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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 didn’t fear death. However, being made into an undead puppet after his death would be even worse than death!

“Keke, it’s been a very long time since I’ve crafted an Undead Knight. I wonder if I’ve become rusty in my skill?”

Puhaman licked his lips as he eyed the Fallen Titan up and down, his eyes filled with white-hot fervency.

“Is 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?”

The Fallen Titan was creeped out by how Puhaman was eying him like a toy. He roared, “Evil Dead Souls half-deity, I’ll never let you off if you dare toy with my body!”

“Keke! When you’re dead, aren’t you still going to be placed on the experiment table by me and be subjected to my creation process?”

The eager Puhaman couldn’t wait. “Hurry up and kill him, Master. I can’t quite wait anymore!”

Meng Lei nodded slightly. “As you wish!”

“Thank you, my noble Master!”

Puhaman licked his lips.

“Attack!”

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!

“Sound wave attacks? What a shame!”

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.

“Your Majesty, why do you tempt fate so?”

Meng Lei’s 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, “My 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 Lei’s speed is truly one that’s rarely seen and unprecedented!”

“This isn’t speed, but teleportation.”

With an aloof smile, Meng Lei said, “Teleportation, 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!”

“Teleportation?”

A huge jolt went through the Chimera Queen while looks of astonishment also surfaced on the Fallen Titan and Dark Fairy Empress’ 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?

“God’s Domain!”

At this point, a furious bellow rang out—Thackeray, 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!

“How dare you humiliate me like that, kid! I’m going to rip you into a million pieces!

“Divine Technique: Dimensional Blade!”

Several pitch-black Dimensional Blades suddenly appeared and cleaved toward Meng Lei, who was being trapped by God’s Domain, at lightning-quick speed.

“I told you, it’s useless!”

Meng Lei shook his head lightly and vanished from where he was without any regard for Thackeray’s God’s Domain, easily evading the Dimensional Blades’ 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!

“Thackeray!!”

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, “That was an accident, Chimera Queen! An accident!”

“An accident? I’ll get even with you later!”

The Chimera Queen was livid. However, she knew that it wasn’t 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.

“As expected of the Chimera Queen!”

Meng Lei clicked his tongue in wonder as he remarked, “Had it been an ordinary Dragon half-deity, they would’ve been chopped into a few pieces!”

“We 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!”

A hint of triumph surfaced on the Chimera Queen’s visage. However, she immediately froze the very next second because Meng Lei’s machete had pressed itself against her neck again at some point.

“The Dimensional Blades couldn’t cut you apart, but I wonder if this knife of mine can?”

Meng Lei chuckled softly. “Would you like to give it a try, Chimera Queen?”

“You... What do you want?”

The Chimera Queen barked a question at Meng Lei as a bead of cold sweat formed on her forehead—she could feel the aura of death looming about her.

“I’ll ask one last time—will you submit?”

“How can I submit to you, a human, when I’m the Chimera Queen?”

“I’ve given you a chance. It’s a shame that you didn’t cherish it. In that case, you can’t hold it against me anymore!”

Meng Lei shook his head lightly. With a flick of his wrist, the blood-red machete drew across the Chimera Queen’s 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 wasn’t one, goat-like yet wasn’t one, snake-like yet wasn’t one, and lion-like yet wasn’t 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 Queen’s true form!

“You’re the only three remaining now!”

Meng Lei turned to the remaining three half-deities, his demeanor as if his act of taking the Chimera Queen’s life was something so trivial that it wasn’t even worth mentioning.

“Y-you’ve actually killed Ambrose?!”

A hint of terror flashed across the three half-deities’ eyes as they stared at the Chimera Queen’s carcass.

Meng Lei’s gaze flickered back and forth among the three before it finally settled on Thackeray. “You’re the most hypocritical, as well as the most detestable, among the three. I’ll pick you, then!”

The sound of that made Thackeray’s 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.

“Flee? Do you think you can successfully flee?”

A calm Meng Lei said, “From the moment you stepped into the imperial palace, your fate has been destined!”

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 head—except 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!

“Two half-deities... have died just like that?” 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!

“Kekeke, as expected, Master is truly terrifyingly strong!”

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!

“G-Grandmaster, have two half-deities d... died just like that?”

A short distance away from the imperial palace was Flit the 66th, who had been scared witless. He had been clamoring for Meng Lei’s death previously, but only endless fear remained in him now.

“He’s become even more fearsome than before!”

Thaniel had a complex look on his face as he remarked, “And that machete, too. It must be a real divine weapon!”

The hammer! The spear! The divine core! The divine pig’s 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 couldn’t understand—just where had Meng Lei gotten that many true gods’ artifacts from?

“These two dead bodies are yours now, Puhaman!”

Meng Lei turned to Puhaman and said, “I hope to be able to witness an Undead Chimera and an Undead Golden Dragon-Lion’s power soon!”

“I won’t let Master down!”

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.

“We can’t do this! Let’s retreat!”

With a low shout, the Dark Fairy Empress shot into the distance with a flash.

When was she supposed to flee, if not now?

“O great Empress, where do you think you’re going?”

Meng Lei stepped forward and obstructed her way.

“You can’t stop me!”

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 happened—she actually couldn’t cast her Innate Special Ability, which she had usually been able to easily cast!

It was just like...

...She had suddenly lost the ability!

“How is it? You can’t use it, can you?”

Meng Lei burst into laughter. “Unable to transform into the elements, you won’t be able to escape from me. You’d better just obediently surrender and offer up your neck!”

“What exactly have you done to me?”

The Dark Fairy Empress glared furiously at Meng Lei, going somewhat crazy and even more hysterical!

“Can’t you tell?”

Meng Lei’s laughter stopped as he replied, “I’ve stolen your ability, of course!”

“Stolen my ability?” The Dark Fairy Empress’ countenance changed drastically as she said, “Could it be that just now...”

“Bingo! Unfortunately, you don’t get any prizes!”

Then, Meng Lei quietly transformed into a cloud of dark elements and circled around the Dark Fairy Empress.

“Angry? Going crazy? Breaking down? If so, then that’s right! C’mon, c’mon! Bite me if you can! Hahaha, you can’t, can you? Nanny nanny boo boo, see if I don’t drive you up the wall! Hurhur!”

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!

“Just you wait, human!”

The Dark Fairy Empress took a deep breath. “Someday, I will pay back everything that happened today in full and interest!”

Then, a dark magic circle appeared under the Dark Fairy Empress’ feet, and the next moment, she vanished into thin air!

“She’s vanished?”

Meng Lei was greatly astonished.

“Master, that’s a teleportation magic circle.”

Puhaman reminded him. “If I’m not wrong, it’s probably the Dark Mother Tree that saved her.”

“The Dark Mother Tree?”

A look of confusion came over Meng Lei’s features.

“The Dark Mother Tree is the Dark Fairies’ 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.”

Puhaman explained, “The Dark Fairy Empress has likely been teleported away by the Dark Mother Tree.”

“I see!”

Realization dawned upon Meng Lei. Then, he scoffed, “She may have run, but her base still remains, so where can she run to?”

“How wise, Master!”

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