Then, he tossed out a first-class spell—Absolute Zero!
Buzz!
A white icy air current manifested and, with Meng Lei and Abbe in the center, spread outward in all directions.
In a mere instant, it had enveloped the whole area within 10,000 meters of where they were.
The gigantic dragon of flames froze.
The hundred rock bullets froze.
The dozens of water spears froze.
And the ax-wielding muscular man also froze.
The trees and weeds around them were also frozen. The six fellows that had besieged Abbe earlier were no exception, either—they had also been frozen into popsicles.
As far as the eye could see, everything was covered in white.
The whole area around them had turned into a world of ice.
“Absolute Zero! And instant release at that!” Abbe took a breath and lamented, “Not only has the gap between the two of us not shrunk, but it’s instead becoming bigger and bigger.”
“It’s not that huge. Haven’t you been promoted to Saint Domain level, too?”
With a light snap of Meng Lei’s fingers, all the ice sculptures within 10,000 meters of where they were broke into pieces, turning into ice chips that scattered all over the ground.
Only the six assailants and the few people that had launched the sneak attack just now remained where they were. It was obvious at one glance that a total of five people—including the ax-wielding muscular man—had attacked them.
It was just that the five of them were currently ice sculptures, with every one of them frozen in a peculiar pose.
They either had a shocked look on their faces, were in the midst of chanting a spell incantation, or sported looks of excitement in their eyes... All of their facial expressions varied, and their manners of bearing also different from one another’s.
“You can only count yourselves unlucky for choosing to ambush me.”
What happened next was evident—body searching, looking for spatial rings, and taking them for himself.
“Tsk, these five must be pretty strong. They’ve actually gotten so many magic cores. Not bad, they even have a golden fruit, too.”
Meng Lei was grinning so widely that his face was all wrinkled. Disregarding the golden fruit, for now, just the magic cores in their spatial rings alone already made up an astonishingly high number. All of these were money to him.
“I really don’t know how you managed to cultivate to such a level!” Abbe’s eyes were filled with envy. “We haven’t seen each other for only two months, yet you’re already so strong. The next time we meet, would you have already broken through to become a half-deity?”
“A half-deity? That’s too far a notion.” As Meng Lei kept the fruit and the spatial rings, he said, “I’m about to leave this place. Why don’t you leave with me, too? This continent is currently fraught with great danger. It’s not safe here.”
“No, I want to continue looking for the divine tree fruits and the Tree of Life,” Abbe rejected his offer and said, “The fruits can refine my bloodline. I will never give up, no matter what!”
“That mentality of yours is too dangerous.” Meng Lei frowned as he said, “I suspect that the Tree of Life is a half-deity that’s currently plotting some kind of conspiracy. If you go looking for it, how is that any different from sending yourself straight to death’s door? Let’s just leave!”
“A half-deity?”
A huge jolt went through Abbe.
“All the living things on the entire Lost Continent worship the Tree of Life. It’s highly likely that it’s a half-deity!” Meng Lei shook his head lightly as he said, “Staying in a half-deity’s territory is simply too dangerous. Also, even if you do get more of the divine tree fruits, don’t eat them anymore. Those things aren’t safe.”
A look of indignant reluctance came over Abbe’s features at once. A brief moment later, she surprisingly shook her head and said, “Thank you, Meng Lei, but I’m not leaving!”
Then, she rose into the sky and flew away.
“...”
Meng Lei opened his mouth but ultimately chose not to call out to her. Abbe was a stubborn one; Meng Lei had already had a taste of that a long time ago.
“Never mind, do what you want, then.” Meng Lei shook his head as he remarked, “I’ve already said what I should. It’s up to her whether or not she wants to heed the warning.”
Then, he also left the area.
“Why aren’t you going after her, kid?
“Not only is she gorgeous, but she’s even a princess of the empire. There are so many out there who wish to be her knight in shining armor yet couldn’t. To think you’ve actually given up such a prime opportunity!
“I’m really suspecting more and more that your carnal desires are undeveloped...”
“No-one’s going to mistake you for a mute if you speak a little less, Ol’ President.”
“Let’s go, Sacas!”
After Meng Lei left, Abbe walked out from behind a tree. As she stared at the departing Meng Lei, she murmured softly, “I wish I could leave with you, Meng Lei, but I can’t...”
A day later, Meng Lei finally returned to the seashore where they had been when they had first arrived on the continent.
“Let’s wait here! I’ll be able to leave in another couple of days.”
After finding himself a remote beach, he then took out a large ten-meters-wide golden pot, ready for another hotpot feast.
“Are we having seafood hotpot again, Boss?”
At the sight of that, Sacas obediently went to catch seafood again.
An hour later...
A bonfire blazed into the sky as soup bubbled and boiled in the pot. An aroma rushed toward them as a human,
