novelraw Chapter 53 The Emperor of Extreme Ice
Chapter 53 The Emperor of Extreme Ice
"Oh dear, oh dear, we've already taken a taxi!" Xiao Yan looked at Eric, who had turned into a pile of ashes, and felt a little regretful.
I was just focused on getting rid of him as quickly as possible to avoid any other trouble. This guy probably had a lot of valuables in his pocket.
The degenerated Agumon stared at the wreckage, looking at Xiao Yan without saying a word.
Since they arrived in this far north, Xiao Yan has become a completely different person, decisive and ruthless in his killings.
Xiao Yan noticed the Digimon's gaze and understood his feelings. He dropped his regretful expression and said coldly:
"Agumon, do you think it's just a friendly spar, and we can always come back another time? There's no need to kill them?"
Agumon seemed to want to nod, but he didn't make any other expression, because he understood the reasoning behind it.
"They want our lives, they want us dead. If I let you spare them every time, these flies will just gather together again."
In this far north, where we are unfamiliar with the place and its people, how can we expect to have a good ending?
If your strength allows, then kill them if you can.
These people are all too greedy.
However, if one weren't greedy for a few coins, why would one risk their life to do business in the far north, where even the weather can be deadly?
Xiao Yan came here hoping to find a Mirror Beast, even though he was weak. The only reward he offered was to find it for him.
He dared not test the humanity here, as it involved killing and taking action. If the Mirror Beast produced a soul bone, even if he didn't want it, would these mercenary groups believe him?
Based on this motive, the mercenaries guessed that he came from a certain sect, which was naturally a good thing for Xiao Yan. The more mysterious he acted, the less these people knew about him, and the safer he was.
Even so, there were still greedy people who overestimated these mercenaries.
Otherwise, the title of "mercenary killer" wouldn't have spread in this northern region.
My cultivation is still weak. If Agumon couldn't evolve into Greymon, I would have become someone else's prey long ago. Although I am currently trapped in this northern territory, I am no different from a fish.
"Oh, so if you had the ability, you would also kill me?"
As Xiao Yan was deep in thought, a voice drifted over, a voice even colder than the far north, piercing his ears and exploding in his mind!
It was that voice again, the same voice that had been lingering in his heart for the past year.
Even in his dreams, Xiao Yan couldn't sleep peacefully, and he would be frightened awake by the dream. However, Agumon seemed to be completely bewildered, which meant that the other party's voice had directly entered his mind!
Xiao Yan looked around in alarm and finally found the source of the voice.
Not far away, on a treetop, sat a pretty woman. Her dark green hair cascaded down to her waist, and her skin was as white as snow. On each side of her face were four shimmering emerald-green magic patterns. Her left hand was placed across her chest, and her other hand supported her cheek.
What's even stranger is that in the snow, where even a person wrapped in a full coat would find it difficult to walk, the other person was dressed in thin clothes, revealing their fair thighs.
If her tone just now still carried a hint of friendly teasing, then now, when Xiao Yan looked up at her, there was not a trace of life in her eyes, and there was even a hint of murderous intent.
Despite the excellent condensation, Xiao Yan could still discern that the opponent was merely a spiritual entity.
Seeing that the other person was still dressed in thin clothes, Xiao Yan couldn't help but sigh in his heart, "So fair."
Of course, this patch of snow is whiter.
"Bang!"
The ice crystals that suddenly sprang out from the snow knocked Xiao Yan down. It wasn't that Xiao Yan didn't notice or couldn't dodge, but he was afraid that hiding would make the other party even angrier.
"Hmph, I meant you should look up to me, but I didn't tell you to look at things you shouldn't."
Hyotei crossed his raised legs together and lightly leaped to the foot of the tree.
"How come you were able to survive my ice a year ago, but now you can't even escape my ice crystals?"
Xiao Yan smiled. A year ago, when he first met the Ice Emperor, he could sense that the other party was trying to kill him, so naturally, preserving his life was the priority. But now that the other party had spared his life for a year, why would they rush to kill him without a word?
Seeing that Xiao Yan was about to stand up, another ice crystal struck his head.
"That's why I say you're not as clever as your martial spirit. You should learn from it."
Xiao Yan, his head spinning, dared not move. He glanced at Agumon out of the corner of his eye. The creature had been lying on the ground, hands clasped in reverence, looking as if it were kneeling respectfully before the Ice Emperor.
They were devout, as if they were believers.
However, Xiao Yan was somewhat aware of Agumon's inner thoughts: Once I can evolve a few more times, I'll crush you in the dust.
"That guy is, after all, my martial spirit. In any case, I taught him well," Xiao Yan argued.
"Oh~ but why do I feel like the way you're looking at me is still so unfriendly?" The surrounding temperature suddenly began to drop sharply, forcing Xiao Yan to activate his soul power to resist.
"You've made such a big fuss today, are you trying to get me to come to our appointment? It hasn't even been a year yet, and you're already in such a hurry to die?" The Ice Emperor crossed her legs and sat down in mid-air, a piece of ice that automatically formed supported her body, and she looked down at Xiao Yan.
"Well, bad luck struck. I couldn't find the Mirror Beast, and now I've been ambushed," Xiao Yan said with a forced smile.
"How could your soul power have reached forty in just one year? What's the point of looking for soul beasts if you don't have forty?" Ice Emperor narrowed his eyes, as if he could see through Xiao Yan.
Xiao Yan thought to himself, "If it weren't for this icy wasteland, would I be cultivating so slowly? If it weren't for my older sister forbidding me from leaving the Northern Territory, I wouldn't be stuck here in the far north like a nobody."
For Xiao Yan, posting a commission on the Mercenary Guild was simply a way to pass the time. With the Ice Emperor's consciousness covering him, it would be too unfair for him to be killed by her if he left this snowy region.
Ice Emperor shook his head somewhat disappointedly: "With only a soul power cultivation level of around thirty, you actually want to get your hands on another soul ring? I really thought I was interested in you. Or do you have a problem with the soul ring I chose for you?"
Xiao Yan swallowed hard, nervously staring at the pretty face so close to his.
The moment Hyotei finished speaking, the other person's hand was already at his throat. He looked down and saw that the other person's hand was covered with a layer of diamond-like particles.
"How could this be, sir?"
Thank goodness! If he had blurted out "elder sister," Xiao Yan felt that he and Agumon would have become two eternal ice sculptures in this far north today.
She actually had the nerve to offer to help me choose a spirit ring. If it weren't for her, my cultivation wouldn't have progressed so slowly.
Even now, Xiao Yan is still pretending not to recognize Bingdi; otherwise, he would have recognized her a year ago.
He, a human who had miraculously survived the opponent's deadly attack, might have already been killed by Hyotei.