Chapter 14 Critical Hardening

Archie escaped far and wide before he dared to stop and study the task he had just received.

"Assisting Professor Yang's Research 2" task progress 0%? It doesn't seem to be the same as the previous task, so what's going on?

"Well...... I guess after collecting the 'Ice Cream Flower', I think I need to collect other materials. Archie judged based on game experience.

Don't worry about it for now, since it's a collection task, with 142% of my brother's movement speed, it can be completed soon.

Opening the map, Professor Yang was not bad, he took good care of Archie and helped him mark the approximate origin of the ice cream flower. I saw a huge circle on the map that lit up Archie's dog eyes, and the range of this mark is too big, right? It's even bigger than the slime gathering place and the gray wolf forest!

"I'm definitely being hated!" Achina is full of cattle.

No way, the task can't get around Professor Yang, and he can only endure being put in small shoes.

Archie turned around and ran towards the 'Giant Turtle River', but he just panicked and ran in the opposite direction, and the location marked by Professor Yang was on the other side of the river.

When he went to the giant turtle river, he pretended not to see Professor Yang's playful eyes, and a fierce man plunged into the river, sank to the bottom, moved, went ashore, and hurried without looking back. Professor Yang's smiling expression is really scary, and he is more and more sure that he is hated, and he doesn't even remind him if he runs in the wrong direction!

As for why you said Archie didn't drown after wading through the river like this? Without him, the slime has no respiratory system, and rhubarb can go to the bottom of the river to fish.

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Ten minutes later, Archie finally reached the edge of the mission area marked by Professor Yang.

Looking at the giant peak in front of him, Archie has a headache!

"You've found a stone leak." Is the name of the mountain strange because of frequent landslides?

"Do you want to be so desperate? Isn't the circle drawn the extent of the mountain? "This greatly increases the difficulty of Archie's search!

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There are four seasons in the mountains, one step at a time, one day and one rain!

Even though Archie was mentally prepared, he underestimated the difficulty of exploring the giant peak.

The first is naturally the harassment of all kinds of monsters. There are at least 6 species of creatures living in the rich mountainous areas, but why do you know at least 6 species? Because six creatures have hunted him down! First, the huge grizzly bear was crushed like a tank, and then it was bombed by hordes of bumblebees, and then it was ambushed by the creepy color-changing python, and it was frightened out of this land of wild pythons, and then encountered the air raid of the snow eagle, the wild pursuit of the snow leopard, and the most exaggerated thing is that it happened to encounter the mountain snow giant! The body that is tens of meters high, one step is dozens of meters, and the speed of the roar is several times faster than Archie! Fortunately, he didn't notice Archie stepping under his feet, but he was drenched in sweat, after all, to giants, slimes are like ants.

The second point is even more serious!

As Archie's search range moves up the mountain, the temperature gets cooler and colder! The slime's body is gradually condensing! As a result, Archie's all-important speed is greatly reduced.

"THE DEBUFF FREEZES, YOUR SPEED IS REDUCED BY 25%, AND THIS EFFECT CHANGES WITH TIME AND TEMPERATURE." A DEBUFF ALSO APPEARS ON THE BATTLE INDICATOR.

"It's not good, if you meet the snow leopard again, my brother will definitely die!" The speed of the snow leopard is not much slower than that of Archie, who is in a state of full victory, and it took him nine deaths to escape from the snow leopard's territory.

Archie circles around the mountain in search of the legendary Ice Blossom, the temperature is getting lower and lower, and the speed has been reduced to 50% of normal! Archie feels that if he goes any further, he will definitely become a slime popsicle!

But the good news is that the harsh environment makes it rare to find creatures here, and after encountering the snow giant, I have never encountered other monsters again.

If you run into other monsters, you can only wait for death, but now, but a turtle can overtake Archie's car.

Archie shook his body and knocked himself a few more times, making a 'click' sound of ice shattering, and the temperature was so low that Archie had ice cubes hanging on him!

"No, if you can't find the ice cream flower on the top, my brother will hang up first!" Archie was angry and broke off a piece of ice on his body and was about to throw it away, but he looked at the ice cube in his hand and had a flash of inspiration.

"By the way, the name of Bingling Flower can't come from this, right? It grows in a cold place where it can freeze, so it's called an ice flower? ”

"Quite possibly! It must be nearby, so let's look for my brother's 1.5 vision! ”

Archie looked left and right, up and down......

"I'm C, and I'm here!"

I saw a slightly flat slope above the peak, the slope was covered with snow, and on the white snow, a few crystal flowers grew sparsely, scattering brilliant light under the setting sun! The name displayed by the system is Ice Cream Flower!

"Hard work pays off!" After experiencing hardship and finally waiting for the receipt, this feeling is very sweet, full of energy, even the climb is much easier, and it doesn't take a few times to come to that flat land.

“!!! And weird?!! "Archie, who had just climbed up, was startled and found that near each Ice Cream Flower, there was a yellow-named 'Mana Baby Dragon Ice'! Level 6! The one with the 'dragon' in the name will definitely not be weak!

It's no wonder that Archie didn't notice it at first, this 'Mana Baby Dragon Ice' is more pure and transparent than the Ice Cube, it is said to be a Baby Dragon, but its form is more like a small fish with wings, floating in the air, and sucking the cold air emitted from the Ice Cream Flower from time to time.

LOOKING AT YOUR STATUS, THE 'FREEZE' DEBUFF HAS REDUCED YOUR MOVEMENT SPEED TO 30%, AND THE SNAILS CAN OVERTAKE!

Fortunately, 'Mana Young Dragon Ice' is a yellow name, and he will not take the initiative to attack others, so he will make a false alarm.

Archie cautiously made his way to the nearest Dodge Ice Blossom and began to pick them while guarding against the young dragon. As a rule of thumb, something is bound to happen.

"You have obtained Ice Cream Flower*1."

"Mana Drake* Ice Rage, you're in combat mode."

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"Hehe, empiricism is a good spirit that is not a bad spirit!" Come on, if you want to fight, you will fight! Brother needs to move his body to drive away the cold!

At the moment when the Ice Blossom disappeared, the mana young dragon that was still floating in the air next to him exploded in an instant, and his whole body was full of cold light, and he began to read the spell "Ice Arrow" in Archie's face!

"Sure enough, it's a French creature! Just right! Brother's speed has already been consumed, and a melee monster can't bear it! Come on, let's just face it! Archie instantly shot saliva arrows close to his face, and the casting speed of the little monster was really slow enough!

There aren't many skills to be gained in the battle against the French monsters, because you have no room to dodge, you can only fight for damage and blood!

Archie felt that he had a great chance of winning, after all, he had 100 blood at level 5, plus the corrosive damage from level 4 to strengthen digestion, it was proper.

"Your saliva arrow deals 1 damage to 'Mana Cub Ice'."

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Gone? What about the enhanced digestion corrosion damage that was promised?!

How can this be fought? Let's retreat strategically!

"The Ice Arrow of 'Mana Drake*Ice' deals 10 Ice Damage to you and slows you by 30%."

The mana young dragon held back the skill for more than 5 seconds, and finally shot out. Well, the last 30% speed is also minted. A strategic retreat will not work either!

"This is the rhythm that is going to end again!!"

"Even if I die, I'm going to whip you a few more times! Big brother, it's a big deal to run corpses to complete this task 20 times! "It's just a matter of talking angry, so far away, such a high mountain, running corpses 20 times, one day is not enough! Brother leveling up is slow, but it's going to end his game career!

Fortunately, when picking flowers, I was in close proximity with the mana young dragon, and I tried to hurt it with a flat A.

"Your attack deals 1 damage to 'Mana Cub Dragon*Ice', and is affected by the icy body of 'Mana Cub Dragon*Ice', and your attack speed is reduced by 20%."

"It's over, I really have to kneel!" Archie's attack with 1 point of strength was even slowed down.

"Wait, why is this young dragon so little health?!" Depending on the amount of damage and the change in the health bar after the attack, the monster's health can be roughly calculated. Archie discovers that this mana dragon only has 25 HP! The magic monster has less health, which is in line with the common sense of the game!

"Haha, look at my brother to kill you with the amount of 100 blood cows~~" Although the attack speed has been reduced, there is a basic attack every 2 seconds, plus a saliva arrow every 5 seconds! Estimate the value and win!

Then he glanced at his own blood trough.

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"&**%*&, why is my brother's health only 34 points left?!!!"

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The reason has to start from the time of the big battle against the three wolves. At that time, Archie did not hesitate to consume his health and held back a huge saliva arrow. After completing the mission at the end of the battle, I was upgraded, and it should have returned to my full state. But Archie didn't notice that his upper limit of health was 56 points less than the ability to release skills, and he didn't recover.

From despair, to hope, to despair, what a familiar situation! Do you have to rely on holding back a mouthful of arrows?

"Smack!" Archie was hit with another ice arrow in his face, leaving him with 24 HP remaining.

Okay, now you don't have to think about holding back a mouthful of arrows, holding back 5 seconds of self-harm blood is 15 points, release it to kill the young dragon, and if you don't let go of another cold ice arrow, it will hang.

"Hey, I don't want to run away. Professor Yang said that dying too much will lower his IQ, and I don't know if it will have the same effect on players, and I always feel that I have become a lot dumber when I enter the game. ”

"I miss Rhubarb so much, there is Rhubarb to carry the monster, how can I be bullied by this young dragon~"

…… Rheum? Didn't rhubarb teach my brother some unique skills? What's going on?

Sure enough, does dying too much affect IQ? I forgot my newly learned skills!

Over there, the mana dragon has started to read the skill again, and there is no time to think about it, so let it go by feeling, 'hardening'!

The hardening took effect, and Archie gradually became as black and hard as rhubarb! The armor value continues to increase, and the movement speed and agility stats continue to decrease!

Anyway, the movement speed is 0% now, and I love to lose as much as I want! Brother Agile is just what time, it doesn't matter if the deduction is finished!

Rhubarb has opened the skill to resist the BOSS, and the brother is not ready to catch a monster! Then combine it with a peaceful slash for a perfect kill!

"Rhubarb, thank you~~" Archie silently thanked his comrades in his heart.

"Come on, silly dragon, look at the stunts of your brother-in-arms, you will know what desperate defense is!"

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"Smack!"

Archie has -10 health.

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