“Space, Dead Spirit, Time magic?” Meng Lei muttered in a low voice.
“Heaven’s Vault Continent has existed for too long a history. In different periods, the living beings were different, and the main magic cultivated was quite different as well.”
The old man sighed. “With the passing of time, many rare yet very strong types of magic have disappeared in history, but there are always some little bits of records that remain.
“Bloodthirsty Iron-Crystal Ants are a typical example. Though this race’s strength isn’t exceptional, they have a rare triple element of strength, spirit, and space, especially with the space element ingrained in the depth of their bloodline, it is such a wonder!”
Meng Lei let out a breath and also felt great amazement.
“Let’s go! Off to other places!” The old man waved his hand. “Since the little fellow is so good at eating, we’ll let it eat to its satisfaction.”
“Alright!”
The magic carpet went up into the sky and disappeared from this area of the forest in the blink of an eye. When it reappeared, it had already arrived above the next swathe of Bloodthirsty Iron-Crystal Ants army.
With a few thunder balls dropped down, this big army of around 3,000 all died out and became Little Gold’s food.
Seeing Little Gold swallow 3,000 ant carcasses again, Meng Lei and Ol’ Amos still felt awed. 3,000 ant corpses, covering such a big area, it ate them all!?
A foodie?
This was a f*cking real foodie!
As compared to it, even the dragon race had to come second!
The only thing that pained Meng Lei a little was that when Little Gold swallowed the ant carcasses, it would also swallow the Bloodthirsty Iron-Crystal Ants’ magical cores together with them.
Such a waste. 3,000 magic cores are 30,000,000 gold coins! Gone?
Little Gold, you are the obstacle to my entrance into Saint Domain! But, I’ll bear with it!
Meng Lei ground his teeth.
Little Gold’s strength can only grow faster by devouring so many magic cores. For its benefit, I’ll bear with it!
Everything is for Little Gold!
For everything of Little Gold!
However, when Little Gold devoured an ant tide of more than 30,000 ants again, Meng Lei couldn’t hold back anymore.
“Little Gold, when you eat ant carcasses next time, can you leave the magic cores for me? It’s too difficult for me!”
Meng Lei thought that Little Gold would be very hesitant, but what he didn’t expect was that Little Gold actually agreed very readily. Then it opened its mouth and spat, instantly producing a rain of magic cores.
In a short while, the space in front of him piled up with fist-sized red magic cores. There were so many that Meng Lei felt he would almost get blinded by the light.
“Magic cores are of no use to me, and they take up space. I only ate them together because I couldn’t bear to throw them away. If you need them, I can take them out at any time.”
Little Gold’s innocent big eyes blinked as it said a series of words that made Meng Lei almost lose his composure.
Of no use to you? And take up space? You just can’t bear to throw away?
It was like three violent hits had landed on him, and Meng Lei almost spat out blood.
If I had known, what the hell was I holding myself back for!?
But! Well done with the violent hits!
So many magic cores! If I turn around and sell them, it will be another fortune!
Meng Lei was instantly filled with drive, so he moved around different places and killed madly!
One pile, two piles, three piles...
,000, 20,000, 30,000...
Within one afternoon, Meng Lei had slaughtered 60,000 Bloodthirsty Iron-Crystal Ants and earned a net worth of 600,000,000 gold coins and 60,000 magic cores. His Wealth value soared to a shocking 1,087,622,034
1 billion! An entire 1 billion!
If he added all the magic cores, gems, the Titanic Dragon-Ape carcass... and other treasures that had to be sold to be turned into cash, his wealth right now was already more than... 2 billion!
2 billion!
This was an astounding number!
It meant that Meng Lei was already 1/5 into the way toward Saint Domain!
“Money, money, I have money!”
“What can you do! What can you do!”
“...”
“System! Redeem 6,000,000 gold coins for me and add the Attribute Points to Physical Body Constitution. I want to break into ninth-grade!”
,000,000 gold coins disappeared instantly, and the system cue tone promptly sounded.
“Ding! Congratulations, host. You have successfully broken through to become a Ninth-Grade Warrior. Please continue to work hard for another breakthrough!”
Chapter 103: Tanna The Class Belle, We’re Done For
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Host: Meng Lei
Race: Human (Contains Fire Dragon bloodline and Fire Demon bloodline)
Wealth: 1,081,622,034 gold coins
Physical Body Constitution: Ninth-Grade Warrior (1,003,872/1,000,000,000)
Spirit: Ninth-Grade Magician (1,342,073/1,000,000,000)
Magic Power: Great Ninth-Grade Magician (1,122,640/1,000,000,000)
Ninth-Grade Warrior!
Ninth-Grade Magician!
A Great Magician of four elements—thunder, fire, earth, and wood!
As Meng Lei skimmed over his stats interface and felt the surging power that was close to overflowing and gushing out of his body, he felt unprecedentedly strong and his condition wonderful like never before.
I feel like I can smash an entire mountain into smithereens with my bare fist!
This sensation of power flowing through my whole body... It’s awesome!
“What are you spacing out for, brat?!”
A shout suddenly blasted his ears, shocking Meng Lei straight out of his revelry. He grumbled, “What’s the matter, Ol’ President?”
“What are you daydreaming about all day long? We’re in the Magical Beast Forest, you know! Are you tired of living?” Ol’ Amos was rather displeased. Then, he said, “Your magic communication device is ringing!”
“Oh!”
Meng Lei took out his magic communication device and a chubby, round face popped up at once. “Hey! Old bro, how are ya?”
“I’m good!”
Meng Lei had initially wanted to reply that he couldn’t be any better, but he didn’t want to invite criticism from Ol’ Amos, so he could only answer like what he had said. Then, he asked, “What made you suddenly think of me?”
“Hehe!”
Fatty Hart chuckled. Then, he took a golden helmet from somewhere and plopped it on top of his head. He looked just like GG Bond1 with a golden helmet on his head and looked exceptionally comical!
“Old bro, don’t I look like a hunk right now?” asked Fatty Hart as he wriggled his eyebrows and winked at him in a terribly flirtatious manner.
“Pfft! Hahahaha!”
Meng Lei burst into laughter. He almost couldn’t catch his breath as he chortled!
“Hey, hey, hey! What are you laughing at, old bro?”
Fatty Hart was rather displeased!
“Cough, cough! No... I’m not laughing!” Meng Lei coughed a couple of times. He held back his laughter and asked, “Fatty, what are you up to? What are you messing about with?”
Fatty Hart’s face immediately fell upon hearing his question. He replied, “Messing about? That’s what I’d like to do if I could! Old bro, do you know where I currently am?”
“Where are you?”
“The North River Pass of the Great Dragon Blood Wall!”
“What the! Why have you gone there? Are you tired of living?!” Meng Lei was rather shocked. “Don’t you know that an ant tide has broken out at the Great Dragon Blood Wall?!”
“Do you think I came here willingly?” Fatty Hart laughed ruefully. “I was
happily staying at home and enjoying a comfortable, pleasant, and free life. If I hadn’t been forced to, who would want to come all the way to the Great Dragon Blood Wall to send themselves to death’s door?”
“Forced to?” Meng Lei was taken aback for a moment.
“Didn’t I just break through to Fourth-Grade Magician a couple of days ago? My old man said that I only have a sham of a cultivation realm, but no actual corresponding strength, so I need to go for some proper training.” Fatty Hart gave him a wry smile and went on. “He then sent me to the academy to join the team of seniors being sent to help out in the defense against the ant tide. I was sent here after that!”
“...”
Meng Lei didn’t know what to say anymore. Fatty Hart’s magic talent was certainly not bad, but sending him to defend against the ant tide? What was his old man thinking?
“After I arrived at Great Dragon Blood Wall, a group of seniors and I were dispatched to the North River Pass, and I became a guarding Magician there.
“The silver lining in this tragedy is that the teacher in charge of my group is that old fellow Dirk!”
Fatty Hart lowered his voice and said, “Old Dirk may be strict and inflexible, but he’s very strong and powerful. With a Great Ninth-Grade Magician like him leading the team, at least our safety is guaranteed!”
“Mr. Dirk is also at the North River Pass?”
“Yes, Abbe and Tanna are also here!”
“Tanna?”
“You can’t possibly not remember even Tanna, right? Tanna Airam, our class belle. You know, the beautiful, fair-skinned Dragon Person babe from the Frost Kingdom!”
At the mention of Tanna, Fatty Hart perked up at once. His eyes were gleaming bright, as though a couple of 100-Watt light bulbs.
“Oh, her? Since when did she become the class belle?”
“Hehe! I decided that she is!”
“Pooh!”
Fatty Hart snickered and then wriggled his eyebrows as he said, “That girl even mentioned your name just now and asked why you weren’t here. I told her that you’d gone to the Magical Beast Forest for training!”
“Uh...”
“Guess what that girl replied? She said that as expected of our class’ top student, not only do you have outstanding magic talent, but you’re even diligent and hardworking. She also said that you’re her idol and that she idolizes you very much.”
Fatty Hart laughed vulgarly. “Old bro, you should thank me, you know. Your buddy here has done you such a huge favor!”
“I should thank you?”
Meng Lei was a little stunned.
“That I didn’t expose you, of course!” Fatty Hart chuckled sneakily and said, “I’m the only one that knows that your home is actually at the Magical Beast Forest. Actually, the reason why you went to the Magical Beast Forest for training is just to return home, right?”
Meng Lei rolled his eyes, too lazy to even provide the fellow with an actual explanation.
“So, tell me, old bro, shouldn’t you thank me?”
Fatty Hart gave him another vulgar smile and said, “Hehe! I, Fatty, am someone that’s loyal to his friends. For the sake of comradeship, I’d even go to hell and back, much less something as trivial as this.
“But since I’ve done you such a huge favor, I’m sure you’ll feel apologetic if you don’t show some appreciation. So, how about this, shall we make a trip to Juxian Restaurant when the term starts?”
A corner of Meng Lei’s lips spasmed in response.
“Since you’re not objecting, I’ll take your silence as a yes! Wahahaha, Juxian Restaurant! Tsk, tsk, I must fleece a good and proper meal out of you!”
Fatty Hart began to cheer loudly. Right at that point, a clear and melodious voice rang out. “Hart, who are you talking to? You’re laughing so happily!”
“Hehe! Oh, it’s Tanna!” Fatty Hart turned and looked over. “I’m talking to your idol! Speaking of which, your idol is really tough. He’s actually still strolling about in the Magical Beast Forest. Isn’t he afraid that the ant tide would gobble him up?”
“What? Meng Lei is still in the Magical Beast Forest?”
The clear and melodious female voice rang out again. Then, a fair, gorgeous face with fiery red little horns appeared in the magic communication device.
It was Tanna Airam!
“...”
“Meng Lei, you’re still in the Magical Beast Forest?” Tanna looked astonished. “I heard that Bloodthirsty Iron-Crystal Ants are going about everywhere in the Magical Beast Forest now. Isn’t it very dangerous to continue staying there?”
That damned fatty! Shooting his mouth off like that!
With some effort, Meng Lei squeezed out a hint of a smile and replied, “I’m in the Magical Beast Forest’s outer boundaries, so there aren’t a lot of ants here. It’s not dangerous!”
“That’s great!” Tanna said, “Do stay safe, Meng Lei. If you meet with danger, remember to take care of yourself!”
“I will, thanks!”
Meng Lei nodded.
Hoooonk!
Hoooonk!
Hoooonk!
As though dull thunderclaps coming out of nowhere, several loud and clear air horn blasts came from the magic communication device at this moment, followed by several panicked shouts.
“The ant tide is here!”
“Attention, everyone! The ant tide is here!”
“Attention, everyone! The ant tide is here!”
“The ant tide is here?”
Tanna and Hart’s countenances changed at once. Hart said anxiously, “Old bro, the ant tide is here. I have to go and face the enemies now, so I won’t talk to you anymore! I’m hanging up!”
And then, he hung up.
Meng Lei stared at the magic communication device that had turned quiet again and murmured softly, “An ant tide has actually appeared at the North River Pass? I hope the numbers aren’t too great.”
The Great Dragon Blood Wall stretched for several thousand kilometers, so its defense line was very long. The ant tide could appear at any part of it.
Therefore, every pass needed armed forces to guard it. However, this also meant that the number of soldiers guarding each pass wouldn’t be very high, and the number of Magicians allocated to each pass even fewer.
It was precisely because of this that the magic academies had assembled students to come forward to render their assistance. What were they to do? There was a shortage of Magicians!
Thus, in the face of danger, they could only send students into battle.
However, students were ultimately just students, and there was a limit to their abilities. Defending against typical ant tides was no issue for them, but it would be terrible should they run into large waves of ants.
Although an ant tide had shown up at the North River Pass, as long as there weren’t a lot of them, there wouldn’t be much of an issue.
Buzz!
The magic communication device rang again at that moment.
“Old bro! We’re done for...”
Chapter 104: Resisting The Enemies At North River, Unprecedented Events
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
The Great Dragon Blood Wall stretched on for several thousand kilometers.
A pass was set up every 50 kilometers. Just the number of passes in the whole of the Great Dragon Blood Wall alone totaled up to almost 100, and the North River Pass was one of them.
The North River Pass was named as such due to its proximity to the North River.
The North River flowed from the west to the east. Starting from the Titan Plateau where the Titan Empire was, it cut all the way through the Magical Beast Forest and Dragon God Empire before finally flowing into the deep, boundless East Oceans. It was one of Heaven’s Vault Continent’s biggest rivers and nurtured countless lives.
The whole North River was currently surging turbulently with churning waves, however. Crimson-red Bloodthirsty Iron-Crystal Ants marched across the river to
ward the pass, advancing upon North River Pass as though a great army.
“The ant tide... It’s here!”
Hoooonk!
Hoooonk!
Hoooonk!
“Attention, everyone! The ant tide is here!”
“Attention, everyone! The ant tide is here!”
The loud and clear air horn blasts cut through the sky, startling all the military personnel in North River Pass. Soldiers, archers, arbalists, and guarding Magicians all got into their positions one by one.
A black-robed elderly man, Dirk Norway, also led dozens of magic academy students and raced up to the top of the city walls. Then, he went up to Cesia Dodgson, the general in charge of guarding the pass.
“Marchioness Cesia, all the Magicians from Fire Dragon Magic Academy have assembled and are awaiting your orders!”
Dirk Norway looked at the female general in front of him with a vague hint of respect in his eyes. Many of the students also looked at her with idolizing expressions.
Cesia Dodgson, a Dragon Person Warrior with Green Dragon blood, the general in charge of guarding North River Pass, and the only female general among more than 100 frontier generals!
Not only was she strong, but she also protected the kingdom and guarded the borders. Even as a woman, she didn’t lose out to a man in terms of her abilities and bravery. She could be said to be the role model for all women and was also an idol that innumerable teenage girls pursued and idolized.
“Mr. Dirk, we’re in a critical situation now, so I won’t stand on ceremony with you anymore!”
Marchioness Cesia had green wings on her back and green curved horns on her forehead. She wore a suit of green armor that brought out her tall, slender figure and made her look valiant, brave, and very heroic.
Her eyes were cold and chilly as she looked straight at the dozens of student Magicians from Fire Dragon Magic Academy. “Sixth-Grade Magicians, step forward!”
Whoosh!
Seven to eight sixth-grade seniors stepped forward in response to her command. They were all Sixth-Grade Magicians that would be graduating this year.
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