Above the mage!

Chapter 282 Evolution: Dharma Ninja Body

The white snowfield stretches as far as the eye can see, like a boundless ocean. The cold wind whistles across the earth, rolling up layers of snow waves from time to time.

After four days of raiding, the 5,000-strong army of the Zhenbing tribe had traveled more than 200 kilometers.

This speed is even faster than Gaode expected.

At this moment, they were less than 400 kilometers away from the Icefield Temple, where the Snowfield Guardian headquarters was located.

As they got closer to the Icefield Temple, the spirits of the mages in the large group became increasingly high.

The relatively primitive lifestyle has made the people of the North accustomed to the harsh natural environment and has given them amazing tenacity and adaptability.

There is a primitive wildness flowing in them.

This kind of wildness is not only physical strength, but also spiritual indomitable spirit.

The people of the North have never been afraid of fighting, and they even long for it.

Because they are accustomed to fighting to obtain the food necessary for survival.

Therefore, for this "expedition", except for the ruler Sunaifa and the elders who had to worry about logistics, resources and other tedious matters, everyone else had only a burning desire to fight.

Gao De rode on the back of a sturdy snow wolf, his eyes sweeping over the large army that was winding like a long snake.

The Snow Wolf is Elder Grant's pet. He did not go on the expedition with the main force, but sent his pet to follow God.

At this point, Gao De was completely certain that the Zhenbing tribe did have enough respect and faith for him, the "outsider" who became the new king because of a prophecy.

Even though he is young and weak, even though his orders will make the Zhenbing Tribe pay a heavy price, his ideas will still be firmly obeyed and implemented by the Zhenbing Tribe from top to bottom.

Sunaifa said that he could lead the True Ice to a glorious revival, unify the North, and supported him to become the ruler of the True Ice tribe.

This is a heavy responsibility and a very difficult task. What Gao De needs to determine first is whether the Zhenbing Tribe is worthy of his shouldering this responsibility and whether he can control the Zhenbing Tribe.

This time, the expedition to the Icefield Temple was both a revenge and a test for him.

If the Zhenbing Tribe and Sunaifa fail to pass this test, Gaode will regard the Zhenbing Tribe as a tool.

After all, although the North is relatively "poor", the Zhenbing Tribe still has some wealth, at least enough for him as a first-ring mage.

Obviously, at this point, Gaode's heart has gradually begun to identify with the Zhenbing tribe.

The entire tribe, from the most ordinary members to people like Sunaifa who are far more powerful than him, all believe in him unconditionally.

This trust gave him a strong sense of mission and belonging.

At this moment, the sun is about to set.

The main force has already skillfully begun to look for a place to camp and prepare food for tonight.

After setting up the camp, Gao De was not idle, but patrolled the temporary camp.

When everyone saw Gao De approaching, they would temporarily stop what they were doing and touch their chests to salute.

The primitive way of life and primitive social structure also give the people of the North a primitive simplicity.

Outside the North, there is absolutely no other place where people would respect a first-ring wizard as much as the people of the North do because of a seemingly illusory prophecy.

Everyone’s food is the same air-dried meat, which is cooked in a pot with water until it becomes soup, and then simmered in one gulp.

It looks simple, but the specifications are actually high enough.

Few tribes in the North have the strength to provide nearly a month's worth of rations for an army of 5,000 people.

"The food problem still needs to be solved first." Gao De remained silent on the surface, but various thoughts flashed through his mind.

Without a stable source of food, the so-called glorious revival and unification of the North are just castles in the air and will never be possible.

Gao De is definitely not the only one who understands this principle.

The problem is, understanding the truth doesn’t mean you can do it.

But Godard has Flora, so the food problem is really traceable to him.

After walking around the camp, he returned to the tent set up for him by the Zhenbing tribe, which contained a pot of stewed meat soup.

Compared to other people’s dried meat soup, Gaode’s soup is made with fresh perilla snake meat.

This was killed by the large army while on the road.

The Perilla Snake is a second-ring earth vein creature. If Gao De encounters a Perilla Snake alone on the snowy plain, he won't have time to run away.

However, facing the large army of the Zhenbing Tribe, it was dealt with by a three-ringed Ice Mage as soon as it showed its head. Even Gaode didn't react in time, otherwise he would definitely let the other party hold back.

——This is another benefit of becoming the king of the Zhenbing tribe.

With this identity, he doesn't seem to have to worry about obtaining the origin, at least before he reaches the fourth ring.

As long as Gaode needs it, someone will help him hunt underground creatures.

The rich biological resources of the North's underground veins can definitely meet most of his needs.

However, there is still a long time to go, and the most important thing at the moment is to hurry on his journey, so Gaode was not in a hurry to ask the Zhenbing tribe to help him obtain the origin.

Godard picked up the pot of basil snake meat soup and was about to start eating it, but out of the corner of his eye he saw Flora stretching her neck and looking into the pot.

He paused immediately, smiled slightly, and picked up a small piece of perilla snake meat from the pot.

It was said to be a small piece, but when Godard compared it with Flora's body shape, he realized that for a small person, it was definitely a huge thing.

He thought about it, then carefully tore off a tiny piece of snake meat and handed it to Flora.

Flora came closer, sniffed, and looked up at him again.

"what is this?"

"For Lady Flora."

"Oh~" Flora frowned. She clearly wanted to ask what kind of meat this was.

Damn wizard!
Flora rolled her eyes left and right, stretched out her hands, took the piece of snake meat in a cupping position, and then took a careful bite.

"Hiss!" The next moment, Flora exhaled heavily and said anxiously: "My mouth is burning!"

Godard laughed.

The taste of Perilla snake meat is a rare spicy flavor, and Flora has never liked this type of food. For example, the ginger velvet tea brought by Chief Himo was considered poisonous by Flora.

"It's spicy, but it can drive away the cold. It's a good thing." Gao De said seriously.

"Lady Flora is not afraid of the cold!"

"Oh, I forgot~"

"Mage, you are not smart!" Flora said angrily as she looked at Gaode who was laughing, and she was already ready to hold a grudge.

After finishing the whole pot of broth including the meat, Gaode picked up the [North Wind].

A familiar feeling of extreme coldness suddenly surged over him, and a thin layer of ice instantly condensed on his palms.

But that was all, the thin ice just condensed in the palm of his hand and did not spread any further.

After these days, with the continuous adaptation of [Adaptive], Gaode is getting very close to being completely immune to the cold of [North Wind]:

Surviving the cold, your resistance to cold is increased by 268%.

Endure the pain of extreme cold and increase your tolerance to pain by 99.9%.

Suffering from extreme cold damage, your body's injury recovery ability increases by 79.6%.

This is the adaptation progress of his [Adaptive] specialty under the stimulation of [North Wind]. The improvement of cold resistance has increased by 68% on the basis of the intermediate ice body, which shows the horror of the coldness of [North Wind].

But at this point, the improvement of cold resistance has once again stagnated.

The stimulation of the [North Wind] is no longer sufficient to drive a rapid increase in cold resistance.

Likewise, as his cold resistance increased, the [North Wind] could basically no longer cause extreme cold damage to his body.

But Gaode was still extremely excited.

The reason is also very simple.

In fact, the ability to endure pain has been stuck at 99.9% for two days, just like the signs before evolving into the primary Ice Body.

Gao De had a hunch that he would be able to break through this bottleneck today.

If nothing unexpected happens, after the breakthrough, [Adaptation] should also be able to evolve into an effect similar to that of "Primary Ice Body".

Thinking of this, Gao De exerted a little force with his palm and gripped the hilt of [North Wind] more tightly.

As he moved, the chill from the north wind became even more intense.

The chill was like a needle, pricking Gode's palms and causing pain, but he clenched his teeth and kept his hands clenched.

This continued for about half an hour.

Gao De's eyes lit up, and the room was filled with white again. He saw the sky, and a crisp sound came from his body, as if some shackles were broken at this moment.

"Endure the pain of extreme cold and increase your tolerance to pain by 100%."

The bottleneck was finally overcome.

Some mysterious information has emerged in Gaode's consciousness:

[Your body continues to experience the pain of extreme cold, and your ability to withstand pain increases accordingly, adapting and evolving into a Dharma Ninja body].

[After evolving into a Dharma Ninja, you will have a very strong ability to concentrate, and it will be difficult for hunger, thirst, cold, heat, pain and other external sufferings to affect your spell casting, practice state, and craft production].

[Enduring pain for a long time will make your mind extremely tough, and you will have a stronger ability to resist enchantment spells that directly attack and interfere with the mental level].

[The body of the Dharma Ninja is accompanied by pain, so you have a small chance of foreseeing the impending disaster and pain].

After [Intermediate Ice Body], Gaode finally gained a new ability through [Adaptation]: [Body of Dharma Ninja].

[Body of Dharma Ninja] has three buff effects, just like [Intermediate Body of Ice Guardian].

The first two buff effects are easy to understand and need no further explanation.

The last one, [There is a small probability of foreseeing the impending disaster and pain], is somewhat metaphysical. At least Gaode cannot imagine how it works for the time being.

And this "small probability" also has a meaning.

10% can be considered a small probability, but then again, a small probability could be as low as 0.01%.

After thinking about it for a while, Gao De shook his head and stopped thinking about it.

Ultimately, this ability should not be taken too seriously.

When facing a disaster, it is good to be able to predict it, but the main thing is to have the ability to resist it, rather than relying on this.

Of course, I can really foresee that even if it’s only once, this ability will pay for itself.

The only pity is that [Body of Dharma Ninja] does not have the prefix "primary" like the Body of Bingyou.

This means that this is already the complete state and cannot be improved further.

Before Gao De could fully recover from the joy of gaining new abilities, a picture suddenly emerged in his mind: groups of white skeletons and inky black fog were rushing towards him.

However, the scene was fleeting, as if it was just an illusion.

But just this momentary scene still made Gao De break out in a cold sweat.

what happened?

Gao De was stunned for a moment, then his whole body shook and he realized what was going on.

This is the ability of [Dharma Ninja Body] to "foresee the impending disaster and pain with a small probability"!

He originally thought that this ability would be like a little easter egg, whose details would be revealed someday in the future, but he didn't expect that he would use it just a moment later.

Is this considered a "first deposit bonus"?

While Gaode was trying to find joy in adversity, he had already taken action.

He quickly left his tent and ran to another tent not far away.

That was Sunaifa's tent.

"It's me." Gao De said softly but anxiously outside the tent.

Almost as soon as he finished speaking, the curtain of the tent was suddenly pulled open.

Sunaifa's cool and beautiful face appeared at the door.

Her eyes were deep blue, and she asked, "My king, is there something wrong?"

"There may be an attack tonight."

Just as Gao De finished speaking, a strange creaking sound suddenly rang out in the temporary camp, making people's hearts suddenly tighten.

The next moment, an even more horrifying scene appeared.

A series of explosions suddenly erupted on the originally calm and extremely thick snow, as if something was stirring underground, eager to break free from its restraints.

Immediately afterwards, the thick layer of snow suddenly exploded as if it was torn apart by an invisible giant hand.

Accompanied by a deafening roar, huge cracks appeared one after another.

One after another, white skeletons stood up from the cracks in the snow, like evil spirits summoned from the abyss of death.

These skeletons have different shapes, but without exception they all exude a heart-pounding smell of death.

Their white bones glowed palely in the moonlight, and faint green phosphorescence suddenly flashed in their eye sockets.

The moment they were revived, these skeletons cruelly pounced on the living people closest to them.

The arms of these skeletons were waving in the air, their white bones showing as if they were going to tear apart all obstacles in their way.

Although their movements were stiff, they were extremely fast.

Because everything happened too suddenly, the Ice Mages of the Zhenbing Tribe had no time to react, and many people were thrown to the ground.

Even though they were wizards with powerful magical powers, they were so close to the skeletons and knocked to the ground that they had no time to cast spells.

And if they don't have the blessing of magic, after all, they are just mortals. How can they compete with skeletons that have no sense of pain and have infinite power?

So once you are knocked to the ground by a skeleton, there is almost no possibility of getting up again.

With a ripping sound, the skeletons used brute force to tear open the arms, thighs and even heads of the Ice Mages. Blood splattered everywhere, dyeing the snow red and plunging the entire camp into chaos.

The screams of those injured Iceborn mages in despair were even more terrifying.

A skeleton just climbed out of the tent where Gaode was just now, and tore the tent open, revealing the mess inside.

It is conceivable that if Gaode had not had a premonition and left the tent in advance, he would be half dead by now.

(End of this chapter)