Ancient Wizards: A Little Progress Every Day

As a wizard specializing in ice magic, Dago was severely weakened in the face of this ancient winter dragon bloodline ice serpent; this guy's resistance to ice magic was simply too high.

Ordinary ice spells have almost no effect on it; only techniques containing domain elements can barely cause it some damage.

It growled as it slowly swam into the deep valley, its icy scales surging like waves, making a crisp, clattering sound – a sign of its anger.

The terrifying chill emanating from the enormous snake's body instantly froze the small waterfall in the deep valley, causing large chunks of ice to fall from the sky and crash onto the rocks below with tremendous noise.

As Dago drove it into the deep valley, this secluded and quiet valley seemed to step into the dead of winter in an instant.

"Hiss~ Whoosh~ Hiss~ Whoosh~"

The giant ice serpent breathed deeply, exhaling bursts of cold air, and fell into a rare state of calm.

Dago frowned slightly. Over the past twenty days, he had gained a certain understanding of the temperament of this giant ice serpent.

Every now and then it enters a relatively calm period, during which the Great Ice Serpent becomes unusually "obedient". But after the calm period, Dago will face its more intense resistance, usually accompanied by a huge breakthrough in strength.

In Dago's perception, an unusually vast amount of ice elements were beginning to converge on the giant ice serpent beneath him, which was one of the reasons why the valley was rapidly entering a harsh winter.

"Bennal, are you done yet?"

Dago couldn't help but take out his communication stone to urge him on.

The "bloodline modification" method developed by the Huntington family is not complicated. It includes rune arrays that can harmlessly extract blood from magical beasts. The materials required are not rare either, and Bernal should have them all in his miniature secret realm space. Before heading to the Ice Fortress, he left Bernal a large amount of resources.

"alright."

Bernal's voice came from behind the broken icefall. He walked out of the secret realm with a normal expression, found a suitable spot in the valley, and began to quickly set up the magic circle needed to bleed the giant ice serpent.

During this time, Dago took the Blood Tree of the Imprisoned God out of his spatial ring. Compared to the last time, it had grown a lot.

It has grown to nearly two meters in height, and its trunk is as thick as an adult man's wrist. The countless crimson veins that are faintly visible in the trunk add to its mysterious and noble appearance.

"I wonder if the current Blood Tree of the Prisoner God can extract the ancient bloodline of the Great Ice Serpent."

Dago looked at the sapling in front of him, his eyes flashing. He remembered that last time he had only extracted the bloodline of a snow grouse, and the sapling was almost "exhausted" to the point of collapsing. The bloodline of the Great Ice Serpent was many times higher than that of the snow grouse, and he wondered if it would die instantly.

"We'll extract as much as we can, even if it's just a tiny bit."

Dago made up his mind, when suddenly he noticed that the Great Ice Serpent seemed to have also sensed the extraordinary nature of the Blood Tree of the Imprisoning God. Its two snake eyes were staring straight at the tree, flashing with an inscrutable light.

It thought for a moment, then pulled on the chain in its hand, dragging the giant ice serpent a little further away from the Blood Tree of the Imprisoning God.

Dago stepped off the back of the giant ice serpent and landed gently beside Bernal, carrying the Blood Tree with him.

"The Great Ice Serpent of Ancient Bloodline".

Bernal now showed a renewed sense of shock and disbelief, asking, "Where did you get such an extraordinary encounter?"

I'll tell you the details later.

Dago took a deep breath, his gaze falling on the bloodline transplantation array beneath his feet.

"it is good."

Bernal suppressed his shock and nodded quickly. In fact, it wasn't just the giant ice serpent in front of him that surprised and puzzled him; the "bloodline modification" technology that Dago had given him also surprised and puzzled him.

He was very curious about Dago's trip to the Ice Castle, but now was clearly not the time to learn more.

Dago placed the blood tree beside the magic circle, and heard Bernal's stern voice in his ear.

"I must remind you, the Blood Tree of the Prisoner is still too fragile. If you let such an unstable entity get too close, an accident that neither of us wants to see may happen."

"I see."

Dago's eyes flickered. He had just noticed the giant ice serpent staring at the blood tree and had been considering this issue ever since.

"Why not sign a master-servant contract with it? Taming it into a magical pet would make things much simpler."

Just as Dago was about to answer, he felt the ice crystal chain he had been gripping suddenly loosen in the next second, and he looked up sharply at the sky.

Countless ice crystal chains broke off from the giant ice serpent, which was surrounded and enveloped by countless deep blue cold currents. The massive serpent coiled up, and its terrifying power surged down like waves, resembling an icy blue extreme cold sun.

"Do you think it's because I don't want to?"

Dago glanced at Bernal, finished speaking, and then leaped into the air.

"boom!"

Dago slammed into the giant ice serpent like a cannonball. His terrifying physical strength, combined with the propulsion of magic, sent the giant ice serpent flying out of the valley.

The valley and the miniature secret space hidden within it are Bernal's "secret base," and with rune arrays set up underneath, he doesn't want to destroy the valley during the battle.

"Boom!"

A man and a snake separated in mid-air outside the deep valley.

Bernal chased after him from the valley and saw Dago suspended in mid-air, calmly rubbing an earring on his left earlobe. Several magical artifacts flew out of the earring and fit him perfectly.

Shoulder armor, wrist guards, breastplate, and belt, layer upon layer of ice armor, with a deep blue ice waterfall hanging down from the back, forming a magnificent and noble half-body armor.

Eternal Night Frost Mark! Dago can only wear half of it at most now.

This state does not place too much burden on his mental energy consumption, while providing a considerable boost to his combat power, making it the most perfect state so far.

The Eternal Night Frostmark Armor was worn, and the runes on each piece lit up, combining to form a more advanced and complex new rune.

The runes granted Dago wave after wave of powerful enhancements, activating his senses. Even without casting any spells, the ice elements floating in the world continuously surged towards him.

In this state, the power of ice magic can be amplified by at least 100%!

Not far away, the giant ice serpent, whose aura had also reached its peak, gazed at him with a sinister look, its scarlet tongue flicking out like a whip from its lips.

It exuded an unprecedentedly terrifying aura, and its body seemed to have grown even larger, vaguely showing the imposing presence of an ancient demon king.

It seemed to sense that Dago was about to bleed it, and in its extreme rage, it resonated even more with the ancient winter dragon bloodline within it, unleashing its inner power once more, determined to devour the two-legged beast.

"Hiss~~~"

The giant ice serpent suddenly let out a hiss, and a dazzling blue lightning bolt, as bright as ice crystals, shot out from its ice-blue horn, tearing through the air and hurtling towards Dago.

A sharp glint flashed in Dago's eyes. Holding the ice sword Dance of Fine Snow, he flew straight up to meet the stream of light. An extremely powerful domain force flowed out from his body, and a large amount of ice-blue light appeared around Dago.

With a long trail of flame trailing behind his flowing cloak, Dago, like a deep blue frost meteor, smashed directly into the ice crystal rays released by the giant ice serpent and thrust his sword fiercely toward the giant ice serpent's head!

"Does your skin get itchy if you don't get itchy for a day?"

The only way to tame such a savage beast is through the most direct, savage, and violent means.

The sharp tip of the sword pierced the palm-sized, shimmering scale between the serpent's brows, beneath its single horn, producing a piercing "sizzle" sound and sending shards of ice flying, yet it failed to penetrate.

Dago's expression remained unchanged, as if he had anticipated the hardness of the Ice Crystal Serpent's scales. He casually conjured the Ice Core Cruise Missile and pressed it directly onto the serpent's head.

"burst!"

A tsunami-like energy surge, mixed with rolling waves of icy air, formed a small, ever-expanding mushroom cloud.

Dago used the shockwave to retreat rapidly. Suddenly, the mushroom cloud in front of him broke open, and a violent snake-like shadow shot out, rushing towards him at high speed.

"Absolute Frost Domain!"

Dago spread his arms, his long hair suddenly shooting upwards, spreading the power of his domain across the sky, freezing the air, solidifying countless frosts in the void, and rapidly growing thick, long, and sharp ice spikes.

In an instant, a forest of icy thorns seemed to appear out of nowhere in the sky within a radius of several miles!

Countless ice spikes intertwined and grew densely, leaving almost no place to stand.

However, this chilling and icy "thorny domain" only slightly slowed down the speed of the lunging snake shadow.

The giant ice serpent rampaged into the area, its massive body easily crushing large swathes of thorny ice spikes into dust with a gentle twitch, leaving not a trace on its body.

"This guy's ice resistance has gotten stronger again."

As Dago witnessed this scene, his eyes narrowed slightly. As the giant ice serpent charged toward him, a thick layer of ice quickly covered the azure light in his eyes, freezing away all distracting thoughts and emotions.

Gray Sun Meditation Evolution Trait: Winter Stillness!

He held the ice sword and went straight up.

Unlike typical wizards, Dargo's melee-oriented style actually allows him to better utilize his strengths, especially since ice spells are almost completely useless against the ancient winter dragon bloodline ice serpent.

The two figures, one human and one snake, collided violently, and a terrifying aftershock of energy erupted instantly.

Fine Snow Killing Spear and Ice Blade Cross Slash took turns stabbing and slashing, constantly landing on the body of the giant ice serpent.

In these twenty-odd days, it wasn't just the Great Ice Serpent that made significant progress! In particular, Dago's physical body magic seal [Cold Element] was developed and improved.