Chapter 216

Just this scene alone was enough to persuade countless climbers who wanted to challenge Dandong Snow Peak to give up.

To climb to the top of Dandong Snow Peak, which even the gaze couldn't see through, using one's own feet—the difficulty of this can be imagined.

Not to mention, although Dandong Snow Peak has a harsh environment and extreme climate, it doesn't mean there are no living creatures in it.

The fact is, creatures that can survive in such an extreme environment are often more powerful and brutal, with stronger aggressiveness.

The foot area is better, mostly fox-type animals, or lynxes that feed on wild rabbits.

But once you reach the high mountain area, except for herbivores like mountain goats, predatory animals like snow leopards and snow ferrets become common.

Of course, for magic users, these predators are not a big problem.

What is truly worth noting are the ley-line creatures attracted by the extreme environment, such as elemental ley-line creatures like ice elementals, and snow-region ley-line creatures similar to high-mountain vultures...

These ley-line creatures don't necessarily occupy the high mountains; they could appear anywhere.

Moreover, the extreme environment itself is also a kind of protection for these snow-region ley-line creatures.

This makes them rarely cleared out, and over the years, their numbers have accumulated quite a bit.

Therefore, as long as your feet step within the boundary of Dandong Snow Peak, you must be twelve times more alert! Snowflakes danced and drifted, wrapped around the dark-colored mountain rocks.

When huge footprints stepped on it, a creaking sound of stepping on snow would be made.

This was already the second day Gao De entered Dandong Snow Mountain.

After soaking in the river water for a long time, his 【Adaptation】 had long since raised his cold resistance to an extremely high level: cold resistance increased by 55%. Therefore, Gao De adapted well to the low temperature at the foot of Dandong Snow Peak.

This kind of low temperature couldn't even push the progress of 【Adaptation】's cold resistance improvement.

Instead, it was the dazzling crystal light reflected by the white snow that made Gao De's 【Adaptation】 take effect one step earlier: resistance to strong light increased by 9%.

Amidst the intermittent sound of stepping on snow, Fuluola, who had originally been sleeping in the pocket of Gao De's chest, had woken up at some point, poking out a small head, her eyes staring straight ahead.

"Magic user..."

Gao De's footsteps suddenly stopped, and he also sensed something wrong.

A faint spiritual light flashed in his eyes.

【Detection Magic+】.

It was the magic spiritual light of a creature.

Right in the snow pile ahead.

Although invisible to the naked eye, the magic spiritual light had already allowed Gao De to accurately capture its location.

Facts proved that Gao De's caution was not wrong.

As long as you enter Dandong Snow Peak, at any time, in any place, a dangerous ley-line creature might pop out at any moment.

"Magic user, let's run quickly," Fuluola on his chest whispered to Gao De using the method of mental communication.

She stared at that pile of white snow, her whole body tense, having already entered a state of alert.

"No need," Gao De stretched out his finger and gently rubbed the pad of his finger on Fuluola's little head to soothe the frightened little ancestor.

A cluster of magic spiritual light, the quantity is only one, according to the magic spiritual light intensity, it should be a 1st-circle ley-line creature, roughly equivalent to the early stage of the 1st-circle... hidden in the white snow and merged into one, invisible... high probability is the most common ice elemental creature in the snow-region environment.

Gao De had already quickly made a judgment about "it".

Compared to before entering the Saint Xi En Academy, his experience and knowledge were now too rich; he was no longer a person who would be blind and could only rush blindly when seeing a ley-line creature.

Elemental ley-line creatures, especially low-level ones, have significantly lower intelligence compared to other types of ley-line creatures of the same level.

That is, the so-called "low-energy child," a soft persimmon that is easy to pinch.

It can be fought!

The next moment.

"Fire Arrow!"

As soon as the voice landed.

With a bang, a beam of flame shot out from Gao De's hand.

In the snow mountain environment, the temperature and intensity of the flame were visibly withered by a large margin compared to other places.

But Gao De still chose to use 【Fire Arrow+】 as the opening move.

Because ice elementals are most afraid of fire.

Compared to the restraint relationship within this, the weakening of 【Fire Arrow】 by the environmental climate was not that important.

The flame tore through the cold air and accurately hit that seemingly empty snowfield. Instantly, the flame and ice snow touched, erupting with a harsh hissing sound.

The ice elemental creature hiding within was clearly angered by this blow, or rather, forced to reveal its figure.

It was about four feet tall, surrounded by faint blue light, and its overall form was somewhat irregular and distorted, like a block of ice about to melt.

"Small Ice Elemental."

Gao De instantly confirmed the species of the creature in front of him.

This is a common mutant species of small water elementals, preferring to ambush and fight in snow-region areas, because this way they can hide under the snow surface and then suddenly pounce out to attack the enemy.

Just now, as long as he had been a little slower to discover the other party's existence and gotten a little closer, this small ice elemental would have launched a surprise attack on him.

Caught off guard, it would be hard to avoid suffering heavy damage.

But fortunately, Fuluola sensed something wrong one step earlier, and then Gao De also discovered its location using 【Detection Magic+】.

Therefore, it was this small ice elemental that was caught off guard instead.

Although 【Fire Arrow+】 is a cantrip, it was cast by Gao De at the level of a 1st-circle magic user using elevated-circle casting, so its power was still quite considerable.

The reason why the other party's overall form appeared irregular was because part of its body had been melted by the intense temperature of the fire arrow.

Awoo! In pain, this small ice elemental was clearly already trapped in instinctive anger.

It opened its somewhat deformed mouth and spat out violently, driving a cold current.

Subsequently, an ice vortex composed of ice gravel swept toward Gao De.

Gao De's heart stirred, and he had already cast 【Shield Spell】 one step ahead of the other party casting the ice vortex.

【Shield Spell】 (Abjuration, 1st-circle):

An invisible magic shield appears beside you, protecting you.

Therefore, Gao De, having something to rely on, faced the sweeping ice vortex without changing his expression, turning a blind eye.

That ice elemental stared at Gao De, and a trace of doubt seemed to flash in its somewhat ignorant eyes? It was wondering why the other party was not afraid of its attack?

If it were other creatures, they would clearly be able to react that Gao De must have been prepared.

But as an elemental creature, the ice elemental itself had limited intelligence, and it actually froze in place for a moment in doubt.

Gao De naturally wouldn't miss such an obvious combat opportunity.

【Fire Arrow+】 and 【Magic Blast】 were thrown out one after another.

Two spells with trajectories intertwined in the air, pointing straight at that ignorant small ice elemental.

The fire arrow first left a long fire tail in the air, while the two rays of 【Magic Blast】 followed closely behind.

Although the visual effect was not as intuitive and intense as the fire arrow, it contained deep and powerful strength.

Facing this sudden double blow, the ice elemental finally woke up from its ignorance and scrambled to burrow into the snowfield in a panic.

However, under Gao De's control, the flame beam made a precise trajectory adjustment, sealing the ice elemental's escape route one step ahead, while the two rays of the magic blast under elevated-circle casting completely locked it up from top to bottom.

With a deafening roar, the high temperature of the fire arrow and the impact of the magic blast landed precisely on the ice elemental's body.

Its body vaporized a small part under the flame, and the explosive impact of the magic blast shattered its remaining shell into pieces.

Amidst the violent tremors, this small ice elemental began to disintegrate.

And on this side, that fiercely coming ice vortex also fell with a rustle when blocked by the shield spell, half a meter away from Gao De.

Gao De was unscathed.

The battle ended in an instant, very easily and freely.

Gao De exhaled slightly.

No matter what, this was still the first time he had faced a 1st-circle ley-line creature head-on, so he was still a bit nervous.

Fuluola poked out from the pocket on Gao De's chest, looked at the shattered ice elemental shell, and then looked at Gao De.

"Magic user, you seem very powerful," Fuluola stared straight at Gao De, thinking thoughtfully.

"If I'm not powerful, how can I protect Fuluola-my lord?" Gao De replied casually while concentrating his intention on "Wind Spirit Moon Shadow".

Source:

1st-circle—【Small Ice Elemental】 (1/7).

(End of chapter)