“Teleport?!”
The Spider Goddess snorted coldly, thousands of white spider silk gushed out, forming an enormous funnel covering over 1,000 meters of the area around.
“Well then, little rat, let me see how you can teleport in my divine territory!”
The Spider Goddess laughed coldly as she carried on shooting those needles toward Meng Lei.
Meng Lei seemed that he was unable to teleport as the blood-red steel needles flooded him.
“Damned monkey, you’re dead meat!” The Spider Goddess licked her delicious red lips with a smug smile.
These needles were made with her scopulae, which were indestructible.
Plus, they were poisoned, and any half-deity that touched them would die inevitably.
Clink, clink, clink!
Yet, to the Spider Goddess’ surprise, the blood-colored needles came off Meng Lei’s body as if nails were being beaten onto a steel plate, making the sound of clashing metals.
Then they all dropped on the floor.
“What? It didn’t penetrate?”
The Spider Goddess was in disbelief.
“Hey, Spider Goddess, your attack was ineffective against me too. Are you disappointed?”
Meng Lei pulled off his tattered robes and showed off his naked skin—soft, tender, unblemished skin, and a toned muscular body—there were just no wounds!
“Didn’t expect your divine body to be so tough!”
The Spider Goddess was truly shaken up.
“Same for you.” Meng Lei loosened up and made crackling sounds. “Been using weapons for a while now, haven’t gotten loose for a long time now. Come on, let’s battle for three hundred rounds!”
Whoosh!
His voice was still echoing around as Meng Lei had disappeared, appearing abruptly before the Spider Goddess and throwing a punch.
Boom!
Berserking power exploded onto the Spider Goddess as she flew off, followed tightly by Meng Lei.
Boom, boom, boom!
The punches were like dense raindrops falling one after the other onto the Spider Goddess’ body.
The Spider Goddess was like a baseball being thrown around without any way to counter.
“This...”
“The Spider Goddess is actually getting dominated. Am I seeing things wrong?”
The six half-deities were dazed!
The Dark Fairy Empress was dazed!
The 10,000 Dark Fairies were dazed!
They could not believe what they were witnessing!
Who was the Spider Goddess? The most ancient and terrifying half-deity of the underground world, the being in the same era as the four true gods, the established strongest half-deity of the underground world!
It was absolutely unbelievable that a mighty being like her was dominated in this manner!
“Is this all you got?
“I didn’t use any of my divine weapons, not even my divine fire, yet you are still no match against me. How disappointing.”
Meng Lei punched at random as he taunted, infuriating the Spider Goddess even more.
“Scum, you better die!
“Innate Special Ability: Enchant!”
A pink-colored power of divinity gushed out of the Spider Goddess and flooded Meng Lei instantly.
In an instant, a fascinating scene appeared in Meng Lei’s mind—peaches were blossoming, petals were falling, an undisguised Spider Goddess was flaunting flirtatiously...
Meng Lei’s eyes lit up, and he drooled all over.
“Here’s my chance!”
The Spider Goddess seized upon the opportunity and stuck out eight blood-red spider spears from her back, which were rather similar to Tang San’s Eight Spider Lances, and struck toward Meng Lei at lightning speed.
Whoosh!
Just as the blood spider spears were about to pierce Meng Lei, he vanished!.
“...”
The Spider Goddess was dumbfounded yet again.
“Her Holiness!” Meng Lei appeared over a hundred meters away with an admiring smile. “Wow, that scene just now was really exciting, and I liked it. If you’re willing, we can interact in private. Not now though, there are too many people.”
“You’ve managed to break free of my enchantment!” The Spider Goddess grimaced.
“That counts as enchantment?”
Meng Lei sneered. “Your father has experienced 17,450 tribulations and been through 1,800 setbacks, so I’ve already become indestructible, immune to all poisons, and all evils avoid me. Yours mean nothing.”
“You bastard!” The Spider Goddess gnashed her teeth in rage and scorned, “I’ll kill you!”
“Divine Technique: Imprisonment!”
Dazzling golden power of divinity poured out and shrouded the area within 1,000 meters.
Meng Lei could only feel a dreadful power of imprisonment imposed on his body as he could not move.
“Divine territory plus an Imprisonment Divine Technique managed to limit my movements!” Meng Lei was rather surprised.
“Die!”
The Spider Goddess approached within a breath and flushed out those eight spider spears.
“Okay then, let me finish this off.”
The corners of Meng Lei’s mouth curled up. Right at the moment when the spears were about to hit, black flames spewed out like thick smoke and burned back.
Boom!
The eight spider spears stung on Meng Lei, though they still could not penetrate Meng Lei’s skin, while the black flames stuck onto the Spider Goddess’ body.
“It’s over! The Spider Goddess will be dead for sure!”
The six half-deity watching the battle had the same thought—once caught in the flames of the Netherworld Divine Fire, the fate of this battle was sealed.
Unfortunately, the Spider Goddess did not realize the impending doom as she struck twice again in defiance, seeing that her eight spider spears could not pierce through Meng Lei.
As for the black flames on her body, she was not concerned—with her divine body’s toughness, how could mere mortal flames do any harm to her?
“Damn it! How could it be so tough?”
The Spider Goddess was reluctant to accept defeat. Countless spider webs came out of thin air, which spun around Meng Lei into a cocoon.
“Human, just because your divine body is tough doesn’t mean I can’t kill you.” The Spider Goddess said coldly, “I have many ways to kill you!”
“Kill me? I guess you’ll never see that.” Meng Lei shook his head and smiled. “Her Holiness, I guarantee that you will die before me.”
“You’re almost dead and still so stubborn!”
When the Spider Goddess sneered, she felt a throbbing pain in her chest—the black flames had reached the chest area and were burning relentlessly.
“Damn! How is this possible?!”
The Spider Goddess let off a scream as she tried to beat the flames away to no avail. The Netherworld Divine Fire could burn anything; once caught in it, there was no way to extinguish it.
The more she tried to put out the flames, the more they burned. Soon, she was completely engulfed in black flames.
“Accept your fate, Her Holiness.” Meng Lei lit up the webs on him and stood up. “This is the Netherworld Divine Fire. You’d never withstand it even if your divine body was ten times tougher!”
“Netherworld Divine Fire? This is the Netherworld Divine Fire!?”
The Spider Goddess’s face was ridden with shock. “How could a human like you be able to use the Divine Netherworld Phoenix’s Netherworld Divine Fire? It’s not possible!”
“That isn’t important.”
Meng Lei shook his head.
“Damn it!”
The Spider Goddess was in a state of rage and shock, though any resistance was futile.
In the end, she burnt into a giant 10,000 feet tall black widow with a body full of urticating hair. It danced around in black flames, letting off shrills of screams that would chill anyone to the
bones.
“Spider Goddess, tell me if you want to stay alive. I do have tender, protective feelings for the fairer sex.”
Meng Lei shook his head slightly and looked at his half-deity subordinates. “Find the treasury of the Dark Fairies and inform me when you’ve located it.”
“Yes, Master!”
The six half-deities were on their toes as they carried out Meng Lei’s order without delay. After witnessing that battle, Meng Lei’s formidable, almighty image was deeply engraved into their hearts. They were now completely submitted to his command and dared not to spring up any thoughts of rebellion.
An indestructible divine body!
A ghostly incomparable speed!
Black flames that could burn virtually anything!
How could a human half-deity be this powerful?
“Human... what do you want?”
The Spider Goddess bellowed deeply as she could not hold on any longer.
“Simple, submit under my command.” Meng Lei crossed his arms and smiled lightly. “Only by submitting can you survive.”
“In your dreams!”
The Spider Goddess bellowed hysterically, “I’ll rather be burned alive, burned into ashes, burned into a malicious spirit than to ever submit myself to you!”
“Okay, then you can die now, off you go.”
“Come back... I’ll submit!”
[0] An Internet slang used to describe someone doing something that he or she had previously sworn never to do.
Chapter 229: Rich Rewards, The Angel Is Born
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
As the facts had demonstrated, there was no-one who could face death calmly—not ordinary humans and much less near-immortal half-deities with eternal lifespans.
In fact, half-deities feared death even more so than ordinary humans!
And wasn’t that so? Because the Spider Goddess, the most ancient and most savage half-deity in the underground world, had also submitted to him!
“Knowing that it would’ve turned out this way, why bother doing all that earlier?”
After refining the Spider Goddess’ divine spirit origin energy, Meng Lei retracted the Netherworld Divine Fire on the Spider Goddess and officially took her in under his wing.
“How despicable of you!”
The Spider Goddess, who had transformed into her true form, glowered furiously at Meng Lei, her eyes brimming with indignation.
“Do you not admit defeat?”
A sneering Meng Lei scoffed, “Not only were you unable to beat me, but you were even the one who had submitted on your own accord. I didn’t force you into it, so why should you be so indignant?”
“You—”
The Spider Goddess was livid.
Sure, you certainly didn’t force me into submitting, but you were goddamn burning me with fire! Is that not forcing me into it?!
“Speechless, aren’t you? In that case, then shut up! Otherwise, I don’t mind turning you into a dead spider!”
Meng Lei let out an icy snort and said, “Listen up now, hand over all your wealth and assets. I don’t care if it’s gold coins or treasures. Hand them all over to me! If you dare to keep any for yourself, I’ll destroy you right away!”
“You—”
The Spider Goddess was infuriated, but she nevertheless gave in and obediently offered up all of her savings for the sake of her life.
Only then was Meng Lei satisfied, and he began to look through the Spider Goddess’ assets.
However, what surprised him was that aside from Laws of Nature Origin Crystals, they were all rather strange and peculiar objects!
“What’s this?”
“An Abyss Demon’s heart!”
“What about this?”
“A Cerberus’ skull!”
“What about that pitch-black thing there?”
“A Deep Ocean Magical Whale King’s eyeball!”
“...”
“You sure have some unusual interests!”
After taking all the Laws of Nature Origin Crystals, Meng Lei returned the rest of the items to the Spider Goddess. That mess of items was of no use to him. The only ones who would be interested in them were probably weirdos like the Spider Goddess!
“Master, we’ve found the Dark Fairies’ treasury!”
His six half-deity subordinates also brought him some good news at this point.
“Wonderful!”
Fifteen minutes later, the Dark Fairies’ treasury also suffered Meng Lei’s ransacking!
Meng Lei had very high expectations these days. Aside from gold coins and Laws of Nature Origin Crystals, he couldn’t be bothered to take run-of-the-mill treasures.
Even so, he still made a fortune!
“I was right in coming to the underground world indeed!”
As he gazed at his stats interface, Meng Lei was in such a fantastic mood that he was even making snot bubbles.
Host: Meng Lei
Race: Human (Primeval Bloodline: Primordial Human <16%>, Assimilated Bloodlines: Gods-Slaying Rat, Divine Netherworld Phoenix)
Wealth: 23.51 million Laws of Nature Origin Crystals
Physical Body Constitution: Half-Deity (Pinnacle-Grade)
Spirit: Half-Deity (High-Grade)
Power of Divinity: 0.1 Divinity Crystal
Laws of Nature: Some increase
Innate Special Abilities: Teleportation, Dark-Elemental Transformation, Rise From The Ashes, Transfer
“Not only have I gained the Divine Netherworld Phoenix bloodline and the Transfer ability, but my Wealth has also doubled! On top of that, I’ve also subdued so many half-deity subordinates. This trip was totally worth every penny and more!”
Meng Lei was in a fantastic mood.
His Wealth had previously been 11.31 million Laws of Nature Origin Crystals, but now it had more than doubled to 23.51 Laws of Nature Origin Crystals!
The underground world was worth the trip!
“There’s also the Sunset Ranges and the Golden Archipelago next. I wonder how much profits they’ll bring me? Here’s hoping that they don’t disappoint!”
Meng Lei was in the midst of his thoughts when Dodola’s voice suddenly rang out in his mind. It said, “Meng Lei! Hurry and come in! The Fallen Angel egg is about to hatch!”
“Eh?”
At once, Meng Lei vanished on the spot.
Tower of Time, 96th level.
The 96th level was currently raging like a storm. It was filled with turbulence and unrest, while dark clouds rolled and billowed as lightning flashed and thunder boomed.
A gigantic funnel appeared in the sky and furiously absorbed all the dark elements within 1,000 miles. Then, it surged toward the Fallen Angel egg below!
The blood-red patterns on the egg surface were as though vessels engorged with blood. They gave off a dazzling blood-red brilliance that lit up the area within several miles of where the egg was.
Puff~
Puff~
The eggshell quivered rhythmically as though it was breathing. Every time it quivered, it absorbed vast quantities of dark elements, while the blood-red patterns on the surface of the egg also became even brighter and even more brilliant!
“Is it really about to hatch?”
Meng Lei was rather excited.
That was a Fallen Angel egg! A legendary being that could rival a half-deity the moment it was born! And now, it was about to come into the world right before his eyes!
“It’s about to hatch!”
Dodola was also watching the blood-red egg intently.
True enough, it’d only just spoken when the blood-red patterns on the eggshell suddenly split and formed several cracks on the surface!
Crack!
Crack!
More and more cracks formed, spreading swiftly throughout the egg.
Crack!
At last, the egg broke with a loud explosion, and a dazzling blood-red beam of light shot into the sky!
At the same time, a surgin
g, torrential wave of blood-red aura also began to spread and sweep through the surroundings.
Upon sensing the aura, every living being on the half-plane prostrated on the ground in fear and trepidation!
A fully naked infant with a pair of black wings on her back appeared in mid-air. Her eyes were tightly shut, and her arms were folded over her chest as if she was fast asleep!
Then, she slowly opened her eyes. In the center of her jet-black eyes were blood-red pupils, which bore a striking resemblance to the legendary Sharingan1!
“That aura... There’s no mistaking it!” Dodola said slowly, “It’s the Fallen Angel!”
“So, that’s the Fallen Angel?”
Meng Lei was also somewhat astonished. The little fellow that had just come into the world looked naive and adorable, like a porcelain doll that had walked out of a fairytale. Yet the aura she emanated could actually rival a half-deity’s!
Would anyone believe that?
The little Fallen Angel directed her gaze to Meng Lei at this point, upon which a pure and innocent smile immediately surfaced on her visage.
Then, she flapped her wings and flew toward Meng Lei. Perhaps because she had only just been born, her wings were somewhat stiff, causing her to fly askew...
But no matter what, she managed to ultimately fly over!
“Hug... Hug...”
The little Fallen Angel stretched out her soft, tender arms and requested for a hug in a young, child-like voice.
Pure and innocent eyes!
Eyes filled with hope!
Just how similar was she to a human baby?
Meng Lei fell in love with the little fellow at first sight. He reached out and carried her in his arms before giving her a big kiss.
“Hehe!”
The little Fallen Angel burst into delighted giggles and giggled like a one-year-old child.
“The power of the blood pact is impressive, indeed. From now on, the only person she’ll acknowledge is Meng Lei!” marveled Dodola inwardly.
Then, it said, “Why don’t you give her a name, Meng Lei?”
“Let’s name her Cola!” replied Meng Lei immediately without a second thought.
“Cola?”
Dodola was dumbfounded. “What kind of weird name is that? It sounds awful! Change it!”
“We’ll just name her Cola. I think it’s pretty nice!”
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