Picking Up Attributes From Today c1-406
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“Such a monster can’t be measured by common standards at all. If one tries to compare with him... they are simply looking for suffering...”
“Monster?”
When the three classmates heard that, their hearts lightened.
Yes, he’s a monster! Why am I trying to compare with him?
Upon thinking that, the trio felt much more comfortable inside.
Roar!
At this moment, loud roars suddenly came from the distant horizon, and the figures of big birds appeared in the distance. They formed a dark, black mass, covering the sun and the sky!
“The Flying Dragon Troops!”
“It’s the Flying Dragon Troops!”
“My lady, the Flying Dragon Troops are here!”
“Only arriving now... Hmph!”
Marchioness Cesia snorted coldly as a hint of displeasure flashed across her eyes. Had they arrived one hour earlier, she would have been more than happy to welcome them.
But now... the ant tide is already gone. Were they here to eat the ashes?
Roar!
The Flying Dragon Troops were unaware of what had transpired there. They arrived at the space above North River Pass in no time and then collectively started roaring.
An overwhelming dragon might poured down like ocean waves as the Flying Dragon Troops... showcased their intimidation skills.
One had to say that the Flying Dragon Troops’ trick was still very effective against ordinary soldiers. Numerous soldiers felt suppressed and had a hard time breathing, so they swayed weakly and couldn’t even hold their weapons.
“Those bastards!”
Although Marchioness Cesia had witnessed the Flying Dragon Troops’ ways long ago, she was still furious upon seeing this scene. Every time, she would be so angry till her teeth itched, but she could only watch them.
Dirk Norway frowned, very displeased with the Flying Dragon Troops’ ways.
Fatty Hart even started cursing, “This bunch of trash! Nowhere to be seen during the resistance against the ant tide, but after the ant tide is wiped out, they are here to mark their presence. What a bunch of bastards.”
“This is the famous Flying Dragon Troops?”
Tanna actually looked at the flying dragons all around the sky, and a hint of approval showed in her beautiful eyes. “Their might matches their fame, indeed. Not the least bit inferior even to the Frost Dragon Wolves Troops of our Frost Kingdom.”
Roar!
The Double-Legged Flying Dragons had very good eyesight and could see everything on top of the North River Pass’ city walls. They looked at the trembling ordinary soldiers and felt very satisfied with their intimidation technique.
Soon, they would descend to showcase their battlefield-cleaning technique, the “most tiring” job.
“Hmph!”
Unexpectedly, at that moment, a cold snort sounded like a muffled thunder in their ears. Most importantly, the sound was so familiar in a way that sent a chill down their spines.
“Gah...”
The 100,000 flying dragons’ bodies stiffened, and their roars immediately stopped. The flying dragons looked at the source of the sound, and immediately, they were so scared that their bodies trembled, and cold sweat oozed out.
“Dragon God above! Why is this devil here?”
The Double-Legged Flying Dragons trembled violently, and even their wings became stiff as if they didn’t know how to fly anymore.
“Him again!”
The Double-Legged Flying Dragon King’s mouth twitched, and he felt extremely upset inside.
This fella appears everywhere... Why am I meeting him again?
“A bunch of trash! Why do I see you all everywhere?”
It was naturally Meng Lei that made the Flying Dragon Troops act like they had seen a ghost. He didn’t like this group of greedy and ugly creatures at all. “What? You want to rob me of my magic cores again?
“I will give you all a chance! Disappear from my sight immediately. Otherwise, I don’t mind breaking your skulls and digging out your magic cores!”
“What?!”
The Double-Legged Flying Dragons were so terrified that their internal organs felt like they were bursting. The nightmarish scenes from days ago replayed instantly in their minds.
Suddenly, the 100,000 Double-Legged Flying Dragons did something that left everyone dumbstruck.
They flapped their wings and flew away like they were running for their lives. They dashed like they wished they had more than two wings!
In the blink of an eye, the original intimidating, mighty, sky-covering Flying Dragon Troops disappeared without a trace, leaving only the Double-Legged Flying Dragon King alone in his original position, floating in the sky alone.
All the other Flying Dragons... fled without a trace.
“This...”
The people on the city wall were shocked.
“This is... the Flying Dragon Troops?”
Tanna’s little mouth opened in shock. Why was it completely different from the Flying Dragon Troops she imagined?
Fatty Hart blinked. “Old bro seems to have scared them to the point they ran away!?”
“What on earth did this boy do to the Flying Dragon Troops?” Dirk Norway’s mouth twitched. “The Flying Dragon Troops ran away once they saw him!”
“It seems the Flying Dragon Troops must have offended him. As such, he pummeled them so badly that they were traumatized!” Marchioness Cesia appeared pretty excited. “Haha! This boy did what I wanted to do but cannot do. Well done! It’s so well done! Haha, I just wonder what Nicholas will do next.”
“Hmm!”
Dirk Norway couldn’t help but look toward the lonely Double-Legged Flying Dragon King. This was an existence comparable to Ninth-Grade Magical Beasts, so how could he give up easily?
The Double-Legged Flying Dragon King stared at Meng Lei fiercely. From his expression, it seemed like he would very much like to skin Meng Lei alive and devour him.
However, Meng Lei only spoke one sentence before he scared Double-Legged Flying Dragon into fleeing, covering his face and ignoring even his pride.
“What? You don’t want your other wing anymore!?”
Chapter 110: The 10 Billion Milestone, Gaining Another Bloodline
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
As they watched the Flying Dragon Troops flee for their lives, aside from stupefaction, everyone also felt like all their anger had been worked off.
Those fellows carrying the “elite troops” title were a bunch of bandits from head to toe—greedy and ugly.
This wasn’t the first or second time that everyone had wanted to teach them a lesson. Unfortunately, they simply weren’t powerful enough, so they could only watch helplessly as they acted all bossy and arrogant.
However, their wish had finally come true today.
Meng Lei had frightened the Flying Dragon Troops so badly that they fled for their lives and thoroughly disgraced themselves with just a few words. How satisfying!
“The ant tide has finally been exterminated!”
Ol’ Amos twisted his beard as he looked down upon the charred lands. He heaved a long sigh of relief and said, “You’ve made a huge contribution in this matter, boy. Who knows, you might just earn yourself the title of an Earl!”
However, he didn’t receive any response—the place around him was all quiet.
Ol’ Amos’ brows furrowed slightly, and he couldn’t resist looking at Meng Lei—only to discover that the boy was currently grinning like a fool. His grin stretched pretty much all the way past his ears, making him look like an old 38-year-old widow who had just had a night rendezvous—simply overjoyed!
At once, Ol’ Amos became displeased, and he chastised him loudly, “What are you acting all crazy for again, brat?!”
Meng Lei jumped in shock, and he couldn’t help but grumble, “What are you being so loud for, Ol’ President? You gave me a shock!”
“What’s that silly grin
for? Look at how thrilled you are!”
Ol’ Amos glared at Meng Lei.
“Hehe, it’s a secret!”
Meng Lei grinned at him in response, and then, his gaze returned to his Wealth again. As he looked at those bright, dazzling numbers and the bunch of zeros at the back, Meng Lei felt as if he had just eaten honey...
Sweet!
Wealth: 7,539,721,863 gold coins
.5 billion!
A whole 7.5 billion!
What kind of astronomical figure was that?
However, the most important thing here was... He was only 2.5 billion away from the 10 billion milestone!
This meant that Meng Lei only needed to earn another 2.5 billion gold coins, and he would be able to break through the ninth-grade limits to step into another realm... The Saint Domain!
.5 billion? Was it very difficult to achieve? No, no, not at all!
It was very simple because... 6.5 billion gold coins were resting on the charred expanse of land right beneath his feet. To be more accurate, 650,000 magic cores!
“Collect them all! And sell them all!
“And I’ll be able to summon the divine dragon1!
“Wahahaha...”
Meng Lei burst into loud Ren Woxing1-style laughter and nosedived toward the ground. His spiritual power spread outward like tidal waves and enveloped the whole area within 1,000 meters of where he was.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
All the magic cores moved by themselves and broke through the surface of the ground like potatoes. Then, they vanished after being sent into his spatial rings.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
Everywhere he flew by, he collected all the magic cores.
Meng Lei was just like a hardworking little bee diligently collecting magic cores. The sight made Fatty Hart and the others standing on top of the city walls salivate.
“A single magic core is worth up to 10,000 gold coins!” Fatty Hart’s eyes had even turned red. “Old bro must have killed at least... 100,000 Bloodthirsty Iron-Crystal Ants just now, right? Hiss! That’s 1 billion gold coins!”
“1 billion?”
A shiver went through everyone, and they almost wet themselves.
That was 1 billion gold coins! 1 billion!
No one could spend all of that, even in their entire lifetime!
...
Meng Lei’s speed was very fast, but even so, he still spent more than three hours before he finally managed to collect all the magic cores.
As for the concrete number of magic cores there were, he didn’t bother counting. In any case, there were a lot of them, so many that he was close to running out of space. Even Ol’ Amos’ spatial magic device was almost full.
“Horses don’t bulk up without feeding at night, and people don’t get rich without unexpected windfalls. Our forefathers really don’t lie.”
It was only then that a satisfied Meng Lei returned to the city, where his eyes met Fatty Hart’s, whose eyes were filled with so much jealousy that he was practically mad. “Huhu! 1 billion gold coins! This fatty here is so jealous that I’m becoming distorted from envy!”
“Fatty, have you gone mad?”
Meng Lei patted Fatty Hart’s chubby face, which felt fleshy to the touch. The texture felt pretty good!
“Juxian Restaurant! We must go to Juxian Restaurant when the new term starts!” Fatty Hart clutched Meng Lei’s collar and shouted hysterically, “Once isn’t enough! You must treat me a few more times... No! Every day! You can only offer a wee bit of comfort to my wounded soul by treating me to meals at Juxian Restaurant every day!
“Huhuhu, 1 billion gold coins! If I had that much money, I would sleep on a mountain of gold every day and stuff myself silly every day...”
“...”
Meng Lei rolled his eyes. He finally understood now—that guy was actually jealous of him!
If you knew that I actually have 10 billion gold coins now, would you become so jealous that you’d immediately kill yourself by eating sh*t?
Probably... Yes?
“That boy...”
Dirk Norway, Abbe, and Tanna were also looking at Meng Lei with extremely complex emotions. The penniless boy from the mountains that had reported at the academy half a year ago wearing coarse sackcloth had already become this strong?
“Meng Lei, you deserve the biggest credit in the defense against the ant tide this time!” Marchioness Cesia had a look of approval all over her face as she said, “I will definitely report this truthfully to the king and request that he rewards you handsomely!”
“You’re...”
A bewildered Meng Lei looked at the female Green Dragon Person in front of him.
“Meng Lei, this is Marchioness Cesia, the guarding general of North River Pass,” said Dirk Norway hastily as he introduced Marchioness Cesia. “She’s also the number one female general of Fire Dragon Kingdom!”
“So it’s Marchioness Cesia! I’ve heard so much about you!”
Realization dawned upon Meng Lei.
“It’s just a bit of insignificant acclaim that’s not worth mentioning!” Marchioness Cesia waved and said, “On the contrary, it’s you, Meng Lei, that has exterminated the ant tide with just a flick of your wrist. After this battle, your name will definitely awe and stun the kingdom. You’ll become a hero known in every household throughout the kingdom!”
“Marchioness Cesia, you’re too kind!”
Meng Lei smiled at her but didn’t take her words seriously. Things like fame and all that weren’t important; they weren’t even as practical as a few gold coins or a few magic cores.
At the sight of this, astonishment and uncertainty couldn’t help but secretly come over Marchioness Cesia. After making such a huge contribution, the kingdom would definitely bestow upon him handsome rewards. Yet he was actually so calm, placid, and composed about it—his disposition wasn’t like a 15-year-old teenage boy’s at all!
After that, Meng Lei chatted a while more with the others before he got ready to bid farewell and leave. Little Gold was still in the Magical Beast Forest, so he had to hurry and bring it back with him.
“What a shame!” Marchioness Cesia lamented with a sigh, “And here I was, thinking of holding a celebratory banquet to express my gratitude to the hero credited with guarding the city. I didn’t think that you’d have other matters at hand.”
“Defending against the ant tide is something within my duty and obligation. How can I claim credit for it?” replied Meng Lei with a smile.
Then, he bade farewell to Dirk Norway and the others before finally saying to Hart, “Fatty, I’m counting on you to sell the magic cores!”
“Leave it to me!” Fatty Hart patted his chest and promised, “I’ll definitely get it done perfectly!”
“Thanks!”
Meng Lei patted Fatty Hart on the shoulder. Then, he hopped onto the magic carpet, left the North River Pass city gate tower, and flew toward the Magical Beast Forest.
An hour later, he finally found Little Gold’s hiding place. However, the little fellow wasn’t in a good spot at the moment because... It had run into trouble!
Over a dozen grayish-white spiders surrounded it on all sides. Woven all around it was even a black spider web that had completely sealed off all of its escape routes.
There was nowhere in and nowhere out.
Little Gold was like a tiny little kitten surrounded by a herd of elephants. It trembled and shook like a leaf—weak, helpless, and pitiful...
Krak, krak, krak...
The gigantic spiders were over 10-meters-long and had eight spear-like silver legs covered in steel needle-like fine hairs. They gave off a terrible stink, filling people with fear and causing their scalps to go numb.
“Underground Cave Magical Spiders! These are Underground Cave Magical Spiders!” Meng Lei’s eyes flickered with a chilly glint. “They’ve actually pursued all the way here. These guys are seriously persistent!”
“Little Gold is the ant monarch. How would the
Underground Cave Magical Spiders possibly let it off that easily?” Ol’ Amos shook his head and sighed. “Had it been anyone else, they would also want to completely eradicate the enemy for peace of mind. What a pitiful child!”
Meng Lei bent his fingers and flicked them multiple times in succession. Over a dozen fire spears shot outward from thin air and pierced through the Underground Cave Magical Spiders’ heads in an instant, impaling them to death on the spot.
At the sight of this, Little Gold couldn’t help but shake all over. It was only then that it finally noticed Meng Lei. It was overcome by surprise and joy at once.
“Ding! Dropped item discovered. Will you pick it up?”
“Yes, pick it up!”
“Ding! Assimilation successful. Congratulations to the host for obtaining the Golden Gods-Slaying Ant bloodline!”
Chapter 111: Golden Bloodline, An Explosive Increase In Physical Strength
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Golden Gods-Slaying Ant bloodline?
A bloodline?
Meng Lei was a little taken aback. He had picked up a bloodline again? But what was this Golden Gods-Slaying Ant bloodline?
Buzz!
During Meng Lei’s moment of distraction, innumerable dazzling golden light rays suddenly pierced through his skin and shot out of his body, lighting up the whole place in an instant.
Right on the heels of it, the golden light rays turned into sticky, viscous glue-like golden flames. They shrouded Meng Lei entirely, and then, they began to blaze.
Boom!
A wave of severe pain, as if capable of ripping Meng Lei’s insides apart, erupted from within his body and assaulted his nerves like a fierce, surging tidal wave.
Pain!
Pain!
Pain!
“Ahhh!”
Meng Lei let out a loud cry, feeling as if his entire self was about to be ripped apart. He doubled over and pounded the ground with his fists, his countenance savage.
“Meng Lei, what’s wrong?”
The sudden turn of events gave Ol’ Amos a huge fright. “What’s the matter, brat? You’re scaring me...”