Picking Up Attributes From Today
chapter-152

Chapter 152: Diamond Mammoth, Becoming a Saint Domain Great Magician

At the 34th level of Dragon God Tower, chilly winds howled in the brilliant white snow.

This was a world completely covered in snow and ice. As far as the eye could see, it was a total expanse of white.

Underneath the feet was a thick layer of snow while tall, lofty ice mountains were in the distance. Crystal-clear snowflakes floated and scattered about with the wind, dancing as they did so.

“A single pear blossom puts down the begonia, and thousands upon thousands of pear blossoms bloom. There’s only one word to describe this—beautiful!”

Meng Lei stepped on the waist-deep snow, producing crisp crunching sounds as he did so. With light taps of his feet against the ground, he started to hop about on the surface of the snow.

As a southerner that lived near the sea, he had only seen snow a few times since he was young. Upon seeing such a beautiful snowscape, he found it especially novel and interesting.

Ol’ Amos’ voice, which carried a teasing note to it, rang out. “Kid, you’ve never seen snow before, have you?”

“Yeah, I haven’t,” Meng Lei replied as he admired the snow leisurely.

“The Fire Dragon Kingdom has a warm climate all year round, so it has rarely snowed in the last thousands of years. It’s very normal that you haven’t seen snow before.”

Ol’ Amos flew out of the spatial ring. As he gazed into the boundless snowfields in the distance, he was filled with emotion and sighed. “Speaking of which, I’ve not seen snow for over 20,000 years now.”

“Watching the swirling snow covering the sky as you think about the past?” A mirthful Meng Lei said, “Ol’ President, you must be feeling especially emotional at the sight of the snow now after experiencing that Ice Age catastrophe at the Meteor Plains back then.”

“Yes, you’re right. Back then…”

It was a rare occasion whenever Ol’ Amos was actually overflowing with enthusiasm, and he launched into an unceasing torrent of words as he recounted the past. It was just a shame that he hadn’t gotten far before he was rudely interrupted.

Boom!

The ground suddenly began to shake. Then, an enormous object that was snowy-white throughout came crushing toward them.

It was a snowy-white color throughout, and its body was covered in thick, needle-like fur. It looked like a gigantic elephant, except it had a single horn on its forehead. It stood at 100-meters-tall and had two long, transparent crystal-clear tusks that looked as though they were diamonds.

“That’s the Saint Domain Magical Beast, the Diamond Mammoth!”

Ol’ Amos’ eyes widened at the sight of it, and he shouted, “The Diamond Mammoth is an Ice-Elemental and Wind-Elemental Magical Beast! Not only is it skilled at both ice-elemental and wind-elemental magic, but it also possesses Herculean strength and has peerless defenses.

“It’s much harder to deal with than the Golden Steel Wind-Ape that you encountered earlier. Be careful. Don’t let it send you crashing to death!”

“An Ice-Elemental Magical Beast? Tsk, tsk. I’ve finally run into an Ice-Elemental Magical Beast!” Meng Lei licked his lips as he said in his mind, “Before we talk about anything else, system! Steal the Diamond Mammoth’s ice-elemental magic talent!”

Isn’t it just 2 billion gold coins?

I’m overflowing with cash right now!

2 billion? Easy-peasy!

The system stated coldly, “Ding! Stealing the Diamond Mammoth’s ice-elemental magic talent requires 23 billion gold coins. Will you steal it?”

“Of cour— Wait! 23 billion gold coins?!”

Meng Lei’s eyes widened in shock. “Am I hearing things, system? 23 billion gold coins? Are you kidding me?”

Stealing the Golden Steel Wind-Ape’s metal-elemental magic talent had only required 2 billion gold coins earlier, yet 23 billion gold coins are required now? You must be joking!

Both the Golden Steel Wind-Ape and the Diamond Mammoth were Saint Domain Magical Beasts. Although there was a difference in their combat strength, was there supposed to be such a huge difference in the costs?

“Dear host, the usage fee for Brutal Plunder is determined according to the target of plunder and the object of plunder!”

The system explained, “The Golden Steel Wind-Ape was already dead, so the difficulty level in plundering was lower. However, the Diamond Mammoth is still very much alive and kicking. Hence, the difficulty level in plundering is relatively higher!”

“Different levels of difficulty result in different usage fees!”

“…”

Meng Lei was rendered speechless. That sort of logic actually existed?

“Alright, alright. In that case, steal it after I’ve killed it!”

Then, Meng Lei charged toward the Diamond Mammoth.

Whoosh!

Just how fast was Meng Lei’s speed? In a split second, he had already charged right up under the Diamond Mammoth’s nose. With a mere thought, a green wind blade several hundred meters-long swept toward the Diamond Mammoth.

It was the wind-elemental single-target first-class spell—Dimensional Blade!

Crack!

The Dimensional Blade’s cutting force wasn’t to be doubted. In a mere instant, it had already cut through the long hair on the surface of the Diamond Mammoth’s body to cleave against its skin.

However, what surprised Meng Lei was that after cutting several centimeters deep into the Diamond Mammoth’s skin, the Dimensional Blade actually couldn’t advance any further. It slowly dissipated before it disappeared into nothingness in the end.

“It has actually managed to block the attack!” Meng Lei sucked in a breath of air. “Isn’t the Dimensional Blade hailed as the strongest offensive single-target first-class spell? It can’t even kill a Diamond Mammoth?”

“Kid, you’re underestimating the Diamond Mammoth’s defenses too much. Do you know why the Diamond Mammoth is known as such?

“It’s exactly because their physical defense is akin to diamonds’. Do you think the word ‘diamond’ is said in jest?”

Ol’ Amos went on dryly. “Of course, it also has to do with your strength. You’re only a Ninth-Grade Great Magician. Even though you can cast first-class spells, you’re far from being able to bring out their strongest might.

“In your hands, not even 10% of the Dimensional Blade’s original might remains. It would be stranger if you could actually use it to slice the Diamond Mammoth renowned for its high defenses dead!”

“I see. Well, that makes things a lot easier!”

Meng Lei’s frown eased as he instructed, “System, redeem 20 billion gold coins and distribute them evenly to my Magic Power and Spiritual Power!”

Whoosh!

His Wealth decreased by 20 billion gold coins in an instant.

At the same time it did, Meng Lei’s spiritual power and magic power reserves spiked crazily as though they were riding a launched rocket.

5 million, 10 million, 50 million…

100 million, 500 million, 900 million…

Boom!

It broke through the 1 billion milestone in an instant, and both attributes at that!

A surging, torrential aura erupted from Meng Lei and swept toward all directions like a nuclear bomb explosion.

“What?!”

At the sight of this, Ol’ Amos was so shocked that his jaw almost dropped. “S-Saint Domain Great Magician? You’ve actually broken through?”

Meng Lei didn’t respond to Ol’ Amos. Instead, he looked habitually at his stats interface and admired his stats.

Wealth: 3.03 Laws of Nature Origin Crystals

Physical Body Constitution: Saint Domain (11,072,558,583/100 billion)

Spirit: Saint Domain (1,017,181,553/100 billion)

Magic Power: Saint Domain (1,014,655,561/100 billion)

“Three attributes at Saint Domain level! That’s a lot more harmonious-looking!”

A smile appeared on Meng Lei’s lips at the sight. He hadn’t borne to promote himself to the level of Saint Domain Great Magician the whole time these few days. However, his wish had finally been realized today.

Dragon God Tower was still the best, after all.

It really was a fantastic place for money-making.

At this moment, the Diamond Mammoth charged right toward Meng Lei. Its eyes were blood-red as it had gone totally berserk!

Even though the strike from the Dimensional Blade earlier hadn’t been able to kill it, it had sliced open its skin and caused it great pain. The severe pain had triggered the Diamond Mammoth’s savagery. It wanted to kill Meng Lei to vent its fury.

Boom!

Meng Lei was currently suspended in mid-air and in the midst of checking out his stats interface. This gave the Diamond Mammoth an opening, and then he was in for a tragedy.

Two sharp, pointed diamond tusks carrying an overwhelming force just so happened to crash into Meng Lei’s butt!

“Ow!”

Meng Lei felt a searing, piercing pain, and he jumped a whole meter high into the air. He was in so much pain that he was yelping loudly.

“What the hell!?”

Meng Lei instantly vanished from where he was. Then, he rubbed his buttocks—fortunately, there was no bleeding, and neither had his anus been violated.

Only two dimples had been pressed into his buttocks. With a gentle rub, they went back to their original smoothness, tenderness, translucence, and softness…

“Damned beast, you should die for that!”

Meng Lei was furious. With a wave of his arm, a green wind blade flashing with green light formed in an instant before it quickly shrank in size.

Within an instant, the green wind blade had already shrunk to almost 1/10 of its original size and also become even more transparent, lighter, and more agile. However, the piercing quality that it vaguely gave off wasn’t just a mere ten times stronger.

“Die!!”

Meng Lei let out a ferocious roar, and the green wind blade vanished right away.

Roar!

Upon sensing a lethal threat to its life, the Diamond Mammoth converged ice and snow underneath its feet, manifesting them into a sturdy suit of ice armor that firmly protected it within.

Whoosh!

The green wind blade cleaved onto the ice armor on the surface of the Diamond Mammoth’s body. With a soft crack, the ice armor was sundered into two halves…