Chapter 58: Chapter Fifty-Eight: Second Fragment Obtained

Along the way, the room's floor was almost completely ravaged, riddled with gullies.

Some crystal counters were scraped all the way by ice blades, booming and shattering; yet the shattered spots were smooth as a mirror.

Though it seemed long, actually Hai Bodong took only the blink of an eye to go from condensing his fighting technique to launching an attack.

Xiao Cai, seeing the incoming ice blade storm, gave a disdainful pout and charged straight ahead.

"This guy is a lunatic; charging like that, even a Fighter King would probably suffer a loss."

Seeing Xiao Cai approach without using any fighting technique, Hai Bodong exclaimed in shock.

"Mysterious Crystal Spike Wall!"

Seeing Xiao Cai's move, Hai Bodong also felt uneasy, shouting.

White mist surged up rapidly, finally condensing quickly into a thick ice layer over three meters wide.

Moreover, long, sharp ice spikes densely covered the surface of that ice layer.

One can imagine that if someone were to crash into it, the outcome would surely not be pleasant.

With such preparation, he believed that even a renowned Fighter King would suffer a loss and then slink away in disgrace.

"Crack."

Several ice-cracking sounds suddenly rang out inside the shop.

Next, in Hai Bodong's incredulous gaze.

Xiao Cai successively shattered several ice blades, bursting out from his Mysterious Ice Whirlwind Slash.

In the blink of an eye, she was already beside him.

At this moment, Hai Bodong already sensed danger and hurriedly reinforced his fighting technique.

But unfortunately, although his battle awareness remained, his fighter spirit level was ultimately no match for Xiao Cai, who was of Fighter King caliber.

Only see, the Mysterious Crystal Spike Wall before him suddenly emitted a blast and shattered apart.

Then Hai Bodong felt as if a soft whip had lashed his head, a sharp pain shooting through him instantly, after which he lost consciousness...

Seeing the task completed, Xiao Cai's figure flickered.

The next second, she appeared before Lin Feng.

"How is it? Did you get the job done?"

Seeing Xiao Cai, Lin Feng hurriedly asked.

Although Hai Bodong's shop was built of special materials, preventing him from sensing the inside from outside, he had pretty much guessed it in his heart.

After all, Hai Bodong is only at Fighter Spirit level, surely a match for a Fighter King–level Heaven Swallowing Python.

And Xiao Cai, just as he had guessed, nodded, shook off her disguise, and reverted to her small snake form.

"Well done."

Lin Feng put away his disguise items, took out the Blazing Flame Vine, and tossed it to Xiao Cai.

Next, he activated the low-level Mysterious Tier Wander Body Step, quickly leaping through the hole Xiao Cai had just smashed.

Entering the shop's interior, Lin Feng glanced around; at this point the inside was already a mess.

The shop's floor was full of gullies; various furniture and shelves were also broken into pieces.

Walking over to a pile of maps, Lin Feng idly flipped through these yellowed maps.

Instantly a faint musty smell wafted over him, making him slightly furrow his brow.

After searching a moment, his hand trembled slightly, and from this heap of tattered maps he pulled out a palm-sized fragment.

"Hehe, got the fragment; I remember there's another half, probably still on Hai Bodong."

Unfolding the fragment, his hand trembled with excitement; he then quickly stowed it in his Space Ring and headed for the inner room.

Arriving at the inner room, the situation here was no different from outside.

Scanning the dim room with his eyes, Lin Feng spotted an old man slumped against the wall, asleep; this must be the Ice Emperor Hai Bodong.

This old man was once a Five-star Fighter Emperor decades ago, but unfortunately perished in the Tagor Great Desert.

He finally encountered Medusa; although he managed to escape, he paid a heavy price, his strength sealed at Fighter Spirit level.

Coming up to the old man, he squatted down, snatched the Space Ring from his finger, gripped it tightly, then sent his soul sense swiftly inside.

Instantly, a space several times wider than his Space Ring appeared in his perception.

Slowly scanning the items within that space, amid his excitement.

He skimmed past Mysterious Tier techniques and fighting skills, gold coin cards, sixth-grade medicinal recipes, and herbs.

Reaching the deepest part of the Space Ring, he finally sensed that piece of Demonic Fire Fragment Diagram.

Lin Feng quickly took it out and held it in his palm.

He then took out the other small fragment he had before and joined the two pieces together.

Seeing that they fit together perfectly, with not a hair's difference, he cracked a smile and then stowed it in his Space Ring.

Gazing at the old man still asleep before him, and at Xiao Cai who had somehow appeared beside him at some point.

Lin Feng inquired: "He hasn't discovered your true identity, has he?"

"Mew."

Xiao Cai quickly shook her head, patted her chest, proving she wasn't that bad.

"Then we won't kill him."

Seeing that, Lin Feng also abandoned the idea of killing Hai Bodong.

If this old man were to die, Mi Te'er would surely find out and definitely launch a massive manhunt for the killer.

But keeping Hai Bodong's life, this old man certainly wouldn't widely publicize it.

After all, if this got out, this Ice Emperor of his would lose face big time.

Moreover, Hai Bodong would surely also investigate in the direction of human Fighter Kings.

It's basically not likely that anyone would suspect him, but Xiao Yan, hehe...

He picked up a suitably sized chunk of ice from the ground and hollowed out a small hole in it.

He placed the Unsealing Pill that Medusa had given him into the hole.

Finally, he violently stuffed the ice chunk into Hai Bodong's mouth.

As long as one waits for this ice chunk to melt, the pill will be swallowed into Hai Bodong's stomach.

After it takes effect, though, by that time he would have already run off who knows where.

He carved a few large characters into the floor, then got up and walked outside.

Upon reaching the street, Lin Feng pondered for a moment, but still decided to head for the Holy City, the capital of the Jia Ma Empire.

Now, there is still about a year left until the three-year agreement.

At that place, you definitely won't run into Xiao Yan and his disciple now.

Moreover, as long as he doesn't encounter an expert familiar with the Different Fire, that place is also quite safe...

Half a day later, as the ice chunk in Hai Bodong's mouth melted, with the help of the water flow, the pill was swallowed into his stomach.

Instantly, countless tiny purple energy snakes swiftly swam from his abdomen throughout his entire body.

This state lasted for nearly half an hour, and Hai Bodong, who had been silent all along, suddenly began to tremble violently.

Wave after wave of fierce energy ripples rapidly spread out from within his body.

Wherever the energy ripples passed, the surrounding tables and walls were all crackling and shattering into pieces.

The originally simple and tall shop instantly turned into flat ground.

And those energy ripples continued to spread outward without cease.

In an instant, the entire Desert City was engulfed by this surging energy.

The worst part was that the pedestrians near the shop, completely unprepared, were crushed by this force into a mist of blood.

"Good heavens! What on earth is happening?"

The once bustling and orderly Stone Desert City instantly filled with terror and chaos.

"Boom!"

Along with a tremendous explosion, the several cities not far from Stone Desert City were also drawn in by this terrifying aura.