Picking Up Attributes From Today
chapter-182

Chapter 182: Who’s Beating Up Who? A Fierce Battle

“To think it’s actually a Multi-Armed Behemoth!”

Mond Aston’s eyes shone as he gazed at Sacas, which was standing in the waters, and stared at its thick coat of fur and strong, muscular body.

“A Multi-Armed Behemoth is a Behemoth that can rival a Golden Behemoth. If I can subdue it as my mount, how impressive would that be?”

Who wouldn’t want a mighty, imposing, and terrifyingly strong mount for themselves? Mond Aston was no exception, of course.

It was just a shame that he turned his nose up at most Magical Beasts, but the Multi-Armed Behemoth in front of him right now just so happened to not be one of them.

“Little cutie, Big Brother is here!”

“Hmm?”

Sacas sensed something, and it turned around to see a muscular man wrapped in tiger hide gazing at him with a wide smile.

“Another fish that I’d baited?” Sacas broke into a grin and thumped its chest hard. “Boss, hurry, and come over! Another idiot has bitten the hook!”

(⊙o⊙)

Mond Aston was dumbstruck at once. Why was the situation not quite what he had imagined? But it was alright—no matter what, it wasn’t as if the Multi-Armed Behemoth in front of him was fake, right?

“Multi-Armed Behemoth, I’ve taken an interest in you!” Mond Aston raised his chin slightly at once and proposed calmly, “What say you to follow me and become my mount?”

“What?”

Upon hearing the word “mount”, a hostile look appeared in Sacas’ eyes at once, and it raised its arms, ready to bash in the head of the damned human standing in front of it.

It was at this point that Meng Lei appeared.

Without even a word, he launched Absolute Zero.

A white, chilly air current burst forth and sealed Mond Aston in ice amid crisp-sounding cracks.

“What an idiot. Thinking of making me your mount? Dream on! I’ll always be Boss’ most loyal underling!”

Sacas spat disdainfully, and then it turned around and looked at Meng Lei with an ingratiating expression, like a husky, “Boss, look how I’ve lured another fish here. Shouldn’t you…”

It cast a glance in the direction of the hotpot, the meaning of its action self-evident.

“Go ahead. The rest of the seafood is all yours.”

Meng Lei cleaned his teeth with a toothpick and declared very generously. There wasn’t much meat left in the pot anyway, and they were even leftovers. What was the loss in giving them to Sacas?

“Wahaha! Thank you, Boss!”

Sacas was overjoyed. It ran quickly to the pot, its thick, muscular legs splashing the seawater about and causing great waves in the water.

“That guy…”

Meng Lei broke into a smile. Then, he turned and looked at Mond Aston, who had been sealed in ice, and said calmly, “C’mon out. Absolute Zero of this level shouldn’t be capable of sealing you.”

Crack!

Crack!

Cracks appeared in the hard, solid ice lump. As more and more appeared, the ice finally broke into an infinite amount of ice crystals.

“Here I was, wondering who had ambushed me. Little did I think that it’d be a little brat who hasn’t even grown up.” Mond Aston raised his chin at once, his eyes full of arrogance as he said, “Little brat, break your contract with that Multi-Armed Behemoth at once, and I won’t hold your sin of ambushing me against you. I can even let you off the hook. How does that sound?”

“Friend, do your parents know that you’re such a showoff outside of home?” Meng Lei scoffed and said calmly, “Hand over all the spatial rings on you, and I won’t pursue the matter of you posturing in front of me. I can even spare your life. What say you?”

“Hahaha…”

Upon hearing Meng Lei’s words, Mond Aston immediately burst into loud laughter as if he had just heard the funniest joke. His laughter was like the roiling thunder, ringing out with a deafening boom.

Then, all of a sudden…

His laughter came to an abrupt stop, and a harsh, murderous expression came over his features. “In all my years of moving unhindered through the world, no-one has ever dared to speak to me, Mond Aston, like that!”

Whoosh!

The next moment, he abruptly appeared in front of Meng Lei. He stared straight into his eyes and said, “All those that had dared to speak to me like that have all gone to hell and into the Grim Reaper’s embrace. Do you know that?”

“Is that so? I’m very honored to be the only survivor, then.”

The two men’s eyes bore into each other’s. There were only a few centimeters between the two of them; despite how Meng Lei could clearly sense the terrifyingly dangerous aura coming from Mond Aston, he didn’t fear him in the least.

“Survivor? Not necessarily so.” Mond Aston scoffed and said, “On account of how you’re just a little brat, I’ll allow you to make the first move, lest others accuse me of bullying someone younger.”

“Since that’s the case, then I won’t stand on ceremony!”

Meng Lei’s voice was still echoing in the surroundings, but his form had already quietly vanished from where he had initially been. A series of afterimages flitted by, and he abruptly rushed right up to Mond Aston.

Then, his fist went flying out.

Boom!

His punch was extremely fast, so much so that Mond Aston couldn’t quite react in time, and the punch shocked him in the gut. As a dull bam rang out, Mond Aston’s expression changed instantly.

“How’s that? Was that punch alright for you?”

Meng Lei smiled lightly at him. Then, he bizarrely appeared behind Mond Aston like a ghost. He kicked Mond Aston squarely in the jaw with a mighty and forceful roundhouse kick.

Crack!

Mond Aston was thrown outward at once.

“You bastard!”

As he felt the intense pain in his gut and his jaw in mid-air, Mond Aston was shocked and furious.

He had realized his lapse in judgment. That seemingly harmless little brat was definitely an unfathomably strong expert. Be it his speed or his physical strength. Both were far beyond an ordinary Saint Domain expert’s.

“Where’s that little brat from? To think he’s actually such a monster…”

Boom!

Meng Lei didn’t stop at that. He continued to attack, launching punch after punch and kick after kick…

Using both his arms and his legs, he launched a surging, endless wave of attacks.

Boom, boom, boom!

Bam, bam, bam!

The combination of punches and kicks was such that Mond Aston simply didn’t have any chance of retaliation. It was just like a one-sided fight.

“(⊙o⊙)”

“How did that happen?”

Everyone in the Dragon God Cathedral looked at one another, absolutely flabbergasted. Where was the planned fierce battle?

Where was the planned exciting clash?

Where was the planned showdown between equally matched opponents?

What nonsense!

All of that was absolute nonsense!

Was that a goddamn fierce battle?

It was obviously a one-sided bashing and crushing!

“What do you think of that now, President Luke?”

Fred looked at the Dragon God Academy president, smugly.

“Mond Aston was careless and underestimated his opponent, resulting in him losing the initiative. That’s the only reason that led to the current situation.” President Luke had a surly look on his face as he said, “As long as he can regain his footing in time, the outcome of this battle still remains to be seen!”

“I’m just afraid that he won’t have that chance anymore.”

Fred shook his head and gave a soft laugh. Then, he continued to watch the magic screen. To be honest, he actually knew that President Luke was indeed right; as long as Mond Aston could regain his footing in time, the outcome remained to be seen.

Mond Aston was indeed a very extraordinary man.

“You bastard!”

“Damn!”

After taking a whole series of beatings, Mond Aston finally erupted. His body suddenly underwent a great change—his speed suddenly spiked, and he extricated himself from Meng Lei’s attack range in an instant.

“You bastard!”

Mond Aston stood proudly in mid-air, his eyes bearing into Meng Lei’s. The look in his eyes was as if he wanted to swallow Meng Lei alive.

“Eh?”

Meng Lei let out a soft sound of surprise. The change in Mond Aston was too great; he was completely a different person from before.

A pair of wings extended from his back, black on the left and white on the right. There was a pair of tiger ears at the top of his head and a few tiger whiskers on his cheeks. Black and white fur covered his body while a tiger tail hung at his bottom…

His height reached five meters tall. Every one of his rock-like muscles was bulging, and his body was filled with an explosive strength from head to toe.

“He’s transformed!”

“Mond Aston has transformed!”

“We’re gonna have a good show now!”

At the sight of Mond Aston’s change, all the Dragon God Cathedral spectators began to cheer. They were exceptionally excited.

They didn’t like to watch one-sided fights, much less when the one being pummeled was a genius from their own academy. They loved to watch fierce battles, equally matched battles, comebacks from desperate situations, and even more so their geniuses crushing other people.

“C’mon! Mond Aston!”

“Bring your strength to the table and show that country bumpkin your might!”

“Mond Aston!”

“Mond Aston!”

Several princes and princesses, nobles and officials began to shout and cheer for Mond Aston to encourage him.

“That was just a warm-up exercise just now, President Fred. The real battle only starts now,” President Luke said meaningfully.

“Or maybe it’s the end? It’s hard to say,” President Fred replied with a calm smile.

“What bloodline is that?”

A slightly astonished Meng Lei stared at Mond Aston, who had grown a pair of wings on his back and was standing afloat proudly in mid-air.

“It looks like the Netherworld White Tiger bloodline.” Ol’ Amos’ voice rang out as he said, “But it holds even more terrifying might than a pure-blooded Netherworld White Tiger. It’s a little strange.”

“The Netherworld White Tiger bloodline…” Meng Lei murmured softly to himself, “That black and white mix and spots and circles… Why does it look somewhat like a panda?”

“I’ll admit that I’ve underestimated you somewhat, kid!” Mond Aston’s tiger-like eyes were cold and harsh, giving off a sharp murderous intent. “But it ends here now. I will return—multiple times over—the humiliation you’ve given me just now to you!”

Whoosh!

The wings on his back flapped lightly, and then a series of afterimages flitted by.

“Die!”

As a tiger roar rang out, a fist also came flying toward Meng Lei.

He’s so fast! His speed has actually risen significantly!

An alarmed Meng Lei retreated with a burst of speed.

“Thinking of fleeing? Can you even?”

Mond Aston let out a sinister laugh. His speed spiked again to several times that of the speed of sound, and then a punch went smashing toward Meng Lei’s face.

Bam!

This time, Meng Lei didn’t manage to duck, and he took the punch squarely. Intense pain assaulted his senses as Meng Lei was instantly thrown backward.

“Take my punishment, kid!”

Mond Aston roared furiously as he rained attacks down on Meng Lei like a storm. This time, it was Meng Lei’s turn to be a punching bag.

Bam, bam, bam!

Boom, boom, boom!

That guy is so fast! Am I actually slower than him while I’m in human form? Inconceivable!

Meng Lei was greatly astonished.

After he had raised the Gods-Slaying Rat bloodline assimilation rate to 2%, be it his speed or his defenses, both had reached an astonishingly high level. Even Saint Domain Magical Beasts whose forte was speed couldn’t rival him.

Never would he have expected that that guy who had come out of nowhere would actually be faster than even him. There was no way he wouldn’t be astounded by that.

It’s a shame that I can’t transform into a Gods-Slaying Rat. Otherwise, I’ll definitely be faster than him!

Since that’s the case, then let’s raise it some more!

“System, raise my Gods-Slaying Rat bloodline assimilation rate by 1%!”

Whoosh!

His Wealth decreased by 100 billion gold coins in an instant.