0176 Wind and rain
Frozen archipelago late at night, quiet and cold.
In the snow in the mountains, the corpses of dragons and snow ghosts are placed in the open air.
In the snow castle not far away, Li Ming and Mi Duoduo walked out.
A man and a cat were walking for a moment until they reached the foot of a mountain.
"Meow ready!"
Mi Duoduo, who was hiding behind the stone mound in the distance, gave a warning.
"At most, it's just a fist fight, don't worry."
After Li Ming finished speaking, he stuffed the [Frozen Breath] into his chest.
Rushing~
Same night, almost the same view.
The rushing river rushes under the paws of the feet.
The rare upright standing posture in the retrospection made Li Ming feel quite comfortable.
Bang~Bang~
A dull stomping sound sounded.
In the distance, a kappa frog with a green carapace approached.
With the high fighting spirit of the snow ghost beast, Li Ming's mentality has also changed significantly.
Consciousness immediately became a little sluggish, and thinking became sluggish.
With regard to resisting deep empathy, he has only figured out one way to strengthen the human will as much as possible.
But once you enter the memory regression, you are powerless to change anything at all, and the higher the star fog ball, the stronger the empathy.
How to strengthen people's will without being able to change anything, Li Ming decided to try today.
Glancing at each other, the two monsters poked into each other.
Standing still at the same time more than a dozen meters away, he let out a provocative low roar.
"Yongchun, Ip Man."
Li Ming began dubbing.
My consciousness suddenly cleared up a lot, and it seemed to be really useful.
The effect was much stronger than he expected.
The kappa frog pushes its forepaws.
"Ahh
Li Ming punched the other party in the face.
The two monsters are close to each other.
The snow ghost's arms burst out and threw the kappa frog out horizontally.
Before the opponent could stand firm, he punched again.
The kappa frog fell on its back, and the snow ghost beast rode to occupy the upper position, smashing with both fists with a quick fist.
"Hey! Ha! Hey!."
Li Ming dubbed every punch very seriously.
The kappa frog pushed forward with its paws in response, gradually weakening.
Whoop~whoa~
A wail rang out.
"Uh~ Snow Ghost Beast, it's true that you're stronger and let me go."
Li Ming played two roles and began to dub the kappa frog again.
Suddenly, my consciousness became clearer.
The use of dubbing to strengthen people's will shows a good effect.
Soon, the snow ghost beast fought heartily, and the kappa frog was injured and fled.
The picture flashed, and it was another night.
The kappa frog, with a scar on its face, reappeared, and provoked it with a low roar from afar.
"You just won by luck last time, and this time I'm going to give it my all."
According to the scene, Li Ming dubbed the kappa frog again.
The snow ghost's mouth opened, and the cold air overflowed.
"Hmph~ It's up to you?"
The two monsters scuffled again, and not surprisingly, the kappa frog was beaten again.
The picture flashed, it was another night, and the opponent was a kappa frog again.
"There's no word for that."
I don't know how many times the similar scene was repeated.
One day, the Snow Ghost Beast realizes that the kappa frog has not been able to show up in the shallows for a long time.
It's a bit of a loss, but it also feels like it's just a coincidence.
Until one day, when I was foraging, I saw a conspicuous emerald green in the snow.
Digging with both claws, an oval-shaped dorsal armor is revealed.
The snow ghost beast excitedly thought that it had found the kappa frog, but it turned out to be only a piece of back armor and a few bones.
Intense loss emerges.
Under the harsh ecology, it has not encountered a monster that can indulge in fighting with itself for a long time.
Bang~
The snow ghost beast sat on the ground, feeling like it had lost its vitality.
Soon, deep claw marks on the rock wall caught its attention.
These are the marks left by the dragon's claws.
The killing intent in his heart immediately emerged.
Call~
The cold wind blew across his cheeks, and in the distance, behind the stone mill, was Mi Duoduo, who was watching with a probe.
Gone?
It turns out that in the heart of the snow ghost beast, the battle with the Boom Dragon, the Black Eclipse Dragon, and its own is not worth remembering.
Only the time when they beat each other under the moon with the kappa frog is the happiest and most memorable.
Li Ming found that this was a very casual monster.
Rumble ~ Boom ~ Boom!
At this time, the snow is falling from the upper slopes.
It's not waist-high enough to bury it, but it's still inconvenient to move.
Li Ming waved his hand to remove the snow around him, but found two fist gloves made of light blue ice crystals, which were attached to his hands.
"You just used your fist to hit the rock wall with a fierce meow, and then it caused a small avalanche."
Mi Duoduo, who came running, informed him of what he had observed.
Li Ming looked at the dense potholes on the rock wall and asked, "Did I say anything at that time?"
"You said something weird and meowed, like. Can you stop this punch after 20 years of hard work? β
"Did you say all those voiceovers?"
There were too many fights between the two monsters, and Li Ming later flew more and more, but he didn't expect that he would shout out.
"Yes Meow, I feel like you're shouting with a lot of momentum."
"Alright, as a reward for assisting in the observation, raise your cat's claws."
Midodo raised his claws for unknown reasons.
Li Ming took a deep breath and spat light blue frozen air into the cat's paw.
ε²εΆιΆ~
As the head swayed slightly from side to side, the ice crystal claw sleeve with sharp teeth at the front quickly took shape.
"The appearance is still a bit rough, and the bumps are not sharp enough, so there should be a lot of room for improvement if you practice more, and when you have enough fun, just break it."
The cat's mouth was half open, and Mi Duoduo, who was stunned by the cat's claw ice fist, suddenly shook his head violently.
"Don't smash meow! When can I return to camp? β
"The agreement with the captain will take about three days. So what are you going to do in a hurry? β
"Show me to everyone!"
"It will melt as the temperature rises, I'll make one for you when I get back to camp."
"Great, meow!"
In the following time, after transporting the corpse to the frozen shore, Li Ming began to build the snow castle.
Although the large snow castle is dreamy, it will not be guarded by guilds like in the snowy mountain area.
It was difficult to maintain it for a long time, and after discussing with Lone Fox, Li Ming decided to build more small snow castles.
In this way, as long as the lone fox and cat transport team are in the outer area, there are nearby snow castles to live in.
After the transport ship arrived, the team took the corpses of the two monsters and headed towards the abandoned shrine area.
The enclosed environment is perfect for the practice and development of moves.
After five days, [Ice Breath] is paired with [Ice Breath], and then the ice bag is infused with energy.
Li Ming, who was spewing cold air in the cabin, only needed to quickly flick his head horizontally, and he could extend and shape an ice crystal curved blade from the ice fist in his hand.
However, the problem is also obvious, that is, while the strength is insufficient, the ice blade is not as thick and wide as the snow ghost beast.
Most importantly, as a weapon, it is not as powerful as a hunting weapon.
So Li Ming started with the Ice Crystal Flying Slash and studied in the direction of long-range attacks.
Stand on the deck and practice facing the sea.
After the ice attribute amplification was combined with the power fog ball, the swirling air flow with sharp ice shattering was quickly and successfully cast.
But it's still the same old problem, it's not powerful enough.
This level of lethality, in the face of a monster with copper skin and iron bones, it can't even have a containment effect.
Li Ming thought about it and felt that he had walked into a misunderstanding.
That's too much to replicate the monster's moves, but in fact, some abilities, especially in the ranged aspect, are based on a large enough size as the premise.
And this is precisely the absolute weakness of human beings.
After recognizing the idea, Li Ming returned to the cabin and started his research with a new idea.
Ten p.m.
The hatch opened, and the cold poured out.
Mi Duoduo, who brought the dinner plate, saw that the walls in the room were covered with frost, and couldn't help but shiver when it was cold.
I wondered how this cabin was colder than the deck.
"Eat while it's hot."
"Okay."
Li Ming on the "ice bed" got up.
Mi Duoduo paid attention to the several ice crystal spears standing beside the bed, and asked curiously: "I haven't seen a meow before, is this a newly developed weapon?" β
"That's right, this is what I think is the best combination of ice attribute and strength at the moment."
"It feels so powerful."
"The power hasn't been tested yet, so go to the deck at night and discuss it with the water beasts in the sea."
"Okay, I'll accompany you tonight, but if I fall asleep halfway, don't take me back to this cabin."
Midodo reminded.
Otherwise, if you sleep here for one night, you will not freeze directly the next day.
"Don't worry, even if you do fall asleep, I'll send you to the cat's cabin."
Five days later, the transport ship docked.
What is unusual is that in the drizzle, there are only a few trucks waiting to be carried at the port.
This is in stark contrast to the busy scene before departure.
After communicating with an old sailor, I learned that it had been raining for a whole week in the entire abandoned shrine area.
This made the already not very smooth carrying road muddy.
Frequent mudslides have also blocked some roads.
Coupled with the mutated ecology, a large number of monsters have started to migrate, and the transportation business has been seriously affected.
Prolonged rainfall, mudslides. It won't be so unlucky.
Li Ming had a bad premonition in his heart.
Take out the [Overlord] fog ball load, close your eyes and sense.
The familiar sound of wind and thunder, and the roar of the dragon floating in the clouds, sounded in my ears.
Feeling the sound getting closer and closer, Li Ming quickly removed the fog ball.
Rumble~
A purple muffled thunderbolt flashed in the dark clouds in the distance.
"It's really it."
In the evening, two six-wheeled cat cars were carried by the warm ocean camp.
The team finally returned to the Fari Fortress and marched deep and shallow in the field.
The body surface of each member is covered with mud, which makes it look very embarrassing.
Only Li Ming is the only one, even if he is covered in mud, he doesn't look abrupt.
The situation inside the fortress is similar to expected.
Most of the shops closed and the streets were depressed.
The commercial aspect is actually quite good, but this is the main production area of Xiangzi.
Once the cargo is blocked, the supply of insects for hunters in other areas will be affected.
"You guys go back and take a look first, and I'll leave the equipment building and contract certification to me."
After Li Ming finished speaking, the team was about to separate.
"Midodo!"
Li Ming remembered something, fingers fist.
"Still don't meow, the cats of the transport team said that the camp has been difficult recently, and everyone is a little low."
Midodo bowed his head and sighed.
"Well, I'll be back soon."
Li Ming separated from the team and came to the processor's backyard.
In the makeshift canopy, Daowen is sitting on a bench, listening to the sound of the rain and closing his eyes to recuperate.
"Forge weapons and armor and go to the storefront, it's Li Ming."
"All that's it, do you still recognize me?"
"Your temperament is different from most hunters, it's easy to tell the difference, the corpses of the dragon and the snow ghost beast have been received, what do you want to do this time?"
"Boom Dragon's full body armor, no special processing is required, the Snow Ghost Beast clicks a type of shield axe, it needs to be modified in the final position, if you can do a transformation to break through the limit by the way, it would be great."
"Retrofitting beyond the limits. All right. β
The knife pattern was reluctantly accepted.
"Is it difficult? I have a reference for the creation of the Dragon Calendar. β
"You think I can't do it? It's just that kind of transformation, which doesn't fit my building philosophy. β
Seeing the blue tendons on the forehead of the knife pattern, Li Ming saw that the other party really cared.
"Alas~ But seeing the team's exploits, it may be that I was wrong, maybe the radical transformation of hunting equipment by the Dragon Calendar Academy was the right way."
After sighing, Daowen gave a reminder: "There is one thing that must be emphatically explained, the Snow Ghost Beast Kaka Type 1 is a heavy shield axe, and its weight itself is one of the sources of power, are you sure you are ready?" β
"That's what I valued, so I wanted to build it, and if I could, could I gain some more weight?"
The snow ghost beast is not sharp in clicking, and the ice attribute is not strong, and it also has a negative effect.
It can be designed and manufactured, and it is completely proud of its extraordinary weight.
It is a special type of shield axe for hunters with the size of a giant.
"You're going to gain more weight?"
With so many years of crafting weapons, the need for sword patterns is really rare.
"Yes, I always feel a little worse in terms of the weight of the shield axe now."
"Anyway, that shield axe is very rough, and it doesn't pursue sharpness, but I said it in advance, if you can't control your strength, and then you want to disassemble it and lose weight, you won't have a chance."
Knife Pattern reminded.
"I understand."
"Alright, I'll arrange for the craftsmen to disassemble the monster corpse."
Daowen said, propping up the chair with both hands and slowly getting up.
"Uh, you haven't said the price yet?"
Li Ming asked unexpectedly.
"30,000 z, just put it on the table."
Knife Pattern casually gives a price, which doesn't seem to care.
"I have a lot of money now, maybe 50,000 z."
Li Ming directly bargained in reverse.
"Whatever, by the way, the team has been out hunting, has this happened before? I remember that the merchants who visited Jieyun Village in the past always complained about the continuous rain. β
Knife finger sky.
"Well, it's quite similar, but the guild branch must have started an investigation, so let's wait for them to announce the results."
"That's right, it's better not to guess."
"By the way, Grandpa Knife Pattern, do you know that around the Feiye Fortress, there is a place called Prison Spring Township?"
Daowen was stunned for a moment, pondered for a moment and replied: "It's an ominous place, many individuals at the top of the population, in order to be able to live in Prison Spring Township for a short time, frequently engage in turf battles, because of the intervention of hunters, it may trigger retaliation, so it was banned a long time ago, and no one has mentioned it for a long time, where did you hear that?" β
Li Ming was stunned.
Since the guild is powerless to set restrictions in the wild, it is simply to erase the existence of Hellspring Township from the cognitive point of view.
(End of chapter)