Hals looked at the melting ice sculptures, their heads nearly visible. He saw the eyes of several creatures darting around.
They were still giving Hals a lot of negative emotions.
“Negative Emotion from Gorilla +50”
“Negative Emotion from Wolf +50”
“Negative Emotion from Snake +70”
…
The others were about the same, but the snake’s negative emotions were higher.
Why so angry, little buddy?
Even if you’re cold-blooded, this is too much.
Hals had no mercy for the creatures that tried to eat him last night.
But he didn’t plan to let them die quickly.
First, they needed some time in solitary confinement to cool off.
Controlling the sand, Hals formed walls around the ice sculptures.
Hals thought for a moment, entered the enclosed space, transformed into a half-dragon form, and added more ice breath to the snake’s ice sculpture.
“Negative Emotion from Snake +90”
“Negative Emotion from Snake +90”
“Negative Emotion from Snake +90”
“Negative Emotion from Snake +90”
…
The snake was furious.
As the snake’s anger increased, the negative emotions from the other animals decreased.
“Negative Emotion from Gorilla +30”
“Negative Emotion from Wolf +30”
“Negative Emotion from Crocodile +50”
“Negative Emotion from Tiger +30”
Cold-blooded animals gave more negative emotions when frozen. Was it because they hated the cold?
Hals pondered.
These creatures were unhappy about being frozen. Naturally, anyone stuck in a cold environment without being able to move would be upset.
But seeing the snake suffer more made the others slightly happier.
Perhaps their joy came from others’ misery.
That’s not good. As a good person, Hals decided to teach these animals a lesson, making them turn over a new leaf.
Breath.
“Crack, crack, crack, crack, crack.”
The ice grew.
Breath.
“Crack, crack, crack, crack, crack.”
The ice grew.
After doing this to the remaining animals, Hals thought for a moment. Solitary confinement should exploit humans’ fear of darkness and enclosed spaces, and the same should apply to animals, so Hals sealed the top.
He left small holes for them to breathe but positioned them in such a way that they couldn’t see any light.
Hals didn’t freeze them completely, leaving some breathing space. Their noses were still functional.
Hals returned to the ship to train in [Dragon’s Meditation Technique · Basic].
The meditation technique didn’t specify any special requirements. Hals believed it wouldn’t affect him or the environment, so he began training.
Meditation was simple. No fancy techniques were needed, just lying down would do.
Not even the sitting posture was required.
The [Dragon’s Meditation Technique] was simple. First, calm your mind, then visualize a dragon, the full-beast form of oneself.
Entering the state was like [Dragon’s Body Refinement Technique].
Hals started meditating.
In his mind, a majestic dragon appeared, curled up and sleeping, exuding a terrifying pressure.
It felt like the dragon was watching him, baring its sharp teeth, ready to devour him.
Hals felt fear but quickly calmed down and continued meditating.
It was just a dragon in his mind, nothing more.
Before long, Hals stopped because he was hungry.
He ate and found a clock.
An hour had passed.
Hungry after just an hour?
It’s funny.
You just ate, and you’re hungry after an hour?
Impossible. It must be the energy consumption during meditation.
Hals stroked his chin.
Body refinement was the same.
So, in the future, would he need to eat a lot?
He worried about his future food intake.
But there should be elixirs to supplement his energy. His appetite couldn’t stay this large forever.
Otherwise, it would be terrifying.
Yes.
The system was very reasonable. After training in [Dragon’s Body Refinement Technique], if injured and bleeding, he could shut down the technique with his mind and buy [Healing Elixir], which worked well and reduced pain.
His system was much better than those in some web novels that only harmed their hosts.
Although the system was a bit silly, giving him a Devil Fruit that only improved his physical strength to the point of breaking a large stone and feeling pain in his hand.
System: “…”
Why is this dumb host still talking about yesterday?
Don’t you know Devil Fruits can’t directly enhance physical strength, only in hybrid and full-beast forms?
Hals knew this but still blamed the system. When there was no blame, he created one.
System: “…”
Come on, let me give you some negative emotions. Want some?
Hals opened his attribute panel.
Body: 10
Soul: 10
Blood: Magic Dragon (Can master all magic) [Dragon’s Meditation Technique · Basic] [Dragon’s Body Refinement Technique · Basic]
Negative Emotion Points: 1200
At the same time, no more negative emotions were coming in.
Were they frozen to death?
Hals checked the system’s backend and found no +100 negative emotion points, indicating that none of the animals had died.
They were probably just unconscious from the cold.
Hals looked at his attribute panel in disbelief.
Body and soul hadn’t changed at all.
Even though his soul power and physical strength had increased significantly.
Was the increase too small to show?
Hals wondered.
His soul had probably increased by 0.1 and his physical strength by 0.05.
After all, his body refinement was interrupted.
Hals entered the enclosed space. The animals were unconscious from the cold. After some thought, he half-transformed and breathed fire.
The ice melted.
Each animal woke up, their heads fully exposed.
Hals felt the animals, though unfriendly, were now probably hungry and thirsty. He decided to give them some water.
Hals took out a glass bottle filled with purple liquid from his storage, decorated with a cute skull.
Looking at the bottles, Hals smiled like a devil.
Suddenly, the animals shivered, sensing something terrible was about to happen.
“Negative Emotion from…”
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