Chapter 297 Lone Wolf Mode, Hunter Form

Chapter 297 Lone Wolf Mode, Hunter Form

Chapter 297 Lone Wolf Mode, Hunter Form (asking for monthly ticket)
The old-fashioned game compartment cover slowly pressed down.

The hose that retracted into the hole in the game chamber automatically connected to various parts of Ning Shu's body, and the nutrient solution gradually covered his head.

The green light of the gene repair drug liquid tank docking with the game cabin lit up.

When Ning Shu's sight jumped to the virtual desktop, there was an icon of a burning scarlet flame on it, and the text marked below was: Monster World.

Ning Shu, who just wanted to earn sacrificial power every second, clicked to enter decisively.

After a brief period of darkness, the real scene of the game emerged.

The first scene to appear is the Tezuka Mountains.

The camera pierced through the clouds and swooped down to the earth like an eagle.

Peaks carved by billions of years of wind and frost rise and fall one after another, and the exposed rock veins are like the twisted spine of a giant beast. As the picture advances rapidly, the mountains are like a flowing undercurrent, carrying an oppressive atmosphere with them.

The camera finally falls at the speed of light into the bottomless abyss on the earth.

A pitch-black tower rose from the dark abyss and reached the sky. Black fog rolled around the tower, and countless hideous evil spirits roared and screamed in the black fog.

The scene finally freezes on the platform above the tower.

A domineering figure standing in the air suddenly opened his eyes and looked back, bloodshot flashing in his dark red eyes.

Suddenly, four blurry figures slowly emerged from the darkness, standing on both sides of the domineering figure.

At this time, a blood-red waning moon rose into the sky behind the five figures, and the four big words "Emperor's Tomb Mountains" emerged from nothingness.

The picture suddenly tore apart.

Jump from the eerie Teizuka Mountains to the Colorful Mist Coast.

The azure sea surface under the sparkling waves holds up the endless silver sand, and the line of sight follows the camera towards the sea.

The island of the Ascending Clan is looming in the colorful mist, the Shuyan Realm is suspended above the waves, and there is a fierce fight in the Ancient God Arena... The scene finally focuses on the destructive torrent composed of twelve elements. The champion fighter's right arm muscles are knotted like the roots of an ancient tree. He clenched his fist and gathered strength. He stepped into the air with one foot and swung a punch to meet the surging elemental torrent. The power that burst out instantly was like a prairie fire, which defeated the elemental torrent.

Then came the Winter Snowfield (the two legions of the Lord of Bliss), the Adventurer's World (the former cave world, the copy display), the Senluo Forest (the screen finally focused on the foreseeable mushrooms), the Sun Chaser Land... Each scene jumped quickly from a bird's-eye view, and the final scene descended on a frozen lake in the southern part of the Rumbling Continent.

My sight dropped downwards, and the cold wind was like the breath of an ancient beast, rolling up tiny ice crystals and weaving a pale mist in the low sky.

The icy lake is like a mirror, reflecting the golden wheel in the sky.

Beneath the ice, many huge shadows lurk in the deep dark blue, their outlines blurred yet full of oppression.

At the edge of the icy lake, jagged black rock peaks pierce the sky like fangs.

This is obviously the seventh novice village that will be launched soon.

At this moment, four large characters "Eternal Silent Ice Lake" appeared on the screen, and then disappeared into thin air as the screen dimmed.

The entire opening scene lasted 8 minutes.

Although it was not long, Ning Shu felt a sense of urgency and wanted to skip this scene and enter the game.

Seize every minute and every second to earn sacrificial power.

【Welcome to the monster world, start choosing your initial soul. 】

The blue crystal wall that contained the original monsters appeared from nothingness and quickly approached in Ning Shu's eyes.

Without any hesitation, he focused his gaze decisively on Sanshi's soul and made his choice.

For powerful souls at the early stage of the game, players on the forum generally recommend the three mythical gods.

Especially for players who have a team, the combination of the three mythical gods has three powerful characteristics: output, damage tolerance, and perception, and there will be no shortcomings in the early stage.

But when it comes to killing efficiency, it still has to be critical hits, powerful axe, thunder, scattered arrows, and other soul characteristics that take the ultimate output path.

Among them, the Scattered Arrow Soul has both powerful single-target damage and group damage output capabilities.

The most important thing is that the Scattered Arrow Soul is a long-range output.

For early game development, Scattered Arrows is one of the strongest choices for lone wolf players.

The only drawback is the problem of shooting accuracy. For most players who have never been exposed to bows, the shortcomings of Scattering Arrow Soul outweigh its advantages.

Before Monster World was launched, Ning Shu played the archer in other games.

So this time, he locked on the scattered arrow bow without hesitation, ready to take the extreme long-range burst route to improve hunting efficiency.

……

A few minutes later.

Ning Shu pushed through the crowd amidst the shouting and cursing and entered the latest novice scene: The Eternal Silent Ice Lake.

The cold wind howled, making him shiver.

He then decisively switched to the soul form, twisting his body into a suspended longbow burning with flames.

There are not many players outside, and there are snail-like monsters everywhere nearby.

They have translucent blood-red shells, and dense ice spines condense on the tracks of the ice where they crawl. From a distance, they look like a cluster of moving blood-red crystals.

After analyzing and scanning, the monster information appeared in my mind.

[Frost Snail (Monster)]:
Hunting Level: 2
Target introduction: One of the monster types unique to the Eternal Ice Lake area. It feeds on the ice-attributed spiritual energy in the air. It is at the bottom of the food chain and is not good at fighting.

……

The bowstring is pulled taut and the sight is locked on the Frost Snail.

The qi and blood are released and gather at the center of the bowstring, pulling out a burning arrow condensed from the qi and blood.

Boom.

The burning blood arrow tore through the cold air, leaving a trail of red flame in the air.

The icy head of the Frost Snail exploded, and the remaining part suddenly shrank into its shell.

There was no killing prompt. The remaining flesh and blood tissue of the snail spirit only grew wildly, and spider-web-like ice silk spurted out from its broken neck, weaving into a new head outline.

Ning Shu decisively retreated and kept some distance, and the second arrow was already buzzing on the string.

Boom.

The arrow changed its angle, hit the Frost Snail's forehead, and pierced into the snail's shell.

The blood and fire wrapped around the arrow collided with the extreme cold force within the snail spirit's shell, causing puffs of steam to rise.

This process lasted for several seconds, and the challenger prompt sounded in his mind.

An invisible force was suddenly injected into his body, and his soul level was raised to level 2, with all attributes improved.

After the initial fight, Ning Shu analyzed the characteristics of this monster.

Strong recovery ability, but weak defense.

The start was not difficult this time.

At the beginning of the current novice village, the most difficult things in the early stage are undoubtedly the mechanical life in the cave world (sweeping robots) and the plant life in the Senluo Forest area.

They all have extremely strong defensive capabilities, and it is difficult for newbies to deal with them.

There are only novice monsters with high recovery ability, which is a relatively friendly start.

Realizing that he had chosen the right soul at the beginning, Ning Shu felt excited and decisively changed the target to shoot.

After killing another frost snail, he decisively floated away.

The number of players nearby is growing rapidly. If you don't leave now, you will soon be overwhelmed by the new players.

Every time he killed a monster along the way, Ning Shu would explore a further distance.

Soon, the level reached 4.

The killing efficiency brought by the Scattered Arrow Soul is very high, which is also the core reason why he chose this soul.

Only when the soul level is raised can you hunt higher-level monsters and produce more sacrificial power benefits.

The only drawback is that each release consumes Qi and blood.

Without the level of body building and the support of the Qi-eating Soul, he could only recover by drinking potions from the mall continuously during the hunt.

Pharmaceutical expenses account for about 2% of revenue.

Hunting along the way, in the white environment, the surrounding scenery is very monotonous except for the ice spikes piercing the lake surface.

Occasionally, a huge shadow would pass by under his feet, which would make Ning Shu terrified.

A one-hour death cooldown was too long for him who was racing against death.

Arriving at a new area, he saw many shed shells of snails scattered on the lake. He picked them up decisively, planning to download the "Gold Trend Plug-in" to compare prices and sell them when he had a break.

Time passes by every second.

On the seventh day, it was not yet dawn.

The icy fog rolled in the dead silence, and was suddenly torn apart by a red light.

With a sharp whistling sound, the arrow dragged two blood-red air currents following in a spiral shape and accurately bit the ice moth flapping its wings in the air.

puff!

The moment the ice moth's glass body touched the arrow, it instantly stopped moving, its icy wings twisted and exploded in the high temperature, and finally turned into countless burning crystal fragments that flew everywhere.

The nearby moth groups were immediately alarmed.

In an instant, the entire ice fog began to boil, dozens of translucent wings vibrated at the same time, and fine frost needles condensed in the air.

With the help of bulk sales of materials and the proceeds from hunting, Ning Shu, who had already successfully forged his body to level 1, was not at all panicked when facing the attacking swarm of ice moths. He pulled the bow, stepped forward, and turned around.

Looking far away, the bowstring was as taut as a full moon, and the qi and blood were wrapped around the arrow to form spiral fire patterns.

Boom!
A bloody air flowed out.

Another ice moth exploded in the air, and before the burning wreckage fell to the ground, Ning Shu had already leaped sideways into the air and the third arrow was released.

This time, the arrow pierced through two overlapping flying ice moths.

The challenger's prompts kept ringing in his mind, but Ning Shu ignored them and ran away calmly.

After putting some distance between himself and the swarm of ice moths, he pulled the bow again, leaped back, and released the string.

Boom!
The arrow broke through the wind and accurately pierced the head of an ice moth that was trying to dive down.

The moment the ice crystal core shattered, one of the pieces fluttered in the air, briefly reflecting Ning Shu's cold pupils.

Rhythm, control, hunting.

After seven days of non-stop hunting, Ning Shu's hunting ability has improved significantly.

Including the accuracy of archery, the greater control brought about by the improvement of physical fitness made his hunting efficiency soar.

But the sense of urgency always lingers in my mind.

He didn't dare to stop for even a moment.

When his health bar drops, he drinks recovery potions. When he consumes too much physical strength, he drinks physical strength potions. There is no rest time in his eyes.

As the fight continued, Ning Shu's movements were precise, and every time he pulled the bow, an ice moth fell.

The blood and energy arrows drew red tracks in the ice fog, and the number of moths decreased rapidly.

He once read in detail a skill improvement guide posted by the competitive party leader "Phase Kill" on the forum, and one sentence in it left a deep impression on him.

"Fighting is not about performance, but about subtraction."

Unnecessary movements will expose your intentions, and fancy combos will waste your energy.

If you want to improve your skills, you need to constantly eliminate redundant actions and create a highly condensed combat logic.

Once you get used to the efficient rhythm of combat, your body will make this logic become instinct.

This is also the combat rhythm that Ning Shu has been learning for the past seven days.

According to the phase killing method, with observation, locking and killing as the core, it does not use high-frequency shooting, but only pursues the most efficient killing method.

Today, he finds that he has grown rapidly by practicing this set of techniques.

When moving, just use small steps and running to adjust, and never waste energy rolling.

In terms of output, you can shoot when the ice moth flaps its wings, and the probability of being dodged will be significantly reduced.

The hit-and-run tactics may seem simple, but once you master them, they will be like the interlocking gears of precision gears.

boom!
The last ice moth turned into a fireball and fell. After landing, a ball of blood and energy rose up, flew towards him, and penetrated his skin.

The challenger prompt sounded immediately afterwards.

After looking around and making sure there was no danger nearby, Ning Shu decisively summoned the Star Vein Interface.

The spine surrounded by the sea of ​​stars appeared in his mind, and the first star vein groove at the top was inlaid with the Scattered Arrow Soul.

At this time, he consumed his sacrificial energy and opened up the second star vein.

For the second soul, he bought the powerful axe soul, which has a very high cost performance.

The one that improves output efficiency the most is actually the critical strike soul.

However, the critical hit was a fifth-generation life soul, and the purchase price was as high as 30,000, which was simply beyond his ability to afford now.

The price of the first generation of Origin Force Axe is only 500 sacrificial power.

For a new player like him, the best solution is to simply choose the Power Axe.

After the inlay is completed, the characteristic effects are automatically assembled, and the knowledge related to the brute force characteristic keeps flooding into my mind.

His body forging level is only 1. Apart from the characteristic effects, he cannot inherit the attributes of the Power Axe.

But as long as he has the extra 50% damage bonus of the Mighty Axe, it is enough for him to hunt stronger monsters. This is the charm of the Star Vein gameplay.

The insertion of each new soul can bring about a terrifying increase in combat power even without any additional attributes.

In fact, before entering the game, he considered taking the monster route.

This gameplay is strong in the early stages, and there is no need to open up star veins, so you can go all the way.

This will save a lot of energy for improving star veins and strengthening the body.

But if you think about it carefully, there are risks in doing this.

After the monster reaches level 10+, its size begins to grow rapidly, and it is easy to be killed by concentrated fire in a scene full of monsters.

Each death will result in a 1-hour cooldown.

He simply can't afford to waste time.

The current monster flow is more suitable for players who have friends and family, and is not suitable for lone wolf players.

It’s not like he hasn’t thought about finding a team of players and hunting together.

The problem is that his battle tempo is too fast, and his high-intensity hunting method is simply not suitable for a wild team that may fall apart at any time.

Secondly, we also consider that the various conflicts and disputes caused by the issue of interest distribution are a waste of energy.

After briefly adjusting the star veins, Ning Shu continued to move deeper into the foggy area on the map.

Unknown areas are bound to be accompanied by unknown risks, but it also means that you may encounter chance events.

Along the way, he called up the function panel and checked the latest list of newbie impact activities.

After 7 days of non-stop hunting, his overall soul level could only rank 112th, which was still quite far from the top .

Especially the first-ranked "Emperor", who has already opened up a 3-level gap in comprehensive soul level with him. It is hard to imagine how he did it.

He had to try harder as there were still six hours left before the event ended.

If he only needs to increase his comprehensive soul level by 5%, he can enter the top and receive a reward of sacrificial power.

As he hurried along, two monsters appeared in his sight.

After scanning the analysis, it was shown that it was a monster of hunting level 18, named: Buried Snow.

They are shaped like foxes, covered with snow-white fur, and appear to be very agile when running.

Fighting one against two is quite risky.

Just as Ning Shu was hesitating, the two snow foxes noticed his presence almost at the same time. The tips of their ears twitched slightly, and their snow-white fur flowed in the wind like mercury, reflecting the cold light.

It's too late to retreat now.

Without hesitation, Ning Shu raised his right hand, and the scattered arrow bow condensed into shape in the palm of his hand, and the red fire of blood and energy wrapped around the bowstring.

Boom!
The arrow broke through the air, leaving a burning trail and went straight to Zangxue's throat on the left.

But the Snow Fungus reacted very quickly. Its body flashed and it moved sideways like a phantom. The arrow only grazed the tip of its ear and hit the ice surface.

At the same time, the Snow Fox on the right moved.

It stomped on the ground suddenly, and the ice layer suddenly exploded. Countless sharp ice spikes shot out from the ground and headed straight for Ning Shu's feet.

Magic monster!

Ning Shu's pupils shrank, and he tapped his toes hard, instantly retreating three meters, with the ice spikes almost sticking to the soles of his boots.

Before he could stand firm, the Snow Fox on the left turned into a shadow and pounced on him, with cold ice crystals condensed on its claws, heading straight for his throat.

At the critical moment, Ning Shu twisted his waist and flipped his body backwards, supporting himself with one hand and avoiding the attack.

The fox's claws scraped across his neck, leaving a tiny trace of blood.

He exerted force with his right hand, adjusted his body shape and landed on the ground. The bowstring was like a knife, and he pulled it horizontally. The fire of blood and qi exploded at close range. The heat wave forced the buried snow fox to retreat, and his right hand had already grabbed the bowstring. Bang!
The arrow pierced through the Snow Fox's shoulder blade almost at zero distance. The bursting blood and fire exploded on its shoulder, and the snow-white fur was instantly dyed red.

It let out a sharp howl and staggered backward, while another snow fox followed closely.

Ning Shu didn't have time to draw the bow, so he simply raised the scattered arrow bow and threw an elbow bow with his backhand. His blood and energy were wrapped around the longbow, and he fought hard against the Snow Fox's attack.

boom!
The air wave exploded, and Ning Shu was shocked and retreated continuously. The Snow Fox was also knocked over by this blow, but it adjusted its posture the moment it landed, kicked off with all four legs, and pounced again.

The previously injured snow fox had also stabilized its body, with a violent and ferocious light flashing in its eyes, and it surrounded from the other side.

Finding himself being attacked from both sides, Ning Shu retreated decisively to create some distance.

The two snow foxes' attack routes were lengthened, and they gradually gathered together during the attack.

But in terms of movement speed, he is obviously weaker.

Just as one of the Snow Funerals suddenly jumped up.

At this time, Ning Shu leaped into the air, held the bow with both hands, and gripped the bowstring tightly with his fingers. Two burning blood arrows were quickly generated, and the blood bar dropped to 15%.

For this attack, he chose to go all out.

Without the blessing of the "marked" soul, when two arrows are fired at the same time, whether they can hit the target depends entirely on feeling.

After taking a deep breath, his eyes became firm, and then he suddenly relaxed.

"middle!"

The arrow flew off the bow, like a rainbow piercing the sun, accurately piercing the bodies of the two buried snow foxes.

The exploding blood and fire completely devoured their bodies, and their snow-white fur turned to ashes in the flames. Only two ice-blue cores fell to the ground, emitting a faint cold light.

Ning Shu fell suddenly onto the ice, his face covered in sweat, but he couldn't hide his smile.

He succeeded.

He reached out and wiped away the blood that was sliding down his neck.

The battle ended very quickly, but it was extremely dangerous. If he had been half a second slower, he might be the one lying on the ground now.

He bent down and picked up the ice core dropped by the buried snow fox. He felt a biting chill on his fingertips. He decisively put it into his space bag and continued on his way.

On the snowy field, the cold wind was still howling.

Ning Shu's figure was soon covered by the wind and snow, leaving only two balls of blood and flames on the ice that had not yet been extinguished, gradually withering in the cold wind.

After 6 hours.

As Ning Shu was drinking a potion to restore his physical strength, a game prompt sounded in his mind:

[Challenger Tip: Congratulations on ranking 98th on the "Level Up Carnival" special event list, and receiving a power reward of 30000 points.]

3 sacrificial powers have been obtained.

But it's not enough.

The cost of booking a trip to the Eclipse Clan starts at 10 million credit points, and additional fees will be charged after selecting medical services.

He checked the medical treatment his mother needed and found that it would cost 9 taels of silver, including the discount for the payment.

There are only 12 days left, he must hurry.

The only thing that made him hesitate was whether to use the 30,000 points of sacrificial power to improve his strength.

The stronger the strength, the higher the hunting efficiency.

But he only has 12 days left. To earn 12 sacrificial power within 9 days, he needs to earn 7500 sacrificial power every day. The pressure is too great.

I even feel like it’s impossible to do it.

So he decided to save this part of the sacrificial power for the time being and make a decision based on the subsequent hunting efficiency.

After 3 hours.

The cold wind howled on the ice field, Ning Shu's boots crushed the frost, and the fire of blood and energy on the Scattering Arrow Bow had already wrapped around the arrow tip.

Thirty steps away, a group of ice crystal scorpions with hunting levels between 19 and 25 trembled their tails like ice spikes, and suddenly broke through the air and attacked.

As the arrow was shot, dense ice spikes covered the vision.

laugh!
His calf was pierced and he knelt on the ground groaning in severe pain. Then he took advantage of the momentum to roll over, and the place where he had been kneeling was suddenly filled with ice spikes.

Before he could raise his bow, the second round of attack came.

With no way to avoid it, he let out a low roar, infused his blood and energy into the bowstring, and suddenly shot an arrow.

The scattering arrow bow exploded, and the arrow instantly pierced through the ice crystal scorpion that was locked on its sights.

But Ning Shu could not escape the dense ice spikes and was nailed to the ground in an instant, turning into mist and dissipating.

This was the first death in eight days, and Ning Shu's mood instantly fell to the bottom.

With a one-hour resurrection cooldown and the hassle of traveling, he wasted several hours of hunting time.

"There's still time."

After cheering myself up, I went into the forum and started reviewing my battle footage, playing it multiple times.

In the picture, the density of monsters in the Eternal Ice Lake area is very high, and he was trying to avoid the dense groups of monsters throughout the journey.

But sometimes it is difficult to escape the dilemma of being surrounded by monsters.

This time he failed to escape and could only return dead.

The open terrain in the Glacial Lakes region has both good and bad aspects.

He was playing a long-range shooter, so he had no blind spots in the Eternal Ice Lake area. Unlike the Senluo Forest area, where the terrain was complex and there were green plants everywhere.

But this environment also has a shortcoming.

Without any cover, he could easily be caught in concentrated fire.

Monsters with long-range attack capabilities release attacks that are difficult to avoid without cover protection, especially area attack capabilities.

Team and squad players have blood shields released by damage-bearing tanks and light shields released by auxiliary players to deal with the situation. Lone wolf players like him are helpless when faced with this situation.

The tolerance for error in hunting has been significantly reduced.

To solve this problem, the best way seems to be to find a player who can take damage to form a team.

Make up for the shortcomings in your output.

But there is an unwritten rule in the Monster World gaming circle that when teaming up with a player who takes damage, the majority of the profits must go to the player who takes damage.

Secondly, the cost of medicine also needs to be shared.

Only a team of five or more people can support players who are capable of sustaining injuries.

Cooperating with the Stone Statue Flow will increase your fault tolerance rate but will also significantly reduce your own profits.

However, his skills were not yet strong enough to allow him to move freely among the monsters, and the problem of acting alone always existed.

Ning Shu fell into deep thought about how to ensure his own safety in open terrain.

This seems to be an unsolvable problem.

Looking through the forum information, there are still ten minutes left for the resurrection cooldown.

Just as Ning Shu was browsing the soul database on the forum, one of the souls suddenly gave him inspiration.

[Control (Second Generation Soul)]:
Feature introduction: Control creatures with weaker mental power than your own through mental shock. The number of controlled creatures is affected by your own mental strength, the target's mental strength, and the soul level.

……

After reading the introduction of controlling the soul, Ning Shu suddenly thought of a possible way to play.

Training a growth-type pet requires a huge amount of energy investment in the early stages.

But the Control Soul does not have this problem. He can embed a Control Soul, and then use the Control Soul to capture monsters with strong external defense and use them as damage-bearing tanks.

If the captured monster suffers problems such as limb mutilation during the battle, you don't even need to spend potions to treat it, you can just replace it with a new one.

There is no need to worry about the distribution of benefits.

Having a pet with you can greatly improve your tolerance for mistakes when exploring outside.

I took a look at the detailed values ​​of the soul control.

The ratio of Qi, blood and mental strength brought about by the increase in soul level is 3:7, which is within an acceptable range and does not require adjustment.

After all, using the control characteristics to control the target is affected by the strength of one's own mental power.

The mental strength is too low and it is impossible to catch the target.

Ning Shu thought that this method might be feasible, so he decided to start a practical test after the resurrection was over.

10 minutes later, Ning Shu was resurrected in the Eternal Silence Ice Lake Space.

As soon as I came online, I was shocked by the scene in front of me.

The novice space was full of players, and new figures kept appearing at the resurrection point under his feet like popcorn, pushing him out in the blink of an eye.

Most of them are players who died and were resurrected during outdoor exploration.

Blocking the noisy area chat channel, Ning Shu followed the crowd.

During this period, he summoned the star vein interface. He first spent 2000 points of sacrificial power to open up the third star vein slot, and then spent another 3000 points of sacrificial power to purchase the second-generation control soul for inlay.

Everything is ready, now it's time to test it.

……

After 2 hours.

The cold wind blew ice crystals across the Eternal Silence Ice Lake.

boom!
With a loud bang, a huge figure fell to the ground and hit the thick ice heavily.

This is a monster called "Frost Armor Giant", with a hunting level of 22. Its three-meter-tall body is covered with crisscrossed ice-like cuticles, and the tip of each bone spur is condensed with blue-purple frost.

Ning Shu, looking exhausted, stood still, looked up at the fallen Frost Armor Giant, and the Scattering Arrow Bow in his hand disappeared.

He did not stop, but took out a stamina potion from his space bag, drank it, then squatted in front of the monster, and the control feature was activated at this time.

The mental power turned into invisible threads that shot out from between the eyebrows and penetrated into the monster's body.

During this time, he drank two bottles of mental power recovery potion, and finally outlined the control mark in the mental sea of ​​​​the Frost Armor Giant.

There was no need to learn how to control the Frost Armor Giant's movements. It was imprinted in his mind like breathing.

He took out potions from his space bag and helped the Frost Armor Giant recover.

Next, this monster will become his own damage-bearing tank, providing defensive protection for his exploration of the ice lake area.

After feeding three bottles of primary potions, the Frost Armor Giant's injuries healed at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"rise!"

After the order was given, the Frost Armor Giant stood up shakily.

After trying to change other commands to control the movements of the Frost Armor Giant and confirming that it was feasible, Ning Shu decided to start actual hunting right away.

More than ten minutes later.

Ning Shu stood behind the frost-armored giant, watching three "Ice Fang Predators" leap out from the broken ice in front of him.

They are shaped like giant lizards, have blade-like icy fangs, are hunting level 19, are social predators, and mainly feed on snail spirits.

Eye contact, battle is imminent.

"Block!" Ning Shu thought.

The Frost Armor Giant immediately took heavy steps, and his three-meter-tall body stood in front of him like an ice wall.

Three Ice Fang predators pounced and slammed into its torso. The sharp Ice Fangs scraped against the frost giant's cuticle, making a harsh sound but leaving only a few shallow marks.

The recoil force caused the predator to stumble back, but the giant frost pattern on its armor did not move at all. The blue-purple frost on its carapace spread in the opposite direction along the contact point, freezing one of its claws.

It's now!

Ning Shu moved sideways and dodged from the side of the Frost Armor Giant's legs, instantly pulling the arrow bow to its full length.

An arrow wrapped in the power of qi and blood broke through the air and accurately pierced the eye socket of the predator whose front limbs were frozen.

The bloody light on the arrow exploded, and the predator's head burst like a watermelon, and the ice-blue brain matter splattered on the snow.

The other two predators immediately changed their strategies, bypassing the Frost Armor Giant from the left and right and heading straight for Ning Shu.

"shock."

The Frost Armor Giant suddenly raised its front legs and stomped heavily onto the ice.

boom!
With it as the center, a circle of ice waves exploded in a ring, and the two predators were immediately shaken and lost their balance and slipped.

One of them rolled to Ning Shu's feet. Without hesitation, he shot an arrow through its open throat. The arrow came out from behind the cervical vertebrae and nailed it to the ice.

The last predator saw that the situation was not good and turned around and fled.

"bar!"

The Frost Giant suddenly curled up into a ball with its bone spurs protruding outward, and rolled out like a giant ice meteor, catching up with its prey in the blink of an eye.

The crushing weight directly pressed the predator underneath, and Ning Shu's arrow followed closely, piercing through the exposed head.

The battle ended in a very easy way, saving a lot of roaming and pulling steps.

The Frost Armor Giant walked slowly back to him, with a few claw marks on his body, but it was not serious.

Ning Shu patted its cold shell and was very satisfied with its performance.

This giant beast perfectly fulfills the role of a damage-taking meat shield, allowing you to focus on your output with peace of mind, and its efficiency is several times higher than hunting alone.

He looked into the depths of the icy lake, and saw more shadows roaming vaguely in the whistling white ice mist.

"Walk."

The Frost Armor Giant growled and followed him with heavy steps. The figures of the man and the beast gradually disappeared in the sky full of ice crystals.

The next few days.

With the help of Frost Armor, Ning Shu's hunting style became more aggressive.

During this period, he destroyed three Frost Armor Giants, but he was able to quickly capture new Frost Armor Giants to serve as his damage-bearing tanks.

The income from sacrificial forces grew steadily during this period.

But there were still 8 days left, and he only had 4.6 sacrificial power left, which was 4.4 short of his goal.

At the current hunting speed, it is not enough to fill the gap. He must try to challenge monsters of higher levels.

Before that, he had to replace his pet with one that had greater damage-bearing ability.

Only when the pet can stand still can he have space to continue to output.

While hunting along the way, Ning Shu actively looked for new monsters that could sustain damage, and every time he encountered a new monster, he would take a quick look at it with analysis.

No other indicators are considered, and injury resistance is the only criterion.

The output is his own responsibility.

……

The next day.

After dispelling a patch of map fog, Ning Shu brought his four-meter-tall new partner to an area with cracks on the ground.

From the perspective of Frost Armor, Ning Shu felt an invisible sense of oppression in this area.

As a player, I can't feel this sense of oppression at all.

Feeling that there was danger ahead, he originally planned to follow the Frost Armor Giant's natural perception and take a detour.

But thinking about the messages left by exploration players on the forum, a crisis may sometimes be an opportunity.

Thinking that he still lacked a lot of strength, he gritted his teeth and chose to move forward, but he would evacuate decisively if there was any danger.

Not long after he walked, he found an ice crystal statue with half of its body submerged in the ice not far away.

The statue is shaped like a giant ape, with three pairs of eyes on its head, six arms on its back, and its chest seems to be pierced by some sharp weapon, with black and purple ice crystals condensed on the wound.

Although frozen, Ning Shu could feel a subtle pressure coming from the statue through the perspective of the Frost Armor Giant.

With curiosity, he turned on the analysis and scanned the statue.

Suddenly the information about the statue appeared in my mind.

【Six-Armed Mysterious Ice】:
Hunting level: 42 (original life level: 382)
Status: seriously injured and dying, frozen and dormant, severe loss of vitality...)
Target introduction: One of the guardians of the Six-Armed Tribe, a force of advent. In order to protect the Ice Lake Tribe, he fought a war with the Mechanical Legion, but was ultimately defeated and his tribe’s resources were plundered. After the battle, he fell into the Eternal Silence Ice Lake and fell into a near-death hibernation state.

……

After seeing the analyzed information, especially the original level information, Ning Shu was stunned.

You know, the hunting level of the champion fighter is only 358.

However, I didn't expect that this inconspicuous statue, which I didn't even bother to take a second look at when I passed by, had a hunting level of up to 382.

"Hiss~."

Ning Shu's heart was pounding, and he suddenly had a bold idea.

(End of this chapter)