Above the mage!

Chapter 248 The Dawn of Evolution

Two minutes later.

Gaode opened his eyes and stopped triggering the forbidden ice needles.

It’s not that his will can’t bear the pain brought by Zhenbing.

Mainly because after triggering the forbidden ice needle, the coldness released by the Zhenbing not only brings extreme coldness, but also directly causes damage to his body.

The body has the ability to recover. Minor injuries are not a problem and can even promote [adaptation] to improve the body's recovery ability.

But there is a threshold. Once this critical line is exceeded, the body's load capacity will be overloaded, and then it will not just be a matter of minor injuries.

It’s too late.

Gaode must wait until the accumulated frostbite is almost healed before he can start the next adaptation.

This process of recovering from injuries is also the golden period for [adaptation] to improve the body's recovery ability, not just waiting.

After taking a short break and regaining some strength, Gao De also began to rest.

A dreamless night.

Perhaps because of mental fatigue, Gode slept very deeply and was not awakened until the next morning by Loyiqi.

"You are so careless that you sleep so soundly." After waking up God, Roychi couldn't help but tease him.

Gao De smiled shyly, and the information that appeared in his consciousness showed that the value of his body's injury recovery ability had increased by 7.1% after one night.

Before reaching a bottleneck, adaptive progress always increases rapidly.

The stronger the body's ability to recover from injuries, the shorter the time it takes for Gaode's body to heal itself.

The shorter the intervals, the more frequently he can adapt.

If he keeps repeating this process over and over again, it is foreseeable that after a few days, his adaptability and efficiency will reach an extremely exaggerated level.

After a simple breakfast, Roych and Catherine once again summoned two spiritual mounts through [Summon Mounts], and then took Gode to the former site of the Snover clan.

As for the seven-night owl, it leaned on Catherine's shoulder, like a wooden sculpture, and entered a motionless dormant state.

Owls are typical nocturnal birds. Even owls with extraordinary abilities still maintain the habit of being active at night and sleeping during the day.

However, the reason why the Seven-Night Owl is called this name is because when necessary, it can stay awake for seven days and seven nights without any discomfort.

Of course, this ability is also extremely energy-consuming.

Therefore, unless there are special circumstances for the mission, Catherine will generally let the Seven Night Owl maintain a normal schedule.

With the mount, he can travel much faster than Gaode himself, and walking hundreds of kilometers a day is no problem at all.

If the weather is good and the magic power is sufficient, traveling 200 kilometers is no problem.

This is also one of the reasons why the two were able to quickly track down Gaode in the vast snowfield.

How can two legs outrun four legs?

Therefore, within four or five days, the three of them should be able to return to the old site of the Snover clan.

The closer he got to the Snover clan, the more frustrated Gao De felt, thinking that he had been traveling for nearly half a month and was about to go back to the starting point.

Why is there so much trouble in planting a tree?
But it's better than being taken directly back to the Snowfield Guardian Headquarters.

Therefore, although Gao De was helpless, he was still in a good mood.

In addition, although he became a prisoner again, the treatment the two gave Gao De was still quite good.

Gao De ate whatever they ate, and he didn't have to do any chores in the camp himself, as the two of them took care of it all.

It's just that Gode has never been able to see Catherine's face underneath the mask.

As if there was something mysterious, even when eating, Catherine would turn her back and take off the mask.

We were on the road all day long.

When it was getting dark, Catherine gently patted the Seven-Night Owl that had been sleeping on her shoulder for a day. It immediately woke up from its deep sleep, flapped its wings, and flew away.

"The seven-night owl has excellent vision and hearing abilities, which can help us find prey. It is like we have two more flying eyes." Loych explained to God.

Not long after, the seven-night owl that had flown away flapped its wings and flew back, but this time it did not land on Catherine's shoulder. Instead, it flew low and led the way ahead.

Roych and Catherine followed the Seven Night Owl without hesitation.

Under its leadership, after running for only ten minutes, the three of them saw a ring-shaped ice snow wolf that was a whole circle larger than an ordinary snow wolf. For some reason, it was left alone and was wandering on the snowfield.

Catherine immediately rushed towards the ring of ice and snow wolves.

The ice wolf reacted quickly. The moment it saw Catherine rushing over, it bared its fangs and got into a fighting stance.

But in front of Catherine, the resistance of an ice wolf seemed meaningless.

An Ice Blade that had been cast through the Ring Ascension spell killed it instantly with ease, turning it into a living corpse lying on the snow.

This monster-killing efficiency made Gaode extremely jealous.

Of course, today's dinner is roasted wolf meat.

After finishing today's dinner in the makeshift camp, the moon was already high in the sky.

Today's moon is a full moon, and the moonlight it emits is very bright. Even at night, the visibility is still very high.

But Loic and Catherine were obviously not affected by this.

They lay down and closed their eyes for only a few minutes before they fell asleep.

And the seven-night owl, just like last night, flew to a higher point, staring with its bright eyes to monitor the surroundings and Gode.

Gaode was calm.

While traveling today, he imitated the seven-night owl and entered a state of rest.

Although the journey was bumpy, Gao De's experience in practicing meditation had enabled him to master the technique of quickly entering a state of concentration. Similarly, falling asleep quickly was almost the same and was not a difficult task.

After a day's rest, he is now full of energy.

In this way, Gode can take advantage of Loic and Catherine's rest time to adapt for a longer period of time, instead of resting after just one adaptation like he did last night.

After waiting for another ten minutes, he calmed his mind, circulated the magic power in his body, and once again activated the forbidden ice needle that was inserted on the magic power circulation route.

A moment later, beads of sweat began to appear on Gaode's forehead and his face turned pale.

Two and a half minutes later, he opened his eyes again, sweating profusely.

The frostbite in his body was about to reach the threshold of his body's tolerance.

Gao De began to wait patiently for his body to heal itself.

Of course, you don’t have to wait until you fully recover.

After waiting for about an hour, Gaode began to circulate the magic power in his body again.

This time, as his body had not yet recovered to its best condition, he only lasted half a minute before stopping.

During this entire night, Gaode circulated his magic power for half a minute every hour, and repeated this process over and over again.

By the time daybreak came, he had already used his magic power five times in this way.

Including the first time, Gaode triggered the forbidden ice needle for more than five minutes that night.

Compared to yesterday, it took more than twice as long to improve. After all this hardship, his cold resistance has increased to 112%, his pain tolerance has increased to 74.5%, and even his body's injury recovery ability has reached an extremely exaggerated efficiency of 14.7%.

It seems that because the injuries in the body have been on the edge of the threshold, it can trigger the body's self-healing ability to the maximum extent?

Just like working out to exhaustion in order to maximize muscle growth.

Moreover, during the body's recovery process during the day, the body's injury recovery ability can continue to improve. Although the efficiency will decrease rapidly as the injury improves, it is always better than nothing.

The results of this evening made Gao De feel dazed for a moment and he almost couldn't help laughing.

If this continues, the intermediate Bingyou body seems to be within reach.

Moreover, when his cold resistance increased to the limit of 100%, he evolved into a primary ice body.

After the ability to endure pain and recover from physical injuries reaches 100%, can the corresponding abilities also evolve?
When Gaode thought of this possibility, he became very motivated, and the pain brought by Zhenbing became sweet.

After waking up, Loichi started preparing breakfast.

Gao De then stood up and stretched his body, while carefully feeling his current physical condition.

Because the coldness in his body had not completely dissipated, his blood and muscles were still a little stiff, even his heart rate had dropped to an extremely low level, and there was obvious frostbite inside his body.

But after just a moment, Gaode could feel that his physical condition was better than before.

The body's recovery ability seems to have only increased by 14.7%, which is not an exaggerated number, but the actual changes in physical sensation are very obvious.

After breakfast, the three of them set off again.

Gaode, who had not slept all night, began to meditate and rest on the mount summoned by Loichi.

Four days later.

Whoosh!
A shard of ice cut through the air.

The ice crystal fragments instantly traveled through a distance of dozens of meters and pierced the head of a yellow sheep that was looking for moss under the snow, causing a pool of blood to splash on the snow.

Then, three figures appeared.

"Wild goats, we're in for a treat today. Wild beasts are much rarer than earth creatures on the snowy plains." Loychi exclaimed.

One is that the harsh environment makes it difficult for wild beasts that do not possess extraordinary powers to survive in the North.

Secondly, even if wild beasts without extraordinary powers can withstand the harsh environment, they will often be hunted and eaten by carnivorous earth creatures.

As he spoke, Loichi walked forward and skillfully cut up the fallen gazelle.

Generally, these chores are done by Loychi.

Although both of them are hunters, it is obvious that Catherine's status is higher than Loichi's.

Or even more than one level, because Gao De always had a vague feeling that Loychi was often like Catherine's "servant"?
Of course, this had nothing to do with him, so he didn't pay much attention to it, let alone ask questions.

While Loichi was cutting up the yellow sheep meat, Catherine took out the map of the North drawn by the Guardian of the Snowfield from her bosom and began to look at it carefully.

"It should be here tomorrow night." After looking for a while, Catherine said lightly, speaking to both Loych and God.

"After so much time, is there anything else that can be found out?" Gao De frowned slightly and asked another question.

That's his concern.

Snow and time will bury many things.

"The abilities and methods of the Snowfield Guardian Hunters are beyond your imagination." Catherine glanced at Godd from behind her mask.

Gao De spread his hands, and in his heart he really hoped that Catherine's ability was as reliable as she said.

By the fire.

Goder was flipping the lamb chops in his hand to heat them evenly over the fire while chatting with Loichi.

"By the way, can you tell me how you divide hunters and guardians? There seems to be a big difference between the two."

After traveling together for four or five days, he had become much more familiar with the two of them. Even though Catherine was taciturn most of the time and not as talkative as Loychi, Gode could clearly sense that her attitude towards him had become much more moderate.

This made him become more natural, and he would even occasionally take the initiative to ask about some internal matters of the Snowfield Guardians.

As long as it does not involve secrets, Loichi will generally answer.

"It's actually very simple to explain. Most hunters and guardians are orphans taken in by the sect. Among them, those with Iceborn blood or talented children will be picked up by people sent by the headquarters."

"Then they will receive training and instruction, and finally they will be divided into two groups based on the principle of voluntariness."

"Those who are willing to dedicate themselves to wandering in the snowfield and who do not have much desire for power will generally choose to become guardians, and the rest will be hunters."

“Of course, there will be people who change their minds after making a choice. For example, after being a guardian for a while, they feel that it is too hard and want to become a hunter.

Or after being a hunter for a while, he felt that he was not free enough to constantly accept and complete the tasks assigned by the sect, and he was exhausted and wanted to become a guardian.

Both are allowed by the sect in general.”

"The Snowfield Guardian respects everyone's choice."

"I see." Goder nodded and glanced at Catherine who was silent beside him.

Although most of the Snowfield Guardians are orphans who were taken in, there are a few who come from extraordinary backgrounds.

Obviously, Catherine is one of these few people.

Because of her temperament, she doesn't look like an orphan.

After finishing today’s dinner, Loichi and Catherine began to practice the Dharma.

Gao De took the opportunity to sleep for a while.

Although he could make up for his sleep during the day, the quality of his sleep was still somewhat unsatisfactory, and he shouldn't overdo it.

After all, if a person can sleep all day long, it must mean that he did not sleep well at night.

After the two of them finished their practice and lay down to rest, Flora followed Gaode's instructions and quietly woke Gaode up.

As soon as he woke up, Gao De, without saying a word, immediately turned his magic power and directed it towards the five forbidden ice needles in his body.

After four days of adaptation, he can now endure the coldness of the ice for a full ten minutes at a time.

The interval time was shortened to half an hour, and the duration was extended to two minutes.
It was not until the day was slightly light that Gao De finally stopped and ended his adaptation for the day:

[Withstand the cold of the icy cold, your cold resistance increases by 157%]

[Endure the pain of extreme cold, and increase the ability to endure pain by 86.2%]

[You are suffering from extreme cold damage, and your body's injury recovery ability increases by 39.3%].

The improvement in cold resistance is still increasing at a steady rate.

Because in the face of the coldness of Zhenbing, even Gaode's current high cold resistance is still unbearable and is far from reaching the bottleneck.

It's just that the rate at which the ability to tolerate pain increases has slowed down a lot.

It seems that there is only the last 100% away from the critical line of 13.8%, but Gaode knows that in fact the gap is much larger and cannot be reflected by a simple number.

Fortunately, the ability to recover from physical injuries is still improving rapidly because it is in the "newbie benefit period".

In comparison, Gaode is more looking forward to the abilities that can be evolved after the body's injury recovery ability reaches a critical value.

After all, according to conventional thinking, the physique evolved by the former is only related to enduring pain and has limited effect.

The latter has infinite possibilities. Not to mention something as exaggerated as being able to regenerate severed limbs, but perhaps one can really become an "invincible cockroach"?
(End of this chapter)