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As far as the eye could see, there were no weeds, no trees, no mountains, and no signs of life.
The whole place seemed like the forbidden zone of life. On the silver-colored ground were violent gusts of wind wreaking havoc while letting out wild shrieks and howls.
And in the sky were roaring streaks of lightning running through the clouds. They thundered deafeningly, their momentum horrifying.
“The ground... It’s made of metal!”
Meng Lei stood proudly between heaven and earth, gazing into the distance at the solitary world where violent gusts of wind wreaked havoc and thunder crackled and boomed loudly, a look of anticipation vaguely in his eyes.
At the 31st level, his wish had come true, and he had encountered a Saint Domain Magical Beast. Although it was just a Golden-Backed Ox Scorpion, he had still earned 9.8 billion gold coins from it.
Coupled with its magic core, that was double the rewards for him.
Sweet!
“Here’s hoping that this level doesn’t disappoint me too!”
Meng Lei licked his lips. Then, his form flitted toward the area with the richest magic elements. From the 31st level onward, there was no longer any need for him to use the magic carpet anymore.
He moved at a speed neither too fast nor too slow. Before he knew it, he had already crossed the long distance and arrived at the area where the magic elements were the richest.
A great silver-colored mountain entered his sight. Like the ground surrounding it, the fairly majestic-looking silver-colored mountain was also made out of silver-colored metal. A silvery-white color throughout, the mountain reached as high as several hundred meters tall.
Puff!
Puff!
Halfway up the mountain were two caves. Two thick and solid tornadoes shot out of the caves and blew toward the ground in the distance, howling as they did so.
“A Saint Domain Magical Beast is hiding in the cave?”
Meng Lei landed in front of the cave. As he stared at the two almost identical-looking caves, he made an antagonistic move.
He threw a fireball into the cave with a casual toss of his hand—he wanted to bombard the cave and drive the Saint Domain Magical Beast out of it!
Boom!
The fireball exploded, causing even the entire mountain to shake. Thick smoke billowed out of the cave, and then something that astonished Meng Lei happened the very next moment.
Boom!
Amid dull thunderous booms, the mountain suddenly began to shake and sway, and the ground started to tremble and shake. At the same time, a series of roars also reached his ears.
“What the heck?”
Meng Lei realized something right away, and he retreated with a sudden burst of speed. At the same time, he also gazed at the mountain that was in the midst of standing up, a look of astonishment surfacing in his eyes.
A head!
Arms!
Legs!
That was no goddamn mountain—it was clearly a metallic giant!
It was just that... Wasn’t that giant a little too tall?
Was it 1,500 meters tall? Or 2,000 meters?
Meng Lei was dumbstruck by the sight. “What kind of Magical Beast is that?”
Ol’ Amos’ voice rang out as he replied, “That’s the Golden Steel Wind-Ape, a rare species among ape-type Magical Beasts. A Metal-Elemental and Wind-Elemental Saint Domain Magical Beast. It possesses Herculean strength and is fairly difficult to deal with.
“Be careful. If you can’t beat it, run immediately. Don’t let the Golden Steel Wind Ape smack you to death with its palm!”
“The Golden Steel Wind Ape?” Meng Lei raised an eyebrow.
The Golden Steel Wind Ape glared furiously at Meng Lei, raging flames of fury bursting forth from its huge eyes that were as big as elephants.
“Damned human! How dare you disturb Bradley’s beautiful dreams! You’re courting death!”
It had only just spoken when it immediately opened its bus-sized mouth and spat out a tornado measuring a dozen or so meters wide.
Whoosh!
As he faced the tornado sweeping toward him, Meng Lei stood still and motionless. In fact, he was even somewhat in a trance.
Because in the instant that the Golden Steel Wind-Ape had launched its attack, a few dazzling light balls had dropped from it.
“Ding! Dropped item detected. Will you pick it up?”
“Isn’t that obvious? Pick it up”
“Ding! Pickup successful. Host’s Physical Body Constitution +3,038!”
“Ding! Assimilation successful. You have obtained the first-class spell, Golden Wheel Reincarnation Blast!”
“Ding! Assimilation successful. You have obtained the first-class spell, Dimensional Blade!”
“Ding! Assimilation successful. You have obtained a Wind-Elemental Laws of Nature Fragment!”
“What the heck!?”
At the sound of the system notifications constantly ringing out in his mind, Meng Lei became excited at once.
First-class spells and a wind-elemental Laws of Nature fragment!
He had really struck gold this time! When he had battled Saint Domain Magical Beasts in the past, they had never once dropped this much good stuff before.
Boom!
However, during this exact instant, the fearsome tornado straight up engulfed Meng Lei, and countless razor-sharp wind blades sliced at his body. The magic robe he was wearing didn’t last long before it was ripped into shreds by the innumerable wind blades.
And then, it was his underwear’s turn...
Similarly, they weren’t spared, either...
However, the amazing thing was that when the razor-sharp wind blades cleaved onto Meng Lei’s body, it was as though they were cleaving onto steel plates—aside from causing bursts of sparks to fly about, they weren’t able to cut even a bit of his skin.
Additionally, it was as though Meng Lei didn’t feel any pain or agony, either. No matter how the wind blades cleaved at him or attacked him, he stayed still and motionless.
“The wind’s lithe gracefulness, nimbleness, raging violence...
“It could be as gentle as a soft breeze caressing one’s face while it could also be as turbulent as to destroy the heavens and earth...
“The wind...”
Waves of comprehension and information regarding the wind-elemental laws of nature appeared within Meng Lei’s mind. He browsed through them quickly as though he was watching a movie. In no time, he had opened the door to the wind-elemental laws of nature!
“So, this is... What wind is!”
After a long while, Meng Lei slowly opened his eyes. A shrewd gleam flashed across his eyes, and then his entire self disappeared inside the tornado. By the time he reappeared, he was already behind the Golden Steel Wind-Ape!
“As they say, it doesn’t fulfill propriety if one doesn’t return as good as they receive. You can have a taste of my wind, too!”
Meng Lei opened his mouth. A lithe, transparent air current suddenly shot out of his mouth and shot toward the back of the Golden Steel Wind-Ape’s head at lightning-quick speed!
Whoosh!
Upon coming into contact with air, the light and lithe air current had a sudden, dramatic burst of speed. In an instant, it morphed into an incomparably sharp wind blade that cleaved viciously against the back of the Golden Steel Wind-Ape’s head.
Crack!
Amid the sounds of metals colliding against each other, a small crack was cleaved out of the back of the Golden Steel Wind-Ape’s head, and peculiar black blood squirted out of it.
Roar!
Although the tiny crack didn’t count as much at all when compared to the Golden Steel Wind-Ape’s enormous body, it still pained the Magical Beast, nevertheless. It let out furious roars after roars. Then, it turned around, and its palm smacked viciously toward Meng Lei as though it wanted to crush him into smithereens.
Whoosh!
Meng Lei vanished in an instant. By the time he reappeared,
he was already on the Golden Steel Wind-Ape’s shoulder. He said, “Your defenses are pretty good, big guy, but you’re too slow!”
Roar!
The Golden Steel Wind-Ape quickly turned its head and delivered another smack with its palm. Although its speed was fast enough, it was still as slow as an 80-year-old granny in Meng Lei’s eyes.
“Too slow!”
Meng Lei ducked slightly, and then he arrived at the top of the Golden Steel Wind-Ape’s head. It was only at this point that its gigantic palm finally landed against its shoulder. With a thunderous boom, the Golden Steel Wind-Ape knocked itself unsteady, causing itself to stumble.
“Hahaha! How stupid!”
Meng Lei couldn’t help but break into a grin. “Have all of its Stat Attribute Points gone to its size and defenses? There’s pretty much no one else with a speed like the Golden Steel Wind-Ape’s!”
“Duh! If the Golden Steel Wind-Ape was fast enough, would it appear here?”
Ol’ Amos snorted and said, “But come to think of it, isn’t your speed a little too fast? Even Saint Domain Magical Beasts with agility as their forte aren’t as quick-footed as you. It would be stranger if the Golden Steel Wind-Ape could catch up to you!”
“Haha! Of course!”
Meng Lei smiled smugly in response, thinking to himself, My defenses are also super awesome, let alone my speed! Do you think the Gods-Slaying Rat bloodline is unworthy of its reputation?
Chapter 151: This Is Just Basic Operations, So Don’t Be That Amazed, Dimensional Blade
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Host: Meng Lei
Race: Human (Fire Dragon bloodline <50%>, Fire Demon bloodline <45%>, Golden Gods-Slaying Ant bloodline <10%>, Gods-Slaying Rat bloodline <1%>)
Wealth: 2.88 Laws of Nature Origin Crystals
Physical Body Constitution: Saint Domain (11,072,554,516/100 billion)
Spirit: Ninth-Grade Great Magician (1,789,871/1,000,000,000)
Magic Power: Ninth-Grade Great Magician (1,457,391/1,000,000,000)
Laws of Nature: Fire-Elemental (0.2%), Wind-Elemental (0.1%)
Others: Some increase
These were Meng Lei’s current personal stats.
His bloodlines, Wealth, Physical Body Constitution, Spirit, Magic Power, and Laws of Nature comprehension had all undergone a dramatic change.
Within which, there was only one factor contributing to his spike in Physical Body Constitution—the Gods-Slaying Rat bloodline.
After this particular fearsome bloodline—that he had picked up via the chargeable function Limitless Pickup—had been assimilated into his body, Meng Lei’s Physical Body Constitution had gone from 1 billion to 11 billion.
It had risen by a whole 10 times and more!
Apart from that, it had also given Meng Lei extraordinarily quick speed and extraordinarily strong defenses, as well as two different types of magic talent—wind-elemental and dark-elemental magic talent.
It could be said that the assimilation of the Gods-Slaying Rat bloodline had given Meng Lei great benefits. And yet, its bloodline assimilation rate was only... 1%!
Now, that was crazy.
Just how fearsome was that bloodline!?
Meng Lei found this normal, though.
According to the system, the Gods-Slaying Rat was a Deity-level Magical Beast whose strength was absurdly powerful. Even in the vast and boundless universe, the creature was rarely ever seen.
In fact, because it was too much of a mutant, it attracted the heavens’ jealousy. As a result, the Gods-Slaying Rats were unable to form packs and could only live in solitude by themselves in the world.
One could imagine just how big of a mutant that creature was.
Therefore, what did the tenfold improvement of his body post-assimilation even count as?
What did obtaining extraordinarily strong defenses and speed even count as?
What did the 1% bloodline assimilation rate even count as?
This was basic operations, and one mustn’t be that impressed!
Keep calm, everyone!
Because of this, Meng Lei was very calm and composed when facing Ol’ Amos’ astonishment.
You’re already that astonished? This doesn’t even count as much yet...
When I’ve earned enough, I’ll boost the 1% bloodline assimilation rate. You can be astonished again when that happens.
“Stop being so smug. Hurry and take care of that Golden Steel Wind-Ape first!” Ol’ Amos sighed and said, “You don’t have much time left. You still have to take part in the exchange competition tomorrow.”
“Alright,” said Meng Lei in response, and then he promptly activated a first-class spell.
Rasp!
A green translucent wind blade several hundred meters long abruptly appeared and hurtled toward the Golden Steel Wind-Ape at lightning-quick speed.
Its speed was incomparably fast. The astonishing thing was that everywhere that the wind blade passed by, a gash was ripped directly into the air as if it were a piece of cloth.
It was the wind-elemental single-target first-class spell—Dimensional Blade.
Roar!
Upon sensing the life-threatening danger, the Golden Steel Wind-Ape hastily ran into the distance in an attempt to avoid the Dimensional Blade’s attack.
“Do you really think you can get away?”
Meng Lei shook his head lightly.
Rasp!
In just the twinkling of an eye, the Dimensional Blade crossed the 100-meters distance and arrived at the Golden Steel Wind-Ape’s neck.
Roar!!
During the moment of crisis, the Golden Steel Wind-Ape hastily raised its arm and protected its neck. As a crisp rip rang out, the Dimensional Blade easily cut through its arm to slice into its neck. It was only after it sank a dozen meters or so deep into its neck that it dissipated completely from the depletion of force.
Boom!
A segment of the Golden Steel Wind-Ape’s arm landed onto the ground. It was as though a towering tree dozens of meters thick had fallen, and the impact from the crash caused the ground to shake violently.
Splurt!
Black blood spurted everywhere, dyeing the silver-colored ground black. Severe pain assaulted the Golden Steel Wind-Ape’s nerves, causing it to let out sad and shrill cries.
“Goodbye, big guy!”
Before anyone even realized, Meng Lei had circled to the back of the Golden Steel Wind-Ape. Then, he tossed yet another Dimensional Blade out.
Splurt!
This time, the Golden Steel Wind-Ape was no longer able to block the attack, and the Dimensional Blade sliced cleanly across its neck.
Boom!
At once, the Golden Steel Wind-Ape froze on the spot, becoming still and motionless while a thin, narrow line of blood appeared at its neck.
The very next second, its head slid off and fell onto the ground with a great crash.
The system notification rang out in a timely fashion at this point.
“Ding! 1 Golden Steel Wind-Ape killed. 10.3 billion gold coins gained!”
“10.3 billion gold coins into the pocket!”
A smile appeared on Meng Lei’s visage, and he glanced habitually at his Wealth value—3.91 Laws of Nature Origin Crystals, which when converted into gold coins, equated to 39.1 billion gold coins.
“39.1 billion gold coins! This isn’t enough yet! Far from it!”
Meng Lei didn’t indulge in self-satisfaction. There were simply too many things that he needed money for. Disregarding how his magic power and spiritual power desperately needed to be boosted, he needed money for just his Laws of Nature degree of comprehension, his bloodline assimilation rate, and the Limitless Pickup function alone.
.1 billion gold coins—that was nothing but just a drop in the ocean!
“Continue!”
Meng Lei gouged out the Golden Steel Wind-Ape’s magic core. Then, his gaze lingered on its carcass, reluctant to part with it. He really wished he coul
d take it with him, but unfortunately, his spatial magic devices didn’t have the space to store it. Thus, he could only abandon it.
“However... This guy is a Wind-Elemental and Metal-Elemental Magical Beast. Even though I can’t take its carcass with me, can I take its metal-elemental magic talent?”
Meng Lei got into contact with the system right away. “System, if I use Brutal Plunder, will I be able to take the Golden Steel Wind-Ape’s metal-elemental magic talent? If it’s possible, how many gold coins will it cost?”
“To answer the host, it’ll cost 2 billion gold coins!”
“2 billion? What the hell? That’s so goddamn expensive! Never mind, just take it anyway!”
The next moment, his Wealth decreased by 2 billion gold coins in an instant.
“Ding! Plunder successful. Will you assimilate it?”
“Yes, assimilate it!”
“Great! Time to go!”
Whoosh!
His environment changed right away.
Meng Lei had already reached the 33rd level.
At the same time, in the outside world...
“Level 33! That monster named Meng Lei has gone up to Dragon God Tower’s 33rd level!”
“What a mutant! All the levels from the 31st one onward are overseen by Saint Domain Magical Beasts, yet he can actually still pass through them! Just how big of a mutant must he be to achieve that?”
“O’ Dragon God above! It’s hard to imagine that a monster like that is really from the 15 kingdoms and 48 dukedoms! How inconceivable!”
“The hardest thing to understand is that he’s actually human! Since when have the humans ever produced a monster like that?”
Everyone let out gasp after gasp of astonishment as they gazed at Meng Lei’s name—all of them had been astounded by him.
16 years old!
Level 33!
Just what kind of god-like achievement was that?
“Angus, our Meng Lei is pretty passable, right?” President Fred, who was all smiles, asked as he gazed at Angus, the muscular old man.
“Stop acting so smug, Fred!”
Angus snorted, his complexion becoming a dull purplish-red from anger. “A monster that can rank in the top few positions of history such as Meng Lei comes only once in 10,000 years. Your Fire Dragon Magic Academy was just lucky, that’s all!”