He had not struck to kill just now. Judging by the feeling Xiao Yan gave him, the young man should have no trouble holding out for a while. Unless he made this arrogant youngster suffer a little, the boy clearly would not cooperate.
Interrogations still called for the Great Memory Restoration Technique. In his experience, under the pain of his cold energy slicing like a thousand knives, this youngster would last a few minutes at most.
However...
Creak-
The sudden soft sound made Hai Bodong frown slightly. He had only tapped it lightly, so why did it feel as though he was about to shatter the ice?
But in the next instant, Hai Bodong's expression changed drastically.
Crack, crack-
The faint sounds of ice fracturing came without end. In his alarm, Hai Bodong was just about to shatter the ice sculpture Xiao Yan had become.
Yet a sudden warning flashed through his mind. As a former Dou Emperor, his spiritual strength was not to be underestimated either. His instincts told him that his best choice now was to follow them and retreat at once.
Sure enough, as he swiftly backed away, the ice over Xiao Yan's face slowly cracked and fell away, revealing a smile that sent a chill down his spine.
"Hehehehe, if a young man isn't hot-blooded, can he even call himself young?
But you were right about one thing, Old Hai. Arrogance takes capital, and I happen to have it."
Exhaling a mouthful of white mist, Xiao Yan smiled even more brilliantly. Along with that smile, which made Hai Bodong's eyelids twitch wildly, a terrifying surge of fire energy seemed to finally awaken. The ice, which ordinary flames should never have been able to melt, was melting rapidly, sending clouds of white vapor rising!
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