Ice Spirit Cold Spring, First Meeting with Hai Bodong

"Ice Spirit Cold Spring... I never expected to find something this precious in a place like this."

Hai Bodong licked his lips, visibly excited.

And judging by the looks of it, there was quite a lot of Ice Spirit Cold Spring in the underground river below. If he could gather it all, he did not even dare imagine how much it would be worth!

Just as Hai Bodong was about to go down, a familiar, powerful aura suddenly approached from behind him.

He quickly turned around and saw a figure flying toward him.

A sense of dread rose in Hai Bodong's heart. He hurriedly hid behind a nearby boulder.

Then, an alluring and seductive woman appeared before him—Queen Medusa!

With just one glance, Hai Bodong recognized her immediately.

It was this woman who had personally sealed him back then, reducing him from a mighty Dou Emperor to the Dou Ling he was today!

Hai Bodong had not expected to encounter Medusa here again today, just as he had discovered the Ice Spirit Cold Spring. What rotten luck!

Medusa arrived before the underground river and narrowed her long, slender eyes slightly as she looked at the opened entrance.

"Come out. Stop hiding."

Ning Su, who had been lazily sprawled across Medusa's chest, immediately poked out his little head and looked around upon hearing this.

Someone was here?

But there was no response.

"Don't think you can hide from me. If you won't come out on your own, don't blame me for being impolite."

Medusa looked toward a large boulder nearby.

Someone was hiding behind it!

Knowing his disguise had been seen through, Hai Bodong stopped hiding and walked out from behind the rock.

"Oh? Ice Emperor Hai Bodong. I never expected to see you here again. You truly surprise me." A meaningful smile curled Medusa's lips.

Hai Bodong?

Ning Su looked the old man up and down, silently memorizing his appearance.

It would come in handy when he needed to find him next time.

"Yes, Queen Medusa. I never expected us to meet here." Hai Bodong looked somewhat awkward.

They both still remembered the grudge between them from back then.

And Hai Bodong was still sealed now; his strength had long since fallen short of what it once was.

"I thought you had died long ago. So you're still alive." Medusa sneered.

She had no reason to be pleasant to Hai Bodong.

"If I'm not mistaken, you discovered the Ice Spirit Cold Spring below as well, didn't you?"

"But unfortunately, I'm taking this Ice Spirit Cold Spring. Do you want to try taking it from me?"

Hai Bodong could not help but smile bitterly.

Take it from her?

Medusa thought far too highly of him.

If he had not been sealed back then, he might actually have tried to fight her for it.

But now... Hai Bodong only wanted to run as fast as he could.

That battle back then had left him deeply afraid of Medusa.

"If you don't dare fight, then get lost."

There was no need for Medusa to kill Hai Bodong.

The grudge between them was rather complicated. If she had wanted to kill him, she could have done so back then.

Besides, fighting here would very likely damage the Ice Spirit Cold Spring below.

To Medusa, the Ice Spirit Cold Spring was more important than Hai Bodong.

Faced with Medusa's words, Hai Bodong did not insist on anything and obediently left.

He had no ability to contend with Medusa now.

It was just a pity about the Ice Spirit Cold Spring below...

Only after Hai Bodong had left did Medusa descend through the entrance to the underground river.

Below was a small underground river, but what flowed through it was not water—it was the precious Ice Spirit Cold Spring!

Ice Spirit Cold Spring existed only in places of extreme cold or extreme heat.

And the desert was the perfect place of extreme heat!

Medusa had discovered the Ice Spirit Cold Spring here long ago, but there had been very little of it when she last came, so she had decided to wait before returning.

This time, there was far more Ice Spirit Cold Spring than when they came last time.

It had nearly been stolen, though.

They arrived by the river.

Ning Su crawled out of Medusa's arms.

A bone-chilling cold permeated the surroundings, but this environment was best suited for Snake-People with naturally cold constitutions.

The Ice Spirit Cold Spring could be used to suppress the temperature of the Green Lotus Core Flame. Only with this Ice Spirit Cold Spring did Medusa have the confidence to use the Heavenly Flames for evolution.

Ning Su crawled over, looked at the Ice Spirit Cold Spring before him, and took a small sip.

Successfully devoured Ice Spirit Cold Spring. Cold Resistance +1%!

Mm, icy cold, like a frozen drink. It was actually quite tasty.

"Little Black, this isn't for you to drink." Medusa hurriedly grabbed him.

Ice Spirit Cold Spring was extremely rare. Even all of this might not be enough to suppress the Green Lotus Core Flame.

"I have an important use for this Ice Spirit Cold Spring, so I can't let you drink it for now. Next time, I'll find you something tasty to drink," Medusa said.

If she did not truly need these things, she would not have been reluctant to let Ning Su drink them.

Afterward, Medusa took out a specially made jade bottle and was about to collect all the Ice Spirit Cold Spring inside.

Roar!

A furious roar suddenly came from the end of the small river, and a magical beast covered in ice crystals charged out.

Ice Spirit Cold Spring's guardian—the Ice Spirit Ghost Wolf!

A Fifth-Order Magical Beast.

"You're still here? I thought you'd already run off."

Medusa had encountered this Ice Spirit Ghost Wolf the last time she came here and injured it.

She had thought it had already left, but it was still here.

"I'm not in the mood to waste words with you. Get lost."

But the Ice Spirit Ghost Wolf was clearly unwilling to simply give up the Ice Spirit Cold Spring.

"If you won't leave, then die!"

Medusa raised her hand, about to attack.

But Ning Su volunteered himself—this was a rare Fifth-Order Magical Beast!

Shouldn't he eat it?

"Little Black, can you beat it?"

Damn! Who was she looking down on?

Ning Su immediately twisted his body, instantly growing into a giant python ten meters long as he charged toward the Ice Spirit Ghost Wolf.

Boom!

The two magical beasts began fighting inside the cave.

Medusa took the chance to use the jade bottle to collect all the Ice Spirit Cold Spring.

But most of her attention remained on Ning Su's battle with the Ice Spirit Ghost Wolf.

The moment Ning Su could not win, or if anything unexpected happened, she would rush over to support him immediately.

Roar!

The Ice Spirit Ghost Wolf opened its mouth and blasted Ning Su with a wave of icy cold air, instantly covering him in frost.

But Ning Su merely gave his body a casual shake, shattering all the frost.

Then he opened his mouth and swallowed the Ice Spirit Ghost Wolf in one bite.

Mm, nice and crunchy!

Successfully devoured a Fifth-Order Ice Spirit Ghost Wolf. Cultivation increased to Three-Star Dou Wang!

Successfully devoured an Ice Spirit Ghost Wolf. Obtained Mysterious-tier high-grade Fighting Skill: Extreme Cold Ice Mist!

Successfully devoured an Ice Spirit Ghost Wolf. Obtained Mysterious-tier high-grade Fighting Skill: Extreme Cold Ice Armor!

Cold Resistance +30%!

A single Ice Spirit Ghost Wolf gave Ning Su unprecedented gains.

His Sky Swallowing Art did not merely devour energy.

It could also obtain some of the abilities of whatever he devoured!