Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
“Damn!”
“Damn!”
“Damn!”
Furious roars resounded throughout the sky as surging divine power swept through the entire Imperial City.
Everyone in the Imperial City was flattened onto the ground, shaking like a leaf and overcome with fear and alarm.
“O’ Dragon God above! What’s going on?”
“Is it the end of the world?”
“O’ great and noble Dragon God, please save your lowly children…”
Two figures were currently floating above the Dragon God Empire palace. One of them was an elderly man dressed in brilliant golden dragon robes1 with a purple-tinged golden crown sitting on his head. He gave off a dignified and imposing aura, as well as vast, majestic divine power.
He stared at the twelve dragon carcasses laying on the palace’s imperial square, and the ice chips littered all over, his countenance livid and wrathful flames in his eyes.
“How dare they challenge the Dragon God Empire’s authority so! Totally treasonous and heinous! They should be ripped into a million pieces, slashed a thousand times, and sentenced to extreme torture!”
The Golden Colossal Dragon Person next to him prostrated on the ground, his heart on tenterhooks and extremely fearful and horrified.
Nevertheless, he was still obliged to speak up because he was the very last elder of the senior statesmen’s assembly, as well as currently the strongest Saint Domain with the highest status in the empire.
“Grandmaster, His Majesty has returned to the heavens, and all the court officials have also been decimated. Our highest priority right now is to appoint a new emperor and rejuvenate the court so that we may take control of the situation!”
“Appoint a new emperor?”
The golden-robed elderly man’s wrath ebbed a little, and he asked, “Has this generation’s emperor left behind any pure-blooded offspring? If he did, then we can appoint him as the new monarch and have him serve as the new emperor!”
“Grandmaster, Prince Barbarossa is also dead,” replied the Golden Colossal Dragon Person with wry laughter.
“How hateful!”
The dragon-robed elderly man gnashed his teeth as he ordered, “Head to Dragon Island at once and summon Briggs. Have him hurry to the empire and ascend the throne to take control of the situation!”
“Yes, Grandmaster!”
Not daring to dally, the Golden Colossal Dragon Person hurriedly flew toward the Dragon Island. He knew very well that the Grandmaster, as one of the past Dragon Emperors as well as the one and only half-deity of the Golden Colossal Dragons, his words were the law itself. A single word from him could depose the emperor from his throne, as well as also appoint a new monarch. Whoever he appointed as emperor would be emperor—nobody dared to go against his word at all.
“Tell me, where is Meng Lei?”
The golden-robed elderly man’s voice was like rolling thunder as he spoke in a cold voice and questioned those who were kneeling on the ground.
Someone answered in a trembling voice, “G-Grandmaster, I heard that Meng Lei is currently challenging the Dragon God Tower!”
“He’s actually in the mood to challenge the Dragon God Empire after slaying the Dragon God Empire’s emperor and all its court officials? That knave is too much! Does he think that there’s no longer anyone among the Dragons who can fight?!”
The golden-robed elderly man’s fury blazed even stronger, and then he headed straight toward the Dragon God Academy!
“Is he gone?”
“He’s gone!”
“The Grandmaster has finally left!”
“Phew~ I was scared to death just now!”
At the sight of the golden-robed elderly man’s departure, everyone kneeling in the palace felt as if they had just been granted amnesty.
“Oh no, the Grandmaster has gone to look for Meng Lei!”
The expression on Abbe’s beautiful face changed slightly, and she quietly left the palace.
…
“How can you be a descendant of the Gods-Slaying Rats? The Gods-Slaying Rats are mutated divine beasts, so it’s very hard for them to form colonies. On top of that, their numbers are pitifully low!”
Dodola was awfully astonished. “Moreover, you’re just a normal human from Heaven’s Vault Continent and have nothing whatsoever to do with the Gods-Slaying Rats of the Void. So why would you possess the Gods-Slaying Rat bloodline?”
“That… I wouldn’t know.” Meng Lei half-jokingly said, “Who knows, maybe my ancestors are descendants of the Gods-Slaying Rats.”
“Never mind, there’s no point pursuing the matter. Your Gods-Slaying Rat bloodline is what’s most important.” Dodola was terribly excited. “Never would I have thought that the heir to the Tower of Time would actually have the Gods-Slaying Rat bloodline. The God of Time must be watching over us!”
Meng Lei rolled his eyes at Dodola.
Yeah, right, as if the God of Time could watch over you! It’s I that sent himself to your doorstep, alright?
“Since you can do a complete transformation into a Gods-Slaying Rat, then that means your bloodline must have already completely awakened, right?”
Dodola circled around Meng Lei, marveling at him as it did so. “You currently have a high-grade half-deity’s body, which is about the same as a teenage Gods-Slaying Rat!”
“A teenage one?” Meng Lei was taken aback. “What do you mean ‘teenage’? I’m almost an adult!”
“You are certainly almost an adult, but relative to a Gods-Slaying Rat, you’re just a teenager.”
Dodola laughed and explained, “The Gods-Slaying Rats are an extremely powerful type of mutated rodent divine beast. They can rival a Saint Domain Magical Beast the moment they’re born, while a juvenile one can rival a half-deity.
“Teenage Gods-Slaying Rats can contend against a true god, while those in the young adult stage can fight on par with an intermediate deity.
“When they reach maturity, now that’s what you call monstrous. Even devouring a higher deity wouldn’t be a problem for them!”
“In other words, I don’t need to do anything other than eating, sleeping, and then eating again, and just wait till I naturally mature and I’ll be able to contend against a higher deity? Isn’t that a little too crazy!?”
Meng Lei was rather aghast. Even though he had already heard from the system that the Gods-Slaying Rat was monstrously strong, never would he have ever expected it to actually reach such an extent.
An adult Gods-Slaying Rat… could actually devour a higher deity?
That was practically crazy cool and mighty impressive, alright?
Compared to the Gods-Slaying Rat, the Golden Colossal Dragon, which turned into a Saint Domain Magical Beast upon maturity, was practically trash.
“Yes, totally crazy! That’s why it attracted the heavens’ jealousy and ended up becoming unable to form colonies and can only form through the low chances of bloodline mutation. Otherwise, how are other lifeforms supposed to survive?”
Dodola shook its head and said with a laugh, “However, the Gods-Slaying Rats’ growth cycle is fairly slow. By the time you naturally mature into an adult, probably a few hundred thousand years would have passed.”
“A few hundred thousand years? That’s too slow. Is there any way to speed up the growth process?”
Meng Lei quickly asked for advice.
His Gods-Slaying Rat bloodline assimilation rate had already reached 100%—this meant that he couldn’t buy credit for it anymore. Therefore, the process to enhance his divine body would definitely be extremely slow from now on.
A few hundred thousand years?
Meng Lei couldn’t wait that long!
“The Gods-Slaying Rat is a type of rodent divine beast. There’s only one way to shorten the growth cycle—by eating!”
A smiling Dodola said, “You can eat precious herbs and medicines, Laws of Nature Origin Crystals, elemental crystals, a true god’s divine body, and even divine cores. You just need to eat continuously without stopping, and that’ll do. Simple, right?”
“Eating?”
Meng Lei broke into a wry smile right away. Rearing the system already cost him a lot. Now that he had to rear a Gods-Slaying Rat too, wouldn’t he die of exhaustion?
“Don’t worry, kid. The assets that the God of Time left for you is enough for you to use until you mature into an adult. The precondition is that you can get them, though.” Dodola raised an eyebrow and said, “Just having a divine body is far from enough if you wish to inherit the God of Time’s assets. It mainly depends on your laws of nature comprehension.”
“Laws of nature comprehension?”
A shrewd glint flashed in Meng Lei’s eyes.
“What the God of Time relies on the most is his time-based laws of nature. It’s also the most valuable asset that he has left you. You have to inherit it no matter what.” Dodola said earnestly, “To inherit time-based laws of nature, you must fully comprehend the following five elements’ laws of nature—thunder, fire, wind, light, and dark. This is a prerequisite!”
A grinning Dodola gazed at Meng Lei and said, “Tell me about your degree of comprehension for these five elements’ laws of nature.”
“My degree of comprehension for these five elements’ laws of nature?”
Meng Lei couldn’t help but look at his personal stats interface.
Host: Meng Lei
Race: Human (Contains Gods-Slaying Rat bloodline <100%>)
Wealth: 16,688 Laws of Nature Origin Crystals
Physical Body Constitution: Half-Deity (High-Grade)
Spirit: Divine Spirit (Elementary-Grade)
Power of Divinity: 0.1 Divinity Crystal
Laws of Nature: Earth (0.1%), Water (0.1%), Wind (0.2%), Fire (0.5%), Wood (0.1%), Metal (0.2%), Thunder (0.2%), Light (0.2%), Dark (0.1%), Ice (0.1%)
His stats interface had undergone an overwhelming change, and all of it was brought upon by his Dragon God Tower challenge.
An astonishing number of Saint Domain Magical Beasts occupied the Dragon God Tower’s 30th level to the 99th level!
They ranged from elementary-level Saint Domain to limits-level Saint Domain and included those that flew in the sky and those that swam in the water. There was just about every type that could possibly exist, and they came in great numbers.
After passing through all the trials, not only had his Wealth gone through a dramatic spike to reach 16,688 Laws of Nature Origin Crystals, but his ten elements’ laws of nature comprehension rate had also undergone varying degrees of improvement.
The most important thing was that the four other bloodlines, aside from his Gods-Slaying Rat bloodline… were gone!
Meng Lei had found this awfully perplexing. The explanation provided by the system was that upon reaching 100% bloodline assimilation rate for the Gods-Slaying Rat bloodline, all the other bloodlines in his body had been automatically removed. Otherwise, its assimilation rate wouldn’t be able to reach 100%.
Meng Lei wasn’t too hung up over this. Removed? So be it, then. There was nothing to find a pity about it, anyway. If any, the only one that was a bit of a shame would be the Golden Gods-Slaying Ant bloodline.
The Golden Gods-Slaying Ant was a spatial and spiritual type of Magical Beast. Meng Lei had been looking forward to the day where he could boost the Golden Gods-Slaying Ant bloodline assimilation rate to 100% so that he could also obtain a gut—and the extra-large space within—like Little Gold’s, but all he could do was just dream about it now.
“What’s wrong? Is your comprehension of these five elements’ laws of nature very poor?”
Upon noticing Meng Lei’s silence, Dodola broke into a slight frown. “Nothing to do about it if it’s poor anyway. You’re only 16-years-old, and on top of that, your cultivation specialization is your divine body. It’s normal for your laws of nature comprehension to be a bit poorer.”
“My cultivation specialization is my divine body?” Meng Lei was rendered speechless. “Who told you that? I’m a dual cultivator of magic and martial arts. Neither my divine body nor my laws of nature cultivation has lagged behind, alright!?”
“Eh?”
Dodola was mildly surprised. “Tell me about your current comprehension rate for those five elements, then!”
“I’ve already comprehended all five elements’ laws of nature.”
Meng Lei gave Dodola a proud smile. Was something that could be solved with a few hundred Laws of Nature Origin Crystals even anything worth troubling over?
o((⊙_⊙))o?
Dodola received a huge shock. Then, it sneered coldly. “You’ve comprehended all five? Kid, do I look mentally challenged to you?”
“Nope!”
Meng Lei shook his head.
“How dare you talk big in front of me, then?”
Dodola was furious. “At your age, being able to fully comprehend one type of laws of nature is already considered extremely monstrous.
“Comprehend all five types of laws of nature? Shouldn’t you think a little before you talk so big?”
“No, you’ve misheard me.”
Meng Lei shook his head repeatedly.
“See, I’ve seen through you, haven’t I? Don’t talk that big in front of me anymore!” Dodola snorted and said, “I’ve experienced way more than you have. You can just wait to eat your own words if you talk big in front of me.”
“What I mean is, it’s not five types but ten!” Meng Lei rolled his eyes. “I’ve comprehended ten types of laws of nature!”
“How dare you talk big again! Is there any end to it?!”
Meng Lei had really angered Dodola this time. “Kid, you’d better be more serious! I’m trying to understand where you stand in your cultivation right now so that I can come up with the best cultivation plan for you. I don’t have the time to joke around with you!”
“Lord Dodola, I’m also telling you this very seriously!”
Meng Lei heaved a sigh. Then, he said seriously, “I’ve really comprehended all ten types of laws of nature. Earth, Water, Wind, Fire, Wood, Metal, Thunder, Light, Dark, and Ice—I’ve comprehended them all without a single one lacking!”
“Are you serious, kid?”
Dodola’s eyes bore into Meng Lei.
“Very much so! I’m not joking!”
Meng Lei was also very serious.
“This… How can this be? That’s impossible! You’re only 16-years-old. How can you possibly have comprehended all ten basic types of laws of nature? Even in the whole wide universe, no-one has been able to do it!”
“There’s nothing impossible for someone with a cheating device!” Meng Lei quietly said to himself, inwardly.
