Meng Lei didn’t find this out of the norm after a moment’s thought, however.
Heaven’s Vault Continent had experienced a total of five eras—the Fairy era, the Titan era, the Beast People era, the Colossal Dragon era, and the current era where all four races co-existed.
The Titans had ruled during the second era. Hence they had been around for much longer than the Dragon God Empire. Naturally, their heritage would also be a lot deeper and richer!
“Adding this to the previous 23.51 million, my Wealth has reached 49.41 million Laws of Nature Origin Crystals! This is a pretty big windfall!”
Meng Lei was in a fantastic mood!
I’ll collect some more!
The useful ones, the useless ones... I’ll collect them all!
Lastly, Meng Lei came to the area where special items were kept. There was an astonishing number of special items there, and they mostly consisted of animal bones, remains, animal teeth...
The Titans revered violence and loved collecting their prey’s teeth and skulls as mementos after their conquests. It was more than normal for there to be so many animal bones here.
“What rich wind-elemental power of divinity energy fluctuations! It’s another item from a true god!
“This tooth is so sharp! Alright, I’m taking it!
“What a huge skull! It’s probably 10,000-feet-tall? How big must its original form have been?
“Eh? This is...”
A three to four-meter-long golden ant sat in front of him. It gave off rich metal-elemental power of divinity energy fluctuations. If not for the fact that it had lost all signs of life, it could almost pass off for a living creature!
“It’s a Golden Gods-Slaying Ant!”
Meng Lei recognized the golden ant at first glance because it simply looked too alike to Little Gold. It was practically an enlarged version of Little Gold!
Although it was dead, the Golden Gods-Slaying Ant still gave off extremely strong power of divinity energy fluctuations—it was definitely a Golden Gods-Slaying Ant of the half-deity level.
“It’s probably the Golden Gods-Slaying Ant that met its demise during the catastrophe that time!”
Meng Lei stored the Golden Gods-Slaying Ant carcass away and continued his observation of the items there, upon which he then noticed quite a few other handicapped Golden Gods-Slaying Ants.
They were either missing an arm, a leg, tentacles, or a head. Evidently, they had all experienced a fierce battle when they were still alive!
“What’s this?”
Meng Lei came up to a pair of wings.
The wings appeared to be forged from silver-colored metal alloys. White streams of light shone on the surface, and it gave off a sharp and holy aura.
Meng Lei casually touched them. A buzz rang out, and then, he felt a mild pain coming from his finger—he had actually gotten a cut!
“What the heck! It’s so sharp!”
Disbelief filled Meng Lei. Not only was his divine body that of a pinnacle-level half-deity’s, but he had even assimilated the Gods-Slaying Rat and Hundred-Armed Giant bloodlines and enhanced his divine body’s defenses to an astonishing level!
Simply put, his divine body was currently extremely tough and durable!
Despite the 15 Titan half-deities bombarding him with attacks previously, they simply couldn’t leave even a scratch on him. From this, one could tell just how durable his body was!
Yet a light press against one of the wings’ feathers had cut him. Just how sharp were these wings?
Right at this point, a system notification abruptly rang out.
“Ding! Dropped item detected. Will you pick it up?”
“A dropped item?”
Meng Lei was a little taken aback.
“Yes, pick it up!”
“Ding! Assimilation successful. You have obtained a Metal-Origin Divine Body. Will you assimilate it?”
“(⊙_⊙)?”
Astonished, Meng Lei exclaimed, “What the heck! A metal-origin divine body? Are you serious?”
Had it been a few days ago when Meng Lei didn’t yet know what a metal-origin divine body was, he might not have been that astonished, but now that he did, all the more astonished he was!
According to Dodola, origin divine bodies were one of the most powerful types of divine bodies in the vast universe. As they were compatible with laws of nature origins, not only did the owners of such bodies possess an astonishingly fast cultivation speed, but they were also incomparably strong. On top of that, they even came with all kinds of incredible Innate Special Abilities and other abilities!
“And now! I’ve actually picked up a metal-origin divine body? What the heck! Just what kind of background does this pair of wings have?”
Meng Lei promptly consulted Dodola.
“Eh?”
Dodola’s eyes lit up the moment it saw the metal alloy wings. It said, “Kid, your luck is pretty good! You’ve actually gotten your hands on a treasure like this? Have you ransacked the Titan Empire’s treasury?”
“As expected, I can’t hide anything from you!”
Meng Lei burst into laughter.
Dodola looked at Meng Lei mockingly and remarked, “You’re too bold. To think you dare to even challenge the Titan Spiritual God! Aren’t you afraid that he’ll take revenge on you?”
“If he dares to come, I’ll hammer him to death!”
Meng Lei wasn’t too bothered about the Titan Spiritual God. In any case, he’d already made up his mind—before he became a true god, he would never take a step out of Heaven’s Vault Continent!
When he became a true god, he’d definitely be a Great Perfection-level one. By then, why would he still need to fear the Titan Spiritual God?
“The Titan Spiritual God indeed can’t do anything about you!”
Dodola couldn’t help but laugh. Then, it said, “But don’t you forget that he’s still a pinnacle-level intermediate deity, after all. There are many ways he can deal with you. You’d better take it easy!”
“Don’t worry. I know what to do!”
Meng Lei gave Dodola a smile. Then, he asked, “What exactly is this, though?”
“It’s good stuff! Rare good stuff!” A smiling Dodola said, “Have you heard of the Steel-Winged Angels?”
“The Steel-Winged Angels? Not at all!”
Meng Lei shook his head lightly. “I’ve only heard of Angels and Fallen Angels!”
“Like the Fallen Angels, Steel-Winged Angels are also angels. The difference between the two is that the former is a clan of angels that formed after the members had fallen from grace,” A smiling Dodola said, “While the Steel-Winged Angels are a kind of completely new life form that comes into being when an angel’s bloodline mutates!”
“When their bloodline mutates?”
Meng Lei was mildly taken aback.
“That’s right! When their bloodline mutates!”
“Just like the Hundred-Armed Giants come into being when Titan Gods undergo a bloodline mutation, Steel-Winged Angels are a new lifeform that comes into being when Angels undergo a bloodline mutation!”
Dodola explained, “There are both advantages and disadvantages to bloodline mutations. Some mutations allow one’s lifespan and power to increase sharply while some cause them to fall drastically!”
A curious Meng Lei asked, “And in the case of the Steel-Winged Angels?”
“Like the Hundred-Armed Giants, their mutation is also for the better!”
Dodola glanced at the metal alloy wings. Then, it said, “Apart from their original light-elemental foundation, post-mutation Steel-Winged Angels also gain an additional metal-elemental attribute. Thus, on top of having the Angels’ every talent, ability, and special ability, Steel-Winged Angels also possess an additional metal-elemental talent, ability, and special ability!
“In terms of battle power, Steel-Winged Angels are much more powerful than normal Angels! But unlike the Hundred-Armed Giants, Steel-Winged Angels weren’t expelled by the A
ngel Gods. Instead, they even became priority targets of grooming!”
Dodola said wistfully, “The Steel-Winged Angels also worked hard to live up to expectations. Although there aren’t many of them, almost every one of them was able to become a higher deity. Additionally, a Great Perfection true god even emerged from among them, greatly boosting the Angel Gods’ combat strength and heritage. Their name resounds greatly in the vast universe!”
“Are the Steel-Winged Angels that monstrous?”
Meng Lei clicked his tongue in wonder. Then, he asked, “Do all Steel-Winged Angels have metal-origin divine bodies?”
“How can that be?”
Dodola promptly shook its head. “Just how rare are origin divine bodies? How can there possibly be clans of them?”
“Is it impossible?”
“Of course! Take the Fairy Goddess, for example. Even though she has a wood-origin divine body, it doesn’t mean that other Fairies would also possess wood-origin divine bodies. As a matter of fact, out of innumerable Fairies in the world, only the Fairy Goddess owns a wood-origin divine body!
“The same goes for the Steel-Winged Angels. A random Steel-Winged Angel may have a metal-origin divine body, but it’s impossible for all of them to have one each!”
“I see!”
Meng Lei couldn’t help but smile. “In that case, my luck has shot through the roof! I picked up a random pair of Steel-Winged Angel wings and immediately bumped into the metal-origin divine body!”
“Metal-origin divine body?”
Dodola looked puzzled. “You can’t be saying that the owner of these wings has a metal-origin divine body, right? What kind of joke is that? How can that be?”
“It’s true, Dodola!”
A smiling Meng Lei said, “The owner of this pair of wings does indeed have a metal-origin divine body!”
“Really?” A doubtful Dodola asked, “How did you know that?”
“I just do!”
Meng Lei gave Dodola a smile. Then, without waiting for Dodola to pursue the matter, he contacted the system at once. “Say no more, system! Assimilate the metal-origin divine body!”
“Ding! Assimilating the metal-origin divine body now!”
Clank!
A golden deluge suddenly surged out of Meng Lei’s mind, instantly spreading throughout his body. It flowed through his limbs and integrated itself into every nook and cranny of his body!
His cells gradually turned a golden color, in turn causing his flesh, blood, bones, organs, and skin to also turn gold. As though someone had cast the metal-elemental first-class spell Ultimate Alchemy on him, Meng Lei gradually turned a golden color!
“What’s going on?”
Dodola was shocked by Meng Lei’s sudden change. It panicked and hastily shouted, “Meng Lei, what’s happening to you?”
Meng Lei paid Dodola no heed. Instead, he shut his eyes and took in the changes happening in his body in detail.
He could feel it—a fierce, torrential wave of metal-elemental energy was currently modifying his body!
It wasn’t metal-elemental laws of nature!
It wasn’t metal-elemental power of divinity!
It wasn’t metal-elemental magic power!
It wasn’t metal-elemental Battle Aura!
So, just what exactly was it?
Meng Lei couldn’t put his finger on it, either!
All he could tell was that it was a very peculiar kind of metal-elemental energy!
There was no pain during the entire process. Additionally, the assimilation process was very quick. It didn’t last even a minute before it ended.
Yet it was exactly this short one minute’s time that made Meng Lei feel like his body had undergone an extreme change.
“What a peculiar sensation!”
Meng Lei felt as if the metal laws of nature in the universe had become his friends and his servants, allowing him to manipulate, direct, and control them!
This was a sensation that felt like he’d completely mastered metal laws of nature. It was entirely different from how his prior comprehension of the laws of nature had felt!
He’d previously already comprehended metal-elemental laws of nature, but just like how one mastered a discipline of learning, all he had achieved was merely mastering all the knowledge related to the subject of study.
He could make use of that knowledge to do certain things, such as casting spells, casting first-class spells, and casting Divine Techniques—by doing this, he was reproducing the way the spells were to be cast and applying what he had learned.
But now, he could directly command that knowledge to carry out tasks for him, such as “Cast a spell!”, “Cast a first-class spell!”, or “Cast a Divine Technique!”—he was completely commanding and controlling them!
There was a world of difference between the two!
To put it in more concrete terms, the former depleted one’s spiritual power, magic power, and power of divinity, whereas the latter depleted only a small amount of spiritual power and no magic power or power of divinity at all!
Evidently, there was a difference in intrinsic quality between the two!
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“A metal-origin divine body! That’s the aura of a metal-origin divine body!”
Dodola was stunned. “O’ great God of Time! What exactly has Meng Lei done? Why has he suddenly obtained a metal-origin divine body for no reason whatsoever?”
Even if Dodola hadn’t recognized the metal-origin divine body at the start of Meng Lei’s assimilation process, it would have lived all these years in vain if it still couldn’t recognize it as the process went on.
A metal-origin divine body!
That was definitely a metal-origin divine body!
Meng Lei had actually inexplicably obtained a metal-origin divine body right under its nose! Dodola felt as if everything it knew had been overturned!
Origin divine bodies were an inborn characteristic!
What was the meaning of “inborn”?
It meant that the characteristic existed in one from birth! If it wasn’t there at the point of birth, then they would never have it, no matter how much they tried!
Dodola had never heard of anyone successfully modifying their body into an origin divine body after they were born!
Dodola circled Meng Lei vigorously, its eyes boring into him as if wanting to see through all of his secrets and see through him.
Meng Lei also just so happened to open his eyes at this point. A couple of sharp glints flashed across his eyes, and then, two cracks formed in the air with a rip.
Dodola promptly asked, “Be honest with me, Meng Lei. What exactly is up with the metal-origin divine body?”
“I just gained it for some inexplicable reason!”
Meng Lei blinked at Dodola.
“Some inexplicable reason...”
Dodola gnashed its teeth in frustration, feeling the urge to beat someone up. “You’re always spinning some kind of story whenever I ask you something crucial! Do you know that you’ll end up friendless if you do that?
“No, this won’t do! You must give me an honest explanation today! Otherwise, I won’t be able to sleep!”
What does whether you’re able to get to sleep or not have anything to do with me?
Meng Lei secretly dissed Dodola, but nevertheless, he still answered, “I have a miraculous ability that allows me to plunder bloodlines, divine bodies, special abilities... and so on, and assimilate them into my own body so that I can become stronger!”
“What did you say?”
A huge shudder went through the utterly astounded Dodola. “Does an ability like that even exist?”
“Of course!”
Meng Lei gave Dodola a smug smile. “That’s how the Gods-Slaying Rat, Divine Netherworld Phoenix, and Hundred-Armed Giant bloodlines, as well as my Teleportation, Transfer, and other special abilities came a
bout!
“Of course, I’ll continue to plunder even more bloodlines, divine bodies, and special abilities in the future, too!”
“...”
Dodola was stunned. Only after a long while did two words come out of its mouth—”You monster!”
“Thanks for the compliment!”
A smiling Meng Lei then asked, “Do you think there’s a need for me to assimilate the Steel-Winged Angel bloodline?”
“The Steel-Winged Angel bloodline?” Dodola was slightly taken aback before it realized what Meng Lei meant. It asked, “Are you thinking of assimilating the Steel-Winged Angel bloodline?”
“I’ll assimilate it if it’s useful, but if it isn’t, then I’ll leave it.”
With a shake of his head, Meng Lei said, “I’m a very practical person. Everything I do is for the sake of power!”
“Of course it’s useful!”
Without any hesitation whatsoever, Dodola said, “The Steel-Winged Angel bloodline is in no way inferior to the Fallen Angel, Gods-Slaying Rat, Divine Netherworld Phoenix, and Hundred-Armed Giant bloodlines. Assimilating it will give you lots of benefits!”
“Tell me about it in detail!”
Meng Lei perked up!
“Firstly, after you assimilate the Steel-Winged Angel bloodline, you’ll gain speed that’s as fast as the speed of light. The Angel Gods are well-known for their speed. It’s no joke!
“Secondly, you’ll also come to possess superbly strong defenses! Although your defenses are already very strong, the addition of the Steel-Winged Angel’s defenses will definitely be an extra powerful boost, allowing your defenses to reach fearsome levels!”
Dodola went on unceasingly. “Next, every part of the Steel-Winged Angel’s body is a weapon. If you assimilate the bloodline, your offensive power will also greatly increase!
“You’ve never seen how the Steel-Winged Angels wove to and fro and crisscrossed left and right at will as they slaughtered the Devils during the war between the Gods and the Devils. The sight is simply too terrifying!
“Lastly, as well as most importantly,” Dodola’s eyes shone keenly and brightly as it said, “The Angel Gods are an extremely powerful clan of gods. This is especially true in the Celestial Realm, where they hold fearsome power and authority!
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