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Whoosh!
His Wealth instantly shrunk by 10 Laws of Nature Origin Crystals.
At the same time, a blackish-green air current also abruptly emerged from the depths of his blood vessels and flowed rapidly into his limbs, body, veins, bones, and skin. It flowed into every inch of Meng Lei’s body, rapidly modifying and strengthening it.
“Here it comes again...”
The intense agony and sharp pain that accompanied the strengthening process assailed Meng Lei’s pain receptors, reaching straight into the bones and burning his insides. It was much, much more intense than when he’d assimilated the Golden Colossal Dragon bloodline previously!
Pain!
Pain!
Pain!
Meng Lei let out a muffled grunt and clutched Sacas’ fur. If he could, he really wished he could blackout and get it over and done with.
Unfortunately, when one’s spiritual power was as powerful as his, how would they possibly pass out that easily?
He couldn’t! Therefore, the only thing he could do was to endure it!
In that case, then that was what he would do!
Upon sensing Meng Lei’s abnormality, Sacas couldn’t help but ask, “What’s wrong, Boss?”
Meng Lei growled in a low voice, “Don’t bother with me. Just focus on moving!”
“Understood!”
For some reason, Meng Lei’s low growl seemed to contain a boundless sense of majesty that gave Sacas shivers from the depths of its soul. It hurriedly buried its head into traveling and asked no more.
The whole modification process lasted roughly half an hour before it ended. Although it was a painful process, the results were encouraging!
The Gods-Slaying Rat bloodline assimilation rate had successfully risen to 2%!
Apart from that, the biggest change was in his Physical Body Constitution—it had doubled and reached an astonishing 24.1 billion points!
Prior to this, it had been 12 billion points, but it had now reached 24.1 billion points. It had totally doubled!
In other words, at the same time, his Gods-Slaying Rat bloodline assimilation rate was being raised by 1%, his Physical Body Constitution had also increased by 12 billion points along the way!
Had he redeemed the 12 billion Physical Body Constitution points via credit, he’d have needed 120 billion gold coins to do that.
What a worthwhile transaction! It couldn’t get any more worthwhile!
Not to mention that his speed and defenses had definitely received a great boost, too!
It was absolutely no exaggeration to say that the practical benefits that Meng Lei’d received had far surpassed the value of 100 billion gold coins.
To sum it up in one sentence, these 100 billion gold coins were simply too well-spent!
“I’ve earned big! This is way more efficient than pure credit redemption.
“I don’t need to spend on Physical Body Constitution anymore in the future. If I want to spend on credit redemption, I can just put it all into the Gods-Slaying Rat bloodline assimilation rate. It’s obviously way more cost-effective! It’s just that the process is a little more painful...”
Meng Lei took a breath and steamed off the perspiration and bloodstains on himself. Then, he continued to browse his personal stats interface.
Host: Meng Lei
Race: Human (Fire Dragon bloodline <52%>, Fire Demon bloodline <47%>, Golden Gods-Slaying Ant bloodline <10%>, Gods-Slaying Rat bloodline <2%>, Golden Colossal Dragon bloodline <50%>)
Wealth: 48.6 Laws of Nature Origin Crystals
Physical Body Constitution: Saint Domain (24,124,607,410/100 billion)
Spirit: Saint Domain (1,028,314,896/100 billion)
Magic Power: Saint Domain (1,025,888,951/100 billion)
Laws of Nature: Fire-elemental (0.2%), Wind-elemental (0.1%), Thunder-elemental (0.1%), Metal-elemental (0.2%), Light-elemental (0.1%)
Others: Some increase
“Now that I’ve boosted my absolute combat strength, it’s time for the game!”
Meng Lei switched into a comfortable position and laid down. Then, he took a deep breath and slowly closed his eyes.
“System, I want to use the Limitless Pickup function!”
The system’s icy-cold voice rang out. “Ding! 1 Laws of Nature Origin Crystal is required for the usage of this function. May I know if you’d like to use it?”
“Yes! I’m loaded with cash!”
Whoosh!
His Wealth instantly shrunk by 1 Law of Nature Origin Crystal.
Following that, a system notification also rang out a few seconds later. “Ding! Assimilation successful. Host’s wealth +1 million gold coins!”
(⊙_⊙)?
Meng Lei was dumbfounded.
“Host’s Wealth +1 million gold coins? What does that mean? I spent 10 billion gold coins just to pick up 1 million gold coins?
“What the actual f*ck!!! What a huge loss! This is a terrible loss! 10 billion gold coins just to pick up something like this?!
“I won’t take this lying down! Again!”
“Ding! 1 Laws of Nature Origin Crystal is required for the usage of this function. May I know if you’d like to use it?”
“Yes!”
Whoosh!
His Wealth shrunk by 1 Law of Nature Origin Crystal again.
The system’s icy-cold voice rang out. “Ding! Congratulations to the host. You’ve obtained a branch from the Tree of Vitality!”
“A... Branch from the Tree of Vitality?”
Rather flabbergasted, Meng Lei hastily took it out for inspection. An emerald green tree branch approximately one-meter-long appeared in his hand.
A split second later, a surge of vitality emanated from it, revitalizing and refreshing Meng Lei and sweeping away his fatigue.
“Boss!”
Upon sensing the vitality surge, Sacas turned his head at once.
“Where did you get something like that, brat?”
It had caught Ol’ Amos’ attention, too. He emerged from the spatial ring and gazed in astonishment at the green tree branch in Meng Lei’s hand.
“Do you recognize this thing, Ol’ President?” asked Meng Lei.
“Duh! If I can’t even recognize something like that, wouldn’t I have lived these tens of thousands of years in vain?”
Ol’ Amos rolled his eyes. Then, he picked up the tree branch and took a light sniff. As if an opium addict that had caught a whiff of opium, a look of revelry and infatuation appeared on his face at once!
“A branch from the Tree of Vitality! This is definitely a branch from the Tree of Vitality!
“This is good stuff! It contains an astonishing amount of vitality. Not only can it revive and heal, but it’s also a treasure that can restore one’s magic power!
“With this branch in hand, not only will meditation be several times—even dozens of times—more effective, but the restoration rate of the magic power in your body will also increase by a few times!
“This is good stuff! Definitely good stuff!”
Meng Lei asked eagerly, “If I auction this off, how much can it sell for?”
This thing was completely a white elephant to him. If he could turn it into gold coins instead, then the 10 billion gold coins to pick it up wouldn’t be spent in vain!
“What? You want to sell it? You wastrel!”
Ol’ Amos broke into a rant at once. “The Tree of Vitality is the Fairy Empire’s holy tree! Outsiders can’t even catch a glimpse of it, let alone obtain a branch from it!
“But if you were to auction this small little branch off, it’ll fetch at least dozens of billions of gold coins, I guess? Perhaps even 100 billion?”
“Up to 100 billion? Phew, that’s not a loss, then!”
Meng Lei heaved a sigh of relief and quickly kept the Tree of Vitality branch before contacting the system.
“You lousy system, look at what you’ve picked up for me? You rascal, aren’t you scamming me too much?”
“Dear host,
the Limitless Pickup system is a random pickup function. The quality of the item picked up is completely random.”
“Damn your randomness!” Meng Lei said huffily, “Can’t you pick up something better for me? Even at the worst, you shouldn’t make it too great of a loss. 10 billion gold coins per try is too hefty a price!
“Forget it. I won’t do it anymore. It’s too big a scam!
“But... I really can’t reconcile myself with this. I didn’t get anything good twice in a row. I really can’t reconcile myself with this!
“How about... I give it another go? Yeah! I’ll do it one last time! System, one more time!”
“Ding! 1 Laws of Nature Origin Crystal is required for the usage of this function. May I know if you’d like to use it?”
“Cut the crap, I’ll use it one last time!”
Whoosh!
His Wealth shrunk by 1 Law of Nature Origin Crystal once again.
“Please stop scamming me! If I get another piece of trash, I’m gonna go berserk!”
“Ding! Congratulations to the host. You’ve obtained the Hammer of Destruction!”
Chapter 179: The Behemoth On The Brink of Death, The Immortal Fairy
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
This was a polluted swamp!
Large patches of withered trees and vegetation laid in the muddy shallow waters. The bark had already fallen off the trees, causing the surfaces to be bald and smooth, and the polluted, yellowish lake waters gave off a terrible stench.
The whole swamp was barren, desolate, and quiet. There were no traces of life, and the whole place was silent.
Then, all of a sudden...
A huge shadow rushed from afar before ultimately coming to a stop in mid-air above the swamp. Thick, dense fur and powerful intertwining muscles covered its body—it was Sacas the Behemoth!
“Boss, this is the Scarlet Swamp Snakes’ territory,” Sacas said as it turned to Meng Lei. “The Scarlet Swamp Snake is an extremely powerful snake species that lives in a pack in the Lost Continent. Their numbers are fairly big.”
“How strong are they?”
“They vary in strength. Some are sixth-grade to seventh-grade, and some are eighth-grade to ninth-grade, while the Scarlet Swamp Snake Emperor itself is a Saint Domain Magical Beast.
“Generally speaking, the Scarlet Swamp Snakes are not any weaker than the Golden Corpse Bugs. Both are Magical Beast species that live in large packs.”
“Not bad.”
A satisfied Meng Lei waved him away. Then, he ordered, “Go on and get the Scarlet Swamp Snake Emperor out here.”
“Yes, Boss!”
Sacas casually picked up a withered branch and threw it into the swamp, causing the waters to splash about everywhere and the mud to spatter.
“...”
Two minutes later, a 20-meters-long water snake covered in reddish-brown spots weaved out of the swamp and slithered over to them in a crooked line.
“That’s the Scarlet Swamp Snake, Boss.”
As it watched the Scarlet Swamp Snake intently, Sacas explained, “This particular group of snakes is too greedy and has eaten all the living things inside the swamp.
“Therefore, Scarlet Swamp Snakes are constantly hungry. The moment there’s even the slightest bit of motion, they’ll be lured out of their den.
“Take a look over there!”
Meng Lei looked over on his cue to see Scarlet Swamp Snakes of varying sizes also popping out from other areas of the swamp. Additionally, their numbers were getting bigger and bigger. It was as though thousands upon thousands of snakes were spilling forth from their den.
“They’re a bunch of starving snakes, indeed.”
Meng Lei bent his fingers and made a stroking motion as if he were strumming a guitar. As he did so, wind blades also shot out one after another toward the Scarlet Swamp Snakes.
Splurt!
Splurt!
Splurt!
Amid constant jarring noises, the wind blades severed the Scarlet Swamp Snakes’ heads one by one, and they died one after another.
Blood spurted everywhere, and decapitated snakeheads were thrown out in all directions.
In a mere instant, the Scarlet Swamp Snakes that had crawled out of their den had all been killed. Freshly-spilled blood dyed the swamp red in dozens of spots, and the faint smell of blood slowly began to pervade the air.
Was everything over?
Of course not!
As though they’d caught the smell of blood, more and more Scarlet Swamp Snakes emerged from the swamp, like mushrooms sprouting after rain.
, 50, 100...
In less than the amount of time it took to take a few breaths, the initially-quiet swamp had become incredibly lively. Scarlet Swamp Snakes that had been hiding in unknown places made their grand appearances and filled up every corner of the swamp.
At one glance, the whole place was a scarlet red.
As far as the eye could see, big snakes were everywhere.
“Tsk, tsk! There must be at least 8,000 of them, if not 10,000!” Meng Lei marveled at the sight. “Just as well! I can just take them all out, then!”
“Absolute Zero!”
Boom!
A white, chilly air current burst forth and shrouded the whole area within 10,000 meters. Amid crisp snaps and cracks, everything in the surroundings was fixed in place during this instant.
The scarlet swamp became a nation of frost, and all the Scarlet Swamp Snakes within 10,000 meters turned into vivid-looking ice sculptures.
“Ding! 1 Scarlet Swamp Snake killed. 13 million gold coins gained!”
“Ding! 1 Scarlet Swamp Snake killed. 3.97 million gold coins gained!”
Meng Lei rose into the air and flew further into the swamp’s depths while Sacas followed closely after him.
Just like that, the pair slew everything in their path as they advanced. Snake carcasses were littered all about, and innumerable ice sculptures were created everywhere they passed through.
When the pair reached the very center of the swamp, a deep pool appeared in front of them. As though an old well, the pool waters were a clean and clear dark green. Deep and bottomless, it was completely different from the unbearably polluted swampy waters around it.
A powerful Saint Domain Magical Beast aura emanated from the pool, leaving no doubt to the fact that an enormous, savage beast was lurking within.
“Sacas, get him out here!”
“Yes, sir!”
Sacas grabbed a huge piece of wood and threw it right into the pool. At the same time, he also started to hurl abuse loudly. “Albin, here’s a f*cking coffin for your ancestors! Hurry and get the hell out here...”
Splash!
There was no way of telling whether it was the huge piece of wood that’d alarmed the savage beast in the pool or Sacas’ verbal abuse that’d taken effect!
Splash!
Amid great splashes, an enormous snakehead jumped out of the pool and bit at Sacas—who was in mid-air—at lightning-quick speed! Its huge mouth opened wide, and a fishy, pungent stink rushed toward their faces.
“Hmph!”
Sacas was already prepared for this a long time ago. In the instant the snake dived toward it, its sharp claws closed together, and it grabbed viciously at it!
Unexpectedly, in the instant that it was about to make contact with the snake, its head whipped to the side in an S-shape and bypassed Sacas’ sharp claws to clamp its jaws down at its waist!
Splash!
The next moment, the snake’s massive body followed closely and wound around Sacas at high speed. It went one round, two, two and a half...
Roar!
As a raging Behemoth, how would Sacas possibly allow the huge snake to get its way? With a roar into the sky, six two-meters-long barbed claws grabbed viciously at the snake’s body!
Slash!
Slash!
The claws created deep fissures in the snake’s body with every grab Sacas made as though meta
l hooks. Blood sprayed everywhere and dyed the snake—as well as the pool waters underneath them—red.
Hiss!
Pain came over the huge snake. It opened its cavernous jaws and bit at Sacas’ neck. Two sharp venomous fangs gleamed with a cold, greenish glow under the sunlight as they bit viciously at Sacas.
Meng Lei couldn’t help but shake his head with a light laugh at the sight of that. Just how tough and solid was Sacas’ body? First-class spells might not even be able to break its defenses, so how would two venomous fangs possibly be able to wound it?
Splurt!
However, something unbelievable happened the next moment. The two venomous fangs actually managed to pierce through Sacas’ skin and sink viciously into its body with a splurt.
Large amounts of venom were injected into its body and began to spread rapidly. Sacas stiffened up, and the movements of its sharp, barbed claws that were brandishing about fervently also gradually began to slow down—evidently, it had been poisoned!
“What the f*ck!!!”
Meng Lei, who was awfully shocked, hastily got ready to go forward to render aid. Not only was Sacas his trusted subordinate and favored aide, but he was also loyal and devoted. He couldn’t just watch it die from the snake’s venom.
Whoosh!
Unexpectedly, a sudden turn of events occurred at this point.
A shrill whiz abruptly rang out, and a green arrow shot toward them at an unbelievable speed. In an instant, it’d pierced through the snake’s point of weakness!
At once, the snake’s eyes rolled up, and its massive body immediately froze up. From the look of it, it wasn’t going to survive.
At the same time, the green arrow continued its momentum and pierced through the snake’s head to shoot toward Sacas’ throat!
The green arrow’s might hadn’t diminished by much. Even Meng Lei couldn’t be sure whether or not it would pierce through Sacas’ throat.
He couldn’t take chances with it!
“Damn!”
Meng Lei hastily grabbed at the arrow. After he had raised the Gods-Slaying Rat bloodline assimilation rate to 2%, his speed had improved even further. In an instant, he had come right up to Sacas.