Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
“Ding! Host’s intention confirmed. Enhancement start… enhancement completed. Skill Icy Diancang Fist has been strengthened to the intermediate level.”
The system notification ended, and Jon upgraded two more skills to the intermediate level.
“Caw, caw, caw!”
A burst of ostentatious cries sounded above Jon’s head, and he looked up to see that it was a griffon. Its wingspan was about eight meters, and it looked very elegant as it soared through the sky.
“Life really gives you what you want. I was just thinking of looking for you guys, and you appeared right in front of me.”
The griffon flew leisurely in the sky. It seemed to be in a good mood after eating its fill. It did not notice Jon, who was like a little bug compared to itself, quietly following it in the bushes.
After following it for nearly half an hour, Jon saw it enter a huge cave on a cliff. That ought to have been their nest.
After observing the cave entrance for nearly a day, Jon discovered that there were around ten griffons coming in and out. They were all level 20 and above, and all were elite-tier.
There were lots of them. If Jon were to face them head-on, his odds of winning would not high. After pondering it for a while, Jon decided to take them down one by one.
Judging from the behavior of the griffon that he had followed today, they characteristically moved alone. As long as he specifically attacked them when they were by themselves, the matter would be settled.
The long night ended, and a new day began. The griffons went out to hunt.
Some of them moved in groups of two or three, while others hunted alone. Jon followed the one that was probably the last to exit the cave.
“Ice Leap!”
After having trailed it for a while, Jon began to move.
After Ice Leap had been enhanced once, Jon had the ability to control whether or not it released four huge ice thorns after teleporting. That was why he could now rely on this skill to keep up with the speed of the flying griffon while remaining hidden.
Similarly, before the enhancement, Ice Leap was not able to reach the height at which the griffon flew, but now Jon could easily appear in front of it.
“Storm Toss!”
Although he had appeared in front of where the griffon was flying, there was still a certain amount of distance between the two. Neither a fist nor sword had enough attack range, so he had to use Storm Toss.
Storm Toss was also an intermediate-level skill that had been enhanced one time. Once used, the direction of the wind in the nearby space would experience a certain degree of chaos.
Boom!
A loud explosion rang, and the griffon’s wings were injured. At the same time, half of its body was frozen, and it fell to the ground.
“Ice Leap!”
Jon used Ice Leap again to get close to the griffon, and used water-rock-ice sword to slash at it.
A series of unforeseen events happened all at once. In fact, the griffon did not even know who had attacked it. At first glance, it was confused when it saw Jon come slashing at it with the sword.
However, it reacted quickly and promptly used its battle aura to block Jon’s attack.
Pshh!
Blood splattered everywhere. Even though it had responded to Jon’s attack and was five levels higher than Jon, it was still not a match for him.
Water-Rock-Ice Sword, which had been enhanced once, easily tore its combat aura apart and cut off its head.
“Ding! Mission completed. Level 20 Elite Griffon killed. Level fragments +1,800 obtained. Successfully extracted battle aura type advanced fragments +150 from the target’s body.”
When Jon and the griffon landed on the ground, the system notification chimed. Jon had completed the hunting mission.
After killing the griffon, Jon returned to the entrance of the their cave again. He happened to meet a vulture that had returned alone after finishing its hunt.
“Storm Toss!”
Jon threw out an elemental storm from his hiding place. This time, he did not plan to teleport over for close combat. He had found that Storm Toss alone was enough to deal with these guys.
Boom!
Storm Toss hit the griffon while it was mid-flight. Its body froze over and it fell to the ground, breaking into two halves.
“Ding! Mission completed. Level 20 Elite Griffon killed. Level fragments +1,800 obtained. Successfully extracted battle aura type advanced fragments +150 from the target’s body.”
Since it was hit head-on, he had easily made the griffon fall to its death.
“Caw, caw, caw!”
An enraged cry sounded. The three eagle vultures that were following behind it had seen its death unfold. They rapidly flew over to kill Jon and avenge their companion!
“Storm Throw!”
Jon was not afraid in the slightest. He cast Storm Throw at them.
“Caw!”
The three eagle vultures exerted their strength at the same time. Battle aura surged out and blocked Storm Throw’s explosion.
“They even knew how to combine their battle aura?” Jon was a little astonished. It seemed that these beasts had quite a high IQ.
“Storm Toss!”
Jon threw another elemental storm. At the same time, he used the ice created by the explosion to block their attacks. He used Ice Leap to get close to one of the three eagle vultures that was flying on the side.
“Icy Diancang Fist!”
Jon threw a punch at it, and a line of ice crystals extended towards the griffon. Simultaneously, it caused a strong gust of ice and snow that inhibited its vision.
“Ding! Mission completed. Level 20 Elite Griffon killed. Level fragments +1,800 obtained. Successfully extracted battle aura type advanced fragments +150 from the target’s body.”
After getting close to it, Jon successfully killed the griffon with Icy Diancang Fist.
“Caw!”
One of the griffons not paying heed to its comrades was once again taken down by Jon, and the remaining two became even more furious. They opened their mouths and spat out their battle aura as a shooting weapon.
“Ice Leap!”
Jon used Ice Leap to dodge their battle aura attacks. Concurrently, he teleported behind them and stabbed at one of them with his water-rock-ice sword.
With the acceleration of gravity, Jon fell like a bullet with the griffon.
But something that surprised Jon happened.
As the griffon’s body sank from the sky, it made a perfect turn in the air and narrowly avoided Jon’s sword. At the same time, its pincer-like claws slashed at Jon’s body.
Clang!
The sound of metal colliding could be heard. The griffon’s claws scratched four white marks on Jon’s ice crystal armor.
Jon was taken aback. This was indeed the opponent’s home turf—it was better for him to not try doing too much in the air.
However, the extremely close distance between the two also gave Jon the opportunity to use his sword.
“Water-Rock-Ice Sword!”
Just as it was about to pass by Jon, he slashed his sword at it.
“Ding! Mission completed. Level 20 Elite Griffon killed. Level fragments +1,800 obtained. Successfully extracted battle aura type advanced fragments +150 from the target’s body.”
His water-rock-ice sword destroyed its body and successfully took it down.
“Caw, caw ,caw!”
The last remaining vulture, seeing that the outcome of their battle was already clear, tried escaping in a panic.
“Ice Leap!”
Of course, Jon would not give it the chance to do so. He used Ice Leap to chase after it.
With good luck, Jon landed on its back.
“Icy Diancang Fist!”
Jon punched at where its heart was. Its chest was blasted open by the force, and blood spilled all over the ground.
“Ding! Mission completed. Level 21 Elite Griffon killed. Level fragments +1,800 obtained. Successfully extracted battle aura type advanced fragments +150 from the target’s body.”