Chapter 194: Return to Magical Beast Forest, Farewell to Teddy
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
“I clearly remember that it was an ordinary night. My family had just finished dinner, and my sister and I were playing in the yard...”
“Suddenly, a comet fell from the distant sky, dragging a long, fiery tail, and piercing right across the night sky...”
“That was only expected. Father’s talent in cultivating Battle Aura was rare in the world. My younger sister inherited his talent in cultivating Battle Aura and also broke into Saint Domain at the age of 70...”
Younger sister!
After being around Ol’ Amos for so long, Meng Lei knew that he had a younger sister, but Ol’ Amos had been under the impression that his younger sister and family were long gone from this world.
After all...
Although the life expectancy of Saint Domain experts was prolonged, it didn’t mean immortality. 20,000 years was far too long of a time frame.
If one didn’t become a half-deity, they would eventually die!
But clearly, Ol’ Amos had guessed wrongly: his younger sister was not only still alive, but also a half-deity!
“Ol’ President, how good it would be if you were still alive...” Meng Lei closed his eyes. “You must have been really happy to reunite with your younger sister...”
“Big brother!
“I’ve been looking for you for the last 24,986 years!
“An entire 24,986 years!
“I thought you had died!
“I had finally let it go!”
“But you suddenly appeared again!
“But why did it end like this?
“Just why did it end like this?”
Amolin, the red-horned young woman, grieved even more than Meng Lei. Her hands covered her face as she wailed and cried.
“Amolin, the dead can’t be revived. Don’t take it too hard.”
Thaniel, the black-horned old man, sighed. As someone from a different time period, he didn’t know much about Amolin’s life before she had become a half-deity. He didn’t expect that Amolin actually had an older brother, and this older brother was also a half-deity.
It was intriguing that both siblings were half-deities!
After a really long time, Amolin finally calmed down. She said with reddened eyes, “Just now, you said my big brother died to save you. I want to know everything about him!”
“Sure!”
Meng Lei gave the black-horned old man and Abbe a look, and a look of hesitation showed on his face.
“Follow me!”
Amolin waved a hand and actually brought Meng Lei to the void, where they fought the Tree of Life earlier.
Ol’ Amos’ divine spirit waves were still lingering there.
“Now, you may speak!”
“I first met Ol’ President at the Magical Beast Ridge. At that time, he was sealed...”
Despite Amolin’s rich knowledge and life experiences, her brother’s experiences still astonished her.
Of course, these experiences pained her even more.
Getting accidentally killed 20,000 years ago!
Getting sealed for as long as 20,000 years!
Neither human nor ghost!
How much torture and suffering would that be?
“You had better talent and more power than me. You were also infatuated with cultivation, so I believed you could surely achieve the level of half-deity before me!” Amolin’s heart broke. “But never in my wildest imagination would I have expected that you would experience such a thing. Who on earth killed you? Who killed you, big brother...”
“Sigh...”
Meng Lei took out the Gods-Slaying Spear. “This is the divine weapon that sealed up Ol’ President. I am passing it to you now.”
“The weapon that killed my big brother?”
Amolin grabbed the Gods-Slaying Spear, and hatred showed in her eyes. Her divine spirit swept across the Gods-Slaying Spear, as though looking for information about the Gods-Slaying Spear’s owner.
Unfortunately, she was disappointed!
The Gods-Slaying Spear’s former owner had long died, and the information left inside had also disappeared, with only Meng Lei’s spiritual mark left inside.
Find?
Who could she possibly find?
“Never mind, never mind! Keep it properly!”
Amolin threw the Gods-Slaying Spear back to Meng Lei. “Any more last words from my big brother?”
Meng Lei shook his head.
Amolin took a breath. “Take me to this Magical Beast Forest. I’ll retrieve my big brother’s dead body to bury him in the dragon graves and allow him to accompany our father and mother!”
“Alright!”
Meng Lei didn’t reject her.
Back outside, Amolin turned around to the tall and straight Tree of Life, and the hatred in her eyes was replaced by killing intent. Her red lips parted slightly, and one word came out—”Break!”
Buzz...
A terrible wave descended, and the Tree of Life, which Meng Lei couldn’t bring down with all his efforts earlier, actually turned into fine dust at this moment, dissipating into the air.
Splash...
The dust particles suddenly became erratic, and like a tall building that had suddenly fallen, dust flew all around, and a mushroom-shaped cloud rose into the air.
“Elder Thaniel, we’ll leave first!”
Amolin grabbed Meng Lei. Her figure flashed, and they disappeared right where they were.
Two hours later, the two were already at the Magical Beast Forest.
“So fast!”
Meng Lei was a bit astounded. From the Lost Continent to the Magical Beast Forest, it had actually taken them only two hours. What kind of speed was this?
One had to know that flying from the Fire Dragon Kingdom to Imperial City had taken them five days back then, but a half-deity needed less than two hours. The difference was evident.
Roar!
One beast’s roar followed by another resounded, and they saw many Magical Beasts filling the forest, killing, wandering, hunting, resting.
They were lively and prosperous.
“Magical Beasts really reappeared??”
Meng Lei couldn’t believe in his eyes. Back then, when the Bloodthirsty Iron-Crystal Ants’ tide was beyond control, almost all Magical Beasts, except Saint Domain ones, had been completely devoured by the ant tide.
However, not much time had passed, yet Magical Beasts were actually... in abundance again? Where did they come from?
“Just this valley!”
Under Meng Lei’s guidance, they reached the valley, passed through the hot spring, and reached the lava lake buried underneath the hot spring. The lava boiled with bubbles all over the surface.
Amolin casually waved and grabbed Ol’ Amos’ dragon carcass out of the lava lake. Upon feeling the familiar aura, Amolin couldn’t contain her emotions and burst out crying again!
For a half-deity to cry several times in a day, one could only imagine how deep her love for Ol’ Amos was...
“I’m bringing my big brother’s body back. As for this spatial ring, I will leave it to you.”
“Since my big brother was willing to die for you, his inheritance should rightly be yours!”
“If you encounter any trouble, you can come to find me on Dragon Island with this piece of dragon scale!
“Live properly. Don’t let my big brother’s death be in vain!”
Amolin then left.
Meng Lei was left standing, stunned, on the water’s surface, holding a spatial ring in his hand!
Meng Lei had no mood to check inside the ring. Instead, he took out a jug of wine and started drinking.
“Drawing a knife to break water, the water flows more;
Raising a glass to drink to eliminate worries, you worry more1.”
But undeniably, when one is sad and sorrowful, alcohol was the best relief...
After an unknown period of time of continuous drinking, Meng Lei fell asleep. But when he woke up again, he woke from the sensation of being licked!
Something soft was licking his cheek. Meng Lei opened his eyes and saw a tall Magical Beast looking at him with joy!
It was seven meters tall and fully covered with black dragon scales!
It had two wings on its back, and its body was fully muscular!
“Teddy!”
Meng Lei rubbed his eyes.
“Master!”
Teddy flapped its wings and sent out spirit waves of surprise and joy. Meng Lei sensed that its aura was comparable to a Seventh-Grade Magical Beast. Spirit communication was not a problem for it, though it couldn’t speak in human language!
Meng Lei smiled and said, “Call me Boss!”
“Okay, Boss!”
“Boss, how come you are back?
“Boss, when did you get back?
“Boss, how come you returned just now?
“Boss, you won’t be leaving again, right?
“Boss, Teddy missed you...”
Teddy was so overjoyed that it kept asking questions like a non-stopping cannon, stunning Meng Lei.
He looked into Teddy’s eyes, stunned, and noticed shining tears on the rims. Those eyes were full of emotions.
Meng Lei felt a needle stabbing through his heart. In his own eyes, Teddy was a mere magical pet with low power. However, in Teddy’s eyes, he was its only family.
Family...
A thick sense of guilt rose in Meng Lei’s heart. He couldn’t help but touch Teddy’s nose. “Sorry, Teddy!”
“Boss, what’s wrong?”
Teddy blinked, a bit confused.
“It’s nothing, sand in my eyes!” Meng Lei breathed out and sat up straight. “Teddy, why are you here?”
“I sensed your aura, so I flew over to take a look!” Teddy answered happily. “I thought my senses were playing tricks. I didn’t expect it would actually be you, Boss.”
“I see!”
Meng Lei understood. Teddy had signed an equal contract with him, and they could sense each other’s souls. The closest the distance, the clearer the sensing.
They weren’t far from Magical Beast Village, so Teddy could naturally sense him.
“Boss, how come you are back?”
“I’m back to settle some affairs.”
“Now that you are back, are you leaving again?”
“Maybe!”
“Hum!”
“You are pretty much a Seventh-Grade Magical Beast. It seems that Captain Hudders and the others have raised you pretty well!”
“...”
Meng Lei’s mood improved a lot now that he had a companion to talk to, and the sadness in his heart dissipated quite a lot. “Teddy, go hunt some beasts. I’ll roast meat for you!”
“Got it!” Teddy replied joyfully and flew away happily. Not long after, it flew back with a five-meter long Mountain Porcupine.
“Boss, I want to eat roasted meat!”
“Okay!”
Waves of wind blades appeared, and they soon cut the Mountain Porcupine into many pieces.
A flame appeared in thin air, and after a quarter of an hour, an enticing smell attacked their nostrils!
“Let’s eat!”
Meng Lei took a roasted porcupine leg and threw all of the remaining roasted meat to Teddy.
“Boss, I’ll start eating!”
Teddy cheered joyfully.
Roar!
Then, all of a sudden...
A beast roar resounded. Teddy shriveled, and the dragon scales all over its body immediately stood up—it was on full guard!
“Don’t stress, it’s just a small beast.”
Meng Lei gestured for Teddy to calm down and then continued to nibble at the delicious roasted porcupine leg, totally disregarding the intruding Magical Beast.
“Boss, judging from its aura, it’s at least an Eighth-Grade Magical Beast!” Teddy didn’t lower its guard. “It can’t be treated lightly!”
“Is that so?” Meng Lei chuckled.
Roar!
Foul air pervaded the area before a 30-meter-long alligator-like lizard, with fiery red scales all over its body and a mouth full of canine teeth crawled in.
“It’s the Ninth-Grade Magical Beast, Groundfire Iguana!” Teddy called in a low voice, “Boss, this guy is too powerful. I can’t deal with it. Hurry and hop on my back. Let’s retreat first!”
“Retreat? Why are we retreating?”
Meng Lei mentally shook his head many times. As long as Teddy, a Titanic Dragon-Ape with the purest bloodline reached adulthood naturally, it would become a Ninth-Grade Magical Beast. It would definitely not be weak!
Unfortunately, a ninth-grade magical pet was still too weak to follow Meng Lei.
Teddy can probably consume the Divine Tree’s fruit, right?
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