“Die, you bastard!”
The punch broke a hole into the dimension right away, and its fist went smashing toward Meng Lei’s skull alongside the hole—evidently, it intended to blast Meng Lei’s head apart with its fist!
“Can he deflect the attack?”
All the Prefecture Masters, princes, princesses, royalty, and officials’ gazes shifted to Meng Lei in this instant. All of them wanted to know whether or not he could deflect the attack.
“Thinking of killing me with just this bit of strength? You think too highly of yourself!”
Meng Lei shook his head lightly. Then, he reached out his right arm and made a light grabbing motion. A loud bam rang out, and Meng Lei immediately caught Cato’s earth-shattering punch in his palm.
“What?!”
This greatly shocked Cato, as well as the other Prefecture Masters, princes, princesses, and everyone else who was watching the battle. All of them were utterly astounded!
He managed to parry Prefecture Master Cato’s attack so casually?
“It’s my turn to attack now!”
Meng Lei disappeared in a flash and appeared behind Cato like a phantom. Then, he bent his fingers and flicked them lightly against the back of Cato’s head.
Crack!
As though a bullet was piercing through a watermelon, yet also like a steel bead passing through an egg, a crisp crack rang out, and a bloody hole immediately formed in between Cato’s brows.
Cato froze at once, its eyes widening to a size larger than even discs as a look of disbelief came over its features.
“H-how... could... this...”
Before it could even finish speaking, the light in its eyes was already beginning to gradually dim. Then, it plummeted straight down toward the ground.
Meng Lei easily froze Cato’s body in mid-air with a wave. Then, in front of the many Prefecture Masters, princes, princesses, royalty, and officials, he gouged out Cato’s demonic core and killed its divine spirit.
A system notification rang out.
“Ding! 1 Fire Great Demon God killed. 60 million Divinity Crystals gained!”
“Not bad!”
A satisfied smile appeared on Meng Lei’s lips. Then, he slipped off Cato’s spatial ring and began to inspect the contents.
The smile on his face widened the moment he did, and he remarked, “Tsk, tsk! As expected of a Prefecture Master. Even the treasures it brings about on its body are of such a generous standard!”
“System, collect all the items that you can collect!”
A brief moment later, his Wealth had spiked by 40 million Divinity Crystals.
Added to this the other 60 million Divinity Crystals that he had just gained, they just so happened to make up a total of 100 million Divinity Crystals. In the twinkling of an eye, he had already made back the 100 million Divinity Crystals that he just spent to boost his metal-origin divine body’s assimilation rate.
Sweet!
Meng Lei only tossed Cato’s dead body to the little golden tree after he was done with all these. Then, he turned to the other Prefecture Masters, princes, princesses, royalty, and officials—only to discover that every one of them was in a state of astoundment, and all of them were staring at him as if they were staring at a freak.
The place... was filled with dead silence.
Evidently, everyone had received a shock.
Dodola chuckled and poked fun at Meng Lei as it said, “You’ve scared them all, Meng Lei!”
“What can I say? It’s all because I’m too strong!” Meng Lei returned Dodola a smile and flew toward the others.
“He’s coming over!”
A furor went through the demons.
A smiling Meng Lei asked, “Dear all, I’m sure no one doubts my combat strength anymore, right?”
The Prefecture Masters were rather embarrassed, especially Prefecture Master Cyril, who had passed judgment on Meng Lei without any restraint earlier. It wished even more than the others that it could bury itself into a hole somewhere.
Up-and-coming rising star?
Dishonest means?
What nonsense!
How many Prefecture Masters among those present could even instantly kill Cato in a flick of their fingers?
Given his frightening combat strength, would he even need to resort to dishonest means?
“I didn’t expect the newly-appointed Ice Demon Prefecture Master to possess such strength! One can say that this is a blessing for the Demonic Kingdom. I believe Father will be extremely pleased to know of this.”
A bright and hearty smile appeared on the Eldest Prince’s countenance, and he said, “Dear all, Father will summon us for an audience soon. Let’s return to the conference hall for now.”
“Yes, Your Highness!”
Everyone returned to the same palace as just now. Meng Lei had originally planned on just taking any random seat, but unexpectedly, the Eldest Prince instead arranged for him to take the seat of honor at the front.
The other Prefecture Masters didn’t say much about it—evidently, they had all acknowledged Meng Lei’s strength.
The strong was revered in the world of demons. Since Meng Lei was stronger than them, his status would also be more venerable than theirs.
The Demonic Emperor of Dark Hell Demonic Kingdom showed up shortly after they took their seats. The Prefecture Masters present felt immense pressure the moment it took its seat.
“Greetings, Your Majesty!”
“You may dispense with the formalities, my beloved subjects.”
The Demonic Emperor gestured to everyone to take their seats. His gaze swept across everyone before it quickly landed on Meng Lei, who was seated in the seat of honor below. He couldn’t help but be slightly surprised.
At the sight, the Eldest Prince quickly leaned over and whispered softly in his ear. The moment he did, a light burst forth in the Demonic Emperor’s eyes, and he declared unhurriedly, “To be able to instantly kill Prefecture Master Cato with just a flick of his fingers shows that the newly-appointed Ice Demon Prefecture Master boasts pretty impressive strength. This is the Dark Hell
