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 howl.
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 starting level of the Snow Hyena is Level 1, so it is naturally much stronger than the Snow Wolf of Level 0.
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 is a matter of character.
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 opportunity available to obtain food, including "picking".
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.
Now that Baruch is ready to take action, he intends to annihilate the opponent.
In a group of about a hundred snow hyenas, there will be at least one second-ring snow hyena among them.
Even if there are no second-level snow hyenas, just a hundred or so first-level earth-line creatures are terrifying enough.
Without Baruch, even if Gothe had a hundred courages, he would not dare to take action against them.
But now, with Thigh carrying the "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 snow hyenas, and occupies the best position, making it very easy to identify.
A group of snow hyenas commanded by a leader will be more difficult to deal with.
So since we 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.
The palm appeared extremely suddenly, and as soon as it appeared, it grabbed upwards.
Just like Tathagata Buddha's Five Fingers Mountain, he 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 formed from soil immediately made the same movement.
Ouch! ! !
The leader of the snowfield hyena, who was caught off guard, let out a sharp and pitiful cry when he was in pain.
It wanted to escape from the shackles of the palm, but failed at the first opportunity.
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 burst out of 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 snowfield 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 the ice spike.
Before the group of snowfield hyenas could react, another flame beam "fell from the sky", directly blowing 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 avoiding it, it can only eat another flame beam forcefully.
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 ring of snow hyenas within the nearest spell range, and took action boldly.
Deliberately and unintentionally, the result of the battle was quite remarkable. Just two [Flame Arrow+] killed a one-ring creature.
However, this kind of good thing only happens once.
The snowfield hyena group in the valley had already reacted at this time.
They howled and rushed towards the two people on the hillside.
But seeing this scene, Baruch laughed loudly without any fear.
He swung his right hand diagonally down, his movements extremely smooth.
Following this action, a powerful wave of magic power suddenly rippled in the air, spreading out like ripples.
This magic wave condensed into substance in an instant.
Countless tiny ice crystals appeared in the air, spinning and dancing.
Crack, click, click.
These tiny ice crystals swarmed towards 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 with magical power. 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 towards the snowfield, Baruch advanced instead of retreating.
He clamped his legs together, and Ryan, the ice-maned tiger under his crotch, kicked off his limbs, leading him towards the snowfield 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 snow 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 didn’t come from Baruch.
Those are the two blood splashes that the ice sword delicately slashed across the bodies of the two snowfield hyenas.
A few more snowfield hyenas rushed towards Baruch.
However, Baruch drove the ice-maned tiger Ryan to nimbly avoid their swoops, and drew his sword at the same time during the dodge. 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 the 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.
His movements of swinging the sword were fast and fierce, as if he had practiced it thousands of times. Usually, in just one move, a snowfield hyena would fall to the ground howling miserably and never get up again.
He seemed to be dancing with these snowfield hyenas with ease.
As his dancing partners, these snow hyenas jumped under his ice sword in perfect coordination, bursting out blood flowers one after another.
Gaode, 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.
A 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 mount, and fight against the enemy with exquisite skills.
Only then did Gothe realize why the other person's hands were so rough when he shook hands with Baruch earlier.
Obviously, it is caused by years of practicing skills.
Baruch's fighting style was an eye-opener for Gothe.
The so-called mage does not have to stick to the traditional concept of remote spellcasting. He can combine spells with exquisite skills and 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, indirect improvement can be achieved through skills. The power of the spells he masters is definitely an idea.
All kinds of thoughts flashed through my mind, and Gothe's hands were not idle.
Taking advantage of the attention of the group of snowfield hyenas focused 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 is no longer using [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 snow hyena instantly.
There are always a few snow hyenas who are either lucky or can escape in time and avoid their vital points. They are only injured but not dead.
These snowfield hyenas are Gothe's target.
Whenever these snowfield hyenas 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 [Freezing Ray+] that triggers the freezing effect will be increased to 10 degrees, and when it is raised and cast, it is 20 degrees.
This power even exceeds [Fire Arrow+], not to mention that it also has a freezing effect - although it is not very useful in most cases, because it is usually a sword from Baruch, and another one from him. After [Freezing Ray], the snow hyena basically died suddenly.
Baruch holds an ice sword and rides an ice-maned tiger, sprinting back and forth among the hyenas in the snowfield.
Facing the attacks that came like a tidal wave, he stood as still as a rock, crushing their attacks with ease and taking their lives at the same time.
And in the process, Baruch even had the power to intercept the snowfield hyenas that crossed him and wanted to attack Gothe, creating a good "output" environment for Gothe.
Soon, a pile of snowy hyena carcasses piled up in the valley.
When Baruch swung his sword again and chopped off the head of a snow hyena that flew from behind him, the number of remaining snow hyenas that could still move normally was less than fifty. Only.
These snow hyenas stopped flying forward at this time and made a low whine.
The wisdom of animals allows them to understand that the enemy in front of them is 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 fled 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.
Clamping his legs, he made the ice-maned tiger turn around and run towards Gaode on the snow hill.
From a distance, before he reached Gothe, he reached out his hand.
Gaode also instantly understood his intention.
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 community and launch attacks on nearby tribes." Baruch said calmly. came.
“Ryan has a very good nose, and these snow hyenas smell so bad that they can’t escape.”
"However, it will probably take a few days."
"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 has a very good nose, these snowfield hyenas are also thieves and they scattered and escaped.
And the snowfield is so vast, chasing these hyenas in such a large place is not an easy task after all.
Four days.
Baruch and Gothe walked around the valley for another four days, during which time they caught up to thirty more snowfield hyenas before stopping.
“The remaining snowfield hyenas have traveled far away. It is not easy for them to find companions after running so far.”
“Snowfield hyenas do not travel in groups. , it won’t pose much of a threat to the human tribe,” Baruch said.
“I won’t waste any more time. I’ll take you to the Snover clan first.”
"No delay, no delay." Gothe said with a smile.
He meant what he said.
The benefits of following Baruch are obvious.
If he were to act alone and encounter a group 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 his origins from the [Snowfield Hyena].
During the next four days of pursuit, they encountered snow wolves several times.
Gaode just followed along and got two more "heads" of ice and snow wolves with one ring. The original progress of [Ice and Snow Wolf] also reached 4/7.
So, even if he stayed with Baruch in the snowfield for another month, Gothe was extremely willing.
But, Baruch said so, 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.
Soon after, he flew back with a large armful of wood.
In Gothe's scorching eyes, the soul placed the wood in the middle of the stone circle and lit a fire.
Then, 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’s curiosity, he said smoothly:
“Yes, It’s a spell, but it can’t be called powerful. It’s just a one-level auxiliary spell.”
"It's called [Wild Alertness], and it's one of the essential 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 it. Gothe suddenly said: "If you are interested, I can teach you."
(End of this chapter)