Picking Up Attributes From Today

Panda Novel

Meng Lei couldn’t be bothered to pay any attention to Thackeray’s final outcome. He was a doomed man whom nobody could save.

Instead, he found the Golden Dragon-Lions’ treasury and began a new round of ransacking.

As the Golden Archipelago’s local tyrant, even though the Golden Dragon-Lions’ treasury wasn’t as amply-stocked as the Dragon God Empire and the Titan Empire’s treasuries, it wasn’t that bad, either.

The gold coins and Laws of Nature Origin Crystals alone brought Meng Lei earnings of almost 10 million Laws of Nature Origin Crystals. There were also innumerable other treasures.

Meng Lei didn’t stand on ceremony at all. He packed them all up and made a killing.

By the time he exited the treasury, more than an hour had already passed.

At this point, all that was left of Thackeray was just a pile of ghastly bones. His death was a very sad and tragic one.

“All of you did great!”

Meng Lei praised the Devils. Then, he sent all the Devils—apart from the Fire Demon Overlord—into the Tower of Time and kept them there as a show of his gratitude.

As for the Fire Demon Overlord, he was sent back to the Demon Realm.

For a moment, Meng Lei was the only one left in the enormous square, which now seemed empty and deserted. Intending to have a little something to eat, Meng Lei casually went into one of the palaces.

Flames were ignited, and the aroma of soup wafted about.

A short while later, a rich aroma rushed toward Meng Lei, and he picked up a piece of divine pork with his chopsticks and sent it into his mouth…

Mmm!

How fragrant!

How spicy!

It practically couldn’t feel any better.

“System, carry out 1,000 Limitless Pickups!”

Whoosh!

His Wealth shrank by 1,000 Laws of Nature Origin Crystals.

“Ding! Assimilation successful. You have obtained Shaq Bryant’s ring!”

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“…”

“Ding! Assimilation successful. You have obtained a Divine Core. Will you assimilate it?”

“It’s a dark-elemental one again!”

“…”

“Ding! Assimilation successful. You have obtained a Fusion Laws of Nature Fragment. Will you assimilate it?”

“Yes, assimilate it!”

“An earth-wind fusion laws of nature fragment this time? Not bad, not bad. I’ll boost it to 100%!”

“Another 1,000 times!”

“…”

“Another 1,000 times!”

“…”

“Ding! Assimilation successful. You have obtained an Elemental Heart!”

“An Elemental Heart? What the heck is that?”

Meng Lei was surprised. A fiery-red, goose egg-shaped crystal then appeared on his palm.

The crystal gave off rich fire-elemental energy fluctuations and was astonishingly hot. Meng Lei could feel a scorching, boiling heat coming from it as he held it in his hand.

A puzzled Meng Lei asked, “What’s an Elemental Heart, Dodola?”

“It’s an elemental being’s egg! Of course, you can also call it an elemental being’s fetus. As long as the environmental conditions are suitable, it’ll be able to nurture and birth an elemental being,” answered Dodola.

“An elemental being’s egg?”

Meng Lei understood now.

Elemental beings were unusual lifeforms that differed from flesh-and-blood beings. They were born in unique environments, such as elemental existential planes.

Because they had no physical forms—or rather, their bodies were purely formed from the elements—elemental beings usually possessed incredible abilities.

“A fire-elemental being…”

After a moment’s consideration, Meng Lei tossed the Elemental Heart into a volcano on the Tower of Time’s 91st level. Then, he brought out a pile of fire elemental crystals and made a magical energy-gathering magic circle.

“I’ve done everything that I should. Whether or not you’re born into the world will depend on what fate has in store for you!”

“…”

“Ding! Assimilation successful. You have obtained a Fusion Laws of Nature Fragment. Will you assimilate it?”

“Hmm, it’s a water-fire fusion laws of nature fragment this time. I’ll boost it to 100%, too!”

“…”

“Another 1,000 times!”

“…”

“Ding! Assimilation successful. You have obtained a Thunder-Elemental Fairy’s corpse!”

“A thunder-elemental Fairy?”

With a thought from Meng Lei, a gorgeous and peerlessly beautiful Fairy with violet skin and pointy ears appeared before him.

“So, this is a thunder-elemental Fairy’s corpse?”

Without any hesitation, Meng Lei instructed, “System, plunder her Innate Special Ability, Thunder-Elemental Transformation!”

“Ding! Thunder-Elemental Transformation is an Innate Special Ability unique to the Thunder-Elemental Fairies and belongs to the class of high-grade Innate Special Abilities,” The system stated coldly, “The cost of plundering the Innate Special Ability Thunder-Elemental Transformation is estimated at 5 Laws of Nature Origin Crystals.”

Five Laws of Nature Origin Crystals?

Big deal!

“Plunder it!”

A brief moment later, Meng Lei successfully obtained the Thunder-Elemental Transformation ability. Several silver-colored electric currents darted out around him. As more and more electric currents appeared…

His entire self turned into an electric current that darted about everywhere in the spacious palace at extremely high speed, making him no different from normal lightning.

Meng Lei resumed his human form a moment later, highly satisfied with the ability. He had yet another means of protecting his life and defending against the enemies now. What a cause for celebration!

“Continue with the pickups, system!”

“…”

“Ding! Assimilation successful. You have obtained a Fusion Laws of Nature Fragment. Will you assimilate it?”

“Wood-earth? Boost it to 100%!”

“…”

“System, another 1,000 times!”

“Ding! Assimilation successful. You have obtained a Divine Core. Will you assimilate it?”

“This is a metal-elemental lesser deity’s divine core!”

“…”

“Another 1,000 times!”

“…”

“Ding! Assimilation successful. You have obtained a Fusion Laws of Nature Fragment. Will you assimilate it?”

“Eh? It’s a metal-dark-ice one this time. Metal-dark-ice… Tsk, tsk. Are we heading in the direction of death laws of nature now?”

“Another 1,000 times!”

“Ding! Assimilation successful. You have obtained a Soul Ice Marrow droplet. Will you assimilate it?”

“Soul Ice Marrow? What’s this?”

Where did you hear about the Soul Ice Marrow from?”

Dodola was greatly astonished. “Soul Ice Marrows are treasures of the highest grade that can enhance one’s divine spirit. It’s extremely rare, so much so that you can only hope to come by it with luck, rather than actively searching for it!”

“A treasure of the highest grade that can enhance one’s divine spirit?”

Meng Lei perked up.

“A single droplet of the Soul Ice Marrow allows a half-deity’s divine spirit to cross over to the lesser deity stage. With enough of them, they can be of great use even to higher deities!”

A sighing Dodola then said, “It’s just a shame that Soul Ice Marrows are non-renewable resources. Every bit used is every bit less. It’s even scarcer than Crystallized Divine Spirit Extracts!

“This thing has a flaw, though. After one consumes the Soul Ice Marrow, their divine spirit will freeze and go into hibernation. It’ll only thaw a year later. That’s how it got its name, Soul Ice Marrow!”

“The divine spirit can cross over from a half-deity stage to the lesser deity stage? This effect practically defies all natural laws!”

Meng Lei’s eyes lit up, and he promptly consumed the Soul Ice Marrow droplet. He didn’t pay any attention to the latter half of what Dodola said at all.

Buzz…

The Soul Ice Marrow was a transparent liquid that looked similar to an ice crystal. It gave off a faint, icy cold glow, and Meng Lei felt chilly just by looking at it alone.

As the Soul Ice Marrow entered his stomach, a bone-chilling iciness rushed straight to his head. Meng Lei felt his mind go blank, and then he lost all consciousness.

At the same time, an endless, chilly, white current also surged into Meng Lei’s sea of consciousness. Within a mere few moments, his sea of consciousness turned into a world of whiteness—it had actually been completely sealed in ice.

Similarly, the golden divine spirit flame in the center of his sea of consciousness wasn’t spared, either. It was also sealed in ice in mid-air, becoming still and motionless.

“Meng Lei! Why have you gone silent again? Aren’t you being a little too disrespectful?”

Rather displeased at Meng Lei’s lack of response even after half a day, Dodola extended its consciousness out of the Tower of Time—only to see Meng Lei sitting cross-legged on the ground, his eyes widened big and round, yet there weren’t any spiritual movements from him at all.

“Is he dead? What the heck!”

Dodola almost wet itself in fear, and it quickly darted out of the Tower of Time to check on him. Only after a moment later did it breathe a sigh of relief. “Oh my goodness! That almost scared me to death! As it turned out, your divine spirit was just frozen. I almost thought you had croaked!

“From the look of things, he’s probably consumed the Soul Ice Marrow. Strange, where did he get that from? Did he steal it from the Tower of Time? That shouldn’t be the case, though. I’ve hidden the treasures in a very secretive and inconspicuous place. Most people can’t get in there at all…

“Never mind, never mind. This guy has always been acting all mysterious. Who knows where he got the Soul Ice Marrow from…”

Dodola then returned to the Tower of Time, though it also set aside a sliver of its divine spirit to watch over Meng Lei.

Given Meng Lei’s divine body’s degree of sturdiness, few within Heaven’s Vault Continent could harm him, but one could never be too careful.

Dodola didn’t want a great heir like Meng Lei to die. The resulting loss would be too great to bear if that were to happen.

…

Bubbles, Klaus, and the other two half-deities returned two days after Meng Lei went into hibernation. They then found Meng Lei, who was in one of the palaces.

Without Meng Lei to look after it, the boiling hotpot had already totally gone cold. Meng Lei himself was seated right next to it.

The four of them bowed and said, “The Golden Dragon-Lions have been completely wiped out, Master. We’ve especially come to report the completion of the mission!”

However, there was no response!

Puzzled, they repeated what they said, but there was still no response from Meng Lei.

This greatly confused them. They then raised their heads—only to see Meng Lei looking at them with his eyes open, yet there was no light within them. He looked just like a puppet!

“Master?”

The four of them carefully called out, “Master?”

Still no response whatsoever.

“What’s going on?”

The four of them were rather confused.

“Could Master be asleep?”

“That’s impossible, right? Sleeping with his eyes open?”

“He’s in the midst of cultivation now. Don’t disturb him!”

Right at this point, a fearsome aura suddenly descended, and a wave of divine spirit energy fluctuations rang out after that, frightening the four of them so badly that they shuddered.

The force of the aura was simply too frightful. In front of it, the four half-deities felt just like ants at the feet of a Colossal Dragon—extremely insignificant.

The same divine spirit energy fluctuation rang out again.

“Your Master is currently cultivating. Before he comes out of seclusion, everyone is forbidden from disturbing him!”

“Yes, yes!”

Not daring to dawdle and show any disrespect, the four of them hastily left the palace. The fearsome aura also disappeared at this point, and they couldn’t help but let out a breath of relief—only to discover that their backs were already drenched in perspiration.

“Who was that just now? That was too scary!”

“Don’t ask! Don’t speculate! A presence like that isn’t something that we can be privy to!”

“Yes, yes! You’re right!”

“What should we do now?”

“Stand guard obediently. Didn’t you hear that Master is currently in seclusion?”

“Alright!”

Just like that, the four half-deities obediently stood guard outside the palace, not daring to take even a step away.

However, as days passed one by one, Meng Lei didn’t come out of the palace. Instead, it was the Golden Archipelago that began to sink into chaos.

Without the Golden Dragon-Lions suppressing them, all the ambitious players emerged one after another. The Golden Archipelago gradually became chaotic and unbearable to behold, entering a state of turmoil.

At the sight of the chaos, the four half-deities knew that this mustn’t continue. If Meng Lei were to come out of seclusion to see the Golden Archipelago in such a chaotic state, wouldn’t he fly into a thundering rage?

“Now that the Golden Dragon-Lions have been wiped out, the Golden Archipelago has become leaderless. The people’s faith has been lost, and the place is currently in social unrest. It is exactly the time to build a new order and new faith.”

Klaus suggested, “Therefore, we must do something now. Otherwise, we won’t be able to answer to Master when he comes out of seclusion!”

Bubbles, Nadja, and Seisia, nodded repeatedly. “We can make use of this time while Master’s in seclusion to spread his faith!”

“That’s right! We’ll strive to convert the 10 billion citizens of the Golden Archipelago into Master’s most loyal worshipers before he comes out of seclusion!”

“Since that’s the case, then let’s split up and get to it!”

“Alright!”