Chapter 18 Obtaining the Incomplete Map

"I am Xu An! As for my origins, you don't need to know for now."

Sensing that Hai Bodong's fighting spirit had dissipated and he seemed to have temporarily given up resistance, Lin Yuan's eyes flickered and his mind moved. He used the Danhuo technique to transform into a green spirit flame, then he changed the seal on his right hand, and a ball of purple-red energy was released from his natal blood pill. The purple-red energy merged into the flame, and the flame immediately turned into a small and agile dragon-shaped fire spirit.

"Heavenly Fire Tribulation, Ancient Dragon Spirit Seal."

The dragon-shaped fire spirit easily entered the body of the defenseless Hai Bodong and turned into a seal. As the seal took shape, Hai Bodong's aura dropped rapidly and eventually fell to the level of a great fighting master.

"It seems that this sealing technique is basically completed. I'll have a chance to study the sealing technique cast by Queen Medusa to see if there are any areas that can be improved." Sensing Hai Bodong's breath, Lin Yuan's eyes showed a hint of satisfaction.

The Ancient Dragon Spirit Seal is a unique sealing technique created by Lin Yuan after referring to various sealing fighting skills and combining his own knowledge. It can seal the fighting spirit of others, and the caster can detonate the sealed energy directly from the body to cause devastating damage to the sealed person.

As Lin Yuan's practice of the Hundred Beasts Soul Refining Technique deepened, he had a better understanding of the bloodlines of demon beasts. He developed some methods of utilizing his natal blood pills, and after referring to some sealing fighting skills of the human race, he finally reproduced and completed a unique sealing technique similar to this one that inherited the bloodline sealing technique of demon beasts.

As the seal was completed, Lin Yuan also dissipated the fighting spirit in his left hand and withdrew his hand.

Feeling his own fighting spirit fading, Hai Bodong's face turned pale instantly, as if he had recalled some bad memories. At the same time, he also realized that he had no chance to resist. Forcing himself to be alert, Hai Bodong asked in a dry voice, "What did you do? What do you want to do?"

"What did you do? Don't worry, I just added another seal to you, Ice Emperor, Hai Bodong." Lin Yuan chuckled.

When Hai Bodong heard the young man in front of him calling out his name, his heart sank, and he thought to himself, "Not good, this is not a coincidence, this person is coming for me, it seems I can't escape this time."

"As for what I want to do, it's not the right time to tell you the details yet, but what I can tell you is that the Gama Empire has been caught in a whirlpool, and some behemoths want to make a move here. The force I represent is one of them, and you are the partner I have chosen." Lin Yuan pretended to be mysterious and began to deceive people.

"Collaborator, is this how you treat your collaborators? Taking away your collaborator's things and sealing his strength, is this your way of cooperation?" Hai Bodong asked the young man in front of him with some sarcasm.

Lin Yuan didn't care about the sarcasm in Hai Bodong's words, and answered Hai Bodong very honestly: "I took your things because I needed them, and I sealed your strength because it was easier to control your behavior. Now that I am stronger than you, I will naturally follow my own ideas. If the positions were reversed, what you would do would not be much different from what I would do. After all, this is the fundamental law of the Douqi Continent where the strong are respected."

"Then should I also thank you for sparing my life? You gave me a chance to help you." Hai Bodong listened to Lin Yuan's honest answer. Although he agreed with the idea that the strong are respected in his words, if his position was reversed, he would definitely force the young man in front of him to tell him what he knew about the incomplete map. However, when the same thing happened to him, he couldn't help but retort.

"You don't have to thank me. Besides, you are not helping me. This is cooperation, a mutually beneficial cooperation. I hope we can reach this cooperative relationship, and your life is one of the sincerity of our cooperation." Lin Yuan's tone was gentle, but the meaning of his words was extremely cold.

"In other words, if we fail to reach a cooperation, I will die, right?" Although it was a rhetorical question, Hai Bodong already had the answer in his mind.

Hai Bodong already understood the implicit meaning of Lin Yuan's previous words. Although the young man in front of him had a gentle tone and spoke calmly, the ruthlessness in his attitude was particularly frightening.

"You can understand it this way. In addition, please give me the other part of the incomplete map. You still have a part of the map." Lin Yuan looked at Hai Bodong calmly. Hai Bodong's eyes narrowed when he heard it, and then he sneered: "If you want the map, it depends on your sincerity. After I took great pains to get this incomplete map in the desert, I used my many years of map-making experience to perfectly divide it into two parts. One of them is what you took away before, and the other one... hehe."

"Forget it, I'll get it myself!" Lin Yuan interrupted Hai Bodong.

"Certainly"

Following Lin Yuan's light shout, a mysterious fluctuation came from the primordial blood pill in his body. The seal in Hai Bodong's body next to him seemed to sense this fluctuation. A purple rhythm flowed, releasing a special pressure. Hai Bodong, who had fallen to the level of a great fighting master, was unable to resist this pressure and was instantly suppressed and unable to move.

Lin Yuan calmly took Hai Bodong's ring, then let him go and handed the ring to him. Lin Yuan said calmly, "Take the things out. Believe me, I have a way to take the things out even if you don't do it. But by then, the old man will suffer a great loss."

As he spoke, Lin Yuan released his powerful soul power, completely locking onto Hai Bodong, letting Hai Bodong feel it. At the same time, he condensed a powerful fighting spirit to intimidate Hai Bodong, ready to kill him immediately if he made any unusual movement.

"This soul power is that of a high-level alchemist. Alas." Hai Bodong felt this powerful soul power, which was enough to wash away the soul mark on the ring. He sighed helplessly, touched the ring with his fingers, and then a small piece of extremely ancient yellowed parchment appeared in his hand.

"Here, I'm doomed this time, but how did you confirm that this map is in my ring?" Feeling that Lin Yuan had completely locked onto his murderous intent, Hai Bodong did not dare to make any unnecessary moves and handed the incomplete map to Lin Yuan.

Lin Yuan dispersed his soul power, confirmed that it was a fragment of the Pure Lotus Demon Fire Map, and put it into his storage ring. His tense heart finally relaxed, and his tone became a little more cheerful as he said, "Because it's me, I would do the same. After all, for a strong person, the most trustworthy person in the world is himself, so important things should naturally be carried with him.

After a pause, Lin Yuan added: "Besides, it's just a try. There's no loss if it fails, right?"

"Aren't you afraid that I will fight you to the death?" Hai Bodong looked at Lin Yuan deeply, as if he wanted to see through the young man in front of him.

Lin Yuan chuckled, "Even if the fish dies, the net cannot be broken." His calm words were full of absolute confidence. "Besides, would a strong man who could become a Douhuang in a remote place like the Northwest Continent and became the once famous Ice Emperor give up his life so easily?" Lin Yuan asked back.

Hai Bodong's eyes narrowed when he heard this, and he didn't reply, but he kept thinking in his heart: "Calling the Northwest Continent a poor and remote place, it seems that this person is from another region, could it be Zhongzhou? What this kid calls a behemoth, could it be a big force in Zhongzhou? What does it mean to drop a piece? What is happening in the Jiama Empire?"

Lin Yuan glanced at Hai Bodong who was brainstorming, and guessed that he was probably imagining various things, and this was the effect he needed.

"Use both kindness and force. Force is enough. The next step is kindness. By the way, it will add some fuel to his imagination. Let's make a move first. Haibodong is indeed a good fulcrum that can be used to pry open the Gama Empire. It may be useful in the future when planning to deal with that weird guardian Wu." Lin Yuan secretly made his own calculations and made up his mind.

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