The thousand-year-old ice that even magma could not shake was melting at a speed visible to the naked eye in the hands of Kyle, who had transformed into the God of Fire, as if a passage leading to the belly of the iceberg had been opened.
With his left hand generating extremely high temperature in front of him, Kyle melted the ice and began to move forward, going deeper into the iceberg step by step.
Ten seconds later.
Kyle approached to about one meter away from Lucy. From a closer look, Lucy in white looked like a sleeping beauty sleeping in an ice coffin, with long eyelashes, golden hair, fair skin... everything, including the years, was frozen in time five years ago.
"It's time to wake up, Lucy." Kyle whispered softly, and the fire energy controlled by his left hand melted the last meter of ice membrane.
The moment the ice melted, Lucy's suspended body fell forward, and Kyle gathered his fire energy and embraced her with his open arms. He buried his face in her golden hair, and the familiar fragrance drifted into his nose.
Long time no see…
Kyle smiled with relief, and just hugged Lucy quietly, smelling her scent, as if he was willing time to stay at this moment forever.
"uh-huh?"
Lucy's eyelashes trembled, and she slowly opened her beautiful blue eyes. She realized that she was being held by a tall man, and instinctively wanted to struggle free, but the resistance stopped the next moment.
"Kyle, is that you..." Lucy's voice was trembling as she asked. Although she didn't see the other person's face, the strength and gesture of the hug were exactly the same as the person in her distant memory.
"If not me, who else could it be?" Kyle responded with a chuckle.
After getting the confirmation, Lucy hugged him tightly, tears welling up in her beautiful eyes, and she sobbed excitedly, "Kyle, the universe is too vast and too dangerous. I'm afraid I won't be able to return to Earth in this lifetime, and I'm even more afraid that I'll never see you again."
"It's okay, I'm here, everything is okay." Patting Lucy's back soothingly, Kyle rarely showed his tender side. He had faced too much killing and fighting, and only in front of his all-important lover could he feel the precious thing called emotion again.
The two maintained the hugging posture after a brief reunion.
Lucy suddenly remembered something and hurriedly broke free from Kyle's arms, exclaiming, "By the way, Kyle, how long have I been sleeping in the ice?"
Kyle blinked and said, "From what I understand, it should be five years."
"Five years?" Lucy was shocked. She covered her mouth with her hands and said anxiously, "Oh no! Logan was captured by the god Ego. It's been so long now. I don't know if he is still alive."
Kyle did not find any trace of Logan in the ice, so he said in a deep voice, "Tell me slowly, five years ago, after Howard escaped from this planet, what happened between you and Logan? Also, why were you frozen in the ice and sank into the karst of the crater?"
Lucy took a few deep breaths, and when she calmed down, she answered Kyle's questions one by one.
It turned out that when Lucy left the earth, she vaguely felt that energy was awakening in her body. In order to avoid Howard and Logan worrying about it, she did not tell them about it.
Lucy had only used this potential ice energy a few times, until she escaped from the Celestial Planet five years ago and was forced to fight with the intercepting Ego. Otherwise, with Logan's power alone, even Howard would not have had a chance to escape from Ego's planet.
But despite the ice energy, Lucy and Logan were still no match for the god Ego. Logan was defeated first and passed out. In order to avoid falling into Ego's hands, Lucy used the maximum ice energy to freeze herself.
Lucy wrinkled her delicate nose and spread her hands, saying, "This is what happened. As for why the iceberg that froze me was placed in the volcanic magma created by Ego without any problems, I'm not sure."
"Maybe I know." Kyle smiled and looked at the blue ability card floating above Lucy, which looked like a talisman.
Maybe even Ego didn't expect it.
There is actually a card ability in this world that can passively make one immune to natural disasters - the Protection of the Elves.
It was once considered a useless card, but during World War II, it was casually given to Lucy by Kyle, and it turned out to be a means of saving her life.
Chapter 418 The Second God, the Bleeding Savage
When Kyle came out of the iceberg, he found the revived Lucy, who held his hand affectionately, and the two of them came to the grassland area where the maid of Snail Star was.
"Hello, Madam."
Both Vess in the robot body and Arrogant in the black mist spirit were very tactful. They came to Lucy one after another and saluted respectfully.
"Okay, okay, all good. It must be hard to take care of Master Kyle." Lucy smiled and nodded. After greeting Weiss and Pride, she was still as lively as she was back then. She winked at Kyle playfully, "It seems that you have taken in quite a few new family members."
Kyle smiled without saying anything and looked at the Snail Star maid with a heavy face. She seemed to have something to say.
"Isn't this Little Mantis?" Lucy saw the maid from Snail Star and couldn't help but walk up to her. She took her hand and said, "Thank you so much back then. If it weren't for you, we might never have discovered the truth hidden on this planet until we die."
"Lucy, I'm so glad you're okay." Mantis smiled sincerely.
Lucy asked Kyle, "Kyle, you didn't bully the little mantis, did you? Although she is a servant of the god Ego and is at the mercy of others, she is actually very kind and innocent. She was the one who secretly told us the truth and helped Howard escape."
"Of course not." Kyle answered calmly. This was the truth. It was just that she was eaten by the Yuan Devouring Beast once.
"Really?" Lu looked at Mantis's nervous and aggrieved little face, revealing a cute expression of half-belief and half-doubt.
Mantis shook his head quickly and said urgently: "Okay. Miss Lucy, Mr. Kyle has been very kind to me. Now, you must escape from here immediately!"
"What happened?" Seeing Mantis's high nervousness, Kyle couldn't help but cast a puzzled look at Pride who had just stayed outside.
"Master." Pride bowed and quickly reported, "Just before you entered the heart of the volcano, there was a powerful awakening energy, and the aftermath covered the entire life planet."
"That was the awakening of the second god."
Taking over its unfinished words, Mantis said fearfully: "For the past ten years, Master Ego has been secretly searching for his lost offspring outside the universe, that is, Star-Lord Quill. Now Quill has apparently awakened the power of the gods hidden in his body with his help."
"Is his plan about to start?"
Kyle had heard Howard's analysis from beginning to end and knew exactly what it meant.
Mantis nodded, "Yes, as long as Master Ego and the power of the gods in Quill's body are combined, we can give birth to the seeds of gods planted on thousands of life planets. The seeds will quickly take root and sprout, and devour all the resources on the planet!"
Lucy was shocked when she heard this and looked at Kyle anxiously, "What should we do? The Earth has also been planted with the so-called God's Seed!"
"It's simple. Just don't give him a chance to stimulate the birth of the seed."
A serious situation was imminent, but Kyle remained unremarkably calm. He looked toward the horizon of the other planet and said with emotion, "It's just that I didn't expect that even if I left Earth, I would still have to fight to protect the safety of Earth."
This, perhaps, is the fate that comes with the title of Symbol of Peace.
Right now.
On the other side of the planet, beneath the surface of the Garden Palace.
There is a primitive cave here. The ground is covered with luminous moss, and tree roots are intertwined to form the walls. Although it is a closed underground environment, the air is smooth and fresh, with a faint floral scent.
Ego, who was wearing a silver uniform, withdrew his hand from Quill's chest. Quill's body glowed with starlight, and soon he returned to normal.
"Quil, how do you feel?" Ego looked at Quill with a smile on his face, with deep anticipation in his eyes.
"I feel like I can kill Ronan with one punch." Quill opened his eyes, clenched his fists, and then spread his hands and said, "Just kidding. I feel like my physical attributes have increased several times, and it seems like I can manipulate things around me at will."
As Quill spoke, he waved his hand towards the tree roots. As the blue light energy glowed, the tree roots that formed part of the cave wall immediately began to move slightly like living snakes.
"This is the power of our God race!" Ego raised his head arrogantly, opened his hands, and said, "We Gods are above all creatures and races in the universe. You are not familiar with this awakened power yet. When you can use it freely in the future, you will be able to create a planet under your control! Not to mention Ronan, even if it is a creature stronger than Ronan, you can smash it into pieces with one punch!"
"Really?" Quill lowered his head and looked at his palms, not knowing what he was thinking.