Sensing Hai Bo Dong fully unleashing his aura, Xiao Se helplessly rubbed his forehead and stored the fragmentary map in the System Space. After all that, they still had to fight.
"Sir, can this really not be settled peacefully? If possible, I don't want to fight you." The smile on Xiao Se's face gradually froze as he spoke helplessly.
Xiao Se could already sense Hong Kui's fury building to its limit. Hai Bo Dong had tried to attack him again and again; if this continued, Hong Kui would definitely beat him into a pigheaded mess.
"Does your teacher possess a Heavenly Flame?" Hearing Xiao Se's words, Hai Bo Dong answered with another question. The chill around him receded somewhat, and a trace of apprehension appeared between his brows. A mysterious alchemist capable of teaching such a young Second-Rank Alchemist might very well be a sixth-rank alchemist.
And if he also possessed a Heavenly Flame, would he not be the alchemist Hai Bo Dong had been desperately seeking—one capable of refining a Breaking Calamity Pill?
"No. I came to the Tagor Desert precisely to search for a Heavenly Flame." Xiao Se shrugged and smiled.
"No? Since he does not, return the fragmentary map. For the sake of your mysterious teacher, I will not make things difficult for you." Learning that even Xiao Se's mysterious teacher lacked a Heavenly Flame, a heavy disappointment flashed through Hai Bo Dong's eyes as he spoke coldly.
"Sorry, this is very important to me. Even if you refuse, I will not hand it over." Xiao Se slowly exhaled, silently mourning Hai Bo Dong. This time, Hai Bo Dong would not escape a vicious beating.
"With that Beast Flame of yours? This old man was already a Dou Emperor decades ago. Though I live in seclusion here