“How can I let things go according to your plan?”
Meng Lei began to weave through the innumerable tornadoes. No matter how the storms howled, slashed, or cut, they actually couldn’t even... touch Meng Lei at all.
The Gods-Slaying Rat bloodline’s powerful superiority in speed was fully displayed at this moment.
Running around isn’t going to kill the old tree demon. I have to think of something! A way that I can kill it!
Eh? That’s it! There’s the Hammer of Destruction!
Meng Lei appeared at the golden bead again with the spear in his left hand and the hammer in his right. He pressed the tip of the spear against the golden bead and swung the hammer down on it!
Boom!
Carrying with it a great, vast force, the Hammer of Destruction struck the Gods-Slaying Spear’s end heavily, causing a great force to course through the spear.
Crack!
With a crisp, melodious crack, the Gods-Slaying Spear’s tip actually pierced through the solid and sturdy golden bead’s defenses to make a small opening.
“Hahaha! It works!”
Meng Lei was immensely excited. He didn’t hold back at all with the Qilin Arm1, that he had painstakingly trained for so many years.
Amid loud collisions, the Gods-Slaying Spear was embedded bit by bit into the golden bead. In the blink of an eye, almost half of the tip had gone in.
“Ahhh!”
The Tree of Life let out a shrill cry that sounded just like the wailing of vengeful spirits from hell, making one’s scalp tingle and shivers to go through them.
“Hurry! Step on it! Kill that bastard!”
An incredibly stimulated Ol’ Amos cheered Meng Lei on.
“Break! Break! Break!”
Meng Lei let out a long howl, displaying even the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer Technique1 that he’d painstakingly practiced for many years. Right away, deafening clings and clangs rang out, and sparks flew everywhere.
“C’mon, break!!”
“Aaahhhh!”
Each of the Tree of Life’s screams was louder than the previous, endless and eternal like the gushing rivers, yet also like the overflowing Yellow River, beyond control once the floodgates open.
Crack!
At last, amid crisp cracks that sounded incomparably wonderful, a thin crack appeared in the blazing sun-like golden bead’s surface.
The crack became wider and wider, longer and longer. Like a spider web, the cracks spread outward in every direction. In the blink of an eye, they had spread throughout the whole golden bead!
“Here’s my chance!”
Meng Lei’s blood boiled with passion as he leaped high into the air and swung the Hammer of Destruction down.
“I shall decide the universe’s fate with one strike of the hammer!
“Break!!”
Boom!
The incomparably heavy Hammer of Destruction contained a fearsome might. Added to this Meng Lei’s incredible strength, everything erupted the instant it came into contact with the golden bead.
Crack!
At last! It broke!
The enormous golden bead broke into half from the middle!
“Ahhh!”
A scream that sounded like the wailing and crying of thousands of vengeful spirits rang out, hysterical and insane... It was the Tree of Life!
“I did it! Ol’ President, I did it!”
Meng Lei panted heavily with a look of excitement and stimulation on his face.
“Go! Hurry and go! Leave this place immediately!” Ol’ Amos shouted, “The Tree of Life is doomed! But you have to be careful of its final blow before it dies!”
“Don’t worry, I know!”
Meng Lei didn’t dare dally. He took off at once.
“Leave? Do you really think you can go after you’ve injured me to this extent?”
A cold, imposing voice that contained great murderous intent and endless hatred rang out. Then, a small golden tree that dazzled a radiant gold abruptly appeared in the empty zone.
It was a tree but looked more like a human—more so than even its divinity personification.
“That’s...”
A huge jolt went through Meng Lei.
“That’s the Tree of Life’s soul. Or rather... Its divine spirit.” Ol’ Amos’ voice shook as he said, “It has already attained half-deification, so its soul has metamorphosed into a soul of higher class that’s nearly immortal—the divine spirit.”
“Immortal?” Meng Lei shook violently. “Doesn’t that mean that it can’t die?”
“Theoretically, yes!” Ol’ Amos nodded.
“Who cares? Let’s just go!”
With even a moment’s pause, Meng Lei continued his mad dash.
“You’ve broken my vitality core and destroyed my divine body, thoroughly cutting off my path to divinity. I’ll fight to the death with you!”
The crazed golden little tree charged right up to Meng Lei in an instant and blocked his path.
“What the hell! It’s so quick!”
A shocked Meng Lei immediately changed his course and ran off again.
“Die! Die! Die! Die!”
As the little golden tree screamed, its divine spirit’s surging power morphed into a hammer that swung ruthlessly toward Meng Lei.
“Look out! That’s an attack on one’s divine spirit!”
Ol’ Amos hastily shouted a warning.
But just how fast was a divine spirit attack?
He’d only just shouted the warning when the divine spirit attack reached Meng Lei, disregarding his body to smash forcefully onto his soul!
“Ugh!”
As though he’d been struck by lightning, Meng Lei threw up a mouthful of blood. His mind buzzed as he blanked out completely...
A single strike alone had gravely wounded him!
“To think your soul is actually this weak and fragile!” At the sight of that, the Tree of Life became rather hysterical as it wailed, “Oh, the resentment in me! If I had realized this sooner, how would I have landed myself in this state!?
“Bastard! Die!”
The Tree of Life went even more berserk and launched an even more raging divine spirit attack.
“It’s all over!”
A tragic smile appeared on Meng Lei’s lips. His spiritual power had only just broken through the 1 billion point mark—in other words, it’d barely reached Saint Domain.
Even if he used all his remaining Wealth to enhance his soul, it was far from enough.
The Tree of Life’s spirit was
