Tropical plants grew in sparse amounts here and there on the island. The magic circle leading to the next level was located right in the center of the island, And sprawled on the sandy shore next to it was a gigantic turtle with its eyes closed in repose. It was a golden-yellow color throughout and as enormous as a mountain ridge.
The gigantic turtle laid there quietly, still and motionless. One couldn’t sense much of a powerful aura from it. However, that enormous size did give off a strong sense of pressure.
Despite being sprawled on the shore, it was still 100-meters-tall. A size like that could only belong to a Saint Domain Magical Beast.
“What kind of Magical Beast is that gigantic turtle, Ol’ President?”
“It’s a Titanic Golden-Shell Turtle, a Water-Elemental and Metal-Elemental Saint Domain Magical Beast. It has great strength, and its forte is its defense. In terms of just defenses alone, it’s even stronger than the Diamond Mammoth you encountered earlier.” Ol’ Amos explained, “Therefore, it’s very hard to kill the Titanic Golden-Shell Turtle. Don’t just meet it head-on blindly. You must look for its weakness and kill it in one strike!”
“Alright, I will!”
Meng Lei nodded lightly. Then, he flew toward the little island.
Seemingly sensing that there were intruders, the Titanic Golden-Shell Turtle in repose on the shore slowly lifted its head, and its golden eyes flicked toward Meng Lei.
Whoosh!
Without any warning whatsoever, the Titanic Golden-Shell Turtle attacked right away. The ocean next to it began to surge and churn violently, and a few hydras dozens of meters long soared into the sky and crashed toward Meng Lei viciously.
“Ninth-Grade Spell, Hydra Blast!”
Meng Lei marveled, “As expected of a Saint Domain Magical Beast. Having ninth-grade spells at its fingertips and almost instantly releasing it. However...”
Meng Lei abruptly vanished from where he was. With a few flashing turns and shifts, he crossed the distance of several hundred meters to appear right in front of the Titanic Golden-Shell Turtle. He made a grabbing motion with his right hand, and a golden light ball formed in his palm.
Meng Lei looked at the Titanic Golden-Shell Turtle and said slowly, “First-class spell, Golden Wheel Reincarnation Blast!”
Boom!
A dazzling golden light suddenly burst forth from the golden light ball before it turned into a piercing golden light that shone high into the heavens and deep into the ground. Then, it cleaved furiously toward the Titanic Golden-Shell Turtle’s head.
Whoosh!
The Golden Wheel Reincarnation Blast’s speed was incomparable. However, the Titanic Golden-Shell Turtle was even faster. Its head suddenly retracted, and in an instant, it had hidden inside its tough golden turtle shell.
The incomparably sharp Golden Wheel Reincarnation Blast cleaved against the sandy shore. It rendered the shore into two with a boom, forming a fissure that measured one to two kilometers long.
As a metal-elemental first-class spell, Golden Wheel Reincarnation Blast’s might was not to be doubted. Even if the Titanic Golden-Shell Turtle had peerless defenses, as long as the Golden Wheel Reincarnation Blast struck it, only death awaited it... With the exception of the turtle shell, of course!
However, that old turtle was extremely sly. In the instant that the Golden Wheel Reincarnation Blast landed, it had retracted its head into the shell, causing the attack to miss.
“What a coward1, indeed! It actually ducked!”
Meng Lei was amazed.
At that moment, the Titanic Golden-Shell Turtle’s head reemerged. As it let out a low roar, countless metal spikes glittering coldly in the light suddenly appeared. As though a dense and packed rain of swords, they shot toward Meng Lei from all directions.
It was the Ninth-Grade Spell, Arrow Storm!
Chapter 154: Magic Talent For Ten Elements, Coming Back To Life
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
Many metal spikes that could cover the whole place pierced through the air and shot toward Meng Lei at lightning-quick speed. They reached right in front of Meng Lei in an instant, seemingly wanting to stab so many holes into him that he’d turn into a sieve.
There was nowhere to hide and nowhere to dodge, so he could only take them on head-on.
“Piece of cake!”
Meng Lei shook his head lightly. With a mere thought, Earth Guardian’s Saintly Armor quietly manifested.
Then, while facing the whole sky of spikes, Meng Lei charged brazenly toward the Titanic Golden-Shell Turtle, all the while actually ignoring Arrow Storm, the ninth-grade spell.
Whoosh!
At the sight of this, the Titanic Golden-Shell Turtle’s head retracted into its shell again, leaving Meng Lei only an enormous turtle shell.
“This again? Can’t you just fight me head-on?”
Meng Lei was rendered somewhat speechless. “Looks like a turtle will always be a turtle. Even if it has put on golden armor and given itself an impressive name, it can’t change its scaredy-cat nature.
“Never mind. You like being a coward, don’t you? In that case, then don’t ever come back out.
“Fire-elemental single-target first-class spell, Meteor Fall!”
Rip!
A rip suddenly appeared in the sky. Then, a gigantic meteor more than 1,000-meters-wide in diameter with black flames circling around it descended from the sky. It came crashing down, carrying with it an aura capable of destroying everything in the world.
Roar!
Even though the Titanic Golden-Shell Turtle’s head had already retracted into its shell, it could still sense the life-threatening danger coming from the sky, nonetheless.
It knew very well that once it was struck by a fearsome first-class spell like Meteor Fall, it would suffer grave injuries even if it survived.
The Titanic Golden-Shell Turtle went into a huge panic. A dazzling golden shield manifested around it, firmly protecting it from incoming danger.
It was the Ninth-Grade Spell, Golden Guardian!
It wasn’t over yet, though.
A few hydras then rose from the ocean and circled around the Titanic Golden-Shell Turtle, forming a thick shield of Water Elements around it.
It was the Ninth-Grade Spell, Poseidon Barrier!
“What the hell?”
At the sight of this, the corners of Meng Lei’s lips spasmed a couple of times. As expected of a scaredy-cat. First the Golden Guardian, and then Poseidon Barrier... Was it planning to die defending itself?
Boom!
At that moment, the black meteor carrying a terrifying strength crashed heavily onto the Titanic Golden-Shell Turtle. Then...
Boom!
It easily ripped the Poseidon Barrier apart.
Then, it went on to break the Golden Guardian before finally crashing onto the turtle shell.
At last, it stopped moving! Meteor Fall had come to a stop!
At the very last moment, the Titanic Golden-Shell Turtle had used its sturdy and indestructible turtle shell to fend off Meteor Fall’s violent attack.
Roar!
With a roar, the Titanic Golden-Shell Turtle’s head poked out of the shell as a smug look flashed across its eyes. It said in an aged voice, “Trying to kill me, human? You’re still too soft!”
“Is that so?!”
Meng Lei only gave it a smile, refraining from saying anything further.
As his hand pressed downward lightly, another black meteor popped out of the fissure and came crashing down.
“Instant release of a first-class spell? Who exactly are you?!”
The Titanic Golden-Shell Turtle’s eyeballs almost fell out of their sockets as it stared at the other Meteor Fall that had abruptly appeared, its heart filled to the brim with fear and horror.
It tried desperately to cast a defensive spell to protect itself so that it could avoid the fate of being crushed to death.
However, it turned out to be a major miscalculation this time—after the
second meteor came the third, the fourth, and the fifth!
As though shooting stars chasing after the moon, a succession of four black meteors came crashing down one after another. They carried an overwhelming and terrifying destructiveness as they crashed onto the Titanic Golden-Shell Turtle successively!
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
Amid violent, intense crashes that rang out one after another, the entire island was shaken down to its core. Smoke and dust billowed and roiled about with only the Titanic Golden-Shell Turtle’s pitiful cries echoing for a long time...
The system notification rang out in a timely fashion at this point.
“Ding! 1 Titanic Golden-Shell Turtle killed. 13 billion gold coins gained!”
“Piece of cake! Did you really think that there was nothing I could do about you? No matter how tough your turtle shell may be, there’s no way you can block my first-class spell!”
Meng Lei snorted lightly. Then, he gave the order resolutely. “System, steal the Titanic Golden-Shell Turtle’s water-elemental magic talent!”
Whoosh!
His Wealth decreased by 3 billion gold coins in an instant.
“Water-elemental magic talent in the bag now... I have a total of nine elements now! I’m just missing light-elemental magic talent!”
Meng Lei nodded in satisfaction. After gouging out the Titanic Golden-Shell Turtle’s magic core, he then stepped into the magic circle leading to the 36th level without even looking back.
At Level 36—”Ding! 1 Double-Heart Rainbow Scorpion killed. 14.6 billion gold coins gained!”
At Level 37—”Ding! 1 Six-Winged Extraterrestrial Demon Bug killed. 16.1 billion gold coins gained!”
At Level 38—”Ding! 1 Evil-Eye Overlord killed. 17.3 billion gold coins gained!”
At Level 39—”Ding! 1 Two-Headed Great Earth Lion killed. 18.1 billion gold coins gained!”
At Level 40—”Ding! 1 Golden-Winged Holy Light Tiger killed. 19.6 billion gold coins gained!”
“The Golden-Winged Holy Light Tiger, a Metal-Elemental, Thunder-Elemental, and Light-Elemental Saint Domain Magical Beast! Thank heavens, I’ve finally encountered a Light-Elemental Magical Beast!
“System, steal the Golden-Winged Holy Light Tiger’s light-elemental magic talent!
“It’s done! I now have magic talent for all ten elements!
“Surely my current self can match up to that Adolf guy in terms of magic talent now, right?!
“This feeling sure is great!”
Meng Lei could clearly sense all ten types of magic elements in the universe. The golden Metal Elements, cyan Wind Elements, yellow Earth Elements, green Wood Elements, blue Water Elements, red Fire Elements, silver Thunder Elements, black Dark Elements...
Every one of the magic elements was like dancing fairies—they were either nimble and agile, or light and gentle, or dense and heavy, or violent and raging, or cold and aloof, or lively and bubbly...
Ten types of elements!
Every one of them was different from the other!
“The world of magic elements is truly fascinating. What would it be like if I could comprehend all ten elements’ laws of nature someday?”
Meng Lei shook his head to clear his thoughts. Then, just as he was about to head toward the magic circle leading to the 41st level, Ol’ Amos’ voice rang out. “Let’s stop here for now. You’ve already stayed in the Dragon God Tower for more than 20 hours. Are you still intending to take part in the exchange competition or not?”
“More than 20 hours?”
Meng Lei was startled by his words. He took out his pocket watch and glanced at it—it was currently 6:45. He couldn’t help but comment in puzzlement, “Is it the evening or morning the next day now?”
“Duh! It’s morning the next day, of course!” Ol’ Amos rolled his eyes. “Aren’t you supposed to assemble at the Dragon God Cathedral at 8 a.m.? If you continue to challenge the tower, you’re going to miss the exchange competition.”
“Alright!”
Meng Lei shook his head, not quite having had his fill of fun yet. “So much time passed before I even realized it. Time sure passes really fast.”
However, as he gazed at his assets that had spiked dramatically in value, Meng Lei couldn’t help but smile. After conversion, 13.5 Laws of Nature Origin Crystals equated to 135,068,947,455 gold coins!
“135 billion gold coins! In less than a day, I’ve already earned so much!
“If I were to stay for another period of time, how much more would I earn?
“The Dragon God Tower is my land of blessings, indeed. How awesome!”
Meng Lei suppressed the urge to guffaw into the sky. Then, he started to double back.
Going back was a lot simpler. He flew at his fastest speed, and in just a few minutes, he was already back at the magic circle.
Whoosh!
The environment changed, and he returned to the 39th level.
Roar!
A low roar reached his ears at this moment. Meng Lei turned to see a lion-type Magical Beast that was as big as a mountain ridge glaring viciously at him. Its fangs were bared, and it had a savage look in its eyes.
“A Two-Headed Great Earth Lion?” Meng Lei looked absolutely stupefied. “What the heck? Didn’t I already kill it? Why is it still alive?”
Meng Lei remembered very clearly that he had definitely killed the Saint Domain Magical Beast guarding the magic circle—the Two-Headed Great Earth Lion—when he’d passed through the 39th level. He had even gouged out its magic core.
It should’ve been deader than dead, so why had it come back to life?
“This is just the way it should be. Don’t be so surprised!”
Chapter 155: Turning Back Time, Coming Back To Life
“The way it should be?” Meng Lei looked stupefied. “The Two-Headed Great Earth Lion that I’ve killed has come back to life, and you’re telling me this is just the way it should be?”
“How ignorant of you!” Ol’ Amos shook his head, laughing as he did so. “Let me ask you something. If the Magical Beasts that you’ve killed were really dead, wouldn’t all the Magical Beasts in the Dragon God Tower have been massacred after the last 40,000 years?”
The question dumbfounded Meng Lei.
“If all the Magical Beasts inside the Dragon God Tower were dead, then will there still be any need for future generations to challenge the tower? That way, is there still any meaning to the Dragon God Genius Ranking?”
Meng Lei found himself dumbfounded once more.
“The last question—if everyone behaves like you and slaughters the Magical Beasts level by level, won’t the challengers following after you be able to go up to the same level as you effortlessly?”
The three questions thrown at him one after another completely stupefied Meng Lei, and he asked, “Ol’ President, what exactly is going on?”
“I’ll just tell you the truth. All the native beings and Magical Beasts inside the Dragon God Tower are immortal. Or rather, they certainly can be killed. However, they’ll come back to life again in the blink of an eye, and then, they’ll continue to guard the half-planes!” Ol’ Amos sighed and explained, “This is a cycle that keeps repeating over and over. They guard the half-planes for all their lifetimes to come, and exist to be hunted by people.”
“How did that happen?”
Meng Lei was astounded!
“You’re asking me? Who am I supposed to ask, then? All I know is that the creatures in Dragon God Tower are immortal. As for how they are being revived, that isn’t something I’m privy to.” Ol’ Amos shook his head and went on. “However, rumor goes that Dragon God Tower has the ability to turn back time and revive all the Magical Beasts that have been killed.”
Turn back time?
Meng Lei was stunned by his answer.
“Time is a taboo that even deities cannot touch. Nobody knows for sure whether or not the Dragon God Tower can really turn back time.” Ol’ Amos shook hi
s head and remarked, “Perhaps only the Dragon God Tower’s creator—His Holiness the Dragon God—would know the answer to that.”
Meng Lei had only silence as a response to that. He couldn’t help but shift his gaze to the Two-Headed Great Earth Lion currently baring its fangs at him.
Contrary to expectations, that Saint Domain Magical Beast, which he had just cleaved into two with the Dimensional Blade a while ago, was actually standing there well and intact in this instant. Even the blood that had spurted onto the ground during their battle earlier had vanished from sight.
On top of that, there was no fear or reservations in the way how the Two-Headed Great Earth Lion was looking at him. What was present in its eyes were still a look of hostility and savagery!
That look in its eyes was exactly the same as when he had first encountered it back when he had just ascended to the 39th level!
Turn back time?
Meng Lei suddenly found himself somewhat convinced that the Two-Headed Great Earth Lion had indeed been revived by turning back time—after all, that fellow was behaving as though it was seeing him for the very first time. Those eyes... There was no mistake about it!
The next few Saint Domain Magical Beasts he subsequently encountered only served to prove the theory truer and truer.
The Evil-Eye Overlord on the 38th level...
The Six-Winged Extraterrestrial Demon Bug on the 37th level...
The Double-Heart Rainbow Scorpion on the 36th level...
The Titanic Golden-Shell Turtle on the 35th level...
All of them had come back to life!
Each and every one of them stood there well and intact. On top of that, all of them behaved as if they had never seen Meng Lei before!
The look in their eyes... There was no way they could fake it!
Can the Dragon God Tower really turn back time?
The question lingered persistently in Meng Lei’s mind all the way till he reached the first level.
All the Magical Beasts he had previously killed had all come back to life.
The scenery in all the half-planes was also exactly the same as when he had first gone in. It was as if he had never even been there in the first place!
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