With a thought from Meng Lei, a gorgeous and peerlessly beautiful Fairy with violet skin and pointy ears appeared before him.
“So, this is a thunder-elemental Fairy’s corpse?”
Without any hesitation, Meng Lei instructed, “System, plunder her Innate Special Ability, Thunder-Elemental Transformation!”
“Ding! Thunder-Elemental Transformation is an Innate Special Ability unique to the Thunder-Elemental Fairies and belongs to the class of high-grade Innate Special Abilities,” The system stated coldly, “The cost of plundering the Innate Special Ability Thunder-Elemental Transformation is estimated at 5 Laws of Nature Origin Crystals.”
Five Laws of Nature Origin Crystals?
Big deal!
“Plunder it!”
A brief moment later, Meng Lei successfully obtained the Thunder-Elemental Transformation ability. Several silver-colored electric currents darted out around him. As more and more electric currents appeared...
His entire self turned into an electric current that darted about everywhere in the spacious palace at extremely high speed, making him no different from normal lightning.
Meng Lei resumed his human form a moment later, highly satisfied with the ability. He had yet another means of protecting his life and defending against the enemies now. What a cause for celebration!
“Continue with the pickups, system!”
“...”
“Ding! Assimilation successful. You have obtained a Fusion Laws of Nature Fragment. Will you assimilate it?”
“Wood-earth? Boost it to 100%!”
“...”
“System, another 1,000 times!”
“Ding! Assimilation successful. You have obtained a Divine Core. Will you assimilate it?”
“This is a metal-elemental lesser deity’s divine core!”
“...”
“Another 1,000 times!”
“...”
“Ding! Assimilation successful. You have obtained a Fusion Laws of Nature Fragment. Will you assimilate it?”
“Eh? It’s a metal-dark-ice one this time. Metal-dark-ice... Tsk, tsk. Are we heading in the direction of death laws of nature now?”
“Another 1,000 times!”
“Ding! Assimilation successful. You have obtained a Soul Ice Marrow droplet. Will you assimilate it?”
“Soul Ice Marrow? What’s this?”
Where did you hear about the Soul Ice Marrow from?”
Dodola was greatly astonished. “Soul Ice Marrows are treasures of the highest grade that can enhance one’s divine spirit. It’s extremely rare, so much so that you can only hope to come by it with luck, rather than actively searching for it!”
“A treasure of the highest grade that can enhance one’s divine spirit?”
Meng Lei perked up.
“A single droplet of the Soul Ice Marrow allows a half-deity’s divine spirit to cross over to the lesser deity stage. With enough of them, they can be of great use even to higher deities!”
A sighing Dodola then said, “It’s just a shame that Soul Ice Marrows are non-renewable resources. Every bit used is every bit less. It’s even scarcer than Crystallized Divine Spirit Extracts!
“This thing has a flaw, though. After one consumes the Soul Ice Marrow, their divine spirit will freeze and go into hibernation. It’ll only thaw a year later. That’s how it got its name, Soul Ice Marrow!”
“The divine spirit can cross over from a half-deity stage to the lesser deity stage? This effect practically defies all natural laws!”
Meng Lei’s eyes lit up, and he promptly consumed the Soul Ice Marrow droplet. He didn’t pay any attention to the latter half of what Dodola said at all.
Buzz...
The Soul Ice Marrow was a transparent liquid that looked similar to an ice crystal. It gave off a faint, icy cold glow, and Meng Lei felt chilly just by looking at it alone.
As the Soul Ice Marrow entered his stomach, a bone-chilling iciness rushed straight to his head. Meng Lei felt his mind go blank, and then he lost all consciousness.
At the same time, an endless, chilly, white current also surged into Meng Lei’s sea of consciousness. Within a mere few moments, his sea of consciousness turned into a world of whiteness—it had actually been completely sealed in ice.
Similarly, the golden divine spirit flame in the center of his sea of consciousness wasn’t spared, either. It was also sealed in ice in mid-air, becoming still and motionless.
“Meng Lei! Why have you gone silent again? Aren’t you being a little too disrespectful?”
Rather displeased at Meng Lei’s lack of response even after half a day, Dodola extended its consciousness out of the Tower of Time—only to see Meng Lei sitting cross-legged on the ground, his eyes widened big and round, yet there weren’t any spiritual movements from him at all.
“Is he dead? What the heck!”
Dodola almost wet itself in fear, and it quickly darted out of the Tower of Time to check on him. Only after a moment later did it breathe a sigh of relief. “Oh my goodness! That almost scared me to death! As it turned out, your divine spirit was just frozen. I almost thought you had croaked!
“From the look of things, he’s probably consumed the Soul Ice Marrow. Strange, where did he get that from? Did he steal it from the Tower of Time? That shouldn’t be the case, though. I’ve hidden the treasures in a very secretive and inconspicuous place. Most people can’t get in there at all...
“Never mind, never mind. This guy has always been acting all mysterious. Who knows where he got the Soul Ice Marrow from...”
Dodola then returned to the Tower of Time, though it also set aside a sliver of its divine spirit to watch over Meng Lei.
Given Meng Lei’s divine body’s degree of sturdiness, few within Heaven’s Vault Continent could harm him, but one could never be too careful.
Dodola didn’t want a great heir like Meng Lei to die. The resulting loss would be too great to bear if that were to happen.
...
Bubbles, Klaus, and the other two half-deities returned two days after Meng Lei went into hibernation. They then found Meng Lei, who was in one of the palaces.
Without Meng Lei to look after it, the boiling hotpot had already totally gone cold. Meng Lei himself was seated right next to it.
The four of them bowed and said, “The Golden Dragon-Lions have been completely wiped out, Master. We’ve especially come to report the completion of the mission!”
However, there was no response!
Puzzled, they repeated what they said, but there was still no response from Meng Lei.
This greatly confused them. They then raised their heads—only to see Meng Lei looking at them with his eyes open, yet there was no light within them. He looked just like a puppet!
“Master?”
The four of them carefully called out, “Master?”
Still no response whatsoever.
“What’s going on?”
The four of them were rather confused.
“Could Master be asleep?”
“That’s impossible, right? Sleeping with his eyes open?”
“He’s in the midst of cultivation now. Don’t disturb him!”
Right at this point, a fearsome aura suddenly descended, and a wave of divine spirit energy fluctuations rang out after that, frightening the four of them so badly that they shuddered.
The force of the aura was simply too frightful. In front of it, the four half-deities felt just like ants at the feet of a Colossal Dragon—extremely insignificant.
The same divine spirit energy fluctuation rang out again.
“Your Master is currently cultivating. Before he comes out of seclusion, everyone is forbidden from disturbing him!”
“Yes, yes!”
Not daring to dawdle and show any disrespect, the four of them hastily left the palace. The fearsome aura also disappeared at this point, and they couldn’t help but let out a breath of relief—only to discover that their backs were already drenched in perspi
ration.
“Who was that just now? That was too scary!”
“Don’t ask! Don’t speculate! A presence like that isn’t something that we can be privy to!”
“Yes, yes! You’re right!”
“What should we do now?”
“Stand guard obediently. Didn’t you hear that Master is currently in seclusion?”
“Alright!”
Just like that, the four half-deities obediently stood guard outside the palace, not daring to take even a step away.
However, as days passed one by one, Meng Lei didn’t come out of the palace. Instead, it was the Golden Archipelago that began to sink into chaos.
Without the Golden Dragon-Lions suppressing them, all the ambitious players emerged one after another. The Golden Archipelago gradually became chaotic and unbearable to behold, entering a state of turmoil.
At the sight of the chaos, the four half-deities knew that this mustn’t continue. If Meng Lei were to come out of seclusion to see the Golden Archipelago in such a chaotic state, wouldn’t he fly into a thundering rage?
“Now that the Golden Dragon-Lions have been wiped out, the Golden Archipelago has become leaderless. The people’s faith has been lost, and the place is currently in social unrest. It is exactly the time to build a new order and new faith.”
Klaus suggested, “Therefore, we must do something now. Otherwise, we won’t be able to answer to Master when he comes out of seclusion!”
Bubbles, Nadja, and Seisia, nodded repeatedly. “We can make use of this time while Master’s in seclusion to spread his faith!”
“That’s right! We’ll strive to convert the 10 billion citizens of the Golden Archipelago into Master’s most loyal worshipers before he comes out of seclusion!”
“Since that’s the case, then let’s split up and get to it!”
“Alright!”
Chapter 248: The Great God Meng Lei, Spreading Faith
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
For tens of thousands of years, the Golden Archipelago had been subjected to the Golden Dragon-Lions’ ironfist dictatorship. Without the local tyrant suppressing them now, the outcome was easy to imagine.
Innumerable strong and wealthy ambitious players with substantial backgrounds rose one after another.
Saint Domains that had holed up in the past emerged!
Powerful clans bared their fangs!
Wealthy merchants and tycoons also began to run rampant and wreak havoc!
For a while, all sorts of rogues and monsters ran wild in the Golden Archipelago, and the lives of the people living on the islands became even harder than during the Golden Dragon-Lions’ reign itself.
There were endless grievances as people fell into the abyss of suffering. Chaos ran amok as disasters and calamities broke out one after another. How could the word 'suffering” even begin to describe it all?
On the Blazing Sun Island...
The Blazing Sun Island was famous for producing in abundance a type of mineral called the Blazing Sun Ore, which was used as core materials in the forging of weapons.
In order to extract the Blazing Sun Ores on the island, the Golden Dragon-Lions had divided and conferred the Blazing Sun Island upon an affiliated family—the Blazing Sun Clan—to guard them.
With the Blazing Sun Island located to their backs and put in charge of mining ores for weapon forgery, the Blazing Sun Clan had accumulated vast strength over the years and was a big, top-notch clan in the whole of the Golden Archipelago.
In the Blazing Sun Clan’s conference hall...
The conference hall was packed with people on this day. The Blazing Sun Clan’s directors, elites, and executive officers of various islands had all gathered in the hall and were currently plotting something big.
“Grandmaster, over the days, we’ve conquered a total of 23 islands, such as the Singoff Island, Elephant Island, Garment Island, and various other islands. We’ve also recruited 79,237 experts who are four-grade and above and a total of 348 Magicians.
“The Blazing Sun Clan’s turf and strength have become a notch even stronger. The only problem we’re facing now is food supplies. It’s enough to last only ten days.”
“Ten days!”
Lieyang1 Zhan, the Blazing Sun Clan’s grandmaster, sat at the top, his brows drawn together into a big frown. He said, “Food supplies are essential to our development and strengthening process. We absolutely mustn’t be short on them.”
“Grandmaster is right! The current situation is looking highly favorable for us. We’ve been conquering five islands, hundreds of thousands of people, and hundreds—almost a thousand—of experts every day. We absolutely mustn’t be halted!”
“That’s right! Once we’re halted, these islands will fall into the hands of other forces. It’ll be hard for us to take them back in the future!”
“The Blazing Sun Clan has everything we can possibly need—manpower, weapons, and experts. This is an extremely rare opportunity for us. How can we let it slip past us just because of food supplies?”
The Blazing Sun Clan’s directors spoke up one after another. Lieyang Zhan also nodded lightly. He said, “Now that the Golden Archipelago is leaderless, it is an opportunity for the Blazing Sun Clan to rise. We mustn’t let such a good opportunity slip by us!”
“Grandmaster is right!”
Everyone nodded. They, the Blazing Sun Clan, boasted top-notch power. They were qualified to sit in the most supreme position and become the second Golden Dragon-Lion clan!
“Since that’s the case, then let’s resolve the problem of the food supplies. No matter what, our expansion efforts mustn’t halt.”
Lieyang Zhan’s eyes gleamed brightly. “The Food-Prep Clan in the southeast owns an abundance of food supplies, despite their low population. It’s exactly where we should obtain our food supplies from.”
At this point, Lieyang Zhan barked fiercely, “Hear my command! Gather all the elites in the clan and seize ships. Three days later, we shall attack and conquer the Food-Prep Island in one go, and take the Food-Prep Clan’s properties!”
“Brilliant plan, Grandmaster!”
“We’ll carry out the Grandmaster’s orders!”
“As per the Grandmaster’s decision!”
The Blazing Sun Clan’s directors echoed him in high spirits. Unexpectedly, a fearsome and mighty aura suddenly descended from above at this point and bore down on their hearts like a great mountain.
Boom!
It came as no surprise that everyone, including Lieyang Zhan, the Saint Domain grandmaster, was flattened to the ground, their legs shaking violently as shock and fear filled them.
“D-Divine power!”
“This is divine power!”
Lieyang Zhan had met Thackeray, the Golden Dragon-Lions’ grandmaster, more than once before and had naturally experienced what divine power felt like before. The divine power he was currently feeling was even more terrifying and mightier than Thackeray’s.
“Could Thackeray still be alive?!”
Shocked and horrified, Lieyang Zhan almost died from fright. Should Thackeray really still be alive, their actions would be no different from staging a rebellion or a coup. Given the Golden Dragon-Lions’ way of doing things, they would definitely torture them to death and annihilate the entire clan.
“Why is this happening? Isn’t Thackeray dead?”
Lieyang Zhan was filled with shock and horror.
“Listen up, all those at the bottom!”
Just as Lieyang Zhan was so terrified that both his legs had given out on him, a voice filled with endless dignified might rang out.
“I order the strongest expert in your clan to head to the Golden Dragon-Lion Continent within three days to discuss important matters. If you do not show up, all of you will die, and your clan will be wiped out with not a single creature left alive!”
The voice disappeared right after the owner of the voice spoke. What disappeared along with it was also the terrify
ing divine power. Only then did Lieyang Zhan and the Blazing Sun Clan’s directors get back onto their feet, trembling as they did so, their faces full of fear and alarm.
“G-Grandmaster, was that a half-deity just now?”
A Blazing Sun Clan director quivered as he asked, “Could Thackeray still be alive?”
“No, that divine power was several times more fearsome than Thackeray’s. It’s not very likely to be him.”
“If it’s not Thackeray, then could it be the half-deity that had killed Thackeray and wiped out the Golden Dragon-Lions?”
“Highly likely! Of course, we can’t strike out the likelihood that it’s a half-deity that’s passing by the Golden Archipelago, either.”
“Oh my god! Why has another half-deity popped up out of nowhere? What are we going to do about the Blazing Sun Clan’s emergence plan?”
Everyone was passing remarks on the situation, yet Grandmaster Lieyang Zhan had stayed silent. They couldn’t help but look over in puzzlement—only to see his countenance looking terribly awful.
“What’s the matter, Grandmaster?”
“What’s the matter?”
Lieyang Zhan had a grim look on his face. “Didn’t you hear what that half-deity said just now? The strongest expert in the clan is to head to the Golden Dragon-Lion Continent within three days to discuss important matters! Who does the ‘strongest expert’ in the Blazing Sun Clan refer to?”
“Isn’t that obvious? It’s you, the Grandmaster, of course! W-what are we supposed to do now?”
“You’re asking me? Who am I supposed to ask, then?”
Lieyang Zhan gave them a resigned smile and said, “Unless the Blazing Sun Clan wishes to be annihilated, I’ll have to go. But the problem is, what will I have to face once I’m there?”
All the directors fell silent at once.
“The most optimal scenario is that that half-deity has nothing to do with the Golden Dragon-Lions, but has instead taken an interest in the Golden Archipelago’s faith and is intending to fight for it.”
With a wry laugh, Lieyang Zhan went on. “If that’s the case, then another Golden Dragon-Lion clan would surface in the Golden Archipelago. All of the Blazing Sun Clan’s previous efforts will all be for naught!”
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