Howl!
As a cry rang out, everyone watched to their horror as the mighty, awe-inspiring Dragon God was actually pushed back, stumbling as it did so. Blood gushed out of its claw and splattered into the sky!
“How can that be?”
Everyone was shocked and horrified. That was merely their first clash, yet the Dragon God had already suffered injuries. Was Bubbles, a half-deity, actually that strong?
“Again, again!”
Bubbles guffawed and pounced right at the Dragon God. His fists, which were larger than even mountains, rained down upon the Dragon God.
The Dragon God was continuously pushed back amid dull, muffled thuds. A few punches later, the Dragon God could actually no longer form any sort of effective counter.
It was being badly suppressed.
That’s right—Bubbles was completely suppressing it!
“Oh my god!”
“This, this...”
Everyone was so astonished that their eyeballs were nearly falling out of their sockets. The sight currently taking place in front of them was totally different from what they had imagined. The Dragon God was actually being suppressed?
How had things turned out like that?
The Thunder Titan Emperor was shocked and horrified. “Since when has that traitor Bubbles become so strong?”
He didn’t know whether or not the Dragon God had displayed its full strength at this point yet, but he was very clear on one thing—Bubbles had become even stronger than how he was two years ago.
Two years ago, Bubbles had only been slightly stronger than his father!
Yet two years later, he was actually 100,000-feet-tall and rivaled a true god on this day!
Two years! What exactly had he gone through during this period of time?
“Hahaha! Is that all you’ve got, big lizard?”
Bubbles became more and more valiant as the fight went on. Every punch he threw contained terrifying force. Every punch that landed on the Dragon God dizzied it and caused its blood and energy flow to churn.
The Dragon God was practically losing its mind. In order to seek revenge on Meng Lei, it had specially picked from its divine nation a true god-level Colossal Dragon that hadn’t yet passed 10,000 years from its point of deification.
Then, it had destroyed its divine spirit, seized its divine body, and taken it over in order to descend upon Heaven’s Vault Continent.
To the Dragon God, its current prowess was enough to sweep across Heaven’s Vault Continent without obstacles. Be it Meng Lei or any other half-deities, no one should have been a match for it.
In fact, killing every one of these renegades and even driving the Fairies, Titans, and Beast People back to their dens and unifying Heaven’s Vault Continent like what he had done 50,000 years ago should have been no difficult task.
Yet cruel reality had given the Dragon God a loud, resounding slap across the cheek. Meng Lei hadn’t even lifted a finger but only casually deployed a subordinate, yet it was already being badly beaten up...
This was too goddamn unbearable!!
“How dare you challenge Master when this is all you’ve got? You overestimate yourself!”
After a series of explosive attacks, the Dragon God was unsurprisingly knocked out. Bubbles then brought the Dragon God, which was covered in wounds and barely alive, over to Meng Lei.
He said, “Master, I’ve brought this guy here!”
“Your Holiness!”
Meng Lei looked at the Dragon God and said, “Your time is already over. Wouldn’t it have been great had you just obediently stayed in your divine nation? Why must you intentionally get involved in a messy situation like this?”
“Why?”
Indignation filled the Dragon God’s eyes as it said, “How did your subordinate become a true god? He clearly doesn’t have any worshipers! Without power of faith nourishing him—”
“Do you want to know why? But why should I tell you?” Meng Lei waved dismissively. Then, he said, “Slay him, Bubbles!”
“Yes, Master!”
Thus, Bubbles took on the role of a butcher.
With a stroke from his stretched out hand, Dragon scales fell.
With a casual snap, Dragon horns were broken.
With a forceful pull, Dragon tendons were extracted.
“Aaahhhh!!”
At once, the Dragon God let out a heartrending scream, yet it couldn’t budge even an inch.
Bubbles’ physical strength was simply too fearsome. It was far, far beyond what he had imagined.
Just like that, as everyone present watched in dumbfounded silence, Bubbles killed the Dragon God as if he were killing a pig for Lunar New Year celebrations.
He stripped the Dragon God of its scales and ripped off its skin.
Then, he collected its blood and extracted its internal organs.
Lastly, he washed its liver and cleaned its entrails.
The poor Dragon God was a great true god, yet it had been slaughtered amid its own indignant, baleful, and furious screams. It could be said to be the deity that had suffered the most tragic death in Heaven’s Vault Continent’s history.
“The task has been successfully completed, Master!”
“Great!”
Meng Lei nodded lightly. He split the Dragon God’s blood into a million portions with a big wave and sent them right up to everyone present.
“My thanks to everyone for joining us in today’s ceremony. I am immensely grateful. I can only offer you Dragon blood in place of wine to thank everyone for gracing me with your presence!
“Don’t worry, the divinity in the Dragon blood has been fully cleansed. You may drink it with no worries!”
Then, Meng Lei picked up a bowl of Dragon blood, threw back his head, and downed it all. Bubbles and the other ten half-deities also did the same.
Everyone gazed at the Dragon blood in front of them, all somewhat hesitant. However, immune delight surfaced in the half-deities and Saint Domain experts’ eyes, and they raised their heads and drank all the blood.
The Dragon God’s blood!
Just what kind of supreme treasure was that?
They couldn’t have a sip of it even in their dreams usually! Now that it was sitting right before them, they would be fools if they didn’t drink it!
After a few moments of hesitation, the commoners and worshipers also raised their heads and drank it all down.
Meng Lei wasn’t the least bit worried that their bodies would explode and lead to their deaths. Although the Dragon God’s blood contained a vast amount of energy, there was too little in each portion after splitting it into a million portions. Therefore, it was within an ordinary person’s capacity.
“Damn! He’s killed even the Dragon God!”
The Tempest Colossal Dragon hidden in the crowd gazed at the Dragon blood in front of him, his heart quivering.
He had initially thought that with the Dragon God’s descent, the Dragon God would definitely be able to unleash its power and kill Meng Lei. Yet the reality of the matter was...
“I hereby declare—from today onward, the Dragon God Empire shall officially change its name to the Meng Lei Empire, and I shall officially become the Meng Lei Empire’s founding emperor!”
Meng Lei’s voice thundered as he declared, “My first order as the emperor is as follows—free every human who’s still being exploited, enslaved, and abused! The range—all the humans on the continent!”
“How presumptuous!”
[1] Refers to Luo Yufeng, a Chinese Internet celebrity ridiculed for her unappealing looks and strange antics
Chapter 261: Unifying The Continent, The Legendary Titan
The moment the order left his mouth, everyone’s expressions changed.
Freeing all the humans on the continent... This was tantamount to declaring war on the other three great empires in a roundabout way.
It was common knowledge that the four major empires were where human populations were the biggest. Meng L
ei’s desire to free the human slaves was no different from interfering with the three major empires’ internal affairs.
How would the three empires possibly agree to that?
It went without saying what their responses were.
The Thunder Titan Emperor, the Beast Emperor, and the Fairy Empress’ countenances turned incredibly awful-looking. While they had been furious at Meng Lei’s impassioned speech earlier, they couldn’t be bothered to do anything about it and had adopted a disinterested attitude at things that didn’t concern them.
It was none of their business, no matter what kind of trouble Meng Lei wanted to make in the Dragon God Empire.
Yet he was actually clamoring about freeing the human slaves in their borders now. This move would completely uproot and destroy their empires!
“Envoys of the three major empires, please communicate my decision to your respective monarchs upon return!”
Meng Lei turned to the envoys and added, “I want results within a month!”
“Your Majesty!”
A valiant, heroic, and beautiful Fairy with a sword fastened at her waist spoke up at this point—it was Regimental Commander Azshara from the Fairy Empire. She gazed straight at Meng Lei and said, “The decision as to whether human slavery would be abolished or not is part of the Fairy Empire’s internal affairs. Your Majesty has no right to interfere!”
“I have no interest in the Fairy Empire’s internal affairs. The only thing I’m concerned about is the human race!”
Meng Lei said dispassionately, “The Meng Lei Empire is founded on the basis of the people, and our foundation is the humans themselves. Any matter that concerns the humans, concerns the Meng Lei Empire!”
“Your Majesty, forgive my impudence,” Azshara said coldly, “But the human population in Heaven’s Vault Continent is far vaster than just mere billions. You can only speak on behalf of the humans of the Meng Lei Empire, but you cannot represent the voices of all the humans on Heaven’s Vault Continent!”
Meng Lei was mildly taken aback. Seemingly rendered speechless by Azshara, he nodded slowly only after a brief moment. Then, he said, “Your words make sense. Indeed, I am only able to speak on behalf of the Meng Lei Empire’s humans and cannot represent the humans living in other places.”
At his words, the envoys from the three empires breathed a small sigh of relief. However, what Meng Lei said after that instead unexpectedly made them jump from their seats.
“If I integrate the entire Heaven’s Vault Continent into the Meng Lei Empire’s territory, would I then be able to represent the entire human race?”
“How brilliant, Your Majesty!”
“Your Majesty is right!”
Bubbles, Puhaman, and the others immediately sang his praises—after all, they couldn’t wait to unify the continent.
“Be careful what you say, Your Majesty! Calamity comes through the mouth!”
His words caused Regimental Commander Azshara’s countenance to change drastically. She said icily, “Your Majesty, you’re currently representing the Meng Lei Empire as you speak. Every word you utter represents the whole empire’s will rather than your own. I hope Your Majesty can refrain from babbling nonsense. Otherwise, I will interpret what you’ve just said as a declaration of war on the whole continent—including on the other three major empires!”
“A declaration of war on the whole continent?”
Meng Lei couldn’t help but laugh. He said, “Your words have reminded me that the humans were the masters of the continent right from the start, though. If humans are to take back everything that once belonged to us, so what even if we must declare war on the whole continent?”
“Your Majesty...”
Azshara’s expression turned icy-cold.
“This is my second order—the Fairy Empire, the Titan Empire, and the Beast People Empire are to submit to the Meng Lei Empire at once!”
Meng Lei’s voice was cold and aloof as he declared, “Otherwise, everywhere the Meng Lei Empire’s troops go, the country shall fall and the people perish!”
“You’re going too far!”
The Thunder Titan Emperor, the Fairy Empress, and the Beast Emperor flew into a thundering rage upon hearing his order. They hadn’t expected Meng Lei to actually be this arrogant and presumptuous.
By immediately ordering them to submit after the empire’s founding, he clearly didn’t think much of the three major empires. This was simply too much of him!
“Your Majesty!”
Azshara said coldly, “You’re too arrogan—”
“Hmph!”
Meng Lei let out a cold snort, following which a fearsome force then pressed down upon Azshara. She was flattened to the ground at once, as though thunderstruck.
“If you weren’t the Fairy Empire envoy, you’d be a dead woman by now.”
A dispassionate Meng Lei said, “Return and tell the Fairy Empress this—withdraw from the Fairy Forest with the Fairies and get the hell back to the Goddess Lakeside. Otherwise, I don’t mind having the Fairies follow in the footsteps of the Dragons and become a thing of the past.”
“You bastard!”
Azshara was both furious and embarrassed. Yet, no matter how hard she struggled, she simply couldn’t resist the force. She could only lay flat on the ground helplessly, tormented by shame and humiliation.
“The same goes for the Titan Empire and the Beast People Empire.”
Meng Lei turned to the Titan Empire and Beast People Empire envoys. “I’ve already said what I should have. It’s your call whether or not you want to obey it. The war starts a month later!”
With Azshara serving as a lesson to them, even though the two empires’ envoys were infuriated and extremely spiteful, they could only grin and bear with it.
“That damned Horace! Why isn’t he here yet?” The Thunder Titan Emperor was gnashing his teeth in a fury. “What exactly is that bastard doing?”
As though the heavens had heard the Thunder Titan Emperor’s curses, a shrill whiz suddenly traveled over from the sky a great distance away.
“What’s going on?”
Everyone turned and looked over to see a black dot shooting toward them at lightning-quick speed.
“That’s...”
A huge shudder went through the Thunder Titan Emperor.
The Beast Emperor, the Fairy Empress, as well as all the Saint Domain experts and half-deities also shuddered all over.
He’s here! He’s finally here! He’s made us wait for too long!
“Master, it’s probably Horace!”
Bubbles, Puhaman, Nadja, and the others all came forward and formed a protective barrier around Meng Lei. All of them wore grave looks on their faces.
“No need to be nervous!”
Meng Lei’s gaze swept across the three empires’ envoys with a slight smile on his face as he scoffed. “Those guys—especially the Titan Empire—are all treating Horace as a straw to clutch at, hoping that he can kill me and save them from their crises.
“Little do they know that the more they get their hopes up, the further they’ll fall. With Horace cooperating with me as a supporting role in this show, the resistance I’ll face in my quest to conquer the three great empires and unify Heaven’s Vault Continent shall be greatly reduced!”
“How wise, Master!”
He’s near!
He’s near!
As the black dot approached, the booming whizzing sounds also became shriller, louder, and increasingly sonorous!
Gradually, the people could see clearer and clearer that a small and skinny figure riding on a greatsword was racing toward them.
He wore a black cloak and had a small, short, and skinny physique, which was completely unlike the usual tall, burly physique of most Titans. Neither was his body strongly-built.
In spite of that, no one dared to underestimate him. It wasn’t just because he was Horace, but because his high speed alone could already leave innumerable people in the dust.
W
hoosh!
Horace came to an abrupt stop upon reaching the summit of Mount Dragon God.
“So, that’s Horace?”
“The one hailed as the most outstanding Titan after breaking through to Saint Domain at 57-years-old and breaking through the void and leaving Heaven’s Vault Continent 30,000 years ago?”
“That’s a historical figure!”
“That’s an old antique from 30,000 years ago...”
Everyone whispered among themselves as they watched Horace standing proudly in the sky. In their eyes were curiosity, anticipation, excitement, as well as unease...
Everyone was feeling a complex mix of emotions.
At this point, Horace opened his eyes slightly, his gaze sweeping across everyone present. For a moment there, the people felt a wave of pain that felt like jabbing needles coming from their eyes, and they couldn’t help but shut their eyes in pain.
“Such weak and frail mortals!” Horace scoffed before he asked calmly, “Where’s Meng Lei, the young one?”
“Be careful, Master!” Bubbles hastily warned. “I can’t tell how strong that guy is at all. You have to take absolute care!”
Puhaman also had a grave look on his face as he said, “That’s right, Master. That guy is completely on a different level from the Dragon God just now. You have to take absolute caution!”
“Don’t worry! I know what I’m doing.”
Meng Lei waved them off. Then, he rose slowly into the air and went up to Horace.
“So, you’re Meng Lei?”
Horace looked over, his sharp, knife-like eyes gazing upon Meng Lei.
“The man himself,” replied Meng Lei calmly.
“Little did I think that Heaven’s Vault Continent would birth someone like you 30,000 years later. Truly impressive!”
There was a hint of approving admiration on Horace’s countenance. Then, he said, “But you shouldn’t have challenged the great Titan Spiritual God’s authority. His wrath is not something you can withstand!”
“Talents emerge from every generation in this world, and each of them excels in their own domain for years to come!”
Meng Lei flicked his fingers as he remarked, “Didn’t the Titan Spiritual God also challenge the Fairy Goddess’ authority back when she was ruling Heaven’s Vault Continent?
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