In the pitch-black cave opposite him, Meng Lei could clearly see bat-like creatures hanging upside-down. As large as a yak, each of them had a pair of wings on their back, the head of a black wolf, blood-red eyes, and a mouth full of fangs.
Those were the Sixth-Grade Magical Beasts, Shadowwolf Bats!
“I’m being seen as food by a bunch of Sixth-Grade Magical Beasts...”
The corners of Meng Lei’s lips quirked upward in a contemptuous smile. He tossed an orange-sized fireball toward them with a flick of his fingers.
Boom!
The fireball successfully ignited the methane permeating the air at the bottom of the sinkhole. Amid deafening explosions, a series of successive explosions erupted, and shocking waves of fire began to roast everything at the bottom of the sinkhole.
Hooowl!
At once, shrill cries rang out everywhere. All the Shadowwolf Bats flapped their wings and flew about frantically as they tried to flee. They looked as though they had all gone mad. How they wished they had been born with another pair of wings!
“That’s for not knowing what’s good for you.”
Meng Lei snorted lightly. Then, he dived straight into the flames rushing into the heavens and went toward where the Saint Domain Magical Beast’s aura was coming from.
As for the tens of thousands of Shadowwolf Bats trapped inside the sea of fire, he could hardly be bothered with them. If they were going to be burned to death, then be his guest.
As for those that the fire couldn’t burn to death, they would only be in even more pain and agony as they suffered from a living hell.
Chapter 162: Hermaphrodite, This Is My Mount
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
The underground cave was deep and bottomless.
After Meng Lei walked for 15 minutes or so, an enormous underground pool finally appeared. Mist drifted about above the pool, such that one couldn’t see how deep it was or how wide it spanned. It looked just like a celestial pool.
In the center of the pool laid an exotic-looking Magical Beast that bore a striking resemblance to a Chinese giant salamander. A milky-white color throughout its body, it looked as if it was made out of fine white tallow jade. It looked incredibly soft, smooth, white and tender, sparkling and translucent, bright and clear, and as tender as though water was going to ooze out of it...
Its skin could make countless noblewomen and young debutantes ashamed of their own unseemliness, as well as countless beauties and young ladies insanely jealous.
“What the heck? That’s such a huge giant salamander!” Meng Lei exclaimed in a low voice, “It’s probably at least 70 to 80 meters long, isn’t it? How impressive!”
“Waaa~”
His voice greatly alarmed the gigantic salamander-like creature, and it turned to look over.
Perhaps it wasn’t quite apt to say that it had “looked over”—because its eyes were actually tightly shut. Evidently, its body had regressed in order to adapt to the dim underground environment.
Nevertheless, it had still discovered Meng Lei’s presence.
“Waaa~”
“Waaa~”
The giant salamander’s mouth opened, and it emitted sharp, ear-piercing cries, which sounded just like the crying and wailing of a child. It sounded awfully terrifying.
“Ol’ President, what kind of Magical Beast is that?”
Its cries were making Meng Lei rather creeped out.
“If I’m not wrong, that’s likely a Saint Domain Magical Beast that has long since gone extinct in Heaven’s Vault Continent—the Split-Body Devil Salamander!” Ol’ Amos commented with slight astonishment in his voice, “The Lost Continent is truly an amazing place! There are a lot of creatures here that have already gone extinct in Heaven’s Vault Continent a long time ago!”
“The Split-Body Devil Salamander? Why does it have such a strange name?” Meng Lei was rather puzzled.
“That’s because that Magical Beast has the ability to split apart its body.”
Ol’ Amos explained, “When it encounters lethal attacks, the Split-Body Devil Salamander will split into several individual parts to mitigate the damage from the attack. In other words, the Split-Body Devil Salamander is immune to physical attacks.”
“It can split its body into different parts?” Ol’ Amos’ explanation stupefied Meng Lei. “As expected, fact is really stranger than fiction in this boundless universe. To think there are actually such amazing Magical Beasts in this world!”
Splitting its body?
Wouldn’t that make it very similar to the slugs in Naruto?
“There are a lot of creatures beyond your imagination out there. What’s the big deal about this?” Ol’ Amos smiled noncommittally. Then he said, “You’ll have to be careful later on. The Split-Body Devil Salamander may look cute and silly, but it’s undoubtedly highly irritable and extremely hostile. That’s where the ‘devil’ in its name comes from, after all.”
“Understood!”
Meng Lei turned around. True enough, the Split-Body Devil Salamander, which was snarling and had its fangs bared, entered his sight. It growled deeply and entered an offensive stance.
“Waaa!”
The next moment, innumerable silver water spears glittering coldly in the light abruptly appeared around it. Then, it brazenly launched its attack.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
As though they wanted to jab countless holes into Meng Lei, the silver water spears pierced through the air toward him, emitting shrill whizzes as they did.
“Eighth-Grade Spell, Water Judgment? Am I being underestimated?” Meng Lei shook his head lightly. Then, he slowly uttered two words, “Absolute Zero!”
Buzz!
The Ice Elements in all directions suddenly converged, and then they turned into a surging white air current that rushed toward the Split-Body Devil Salamander.
“Waaa!”
The Split-Body Devil Salamander let out a strange cry. Before it could even react, the white air current had already thoroughly engulfed it.
Crack!
Crack!
In a split second, the innumerable water spears shooting toward Meng Lei were frozen.
The Split-Body Devil Salamander, as well as the pool underneath it, was also frozen.
Everything in the cave was frozen!
For a moment there, the dim, humid cave turned into a crystal palace that
