"I don't know!"
"I was just cultivating peacefully in Mocheng when I suddenly sensed the auras of two Dou Huang masters rapidly approaching."
"Brother Xiao, you know, there aren't many Dou Huangs in this novice village of the Jia Ma Empire. So, I concluded they must be time travelers."
"And they're the kind of despicable, insidious villains who like to show weakness to their enemies and play the fool."
"Did they think that just by revealing their Dou Huang cultivation, I, Hai Bodong, would let my guard down and fight them?"
"Little did they know, I saw through their tricks."
Hai Bodong felt aggrieved at first, but then suddenly became proud of his own wit.
Having experienced seven deaths, he wouldn't fall for anyone else's tricks again.
"..." Xiao Yan.
For some reason, he felt like Hai Bodong was making a subtle comment.
Who was he calling despicable and insidious?
Who was showing weakness to his enemies and playing the fool?
How could this be called a shameless villain?
This is clearly a cautious approach!
"Old Hai!"
"I can see. Without the simulator, you won't survive."
"I just happen to have another life simulation available. I'll give it to you."
Xiao Yan looked at Hai Bodong, feeling that this wasn't a good idea.
Hai Bodong now looked like a time traveler to everyone he met, afraid to even attack those weaker than him.
He had to help him regain his confidence.
With this in mind, he pointed a finger at Hai Bodong and gave him a simulation that the system had just refreshed.
"Brother Xiao, what are you doing..."
Hai Bodong asked, looking at Xiao Yan bewilderedly.
"Just a simulation. Just simulate you going outside and fighting those two Dou Huangs to see if you can defeat them."
Xiao Yan had originally intended to use the simulation himself.
But seeing Hai Bodong's current state, he worried that his own life simulation would end up like this.
So, he decided to give it to Hai Bodong!
Of course, sharing simulations with others was a feature only available to systems at level 4 and above.
"Okay!"
"Then I'll try again..."
Hai Bodong wasn't stupid. He understood that Xiao Yan was trying to help him regain his confidence.
So, he quickly sat cross-legged and began the life simulation.
"Ding, the life simulation begins."
"Today, you are being hunted by two Dou Huang masters. You angrily fight back and engage in a fierce battle with them."
"During the battle, you discover that the two Dou Huangs are Lu Man and Eight-Winged Black Snake Emperor from the Sky Snake Mansion. Their target is Qing Lin, who possesses the Green Snake Triple Flower Pupil."
"Because you were worried that the other party was a time traveler, you were restrained in the battle and couldn't let go at all. As a result, you were suppressed by the other party and suffered multiple injuries."
"It was not until you were forced into a desperate situation and desperately used the Mysterious Ice Hundred Dragons Flying, killing the man and the beast on the spot, that you realized that the other party was not a time traveler at all."
"Just when you breathed a sigh of relief and landed on the ground, a remnant soul of the Eight-Winged Black Snake Emperor detonated its own magic core."
"Because you were timid in the early stages and consumed too much energy, you suffered multiple injuries on your body and were unable to resist the impact of the explosion, and died in the explosion."
"This simulation is complete. Congratulations on obtaining the Green Snake Triple Flower Pupil."
...
Since the system itself was still with Xiao Yan, this reward naturally fell into Xiao Yan's hands.
"How?"
"Is the other party a time traveler?"
Xiao Yan asked Hai Bodong after he finished his simulation.
"No... no,"
Hai Bodong said somewhat embarrassedly.
The thought of a dignified time traveler being replaced by two natives because he was too timid to let go made him want to find a hole to hide in.
I, the mighty Ice Emperor Hai Bodong, whose strength far surpassed my original self, was really inferior to those two natives?
No!
My failure wasn't due to my own lack of strength.
It was my weak mentality. If I could just adjust my mindset, killing them would be a piece of cake.
"Are you confident you can handle them?"
"If not, wait for me to come and help you."
"If you think you can, capture them alive and bring them to Stone Desert City."
Xiao Yan was almost there, fully capable of supporting Hai Bodong.
However, this hurdle would have to be overcome by Hai Bodong himself.
Otherwise, if he encountered an enemy in the future, regardless of their strength, his first thought would be to flee and seek help.
"Brother Xiao, don't worry. I, Hai Bodong, will never embarrass us time travelers. I'll capture the two Dou Huangs outside alive,"
Hai Bodong said, exiting the Mercenary Plaza.
As he left, Xiao Yan's gaze fell on Qing Lin.
The Green Serpent Triple Flower Pupils he had just been rewarded with remained in the system space. Furthermore, Hai Bodong had also obtained a pair of Green Serpent Triple Flower Pupils during a previous simulation, also stored in the system space.
Knowing that this world contained many time travelers and that there were powerful beings capable of sensing Green Serpent Triple Flower Pupils
, Hai Bodong had previously been hesitant to fuse them with Qing Lin, fearing disaster.
But now, Xiao Yan had a bold idea.
Qing Lin had a pair of Green Serpent Triple Flower Pupils, and he had two pairs.
If they were fused together, creating Green Serpent Nine Flower Pupils, or perhaps Eternal Green Serpent Triple Flower Pupils,
Qing Lin's potential would surely be elevated to a terrifying level.
You know, this wasn't just some idle thought; the Green Snake Heavenly Scripture, given to him by the Medicine Emperor, mentioned an evolutionary path for the Green Snake's Three Flower Pupils.
...
Outside!
Lu Man and the Eight-Winged Black Snake Emperor followed the aura and arrived here, only to discover that Hai Bodong and Qing Lin's auras had completely vanished.
"What's going on?"
"Why have their auras all vanished?"
Lu Man's pretty face sullenly asked.
"I can't locate the owner of the Green Snake's Three Flower Pupils anymore,"
the Eight-Winged Black Snake Emperor said, a hint of anger in her voice.
He had clearly locked onto the other person's aura before, but in the blink of an eye, he'd lost him.
"Damn it! The Jia Ma Empire only has one Dou Huang with ice-attributed Dou Qi. I remember there was only one known as the Ice Emperor?"
"He took the Green Snake's Three Flower Pupils and is now antagonizing my Heavenly Snake Palace."
Lu Man's beautiful eyes burned with rage.
The raging Dou Qi within her emanated uncontrollably, radiating outwards.
Buzz!
As Lu Man finished speaking, ripples spread across the air, and an extremely cold aura emanated.
Even snowflakes began to fall from the sky.
"Were you the two who were chasing me?"
Hai Bodong, emerging from the Mercenary Plaza, said with a cold gaze to Lu Man and the Eight-Winged Black Snake King.
"It was this aura, Lu Man, that hid the person with the Green Serpent Triple Flower Pupil."
The Eight-Winged Black Snake King turned and shouted at Hai Bodong.
"Are you the Ice Emperor of the Jia Ma Empire?"
"We have no ill intentions here. If you hand over the person you were with just now, you will become a friend of our Heavenly Snake Palace."
Lu Man turned to look at Hai Bodong, her eyes filled with shock, and spoke.
Originally, she had considered directly seizing the person, perhaps even killing Hai Bodong.
But Hai Bodong had clearly mastered some spatial power,
meaning he was only one step away from Dou Zong status.
Facing such a being, even if she and the Eight-Winged Black Snake King joined forces, they wouldn't necessarily be able to defeat him.
"Hmph, you chased me just now. Did you have a good time?"
"I don't care if you're from the Sky Snake Palace or the Sky Worm Palace. If you dare to provoke me, Hai Bodong, you'll pay the price."
Hai Bodong snorted coldly. Since the other party wasn't a time traveler, he had nothing to fear. With this thought in mind, Hai Bodong abandoned
his politeness and gently fluttered his icy blue wings.
In an instant, he was behind the Eight-Winged Black Snake King. With a clenched fist, an icy blue spear condensed into shape and stabbed the Eight -Winged Black Snake King. With a crisp sound, the Eight-Winged Black Snake King let out a painful howl. Hai Bodong's blow had stripped away many of its scales. "Thick skin..." Hai Bodong struck down, and in a flash, he put a considerable distance between them. No wonder Xiao Yan in the original novel had to use the Buddha's Fury Lotus to injure the Eight-Winged Black Snake King. This guy is really tough. Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh! Just as Hai Bodong retreated, dozens of green vines entwined themselves around him. This was Lu Man's attack. The Eight-Winged Black Snake King nearby roared and charged towards Hai Bodong. "This time, I won't be timid and restrained." Facing the attacks of Lu Man and the Eight-Winged Black Snake King, Hai Bodong deeply learned the lesson from his life simulation. His spear dissipated into a puff of white mist, and then he clasped his hands together.
The temperature suddenly dropped again. A howling wind blew, and snowflakes filled the air.
For dozens of miles, the area was transformed into a world of ice and snow.
"A Hundred Dragons of Mysterious Ice Soar!"
Hai Bodong shouted softly, and countless ice crystals condensed into gigantic ice dragons tens of feet long, roaring and charging towards Lu Man and the Eight-Winged Black Snake King.
"Not good!"
"White Fang, retreat!"
Lu Man roared as he watched the hundreds of ice dragons roaring towards him from all directions.
"Damn it! We're surrounded by ice dragons!"
"Lu Man, come to me! You can't withstand this attack!"
the Eight-Winged Black Snake King shouted angrily.
Then, his eight wings slowly closed, shielding Lu Man.
Simultaneously, green vines emerged from the ice and enveloped the Eight-Winged Black Snake King.
Boom, boom, boom!
At that moment, hundreds of ice dragons descended one after another, accompanied by a series of loud explosions, and the Eight-Winged Black Snake King's piercing screams rang out.
Clearly, the Green Barbarians' final defenses were no match for Hai Bodong's Ice Dragon.
Ultimately, it was the Eight-Winged Black Snake King who withstood Hai Bodong's attack with his physical body.
...
Shimo City.
"Such a powerful ice-attributed Dou Qi, could it be that guy Hai Bodong?"
Jia Xingtian had been staying in Shimo City all this time, monitoring the movements of the Serpent People.
Sensing the movement coming from Hai Bodong's side, he immediately flapped his Dou Qi wings and flew over.
(End of Chapter)