"..." Making friends.
He roughly knew how his ring had disappeared in the first place.
The dragon's body shrank instantly after losing the supply of top-grade immortal spirit stones. Jiaoyou felt as if his mouth was about to be torn apart, and the pain in his abdomen struck again. He quickly used the Blood Burning Secret Technique to maintain his dragon form.
The surrounding gale stopped, and the dark clouds gradually dispersed before the rain could fall. I felt hopeless about making friends. What should I do?
"I...I surrender, system, have mercy!" Jiaoyou said incoherently.
"What, not being naughty anymore?" Hao Jiu said quietly as he collected the fragments of the fallen dragon tooth. These were rare and valuable materials.
It is said that if it weren't for the powerful bite force of the dragon, Xiang Yu's current strength would hardly have been able to cause such damage. The Overlord's strength is unparalleled in the human world, but it is much weaker when facing a creature like the dragon.
With enough strength, the Overlord's Halberd could easily pierce the dragon's scales and even shatter its teeth. So, it's time to give Xiang Yu a boost in power. Once he truly possesses the strength to uproot mountains, wouldn't a small dragon be killed with a single blow?
"No, I won't be naughty anymore." Making friends can be frustrating too.
"So how do you want to die? I've heard that dragons are treasures from head to toe, excellent materials for refining weapons, priceless." Hao Jiu raised an eyebrow.
Jiaoyou trembled violently, then his eyes darted around as he cleverly said, "I want to serve you and die on the battlefield! With my help, Your Majesty will surely be able to roam freely throughout the Three Realms!"
"Oh? You want to submit to Xiang Yu and become his henchman?" Wine God thought to himself that this was a good idea; he didn't really care much about refining materials and such.
While dragon scales offer strong defense, they aren't invincible. On the contrary, there are several decent finished battle armors in the God's Shop, but Hao Jiu hasn't been willing to buy them.
But now, Hao Jiu is about to become a pyramid scheme leader with more than a hundred shadow systems. He will never lack energy points in the future. On the contrary, the more powerful henchmen he has, the better.
"No! It's not about submitting to him, it's about submitting to you! I'm willing to be a substitute and follow you. If this human host dies one day, I can immediately become your new host!" Jiaoyou said proudly.
Xiang Yu frowned but didn't speak. Indeed, the victory over the dragon was largely due to the power of the cards. It was normal for the dragon to be dissatisfied, but he didn't think much about subduing this unruly dragon.
Hao Jiu's lips twitched violently. It seems that this person is quite the genius at making friends, actually wanting to be a backup option?
"Well, you don't need to think about that. Xiang Yu is destined to reach the pinnacle of all realms with my assistance. He won't die even if you do. You don't need to be dissatisfied either. Xiang Yu's talent is among the best in all realms, and his growth rate is extremely fast."
You must know that a year ago he was just a real mortal. He only started cultivating domineering aura a few months ago, and now he has already reached the level of releasing domineering aura at the Xuan level. If he fights an opponent like you again in a few years, he will still be able to win without my help.
However, don't be discouraged. I can't bind you, but my clone can. It's not difficult for you to join my ranks; it just depends on your unwavering loyalty.
The friend's eyes lit up. Wasn't Liu Xiu's system just a clone system? To be able to boost a mortal's combat power to that extent was incredibly powerful!
"You also have a clone system that can be linked to me?"
"Of course." Hao Jiu thought to himself, "Brother doesn't have much else, but he has a lot of shadow systems."
"Alright! As long as you can give me a system, I will be willing to go through fire and water for you from now on! Once a dragon has chosen a master, it will be the most loyal!" Jiaoyou thought to himself, "You should have said you had a clone system earlier, this is such a hassle."
Xiang Yu slowly turned his head away. The difference between the Shadow System and the Clone System is quite significant, isn't it?
Chapter 308 Transaction
Having a dragon as a fighter or battle pet sounds great, but if one moment you're fighting to the death and the next you're a comrade or partner, it's really worrying.
However, Hao Jiu feels it's a huge loss to refuse a battle pet that's offered to him. What should he do?
Influence with love? Deceive with empty promises? Coercion and bribery? Press and rub? I need an answer urgently...
At this moment, Jiaoyou, trembling all over, took out the poison sword again. This time, he couldn't even close the wound directly, and his body was even weaker. Even if the opponent took away the divine halberd, he was temporarily unable to fight anymore.
"Your Excellency, could you please withdraw your divine powers and take away the Divine Halberd? I can no longer maintain my dragon body." Jiaoyou had used the Blood Burning Secret Technique twice, been poisoned twice, and committed self-mutilation twice. Coupled with the pressure from the plane, he simply could not withstand it any longer.
Hao Jiu carefully examined the pitiful-looking dragon in front of him and felt that it didn't seem to be lying. "Then hold on, don't shrink along with the divine halberd."
"Thank you, Your Excellency." Jiaoyou opened his mouth as wide as he could.
Hao Jiu instantly shrunk the Overlord Divine Halberd by one size, loosened it, and immediately put it into his storage space before handing it to Xiang Yu.
When Jiaoyou saw the Overlord's Halberd in Xiang Yu's hand, he immediately relaxed, but because his mouth had been open for so long, he couldn't close it.
But none of that matters. The important thing is that making friends can now be a real person.
In the blink of an eye, Jiaoyou transformed from a dragon tens of feet long into a half-dragon form, and then directly into a naked man. Clothes were out of the question, so the half-dragon state looked more civilized.
He used his hand to help close her mouth, then respectfully asked, "Your Excellency, could you please return that immortal spirit stone to me so I can heal my injuries?"
"Don't think you can take advantage of me just because you called me Your Excellency a few times. I haven't agreed to take you in yet. I've experienced the arrogance of the dragon race several times, so I don't have high expectations for their loyalty. If you want me to trust you, you can leave a trace of your soul blood here, or something else that can control your life and death."
Hao Jiu thought to himself, "Dream on! Those are my immortal spirit stones, how can I let them go to someone else?"
Jiaoyou's forehead veins throbbed, and he gave up arguing with Hao Jiu. After all, Hao Jiu had not only run away but also begged for mercy.
But his soul blood is his life. Handing over his soul blood is like being slaughtered and enslaved, which is no better than death, and may even be worse. And his current situation is far from certain death.
Even if he were truly dead, he would only be without a dragon body; his dragon soul would remain. It wouldn't be impossible for him to find a suitable body to be resurrected. He could even possess a carp and leap over the Dragon Gate to become a dragon himself.
Ultimately, it's because they can't trust each other and don't even have the slightest connection. Moreover, Hao Jiu only wants to bind a clone system to the friend. If the friend dies, the clone system won't die. Where is the fairness and guarantee?
"If you don't even trust me, how can I entrust my soul blood to you with peace of mind?" Jiaoyou said through gritted teeth.
"If that's the case, then let's make a deal. But you should also know how precious a system is, especially a powerful system like mine." Hao Jiu mainly lacked confidence in his Shadow System. Who knew what kind of reaction would occur after he obtained the Shadow System through his friend? So it was better to exchange it for some practical benefits now.
"That's fine. I can give you everything in my storage ring except for the teleportation array plate that takes me back to the Dragon Cave World. I can also promise that whenever you need me, I will come to your aid as quickly as possible, as long as I'm free. How about that?"
"It doesn't matter. Your storage ring was originally a spoil of war between me and Xiang Yu. Once the dimensional lock is opened, nothing can stop me anymore. Even if you don't open the ring for me, I can do it with a little effort. Promises are harder to believe than loyalty. Besides, I may not even need your help. So after all you've said, it seems like you have nothing to give me."
Friendship's face darkened. "Then what else do you want? Soul Blood is out of the question!"
"I heard that bathing in dragon's blood can transform a person?" Hao Jiu glanced at Jiao You's bleeding wound.
"Where did you hear that from? Bathing in dragon blood won't transform you. Drinking some dragon blood might give him a chance, if he's not afraid of exploding and dying." Jiaoyou pointed at Xiang Yu.
Hao Jiu raised an eyebrow. "Ordinary dragon blood probably wouldn't have this effect, right? You should try getting some true spirit blood or something."
"I've never heard of True Spirit Blood, but if you want this person to have dragon blood, I can condense a Heart Blood Crystal. If he eats it and doesn't explode and die, he might succeed, transforming him and giving him some of the power of a dragon."
However, the human body has very poor endurance, and the hope of success is very slim. Many strong humans coveted the physique and supernatural powers of the dragon race, but in the end, they all met a tragic end by exploding their bodies.
"Heh heh, I'd love to see him try it. If he explodes and dies, I won't need to bind to the clone system; I can bind to the main body instead. Mortal brat, do you dare to try?" Jiaoyou chuckled coldly.
"Why wouldn't I dare? But would the blood of a dragon, which even a mortal boy can't defeat, really be of any use to me?" Xiang Yu said disdainfully.
"You! If it weren't for the pressure from the plane, would I have lost to you? Wait until you all go to the Dragon Cave, and I'll show you my power!" Jiaoyou roared.
"Alright, you two stop arguing. Use your hard-earned crystallization to exchange for my clone system. But one isn't enough, give me two more," Hao Jiu said with a smile.
Upon hearing this, Jiaoyou's face turned green. "Two more? It would take me a long time to recover even if I made one for you, and I'll be even weaker after I condense my heart's blood crystal. I'm afraid he'll poison me. So you have to give me the teleportation array disk of the Dragon Cave World first, and then we'll exchange the system for the crystal, how about that?"
"Okay, but don't try anything funny this time, or it will have extremely serious consequences." Hao Jiu readily agreed, displaying the demeanor of a master.
"Alright, it's a deal!" Jiaoyou stretched out his hand. "Give me your storage ring. I'll just take out the teleportation array plate from it, and then I'll help you make the storage ring unclaimed. You can open it with spiritual power by dripping a drop of blood into it."
However, your host doesn't appear to be a cultivator; they possess no spiritual power whatsoever, so they probably can't use it yet. Don't worry, the items in the storage ring aren't as valuable as the system; I'm not that stupid.
"Take it." Hao Jiu really didn't think the storage ring was anything special. It didn't matter that Xiang Yu couldn't use it, since his own storage space was already quite large.
Jiaoyou took the storage ring, took out an array plate from it, and used magic to peel a drop of dragon blood from the ring and merge it into himself. Then he threw the ring back to Haojiu.
"The contents of this ring are of little use to me, but they should be of great use to you." After saying this, Jiaoyou began to cast a spell to condense a crystal of his heart's blood. Sure enough, a shining blood-red crystal emerged from the heart area. "Come on, after the system is successfully bound, I will give the crystal to you."
Hao Jiu frowned, cursing inwardly that this old silver coin had gone too far, "What if you don't give it to me after the binding is successful?"
"If you don't believe me, the transaction can be terminated. I'm worried that the system binding might fail after I give you the crystal. To be honest, I'm a little skeptical about whether you really have a clone system." Friend slowly floated up.
Throughout his life, he fought countless battles with human cultivators. Those people were all incredibly cunning. How many bloody and tearful lessons did the simple and honest dragon race learn before they could properly interact with humans?
"You'll soon find out if you have it or not." Hao Jiu said, then waved his hand, and the black orb of light flew towards the Friendship Center.
He was a little nervous about making friends and resisted the urge to run away. Then, he heard a voice that excited him greatly.
"System binding process begins. Do you agree to bind to this system?"
"Agreed!" The friend was extremely excited; he finally had a system!
"Congratulations! Binding successful!" The system notification sounded somewhat familiar.
"Hahaha... I have a system now! I can go back and take revenge! I don't have to stay in this broken dimension anymore!" After saying that, Jiaoyou raised the array plate in his hand and poured his magic power into it. Then, the array plate flashed and went out.
Hao Jiu picked his nose. "Oh, I almost forgot. To prevent you from escaping this plane, I also unlocked another plane. Were you trying to escape with your life's work? What about the Dragon Clan's credibility? My heart aches so much, so I've decided to seal 90% of the clone system's functions!"
"..." Making friends.
Chapter 309 Trapped
Is the sealing clone system 90% functional?
What's left?
Is it possible to play like this?
Upon opening the system interface, there is only a system shop with 0.00 energy points. The only item available is a small blue pill priced at 100 points!
"You lied to me!" the friend roared. "What a joke! I planned and guarded against everything, but in the end I still suffered a huge loss!"
Hao Jiu shrugged. "Is it my fault? You were the one who played tricks first, trying to escape without giving me the crystal. You never understood that the only trump card you had to negotiate with me was that dimensional lock. You lost long ago."
I told you, if you try anything again, it will have extremely serious consequences. Now just silently bear it, sincerely repent, and strive to atone for your sins in the future. I'm a very magnanimous and generous person.”
He had seen the dimensional lock activated before, and it required a long preparation time. From the time he handed the dimensional lock to the other party until now, he had not been able to complete the blockade of the dimension at all. Therefore, what the other party said was true. He had indeed reopened another dimensional lock before he got the dimensional lock in his hands!
"I... would you believe me if I said it was a misunderstanding? Actually, I just wanted to open the teleportation array first, and then throw the crystallization of my heart and soul to you the moment I left the plane, so that I could ensure my safety. But I didn't expect you to seal the plane again." Jiaoyou said shamelessly.
"Oh, if you want me to believe you, then throw the crystal over first. If the terms of an agreement can be changed at will, what kind of agreement is it? If you had said from the beginning that you would give me the crystal the moment you left this plane, would I have agreed?"
Hao Jiu is quite calm now. The dragon's remaining value has been almost fully exploited, and it's also bound to his shadow system, leaving it nowhere to hide. It can be said that it's completely trapped by him, and killing it won't be difficult.
But if he killed him, where would he find such a powerful henchman? Hao Jiu didn't care about the few refining materials on Jiaoyou's body; he was more useful alive. He had a million ways to make Jiaoyou obedient.
In fact, with two dimensional locks, the drawback of the long startup time of the dimensional locks no longer exists.
Hao Jiu could use the two dimensional locks and the shadow system to keep the friendship in this dimension while still allowing Hao Jiu to open the God's Shop to buy things.
Even if Xiang Yu and Hao Jiu quietly leave this plane and then quietly return, the other side might not even know.
Since it's impossible to keep his teleportation array constantly running while making friends, with the shadow system monitoring him, we can take advantage of the opportunity when he's sleeping or leaving the palace.
In short, you first unlock the second dimensional lock, and when it's almost ready to start successfully, you close the first one. Before the other side of the dating app can even react, everything is over.
With a master spy constantly monitoring you, even a god would be controlled to death.
Jiaoyou had no idea that Hao Jiu would use those maneuvers to control him to death, but he also felt that he was no match for this system. Humans are inherently cunning creatures, and this human-shaped system is even more cunning.