owlsbooks Chapter 558 Heading North to the Ice Plains
Chapter 558 Heading North to the Ice Plains
Lin Tian did not choose to proceed slowly. A faint light flashed beneath his feet, and the [Blink] skill was activated instantly.
He didn't hold back his magic power, continuously increasing its consumption, extending the teleportation distance, and his figure flashed through the streets and alleys, leaving only faint afterimages.
The landing location of each flash is precisely calculated—either at the highest point of a rooftop, the center of an intersection, or the end of an alley—to ensure that the direction of the next flash is not blocked by obstacles.
A moment later, he arrived at the north gate of Star Moon City.
The guards at the north gate had changed shifts, but the new guards had obviously heard about Lin Tian's identity from their colleagues.
Upon seeing him appear in their field of vision, the two guards straightened their backs, held their spears upright, and stared straight ahead, not daring to make any eye contact with him.
Lin Tian didn't stop walking; he went straight through the city gate and stepped into the wasteland outside the city.
Once outside the territory of Star Moon City, the terrain begins to rise gradually, and the vegetation changes from dense forests to low shrubs.
Further on, the vegetation completely disappears, replaced by exposed rocks and frozen ground covered with a thin layer of ice.
The air became bitterly cold, and the wind, carrying ice shards, swept by. Even ordinary players wearing cold-weather gear would feel their blood and energy stagnate from the cold.
But for Lin Tian, this slight change in temperature was not even enough to breach the threshold of his physical defenses.
The physical damage bonus and physical damage reduction brought by the [Fitness] God-level skill, the all-attribute resistance increase of [Attribute Resonance], and the all-attribute resistance bonus of the Immortal Ring make him have extremely high immunity to various types of damage such as ice, physical, and elemental.
This bit of northern wind is nothing more than a gentle breeze.
He didn't even consciously activate any defensive skills; he simply let the cold wind blow past the corner of his clothes, and his body temperature didn't drop by even half a degree.
Xiao Bai's flight speed suddenly increased, and the dragon's perception covered a radius of several miles, quickly transmitting a danger signal back.
It let out a short cry, and at the same time marked the exact location and number of monsters ahead in Lin Tian's field of vision—this was a shared vision function between pets and their owners, allowing them to exchange information without language.
Lin Tian looked up and saw more than a dozen huge figures wandering on the frozen ground several thousand meters away.
These monsters come in various shapes and sizes, but without exception, they all exude the chilling aura unique to ice-type magical beasts.
【Ice Armored Rhinoceros】
Rating: 75
Type: Elite Warcraft
Attribute: Ice, Heavy Armor
Characteristics: The ice armor on the body reduces physical damage by 50%, and increases ice resistance by 80%.
Frostclaw Beast
Rating: 75
Type: Elite Warcraft
Attributes: Ice, Agility
Features: High-speed attack, claw strikes inflict freezing and slowing effects.
These are all magical beasts that have spilled out from the North Wind Barrier. They have long since left their original habitats and are now wreaking havoc on the northern wastelands.
Their level has already reached the upper limit of level 2 main city monsters.
There are more than a dozen here.
Without pausing, Lin Tian charged straight toward the group of demonic beasts.
His speed did not slow down because of the monster's appearance; on the contrary, it gradually increased during the sprint, his robes fluttering in the wind.
Xiao Bai launched the first attack, and the dragon's body circled in the air, fully activating the [Frost Lord] talent.
The effects of doubling the damage of ice-type skills, halving the mana cost, and reducing cooldown are triggered simultaneously. It opens its mouth and spews out a thick, ice-blue breath—[Ice Dragon Breath].
The SS-rank skill, enhanced by the Heroic Fountain, is far more powerful than before.
A column of extreme cold energy ripped through the sky, instantly condensing the air into fine ice crystals wherever it passed, as if someone had scattered a handful of diamonds from the sky.
The energy pillars are not a uniform ice blue, but rather a gradient from dark to light from the center to the edges, with the core area having a temperature so low that it can freeze steel instantly.
The three ice-armored rhinoceroses that were hit first had no time to dodge and were struck head-on by the ice dragon's breath.
High numbers of ice damage instantly appeared above their heads. Even with 80% ice resistance, they still lost nearly half of their health.
The thick ice armor on its body surface was covered with dense cracks, which radiated outward from the center of the impact, as if someone had smashed a piece of glass with a hammer.
The skin beneath the ice armor, exposed to extreme cold, changed color from gray to purplish-black, instantly slowing its movements.
Celia made her move simultaneously, without any fancy movements, her fingertips flickering with shadows as she instantly unleashed [Shadow Weave].
Shadow thorns burst forth from beneath the frozen earth, weaving a web beneath the feet of the Frostclaws. The dark thorns entangle their limbs, triggering the [Shadow Entanglement] effect, reducing movement speed by 30%.
These agile Frostclaw beasts rely on high-speed surprise attacks to fight, and once slowed down, they completely lose their room to maneuver.
They struggled in vain, their sharp claws carving furrows in the ground, but the thorns tightened their grip, making it impossible for them to break free.
Lin Tian raised his hand, and the power of stars gathered in his palm, instantly unleashing the [Star Ray].
The extremely condensed starlight beam, with a 50% spell penetration effect, was like an indestructible blade, piercing straight through the head of the foremost ice-armored rhinoceros.
With his god-level skills combined with over six million in all attributes, especially the terrifying boost to his intelligence attribute, the damage numbers were absolutely explosive.
Sold out instantly.
The level 75 elite ice armor rhinoceros didn't even have time to let out a scream before its massive body crashed to the ground.
The moment he fell, the ground trembled, and the ice armor on his body shattered completely, turning into specks of white light and dissipating.
The white light rose into the air, flashed twice, and then disappeared.
Lin Tian did not stop. With a wave of his left hand, he activated [Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Guidance].
He only consumed 1% of his maximum mana, yet he still managed to cover the entire monster horde.
Under the influence of the Zhou Tian energy, an invisible wave spread out, and all the Ice Armor Rhinoceroses and Frostclaw Beasts suffered massive magical damage at the same time. The damage calculation was 5000% of Intelligence, which instantly depleted the health bars of these monsters that had already been crippled by Xiao Bai.
A dense array of damage numbers exploded in mid-air. More than a dozen level 75 elite monsters, even with the combined efforts of one person and two pets, couldn't last even ten seconds before all of them fell dead on the frozen ground.
From the moment Lin Tian launched his charge to the moment the last body fell, the entire process was clean and efficient, without any unnecessary delays.
[System Notification: You have killed 7 level 75 elite Ice Armor Rhinos and 9 Frostclaw Beasts, gaining XXX experience points and XXX upgrade points]
The upgrade points gained after killing the target were automatically credited to Lin Tian's account. He didn't check them immediately and continued moving forward at his own pace.
The number of upgrade points jumped on his panel, then fell silent, like the breathing of a number.
His pace did not slow down in the slightest because of the battle. He activated [Star Leap], and his figure transformed into a streak of light, rapidly moving northward.