The black flames blazed away right upon making contact and completely disregarded the Ice Demon Prefecture Master’s body of ice.
“Netherworld Divine Fire!”
“That’s the Netherworld Divine Fire!”
At the sight of the black flames, the expressions of the Great Demon Gods among the Ice Demon Prefecture Guards, the dozen or so Great Demon Gods watching the battle, as well as the many Demon Gods all changed dramatically. The way they looked at Meng Lei immediately changed.
“To think he’s actually royalty!”
Disbelief filled the demons.
The Ice Demon Prefecture belonged to the Dark Hell Demonic Kingdom, and the kingdom’s royal family was exactly the Divine Netherworld Phoenixes. However, the Divine Netherworld Phoenixes’ reproduction rate was extremely low, so pure-blooded Divine Netherworld Phoenixes were exceedingly rare.
However, it was exactly their rarity that made them elegant and noble!
Every Divine Netherworld Phoenix had a lofty and exalted status in the Dark Hell Demonic Kingdom. Everyone treated them with respect and deference wherever they went. Who would dare to slight them at all?
“To think he’s actually royalty!”
Some of the Demon Gods that had hurled insults at Meng Lei earlier sported grimaces on their faces. They’d initially thought Meng Lei a nobody, but little did they know that he was actually just pretending to be weak in order to take advantage of others.
Not only was he a Great Demon God, but he was even royalty! His posturing this time had caught everyone off-guard.
“You’re part of the royal family!”
Like the others, the Ice Demon Prefecture Master had also discovered the Netherworld Divine Fire blazing away on its back. Though surprised, it wasn’t as shocked and horrified like the many Demon Gods and Great Demon Gods.
As a Prefecture Master, its status was just as respected as Meng Lei’s—in fact, it wasn’t inferior to most typical members of the royal family.
What it was truly wary of was that Divine Netherworld Phoenixes were terrifyingly strong. They were nearly invincible among opponents of the same grade as themselves. In particular, Divine Netherworld Phoenixes were even the Ice Demons’ natural enemy!
Should Meng Lei really turn out to be a mid-level Great Demon God-level Divine Netherworld Phoenix, the Ice Demon Prefecture Master wasn’t confident that it could beat Meng Lei at all.
“You’re losing for sure today!”
Meng Lei teleported a few times consecutively and furiously cast Netherworld Divine Fire. His divine body was far inferior to the Ice Demon Prefecture Master’s. Fighting the Ice Demon Prefecture Master head-on was no different from courting death.
Therefore, being constantly on the move and teleporting about while casting Netherworld Divine Fire to burn the Ice Demon Prefecture Master was the best strategy.
“Defeating me? Dream on!”
The Ice Demon Prefecture Master let out a deep roar. Churning chilly currents arose around it and shook off all the Netherworld Divine Fire flames on it.
Right on the heels of it, it opened its mouth, and a white, chilly current sprayed out of it. The chilly current froze the air around it everywhere it passed through. Had Meng Lei not been fast enough with his teleportation, he would undoubtedly have been frozen to the spot.
Meng Lei teleported to a faraway spot and gazed at the frozen air, finding it an awfully thorny problem. It was one thing to watch someone else’s battle and something else altogether when he was the one actually battling.
The Ice Demon Prefecture Master was even more fearsome than what it had seemed.
“You’re surprisingly quick at fleeing!”
The Ice Demon Prefecture Master gazed coldly at Meng Lei before glancing at the Netherworld Divine Fire that it had cast off itself. A hint of an icy smile appeared at the corners of its lips as it said, “If my evaluation is correct, you’ve only gone through five rebirths at best, so your Netherworld Divine Fire can’t burn me to death yet!”
Meng Lei had certainly given the Ice Demon Prefecture Master a shock earlier. It had initially thought that since Meng Lei had dared to challenge it, then he must be a mid-level Great Demon God for sure.
However, Meng Lei’s Netherworld Divine Fire was a lot weaker than what it had imagined. Thus, the Ice Demon Prefecture Master had basically judged that Meng Lei was just an ordinary Great Demon God.
He was just a mere ordinary Great Demon God, yet he had actually dared to challenge it? He was practically sending himself to death’s door!
“Haha! The Ice Demon Prefecture Master is looking down on you, Meng Lei!”
Dodola’s somewhat-gloating voice rang out in Meng Lei’s mind.
“Are you that happy that it’s looking down on me?” Meng Lei rolled his eyes. “It’s fine if you don’t wanna help, but to think you’re cracking wise at my expense!”
Dodola toned down its grin and said, “There’s a huge gap in strength between you and the Ice Demon Prefecture Master. Given your current prowess, you can only maneuver around it for a while at best. It’s impossible for you to kill it.”
Meng Lei fell silent upon Dodola’s response. Thanks to his teleportation ability, it was very hard for the Ice Demon Prefecture Master to kill him. However, his objective wasn’t to maneuver around it but to kill it.
By killing the Ice Demon Prefecture Master, not only would he earn vast amounts of Divinity Crystals, but he would also inherit the position of Ice Demon Prefecture Master and get his hands on the Ice Demon Prefecture’s treasury.
He must kill the Ice Demon Prefecture Master!
But the problem was—how was he supposed to achieve that?
Meng Lei couldn’t help but sweep his gaze across his stats interface. He asked, “System, how many Divinity Crystals does it cost to enhance my divine body?”
“Ding! The host’s Physical
