</p><p>Meng Lei was rendered speechless. “Then tell me what can give off such a powerful aura?”</p><p>Moro asked instead of replying, “You’ve refined a Heart of The Existential Plane, right?”</p><p>“Of course!”</p><p>Meng Lei nodded lightly.</p><p>Moro chuckled and asked, “If you sense it carefully, isn’t this aura similar to one of a Heart of The Existential Plane?”</p><p>“The Heart of The Existential Plane?”</p><p>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?”</p><p>“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.”</p><p>“Fragment?” Meng Lei was surprised. “The Heart of The Existential Plane can be broken?”</p><p>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.</p><p>“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.”</p><p>“Never complete?” Meng Lei was surprised. “Why so?”</p><p>“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.”</p><p>“What?” asked Meng Lei.</p><p>“Chief God divine core.”</p><p>Moro looked at Meng Lei with a ghost of a smile.</p><p>“Chief God divine core!” Meng Lei was utterly shocked. “You mean, the thing that emanated such aura is a Chief God divine core?”</p><p>“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.”</p><p>“Since it’s a Chief God divine core, why didn’t you say it earlier?”</p><p>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.</p><p>A Chief God divine core!</p><p>That was something that could give him a meteoric rise!</p><p>Even if he did not assimilate it for himself, he had to obtain it first!</p>

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Chapter 379 - The Manro Empress, Man And Wife Become Enemies

Volume 4

<h1>Chapter 379 - The Manro Empress, Man And Wife Become Enemies</h1><p>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.</p><p>The Great Pompeii Desert!</p><p>This was the biggest desert in the Earth Divine Realm and the whole wide universe!</p><p>None could compare to it!</p><p>A ten-colored “sun” hung high above the Great Pompeii Desert.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>“A Chief God divine core!”</p><p>“It’s definitely a Chief God divine core’s aura!”</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>“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!</p><p>“Mine! The divine core is mine!”</p><p>Whoosh!</p><p>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.</p><p>Whoosh!</p><p>Whoosh!</p><p>At practically almost the same time, two other light beams also shot simultaneously toward the sun in the sky.</p><p>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!”</p><p>That’s right!</p><p>The ones trying to get ahead of the Manro Empress were none other than the two elders whom she had brought with her!</p><p>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!</p><p>This greatly infuriated the Manro Empress.</p><p>Boom!</p><p>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.</p><p>“How dare you betray me! You should die for that!”</p><p>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!”</p><p>“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!”</p><p>“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.</p><p>Unexpectedly, the Naga old man suddenly shouted, “Wait a moment, Your Majesty! Someone’s rushing toward the Chief God divine core!”</p><p>“What?”</p><p>The look on the Manro Empress’ pretty face changed drastically, and she hastily turned to look at the multi-colored sun.</p><p>“Die!”</p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>Boom!</p><p>Boom!</p><p>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.</p><p>The two elders exchanged a look after they sent the Manro Empress flying, and then they shot toward the multi-colored sun once more.</p><p>“Traitors! Goddamn traitors!”</p><p>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.</p><p>They were getting nearer and nearer! Nearer and nearer!</p><p>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.</p><p>At last, only a short few meters stood between them and the sun!</p><p>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.</p><p>A stone’s throw away!</p><p>This was truly what “a stone’s throw away” was!</p><p>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!</p><p>“It’s mine!!”</p><p>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!</p><p>Thud!</p><p>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!</p><p>The true blue meaning of “everything”!</p><p>“I’m about to become a Chief God!”</p><p>“I’m about to become a Chief God!”</p><p>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.</p><p>“Old woman, hurry and let go!” The Naga old man shouted, “The Chief God divine core is mine!”</p><p>“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!”</p><p>“Old woman, I’ve yielded to you my whole life. Can’t you yield to me this one time today?”</p><p>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!”</p><p>“Hmph! Since you’ve already yielded to me your whole life, what’s the harm in yielding to me one more time?”</p><p>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!”</p><p>“Old woman, I’ll never leave you, either, I swear!”</p><p>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?”</p><p>“I’m not letting go! The Chief God divine core is min—”</p><p>“Alright, you guys. Make way, please!”</p>

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Chapter 380 - Supreme God Divine Core, Destruction With A Flick Of One'S Fingers

Volume 4

<h1>Chapter 380 - Supreme God Divine Core, Destruction With A Flick Of One'S Fingers</h1><p>No one could take the allure of a Chief God divine core in stride. It was normal for father and son to turn against each other or for man and wife to become enemies because of a Chief God divine core. This particular Naga couple was the clearest example of that.</p><p>Despite having accompanied each other for so many years and braving through countless hardships and obstacles together, none of it was as important as the Chief God divine core in this instant!</p><p>“Alright, you guys. Make way, please!”</p><p>Just as the two elderly Nagas were embroiled in a persistent argument, someone finally couldn’t stand to watch it anymore. They appeared bizarrely in between the two of them and grabbed the Chief God divine core over to themselves.</p><p>The two Naga elders’ expressions changed drastically, and they quickly turned to the newcomer. Fire was practically blazing in their eyes, and the looks on their faces were as if they wished they could stuff a bomb into the crotch of the newcomer’s trousers.</p><p>“You goddamn thief! Give the Chief God divine core back to me!”</p><p>The two Naga elders flew into a thundering rage and blatantly dealt the newcomer palm strikes. The wind impact from their palm strikes was so fierce and forceful that it was as if they wanted to smash the newcomer into a bloody pulp before they could fully vent their fury.</p><p>“The two of you have already turned on each other just because of this Chief God divine core. This is truly a huge tragedy of life! For your sakes, I shall confiscate this Chief God divine core instead!”</p><p>The newcomer was none other than Meng Lei. He teleported a few kilometers away in a flash, and then he started to inspect the Chief God divine core, his eyes gleaming brightly all the while as he did so.</p><p>“Its composition and quality hold several similarities to low-end and mid-end existential planes’ Hearts of The Existential Plane, but its might is much more powerful than theirs,” murmured Meng Lei.</p><p>“Of course. Apart from the ten basic laws of nature and ten types of Power of Origin, a high-end existential plane’s Heart of The Existential Plane’s composition also includes the five supreme laws of nature and their power.”</p><p>Moro manifested beside Meng Lei and said, “You can try imagining for yourself how mighty the substance formed using 15 types of laws of nature, and 15 types of power must be! It’s said that…”</p><p>“What?” asked a puzzled Meng Lei.</p><p>“It’s said that a complete high-end Heart of The Existential Plane is comparable to a Supreme God divine core. Anyone that assimilates a complete high-end Heart of The Existential Plane will possess strength comparable to a Supreme God of The Universe’s,” replied a smiling Moro.</p><p>“A Supreme God of The Universe!”</p><p>Meng Lei perked up.</p><p>What came after a lesser Chief God, an intermediate Chief God, a higher Chief God, and a Juggernaut was the Supreme God of The Universe. From this, one could imagine just how powerful a Supreme God was!</p><p>A complete high-end Heart of The Existential Plane was comparable to a Supreme God divine core? A gleam flashed across Meng Lei’s eyes.</p><p>“It’s just a shame that a complete high-end Heart of The Existential Plane can’t exist. Therefore, this also implies that it’s impossible for Supreme Gods to exist in the universe.” Moro then added with a smile, “I guess this can also be considered a balance in another way.”</p><p>“Perhaps!”</p><p>Meng Lei gave him a smile. Then, he asked, “Moro, do you think this is a lesser Chief God divine core, an intermediate Chief God divine core, or a higher Chief God divine core?”</p><p>“No, no, you’re mistaken,” Moro corrected him and said, “While there’s a difference in strength among Chief Gods, there isn’t a difference in grades among Chief God divine cores.</p><p>“Every Chief God divine core’s composition and size are exactly the same. A Chief God’s level of strength is instead determined by their degree of comprehension of supreme laws of nature. This is how it works concretely:</p><p>“Chief Gods that have only assimilated Chief God divine cores but are completely ignorant of supreme laws of nature are lesser Chief Gods and are the weakest among the lot.</p><p>“Chief Gods that have assimilated Chief God divine cores and also comprehended some supreme laws of nature are the slightly stronger intermediate Chief Gods, while those that have great prowess in supreme laws of nature are higher Chief Gods.</p><p>“As for Chief Gods that have both assimilated Chief God divine cores and also fully comprehended a type of supreme laws of nature, they are Juggernauts.”</p><p>“Fine!”</p><p>Meng Lei curled his lip disdainfully in response. He had already known since a long time ago that a Chief God’s level of strength was related to their degree of comprehension of laws of nature, but what he hadn’t expected was that it was actually… completely unrelated to the Chief God divine cores!</p><p>All Chief God divine cores were completely identical!</p><p>“You’ve already started to comprehend four types of supreme laws of nature. Although you’re just scratching the surface of the subjects, it’s at least still something. If you assimilate this Chief God divine core, you’ll become an intermediate Chief God right away.” Moro licked his lips and said cheerfully, “So, hurry and assimilate it!”</p><p>Meng Lei nodded lightly. Then, he asked, “Can someone that hasn’t deified yet assimilate a Chief God divine core?”</p><p>Upon his question, Moro replied without any hesitation, “Someone that hasn’t deified yet wouldn’t possess a divine core. Since they don’t even have a divine core, then, of course, they can’t assimilate a Chief God divine core.”</p><p>“What a real shame! I can’t assimilate this, then,” replied Meng Lei regretfully.</p><p>“You can’t? What do you mean?”</p><p>Moro was rather stupefied. A moment later, he finally realized the meaning behind Meng Lei’s words and asked, “Y-you can’t be saying that you haven’t deified yet, right?”</p><p>“Yeah!”</p><p>Meng Lei nodded lightly.</p><p>“…”</p><p>A stunned Moro stared at Meng Lei in stupefaction as though he were staring at a freak. After a long while, he finally uttered, “Just what kind of freak are you, exactly? To think you haven’t deified yet!”</p><p>“I am what I am, the fireworks of a different color ¹ !”</p><p>Meng Lei gave him a slight smile and kept the Chief God divine core with a flip of his wrist. It was right at this moment that he suddenly assailed by a swift and fierce wind, to which Meng Lei immediately dodged.</p><p>He turned over to find out that it was actually the Manro Empress!</p><p>“Hand over the Chief God divine core!”</p><p>The corners of the Manro Empress’ lips were stained with blood. Not only had her fighting spirit and the killing intent in her eyes not weakened, but they had even intensified. She stared coldly at Meng Lei.</p><p>“Hand over the Chief God divine core!”</p><p>The two Naga elders also charged over to Meng Lei.</p><p>“You traitors! I’ll deal with the two of you after this!”</p><p>The Manro Empress gave the two of them an icy glare before her line of sight returned to Meng Lei once more. This was exactly how strong a Chief God divine core’s allure was—it could even compel the Manro Empress to temporarily put aside her grudges.</p><p>The two Naga elders were rather embarrassed, but now that things had come to such a pass, they couldn’t afford to be bothered about so much anymore. They watched Meng Lei with fierce and savage looks in their eyes, their killing intent so strong that it had almost solidified.</p><p>They practically hated Meng Lei with every fiber of their being right now. They had obviously already gotten their hands on the Chief God divine core, yet Meng Lei had snatched it away from them in the end and caused them to get their hopes up for nothing.</p><p>This feud between them was simply too great!</p><p>“You want the Chief God divine core? Why should I give it to you?”</p><p>Meng Lei watched the three of them with great interest.</p><p>“The Chief God divine core is ours, the Desert Manro Nagas’! Hand it over at once if you know what’s good for you! Otherwise, I’ll see that you die in the Great Pompeii Desert and rest forever in this desolate land!” replied the Manro Empress coldly.</p><p>“Hah, it’s yours just because it appeared in your territory? Although you’re making quite the domineering claim, it does seem to make a bit of sense.”</p><p>Meng Lei said with a smile, “Since that’s the case, then let me hereby formally announce that the entire Great Pompeii Desert is my territory from this moment onward. Do you have any objections?”</p><p>“What insolence!”</p><p>“You’re courting death!”</p><p>“You bastard!”</p><p>The trio flew into a thundering rage the moment they heard what Meng Lei said, and they attacked right away.</p><p>“Snake Rules The World!”</p><p>A huge, majestic hologram of a large golden snake arose from the Manro Empress as she let out a low roar. Then, its form solidified, and its jaws snapped at Meng Lei.</p><p>“Shadow Snakes!”</p><p>The Naga old man’s right arm extended and transformed into a huge purple python that lunged at Meng Lei.</p><p>“Snake Flurry of Destruction!”</p><p>The Naga old woman clapped her hands together, upon which innumerable poisonous snakes hurtled out of her sleeves like laser guns and bit viciously at Meng Lei.</p><p>“Insignificant tricks!”</p><p>Meng Lei slowly raised his right hand and gently tapped the air with his finger. A tricolored chilly current burst forth from his fingertip, instantly spreading into the surroundings and shrouding the whole area within it.</p><p>Crack!</p><p>The tricolored chilly current appeared plain and unremarkable, but it exhibited incredibly fearsome might the very instant it made contact with the massive golden snake, the huge purple python, and the innumerable poisonous snakes.</p><p>The massive golden snake, the huge purple python, and the innumerable poisonous snakes were sealed in ice in a mere instant, turning into several ice sculptures that stood frozen in mid-air, still and motionless.</p><p>“What?”</p><p>“How can that be?”</p><p>The Manro Empress and the two Naga elders’ expressions changed dramatically as disbelief filled their eyes. One must know that they were super experts that were infinitely close to becoming Great Perfection deities! Who could withstand their attacks with the three of them joining hands?</p><p>Yet Meng Lei had negated their attacks so casually! Just how strong was he?</p><p>“To think the three of you actually dare to covet the Chief God divine core with your meager capabilities. Aren’t you afraid that you’ll end up dying a terrible death and your clan annihilated?”</p>

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Chapter 381 - The Frost Gods, Authentic Mysterious Ice

Volume 4

<h1>Chapter 381 - The Frost Gods, Authentic Mysterious Ice</h1><p>“You dare put your hands on the Chief God divine core with such meager abilities?”</p><p>Meng Lei was not underestimating these three fellows. Even if they didn’t encounter him, they had no chance against others too. In fact, they might end up worse.</p><p>“Stop blabbering and hand over the Chief God divine core!”</p><p>The Manro Empress bellowed, “The Chief God divine core belongs to us!”</p><p>So what if he was powerful?</p><p>That was a Chief God divine core—the step to a meteoric rise that she would never give up on.</p><p>“Hand over the Chief God divine core at once!”</p><p>The two Nagas yelled as well.</p><p>“Seems like you want to do this the hard way!”</p><p>Meng Lei sneered as he appeared before the Manro Empress in a flash.</p><p>“So fast!”</p><p>The Manro Empress’ expression changed quickly, but a sharp, throbbing pain came from her abdomen before she could react. In the very next moment, she flew off backward.</p><p>Meng Lei moved about like a ghost as he appeared before the two old Nagas consecutively and kicked them hard, sending them flying out into the distance.</p><p>“Peasants who overestimate themselves.”</p><p>Meng Lei snorted softly and prepared to teleport away. Just then, a shrill sound sliced across the air, and a figure shot in front of Meng Lei.</p><p>It had a pair of sharp horns, a long tail, round ears, blood-red eyes, purple-black lips, and pale-white skin.</p><p>Meng Lei was startled to see this person—it looked exactly like Frieza from an anime, almost as if it was the actual one.</p><p><em>They look so similar!</em></p><p>Frieza was just a fictional character who could not have appeared here. The one in front of him should be a Frost God deity, a Great Perfection one.</p><p>“Where’s the Chief God divine core? Where is it?”</p><p>Frieza gazed upon Meng Lei and the three Nagas with its blood-red eyes, full of thirst and desire. He was already a Great Perfection deity at the end of his cultivation progress with no chance of progressing further. However, everything would change if he obtained a Chief God divine core. He would be able to make that leap to become a supreme Chief God, standing at the top of the universe. Hence, the Chief God divine core was a great temptation.</p><p>“Great Perfection deity!”</p><p>The three Nagas looked incredibly awful. They knew that their hopes of getting the Chief God divine core was diminishing quickly with the appearance of the unfathomable expert Meng Lei, and now a Great Perfection deity.</p><p>“Look at what you’ve done, old man!” snarled the Naga old woman. “The Chief God divine core was already in my hands. If it weren’t for you, we wouldn’t have ended up in this state.”</p><p>“Hmph! You still have the cheeks to blame me?” retorted the Naga old man. “I’ve given in and tolerated you for my entire life, and in the end, you’re treating me like this. I’m absolutely blind to be with you!”</p><p>“You—”</p><p>The two old Nagas complained about each other, and ‘Frieza’ was annoyed. He snorted, and a terrifying aura that reached into the heavens and went deep into the earth pressed over.</p><p>“Say it! Where’s the Chief God divine core?” Frieza said coldly.</p><p>“He snatched the Chief God divine core!”</p><p>The Manro Empress coughed up a mouthful of blood as she pointed at Meng Lei. Her sparkling eyes were suppressed with rage.</p><p><em>If I can’t have it, I won’t let you get it either!</em></p><p>“Yes! He indeed snatched the Chief God divine core!” The Naga old man spoke too.</p><p>“The Chief God divine core is with you?” Frieza looked at Meng Lei immediately with greed in his eyes. “Quickly! Give it up now!”</p><p>“The Chief God divine core is in my hands, but why should I give it to you?” Meng Lei said calmly, “You’ve got to come up with a valid explanation, right?”</p><p>“Explanation? Bwahaha!” Frieza let a peal of boisterous laughter. “Hand over the Chief God divine core, and I’ll spare your life! Or else, you’ll die a tragic death!”</p><p>“Kill me? You might not have the capacities for that!”</p><p>Meng Lei scoffed, took a step, and appeared before Frieza. Their eyes met, and Frieza was stunned by Meng Lei’s speed.</p><p><em>So fast!</em></p><p>In the next moment, Meng Lei’s fists struck his abdomen.</p><p>Boom!</p><p>Boundless power spread throughout Frieza’s body, and he was sent flying with a muffled grunt. A figure flashed behind him like a ghost, and Meng Lei stomped Frieza’s head.</p><p>Meng Lei sneered and shook his head as he looked at Frieza. “Everyone can talk the talk, but you’ll only end up as a miserable joke without enough capabilities!”</p><p>Gasp!</p><p>The three Nagas were traumatized. They stared at Meng Lei as if he was a monster. That was a Great Perfection deity, yet Meng Lei had completely dominated him.</p><p><em>Who the hell is he?</em> The Manro Empress thought quickly, <em>The only ones who can suppress a Great Perfection deity would be a Chief God. Perhaps he’s one of them?</em></p><p>Chief Gods were the existence far above, elusive, and nowhere to be found. Those who could see them were far and few. Yet, they were great beings, and there would always be statues, drawings, and others to know of their appearances.</p><p>Hence, many experts had ‘seen’ Chief Gods. At that moment, however, the Manro Empress could swear that she had never seen a Chief God like Meng Lei.</p><p>“Curse you! Curse it all!”</p><p>Frieza steadied himself and glared at Meng Lei dead in the eye. His murderous intent was clear—since when had he ever been humiliated like this?</p><p>It was utterly unacceptable!</p><p>“Die!”</p><p>Frieza roared, and a cold purple current burst off, turning into a majestic purple frost dragon that crashed toward Meng Lei.</p><p>It was the Frost Gods’ Innate Special Ability, Mysterious Ice of The Depths!</p><p>There was nothing more to mention about the power of the Mysterious Ice of The Depths. Other than its extremely low temperatures, it could freeze virtually anything, including dimensions.</p><p>As expected, the purple frost dragon emanated incredibly low temperatures, which froze and imprisoned everything in its path.</p><p>“Damn!”</p><p>Upon detecting the purple frost dragon’s terrible might, the three Nagas’ expressions changed dramatically, and they retreated a distance away. This frost dragon was too terrifying, so they did not want to be embroiled.</p><p>“I’ve finally met the authentic Mysterious Ice of The Depths!” Meng Lei did not dodge. Instead, a smirk dashed across his face. “It’s just a pity…”</p><p>With that said, Meng Lei pointed his finger and tapped on the frost dragon’s nose. The purple frost dragon broke in pieces with a crackle as if it was hammered hard.</p><p>“You think that’s it? Think again! Freeze!”</p><p>Frieza seemed to have expected the outcome. Innumerable broken pieces of ice swarmed Meng Lei and closed in on him swiftly.</p><p>Crack, crack, crack…</p><p>An icy purple prison was formed, sealing Meng Lei within. Frieza let out an icy snort, and purple currents shot out to reinforce the block of ice.</p><p>After quite a while, the icy prison was enhanced, and Frieza breathed a sigh of relief. “Don’t think about getting out when you’re locked into my Mysterious Ice of The Depths! Now, time to leave this place before anything else!”</p><p>As he spoke, he fixed his gaze on the Manro Empress and the two Nagas with vicious intent.</p><p>“Damn!”</p><p>“He’s going to silence us for good!”</p><p>The three Nagas were terribly frightened and fled immediately. They had no courage to face a Great Perfection deity since they were simply inferior to him.</p><p>“Thinking of fleeing? It’s too late!”</p><p>Frieza sneered and snapped his fingers. Three purple ice needles shot off, and they pierced through the back of three Nagas’ heads, killing them instantly.</p><p>Their outraged eyes were widened big and round, filled with resentment and chagrin. They only wanted to snatch the Chief God divine core, so how did they end up losing their lives…</p>

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Chapter 382 - Death Laws Of Nature, Assimilating The Divine Core

Volume 4

<h1>Chapter 382 - Death Laws Of Nature, Assimilating The Divine Core</h1><p>Chapter 382: Death Laws of Nature, Assimilating the Divine Core</p><p>Frieza brought Meng Lei away with him.</p><p>Shortly after they left, several streaks of light shot to where they had previously been. Every one of them had a strong and forceful aura around them and gave off vast and mighty divine power—they were evidently all high-level higher deities and Great Perfection super experts.</p><p>“Three Naga dead bodies!”</p><p>“And the aura of residual power of divinity!”</p><p>“It’s likely the Frost Gods!”</p><p>“The Frost Gods have taken the Chief God divine core!”</p><p>“Find them! The Chief God divine core has to be…”</p><p>The group of experts immediately launched an inch-by-inch search, vowing to find the Chief God divine core no matter what. After all, they would never give up something like a Chief God divine core!</p><p>However, what none of them knew was that Frieza hadn’t really left. Instead, he had taken Meng Lei with him, hiding dozens of millions of kilometers underground.</p><p>“The most dangerous place is usually also the safest place. I’ll stay right here and hide within plain sight. Who would be able to find me that way?</p><p>“When I’ve assimilated the Chief God divine core and become a supreme Chief God, everything will be set in stone, and all of you shall prostrate at my feet!”</p><p>Frieza brought out the ice cell imprisoning Meng Lei, intending to kill him, but before he could do anything, the ice cell broke on its own.</p><p>“How can this be?”</p><p>Frieza was stunned.</p><p>“What? Are you very surprised?” Meng Lei had a big smile on his face as he said, “Surely you didn’t think that you really could trap me? What the heck, someone the likes of you actually thinks he can trap me? What were you thinking?”</p><p>“Mysterious Ice of The Depths!”</p><p>Frieza snapped back to reality in no time and brazenly launched an attack. However, before he could cast his Mysterious Ice of The Depths, Meng Lei had frozen him to the spot.</p><p>Meng Lei was also using Mysterious Ice of The Depths, but the difference lay in the fact that not only was his Mysterious Ice of The Depths tricolored, but it was also a powerful ultimate-grade special ability. Frieza struggled desperately after he was sealed in ice by Mysterious Ice of The Depths, but he couldn’t do anything about it at all.</p><p>“Why did you capture him, kid?”</p><p>Moro appeared out of thin air and stared at Meng Lei in puzzlement. In his opinion, there was no need for Meng Lei to go to the trouble of pretending and allowing Frieza to capture him.</p><p>It was too much trouble!</p><p>He could easily just kill Frieza instead. After all, the two of them were in two completely different leagues in terms of combat power.</p><p>“I naturally have my own motives in doing so,” replied Meng Lei with a hint of a smile.</p><p>“Your motives? What motives?” asked Moro curiously.</p><p>“Because he has the fifth type of supreme laws of nature on him!” Meng Lei could hardly hide the greed in his eyes as he said, “Didn’t you sense it? This guy’s a real Great Perfection deity. He’s already comprehended a sliver of death laws of nature!”</p><p>“So what even if that’s the case? It’s ultimately still just a mere sliver. It isn’t enough to cause a qualitative improvement in his combat power, so he’s just a notch stronger than most average Great Perfection deities, that’s all,” scoffed Moro.</p><p>Given Moro’s perceptiveness, he could naturally tell that Frieza had already assimilated metal, dark, ice, wind, and earth laws of nature and started to comprehend death laws of nature.</p><p>But so what even if that was the case?</p><p>It wasn’t like they could make use of it anyway!</p><p>“You’ll understand in no time!”</p><p>Meng Lei chuckled, and then he gave the order to plunder.</p><p>Boom!</p><p>A wave of information about death laws of nature instantly gushed into Meng Lei’s mind. He hurriedly gathered his thoughts and began to digest it quickly.</p><p>A long while later, Meng Lei slowly let out a pent-up breath, and a joyful smile formed at the corners of his eyes.</p><p>“Haha! It’s complete! I’ve completed all five types of supreme laws of nature!”</p><p>“What are you talking about?”</p><p>Moro stared at Meng Lei with a puzzled look on his face.</p><p>“How many types of supreme laws of nature are there exactly, Moro?”</p><p>Meng Lei threw him a question instead of answering him. He asked, “Aside from the five great supreme laws of nature—time, spatial, life, destruction, and death—are there any other types of supreme laws of nature?”</p><p>Although Moro was awfully puzzled as to why Meng Lei would suddenly ask such a question, he nevertheless shook his head and denied the possibility. He answered, “There are only these five types of supreme laws of nature. There isn’t any other.”</p><p>“That’s great!” Meng Lei exhaled and said, “This also means that I’ve already started to comprehend all five types of supreme laws of nature, so what I need to do now is to earn Divinity Crystals, buy credit, and bring them all up to completion!”</p><p>“What exactly are you mumbling about, little fellow? Why is it that the more I hear what you’re saying, the more confused I am?” asked a somewhat displeased Moro.</p><p>“Haha!”</p><p>Meng Lei chuckled lightly. Then, a laws of nature chain suddenly formed at his fingertip. It gave off a ghastly white glow like that of a dead man’s pale, bloodless complexion.</p><p>“D-death laws of nature!”</p><p>A huge jolt went through Moro. He rubbed his eyes hard, unable to stop himself from exclaiming, “You… How come you’ve comprehended death laws of nature?”</p><p>Meng Lei pointed at Frieza and replied, “I plundered it from him.”</p><p>Gasp!</p><p>Moro couldn’t help but gasp at his response. “You actually have that kind of ability? Could it be that… This was also how you had obtained the other four types of supreme laws of nature that you’ve previously comprehended?”</p><p>“Well, I guess so!”</p><p>Meng Lei nodded slightly. Then, he casually killed Frieza, sent his carcass into the Tower of Time, and tossed it to the little golden tree. As for its divine core, he also tossed it into the Tower of Time after he erased its divine spirit.</p><p>Ol’ Amos, Puhaman, and the others were currently chatting idly in boredom with one another on the Tower of Time’s 99th level. They could swear that these few days since their arrival at the Earth Divine Realm were the idlest and most leisure period they had ever spent after becoming Meng Lei’s followers. With nothing to do all day, they were utterly bored to tears!</p><p>They sorely lacked power of divinity, so they didn’t want to stay idle like this. They wanted to get down to work, to spread their faith, to enrich their power of divinity, but unfortunately…</p><p>Whoosh!</p><p>All of a sudden, a ghastly white divine core suddenly fell from the sky and landed in Ol’ Amos’ palm.</p><p>Just as puzzlement came over everyone, Meng Lei’s voice abruptly rang out. He said, “Ol’ President, this is a Great Perfection divine core. Why don’t you assimilate it?”</p><p>“What?”</p><p>“A Great Perfection divine core?!”</p><p>His words caused a great furor to go through the deities.</p><p>Everyone’s gazes fell onto the divine core sitting in Ol’ Amos’ palm at the same time, the look in their eyes one of open hunger. A Great Perfection divine core! That was a Great Perfection divine core!</p><p>As long as one assimilated it, they would be able to rise and become a Great Perfection deity in a single leap!</p><p>A Great Perfection deity!!</p><p>“Mine! This is mine!”</p><p>Ol’ Amos snapped back to reality and hastily held the divine core close to himself as he watched the others warily, the look on his face as though an old mother hen protecting its chicks.</p><p>Snatching it from him?</p><p>He wasn’t worried about the others snatching it from him, of course. This was purely just instinct. After all, a Great Perfection divine core was simply too precious, so much so that he couldn’t help but act with extreme caution.</p><p>Everyone quickly urged, “Hurry and assimilate it, Ol’ President!”</p><p>Although they also desired the Great Perfection divine core, none of them tried to snatch it from Ol’ Amos.</p><p>That was something that Meng Lei had specifically handed to Ol’ Amos. How would they possibly have the guts to snatch it from him? Wasn’t that tantamount to committing suicide? It wasn’t as if they were tired of living!</p><p>“You don’t need to envy him, guys. Everyone that deserves one will eventually get one!”</p><p>Meng Lei’s voice rang out once more and put their hearts at ease once and for all.</p><p>Everyone’s hearts began to burn with fervency at once. First a lesser deity divine core, then a higher deity divine core—Master had never disappointed them before!</p><p>And now, a Great Perfection divine core… He wouldn’t disappoint them this time, either, of course. Now that the first one had come, next would be the second, the third…</p><p>Everyone was filled with anticipation the moment they thought of that.</p><p>Suddenly, a puzzled Fatty Hart asked, “How strong exactly is old bro when he can get his hands on even a Great Perfection divine core?”</p><p>“Uh…”</p><p>Everyone looked at one another and hazarded a guess.</p><p>“Great Perfection-level?”</p><p>“That seems a little off! How can Master hunt and kill Great Perfection deities and obtain Great Perfection divine cores if he’s only Great Perfection-level himself?”</p><p>“That seems to make sense!”</p><p>“Could Master be… a Chief God?”</p><p>“A… A Chief God?”</p><p>“S-surely not?”</p>

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Chapter 383 - Assembly Of The Great Perfection Deities, Divine Core Ownership

Volume 4

<h1>Chapter 383 - Assembly Of The Great Perfection Deities, Divine Core Ownership</h1><p>Chapter 383: Assembly of The Great Perfection Deities, Divine Core Ownership</p><p>“Deep as the oceans, the path of divine core assimilation reaches once begun; from here on out, ascension is all but a stranger”—this saying was no joke.</p><p>The moment once one deified by assimilating a divine core, it was basically impossible for them to ever break through their current cultivation stage and ascend to a higher stage by their own efforts. Only by continuing to assimilate even higher-grade divine cores could they become more powerful.</p><p>This was exactly the situation that Puhaman and the others were currently in.</p><p>They had become lesser deities by assimilating lesser deity divine cores and subsequently became higher deities by assimilating higher deity divine cores. As a result, ascension had become merely an extravagant wish for them now.</p><p>If they wished to strengthen themselves further, then their only choice was to assimilate even higher-grade divine cores such as Great Perfection and Chief God divine cores. Only then would they go on to further success and move on to the next level.</p><p>For the sake of his subordinates’ Great Perfection divine cores and also to earn more Divinity Crystals at the same time, Meng Lei had developed a hunting plan…</p><p>Whoosh!</p><p>He got right down to work the moment the thought came to him. A crystal glittering with a ten-colored divine radiance suddenly flew out of the underground and reappeared in the sky. Its fearsome divine power and dazzling divine radiance immediately spread into the surroundings the moment it appeared, forming a great weather phenomenon.</p><p>“The Chief God divine core!”</p><p>“The Chief God divine core has reappeared!”</p><p>The sight naturally caught many experts’ attention. They had been searching for the Chief God divine core everywhere, so how could the Chief God divine core’s sudden reappearance possibly escape their notice?</p><p>“The Chief God divine core is over there!”</p><p>“Mine! The Chief God divine core is mine!”</p><p>“Don’t anyone dare fight with me for it!”</p><p>Whoosh!</p><p>Innumerable experts raced desperately toward the Chief God divine core with everything they got, wishing they had been born with an extra pair of legs in case others got there ahead of them.</p><p>If someone were to overlook the area from a high vantage point right now, they would realize that innumerable streaks of light were currently converging from all directions at terrifying speed. The situation was much like innumerable crocodiles swimming toward a zebra that had appeared in the center of a small stream upon detecting the smell of blood.</p><p>Soon, hundreds of high-level higher deities arrived within the vicinity of the Chief God divine core. Among them were also numerous super experts that were already infinitely close to becoming Great Perfection deities.</p><p>“It’s mine!”</p><p>The group of super experts became even more fervent at the sight of the Chief God divine core. Their speed spiked dramatically, and they grabbed brazenly at the divine core.</p><p>Boom!</p><p>A fearsome attack suddenly came from afar and struck them mercilessly.</p><p>Several shrill cries rang out as the hundreds of experts were sent flying.</p><p>The less severe cases suffered injuries and coughed up blood, while the severe ones were maimed and paralyzed.</p><p>One could say that they couldn’t get any unluckier than that!</p><p>“Hmph! How dare a bunch of weak, lowly ants harbor designs on the Chief God divine core, too! You overestimate yourselves!”</p><p>A contemptuous snort rang out, and then someone appeared out of nowhere and came right up to the Chief God divine core.</p><p>The man had a pair of horns on his head, a pair of wings on his back, a pair of tails on his bottom, and gave off vast, majestic dragon might.</p><p>“Armand Nidhogg!”</p><p>Initially, the masses had naturally been furious at being ambushed, but when they saw the person that had appeared out of nowhere, fear and alarm filled them at once, followed by despair.</p><p>The newcomer was actually Armand Nidhogg, a Great Perfection deity from the Nidhogg Colossal Dragon Gods!</p><p>“How are we supposed to even goddamn fight for the Chief God divine core when even a Great Perfection deity has come!?” shouted someone indignantly.</p><p>“A bunch of good-for-nothings!”</p><p>Armand Nidhogg cast a contemptuous glance at the masses. Then, he grabbed at the Chief God divine core and declared, “Mine! The Chief God divine core is mine now! Once I assimilate it, I shall becom—”</p><p>Boom!</p><p>A massive hand that blotted out the sky abruptly appeared right at this moment and grabbed at the Chief God divine core. It moved at an even higher speed and was even nearer in proximity to the divine core.</p><p>“How bold of you to actually set your sights on my Chief God divine core!”</p><p>Armand Nidhogg flew into a thundering rage at the sight. He opened his mouth and released a wave of silver dragon breath at the massive hand, evidently intending to burn and destroy it.</p><p>“Hmph!”</p><p>Another cold snort rang out as the massive hand hastily drew back and avoided the silver dragon breath. Then, it grabbed at the Chief God divine core floating in mid-air once more.</p><p>This time, before Armand Nidhogg could launch another attack, a dazzling red fireball appeared out of nowhere and shot straight toward the massive hand.</p><p>Bam!</p><p>Unable to avoid the attack in time, the massive hand clashed against the red fireball. Sparks flew everywhere as an earth-shattering explosion broke out.</p><p>Another figure then showed up in mid-air. He had a head of crimson red hair, crimson red brows, and even the robe he wore was crimson red in color. He was just like a ball of flames, ready to burn everything into ashes.</p><p>Armand Nidhogg’s expression immediately changed at the sight of the newcomer, and he let out a deep roar. “You’ve actually come as well, Miles!”</p><p>The newcomer was Miles Dougherty, a Great Perfection deity from Earth Divine Realm’s Dougherty Fire Phoenix Gods!</p><p>“Another Great Perfection deity!”</p><p>“Oh my god! That’s two Great Perfection deities now!”</p><p>“Do we even still have any hope of getting the Chief God divine core?”</p><p>The experts were filled with even more despair now.</p><p>“Why can’t I come when you’re already here?”</p><p>Miles Dougherty looked up, a hint of unconcealable greed and fervency flashing across the depths of his eyes as his gaze swept across the Chief God divine core above him. Then, he let out an icy snort and said, “Chester, aren’t you acting beneath your status if you continue to hide in the shadows when you’re already here?”</p><p>The air shifted slightly, and then a burly, muscular man dressed in golden armor appeared.</p><p>The many experts became even more filled with despair at the sight of the newcomer. A Great Perfection deity! Yet another Great Perfection deity!</p><p>Chester Dawson, a Great Perfection deity from Earth Divine Real’s Dawson Titan Gods!</p><p>That was three Great Perfection deities now!</p><p>How the hell were they supposed to do this now?</p><p>However, subsequent events proved to the many experts there that their imagination was still too lacking, after all, because more and more Great Perfection deities started to arrive as time went by.</p><p>A Great Perfection deity from the Angel Gods…</p><p>A Great Perfection deity from the Giant Elephant Gods…</p><p>A Great Perfection deity from the Nature Gods…</p><p>A Great Perfection deity from the Behemoth Gods…</p><p>A Great Perfection deity from the Scarab Gods…</p><p>The number of Great Perfection deities there had reached a shocking total of eight!</p><p>Eight Great Perfection deities! They represented the highest form of combat power apart from Earth Divine Realm’s Chief Gods.</p><p>Their presence filled the masses of experts that were constantly growing in numbers with fear and trepidation. It also completely robbed them of their courage in coveting the Chief God divine core, turning them into idle onlookers here to watch the show instead.</p><p>“That’s eight Great Perfection deities over there!”</p><p>“To think they’ve all shown up!”</p><p>“This is the allure of a Chief God divine core!”</p><p>“We’re just missing Great Perfection deities from the Frost Gods and the Eternal Gods now! If they show up, this will become a full assembly of Great Perfection deities from all ten major godly clans!”</p><p>The many experts surrounded the area, filling up every corner of the place. They watched the eight figures in the center of the battleground, their eyes filled with astoundment.</p><p>Great Perfection deities!</p><p>Elusive and mysterious Great Perfection deities!</p><p>They could hardly even find one usually, let alone eight?</p><p>The experts were watching the eight Great Perfection deities, but the eight deities’ gazes were on the Chief God divine core from start to finish—or rather, they kept their attention constantly on the Chief God divine core lest someone snatched it away.</p><p>“Everyone, what should we do with this Chief God divine core?”</p><p>Jager Raphael, the Great Perfection deity from the Raphael Angel Gods, broke the silence.</p><p>“The Chief God divine core is the key to us breaking through our current cultivation stage and moving on to the next level. None of us will leave the matter at that and allow someone else to take it!”</p><p>Armand Nidhogg, the Great Perfection deity from the Colossal Dragon Gods, said calmly, “How about this? We’ll let our skills speak for themselves after all and use our fists to decide who the Chief God divine core goes to.”</p><p>“That works.”</p><p>“I guess that’s the only way.”</p><p>The other Great Perfection deities naturally didn’t have any objections. With the Chief God divine core sitting right in front of them, none of them would ever give up. There was bound to be a great fight to the death—this was something undoubted.</p><p>“We need to clear out the battleground before the battle, though, lest a third party profits from the situation. Should that happen, we would end up thoroughly embarrassed!”</p><p>A hint of killing intent flitted across Armand Nidhogg’s eyes as his gaze swept across the experts in the surroundings.</p><p>By a stretch, he could somewhat accept the Chief God divine core falling into the seven other Great Perfection deities’ hands, but he absolutely would not allow that bunch of lowly ants to reap the benefits instead at the end of their battle.</p><p>The seven other Great Perfection deities were also on the same page. They unanimously looked in the direction of the onlooking experts in the distance.</p><p>“Damn!”</p><p>“They’re thinking of killing us!”</p><p>“Quickly! Run!”</p>

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Chapter 384 - Clearing Out The Battleground, Negotiation

Volume 4

<h1>Chapter 384 - Clearing Out The Battleground, Negotiation</h1><p>Chapter 384: Clearing Out The Battleground, Negotiation</p><p>The eight Great Perfection deities’ conversation frightened the convergence of experts so badly that their insides were close to rupturing. Not daring to tarry, they made a run for it right away, afraid that they would be in deep trouble should they be even a moment too slow.</p><p>“Bastards!”</p><p>“Those eight goddamn bastards!”</p><p>The experts were truly filled with both fear and hatred. They had clearly already stayed a great distance away and had clearly already given up the fight for the Chief God divine core, yet the eight Great Perfection deities still didn’t intend to let them off. They were simply too vicious!</p><p>But now that things had come to such a pass, grumbling was already no longer of any use. All they could do was flee desperately, escape from this place as fast as they could, and secure their lives.</p><p>However, subsequent events proved that fleeing for one’s life while being pursued by eight Great Perfection deities was practically a mission on hell-mode.</p><p>The eight Great Perfection deities went on the offensive right away. They didn’t bother casting highly powerful, trump card-class attacks. Instead, they merely released their God’s Domains.</p><p>Buzz!</p><p>God’s Domain spread swiftly into the surroundings, instantly enveloping the whole area within ten million kilometers of where they were and directly trapping the fleeing experts within.</p><p>All the experts were trapped where they were, unable to move even a finger. No matter how fiercely they struggled or how hard they tried to launch powerful skills, it was simply futile!</p><p>Inside the Great Perfection deities’ God’s Domains, all of them had become lambs awaiting slaughter. The difference in strength between the two parties was simply too great!</p><p>“Spare me, sir!”</p><p>“Spare my life, sir!”</p><p>“Please let me off…”</p><p>The experts constantly begged for mercy. Among them were even people from the Angel Gods, the Colossal Dragon Gods, the Titan Gods, and the other few major godly clans, but… It was of no use.</p><p>So what even if they were fellow clansmen?</p><p>They were nothing in comparison to a Chief God divine core!</p><p>Once they became a Chief God, it wouldn’t matter in the slightest, even if the entire clan was wiped out. They could simply just create a whole new clan themselves!</p><p>“Die!”</p><p>The eight Great Perfection deities didn’t hold back at all. A thought flashed past their minds, and all the trapped experts exploded one after another into mists of blood.</p><p>Thousands upon thousands of experts perished in an instant!</p><p>The most astonishing thing was that every one of those that had managed to make it here was at least a high-level higher deity or an even stronger super expert. It was truly flabbergasting for so many powerful existences to perish in an instant!</p><p>“Isn’t that too vicious of them? They didn’t even spare their own kind!”</p><p>Meng Lei, who was hiding in the shadows, was secretly dumbstruck. The eight Great Perfection deities’ ruthlessness had astounded him. Their actions were practically perverse to the extreme!</p><p>An unconcerned Moro replied, “They are all Great Perfection deities. These are existences that truly stand at the pinnacle of the power pyramid. They act without reservations and are not inhibited by anything. What’s the big deal about killing a few fellow clansmen?”</p><p>Meng Lei broke into a slight frown and asked, “Won’t the Chief God of their clans punish them?”</p><p>There were quite a fair number of people from the ten major godly clans among the fatalities. Those were elder-class experts, after all. Wouldn’t the Chief Gods be furious that Great Perfection deities from the same clan had killed them just like that?</p><p>“Little fellow, a Chief God is a lofty presence high up above. Why would they bother themselves with such trivial matters?” Moro scoffed. “Besides, only the Great Perfection deities can truly catch the Chief Gods’ attention. To the Chief Gods, those so-called elders aren’t even good enough to be considered lowly ants!”</p><p>“Fine!”</p><p>Meng Lei shook his head. Then, his divine cognition quietly spread into the surroundings… All the super experts that had just been killed vanished the very next second.</p><p>Meng Lei had sent them all into the Tower of Time. That was a total of almost 10,000 super experts, after all. Their lives and assets were undoubtedly a hefty sum of riches. He mustn’t let them go to waste just like that.</p><p>“Who’s there?”</p><p>Such a large number of corpses disappearing right under their noses naturally caught the eight Great Perfection deities’ attention.</p><p>They weren’t concerned about the corpses. Rather, what had truly made them wary was the fact that someone had actually collected so many corpses without them even realizing anything. How strong must the intruder be, then?</p><p>Would they pose a risk to the Chief God divine core?</p><p>The Chief God divine core was the only thing that the eight Great Perfection deities were concerned about!</p><p>“Is it Coola? Or Noah? Since you’re already here, then stop skulking around!” said Armand Nidhogg, the Great Perfection Colossal Dragon God.</p><p>There were only a total of ten Great Perfection deities in the Earth Divine Realm, and it just so happened that each of them was from one of the ten major godly clans. Eight of them were already present, so Noah of the Eternal Gods and Coola of the Frost Gods were the only ones not there yet.</p><p>Therefore, Armand’s guess was that the newcomer was more likely than not the two of them. It was just a shame that no one responded to him.</p><p>“What? Not coming out? Are you still thinking of hiding in the shadows and profiting from the situation as a third party?”</p><p>Armand was rather displeased now. He said, “I’ll give you one more chance. Get the hell out here now. Otherwise, don’t blame us if we team up against you!”</p><p>Buzz!</p><p>The air trembled lightly, and then someone quietly appeared. The eight Great Perfection deities’ electrifying gazes instantly fell onto the newcomer, but what surprised them was that said newcomer was neither Coola nor Noah. Rather, it was a fresh face that they had never once seen before.</p><p>“Who are you?” asked Jager Raphael, the Great Perfection Angel God.</p><p>He had sixteen pairs of wings of light on his back, and he gave off a gentle and peaceful holy glow all around him.</p><p>“Sorry to disturb you, everyone!”</p><p>The newcomer was none other than Meng Lei. He said, “I’m just an idle onlooker passing by the area. Go ahead and fight for whatever it is that you need to fight for. You don’t need to bother yourselves with me.”</p><p>“Die!”</p><p>Armand didn’t bother saying any superfluous nonsense after hearing what Meng Lei said. He dealt a palm strike in mid-air, intending to wipe out Meng Lei straight away.</p><p>An idle onlooker?</p><p>They didn’t need idle onlookers here!</p><p>So, he could just go to hell!</p><p>“Hah, coming to blows the moment you have a disagreement? What a foul temper you have!” Meng Lei shook his head with a soft chuckle. Then, he casually dealt a palm strike with his right palm and met Armand’s attack head-on.</p><p>“You’re courting death!”</p><p>Armand let out an icy snort inwardly at the sight of how Meng Lei had so effortlessly parried his attack. A hint of anger flashed across his eyes. Apart from the lofty Chief Gods high up above, no one in the whole of the Earth Divine Realm had ever dared to look down on him like that before. Meng Lei was the very first!</p><p>“Go to hell!”</p><p>Armand increased his attack force, determined to smash Meng Lei into a bloody pulp with one palm strike. However, as the two palms struck each other, Armand felt as if he had crashed right into a primordial divine mountain. Intense pain traveled up his arm from his right palm, and then his entire right arm was blasted apart.</p><p>“Aahhh!”</p><p>Armand let out a shrill scream as he was sent flying right out like a launched cannon. To the seven Great Perfection deities’ horror, they saw that all that was left of Armand’s right arm now was just ghastly white bones. All flesh and blood on the arm had been completely blasted into a mist of blood!</p><p>“How can this be?”</p><p>“Who exactly is he?”</p><p>“Since when was there an expert like him in the Divine Realm?”</p><p>For a moment there, shock and horror filled the seven Great Perfection deities’ eyes as they stared at Meng Lei. As a Great Perfection deity of Nidhogg Colossal Dragon Gods, Armand’s body was incredibly strong and robust. Yet in comparison to that fellow currently standing in front of them, it seemed like even his body was far too inadequate?</p><p>“I’d thought that you were much stronger than that because of how arrogantly you had spoken! You aren’t that strong, after all,” remarked a fairly unimpressed Meng Lei with a shake of his head.</p><p>“W-who exactly are you?”</p><p>Alarm and fury came over Armand as he steadied himself, his eyes fixed on Meng Lei.</p><p>“An idle onlooker passing by,” repeated Meng Lei. Then he said, “So, are you guys fighting or not? If you aren’t, then I’m leaving.”</p><p><em>What does whether or not you’re leaving have anything to do with whether or not we’re fighting?</em></p><p>The eight Great Perfection deities couldn’t help but diss Meng Lei inwardly. However, none of them answered him. At the sight, Meng Lei shook his head and said, “Since you aren’t fighting, then I’m leaving.”</p><p>Then, he teleported in front of the Chief God divine core, took it, and got ready to leave. This greatly enraged the eight Great Perfection deities, and they roared, ” You can leave if you want, but leave the Chief God divine core behind!”</p><p>Whoosh!</p><p>The eight Great Perfection deities instantly fanned out and surrounded Meng Lei on all sides, preventing him from leaving.</p><p>“What’s the matter?”</p><p>Meng Lei raised an eyebrow.</p><p>“Mister, you may leave, but you have to leave the Chief God divine core behind.”</p><p>Miles Dougherty, the Great Perfection Fire Phoenix God, said icily, “That’s ours!”</p><p>Chester Dawson, the Great Perfection Titan God, also barked, “Put down the Chief God divine core!”</p><p>“Yours?” Meng Lei couldn’t help but laugh. He said, “I was clearly the one that placed this thing here as bait. How come it has become yours now? What a joke!”</p><p>“You placed it here?”</p><p>“As bait?”</p><p>“Could it be that—”</p><p>The eight Great Perfection deities’ expressions changed drastically.</p><p>“Forget it. I’ll drop the act and negotiate with you instead.”</p>

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Chapter 385 - Full Annihilation, Colossal Dragon Continent

Volume 4

<h1>Chapter 385 - Full Annihilation, Colossal Dragon Continent</h1><p><em>“Forget it. I’ll drop the act and negotiate with you instead.”</em></p><p><em>Meng Lei tossed the Chief God divine core in his hand up and down and said dispassionately, “I’m actually the one that had placed this Chief God Divine core here to attract cash cows like the lot of you.”</em></p><p><em>“Why did you do that?”</em></p><p><em>The eight Great Perfection deities’ expressions changed drastically. An awful sense of foreboding suddenly came over all of them.</em></p><p><em>“To kill all of you, of course!” Meng Lei broke into a grin and said, “My finances have been rather tight recently, so I can only make you guys the sacrifices now.”</em></p><p><em>“To kill us?”</em></p><p><em>As if they had just heard the funniest joke in the universe, the eight Great Perfection deities burst into raucous laughter upon hearing Meng Lei’s reply.</em></p><p><em>“Kill us? Who do you think you are? A lofty Chief God high up above?”</em></p><p><em>“That’s right!”</em></p><p><em>“You have certainly heavily wounded Armand, but so what even if you have? If the eight of us Great Perfection deities team up, we’re confident of contending even against a Chief God, let alone someone like you?”</em></p><p><em>“Kid, hand over the Chief God divine core immediately and leave right away if you know what’s good for you. Otherwise, I’ll destroy your soul and let you die a terrible death!”</em></p><p><em>“Haha!”</em></p><p><em>Meng Lei let out a laugh. Then, he no longer restrained his divine power.</em></p><p><em>Boom!</em></p><p><em>Vast and majestic terrifying divine power that reached high into the heavens and deep into the ground erupted from Meng Lei. Like smoke signals rushing into the sky, yet also like great 100,000-feet-tall tidal waves capable of toppling the mountains and overturning the seas, it spread into the surroundings and crashed down on the area, as well as every Great Perfection deity present.</em></p><p><em>Boom!</em></p><p><em>As though a 100,000-feet-tall mountain was weighing down on their hearts, the eight Great Perfection deities felt a force unmatched by any other pressing down upon them. Fear and trepidation welled up within them from the pressure, rendering them unable to muster the will to fight.</em></p><p><em>“What fearsome divine power!”</em></p><p><em>“That’s a Chief God’s divine power!”</em></p><p><em>“He’s a Chief God!”</em></p><p><em>“Oh my god! He’s actually a Chief God!”</em></p><p><em>The eight Great Perfection deities were shocked and horror-stricken by the revelation. As Great Perfection deities, they might be the strongest entities next to Chief Gods, but they simply couldn’t compare to Chief Gods at all.</em></p><p><em>They might claim confidence in teaming up against a Chief God, but that was nothing more than just them flattering themselves.</em></p><p><em>A Chief God wasn’t an entity that they could rival!</em></p><p><em>“It’s time for you to go on your merry way, esteemed Mr. Great Perfections!” Meng Lei slowly raised his right palm and said, “Bon voyage. The gates of Heaven have opened for you!”</em></p><p><em>Boom!</em></p><p><em>He had only just spoken when his right palm went smacking downward.</em></p><p><em>“Spare us!”</em></p><p><em>“Spare us, Your Holiness!”</em></p><p><em>“Noooo!”</em></p><p><em>Meng Lei’s palm strike descended from above and instantly engulfed the eight Great Perfection deities, crushing everything in its path before crashing onto the ground in the end.</em></p><p><em>The mountains and the ground shook intensely, and dust swirled about everywhere as a deafening boom rang out.</em></p><p><em>By the time Meng Lei retracted his palm, a massive, 100,000-feet-long pit that reached several thousand meters deep had formed on the ground.</em></p><p><em>All eight Great Perfection deities laid quietly at the bottom of the pit, bathed in blood and with their bones and tendons all broken. They had died on the spot and were all deader than dead.</em></p><p><em>“Fighting a Chief God when you’re just ordinary Great Perfection deities? What were you even thinking?” Meng Lei remarked with a shake of his head.</em></p><p><em>He then lifted the eight dead bodies with a casual wave of his hand and went through the familiar process of gouging out their divine cores, destroying their divine spirits, and tossing their dead bodies to the little golden tree.</em></p><p><em>“What a shame that there are only two Great Perfection divine cores out of all eight Great Perfection deities!”</em></p><p><em>Meng Lei fiddled with the eight divine cores in his hand, feeling somewhat regretful about the situation. “On top of that, one of them is even an ordinary Great Perfection divine core without any ascension potential.”</em></p><p><em>Whether or not a Great Perfection deity could continue to further themselves was determined by the five types of basic laws of nature that they had assimilated.</em></p><p><em>If these five types of basic laws of nature happened to correspond with any of the five types of basic laws of nature needed to comprehend a type of supreme laws of nature, they would naturally progress further.</em></p><p><em>If not, it would become impossible for them to ever progress any further in their entire lives and would forever only be a Great Perfection deity.</em></p><p><em>“Never mind, I’ll just keep them for now.”</em></p><p><em>Meng Lei didn’t bestow the two Great Perfection divine cores upon his subordinates right away but chose to keep them with him for now. He would distribute them again when he gained more Great Perfection divine cores in the future instead.</em></p><p><em>“To think eight Great Perfection deities have died just like that!”</em></p><p><em>Moro sighed emotionally as he remarked, “They’ve probably never ever thought that they would end up remaining here for all time in such a manner.”</em></p><p><em>“Greed blinds the eye of judgment. Who can they blame other than themselves?”</em></p><p><em>Meng Lei shook his head and said, “Let’s go. We’ll empty the Desert Manro Nagas’ treasury first and then leave this place after that.”</em></p><p><em>“Do you know how to get there?” asked Moro as he raised an eyebrow.</em></p><p><em>“Yup!”</em></p><p><em>Meng Lei started teleporting in the direction of the Nagas’ den right away. He had read the Manro Empress’ memories, so he naturally knew how to get there.</em></p><p><em>Half an hour later, Meng Lei arrived at the Desert Manro Nagas’ palace area and easily found the treasury after that.</em></p><p><em>“Transfer!”</em></p><p><em>Whoosh!</em></p><p><em>A short while later, he had emptied the entire treasury.</em></p><p><em>Meng Lei collected everything that the system could collect—such as Laws of Nature Origin Crystals, Divinity Crystals, and so on—and gave the rest to Puhaman and the others.</em></p><p><em>Wealth: 2,198 trillion Divinity Crystals</em></p><p><em>He currently had riches totaling 2,198 trillion Divinity Crystals!</em></p><p><em>This was the total amount of riches that he had gained after his series of actions like ransacking Dragon-Elephant City, killing the eight Great Perfection deities, and emptying the Desert Manro Nagas’ treasury. He wasn’t far from reaching the 5,000 trillion Divinity Crystals he needed to buy credit for a type of supreme laws of nature now!</em></p><p><em>“I’ll keep up the good work!”</em></p><p><em>Meng Lei determined the correct direction to go in, and then he started to fly toward the nearest city.</em></p><p><em>As he flew, he also began to clean up the divine cores and spatial rings he had previously gotten. These were left behind by the deity masses that the eight Great Perfection deities had killed when they were clearing out the area.</em></p><p><em>Their divine spirits were still in the divine cores, while the spatial rings housed their financial assets.</em></p><p><em>On top of that, all of them were super experts that were high-level higher deities, even at the weakest. Therefore, he could safely earn a pretty sum no matter what, be it through destroying their divine spirits or ransacking their spatial rings.</em></p><p><em>“Ding! 1 Eight-Winged Angel killed. 900 million Divinity Crystals gained.”</em></p><p><em>“Ding! 1 Primordial Behemoth King killed. 1.02 billion Divinity Crystals gained.”</em></p><p><em>“Ding! 1 Giant Elephant killed. 910 million Divinity Crystals gained.”</em></p><p><em>“Ding…”</em></p><p><em>By the time Meng Lei destroyed all the divine spirits in the divine cores, he had already gained an additional 11 trillion Divinity Crystals and gained a small windfall. Then, he began to go through the spatial rings…</em></p><p><em>Three days later, Meng Lei arrived at the nearest city.</em></p><p><em>According to the Manro Empress’ memories, this particular city was known as the Venus Colossal Dragon City. Located at the Nidhogg Continent periphery, this was a third-rate city that the Nidhogg Colossal Dragon Gods had built.</em></p><p><em>The Nidhogg Continent?</em></p><p><em>That’s right!</em></p><p><em>This particular continent currently in front of him was part of the Nidhogg Colossal Dragon Gods’ territory. The entire continent was the Colossal Dragon Gods’ fief, and they were the worthy masters of the continent.</em></p><p><em>“Little fellow, you’ve entered the Nidhogg Colossal Dragon Gods’ territory now. You’d better not behave in the same unrestrained manner as you had previously.”</em></p><p><em>A mirthful Moro said, “You’d better tone it down a little. If you dare so much as to create any trouble here, the Nidhogg Colossal Dragon Gods definitely won’t let you off.”</em></p><p><em>“The Nidhogg Colossal Dragon Gods are one of the most powerful godly clans in the Earth Divine Realm!”</em></p><p><em>Meng Lei had an extremely bright smile on his face as he said, “And being powerful means that they’ll also be rich. If I ransack the Nidhogg Continent, surely I’ll gain a lot of money?”</em></p><p><em>“I really don’t understand what you want that much money for.”</em></p><p><em>Moro shook his head and added, “I have to remind you once more—the Nidhogg Chief God resides in the central region of this very same continent. You’d best tone it down!”</em></p><p><em>“Haha!”</em></p><p><em>Meng Lei went straight above the Venus Colossal Dragon City and repeated the same trick he had previously used—using his powerful Transfer ability to loot Divinity Crystals.</em></p><p><em>As expected of a third-rate city, it was larger in scale, housed more experts, had an even more flourishing economy, and naturally even more Divinity Crystals. In the short span of a morning’s time, the number of Divinity Crystals that Meng Lei had looted could already rival the total amount he had gotten from Dragon-Elephant City over a span of three days. The difference was extraordinary.</em></p><p><em>But as he looted the city, Meng Lei suddenly discovered in the afternoon that large numbers of higher deities had actually left the city.</em></p><p><em>“What’s going on?”</em></p><p><em>Meng Lei looked stupefied.</em></p><p><em>Now that I’m here, you guys are actually leaving?</em></p>

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Chapter 386 - Six-Legged Golden Suan Ni, Son Of A Chief God

Volume 4

<h1>Chapter 386 - Six-Legged Golden Suan Ni, Son Of A Chief God</h1><p>Chapter 386: Six-Legged Golden Suan Ni, Son Of A Chief God</p><p><em>It was fine just now, and then they fled once I arrived?</em></p><p><em>What’s going on?</em></p><p>Puzzled, Meng Lei grabbed a higher deity for an interrogation.</p><p>“Sir, it was said that a Divinity Crystal mine was discovered in the Coiling Dragon Mountain Range. Rumor has it that its reserve isn’t low. It’s estimated at around a trillion tons!”</p><p>The higher deity was frightened as he told Meng Lei everything he knew and withheld nothing. “The lord deployed the city guards to find out more. I’m just watching the show!”</p><p>“A Divinity Crystal mine worth a trillion tons?”</p><p>A huge jolt went through Meng Lei, and a sharp glint flashed across his eyes. “Moro, how many Divinity Crystals can be mined from that trillion-ton mine?”</p><p>“A ton of Divinity Crystals would be approximately 10,000 Divinity Crystals,” Moro said dispassionately. “A trillion tons would naturally be 10,000 trillion Divinity Crystals, but it’s only a small mine.”</p><p>“10,000 trillion Divinity Crystals!!” Meng Lei was shocked. “If a small mine can produce 10,000 trillion Divinity Crystals, then what about those bigger and richer mines?”</p><p>Suddenly, Meng Lei realized that he had entered a pitfall. The deities did possess loads of Divinity Crystals, but how could they compare to Divinity Crystal mines?</p><p>Thus, the best place to loot Divinity Crystals was not the deities but the rich mines!</p><p>“Sigh… My mindset was too fixed.”</p><p>Meng Lei smacked his head as he spoke to that higher deity, “What’s your name?”</p><p>“I’m Emery Philmore, sir.”</p><p>“Bring me to the Coiling Dragon Mountain Range.” Meng Lei took out a Great Perfection-level divine weapon casually. “After reaching the place, this will be yours.”</p><p>A jolt went through Emery Philmore.</p><p>“Yes, sir!”</p><p>“Lead the way.”</p><p>…</p><p>The Coiling Dragon Mountain Range was situated in the northeast of Venus Colossal Dragon City. The two places were separated by a distance of 200 lightyears, the furthest mountain range from the city. Due to its enormous size and remote nature, few deities would visit the mountains here.</p><p>Today, however, the news of the discovery of a new Divinity Crystal mine in the Coiling Dragon Mountain Range spread around. The entire Venus Colossal Dragon City was buzzing as the city guards, godly clans, and other deities were on the move to gather at that mountain range.</p><p>They were either there to probe the situation, watch the show, or take a share of the riches…</p><p>For quite a while, various types of flying transportation vessels blotted out the skies and moved formidably toward the Coiling Dragon Mountain Range.</p><p>Meng Lei released a flying vessel before getting Puhaman and the rest inside the ship to travel toward the Coiling Dragon Mountain Range.</p><p>This flying vessel was what he had looted a while ago. Currently, he had nothing but divine weapons of various kinds.</p><p>He could convert all the Divinity Crystals and Laws of Nature Origin Crystals into numerical values in the system, while carcasses could be thrown to the little golden tree in the Tower of Time. The only exception was the divine weapons, which he could only stockpile in his spatial ring. After years of collecting them, the number of divine weapons that Meng Lei had was enough for him to open a shop.</p><p>Two days later, the big group of traveling deities reached the destination. The huge mountain range was like a prostrating Colossal Dragon spanning into the horizon.</p><p>A massive group of deities gathered in a valley of the Coiling Dragon Mountain Range. Meng Lei and his subordinates were here with the group, and they could see that the valley had been dug.</p><p>A thick divine aura came from the huge hole, and everyone in the flying vessel perked up.</p><p>“Such a thick divine aura!”</p><p>“So this is a Divinity Crystal mine?”</p><p>Puhaman and the rest poked their heads out curiously to have a good look.</p><p>“This is the Coiling Dragon Mountain Range, sir,” Emery Philmore said respectfully.</p><p>“Let’s go down and have a look,” Meng Lei said.</p><p>He kept the flying vessel with a wave of a hand and led his subordinates toward the valley. At the same time, the massive traveling group rushed over as well.</p><p>As they got nearer, they could see the iridescent glow coming out of the hole, like the stunning, dazzling reflections of diamonds.</p><p>It was obvious that there was a mine in that hole.</p><p>“A mine!”</p><p>“The Coiling Dragon Mountain Range does have a mine!”</p><p>The various deities were excited, and a commotion broke out among them. Even though they did not own the mine, they could still benefit from it indirectly.</p><p>There must be someone to mine these crystals, right?</p><p>They could become miners and indirectly earn from it!</p><p>“The news was true, sir!” Emery Philmore could not contain his excitement. “There really is a mine in the Coiling Dragon Mountain Range! That’s a trillion tons of Divinity Crystals. How rich is that!?”</p><p>“That’s good news for me.”</p><p>Meng Lei was delighted. However, just as he was about to observe from a closer distance, the valley’s guards stopped him. “This is a mining area. Anyone unrelated is forbidden from entering!”</p><p>Meng Lei broke into a slight frown.</p><p>“They’re the city guards, sir.” Emery Philmore hurriedly explained softly, “The city guards are the minions of the Venus Colossal Dragon City Lord. They are responsible for the security and management of the city. It’s obvious that the city lord wants to hog the Divinity Crystal mine for himself.”</p><p>“Hog for himself? Hehe!”</p><p>Meng Lei laughed. At this moment, a loud, sonorous dragon roar came from afar as nine magnificent-looking beasts flew over.</p><p>They had a lion’s body, golden dragon scales, six-legged, and a pair of golden wings. Their shrill roars were majestic and domineering.</p><p>Meng Lei knew what these divine beasts were—Six-Legged Golden Suan Ni[1]!</p><p>The Six-Legged Golden Suan Ni had both the blood of a dragon and a lion. It possessed colossal strength and was lightning quick, the most elite mount one could have.</p><p>It was a pity that they were powerful beasts. Without enough capability, one might get killed, much less subduing them as mounts.</p><p>Hence, these majestic beasts were extremely rare, not to mention the nine that appeared suddenly. However, the most unbelievable part was that there were nine metal chains on the nine Six-legged Golden Suan Ni’s necks, linking to a golden dragon carriage.</p><p>Nine Suan Ni were pulling a carriage!</p><p>“Who’s this with such a grandeur introduction?” asked Bubbles.</p><p>“Yeah! That’s way too grandeur!” Puhaman spoke as well. “But you got to admit that it’s cool to have nine Six-Legged Golden Suan Ni pulling your carriage! It’s really impressive!”</p><p>“You don’t say…”</p><p>The rest were amused, while Emery Philmore was badly frightened. “Everyone, tone down the volume. If someone hears this, we’ll be finished!”</p><p>“Emery, who is this guy you’re so afraid of?” everyone asked quizzically.</p><p>“In our Venus Colossal Dragon City, other than the city lord, who else could have such ostentation?” Emery gave a wry laugh.</p><p>“That’s only a lord of a city. What’s the big deal?” Bubbles scoffed. “Compared to our Master, he’s nothing at all!”</p><p>“To be honest, Master should snatch these Six-Legged Golden Suan Ni since they suit him more. They’re simply wasted on a city lord!”</p><p>“Exactly…”</p><p>The rest were unhappy as well. Their master, an expert beyond the Great Perfection deity level, kept such a low profile. Yet, a fellow who was not even a Great Perfection deity was being so pretentious. That was infuriating.</p><p>Emery Philmore could not help but laugh wryly.</p><p>“Everyone, you might not know that our city lord isn’t any ordinary deity.”</p><p>“Not ordinary?”</p><p>“Really powerful?”</p><p>“Some bigshot from the Nidhogg Colossal Dragon Gods?”</p><p>Everyone was puzzled.</p><p>“His name is Venus Nidhogg. He isn’t that powerful as he’s only a mid-level higher deity. However, he’s the great Nidhogg Chief God’s little son. Though he isn’t favored, he still enjoys a supreme status amongst the Nidhogg Colossal Dragon Gods,” Emery Philmore explained.</p><p>“What the!”</p><p>“Son of a Chief God!”</p><p>“No wonder he’s so high profile!”</p><p>“Impressive!”</p><p>“You got me!”</p><p>[1] [Annotation text missing]</p>

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Chapter 387 - Discovery Of Crystal Marrows, Threatened

Volume 4

<h1>Chapter 387 - Discovery Of Crystal Marrows, Threatened</h1><p>Chapter 387: Discovery of Crystal Marrows, Threatened</p><p>Second-generation descendants were always a special entity, no matter which world one was in. They might not be very strong, and they might only know how to enjoy a lavish life or womanize…</p><p>…But even so, no one dared to mess with them because they had a cheating device—A father named Li Gang[1]…!</p><p>That was what they relied on the most to freely womanize, patronize nightclubs, act obnoxiously without any restraints, behave arrogantly and unreasonably, hold themselves above others as though they were the most important person in the world, and think that their fathers could dictate law and order instead of the heavens!</p><p>In this world, second-generation descendants were also just as impressive, especially the offspring of Chief Gods. They were even more so the most impressive second-generation descendants in the vast universe. Everyone that saw them had to worship them, keep them in good spirits, and pamper them.</p><p>Should anyone dare to show them any disrespect, they would undoubtedly make sure they disappear from the face of the earth!</p><p>And wasn’t that so? Because this particular second-generation descendant in front of Meng Lei and the others, as the son of the Nidhogg Chief God, was exactly adopting such an extremely high profile. Just the way he had made his appearance alone was already incredibly cool!</p><p>“My lord!”</p><p>“The lord of the city is here!”</p><p>“My lord, you’re so handsome!”</p><p>Shouts and exclamations rang out all around. On top of that, some of the female deities’ beautiful eyes even glittered brightly with overflowing feelings of worship and adoration. Those infatuated expressions of theirs were as though they wished they could strip off all their clothes and climb into the lord of the city’s bed, with the only thing potentially stopping them being the lord’s lack of interest in them.</p><p>At the sight, Puhaman and the others couldn’t help but snipe sourly, “Isn’t he just a rich, spoiled second-generation brat showing off and pretending to be cool by relying on his status as a Chief God’s son? What’s the big deal about him? He’s not even worthy of becoming Master’s servant…”</p><p>“Exactly…”</p><p>This was nothing but just sour grapes, but it couldn’t be helped. Bearing grudges against the wealthy and the ones with authority had never been the mortals’ exclusive right. Deities also had feelings and emotions; they were also capable of jealousy, hate, and bearing grudges against the wealthy and the powerful.</p><p>Meng Lei didn’t say anything, choosing instead to observe quietly.</p><p>Roar!</p><p>The nine Six-Legged Golden Suan Ni gradually came to a stop before roaring into the heavens as one. Roiling sound waves erupted into the surroundings, seemingly announcing the son of the Chief God’s arrival.</p><p>When the sound waves dissipated, a handsome youth dressed in golden armor and bearing purplish-gold dragon horns on his head flew out of the carriage and showed up in front of all the deities.</p><p>“Wow! The lord of the city has come out!”</p><p>Several goddesses screamed in excitement at the sight of Venus. They were as though veteran fujoshi[2] that had just caught sight of fresh, young male idols and were so excited that they almost couldn’t catch their breath.</p><p>Among them was one particular goddess whose behavior was the most dramatic. A look of infatuation adorned her face as she clenched her fists and said, “As expected of the man I’ve set my sights on! You’re so cool that no matter where you are, you’re just like the firefly in the dark, so bright and so outstanding!</p><p>“Your handsome looks, arrogant stubble, cool and flashy way of making your appearance, and those nine Six-Legged Golden Suan Ni have deeply captivated me…”</p><p>When one reached a cultivation stage like Meng Lei’s, their ears would already have become extraordinarily sharp. He naturally overheard the goddess’ infatuated love confession, which rendered him totally flabbergasted. He could only say, “What a goddamn talent she is!”</p><p>Of course, the esteemed lord of the city definitely wouldn’t be able to hear the infatuated goddess’ wishful love confession. He overlooked the world, his eyes aloof and distant as his gaze swept across all the deities that had hurried over. The corners of his lips couldn’t help but quirk upward as a scornful look surfaced in his eyes. After that, he descended onto the area in front of the valley.</p><p>“Greetings, my lord!”</p><p>The city guards in charge of sentry duty at the valley dropped onto one knee in greeting. Their actions were neat and uniform without even a bit of sloppiness. It was evident that all of them had undergone professional training before.</p><p>“Has a thorough check of the mine been carried out?” Venus asked dispassionately, “How many mineral resources are there?”</p><p>“My lord, we’ve already carried out a thorough investigation.”</p><p>One of the city guards that appeared to be the captain replied respectfully, “The total amount of mineral reserves is estimated at 1.6 trillion tons to 2.3 trillion tons. They are of superb quality and can be classified as high-grade Divinity Crystals. On top of that…”</p><p>“What is it?”</p><p>Venus raised an eyebrow.</p><p>“We’ve detected crystal marrows in the center of the mine. We have yet to determine the concrete quantity, but there’s likely a reasonable quantity in there,” said the captain respectfully.</p><p>“Crystal marrows!”</p><p>Joy came over Venus’ countenance, and he said, “Not bad! It just so happens to be Father’s birthday in another two years. I was just feeling troubled over the lack of a suitable gift, but all’s fine now that there’s the crystal marrow. Father will definitely like it!”</p><p>The captain went along with the flow and quickly said in flattery, “Congratulations, my lord!”</p><p>“Hahaha! It’s worth congratulating, indeed!”</p><p>Venus then gave a grand wave and declared, “All of you deserve credit for finding the Divinity Crystal mine and discovering the crystal marrows this time. Everyone shall be rewarded!”</p><p>“Thank you, my lord!”</p><p>The captain was overjoyed.</p><p>“Yeah!”</p><p>Venus then nodded slightly and said, “Start working on it right away. I can’t wait to see the crystal marrows!”</p><p>“Yes, my lord!” Then, the captain shouted, “Men, get down to work and begin the mining process at once!”</p><p>“Yes, sir!”</p><p>Following his order, miners immediately entered the valley and got down to mining. Venus broke into a slight frown as he observed the number of miners. He asked, “When will you be able to extract the crystal marrows when there are only so few miners?”</p><p>The captain bowed and replied, “The crystal marrows are estimated to be extracted in two months’ time, my lord.”</p><p>“Two months? That’s too slow.”</p><p>Venus shook his head and ordered, “Recruit miners immediately. I want to see the crystal marrows in three days’ time. Remember, I want to see them in three days’ time. I won’t accept even an hour of tardiness.”</p><p>“Yes, my lord!”</p><p>Beads of perspiration formed on the captain’s forehead at once. It was practically a project from hell, having to complete two months’ worth of work in three days. Even the captain wanted to flip the table and quit…</p><p>…Except he didn’t dare to.</p><p>Although he was a powerful high-level higher deity and was also an important figure among the Nidhogg Colossal Dragon Gods, he didn’t dare to provoke Venus at all.</p><p>The son of the Chief God was by nature brutal, vicious, cruel, and ruthless. Should he utter even a single word of defiance, he would undoubtedly welcome a very tragic end.</p><p>But the problem was, where was he supposed to find that many miners within the short span of three days?</p><p>One needed two days just to travel from the Venus Colossal Dragon City to the mine, and the back-and-forth journey would require four days. That was way past the three-day deadline!</p><p>The captain’s line of sight couldn’t help but fall onto the deities that had hurried over to the mine. Then, he shot into the sky, went up to them, and asked, “Dear all, is there anyone who’s willing to help with the mining? We’ll give a reasonable pay of 10 Divinity Crystals per day!”</p><p>Becoming miners?</p><p>The reason why some of the lesser deities and intermediate deities had come here in the first place was precisely to sign up as miners and earn some income. They naturally didn’t reject the opportunity and happily agreed.</p><p>However, the captain’s brows were tightly drawn together. This bit of manpower was still not enough. In fact, it was far from being enough. He still needed more miners!</p><p>“Anyone else?”</p><p>The captain continued to inquire.</p><p>The other deities clearly weren’t interested. They were either here to watch the show or here to see whether they could profit in any way from the situation. They weren’t interested in mining at all.</p><p>Besides, the pay of 10 Divinity Crystals a day was too miserable for the amount of hardship involved in mining. Only the lesser deities and the intermediate deities could accept such a pay rate. They were above that scant bit of money.</p><p>“What? No one else?”</p><p>The captain’s expression darkened, and he said, “This is the first Divinity Crystal mine that we, people of the Venus Colossal Dragon City, have discovered. There is great significance to the discovery. I hope everyone can chip in and help to mine the Divinity Crystals. You can consider it as making a contribution to the Venus Colossal Dragon City.”</p><p>A few higher deities were convinced this time, and they agreed to help with the mining. However, it was obviously still far wayoff than the number of miners the captain needed.</p><p>This greatly infuriated the captain.</p><p><em>Great! The nerve of you to not appreciate the courtesy I’ve shown you. I tried so painstakingly to persuade all of you, yet you won’t even help me out. This is too much!</em></p><p>The captain promptly flared up. Terrifying divine power exclusive to a high-level higher deity erupted into the surroundings and weighed down at will on the deities standing in front of him. He asked once more, “Is there anyone else that’s willing to help?”</p><p>This was a blatant threat by now. Though despicable, it achieved surprisingly good results. Unable to bear the captain’s tyrannical might, a greater half of the higher deities who were of mediocre strength and without any authority or power slunk into the valley to mine the crystals.</p><p>Only a small number of strong deities who were also part of a large godly clan remained unmoved and didn’t take the captain’s threat to heart.</p><p>The captain didn’t dare to offend those experts, either. His gaze flitted across those experts before finally stopping at Meng Lei and the others. Now, these guys looked awfully unfamiliar. He didn’t know who they were at all!</p><p><em>The nerve of you! Those nameless nobodies that came out of god knows where actually dare to defy my orders? You have a death wish, don’t you!</em></p><p>“Everyone else has a very strong sense of self-awareness, but you’re the only ones that are still standing there like wooden blocks. Are you unwilling to contribute to the city?” asked the captain sinisterly as he stared at Meng Lei and the others.</p><p>“Yes, I’m unwilling to!”</p><p>[1] [Annotation text missing]</p><p>[2] [Annotation text missing]</p>

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Chapter 388 - Killing Boris, Ignoring The Lord Of The City

Volume 4

<h1>Chapter 388 - Killing Boris, Ignoring The Lord Of The City</h1><p>Chapter 388: Killing Boris, Ignoring The Lord of The City</p><p>“What are the few of you standing around there for? Are you not willing to contribute to the city?”</p><p>The captain stared sinisterly at Meng Lei and the others with a threatening look in his eyes. He had already made up his mind—if Meng Lei and the others didn’t take a hint again, then he didn’t mind taking their lives!</p><p>Those were just a few nameless nobodies. It was no big deal even if he killed them. It didn’t pose any psychological burden to him at all. Instead, it could even serve as a warning to others and encourage them to mine more diligently.</p><p>“Those few people are out of luck!”</p><p>“They honestly don’t know how to read the situation at all!”</p><p>“Didn’t they see that Boris was already threatening them? Yet they actually still dared to remain unmoved. Such fools!”</p><p>The other deities watched Meng Lei and the others with mockery and gloating in their eyes. They were from the Venus Colossal Dragon God clan, so they naturally could ignore Captain Boris’ threat, but what did those few people think they were? How dare they imitate them!</p><p>They were clearly thinking too highly of themselves!</p><p>“If those few haven’t become utter fools yet, then they should go into the mine right away. Otherwise, that wicked Boris will never let them off…”</p><p>However, what none of them expected was that Meng Lei had rejected Boris’ request without even a moment’s hesitation. Meng Lei said, “We’re just here to watch the show and not here to labor for you. Telling us to mine? Are you suffering from brain damage?”</p><p>Everyone stared at Meng Lei and the others as if they were staring at freaks the moment the words left Meng Lei’s mouth. What an arrogant fellow! He actually dared to speak to Boris like that?</p><p>Boris was the Venus Colossal Dragon City guard commander, as well as the strongest deity under the Venus Colossal Dragon City lord’s command. On top of that, he was also a scoundrel that killed without even batting an eyelid. He was the one in charge of getting all the wicked deeds that the lord of the city wanted to do done.</p><p>Killing people like flies, vicious and nefarious…</p><p>These were no longer enough to describe Boris.</p><p>Yet that guy in front of them had…</p><p>A nobody that had popped out of some godforsaken place had actually dared to speak to Boris like that! Wasn’t he afraid of suffering Boris’ wrath?</p><p>Venus, the son of the Chief God, had kept his attention on the valley the whole time and hadn’t bothered focusing on the ongoings on the other side. To him, only the crystal marrows in the mine were worthy of his attention. Everyone else… wasn’t even worth a mention.</p><p>But upon hearing Meng Lei’s reply, even Venus couldn’t resist turning around and taking a look. His brows furrowed lightly, feeling a little surprised.</p><p>That guy… What arrogance!</p><p>“W-we’re finished! We’re doomed now!”</p><p>Among the crowd, Emery Philmore nearly fell limp onto the ground. Fear and despair had completely taken over him. Meng Lei must be sick of living to talk back to Boris like that!</p><p>“That bastard! He’s going to get me killed!” Emery Philmore groaned inwardly.</p><p>True enough, fierce flames of fury started to rage in Boris’ eyes, and fearsome, torrential divine power erupted around him. He was so furious that he couldn’t help but laugh instead.</p><p>“Well-done! Well-done! How bold of you to actually speak to me like that! Go to hell!”</p><p>Boris roared furiously and threw a powerful punch. He didn’t hesitate to put his full power into the punch, evidently intending to kill Meng Lei and smash him into a bloody pulp with it.</p><p>“It’s all over!”</p><p>At the sight, Emery Philmore couldn’t help but shut his eyes—only to hear Puhaman’s mocking voice next to his ear.</p><p>“What are you closing your eyes for? Aren’t you a little too cowardly? Open your eyes wide and watch properly!”</p><p>“(⊙o⊙)”</p><p>At his words, Emery couldn’t help but open his eyes. Then, he saw something incredible:</p><p>Meng Lei neither ducked nor avoided Boris, who was coming at him with fierce momentum. Instead, he made a casual grabbing motion with his right hand.</p><p>Thud!</p><p>Meng Lei easily caught what everyone had thought was a destructive punch in his own hand. The destructive force around it died down, and its momentum completely disappeared. And then… There was nothing else.</p><p>“How can this be?!”</p><p>Emery Philmore was stunned.</p><p>The deities watching the fight were stunned.</p><p>Boris himself was also stunned.</p><p>A look of surprise also surfaced on even Venus’ countenance, seemingly not having expected a nobody to actually negate Boris’ attack so easily.</p><p>“There are too many people out there that want me dead. Who do you even think you are?”</p><p>Meng Lei shook his head lightly and casually tightened his grip, crushing Boris’ fist.</p><p>“Aahhh!”</p><p>Boris let out a shrill scream and looked at Meng Lei with fear and shock. His voice trembled as he asked, “W-who exactly are you?”</p><p>“Who am I? You’re not qualified enough to know that.”</p><p>Meng Lei then reached out his right arm and dealt a palm strike.</p><p>Boom!</p><p>A massive palm about 100,000-feet-long abruptly appeared in the sky and crashed down onto Boris. Its terrifying might and momentum were as if they were going to destroy everything in the world.</p><p>“Noooo!”</p><p>Fearful and horror-stricken, Boris cried out desperately, “My lord, s-save me!”</p><p>“Stop!”</p><p>Venus hastily spoke up and tried to stop Meng Lei. Boris was his lackey; he mustn’t die just like that.</p><p>Meng Lei didn’t pay him any heed at all, however. The massive palm’s downward momentum made no move to slow down and engulfed Boris amid his screams of despair.</p><p>Boom!</p><p>The massive palm descended from above, ultimately landing on the summit of Coiling Dragon Mountain Range. A deafening explosion rang out, and even the whole mountain range itself shook a little.</p><p>Dust swirled everywhere as the ground and mountains trembled.</p><p>“What’s the matter?”</p><p>“What happened?”</p><p>“An earthquake! It’s an earthquake!”</p><p>“Hurry and get out!”</p><p>Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!</p><p>The sudden tremors frightened the deities that had entered the valley, and they scrambled out of the valley like frightened little rabbits.</p><p>“What happened just now?”</p><p>“Look over there!”</p><p>Following the shout, everyone quickly looked over to see a gigantic deep pit forming at the summit. The pit was palm-shaped, and one could nary see to the bottom of it.</p><p>“How strange! Where did that palm-shaped pit come from? I seem to recall it wasn’t there when I first arrived here…”</p><p>All the deities were terribly puzzled. Then, a chilling voice rang out. “Why didn’t you stop when I told you to just now?”</p><p>“That’s… The lord of the city’s voice?”</p><p>Everyone quickly looked over to see the lord of the city sporting an icy look on his face. His eyes were practically spitting fire, and his countenance was as cold as the Antarctic ice as he gazed coldly at a young man.</p><p>“What’s the matter with the lord of the city?”</p><p>“Why is he suddenly flaring up at a deity?”</p><p>“Who’s that?”</p><p>Questions filled the deities’ minds.</p><p>Venus was raging mad. Although he was certainly mad that someone had killed Boris, that wasn’t enough to anger him this badly yet. The main reason for his anger was instead Meng Lei defying his order.</p><p>One must know that as the son of the Chief God, aside from a small handful of people, no one, even those among the clan’s inner circle, had ever dared to refuse Venus anything.</p><p>Not even the clan elders!</p><p>Moreover, he enjoyed an even loftier position and was someone with absolute authority in Venus Colossal Dragon City. His orders were the golden rule, his will the highest decree, and his word the law itself!</p><p>Who would dare to defy his orders?</p><p>Nobody!</p><p>Those that did… would die!</p><p>Yet that fellow that had popped out of god knows where had actually defied—or perhaps completely ignored—his order just now!</p><p>This was unforgivable!</p><p>And inexcusable!</p><p>Fear and panic took over Emery Philmore as he gazed at Venus’ icy eyes. Even Puhaman and the others also felt immense pressure. That guy wasn’t particularly strong, but he was a Chief God’s son!</p><p>A Chief God!</p><p>Those two words alone were already capable of applying an infinite amount of pressure on anyone, crushing down on them and rendering them unable to breathe.</p><p>“Am I supposed to stop just because you told me to? Who do you think you are?”</p>

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Chapter 389 - Get On Your Knees, Killing The Son Of The Chief God

Volume 4

<h1>Chapter 389 - Get On Your Knees, Killing The Son Of The Chief God</h1><p>Chapter 389: Get On Your Knees, Killing The Son of The Chief God</p><p>Dead silence filled the whole place.</p><p>The air felt like it had been locked down.</p><p>Even time itself seemed to have stopped.</p><p>All the deities gazed at the black-haired young man standing proudly in the sky, every one of them flabbergasted and dumbfounded.</p><p>“Who’s that guy? To think he’s actually speaking to the lord of the city like that! Isn’t he afraid that he’ll be killed?”</p><p>“Tsk, tsk! How gutsy!”</p><p>“Such toughness! This is the first time I’ve seen such a stubborn fellow!”</p><p>After a momentary silence, the deities went into a furor. They pointed and gestured at Meng Lei, either mocking him, marveling at him, or watching him with a sympathetic look on their faces…</p><p>The most dramatic one was the infatuated goddess from earlier. She actually jumped in front of Meng Lei furiously and chastised him, “Where did a country bumpkin like you come from? Do you know who you’re talking to? I demand that you apologize to the lord of the city! At once, right away, immediately!”</p><p>Varying expressions came over the deities’ countenances at the sight of the goddess. That goddess was no simple deity. She was a member of the Nature Gods and was also well-known in Venus Colossal Dragon City. As she naturally bore a fragrance on herself and was also a huge beauty, she was hailed as the Hundred Flowers Goddess.</p><p>She had a great many pursuers, so many that they could form a line from one end of Venus Colossal Dragon City to the other end. There was no lack of people of high status from various major godly clans among them. It was just that the Hundred Flower Goddess wasn’t interested in them at all.</p><p>Everyone knew that the only one she was in love with was Lord Venus. Thus, no one found the sight of the Hundred Flower Goddess standing up for Lord Venus strange.</p><p>“Apologize? Who do you think you are?”</p><p>Meng Lei only had a very simple response for an extremely narcissistic and exceedingly self-centered idiot like her—he gave her a tight slap across the cheek right away.</p><p>Smack!</p><p>A dozen or so bloody teeth flew about as a crisp smack rang out, and the Hundred Flower Goddess was sent flying with a shrill scream.</p><p>The deities were dumbfounded yet again at the sight of that.</p><p>He had sent her flying with a slap across the cheek?</p><p>Wasn’t that a little too boorish of him?</p><p>“Nice!”</p><p>“How formidable, Master!”</p><p>On the other hand, Puhaman and the others were cheering in excitement instead. They didn’t give two hoots about whether she was a goddess or not. This was what she deserved for showing their master disrespect!</p><p>“Great, great! Fantastic!”</p><p>Venus, the Chief God’s son, had an icy, sinister look on his face. He said, “I’ve never seen anyone as arrogant as you in my whole life!”</p><p>“Is that so? Should I be honored, then?” scoffed Meng Lei, who didn’t think much of the so-called Chief God’s son at all.</p><p>“I’ll show you that those who dare to act so brazenly in front of me would pay the price for doing so!” Then, Venus coldly ordered, “Men, take him down!”</p><p>All the city guards around him became rather hesitant upon his order. That guy was someone who was capable of killing even Captain Boris with just a single smack of his hand. Weren’t they just having a death wish if they charge right up to him?</p><p>Yet if they didn’t…</p><p>Just as the city guards were hesitating over what they should do, the nine Six-Legged Golden Suan Ni that had accompanied Venus here let out a loud and sonorous roar in tandem. Then, they transformed into nine streaks of light that shot over to Meng Lei, arriving right in front of him and surrounding them from all sides.</p><p>Nine murderous pairs of dragon eyes bore right into Meng Lei. Then, right on the heels of it, they let out a furious roar, causing thunderous roiling sound waves to explode and spread into the surroundings.</p><p>“Roar! Get on your knees!”</p><p>Boom!</p><p>Overwhelming waves of divine power erupted from the nine Six-Legged Golden Suan Ni, striking Meng Lei as though they were torrential tidal waves capable of toppling the mountains.</p><p>“Get on your knees!”</p><p>They roared yet again.</p><p>“W-what terrifying divine power!”</p><p>Despite only being subjected to the divine power’s residual impact waves, Puhaman and the others nevertheless found it hard to breathe. They felt as if they would be flattened to the ground any moment.</p><p>The divine power that had erupted from the nine Six-Legged Golden Suan Ni was simply too fearsome. Even high-level higher deities could barely withstand it!</p><p>And indeed, it was certainly very fearsome!</p><p>Every one of those Six-Legged Golden Suan Ni was infinitely close to Great Perfection-level, and their combined divine power had actually reached Great Perfection-level after stacking on top of one another’s.</p><p>Puhaman and the others naturally wouldn’t be able to withstand Great Perfection-level divine power.</p><p>However, this bit of divine power was nothing to Meng Lei. He sized up the nine divine beasts and repeatedly nodded in a highly satisfied manner.</p><p>“They certainly look pretty good. It’s pretty cool to have them pull one’s carriage!”</p><p>The nine Six-Legged Golden Suan Ni flew into a thundering rage at his words. As divine beasts that had especially been captured to serve Venus, their master, they simply knew that expression too well.</p><p>Roar!</p><p>“Damn it!”</p><p>“Get on your knees!”</p><p>The nine Six-Legged Golden Suan Ni roared incessantly. They raised their powerful, sharp claws and swiped ruthlessly at Meng Lei, intending to flatten him onto the ground.</p><p>“You’re too noisy! Keep it down!”</p><p>Meng Lei snorted lightly.</p><p>Boom!</p><p>An incomparably wild and violent aura erupted from Meng Lei and crushed down on the Six-Legged Golden Suan Ni like surging, torrential waves. Now, this was a Chief God’s true blue might, so how could the nine Six-Legged Golden Suan Ni that weren’t even Great Perfection-level yet possibly withstand it?</p><p>Spurt!</p><p>Blood spurted from their mouths at once, and they were sent flying while crying out as if they had been hit by a train racing toward them at high speed.</p><p>“What?”</p><p>Venus’ expression changed at once when he saw what had happened. The nine Six-Legged Golden Suan Ni were super divine beasts that were infinitely close to becoming Great Perfection-level and were even capable of contending with a Great Perfection deity if they teamed up. They were also a means of protection that the clan had given him.</p><p>Yet that guy that had popped out of nowhere had actually sent the nine Six-Legged Golden Suan Ni flying just by releasing some of his aura?</p><p>Just how strong was he?</p><p>“Come back!”</p><p>Meng Lei suddenly made a grabbing motion at this point, upon which the nine Six-Legged Golden Suan Ni that were in the midst of being thrown back suddenly froze in mid-air before they then flew toward Meng Lei.</p><p>“Get down!”</p><p>Meng Lei slowly uttered two words. Then, with a flip of his wrist and a press of his hand downward, the nine Six-Legged Golden Suan Ni were flattened right onto the ground such that they prostrated right in front of him.</p><p>“Animals will be animals!”</p><p>Meng Lei snorted lightly. Then, he turned to Venus and said, “You’re holding on to the Six-Legged Golden Suan Ni’s divine spirit origin energies, right? Hand them over!”</p><p>“What do you want?”</p><p>Venus’ expression changed drastically.</p><p>“Say the word, will you hand them over or not?” said Meng Lei dispassionately as he cast a glance at him.</p><p>“The Six-Legged Golden Suan Ni are mine. I’m their one and only master!”</p><p>Venus barked grimly, “Nobody can take them from me!”</p><p>“Not handing them over? Just go to hell, then!”</p><p>Meng Lei remained expressionless.</p><p>“Go to hell?”</p><p>Venus burst into loud laughter as though he had just heard the funniest joke in the world.</p><p>“Kill me? With the likes of you? Who do you think you are? Let me tell you something, it’s not that there isn’t anyone in the world that dares to kill me, but you’re definitely not one of them!”</p><p>“Had the one saying that to me been the person that had spawned you back then, perhaps I would have shown a little fear and reverence. As for you… Hah, what a joke!”</p><p>Meng Lei shook his head with a laugh and made a grabbing motion in mid-air. A large, intangible hand instantly wrapped around Venus’ throat and dragged him over.</p><p>“L-let go of me!”</p><p>Venus could hardly breathe with someone constricting his throat. His face flushed red, and he struggled fiercely as he threatened, “I… I’m the great Nidhogg Chief God’s son! H-how dare you treat me like this! My f-father will never let you off!”</p><p>“Let him come, then. Just as well that I can take the opportunity to meet a so-called Chief God, too.” Meng Lei chuckled and said, “As for you, it’s a real shame that you’ll never live to see that day anymore.”</p><p>Crack!</p>

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Chapter 390 - The Chief God Descends, Strongest In The Universe

Volume 4

<h1>Chapter 390 - The Chief God Descends, Strongest In The Universe</h1><p>Chapter 390: The Chief God Descends, Strongest In The Universe</p><p>Crack!</p><p>A crisp crack rang out, and Venus’ throat was crushed into bits. His eyes widened big and round as fury and disbelief filled them.</p><p>His fury was because Meng Lei had actually killed him, while his disbelief was because Meng Lei had actually dared to kill him.</p><p>Who was he?</p><p>He was the Nidhogg Chief God’s son!</p><p>The Nidhogg Colossal Dragon Gods’ young master!</p><p>A second-generation descendant publicly acknowledged as the most impressive people around!</p><p>Yet he had actually died in the hands of a nameless nobody that had popped out of some godforsaken place!</p><p>He couldn’t tolerate this!</p><p>Neither could he accept it!</p><p>Indignation filled Venus, but what could he do?</p><p>As the saying went, “A man dies the same way that the light goes out”.</p><p>Once he was dead, he would be dead through and through. Meng Lei casually tossed Venus’ corpse aside, gouged out his divine core, and read his memories.</p><p>Venus was the Nidhogg Chief God’s son and the lord of Venus Colossal Dragon City. Thus, he must know a lot.</p><p>“How dare you kill me!”</p><p>“How dare you kill me!”</p><p>“You knave, Father will never let you off! Neither will the Nidhogg Colossal Dragon Gods! They’ll rip you into a million pieces to avenge my deat—”</p><p>Venus roared again and again, his divine spirit energy waves brimming with immense hatred. Oh, how resentful he was!</p><p>“You’re too noisy!”</p><p>Meng Lei turned up the firepower of his attacks on Venus’ divine spirit, causing Venus to scream. At once, his divine spirit was destroyed and reduced to broken bits and pieces. And then, all was silent.</p><p>“The Nidhogg Chief God… A lesser Chief God… Venus Colossal Dragon City’s treasury…”</p><p>Various pieces of information flooded Meng Lei’s mind, among which were some about the Nidhogg Chief God, some about the Nidhogg clan, as well as some about Venus Colossal Dragon City itself…</p><p>“He’s killed the lord of the city!”</p><p>“Oh my god! He’s actually killed the lord of the city!”</p><p>“What do we do? What do we do now?”</p><p>All the deities were scared witless while Meng Lei continued to read Venus’ memories. Looks of fear and panic came over their countenances, and all of them looked as if a calamity was about to befall them.</p><p>Yes, calamity!</p><p>After all, Venus was the Nidhogg Chief God’s son!</p><p>But now… He was dead!</p><p>What was going to happen next?</p><p>Nobody dared to even think about it!</p><p>But what they could be sure of was that the Nidhogg Chief God definitely wouldn’t take things lying down, and neither would the Nidhogg clan. A bloodbath was sure to come!</p><p>Would the bloodbath implicate them? Nobody could say anything for certain, but as witnesses to Venus’ death, they were undoubtedly going to be in for a rough ride.</p><p>“A lunatic! He’s a total lunatic!”</p><p>“That bastard! He’s totally screwed us over…”</p><p>For a moment there, resentment and rancor filled the deities’ eyes as they watched Meng Lei. If looks could kill, they really wished they could rip Meng Lei into a million pieces!</p><p>Elsewhere, Meng Lei couldn’t help but smile upon successfully reading all of Venus’ memories.</p><p>Venus was just a mid-level higher deity, but as a Chief God’s son, the number of riches he had accumulated over the years and the secrets he was privy to were in no way little.</p><p>This bout of soul reading was no loss at all!</p><p>“Why did you kill him, sir?!”</p><p>Emery Philmore looked fearful as he said, “We’re doomed now. The Nidhogg Chief God will definitely kill us all! He definitely will!”</p><p>Puhaman and the others were also in somewhat of a panic. The other party was the son of a Chief God, yet their master had killed him!</p><p>What were they to do now? How were they supposed to bear the Nidhogg Chief God’s endless fury now?</p><p>They knew that their master was very strong, to the extent that he was even stronger than a Great Perfection deity. But the one they had messed with this time was a Chief God! No matter how strong their master was, was he stronger than a Chief God?</p><p>“If the Nidhogg Chief God comes, then that would be great. I’d long since wanted to meet him!”</p><p>Meng Lei gave them a slight smile, his demeanor calm and unruffled. He wasn’t bothered about the Nidhogg Chief God in the least.</p><p>“Old bro, what are we supposed to do now?”</p><p>Fatty Hart had a rather awkward look on his face as he suggested, “How about… We leave this place for now? It’s too dangerous here.”</p><p>“That’s right, that’s right! Let’s hurry and leave. A man doesn’t put himself in harm’s way. It’s better that we leave instead!”</p><p>“I also think that it’s for the better that we leave. It’s best if we can go back straight to Heaven’s Vault Continent. It’s the safest there…”</p><p>The others also spoke up one by one. They didn’t want to stay for even a moment longer. All of them could feel chills running down their spines for fear that the Nidhogg Chief God would suddenly charge right over and take their lives.</p><p>Thus, they’d better just slip away!</p><p>“A bunch of cowards!”</p><p>A contemptuous Meng Lei said, “I’m the one that killed Venus, yet I’m not even afraid, so what’s there for you to be afraid of? Besides, do you think you can even get away?”</p><p>Meng Lei’s words made all of them feel ashamed of themselves. However, when they heard the last part of his response, their expressions changed slightly, and they asked, “What do you mean by that, Master?”</p><p>Meng Lei then raised his head to the sky with the corners of his lips slightly curled upward. “He’s already here!”</p><p>“He’s here? Who’s here?”</p><p>Everyone was a little stupefied.</p><p>Then, they sensed the abrupt appearance of an incredibly terrifying aura shooting toward them at an unimaginably high speed.</p><p>Fast!</p><p>It was simply too fast! One could no longer use “speed” as a descriptor anymore. Rather… It was teleportation!</p><p>Yes, teleportation!</p><p>The terrifying aura reached them a brief moment later. Upon arriving, it erupted into the surroundings with great momentum, sweeping through all directions and wantonly ravaging the people’s hearts and souls.</p><p>Thud!</p><p>Thud!</p><p>Thud!</p><p>Unsurprisingly, everyone aside from Meng Lei was flattened to the ground.</p><p>The city guards watching over the valley, the deities that had assembled here, and even the divine beasts inhabiting the Coiling Dragon Mountain Range were all flattened to the ground!</p><p>“W-what fearsome pressure and might!”</p><p>“A Chief God’s aura!”</p><p>“Oh my god! This is a Chief God’s aura!”</p><p>“A Chief God!!”</p><p>All the deities became incredibly fearful at once—they had already guessed who the Chief God that had just arrived was. Who else could it be other than the Nidhogg Chief God whose son had just been killed?</p><p>“He’s doomed! That guy’s doomed! The Nidhogg Chief God is going to rip him into a million pieces!”</p><p>“I just hope he doesn’t take his anger out on us innocents…”</p><p>Filled with fear, everyone started to pray inwardly.</p><p>“What do we do now, everyone?”</p><p>“What else can we do? Nothing!”</p><p>“Now that things have reached such a pass, we can only pin our hopes on Master!”</p><p>“Please watch over us, Master…”</p><p>Puhaman and the others were also incredibly alarmed and panic-stricken, but they were more nervous and uneasy than terrified in comparison. They knew that their master was very strong and that he was even stronger than a Great Perfection deity.</p><p>However, they had no idea exactly how strong he was and whether or not he could rival a Chief God—this was exactly what they were uneasy about.</p><p>“Is Master a Chief God or not?”</p><p>Puhaman and the others were constantly wondering to themselves.</p><p>“You sure came really quickly. As expected of a Chief God!”</p><p>Meng Lei slowly raised his head. The corners of his lips curled upward slightly into a smile as he gazed at the muscular entity currently unleashing his fearsome aura without any restraints.</p><p>“A Chief God divine core is a fragment of a Heart of The Existential Plane. In some sense, those that become Chief Gods by refining Chief God divine cores can also be considered an existential plane’s master,” Moro’s voice sounded in Meng Lei’s mind as he said, “And in their own existential plane, a Chief God will naturally be able to manipulate Power of Existential Plane to teleport to places.”</p><p>“Indeed!”</p><p>Meng Lei nodded slightly in response. He didn’t know where the Nidhogg Colossal Dragon Gods’ base was, but he surmised that it must be a great distance of at least several hundred, or a thousand, light years away from where they currently were.</p><p>Yet the Nidhogg Chief God had hurried over in just the short span of a few minutes. From this, one could tell just how fast his traveling speed had been!</p><p>“Who… was the one that killed my child?”</p><p>A voice imbued with boundless awe-inspiring might rang out. It wasn’t loud and even sounded very calm and peaceful, but in spite of that, no one could muster any thoughts of putting up any resistance at all.</p><p>This was… The sound of a Chief God!</p><p>The most powerful sound in the universe!</p>

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Chapter 391 - Taking On A Chief God, Death Deserved

Volume 4

<h1>Chapter 391 - Taking On A Chief God, Death Deserved</h1><p>Chapter 391: Taking On A Chief God, Death Deserved</p><p>“It’s… It’s just as expected!”</p><p>“The Nidhogg Chief God has descended!”</p><p>“He’s here for revenge!”</p><p>“He’ll kill this bastard!”</p><p>After they heard those powerful words spoken with absolute authority, the deities went into utter silence as fear overcame them.</p><p>The pressure coming from the aura was too frightening. It was as if innumerable metric tons of force were pressing onto their hearts. Now, they could not even lift their heads and could only prostrate on the ground.</p><p>“Who… killed my child?”</p><p>The colossal Nidhogg Chief God spoke once again. His voice was like deafening claps of thunder that blasted into everyone, leaving behind painful, buzzing noises in their ears.</p><p>“I killed him!”</p><p>Meng Lei soared up into the sky and came face to face with the Nidhogg Chief God. He sized up this existence far above, who ruled the heavens and earth, with some interest.</p><p>A Chief God!</p><p>The king among gods!</p><p>That was the supreme existence standing at the top of the pyramid, and it was Meng Lei’s first-ever meeting with one.</p><p>“How bold to kill my child! Die!” The Nidhogg Chief God had no expression as he swung his hand.</p><p>Boom!</p><p>A gigantic palm made of colorful light beams appeared in thin air, crashing down with destructive might toward Meng Lei. The terrifying aura and incomparable speed it gave off seemed to be crushing Meng Lei into dust in no time.</p><p>“Oh no!”</p><p>The area this palm covered was too large. Meng Lei was in the center of the palm, while all the other deities, city guards, and even the entire Coiling Dragon Mountain Range was within range. If this strike landed, everyone… would die!</p><p>Survival was absolutely impossible!</p><p>Survive?</p><p>It was the most foolish thing to think about when a Chief God attacked.</p><p>“It’s over! We’re dead meat!”</p><p>“I knew it would come to this. The collateral kills beneath a Chief God’s fury was nothing to him! This goddamn bastard, I’m going to die because of him!”</p><p>“I won’t let you off even if I have become a ghost!”</p><p>Desperation filled the hearts of the deities, while their hate for Meng Lei had never been higher. If they could turn back time, they would definitely take out Meng Lei’s grandfather when he was nine years old.</p><p>“So this is a Chief God?”</p><p>“It’s simply unrivaled!”</p><p>“Are we going to die?”</p><p>“Master! You must hold him off!”</p><p>Puhaman and the rest were equally desperate. In the face of such a powerful attack, they realized that they were as weak as tofu that could become squashed into pieces. Their only hope of survival was their Master, Meng Lei.</p><p>“Kill me?”</p><p>Meng Lei looked relaxed as if the attack was nothing. The strike was created from a high-end Power of Existential Plane that was highly destructive.</p><p>Even Great Perfection deities would become heavily injured from the strike. As for ordinary deities, they would simply disintegrate.</p><p>That was known as the Power of Chief Gods—the combination of divine power and high-end Power of Existential Plane to morph into a new form of power of divinity. The main reason Chief Gods were unrivaled was due to the high-end Power of Existential Plane.</p><p>High-end existential planes were too vast and almost boundless. One could imagine the power level of the Power of Existential Plane they could generate.</p><p>It was a pity, after all. When facing such an attack, Meng Lei still did not make the slightest attempt to avoid it. He stood his ground. Before the gigantic palm struck his head, Meng Lei used his fingers as a sword and swiped up gently.</p><p>Slash!</p><p>The vibrant gigantic palm was slashed from the middle into half. The two halves of the palm continued smashing down toward the two sides.</p><p>Boom!</p><p>Many deities were within range of the two halves of the gigantic palms. They were crushed into a bloody mist, unsurprisingly.</p><p>Only Puhaman and the rest who were standing beside Meng Lei and some deities who were closer survived the attack. Their horror-stricken faces were ghastly pale.</p><p>“Interesting.”</p><p>The Nidhogg Chief God squinted his eyes. The strike just now was not his best, but with his power level as a lesser Chief God, even a Great Perfection deity would not be able to resist it. However, he did not expect the fellow in front of him to deal with it with ease…</p><p>The Nidhogg Chief God asked with a cold voice, “Who are you exactly? There’s no expert like you that I know of in the Earth Divine Realm, other Divine Realms, or in the Celestial Realm.”</p><p>“Who I am isn’t important!”</p><p>Meng Lei shook his head lightly.</p><p>“Agreed!” The Nidhogg Chief God replied aloofly. “Your fate was sealed at the moment you killed Venus. I shall vanquish your soul!”</p><p>As he finished his sentence, the Nidhogg Chief God blasted off a punch. Instantly, a ten-meter large colorful fist shot out as it smashed toward Meng Lei.</p><p>The Nidhogg Chief God used 80% of his power on this blow. The air in its path was instantly engulfed in a dark tunnel, and the gigantic fist came as if it had teleported.</p><p>“These boring moves again!”</p><p>Meng Lei shook his head slightly and responded with a casual punch—an invisible punch meeting the destructive colorful punch.</p><p>Boom!</p><p>The two fists collided, and a terrifying might exploded, sending tidal shockwaves across the vicinity like a tsunami.</p><p>The remaining deities were unlucky.</p><p>Spurt!</p><p>Spurt!</p><p>Spurt!</p><p>Anywhere the shockwaves passed through, crackling sounds of exploding heads followed. Deities exploded one by one as if a road roller was rolling over a watermelon field.</p><p>Other than Puhaman and those protected by Meng Lei, the remaining deities turned into a bloody mist in that brief moment. Not a single one survived.</p><p>“D-dead? All… dead?”</p><p>Puhaman and the rest were in a protective shield as they watched the deities burst into clouds of bloody mist. They swallowed hard, scared witless.</p><p>Indeed, scared witless.</p><p>All the lively deities just now were dead, sacrificing for the battle between their master and the Chief God.</p><p>How tragic!</p><p><em>He’s caught another one?</em></p><p>The Nidhogg Chief God broke into a frown. If the first attack had been understandably blocked, he could not believe that the second one, which he had used 80% power on, had been caught with ease as well.</p><p>“You’re a Chief God?”</p><p>The Nidhogg Chief God glared at Meng Lei with his razor-sharp eyes as if he was trying to see through all his secrets. “You assimilated that Chief God divine core in the Great Pompeii Desert, didn’t you? No! That’s not right!</p><p>“That Chief God divine core was only just born. Even if you obtained it, you could never assimilate it in such a short period! Or maybe…”</p><p>The Nidhogg Chief God thought of another possibility—a Supreme Great Perfection deity.</p><p>Supreme Great Perfection deity—a Great Perfection deity who comprehended the supreme laws of nature and a deep prowess in it.</p><p>This type of Great Perfection deity could surely match a Chief God.</p><p>“Chief God?”</p><p>Puhaman and the rest heard the term, and expressions of joy followed.</p><p>“Our Master is a Chief God! He really is a Chief God! I knew it, if our Master can kill Great Perfection deities, how can he not be a Chief God?”</p><p>“Hahaha, Master is a Chief God as well…”</p><p>“He’s a Chief God?”</p><p>Emery Philmore gazed at the back of Meng Lei. His mind was buzzing with only one thought.</p><p><em>He’s a Chief God!</em></p><p>“It doesn’t matter whether I’m a Chief God or not!” Meng Lei held his hands behind his back. “What’s important is that I am fully capable of matching your power. Hence, since your son dared to provoke me, he got the death he deserved!”</p><p>The Nidhogg Chief God changed his previous remark. “Provoking a Supreme Great Perfection deity, he got what he deserved indeed!”</p>

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Chapter 392 - Mining Divinity Crystals, A Surprise Attack

Volume 4

<h1>Chapter 392 - Mining Divinity Crystals, A Surprise Attack</h1><p>Chapter 392: Mining Divinity Crystals, A Surprise Attack</p><p>A Chief God… was not to be humiliated.</p><p>That was the consensus among all deities. It was not just because Chief Gods were the most powerful beings in the universe—they represented the status of the highest order.</p><p>As for Supreme Great Perfection deities, the only existences that could rival Chief Gods and enjoyed the same status, they were secretly regarded to be superior over Chief Gods among the deities.</p><p>After all, the deities were somewhat indignant toward Chief Gods, who were the lucky few. Everything that they possessed currently was all due to luck.</p><p>The Supreme Great Perfection deities were completely different. They ground their way toward the power they possessed with their talent and hard work, proving their capabilities.</p><p>Hence, a Supreme Great Perfection deity… was not to be humiliated even more.</p><p>Provoking a Chief God… deserved death!</p><p>Provoking a Supreme Great Perfection deity… deserved death even more so.</p><p>The Nidhogg Chief God understood this point very well. Thus after guessing that Meng Lei might be a Supreme Great Perfection deity, his attitude took a 180-degree turn.</p><p>“Provoking a Supreme Great Perfection deity, he got what he deserved indeed!”</p><p>With that said, he turned around. He knew that he was only a lesser Chief God who could not harm a Supreme Great Perfection deity. Rather than humiliating himself, he would prefer to retreat for now.</p><p>A Chief God thought highly of their pride.</p><p>Meng Lei gazed at him from the back and did not say anything else. Though he was not afraid of the Nidhogg Chief God, he was not confident that he could kill him.</p><p>Moreover, in his own existential plane, a Chief God could utilize the Power of Existential Plane, making them extremely difficult to kill.</p><p>Since that was the case, Meng Lei did not obstruct the departure.</p><p>“He’s gone!”</p><p>“The Nidhogg Chief God has descended!”</p><p>“Master has won! He’s won!”</p><p>“Hooray! Long live our Master!”</p><p>“Long live our Master…”</p><p>As they watched the Nidhogg Chief God leave, Puhaman and the others were delirious with joy. They surrounded Meng Lei and cheered in pure excitement.</p><p>At this moment, they were the most euphoric ones. If their Master was a Chief God, it meant that they could cozy up to someone powerful enough to do whatever they wanted.</p><p>Who wouldn’t be jubilant?</p><p>Who wouldn’t be euphoric?</p><p>Who wouldn’t be worked up over it?</p><p>“Go now, recover the divine cores and carcasses. I shall begin the extraction of this mine,” Meng Lei said dispassionately.</p><p>“Yes, Master!”</p><p>Puhaman and the others complied, and they worked to collect the divine cores and dead bodies.</p><p>Other than them, the rest of the deities had not survived.</p><p>Although most deities were crushed to powder or turned into a bloody mist, their divine cores and spatial rings were intact.</p><p>These were all treasures.</p><p>“Next up, this Divinity Crystal mine!”</p><p>Meng Lei gazed at the undulating mountains with a shrewd glint in his eyes. A mine with a reserve of a trillion tons, which possibly contained 10,000 trillion Divinity Crystals.</p><p>10,000 trillion!</p><p>That was an enormous sum of wealth.</p><p>As long as he extracted all of these Divinity Crystals, he could buy credit for two supreme laws of nature and become an existence comparable to a higher Chief God!</p><p><em>A higher Chief God…</em></p><p>The more Meng Lei thought about it, the more agitated he became. His divine cognition spread out instantly and shrouded the entire Coiling Dragon Mountain Range, continuing beneath the ground.</p><p>It continued all the way 300,000 feet underground before Meng Lei finally detected the presence of Divinity Crystals. He immediately activated an Innate Special Ability—Teleportation.</p><p>Whoosh!</p><p>A large piece of Divinity Crystal disappeared from underground. By the time it reappeared, it was in the skies.</p><p>It was a red crystal that was more than 50 kilometers long and 20 kilometers wide, like a towering fire dragon hovering in the air. The crystal reflected a fiery red glow in the sunlight, bright and dazzling.</p><p>“The Divinity Crystal ore!”</p><p>Puhaman and the rest turned their heads to the crystal as astonishment filled their eyes. How did their master extract such a huge ore in a matter of seconds?</p><p>That was too impressive!</p><p>However, once the thought that their master was a Chief God sprung into their minds, they were able to reconcile themselves with the idea. A Chief God was omnipotent after all.</p><p>“Collect them all, system!”</p><p>Meng Lei suppressed his excitement as he gave a prompt command.</p><p>Whoosh!</p><p>A strange, great force appeared in thin air and engulfed the entire ore. In the very next second, the enormous ore vanished.</p><p>At the same time, Meng Lei’s Wealth value skyrocketed at an insane speed, stopping only after a dozen seconds.</p><p>“Haha!”</p><p>“Hahaha!”</p><p>“Hahahaha”</p><p>Meng Lei stared at that massive figure, no longer able to contain his excitement and agitation. He laughed loudly into the sky. His laughter was like a clap of rolling thunder that reverberated throughout the sky.</p><p>(⊙o⊙)?</p><p>“What’s the matter with Master?”</p><p>Everyone stopped what they were doing and gazed at Meng Lei with puzzled expressions.</p><p>Emery Philmore went closer to Puhaman and asked softly, “Big Brother Puhaman, what’s going on with our lord?”</p><p>“Delight, I suppose!” Puhaman gave a couple of dry coughs. “Every time our Chief God is happy, he’ll laugh in this manner. You’ll get used to it!”</p><p>“Get used to it?”</p><p>Emery Philmore perked up. “Big Brother Puhaman, do I really have a chance to get used to it? What if our Lord couldn’t care less about me?”</p><p>Anxiety overcame Emery Philmore. After knowing that Meng Lei was a Chief God, Emery was shocked, horrified, dumbstruck, in awe…</p><p>Now, all he desired was to join them and become Meng Lei’s follower.</p><p>How honorable would it be to be a follower of a Chief God?”</p><p>He was only a normal higher deity—no authority, power, Divinity Crystals, nor the capability—a nobody in the Earth Divine Realm.</p><p>If he could become Meng Lei’s follower, his status would undergo a tremendous change. He would leap into a bigshot instantly.</p><p>Hence, he wanted to be part of the team, only afraid that Meng Lei would look down on him.</p><p>Emery Philmore was very anxious about it.</p><p>“There are still opportunities. It’s all up to how you perform.” Puhaman feigned a deep voice.</p><p>Emery Philmore had been a deity for ages. How could he not understand the meaning of Puhaman’s words. He quickly took out a spatial ring and offered it up sincerely. “Big Brother Puhaman, this is just a little gift to show my gratitude!”</p><p>Puhaman released his divine cognition to take a peek inside.</p><p><em>What the!? So many Divinity Crystals!</em></p><p>He handled the spatial ring with an indifferent expression and said. “We are all friends. How can I take this?”</p><p>“Big Brother Puhaman, it’s just a small token of appreciation!” Emery Philmore smirked.</p><p>His gratitude satisfied Puhaman. He smiled and said, “Although Master is a man with power beyond your imagination, an elegant man, an aristocratic-looking and handsome man, a man of great talent, a knowledgeable man, an eloquent person who have chapter and verse at his tongue’s tip, a man with colossal strength… he is actually a down to earth person!</p><p>“As long as you offer your loyalty and serve Master whole-heartedly, Master will consider keeping you by his side…”</p><p>As an experienced person, Puhaman instructed in earnest.</p><p>Emery Philmore listened to the advice modestly, as if listening to this speech benefited more than studying for ten years.</p><p>Just as one of them was warming up to his speech while the other was listening modestly, a shrill whiz rang out. A dazzling spark pierced through the air and almost blinded everyone on the scene.</p><p>In the next moment, violent shockwaves blasted off. Puhaman and Emery Philmore felt an immense force crashing into them, crushing them instantly.</p><p>Then… There was nothing else.</p>

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Chapter 393 - The Three Great Chief Gods, Time Freeze

Volume 4

<h1>Chapter 393 - The Three Great Chief Gods, Time Freeze</h1><p>Chapter 393: The Three Great Chief Gods, Time Freeze</p><p>Blinding flames filled the sky as violent and raging energy waves turned the void itself into a viscous, glue-like state. Everyone within the area was blown into smithereens.</p><p>Puhaman, Emery Philmore!</p><p>Fatty Hart, Sacas!</p><p>Bubbles, Galen!</p><p>All of them were dead!</p><p>…</p><p>The flames gradually died down, and the glue-like void slowly returned to its original state.</p><p>By the time the sky had resumed its original clarity, and everything had returned to what it was like before, Meng Lei had become the only one left in the sky. Everyone else… had vanished.</p><p>Numerous divine cores floating in the air were the only things left behind.</p><p>“Well done! Well done, indeed!”</p><p>Meng Lei’s expression was so cold and sinister that it could almost freeze. He shouted, “Get the hell out here at once since you’re already here! Can you really call yourself a Chief God when you’re sneaking around like that?!”</p><p>Buzz!</p><p>A series of ripples went through the air as three figures revealed themselves.</p><p>The first was burly and muscular and sported a pair of horns on his head—he was none other than the Nidhogg Chief God that had just left a short while ago.</p><p>The second was a 100,000-feet-tall Titan Chief God dressed in golden armor, while the third was a sixteen-winged Angel Chief God enveloped in mighty holy light.</p><p>A Colossal Dragon Chief God, a Titan Chief God, an Angel Chief God—that made a total of three great Chief Gods! And they had all descended upon the world together!</p><p>“Give me a reason why!” Meng Lei demanded icily.</p><p>“Allow me to do the introductions.”</p><p>With an aloof look on his face, the Nidhogg Chief God gestured to the other two Chief Gods beside him and said, “This is Dawson, the Titan Chief God, and this is Raphael, the Angel Chief God.”</p><p>Then, he pointed at Meng Lei and said, “Dawson, Raphael, that’s the Supreme Great Perfection deity that I mentioned. It’s highly likely that the Chief God divine core that had just emerged in the Great Pompeii Desert is in his hands because he’s the one who’s both the strongest and closest in proximity to it!”</p><p>The Titan Chief God and the Angel Chief God nodded slightly in response. Their awe-inspiring and aloof gazes then fell on Meng Lei, and they ordered, “Hand over the Chief God divine core, and we’ll spare your life!”</p><p>“The Chief God divine core?”</p><p>Meng Lei stared at the Nidhogg Chief God and asked, “You left and came back again, and even brought two other great Chief Gods with you along the way, just for the Chief God divine core in my possession?”</p><p>“So, you admit that the Chief God divine core is in your possession?”</p><p>The three great Chief Gods’ eyes brightened significantly, and their eyes bore straight into Meng Lei. They had guessed that the Chief God divine core was with Meng Lei, but a guess was ultimately nothing more than just a guess. They couldn’t make an accurate judgment as to whether it was true or not.</p><p>Now that Meng Lei had admitted to it, this proved that their guess was indeed correct. How could they possibly not be delighted?</p><p>With a flip of Meng Lei’s hand, an irregularly-shaped crystal that glowed with ten different colors appeared on his palm—it was exactly the Chief God divine core that had caused such a huge commotion in the Great Pompeii Desert earlier.</p><p>“The Chief God divine core!”</p><p>“The Chief God divine core is indeed with you!”</p><p>Intense shudders went through the three Chief Gods, and looks of greed and desire burst forth from their eyes. The looks in their eyes were as if they wanted to gobble Meng Lei up and take the Chief God divine core sitting on his palm for themselves.</p><p>“Give it to me!” The three Chief Gods barked in unison.</p><p>“All of them are already Chief Gods, so why do they want this Chief God divine core so much, Moro? This thing shouldn’t be of much use to them, isn’t it?”</p><p>Meng Lei was puzzled.</p><p>“No, you’re mistaken. Not only are Chief God divine cores of use to them, but they are even of great use at that.”</p><p>Moro’s voice surfaced in his mind. He explained, “You should also know that a Chief God divine core is essentially a fragment of a high-end existential plane’s Heart of The Existential Plane and not an ordinary divine core. In other words, a Chief God is able to assimilate multiple Chief God divine cores.”</p><p>“They’re able to assimilate multiple Chief God divine cores?”</p><p>A mild jolt went through Meng Lei as enlightenment dawned upon him.</p><p>That’s right!</p><p>A person could only assimilate a maximum of one divine core for divine cores of the same grade. If they wanted to assimilate more, then they would have to assimilate divine cores of higher grades.</p><p>However, this wasn’t the case for Chief God divine cores.</p><p>Strictly speaking, a Chief God divine core wasn’t even a divine core at all but a Heart of The Existential Plane fragment instead. Therefore, one would naturally be able to assimilate many of them.</p><p>On top of that, the more there were, the better it was. The more one assimilated, the more Power of Existential Plane they would be able to manipulate, thereby making the Chief God even stronger!</p><p>Moro smiled dispassionately and said, “Those three fellows were very likely ordinary deities with mediocre aptitudes before they assimilated their Chief God divine cores. Thus, despite having become Chief Gods for many years, they still haven’t comprehended any supreme laws of nature and are still just lesser Chief Gods who are the weakest of the lot.</p><p>“Therefore, for them, becoming stronger by relying on comprehending supreme laws of nature won’t work at all. They can only strengthen themselves by assimilating more Chief God divine cores.</p><p>“But there are only so many Chief God divine cores out there. Moreover, they’ve basically all been assimilated by other Chief Gods, so how can there possibly be any extras? Now that they’ve seen the one you have, it would be stranger instead if they didn’t go crazy for it!”</p><p>Meng Lei nodded slowly. He had already understood why the Nidhogg Chief God had left and returned, as well as why he had brought the other two Chief Gods here to besiege him.</p><p>Everything was for the sake of obtaining the Chief God divine core he had!</p><p>“Give it to me!”</p><p>The three Chief Gods’ expressions darkened at the sight of Meng Lei’s indifference. They barked another command fiercely, unable to hold back anymore.</p><p>“And if I don’t?” Meng Lei sneered coldly.</p><p>“Not handing it over? Then you can go to hell!”</p><p>The Nidhogg Chief God said icily and sinisterly, “I certainly can’t do anything about you by myself, but killing you is no difficult task with the three of us!”</p><p>“Hand over the Chief God divine core! Otherwise, you’ll die!” ordered the Titan Chief God in an icy-cold voice.</p><p>“We’ll spare your life as long as you hand over the Chief God divine core,” said the Angel Chief God gently as holy light suffused the air around him.</p><p>“You’re going to kill me? With the likes of the three of you?”</p><p>Meng Lei burst into laughter as if he had just heard the funniest joke in the whole universe. His voice reverberated throughout the sky like a tsunami toppling the mountains and overturning the seas.</p><p>“You’re courting death!”</p><p>“What insolence!”</p><p>“How presumptuous!”</p><p>The three Chief Gods’ expressions darkened right away. Roiling waves of the Chief Gods’ might arose around them and crushed down upon Meng Lei from everywhere, intending to flatten him.</p><p>“All of you can forget about leaving this place today!”</p><p>Icy harshness took over Meng Lei’s eyes as he gradually curbed his laughter. He said, “I will gouge out your Chief God divine cores, destroy your divine spirits, and enslave your bodies. I will destroy your souls and thoroughly wipe you off the face of the earth!”</p><p>“You’re going to kill us? Why don’t you die first, then!”</p><p>The three Chief Gods moved at the same time.</p><p>With a forceful grab from the Nidhogg Chief God, a gigantic multi-colored dragon claw formed completely from ten-colored lights instantly rushed forward and grabbed at Meng Lei.</p><p>“Go to hell!”</p><p>The Titan Chief God clenched his right fist and threw a powerful punch. At once, a heavy, multi-colored punch that carried fearsome, earth-shattering might went hurtling out.</p><p>“Holy Light Judgment!”</p><p>The Angel Chief God flapped the 16 wings on his back. Several rays of holy light converged to form a gigantic multi-colored sword that dazzled with the light of ten different colors. Then, the sword cleaved forward.</p><p>A dragon claw!</p><p>A powerful punch!</p><p>A gigantic sword!</p><p>The attacks drew three arcs across the sky like rainbows piercing through the sun and crashed down upon Meng Lei. The three Chief Gods had attacked with their full power when they launched these attacks; even ordinary Great Perfection deities would be crushed into dust if they were even so much as hit by the residual impact waves, let alone struck squarely by the attacks themselves.</p><p>“These attacks will at least maim him if they didn’t already kill him. I’ll have to strike first and snatch the Chief God divine core as soon as possible later. Once I get the Chief God divine core…”</p><p>The three Chief Gods might have their gazes fixed on Meng Lei, but their minds were already working at top speed. They were already thinking about how they could snatch the Chief God divine core in Meng Lei’s possession.</p><p>Despite being up against such terrifying attacks, Meng Lei neither ducked nor dodged. In the instant the claw, the punch, and the sword were about to reach him, he slowly uttered two words, “Time Freeze!”</p><p>Buzz!</p><p>Two soft and gentle rays of golden light shot out of Meng Lei’s eyes. Everything in the golden light’s path froze in time.</p><p>The fluctuating space-time had become still!</p><p>The flowing air had become still!</p><p>The wild, violent attacks had become still!</p><p>Everything… had become still!</p><p>The three Chief Gods were no exceptions, either. They froze on the spot with looks of greed still on their faces.</p><p>Meng Lei took step after step toward the three Chief Gods. Soft, gentle golden light spilled from his eyes as he scoffed, “So, you’re going to kill me? In the face of the full and complete version of time-based laws of nature, how are losers that haven’t even comprehended any supreme laws of nature like the lot of you going to kill me?”</p>

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Chapter 394 - Killing The Chief Gods, The Chief God Treaty

Volume 4

<h1>Chapter 394 - Killing The Chief Gods, The Chief God Treaty</h1><p>Chapter 394: Killing The Chief Gods, The Chief God Treaty</p><p>Meng Lei’s wish had come true, and he had gained 12 quadrillion Divinity Crystals after extracting Divinity Crystals from the mine.</p><p>Added to this the 2.209 quadrillion Divinity Crystals he already had, this came up to a total of 14.209 quadrillion Divinity Crystals!</p><p>In other words, he now had… 14,209 trillion Divinity Crystals!</p><p>Buying credit for any one type of supreme laws of nature required 5,000 trillion Divinity Crystals.</p><p>With 14,209 trillion Divinity Crystals, Meng Lei now had enough to buy credit for two types of supreme laws of nature.</p><p>Without any hesitation, Meng Lei had promptly bought credit for his time-based laws of nature and spatial laws of nature and boosted his comprehension rates for both to 100%, thereby fully comprehending these two types of supreme laws of nature.</p><p>It was an extremely strange and wonderful feeling when one had fully comprehended a type of supreme laws of nature. As far as the eye could see, the air was filled with densely packed time-based laws of nature and spatial laws of nature chains. They enveloped every corner of the void in a haphazard and disorderly manner, leaving no area untouched.</p><p>Meng Lei could usually vaguely see these laws of nature chains, too. But he was just like an illiterate looking at a dictionary—able to clearly see every single word, yet couldn’t recognize any, let alone understand what they meant, of course.</p><p>He could see them, but he didn’t know what they meant—Meng Lei had exactly been in that state previously.</p><p>However, things were different now!</p><p>Now, Meng Lei clearly understood what each single laws of nature chain meant, what kind of function each represented, what kind of effect each would bring… It was as if he had known all these all along.</p><p>This was a very peculiar experience. It felt very magical, very mysterious, and also… very powerful!</p><p>Yes, powerful!</p><p>The two supreme laws of nature were simply too powerful, so much so that Meng Lei felt as if he were under the misconception that he was the strongest entity in the whole of the universe!</p><p>“In the face of full and complete versions of supreme laws of nature, people who haven’t even comprehended any supreme laws of nature like the lot of you are no different from a bunch of total losers!”</p><p>Soft, gentle golden light—in other words, time-based laws of nature chains—spilled from Meng Lei’s aloof, dispassionate eyes. Wherever he looked, time stopped and went into an absolute state of stillness.</p><p>Even if one were a Chief God, and even if one were the most fearsome and strongest entity in the vast universe, they would still have to obediently stay still on the spot, no matter what.</p><p>Their divine bodies, as well as their minds and consciousness, had all entered a state of stillness! This was exactly what made time-based laws of nature so powerful!</p><p>Meng Lei took step after step toward the Nidhogg Chief God. Then, he reached out three of his fingers, slowly pierced them through the area in between the Nidhogg Chief God’s brows, and gouged out a crystal that shone with dazzling lights of different colors—it was none other than the Nidhogg Chief God’s Chief God divine core.</p><p>The Nidhogg Chief God didn’t put up any struggle during the whole process. Neither did he show any look of pain or agony. In fact, he didn’t even frown.</p><p>Wasn’t he in pain?</p><p>Of course not!</p><p>Time was needed in order for pain receptors to pick up pain and send the relevant signals through the nerve endings. Similarly, time was also needed for one’s thoughts and consciousness to run and operate. However, the Nidhogg Chief God’s time had already reached an absolute state of stillness, so he naturally wouldn’t feel any pain—or to be more accurate, he wasn’t in time to feel the pain yet!</p><p>After that, Meng Lei also went on to gouge out the Titan Chief God’s and the Angel Chief God’s Chief God divine cores, thereby completely taking for himself what the three great Chief Gods had depended on the most to become the strongest entities in the universe and to stand above the rest of the world.</p><p>“You can actually lock down the time around a Chief God, kid?”</p><p>Moro had been dumbstruck throughout the whole process. He asked, “How did you manage to do that? Could it be that… Your comprehension of time-based laws of nature has undergone a qualitative breakthrough?”</p><p>Meng Lei had successfully locked down the time around a Chief God! On top of that, he had even locked down the time around three Chief Gods at one go!</p><p>Now, this was simply too dramatic!</p><p>Although all three Chief Gods were just lesser Chief Gods and had zero comprehension of supreme laws of nature, their divine bodies and divine spirits were incredibly strong and powerful. Moreover, they also possessed Chief God divine cores. Thus, they had an exceedingly great influence on the time and space around themselves.</p><p>Locking down the time around them… This was simply too difficult a task!</p><p>Yet Meng Lei had achieved it, nonetheless. On top of that, he had even done it skillfully, easily, and effortlessly. This was simply too shocking. Moro couldn’t help but be astonished!</p><p>“I’ve already fully comprehended time-based laws of nature,” replied Meng Lei unhurriedly.</p><p>The gentle golden light in his eyes gradually faded, and the time around them resumed its flow. The three great Chief Gods’ shackled thoughts and consciousnesses also began to function once more.</p><p>At once, the sight of their divine bodies, the bloody holes in the areas between their brows, and Meng Lei, who was standing right in front of them, entered their line of vision.</p><p>“What’s going on?”</p><p>The three Chief Gods were rather bewildered. They hastily released divine spirit energy waves to check the surroundings, and the moment they did, they turned pale with horror—Meng Lei was actually holding their Chief God divine cores in his hand!</p><p>“What exactly is going on ?”</p><p>“Why are our Chief God divine cores in his hands?”</p><p>The three Chief Gods were utterly flummoxed. They had clearly been attacking Meng Lei just now, yet Meng Lei had already gotten hold of their Chief God divine cores the very next moment. They were absolutely certain that nothing had happened during this entire process!</p><p>Perplexed and horrified, they couldn’t understand what had happened and found it hard to accept the current situation.</p><p>“Are you very surprised?” asked Meng Lei calmly as he played with the Chief God divine cores he was holding.</p><p>“What exactly did you do to us?!” shouted the Nidhogg Chief God.</p><p>“I suppose there’s no harm in telling you,” Meng Lei said calmly, “I cast Time Freeze just now and stopped your flow of time. However, my flow of time remains active in the meantime. Get it?”</p><p>“T-Time Freeze!”</p><p>Realization dawned upon the three Chief Gods, and they instantly understood what had happened. The Nidhogg Chief God couldn’t help but exclaim, “The laws of nature that you’ve comprehended are actually time-based laws of nature?!”</p><p>“That’s right.”</p><p>Meng Lei nodded lightly.</p><p>The Angel Chief God’s voice trembled as he asked, “For you to be able to instantly lock down three Chief Gods’ flow of time, to what extent has your comprehension of time-based laws of nature exactly reached?”</p><p>“I’ve already fully comprehended time-based laws of nature.”</p><p>Meng Lei didn’t hold back any information. There wasn’t any need for him to do that anyway.</p><p>“Y-you’ve already fully comprehended it?!”</p><p>The three Chief Gods were thunderstruck.</p><p>A Great Perfection deity could already contend with a lesser Chief God after comprehending a bit of supreme laws of nature. Upon reaching a 50% comprehension rate, they could even contend with an intermediate Chief God. When they reached a full comprehension rate, they could contend with a higher Chief God!</p><p>Since Meng Lei had already fully comprehended time-based laws of nature, then that meant that he could already contend with a higher Chief God, whereas they were only lesser Chief Gods at the bottom of the tier. How could they possibly contend with Meng Lei?</p><p>The Titan Chief God broke into curses and shouted, “Nidhogg, you fool! You’ve totally screwed us over!”</p><p>He hated the Nidhogg Chief God with practically every fiber of his being right now.</p><p>He really wished he could go back in time and brutally kill the Nidhogg Chief God’s grandfather when he was only nine years old. This way, the frightening situation he was currently in would never have happened.</p><p>“F*ck you, Nidhogg!”</p><p>The Angel Chief God, who was just as furious, looked as if he wanted to tear Nidhogg into two with his own hands.</p><p>“Is there any use in complaining now? Hurry and think of something!” The Nidhogg Chief God was close to a mental breakdown by now.</p><p>Never in his wildest dreams would he have ever thought that there would come a day where he, a great Chief God, would end up in such a predicament. He was a Chief God! How could he let himself die?</p><p>“You bastard!”</p><p>Despite being so furious and hateful that they were practically gnashing their teeth, both the Titan Chief God and the Angel Chief God knew that no amount of complaining or verbal abuse would help the situation in any way right now. The most pressing matter at the moment was to return to their divine bodies as soon they could. This way, they would survive!</p><p>At the very least, they would still be able to retain their positions as Chief Gods!</p><p>“Mister… No, sir, esteemed sir!”</p><p>The Angel Chief God did a huge 180-degree reversal and adopted the sincerest attitude he could ever adopt.</p><p>He said, “We were blind to have affronted you earlier. Please be magnanimous and let us off, sir! You’ll definitely have our gratitude!”</p><p>“That’s right, sir, please let us off! As long as you’re willing to spare our lives, we’ll satisfy any of your requests!”</p><p>The Titan Chief God also spoke up, his tone of voice fearful and panic-stricken to the extreme.</p><p>“Sir, I have innumerable precious and exotic treasures and existential plane fiefs. As long as you let us off, I’m happy to offer them up on a silv—”</p><p>“Do you actually think that your treasures and everything else you own will fall into someone else’s hands after your deaths?” Meng Lei let out a contemptuous scoff and said, “Dream on!”</p><p>“No, you can’t kill us! By the Chief God Treaty’s rules, Chief Gods are prohibited from killing one another. Otherwise, they’ll become all Chief Gods’ public enemy…”</p>

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Chapter 395 - Time Replay, The Godly Clans' Treasuries

Volume 4

<h1>Chapter 395 - Time Replay, The Godly Clans' Treasuries</h1><p>Chapter 395: Time Replay, The Godly Clans’ Treasuries</p><p>“No, you can’t kill us! By the Chief God Treaty’s rules, Chief Gods are prohibited from killing one another. Otherwise, they’ll become the public enemy of all Chief Gods! The four great juggernauts will never let you off!”</p><p>The three Chief Gods were in a total panic—or rather, they were close to despairing.</p><p>They were lofty Chief Gods. They still had a long, great life ahead of them. They still had innumerable rare and exotic treasures that they had yet to enjoy…</p><p>They didn’t want to die!!</p><p>But they were utterly powerless against a Supreme Great Perfection deity that rivaled a higher Chief God. Thus, they could only pin their hopes on the Chief God Treaty right now!</p><p>“The Chief God Treaty?”</p><p>Meng Lei raised an eyebrow.</p><p>“The Chief God Treaty is a set of laws used to restrict all Chief Gods.”</p><p>A smiling Moro explained, “There are as many as a total of 144 Chief Gods in the ten major Divine Realms and the supreme Celestial Realm. I mentioned this just now, but assimilating Chief God divine cores is the fastest means for a Chief God to strengthen themselves. To prevent powerful Chief Gods from hunting and robbing low-level Chief Gods of their Chief God divine cores, the four Juggernauts had jointly proposed the Chief God Treaty.</p><p>“The treaty prohibits Chief Gods from killing one another and robbing one another’s Chief God divine cores. Once discovered, the four juggernauts are free to unite all the Chief Gods and jointly strike them down.”</p><p>“I see,” replied Meng Lei with a slight nod. “I didn’t expect such a rule to exist.”</p><p>“What, are you scared now?”</p><p>Moro watched Meng Lei mockingly and said, “There’s nothing wrong even if you’re scared. After all, we’re talking about the four juggernauts uniting all the Chief Gods to jointly suppress someone. Anyone would be scared!”</p><p>“Scared? That word has never existed in my dictionary!” Meng Lei gave Moro a calm smile and said, “There isn’t anyone in this whole wide world that scares me just yet!”</p><p>“Tsk, tsk! Gutsy, aren’t you!”</p><p>Moro burst into loud laughter.</p><p>Meng Lei chuckled in response as well. Then, he attacked furiously with his divine spirit power and destroyed the three Chief Gods’ divine spirits. He could also have used the Grim Reaper’s Eye to kill the trio, but he chose not to do so.</p><p>Divine spirits destroyed by the Grim Reaper’s Eye would be broken down and directly turned into the purest of divine spirit power. Should that happen, Meng Lei wouldn’t be able to read the other party’s memories.</p><p>A Chief God’s memories was a treasure trove itself. Meng Lei didn’t want to let it slip by him!</p><p>“No, no! You can’t kill me!”</p><p>“I’m a Chief Go… Aaahhh!”</p><p>“Without your Chief God divine cores, all of you are nothing!”</p><p>Meng Lei crushed the three Chief Gods’ divine spirits and began to read their memories in no time. Information began to flood his mind…</p><p>A long while later, Meng Lei finally released a pent-up breath. True to his expectations, a Chief God’s memories was indeed a treasure trove. It didn’t let him down at all.</p><p>The three major godly clans’ treasuries!</p><p>And the three Chief Gods’ personal treasuries, too!</p><p>These two types of treasuries alone would already contain an infinite amount of riches!</p><p>“I currently have 4,209 trillion Divinity Crystals. With another 800 trillion Divinity Crystals, I’ll be able to buy credit for the third type of supreme laws of nature. By the time I fully comprehend three types of supreme laws of nature, who would be able to kill me?”</p><p>Meng Lei could no longer wait to ransack the three godly clans’ treasuries!</p><p><em>But before that, I’ll have to revive Puhaman, Fatty Hart, and the others first!</em></p><p>The moment the thought occurred to him, gentle golden light began to spill from Meng Lei’s eyes once more, reversing the flow of time in the surroundings. As though a movie being played backward, the scenes in the void around him swiftly rewound. Soon, it returned to the moment before Puhaman, and the others were killed.</p><p>Only then did Meng Lei stop.</p><p>“Whew~”</p><p>Meng Lei panted heavily, beads of cold sweat forming on his forehead. His complexion had also turned rather pale. Evidently, turning back time just now hadn’t been easy.</p><p>Indeed!</p><p>Despite having fully mastered time-based laws of nature, manipulating such supreme laws of nature nevertheless took a huge toll on his divine spirit, his power of divinity, and his divine body.</p><p>Meng Lei could sense that just that momentary usage of his powers just now had already taken an exceedingly great toll on his divine spirit power, his power of divinity, and his divine body. His body and his soul felt as if they had been emptied!</p><p>“My divine body and my divine spirit are still too weak.”</p><p>Meng Lei muttered under his breath, “I must improve my divine body and my divine spirit when I’ve accumulated enough money. This way, it’ll be a lot easier to manipulate supreme laws of nature.”</p><p>Since time had returned to those few seconds before the three Chief Gods launched their ambush, Puhaman and the others naturally also came back to life.</p><p>However, their consciousnesses and their thoughts were still stuck at this moment. Therefore, they were completely unaware that they had died once. Neither did they have any knowledge about what had happened after that.</p><p>Meng Lei couldn’t be bothered to explain, either. When all of them had picked up the scattered divine cores and spatial rings, the group embarked on their journey once more.</p><p>“Where do we go next, Master?”</p><p>Puhaman bowed as he asked. There was joy on his face—he had picked up a total of 29 divine cores and 37 spatial rings just now.</p><p>The divine cores aside, every single spatial ring contained vast amounts of Divinity Crystals. This was undoubtedly an amazing windfall, so how could he possibly not be overjoyed?</p><p>“We’ll head to the Venus Colossal Dragon City first,” replied Meng Lei.</p><p>Then, he cast the Great World-Breaching Transfer Technique straight away. The void was torn apart, forming a pitch-black dimensional channel that Meng Lei went straight into.</p><p>Whoosh!</p><p>By the time they reappeared, they had already crossed a great distance spanning a few hundred light-years and arrived right above the Venus Colossal Dragon City.</p><p>“This is… Venus Colossal Dragon City?”</p><p>“Weren’t we in the Coiling Dragon Mountain Range just a moment ago? How come we’ve already reached Venus Colossal Dragon City in the blink of an eye? This… Am I hallucinating?”</p><p>Astonished, Puhaman and the others rubbed their eyes hard, unable to believe their eyes.</p><p>Fatty Hart even pinched himself hard on the thigh, causing him to grimace in pain.</p><p>“Hiss! It really is Venus Colossal Dragon City!”</p><p>“How did you do that, old bro?”</p><p>“Oh my goodness! We’ve crossed a distance of over 200 light-years in just an instant…”</p><p>“It’s the Great World-Breaching Transfer Technique,” replied Meng Lei casually, “You’ll also be able to do it after you’ve comprehended spatial laws of nature.”</p><p>“The Great World-Breaching Transfer Technique?”</p><p>“Spatial laws of nature?”</p><p>“Let’s just forget about it!”</p><p>“It’s impossible for us!”</p><p>Everyone was rendered speechless at once. One must know that spatial laws of nature was a type of supreme laws of nature. Comprehending spatial laws of nature? Them?</p><p>That was too big a fantasy. They didn’t even dare to dream of something like that. They’d better just wash up and go to bed instead.</p><p>“A bunch of slackers!”</p><p>Meng Lei shook his head. Then, he went to the city lord’s residence and ransacked the treasury there. His Wealth spiked by 500 trillion Divinity Crystals, bringing the total to 4,709 trillion Divinity Crystals.</p><p>“Next up is the Nidhogg clan’s headquarters!”</p><p>Meng Lei cast the Great World-Breaching Transfer Technique and made his way there with nary a moment’s pause. As he had already fully comprehended spatial laws of nature, his Great World-Breaching Transfer Technique’s Transfer distance limit had greatly increased. Thus, he could cross a distance of thousands, even 10,000, of light-years in an instant.</p><p>If not for the fact that too great a distance would result in too huge an amount of power of divinity consumed, even crossing hundreds of thousands, or even a million, of light-years in an instant, wouldn’t be any issue for Meng Lei!</p><p>This was what made the Great World-Breaching Transfer Technique so fearsome!</p><p>Or rather, this was what made spatial laws of nature so fearsome!</p><p>More than an hour later, Meng Lei finally arrived at the Nidhogg clan’s headquarters, the Nidhogg Colossal Dragon Mountains.</p><p>The enormous mountain range, which stood in the Nidhogg Continent’s very center, stretched on and undulated for light-years. Several mountain peaks reached high into the clouds, their stature majestic, tall, and straight.</p><p>Nidhogg clansmen inhabited every single mountain. After thousands upon thousands of years, the Nidhogg clan population had ultimately developed to an exceedingly dramatic state, and almost all of these people were living in the Nidhogg Colossal Dragon Mountains.</p><p>After reading the Nidhogg Chief God’s memories, Meng Lei now knew that there were a total of 70,824,987 mountain peaks of varying sizes in the whole mountain range. Every mountain peak stretched on for a few light-years.</p><p>The Nidhogg Chief God occupied the highest peak. The clan treasury was also located there. As though he knew the place like the back of his hand, Meng Lei easily found the treasury.</p><p>When he arrived in front of the cave where the clan treasury was, he cast his Transfer Innate Special Ability straight away. For a while, the treasures in the treasury vanished into thin air one by one.</p><p>At the same time, his Wealth attribute in his stats interface also began to increase at an insane rate, breaking through the 5,000 trillion mark in no time and continuing to grow at high speed…</p>

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Chapter 396 - Higher Chief God, The Chief God Tribunal

Volume 4

<h1>Chapter 396 - Higher Chief God, The Chief God Tribunal</h1><p>Chapter 396: Higher Chief God, The Chief God Tribunal</p><p>The Earth Divine Realm was boundless, with the ten godly clans ruling vast territories. The place ruled by the Eternal Gods was known as Eternal Island.</p><p>Although it was called an island, the Eternal Island’s size was no less than any continent. It was surrounded by the sea, rich in magic elements and clear laws of nature, which were superior over any other places in the Earth Divine Realm.</p><p>In the center of Eternal Island sat a lake. There was a small island inside the lake, which was home to an extravagant palace.</p><p>Birds sang amid the fragrant, blooming flowers. The refreshing fragrance of flowers suffused the air around; it was the perfect paradise.</p><p>The doors of the palace were wide open. Deep in the palace sat a gorgeous lady with two tender antennas on her forehead. It was similar to those of a Namekian[1]. Other than that, she was no different than an ordinary person.</p><p>This beautiful lady was the Chief God of the Earth Divine Realm’s Eternal Gods—Chief God Vados.</p><p>There were ten Chief Gods in the Earth Divine Realm—six lesser Chief Gods, three intermediate Chief Gods, and one higher Chief God.</p><p>Chief God Vados was that higher Chief God and probably the strongest and most talented. She enjoyed the most venerable status in the Earth Divine Realm.</p><p>It was common knowledge that for a Chief God to progress, they would need to either assimilate Chief God divine cores or comprehend the supreme laws of nature. Since the Chief God divine cores were near-impossible to obtain, comprehension of supreme laws of nature became the only route to the next level.</p><p>A lesser Chief God only needed to comprehend a fraction of the supreme laws of nature to become an intermediate Chief God.</p><p>An intermediate Chief God only needed to comprehend half of the supreme laws of nature to become a higher Chief God.</p><p>Hence, a lesser Chief God had no comprehension of supreme laws of nature, an intermediate Chief God comprehended some supreme laws of nature, and a higher Chief God comprehended half of the supreme laws of nature.</p><p>This was different from Ancient Gods—a low-level Ancient God had no comprehension of laws of nature, so they were weaker than a Chief God. A mid-level Ancient God comprehended some supreme laws of nature, thus matching a lesser Chief God. A high-level Ancient God comprehended half of the supreme laws of nature, thus matching an intermediate Chief God. A Supreme Ancient God had a complete comprehension of the supreme laws of nature, thus matching a higher Chief God.</p><p>Hence, the difference a Chief God divine core could make was immense. It could either level the difference between a Chief God and a Great Perfection deity or pull away from that distance between them.</p><p>As a higher Chief God, Vados was an extraordinary prodigy who was already halfway through in her comprehension of the supreme laws of nature. She was an incredibly powerful existence amongst the Chief Gods.</p><p>If she could completely comprehend the life laws of nature, she would become the fifth ever Juggernaut of the universe, on an equal footing with the other four Juggernauts.</p><p>For this day to come sooner, Vados stayed in the Eternal Lake all year round to comprehend the tremendous life laws of nature. Without any accidents, she rarely stepped out of the Eternal Lake while no one dared to disturb her.</p><p>This day, however, Chief God Vados was disturbed as colorful light beams dazzled from a mural in the palace abruptly.</p><p>In the next moment, a burly figure stumbled out of the mural and dropped onto his knees in front of Chief God Vados.</p><p>“Greetings, Your Holiness!”</p><p>Vados opened her eyes slowly. Her sapphire eyes were like a mysterious sea gleaming with deep secrets. She broke into a frown as she gazed at the burly figure kneeling on the floor.</p><p>“Nidhogg, what matter made you lose your cool like this? You’re a Chief God. There’s no need to bow to me.” Her voice was slightly hoarse.</p><p>“Your Holiness, you have to avenge me!” Nidhogg looked in pain. “I was killed brutally by a knave, and he took away my Chief God divine core. Now, I’m only left with this remnant soul. How am I still a Chief God?”</p><p>“You were killed?” Vados sprung up as a gleam flashed in his eyes. “Who dared to hunt down a Chief God?”</p><p>“It was a Supreme Great Perfection deity!”</p><p>Nidhogg’s eyes were blood-red as he recounted everything that had happened and ended off by saying, “That knave has completely comprehended the time-based laws of nature, so he’s really strong! I hope Your Holiness can report this to the four Juggernauts to open the Chief God Tribunal to take this knave down and do justice for us!”</p><p>“Completely comprehended the time-based laws of nature?”</p><p>Vados’ expression changed quickly. “How is this possible? The time-based laws of nature are the publicly acknowledged hardest of the five supreme laws of nature. Even the cultivation method is unknown to this day. How could he comprehend it and even in its entirety?”</p><p>“It’s true, Your Holiness!”</p><p>At that moment, two other figures dashed out of the mural—the Titan Chief God and the Angel Chief God killed by Meng Lei previously.</p><p>Although they were not like Nidhogg, whose face was full of tears and snot, their eyes were red as well. “This knave has indeed comprehended the time-based laws of nature!”</p><p>“…”</p><p>Vados went silent as torrential waves surged and churned in her heart. She could never have imagined that someone could comprehend or even fully comprehend the time-based laws of nature. It was simply ridiculous.</p><p>After a long silence, Vados finally said slowly, “To be able to completely comprehend the time-based laws of nature means that the opponent’s capability has reached unbelievable heights, which I cannot handle alone. Since it’s come to this, I can only report to the four Juggernauts and open the Chief God Tribunal.”</p><p>“How wise, Your Holiness!”</p><p>…</p><p>As the Divinity Crystals, Laws of Nature Origin Crystals, and other things that the system could receive were collected from the treasury, Meng Lei’s wealth surged once again.</p><p>Meng Lei swept a glance at the stats interface and put up a satisfied smile.</p><p>Afterward, he started collecting a dazzling array of items like divine weapons, precious herbs, and medicines, and other treasures as Puhaman and the rest watched on.</p><p>Many treasures were immensely valuable to their cultivation, like the Crystallized Divine Spirit Extracts and Soul Ice Marrows that could enhance their divine spirits.</p><p>These things were useless for Meng Lei, thus benefiting Puhaman and the others. Meng Lei waved his arm and split these treasures among them.</p><p>“Thank you, Master!”</p><p>“Thank you, Master!”</p><p>Puhaman and the rest were ecstatic as they kept the treasures and divine weapons while they directly consumed the Crystallized Divine Spirit Extracts.</p><p>Boom, boom, boom!</p><p>They were higher deities with powerful divine spirits. Thus the effect of the Crystallized Divine Spirit Extract was not obvious. It was overwhelming due to the quantity nevertheless.</p><p>As large amounts of Crystallized Divine Spirit Extracts were consumed, their divine spirits were enhanced at a speed visible to the naked eye.</p><p>Elementary-level higher deity…</p><p>Middle-level higher deity…</p><p>High-level higher deity!</p><p>Once all the Crystallized Divine Spirit Extracts were finished, Puhaman, Fatty Hart, Thaniel, Bubbles, Mervyn, Pursuer, Nadja, Seisia, Galen, the Spider Goddess, the Dark Fairy Empress, the Dark Snapping Turtle King, and Sacas had all enhanced their divine spirits to the level of a high-level higher deity.</p><p>They were all high-level higher deities!</p><p>This was normal since it was the Nidhogg Colossal Dragon Gods’ accumulation of Crystallized Divine Spirit Extracts for the usage by tens of thousands of their clans’ experts. It would be natural to possess an unimaginable amount of them.</p><p>Emery Philmore watched quietly from the side. He was so full of envy and jealousy that his features became distorted.</p><p>He wanted to become one of them badly and receive the same rewards. It was only a pity that Meng Lei had not yet seen Emery as his follower. Hence, these treasures were naturally not meant for Emery.</p><p>“Haha, I feel so powerful!”</p><p>“My divine cognition can now spread to 10 million kilometers easily!”</p><p>“This enhancement is really great…”</p><p>Everyone had a sense of their divine spirit as they were enhanced by many times, a cause for their increasing excitement.</p><p>The way that they released their divine spirit energy waves in an unbridled manner attracted the attention of the Nidhogg Colossal Dragon Gods. Numerous figures shot out from everywhere around the mountains to surround the group.</p><p>“Who are you?”</p><p>“How bold of you to trespass into our Nidhogg Colossal Dragon Gods headquarters!”</p><p>“Come! Take down these knaves!”</p><p>This was the Nidhogg Colossal Dragon Gods’ headquarters, where almost all of the clan’s experts were gathered. Out of which, there was no lack of high-level higher deities and even super experts, who were extremely close to Great Perfection deities.</p><p>Tens of thousands of experts surrounded them, blotting out the sky and covering the earth!</p><p>[1] [Annotation text missing]</p>

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Chapter 397 - Space Exchange, Ten Thousand-Tentacled Serpent

Volume 4

<h1>Chapter 397 - Space Exchange, Ten Thousand-Tentacled Serpent</h1><p>Chapter 397: Space Exchange, Ten Thousand-Tentacled Serpent</p><p>Fury filled the Nidhogg clansmen! Immense fury!</p><p>This was their, the Nidhogg clan’s, headquarters, a place that even people from the clan such as themselves didn’t dare to enter so casually, let alone a bunch of thieves.</p><p>Yet that same bunch of thieves that had popped out of nowhere was doing as they pleased in the Colossal Dragon Mountain and burglarizing their Nidhogg clan treasury! This was unforgivable!</p><p>“Kill them!”</p><p>“Kill those thieves! Show them the consequences of making trouble here!”</p><p>Boom, boom, boom!</p><p>Trillions of Nidhogg clansmen attacked at once. Various attacks pelted Meng Lei and the others from all directions as though meteors shooting across the sky.</p><p>The attacks’ terrifying might and momentum, as well as their fearsome, all-engulfing destructiveness, made Puhaman and the others’ expressions change greatly.</p><p>They cried out in their minds, “Help, Master!”</p><p>Although they had become significantly stronger, they nevertheless had no chance of withstanding attacks from trillions of people. Thus, they could only pin their hopes on their noble master.</p><p>Meng Lei did not disappoint. Two soft, gentle golden light rays surged forth from his eyes, sweeping across the terrifying attacks that filled the sky. He uttered, “Time Freeze!”</p><p>Buzz!</p><p>Time instantly froze for everything that entered his sight. The attacks also froze in mid-air and became completely still.</p><p>“Here, I’ll return these attacks to all of you!”</p><p>Meng Lei toned down the gentle golden light in his eyes. What replaced them was instead an incredibly bright and dazzling silver light. Then, he uttered, “Space Exchange!”</p><p>The very next second, Meng Lei and the others instantly vanished from where they were, whereas the trillions of Nidhogg clansmen instead bizarrely showed up at where Meng Lei and the others had previously been.</p><p>The two parties… had exchanged positions!</p><p>Meng Lei then dispelled Time Freeze, upon which the waves of attacks continued to sweep forward at once.</p><p>“What’s going on?”</p><p>“No… No!”</p><p>“Run!”</p><p>Boom!</p><p>Run?</p><p>There was no way they could, of course!</p><p>The avalanche of attacks instantly engulfed the Nidhogg clansmen, and they bore the full brunt of their own attacks amid despair, fear, shock, and indignation.</p><p>Smoke and dust swirled about as fiery sparks flew.</p><p>Thunder rumbled, and lightning flashed as chilly ice twinkled in the light.</p><p>“This…”</p><p>“How did that happen?”</p><p>“How did you do that, Master?”</p><p>Stupefied, Puhaman and the others stared dazedly at the Nidhogg clansmen who were currently being engulfed by their own attacks. Why were the other party’s attacks blasting themselves instead?</p><p>“Through the use of spatial laws of nature.”</p><p>A calm smile appeared on Meng Lei’s lips as he said, “I need only to switch the space we occupy with the enemy’s and exchange our positions, and they’ll unavoidably suffer their own attacks.”</p><p>“Spatial laws of nature!”</p><p>“No wonder it’s so powerful!”</p><p>“So, it’s actually spatial laws of nature!”</p><p>Realization dawned upon Puhaman and the others, and their admiration and worship of Meng Lei grew even stronger. First time-based laws of nature, and now spatial laws of nature. To think their master had actually comprehended two types of supreme laws of nature! He was simply too impressive, too grand and noble.</p><p>The smoke and dust gradually dispersed, and the sky returned to its original state.</p><p>Puhaman and the others were stunned at the sight before their eyes. Countless Nidhogg clansmen had perished. They were either blasted into dust, blown into pieces, left with half their body, or missing an arm or a leg. The minority whose bodies were still intact were also riddled with wounds.</p><p>The battlefield was an extremely tragic sight.</p><p>60% of them had died on the spot, while 39% of them were maimed.</p><p>The remaining 1%, who were the strongest of the lot, was more or less unscathed, but all of them had already been taken over by shock and horror in this instant.</p><p>They had clearly been attacking Meng Lei and the others, yet they had ended up being engulfed by their own attacks in the end.</p><p>This was simply too horrifying, too frightening, and too bizarre!</p><p>“How did this happen?”</p><p>Shock and horror filled the bloodshot eyes of a super expert who was infinitely close to becoming a Great Perfection deity. His shock was because the situation with the attacks just now had been simply too bizarre, while his fury was because the Nidhogg clan had suffered immensely great casualties and fatalities.</p><p>Indeed!</p><p>The clan’s many experts were the mainstays of the clan that they had accumulated over a long passage of time. They were an important military force that they, the Nidhogg clan, had depended on in order to dominate the Earth Divine Realm.</p><p>Yet, they had almost been annihilated. How could this possibly not shock or anger him?</p><p>“Who exactly are all of you?!”</p><p>The super expert glared furiously at Meng Lei and the others. He demanded, “Aren’t you afraid that our great Chief God will seek revenge upon you for provoking and humiliating the Nidhogg clan like this?!”</p><p>“The Chief God’s revenge? Hah!” A slight smile appeared on Meng Lei’s countenance as he said, “I’m afraid I’ll have to disappoint you because it’s impossible for your great Chief God to ever return.”</p><p>“What?”</p><p>The super expert was taken aback by Meng Lei’s response.</p><p>Meng Lei, however, couldn’t be bothered to explain. A Netherworld Spear shot out of nowhere, instantly piercing through the area in between the super expert’s brows and killing him on the spot.</p><p>“Grand Elder!!”</p><p>At the sight, immense fury filled the remaining Nidhogg clansmen. Their eyes were full of hatred as they glared at Meng Lei. They shouted, “We’ll fight it out with him! We must avenge the Grand Elder!”</p><p>It was just a shame that before they could even charge toward Meng Lei, they instead welcomed an overwhelming number of Netherworld Spears. Countless tricolored spears engulfed the remaining experts like a densely packed rain of arrows.</p><p>Stab, stab, stab!</p><p>A round of spears later, all of them were dead.</p><p>“I’ll leave the rest to you guys,” instructed Meng Lei before he left.</p><p>“Wahaha!”</p><p>Puhaman and the others exchanged looks, and then, they got down to work right away. All the Nidhogg experts might be dead, but their divine cores and spatial rings were still around. These were treasures!</p><p>“Stop grabbing them!”</p><p>“Don’t anyone dare fight with me for them!”</p><p>“I’ll fight whoever fights me for them!”</p><p>Thus, a grand treasure-grabbing party ensued while Meng Lei headed toward the highest point of the mountain peak where the Nidhogg Chief God’s personal treasury was.</p><p>A majestic palace stood erect at the mountain peak—it was none other than the Nidhogg Chief God’s shrine. Fully crafted from the most expensive Divinity Stones in the Divine Realms, the hall was grand and lavish, extravagant and eye-dazzling. Dozens of divine beast statues lined the sides while a grand throne sat in the deepest depths of the place.</p><p>The entire shrine was incredibly lavish and extravagant, but Meng Lei wasn’t interested in these in the least. Instead, he walked straight toward the throne, stopped right in front of it, and pressed a switch on it.</p><p>Krak, krak, krak…</p><p>The area in front of the throne lit up to reveal a teleportation magic circle. Meng Lei stepped into the magic circle and disappeared from the shrine. By the time he reappeared, he had arrived in an odd and unusual dimension.</p><p>The dimension wasn’t very big, stretching only for roughly 100 kilometers or so. One could see right to the end in one glance. The place was empty and didn’t house any lifeforms at all.</p><p>This particular dimension could only be considered an alternate dimension at the very best. It didn’t even count as a half-plane. However, it was in no way ordinary because the Nidhogg Chief God’s personal treasury was located right here.</p><p>As a Chief God, one of the loftiest existences in the whole wide universe, not a lot of treasures could make the cut in the Nidhogg Chief God’s eyes. Thus, there weren’t a lot of treasures in the alternate dimension. Dozens of boxes of varying sizes were placed on top of one another in stacks, making the place appear exceptionally shabby and dowdy.</p><p>Meng Lei was a little disappointed. Nevertheless, he still walked over to the first box and began to check it out. He opened the box, revealing a crystal ball within.</p><p>“Ding! Dropped item discovered. Will you pick it up?”</p><p>The system’s notification abruptly rang out at this point.</p><p>Surprised, Meng Lei then noticed a grayish light ball sitting quietly in front of the crystal ball.</p><p>“Yes, pick it up!”</p><p>“Ding! Pickup successful. You have obtained the Ten Thousand-Tentacled Serpent bloodline. Will you assimilate it?”</p><p>“The Ten Thousand-Tentacled Serpent bloodline?”</p>

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Chapter 398 - The Void Beast, The Boundless Great Beast

Volume 4

<h1>Chapter 398 - The Void Beast, The Boundless Great Beast</h1><p>Chapter 398: The Void Beast, The Boundless Great Beast</p><p>“What kind of creature is the Ten Thousand-Tentacled Serpent, Moro?”</p><p>Knowing that it was pointless to pose questions to the system, Meng Lei decided to consult Moro instead. There was nothing that that old antique that had survived the last era didn’t know.</p><p>“The Ten Thousand-Tentacled Serpent bloodline?”</p><p>Moro turned into a wisp of black smoke and manifested in front of Meng Lei. He remarked in surprise, “Where did you hear about the Ten Thousand-Tentacled Serpent from? Most people aren’t aware of an ancient creature like that.”</p><p>“If I’m not wrong, this crystal ball here is likely some kind of organ from the Ten Thousand-Tentacled Serpent. It’s most likely its eyeball,” explained Meng Lei.</p><p>Other creatures would never drop the Ten Thousand-Tentacled Serpent bloodline. Only the Ten Thousand-Tentacled Serpent itself or any of its organs would drop its bloodline.</p><p>There was no doubt about that.</p><p>“You can actually conclude that this is the Ten Thousand-Tentacled Serpent’s eyeball when you don’t even know what it is? You’re seriously a riot!” mocked Moro teasingly.</p><p>Then, his gaze fell onto the crystal ball in the box, and he said, “Your blind guess is actually correct, though! This really is the Ten Thousand-Tentacled Serpent’s eyeball.”</p><p><em>What’s there for me to make a freaking blind guess about? I gained that knowledge through my own abilities, alright?</em></p><p>Meng Lei urged huffily, “C’mon, stop saying these useless things and tell me about the Ten Thousand-Tentacled Serpent instead!”</p><p>Moro chuckled and started to explain. He said, “You should know that the vast universe has birthed countless powerful lifeforms such as deities, divine beasts, demons, devils, the Undead, and so on. No matter whether these lifeforms are powerful or not, they are all entities produced by the existential planes. Therefore, we also call these creatures Existential Plane Lifeforms.”</p><p>Meng Lei nodded slightly. Be it deities, demons, or even mortals, it was the existential planes that gave birth to all these lifeforms. There was no doubt about that.</p><p>“However, there’s also one particular life-form in the vast universe that isn’t produced by existential planes but born to the vast Void itself instead,” added Moro.</p><p>“Born to the vast Void itself?” A surprised Meng Lei asked, “Can the Void give birth to lives, too?”</p><p>What was there in the Void?</p><p>There was no air!</p><p>No magic elements!</p><p>No animals or plants!</p><p>There was nothing at all!</p><p>There was only endless, boundless darkness, the freezing cold, dead silence, and… Nothingness itself. Can a world like that, one that didn’t have anything at all, actually also give birth to lives?</p><p>“Nothing is absolute in this world.”</p><p>A lofty smile appeared on Moro’s countenance, and he said, “Even though the Void is a world of nothingness, where it’s immensely difficult to give birth to life, there is a lifeform that exactly originated from the Void itself.”</p><p>“What kind of life-form is that?” asked Meng Lei curiously.</p><p>“The Void Beast!”</p><p>Moro, who was all smiles, explained, “The Void Beast is a fearsome life-form born to the Void. There are very, very few of them, but every single Void Beast possesses incredibly strong and vigorous life force and terrifying power.</p><p>“You should know that the Void is a world of nothingness. Food is extremely scarce there, and the environment is also exceedingly terrible. Even people like the Chief Gods greatly dislike the environment in the Void. Thus, you can imagine for yourself just how fearsome the lifeforms such an adverse environment gives birth to are!”</p><p>“Exactly how fearsome are the Void Beasts?” asked Meng Lei curiously.</p><p>“Void Beasts do not cultivate laws of nature but just their bodies, so they have extremely strong and powerful bodies. There are many types of Void Beasts, though, and there are great differences in strength among the various types of Void Beasts. Among them, the most powerful ones are fully capable of contending with the Supreme Juggernauts.”</p><p>A smiling Moro explained, “Of course, Void Beasts capable of contending with the Supreme Juggernauts are extremely rare. There are only a few of them even in the entire universe.”</p><p>“They can contend with the juggernauts?” A huge jolt went through Meng Lei as he asked, “How strong must their bodies be?”</p><p>“Very, very strong! Unimaginably strong! Compared to the Void Beasts, the Titans, Behemoths, and Giant Elephants are practically babies!”</p><p>Moro sighed emotionally and said, “You haven’t seen much of the world, so you wouldn’t know how strong a Void Beast is. Even so, you should have heard of a certain man.”</p><p>“Who?”</p><p>Meng Lei was puzzled.</p><p>“The Boundless King!”</p><p>Moro said, “Surely you must have heard of this name before? I’m going to seriously look down on you if you don’t even know this name!”</p><p>A wry smile came over Meng Lei’s features at once, and he replied, “Of course I have. I’ve even met his divine spirit fragment and received all the treasures that he’d accumulated throughout his entire life!”</p><p>“Eh?”</p><p>Taken aback, Moro asked, “You can’t be that savage murderer that obtained the Boundless King’s treasure and even slaughtered a million gods and demons, can you?”</p><p>Meng Lei was also taken aback. He asked, “How did you know?”</p><p>“Duh! Your notoriety has already spread throughout the whole wide universe after that Boundless Plane battle!”</p><p>Moro clicked his tongue in wonder as he marveled, “I was even pretty puzzled at that time and had wondered whether the Boundless King had come back to life. Otherwise, how could the gods and demons possibly suffer such a great loss?”</p><p>“That’s because those gods and demons were too weak,” scoffed Meng Lei.</p><p>“True! Compared to you, they are certainly weaklings.”</p><p>Moro nodded in agreement. Then, he asked, “Since you’ve come into close contact with the Boundless King before, then you should be aware of how fearsome that guy is, right?”</p><p>Meng Lei nodded slightly and replied, “His body rivals a Supreme Juggernaut’s. It’s certainly terrifying.”</p><p>“Well, do you know that the Boundless King is actually a Void Beast, then?” asked Moro leisurely.</p><p>“(⊙_⊙)”</p><p>A look of stupefaction came over Meng Lei’s features, and he asked, “The Boundless King is a Void Beast? What kind of joke is that?”</p><p>“I suppose that’s not quite right, either. To be more accurate, he’s a deity that took over the body of a Void Beast.”</p><p>Moro corrected himself and said, “The Void Beast whose body he had stolen is known as the Boundless Great Beast. Boundless Great Beasts are one of the strongest Void Beasts, and an adolescent or younger is already capable of contending with a juggernaut.”</p><p>“The Boundless King… had stolen a Boundless Great Beast’s body?”</p><p>Meng Lei was somewhat filled with disbelief.</p><p>“Every powerful life-form starts out weak and only becomes stronger one step at a time. Void Beasts are no exception, either. The Boundless King was lucky enough to find a juvenile Boundless Great Beast. He successfully stole its body and ultimately matured into someone that reached the heights of a Supreme Juggernaut.”</p><p>Moro shook his head with a smile and went on. “It’s just a shame that his emergence ended up threatening the four Supreme Juggernauts’ positions, so they used his Void Beast identity as an excuse to unite all the Chief Gods and killed him. It could be said that both his success and defeat were built upon the Boundless Great Beast.”</p><p>“The four Supreme Juggernauts are so shameless!”</p><p>Meng Lei was rather indignant.</p><p>“They wouldn’t be the four Supreme Juggernauts if they weren’t!”</p><p>Moro chuckled lightly as he shook his head. Then, he went on and said, “They didn’t kill the Boundless King solely because he had threatened their positions, though.”</p><p>“Did other factors also play a part?”</p><p>Meng Lei was puzzled.</p><p>“Void Beasts are different from divine beasts.”</p><p>Moro explained, “Divine beasts don’t fear thirst and hunger, but that’s not the case for Void Beasts. No matter how strong they are, they still need to constantly feed in order to secure the energy that their powerful body needs to function. The Boundless King, who had stolen a Boundless Great Beast’s body, is no exception to this.</p><p>“You can’t possibly imagine how voracious an appetite an adult Boundless Great Beast has. If they had allowed the Boundless King to feed as he pleased, the whole universe would have been eaten by him a long time ago! Therefore, he had to die.”</p><p>“To think there’s also a reason like that!”</p><p>Meng Lei found this rather inconceivable.</p><p>“Every Void Beast has a voracious appetite. They usually leave behind an expanse of nothingness in their wake. Thus, they are also known as the Beasts of Destruction.”</p><p>Moro said with a sigh, “As a result, Void Beasts are the common enemy of both gods and demons. It’s entirely possible for gods and demons to team up and fight against Void Beasts.”</p><p>“Beasts of Destruction…”</p><p>Meng Lei was rather astounded.</p><p>“In comparison, the Ten Thousand-Tentacled Serpent is a relatively common Void Beast species.”</p><p>Moro explained, “An adult Ten Thousand-Tentacled Serpent’s body is as enormous as a low-end existential plane. It has 10,000 heads and 10,000 tails and is thus known as the Ten Thousand-Tentacled Serpent.”</p><p>“As big as a low-end existential plane?!” Meng Lei gasped, “Isn’t that a little too big?!”</p><p>“Big? Ha, you call this big?”</p><p>Moro let out a contemptuous scoff and said, “That’s only because you haven’t seen a truly colossal Void Beast yet. When you do, you won’t say that the Ten Thousand-Tentacled Serpent is big anymore!”</p>

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Chapter 399 - Breaking The Seal, Black Phoenix Demon Grandmaster

Volume 4

<h1>Chapter 399 - Breaking The Seal, Black Phoenix Demon Grandmaster</h1><p>Chapter 399: Breaking The Seal, Black Phoenix Demon Grandmaster</p><p>The Ten Thousand-Tentacled Serpent had the size of a low-end existential plane.</p><p>10,000 heads and 10,000 tails; how huge was that?</p><p>Yet, in Moro’s eyes, the Ten Thousand-Tentacled Serpent was still nothing worth mentioning. Meng Lei simply could not imagine how the strongest Void Beasts would look like.</p><p>“In the future, I hope to get the chance to witness the true appearance of the Void Beast.” A look of longing appeared in Meng Lei’s eyes.</p><p>“That chance will come.”</p><p>Meng Lei started to check the second box.</p><p>As the box was opened, a meter-long broken sword entered his sight. It was three inches wide, while its surface gave off a chilly glint. Even Meng Lei could feel a biting chill that went all the way into his bones.</p><p>Unfortunately, it was broken in half.</p><p>Meng Lei held the broken sword in his hand and sliced across his finger gently. A nail came off with ease.</p><p>Meng Lei was shocked.</p><p>His divine body was comparable to a lesser Chief God whose nails were incredibly tough. He did not expect that the broken sword could slice through his nail so easily, proving its sharpness.</p><p>“This is an incomplete higher Chief God-level weapon! Even though there’s only half of it, its sharpness is still at the level of a higher Chief God-level weapon!” Moro exclaimed.</p><p>“Good!”</p><p>Meng Lei kept the broken sword and opened the next box.</p><p>Whoosh!</p><p>Just as the box opened, a blinding red light shot out from within. At the same time, an incredibly bloodthirsty, evil, horrifying aura spread around quickly, ravaging the entire alternate dimension. Only those powerful enough like Meng Lei could withstand such aura. If it were Puhaman and the rest, they would have been infatuated by this bloodthirsty aura… entering the path of evil!</p><p>“That’s—”</p><p>Meng Lei looked inside and saw a beating heart lying in the middle of the box. The amazing thing was that even if it was by itself, it was beating like normal.</p><p>It was… alive!</p><p>“That’s a Demon Grandmaster’s heart.” Moro took a glance. “From its aura, it should be the heart of the Bloodseeker’s ancestors, likely cut down during the war between gods and demons.”</p><p>A Demon Grandmaster was the Chief God of Demons.</p><p>The Bloodseeker ancestor would naturally be a Bloodseeker Demon Grandmaster.</p><p>“No wonder it could become a part of the Nidhogg Chief God’s collection. It’s the Bloodseeker Demon Grandmaster’s heart, after all,” Meng Lei remarked.</p><p>The third box was opened.</p><p>A scythe that was fully blood-red in color and emitted a deathly aura entered his eyes. Meng Lei recognized it immediately.</p><p>“This is a Grim Reaper Scythe,” Moro explained with a smile. “It’s a Chief God-level Grim Reaper Scythe, so it should be useful for you.”</p><p>“Indeed.”</p><p>Meng Lei took out the Grim Reaper Scythe and refined it directly, turning it into his weapon. He then threw the previous one into his spatial ring. It was too weak, and it was time to eliminate it.</p><p>The surface of the fourth box was densely packed with laws of nature runes inscribed all over it. Given his understanding and comprehension of the laws of nature, Meng Lei knew the sole purpose of these laws of nature runes—a seal.</p><p>“What is sealed inside exactly?”</p><p>Meng Lei broke the laws of nature seal.</p><p>Boom!</p><p>The box shook vigorously, and it intensified further and further as if something was smashing the box from inside in an attempt to break out of the seal.</p><p>“Eh?”</p><p>Meng Lei and Moro exchanged a look, both seeing the astonishment in each other’s eyes. “What’s sealed within this box?”</p><p>“Must be something extraordinary!”</p><p>“Duh! How can something sealed by a Chief God be ordinary—”</p><p>Boom!</p><p>The box could no longer hold what was inside without the seal. The box exploded as black flames shot out of it.</p><p>“Kekeke! I’m out! I’m finally out! Kekeke!”</p><p>The black flame jumped up and down, spreading out and gathering from time to time. It laughed out loud, venting out its joy and excitement like a lunatic.</p><p>“What the heck is this?”</p><p>Meng Lei looked at Moro.</p><p>“Judging from its might, that must be a Chief God.” Moro smiled faintly. “It should be a Black Phoenix.”</p><p>“Dark Phoenix?” Meng Lei paused. “You mean the Black Phoenix of the demons?”</p><p>“That’s right!”</p><p>The truth was as Moro expected. After a bout of excitement, the black flame finally calmed down and transformed into a five-meter-high black phoenix.</p><p>Its appearance was extremely similar to a Divine Netherworld Phoenix’s, but its aura was entirely different.</p><p>The Divine Netherworld Phoenixes were mighty and imposing, but this Black Phoenix had the aura of bloodlust and evilness.</p><p>It was evident from their flames. The Divine Netherworld Phoenix’s Netherworld Divine Fire was the flame of extreme heat that could burn enemies till their death. As for the Black Phoenix’s fire, extreme cold would be the fitting description.</p><p>One was hot.</p><p>The other cold.</p><p>They were two absolute extremes.</p><p>There was another difference between them. Although the Divine Netherworld Phoenixes’ habitant was the Netherworld, it was a divine beast with the same cultivation methods as other deities and divine beasts. On the other hand, the Black Phoenix was a demon that mainly devoured other demons for its cultivation.</p><p>One was a divine beast.</p><p>The other a demon.</p><p>“So you’re the one who released me?” The Black Phoenix flew in front of Meng Lei as it sized him up with its blood-colored eyes. A hint of surprise flashed across its eyes. “Why are you here? Where’s that Nidhogg?”</p><p>“I’m the one who released you.” Meng Lei nodded slightly. “As for Nidhogg, he’s dead.”</p><p>“He’s dead?”</p><p>A jolt went through the Black Phoenix as it exclaimed, “How did that fellow die? He’s a Chief God. Who could’ve killed him? Was there another war between gods and demons?”</p><p>“No wars, I killed him,” Meng Lei answered casually. “Since I’ve saved you, how are you going to repay me?”</p><p>“You killed that fellow?”</p><p>The Black Phoenix looked shocked as it stared at Meng Lei. “You’re lying! You’re merely a lesser Chief God, so how could you kill that Nidhogg fellow? Just spit it out! Who are you, and why are you here?”</p><p>“I don’t care whether you believe it or not.” Meng Lei did not plan to explain himself. “Now tell me how you’re going to repay me. If your answer isn’t satisfying enough, I don’t mind putting you back in that box!”</p><p>“Hehe! Repay you? You’re asking a demon to repay you?” The Black Phoenix let out a cold snort. “Since you’re asking for repayment, let me repay you properly then! Arctic Flames!”</p><p>It sprayed a black dragon-shaped flame out of its mouth, and it pounced at Meng Lei. It was clear that it wanted to ‘burn’ Meng Lei to death.</p><p>“You’re courting death!”</p><p>Meng Lei sneered as a silver glint flashed across his eyes. The black dragon flame paused mid-air in an instant.</p><p>Immediately after, Meng Lei snapped his finger as a Netherworld Spear shot toward the Black Phoenix.</p><p>“The Netherworld Divine Fire! So you’re one of those damn bastards!”</p><p>The Black Phoenix snorted as it was about to counter with its wings. However, it realized that its body could no longer move—its wings could not flap, its mouth could not open, its brain could not work…</p><p>“What’s going on?”</p><p>The Black Phoenix was stunned.</p><p>“How dare a mere lesser Demon Grandmaster to behave so audaciously in my presence!”</p><p>Meng Lei scoffed as he waved his arm. The Netherworld Spear pierced right through the chest of the Black Phoenix, turning into raging flames that burned intensely.</p><p>“Aahhh!”</p><p>Meng Lei’s Netherworld Divine Fire had already evolved into its ultimate form. Plus, as his metal-origin, wood-origin, and thunder-origin divine body reached the Great Mastery level, the Netherworld Divine Fire was further enhanced.</p><p>The current Netherworld Divine Fire was way more powerful than one from a Divine Netherworld Phoenix that had risen from its ashes nine times. How could a Black Phoenix withstand that?</p>

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Chapter 400 - That Thing, Becoming A Mount

Volume 4

<h1>Chapter 400 - That Thing, Becoming A Mount</h1><p>Chapter 400: That Thing, Becoming A Mount</p><p>“Aahhh!”</p><p>The Black Phoenix let out a shrill cry that chilled one to their bones. From this, one could tell just what kind of intense ordeal the Chief God-level Black Phoenix was currently experiencing.</p><p>“Your Netherworld Divine Fire is so powerful!” Moro couldn’t help but give praise. “To think even a lesser Chief God-level Black Phoenix can’t withstand it!”</p><p>“Of course!”</p><p>The Netherworld Divine Fire blazed more and more fervently as time passed. Its might also grew increasingly terrifying, causing the Black Phoenix’s cries to become increasingly shrill and tragic.</p><p>“Stop it! Hurry and stop it!”</p><p>Finally, the Black Phoenix could no longer take it anymore, and it began to cry out loudly and hoarsely.</p><p>“Stop? Give me a reason why I should?”</p><p>Meng Lei chuckled.</p><p>“Damn it!”</p><p>Immense resentment filled the Black Phoenix. It was the Black Phoenix grandmaster, the ancestor of all Black Phoenixes. When had anyone ever tormented it like that before?</p><p>But when one was under someone else’s eaves, how could they not bow to their circumstances?</p><p>“I’m the ancestor of the Black Phoenixes! You’re not allowed to kill me! I have something that you want!”</p><p>The Black Phoenix shouted, “The reason why that Nidhogg fellow hadn’t killed me back then was precisely because he wanted me to tell him that thing’s whereabouts!”</p><p>“That thing?”</p><p>Meng Lei cocked an eyebrow and said, “Well, why don’t you tell me what that thing is, then?”</p><p>“I’ll tell you as long as you agree to let me off!” replied the Black Phoenix in an attempt to bargain.</p><p>“You actually dare to bargain with me?”</p><p>Meng Lei let out an icy laugh. He wasn’t concerned about that so-called object at all. When one reached a cultivation stage like his, there was pretty much nothing that could move him anymore.</p><p>“You—”</p><p>Lost for words, the Black Phoenix was infuriated. That goddamn bastard! To think he actually didn’t fall for it! That was too much of him!</p><p>“What must I do before you release me?”</p><p>The Black Phoenix barked in a low voice, “I’ll say this upfront—I was heavily injured during the previous war between the gods and demons by a few Chief Gods who had teamed up against me. All the treasures on me have been cleanly looted. I don’t have anything else apart from that thing anymore!”</p><p>“Now, that’s more like the attitude that someone who’s pleading for mercy should have.”</p><p>Meng Lei dispelled the Netherworld Divine Fire scorching the Black Phoenix with a wave and said, “You certainly have nothing except yourself now, but I feel that you still have something that’s most precious.”</p><p>“What?” The Black Phoenix was slightly taken aback by Meng Lei’s words.</p><p>“Your life.”</p><p>An aloof smile appeared on Meng Lei’s countenance, and he said, “You’re pretty strong, and your appearance would somewhat do. I just so happen to lack a mount, so I can give you a chance.”</p><p>“What? You want me to become your mount?!”</p><p>As though it were a cat whose tail had been stepped on, the Black Phoenix roared hysterically, “You actually want the great, honorable Black Phoenix grandmaster to become your mount? You’re humiliating the great Black Phoenix grandmaster and antagonizing the demons by doing that!”</p><p>“Are you unwilling? In that case, you can just go to hell!”</p><p>A cold look came over Meng Lei’s visage, and he said, “No matter how noble you once were, everything is gone with the wind and will cease to exist once you’re dead.”</p><p>Screeeech!</p><p>The Black Phoenix transformed into a black streak of light that shot straight toward the alternate dimension’s boundaries—evidently, it was intending to escape the alternate dimension while Meng Lei’s guard was down.</p><p>There was an extremely high chance that the Black Phoenix would succeed. With its—the ancestor of all Black Phoenixes—speed, there was no way the average Chief God would be able to stop it. Thus, it could escape successfully.</p><p>“Thinking of fleeing?”</p><p>Meng Lei couldn’t help but laugh. He remarked, “It’s trying to flee, Moro.”</p><p>“Indeed it is!” Moro also broke into a smile. “It’s just a shame that it’s going to find itself disappointed.”</p><p>“It can’t be helped. Ain’t nothing we can do if it’s completely ignorant about the concept of speed itself.”</p><p>Meng Lei shook his head slightly and took a step forward. The Black Phoenix had reached the alternate dimension’s boundaries by this point. Unable to withstand the Black Phoenix’s immense power, the fragile dimensional walls broke and formed a black hole.</p><p>The Black Phoenix dived right through it and entered the boundless Void.</p><p>“I did it!”</p><p>As though a weight had been lifted off its shoulders, the Black Phoenix completely relaxed upon noticing that it had entered the boundless Void. It would be safe once it left the alternate dimension and came to the Void. It was confident that no one could stop it once it had entered the Void.</p><p>“That damned Nidhogg! And that bastard, too! This grandmaster will never let you off! Hmph!”</p><p>Upon sensing where the supreme Netherworld was, the Black Phoenix flapped its wings and began to race in that direction at the highest speed it could muster. It had been sealed for too long a time, and now it wished only to return to the Netherworld, to the Black Phoenixes, and to the home it had been away from for so long as soon as possible.</p><p>Yet it was exactly at this moment that a mocking voice suddenly rang out beside its ear.</p><p>“Black Phoenix grandmaster, where do you think you’re going?”</p><p>“Back home, of cou—”</p><p>The Black Phoenix grandmaster replied without even a second thought, only sensing something amiss while in the midst of doing so. It hastily swerved its head to the side to see a seemingly amused Meng Lei watching it with his arms folded. Meng Lei stayed securely beside it as he followed the Black Phoenix, though it seemed that he wasn’t even really flying?</p><p><em>He isn’t flying? Yet he can keep up with me?</em></p><p>“Damn it!”</p><p>Frightened witless at the sight of Meng Lei, the Black Phoenix grandmaster flapped its wings desperately. Its speed instantly spiked, and it left Meng Lei in the dust as it raced forward.</p><p>But before it could heave a sigh of relief, Meng Lei appeared beside it once more. He said, “Black Phoenix grandmaster, cease your struggling. There’s no way you can escape.”</p><p>“You bastard!”</p><p>Almost driven nuts by Meng Lei, the Black Phoenix grandmaster promptly burned its magic power, causing its speed to spike again.</p><p>It was just a shame that it was all in vain, however.</p><p>“You sure are risking it all!”</p><p>Meng Lei appeared again.</p><p>“You bastard! Knock it off!”</p><p>With that, the Black Phoenix grandmaster went completely berserk. It turned around and attacked right away, its sharp claws and beak furiously going after Meng Lei.</p><p>Meng Lei had only one move in response—Space Confinement!</p><p>Buzz!</p><p>Spatial laws of nature energy waves manifested, instantly confining the Black Phoenix grandmaster to the spot. Its attacks were but just mere inches away from Meng Lei at this moment.</p><p>“Damn it! I can’t move!”</p><p>The Black Phoenix grandmaster turned pale from shock. It struggled fiercely, but it couldn’t even budge an inch while confined by spatial laws of nature.</p><p>“These are… Spatial laws of nature?” The Black Phoenix grandmaster stared at Meng Lei in disbelief. “You’ve comprehended spatial laws of nature? You’re an intermediate Chief God?”</p><p>“No, I’m a higher Chief God.” An aloof smile appeared on Meng Lei’s face as he said, “Therefore, you’re no different from a weak, lowly grasshopper that’s hopping here and there in front of me. You believe that you’re spirited and full of vigor while you hop about, but little do you know that I can easily squash you dead like a bug with just a fingertip.”</p><p>The Black Phoenix grandmaster’s face turned completely sullen at Meng Lei’s words.</p><p>“What exactly do you want?”</p><p>“Be my mount. Otherwise… Die!”</p><p>Meng Lei stated coldly.</p><p>“Ever since the birth of the vast universe itself, not a single Demon Grandmaster has ever served as someone else’s mount!” The Black Phoenix grandmaster’s voice was deep and grim as it said, “If you persist, the demon clan’s experts will never ever let you off, and neither will they let me off. The consequences aren’t something that we can bear!”</p><p>“That’s for me to deal with. You don’t need to concern yourself with that.”</p><p>Meng Lei gave an impatient wave and said, “I’ll give you one last chance. Either you become my mount, or… You die!”</p><p>The Black Phoenix fell silent, caught in an intense internal struggle. If it had the liberty of choosing, it didn’t want to become Meng Lei’s mount at all.</p><p>The consequences of becoming Meng Lei’s mount alone were already enough to deter it, let alone its pride and self-esteem as a Demon Grandmaster.</p><p>A great, lofty Demon Grandmaster becoming a Chief God’s mount?</p><p>If news of this got out, would the experts in the demons’ faction let it off? Would the great Supreme God of The Underworld allow this? The Black Phoenix grandmaster didn’t even dare to think about it!</p><p>Yet if it didn’t agree to it, it would die right away!</p><p>“I’ll do it!”</p><p>Under the threat of death, the Black Phoenix grandmaster finally pledged its allegiance.</p><p>“You made a wise choice.”</p>