"You want that incomplete map? Then let me see if you have the ability!"
A fierce light flashed in Hai Bodong's eyes. Following a slight sound of wind breaking, several tiny, needle-like white ice thorns shot out from his palm.
The instant her Soul Power sensed the danger, Xiao Xue pressed her right index and middle fingers together and pointed in the direction of the ice thorns— "Freeze."
Then, those few ice thorns were actually frozen in mid-air.
However, this was merely a casual probe by Hai Bodong; it was far from his true strength.
Xiao Xue smiled slightly, looked up at Hai Bodong, and said indifferently, "Old man, can you still eat?"
If it were just for the incomplete map, she wouldn't need to go head-to-head with Hai Bodong.
She could let Ah Li come out to intimidate him, then promise some benefits, like offering to perform Alchemy once she reached the sixth grade, and she would be able to obtain the incomplete map.
However, a bit of competitiveness rose within her heart.
After refining the heavenly fox essence blood, she had never had the chance to engage in real combat. Now, she had just happened to encounter a Three-Star Dou Ling who was also a former Dou Huang.
A dense Battle Intent welled up inside Xiao Xue. She wanted to test her current strength and see to what extent she could perform against a former Dou Huang.
Although the System had already digitized all her abilities within the [Character Panel], with data that was clear, conspicuous, and even precise to the decimal point.
But in Xiao Xue's view, rather than looking at data, having a fight was more practical.
Although Hai Bodong had never heard "Old man, can you still eat?", it did not affect his understanding of the sentence's meaning.
Good heavens, he, a Dou Huang and one of the ten strongest in the Jia Ma Empire, was being mocked by a yellow-haired girl?
He was furious at Xiao Xue, but laughed out of extreme anger, "What a sharp-tongued girl. When this old man was dominating the Jia Ma Empire, you didn't even know where you were still nursing!"
Upon hearing this, Xiao Xue's figure paused slightly. When she looked up at Hai Bodong again, her eyes already carried a faint chill.
The cold air around her was also completely frozen at this moment.
For no reason, Hai Bodong felt his heart tighten.
But he could not detect anything unusual at all. No matter how he looked at it, the other party was clearly a young person under twenty years old.
Even if she were a Genius cultivated by some super faction, or an old monster who just looked young, her aura was at most at the Great Dou Master level. Why could she cause this level of pressure?
Hai Bodong did not know that this was pressure originating from the Soul.
Xiao Xue's Peak Sixth Grade Soul Power was even stronger than his!
Hai Bodong was currently in a fit of rage and didn't think too deeply, so he continued, "What, you aren't convinced? Put down that incomplete map, and this old man will not pursue your insolence."
Xiao Xue sighed softly.
She was not the type of person to be unreasonable. Thinking about it carefully, although the other party's words weren't pleasant, he hadn't intentionally insulted her mother.
...However, everything has a bottom line. Not everything can be reasoned with.
In her heart, her mother was that irreplaceable reverse scale.
If she had just wanted to spar with Hai Bodong a moment ago, then now, she truly wanted to... have a fight with him.
After pondering for a moment, Xiao Xue tilted her head slightly and spoke to Hai Bodong, "Considering you are a Senior, I will hold back."
Her current strength had already reached a Nine-Star Great Dou Master. If she activated her Heavenly Fox Bloodline, it wouldn't be very difficult to kill Hai Bodong, a Three-Star Dou Ling, right here.
However, this was not a life-and-death battle, so naturally, it would be— stopping at a point of contact.
Xiao Xue took out a long sword from her storage ring, held it horizontally in front of her, and shouted in a low voice, "Sword, come!"
Then, the scene that followed made Hai Bodong widen his eyes in shock— a full six ice swords appeared behind Xiao Xue!
Dou Qi solidification! Dou Qi solidification that only a Dou Ling could achieve!
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