Chapter 234 [Wild Alertness]
In the valley, there are snowfield hyenas everywhere who are so hungry that they can’t help but raise their heads and roar.
These snow hyenas are small in size and look like dogs, one size smaller than snow wolves.
But body size does not represent combat power.
In fact, in most cases, snow hyenas are much more difficult to deal with than snow wolves.
First, the snow hyena starts at level one, so it is naturally much stronger than the snow wolf with level zero.
And their bite force is extremely amazing, and they can easily break hard bones.
So if you are bitten by a snow hyena, you will lose at least half your life.
The second issue is personality.
Snowy hyenas are typical opportunistic predators that flexibly adjust their hunting strategies according to food sources and competitors in the environment.
They will seize any available opportunity to obtain food, including "picking up food."
That is, following other predators, waiting for them to work hard to obtain food, and then swarming up to snatch the fruits of other predators' labor.
This makes them a hated presence in the snowfield.
And this thing is not only a social creature, but also extremely vengeful. In order to get revenge on you, it can even follow you for several months, just waiting for an opportunity.
So ordinary people would not dare to provoke this thing.
Since Baruch is ready to take action, he intends to annihilate the opponent.
There is a group of about a hundred snowfield hyenas, among which there will be at least one second-ringed snowfield hyena.
Even if there are no second-level snow hyenas, there are more than a hundred first-level earth-line creatures alone, which are terrifying enough.
Without Baruch, even if Gothe had a hundred courages, he would not dare to take action against them.
But now, with a big leg carrying "brush map", Gaode's task is just to ensure his own safety and try his best to grab as many "heads" as possible.
Here, Baruch had already aimed at the target and took action decisively.
To capture the thief, capture the king first.
His first target was the snowfield hyena leader lying at the highest point in the valley.
This leader is slightly larger than other snowfield hyenas, and occupies the best position, making him very easy to identify.
A group of snow hyenas commanded by a leader will be more difficult to deal with.
So now that we have decided to take action, we must strive to eliminate the leader of the snowfield hyena first.
Baruch reached out his hand.
Gothe's eyes widened.
The next moment, he saw a medium-sized hand formed from the black soil of the snowfield appearing on the ground where the snowfield hyena leader was lying.
That palm appeared extremely suddenly, and as soon as it appeared, it was grabbed upwards.
Just like the Tathagata Buddha's Five Fingers Mountain, it directly grasped the leader of the snowfield hyena firmly in his hands.
Then, Baruch stretched out his hand and made a squeezing motion.
The medium-sized palm made of soil immediately made the same movement.
Ouch! ! !
The leader of the snowfield hyena, who was caught off guard, suddenly let out a sharp and pitiful cry in pain.
It wanted to escape from the shackles of the palm, but failed at the first time.
It failed to break free, and Baruch's second spell had already followed the trend.
The violent spell fluctuations were released without any concealment.
The ground 20 feet around the body of the snowfield hyena leader was twisted and deformed at this moment.
Following this, large pieces of hard ice spines pierced through the earth.
Each ice thorn is like an ice sword, viciously inserted into the body of the snowfield hyena leader.
Ah! ! !
Under the severe pain, the snow hyena leader let out a sound like a human woman wailing, and then his body was covered in blood.
The blood splashed out and was immediately cooled by the low temperature in the north.
Just like the life of the hyena leader in the snowfield, it has completely cooled down and is no longer alive.
In just the blink of an eye, a ferocious and difficult second-ring snowfield hyena turned into a corpse hanging on an ice spike.
Just before the group of snowfield hyenas could react, another beam of flames "dropped from the sky" and directly blew the snowfield hyenas to the ground one by one.
Then, a second flame beam flew towards the snowfield hyena that had just been blown away and fell to the ground.
This snowfield hyena has not yet recovered its strength, so naturally it can't talk about evading, and can only forcefully eat another flame beam.
The huge impact caused by the explosion of the flame beam gave the snow hyena just time to let out a miserable howl before it died.
It was Gaode who took action.
With Baruch taking the lead, Gothe lamented the opponent's strength, and at the same time cast a spell after him, aiming at a first-ring snowfield hyena within the nearest spell range, and took action boldly.
Without deliberate calculation, the result was quite remarkable. Just two [Fire Arrows+] killed a one-ring creature.
However, this kind of good thing only happens once.
The group of snow hyenas in the valley had already reacted at this time.
They roared and rushed towards the two people on the hillside.
But seeing this scene, Baruch laughed loudly without any hint of fear.
He flicked his right hand diagonally, his movements extremely smooth.
Following this action, a powerful wave of magic power rippled in the air, spreading out like ripples.
This magical wave condensed into substance in an instant.
There are countless tiny ice crystals appearing in the air, spinning and dancing.
shall shall be done .
These tiny ice crystals swarmed toward Baruch’s palm.
The next moment, a light blue crystal sword made of ice crystals appeared in his empty right hand.
This sword looks like the lightsaber in Star Wars, exuding a faint cold light.
The sword body is made of pure ice crystals, so crystal clear that it seems to reflect the surrounding scenery.
【Ice Sword】.
The sword of ice is condensed from the power of magic. The edge of the blade is extremely sharp, and every inch of the sword exudes an icy aura.
With the Ice Sword in hand, a cold light flashed in Baruch's eyes, and he became more confident and assertive.
Faced with the hordes of hyenas running in the snowfield, Baruch advanced instead of retreating.
He clamped his legs together, and the ice-maned tiger Ryan under his crotch kicked off his limbs, leading him towards the snow field hyenas.
This scene looks like a knight launching a fearless charge against the enemy army.
Of course, it was not Baruch who died, but the hyenas in the snow field.
At this moment, Baruch, holding an ice sword, broke into the group of hyenas in the snow field and started killing them.
The two snowfield hyenas that rushed forward had already jumped up and flew towards Baruch, barking and biting him.
They opened their mouths, revealing their sharp teeth that could bite bone marrow, and aimed at Baruch's neck. There was a hint of ferocity in their small eyes, as if they had seen the end of Baruch's blood splattered five feet away.
Blood flowers burst out.
It’s just that this blood flower does not come from Baruch.
Those are the two blood splashes that the ice sword delicately slashed across the bodies of the two snowfield hyenas.
Several snow hyenas were surrounding and pounced on Baruch.
However, Baruch drove the ice-maned tiger Ryan to nimbly avoid their flying attacks, and drew his sword at the same time in the process of dodging.
Several more snow hyena carcasses fell on the snow, and blood spurted all over the ground.
Under the low temperature in the north, it quickly cools and freezes, like a blood-splattered painting.
· Baruch, who had achieved great results in battle, had already rushed into the center of the siege of the snowfield hyena group under the rapid speed of the ice-maned tiger Ryan.
He swung the sword fast and hard, as if he had practiced it thousands of times. Usually, in just one move, a snowfield hyena would fall to the ground with a howl and never get up again.
He was able to move with ease, as if he was dancing with these snowfield hyenas.
As his dancing partners, these snow hyenas jumped under his ice sword in perfect coordination, bursting out blood flowers one after another.
Gothe, who was still staying on the snow hill, was stunned when he saw this scene.
This is completely different from the traditional mage fighting method in his impression.
· Mage, shouldn’t he control the distance, cast spells from a distance, and constantly pull the enemy away?
There is no one like Baruch, who can break into the enemy group with only a magic sword and a mount, and fight against the enemy with exquisite skills.
It was only then that Gothe realized why the other party's hands were so rough when he shook hands with Baruch.
Obviously, it is caused by years of practicing skills.
Baruch's fighting style can be regarded as an eye-opener for Gothe.
The so-called mage does not have to stick to the traditional concept of long-range spellcasting, but combines spells with exquisite skills, and can even produce an effect of 1+1>2.
Just like if he mastered the "Nine Yin White Bone Claws" and combined with the "Cat Claw Technique", his combat effectiveness would be equally astonishing.
Of course, just thinking about it.
Compared with spending a lot of effort and time to learn the "Nine Yin White Bone Claw", it is more practical to learn a few more spells
In the case of limited spells, it is definitely an idea to indirectly increase the power of the spells you master through skills.
All kinds of thoughts flashed through his mind, and Gaode's hands were not idle.
While the group of snowfield hyenas focused their attention on Baruch, he quickly transformed into the output position under the "Main T"'s crotch, and cast spells one after another to "pick up leaks".
But this time he no longer used [Fire Arrow+], but [Freeze Ray+].
Because Gothe discovered that the damage caused by the [Ice Sword] in Baruch's hand was freezing damage.
Although Baruch is extremely skilled, there is no guarantee that every sword can kill a snowfield hyena instantly.
There are always a few snowfield hyenas who are either lucky or can escape in time and avoid vital points, but are only injured but not dead.
Hyenas in the snowfield are exactly Gaode’s target.
Hyenas in the snowfields, whenever they are struck by Baruch's sword, the freezing damage they receive is enough to trigger the freezing effect of Gothe's [Freeze Ray+] directly.
The power of [Freeze Ray+] that triggers the freezing effect will be increased to 10 degrees, and when it is raised and cast, it will be 20 degrees.
This power even exceeds [Fire Arrow+], not to mention the freezing effect - although it is not very useful in most cases, because usually after receiving a sword from Baruch and another [Freeze Ray] from him, the snow hyena will basically die suddenly.
Baruch holds an ice sword and rides an ice-maned tiger, sprinting back and forth among the hyenas in the snowfield.
Faced with attacks coming like a tidal wave, he stood as still as a rock, easily crushing their attacks and taking away their lives.
And in the process, Baruch even had the power to intercept the snow hyenas that crossed him and wanted to attack Gothe, creating a good "output" environment for Gothe.
Soon, a pile of snowfield hyena carcasses piled up in the valley.
When Baruch swung his sword again and chopped off the head of a snowfield hyena that flew from behind him, there were less than fifty snowfield hyenas left that could still move normally.
These snowfield hyenas no longer flew forward at this time and made a low whine.
The wisdom of animals allows them to understand that the enemies in front of them are not something they can deal with.
The next moment, these remaining snowfield hyenas whined at the leader's corpse hanging on the ice thorns, and then turned around and ran away without hesitation in the blink of an eye.
Baruch was not surprised when he saw this scene.
His rich experience has given him an incomparable understanding of the habits of hyenas in the snowfields.
He clamped his legs together, turned the ice-maned tiger around, and ran towards Gaode on the snow hill.
Far away, before Gothe reached him, he reached out his hand.
Gaode also understood his intention instantly.
When the ice-maned tiger jumped past him, he grabbed Baruch's outstretched hand, used the force to jump up, and landed firmly on Ryan's back.
"We need to eradicate the roots. We need to wipe out all these escaped snowfield hyenas. Otherwise, with their numbers, they can still form a small group and launch attacks on nearby tribes." Baruch's steady voice came.
h "Ryan's nose is very good, and the smell of these snow hyenas is so strong that they can't escape."
h "However, it will probably take a few days."
h "It's okay, I'm not in a hurry." Gothe said quickly.
It’s not that I’m not in a hurry, but there are not many opportunities to follow the boss to “brush pictures”, so naturally I’m not in a hurry at that moment.
Although Ryan’s nose is very clever, these snowfield hyenas are also thieves and they scattered and escaped.
And the snowfield is so vast, chasing these hyenas in such a large area is not an easy task after all.
Four days.
Baruch and Gothe walked around the valley for another four days. During this period, they chased about thirty more snowfield hyenas, and then they stopped.
"The remaining snowfield hyenas have traveled far away. It is not easy for them to find companions after running such a distance."
"Snowfield hyenas do not form groups, so they do not pose much of a threat to human tribes." Baruch said.
"I won't waste any more time. I'll take you to the Snover clan first."
"No delay, no delay." Gao De said with a smile.
He said this sincerely.
The benefits of following Baruch are obvious.
If he were to act alone and encounter a ring of earth-line creatures, he would definitely not dare to take action rashly unless the number was less than three.
But in the snowfield, it is really uncommon for earth-line creatures to act alone, so if you want to obtain the first ring of origin, the progress will definitely not be fast.
But with Baruch, on just the first day, he gained a complete link of origin from the [Snowfield Hyena].
In the following four days of pursuit, they encountered snow wolves several times.
Gothe just followed along and got two more "heads" of one-ring ice and snow wolves. The original progress of [Ice and Snow Wolf] also reached 4/7.
Hence, even if he stays with Baruch in the snowfield for another month, Gothe is extremely willing.
It's just that Baruch said so, and Gothe certainly can't say he refuses.
In a simple cave.
A ghost-like humanoid soul without a face is busy.
It moved stones one after another and built a stone circle in the center of the cave.
After doing this, it flew out of the cave in a suspended form.
Shortly after, he flew back with a large armful of wood.
In Gothe's blazing eyes, the soul put the wood in the middle of the stone circle and lit a fire.
Subsequently, it diligently cleaned up the debris in the cave.
"Is this also a spell? What a powerful spell." Gothe looked at the busy soul and said with interest.
After these few days of getting along with each other, Baruch no longer had much defensiveness towards Gothe. At this time, seeing Gothe being curious, he said smoothly:
"Yes, it is a spell, but it cannot be called powerful. It is just a one-level auxiliary spell."
"It is called [Wild Alertness], and it is one of the necessary spells for our snowfield guardians. Although it has no damage ability, it is very practical for us who walk alone in the snowfield all year round."
"It can do many things, including finding food, water, shelter, cleaning up camps and other chores. Mastering [Wild Agility] is equivalent to having an extra servant that can be summoned at any time."
He looked at Gothe and suddenly said: "If you are interested, I can teach you."
(End of this chapter)