Picking Up Attributes From Today - Chapter 272
Chapter 272: Killing The Demon Lords, The Demonic Dragon Continent
Wealth: 888.88 million Laws of Nature Origin Crystals
“888 million Laws of Nature Origin Crystals! That’s an extra 300 million! So, roughly three billion demons have died in my hands? Not bad! Let’s keep up the good work!”
As Meng Lei continued to slaughter the demons, large expanses of empty space began to appear in the sea of demons. Every moment saw large numbers of demons dying.
Yet relative to the sea of demons’ endless and infinite numbers, it nevertheless didn’t amount to much.
“I’m too slow!”
Dissatisfied with his hunting speed, Meng Lei split himself into ten clones with a flash. The ten clones then each split into ten again to form 100 clones. Then, the 100 clones split once more into another ten clones each to form a total of 10,000 clones!
In just an instant, 10,000 Meng Leis had appeared in the sky. All of them were personifications of his power of divinity.
One droplet of Power of Divinity was spent per divinity personification formed. This meant that forming 10,000 divinity personifications required 10,000 Power of Divinity droplets—this was no small sum!
But to the rich Meng Lei, the amount was negligible and completely within an acceptable range.
“Netherworld Divine Fire!”
10,000 licks of Netherworld Divine Fire flames burst forth from 10,000 Meng Leis’ fingertips, leaped toward the demon army, and landed on 10,000 demons.
Boom!
The Netherworld Divine Fire burned stronger and bigger upon contact with wind and began to spread like wildfire in the sea of demons.
For a while, screams rang out one after another, causing people’s scalps to go numb and their hair to stand on end.
“What kind of fire is that? It’s too terrifying!”
“I don’t know!”
“It’s practically unheard of!”
The people of the Beast People Empire felt chills coming all over them as they watched innumerable demons scream as they tried to struggle free of the Netherworld Divine Fire, only to be reduced to ashes thereafter.
The Netherworld Divine Fire was simply too terrifying!
Be it low-level demons like the Little Demons or high-level ones like the Fire Demons and so on, with no exception whatsoever, all the demons that it came into contact with were burned to death.
The sight was undoubtedly a much more chilling one than when they were frozen into ice statues by Absolute Zero.
Ding, ding, ding!
At the same time, system notifications also rang out non-stop while his Wealth increased at an insanely fast speed, sending Meng Lei over the moon.
“That’s the way to go! Burn into ashes!”
“Damn it! It’s the Netherworld Divine Fire!”
“Isn’t the Netherworld Divine Fire the Divine Netherworld Phoenixes’ inextinguishable flames? Where did a mortal from a material plane like him get that from?”
Two lesser deity-level Great Demon Lords were hidden at the very back of the demon army.
One of them was a fully pitch-black demon with warts all over it and looked like a tyrannosaurus, while the other was a snapping turtle-like demon with spikes all over its body and a turtle shell on its back.
The former was a Dark T-Rex King, while the latter was a Dark Snapping Turtle King.
As Great Demon Lords, the Dark T-Rex King and the Dark Snapping Turtle King were the Dark Demonic Dragon’s most competent underlings. Thus, they had been sent here to invade and conquer Heaven’s Vault Continent.
They had initially thought that conquering a material plane would be a piece of cake. All living beings standing in the way of the demon army would no doubt be annihilated everywhere that they passed through.
Yet Heaven’s Vault Continent’s strength had exceeded their initial expectations. Firstly, more than ten true gods had shown up, and then, a terrifying existence that could release Netherworld Divine Fire flames had also emerged. How inconceivable!
As Great Demon Lords of lesser deity-level, it went without saying that they recognized the Netherworld Divine Fire, of course. That was divine fire exclusive to the Divine Netherworld Phoenixes and was also an inextinguishable flame that could burn even higher deities to death!
It was exactly because they knew of these facts that they couldn’t help but become wary!
“How is it that that human deity can use the Netherworld Divine Fire? Could he be part of the Divine Netherworld Phoenixes’ bloodline?”
“That’s the only possibility left now!”
“What should we do now?”
“Our mission from His Holiness the Demonic Dragon is to invade and conquer this existential plane. Unless we intend to go against His Holiness’ orders, we must kill him!”
“The aura around that human deity isn’t very strong. His combat strength is also at a lesser deity’s level. If the two of us join hands, killing him should be no issue for us. What worries me is the Divine Netherworld Phoenixes instead!”
“There’s no need to worry! The Divine Netherworld Phoenixes are faraway in Hell and too far to be able to help!”
“That makes sense!”
“Kill!”
After a simple discussion, the Dark T-Rex King and the Dark Snapping Turtle King promptly charged toward Meng Lei. They moved extraordinarily quickly and reached Meng Lei in an instant.
“Die!!”
The Dark T-Rex King roared furiously. Its thick, muscular tail whipped down through the air toward Meng Lei with an earth-shattering momentum as if intending to smash him into a bloody pulp.
Whoosh!
Meng Lei teleported away and vanished from the spot before showing up bizarrely right above the Dark T-Rex King.
The Dark Snapping Turtle King let out a low roar at the sight and shot out dozens of steel spikes from its back.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
The dozens of steel spikes shot toward Meng Lei in a swarm amid shrill whizzing noises as they cut through the air. However, just as they were about to hit their target, Meng Lei disappeared again.
“Such agility!”
A huge jolt went through the Dark Snapping Turtle King, and then it heard a soft whiz coming from above it right away. Without a second thought, it instinctively withdrew into its turtle shell.
Meng Lei’s attack missed, upon which he couldn’t help but laugh and comment, “As expected of a turtle-type demon; that withdrawal speed is pretty much unbeatable. Do you think there’s nothing I can do about you just because of that, though?”
As he spoke, Meng Lei teleported on top of the Dark Snapping Turtle King’s shell. The Grim Reaper Scythe quietly appeared in his hand, and then, he swung it down forcefully!
Slash!
The incredibly sharp Grim Reaper Scythe instantly sundered the shell that the Dark Snapping Turtle King relied on for protection and made a two-meter-deep fissure in it.
“Damn it!”
Demonic aura churned around the pained Dark Snapping Turtle King and morphed into a hammer that smashed mercilessly toward Meng Lei.
The Dark T-Rex King didn’t stay idle, either. His voice exploded like a low, dull thunderclap as he launched sound wave attacks.
Sound wave attacks were omnidirectional, so Meng Lei wasn’t able to dodge them. Struck by the waves, Meng Lei suffered a mild concussion, and his mind blanked out for a moment.
“What terrifying sound waves!”
A hint of murderous intent flitted across Meng Lei’s eyes as he watched the Dark T-Rex King. Then, he teleported behind it and swung the Grim Reaper Scythe down.
“Die!!”
Slash!
The Dark T-Rex King’s scaly armor might be extremely tough, but it was ultimately still no match for the Dark Snapping Turtle King’s shell. The Grim Reaper Scythe could sunder even the Dark Snapping Turtle King’s shell, let alone its neck!
Splurt!
Black blood spurted everywhere, and the Dark T-Rex King’s head shot up into the sky before falling and landing on the ground.
The Dark T-Rex King’s eyes widened dramatically, completely unable to believe what was happening.
“I… I’m actually dying? D-dying in the hands of a deity on a low-end existential plane?”
The Dark T-Rex King couldn’t quite die in peace. The divine power that Meng Lei gave off was in no way strong and barely reached a lesser deity’s, yet he had actually managed to kill the Dark T-Rex King. It couldn’t accept such a harsh reality at all!
“Baker!”
The Dark Snapping Turtle King’s gaze fell on the decapitated Dark T-Rex King and then on the Grim Reaper Scythe in Meng Lei’s hand. It couldn’t help but exclaim in a low voice, “The Grim Reaper Scythe! That’s the Grim Reaper Scythe! O His Holiness the Demonic Dragon, where did that guy get the Grim Reaper Scythe from?”
Meng Lei flung off the black blood on the Grim Reaper Scythe. Then, he said, “I shall use the Grim Reaper Scythe to harvest your head next and send you on your way to the Grim Reaper!”
“You have too active an imagination, human deity!”
The Dark Snapping Turtle let out a cold snort, and then it actually took off and started to flee in the direction from which it had come from. It didn’t press on with the battle at all!
“Fleeing already?”
Meng Lei was slightly taken aback. Then, he teleported behind the Dark Snapping Turtle King. A black spear shot forward with a flick of his fingers.
Boom!
As he was simply too close, the Dark Snapping Turtle King couldn’t dodge the attack at all and was stabbed squarely by the black spear. Due to its turtle shell’s astonishingly powerful defenses, the black spear couldn’t do anything to it at all.
However, the black spear exploded upon contact and turned into a big burst of Netherworld Divine Fire flames that started to burn the Dark Snapping Turtle King!
“Damn it!”
Demonic aura rose from the Dark Snapping Turtle King’s back and formed a shield, isolating the Netherworld Divine Fire from its body and then separating it from its body.
“What an impressive turtle!”
This was Meng Lei’s first time ever seeing someone that could separate the Netherworld Divine Fire from themselves, and he found it very astonishing.
Of course, astonishment aside, Meng Lei’s actions didn’t slow down in the least. With a grand wave, ten black spears shot toward the Dark Snapping Turtle King.
“Damn it!”
The Dark Snapping Turtle King’s expression changed greatly, and it instantly sped up and darted into the distance. But no matter how fast it fled, how could it ever compare to the speed of teleportation?
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
Meng Lei blocked its path and tossed out another ten black spears formed from Netherworld Divine Fire.
In that instant, there were spears in front of it, as well as behind it. The Dark Snapping Turtle King ultimately couldn’t dodge them, and all 20 black spears bombarded it in quick succession and exploded with a grand boom!
Boom!
The Dark Snapping Turtle King was instantly engulfed in Netherworld Divine Fire. No matter how desperately it tried to control its demonic aura, it couldn’t separate the flames from itself again, causing it to scream loudly as the flames blazed away.
Meng Lei watched on mirthfully, allowing the flames to burn the Dark Snapping Turtle King. Only when it was close to its limit did he finally say, “If you wish to live, then pipe up!”
The Dark Snapping Turtle King immediately begged for mercy the moment it heard him. “S-spare me! Sir, spare me!”
“There’s a very simple way to live on—offer up your divine spirit origin energy and submit to me!” Meng Lei said, “As long as you submit to me, I’ll spare your life.”
“I… I submit! I’m willing to submit!”
The Dark Snapping Turtle King handed over its divine spirit origin energy with nary any hesitation and submitted under Meng Lei’s tyrannical bearing!
“Great!”
Meng Lei refined the Dark Snapping Turtle King’s divine spirit origin energy and successfully subdued the Great Demon Lord-level demon servant.
“What’s your name?”
“My noble Master, my name is Anton,” replied the Dark Snapping Turtle King respectfully.
“Give me the details about the current situation!”
“Yes, my noble Master!”
Following the Dark Snapping Turtle King’s recount of events, Meng Lei gradually understood the reason for the demon army’s appearance, where they had come from, and who they had been sent by.
As it turned out, the demon army had come from a demonic existential plane known as the Demonic Dragon Continent.
Of course, the Demonic Dragon Continent was neither under Hell’s nor the Demon Realm’s jurisdiction, much less the Netherworld’s.
Like Heaven’s Vault Continent, the Demonic Dragon Continent was just a relatively low-end material plane.
The difference laid in the fact that the living beings on the Demonic Dragon Continent weren’t kind-hearted races like humans or Fairies, but… Demons!
That’s right, the entire continent was occupied by demons. They were the only living beings on the continent.
The greatest existence that the Demonic Dragon Continent worshiped wasn’t a deity, either, but a Dark Demonic Dragon!
The Dark Demonic Dragon was named Cyrus Frost. A powerful intermediate deity-level Demon God, it ruled over a lot of territories.
The number of low-end existential planes under its rule alone numbered as many as dozens, and its territories far exceeded those of Heaven’s Vault Continent’s Dragon God and Beast God.
The Demonic Dragon Continent was one of them.
This time, the demon invasion was precisely Cyrus Frost’s handiwork because it had taken an interest in Heaven’s Vault Continent and wanted to take it for itself, thereby resulting in the invasion.
