What the heck?
Was that something a person should be saying?
“That kid is a little too arrogant.” The muscular elderly man had an awful look on his face. “How dare he humiliate Francis like that? He’s too much!”
“To think he’s actually so full of himself when he’s so young. Are all geniuses’ personalities that warped and weird...”
This time, even President Fred didn’t know what he should say anymore. Frankly speaking, even he himself felt that Meng Lei was full of himself.
This was clear, blatant humiliation of Francis.
And true enough, Francis had indeed gone berserk. His eyes were freezing cold, and a biting chill that reached all the way to one’s bones burst forth from his eyes. “You have a death wish, don’t you?”
His cold, distant voice was still echoing in the arena when Francis vanished from where he was.
Clang!
The sound of a sword being drawn had only just rung out when a blade gleaming with a chilly glint appeared a few centimeters away from Meng Lei’s throat.
“How quick!”
Upon sensing the icy-cold blade at his throat, Meng Lei retreated with a burst of speed. The next instant, he was already ten meters away.
“Thinking of killing me? Very well!” A cold gleam appeared in Meng Lei’s eyes as he slowly uttered two words, “Meteor Fall!”
He had only just spoken when a fissure abruptly appeared above the arena. Pitch-black and bottomless, it was as though someone had forcefully ripped open a hole.
“That’s...”
All the spectators in the house cried out as one.
Several Saint Domain experts’ countenances also changed dramatically.
The next moment, a gigantic 100-meters-wide meteor with black flames circling around it suddenly wove through the fissure and crashed toward the ring at a lightning-quick speed.
It produced deafening booms as it traveled through the air, causing all the spectators to lose their sense of hearing. Loud explosions went off in their heads, leaving behind only booming noises.
“Damn!”
“That’s the fire-elemental single-target first-class spell, Meteor Fall!”
“A lunatic! He’s a total lunatic!”
The muscular elderly man let out a furious curse and instantly vanished from the private room.
“A f-first-class spell!”
Francis stared at the black meteor crashing toward him in a daze. As he sensed the terrifying destructiveness coming from the meteor, his visage suddenly became deathly pale.
“Am I going to die?”
That was the only notion remaining in Francis’ mind at the moment. He could only watch helplessly as the black meteor came nearer and nearer to him.
He knew he couldn’t get away!
That was such a massive meteor, and it was so close to him!
There was no way he could get away at all!
In the twinkling of an eye, it had already closed the distance of several dozen meters between them and reached right above him in a split second. In the instant where Francis thought he was going to be blasted to death, a burly figure abruptly showed up.
“Destroy!”
A fierce shout rang out, and a fist went flying out.
Buzz!
The black meteor instantly broke and splintered into countless black granules that fell continuously in large amounts with a buzz.
The muscular elderly man stood tall and proud in the ring, his long robe flapping in the wind.
“P-President!”
A dazed Francis stared at the elderly man, his Adam’s apple bobbing up and down slightly.
“Hmph!”
The elderly man glared at Francis, and then he looked at Meng Lei with an awful expression. “Little child, how dare you cast a first-class spell here? Aren’t you a little too bold?”
Meng Lei was noncommittal. He replied with a smile, “Didn’t everything turn out alright in the end, anyway?”
Despite his reaction, Meng Lei was actually secretly astounded. As a fire-elemental single-target offensive first-class spell, Meteor Fall contained incredible might.
Even ordinary Saint Domains wouldn’t dare to take it on head-on, yet that elderly man had shattered it with just a punch. His strength was truly unimaginable.
“Hmph!”
The muscular elderly man snorted. Then, he vanished right away.
“Are we still continuing the battle?” asked Meng Lei as he shifted his gaze to Francis.
“We don’t need to anymore! I concede defeat.”
Francis stared long and hard at Meng Lei. Then, he jumped off the ring without even looking behind him. His voice, however, floated back to Meng Lei. “Just you wait, though. I’ll defeat you someday!”
Meng Lei curled his lip disdainfully. This time, he didn’t leave the ring in a hurry. Instead, he looked at the contestant benches and said, “Anyone else? If there is, then you can come at me together. I don’t have the time to fight all of you one by one!”
“...”
Silence pervaded the contestant benches. The contestants practically lowered their heads all at the same time, none of them daring to face Meng Lei’s genius directly or challenge him.
Challenge him?
Oh my goodness!
Were they tired of living?
As if they would challenge him anymore!
The Meteor Fall from just now had given all the contestants the shock of their lives. While some of them had recognized the first-class spell and some hadn’t, this didn’t stop Meteor Fall from bringing them a terrifying sense of intimidation all the same.
Everyone had the same feeling—should the meteor hit them, they would be doomed for sure. They wouldn’t have any chance of survival at all!!
With all of them scared out of their wits, would they even still issue a challenge anymore?
“No one?”
Meng Lei made the offer another couple of times. After confirming that no one was challenging him, he finally left the ring, returned to the contestant benches, and took a seat.
Chapter 136: Attaining Saint Domain, System Upgrade
“That little fellow...”
Flit the 66th was frowning badly. “He’s too unbridled in his behavior. There are tens of thousands of spectators watching the competition here, yet he dares to cast a fire-elemental first-class spell? He’s got a lot of nerve!”
“If not for the Fighting Dragon President acting in time, who knows just how many casualties it would have caused? He must be severely punished!”
“What’s he going to be like in the future when he’s already so ruthless at such a young age? President Fred, this is your negligence in duty!”
“How dare he cast an ultimate first-class spell like Meteor Fall in a place where there are so many people around? I really can’t tell whether it’s because he’s out of his mind or if he just doesn’t give two hoots about the spectators’ lives!”
“Severe punishment! He must be given severe punishment!”
All the academy presidents spoke up one after another, severely criticizing and condemning Meng Lei’s actions. Evidently, they were extremely displeased with his actions just now.
Flit the 66th nodded lightly. “Initially, because he had made a meritorious contribution by fighting the ant tide and because he’s also of royal blood, he should have been conferred the title of an Earl. I had intended to confer the title upon him at the end of the exchange competition, but we’ll just forget about it now.”
...
The challenge matches continued all the way till 8 p.m. at night before it concluded. 52 victors were successfully selected from the matches.
It was then followed by the King’s speech.
Then, the qualifying round was officially declared over.
Meng Lei and Fatty Hart left the arena together and headed to Juxian Restaurant for a meal. They gobbled down meat and gulped down wine, stuffing their faces silly. It was almost midnigh
t by the time they finally returned to the academy to rest.
“Previously, I had always thought that by a stretch, my battle capabilities were enough, and should have been more than enough to handle the exchange competition, but now...”
As he laid on the sofa, Meng Lei thought back to the battle that afternoon. First, it had been Elizabeth and then followed by Francis. Although he had defeated the both of them in the end, it hadn’t been an easy feat.
In order to defeat Elizabeth, his hands had transformed into the ant-form—one could consider this a partial exposure of his trump card.
Then, in order to defeat Francis, he had cast a first-class spell. Casting a round of Meteor Fall had cost him over 100,000,000 gold coins!
While it had seemed like a cinch for him, to be honest, it hadn’t actually been.
“The situation is already this bad in the qualifying round. What more when it’s the official exchange competition? My opponents will definitely be even stronger.
“When it comes to strengthening battle capabilities, time is of the essence!”
With that, Meng Lei opened up the stats interface right away.
Wealth: 25,876,546,539 gold coins
Physical Body Constitution: Ninth-Grade Warrior (769,879,108/1,000,000,000)
Spirit: Great Ninth-Grade Magician (1,388,760/1,000,000,000)
Magic Power: Great Ninth-Grade Magician (968,678/1,000,000,000)
“System, redeem 2.4 billion gold coins and add them to my Physical Body Constitution!”
Whoosh!
His Wealth decreased by 2.4 billion gold coins in an instant.
At the same time, a warm, surging current started to barge about in his body, spreading to every part of his body and strengthening them fervently.
Meng Lei felt his body visibly being strengthened at a rate so fast as if he had launched off in a rocket.
.8 billion, 0.88 billion, 0.9 billion, 0.99 billion...
Boom!
His body finally broke through the one billion milestone and entered an all-new domain! A terrifying aura emanated from Meng Lei and swept through the entire room in an instant.
However, Meng Lei instead felt like his whole body had become as light as a feather at this moment. It was as though he had blended with the universe; if he so wished, it seemed like he could fly up high into the sky anytime he wanted and ride on the wind for a thousand miles.
“This feeling...”
Meng Lei didn’t resist it. He started to float into the air slowly like a balloon before becoming suspended in mid-air quietly in the end, still and motionless.
Standing suspended in the air and riding on the wind!
“Brat, you’ve actually broken through to Saint Domain!?”
Ol’ Amos flew out of the spatial ring. He was staring so hard that his eyeballs almost fell out of their sockets as he gazed at Meng Lei, who was suspended in mid-air.
Previously, when Meng Lei kept mysteriously enhancing his abilities, even though he had been astonished, he could still somewhat accept it—but that wasn’t the case this time.
Saint Domain!
Meng Lei had actually become a Saint Domain!
The Saint Domain that countless people dreamed of, yet was beyond their reach!
There was no way Ol’ Amos wouldn’t be astounded.
Ninth-Grade!
Saint Domain!
Seemingly only a step away, yet akin to an insurmountable gap. So many people were stuck at the pinnacle of ninth-grade, unable to take another inch forward for the rest of their lives. Yet Meng Lei had stepped into the Saint Domain without any warning whatsoever.
This made no sense at all.
“Yes! I’ve broken through to Saint Domain!”
As Meng Lei took in the sensation of the surging flood of energy in his body, he felt exceptionally strong and powerful. It was an unprecedented sensation of strength and power where he could smash an enormous mountain into smithereens with his fist.
“The most critical thing is that I can fly now.
“I don’t need to borrow any other source of power or any other tools, and I can already fly. It’s as though it’s part of my instincts.
“Is this what the Saint Domain is?”
“Mutant! You’re a mutant!” Ol’ Amos was going crazy. “First, you’ve comprehended fire-elemental laws of nature for some strange reason, and now, you’ve become a Saint Domain for some strange reason! Why? Why exactly is that? Just how did you manage to do that?!”
Ol’ Amos had indeed gone mad. If it were possible, he really wished he could open up Meng Lei’s head and take a good look at what exactly his secret was.
“Calm down, Ol’ President.” Meng Lei chuckled and replied, “There’ll be even more ridiculous things happening in the future. After being astonished, again and again, you’ll get used to it over time.”
“Hmph!”
Ol’ Amos snorted, exceptionally dissatisfied.
The moment it concerned critical matters, that damn brat always clammed up, avoided the topic, or changed the topic. He was too much!
“Ding! Congratulations to the host. You’ve leveled up to a Saint Domain Warrior. Please continue to work hard and strive to break through again!”
“Ding! It has been detected that the host has attained the Saint Domain realm, thereby fulfilling the system upgrade condition. Dear host, will you upgrade the system immediately?”
“Upgrade? You’re upgrading?” Meng Lei was dumbfounded.
“Yes, host!” the system replied.
“Alright, go ahead and upgrade!” Meng Lei was full of anticipation.
“Ding! The system upgrade will consume 10 billion gold coins...”
“Wait a minute! 10 billion gold coins?” Meng Lei was stupefied. “Why do you need to consume 10 billion gold coins in order to upgrade?”
Meng Lei glanced at his Wealth—he was only left with 23.4 billion gold coins now. Should he upgrade the system, wouldn’t he only be left with 13.4 billion?
What a huge loss!
“Ding! Dear host, after the system upgrade, the system will become even more powerful and the functions even more well-rounded, and it will provide even better service to the host!”
“Dear host, will you upgrade the system immediately?”
“The functions will become even more powerful? Even more well-rounded? Meng Lei gritted his teeth and then said, “Yes, proceed with the upgrade!”
“Ding! System upgrade commencing!”
“Upgrade Duration: Half an hour!”
“During the upgrading process, all functions of the system will be shut down. Dear host, please wait patiently!”
Then, the system’s voice died down in an instant, and even the stats interface disappeared. Meng Lei returned to his bed with his eyes full of anticipation.
“I wonder what kind of additional functions the system will gain after the upgrade?”
Waiting always felt too long—a short half an hour seemed as long as a century.
At last, the familiar cold, icy voice sounded in his mind.
“Ding! System upgrade of The Most Powerful Pickup System is complete!”
“Ding! The Most Powerful Pickup System at your service!”
“It’s finally done upgrading!” Meng Lei was overjoyed. “Hurry, tell me. System, what functions have you gained after the upgrade?”
“Dear host, after the system upgrade, I have now gained two major functions pertaining to the Pickup function!”
“They are respectively Limitless Pickup and Brutal Plunder!” the system replied coldly.
“Limitless Pickup? Brutal Plunder?” Meng Lei blinked and remarked, “It certainly sounds very dramatic. Except I don’t know what exactly they are. Hurry and explain it in detail, System!”
“Limitless Pickup: One can pick up dropped items from other existential planes at random. It includes, but is not limited to Wealth, Bloodlines, Laws of Nature Fragments, Divinity, Divine Weapons...”
“It costs 1
0 billion gold coins per pickup!”
Chapter 137: Laws of Nature Origin Crystals, Gods-Slaying Bloodline
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Pick up dropped items from other existential planes at random?
“System, what does ‘other existential planes’ mean?” asked a puzzled Meng Lei.
The system explained, “To answer the host, there are countless dimensional planes of existence in the vast and boundless universe. They are like quicksand and stars, scattered in all corners of the universe. Heaven’s Vault Continent is only a very ordinary material plane among them!”
“Countless dimensional planes of existence? I see, that’s understandable.” Meng Lei nodded quietly. “In other words, the Limitless Pickup function can pick up objects from other planes and dimensions?”
“Yes, host!” replied the system definitively.
Meng Lei’s spirits were all roused up now. “It can actually also pick up things from other planes... What a crazy function! What does the 10 billion gold coins at the end mean, though? You’re charging for it?”
“Dear host, Limitless Pickup is a chargeable function. The price for using it is 10 billion gold coins each time!”
“10 billion gold coins per usage! That’s daylight robbery!”
Meng Lei almost jumped off his seat.
10 billion gold coins were no small amount. It meant that he had to kill a Saint Domain Magical Beast, such as the Underground Cave Magical Spider Emperor, so that he would have enough to use it even once.
What kind of sh*tty function was that? Wasn’t that a little too expensive!?
“I only have 13.4 billion gold coins left at the moment. I need only to use it once, and I’ll return to being a pauper?”
F*ck! What a scam!
A corner of Meng Lei’s lips was spasming as he barked furiously, “You sh*tty system, that’s so corrupt of you! Even if I starve to death or die out there, I’ll never use this function! 10 billion per use? You’re not getting even a single cent from me!”
“Ding! A friendly reminder: Among the countless dimensional planes exist innumerable planes and worlds of a higher level than Heaven’s Vault Continent! Inside these higher-level planes and worlds are innumerable advanced lifeforms that far surpass the Saint Domain. By using said function, the host has a certain probability of picking up dropped items from these advanced lifeforms!”
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