It was only at this point that Meng Lei stopped his summoning.
“Master, can you let me study Devil Magic a little, too?” asked Puhaman as he rubbed his hands and gazed at Meng Lei with an expression full of hope, the meaning behind his request self-evident.
Meng Lei agreed to it right away. He built a Devil channel, upon which Puhaman quickly made a mark in the Demon Realm with his divine spirit. Then, he expressed his sincerest gratitude to Meng Lei for his generosity.
A smiling Meng Lei said, “Summon a few more Devils for fun when you’re free. I have use for them.”
“Understood, Master,” Puhaman quickly replied.
“Alright, you may return now.”
“Yes, Master!”
After sending Puhaman back to the Imperial City, Meng Lei gathered the few half-deities.
“Bubbles, Klaus, Seisia, and Nadja are to leave with me.” Meng Lei instructed, “Mervyn, Pursuer, and the Spider Goddess are to remain underground and spread my faith.”
“Yes, Master!”
The six half-deities bowed in acknowledgment.
Although the Spider Goddess was displeased with Meng Lei’s orders, the Gods-Slaying Spear jab earlier had given her a true understanding of just how strong Meng Lei was. Not daring to challenge his authority anymore, she neither spoke up nor rejected the order, indirectly and silently accepting the order.
“I hope my faith can spread throughout the entire underground world in a year’s time.”
Meng Lei cast a glance at Mervyn, Pursuer, and the Spider Goddess and said, “Don’t let me down!”
“We’ll definitely live up to your expectations, Master!”
Mervyn and the Pursuer hastily promised.
“Great!”
Then, Meng Lei brought the other four half-deity subordinates with him and left the underground world.
Before he left, Meng Lei also left behind five divine tree fruits for Little Gold. With these fruits, Little Gold would be able to step into the Saint Domain realm within a short period.
“Master, are we going to the Sunset Ranges next?” asked Bubbles.
Meng Lei nodded slightly and replied, “Klaus, your speed is the fastest among everyone. Bring us there.”
“Yes, Master!”
Klaus transformed into his true form—a mutated Fire Dragon—and then, he flew toward the Sunset Ranges with the others on his back.
As Meng Lei rested on Klaus’ back, boredom came over him, and he decided to contact the system.
“System, carry out 1,000 Limitless Pickups!”
“Ding! Assimilation successful. You have obtained a pair of Lucy the Fairy’s crystal shoes!”
“...”
“Ding! Assimilation successful. You have obtained a Divine Core. Will you assimilate it?”
“Eh?”
With a casual flip of his wrist, a silver divine core appeared on Meng Lei’s palm. Lightning flashed brilliantly and streaked furiously within the divine core—it was actually a thunder-elemental divine core.
“That’s...?”
Upon sensing the divine core’s aura, Bubbles, Nadja, Seisia, and even Klaus underneath them looked over one by one, looks of disbelief coming over their faces.
“A d-divine core!”
“It’s actually a divine core!”
The four half-deities’ breathing turned quick and ragged, the desire in their eyes openly shown. In particular, Seisia the Thunderbolt Queen’s eyes brimmed with greed and longing.
She was a Thunderbolt Naga whose main field of cultivation was thunder-elemental laws of nature, so thunder-elemental divine cores suited her element the best. Were she to assimilate it, she would definitely be able to become a true god!
“Stop staring at it. I can’t give it to you guys for the time being.”
Meng Lei glanced at them, and then, he said, “Don’t bother thinking about these divine cores while I’m still not yet a true god. Even if you do, I’m not going to give them to you!”
“Master, you mean...”
A great shudder went through the four of them!
“Perform well, and you’ll get what you deserve, but don’t hanker after what you don’t!”
Meng Lei took out the other two divine cores and very casually showed them off with a slight smile.
“Divine cores!”
“That’s three divine cores!”
The four half-deities were green with envy. To think there were actually three divine cores on their Master! On top of that, by the sound of what he had said...
“Don’t worry, Master! We swear allegiance and devotion to you unto our dying day. We’ll strive to the utmost with our lives and spare no effort!” The four half-deities hastily made their stances clear.
“I hope so!”
Then, Meng Lei’s attention returned to the system notifications.
“Ding! Assimilation successful. You have obtained Viscount Io’s ring!”
“...”
“Ding! Assimilation successful. You have obtained a Crystallized Divine Spirit Extract!”
“A Crystallized Divine Spirit Extract!”
Meng Lei was overjoyed. “Haha! I’ve actually obtained another Crystallized Divine Spirit Extract! I’m so lucky! With this Crystallized Divine Spirit Extract, these 1,000 Laws of Nature Origin Crystals are simply too well-spent!
“Without any further ado, I’ll just assimilate it first!”
Boom!
A moment later, Meng Lei’s gaze swept over the stats interface, and he couldn’t help but beam.
Just as he had hoped for, his divine spirit had reached pinnacle-grade after he assimilated the Crystallized Divine Spirit Extract.
“With this, together with my pinnacle-grade half-deity body, I’ve finally stepped into the pinnacle-level half-deity realm!”
Highly satisfied with the rewards he’d gotten from the Laws of Nature Origin Crystals, Meng Lei promptly ordered another 1,000 times of Limitless Pickups. However, it seemed like he had expended all his luck this time.
He actually didn’t pick up even a single decent item during the 1,000 attempts.
Meng Lei wasn’t that furious about the outcome, however. This was gambling, after all—only with losses and gains would things be interesting. Where would the fun be if he were to win all the time?
“Another 1,000 times!”
“Ding! Assimilation successful. You have obtained an Ice Field Alligator!”
“...”
“Ding! Assimilation successful. You have obtained a Fusion Laws of Nature Fragment. Will you assimilate it?”
“Yes, assimilate it!”
“Eh? It’s actually a metal-dark-fire fusion laws of nature fragment this time. Not bad, not bad. This round wasn’t a
