“This... Alright!”
Ol’ Amos sighed, choosing not to reject his offer. Indeed, he certainly didn’t have even a shred of confidence when up against such terrifying power from the Light Church.
Now that things had come to this, he could only pin his hopes on Meng Lei.
Meng Lei took a step forward. His gaze swept slowly and leisurely across the Light Church men as he said calmly, “I’m in a good mood today and don’t wish to go on a killing spree. I’ll give you a chance—vanish from my sight at once!”
“How dare you!”
“How presumptuous!”
“How impudent!”
The Light Church men flew into a rage at his words. The ten half-deities that had lunged at Ol’ Amos previously immediately changed their course of motion and charged brazenly toward Meng Lei instead.
They transformed into ten white lightning bolts, the friction of their movement against the air producing crackling whizzing sounds like the whistling of trains.
“Die, you devil!”
“Those that challenge the Light Church’s authority shall... Die!”
“You think too highly of yourselves!”
Meng Lei shook his head slightly. Then, he reached out a finger, tapped lightly in the air, and commanded, “Freeze!”
Buzz...
The dimension instantly solidified, and the ten half-deities that had initially been charging toward Meng Lei with great momentum froze where they were, completely immobilized.
“Ashes to ashes, dust to dust. Disperse!”
With a wave from Meng Lei, the ten half-deities instantly exploded into ten veils of bloody mist.
Their heads exploded into a bloody mist.
Their bones exploded into a bloody mist.
Their limbs exploded into a bloody mist.
Their entrails exploded into a bloody mist.
All their internal organs exploded into bloody mists.
The mists of blood scattered with the wind and floated toward the Light Church men, drowning them out in the blink of an eye.
Archbishop Chicas included, everyone from the church couldn’t help but gasp.
Ten half-deities... had died just like that?
They hadn’t made any waves... They hadn’t flown up to the other party... In fact, they hadn’t even caused much of a commotion, if at all...
Yet they had already been blasted into mists of blood?
Gulp!
Archbishop Chicas swallowed hard as a hint of indescribable fear surfaced in his eyes.
The ten ascetic cultivators had all been pinnacle-level half-deities and had been pillars of support in the church. Yet they had been instantly taken out?
Just how frighteningly strong was the other party?
And how terrifying was his power?
“Initially, I couldn’t be bothered about the Light Church because I’ve only just come to this continent. After all, no matter how hard you try to make trouble, you would only be nothing but a bunch of insignificant ants.”
As though he was talking about something insignificant and trivial, he said, “But since you’re seeking death, I don’t mind squashing you along the way!”
“On guard!”
Archbishop Chicas’ eyelid twitched continuously, and he let out a great shout—he knew that Meng Lei was about to launch an attack!
Clank, clank, clank!
The Holy Maiden Knights quickly released their Battle Aura and gathered it above them to form a tough, solid light shield that shrouded all of them within.
“You perverse demon! How dare you so cruelly and wantonly kill the Light Church’s half-deities!”
It was only within the light shield that Archbishop Chicas finally gained a sense of security. He glared at Meng Lei and shouted, “Surrender at once and follow me back to the Holy Mountain to repent for your sins if you know what’s good for you! Otherwise, you’ll regret ever coming to the Light Continent when our Lord metes out punishment!”
“You’re too noisy!”
Meng Lei cast a glance at Archbishop Chicas. Then, he raised his glistening jade-like palm and lightly smacked downward in the direction of the Holy Maiden Knights.
Boom!
Power of Existential Plane formed a huge palm capable of blotting out the sky and crashed down on the Holy Maiden Knights like a great mountain.
Archbishop Chicas’ heart, as well as all the Holy Maiden Knights’ hearts, almost jumped out of their mouths as they watched the gigantic palm crashing down on them.
“Please watch over us, Goddess of Light!”
“We have to block that attack!”
“O supreme Lord, praise be to you! Please let us block that damned attack...”
Everyone shouted and cheered themselves on inwardly. However, their prayers went unanswered by the Goddess of Light because cracks formed all over the light shield the moment the gigantic palm made contact with the light shield.
Then, it broke with a crack and dissipated with white glowing particles that dissipated into the air.
“It’s all over!”
“We’re doomed now!”
Looks of despair came over everyone’s faces at once. How strong must that palm strike have been if even the light shield that tens of thousands of people had simultaneously formed couldn’t withstand it?
Just as everyone thought that they were about to be smashed into a bloody pulp, a sword’s golden glint burst forth from the Knights and shot toward the gigantic palm!
Slash!
The sword glint was incredibly sharp, and it cleaved the gigantic palm right into two. Then, a graceful golden figure appeared in a flash and gazed coldly at Meng Lei.
She was tall and slender and had a shapely, curvaceous figure.
She possessed unparalleled beauty that outshone even that of Lady Zhen’s1.
Her eyes were stern and grave, while her attractive face was as icy as snow.
She had a head of long blond hair and a pair of long and slender legs. Clad in golden armor and wearing a red cape on her shoulders, she carried herself tall and looked heroic and valiant.
“Your Eminence!” exclaimed Archbishop Chicas, whose spirits had become fired up again right away. The Holy Maiden was a pinnacle-level true god. With her around, there was nothing to fear!
The Holy Maiden glowered at Meng Lei and stated icily, “I am Altacia, the Holy Maiden of Light.”
“You’ve made your appearance at last!”
Meng Lei flicked his fingers as he said, “Here I was, thinking that you were going to hide at the back and refuse to come out.”
Altacia said coldly, “Deity from Heaven’s Vault Continent, this is the Light Church’s territory. We will not allow you to behave so atrociously here! Follow me back to the Holy Mountain to be punished!”
“The Light Church’s territory?”
Meng Lei couldn’t help but laugh.
I’m the master of this existential plane, y’know. The whole existential plane is my territory!
Yet you won’t allow me to behave so atrociously?
“Your Eminence, are you trying to make me die of laughter so that you can inherit my Ant Check Later1?”
Chapter 288: Holy Maiden Killed Instantly, Fleeing Away
“Your Eminence, are you trying to make me die of laughter so that you can inherit my Ant Check Later?”
Ant Check Later?
Altacia found that strange. However, from Meng Lei’s tone, she knew that he was not saying nice things. He was probably even mocking her!
“Foreign deity, you’re too arrogant!”
Altacia had a frosty look on her delicate face. “Surrender at once and follow me back to the Holy Mountain to stand trial! Or else, don’t hold it against me if I show you no civility!”
“Your Eminence, many had said similar things to me, but they never ended up well. I think... you’ll be the same.”
As he spoke, Meng Lei struck down a palm.
Boom!
It was another gi
gantic palm.
“Unrepentant!”
Altacia grunted softly as she swung down her sword and sliced the gigantic palm into halves.
“It’s Your Eminence, after all!”
“All hail our mighty Holy Maiden!”
“Your Eminence, let this damned heretic know the consequence of setting himself against the Light Church!”
“Die! Demon!”
The Light Church men cheered as it looked to them that the Holy Maiden had negated Meng Lei’s attack with only a swing of her sword. Naturally, she had the upper hand!
However, the Holy Maiden of Light did not think so—the gigantic palm was neither a physical attack nor a divinity attack, yet its power was of a true god’s level.
Plus, Meng Lei attacked casually just now—that was too scary!
In the eyes of the Holy Maiden of Light, Meng Lei was like a black hole that she could not see through at all. From this, she did not dare to underestimate Meng Lei.
Since when did such an expert pop out in Heaven’s Vault Continent? the Holy Maiden of Light thought as she tried to guess Meng Lei’s identity.
“Your Eminence, your combat prowess is still acceptable. So as long as you can take my next attack, I’ll let you off,” Meng Lei said leisurely.
He slowly extended his glistening jade-like palm. Black condensed flames appeared on his palm as it transformed into a black spear.
“Go!” Meng Lei shouted with a swoosh of his sleeve. The black spear then turned into a bolt of black lightning and shot toward the Holy Maiden.
“Black flames? It’s the Netherworld Divine Fire!”
The Holy Maiden’s expression changed drastically.
She would never have expected that Meng Lei could actually use the Netherworld Divine Fire. Those were flames exclusive to the Divine Netherworld Phoenix!
Facing the Netherworld Divine Fire, the Holy Maiden of Light did not dare let her guard down. She quickly activated her power of divinity, injected it into her sword, and swung it in the air.
“Holy Light Judgment!”
The dazzling aura formed a 40-meter long blade, like a rainbow across the sky, slicing open a pitch-black crevice in the air in an instant.
“Such a scary Holy Light Judgment!”
At the sight of this sword, Archbishop Chicas and the Knights exclaimed.
As people from the Church, almost all of them had learned this ability, but they could never use it to such a terrifying level as Her Eminence.
Clang!
The black spear clashed with the golden blade as if two hammers rammed onto each other, setting off bright sparks. Then a shocking scene occurred—the sharp golden blade blasted into pieces, turning into countless golden glow shooting outward in all directions!
The Holy Maiden Knights were implicated as golden beams of light went through their brains and shot through their chests overwhelmingly, turning them into swiss cheese.
A golden beam shot even Archbishop Chicas’s head. He became the largest fish of the lot to be implicated.
“How?”
Archbishop Chicas’ expression was full of disbelief. He was the Red-Cloaked Archbishop of the Light Church, and his status was only below the Pope and the Holy Maiden of Light—one of the highest standing in the Light Continent.
Yet, he was about to die. With both divine incarnations dead, he was thoroughly dead!
Thud!
Thud!
Thud!
Archbishop Chicas fell facing the ground. The unlucky ones among the Holy Maiden Knights also dropped on the ground motionless.
For a while, the initially intimidating and mighty men of the Light Church suffered heavy casualties, as over a third of the troops were lost.
The Holy Maiden of Light could not spare any concern for these people because that black spear was undamaged and shot toward her nevertheless!
By now, it was too late to dodge it. In this situation, the Holy Maiden of Light rushed to use her power of divinity to cast a divine power shield.
Whoosh!
Just at the moment when the shield was up, the black spear struck the shield. A crisp snap rang out, and the divine power shield was penetrated as if it was made of paper.
Splurt!
The black spear pierced right through the Holy Maiden’s neck and continued its trajectory.
“Wah!!”
The Holy Maiden’s face turned pale instantly as blood shot out of her throat like a fountain uncontrollably.
“You... are not a true god. You’re a less... lesser de... deity!” the Holy Maiden of Light stared at Meng Lei and uttered slowly before her head drooped and her body fell straight backward.
“Your Eminence!!”
The remaining knights were terribly aghast. Some threw themselves toward the Holy Maiden of Light, while the others went for Meng Lei, their eyes bloodshot.
“You damned heretic! How dare you to hurt Her Eminence!”
“Death upon anyone who harms Her Eminence!”
“Kill!”
These knights lost no time to initiate their attacks.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Torrents of attacks fell upon.
“Annoying!”
Meng Lei frowned slightly and waved his arms. Then, densely packed golden wind blades swept toward the Holy Maiden Knights.
“Ahhh!”
Screams rang out everywhere.
As the wind blades swept by, almost all these knights were killed, with only a few lucky survivors barely standing.
Although they were alive, each of them was extremely petrified, as if they were looking at an extremely vicious demon.
“Devil! You’re a devil!”
The knights screamed in horror.
“Go back and tell your Pope, I’m giving him three days to prepare for our meeting, be it recruiting experts or calling in reinforcements! Three days later, I’ll arrive at the Holy Mountain of Light. I hope he doesn’t disappoint me! Now scram!” Meng Lei waved them off.
Although the remaining half-deities and knights could not bear to accept this result, they could only stay away from the dominant Meng Lei.
“Let’s go.”
Everyone from the Light Church fled within ten seconds, bringing every dead body with them, including the Holy Maiden of Light.
Suddenly, only Ol’ Amos and Meng Lei were left hovering in the sky.
Ol’ Amos had a complicated look on his face. “The Holy Maiden of Light was a pinnacle-level true god! You can even kill a pinnacle true god instantly! Meng Lei, how powerful are you exactly?”
Meng Lei laughed and said, “Ol’ Amos, to be honest with you, in this existential plane, no one can defeat me.”
“So this means that... you’re a lesser deity!?” Ol’ Amos asked in disbelief.
Chapter 289: The Astounded Ol’ Amos, Five Divine Cores
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
In front of the Goddess of Light statue at the Shrine of Light...
“I’ve disappointed you, sir.”
The Holy Maiden of Light hung her head with a look of shame on her face. Behind her also stood four half-deities and three Red-Cloaked Archbishops, who all also looked worse for the wear.
A slightly frowning Pope Hayes gazed at them and said, “Has that Heaven’s Vault Continent deity killed your divine incarnation, too?”
“Yes, he has, sir.”
Altacia felt unbearably ashamed of herself. She had made confident promises to the pope at the point of deployment, yet she had returned after a crushing defeat. She had practically embarrassed herself thoroughly.
“Tell me about the battles,” said Pope Hayes slowly.
“This is what happened, sir.”
The Holy Maiden of Light didn’t dare to keep any secrets from him. She truthfully recounted the battle events—though rather than calling it “events”, one might as well just call it “a recount of how they had been crushed and taken out instantly”.
Meng Lei had only used
three moves from start to finish—the gigantic palm strike formed by Power of Existential Plane, the spear formed by Netherworld Divine Fire, and the wind blades that he had used to kill the Holy Maiden Knights.
Was that a battle? Obviously not!
Pope Hayes sank into silence after hearing Altacia’s recount of the incident. Only after a long moment did he finally say, “Never would I have thought that the weak Heaven’s Vault Continent would actually birth such a monster. If my guess is right, Heaven’s Vault Continent must have undergone great changes.”
The Holy Maiden of Light nodded slowly. How could Heaven’s Vault Continent possibly not have undergone great changes when an existence like Meng Lei had emerged? Would he sit by and just allow the four great true gods to occupy Heaven’s Vault Continent?
Of course not!
“He’s a Divine Netherworld Phoenix descendant of lesser deity-level. The other party’s combat strength has surpassed our expectations. The church faces a great crisis.”
Pope Hayes sighed and said, “Everyone, let us prepare ourselves for the imminent crisis that might wipe out the church!”
“Yes, sir!”
...
“You’re really a monster indeed, kid!”
Ol’ Amos had a complex look on his face. “You frequently astounded me when I was traveling around with you back then. That’s when I knew that you’d definitely be going places in the future, but never would I have ever thought that you would reach such astonishing heights in just the short span of three years! A lesser deity, y’know! It’s practically inconceivable!”
Meng Lei burst into laughter and replied, “Don’t praise me anymore, Ol’ President. If you do, I’m gonna float onto cloud nine!”
He was indifferent to other people’s praise. Only praise from Ol’ Amos made him feel good about himself.
“I really don’t know how you managed to cultivate to such a level!”
Ol’ Amos shook his head. Then, he asked, “By the way, how is Heaven’s Vault Continent?”
Meng Lei’s smile gradually toned down at his question. He sighed and replied, “Don’t get mad at me if I tell you, Ol’ President. Otherwise, I won’t say it anymore.”
Ol’ Amos raised an eyebrow. He said, “Get mad? From the sound of it, I can roughly imagine what you must have done—nothing good for sure!”
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