Picking Up Attributes From Today c1-406
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“This aura...”
Dodola burst into laughter at once. “Meng Lei, I’ve found the Ice Demon Prefecture Master’s demonic core!”
“Its demonic core?”
A huge jolt went through Meng Lei, and he hurriedly grabbed the demonic and inspected it. True enough, he could sense the Ice Demon Prefecture Master’s divine spirit’s aura inside it. Meng Lei was overjoyed right away—the Ice Demon Prefecture Master was still alive!
“The destructive power of self-destruction may be great, but demonic cores are objects manifested from demonic power, one’s divine spirit, and the origin of laws of nature. They are firm and indestructible, so they won’t be broken by the power generated from self-destruction,” explained Dodola with a smile.
Meng Lei nodded repeatedly. Then, he released his divine cognition, sent it into the demonic core, and began to inspect it. The demonic core was undamaged. This meant that the Ice Demon Prefecture Master’s divine spirit was definitely unharmed. At best, it might have sunk into a deep sleep.
True enough, as Meng Lei inspected the demonic core, the Ice Demon Prefecture Master’s divine spirit also gradually awakened. At once, it let out a mad, furious roar full of immense hatred. “You bastard! You forced me to self-destruct and destroyed my demonic body! I’ll never let you off even if I were to fall into the depths of hell!”
“Hehe! It’s great that you’re still alive!”
Meng Lei licked his lips. Then, the power of his divine spirit gushed forth and began to furiously attack the Ice Demon Prefecture Master’s divine spirit in an attempt to thoroughly kill it.
To deities and demons, the true core of their existences were their divine spirits. As long as their divine spirit was still alive, then they would be considered alive. It was only when their divine spirit was destroyed and dissipated that they would truly be dead.
Therefore, Meng Lei wanted to kill the Ice Demon Prefecture Master once more.
“Argghhhh!”
The Ice Demon Prefecture Master roared furiously in pain and agony. However, without its demonic body, its divine spirit was as though a tree without its roots—it couldn’t withstand Meng Lei’s attacks at all. Gradually, it began to break down.
In the end...
“Ding! 1 Ice Demon God killed. 62 million Divinity Crystals gained!”
“Haha! One’s effort should always be rewarded. Now, this feels much better!”
Chapter 334: New Prefecture Master, Ice Demon Shrine
Earning 62 million Divinity Crystals did not just make up for the 10 million spent on enhancing the Netherworld Divine Fire. It also meant a 52-million profit!
One word—way too satisfying!
“And the prefecture treasury, I have to find it! The wealth of a mid-level Great Demon God accumulated over its entire life must be plenteous!”
Meng Lei had Dodola continue the search while he started to read the Ice Demon Prefecture Master’s divine spirit fragments.
Other than knowing the treasury’s exact location, the memory itself was a precious treasure which Meng Lei had to dig into.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
As he continued reading, the Ice Demon Prefecture Master’s memory played out swiftly in his mind.
After over an hour, Meng Lei finally completed the reading process. He let out a long breath of pent-up air as a hint of a smile dashed across his face.
“Dodola, have you found anything yet?”
Meng Lei teased.
“Found what? There was not even the slightest trace of it.”
“Hahaha, that’s normal.” Meng Lei laughed. “The treasury wasn’t here in the first place!”
“Not here?” Dodola paused. “Then where is it?”
“The Ice Demon Prefecture Master wasn’t in the prefecture usually as it stayed in the Ice Demon Snow Mountain most of the time, cultivating in the extreme cold on top of the mountain,” Meng Lei explained. “All its treasures, collections, and wealth are stored there!”
“So where is the Ice Demon Snow Mountain?” Dodola asked.
“Follow me.”
Meng Lei smiled faintly as he was about to leave with Dodola. Just then, a dozen of the Great Demon Gods who were previously watching the battle surrounded him suddenly.
Meng Lei raised an eyebrow.
What are they trying to do? Perhaps they are trying to take advantage of the situation?
The reality proved that Meng Lei overthought it. These Great Demon Gods flew over and bowed respectfully.
“Greetings, Prefecture Master!”
It was an expression of goodwill.
Meng Lei nodded slightly. “Stand down the formalities.”
“Your prowess is unfathomable. Defeating Cador to become the new Prefecture Master is a blessing to the prefecture and also our great honor!”
A Great Demon God said respectfully, “Please allow us to carry out any orders you have, and we will bend our backs to the task until our dying day!”
The other Great Demon Gods also expressed their willingness to serve Meng Lei as his tools.
“Great!”
Meng Lei was satisfied with their attitude. He smiled and said, “I was born rapacious, and I have an eye for things like Laws of Nature Origin Crystals and Divinity Crystals. If you are free, you can help me find more of these treasures!”
Upon hearing that, the Great Demon Gods only had swearing and curses in their minds.
We expressed our goodwill only as a formality, not literally serving you! And you actually start ordering us around? Do you not know the way of the world, or you thought you’re an actual Prefecture Master?
The Great Demon Gods were dissing Meng Lei secretly in their minds. To be honest, the previous Prefecture Master had never ordered them around before—not for this one, though.
“Oh, one more thing, three days later will be my 25th birthday.” Meng Lei continued. “I’ll let you all settle the birthday feast. If I’m not pleased with the feast or the presents are undesirable, I’ll be furious!”
Having said that, Meng Lei left with Dodola, leaving behind the confused Great Demon Gods.
It’ll be your 25th birthday three days later?
th birthday?
Who are you trying to fool?
If you’re not at least 1,000 years old, I’ll change my surname to yours!
“What the hell does he want?”
A Great Demon God’s expression was awful.
“He obviously wants to plunder more treasure!”
“Such naked greed! This bastard is even greedier than Cador!”
...
“The Ice Demon Snow Mountain is on the west side of the Ice Demon Prefecture. It’s 1,286,000 kilometers above sea level, with permanent snow throughout the year, making it suitable for ice demons to live in.
“The Ice Demon Prefecture Master stayed there most of the time for cultivation. It was the perfect place for it!”
The two of them chatted idly on the way. It took half a day for them to reach the Ice Demon Snow Mountain. The undulating white mountains were like countless Frost Colossal Dragons lying prostrate on top—magnificent and spectacular.
Among these countless snowy mountains stood out an extremely majestic white mountain that was way higher than the ordinary mountains.
It was the Ice Demon Snow Mountain!
The mountain was already covered by clouds halfway up as if it was a celestial realm that was separate from the world—holy, advanced, and majestic.
The two of them passed through the clouds and went up all the way. It took them half an hour to reach the top of the mountain. There were no layers of clouds here anymore.
The sky was azure while there was nothing in the vicinity except for a majestic icy palace on top of the mountain—the Ice Demon Prefecture Master’s shrine!
“We’re here!”
Meng Lei’s heart quickened uncontrollably as he knew how rich the Ice Demon Prefecture Master was after he read its memory.
The Ice De
mon Prefecture’s territory was the size of over 1,000 of Heaven’s Vault Continent.
The Ice Demon Prefecture Master had been in charge for over 40,000 years and collected massive amounts of tributes!
How much wealth did it accumulate over 40,000 years?
Meng Lei was eager to open the treasury and feast his eyes on what was inside.
Roar!
A furious roar rang abruptly.
“Who? Who dares to trespass into the Ice Demon Shrine!
Meng Lei stopped and realized that there was a gigantic winged python chained by the door. Its body seemed to be made of ice as it coiled up its massive body. The python’s stared at Meng Lei as a cold glint flashed across its greenish eyes.
“Heaven Devouring Python of the Depths!”
Meng Lei recognized this python. It was a divine beast that the Ice Demon Prefecture Master had caught to guard the shrine. It was as powerful as a normal Great Demon God.
“Archibald!” Master looked at the python and said, “The Ice Demon Prefecture Master you knew is now dead. The one standing before you is your new master!”
“What? Master is dead?”
The Heaven Devouring Python of the Depths was shaken as disbelief filled its eyes.
“You’re lying! How would my master die? Master ruled the prefecture, and it was a mid-level Great Demon God! Who could’ve killed it?”
“I killed it!”
Meng Lei said calmly. “I killed your Prefecture Master, and the prefecture is now mine, including its wealth too. Well, seeing that you have guarded the shrine, I can let you live on the condition that you submit to me.”
“My master is the mightiest I’ve seen. How could it be killed? You dare to fool me!”
The Heaven Devouring Python of the Depths roared and opened its bloody mouth and bit toward Meng Lei.
“Presumptuous!”
Meng Lei frowned as he pointed his finger. A chilly current with a purple glint shot into the body of the python.
Crackle!
Ice formed on the Heaven Devouring Python of the Depths starting from its huge mouth. After a few moments, the enormous slithering body was frozen in light purple ice.
“Mysterious Ice of The Depths! This is the Mysterious Ice of The Depths!”
Dodola was a little shocked. “What the heck! How did you manage to use the signature Special Ability of the Frost Gods?”
“I accidentally awakened the Frost Gods bloodline a while ago,” Meng Lei laughed as he explained.
“Accidentally...”
Dodola did not know what to say. It sighed. “You’re really assembling powerful bloodlines into one body!
“The Gods-Slaying Rat bloodline, Divine Netherworld Phoenix bloodline, Hundred-Armed Giant bloodline, the Frost Gods bloodline, and the Ancient Tree of Life bloodline!
“Monster! You’re a monster!”
“Thanks for the compliment!”
Meng Lei laughed and walked straight toward the shrine with Dodola following closely behind.
The door was pushed open; it was empty. However, ice elements were extremely rich here, making it an ideal place for cultivation.
And at the center of the shrine, there was a gigantic magic circle. Meng Lei knew that this magic circle would lead him to the treasury existential plane.
Buzz...
Meng Lei activated the magic circle and disappeared with Dodola. When they reappeared, they entered another world.
As far as the eye could see, it was a vast expanse of white. Icefields and white snow were everywhere, and there was no wind which made the place terrifyingly quiet.
There were only ice-elemental laws of nature and ice elements here as this was an ice-elemental half-plane.
“Meng Lei, where are the treasures?” Dodola looked around and asked curiously.
“It can be as far away as being at the edge of the sky or as near as being right before your eyes.”
Meng Lei waved his arm as the snow under his feet rose into the air. What was revealed was not the bare ground but densely packed chests.
These chests crafted from solid ice were gleaming with a chilly glint, as colorful sparkles of the treasures could be seen through the transparent ice. The wealth of the Ice Demon Prefecture Master was in these chests!
“Wow!”
Dodola exclaimed softly as it flapped its wings and struck open an icy chest. It emitted a pure divine spirit wave as it contained Crystallized Divine Spirit Extracts.
A chest that was full of Crystallized Divine Spirit Extracts!
Meng Lei had obtained them before, but they were always picked up one by one in the past—when had he ever seen a full chest of Crystallized Divine Spirit Extracts?
For a moment, Meng Lei’s eyes were immediately fixed. “So... So many Crystallized Divine Spirit Extract!”
“Crystallized Divine Spirit Extracts are extremely rare resources which normal higher deities wouldn’t have much savings. Now there’s so many stocked up here!”
Dodola was rather stunned by the sight.
“Nice! Got to keep all these!”
Meng Lei kept this chest of Crystallized Divine Spirit Extract and continued opening each chest as more treasures were revealed.
“So many Laws of Nature Origin Crystals?”
“Keep! Keep them!”
“Divinity Crystals this time!”
“Keep! Keep! Keep...”
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
Chests of Laws of Nature Origin Crystals vanished.
Chests of Divinity Crystals vanished.
Meng Lei’s wealth spiked rapidly once again. When the count finally paused, his Wealth had grown to an astonishing 397.6 million Divinity Crystals.
“Yes! I’ve struck a true jackpot today!”
Meng Lei spoke to himself as his speech became incoherent in excitement.
“Stop laughing foolishly and look at this!”
Watching Meng Lei’s silliness of an upstart, Dodola could not help but yell at him.
“What?”
Meng Lei flew over as he saw a chest of colorful crystals that gave off gushing laws of nature power. They were without a doubt, laws of nature fragments.
However, this chest of laws of nature fragments was very much different from those Meng Lei had collected in the past.
“These are fusion laws of nature fragments!”
Dodola’s eyes were shining brightly. “Two-colored ones are double-elemental fusion laws of nature fragments, three-colored ones are triple-elemental fusion laws of nature fragments, as such four-colored ones are quad-elemental.
“Of course, the four-colored ones are really rare as there are close to none of them.”
“Fusion laws of nature fragments?”
Meng Lei’s eyes lit up.
He did not think too much of the double-elemental fusion laws of nature fragments since he had already assimilated so many of them.
He was looking for triple-elemental and quad-elemental fusion laws of nature fragments, especially the quad-elemental ones.
Chapter 335: The Death Gods, The Grim Reaper’s Eye
Meng Lei kept all the double-elemental fusion laws of nature fragments, and the triple- and quad-elemental ones were left in the chest.
Meng Lei picked out the quad-elemental fusion laws of nature fragments first and counted 11 of them of various colors.
These were special as they were assimilated from four different laws of nature, making them extremely valuable.
Meng Lei kept them cautiously for later use when he had the time.
The leftovers were triple-elemental fusion laws of nature fragments with over 300 pieces, which Meng Lei kept too.
Meng Lei carried on with the box openings with chests of demonic crystals, demonic cores...
“Ding! Dropped item discovered. Will you pick it up?” The system’s notification rang abruptly.
“Yes, pick it up!”
“Ding! Pickup successful. You have obtained the Grim Reaper bloodline. Will you
assimilate it?”
“Grim Reaper bloodline?”
A dash of shock flashed in Meng Lei’s eyes. Despite their rare numbers, the Grim Reaper was one of the most terrifying races in the universe.
“Assimilate it!”
Meng Lei did not hesitate.
Boom!
Unique gray energy surged into Meng Lei’s body within his limbs and bones, spreading throughout his entire body.
For a while, a gray mist came off Meng Lei’s body as if he had burst into flames. Dodola watched with concern.
“Meng Lei, what’s happening to you?”
“Nothing much, just accidentally awakening some Grim Reaper bloodline. It is part of the process.”
Meng Lei gritted through the intense pain across his body and gave Dodola a smile of reassurance. Although the assimilation process was painful, he could withstand it now at this stage.
“Grim Reaper bloodline?” Dodola gasped. “You awakened another one, and it’s the Grim Reaper bloodline this time? O great God of Time, what kind of freak are you?”
“Hehe!”
Meng Lei curled his lips and grinned.
A thick fog of gray mist spewed out steadily as Meng Lei emitted an aura of death, while his skin turned from yellow to gray.
Ten minutes later, the Grim Reaper bloodline had assimilated while Meng Lei’s skin color had turned gray completely. Other than that, his appearance remained the same.
No, there was one other thing that changed—a vertical-slit gray pupil on Meng Lei’s forehead!
There was nothing else that changed other than that.
“Dodola, so this is how the Death Gods look like?” Meng Lei was surprised.
When he assimilated other bloodlines, he would transform into the appearance of that race like the Gods-Slaying Rat, the Hundred-Armed Giant, the Divine Netherworld Phoenix, the Ancient Tree of Life, the Frost Gods...
The Grim Reaper bloodline was the exception. Other than the skin turning gray and a vertical pupil on the forehead, there were no other transformations, making it unique.
“The Death Gods have no fixed appearance.” Dodola had a complex look on its face. “The biggest feature would be the gray skin and the Grim Reaper’s Eye.”