Above the mage!

Chapter 234 [Wild and Alert]

The valley was filled with hyenas that were so hungry that they couldn't stop howling with their heads raised.

These snow hyenas are not big in size and look like dogs, but are smaller than snow wolves.

But body size does not represent combat power.

In fact, in most cases, snow hyenas are much more difficult to deal with than snow wolves.

First, the starting level of the Snow Hyena is the first ring, so it is naturally much stronger than the zero-ring Snow Wolf.

Moreover, their bite force is extremely amazing and can easily break hard bones.

So if you are bitten by a snow hyena, you will lose at least half your life.

The second is a personality issue.

Snow hyenas are typical opportunistic predators that flexibly adjust their hunting strategies according to food sources and competitors in the environment.

They will take advantage of any available opportunity to obtain food, including "scavenging".

That is, they follow other predators, and after they have worked hard to obtain food, they will rush over and seize the fruits of their labor.

This makes them hated by everyone on the snowfield.

Not only is this thing a social creature, but it is also extremely vengeful. In order to take revenge on you, it may even follow you for several months just waiting for an opportunity to strike.

So ordinary people don't dare to provoke this thing.

Since Baruch was ready to take action, he intended to annihilate the enemy completely.

There is a group of about one hundred snow hyenas, among which there will be at least one two-ringed snow hyena.

Even if there were no second-ring snow hyenas, the hundred or so first-ring earth creatures alone would be terrifying enough.

If it weren't for Baruch, even if God had a hundred times the courage, he wouldn't dare to attack them.

But now, with a big shot leading the "map clearing", Gaode's task is only to ensure his own safety and try his best to grab more "kills".

Here, Baruch had already taken aim and took decisive action.

Catch the thief first to catch the king.

His first target was the leader of the snow hyenas lying at the highest point in the valley.

This leader is slightly larger than other snow hyenas and occupies the best position, making it very easy to identify.

A pack of snow hyenas under the command of a leader would be more difficult to deal with.

So now that we have decided to take action, we must try to eliminate the snow hyena leader first.

Baruch reached forward and held out his hand.

Godard's eyes widened.

The next moment, he saw a medium-sized palm formed by the black soil of the snowfield appear on the ground where the snow hyena leader was lying.

The hand appeared extremely abruptly, and as soon as it appeared it grabbed upwards.

Just like the Five Finger Mountain of Buddha, he directly grasped the snow hyena leader firmly in his hand.

Then Baruch made a clenching and squeezing motion with his outstretched hand.

The medium-sized palm formed by the soil immediately made the same movement.

Ow! ! !
The snow hyena leader, who was caught off guard, cried out in pain and let out a sharp and miserable cry.

It tried to break free from the hand, but failed the first time.

It failed to break free, and Baruch's second spell was already cast.

Violent spell fluctuations were released without any concealment.

The ground within 20 feet around the Snow Hyena Leader's body was distorted at this moment.

Immediately afterwards, large pieces of hard ice thorns broke through the ground.

Each ice thorn was like an ice sword, viciously piercing into the body of the snowfield hyena leader.

what! ! !
Under this intense pain, the snowfield hyena leader made a sound like the wailing of a human woman, and then blood spurted out of his body.

The blood splashed out and immediately cooled down in the low temperature of the North.

Just like the life of the hyena leader in the snowfield, it has completely cooled down and is no longer vibrant.

In just a blink of an eye, a ferocious and tough two-ringed snowfield hyena turned into a corpse hanging on the ice spikes.

Just when the group of snow hyenas had not yet reacted, another beam of fire "fell from the sky" and directly blasted the snow hyenas with rings on them to the ground.

Then, a second beam of fire flew over, targeting the snow hyena that had just been blown to the ground.

This snowfield hyena hadn't recovered yet, so naturally there was no way it could dodge and it could only take another beam of fire.

The huge impact force generated by the explosion of the flame beam made the snow hyena only have time to let out a dying howl.

The one who took action was Gaode.

When Baruch took the lead, Gode, while marveling at the opponent's powerful strength, followed closely and cast a spell, aiming at a snow hyena within the nearest spell distance and attacked fiercely.

The results of the battle were remarkable, with just two [Fire Arrows+] he was able to take the life of a one-ring creature.

However, this kind of good thing only happens once.

The pack of snow hyenas in the valley had already reacted by this time.

They howled and rushed towards the two people on the hillside.

But when he saw this scene, Baruch laughed loudly without any sign of fear.

He swung his right hand diagonally downward with extremely smooth movements.

Following this action, a powerful wave of magical power suddenly spread in the air, spreading out like ripples.

This magical fluctuation condensed into substance in an instant.

Countless tiny ice crystals appeared in the air, spinning and dancing.

Crunch, crunch, crunch.

These tiny ice crystals swarmed towards Baruch's palm.

The next moment, a light blue crystal sword made of ice crystals appeared in his empty right hand.

This sword looks like a lightsaber in Star Wars, emitting a faint cold light.

The sword is made of pure ice crystals, crystal clear, as if it can reflect the surrounding scenery.

【Ice Sword】.

The ice sword condensed by the power of magic has an extremely sharp edge and every inch of the sword exudes a cold breath.

With the Ice Sword in his hand, a cold light flashed in Baruch's eyes, and he became more confident and outspoken.

Faced with a group of hyenas rushing towards him, Baruch advanced instead of retreating.

He squeezed his legs together, and the ice-mane tiger Ryan under his crotch kicked out his limbs and rushed towards the snow hyenas with him.

This scene looked like a knight launching a fearless charge against the enemy army.

Of course, it was not Baruch who died, but those snowfield hyenas.

At this moment, Baruch, holding an ice sword, broke directly into the hyena group in the snowfield and began to kill.

The two snow hyenas that rushed in front jumped up and pounced on Baruch, barking wildly and biting him.

They opened their mouths, revealing teeth sharp enough to bite through bone marrow, and aimed at Baruch's neck. A hint of ferocity flashed in their small eyes, as if they had already seen the end of Baruch's blood splattering five feet.

Blood spurted out.

But this blood did not come from Baruch.

The ice sword skilfully slashed across the bodies of the two snow hyenas, leaving two streaks of blood.

Several more snow hyenas around pounced on Baruch.

However, Baruk rode the Ice Mane Tiger Ryan to dodge their pounces deftly, and drew his sword while dodging. Several more bodies of snow hyenas fell on the snow, and blood spurted all over the ground.

Under the low temperature in the north, it quickly cooled and froze, like a blood-spattered painting.

Baruk, who had achieved great results in the battle, had rushed into the center of the encirclement of the snowfield hyena pack under the speed of the ice mane tiger Ryan.

He swung his sword quickly and fiercely, as if he had practiced it thousands of times. Usually, with just one swing, a snow hyena would howl to the ground, never to get up again.

He handled it with ease, as if he was dancing with these snow hyenas.

These snowfield hyenas served as his dance partners. They cooperated very well and jumped under his ice sword, causing blood flowers to burst out one after another.

Gao De, who was still on the snow hill, was stunned when he saw this scene.

This was completely different from the traditional way of fighting that he remembered from wizards.

A mage, shouldn't he control the distance, cast spells from a distance, and constantly pull the enemy away?

How could there be someone like Baruch, who could charge into the enemy group and fight the enemy with exquisite skills with only a magic sword and a mount?

Only then did Gao De realize why Baruch's hand was so rough when he shook hands with him earlier.

Obviously, it is the result of years of practicing skills.

Baruch's fighting style opened Gaode's eyes.

The so-called wizard does not have to stick to the traditional concept of remote casting. Combining spells with exquisite skills can even produce an effect of 1+1>2.

It's like if he mastered the "Nine Yin White Bone Claw" and combined it with the [Cat Claw Technique], my guess is that his combat power would be equally astonishing.

Of course, just thinking about it.

Instead of spending a lot of effort and time to learn the "Nine Yin Bone Claw", it would be more practical to learn a few more spells.
However, when spells are limited, indirectly improving the power of the spells you have mastered through skills is definitely an idea.

Various thoughts flashed through his mind, and Gao De's hands were not idle either.

While the attention of the group of snow hyenas was focused on Baruk, he quickly turned into the output position under the "main T" and cast spells one after another to "pick up leaks".

But this time he no longer used [Fire Arrow +], but [Freeze Ray +].

Because Gaode discovered that the damage caused by the [Ice Sword] in Baruch's hand was actually freezing damage.

Although Baruch has superb skills, he cannot guarantee that every sword he strikes can kill a snow hyena instantly.

There are always a few snow hyenas that are lucky or manage to dodge in time and avoid vital points. They are only injured but not killed.

These snowfield hyenas are exactly Gaode’s target.

If these snow hyenas were hit by Baruk's sword, the freezing damage they would suffer would be enough to directly trigger the freezing effect of Gode's [Freeze Ray +].

The power of [Freeze Ray+] that triggers the freezing effect will be increased to 10 degrees, and when the ring is upgraded, it will be 20 degrees.

Its power even exceeds that of [Fire Arrow +], not to mention the freezing effect - although it is of little use in most cases, because usually after being hit by Baruk's sword and then his [Freeze Ray], the snow hyena will basically die instantly.

Holding an ice sword and riding an ice-mane tiger, Baruch kept charging back and forth among the hyenas in the snowfield.

Facing the overwhelming attacks, he stood still like a reef, easily crushing their attacks and taking their lives in the process.

Moreover, during this process, Baruch even had enough energy to intercept the snow hyenas that passed by him and wanted to attack Gode, creating a good "output" environment for Gode.

Soon, a pile of snow hyena corpses piled up in the valley.

When Baruch swung his sword again and chopped off the head of a snow hyena that pounced from behind him, there were less than fifty snow hyenas left that could still move normally.

These snow hyenas no longer flew forward, but made low humming sounds.

The wisdom of animals makes them understand that the enemies before them are not something they can deal with.

The next moment, the remaining snow hyenas howled at the body of their leader hanging on the ice thorns, and then turned around and fled in all directions without hesitation in the blink of an eye.

Baruch was not surprised to see this scene.

His rich experience has given him an in-depth understanding of the habits of snowfield hyenas.

He squeezed his legs together, turned the Ice Mane Tiger around, and ran towards Gode on the snow hill.

From a distance, before he reached in front of Goder, he stretched out his hand.

Gao De also instantly understood his intention.

As the ice-mane tiger leaped past him, he grabbed Baruch's outstretched hand, used the force to jump upwards, and landed steadily on Ryan's back.

"To cut the grass, we must uproot it. We must wipe out all these escaped snow hyenas. Otherwise, given their numbers, they can still form a small group and attack nearby tribes." Baruch's steady voice came.

"Lian has a keen nose. These snow hyenas have a strong smell and they can't escape."

"However, it will probably take a few days."

"It's okay, I'm not in a hurry." Gao De said quickly.

It’s not that I’m not in a hurry at all, but there are not many opportunities to “clear the map” with the big guys, so naturally I’m not in a hurry for the moment.

Although Ryan has a keen nose, these snow hyenas are also very cunning and fled in scattered groups.

The snowfield is so vast that it is not an easy task to chase these hyenas in such a large area.

Four days.

Baruch and Goder wandered around the valley for another four days, during which time they chased more than thirty snow hyenas before they stopped.

"The remaining snow hyenas have already run very far. It's not easy for them to find their companions after running so far."

"Since snowfield hyenas do not live in groups, they do not pose much of a threat to human tribes," said Baruch.

"Let's not waste any more time. I will take you to the Snover clan first."

"No delay, no delay." Gao De said with a smile.

He meant this sincerely.

The benefits of following Baruch's lead are obvious.

If he were to act alone and encounter a ring of earth vein creatures, he would definitely not dare to act rashly unless there were fewer than three of them.

But on the snowfield, it is really rare for earth vein creatures to act alone, so if you want to obtain a ring of origin, the progress will definitely not be fast.

But after being with Baruch for just the first day, he had already obtained a complete link of the origin from the [Snow Hyena].

During the next four days of pursuit, they encountered snow wolves several times.

Gaode just followed suit and managed to get the "heads" of two one-ring ice and snow wolves. The origin progress of the [Ice and Snow Wolf] also reached 4/7.

Therefore, even if Gao De had to stay on the snowfield with Baruch for another month, he would be very willing to do so.

However, since Baruch had said so, Gao De certainly could not say that he had refused.

In a simple cave.

A humanoid soul that looks like a ghost but has no face is busy.

It carried stone after stone and built a stone circle in the center of the cave.

After doing this, it flew out of the cave in a suspended form.

Not long after, he flew back with a large handful of wood.

Under God's burning gaze, the soul placed the wood in the middle of the stone circle and lit a fire.

Then, it diligently cleaned up the debris in the cave.

"Is this also a spell? Such a powerful spell." Gao De looked at the busy soul and said with interest.

After spending the past few days together, Baruch no longer had much guard against Gao De. Seeing Gao De's curiosity, he casually said:

"Yes, it is a spell, but it is not that powerful. It is just a first-level auxiliary spell."

"It's called [Wild Alertness], and it's one of the essential spells for us Snowfield Guardians. Although it doesn't have the ability to cause harm, it's very useful for us who travel alone on the snowfield all year round."

"It can do many things, including finding food, water, shelter, cleaning up the camp, and other miscellaneous tasks. Mastering [Wild Alertness] is like having an extra servant that can be summoned at any time."

He looked at Gao De and suddenly said, "If you are interested, I can teach you."

(End of this chapter)