Chapter 222: Two Deaths And One Escapee, The Dark Mother Tree
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
As someone that had already died once, Bubbles didnât fear death. However, being made into an undead puppet after his death would be even worse than death!
âKeke, itâs been a very long time since Iâve crafted an Undead Knight. I wonder if Iâve become rusty in my skill?â
Puhaman licked his lips as he eyed the Fallen Titan up and down, his eyes filled with white-hot fervency.
âIs it a little too extravagant of me to use a Fallen Titan of the half-deity level right on the first time I try to re-familiarize myself with the art? Should I summon a few skeletons for a little practice first?â
The Fallen Titan was creeped out by how Puhaman was eying him like a toy. He roared, âEvil Dead Souls half-deity, Iâll never let you off if you dare toy with my body!â
âKeke! When youâre dead, arenât you still going to be placed on the experiment table by me and be subjected to my creation process?â
The eager Puhaman couldnât wait. âHurry up and kill him, Master. I canât quite wait anymore!â
Meng Lei nodded slightly. âAs you wish!â
âThank you, my noble Master!â
Puhaman licked his lips.
âAttack!â
The Dark Fairy Empress and the Chimera Queen exchanged a look. They knew that the Fallen Titan would meet with demise should they tarry any further. As such, they resolutely launched their attacks!
Roar!
With a roar from the Chimera Queen, the three-headed monster hologram above her opened its jaws wide and also let out an earth-shattering roar!
Boom!
Strong sound waves erupted into the surroundings, causing the space around them to crack and break into pieces and turn into a pitch-black hole!
âSound wave attacks? What a shame!â
Meng Lei shook his head lightly. With just a stride forward, he was right behind the Chimera Queen, and he quietly pressed the blood-red machete against her neck.
âYour Majesty, why do you tempt fate so?â
Meng Leiâs eyes were full of pity.
The Chimera Queen trembled lightly as a hint of horror flashed past her face. However, it quickly passed, and she giggled coquettishly as she replied, âMy sound waves travel at a speed a hundred times faster than regular sound waves, yet you were still able to dodge them. My young friend Meng Leiâs speed is truly one thatâs rarely seen and unprecedented!â
âThis isnât speed, but teleportation.â
With an aloof smile, Meng Lei said, âTeleportation, when matched with this machete, is enough to take all of your lives! Therefore, just submit to me. None of you have even a sliver of a chance to make a comeback!â
âTeleportation?â
A huge jolt went through the Chimera Queen while looks of astonishment also surfaced on the Fallen Titan and Dark Fairy Empressâ faces.
Although they had never once come into contact with a special ability like teleportation before, just the sound of the name alone was enough to let them know that it was an extremely fearsome spatial special ability.
Movement in a split second!
Who would be able to defend themselves against it?
âGodâs Domain!â
At this point, a furious bellow rang outâThackeray, the Golden Dragon-Lion, had appeared before Meng Lei at some point. His countenance was savage and ferocious as if he was going to gobble him up!
âHow dare you humiliate me like that, kid! Iâm going to rip you into a million pieces!
âDivine Technique: Dimensional Blade!â
Several pitch-black Dimensional Blades suddenly appeared and cleaved toward Meng Lei, who was being trapped by Godâs Domain, at lightning-quick speed.
âI told you, itâs useless!â
Meng Lei shook his head lightly and vanished from where he was without any regard for Thackerayâs Godâs Domain, easily evading the Dimensional Bladesâ attacks.
While he had certainly evaded the attacks, the Chimera Queen was in for a tragedy, however. The incomparably sharp Dimensional Blades landed on her and instantly sundered her defenses, carving a few deep gashes into her!
Had her divine body not been sufficiently hardy, the Chimera Queen would definitely have been chopped into a few pieces. Even so, blood was still spurting furiously everywhere like a cascading waterfall!
âThackeray!!â
The Chimera Queen glared furiously at Thackeray, her countenance savage and her eyes almost spitting flames.
Thackeray felt his breathing stop slightly for a moment before he hastily said, âThat was an accident, Chimera Queen! An accident!â
âAn accident? Iâll get even with you later!â
The Chimera Queen was livid. However, she knew that it wasnât the time to fuss over such matters at the moment. She quickly brought out a crystal core that emanated and gave off a rich aura of vitality, swallowed it, and began to heal the wounds on herself.
âAs expected of the Chimera Queen!â
Meng Lei clicked his tongue in wonder as he remarked, âHad it been an ordinary Dragon half-deity, they wouldâve been chopped into a few pieces!â
âWe Chimeras may not possess magic talent as great as the other Dragon breeds, but when it comes to physical defense, even the Golden Colossal Dragons and Earth Dragons cannot hope to compare to us!â
A hint of triumph surfaced on the Chimera Queenâs visage. However, she immediately froze the very next second because Meng Leiâs machete had pressed itself against her neck again at some point.
âThe Dimensional Blades couldnât cut you apart, but I wonder if this knife of mine can?â
Meng Lei chuckled softly. âWould you like to give it a try, Chimera Queen?â
âYou... What do you want?â
The Chimera Queen barked a question at Meng Lei as a bead of cold sweat formed on her foreheadâshe could feel the aura of death looming about her.
âIâll ask one last timeâwill you submit?â
âHow can I submit to you, a human, when Iâm the Chimera Queen?â
âIâve given you a chance. Itâs a shame that you didnât cherish it. In that case, you canât hold it against me anymore!â
Meng Lei shook his head lightly. With a flick of his wrist, the blood-red machete drew across the Chimera Queenâs snowy-white neck, forming a line of blood.
The Chimera Queen stared at Meng Lei in disbelief, and then, she plummeted straight onto the ground!
Then, she turned into an enormous creature that looked Dragon-like yet wasnât one, goat-like yet wasnât one, snake-like yet wasnât one, and lion-like yet wasnât one. She smashed a gigantic pit into the plaza as her head rolled off to the side, unable to rest in peace.
It was the Chimera Queenâs true form!
âYouâre the only three remaining now!â
Meng Lei turned to the remaining three half-deities, his demeanor as if his act of taking the Chimera Queenâs life was something so trivial that it wasnât even worth mentioning.
âY-youâve actually killed Ambrose?!â
A hint of terror flashed across the three half-deitiesâ eyes as they stared at the Chimera Queenâs carcass.
Meng Leiâs gaze flickered back and forth among the three before it finally settled on Thackeray. âYouâre the most hypocritical, as well as the most detestable, among the three. Iâll pick you, then!â
The sound of that made Thackerayâs hair stand on end, and he instantly retreated 1,000 meters to the back with a burst of speed.
However, before he could even stop, Meng Lei followed him like a shadow and quietly appeared behind him.
âFlee? Do you think you can successfully flee?â
A calm Meng Lei said, âFrom the moment you stepped into the imperial palace, your fate has been destined!â
Splurt!
Blood spurted like a towering pillar, and another great head shot into the sky as a headless dead body crashed onto the ground, turning into a gigantic lion with golden dragon scales all over its body, dragon wings on its back, and dragon horns on its headâexcept it was now a headless lion.
Silence!
The whole place was filled with dead silence!
Everyone watched them in a daze, unable to stop themselves from gasping. They were too stunned for words!
âTwo half-deities... have died just like that?â Fred murmured to himself, completely astounded.
While he had certainly been astounded by how Meng Lei had wiped out the Dragon half-deities, ultimately, no-one had seen it happening.
However, having personally witnessed Meng Lei slaughtering two half-deities this time, that feeling of astoundment had become even stronger!
âKekeke, as expected, Master is truly terrifyingly strong!â
Puhaman licked his lips. A smile adorned his visage, but inwardly, his feelings of astoundment were no less than anyone else.
This was also his first time seeing Meng Lei fight, not to mention the first time seeing him kill a half-deity, too!
His clean and efficient moves were killing a half-deity was no different from slaughtering livestock... He was insanely strong!
âG-Grandmaster, have two half-deities d... died just like that?â
A short distance away from the imperial palace was Flit the 66th, who had been scared witless. He had been clamoring for Meng Leiâs death previously, but only endless fear remained in him now.
âHeâs become even more fearsome than before!â
Thaniel had a complex look on his face as he remarked, âAnd that machete, too. It must be a real divine weapon!â
The hammer! The spear! The divine core! The divine pigâs carcass! And now, the machete!
One after another, not a single one of those items was something that a half-deity could possibly get their hands on. Thaniel simply couldnât understandâjust where had Meng Lei gotten that many true godsâ artifacts from?
âThese two dead bodies are yours now, Puhaman!â
Meng Lei turned to Puhaman and said, âI hope to be able to witness an Undead Chimera and an Undead Golden Dragon-Lionâs power soon!â
âI wonât let Master down!â
With a wave, the cackling Puhaman stored the Chimera and Golden Dragon-Lion carcasses away. Then, he turned to the remaining Fallen Titan and Dark Fairy Empress, the meaning behind his actions self-evident.
âWe canât do this! Letâs retreat!â
With a low shout, the Dark Fairy Empress shot into the distance with a flash.
When was she supposed to flee, if not now?
âO great Empress, where do you think youâre going?â
Meng Lei stepped forward and obstructed her way.
âYou canât stop me!â
With a cold snort, the Dark Fairy Empress decided to cast her Innate Special Ability, Dark-elemental Transformation.
However, something that left her in disbelief happenedâshe actually couldnât cast her Innate Special Ability, which she had usually been able to easily cast!
It was just like...
...She had suddenly lost the ability!
âHow is it? You canât use it, can you?â
Meng Lei burst into laughter. âUnable to transform into the elements, you wonât be able to escape from me. Youâd better just obediently surrender and offer up your neck!â
âWhat exactly have you done to me?â
The Dark Fairy Empress glared furiously at Meng Lei, going somewhat crazy and even more hysterical!
âCanât you tell?â
Meng Leiâs laughter stopped as he replied, âIâve stolen your ability, of course!â
âStolen my ability?â The Dark Fairy Empressâ countenance changed drastically as she said, âCould it be that just now...â
âBingo! Unfortunately, you donât get any prizes!â
Then, Meng Lei quietly transformed into a cloud of dark elements and circled around the Dark Fairy Empress.
âAngry? Going crazy? Breaking down? If so, then thatâs right! Câmon, câmon! Bite me if you can! Hahaha, you canât, can you? Nanny nanny boo boo, see if I donât drive you up the wall! Hurhur!â
The Dark Fairy Empress was gnashing her teeth so hard that one could hear grinding sounds. Her full and well-endowed chest rose and fell dramatically, the look in her eyes as if she wanted to eat someone!
Yet... There was simply nothing she could do!
There was nothing she could do about Meng Lei at all!
One must admit that elemental transformation was really quite a crazy skill. It allowed one to become immune to both physical attacks and magic attacks, thereby becoming almost immortal. It was ridiculously crazy!
âJust you wait, human!â
The Dark Fairy Empress took a deep breath. âSomeday, I will pay back everything that happened today in full and interest!â
Then, a dark magic circle appeared under the Dark Fairy Empressâ feet, and the next moment, she vanished into thin air!
âSheâs vanished?â
Meng Lei was greatly astonished.
âMaster, thatâs a teleportation magic circle.â
Puhaman reminded him. âIf Iâm not wrong, itâs probably the Dark Mother Tree that saved her.â
âThe Dark Mother Tree?â
A look of confusion came over Meng Leiâs features.
âThe Dark Mother Tree is the Dark Fairiesâ divine tree, as well as their mother tree. Legend goes that not only can the Dark Mother Tree give birth to Dark Fairies, but they also possess the ability to teleport.â
Puhaman explained, âThe Dark Fairy Empress has likely been teleported away by the Dark Mother Tree.â
âI see!â
Realization dawned upon Meng Lei. Then, he scoffed, âShe may have run, but her base still remains, so where can she run to?â
âHow wise, Master!â
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