“With this branch in hand, not only will meditation be several times—even dozens of times—more effective, but the restoration rate of the magic power in your body will also increase by a few times!
“This is good stuff! Definitely good stuff!”
Meng Lei asked eagerly, “If I auction this off, how much can it sell for?”
This thing was completely a white elephant to him. If he could turn it into gold coins instead, then the 10 billion gold coins to pick it up wouldn’t be spent in vain!
“What? You want to sell it? You wastrel!”
Ol’ Amos broke into a rant at once. “The Tree of Vitality is the Fairy Empire’s holy tree! Outsiders can’t even catch a glimpse of it, let alone obtain a branch from it!
“But if you were to auction this small little branch off, it’ll fetch at least dozens of billions of gold coins, I guess? Perhaps even 100 billion?”
“Up to 100 billion? Phew, that’s not a loss, then!”
Meng Lei heaved a sigh of relief and quickly kept the Tree of Vitality branch before contacting the system.
“You lousy system, look at what you’ve picked up for me? You rascal, aren’t you scamming me too much?”
“Dear host, the Limitless Pickup system is a random pickup function. The quality of the item picked up is completely random.”
“Damn your randomness!” Meng Lei said huffily, “Can’t you pick up something better for me? Even at the worst, you shouldn’t make it too great of a loss. 10 billion gold coins per try is too hefty a price!
“Forget it. I won’t do it anymore. It’s too big a scam!
“But... I really can’t reconcile myself with this. I didn’t get anything good twice in a row. I really can’t reconcile myself with this!
“How about... I give it another go? Yeah! I’ll do it one last time! System, one more time!”
“Ding! 1 Laws of Nature Origin Crystal is required for the usage of this function. May I know if you’d like to use it?”
“Cut the crap, I’ll use it one last time!”
Whoosh!
His Wealth shrunk by 1 Law of Nature Origin Crystal once again.
“Please stop scamming me! If I get another piece of trash, I’m gonna go berserk!”
“Ding! Congratulations to the host. You’ve obtained the Hammer of Destruction!”
Chapter 179: The Behemoth On The Brink of Death, The Immortal Fairy
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
This was a polluted swamp!
Large patches of withered trees and vegetation laid in the muddy shallow waters. The bark had already fallen off the trees, causing the surfaces to be bald and smooth, and the polluted, yellowish lake waters gave off a terrible stench.
The whole swamp was barren, desolate, and quiet. There were no traces of life, and the whole place was silent.
Then, all of a sudden...
A huge shadow rushed from afar before ultimately coming to a stop in mid-air above the swamp. Thick, dense fur and powerful intertwining muscles covered its body—it was Sacas the Behemoth!
“Boss, this is the Scarlet Swamp Snakes’ territory,” Sacas said as it turned to Meng Lei. “The Scarlet Swamp Snake is an extremely powerful snake species that lives in a pack in the Lost Continent. Their numbers are fairly big.”
“How strong are they?”
“They vary in strength. Some are sixth-grade to seventh-grade, and some are eighth-grade to ninth-grade, while the Scarlet Swamp Snake Emperor itself is a Saint Domain Magical Beast.
“Generally speaking, the Scarlet Swamp Snakes are not any weaker than the Golden Corpse Bugs. Both are Magical Beast species that live in large packs.”
“Not bad.”
A satisfied Meng Lei waved him away. Then, he ordered, “Go on and get the Scarlet Swamp Snake Emperor out here.”
“Yes, Boss!”
Sacas casually picked up a withered branch and threw it into the swamp, causing the waters to splash about everywhere and the mud to spatter.
“...”
Two minutes later, a 20-meters-long water snake covered in reddish-brown spots weaved out of the swamp and slithered over to them in a crooked line.
“That’s the Scarlet Swamp Snake, Boss.”
As it watched the Scarlet Swamp Snake intently, Sacas explained, “This particular group of snakes is too greedy and has eaten all the living things inside the swamp.
“Therefore, Scarlet Swamp Snakes are constantly hungry. The moment there’s even the slightest bit of motion, they’ll be lured out of their den.
“Take a look over there!”
Meng Lei looked over on his cue to see Scarlet Swamp Snakes of varying sizes also popping out from other areas of the swamp. Additionally, their numbers were getting bigger and bigger. It was as though thousands upon thousands of snakes were spilling forth from their den.
“They’re a bunch of starving snakes, indeed.”
Meng Lei bent his fingers and made a stroking motion as if he were strumming a guitar. As he did so, wind blades also shot out one after another toward the Scarlet Swamp Snakes.
Splurt!
Splurt!
Splurt!
Amid constant jarring noises, the wind blades severed the Scarlet Swamp Snakes’ heads one by one, and they died one after another.
Blood spurted everywhere, and decapitated snakeheads were thrown out in all directions.
In a mere instant, the Scarlet Swamp Snakes that had crawled out of their den had all been killed. Freshly-spilled blood dyed the swamp red in dozens of spots, and the faint smell of blood slowly began to pervade the air.
Was everything over?
Of course not!
As though they’d caught the smell of blood, more and more Scarlet Swamp Snakes emerged from the swamp, like mushrooms sprouting after rain.
, 50, 100...
In less than the amount of time it took to take a few breaths, the initially-quiet swamp had become incredibly lively. Scarlet Swamp Snakes that had been hiding in unknown places made
