Chapter 282 Evolution: The Body of Dharma Ninja
The vast white snowfield stretches as far as the eye can see, like an endless ocean. The cold wind howls across the land, rolling up layers of snow waves from time to time.
After four days of fighting, the Zhenbing tribe's 5,000-strong army had traveled more than 200 kilometers.
This speed is faster than Gothe expected.
At this moment, they are less than 400 kilometers away from the Icefield Temple where the headquarters of the Snowfield Guardian is located.
As they get closer to the Icefield Temple, the mood of the mages in the army becomes more and more high.
The relatively primitive way of life has made the people in the north accustomed to the harsh natural environment, and they have amazing tenacity and adaptability.
There is a kind of primitive wildness flowing in them.
This kind of wildness is not only physically strong, but also mentally unyielding.
Northerners have never been afraid of fighting, and even eager to fight.
Because they are accustomed to fighting to obtain the food necessary for survival.
Hence, for this "expedition", except for Sunaifa as the ruler and the elders who have to worry about logistics, resources and other tedious matters, the others only have a burning desire to fight in their hearts.
Gothe was riding on the back of a strong snow wolf, his eyes sweeping across the large army that was winding like a long snake.
Snow Wolf is Elder Grant's pet. He did not go out with the large army, but asked his pet to go with Gothe.
At this point, Gothe was absolutely sure that the Zhenbing tribe did have enough respect and trust for him, a "foreigner" who became the new king because of a prophecy.
Even if he is young and weak in strength, even if his orders will cost the Zhenbing tribe a lot of money, his ideas will still be resolutely obeyed and implemented by the Zhenbing tribe from top to bottom.
Sunaifa said that he could lead Zhenbing to a glorious revival, unify the northern territory, and support him to become the ruler of the Zhenbing tribe.
This is a very heavy responsibility and a very arduous task. The first thing Gaode must determine is whether the Zhenbing Tribe is worthy of him to shoulder this responsibility, and whether he can control the Zhenbing Tribe.
The attack on the Icefield Temple this time was both revenge and a test for him.
If the Zhenbing Tribe and Sunaifa fail to pass this test, Gaode will regard the Zhenbing Tribe as a tool.
After all, although the North is relatively "poor", the Zhenbing Tribe still has some wealth, which is at least enough for a first-level mage like him.
Obviously, by now, Gaode's heart has gradually begun to identify with the Zhenbing tribe.
The entire tribe, down to the most ordinary tribesmen, up to figures like Sunaifa who are far more powerful than him, all believe in him unconditionally.
This kind of trust gave him a heavy sense of mission and belonging.
At this moment, the sun is about to set.
The large army has skillfully begun to look for camping spots and prepare food for tonight.
After setting up camp, Gothe was not idle, but patrolled the temporary camp.
When everyone sees Gothe approaching, they will temporarily stop what they are doing, caress their chests and salute.
The primitive way of living and the primitive social structure also give the people in the north a primitive simplicity.
Outside of the Northern Territory, there is absolutely no place where people would have such respect for a first-level mage because of a seemingly illusory prophecy like the people of the Northern Territory.
The food for everyone is the same dried meat. The method is to put it in a pot and boil it with water to make soup, and then simmer it.
It seems very simple, but in fact the specifications are high enough.
At once, they came up with the rations needed to supply a large army of 5,000 people for nearly a month. There are really not many tribes in the north that have this strength.
"The food problem must be solved first." Gothe remained silent on the surface, but various thoughts flashed through his mind.
Without a stable source of food, the so-called glorious revival and unification of the northern border are just castles in the air and impossible to establish.
This truth must be understood by more than just Gao De.
The problem is, knowing the truth does not mean that you can do it.
But Gothe has Flora, so the food issue is really traceable to him.
After walking around the camp, he returned to the tent that the Zhenbing tribe had set up for him, which contained a pot of stewed broth.
Compared with other people's jerky soup, Gaode's broth is cooked with fresh perilla snake meat.
This was killed by a large army on the way.
Perilla snake is a second-level earth-line creature. If Gothe encounters a perilla snake alone in the snowfield, it will be too late to run away.
But facing the large army of the Zhenbing Tribe, it was already dealt with by a third-ring ice-born mage as soon as it appeared. Even Gaode didn't react, otherwise he would definitely let the other party spare his efforts.
—This is another benefit of becoming the king of the Zhenbing Tribe.
With this identity, he no longer seemed to have to worry about acquiring his origins, at least before the Fourth Ring.
As long as Gaode needs it, someone will help him hunt earth-line creatures.
The rich biological resources of the earth's veins in the north can definitely meet most of his needs.
However, there is a long way to go, and the most important thing at the moment is to hurry, so Gaode is not in a hurry to ask the Zhenbing Tribe to help him obtain his origin.
Gothe picked up the pot of perilla snake broth and was about to start it, when he caught a glimpse of Flora stretching her neck out of the corner of her eye and looking straight into the pot.
His hands immediately paused, smiled slightly, and picked out a small piece of perilla snake meat from the pot.
It is said to be a small piece, but after Gothe compared it with Flora's body shape, he knew that for a little person, it was definitely a huge thing.
He thought for a moment, then carefully tore off a very small piece of snake meat, and then handed it to Flora.
Flora came closer, sniffed with her nose, and then looked up at him.
"What is this?"
"For Lady Flora."
"Oh~" Flora frowned, she clearly wanted to ask what kind of meat this was.
Hateful mage!
Flora's eyes turned left and right, she stretched out her hands, took the piece of snake meat in a cup, and then took a careful bite.
"Hiss!" The next moment, Flora exhaled loudly and said anxiously: "My mouth is burning!"
Gothe laughed loudly.
Perilla snake meat has a rare spicy taste, and Flora has never liked this type of food. For example, the ginger tea served by the Shimo chief was considered poisonous by Flora.
"It's spicy, but it's a good thing to keep away the cold." Gao De said seriously.
"Lord Flora is not afraid of the cold!"
"Oh, I forgot~"
"Mage, you are not smart!" Flora looked at Gothe who was laughing and said angrily, and she was already ready to hold a grudge.
After finishing a whole pot of broth, soup and meat, Gothe picked up [North Wind].
A familiar feeling of extreme cold suddenly came over him, and a thin layer of ice instantly condensed on his palms.
But that’s all, the thin ice just condensed in the palm of the hand and did not spread anymore.
After these days, with the continuous adaptation of [Adaptive], Gaode is infinitely close to being completely immune to the cold of [North Wind]:
Withstand the cold of Zhenbing, your cold resistance will increase by 268%.
Withstand the pain of extreme cold, and the ability to withstand pain is increased by 99.9%.
Suffering from extreme cold injuries, your body's ability to recover from injuries is increased by 79.6%.
This is the adaptation progress of his [Adaptive] specialty under the stimulation of [North Wind].
The improvement in cold resistance has increased by 68% based on the intermediate level Ice Blessed Body, which shows how terrifying the cold of [North Wind] is.
At this point, the improvement of cold resistance has once again reached a state of stagnation.
The stimulation of [North Wind] is no longer enough to drive a rapid increase in cold resistance.
Similarly, with the improvement of cold resistance, [North Wind] is basically no longer able to cause extreme cold damage to his body.
However, Gaode was still very excited.
The reason is also very simple.
The ability to withstand pain has actually been stuck at 99.9% for two days, just like the sign before evolving into the primary Ice Blessing Body.
Gaode had a hunch that he would be able to break through this bottleneck today.
If nothing else goes wrong, after the breakthrough, [Adaptive] should also be able to evolve an effect similar to that of "Basic Blessed Body".
Thinking like this, Gao De tightened his palm slightly and held the hilt of [North Wind]'s sword more firmly.
With his movements, the chill from the north wind became more intense.
The chill was like a needle, pricking the palms of Goude's hands and hurting, but he gritted his teeth and kept holding on tight.
This went on for about half an hour.
Gothe's eyes lit up, and the room went white again. He saw the skylight, and a crisp sound came from his body, as if some shackles were broken at this moment.
"Withstand the pain of extreme cold, and the ability to withstand pain is increased by 100%."
The bottleneck has finally been overcome.
Some mysterious information has already emerged in Gaode's consciousness:
[Your body continues to experience the pain of extreme cold, and its ability to withstand pain increases accordingly, adapting to evolve into a body of legal forbearance].
[After evolving into the body of Dharma Ninja, you will have extremely strong concentration ability, and it will be difficult for external sufferings such as hunger, thirst, cold, heat, and pain to affect spell casting, practice status, and craft production].
【Enduring pain for a long time will make your mind extremely tough, and you will have stronger resistance to enchantment spells that directly attack and interfere with the spiritual level】
【The body of Dharma Ninja is accompanied by pain, giving you a small chance of foreseeing the coming disaster and pain】.
After [Intermediate Ice Blessing Body], Gaode finally gained a new ability through [Adaptive]: [Dharma Ninja Body].
[Dharma Ninja Body] is the same as [Intermediate Ice Blessing Body], and it also has three buffs.
The first two gain effects are easy to understand and do not require further explanation.
The last one [there is a small probability of having a premonition of the coming disaster and pain] is somewhat metaphysical, at least Gothe can't imagine what kind of premonition it is for the time being.
And this "low probability" is also very interesting.
10% can be considered a small probability, but similarly, the small probability may also be 0.01%.
After thinking about it for a while, Gothe shook his head and thought no more.
In the final analysis, this ability should not be taken too seriously.
In the face of disasters, it is good to be able to predict them, but the main thing is to have the ability to resist disasters, rather than counting on this.
Of course, I really have a premonition that even if it is only once, this ability can be regarded as repayment.
The only pity is that [The Body of Legal Ninja] does not have the prefix of primary like the Body of Ice Blessing.
This means that this is already a complete state and cannot be improved further.
Having yet to fully recover from the joy of gaining new abilities, a picture suddenly appeared in Gothe's mind: a group of white bones and skeletons and a deep black mist rushing toward him.
But this scene passed in a flash, as if it was just an illusion.
But even such a momentary scene still caused a layer of cold sweat to break out on Gothe's spine.
What's going on?
Gaode was startled for a moment, and the next moment he was shocked and realized what was going on.
This is the ability of [The Body of Legal Ninja] to "premonitor the coming disaster and pain with a small probability"!
He originally thought that this ability would be like a little easter egg, and what exactly it was would be revealed one day in the future, but he didn't expect that he would use it just a moment later.
Is this considered a “first flush reward”?
While Gao De was enjoying his suffering, he was already taking action.
He quickly left his tent and ran towards another tent not far away.
That's Sunaifah's tent.
"It's me." Goude said softly but urgently outside the tent.
Almost at the same time as he finished speaking, the curtain of the tent was suddenly opened.
Sunaifa's cold and beautiful face appeared at the door.
Her eyes were blue and deep, revealing the meaning of inquiry: "My king, is there something wrong?"
"There may be an attack tonight."
Her words had just fallen when a strange crunching sound suddenly sounded in the temporary camp, making people's hearts tighten.
The next moment, an even more horrifying scene appeared.
The originally calm and extremely thick snow suddenly erupted with a series of explosions, as if something was stirring underground, eager to break free.
Immediately afterwards, the thick layer of snow suddenly exploded as if it was torn apart by invisible giant hands.
With the deafening roar, huge cracks exploded one after another.
One white skeleton after another stood up from the cracks in the snow, like evil spirits summoned from the abyss of death.
These skeletons come in different shapes, but without exception they all exude a palpitating aura of death.
Their white bones glowed palely in the moonlight, and their eye sockets flickered with green phosphorus fire.
At the moment of recovery, these skeletons brutally pounced on the nearest living person.
The arms of these skeletons are waving in the air, and the bones are dense, as if they are trying to tear apart all obstacles in front of them.
Although their movements are stiff, they are extremely fast.
Because everything happened so suddenly, the ice-born mages of the Zhenbing Tribe had no time to react, and many of them were thrown to the ground immediately.
Although they are mages and possess powerful magical power, they were so close and knocked to the ground by the skeletons that they had no time to cast spells.
And if there is no magic blessing, after all, they are just mortal bodies, how can they compete with skeletons that have no pain and are infinitely strong?
So once a skeleton knocks him to the ground, it is almost impossible to stand up again.
With a tearing sound, the skeletons used brute force to tear open the arms, thighs and even heads of the Iceborn mages. Blood spattered everywhere, dyeing the snow red, and the entire camp fell into chaos.
The screams of the injured Iceborn mages in despair were even more frightening
And in the tent where Gothe was just now, a skeleton just climbed up from it, and directly tore the tent open, revealing the mess inside.
It is conceivable that if Gothe had not had a premonition and left the tent early, he would have lost half of his skin even if he was not dead.
(End of this chapter)