Above the mage

Chapter 246 Forbidden Ice Needle Technique, Continue to Adapt!

"You came here specifically to see me?" Upon hearing Loich's words, many thoughts flashed through God's mind, but he still couldn't figure out the other party's intentions.

The main problem was that he couldn't find a reason why the other person had specifically come to find him.

Gao De carefully recalled everything he had done since entering the North, and indeed there was nothing special about it.

"That's right, we came here specifically to find you."

"You're quite the runner; it took us a lot of effort to find you," Loich said, looking at Gao De with a half-smile.

"I was entrusted by Guardian Baruch to travel all the way from the Snowflake Clan to your branch just to help deliver a message. I may not have done anything great, but I have certainly put in the effort. Yet, the people in your branch harbor ill intentions towards me." Seeing that Loich's visit was hostile, God spoke up to defend himself.

"I don't know the specific reason, but I didn't do anything outrageous. I just wisely ran away as soon as possible. Why would they send hunters to track me down for thousands of miles?"

Gaode Maps is both a complaint and a way to find answers to questions.

He felt somewhat baffled by the whole thing.

According to Baruch's description of the Snowfield Guardians, they should at least be a neutral good organization, if not a lawful good one. So why are they "biting the hand that feeds them"?

"At Baruch's request." At this moment, the masked hunter behind God spoke up, and to God's surprise, it was a female voice.

"According to the information received by the sect, Baruch has most likely betrayed the doctrine and is slaughtering northern tribes on the snowfield for his own selfish desires. Since we cannot find Baruch's whereabouts for the time being, we should find you, the outsider who claims to be entrusted by Baruch, first."

Gao De was stunned for a moment, then quickly exclaimed, "How is that possible?"

"Baruch betrayed his faith and slaughtered the northern tribes? He recently nearly lost his life to a pack of wolves while trying to rescue the Snowfar clan from a horde of snow wolves. How could he betray his faith?"

"There are others who have betrayed the doctrine. Baruch discovered that there is another mastermind behind the beast tide, which is most likely from within the Snowfield Guardians."

"Baruch was seriously injured while trying to save the Snowfield clan and was unable to move, so he asked me to help deliver the message."

Gao De quickly explained, "If you don't believe me, you can go to the Snowflake clan to inquire."

"The Snowver Clan?" Catherine chuckled, her eyes beneath the bronze mask icy cold. "Where does the Snowver Clan even exist now?"

Gao De paused for a moment, then subconsciously asked, "What do you mean?"

Catherine coldly retorted, "The Snowflake Clan was already overwhelmed by the Snow Wolf Tide. When we arrived, the once vast tribe had been reduced to ruins, littered with bones, and no one had survived."

Upon hearing this, Gao De felt a chill run down his spine.

By now, how could he not realize that the mastermind behind it all must have orchestrated another beast tide attack on the Snowflakes clan after he left, thus silencing them?

Baruch, who was almost completely unable to move, also died in this second beast tide attack.

More importantly, the mastermind behind this is clearly an extraordinary figure among the Snowfield Guardians.

The so-called news of "Baruch's betrayal of the doctrine" was definitely intentionally released by the mastermind behind the scenes to frame Baruch.

What should we do now?

Can you explain the specific situation?

How can you explain something that's just talk without evidence?

If Baruch really died in the beast tide, then there would be no way to prove it, and that is a highly probable event.

The mastermind behind it all is a big shot among the Snowfield Guardians. He can't fight city hall. How can an outsider like him prove his innocence and protect himself? Wouldn't he be at the mercy of others?

run?

There's no way to run. The opponent is a hunter among the Snowfield Guardians, at least a second-ring mage. If I run, I might get seriously injured.

Various thoughts flashed through Gao De's mind, and he finally realized that he was in a situation with no solution.

He never imagined that a simple message-delivering task would bring him so much trouble.

"You'd better come with us obediently," Catherine said coldly, wearing a bronze mask.

At this moment, Gaode truly felt like he was swallowing a bitter pill, unable to express his suffering.

"Rest assured, the doctrine of us Snowfield Guardians is to protect the snowfield, never to kill innocent people indiscriminately, and never to convict a guardian easily."

"If it turns out that the Guardian of Baruch is innocent, we certainly won't make things difficult for you anymore," Naroichi even kindly comforted God.

However, Gaode Maps clearly doesn't dare to have such expectations.

If the mastermind behind this could even eliminate Baruch, then a first-circle mage like him, especially on someone else's turf, would certainly be even easier to manipulate.

"No need to waste so much breath on him. We've already given him enough face by not attacking him directly." Compared to Loich, Catherine was much more indifferent.

"I understand." Of the two, Catherine was clearly of higher status, so when Naroichi heard this, he simply shrugged and replied, then slowly walked forward to approach God.

"You'd better not have too many ideas. If you force me to take action, I might not be able to control my strength."

As Gao De watched Loych approach, he gritted his teeth, quickly cast Ice Skating on himself, and ran away.

Although Loich and Catherine's ability to track him down across the vast snowfield demonstrates their strength, it wouldn't be Gao De's style to surrender without even trying.

What if the other party is just bluffing?

In the absence of a definitive answer regarding the opponent's mage level, anything is possible.

But Gao De had only taken two steps when Catherine let out a cold snort.

Then, Gao De felt a violent impact on his mind, as if an invisible force had suddenly crashed into the depths of his brain.

In an instant, his thoughts became confused, and everything in front of him became blurry.

Then, a strong numbing sensation swept over my whole body, spreading from the soles of my feet all the way to the top of my head.

Gao De's steps came to an abrupt halt, and he froze on the spot, as if he had been given an anesthetic injection.

2nd Ring Enchantment Spell: [Human Freeze]!

Gao De was already under the control of this powerful magic, and even blinking became difficult. Only his mind could still function, and he realized what kind of spell he had been cast.

This time, he no longer harbored any illusions.

The other party is indeed a genuine second-level or higher level sorcerer.

Loich walked slowly towards God, shook his head, and said, "Why bother? Isn't this just asking for trouble?"

Gao De was unable to move and understood that he truly had no room for resistance this time and could only do as the other party wished.

After speaking, Loich took out an exquisite ice crystal bottle from his pocket.

As soon as the ice crystal bottle was opened, a wave of cold air rushed out.

Gao De glanced at it and discovered that the bottle contained many tiny ice needles.

These ice needles are about the size of a hair, and there are about twenty of them.

"Judging by this guy's mental strength, he's just a newly promoted first-ring mage," Catherine and Loich said casually after they had just been controlled by the [Human Immobilization] spell.

【Human Immobilization Spell】As an enchantment spell, it is essentially a mental attack, and only works on those whose mental strength is weaker than the caster's.

During this mental battle, Catherine, as the spellcaster, was also able to sense the strength of the opponent's mental power.

Of course, the premise is that one's mental strength is weaker than hers.

It's like an arm wrestling match; the winner naturally knows the loser's exact strength.

But the losing side has no way of knowing the true strength of the victor; they can only know that the victor is stronger than themselves.

"Having just advanced to the first-ring mage level, those five should be enough." Loich nodded in agreement upon hearing Catherine's words.

He then took out five crystal-clear, hair-thin ice needles from the ice crystal bottle.

Then, under Gao De's watchful gaze, Loych's technique was like that of a skilled traditional Chinese medicine doctor. With a slight turn of his wrist, he inserted the five ice needles one by one into the vital acupoints of Gao De's body in an extremely elegant manner, like acupuncture.

Each insertion of an ice needle was accompanied by a slight tremor in Gao De's body, but he tried his best to remain calm.

"What is this?" At this moment, the effect of the [Human Immobilization Spell] had worn off, and Gao De, whose body had regained consciousness, changed his expression slightly and couldn't help but ask.

"The Forbidden Ice Needle, don't be fooled by its fine appearance; its main ingredient is pure ice," Loich explained to Gao De in a moment of leisure.

"Zhenbing?!" Gao De was shocked. Even he, a newcomer to the Northern Territory, had heard of Zhenbing's reputation.

"Yes, the reason it's called the Forbidden Magic Ice Needle is because I used a special technique to insert them into your magical energy pathways, and only I can remove them from your body."

Loich explained, "We've coated the surface of the ice needles with a special material that insulates against the cold. Normally, these magic-blocking ice needles won't have any effect on your body."

"But as soon as you try to use your mana to cast a spell, you will inevitably come into contact with these ice needles during the flow of mana, which will then activate the forbidden ice needles and release the chill of the True Ice."

Loich's eyes sharpened: "The chill of Zhenbing is the coldest in the world. Even those with ice blood cannot withstand it, let alone an outsider like you."

"Even just this little bit of Zhenbing is enough to make you experience what it means to be in excruciating pain."

"If you don't believe me, you can try it." Loich grinned, revealing his snow-white teeth.

Gao De felt a chill run down his spine, and his expression turned extremely ugly.

He tried to mobilize his body's magical power to verify whether what Loich said was true or just empty talk.

The next instant, his magic power touched some indescribable foreign object.

Then, an extreme chill, penetrating to the bone and indescribable, burst forth from his body.

This chill was like a thousand arrows piercing the heart, penetrating straight to the bone marrow. Besides the cold, it also brought Gaode unbearable pain.

In just a moment, Gao De was already panting heavily, his face turned as pale as paper, and large drops of cold sweat were streaming down his forehead.

Hearing about something a hundred times is not as good as seeing it once, and seeing it a hundred times is not as good as seeing it a thousand times.

I had always heard that the coldness of Zhenbing was unparalleled in the world, but only by experiencing it firsthand could I know how terrifying it truly was.

Even with his basic Ice Protection Body, Gao De was rendered useless by this chill.

Seeing Gao De's expression, Loych's lips curled into a playful smile: "Now you believe me?"

"Don't blame me for not warning you, it's fine to try it once and then stop, but if you do it a few more times, the chilling cold of Zhenbing will cause great harm to your body."

"But you're quite a man. Most people would be in so much pain that they couldn't even stand up when they first felt the chill of Zhenbing, but you didn't even groan." He even had the mind to praise Gao De.

Of course, Loich had no idea that this was because of God's experience in prison, which had given him an extremely high tolerance for pain.

"We usually only use this on truly troublesome people. Using it on a first-ring mage like you is already showing you respect." On the other side, Catherine snorted as she watched God's complexion gradually return to normal.

With the forbidden ice needles in place, Gao De is essentially an ordinary person, unable to cast a single spell.

Naturally, the two no longer needed to worry about Gaode playing any more tricks.

"That would be a great honor." Gao De suddenly calmed down and responded calmly to Catherine's undisguised "sarcasm".

This reaction made the two of them glance at each other slightly.

Most mages collapse when they discover they can no longer use their magic.

For extraordinary individuals, losing their superhuman powers is often more difficult to accept than losing their lives.

It's truly rare for a site like Gaode to recover so quickly.

What the two didn't know was that Gao De had not only regained his composure, but had even become somewhat cheerful.

Because just as the forbidden ice needle technique was triggered, along with the chilling power of the ice, some natural information also surged forth:

[By enduring the extreme cold, your cold resistance increases by 100.3%].

Information from the expertise of [Adaptive].

His cold resistance had already stopped increasing and was fixed at 100.1%. But the moment he triggered the forbidden ice needle spell, it jumped up by 0.2% to 100.3%.

And this was only a momentary improvement.

Furthermore, the [Adaptive] effect triggered by the Forbidden Ice Needle is not limited to this:

[The ability to withstand extreme cold is increased by 67.5%].

[You are currently suffering from the effects of extreme cold; your body's recovery ability has increased by 1.1%].

A single forbidden ice needle triggered three [adaptive] enhancements, including the cold resistance of the already evolved Elementary Ice Protection Body.

Sai Weng lost his horse, how do you know it is not a blessing?

On the surface, this forbidden ice needle is a restriction on him, a shackle, but it can also be seen as a "cheat device" for quickly gaining experience.

With the [Adaptive] ability, he can improve his cold resistance by constantly and actively triggering the forbidden ice needles.

Once his cold resistance reaches a certain level, the cold of Zhenbing will be as insignificant to him as scratching an itch.

The so-called prohibitions naturally crumbled on their own and lost their meaning.

This feeling of freedom within reach greatly eased Gaode's previously suppressed emotions.

However, the only crisis that can be resolved is the one caused by the "Forbidden Ice Needle". As for how to get rid of this blame, Gaode is still clueless.

(End of this chapter)