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Crushed rocks shot and lava splashed!
“Ding! 1 Red Rock Fire Demon killed. 6,400,000 gold coins gained!”
“Ding! 1 Red Rock Fire Demon killed. 6,370,000 gold coins gained!”
“Ding! 1 Red Rock Fire Demon killed. 6,290,000 gold coins gained!”
“Ding...”
Roar!
The remaining Red Rock Fire Demons were terrified, and they all squinted into the lava lake in an attempt to dodge Meng Lei’s attack. Unfortunately, it was of no use.
With a soft snap of fingers... A gigantic rock with a diameter of hundreds of meters appeared in the sky and then smashed down right at this lava lake.
Boom!
With an earth-shaking loud bang, the gigantic rock hit very hard right at the lava lake center. Huge waves of lava were splashed, revealing the Red Rock Fire Demons hidden inside the lava lake.
The unlucky ones were smashed into a flesh pie, and the more fortunate ones were sent into mid-air by the huge force and then killed by Meng Lei.
Though he didn’t meet any Saint Domain Magical Beast, Meng Lei had to admit that these Red Rock Fire Demons that inhabited the 21st level were indeed very strong, and they had a geographical advantage on top of that.
Even peak ninth-grade experts like Francis would definitely be in grave danger when facing them.
One small mishap and they may die on this level. But it was different for Meng Lei.
Even though the Red Rock Fire Demons had a geographical and numerical advantage, they were still a bunch of fragile weaklings waiting for him to kill them.
Ninth-Grade!
Saint Domain!
It was just the difference of a single grade, but it made the distinction between heaven and earth.
Whoosh!
The lava lake gradually returned to peace, but the Red Rock Fire Demons, who were ravaging and roaring just now, had fallen asleep forever.
All of them were killed, and not even a survivor remained.
“7.8 billion gold coins into the pocket!”
Meng Lei revealed a smile, and a fist-sized fiery red crystal appeared in his palm. “With the addition of 128 Red Rock Fire Demons’ magic cores, the 21st level has given me the richest rewards after I entered the Dragon God Tower.
“Pfft, it’s still faster to earn money by hunting Magical Beasts.
“Yeap, off to the next level.
“Hope I can encounter Saint Domain Magical Beasts!”
Whoosh!
The 22nd floor!
...
The 23rd floor!
...
The 24th floor!
...
Meng Lei advanced all the way very smoothly, passing through every level with an average of half an hour. His speed was so fast that it was unbelievable. Five hours later, he had already arrived at the 30th level.
Boom, boom, boom!
Meng Lei turned into a flash of lightning and kept moving and attacking. Strange Magical Beasts constituted entirely of mud, and muddy water were around him. They looked very similar to earthworms and leeches.
After observing them closely, they were like a thick, entangled mass!
They were the peak Ninth-Grade Magical Beasts, Undying Mud Leeches!
There was nothing extraordinary about Ninth-Grade Magical Beasts, but what drove Meng Lei mad was that Undying Mud Leeches were practically impossible to kill.
Be it hitting them with his fists or bombarding them with magic, nothing worked at all!
“It’s impossible to kill them!”
“Boy, you must find the Undying Mud Leeches’ weakness before you can kill them. Otherwise, they will slowly exhaust your physical strength and magic power and kill you eventually.” Ol’ Amos reminded him promptly.
“I know about finding the weakness, but does such a thing really have a weakness?” Meng Lei was also thinking about this question.
From the 21st level onwards, he hadn’t met any Saint Domain Magical Beasts, yet he kept meeting a bunch of extremely strange Ninth-Grade Magical Beasts. They were not only shocking in their numbers, but they were also extremely hard to deal with.
They either had extraordinary defense systems and were very hard to kill, had amazing vitality and couldn’t be killed, or there were so many of them that they couldn’t all be killed!
These were still not that bad. Meng Lei had forced himself to be patient and deal with all of them, but on the 30th level, this bunch of Undying Mud Leeches he encountered made him feel particularly stuck.
After he broke them into pieces, they would return to their original forms...
One spell was enough to burn, dry, chop them up... Yet, within a few breaths, they were okay again.
Physical attacks were useless, and they were immune to magical attacks!
What else could he do?
“If physical and magic attacks don’t work, then try spiritual attacks!” Ol’ Amos reminded him. “Any living thing has a weakness, and Undying Mud Leeches can’t be the exception.”
“I was just thinking about this.”
Meng Lei nodded hard. His spiritual power unleashed like a tide and surged toward the nearest Undying Mud Leech.
Boom, boom, boom!
Meng Lei’s spiritual power was rich to the extreme, and it madly attacked the Undying Mud Leech’s sea of consciousness. To Meng Lei’s surprise, the Undying Mud Leech’s spirit was actually much weaker than he imagined.
One small spiritual attack easily dismantled the seas of consciousness of several Undying Mud Leeches—they rolled their eyes and instantly dropped weakly to the ground!
“Ding! 1 Undying Mud Leech killed. 9,400,000 gold coins gained!”
“It died?”
Meng Lei’s spirit was greatly revived, and he continued attacking.
Bump, bump, bump...
Undying Mud Leeches fell in waves like harvested crops. In a short while, all the Undying Mud Leeches died.
“Ding! 1 Undying Mud Leech killed, 9,490,000 gold coins gained!”
“Ding! 1 Undying Mud Leech killed, 9,620,000 gold coins gained!”
The system’s cue tones kept sounding. Meng Lei looked at the Undying Mud Leeches’ corpses that crashed into the mud pond and couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief.
“Ol’ President, now I finally understand why everyone said the Dragon God Tower is difficult to venture through.
“The first 10 levels are easy.
“At the 11th level, Ninth-Grade Magical Beasts start to appear, and the difficulty level slowly starts to increase.
“At the 21st level, there are more and more Ninth-Grade Magical Beasts, and they are harder and harder to deal with. The difficulty level increases exponentially.
“Below the Saint Domain level, it is hard for someone to even go past 25 levels!”
“You’ve finally realized it!” Ol’ Amos chuckled and said, “The first 10 levels are easy, so ordinary geniuses can get past them with a bit more effort.
“From the 11th level onward, it gets a bit hard. 90% of exchange competition participants would be stuck in these 10 levels and find it hard to make the slightest progress.
“As for the 21st to the 30th level, especially the higher 5 levels, they are almost impossible for Ninth-Grade experts to pass through.
“Faced with Ninth-Grade Magical Beasts that are astounding in numbers and are super hard to deal with, even pureblood Colossal Dragons have to fail!”
“Indeed!”
Meng Lei nodded slightly.
“So, usually people who can pass through the first 30 levels mostly are in Saint Domain, or have the battle power of Saint Domain.” Ol’ Amos smiled and said, “To be able to reach here, one would be good enough to be listed on the Dragon God Genius Ranking!”
(⊙o⊙)
Meng Lei was stunned. He said with surprise, “Which means my name has already appeared on the Dragon God Genius Ranking?”
“Yes!”
Chapter 149: Ranked 469th, Second In History
It was currently 4:00 p.m. in the afternoon and seven to eight hours since Meng Lei and the others had entered the Dragon God Tower.
After Dragon God Academy played host to the teachers-in-charge and held a welcoming banquet in their name, the teachers also began their own leisure time.
Some of the teachers went directly to the Dragon God Tower. Among them were President Fred and the Fighting Dragon Academy president.
Had it been during the past years, there wouldn’t have been anything much to watch. After all, it wasn’t like there were any decent geniuses around. What was the point of watching others’ performances?
However, that wasn’t the case this year. There was much to look forward to!
“Given Meng Lei’s strength, if he stays somewhat careful and cautious, there won’t be much of a problem for him to pass through the first 30 levels. It’s enough for him to place in the ranking.”
“Instead of 30 levels, he just needs to pass through 22 levels, and he’ll have a chance of placing in the ranking. There’s also much hope for that Francis kid...”
President Fred and the Fighting Dragon Academy president idly chatted the whole way idly as they headed over. Soon, they reached the Dragon God Tower.
At that moment, the area in front of the Dragon God Tower was already packed with people. They gesticulated and speculated among themselves, creating quite the lively atmosphere.
“What the heck? The contestants from the 15 kingdoms and 48 dukedoms are really impressive this time! Quite a few have actually made it into the ranking!”
“Isn’t that so? The most impressive one is already ranked 487th. That’s 487th in history! How awesome!”
“Tsk, tsk. They passed through the 30th level so easily. Impressive!”
“If I recall correctly, it hasn’t even been eight hours since they entered the Dragon God Tower, right?”
“Seems like it...”
Upon hearing their speculations, President Fred and the Fighting Dragon Academy president both looked at the huge magic screen, and then their gaze slowly went all the way up.
“No. 972: Francis Matthew, Frost Dragon Person, 28 years old, Level 23”
“Did you see that? As expected, Francis has made it into the ranking!” President Fred remarked cheerfully, “That little fellow is certainly not bad. He didn’t disgrace you!”
“He’s alright, I guess. He can’t compare to Meng Lei!”
The Fighting Dragon Academy president adopted an awfully humble attitude. However, he couldn’t hide the smile on his lips, no matter what he did. One mustn’t be fooled by how the 972nd placement seemed rather low—it was more than enough to prove Francis’ shocking talent!
One must know that the Dragon God Genius Ranking was a ranking in which all geniuses competed against one another on the same platform in the recent 40,000-odd years.
Choosing 1,000 people over the course of 40,000 years—just how fierce was the competition? Just how many people desired to place in the ranking, yet failed?
Being able to make it into the ranking was the symbol of one’s strength itself.
Being able to make it into the ranking was the symbol of one’s talent itself.
It was no exaggeration to say that every one of those that could place in the ranking was a genius whose name would remain forever in history.
They had enormous potential, and the Saint Domain realm was within sight for them.
President Fred gave him a smile in response, and then his gaze continued to go up the ranking.
“Oh hey! Isn’t that Fred and Fighting Dragon?”
A sinister voice suddenly rang out from behind them.
“Why is it that old fogey again!”
The two of them broke into frowns at the same time. The voice was all they needed to know who had just arrived. Aside from that loathsome old Black Dragon, who else could it be?
“Why are the two of you interested in the Dragon God Genius Ranking, too?”
Indeed, the person who had just arrived was Angus, the academy president of Black Dragon Academy. His gaze flickered over to the Dragon God Genius Ranking, and then he broke into a smile so wide that his countenance became all wrinkled. “That Isaiah kid hasn’t disappointed me! He has ranked 692nd and reached Level 28. He didn’t let all my grooming of him go to waste!”
Upon hearing his words, President Fred and the Fighting Dragon Academy president couldn’t help but look at the person in 692nd place.
“No. 692: Isaiah Thomas, Black Dragon Person, 26 years old, Level 28”
“26 years old!”
“Level 28!”
“That fellow has pretty good talent!”
President Fred and the Fighting Dragon Academy president exchanged a look, both seeing the astonishment in each other’s eyes.
To pass through the 28th level, one must be at least a ninth-grade pinnacle-level expert and possess great mastery of the universe’s momentum.
For him to possess this level of strength at the age of 26, he was astonishingly talented for sure.
“I’ve heard that a few geniuses have also emerged from your academies. I wonder if they’ve placed in the ranking yet? Which positions are they in? How are they doing in comparison to our academy’s Isaiah?”
Angus asked cheerfully, “Since time immemorial, the Fire Dragon Academy and the Fighting Dragon Academy have always been elite academies where geniuses emerge in every generation. I’m sure there must be extraordinary geniuses in this batch of students, too?”
“Stop acting so smug, Angus!”
President Fred was someone with a blunt and straightforward temperament. He couldn’t help but snort and say, “Isn’t it just the 692nd position? What’s so great about that!”
“Yes! It certainly isn’t anything great!”
Angus didn’t flare up. Instead, he was all smiles as he replied, “Since that’s what you’re saying, Fred, then I’m sure the Fire Dragon Magic Academy must have an even more outstanding genius?”
“Hurhur! Of course!”
President Fred snorted, and then he quickly looked at where the 487th place was in the ranking. He believed that that must be where Meng Lei ranked.
However, he was disappointed.
“No. 487: Derrick, Golden Colossal Dragon, 30 years old, Level 31”
“It’s not Meng Lei?”
Fred looked absolutely stupefied. He had thought that the genius in 487th place must be Meng Lei for sure. After all, among the geniuses of the 15 kingdoms and 48 dukedoms, Meng Lei was the most outstanding one for sure.
Therefore, Meng Lei’s position must be the highest. Who else could it other than Meng Lei that had come in 487th place?
However, the truth was that... it wasn’t Meng Lei.
“What exactly is that fellow doing?”
President Fred was rather anxious. However, it was at this moment that bursts of exclamations reached his ears.
“What the heck? That guy from just now has sped all the way to 469th place!”
“469th? He’s sped all the way there so quickly?”
“Did that guy take a Rage potion or what?”
“469th?”
Upon hearing what they said, President Fred, the Fighting Dragon Academy president, and Angus, the muscular old man, looked at the 469th position almost all at the same time.
The moment they did, all three of them had different reactions.
President Fred heaved a long breath of relief while the Fighting Dragon Academy president’s countenance was full of marvel, the words “I knew it!” all over his face.
Angus, however, gasped and reacted as if he had just seen a ghost. “He’s reached Level 32 when he’s only 16 years old? Wait a minute! 16 years old!? How can that be!?”
The gasps of astonishment around them weren’t any less intense than his. All those who had noticed the person in 469th place were astounded by what they had just seen.
“No. 46
9: Meng Lei, Human, 16 years old, Level 32”
“For one to pass through Dragon God Tower’s 32nd level, they must at least possess the strength of a Saint Domain. In other words, that 16-year-old little fellow already possesses the strength of a Saint Domain?”
“16 years old?”
“Saint Domain?”
“Is he even human?”
“He must be a freak?”
“I really wonder where that mutant came from! For him to become a Saint Domain at 16 years old, he’s totally a monster on a level among the top ten—no, the top three of history!”
“He must be from the 15 kingdoms and 48 dukedoms! Otherwise, a genius on a level among the top few of history like that would have made it into the ranking a long time ago! He wouldn’t have waited until today to challenge the Dragon God Tower!”
“That makes sense! I wonder which kingdom he’s from...”
Upon hearing the crowd’s gasps of astonishment, a complex look came over Angus’ countenance. “I didn’t expect that a monster like that has actually emerged from us 15 kingdoms and 48 dukedoms! This is truly unbelievable!”
A 16-year-old Saint Domain!
He was only a notch inferior to Timon Barton, the number one in history.
That firmly made him the number two in history.
The number two person over the course of 40,000 years! How amazing was that?
At Angus’ exclamation of admiration, President Fred smiled so widely that his visage was all wrinkled. He said, “That Meng Lei kid hasn’t disappointed me, after all! Coming in at 469th place and going up to Level 32, he didn’t let all my grooming of him go to waste!”
The Fighting Dragon Academy president cast a glance at Angus and also remarked sarcastically, “Although he can’t compare with someone else’s genius from the Black Dragon Academy, he still did pretty well!”
(⊙o⊙)
At his words, Angus’ countenance immediately froze. “Fred, that mutant at 469th place is from the Fire Dragon Magic Academy?”
“Yes! Is something wrong?”
“...”
Chapter 150: Golden Steel Wind-Ape, Wind-Elemental Fragment
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
The 32nd level of Dragon God Tower was a large, vast, and boundless silver-colored plains.