Chapter 434: Winter Hunter, hunting snow monsters

The surrounding dragon-turned-gun-shield warriors used their spears to jam the snow monster in place.

Zong Shen's heavy blow shook the snow monster's body.

Even though the winter snow monster is three meters tall and huge.

In terms of strength alone, it is not as good as Zong Shen, a freak.

Because of its size and race, its strength attribute is better than that of ordinary human fourth-level warriors, reaching a strength value of 62 points.

Compared with Zong Shen's 135 points of powerful strength, it is just a younger brother.

Although the Winter Snow Monster is an iron-headed child, it has certain fighting instincts.

After Zong Shen struck a blow, he retreated directly and jumped outside the encirclement.

The Wolf Cavalry's net only lasted less than 2 seconds before it failed.

The snow monster's body is covered with dense arrows, and the long-range consumption is still continuing.

The loader mecha that the long-range team was riding on had been stopped by Vereesa.

It is now a fixed fire emplacement.

Because of concerns about friendly forces, shooters began to aim carefully, so the radio frequency was reduced.

In this distance of more than 100 meters, the accuracy of arrows and crossbows can be maintained at a stable level.

Because the crossbow arrow has no tail, its accuracy will be affected when it exceeds a certain distance.

In addition to the continuous rain of arrows, the water mage, Tasia, and Aysia are also constantly chanting the basic magic arrows of each department.

With the magic spring as a magic supplement, the magicians' output has become more confident.

Especially Tasia's double undead arrows, one shot is worth two shots of ordinary magic arrows.

Originally, Tasia had not dared to use it freely due to consumption.

Now she can finally sing and attack relatively freely.

As the main hunting team following Zong Shen, each of them is equipped with five bottles of magic spring water.

It is equivalent to being able to instantly replenish 400 points of magic value, which can also be restored through meditation between hunts.

It's enough for them to use magic arrows to their heart's content.

Compared to traditional arrows, magic arrows are entirely composed of elements.

The flight speed is slower, but the trajectory is also more stable.

Some wizards with powerful spiritual powers can even interfere with the flight of magic arrows after they are fired.

The most famous of this style of play is Arcane Missile.

I saw a series of magic arrows with halos of different elements accurately hitting the chest of the winter snow monster.

The power of the elements surged on the ice armor, blasting holes as big as bowls.

The aura of magic splashed in all directions along with the broken ice and frost.

Compared to arrow attacks, the magic arrows of the masters have a high damage bonus.

The final damage caused is much higher.

Each magic arrow can cause more than thirty points of magic damage.

This is the damage value after the ice armor has offset 60 points of magic resistance.

The winter snow monster roared angrily.

Even the snowflakes falling in front of him stagnated slightly.

Its ape-like face looks very ferocious because of its bared teeth.

The thick canine teeth and protruding upper jaw give it a wild look.

When it wanted to move, it couldn't.

Those spears are like poles nailed to the body.

And in the dense rain of attacks, it couldn't concentrate on casting spells.

Even though it is a creation of the lord system, it can cast frost magic without chanting.

But it also needs to be protected from attacks and injuries.

Without mental concentration, the spell model cannot be constructed.

The singing time of general magic is also the time of constructing the spell model.

Even if there is no need to chant, mental power is still needed as a guide to achieve the effect of "instant" magic.

Spell casting is easily interrupted, which is one of the biggest shortcomings of spell casters.

If you want to cast spells calmly, you must ensure a certain safe distance.

Teammates are also required to provide cover to ensure stable spellcasting.

In this world, mages in the army often act collectively in the form of mage squadrons.

Those Sanren Masters often have their own teams and partners or retinues.

Of course, there are also some talented practitioners of magic and martial arts.

For example, our sect, as a lord, does not need to meditate hard or study spells.

For Aboriginal mages, studying spells and meditating will take up a lot of time.

So there is a balance in everything, and every unit has its own advantages and disadvantages.

Now the winter snow monster, which was being harassed by continuous attacks, was completely at a disadvantage.

Unable to cast spells, it is like a toothless tiger.

It wanted to fight with its body, but twelve gun and shield warriors used their spears to restrain its body.

These gun and shield warriors are the most powerful type among the third-level infantry warriors.

Everyone's strength attribute is above 35 points, although the strength of a single entity is not as strong as the snow monster.

But there is a whole team of dragon-turned-gun-and-shield warriors here.

Zong Shen on the side moved around flexibly, and from time to time, he would find the right opportunity to carry the [Wind, Fire and Thunder Trident] towards this big guy.

With this style of play, the layer of ice armor was quickly and completely destroyed.

The winter snow monster roared crazily, stepping hard on the ice with its legs in an attempt to break free.

Those huge feet were so strong that they even dug a big hole in the ice beneath them.

Its strong arms were also waving constantly, knocking away several spears in front of it that were against it.

But soon the gun and shield warriors came forward again.

The winter snow monster is like a beast caught in a fatal trap, unable to recover.

Under such circumstances, its health quickly dropped below 30%, activating the effect of [Snow Beloved], but unfortunately it still could not change its fate.

Only two minutes later, when Zong Shen inserted the trident into this guy's face.

It took away its remaining health points and completely ended its short life.

[You killed the winter snow monster lv40]

[Earn 4860 experience points and 1000 challenge points]

"nailed it."

Zong Shen breathed a sigh of relief and watched the snow monster's body melt into the ice and snow little by little.

This protruding snow bag is like a winter snow monster's tomb, standing alone in the ice and snow.

There were at least three hundred arrows and crossbow bolts scattered on the ground.

As these arrows struck the ice and the fur of the snow monster, magic appeared in their eyes.

During the battle just now, there were also dragon-shaped gun and shield warriors who were accidentally injured.

Fortunately, the damage was not too serious. In addition, the durability of their spears and square shields also suffered some losses.

From encounter to final elimination, it took about twelve minutes.

Zong Shen is not very satisfied with this efficiency.

Counting the time spent on the journey, it takes nearly half an hour to kill a snow monster.

The entire mistake actually occurred in his part.

The timing of his intervention with the dragon-turned-gun-and-shield warrior wasn't quite right.

In fact, we should let the remote group continue to consume another wave.

Moreover, Vereesa, as the pilot of the loader mecha, also indirectly reduced the output efficiency to a certain extent.

Zong Shen stood there, looking at the big snow pack, and began to reflect on his actions.

Vereesa drove the loader mecha back and put away all the arrows that could be easily recovered.

As for other items that have been dropped or seriously damaged along the way, we are ready to recycle them.

"Katis, you will pilot the Heavy Bearer mecha in place of Vereesa."

"Just like before, keep a distance of one hundred to one hundred and fifty meters."

"Take the Winter Snow Monster for a walk at a constant speed so that the long-range warrior can continue to output."

"Vereesa, you also join the output team."

"Everyone else remains the same."

Zong Shen reconfigured the hunting team based on the results of this battle.

In this cold climate, the warriors' condition will gradually decline over time.

So he must cherish every moment.

Vereesa quickly cleaned up the battlefield and jumped into the cargo hold without hesitation.

The carriage at the back was quite spacious, with more than twenty long-range warriors crowding around it. The snowflakes fell and were quickly melted by the body temperature and hot breath of the crowd.

The cargo hold was damp, like a light rain.

After Katis bent down and saluted, he sat in the driver's seat with a shield on his back and a spear.

Everyone was ready again, and Zong Shen returned to the driving seat.

He controlled the loader mecha and headed west.

Less than two kilometers away from here, there is a snow monster.

The snow monster had initially headed west, but now its focus had changed.

He began to walk quickly towards where Zong Shen and the others were.

Obviously, the winter snow monster also has its own attraction mechanism.

They will preferentially attack the attractive target closest to them.

With the dynamic indication of the golden circle mark, Zong Shen can clearly determine its location.

The two sides walked towards each other and soon met in the open space to the west.

Then a very fierce battle broke out.

This time it was also the remote team that took the lead in attracting the hatred value of the snow monster.

Turn on the dog walking mode, and then the remote team and Luna and the others will continue to consume.

However, there was still an episode in the middle, and the Winter Snow Monster took advantage of the gap to complete a round of casting.

Two ice arrows shot at the long-range team's loader mecha.

Cartis dodged one of them with the maneuverability of a burdened man.

But another one hit the tail fender of the cargo bay.

This resulted in serious deformation of the tail cabin baffle and [-287] points of solid value damage.

At the same time, the durability dropped by 23 points to 842 points.

Fortunately, this blow did not damage the main body of the loader mecha and the driving parts of the tracks on both sides.

After the winter challenge is over, the dwarf uncle must repair it.

In Earth parlance, this is called sheet metal.

This time, it took the long-range team about five minutes to kill half of the snow monster's health and completely destroy the ice armor.

The addition of Vereesa greatly increased the output damage.

Not only does she deal more damage in a single shot, but she is also more skilled in archery and can shoot faster.

This is also one of the advantages of an archer compared to a crossbowman. A skilled archer can often have stronger output efficiency, but for a crossbowman, it is difficult to improve the radio frequency due to the limitations of the firing mechanism.

The pros and cons of this can only be said to be in the eye of the beholder.

At least from the perspective of ease of use, crossbows are indeed easier to use than bows.

This is why Zong Shen has never been equipped with bow equipment.

Instead, he chose to wear a crossbow on his body.

After the ice armor on the snow monster shattered, Zong Shen and the others began to intervene.

Zong Shen doesn't need to use any valuable gain skills at all.

Each normal attack can cause nearly 200 points of damage to the snow monster.

Under such circumstances, it only took 8 minutes to eliminate the second winter snow monster.

Including the distance, it took about ten minutes in total.

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More than two hours later, the sky became darker and darker.

Zong Shen and the others parked the two loader mechas facing the wind, forming a cone-shaped shelter from the wind.

Two [Magic Heat Balls] were placed in the middle, generating a warm force field.

Everyone stood together and took a temporary rest.

The giant wolves also clustered around each other, hugging each other for warmth.

Under the action of the heat ball, the ice on the ground began to melt.

After more than two hours of fighting, everything took a turn for the worse.

Those shooters and magicians who were relatively weak began to show symptoms of hypothermia.

Even Zong Shen felt a little uncomfortable because of the cold.

Facts have proved that no matter how good the thermal insulation measures are, you can't act unscrupulously in the ice and snow for a long time.

After all, they are not ice race or elemental race.

As he trudged and fought in the cold wind, he gradually lost his body temperature.

Warming measures can only reduce the rate of loss.

So they must take an urgent rest.

The advantage of [Magic Heat Ball] was fully realized at this time.

In terms of portability, it heats up quickly and has a considerable heat range.

Then use the loader mecha to withstand the cold wind, and you can set up a temporary rest camp.

In addition to the heat balls, Zong Shen also took out the marinated meat he had prepared previously.

These cured meats are all fat and lean, and he specially selected them.

When walking in the cold winter, heat is lost very quickly. Correspondingly, people's hunger and satiety levels also drop extremely quickly, making it very easy to get hungry.

At this time, you need to add some meat, especially this kind of fat, which can quickly provide heat to the body.

Zong Shen hung these marinated meats near the heat ball.

Let it warm slightly, and finally everyone shares it.

Including Zong Shen himself ate a big piece.

These cured meats have no flavor, just strong saltiness.

It tastes salty and slightly bitter.

According to the theory of earth experts, this kind of salinity makes it easy to suffer from high blood pressure.

But this is a different world, and the warriors' tolerance level is higher than that of normal people.

And these cured meats are just simple pickled products, which are difficult to compare with the wide variety of pickled and cured products on the earth. Zong Shen took out a few barrels of purified water that had been reserved in advance for everyone to relieve their hunger and thirst.

In this round of hunting, they hunted a total of 7 winter monsters from beginning to end.

This gave Zong Shen 7,000 points and 34,020 experience points.

The soldiers accompanying the team also gained more or less experience.

And during this period of time, everyone's killing efficiency has become higher and higher.

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