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Chapter 444 - 275: The Complete Ice Spirit_2

Chapter 444: Chapter 275: The Complete Ice Spirit_2

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There are quite a few Ice Department Spirit Grass on the snow mountain top. Plants that can survive in this freezing cold are often valuable. Unfortunately, due to the stiffening of the body from the cold, and the conventional mounts not being able to stand the temperature here, one can only rely on walking on foot. The movement speed is extremely slow, and approximately every half an hour, only one herb is collected.

Fortunately, due to the severe cold, there were basically no Magical Beasts at the top of the mountain, so even if he flirted with death by flitting about, there was no need to worry about an attack.

[After a difficult trek through the snow, you finally arrive at the location marked on the map.]

[You search around and find no items...]

[You search around and find... no items at all...]

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Once arriving at the designated location, Mu You repeatedly jumped horizontally for more than ten times. He even deliberately sprinkled some Lucky Dust, but still, no textual hints were triggered.

All things considered, if such an open place truly hid some metal, it should have been easily found under the Pumpkin Lantern.

"Has it been taken away already?"

Mu You couldn’t help but consider this possibility.

After all, hundreds of years have passed, and the chances are that someone happened upon and discovered the Iron Essence in transit.

However, he didn’t give up that easily. Since he had used the Lucky Dust, which was now in scarce supply, and he was left only with the last bottle and a half of it that could be used about seven more times, it was a bit hard for him to swallow using the Lucky Dust but not getting anything in return. Hence, he expanded the search range a bit and continued the search nearby.

Thankfully, after expanding the search area and searching for a while, he came across some clues.

[Under the strong luminescence, you see some strange hexagonal snowflake-shaped ice crystal traces on the snow ahead of you, extending in one direction and disappearing into the night. Do you want to track them down?]

"Snowflake-shaped?"

Mu You was stunned, he thought he had found some footprints, but it turned out to just be marks.

"Track!" No matter what it is, it’s necessary to check it out first.

[You track along the hexagonal crystal marks and quickly arrive in front of a snow cave, where the traces disappear into the pitch-dark inside.]

[You choose to step inside and find it to be an exquisitely carved ice and snow tunnel. The walls around are made of smooth ice crystals, and the floor underneath is as smooth as a mirror.]

[You see a stone pillar standing in the depths of the tunnel, on top of which is a nest of snow made of ice crystals. In the nest, a piece of silver metal is placed.]

[This is a piece of Cold Iron Essence, like a conscious-less Slime, squirming in the snow nest. As it collides with the surrounding frost, waves ripple across the metal surface.]

Cold Iron Essence, I’ve indeed found it!

However, the description in the text is a bit strange. The Iron Essence is stored in a snow cave, and the cave is ’smooth as a mirror’, indicating that it was man-made.

Could it be that there are people living in the snow mountain?

[You walk toward the depths of the mountain tunnel, get to the side of the snow nest, and try to reach for the Iron Essence.]

No matter what, since he found the Iron Essence he definitely could not let go of it, he had to collect it first.

However, unexpected things happened just when he was about to get his hands on it.

[Just as you touch the metal, you suddenly hear a ’fuh’ sound from behind.]

[You instinctively look back, standing at the entrance of the snow cave is a little fox with silver fur. It snarled at you angrily, as it watched you take the Iron Essence. Immediately it raised its paws, and in the next moment, endless ice spikes appeared in the tunnel, all shooting toward you.]

[The stiff body causes a significant reduction in your movement speed. You couldn’t react in time and were hit by countless ice spikes, which took away the last bit of your life.]

[You are dead, Experience Points -100, Lifespan -10 years...]

"Damn it!"

Mu You startled, something is indeed here!

Without time to think much, he quickly pressed the pocket watch, and then clicked on ’Life Barrier’ on the panel as fast as possible.

[Time turns, you go back five seconds and immediately cast the ’Life Barrier’ spell on yourself.]

[Due to the influence of the cold state, your chanting speed is 300% slower than usual.]

[The call of the fox resurfaces, and the next second, countless ice spikes form around your body, shooting toward you like a rain of arrows.]

[Luckily, your spell was completed a step ahead.]

[The protective Barrier rises around you, blocking all the attacks from the ice spikes. Amid the sound of countless frost collisions, you stand tall with the last bit of your life.]

[You take advantage of the five seconds when the Barrier is active, place the Dark Transfer Array by the side, snatch the metal from the stone platform, and jump into the array just before the next round of attacks arrive.]

[Just before teleporting, you turn back. A white fox is already within a hair’s breadth of you. The Omniscient Crystal feeds back the information of the other party to you.]

[Ice Spirit (Ice Form) (Complete Form): An element creature created from pure water element. As it has been living in an extremely cold environment for a long time, it has mutated into the form of an ice spirit and has evolved into a complete form. It has a high level of wisdom and some shape-shifting abilities. It can call upon surrounding ice elements for battle and has commendable combat power.]

[Feeling dizzy, you are back in the Tomb Secret Room.]

"Ice Spirit?"

Mu You looked surprised, he thought the little fox was some kind of wild beast living on the ice plain, but it turned out to be an element creature?