On the other hand, it would strike gold if it really did discover anything exceptional in Heaven’s Vault Continent.
The moment the thought occurred to it, the Dark Demonic Dragon transformed into its human form and exited the cave.
“Baker, assemble the remaining Demon Lords and Great Demon Lords. They are to follow me to Heaven’s Vault Continent. We shall exterminate those goddamn human deities and flatten that low-end material plane!”
“As per the Grandmaster’s orders!”
Overjoyed, Baker quickly went to assemble the demons.
Before long, all the other Demon Lords and Great Demon Lords under the Dark Demonic Dragon’s command assembled and, under the Dark Demonic Dragon’s lead, headed toward the Camor Plateaus where the teleportation magic circle leading to Heaven’s Vault Continent was.
The demons moved very quickly. Before long, they had arrived at the Camor Plateaus. Unexpectedly, just as they arrived at the teleportation magic circle, the magic circle showed signs of fluctuations, and then Meng Lei and the others appeared within.
“Eh?”
Both parties were slightly taken aback as their eyes met. Evidently, neither had expected to run into each other.
Baker, who was among the demon masses, was the first to regain his senses. It glared at Meng Lei and shouted, “Damned human demon, to think you actually dare to make your way here!”
“Who are you?”
Meng Lei stared at Baker, somewhat weirded out. He could swear that he had never seen that guy before.
“Damned human deity, have you already forgotten that you killed one of my demonic incarnations?”
Baker gnashed its teeth in a fury, hatred filling its eyes.
“I don’t remember.”
Meng Lei waved lightly, his gaze sweeping across the demons one by one before finally stopping at Cyrus, the Dark Demonic Dragon.
Among the dozens of demons present, Cyrus gave off the strongest demonic might. Much like the blazing sun in the sky, it couldn’t get any more obvious.
In comparison, while the Demon Lords and Great Demon Lords boasted large numbers, they were just like stars in the sky. How could they possibly outshine the blazing sun?
Cyrus also stared at Meng Lei and the others, a look of disbelief flitting across his eyes.
“No wonder Baker and Anton weren’t a match for all of you. You’re certainly not that inferior!”
“So, you’re Cyrus the Demon God?” asked a leisurely and smiling Meng Lei.
“How dare a tiny little lesser deity utter Lord Demon God’s name!”
A Great Demon Lord covered in blood-red armor and with ram horns on its head glared at Meng Lei. The aura around it churned and surged as it barked, “Get on your knees!”
As it spoke, the energy flow around it also manifested into a solid form and crushed down on Meng Lei like a mountain, as though trying to flatten him to the ground.
“How dare you affront Master! Die!”
Bubbles let out a furious roar and smashed his fist mercilessly toward the Great Demon Lord.
Both parties weren’t very far from each other. Moreover, Bubbles had attacked out of the blue. Thus, the Great Demon Lord couldn’t react in time and took the punch in the head.
Crack!
As a crisp crack rang out, the Great Demon Lord’s head was instantly blasted apart into a mist of blood.
Weirdly enough, the Great Demon Lord’s head was bizarrely restored to its original state after being blasted into a bloody mist.
“It’s actually alright despite that punch?”
Bubbles looked dumbfounded.
Meng Lei and his true god subordinates also looked at the Great Demon Lord with astonishment.
To think it was actually fine and dandy after taking an all-out punch from Bubbles! How tough and durable!
“You damned deity!”
The Great Demon Lord was glaring furiously at Bubbles, however. Flames of fury blazed fiercely in its eyes as it roared, “How dare you wound me! Die! Die!”
Roar!
The Great Demon Lord instantly expanded into a 1,000-feet-tall Bloodseeker and charged madly toward Bubbles.
“It’s a Bloodseeker! No wonder it didn’t die!”
Bubbles brazenly met the Great Demon Lord head-on.
Boom!
Both parties clashed in an instant.
Bloodseekers were demons whose demonic body was formed from blood. They didn’t have any specific kind of physical body and were a fluid lifeform. Thus, they were immune to most physical attacks.
That characteristic alone greatly restricted Bubbles. Bubbles couldn’t do anything about the Bloodseeker at all despite his terrifying physical strength.
Moreover, Bubbles had ultimately only just assimilated his divine core and was a lesser deity of the weakest class. How could he possibly be a match for the enraged Bloodseeker?
After a series of entanglements, Bubbles was gradually outmatched. Surrounded by perils, he was completely in a disadvantageous position.
“Master, I’ll go and help Bubbles out!”
At the sight, Sacas hastily requested.
“Go!”
Meng Lei waved lightly. Sacas charged toward them right away. At the sight, another demon also flew out from the demon party. It was a winged demon with a pair of black wings on its back and ram horns on its head.
“Thinking of fighting two against one? Human deities are indeed despicable!” Ludwig, the winged demon, stood in Sacas’ way and sneered.
“Get lost!”
Sacas let out a low roar and began to battle Ludwig.
“Go, all of you can attack, too!”
Meng Lei gave an order with a wave.
“Yes, Master!”
Nadja, the Spider Goddess, the Swirling Snow Sword Saint, and the others also charged out fearlessly.
Cyrus said dispassionately, “Go. Give them a good time.”
“Yes, Lord Demon God!”
Boom!
Chapter 275: Dark Demonic Dragon, Divine Netherworld Phoenix
Boom, boom, boom!
An unprecedented tangled war between gods and demons had broken out above the Camor Plateaus!
10 deities—Puhaman wasn’t present—and 45 demons instantly clashed against one another.
The 10 deities were all lesser deities that had just assimilated their divine cores, while the 45 demons consisted of nine Great Demon Lords and 36 Demon Lords.
On paper, the deities appeared to be at a complete and absolute disadvantage, and chances of victory were worryingly low—and the truth was indeed so.
On average, each deity was being besieged by one Great Demon Lord and three Demon Lords. Moreover, the deities had only just assimilated their divine cores, so all 11 of them were completely being suppressed by the Demon Lords.
Surrounded by perils and stuck in a precarious situation, they seemed like they might perish any moment.
Yet Meng Lei wasn’t worried about that at all. His gaze stayed on Cyrus, and he said, “Mr. Cyrus, it’s just you and me now.”
“The audacity of you, human deity!”
Sharp, forceful murderous intent emanated from Cyrus. It said, “Even if we put the matter of annihilating my army aside for now, to think you actually dare to pursue us all the way here to seek your own death!”
“We’ll talk about whether or not I’m seeking my own death later on.” Meng Lei gave him a leisurely smile and said, “But for deploying a demon army to invade my territory without any reason, don’t you think you owe me an explanation?”
“You’ll naturally get one if you beat me in a fight!”
Cyrus bared its fangs and said, “Otherwise, both you and those deities of yours will all perish by my fangs and end up in my belly!”
“Let’s fight, then!”
Meng Lei stretched and loosened his neck muscles, producing crisp cracks as he did so. Then, he said, “On account of your senior status, I’ll allow you to make the first move.”
> “You cocky deity, die!”
Enraged, Cyrus threw a punch out.
Although it was currently in human form, its punch nevertheless still held incredibly fearsome power. The fragile, brittle dimension instantly broke, and its fist appeared right in front of Meng Lei as if it had teleported.
It was fast! Incredibly so!
It was wild and raging! Exceptionally so!
Wild, violent power erupted with a great blast. Anyone, even a pinnacle-level lesser deity, would no doubt be reduced to a bloody pulp should they receive the full brunt of the punch.
Meng Lei could totally sense the terrifying power the punch contained. In the instant it came at him, he used Dark-Elemental Transformation right away and transformed into a cloud of drifting dark elements.
“Dark-Elemental Transformation!”
Cyrus immediately recognized Meng Lei’s move. It couldn’t help but let out an icy snort. Then, it said, “Demon’s Domain!”
Buzz...
A great force abruptly manifested and froze the dimension around Meng Lei. Meng Lei was rendered immobile—in fact, he couldn’t even resume human form!
“You arrogant human deity!”
Cyrus said coldly, “Your cultivation level is too low. I don’t even need to use other means because my Demon’s Domain alone is enough to completely subdue you.”
“Demon’s Domain?”
Meng Lei perked up.
Since deities had God’s Domain, Demon Gods naturally also had their own Domain of the Demons, which was also shortened to Demon’s Domain by the Demon Gods. It was merely a difference in names.
As expected, Demon’s Domain cast by a Demon God that rivals an intermediate deity is exceptionally powerful!
Meng Lei sighed inwardly. Then, he promptly teleported and quietly disappeared from the Demon’s Domain range.
“He vanished?”
Cyrus was a little startled at the sight, and it stared somewhat disbelievingly at Meng Lei, who was a short distance away.
“There weren’t any power of divinity or air-current fluctuations. If my guess is right, what you’ve just used must be a special spatial ability?”
“Bingo!” Meng Lei smiled and replied, “To be more accurate, it’s teleportation.”
“Teleportation!”
Cyrus narrowed its eyes slightly, great waves churning in its heart. Not only did the other party possess the Divine Netherworld Phoenix bloodline and the Grim Reaper Scythe, but he could even use powerful special abilities like Dark-Elemental Transformation and Teleportation!
Just what kind of existence was Meng Lei? Why did he own such powerful and fearsome abilities, and so many at that?
“Cyrus, you’re very strong,” Meng Lei gazed at Cyrus and said, “What a shame that you’re not a match for me. I’ll give you a chance at survival. I hope you can seize the opportunity. Submit to me!”
“How presumptuous!” Cyrus snorted. “You’re a deity with secrets that I’m very interested in. As long as you hand over all your secrets, I’m willing to give you a way out.”
“Since that’s the case, then let’s fight!” Meng Lei smiled calmly and said, “I’m going to show you my greatest trump card now!”
Thick, viscous black flames suddenly burst forth from Meng Lei as he spoke. It was as though his entire body had burst into flames. The more the black flames blazed, the stronger they became...
Toward the end, Meng Lei had completely turned into a fiercely-blazing large black fireball.
Floating in the center of the black fireball was a handsome and powerful-looking beast with a wingspan that exceeded 100 meters!
Ink-black in color all over and covered in rising black flames, it had a cockatoo-like head, a snake-like neck, a strong jaw, a raised back, and a fishtail...
Boom!
A fearsome and intimidating aura emanated from the handsome and powerful-looking beast and swept toward all directions, wantonly weighing down on everyone.
The 50 gods and demons that were originally entangled in chaotic battles halted their movements, turning to the floating beast covered in black flames and staring at it in disbelief.
“W-what a terrifying aura!”
“The Divine Netherworld Phoenix! That’s the divine beast from Hell, the Divine Netherworld Phoenix!”
“No wonder Master can manipulate the Netherworld Divine Fire. So he’s really a Divine Netherworld Phoenix!”
Be it Bubbles and the other true gods or the Demon Lord masses, everyone was filled with trepidation.
Even if they temporarily disregarded the Divine Netherworld Phoenix’s intimidating status, just the aura that Meng Lei was currently giving off was already enough to prevent them from even forming the desire to battle him.
It was too scary!
“How long has it only been? Yet he has already become that strong? Just how exactly does that guy cultivate?”
Rose, the Spider Goddess, had a complex look in her eyes. She couldn’t help but think back to the time when she had first met Meng Lei.
Meng Lei had only been a tiny little half-deity back then. Had it not been for his strange special abilities and the Netherworld Divine Fire, he wouldn’t have been her match at all.
How long had it only been since then? Yet Meng Lei’s aura had far surpassed that of a lesser deity by now and reached a level that even the Spider Goddess couldn’t identify anymore. She couldn’t help but feel as if she had lived her entire life in vain.
“The Divine Netherworld Phoenix!”
Cyrus was also watching Meng Lei. A barely discernible hint of wariness flashed across its eyes as it said, “As expected, you really are a Divine Netherworld Phoenix! I’ve underestimated you!
“Mr. Cyrus, come at me at full power!” Meng Lei flapped his wings and said, “Otherwise, you won’t even have a chance at beating me!”
“Having a death wish? I’ll fulfill your wish!”
Cyrus moved carefully.
Meng Lei’s current aura had completely reached a Demon God’s level and wasn’t weaker than his by much. Moreover, Meng Lei was even a Divine Netherworld Phoenix. How would it dare to underestimate him?
Howl!
A loud, sonorous roar later, the Dark Demonic Dragon promptly transformed into its true form, and a pitch-black, 100,000-feet-long Demonic Dragon appeared.
It wasn’t very big in size and was about the same size as a true god-level Colossal Dragon. However, the aura it gave off was ridiculously strong and infinitely more powerful than a true god-level Colossal Dragon’s!
“Great!”
Meng Lei raised his head and laughed into the heavens. Then, with a light flap of his wings, he turned into a black thunderbolt that lunged toward the Dark Demonic Dragon, coming right up to it in the blink of an eye.
“Are you actually intending to wrestle with me?”
The Dark Demonic Dragon released a couple of tornadoes from its nostrils at the sight, while its thick, muscular tail morphed into an iron whip that lashed mercilessly at Meng Lei.
Whoosh!
Chapter 276: Power Of Existential Plane, Rebirth
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
The thick, muscular dragon tail turned into an iron whip, slashing toward Meng Lei, who had transformed into a Divine Netherworld Phoenix.
It came as fast as lightning with great force and momentum. It was mighty and forceful that could destroy heaven and earth!
If it hits its target, Meng Lei would surely be squashed into meat sauce. However, just as the tail was about to hit Meng Lei, he vanished. When he reappeared, Meng Lei was already at the back of the Dark Demonic Dragon.
Meng Lei swiped his gleaming phoenix claws viciously. A ripping sound echoed as the Dark Demonic Dragon’s back was scratched, leaving deep fissures.
Howl!
The Dark Demonic Dragon let out a cry of pain as it turned its head to spit out black dragon breath. However, in front of the powerful teleportation, how could it even touch Meng Lei?
Slash!
Meng Lei teleported away and swiped his claws down as black blood and flesh flew everywhere.
“Damn it!”
The Dark Demonic Dragon roared in rage and released its Demon’s Domain, attempting to trap Meng Lei in his position. Though the Demon’s Domain could seal the air around, Meng Lei could not be suppressed.
Another teleportation!
Slash!
The following rounds of battles were almost the same, where Meng Lei constantly teleported around and attacked any openings he saw. The Dark Demonic Dragon simply had no answer to that.
Every single furious roar only exchanged for its battered body!
On the other hand, Meng Lei was neither out of breath nor red-faced, becoming more valiant the more he fought as he dominated over the Dark Demonic Dragon. To be honest, teleportation was such a huge BUG!
Dark Demonic Dragon used Demon’s Domain, Meng Lei used Teleport!
Dark Demonic Dragon used physical attack, Meng Lei used Teleport!
Dark Demonic Dragon used magic attacks, Meng Lei used Teleport!
No matter what the Dark Demonic Dragon threw at Meng Lei, he only needed to teleport to evade any attacks.
Of course, other than teleportation, Meng Lei possessed incredible speed and a pair of phoenix claws that could slice through the Dark Demonic Dragon’s demonic body.
What did the Dark Demonic Dragon have?
Its powerful and strong demonic body, its terrifying power, its destructive dragon breath.
Upon comparing both sides, Meng Lei naturally restricted the Dark Demonic Dragon.
No matter how tough your demonic body is, or how powerful you are, or how terrifying your dragon breath is, they are all useless if you can’t hit me!
“Mr. Cyrus, is that all you got?” Meng Lei said with a thundering voice, “If that’s it, then today will be the day you fall!”
“Human deity!” The Dark Demonic Dragon let out a deep growl. “You have well and truly enraged me! I’m going to tear you into a million pieces! Power of existential plane, Suppression!”
Buzz...
A massive amount of force came rushing from all around and pressed onto Meng Lei’s body.
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