But if they didn’t save him, how were they supposed to answer to Her Holiness the Fairy Goddess, then?
“Let’s watch for a little longer!”
The Fairy Empress sighed. She didn’t have any better options at the moment, either.
“How are you, Master?” asked Bubbles and the others worriedly as they surrounded Meng Lei.
“I’m fine!”
Meng Lei waved slightly. Then, he turned to Horace and said, “Looks like I’ve underestimated you. You’re stronger than what I had imagined.”
“And you’re weaker than what I had imagined. I’m rather disappointed. Looks like the so-called number one of Heaven’s Vault Continent is nothing more than this!”
Horace shook his head lightly as he remarked, “I guess that’s true. You’re ultimately a hothouse flower, after all. How can you possibly match up to the geniuses and monsters of the outside world?”
“I’m actually being looked down upon...”
Meng Lei tossed away the hammer in his hand and said, “If I still don’t show some prowess after this, I’m probably going to be mocked by you, a senior who’s seen the world, again!”
Meng Lei twisted his neck from side to side as he spoke. The aura around him also changed in this instant and became cold, distant, bloodthirsty, and razor-sharp.
“Eh?”
Horace’s sharp senses captured the change in Meng Lei’s demeanor, and it mildly surprised him.
Whoosh!
An afterimage flashed by, and Meng Lei appeared in front of Horace once more. His fists shot toward him like lightning, instantly smashing toward Horace’s face.
“It’s useless!”
Horace shook his head slightly, casually reaching out a finger to meet Meng Lei’s attack.
“Your reaction is too slow this time, Horace!”
Meng Lei abruptly appeared behind Horace, his fist going along with the momentum and striking the back of Horace’s head.
Horace stumbled forward and almost fell flat on his face.
“How’s that fist of mine feeling, Elder Horace, who’s seen the vast world out there?” asked Meng Lei as the corners of his lips quirked upward into a hint of a smile.
“Two-step teleportation? Certainly a clever little move there!”
Horace stabilized himself, and his eyes narrowed as he swept his gaze toward Meng Lei. “But you’re still too weak. You can’t hurt me at all!”
“Is that so?”
Meng Lei let out a soft chuckle as eight arms suddenly extended from his body. Added to this the two arms he already had, which made a total of ten arms on him.
“If I can’t hurt you with one punch, then how about ten?”
One-step teleportation!
Two-step teleportation!
Three-step teleportation!
Horace’s reaction time was undoubtedly incredible, but it was ultimately still half a beat too slow when faced with three-step teleportation—and this was Meng Lei’s opportunity.
He threw a punch out!
Bam, bam, bam!
At that instant, Meng Lei brought out to the fullest the Wing Chun[1] Chain Thrusting Fist that he had been practicing for many years.
Amid a series of continuous audible clashes, all ten of Meng Lei’s fists turned into mirage-like images that rained down upon Horace in one go.
o((⊙_⊙))o
Everyone was completely stunned by the sight. Was that even viable?
“Damn it!”
Only after suffering 100,000 punches did Horace finally regain his senses, and he hastily retreated with a burst of speed.
At this point, he was already sporting bruises on the face and bleeding from the nose. Evidently, he had been beaten up pretty badly.
Meng Lei couldn’t help but gasp at the sight.
“What high endurance and toughness! To think he’s actually alright even after taking so many punches from me!”
He had already unleashed his humanoid form’s full strength just now and threw 100,000 punches in one go, yet Horace had only suffered a few superficial wounds.
Just how tough and durable was he?
“You cunning little fellow! You’ve enraged me!”
Horace wiped the blood off his nose, fire spitting from his eyes. He was a senior who had adventured in the outside world for many years and weathered through many great storms, yet he had been beaten up to such a state by a junior. How was he supposed to face the world?
“I’m going to rip you into a million pieces!”
Horace roared furiously as his body expanded with a big and sudden force.
Boom, boom, boom!
For a moment there, his body rapidly expanded as though he were an inflating balloon. In an instant, he had become a giant as tall as 1,000 feet.
Boom!
Vast, majestic, and fearsome divine power overflowed from him and spread into the surroundings.
“Ahhh!”
His 1,000-feet-tall divine body couldn’t compare to the 100,000-feet-long Dragon God and the 100,000-feet-tall Bubbles from earlier at all, yet the surging divine power emanating from him was able to flatten all the commoners and worshipers at the foot of the mountain onto the ground, rendering them completely immobile.
Beads of perspiration formed on the Saint Domain experts’ and half-deities’ foreheads. Even breathing had become a difficult task for them now.
An incredibly shocked and horrified half-deity said, “What terrifying divine power! This has completely surpassed a half-deity’s level. It’s much stronger than the Dragon God’s just now!”
“Die, kid!”
Horace raised his huge foot and stomped down mercilessly on Meng Lei. By right, now that his body had expanded, his speed should also have been greatly reduced.
However, the strange thing was that Horace’s speed had instead become even faster. His foot completely stomped onto Meng Lei before also ruthlessly stomping down onto Mount Dragon God’s summit.
“How dare you step on me! In that case, I won’t show you any civility anymore!”
Meng Lei let out an icy laugh and brought out the Gods-Slaying Spear with a flip of his wrist. He thrust it up forcefully as he barked, “Block!”
As of this moment, Meng Lei still didn’t know what
