It was a pity that what would happen every single day before was an impossible dream now.
“Ol’ President, I’m sorry!”
Meng Lei decisively put away the Gods-Slaying Spear, not wanting to give it a single more look. Looking at it would only make him sadder due to the memories.
“Collect!”
“Collect!”
“Collect!”
...
More than two hours had passed when Meng Lei exited the Tree of Life.
The Tree of Life still stood high, majestic, green and lush, no different from before. The only difference was that the countless golden fruits in between the leaves had disappeared. Only a handful remained scattered in between, vastly different from the numbers before.
“Where are the fruits? Never mind! If they are gone, let them be gone!
If it were before, maybe he would be extremely angry, but now, he had no mood to even be angry.
“Collect!”
He collected all of the leftover fruits before looking at the tall and majestic Tree of Life once again.
Although the Tree of Life’s spirit had already died, Meng Lei was still raging with unappeased hatred at its empty shell.
“It was you who killed Ol’ Amos!”
Boom, boom, boom!
Meng Lei ruthlessly bombarded the tree. The huge tree trunk was still standing tall and straight, without the slightest sign of breaking.
“You bastard!”
Meng Lei punched his fist onto the trunk. He felt extremely undignified and really wanted to pull it right out of the earth!
“Meng Lei!”
A surprised call came from behind. He saw Abbe standing not far away, her face red, breathing heavily.
“Abbe!”
Meng Lei struggled to make a slight smile.
“It’s so good that you are okay. I thought you...”
Abbe flew over. Although tears were shining in her eyes, her face was full of excitement.
“Yeah, I’m okay.” Meng Lei smiled sorrowfully, shook his head, and diverted the conversation. “You didn’t leave with them?”
“I was waiting for you to come out!”
Abbe stared at Meng Lei. She could sense Meng Lei’s fatigue and sadness. In addition, Meng Lei’s eyes were red.
“Meng Lei, what’s... wrong?”
“I just... lost someone close to me.” Meng Lei was in a lot of pain. “Abbe, I want some quietness, some quietness alone.”
Upon saying that, Meng Lei turned to leave.
However, at that moment, a wave of terrible pressure appeared.
Divine power swept in all directions, and the void seemed to solidify!
“This is...”
Two streams of light rapidly shot toward their location, and instantly, they got closer. It was actually a man and a woman.
An old man with black hair and black horns, and a young woman with red dragon horns. These were two half-deities of the Dragon race!
Meng Lei glanced at the duo and couldn’t be bothered with them. He needed a good rest.
The black-horned old man suddenly spoke. “You both are also the empire’s contestants?”
“Yes, elder!”
Abbe didn’t dare to neglect him and hurried to bow and answer in the affirmative. Meng Lei ignored him and directly flew toward Sacas.
This action somewhat angered the black-horned old man, and his facial expression suddenly turned dark. “Boy, stop. I’m talking to you!”
Meng Lei ignored him.
“Elder, he’s also a contestant. He is in too much grief because of the loss of a family member. Please, forgive him!”
Abbe hurried to speak to explain for Meng Lei.
“Hmph!”
The black-horned old man snorted coldly. Though he was a bit dissatisfied, he didn’t continue questioning. Instead, he looked at the tall and majestic Tree of Life.
“This is the native half-deity?”
The black-horned old man and the red-horned young woman’s eyes flickered, and amazement showed in their eyes. Soon, the two frowned, however.
“The divine spirit is no longer there!”
“No more power of divinity!”
“This native half-deity... is dead?”
The black-horned old man looked at Abbe again. “Little girl, who killed this native half-deity?”
“It... It died?”
Abbe was confused.
“Of course! This native half-deity before us is only an empty shell. Its spirit has long died. Naturally, it’s dead!”
The black-horned old man said calmly, “Judging from the mess around here, there should have just been a battle here just now. Tell me, who killed it?”
“It’s... really dead?”
Abbe’s whole body shook violently. She was at a loss for words. She had been here the whole time, so if someone had killed the Tree of Life, it would most possibly be Meng Lei!
But how could Meng Lei possibly have killed a half-deity? Meng Lei was just a Saint Domain expert!
At that thought, Abbe couldn’t help but look toward Meng Lei’s back profile, with shock and disbelief filling her eyes.
Is Meng Lei already so strong to the degree of being able to kill a half-deity?
“Little girl, you can’t possibly insinuate that this boy killed this native half-deity? Nonsense!” The black-horned old man snorted. “How weak is a mere Saint Domain Warrior? How can he be compared to this native half-deity?”
“Maybe I guessed wrongly,” Abbe muttered to herself.
The red-horned young woman spoke. “Elder Thaniel, we should investigate first. Maybe we could find some clues!”
“Alright!”
The two approached the Tree of Life and started scrutinizing it. The Tree of Life was so tall, yet it only took the two half-deities one moment to complete the examination.
The duo was shocked at once. The red-horned young woman even disappeared right where she was.
“Not only the divine spirit disappeared, but the vitality core is also gone!” The black-horned old man was a bit angry. “The most precious part of a plant half-deity is its vitality core. My goal was exactly the vitality core!
“But now, the vitality core of the native half-deity actually disappeared! Isn’t our trip wasted then?”
Whoosh!
The black-horned old man suddenly turned back and fixed his gaze on Abbe. His eyes were as sharp as blades as he said in a chilling voice,
