After leaving the team, the adventurer ladies regretted it deeply-Chapter 734 - 509, Heaven Rank Commander, Storm Snow Night_2
Chapter 734: 509, Heaven Rank Commander, Storm Snow Night_2
Twin Mana activated.
He lowered his stance and unleashed the Rare Technique “Magic Flame Strike”!
Lv5 Magic Flame Strike could normally traverse a distance of 50 meters, but under the storm, it barely managed 3 meters.
Thankfully, the combined three sequences of Magic Flame Strike totaled ten meters.
This allowed Lin Da to successfully reach Angel!
“Pardon me!”
His eyes swept across and noticed a diamond-shaped azure fragment in Angel’s hand, from which the storm was emanating.
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Clang—
Just as he was about to touch the azure fragment, Angel’s right hand flashed like lightning, gripping the sword tip.
This…
Lin Da’s eyelid twitched; his arm felt as if it was submerged in a swamp, tightly gripped and impossible to pull out.
“You’re the first to dare attack the Commander-in-Chief on your first day in camp.”
Anger flashed across Angel’s eyes.
Even Sacred Rank adventurers had to bow their heads humbly in his presence, afraid to exhale loudly.
Who would be so audacious as Lin Da, stabbing his Rule Fragment with a sword?
It took the condensation of one hundred Rule Fragments to have a chance at advancing from Heaven Rank to Law.
If Lin Da broke his fragment, Angel would feel so heartbroken he’d shed tears.
With a flick of his wrist, Angel sent Lin Da flying, spinning in mid-air before landing back down.
At the same time, the storm inside the tent faded, returning everything to normal.
Lin Da was surprised and unsure: “Does this mean… I’ve passed the assessment?”
“Assessment? What assessment? I was truly planning to expel you from the camp.”
Despite his words, Angel’s lips curved into a faint smile: “According to the rules, if the captain is Ten-Star Level, the team members will enjoy uniform Nine-Star Level treatment.
Take these Cultivation Bracelets and make sure not to lose them.
If someone picks them up, snatches them, or cheats them off you, all the points inside will transfer ownership.
Also, battles inside the Ice Abyss aren’t prohibited, but severely injuring someone maliciously or insulting women is strictly forbidden.
As long as it falls within the bounds of the rules, you may treat anyone as your opponent, even me.”
Shush-shush.
A small pouch was tossed over.
Lin Da opened it to find seven blue bracelets and seven academy-rating insignias inside.
In the middle was a golden card inscribed with [Legendary Equipment Exchange Coupon *5-Star Level].
Lin Da was overjoyed: “Thank you, Mr. Angel!”
“Find your own lodging. Once you’ve joined a faction, someone will guide you. I hope to see your names on next year’s graduation list.”
Lin Da and the now-human-form Anna walked out of the tent together.
Inside the large tent, Angel stared at their departing backs, lost in thought.
“The black-dressed girl who can transform into a bat looks familiar. Could she be the one from the Primitive Adventure Team? I hope you won’t disappoint me.”
Angel’s “Law of the Wind,” by conventional standards, should have blown Light Rank adventurers clean out of the tent.
But the Ice Abyss requires monster-level adventurers qualified to challenge Legend. The Ice Abyss is mercilessly strict with the weak, yet infinitely lenient with the strong.
If a single Legend can be nurtured, Angel is willing to abandon every Ice Abyss member, including himself.
High-level adventurers know all too well just how terrifying the gap between ranks can be.
“The three from Phoenix Tail Flower, Volgan of the Frostwolf Tribe, Romanli of the Roman Family, ‘Scar,’ ‘Dark Blade,’ ‘Giant,’ all have a sliver of potential to challenge Legend.
Duke Coldmoon, I vow to cultivate them to the best of my ability, turning them into a sharp blade against the Demons.”
Angel’s gaze deepened as he slowly walked toward the entrance of the tent.
The group from Phoenix Tail Flower had already gone far.
The wind and snow danced furiously in the sky, leaving Angel’s scholar robes flapping wildly.
…
“That Commander said we should join a faction, but where are the faction bases?”
Two hundred meters from the tent, Lin Da turned back to look, but the Commander’s Camp was already swallowed by the darkness.
The time was 8:00 PM, and the sun, conjured by Magic Power, had set, causing temperatures to plummet.
The cold wind cut like knives, stinging his cheeks as if flesh was being sliced apart.
Lin Da’s toes inside his boots had completely lost feeling.
This cold couldn’t simply be resisted with deep Magic Power; one had to find the trick to gradually adapt physically. Such extreme conditions also provided an opportunity to grasp Laws.
But for now, the most important task was to find “signs of life.”
Taige shivered violently: “Boss, how about we go back to that big tent to warm up?”
“We could, but I can’t bring myself to thicken my skin.”
They had left with such determination; crawling back to seek warmth now would look too much like clowns.
“Let’s check out those buildings over there.”
Lin Da pointed eastward.
Lights glimmered on higher ground, most likely from some kind of structure.
It was worth noting the wind and snow in the Ice Abyss carried a special force that prevented adventurers from flying, forcing them to move on foot.
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“Woo-woo-woo, Captain, Monica is so cold.”
Monica’s face had turned pale blue, walking unsteadily as though she might collapse at any moment.
In a snowstorm of this magnitude, anyone who fell would be buried in less than thirty seconds. The winds not only carried a [Flight Ban] rule but also suppressed adventurers’ [Perception].
The stronger the snowstorm, the more severe the suppression became. In the storm, they were like the blind—if someone got buried by snow, they might already be frozen stiff by the time they were found.
“I’ll carry you.”
Lin Da crouched down for Monica to climb on.
“Mm…” Monica didn’t hesitate, clutching Lin Da’s neck tightly.
The moment she touched him, Lin Da was startled—Monica’s body was so cold? This wasn’t good.
“Taige and Anna, take the sides and help block the wind.”
“Got it!” Anna immediately went to the left.
Taige, on the other hand, looked reluctant, only moving to the other side after Lin Da knocked his head.
The kind of selfish, team-spirit-lacking Beastman he hated relying on during games.
Lin Da shook his head inwardly as he led the group, trudging with uneven steps toward the cluster of buildings.
…
Every passing second felt excruciating.
The Magic Guide Wristwatch showed half an hour had passed, though Lin Da felt as though it had been a whole day.
Monica had slipped into unconsciousness, her heavy breathing dampening Lin Da’s nape.
When he checked her forehead, it was so hot it scared him.
They needed to find a warm place fast.
Lin Da scanned the area ahead, eventually finding himself among a matrix of buildings centered around an icy spire.
Clusters of circular snow huts, each roughly 30 square meters, formed a community, resembling inverted bowls placed on the ground.
Closer to the spire, the huts grew more luxurious, with the deepest ones resembling full-fledged houses.
None of the snow huts had windows, and all doors were securely shut.
Lin Da kicked a door but it didn’t budge.
Instead, he noticed something odd; the door bore a rectangular iron plaque with writing that read: D-Rank, Lion King Alliance.
Lin Da stepped closer, brushing his fingers across the plaque.
It rippled like a water surface, the text disappearing and replaced by a small Hexagram Array.
Lin Da had a realization and glanced down at the blue bracelet on his wrist.
He pressed the bracelet against the Hexagram Array.
Beep beep…!
The Hexagram Array turned red, pushing Lin Da’s wrist away with a force.
“What’s going on? Not enough points? That doesn’t make sense—Ten-Star-Level starting points should be plenty. There’s no way I can’t access a small snow hut.”
While he was puzzled, the door to another snow hut with [D-Rank, Shadow Rose] written on its plaque opened.
A man and woman stepped out, chatting.
“Ugh, still haven’t managed to condense a Rule Fragment. Shadow Rose is exploiting us way too hard; there aren’t enough points to go around. I won’t be able to use the Cultivation Room again until next month. How did I, a dignified Light Rank, end up as someone else’s workhorse?”
The golden-haired woman beside him also looked distressed: “Maybe we should go back to our hometown. Level 51 is probably my limit. A place like the Ice Abyss just isn’t for us.”
As the two sighed together, a stranger approached.
A tall man with a black braid, carrying on his back a young girl whose face slightly rounded with baby fat. Her complexion was terrible—unconscious, her head limply resting against his shoulder.
“Excuse me, can you tell me how to enter these snow huts? I just arrived today, and my teammate’s running a fever—her condition is urgent…”
