“This is the Great Void Shift teleportation magic circle, Ambrose and those 50 Dark Demonic Dragons descended through this thing.” Dodola smiled as it explained, “The Thunderbolt Divine Realm was too far away from Heaven’s Vault Continent, which could not be reached through ordinary teleportation magic circles. Only the Great Void Shift teleportation magic circle can do so.”
“So for existential planes that are too far away from each other, they use this to link up. That’s something new!” Meng Lei realized.
“Duh!”
Dodola laughed. “Wait till you conquer more territories, and you’ll need to use this Great Void Shift teleportation magic circle for every existential plane.”
“You’re right, so I must learn this!”
Meng Lei sat above the teleportation magic circle at once to study it.
“Meng Lei, how are you going to deal with this teleportation magic circle?” Dodola reminded him.
Meng Lei understood what it meant. “You’re worried that Ambrose will bring in reinforcements for revenge?”
“One can never be too careful. Ambrose has just taken a hard fall. How can he take it? We should just destroy it.”
Dodola reminded again, “Plus, the Tower of Time. It’s something that even Chief Gods might be vying for, so keeping this teleportation magic circle will ultimately be problematic!”
“The Tower of Time...”
Meng Lei went silent. If it was just between him and Ambrose, Meng Lei was not too worried about that.
Ambrose could come all he wanted. Why would Meng Lei be afraid?
It was exactly what he would have hoped for, as he could earn a fortune from it.
However, when it concerned the Tower of Time, things would be complicated. Its attraction was too great, so what if a Chief God was attracted here?
“Destroy it then!”
Meng Lei ultimately destroyed the Great Void Shift teleportation magic circle and cut off the connection to the Thunderbolt Divine Realm, blocking the pathway there.
After that, Meng Lei and Dodola returned to Heaven’s Vault Continent.
“We welcome your return, Master!”
Puhaman, Thaniel, Galen, and the rest were excited as their eyes were only left with great admiration and awe toward Meng Lei.
“Rise, everyone!”
Meng Lei waved his hand slightly and gazed upon Puhaman. “How’s your injury?”
“I’m grateful for Master’s concern. I’m fine!”
Puhaman slightly panicked as he hurriedly replied.
“Good to hear that.”
Meng Lei nodded slightly and looked at everyone. “All of you can carry on with your work and finish the migration plan as soon as possible. Then start cultivating as your powers are still rather weak.”
“Yes, Master!”
They lowered their heads in shame.
Weak?
My goodness! We aren’t weak at all. It’s just that you have improved too fast!
Having sent everyone away, Meng Lei returned to the palace and took out the Dark Demonic Dragons and the dead bodies of intermediate deity-level for absorption.
The dead bodies he kept were all intermediate deity-level that were filled with massive amounts of life essence.
Gurgle!
Every carcass was soon turned into dried corpses.
Life essence surged into his body as Meng Lei’s divine body strengthened. Each bloodline was improved under the nourishment of the immense life essence.
After devouring all the bodies, Meng Lei felt that his divine body’s strength was at least doubled. It might be enough to even smash Ambrose if he was standing in front of him.
“This isn’t enough! It’s far from it!”
Meng Lei’s eyes flashed as he read Ambrose’s memories. He knew deep inside that even with the power he possessed already, it was far from satisfactory.
The higher deity was a vast realm, excluding Gods like the Titan Gods who specialized in cultivating their divine body, higher deities specialized in comprehending laws of nature.
Assimilation of two types of laws of nature equated to Elementary-level higher deity.
Assimilation of three types of laws of nature equated to Middle-level higher deity.
Assimilation of four types of laws of nature equated to High-level higher deity.
Assimilation of five types of laws of nature equated to Great Perfection-level higher deity!
The difference between each realm was massive, comparable to the difference between a mortal and a true god!
As for Ambrose’s divine incarnation, it was only an Elementary-level higher deity.
It meant that Meng Lei had only killed the weakest higher deity with the Power of Existential Plane’s help, which was not anything to be proud about.
“I’m still too weak. I need to keep on grinding!”
Meng Lei checked his personal stats interface.
Wealth: 23.3 million Divinity Crystals
“How can I not spend this much money?”
“System, continue the Super Pickup!”
“Ding! Dear host, please designate your target existential plane.”
Meng Lei paused for a moment and said. “The Frost Divine Realm.”
“Ding! Pickup successful. You have obtained the Frost Gods’ bloodline. Will you assimilate it?”
[1] The term ‘King’ and ‘Bronze’ refers to the ranks in the multiplayer online battle arena game ‘Honor Of Kings’ where King was the second-highest rank while Bronze was the lowest
Chapter 322: Mysterious Ice of The Depths, Breaking The Seal
Had Meng Lei heard the term “Frost Gods” in the past instead, he would definitely have been utterly confused and would even have had to ask Dodola about it. However, Meng Lei knew what they were now.
The vast Void and boundless universe had birthed many, many extremely strong and powerful clans.
Among which, the clans standing at the pinnacle of the deities were the ten great godly clans.
Traces of the ten great godly clans could be found all over the vast universe. Ranging from as high as the supreme Celestial Realm and the ten major Divine Realms to as low as every low-end existential plane, traces of the clans could be found on all of them.
The Frost Gods were one of the ten great godly clans. They were born with the ability to command ice-elemental laws of nature and the origin of ice. In fact, a significant portion of the Frost Gods could awaken their ice-origin divine bodies. They were an extremely fearsome clan.
The most unbelievable thing was that the Frost Gods even had an extremely fearsome special ability known as the Mysterious Ice of The Depths. This was an Innate Special Ability whose temperatures were lower than even Absolute Zero’s and had even greater destructive power than Absolute Zero’s.
Once cast, the Mysterious Ice of The Depths was near invincible among all same-grade skills. It was an incredibly powerful spell!
“Yes, assimilate it!”
Meng Lei considered for a brief moment and made his decision.
Boom!
A chilly milky-white current gushed out of his brain and instantly surged into every part and every corner of Meng Lei.
Crack!
Meng Lei turned into a big ice sculpture in an instant. He gave off an astonishing chill that spread into the surroundings. Everything in the path of the chill was sealed in ice.
In an instant, the palace that Meng Lei was in became fully sealed in ice. The astonishing phenomenon badly frightened the palace maidservants, eunuchs, and guards in the imperial palace, and all of them distanced themselves from the palace. None of them dared to go near.
Waves of great pain accompanied the whole assimilation process. However, this bit of pain was nothing to Meng Lei by now and would pass with just a bit of endurance.
The assimilation process ended quickly. Meng Lei’s clothes had long since been frozen into ice chips, causing him to become naked. His whole body had become a snowy-white color, while his
pupils had become red. He had round, bronze coin-like ears, his muscles intertwined with one another, and he had a long tail behind him.
His current appearance looked surprisingly similar to Lord Frieza[1]—petite and charming, but emanating a terrifying chill and a savage aura.
“So, this is the Frost God bloodline?”
Meng Lei balled up his fists as he took in the sensation of the changes in his divine body. There hadn’t been any improvement in his body’s physical toughness, yet something about his divine body seemed to have somewhat changed.
He checked his stats interface.
Host: Meng Lei
Race: Human (Primeval Bloodline: Primordial Human <26%>, Assimilated Bloodlines: Gods-Slaying Rat
“A 39% assimilation rate? System, raise my Frost God bloodline assimilation rate!”
Whoosh!
His Wealth decreased by 61 Divinity Crystals, and his Frost God bloodline assimilation rate was successfully raised to 100%.
One could tell from the cost that the Frost God bloodline belonged to the same grade as the Gods-Slaying Rat, the Hundred-Armed Giant, and the Divine Netherworld Phoenix bloodlines and was a True God Bloodline.
Meng Lei asked, “System, how many Divinity Crystals would it cost to enhance my Frost God bloodline?”
“Ding! The Frost God bloodline is classified as a powerful True God Bloodline and will become an Ancient God Bloodline after enhancement. The enhancement cost is estimated at 10 billion Divinity Crystals.”
“My guess was right after all.”
Meng Lei nodded slightly. Then, a rhombus-shaped ice crystal that glowed a pale violet color appeared on his palm with a thought. As though a dazzling and eye-catching crystal or diamond, it was the Mysterious Ice of The Depths.
“As expected, the Mysterious Ice of The Depths’ temperature is indeed lower than even Absolute Zero’s and is also tougher. Not only can it be used to attack, but it can also be used for defense. It’s a pretty good special ability.”
“System, continue to do pickups!”
“Ding! Dear host, please designate your target existential plane.”
“The Frost Divine Realm!”
“Ding! Pickup successful. You have obtained an Ocean Ice Beast’s carcass.”
“Such trash! Continue with the pickups!”
“Ding! Pickup successful. You have obtained a Frost Colossal Dragon egg.”
“Send it into the Tower of Time!”
“Ding! Pickup successful. You have obtained a Fusion Laws of Nature Fragment. Will you assimilate it?”
“It’s a quadruple-elemental one with earth, water, fire, and light elements. What a shame. The five currently known supreme laws of nature’s fusion combinations don’t include these four elements.”
“Ding! Pickup successful. You have obtained an Ice Flame Spear.”
“Ding! Pickup successful...”
Time passed bit by bit. Meng Lei carried out pickups continuously. Unfortunately, despite designating a high-end existential plane as a target, his rate of picking up good finds was still as low as ever.
After a series of pickups, most of his gains turned out to be true god-level and lesser deity-level items, and he didn’t gain even a single useful item. Meng Lei was filled with a sense of helpless resignation.
This was probably a downside of improving one’s capabilities. The treasures that used to be useful in the past had all become useless.
Meng Lei stayed in the imperial palace and carried out pickups for three consecutive days. It was only when Ol’ Amos came over that he finally wrapped up his pickup session.
“Meng Lei, I’m going to return to the Light Continent.”
Ol’ Amos stated the reason for his visit right away. Amolin, his younger sister, was also with him.
“Ol’ President, you can just leave the matter of spreading faith to your subordinates. Why do you have to personally see to everything yourself?”
Meng Lei didn’t quite agree with his way of handling things. He said, “I’ve just killed the Dragon God and was even intending to let you take over his divine nation.”
“You’ve killed the Dragon God?”
Ol’ Amos was greatly astonished, and so was Amolin.
“A few things took place during the last few days when you were at Dragon Island.”
Then, Meng Lei did a rough recount of what had happened the last few days.
“Little did I think that something so serious would happen when all I did was make a trip to Dragon Island!”
Ol’ Amos was astounded. He asked, “In that case, this means that you’ve already become a higher deity?”
Amolin was also looking at Meng Lei with a face full of shock and horror. The first time she had met Meng Lei, he had only been a tiny little Saint Domain, and yet now...
People commonly said that the wheel of fortune turned and that one should never bully the young who were down and out. Even so, how many years had it only been since then?
“Yeah.”
Meng Lei nodded slightly. “That’s why, Ol’ President, stop running about here and there. Hurry up and become stronger. Otherwise, the gap between us is going to become bigger and bigger!”
“What the f*ck! I’ve been looked down upon by the little kid again!”
Ol’ Amos rolled his eyes and said, “But I have to go this time. A space-time rift has appeared in Light Continent, and demons have frequently been gushing out of it. I have to go and deal with it.”
“A space-time rift?” Meng Lei raised an eyebrow. “Something like that has been going on?”
“Yeah.”
Ol’ Amos nodded lightly and replied, “According to my subordinates’ reports, the other end of the space-time rift is likely a demon existential plane, and it’s definitely not a weak one. I have to seal the space-time rift as soon as possible. I can’t sit by and let it expand bigger and bigger.”
“A demon existential plane?”
A shrewd glint flashed across Meng Lei’s eyes. “Just as well that I happen to be free lately, too. I’ll go over and take a look at it with you!”
“That’s great! With you, the master of this existential plane, around, things will become a lot simpler.”
A hint of craftiness flashed across Ol’ Amos’ eyes as he let out a sneaky chuckle. Him coming over to bid farewell to Meng Lei this time was just a pretense. Rather, his true purpose in coming over was to get Meng Lei to help.
“Let’s go then!”
The trio arrived at Light Continent in no time and found the group of Light Church higher management officers that Ol’ Amos had subdued.
Of course, calling them the Light Church officers was no longer appropriate now. Rather, it should be the Kroc Holy Sect instead.
“Greetings, Great God Kroc!”
The Kroc Holy Sect higher management officers, who were led by the 108 half-deities, bowed respectfully in greeting.
“You may rise!”
Ol’ Amos waved dismissively. A look of satisfaction couldn’t help but come over his features as he gazed at a 100-feet-tall statue in the shrine. Stern and imposing-looking, it was exactly a statue of him.
Ol’ Amos went straight to the point. He asked, “Tell me, what’s going on with the space-time rift that suddenly appeared?”
“O noble Great God Kroc,” a Red-Cloaked Archbishop half-deity replied respectfully, “That space-time rift has already existed before this. It has been around for at least 50,000-odd years, but because it has been sealed by the Light Church all this time, nothing has ever happened until a few days ago.”
“What happened after that?”
Ol’ Amos frowned lightly.
“Someone broke the seal!”
[1] A Dragon Ball character
Chapter 323: The Demon Ravine, Tigers Among The Sheep
“Someone broke the seal?”
Ol’ Amos broke into a
slight frown.
“Yes, noble Great God Kroc. The sealing magic circle showed clear signs of tampering, so someone must have broken the seal on their own,” answered the Red-Cloaked Archbishop respectfully.
Ol’ Amos barked coldly, “Have you found the culprit yet?”
Light Continent was his turf. Anyone that dared to create trouble in Light Continent would be going against him.
“At the moment, we haven’t found out who the culprit that broke the seal is yet, noble Great God Kroc.”
Then, the Red-Cloaked Archbishop added fearfully, “But we’re guessing that it’s likely the seven true gods that had previously fled. They are the most suspicious candidates.”
“Those seven fellows?”
Ol’ Amos’ eyes narrowed slightly. He turned to Meng Lei and asked, “Meng Lei, are you able to locate them?”
“Let me try!”
Meng Lei nodded slightly. His divine cognition spread into the surroundings and enveloped the whole Light Continent in no time. The forms of various people flitted by in his mind...
A brief moment later, Meng Lei said, “There are only three true gods in Light Continent at the moment. The other four’s whereabouts are unknown. I can’t find traces of them even in the whole existential plane. They must have already left.”
“Could it really be the four of them?”
Ol’ Amos had an awful look on his countenance.
“It’s actually not important whether or not they are really the culprits.”
A smiling Meng Lei said, “The most pressing issue now is to seal the space-time rift, or alternatively, you might as well eradicate the demons on the other end of the space-time rift. Everything else isn’t that important.”
Eradicate the demons on the other end of the space-time rift?
All the Kroc Holy Sect higher management officers shuddered all over upon hearing his suggestion. After all, no one knew exactly what the demon existential plane was like on the other end of the space-time rift.
However, one could already catch a glimpse or two about the big picture from the demons that had come out of the rift. Judging from those demons, the demon existential plane on the other end must be an extremely fearsome demonic world—because even the weakest of the demons that had emerged from the rift was a Demon Overlord!
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