“W-what kind of fire is that?”
Bubbles shuddered, somewhat frightened, as he watched Baxter, who was struggling in pain and agony amidst the black flames.
No matter how wretched Baxter might be, it was still a Black Dragon that had already manifested a divine core and whose strength reached the heights of a mid-level half-deity. Yet it was actually powerless against the black flames!
This was practically inconceivable!
“S-spare... Spare my life!”
At last, Baxter could no longer stand against it, and it began to beg for mercy loudly.
“Offer your divine spirit origin energy and submit to me!” Meng Lei said aloofly, “Only through submission will you be able to live!”
“I...”
Baxter hesitated at once. Handing over its divine spirit origin energy implied that Meng Lei would end up taking full control of its life. How would that do?
“Unwilling to submit? Die, then!”
Meng Lei shrugged, his expression one of indifference. Then he ordered, “Let’s go, Bubbles and Little Gold!”
Little Gold nodded hurriedly. Somewhat in a state of shock, it wished only to leave the area at the moment.
With a complex look on his visage, Bubbles asked, “Master, what will happen to Baxter?”
“The Netherworld Divine Fire is an everlasting flame. It’ll never extinguish before it burns everything away.”
Meng Lei said aloofly, “Baxter is destined for only one outcome, and that is—to be burned alive into ashes by the Netherworld Divine Fire!”
“Burned into ashes?!!”
Bubbles swallowed hard, a hint of abject fear flashing across his eyes.
“Let’s go!”
Meng Lei waved dismissively. Then, he wrapped Little Gold in God’s Domain and flew into the distance while Bubbles hastily followed after him.
At the sight of them leaving for real, Baxter panicked at once.
What am I gonna do if you leave?
“S-submit... I’ll submit!” Baxter bellowed.
“It ultimately didn’t manage to restrain itself after all!”
Meng Lei shook his head lightly and teleported over to where Baxter was. He asked, “Do you need me to repeat what you should be doing?”
“Well-played, human!”
Indignation filled Baxter’s eyes, but it still released its divine spirit origin energy in the end.
Unexpectedly, a few terrifying auras suddenly descended at this point and swept through the entire underground space!
Upon sensing the auras, Baxter instantly retracted its divine spirit origin energy and glowered furiously at Meng Lei instead.
“My friends are here, you lowly human! Extinguish the flames on me at once! Otherwise, I’ll definitely give you a tragic death!”
“You’re hopeless, Baxter!”
With a slight frown, Meng Lei turned to the few that had just descended upon the area. There were four new arrivals, and every one of them gave off vast, mighty divine power and were all half-deities!
The first half-deity had a head of red hair and gave off a vast, ancient Dragon might—it was a Fire Dragon.
The second had a peculiar appearance. Instead of a human, he looked more like a robot constructed from metal.
The third was a human. Dressed in a knight’s armor and holding a knight’s broadsword, he had mighty, imposing, and squarish facial features and emanated a righteous aura around him.
The last half-deity was an octopus. With more than a dozen tentacles, it gave off a bloodthirsty and brutal aura!
“Baxter, my friend, what happened to you?”
The Fire Dragon half-deity’s countenance turned grim right away as it gazed at Baxter, who was shrouded in black flames and struggling fiercely.
“Kill him, Klaus! No, don’t! Capture him instead!”
A somewhat hysterical Baxter pointed at Meng Lei and said, “Yes! Capture him and make him remove these goddamn flames first! I’m close to being burned to death!”
“Black flames!”
The octopus half-deity stared at the Netherworld Divine Fire around Baxter. Then, it suddenly exclaimed, “That’s the Netherworld Divine Fire! Oh my god, that’s the Netherworld Divine Fire!”
The Fire Dragon half-deity, robot half-deity, and human half-deity quickly asked, “Mervyn, what’s the Netherworld Divine Fire?”
In a low, deep voice, the octopus half-deity explained, “The Netherworld Divine Fire is an everlasting flame from Hell. Capable of burning everything, it’s said to be able to burn even a true god to death!”
“An everlasting flame from Hell?”
“Capable of burning everything?”
“Able to burn even a true god to death?”
The three half-deities’ countenances changed drastically, deep restraining fear forming in their eyes as they watched the black flames. Those flames could burn even a true god to death, but they were only half-deities...
“Damn! To think it’s actually the Netherworld Divine Fire!”
Baxter’s face had completely darkened. It roared hysterically, “Quick! Take him down! Make him extinguish these goddamn flames! I don’t want to die! I don’t want to be burned to death!”
Knowing that they mustn’t delay this any further, the four half-deities’ gazes fell onto Meng Lei. In icy-cold voices, they ordered, “Put out the Netherworld Divine Fire at once, human!”
Meng Lei gave them a leisurely smile. He didn’t take their threats seriously. Instead, he looked at the human half-deity among the four and asked in puzzlement, “I didn’t sense any other auras from you. Are you human?”
“My name is Galen Bonaparte!”
The human knight’s eyes bore into Meng Lei as he gave his name.
“Galen Bonaparte? You’re the Swirling Snow Sword Saint?”
A jolt went through Meng Lei as he asked, “Aren’t you the sword saint of humans? Why are you here?”
Galen Bonaparte, the Swirling Snow Sword Saint!
To every human, that was a figure of grand reputation. One of exceptional aptitude, he made a name for himself at a young age and, as a human, crushed innumerable Dragon geniuses. His name was known throughout the Dragon God Empire and was an extremely rare genius and powerhouse among the humans. He was also the idol and pride of innumerable human boys and men alike.
Yet to think that
