Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
“Triple Swird Desire! Icy Diancang Fist!”
Jon believed that Icy Diancang Fist was the ability that had had the most pronounced increase in long-range capability after ranking up to ice elemental envoy. After the fist was unleashed, cold air would be released alongside it and cause an ice storm. If Icy Diancang Fist did not have a target, the ice elemental power that gathered in his right fist would all be poured out, channeling its power into the ice storm brought about after releasing the ability. This would cause an even broader destructive power.
This move was the most suitable to deal with the invisible but boundless battle aura in front of him.
“Swoosh!”
It was like the wind outside one’s window on a winter night, lonely and clamorous.
The ice storm brought about by Icy Diancang Fist forced the battle aura the green dinobeast released to retreat. The storm enveloped the combat aura and wreaked havoc, freezing all the flowers and trees in its path and then shattering them bit by bit.
“Ice Leap!”
At the same time that the cold air raged, while the green dinobeast closely followed the tail of the storm, Jon teleported in front of it.
It towered in front of Jon like a building. Confronting it gave a feeling of helplessness that was like confronting an enemy bigger than even the tallest of mountains.
“Triple Sword Desire! Water-Rock-Ice Sword!”
Jon swung his strongest shot forward. The cold air completely filled up the surrounding space for an instant. Even the wind seemed to be frozen. For a moment, there was only one sound in the world: the sound of Jon swinging his sword.
His icy sword split apart the clouds, and a wound suddenly opened on the green dinobeast’s body. The ice on both sides of the wound rushed throughout the rest of his body like an infection and violently froze it.
“Roar!”
The green dinobeast reared its head and roared. A sea of battle aura surged out and halted the ice that was spreading on its body.
As it continued to roar, more and more battle aura appeared. Even the parts that were frozen began to show signs of being thawing.
“Triple Sword Desire! Water-Rock-Ice Sword!”
This move was extremely powerful, but it consumed a hefty amount of energy and placed a considerable strain on its body. This was why it took such a long time for Jon follow up with a second sword strike.
The storm once again roared while the second sword strike landed on the same wound. The ice crystals that had already been frozen instantly shattered, and the resulting shock tore apart the solid ice that had frozen its body.
Boom!
The intense pain caused the green dinobeast to lose its strength and topple to the ground. However, it still did not give up. It continued to mobilize its battle aura to defend, and attempted to counterattack.
“Triple Sword Desire! Icy Diancang Fist!”
Jon didn’t dare continue using the water-rock-ice sword. There was no doubt that the next slash would surely take the monster’s life, but at the same time, it would also suck dry the elemental power in Jon’s body. Losing the ability to fight in this sort of place was no different from suicide.
He rushed to the front of the head of the fallen green dinobeast and punched it in the forehead.
“Ding! Mission completed. Level 21 Lesser-Commander Rank Green Dinobeast killed. Level fragments +17,000 obtained. Successfully extracted battle aura type advanced fragments +750 from the target’s body.”
The system’s notification chimed. Jon had successfully killed the green dinobeast with his Icy Diancang Fist. Their incredibly large difference of nine levels had given him a sizeable amount of level fragments, and he had also received plenty of battle aura type advanced fragments.
He did not have much elemental energy left in his body, so he planned to find a relatively safe place to rest and wait for it to recover before continuing his hunt.
“Caw Caw Caw!”
A strange noise that sounded like the chirping of birds came from the distant sky in the opposite direction of the sunlight.
Jon’s expression involuntarily changed, and he hurriedly hid in the bushes at the side.
When these unwelcome guests got closer, he was able to see that it was a group of griffin-like creatures. Their eagle-like wings spanned more than ten meters, and their huge claws were like iron pincers that could even pick up a regular car.
The virtual screen made a note:
Griffin, Elite Level 22.
Description: With a flap of its wings, this creature can summon violent winds. It travels thousands of miles a day, and it likes to eat the corpses of other creatures.
It likes to eat the corpses of other creatures. So, it must have sensed that there was a fight here and came running to snatch the spoils of victory. That is to say, they didn’t come here specifically for Jon, but rather for food.
“You guys should be glad that I won. Otherwise, I had lost, my small body wouldn’t have even been enough for one of you to eat.”
Jon cursed silently in his heart. He quietly retreated, planning to escape from this place and stay away from these dangerous creatures.
“Ding! Mission unlocked. Kill the Griffins.”
At this moment, the mission window popped up and interrupted Jon’s retreat.
“Ah…”
Although he already had a feeling things would turn out this way, when the mission window had popped out, Jon really felt a headache over his current situation.
“Caw, caw, caw!”
After eating for about two hours, the group of griffins finished their meal of the green dinobeast. They called to their friends and retreated happily.
Jon peered at the direction they flew away and had the idea of using Ice Leap to catch up to them. After thinking about it carefully, though, he discarded the thought.
After finishing teleporting from Ice Leap, four beautiful pillars of ice would be launched. This would be too noisy, so it was not ideal for tailing.
He rested on the spot, and after having recovered his energy he went strolling around the nearby vicinity. Any mission he triggered he would right then kill the target monster.
After walking around for about a week, Jon had killed a fair number of monsters and had accumulated a lot of level fragments.
Jon looked at the data panel. He could have leveled up long ago.
“Level Up!”
Jon conveyed his will to the system.
“Ding! 8,000 level fragments were consumed and you have successfully leveled up to level 13. You have obtained a roll now that you’ve levelled up. Do you wish to use it immediately?”
“Note: the roll expires within 24 hours. Please use it as soon as possible.”
“Roll immediately.”
Jon chose to use this roll immediately.
The virtual screen opened. It showed an image of a horse racing machine that could be seen everywhere on the street. However, the slots on the horse racing machine that represented the prizes were all blank. Yellow dots of light wandered across the screen and finally stopped on one of the slots.
The horse racing machine disappeared from the virtual screen,
And then, a line of words popped up on the screen:
You’ve drawn your lot. Congratulations, you’ve obtained a skill enhancement point.
“Level Up!”
Jon still had enough level fragments. He continued to level up.
…..
You’ve drawn your lot. Congratulations, you’ve obtained a skill enhancement point.
Jon still had enough level fragments. He continued to level up.
…..
You’ve drawn your lot. Congratulations, you’ve obtained the skill “Four Tree Seal.”
Four Tree Seal: Summons four trees fully ripe with ice crystal fruits to seal the enemy. Once the ice crystal fruits have accumulated enough power, they will explode and annihilate the sealed enemy.
After leveling up three times in a row, he had obtained two skill enhancement points and a new skill. His rolling luck was pretty good.
After weighing the pros and cons, Jon strengthened the two skills Ice Leap and Icy Diancang Fist. He commonly used these two abilities, so he decided to enhance them.
“Ding! Host’s intent confirmed. Enhancement start… enhancement completed. Skill Ice Leap has been upgraded to the intermediate level.”