Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
As the cultivation technique used by Fire Dragon Kingdom royalty, the Fire Dragon Manual was no doubt a top-notch Battle Aura Technique. When cultivated to a level of great mastery, one could go straight up to the pinnacle of ninth-grade!
This was a priceless treasure that no amount of money could buy!
However, what frustrated Meng Lei was that he couldn’t cultivate this godly secret technique as he didn’t have any Fire Dragon blood in him!
Fire Dragon Manual can purify the Fire Dragon bloodline in the cultivator’s body, such that the dragon blood inside them becomes purer and more refined. When cultivated to a level of great mastery, they would be able to transform into a Fire Colossal Dragon!
As part of the Colossal Dragon race, not only did the Fire Colossal Dragons possess a strong and powerful body, but they were also born with the ability to manipulate flames and had extremely powerful combat abilities. They were an existence far above the rest of Heaven’s Vault Continent’s lifeforms and were a synonym for great power and fearsomeness!
If he could, of course Meng Lei would like to cultivate it, but...
Nevermind! I’ll think of something in the future!
If I really can’t come up with any solution, then I can only sell it. Turning it into gold coins is also a great option!
While he was certainly frustrated about it, he had to admit that his rewards from this afternoon were indeed impressive. His Physical Body Constitution had increased by more than 200 points, the number of gold coins he had had increased by more than 1,000, and his Spiritual Power had increased by more than 100 points!
He had even obtained six battle skills and the Fire Dragon Manual!
After adding everything up, the frustration in Meng Lei’s heart was swept clean. He secretly rejoiced that the decision he had made today was simply too wise! His battle capabilities had visibly improved, how awesome was that!
Bong, bong, bong!
At that moment, three loud and resonant gongs suddenly rang out. A few dazzling rays of light shone down from the ceiling and converged at the fighting ring underneath. The ring, which was made out of gold, reflected a brilliant golden light at once!
The light was glorious and resplendent, brilliant and dazzling!
“What the! A fighting ring made out of gold!”
Meng Lei’s eyes narrowed slightly as he received a huge shock. The ring was very big, easily more than 20 meters long and wide, and three to four meters high. Standing erect in the battleground, it was totally a block of gold!
If that were to be divided into gold coins, just how many would it amount to?
Meng Lei’s eyes practically bore right into it, wishing beyond belief that he could straight up take the entire fighting ring and keep it. Just how many Attribute Points would he be able to redeem with that?!
“Dear guests!
“Esteemed guests and friends!
“Good evening, everybody!
“I am Heidi Glenna, your host for tonight’s King of Fighters battle! On behalf of Flame Arena, let me welcome you!”
A clear and melodious voice rang out, and the beautiful form of a woman floated down from the ceiling. With a hot and sexy figure and snowy white wings, she was as though a holy and pure angel from the divine kingdom of light. She was the host for tonight!
A Swan-Woman?
Meng Lei’s eyes widened dramatically. A Swan-Person was just like a Cat-Person—both of them belonged to the Beast People race. This was the first time Meng Lei had ever seen a Swan-Person. He couldn’t help but be astounded by their beauty!
“She’s so beautiful. No wonder Swan-People are said to be one of the most beautiful races in Heaven’s Vault Continent. Those looks... They really make one’s blood boil with excitement!”
“The annual King of Fighters battle shall take place tonight. At this greatly anticipated moment, please allow me to formally introduce tonight’s battle contestants to everyone!
“They are, respectively, this year’s newly-promoted King of Fighters...
“...Oden Flit!”
Whoosh!
A ray of golden light cascaded from above and shone upon a corner of the ring. A small raised platform entered everyone’s sight, and on it stood a big and tall, strong, and muscular figure!
He was 2.4 meters tall and had bulging muscles!
He had a single fiery red horn on his head and a pair of fiery red wings on his back!
Fiery red scaly armor covered his body, and a long fiery red tail grew from his bottom!
His body was a brilliant fiery red all over, as though a flaming giant!
He was the newly-promoted King of Fighters—Oden Flit, a Fire Dragon Person with terrifying battle capabilities!
“Oden!!!”
“Oden!!!”
“Oden!!!”
“The King of Fighters!!!”
“The King of Fighters!!!”
“The King of Fighters!!!”
Upon seeing Oden Flit’s appearance, loud deafening cheers resounded in the entire arena at once. Several big-bellied noblemen waved their arms and shouted hysterically, while several sexy and beautiful young ladies blushed and became extremely excited!
Horrifying waves of cheers rang out louder than the previous, almost flipping off the ceiling. The on-site atmosphere was close to exploding!
That guy sure is popular!
Meng Lei rubbed his ears that had become numb from the reverberations, somewhat in disbelief. He didn’t expect that this Fire Dragon Person named Oden Flit would actually be so popular.
One must know that the people who were able to be present here today weren’t like those fervent fans on Earth that chased after young and fresh stars. Rather, they were officials that held authority and power, nobility with high social status, and extremely wealthy tycoons!
These people were akin to celebrities and people from high society on Earth, yet they were actually also groupies and were even so frenzied and unbridled in being one. This was something completely out of Meng Lei’s expectations!
No, wait, Oden Flit... Flit?
Isn’t that a royal surname?
Could that guy also be royalty?
A Fire Dragon Person! Flit! Could he really be royalty!?
Meng Lei was astonished!
Fighters!
They might look like they were living the life, but they were ultimately meant for people’s viewing pleasure!
In the eyes of the nobility, who had high status and social standing, fighters were ultimately a cheap and lowly occupation. None of the nobility would be willing to be a fighter and become a toy for people’s viewing pleasure!
Much less royalty?
As the royal race in control of Fire Dragon Kingdom, Fire Colossal Dragon blood flowed through the royalty’s veins. They thought of their bloodline as noble and refined, and their status as venerable. Who among them would be willing to become a fighter?
However, very evidently, that was what Oden Flit had done!
Now, that was pretty inconceivable!
What Meng Lei didn’t know was that Oden’s immense popularity was the result of the term “King of Fighters”. Before he had become a King of Fighters, what Oden had welcomed weren’t cheers and acclamations, but disdain and mockery.
Unlike regular fighters, the term “King of Fighters” represented the king among the fighters and symbolized great strength and power.
The nobility might be full of disdain toward fighters, but they idolized the Kings of Fighters!
Before Oden had become a King of Fighters, people mocked him, and the royalty despised him. However, after he became a King of Fighters, everything changed.
That was a King of Fighters’ charm!
It was also the most direct reflection of how the strong were the most revered in Heaven’s Vault Continent!
“As everyone knows, our newly-promoted King of Fighters has royal blood in him. The noble and refined Fire Dragon blood flows within him. This is also the reason why King of Fighters Oden possesses superbly strong battle capabilities!”
Heidi Glenna’s voice was loud and clear. She said, “These few years, ever since he joined Flame Arena, Oden has pressed on with a crushing force, won every single battle he was in, and successfully stood out from the rest to take the throne of the King of Fighters in the end!
“This is Oden’s victory!
“And also the royal bloodline’s victory!
“Let us wish for Oden’s happiness, and hope that he can continue his winning streak in the King of Fighters battle coming up! And hope that he can create another miracle and another legend!”
“Oden!”
“Oden!”
“Oden!”
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“As for the other contestant tonight, I’m sure everyone is already very familiar with who he is. He once held the King of Fighters position for three successive terms, won the King of Fighters battles thrice in a row, and even achieved brilliant results in the King of Fighters battle organized by the empire this year!
“He is our Giant Spiritual God—Nicolas Austin!”