Chapter 143: Snowy Night
This trip to the snow-capped mountains is destined to be a lonely journey.
Zangba Wannian Snow Mountain, located at the northern border of the Tianyuan Dynasty, is an extremely desolate snowy region. The temperature there is minus 20 degrees Celsius all year round, and snow falls all year round. In addition to the barren and cold, there are also many extremely powerful demonic beasts on the snowy mountains. Ordinary Tianyuan Dynasty martial artists would not enter here at all.
Even if Lu Chengfeng was well prepared, it would be a very dangerous thing to come here.
Because he knew this very well, after gradually entering the snowy range a day ago, Lu Chengfeng became vigilant. This caution helped him successfully resolve several crises. Whether it was the cold poisonous spider under the ice and snow, or the ferocious snow tiger, and the elemental creature ice elves, their sneak attacks and attacks failed to hurt Lu Chengfeng.
In this regard, Lu Chengfeng was not careless, and he did not have the idea of "the monsters here are not Erer".
He was originally a person from the Tianyuan Dynasty, and he was very clear about the situation in the Zangba Wannian Snow Mountain. Yesterday day, I just stepped into the outer edge of the snowy region. The strongest of those monsters that attacked it was only the fifth order. As long as he is not attacked by a sneak attack, the current Lu Chengfeng is not afraid of even one enemy and ten. But from today, as he gradually walked into the depths of the snowy region, the danger really came.
Since there were snow-capped mountains dozens of miles ahead, Lu Chengfeng could clearly feel that the terrain under his feet was uplifting.
The terrain here has exceeded 1,500 meters above sea level. In addition, it is cold and snowy, and the environment is already quite harsh. Except for a few plants that can adapt to the extreme cold, there is hardly much life in sight. However, at the end of the line of sight, there was a glacier river that meandered out for thousands of miles, and there were many fish and shrimp in the depths, which became the main source of food for the Ice Monster.
After such a short period of distraction, Lu Chengfeng was targeted by a new monster again.
It was an ice field mammoth with snow-white fur all over its body, and its strength was close to the sixth order. It is more than two meters tall and is the size of a baby elephant. Not only does it have strong strength and a defense comparable to that of a rock, but it also has a pair of long, sharp fangs. Even if he is a fifth-order master, if he is accidentally pierced by a fang, he will suffer serious injuries.
Sensing the burning gaze of the hunter as if he had discovered his prey, Lu Chengfeng also immediately came back to his senses and locked on the strong ice mammoth.
"Roar!"
Probably sensing the provocation in Lu Chengfeng's eyes, the Ice Field Mammoth Monster roared, and rushed towards Lu Chengfeng with his hooves. As a result of years of walking on the ice fields, its body has become incredibly adapted to the environment. The balls of the feet are large, so you don't get stuck in the snow and ice when you run. In just four or five seconds, it rushed to Lu Chengfeng at an extremely fast speed.
Under the action of great inertia, this mammoth was like a thunder chariot, raising its fangs and crashing into him!
Lu Chengfeng had no doubt that even if he was wearing the inheritance armor, he would fall apart if he was hit so head-on. Therefore, when the fangs were two meters away from him, Lu Chengfeng took two steps to the left in time, allowing its piercing to miss. Then, without waiting for the Ice Field Mammoth to stop and regroup, Lu Chengfeng followed behind it and drew his sword to kill it.
A staggered arc of sword qi slashed at its tail and hind legs with a blurry and dazzling light.
It was Lu Chengfeng's fifth-order light sword technique, one of the three major killing moves, the Great Evil Light Slash!
Although the Ice Plain Mammoth is powerful, it is not a sixth-order demonic beast after all. was hit by Lu Chengfeng's Evil Light Slash, and his left hind leg was immediately dripping with blood, with two more sword marks on it that could be seen visible bones, and his tail was cut off entirely. The huge pain made the ice mammoth almost unable to stabilize his body, and he couldn't help but scream.
Its proud defense was completely unable to protect itself in the face of Lu Chengfeng's sharp sword qi.
"With this bit of strength, you dare to beat my idea?"
Lu Chengfeng laughed, stepped on the creaking snow under his feet, and quickly started the pursuit.
He suffered a big loss just after taking a look, and the Ice Mammoth couldn't swallow this breath. It endured the pain and turned around, lowered its head and pressed towards Lu Chengfeng again with its sharp fangs. After being dodged by Lu Chengfeng again, its powerful forelimbs slammed into the ground, and then stirred up a strong shock wave in the direction of Lu Chengfeng. This shockwave not only left a gully two meters wide and one foot deep on the ground, but also carried a large number of gravel ice edges, which had unimaginable lethality.
This attack is huge, and if Lu Chengfeng can't see it, he will be a pig.
It's not impossible to dodge horizontally, but Lu Chengfeng finally chose a stronger style of play. He jumped high, jumped directly into the air to avoid the shockwave, and then turned into a silver light at the top and fell, unleashing the silver light falling blade. This time, it didn't fall behind the icefield mammoth, but directly into its broad back.
The shock wave generated by the fourth-order sword technique, and the acceleration of the external gravity, hit the mammoth together.
Its hind legs were already injured by Lu Chengfeng, but they were barely able to support it. Now that he has received such a heavy blow on his back, he can no longer support it, and it breaks directly with a click. The Icefield Mammoth didn't expect this at all, and leaned back all of a sudden. Blood from the fractured bones spilled all over the ground, leaving blood flowers on the pure white snow and ice.
How much combat power can a mammoth that can't run?
After avoiding the front, Lu Chengfeng bullied it with broken hind legs and greatly reduced flexibility, always keeping it in the dead corner of its attack, swinging a sword.
Sensing the imminent approach of death, the icefield mammoth screamed and tried to escape. It's a pity that before it could climb a few steps, it was directly killed by Lu Chengfeng's sword light. This world is like this, if Lu Chengfeng's strength is not enough, it will definitely become this guy's meal. Therefore, when attacking Lu Chengfeng, it itself must be prepared to be killed!
After cutting off a pair of fangs from this guy, Lu Chengfeng hit the road again.
The fangs of this ice mammoth are long, jade-white, and have a kind of porcelain luster, which is a very popular luxury for the aristocracy. Whether it is used to decorate the collection or to sculpt, it is a good choice, at least it can help Lu Chengfeng exchange for a few thousand gold coins. Every summer, some mercenaries organize people to go into the ice fields to hunt. Unfortunately, there will always be some unlucky ones among these people who never return and die forever on this ice field.
As he continued to move forward, the terrain of this snowy region rose higher and higher. Almost at night, Lu Chengfeng finally arrived at the foot of the Zangba Wannian Snow Mountain.
This snow-capped mountain with an altitude of 8,000 meters is also considered a very high mountain range in the entire Tianyuan Dynasty. It is said that the ice on the top of the mountain, which has existed since 10,000 years ago, has not melted. Because the closer you get to the top of the mountain, the more dangerous it is, in addition to the powerful ice-type demonic beasts, there is also the possibility of accidentally falling into a hollow ice crack and causing an avalanche, Lu Chengfeng decided to stay at the bottom of the mountain for one night temporarily, and wait until tomorrow to officially climb the mountain.
The night temperature in the snow-capped mountains can drop dramatically. Even if Lu Chengfeng was a fifth-order sword master, he wouldn't dare to be careless in such an environment. He found a boulder as a barrier, set up a double-decker tent nearby, and changed into a winter bearskin coat that he had purchased in advance. In the end, Lu Chengfeng also took out a large piece of fire oil purchased from the alchemy apprentice from the space ring, lit it, and set up a small pot to burn the broth.
After a day of fighting, lighting fire oil to warm up on a cold and snowy night, and getting a broth for dinner, what could be more pleasant?
However, this tranquility was soon destroyed.
The fragrant broth had just been cooked, and before he could drink half of the bowl, Lu Chengfeng noticed that someone was rapidly approaching his tent. Although he was a little surprised, in this barren land in the far north, anything could happen, and Lu Chengfeng didn't dare to have too beautiful illusions about human nature. He had to put down his dinner and quickly drew his sword to meet him.
Almost at the same time, three men who had come twenty meters in front of him also surrounded him in zigzag positions.
Probably guessing each other's intentions, the three of them didn't make the first move, and Lu Chengfeng was also taking the opportunity to look at them. Since they were all wearing thick cotton clothes, Lu Chengfeng couldn't see any obvious signs. However, judging from their appearance and cooperation, it may be a mercenary group of the Tian Yuan Dynasty.
I just don't know why they're here at this time.
However, regardless of the purpose, the strength of these three people is not weak. The tall man in the middle, after looking at him for a while, first demonstratively opened the Dou Qi armor, indicating his identity as a sixth-order swordsman. The two men on the left and right are at least fifth-order sword masters.
If it were a native of Chaoge, he would definitely be able to recognize their identity - the famous Warhammer Mercenary Regiment of Chaoge City.
Even in the entire Tianyuan Dynasty, the Warhammer Mercenary Group is also very famous, and its strength is not weaker than the Overlord Sword Mercenary Group. It is said that their regiment leader is also a seventh-order powerhouse, and there are many masters in the mercenary group.
After looking at each other vigilantly for a while, the swordsman of the Warhammer Mercenary Regiment said to Lu Chengfeng with a hint of interrogation: "Why did Your Excellency come?"
Lu Chengfeng was a little confused, and asked rhetorically: "Isn't this the Zangba Snow Mountain? Is it Your Excellency's private territory?"
Although Jianhao's self-sustaining strength is stronger than Lu Chengfeng, he doesn't dare to boast about this kind of big talk, he waved his hand and said: "That's not it, it's just that our regiment has an important mission near the snow mountain in the past two days." If you have nothing important, it is best to leave here as soon as possible, lest it be bad to cause any misunderstanding. ”
It's not that polite, but in all fairness, it's acceptable. If it was an ordinary fifth-order sword master, even if he was a little dissatisfied in his heart, he could only obediently give face and leave overnight as people said. However, Lu Chengfeng came here to improve the Infinite Frost Technique. Facing the pressure of the three people, he said calmly: "I have something to do to go to the top of the mountain, and I will leave in about two days, and I will never delay your mission." ”