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
