Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
As the cultivation technique used by Fire Dragon Kingdom royalty, the Fire Dragon Manual was no doubt a top-notch Battle Aura Technique. When cultivated to a level of great mastery, one could go straight up to the pinnacle of ninth-grade!
This was a priceless treasure that no amount of money could buy!
However, what frustrated Meng Lei was that he couldn’t cultivate this godly secret technique as he didn’t have any Fire Dragon blood in him!
Fire Dragon Manual can purify the Fire Dragon bloodline in the cultivator’s body, such that the dragon blood inside them becomes purer and more refined. When cultivated to a level of great mastery, they would be able to transform into a Fire Colossal Dragon!
As part of the Colossal Dragon race, not only did the Fire Colossal Dragons possess a strong and powerful body, but they were also born with the ability to manipulate flames and had extremely powerful combat abilities. They were an existence far above the rest of Heaven’s Vault Continent’s lifeforms and were a synonym for great power and fearsomeness!
If he could, of course Meng Lei would like to cultivate it, but...
Nevermind! I’ll think of something in the future!
If I really can’t come up with any solution, then I can only sell it. Turning it into gold coins is also a great option!
While he was certainly frustrated about it, he had to admit that his rewards from this afternoon were indeed impressive. His Physical Body Constitution had increased by more than 200 points, the number of gold coins he had had increased by more than 1,000, and his Spiritual Power had increased by more than 100 points!
He had even obtained six battle skills and the Fire Dragon Manual!
After adding everything up, the frustration in Meng Lei’s heart was swept clean. He secretly rejoiced that the decision he had made today was simply too wise! His battle capabilities had visibly improved, how awesome was that!
Bong, bong, bong!
At that moment, three loud and resonant gongs suddenly rang out. A few dazzling rays of light shone down from the ceiling and converged at the fighting ring underneath. The ring, which was made out of gold, reflected a brilliant golden light at once!
The light was glorious and resplendent, brilliant and dazzling!
“What the! A fighting ring made out of gold!”
Meng Lei’s eyes narrowed slightly as he received a huge shock. The ring was very big, easily more than 20 meters long and wide, and three to four meters high. Standing erect in the battleground, it was totally a block of gold!
If that were to be divided into gold coins, just how many would it amount to?
Meng Lei’s eyes practically bore right into it, wishing beyond belief that he could straight up take the entire fighting ring and keep it. Just how many Attribute Points would he be able to redeem with that?!
“Dear guests!
“Esteemed guests and friends!
“Good evening, everybody!
“I am Heidi Glenna, your host for tonight’s King of Fighters battle! On behalf of Flame Arena, let me welcome you!”
A clear and melodious voice rang out, and the beautiful form of a woman floated down from the ceiling. With a hot and sexy figure and snowy white wings, she was as though a holy and pure angel from the divine kingdom of light. She was the host for tonight!
A Swan-Woman?
Meng Lei’s eyes widened dramatically. A Swan-Person was just like a Cat-Person—both of them belonged to the Beast People race. This was the first time Meng Lei had ever seen a Swan-Person. He couldn’t help but be astounded by their beauty!
“She’s so beautiful. No wonder Swan-People are said to be one of the most beautiful races in Heaven’s Vault Continent. Those looks... They really make one’s blood boil with excitement!”
“The annual King of Fighters battle shall take place tonight. At this greatly anticipated moment, please allow me to formally introduce tonight’s battle contestants to everyone!
“They are, respectively, this year’s newly-promoted King of Fighters...
“...Oden Flit!”
Whoosh!
A ray of golden light cascaded from above and shone upon a corner of the ring. A small raised platform entered everyone’s sight, and on it stood a big and tall, strong, and muscular figure!
He was 2.4 meters tall and had bulging muscles!
He had a single fiery red horn on his head and a pair of fiery red wings on his back!
Fiery red scaly armor covered his body, and a long fiery red tail grew from his bottom!
His body was a brilliant fiery red all over, as though a flaming giant!
He was the newly-promoted King of Fighters—Oden Flit, a Fire Dragon Person with terrifying battle capabilities!
“Oden!!!”
“Oden!!!”
“Oden!!!”
“The King of Fighters!!!”
“The King of Fighters!!!”
“The King of Fighters!!!”
Upon seeing Oden Flit’s appearance, loud deafening cheers resounded in the entire arena at once. Several big-bellied noblemen waved their arms and shouted hysterically, while several sexy and beautiful young ladies blushed and became extremely excited!
Horrifying waves of cheers rang out louder than the previous, almost flipping off the ceiling. The on-site atmosphere was close to exploding!
That guy sure is popular!
Meng Lei rubbed his ears that had become numb from the reverberations, somewhat in disbelief. He didn’t expect that this Fire Dragon Person named Oden Flit would actually be so popular.
One must know that the people who were able to be present here today weren’t like those fervent fans on Earth that chased after young and fresh stars. Rather, they were officials that held authority and power, nobility with high social status, and extremely wealthy tycoons!
These people were akin to celebrities and people from high society on Earth, yet they were actually also groupies and were even so frenzied and unbridled in being one. This was something completely out of Meng Lei’s expectations!
No, wait, Oden Flit... Flit?
Isn’t that a royal surname?
Could that guy also be royalty?
A Fire Dragon Person! Flit! Could he really be royalty!?
Meng Lei was astonished!
Fighters!
They might look like they were living the life, but they were ultimately meant for people’s viewing pleasure!
In the eyes of the nobility, who had high status and social standing, fighters were ultimately a cheap and lowly occupation. None of the nobility would be willing to be a fighter and become a toy for people’s viewing pleasure!
Much less royalty?
As the royal race in control of Fire Dragon Kingdom, Fire Colossal Dragon blood flowed through the royalty’s veins. They thought of their bloodline as noble and refined, and their status as venerable. Who among them would be willing to become a fighter?
However, very evidently, that was what Oden Flit had done!
Now, that was pretty inconceivable!
What Meng Lei didn’t know was that Oden’s immense popularity was the result of the term “King of Fighters”. Before he had become a King of Fighters, what Oden had welcomed weren’t cheers and acclamations, but disdain and mockery.
Unlike regular fighters, the term “King of Fighters” represented the king among the fighters and symbolized great strength and power.
The nobility might be full of disdain toward fighters, but they idolized the Kings of Fighters!
Before Oden had become a King of Fighters, people mocked him, and the royalty despised him. However, after he became a King of Fighters, everything changed.
That was a King of Fighters’ charm!
It was also the most direct reflection of how the strong were the most revered in Heaven’s Vault Continent!
“As everyone knows, our newly-promoted King of Fighters has royal blood in him. The noble and refined Fire D
ragon blood flows within him. This is also the reason why King of Fighters Oden possesses superbly strong battle capabilities!”
Heidi Glenna’s voice was loud and clear. She said, “These few years, ever since he joined Flame Arena, Oden has pressed on with a crushing force, won every single battle he was in, and successfully stood out from the rest to take the throne of the King of Fighters in the end!
“This is Oden’s victory!
“And also the royal bloodline’s victory!
“Let us wish for Oden’s happiness, and hope that he can continue his winning streak in the King of Fighters battle coming up! And hope that he can create another miracle and another legend!”
“Oden!”
“Oden!”
“Oden!”
...
“As for the other contestant tonight, I’m sure everyone is already very familiar with who he is. He once held the King of Fighters position for three successive terms, won the King of Fighters battles thrice in a row, and even achieved brilliant results in the King of Fighters battle organized by the empire this year!
“He is our Giant Spiritual God—Nicolas Austin!”
Chapter 39: The Battle Is Set, Fire Dragon Bloodline
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He was more than four meters tall, and was a bronze color throughout!
The muscles all over his body intertwined and bulged like rocks!
His eyes were bright and piercing, and he held a mace in his hand!
He wore a suit of golden armor and had a horned Viking helmet on his head!
He was the King of Fighters that had held the title for three terms straight—Nicolas Austin, the Giant Spiritual God!
“All of our guests should be aware that our Giant Spiritual God has Ancient Giant blood in him. He has herculean strength and was once the winner of the King of Fighters title for three years straight. He even fought with all his might against powerful opponents in the Emperor of Fighters battle organized by the empire this year, and achieved an impressive third place!”
The host’s voice overflowed with passion and resounded throughout the sky above the ring. She said, “Today, we shall look forward to seeing whether Nicolas can overcome his opponent to achieve victory, and continue his King of Fighters legend!”
“Giant Spiritual God!!!”
“Giant Spiritual God!!!”
“Giant Spiritual God!!!”
As though deafening claps of thunder, even more fanatical cheers erupted with a boom and engulfed the Flaming Ring of Life And Death. The reverberations made the audience’s eardrums hurt, causing their ears to hum and making them dizzy!
As the winner of three King of Fighters terms, Nicolas the Giant Spiritual God enjoyed immense popularity. It was something that the newly-promoted King of Fighters Oden couldn’t compare with, despite having royalty blood in him!
“And now, let us hand the ring over to the two Kings of Fighters!”
The host flapped her snowy white wings and slowly left the ring. Then, Oden and Nicolas, who were standing on the small raised platforms, moved simultaneously!
With a flap of his wings, Oden turned into a beam of fiery red light and arrived in the ring in an instant. He moved swiftly and as quick as lightning, arousing scream after scream from the audience!
Roar!!!
Nicolas let out a furious roar and stepped onto the platform with one foot. With a dull and thunderous boom, the platform cracked and fell apart. Nicolas’ big and tall form leaped high into the air and landed on the ring!
“Victory for Oden!!!”
“Victory for the Giant Spiritual God!!!”
In this instant, the cheers and screams in the arena reached their pinnacle. People screamed and shouted excitedly as though they had gone mad!
Madness! Truly madness! Looks like fervent fans exist in every world. Eh? That’s...
Meng Lei noticed light balls dropping one after another from the crazed, fervent fans. Judging from the color, these light balls were mostly spirit light balls.
Could it be that people easily drop spirit light balls when they are excited?
Meng Lei was secretly astonished. However, he didn’t stay idle. He turned and left the fighters’ viewing gallery, went down the safety passage, and quietly came to the stands.
Fighters were the arena’s internal staff. Hence, apart from being unable to enter the VIP rooms, they could freely enter any area in the arena.
“Ding! Assimilation successful. Host’s Spirit +5!”
“Ding! Assimilation successful. Host’s Spirit +7!”
Meng Lei collected dropped light balls without a moment’s pause as he walked about the stands.
Hehe, how marvelous! I was really right to come to the arena!
Whoosh!
Just as Meng Lei collected his light balls, the cheers throughout the arena came to a sudden stop, as though someone had pressed the pause button. Meng Lei lifted his head and took a look. As it turned out, the battle between the Kings of Fighters had begun!
Magic shields rose into the air. The two Kings of Fighters gazed at each other from afar, sparks flying everywhere!
“Nicolas, I’m going to end your path of glory!”
Oden flapped his wings, his form suspended in mid-air. His voice was cold and emotionless like a blade, and there was an icy glint in his eyes.
“Shamelessly boastful little fellow, I hope your fists are half as tough as your mouth!” scoffed Nicolas as he sneered at him, his countenance full of disdain.
“Die!!!”
With a roar, Oden swooped down and struck out with his fist!
“Good job coming here!”
Boom!
As though meteors crashing into Earth, Oden and Nicolas clashed against each other forcefully. Within the booming thunderclap-like sounds of collision, the two of them went back and forth as they clashed intensely.
Every punch connected with flesh!
There was no holding back!
“Oden! Oden! Oden!”
“Giant Spiritual God! Giant Spiritual God! Giant Spiritual God!”
The audience in the arena were crazed as they shouted and cheered desperately!
One is a Dragon Person with Fire Dragon blood in him and part of royalty!
The other is a demi-giant with Ancient Giant blood in him!
This is truly like Mars ramming into Earth—a clash of the powerful!
Meng Lei stopped collecting light balls and watched the ring with bright and sparkling eyes, which were full of envy. As Kings of Fighters, Oden and Nicolas were definitely Ninth-Grade Warriors!
Ninth-grade!
That was a special domain!
This was because it was only one step away from reaching the Saint Domain!
The Saint Domain!
An existence far above!
An existence that transcended life and death!
An existence that controlled the heavens and earth!
It was a great and noble existence that truly stood at the pinnacle of all lifeforms!
Apart from this, ninth-grade also represented extremely strong and powerful battle capabilities!
Looking at the entire Fire Dragon Kingdom, Sixth-Grade and Seventh-Grade Warriors emerged in an endless stream. For Dragon People with even the least bit of purity in their bloodlines, even if they didn’t cultivate much, they would still become comparable to a Sixth-Grade or Seventh-Grade Warrior when they came of age!
In comparison, there were relatively fewer Eighth-Grade Warriors. It was impossible for one to reach a level like this just by relying on their bloodline. One could only reach this level by cultivating diligently.
As for Ninth-Grade Warriors, the numbers were even fewer!
There might not even be a single person that could attain ninth-grade among 10,000 Dragon People!
Thus, every Ninth-Grade Warrior enjoyed an illustrious social status. Those that were willing to become fighters for people’s viewing pleasure... There were
even fewer of them!
This might also be another reason why Oden and Nicolas were so popular!
Boom, boom, boom!
The intense battle in the ring had already turned white-hot. Oden, the Fire Dragon Person, transformed into a fiery beam of light and raised his speed and physical strength to their maximum, leaving afterimages everywhere in the ring!
On the other hand, Nicolas the Giant Spiritual God’s speed was evidently not on par with Oden’s. However, he was like a massive mountain. No matter how Oden blasted and bombarded him, he remained firm and unmoving!
Everyone could tell by this point of the battle.
Oden had high speed, and his attacks were swift and forceful!
Nicolas’ defense and physical strength were a notch higher!
One was fast, while the other was strong!
One could land strikes on his opponent, but couldn’t deal a fatal blow!
The other had stronger physical strength, but he was ultimately always slower by half a beat!
It can’t be that this stalemate is going to continue like this?
Meng Lei was secretly rendered speechless. The audience was also dissatisfied with the battle situation in the ring. They cheered and shouted even more desperately, hoping that the contestant they supported could defeat the other party and emerge victorious.
“Kid, do you only know how to scurry about madly like a mouse?”
Nicolas swung his mace, though it missed its target every time. He goaded, “Fight head-on with me if you have the capability to! You can’t defeat me just by fleeing about willfully!”
“Hmph!”
Oden was furious, yet there was nothing he could do. He was ultimately still too young and hadn’t been able to develop his body to perfection. In terms of physical strength, he lost to Nicolas!
If I can cultivate Fire Dragon Manual to a level of great mastery, I’d be able to smack him to death with just one hand. What a shame!
Oden was rather regretful and ended up spacing out slightly.
However, how could a battle between experts brook even a moment’s distraction?
Right in that split second, the experienced Nicolas seized the opportunity and swung his mace down. Oden barely managed to duck in a moment of desperation, but it was in this instant that Nicolas’ heavy fist came smashing down.
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