The exchange competition’s contestants were no older than 30 years old.
To Saint Domain experts with long lifespans, 30 years old was no more than just a fraction of their lifespans.
Just how strong would those old freaks more than 30 years old be when Mond Aston was already that monstrous before he had even reached 30 years of age?
I’m still too weak. I have to redeem more credit and work even harder.
Meng Lei swiped all the spatial rings on Mond Aston, and then he handed them to his loyal subordinate.
“Sacas, throw him away!”
“Yes, Boss!”
...
Meng Lei switched on his slacker mode again.
Swimming, fishing, sunbathing, eating seafood, occasionally robbing unlucky souls that he had baited... His days were carefree and leisurely.
His only regret was that aside from the magic cores that were slowly increasing in number day by day, there was pretty much no change in his Wealth. Meng Lei couldn’t help but reminisce about the days he had spent hunting Magical Beasts in the Dragon God Tower.
“Compared to the Lost Continent, the Dragon God Tower is more suited to me. This goddamn exchange competition should just hurry up and end!”
Day after day went by. The number of fish biting the hook also became fewer and fewer. By this day, despite Sacas giving off his aura all the way from the morning to the evening, it didn’t lure even a single person over.
“Three days. It’ll be a month in another three days. I’ll be able to leave this place at that time!”
Meng Lei thought idly to himself as he laid on the rocking chair and bathed in the gentle sunlight while gazing at the rolling waves rising and falling.
Suddenly, an aged voice rang out by his ear. Like a trickling stream, it flowed straight into the depths of his soul.
In that instant, Meng Lei felt his mind suddenly calming down and becoming tranquil.
“My children that believe in me devoutly, I am the spirit of the divine tree, the creator and guardian of this continent...
“This year’s ripened fruits have already been sent to various corners of the continent. I hope the lucky children can find them!
“Godspeed!”
“What?!”
Meng Lei jumped to his feet!
“Did you hear that, Sacas?”
To his surprise, he didn’t get any response.
Meng Lei turned to see Sacas kneeling on the ground and staring into the distance with an excited look on his face and fervent worship in his eyes.
“The divine tree! It’s the divine tree’s voice! O great divine tree, I am your child, Sacas! I sincerely offer up my faith and pray for you from the bottom of my heart...”
“...”
Meng Lei was rendered speechless and completely silent. Nevertheless, he contacted Ol’ President at once. “Ol’ President, did you hear that voice just now? The divine tree! It’s that divine tree’s voice!”
“I heard it.” Ol’ Amos’ voice rang out as he replied, “Not only did I hear it, but I’ve almost locked on to its location, too.”
“What? You’ve locked on to the divine tree’s location?” A huge jolt went through Meng Lei as he asked, “Where is it, Ol’ President?”
Ol’ Amos was silent for a brief moment before he replied in a low voice, “It’s not too far from us, 100 kilometers away at the furthest.”
“We’re so near to it?”
Meng Lei shuddered and hastily glanced about.
“Don’t bother. You won’t be able to find it.” Ol’ Amos lowered his voice and said, “Meng Lei, I have a very uneasy feeling about this.”
“Uneasy feeling?”
Meng Lei was stunned.
“Do you remember what the Uni-Horned Rose Python said?” Ol’ Amos asked in a grave tone of voice, “About the divine tree fruits.”
“Yes. The Uni-Horned Rose Python once said that the divine tree bears fruits once every 100 years and that there are nine fruits each round. When the fruits ripen, the divine tree will send the nine fruits to random locations in the continent for the lucky ones to consume.”
With a nod, Meng Lei went on and said, “I also remember that the last time the fruits had ripened was 25 years ago. There’s a whole 75-years-long difference from the 100-year ripening period that the Uni-Horned Rose Python mentioned. Ol’ President, why has the divine tree fruits suddenly ripened 75 years in advance? That doesn’t make sense.”
“That’s exactly what’s making me uneasy.” Ol’ Amos’ voice was grave as he said, “Before we came to the Lost Continent, the fruits have always taken 100 years to ripen. Yet the moment we came, the duration was suddenly brought forward. I suspect that the divine tree is doing this deliberately. It may be scheming something. In any case, this whole thing smells fishy!”
“What might it be scheming?” Meng Lei was greatly puzzled. “According to what you’ve said, the divine tree is highly likely a half-deity. Considering its venerable half-deity status, it could very well just kill us all. Is there the need to play schemes and games with us?”
“That’s exactly what puzzles me.”
Ol’ Amos shook his head lightly as he said, “Also, all of you have been wantonly hunting and killing Magical Beasts in the Lost Continent. It has almost reached the point of full annihilation, yet the divine tree has actually been indifferent to it.
“It’s only when they’ve been annihilated that it finally made a move.
“This is strange! Too strange!”
Meng Lei asked, “What do you think we should do, Ol’ President?”
“I’d suggest that we make a retreat.” Ol’ Amos said in a low voice, “Didn’t you frequently say that a gentleman doesn’t put himself in harm’s way? Considering how the divine tree is acting so abnormally, leaving now is the smartest choice of action!”
“Leaving?” Meng Lei hesitated. “The exchange competition hasn’t ended yet. If I leave now, won’t
