Chapter 58: Shock

"Whether it's the first time or not, I don't know, and I don't care."

Li Mochen raised an eyebrow slightly, his expression frivolous as he reached out a finger to lift the girl's chin: "How about right here? The Icefall Mine, in the midst of ice and snow—isn't that romantic? We're bound to have a night full of memories today."

But his finger grasped at nothing; the cowgirl, who had been almost clinging to him, instinctively recoiled.

Seeing this, Li Mochen's eyes showed surprise: "Hey, Alisa, didn't you say you liked me? Why are you backing off? You're not scared, are you?"

He pressed forward, taking advantage of her retreat, but for every step he took, Alisa took one back. Until her back hit the ice wall behind her, leaving her no room to retreat.

Li Mochen finally succeeded, placing a hand on Alisa's face. He couldn't help but let out a soft sigh: "Has anyone ever told you, Alisa? You're truly beautiful like this!"

This was said sincerely. The girl was not only pretty but also had skin like milk—smooth and tender, no less than that of an Eastern woman. Her body was fit and full of vitality.

The cowgirl trapped by Li Mochen blushed like a tomato, faint steam rising from her head. Especially when Li Mochen gazed at her with deep eyes and gradually leaned in, Alisa instinctively turned her head away, causing him to miss again.

He wasn't disappointed; instead, he breathed hot air by her ear: "How strange. If Miss Alisa isn't lying, then you should be quite experienced, right? Is it the environment? How about we change places? By the way, are you sure this isn't your first time? You seem so inexperienced..."

Before Li Mochen could finish, Alisa let out a scream, slapped away his offending hands, and fled into the passage on the left.

Li Mochen didn't give chase. He put his hands on his hips, watching the cowgirl's back with satisfaction. He felt a surge of delight, thinking he had finally turned the tables. If the tiger didn't show its might, this woman would have taken him for a sick cat.

But then Li Mochen groaned, rubbing his forehead in annoyance, wondering where his celestial king demeanor had gone. How had he stooped to bickering with a little girl?

This wasn't the fault of Tianxin Li Mochen, but of Dugu Tianyi. The desire to tease and retaliate had arisen in his heart, amplified to the point where he couldn't restrain himself.

This made Li Mochen's mood heavy again. He thought that in the future, he would have to guard against more than just greed and sexual desire.

After about a minute of self-reflection, Li Mochen also walked into the cave on the left. He wasn't chasing Alisa, of course, but to collect the spoils.

Tianxin Li Mochen disdained everything, including money. As he walked along, he had killed at least fifty ice elementals and forty dark creatures, but left their corpses where they lay, ignoring them.

But Li Mochen couldn't afford to be above worldly concerns. He had to go back the way he came to collect any useful materials.

What infuriated Li Mochen was that in his Tianxin state, he had absolutely no awareness of money. When killing those ice elementals, he had directly shattered their elemental cores with a single sword stroke. That was efficient, but the only valuable part of an ice elemental was that core.

But just as Li Mochen stepped into the cave, he saw Alisa standing still fifty meters away, her expression almost dazed as she stared ahead at the huge ice block shaped like a young woman's upper body.

This was precisely the battlefield where Li Mochen had sealed the Ice Princess. And what the girl was gazing at was the remnant body left by the Ice Princess earlier.

It was not until Li Mochen approached that she gradually came to her senses, then looked at him with a complex gaze mixed with fear, confusion, shock, disbelief, and incredulity: "So, that Ice Princess wasn't originally your possession; she was just subdued by you, right?"

"As you can see."

Li Mochen shrugged and passed by her without much concern: "There's nothing strange about that, is there? For a scion of a prestigious family like me, it's easy to come up with some extra help, isn't it?"

"Hey, are you underestimating me? I'm a ninth-level magic energy hunter!"

The cowgirl said solemnly, emphasizing her words: "I've carefully examined the scene. You only used eleven shots, right? Two of them were中级熔火弹, the warheads melted, only the casings remain. The last four shots, you broke its limbs one by one—I calculated the trajectories. Throughout the battle, only your familiar participated. Apart from the Ice Princess's spells, there are only traces of dragon breath and fire blessing magic."

Li Mochen stopped and looked carefully at the cowgirl.

He had heard that hunters among magic energy professions were good at observation, with unique skills in tracking and trailing. Especially some modern intelligent hunters could even use reasoning techniques to infer the truth of many things from mere clues, thus becoming pillars of police departments in big cities and intelligence agencies like the FBI, CIA, and DIA.

But he hadn't expected Alisa to be so powerful in this regard. Based only on the clues at the scene, she had already roughly deduced the battle between him and the Ice Princess.

That being the case, his cleanup operation against that killer on Friday afternoon might still have some shortcomings.

"So then? What exactly are you trying to say?"

"So—"

Alisa's voice faltered slightly. She was simply shocked, then curious, wanting to know the truth from Li Mochen.

She was dazed for a moment, then blushed again: "How about we find a place? Here is fine too. You said we'd have a romantic night, right?"

This time it was Li Mochen's turn to show a row of fine black lines on his face: "Are you serious, woman?"

"This time it's truer than true."

Alisa blinked, her expression unwavering: "I guess you'll definitely become a high and mighty figure in America in the future. Giving you my virginity is absolutely not a loss! Later I can brag to others. Do you know why I've kept my virginity until now? It's to wait for someone I feel is suitable."

Li Mochen couldn't be bothered with her anymore and continued walking forward on his own. Alisa followed closely, pestering him: "My name is Alisa Targaryen, and you? I mean it, but I don't have a condom now. How about we go back to Ghost City? The Hilton Hotel has a suite, three thousand gold shields a night, I'll pay. Cool—"

At this moment, Alisa noticed a pile of ice shards on the ground nearby, and couldn't help but whistle again: "One sword shattered its elemental core. Your swordsmanship is unparalleled."