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
