“So, this is the Frost God bloodline?”
Meng Lei balled up his fists as he took in the sensation of the changes in his divine body. There hadn’t been any improvement in his body’s physical toughness, yet something about his divine body seemed to have somewhat changed.
He checked his stats interface.
Host: Meng Lei
Race: Human (Primeval Bloodline: Primordial Human <26%>, Assimilated Bloodlines: Gods-Slaying Rat <Youth>, Divine Netherworld Phoenix <Youth>, Hundred-Armed Giant <Youth>, Ancient Tree of Life <23%>, Frost God <39%>)
“A 39% assimilation rate? System, raise my Frost God bloodline assimilation rate!”
Whoosh!
His Wealth decreased by 61 Divinity Crystals, and his Frost God bloodline assimilation rate was successfully raised to 100%.
One could tell from the cost that the Frost God bloodline belonged to the same grade as the Gods-Slaying Rat, the Hundred-Armed Giant, and the Divine Netherworld Phoenix bloodlines and was a True God Bloodline.
Meng Lei asked, “System, how many Divinity Crystals would it cost to enhance my Frost God bloodline?”
“Ding! The Frost God bloodline is classified as a powerful True God Bloodline and will become an Ancient God Bloodline after enhancement. The enhancement cost is estimated at 10 billion Divinity Crystals.”
“My guess was right after all.”
Meng Lei nodded slightly. Then, a rhombus-shaped ice crystal that glowed a pale violet color appeared on his palm with a thought. As though a dazzling and eye-catching crystal or diamond, it was the Mysterious Ice of The Depths.
“As expected, the Mysterious Ice of The Depths’ temperature is indeed lower than even Absolute Zero’s and is also tougher. Not only can it be used to attack, but it can also be used for defense. It’s a pretty good special ability.”
“System, continue to do pickups!”
“Ding! Dear host, please designate your target existential plane.”
“The Frost Divine Realm!”
“Ding! Pickup successful. You have obtained an Ocean Ice Beast’s carcass.”
“Such trash! Continue with the pickups!”
“Ding! Pickup successful. You have obtained a Frost Colossal Dragon egg.”
“Send it into the Tower of Time!”
“Ding! Pickup successful. You have obtained a Fusion Laws of Nature Fragment. Will you assimilate it?”
“It’s a quadruple-elemental one with earth, water, fire, and light elements. What a shame. The five currently known supreme laws of nature’s fusion combinations don’t include these four elements.”
“Ding! Pickup successful. You have obtained an Ice Flame Spear.”
“Ding! Pickup successful...”
Time passed bit by bit. Meng Lei carried out pickups continuously. Unfortunately, despite designating a high-end existential plane as a target, his rate of picking up good finds was still as low as ever.
After a series of pickups, most of his gains turned out to be true god-level and lesser deity-level items, and he didn’t gain even a single useful item. Meng Lei was filled with a sense of helpless resignation.
This was probably a downside of improving one’s capabilities. The treasures that used to be useful in the past had all become useless.
Meng Lei stayed in the imperial palace and carried out pickups for three consecutive days. It was only when Ol’ Amos came over that he finally wrapped up his pickup session.
“Meng Lei, I’m going to return to the Light Continent.”
Ol’ Amos stated the reason for his visit right away. Amolin, his younger sister, was also with him.
“Ol’ President, you can just leave the matter of spreading faith to your subordinates. Why do you have to personally see to everything yourself?”
Meng Lei didn’t quite agree with his way of handling things. He said, “I’ve just killed the Dragon God and was even intending to let you take over his divine nation.”
“You’ve killed the Dragon God?”
Ol’ Amos was greatly astonished, and so was Amolin.
“A few things took place during the last few days when you were at Dragon Island.”
Then, Meng Lei did a rough recount of what had happened the last few days.
“Little did I think that something so serious would happen when all I did was make a trip to Dragon Island!”
Ol’ Amos was astounded. He asked, “In that case, this means that you’ve already become a higher deity?”
Amolin was also looking at Meng Lei with a face full of shock and horror. The first time she had met Meng Lei, he had only been a tiny little Saint Domain, and yet now...
People commonly said that the wheel of fortune turned and that one should never bully the young who were down and out. Even so, how many years had it only been since then?
“Yeah.”
Meng Lei nodded slightly. “That’s why, Ol’ President, stop running about here and there. Hurry up and become stronger. Otherwise, the gap between us is going to become bigger and bigger!”
“What the f*ck! I’ve been looked down upon by the little kid again!”
Ol’ Amos rolled his eyes and said, “But I have to go this time. A space-time rift has appeared in Light Continent, and demons have frequently been gushing out of it. I have to go and deal with it.”
“A space-time rift?” Meng Lei raised an eyebrow. “Something like that has been going on?”
“Yeah.”
Ol’ Amos nodded lightly and replied, “According to my subordinates’ reports, the other end of the space-time rift is likely a demon existential plane, and it’s definitely not a weak one. I have to seal the space-time rift as soon as possible. I can’t sit by and let it expand bigger and bigger.”
“A demon existential plane?”
A shrewd glint flashed across Meng Lei’s eyes. “Just as well that I happen to be free lately, too. I’ll go over and take a look at it with you!”
“That’s great! With you, the master of this existential plane, around, things will become a lot simpler.”
A hint of craftiness flashed across Ol’ Amos’ eyes as he let out a sneaky chuckle. Him coming over to bid farewell to Meng Lei this time was just a pretense. Rather, his true purpose in
