Chapter 207: Lord of Winter

Awakened by a single remark from Wen Ren, Mu Yi suddenly realized that he might still lack in combat power, but in perception and investigation, Chu Yi had already surpassed him.

"It's decided, Chu Yi!"

Mu Yi used Zongwang to summon Chu Yi from Kunlun Shan; the summoned Chu Yi shook his head, looking dazed, as the Zongwang teleportation's dizzying sensation is fair to every being.

"Chu Yi, help locate the enemy's trail!" Mu Yi briefly described the situation, and Chu Yi nodded.

He sniffed the surrounding air, as if trying to catch something, yet found nothing.

Following Chu Yi, he lowered his head to the ground and quietly listened to the earth's sounds.

Suddenly raising his head, Chu Yi slapped the ground with his claws, and a painful wail rang out from afar.

"Roar!"

Mu Yi burst out of the ice house; in the snow‑covered polar region, a massive white wolf was howling in agony, countless earth spikes jutting from the ground pierced its lurking body, and the crimson blood was instantly captured by Mu Yi.

Sensing Mu Yi's approaching figure, a huge shadow howled up amid the biting cold wind!

And in the next instant, a barrier enveloped…

A frigid breath swept the earth in a frenzy!

The North Wind Wolf spewed cold currents recklessly, dropping the temperature of the whole world by several degrees.

Within the current winter environment, you gain the initial hostile effect of all campaign bosses.

"Team Info—Barbarian Sibake: Locked onto Lord of Winter's location area, coordinates sent, requesting support!"

Lord of Winter is not alone; a swarm of minions and elite monsters surrounds him, beyond the capacity of a single team to handle.

Compared to the qi density of the real world, training in this campaign world yields far more effective results.

Type: Curse

And the next moment, Cloud Energy shrouded the sky, and the frigid breath dissipated midway.

"You have completed the side quest: Lord of the North Wind, and successfully slain the North Wind Wolf King; your campaign rating has increased."

"Zongwang Dungeon Prompt: The current side quest is more than half complete; Lord of Winter senses danger and begins to act proactively!"

This thing is indeed troublesome; a chase‑type would be manageable, but a type that senses and actively flees is undoubtedly the most troublesome.

"Zongwang Prompt: You have gained the curse effect 'Winter Dirge'."

Moreover, after detecting your trail, they have a high probability of fleeing.

That buff on him is annoying; the creatures encountered are almost all panicked and fleeing.

"You participated in killing the North Wind Wolf King, and contributed 100% of its maximum HP damage output; your contribution is 100%."

The North Wind Wolf's wail echoed within the barrier, buried by the howling ice and snow.

Winter Dirge:

The harsher the environment, the more beneficial it is for the troops' training; Mu Yi doesn't expect them to develop a frost‑resistance specialty, but strengthening their bodies is worthwhile.

"Team Info—Mage Bruno-Dor: En route!"

"Zongwang Dungeon Prompt: Your team has completed three side quests; you may now request an early dungeon settlement…"

Based on the information in their temporary party channel.

"Calculating character contribution…"

Please note: Any act of killing a campaign boss will strengthen the curse (the affected units will sense you over a larger area, generate greater initial bloodline hostility, and actively flee).

Curse?

Mu Yi glanced at the temporary party channel.

Mu Yi simply gave up completing the side quest, posted a message in the temporary chat channel, and then led the troops to train in the snow.

"Hm?"

Other teams have begun gathering toward the final campaign boss—Lord of Winter's location.

The North Wind Wolf stared uncertainly at the blood‑red space, at the army appearing before it, and without hesitation unleashed a powerful icy breath!

A massive Vermilion Bird Spirit spread its wings above the army, bearing bright flames as it swooped toward the North Wind Wolf.

Mu Yi, however, was not in a hurry.

Time passed slowly, and after roughly two or three days…

Current Level: 1

Effect:

"You killed the campaign boss: North Wind Wolf King. This boss is a special unit; the loot has been distributed to each participant's inventory according to contribution value."

Mu Yi watched the prompt floating on his retina and tossed the North Wind Wolf King's corpse into the Hell Path.

"Awo!"

"Based on your contribution, you have earned 45,000 points of Universal Experience and 4,000 Zongwang Disaster Coins."

The remaining teams are wrapping up their side quests, and the final battle will commence in about a day.

"Team Info—Warrior Azke-Liuwa: En route!"

The frigid breath howled, freezing everything!

The ground the breath passed over formed a thick ice sheet at a visibly rapid speed.

"Cheep!"

Before confirming whether the so‑called Lord of Winter would be affected by this curse, he didn't want to alert anyone and ended up playing hide‑and‑seek with Lord of Winter across the world.

…

At the exit of the hastily built house, the gathered Zongwang Players were playing a plane‑system magic card popular among Zongwang Players.

"Hahaha! Finisher!" Barbarian Sida Ke laughed, turning the card game around and triumphantly downed the wine in his cup.

"Again! Again!"

The mage opposite, Red Wen, launched a rematch; he could not accept losing to a barbarian, despite his meticulous calculations, while the opponent's luck was utterly unreasonable.

Give up, Bruno, you guy abandoned by the Goddess of Luck—you'll never beat Sbak in this lifetime! the teammate who loved watching the drama sneered at Mage Bruno.

Damn the Goddess of Luck, I'll drag her down from her throne someday! the mage flushed with rage; the teammate wasn't just talking nonsense—Bruno really is cursed by the Goddess of Luck.

After all, casters like these old guys have always been irreverent toward deities, treating them with an attitude of anatomical study, making them prone to divine curses.

On Zongwang, ninety-nine percent of casters without a divine curse are low‑tier; indeed, one could say the necessary path for a caster to ascend to Legend is to be cursed by a god.

Just as everyone was chatting and playing cards, the door was slowly pushed open.

The outside cold wind instantly howled in.

The Lord of Winter is heading our way—do we wait or fight?

In the biting cold wind, Kaliya stood at the doorway and asked.

The big shot is on the way—let's strike first; he seems cursed, which might alert the enemy. someone said after checking the temporary chat channel.

As expected of the big shot, he always has some tricks we've never heard of—let's get to work! Mage Bruno looked at his useless cards, tossed them away, then pulled out his staff as if nothing were wrong.

Come on! The big shot deliberately left us some broth—if we miss this chance, all we'll get is northwest wind! the barbarian sprang to life, energized, grabbed his weapon, and headed outside.

We were just planning to skim the clearance reward and call it a day, but we actually have a chance to show our stuff—we can't let it slip.

Ready? Sbak turned to look at Kaliya behind him.

No matter how strong he is, I won't give up pressing forward! Kaliya gripped her curved blade, her eyes flashing with unyielding fire.

You've got more promise than I do! the barbarian Sbak sighed deeply; if he'd had this awareness back then, his push for Legend would likely have succeeded.

Stepping out of the makeshift hut, the frenzied cold wind, carrying ice pellets, smacked everyone in the face.

In the cold wind, a huge shadow roared skyward.

Lord of Winter—Arctic Ice Bear.

And beneath that shadow, countless ice elements surged toward them.

Ready to go!

Sbak gripped his great axe, waiting for teammates to cast buff magic on him.

The campaign's final boss has a challenge rating one tier above its monster level; an 18‑level final boss whose challenge rating can reach 20, which is why a twenty‑person large team is needed to tackle it.

Roar!!!

The huge ice bear roared to the heavens, its earth‑shaking sound almost deafening, while the falling snow all around seemed to intensify.

The next instant, a massive meteor missile slammed into it, forcing its jaws shut.

Too noisy! Mage Bruno lowered his staff in annoyance and began preparing a large‑scale destructive spell.

Although cursed by the Goddess of Luck and thus terribly unlucky, he can still travel far and wide relying solely on his strong ability.

Roar! When the giant bear roared skyward again, Bruno frowned and quickly reported.

It has some kind of transcendent defense—low‑circle spells and ordinary attacks probably won't work… watch out, it also has long‑range spell‑strike capability!

The strategy intel is basically solid—everyone, stay careful!

Bruno, who was analyzing battle data, raised a barrier to block the blizzard kicked up by the ice bear outside.

After a brief clash, they could confirm that the intel they'd gathered was basically accurate.

To them, intel is just a reference; believing it completely would make them idiots.

After all, each campaign unfolds differently, causing chain reactions that bring a cascade of butterfly effects.

Not a few unlucky souls have been done in by that mostly‑false intel.

After all, on Zongwang there aren't just the poles of good and evil—there's also a crowd that just wants to watch the spectacle for fun.

First clear the ice elements, then deal with this big guy!

By the time Mu Yi arrived, the battlefield's fodder and elite monsters had been cleared; the remaining folks were surrounding and attacking the Lord of Winter.

Roar!

The roaring giant bear unleashed a surging energy wave that directly drove back the nearby Zongwang players.

Second‑stage transformation beginning—everyone, be careful!

Mu Yi tried shooting an arrow at the energy surge like icy mist; with the anti‑magic‑charged explosive arrow, the surge twitched slightly and then settled.

Mu Yi roughly estimated that a surge of this strength couldn't be broken quickly even with a Cloud Energy attack.

The raging energy surge resembled a huge blue ice‑fog enveloping the giant bear, shielding it and blocking everyone's view.

Under Mu Yi's transcendent perception, something subtle was changing within the ice‑fog.

The foe seemed to be evolving toward a Legendary creature—and that's not good news.

After Mu Yi relayed this, the excellent caster‑mage immediately understood what was happening.

This giant bear is undergoing energy conversion; soon it will shift from a flesh body to an energy form, weakening physical attacks drastically—perhaps even making it immune to them!

Bruno said solemnly, among beings that can convert energy, only a few can easily shift between flesh and energy forms, and a prime example is the evil entity.

In other words, we can only attack with spells now, and our job is to draw attention and hold it in check?

No, it might be worse! Bruno's expression grew grave.

In this state it gains high resistance to low‑circle spells, and its attacks transform into magic weapons with an icy nature.

The strategy guide never mentioned this! Sbak frowned.

In our guide, the final boss is still just a white dragon!

Bruno snorted, in Zongwang's diverse world not even dungeons are necessarily identical, let alone this campaign world.

The world might be the same, but who knows what timeline—he still has another guide for the Lord of Winter as a Giant Demon chieftain.

In this uncertain situation, Bruno didn't know right away which mage to use to counter it, so he could only wait for the transformation to finish before acting.

Roar!

As they talked, a earth‑shaking roar echoed from the blue ice‑fog.

From the ice‑fog, a massive creature charged straight at Mu Yi.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

The scout with quick reflexes immediately fired three arrows in a row, and the arrows pierced straight through the opponent's body, causing no damage at all.

Physical damage is ineffective—use magic weapons!

Bu Lu Nuo immediately distanced himself while chanting a spell; a lightning dragon shot out from his staff, blasting the energy-formed giant bear, creating a ripple that quickly subsided.

Its magic resistance is very high; spell attacks of third circle or lower are completely ineffective!

Through our back-and-forth reports, we have already figured out the abilities of the energy-formed giant bear.

Mu Yi, locked onto by the giant bear, leapt up and down to dodge its attacks; the bear relentlessly pursued him, and its energy-formed paw, as if encountering no air resistance, swung with terrifying speed.

If Mu Yi didn't have Time Acceleration, he might really have been swatted into pulp by the giant bear; the bear's huge size brought an oppressive feeling that made everything feel heavier.