Chapter 0167 Heavy snow blocks the road and travels underground
Today's first update: Chapter 167, Gongjin, please use your monthly ticket and urge for updates to whip me hard!
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The top of the iceberg is very eye-catching, no matter where you are, you can identify it.
In the misty and cold place, it is the coldest and most ferocious polar iceberg, an absolute forbidden area that even SSS-level talents dare not set foot in!
Ten thousand injuries per second is just one of them. There, there are the largest, most powerful, and most ferocious [Snow Monster] army, and there is no doubt that there is a B-level boss [Snow Monster King] sitting in charge!
Just imagine, who would joke about his own life if he is full?
Instead of seeking death, it is better to move between the hills below the halfway point where the ice damage is not severe enough, and find a way out!
Although this is time-consuming and laborious, and it is easy to lose direction, at least the external threat is much smaller!
Find a [hot spring], and you can replenish your status and go on the road. The sporadic [snow monsters] are not fatal to the trialists who have the ability to break into this level!
Under normal circumstances, it will not be one person who crosses the three mountains. Although the polar icebergs are vast, even more than the rain forest on the sixth level, as long as the large army of trialists set foot here, there will be large and small temporary teams formed!
If you stand in the distance and look, you can see the army of trialists climbing like ants on the snow-white iceberg!
In extremely bad weather, trialists will also lose the desire to fight, even the warlike Shura clan is no exception!
The only idea is to leave this dead cold and cold ghost place as soon as possible!
In the case of losing blood all the time, instead of fighting with other trialists in vain, it is better to unite as one, find [hot springs], fight [snow monsters], and cross the iceberg!
The strong are always lonely, and only the real strong dare to step on the polar iceberg alone!
And only the strong among the strong dare not only go deep alone, but also challenge the limit and point to the top of the mountain!
With Xu Kun's current speed, even if the iceberg is extremely wide and high, it didn't take him much time to follow the snow and come to the foot of the iceberg!
Xu Kun couldn't judge how much ice damage there was here, because his blood bar was always full!
Looking up, the iceberg is at least 70° angle!
In such a steep situation, even those trialists who can fly have to consider how to land!
It is said that the strong winds blowing from the third mountain, Storm Thunder Mountain, from time to time, although they can't cause harm to people, but with snow all over the sky, even the powerful flying races dare not try to fly too high!
Because once the blizzard gets out of control, you may spend half a day climbing, and it will be in vain!
It is really: birds are hard to cross, and mountains are hard to cross!
One step at a time is the best way to cross the iceberg!
After Xu Kun looked for a while, except for the mountaintop hidden in the clouds, the other places were blocked by the snow, and he couldn't see the situation clearly. He shook his head and took out the Chengying Sword!
He danced the Chengying Sword, and the sharp sword body effortlessly inserted into the snow and pierced through the ice!
The power of nature still needs to be respected. Xu Kun is not afraid of the ice injury that always invades him, but he is also afraid that a gust of wind will blow him away!
His left hand took out the [Supreme Flame Spirit Sword] that could not keep up with his pace of the times!
Then he tiptoed and rushed towards the steep mountain wall!
At his speed, his toes touched the soft snow, and he didn't even leave a footprint!
Not flying, but almost flying!
But inevitably, the overlapping snowflakes hit Xu Kun, trying to stop his rapid pace!
At the speed of galloping, even the weak snowflakes turned into extremely sharp ice knives!
It didn't take long for Xu Kun to become a bulldozer. The pressure accumulated by the heavy snow piles, coupled with the gravity brought by the nearly upside-down hanging, inevitably slowed down even Xu Kun's super high speed!
This is also the biggest challenge for many people who want to quickly cross the iceberg with their high speed!
Snow can crush a person!
At this time, the [Supreme Flame Spirit Sword] in Xu Kun's left hand played its role!
"Flame Dragon's Fury!"
The roaring fire dragon rushed forward angrily, melting the snowflakes and the ice. The dim vision became clear after the fire dragon raged!
But the coverage of [Flame Dragon's Fury] is only 500*500, which can only barely clear the snow piled in front of Xu Kun. When the fire dragon is still raging, Xu Kun's figure has already been higher!
Choke!
A sword inserted into the solid ice surface, Xu Kun exhaled a breath of hot air, and then the hot air instantly froze into ice!
The whole person, half hanging upside down on the mountain wall.
He only rushed up for a second, and the snow piled on his body was so heavy that he couldn't breathe. After stopping at this moment, the snow all over his body fell down, rumbling, and soon, an avalanche was triggered below!
The higher he went, the heavier the snow!
"It seems that it's not possible to rush straight down!" Xu Kun wiped off the snow that covered his entire face!
But he was not discouraged by this, after all, a mere snow pile could not stop him!
It was just a test just now!
After a short rest, Xu Kun decisively activated the special skill [Hellish Evil Wind] on the [Purgatory Wind Magic Boots]!
The black evil wind rose from the soles of Xu Kun's feet, forming a 15㎡ barrier!
Within the range, the snow that had not melted for years was swept away, and all the falling snowflakes were also swept away by the evil wind!
A vacuum zone was formed around Xu Kun, and even the originally cold temperature rose a lot!
[Hellish Evil Wind] only lasts for sixty seconds, but the storm follows his body, so in the next sixty seconds, Xu Kun has no scruples!
The Chengying Sword left shallow pits on the surface of the thick iceberg, and when Xu Kun passed by, it would soon be buried by the snow!
Sixty seconds later, the black evil wind disappeared, and Xu Kun felt a chill in his body!
Gripping the hilt tightly, his feet plunged into the snow!
The damage value had already begun to appear above his head.
-560, +560!
After [Rock Armor] was broken, Xu Kun's own blood bar began to drop, but what was lost in the last second was replenished in the next second!
Sixty seconds, although Xu Kun's speed was reduced a lot due to the angle of the mountain, he climbed at least 50,000 to 60,000 meters. But according to the ice injury, his current altitude is probably less than half of the mountain?
This so-called fastest road is more than 100,000 meters long!
Even if the hypotenuse is longer than the altitude, it also proves that the polar iceberg is really too high!
Xu Kun couldn't help but think of a poem passed down by ancient China: Oh, how dangerous it is, the iceberg is as difficult as climbing to the sky!
"I heard that the highest Himalaya in the ancient Blue Star is less than 9,000 meters above sea level. Compared with this polar iceberg, it is simply the difference between an ant and an elephant, but this is only the shortest of the three mountains!"
Xu Kun couldn't help but be speechless!
At this time, looking down, you can't see things clearly at all. Going up, it's not like being at the foot of the mountain. The snowflakes in the sky are like a curtain, covering the sky and the sun. Xu Kun only stood for a while and was almost buried by the thick snow!
"Continue!" Xu Kun waved his sword, and the newly accumulated snow around him was instantly cleared!
A flaming bird appeared in his palm!
"Red Sparrow!"
Three flaming birds were thrown out by Xu Kun one by one, and then when Xu Kun approached a certain position, he made them explode!
The power generated by the explosion caused a momentary interruption in the snowflakes all over the sky!
With the help of the three "Red Sparrows", Xu Kun advanced several thousand meters again!
The special skill [Hellish Wind] of [Purgatory Wind Magic Boots] is undoubtedly the most suitable for blocking the blizzard, but at this moment, it has entered CD!
Then, in order to prevent the heavy snow from burying him, Xu Kun can only choose a stupid way!
All the skills that can help him clear the snow blocking the way were used one by one by him!
"Explosive Flame Bomb!"
"Fire Spreads!"
"Blade Storm!"
"Fire Dance Whirlwind!"
For this blizzard, only fire and wind attribute attacks can work!
Group attacks like [Earthquake] and [Blood Poison] had no effect when they were launched!
After the skills that could clear the snow entered CD, Xu Kun could only swing the Chengying Sword with [Fireline·Enhancement] attached to clear the way ahead!
The higher he went, the heavier the snow became, making Xu Kun feel like he was being hit by snow all the time, and it seemed that even the air here was frozen, and it was so heavy that it made people feel extremely depressed!
Even Xu Kun's breathing became extremely difficult, just like when he was entangled by the blue silver grass at the beginning of the novice trial!
As expected, the speed slowed down. It was really hard to walk fast in the snow with a deep pit at every step!
After running for a while, Xu Kun finally saw the first [Hot Spring]!
The surrounding snow melted because of the existence of this [Hot Spring], turning into pure water, and merged into this [Hot Spring] that was emitting hot steam!
Xu Kun changed his direction, passed through the thick snow that was enough to bury several of him, and came to the side of the [Hot Spring]!
He didn't need to use the blood recovery function of the [Hot Spring] to recover blood, but it was really tiring to climb the mountain in the heavy snow!
Sitting next to the hot spring, Xu Kun kept patting the snow on his body. Under the hot spring's heat, the snow water flowed down along the gap of the rock protection. After a while, it gathered into a pool at Xu Kun's feet!
"It didn't take a lot of time, but the higher I go, the slower I can climb!"
According to the current damage value of -1060 above his head, Xu Kun judged that he had climbed to 70% of the height!
But now, the large-scale group attack skills are all on cooldown. He is running in the snow now, and he can't even use 1/10 of his speed!
"The snow is too heavy. If there is no heavy snow blocking the road, even if the polar iceberg is high, it won't take me much time!"
Xu Kun thought, and suddenly he was startled, thinking of a skill he had never used!
[Ground Walk]
Rank: B-level special skill
Effect: Dive no deeper than ten meters underground, and move forward at 60% of your own speed. It will become ineffective after being hurt, leaving the ground, or actively attacking. The effect lasts for 10 seconds
Energy consumption: 100
Cooling time: 300 seconds
This B-level skill obtained from the group of earth dragons has become the most useless on Xu Kun, and is not even as good as his E-level skills!
And similarly, under the condition of being invaded by ice injuries all the time, this [Ground Walk] skill is also ineffective!
But why did Xu Kun consider this skill now?
Thinking, he took out a scroll from his backpack.
[Skill Enhancement Scroll]
Rank: D-level
Introduction: It contains special power that gives skills stronger attributes, which is used to increase skill levels or optimize skill formats!
Function: 100% level +1 for skills below D level; 80% chance of optimization for C level skills, 20% chance of level +1; 20% chance of optimization for B level skills, 1% chance of level +1!
This [Skill Enhancement Scroll] is similar to the S-level scroll that I used to enhance [Sparks Never Die]!
This is also one of the few things that Xu Kun collected when he dropped from the F-level boss on the fifth floor!
The original grade was only E-level, and it was upgraded to D-level through the bonus of the Son of Destiny and Luck!
The highest is to upgrade B-level skills!
Xu Kun hadn't thought about which skill to use this scroll on before, but now, he wants to try to enhance the useless skill [Earth Walk] to see if there are any unexpected surprises!
He did it right away, and Xu Kun tore open this scroll.
[Ding, the skill enhancement scroll is used successfully, please select the skill you need to enhance! ]
"I choose the B-level skill Earth Travel!"
[Ding, selection is successful, start enhancing! ]
[Ding, enhancement is successful, Earth Travel grade +1, upgraded to A-level skill: Underground Shuttle! ]
This D-level scroll is very obedient. It did not give itself a friendly reminder like the previous S-level scroll to enhance [Sparks Never Die]!
Looking at the successfully enhanced skill, Xu Kun's eyes suddenly lit up!
[Underground Shuttle]
Grade: A-level special skill
Effect: Dive no deeper than 20 meters underground, maintain 80% of its own speed, effect duration: 30S!
Energy consumption: 200
Cooling time: 300S
A series of restrictions were lifted, and the speed and duration of underground movement were increased by 20 seconds at once. The energy consumption increased by 100, but it was not a big deal!
Shaking off the remaining snowflakes on his body, Xu Kun decisively used this skill!
The next moment, Xu Kun's body relaxed, and a sense of weightlessness made him a little dizzy!
His body fell directly, as if he was not stepping on the frozen soil layer that was frozen hard, but on the water surface!
After falling twenty meters, Xu Kun felt that he was on the ground. The surrounding area was the frozen soil layer with ice chips, but Xu Kun stretched out his hand and clenched it. Although he could feel a little sluggish, there was no obstruction where his palm passed, just like... in the water!
The speed was slightly limited, but under the condition of fast basic movement speed, the weakened part was not worth mentioning!
It can still burst out a speed of nearly 1,800 meters per second!
In this way, Xu Kun shuttled through the frozen underground, and the speed was so fast that the pangolin would cry when he saw it!
According to Xu Kun's estimation, he was still 40,000 to 50,000 meters away from the top of the iceberg. If he maintained 80% of the movement speed underground, as long as he was in the right direction, he could successfully reach the top before the duration of [Underground Shuttle] ended!
All around, it was quiet and silent, this was the dead silence that could freeze everything!
Without heavy snow blocking the road, Xu Kun was like a fish in water, wandering freely!
When the duration of [Underground Shuttle] entered the countdown, Xu Kun suddenly felt a light in front of him. After he stepped out, it was no longer soft and sunken snow, but solid land!
Above his head, the sky was close at hand, within reach!
All around, the clouds and mist were lingering, as if in a fairyland!
The scenery on the top of the mountain was particularly beautiful, which was vast and spectacular beyond Xu Kun's imagination!
And above his head, the ice damage of -1660 per second was also telling him that he was indeed standing on the top of the iceberg at this moment!
He succeeded!
Just when Xu Kun was still intoxicated with the joy of reaching the top and the rare beauty, a roar that was enough to trigger an avalanche broke the tranquility of the top of the mountain!
Xu Kun looked sideways and narrowed his eyes!
A monster as tall as a hill, covered with snow-white fur, with a pair of scarlet eyes staring at him covetously!
The deafening sound just now came from its mouth!
Around it, dozens of smaller monsters that were shorter than it but twice as tall as Xu Kun followed up, and soon surrounded Xu Kun!
Xu Kun took a look and was about to reach out to summon the [Illustrated Book of All Races]!
Unexpectedly, before he could make any move, an illusory book appeared in front of him, and the pages flipped, and soon, a blank page broke away from the book.
Then, at a very fast speed, the appearance of the hill-like monster in front of him was described, and the surrounding monsters were also described in the corners!
[Snow Monster King]
Grade: B-level
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