Chapter 10: The Battle
The heavy package made a deep mark on the boy's shoulder, and Al with one hand dragging the beast walked deep and shallow in the snow, and in order to keep his balance he had to lean forward and walk in lunges, which looked like a chisel and cut two marks in the snow. The snow www.biquge.info stopped unconsciously, and the willful wind erased all traces in an instant, and the snowflakes that blew up fled like dust, blurring people's vision, like rain and smoke.
Al stopped under a large tree, the only tree around that was still relatively straight, and the trunk the size of the two of them was a nice haven, and Al was finally able to stop and take a look at what was in the package.
Open the package, the most conspicuous thing is a special iron sword, more than three inches long sword body is a finger wide, the beautiful cloud pattern formed by forging is sparkling in the sunlight, Al carefully looked at it, there is no flaw on the sword surface, there is no gap in the blade, obviously very well maintained. The right hand tried it, pulled a sword flower, the size was together, and the sword blade tore several openings in the white snow curtain, making a clanging sword sound, it was indeed a first-class good sword. What satisfies Al the most is that the sword is coated with antifreeze, and there is a small bottle in the bag, which is the standard equipment of the Westland Legion, otherwise the best weapon in such a cold environment will not last long. Al nodded with satisfaction, it seems that Medea didn't let him die, at least the equipment is ready.
Next to the iron sword was an equally sharp dagger, and the dry food and water were counted for about a week, and Al knew that he would have to go hunting in a short time. The package contained the most medicines, and the heaviest was the Yuanshi in a metal box, and Al used a dagger to make a hole in the trunk of the tree, and put all these things that were not easy to carry in it, which were drags in the event of a battle.
Al took a breath, it was not time to rest, he picked a few large trees lying on his side, cut some trunks with his iron sword and piled them up to make a fire with magic, his clothes were soaked with sweat and snow, and he had to bake them.
The light of the fire flickered in the snowflakes flying in the sky, and the wind swept up the snow on the ground, and the land was bound to show its true face. As if to escape the wanton wind and snow, all the howls that had come and gone disappeared, and only the howling of the wind was in the sky. Al sat by the fire, helpless loneliness enveloping him tightly, accompanied only by the sword at hand and his face reflected in the firelight.
As far as the eye can see, there is a blankness.
However, there was no time left for Al to be sad, and he dragged the beast in his hand into the distance, and hurried to peel off the beast's skin, and cut off the flesh. Of course, dry food should be saved to eat at a critical moment, Al gulped down the beast's meat, the rough taste and burnt fishy smell were disgusting, but Al endured and ate it all, at this time large pieces of meat were much more useful than foie gras or caviar, and eating a piece could last for a long time.
The rest of the time was spent in the use of primordial stones to exercise fire bombs, and in this lonely environment, Al finally put everything behind and began to seriously think about the arrangement and combination of elements, trying to find the foundation of support in the complex structure, and on this basis, the elements were condensed to stabilize the structure, and it was completed little by little in his mind like building blocks. The previous twenty days were not in vain, Al had already practiced each step tens of thousands of times, how to condense the elements, how to arrange and combine, how to stabilize the structure, he was not a genius like Medea, he could learn it in three days. But he believes that practice makes perfect, and that a drop of water wears a stone.
Time flies when there is no distraction, and before the night falls, Al climbs the tree with a dagger, ties the cut flesh to the tree, and then burrows into the skinned fur and ties himself to the branches to prevent it from being blown down by the wind. Now I can only pray to the gods, and none of the wild beasts around me can climb trees.
When he woke up, the wind had stopped, and Al looked under the tree and was shocked. A snow-white beast with a body length of six meters was lying on the ground. If it weren't for the two dead wolves next to it, it wouldn't be recognizable from above. The beast stood up and circled the tree twice, and then straightened up and jumped up against the tree, trying to climb up, but after a few attempts it gave up, and the claws that were released were shining in the sunlight, and the eyes were stinging.
Al could see clearly as it stood up, and the beast's head was like Earth's cheetah, but several times larger. Al gasped, as a native of the West, he had heard of its great name even if he had never seen it, Snow Leopard! The fastest demonic beast in the entire west, before you could react, it could pounce from a hundred meters away and bite your throat, and the most terrifying thing about it was its claws, which were attached to freezing gas like the winter wolf, but longer and sharper than the winter wolf's claws. The claws of the winter wolf are only used to grasp, while the claws of the snow leopard are similar to the claws of a human sword, and with a full swing of the force, you can cut off the arm of an adult male!
Al frowned, this is not normal, the snow leopard eats a lot, there is not enough food in this hellish place, but no matter what, it is there.
Al had been in the tree for three days, his eyes bloodshot, and a good night's sleep in this damn weather was a luxury. But what is even more desperate is that the snow leopard under the tree has no intention of walking away at all. Al has also figured out in the past few days that it should be the cooked meat hanging on the tree that attracted the snow leopard, and the same is true of the two unlucky wolves. The snow leopard had apparently spotted Al as well, and here it lacked food, and the two dead wolves had already eaten half of it, and it was clear that both the flesh tied to the tree and Al himself were prey in the eyes of the snow leopard.
The worst thing is that the Yuan Stone is placed in the hole in the trunk of the tree, and there is no way to cultivate without the Yuan Stone El, with his current spiritual power, there is no way to attract the elements in the air, so he can only rely on the Yuan Stone. Al bit his lip and made up his mind, if he had been hiding in the trees, then what was he here for? He only had a month, and the next time Medea brought him he didn't know when, he couldn't miss this opportunity!
Al took a deep breath, slung the dagger around his waist, and slashed the trunk of the tree with his iron sword. He stared at the snow leopard and slowly descended, not daring to close his eyes slightly. The snow leopard under the tree had obviously also discovered it, and bowed up to make an attack gesture! Al knew that as long as he was pounced on by the snow leopard, it would be over, and the hand holding the hilt of the sword slowly sweated, but his movements did not panic in the slightest, his heart "thumped" like a drum, and his mind was clear, excitement and calmness were intertwined, which was the awakening of the battle-hardened fighting instinct in the body.
As Al's body dropped below half of the trunk, the air seemed to freeze, and the entire forest fell silent, like a pause before the climax of the play.
I don't know which tree a cloud of snow fell, fell to the ground and "fluttered", as if hearing a signal, the snow leopard moved! The arched body suddenly pulled away like a spring, and the whole body stretched extremely stretched, it was a moment of extreme stillness and extreme movement, as if time had just been frozen and accelerated instantly, there was no word to describe the speed of the snow leopard at this moment. The naked eye could only catch a flash of white, and the snow leopard had already pounced in front of Al! The sharp teeth bit directly into Al's neck, and at the same time, the claws also slapped directly at Al's head. A jump, a bite, a beat, the action is smooth, all in one go.
By the time his eyes saw the snow leopard's movements, Al's intuition had taken over the body. The whole body curled up, and the iron sword slashed forward, just slashing the claws of the snow leopard, and the body slammed into force, with the power of the snow leopard's front paws, Al directly passed by the snow leopard and fell to the ground.
Prepared, Al rolled over and stood up the moment he fell to the ground, turning behind him. Without the slightest respite, the snow leopard swooped down on Al at the same time as it landed, and the cold air attached to its paws stimulated Al with goosebumps, like the cold air of Hades permeating the world.
Al rushed forward and knelt directly on his knees, his body bent into an iron bridge, and the three-dimensional person suddenly became a plane, almost level with the ground, and his hands were standing upright with the iron sword, hoping to make a cut in its abdomen with the snow leopard's pounce. However, the body of the snow leopard is really a masterpiece of nature, the final form that has evolved completely for the sake of killing, and this apex predator of the snow field has no power in the air, and its body retracts its forelimbs and slaps it back accurately, and it actually directly slaps Al's iron sword away!
The two sides staggered again, perhaps feeling threatened just now, and the snow leopard did not attack directly, but began to circle around Eyre.
Taking a breath, Al finally got a full view of the snow leopard for the first time. It was a very different kind of beauty from a human being, but it was no less shocking, a strong and light body, with well-developed and streamlined limbs, no surprisingly large pieces of stiff flesh, but uniform, elastic, and different sizes of muscle groups, which made this body agile, dexterous, and at the same time amazingly explosive. The whole body has a golden ratio balance, the lines are smooth and graceful, and the hair on the whole body is not a little variegated, as if the snowflakes in the sky are gathering on it to dress it up. And when it hunts, it acts brutally but with precision, as if it is not a bloody killing, but a graceful meal.
In order to face the snow leopard, Al had to go around in circles with the snow leopard. As time passed, his situation became worse and worse. His breathing sounded like a bellows, rapid and exhausted, and his heart was about to explode. The sweat on his forehead slowly flowed down and gradually blurred his eyes, but he didn't dare to wipe it even once. He knew that the snow leopard was deliberately draining his energy, and he couldn't maintain such attention for a long time.
"It's time to fight to the death. Al thought to himself.