In the sky far away, both the Beast God and the Titan Spiritual God were speechless and could not recover from their shock.
After a long pause, the Beast God broke the silence. “Kronos, if it were you, would you be able to kill these Demon Gods in such a short time?”
The Titan Spiritual God opened his mouth but only spoke after a while. “Though I don’t want to admit it, I have to say that I can’t do so in such a manner!”
The Beast God nodded slightly. Although the Titan Spiritual God was indeed a pinnacle-level intermediate deity with colossal strength and supreme combat power, it was difficult for two fists to beat four hands.
“When facing the besiegement of 50 Dark Demonic Dragons, I could defeat them, but not in such a short time! I really don’t know how he managed to cultivate to such a level!”
The Titan Spiritual God clenched his fists tightly. To witness an ant in his eyes surpass him was the worst possible feeling.
The Beast God sighed and mentioned suddenly, “Kronos, since it’s come to this, we’ll need to form an alliance!”
“Form an alliance?” The Titan Spiritual God was a little startled. “Haylem, what do you mean?”
“Kronos, have you forgotten? Our domains are not too far from Heaven’s Vault Continent. Do you think that given this little fellow’s character, he’ll let us off?”
“He dares?”
The Titan Spiritual God scoffed coldly. “If he dares to think about it, I won’t let him off!”
“Look, Kronos now is not the time to be influenced by sentiments!”
The Beast God shook his head. “Although I don’t want to boost others’ morale, I have a feeling that he will step into a higher deity level before us. By then, we’ll be in trouble!”
The Titan Spiritual God’s countenance changed drastically.
Meng Lei, becoming a higher deity!?
Chapter 314: Higher Deity, Unbeatable
Deities were all greedy, especially when it came to matters concerning power of faith.
It was no exaggeration to say that as long as they were capable of doing so, any deity would do their utmost best to seize all the power of faith they could seize.
Nobody would dislike having more power of faith!
Take the Titan Spiritual God, for example.
Back then, after he had left Heaven’s Vault Continent, he had done all he could to expand his territory and occupy more material planes.
Even after he had received over 100 existential planes as power of faith domains later on, he had still continued to expand his territory. He hadn’t become content with the amount of power of faith he already had.
In fact, the Titan Spiritual God would even kill the Beast God and seize his power of faith domains without any hesitation if he was strong enough to.
Thus, the Titan Spiritual God had instantly felt a sense of crisis when the Beast God told him that it was extremely likely that Meng Lei would become a higher deity before he did.
If he were Meng Lei...
He would definitely attack the Beast God and himself without any hesitation, take over their power of faith domains, and occupy all the existential planes that he could occupy.
“Damn it!”
After he understood all these, the Titan Spiritual God couldn’t help but curse under his breath. He felt utterly frustrated.
“Kronos, you should face reality.”
The Beast God sighed and said, “We have to form an alliance so that we can respond to the crisis that will highly likely happen in the future. Of course, you’re the Theodore clan’s target of priority grooming, so you can also request for aid from them during moments of danger.”
“Request for aid?”
The Titan Spiritual God gnashed his teeth as he said, “If mere human trash can push me into a corner so badly that I have to request for aid from the clan, then I’d rather die!”
“Kronos, you’re too prideful!”
At the other side...
Meng Lei turned to the black-robed middle-aged man after he defeated the Dark Demonic Dragons. He said, “Actually, you could’ve launched a sneak attack on me when I was fighting them just now.”
“A sneak attack?”
The black-robed middle-aged man dusted off the imaginary dust on his robe and said, “Do you think I need to resort to sneak attacks when it’s you that I’m up against? You think too highly of yourself.”
“Is that so?”
Meng Lei narrowed his eyes slightly.
“You should know why I’m here.”
The black-robed middle-aged man said aloofly, “Hand over that thing and offer up your divine spirit origin energy, and I’ll show you some mercy and spare your life.”
“I’ve always been the one saying that in the past. Little did I expect there would come a day when someone else says it to me instead. It’s really like what they say, ‘What goes around comes around’.”
Meng Lei shook his head and chuckled lightly. Then, he said, “I’m returning those very same lines to you instead, though. Get onto your knees, beg for mercy, and offer up your divine spirit origin energy, and I’ll spare your life!”
“You worm, you’re courting death!”
The black-robed middle-aged man’s eyes turned cold. Then he raised his right arm and flicked his fingers. A strong gust of wind shot from his fingers with a whoosh and instantly struck Meng Lei on the chest.
“Ugh!”
As though it were piercing through weak, fragile tofu, it actually pierced through Meng Lei’s terrifyingly and incredibly tough and sturdy divine body that could withstand the Dark Demonic Dragons’ chaotic bombardment of attacks. It made a pitch-dark and bloody hole in him in a split second.
Divine blood flowed out of the wound as severe pain assaulted his nerves. Immense shock came over Meng Lei as he gazed at the bloody hole in his chest.
What a fast and sharp attack! I actually couldn’t react at all!
“Meng Lei, he’s a higher deity!”
Dodola gave him a timely warning.
“A higher deity!”
“He’s actually a higher deity!”
In the sky, a great distance away, a huge jolt went through the Beast God and the Titan Spiritual God at the same time. Looks of incredulity also surfaced in their eyes almost simultaneously.
“That guy is actually a higher deity!”
The Beast God murmured to himself, “I should have thought of that a long time ago. How can an intermediate deity possibly subdue that many Demon God-level subordinates?”
“Just what kind of huge secret is that kid carrying on him? He’s alarmed even a higher deity?”
The Titan Spiritual God found this inconceivable.
“Who knows? In any case, that secret has nothing to do with us anymore.”
The Beast God let out a faint sigh and added, “That kid’s doomed for sure, and the secret on him will also be taken from him.
“Here’s hoping that that higher deity will leave after he’s gotten his hands on the secret. Otherwise, we’ll be in danger.”
The Titan Spiritual God nodded slightly.
...
“Master!”
“Master has been wounded!”
“To think the opponent is actually so strong!”
At the sight of the other party inflicting an injury on Meng Lei with just a single move, blood drained from Sacas, Puhaman, and the others’ faces. Worry and concern filled their eyes.
“I had guessed that you’re a higher deity, but it didn’t occur to me that a higher deity would actually possess such fearsome abilities. This is truly hard to imagine!”
Despite suffering an injury on the chest, Meng Lei didn’t show any fear. Instead, there was even a hint of marvel on his countenance as he remarked, “You surprisingly didn’t disappoint!”
“Worm, I’ll give you a chance.”
The black-robed middle-aged man ordered with an aloof expression on his countenance, “Hand over that thing, and I’ll spar
e your life!”
“You can say that later instead!”
Meng Lei resumed his human form and said, “The only thing on my mind is having a proper battle with you right now. Come on, show me what a higher deity is capable of!”
“You’re courting death!”
The black-robed middle-aged man’s countenance turned cold, and another strong gust of wind shot toward Meng Lei. However, Meng Lei vanished from where he was without waiting for the gust of wind to hit him this time.
By the time he reappeared, he had already shown up bizarrely behind the black-robed middle-aged man. The Grim Reaper Scythe appeared out of nowhere and swung right at his head.
“It’s useless!”
The black-robed middle-aged man shook his head lightly. As though he had eyes at the back of his head, his head tilted slightly to the side and easily dodged the incredibly sharp Grim Reaper Scythe. Then, he raised his right fist and smashed it behind him, striking Meng Lei right on his chest.
“Ugh!”
A wave of great force assaulted Meng Lei. He felt as if a heavy hammer had hit him on the chest. Intense, severe pain came over him, and he coughed up blood right away.
“Nice one!”
Meng Lei teleported and appeared some distance away. There was blood at the corners of his lips. He said, “Higher deities are indeed powerful and mighty. Looks like normal physical attacks really can’t do anything to you at all.”
“Stop your futile and useless struggling.” The black-robed middle-aged man said aloofly, “The more you struggle, the more despair you’ll only feel.”
“Is that so?”
Meng Lei teleported behind him again. Two bursts of black flames suddenly shot out of his eyes and struck the black-robed middle-aged man.
Boom!
The black flames immediately started to blaze away upon landing and appeared to be spreading.
The black-robed middle-aged man’s expression changed slightly. Black fog rose from his hand. Then, he actually flung away the black flames on him with a casual swipe.
“Netherworld Divine Fire!” The black-robed middle-aged man’s eyes bore into Meng Lei. “You’re a descendant of the Divine Netherworld Phoenixes?”
Meng Lei didn’t answer him. Instead, he was looking at the Netherworld Divine Fire that had been flung aside. He said, “Even the Netherworld Divine Fire is ineffective on you. Looks like I’m really out of options.”
“Stop the meaningless struggles.”
The black-robed middle-aged man said coldly, “I don’t care whether you’re part of the Grim Reapers or a Divine Netherworld Phoenix descendant. Hand over that thing. Otherwise—”
“I had originally intended to kill you and devour your life force so that I can break through to the higher deity stage, but it evidently looks like I can’t do that anymore.”
Meng Lei sighed. “Now that things have come to such a pass, I’ve been forced to use my ultimate skill. System, how much does it cost to plunder his life force?”
“Ding! The target is a higher deity and possesses extremely strong combat power. Plundering his life force requires 6,000,000 Divinity Crystals,” replied the system coldly.
“What about plundering his divine core?”
“8,000,000 Divinity Crystals.”
“Fine, I won’t plunder. Use Super Enhancement to enhance my divine body instead!”
Whoosh!
Chapter 315: Endless Regret, Breakthrough to Higher Deity
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
“He’s too powerful!”
“Where exactly did that guy come from? Why is he so strong?”
“What should we do now?”
Puhaman, Thaniel, Galen, and the others’ hearts were heavy as they watched the battle taking place in the sky. In fact, despair was even starting to come over them.
Not only did the other party move at lightning-quick speed, but he even had incredible reflexes. Even their master’s specialty move, the Netherworld Divine Fire, had no effect on him. How was Meng Lei supposed to fight him?
“A higher deity! He must be a higher deity! Only higher deities can play Master like a fool!”
“A higher deity?!”
A huge jolt went through all of them.
Higher deities were existences that stood at the pinnacle of the deities. They were undoubtedly extremely powerful even in the vast Void, let alone in a low-end existential plane like Heaven’s Vault Continent.
A higher deity descending upon Heaven’s Vault Continent was just like special forces soldiers descending upon a nursery school. It was no different from a tiger going into a herd of sheep—practically a disaster!
“Everyone, we cannot just sit around and wait for death to befall us!”
Puhaman sounded grave as he said, “Once something untoward happens to Master, none of us will survive, either!”
His words instilled a sense of fearful anxiety in everyone. They rose into the air, intending to attack and assist Meng Lei, but a sudden turn of events unexpectedly took place at this point.
Boom!
As though a hydrogen bomb was going off, an incredibly violent and raging aura suddenly erupted from Meng Lei. It instantly engulfed the area and swept through the surroundings.
“That’s...”
Everyone turned to Meng Lei with expressions of shock and astonishment.
Boom, boom, boom!
As though he had been injected with steroids, the aura around Meng Lei rose and intensified sharply and furiously. Within the span of a few breaths, it had reached an incredibly fearsome state.
Vast, majestic divine power spread from Meng Lei into the surroundings, forming all-reaching energy waves that brazenly swept across all directions with a crushing momentum.
“M-Master has... has broken through again?”
“L-looks like it!”
“How long has it only been since the last time Master had broken through?”
There was a very exciting range of expressions on Puhaman and the others’ faces. Shock, horror, elation, astoundment, agitation, disbelief... Various complex emotions welled up within them.
“He’s actually made a breakthrough in the midst of battle?”
The Beast God and the Titan Spiritual God exchanged a look, both seeing the alarm and horror in each other’s eyes.
Despite having guessed that Meng Lei might break through to become a higher deity before they would, never would they have ever expected him to break through right away!
Just how goddamn *beep* was that?
“A monster! That guy is a total monster!”
The Titan Spiritual God exclaimed, “How long has it only been since he had deified? Yet he’s already breaking through into a higher deity?”
“He’s no monster! The huge secret on him is the true monster instead!”
The Beast God was terribly filled with regret. He said, “Had we known of the secret on him earlier, we would be the ones becoming higher deities now and not him!”
A look of frustration and indignation also surfaced on the Titan Spiritual God’s countenance. Indeed, if they had known about the secret on Meng Lei just a bit earlier and killed him when he was still weak and powerless, how would things have come to such a pass?
“O great Titan Chief God, what exactly have I missed out on?”
...
“A h-higher deity! He’s actually broken through to become a higher deity!”
The Dragon God also looked shocked and horrified. Before he had descended upon Heaven’s Vault Continent, he had fantasized and dreamed about various ways to kill Meng Lei, avenge himself, and erase all the humiliation he had suffered in the past.
But no matter how he fantasized, he had never once imagined the scenario currently taking place in front of him—Meng Lei had actually broken through in the midst of battle!
Oh my goodness!
A higher deity! That was a supreme stage that he didn’t even dare to dream of!
Yet a
human whom he saw as weak, powerless, lowly, and cheap had actually broken through to become a higher deity right before his eyes!
How ironic was that?
And how infuriating was that?
“The Tower of Time! He must have used the treasures in the Tower of Time! That’s the only way he could’ve broken through to become a higher deity in such a short time!”
The Dragon God was completely consumed by regret and jealousy. Unlike the Beast God and the Titan Spiritual God, he had once occupied the Tower of Time for a period of time that lasted as long as tens of thousands of years.
Tens of thousands of years!
What a long period of time!
He’d totally had the chance to gain the Tower of Time’s acknowledgment and inherit everything that the God of Time had owned!
That way, the one standing here and showing off today would have been him and not Meng Lei!
And yet...
He hadn’t gained the Tower of Time’s acknowledgment. Instead, he could only watch helplessly as the supreme treasure fell into Meng Lei’s hands and watch helplessly again as Meng Lei became a higher deity ahead of him.
Such regret!
Such indignation!
Such fury!
His emotions were far beyond what the Beast God’s and the Titan Spiritual God’s could compare to.
It was just a shame that there was no cure for regrets in this world and no ‘if’s to speak of. It was too late to say anything anymore.
...
“He’s actually made a breakthrough in the midst of battle!”
The black-robed middle-aged man was just as startled as the others.
The deification journey was filled with obstacles at every step. From a true god to a lesser deity; from a lesser deity to an intermediate deity; from an intermediate deity to a higher deity—every step required a long amount of time, and every step required vast amounts of accumulation.
It wasn’t something that one could break through anytime they wanted.
Breaking through in the midst of battle?
That was something that existed only in fairytales and legends!
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