“Must you really kill them all, Meng Lei?” shouted Amolin.
“Elder Amolin, had I not been strong enough, would the Dragon Island half-deities have spared my life today?”
Upon hearing his reply, Amolin froze at once.
“You’re too slow, Thaniel. Speed up! Go forth!”
...
Had there not been any system notifications, Meng Lei would highly likely have been duped.
Unfortunately, he had the system. Therefore, he had noticed that he had only received four notifications despite having killed seven half-deities.
It was easy to tell from this that three of the half-deities among the seven had other divine incarnations existing. Thus, they hadn’t completely died yet.
On top of that, Meng Lei also knew who they were—the Earth, Blue, and Tempest Colossal Dragons, respectively. Meng Lei didn’t intend on sparing any of these fellows.
As they say, “If one doesn’t eradicate the source of the problem, they will resurge”. To minimize possible problems in the future, it was best that he wiped them all out.
However, the unfortunate thing was that no matter how fast Meng Lei tried to move, he nonetheless only managed to slay the Blue Dragon and the Earth Dragon. The Tempest Colossal Dragon had long since fled into the distance and vanished without a trace.
In fact, it had even taken away all of its treasures in its den, leaving not even a strand of hair for Meng Lei...
“It fled pretty quickly, huh?” Meng Lei gazed at the empty cave and said, “You’d better hope you don’t run into me in the future!”
“Where do we go next, Master?” asked Thaniel carefully, lest Meng Lei vent his fury on him.
“To the half-deities’ dens!”
A gleam flashed past Meng Lei’s eyes.
The Dragons loved glittering objects. Therefore, every Colossal Dragon was a tycoon, and every Colossal Dragon’s den was a great collection of treasures.
And the truth was indeed so!
Goblen, the Golden Colossal Dragon’s den, provided Meng Lei with a total of 360,000 Laws of Nature Origin Crystals.
The Green, Earth, Thunder, Blue, and Frost Colossal Dragons brought Meng Lei a hefty total amount of 1.17 million Laws of Nature Origin Crystals.
Meng Lei’s Wealth had reached an astonishing 2,317,572 Laws of Nature Origin Crystals!
.31 million Laws of Nature Origin Crystals! When converted into gold coins, that would make it 23 trillion gold coins!
23 trillion! Now, that was pretty dramatic!
However, Meng Lei wasn’t really that happy. What could this bit of wealth achieve?
Redeem 231 Divinity Crystals’ worth of power of divinity? Or raise his wood-earth laws of nature assimilation rate by 23%?
It was just a drop in the ocean!
“I’m still very poor...”
Meng Lei couldn’t help but lament wistfully.
The corners of Thaniel’s lips spasmed upon hearing his proclamation, and he felt the urge to jump up and give Meng Lei a couple of hammer smashes.
You’ve just cleaned out six half-deities’ dens and robbed them of their lifetime’s worth of assets... Yet you still complain about being poor? And moan and groan so incessantly?
Damn you and your poverty! Goddamn it, do you know I’m so jealous that I’m close to becoming beyond recognition?!
“Oh, right! Aren’t there supposed to be nine half-deities on Dragon Island?”
Meng Lei seemed to recall something. “Other than Elder Amolin and the Tempest Colossal Dragon that got away, there should be seven other half-deities, right?
“Seven half-deities should correspond to seven dens, but I’ve only cleaned out six!”
Thaniel felt his anus squeezing tight at once.
Meng Lei turned his gaze to Thaniel underneath him and asked, “So, where did the last den go?”
“M-master...!”
Thaniel gave him a smile that looked worse than a crying face and replied, “The last den belongs to me!”
“So it’s yours. Didn’t I say? There are clearly seven half-deities, so why would there only be six dens?”
Realization dawned upon Meng Lei, and a look of “So that’s it! No wonder!” appeared on his face.
“Yes, Master!” replied Thaniel carefully.
Meng Lei was very considerate. He said, “Since that den is yours, then I won’t clean it out anymore. But what makes me curious is... Comparing yours to Goblen’s, whose den has more treasures?”
“As someone who had already achieved half-deification 30,000 years ago, Grandmaster Goblen’s savings naturally aren’t something that mine can compare with,” replied Thaniel truthfully.
“What about in comparison to the other half-deities?” asked Meng Lei.
“I have a bit more than them,” replied Thaniel honestly.
“I didn’t expect you to be such a tycoon. I really couldn’t tell. Speaking of which, though, what do you want that many treasures for?”
Meng Lei was awfully puzzled. “You don’t bring them with you when you come to this world, and neither can you bring them with you when you leave this world. Should someone accidentally jab you to death one day with a spear, wouldn’t it be a shame for all that treasure?”
Having lived so long, Thaniel had already become an incredibly shrewd one. How could he possibly not detect the thinly-veiled threat in Meng Lei’s words? He said with a crestfallen expression, “Say no more, Master. I’m willing to offer up my den!”
“What did you say? Offer up your den?”
Meng Lei waved him off incessantly. “How would that do? Those are assets that you’ve accumulated for a lifetime. How can I bring myself to take it? We mustn’t do that! No, we mustn’t!”
Thaniel was close to tears. “Just take it, Master. Considering my current position, I won’t be able to use all those assets anymore in the future anyway!”
A reluctant Meng Lei replied, “Oh, you shouldn’t have. But what you’ve said makes sense, too. Since you’ve become my mount, you’ll have to roam the world with me from now on. It certainly isn’t very safe to leave those treasures on Dragon Island!”
Damn you and your lack of safety!
Thaniel might be verbally respectful, but his heart was bleeding. Those were his life savings,
