Chapter 529: Land of Extre FrostEditor: EndlessFantasy Translation
The ice shards floating in the air were not directed at him. Instead, they changed directions and flew off sowhere else...
’There’s soone else here?’
Li Yi stopped his steps, thrust out his hand, and returned Onyxia to his inventory.
A Superior Ice Spirit was levitating in mid-air and launching a flurry of ice-based attacks. So distance away, an Archer riding on a white horse was using the Pet Protection skill to tough it out against the spirit.
’Pet Protection’, a skill which would redirect all damage inflicted upon the owner onto their pet within a 12-second ti fra after its activation. Under Drifting Snow’s feet lay a black bear pet, and the HP bar above its head constantly released damage counters. It seed to be at death’s doors.
Li Yi identified the Archer imdiately.
’What a coincidence! It was really him, the Phoenix Archer — Drifting Snow!’
Drifting Snow had t Emperor Lan before. The Random Teleportation Scroll he carried with him was the best proof of that. After all, aside from Emperor Lan, no other NPC sold this special item.
’What’s he here for? Could he be looking for Emperor Lan?’
The mont he that thought crossed his mind, Li Yi imdiately perked up.
The Superior Ice Spirit’s damage was too high, and the black bear pet died in an instant. However, Drifting Snow did not lose hope. Instead, he dove onto the ground and used ’Pseudocide’.
The ice shards ca barrelling down, and since he took the attacks while in the ’Pseudocide’ state, the skill was imdiately dispelled...
Drifting Snow was dead, and the Superior Ice Spirit stopped its attack.
"This is the fate that awaits mortals..."
The Superior Ice Spirit fixed its gaze on Drifting Snow’s corpse and camped beside it, without moving a muscle. This was one of the special traits of the North Pole Continent’s monsters. Since they were intelligent, they knew how to camp corpses...
Li Yi quietly took two steps back and summoned out Explosive Ape.
He had five pets on him, and Explosive Ape’s usage rate was the lowest. Since obtaining it, he had used it less than 20 tis.
"Aooh Aooh—"
As usual, Explosive Ape did not disappoint. The mont it was summoned, it imdiately raised its claws and attacked its owner.
The primate swiped furiously, and damage counters of [??35], [??56], and [??76] constantly popped out of his head.
Li Yi walked a few steps forward, and Explosive Ape followed behind him. It was at that mont that the Superior Ice Spirit camping Drifting Snow’s corpse sensed their presence. It spun around and floated over to them.
Li Yi backpedaled, and Explosive Ape followed closely behind. Just as the Superior Ice Spirit had almost caught up to them, Li Yi activated Rocket Propellant. With a huge ’boom’, he blasted 20 ters forward, and imdiately ’pseudocided’ onto the ground...
Explosive Ape was one of the rare ’Neutral’ pets, thus, it would not be dispelled just because its owner had died. In other words, Li Yi’s only job was to summon it, and whatever ensued did not matter to him.
Since Explosive Ape was attacking it, it ca as no surprise that the Superior Ice Spirit’s aggro was locked onto it.
The Superior Ice Spirit extended its hand, and an ice drill pierced through Explosive Ape’s skull. With that single blow, Explosive Ape was now dead.
Pseudocide was a success, and Li Yi had now left the battle...
The Superior Ice Elf was camping beside Explosive Ape’s corpse and it paced back and forth around its corpse. When the spirit had its back turned towards Li Yi, he imdiately seized the opportunity, transforming himself into Lightning Leopard and using ’Stealth’ to flee the area.
On the other hand, Drifting Snow had corpse ran back. Seeing that there was no monster camping him, he imdiately resurrected.
Were it not for Li Yi’s assistance, Drifting Snow would have found it hard to stand back up. However, Li Yi had his own motivations for aiding him, why else would he help his sworn enemy for no reason?
’There must a reason for that b*stard to travel thousands of ters over here. He wouldn’t be able to achieve his goals lying down, so why not help him out and see what he ca here to do.’
After resting for a while, Drifting Snow rode on top of his little white horse and pushed onward. He did not double back, and instead, was going full steam ahead...
Once he saw his movents, Li Yi had an imdiate realization. ’This b*stard intends to use ’Corpse Drag’ to move forward.’
Moving forward via ’Corpse Drag’ ant that one would continue moving forward with no regards to their life. They would use their souls to drag the corpse forward, it was an effective strategy. In the past, Li Yi had once employed the sa tactic when he was making his way past the Giant Ant Plain.
Very soon, Drifting Snow had collapsed again. The place was crawling with Superior Ice Spirits. Li Yi could use Onyxia to fly over them, but Drifting Snow did not have the sa privilege, and thus, he could only rely on ’Corpse Drag’ to move forward.
This ti, Li Yi did not aid him. Instead, he hid in a corner and patiently waited. He had already determined that the equipnt that Drifting Snow was wearing was a mixture of Gold and Green Quality pieces, basically a pile of trash. He speculated that Drifting Snow had already placed his good equipnt into his inventory, and as a result, did not fear death.
’Since you don’t fear death, then just keep dragging on...’
Archers who employed the ’Corpse Drag’ technique could perform more sophisticated tactics compared to the other classes. The reason for this was simple, Archers were able to use ’Pseudocide’. They could alternate between dragging and Pseudocide-ing, and by repeating this, they could achieve unlimited Corpse Drags.
Drifting Snow was also quite a beast. He had died 17 tis to make it through the Superior Ice Spirit’s roaming zone.
"Motherf*cker, I’ve finally made it."
Drifting Snow spat out a curse, hopped onto his little white horse and raced onward.
Li Yi hopped onto Holy Light Warhorse and followed closely behind.
They were currently located in an area that only spawned ’snown’ monsters. As long as players did not attack them, the snown would not retaliate. Thus, there was no fear of being surrounded and they could rush forward, unhindered.
Drifting Snow stopped every once in a while, to check his coordinates. It seed that he was unsure which direction he was heading towards.
After traveling for about an hour, a huge white lake could be seen in front of them. What was suspicious was that its surface was not frozen from the cold weather, and instead, bubbling and emitting hot air.
"Hahahaha! I’ve found the Land of Extre Frost!"
Drifting Snow leapt with joy, and with a ’splash’, he disappeared under the lake.
Li Yi quickly ran over. He dispelled his mount and dipped his lower half into the lake. However, he realized that the water was not just boiling, it was scalding hot.
"Is the Land of Extre Frost supposed to be so hot?"
A spark of inspiration ca to his mind, and he imdiately summoned out both Onyxia and rmaid Princess.
"I want to hear so Secrets!"
Staring at the boiling lake, Onyxia remarked solemnly, "I’ve said it before. A piece of Extre Frost Jades lies in the deepest depths of the Land of Extre Frost’s water region. It can be used to craft equipnt with special attributes."
Li Yi stored Onyxia back into his inventory, ordered rmaid Princess to dive underwater while riding on top of her.
"Let us depart!"
rmaid Princess cheerfully jumped into the water.
With one hand holding the Divine Looking Glass, Li Yi constantly tracked Drifting Snow’s location while moving forward.
Drifting Snow was right ahead of him, and since he did not possess an underwater mount, his progress was extrely slow.
"Dive deeper, try to overtake the person in front."
Li Yi had lost his patience. He softly pulled at rmaid Princess’ soft cheeks and ordered her to swim down deeper.
While Drifting Snow was still slowly swimming forward, rmaid Princess had already passed him from the deeper regions.
The lake was extrely vast, and it was then that Li Yi realized that Onyxia’s ’Secrets’ was quite bad. It worked well the first ti because Little Pinewood was rather small. However, the lake he was in right now was much larger than a continent’s Celestial Capital. As such, looking for a tiny sparkling spot was not an easy task.
Li Yi ordered rmaid Princess to stop, and after patting her snow-white butt, he said, "Go on, ti for ’Treasure Hunt’."
rmaid Princess gleefully swam off. Li Yi’s heart imdiately burst with joy. He had discovered out that when rmaid Princess leaves with a sad or wistful expression, the item she brought back would be rather bad. However, if she left happily, she would bring back sothing valuable.
He was speaking from his experience as the owner of ’rmaid Princess’!
After 3 minutes had passed, rmaid Princess ca swimming back while shivering. She was holding a rock that emanated a cold aura in her mouth, and the mont she spat it onto Li Yi’s palms, Li Yi almost beca a frozen popsicle.
It was the Grade 11 material, Extre Frost Jade.
Li Yi handed over the Extre Frost Jade to Hunter Goddess, and the cold aura finally dissipated.
Bubble...bubble...bubble...
With the Extre Frost Jade gone, the lake’s temperature suddenly shot up. It was much hotter now.
"Freya, are you afraid of the heat?"
rmaid Princess shook her head, and her beautiful eyes sparkled. "I’m not afraid."
Ding!
System Notification: [Due to your concern, rmaid Princess’ Affinity towards you has risen by 3,000 points.]
Li Yi perspired in embarrassnt. No matter what he did now, rmaid Princess’ Affinity would only continue to rise dramatically. Compared to Onyxia, she was dozens of tis better.
Li Yi rode on top of rmaid Princess and ordered, "Keep pushing forward. Your target: The hottest area within the lake."
The Central Region of the North Pole Continent was extrely cold, but the lake before him was scalding hot. To the point, that it was about to boil. It was obvious that sothing was here, and its presence was causing this mysterious phenonon.
rmaid Princess happily went on her way. In order for her owner to ride in comfort, she even lent her tiny hands to him. This resulted in her swimming with both hands behind her back. The way she was swimming had stirred up a mysterious feeling within Li Yi...
The mountless Drifting Snow was still swimming forward slowly.
In comparison, Li Yi’s travel speed was about a hundred tis faster.
’Drifting Snow’s really slow...’
While rmaid Princess sped onward, the lake’s temperature continued to rise. Eventually, bubbles of air began to manifest within the lake, and the water in the lake started to churn as if it was heated on a stove.
It was close to the boiling point!
With her advanced intellect, rmaid Princess could sense the minute differences in the underwater temperature. She obeyed Li Yi’s command and continued diving deeper towards the area with the highest temperature.
The lake’s temperature was reaching insane levels, and Li Yi’s vision was beginning to beco affected. He could no longer observe the situation, but at that mont, rmaid Princess suddenly spoke, "There’s a cave here. It’s so hot."
"Swim into it!"
rmaid Princess swam into the cave, and the lake’s temperature increased by another level. The boiling bubbles surged upwards, and the waters’ current temperature was no longer near the boiling point. It had already reached it...
The cave was filled with twists and turns, but the way forward was anti-clockwise and heading upwards. rmaid Princess did not slow down in the slightest, and she continued pushing forward, right until she popped up with a ’splash’ and landed onto the ground.
They were at the end of the cave. There was no water, and it was just a small room.
The walls surrounding the room were fiery red, and at the center of the cave sat a red-bearded middle-aged man. He carried a massive greatsword behind him, which was even larger than Jiaojiao’s Lord of Disaster!
He was the Southern Continent’s hero — Emperor Lan!
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