Wizard's Journey

Chapter 314 The Ice Field on the Surface (Part 5)

A month later.

This area has clearly never been visited by witch hunters.

Therefore, without competition, Green has been continuously finding new entrances to the World Nest, and has now found forty-four mission objectives, which means he has received forty-four Witch Essence as a reward.

Forty-four witch essences can be exchanged for forty-four months of labor time as an arcane wizard in the wizarding world, but what Green is paying out is only four months of demon-hunting expedition time.

Green's task completion speed was only average among the many elite demon hunter dark wizards.

Thus, Green finally truly experienced the benefits of being equipped with a badge of honor as a witch hunter.

Originally, Green was not qualified to carry out this special mission, but he was chosen because of the Black Sota Stigmata Wizard to carry out this mission for a high-level demon hunter dark wizard.

It just so happens that this is also a technical task with low risk that needs to be completed quickly, so Green barely managed not to fall too far behind.

call out!

A fleeting star streaked across the sky, and suddenly, a vast canyon stretching for tens of thousands of miles appeared in Green's eyes.

The ice fields at both ends of the canyon are completely flat. It seems that some geological movement deep in the earth caused the ice field to crack open into a giant fissure, which is hundreds of meters wide and nearly a thousand meters deep.

Everything was shrouded in white mist, making it difficult to see clearly. I couldn't tell if it was due to fog or snow below.

"Hey, young master, let's go down and take a look. Maybe we'll discover some rare creatures and treasures in this world, and then we'll be rich!"

The myna bird urged Green on.

Even without the myna bird's prompting, Green was already planning to dive down into the canyon and ravine to explore it.

With a soft "hmm," Green nodded and then maneuvered the Shadow Starfall downwards with perfect stability.

"what?"

Green noticed something was wrong as soon as he descended a short distance into the canyon.

The top layer of the canyon cliff is covered with a layer of ice and snow about fifteen meters thick. Although this is a place with a relatively thick accumulation of ice and snow in the Nest World, it is not particularly special.

But then, Green noticed something unusual.

Green discovered that, due to the cross-section, he could easily observe that the ice layer seemed to be divided into many layers by streaks of blood-red marks.

Even though Green had no knowledge of things like the historical rings formed by the accumulation of ice and snow, he was still able to deduce some unusual information from his limited understanding.

It seems that every so often, a large-scale biological death event occurs in this canyon, which then turns the ice field on the surface of the canyon red.

As time passed, these red snow layers were covered by later ice and snow, and the scene that appeared before Green's eyes was like the rings of a tree, becoming "the rings of snow".

Or perhaps... a historical cycle of changes in some biological characteristic of this world?

Naturally, Green sensed that he might have discovered something incredibly crucial!

However, it's also possible that... it's covered with some kind of red mineral that was blown in by the blizzard?

"Young Master, why did you stop?"

The myna bird asked in surprise, completely oblivious to the unusual state of the ice.

Green didn't speak, but suddenly opened the upper metal shield of the Shadow Starfall and touched the blood-red part in the ice layer with his hand.

Crunch!

After digging out a piece of red ice and snow with his hands, he let the ice and snow melt in his palm and then carefully sniffed it with his hunting nose.

"That's right, it really smells like blood, not some kind of mineral stain."

Having received a definitive answer, Green ruled out the possibility of mineral staining, and his expression changed slightly as he gazed intently at the bottom of the canyon.

Perhaps, some major discoveries will indeed be made?

However, what Green needs to do first is to collect a complete ice specimen and hand it over to the combat command to see if he will receive any unexpected rewards.

With that thought, as his magic was activated, an ice sword quickly formed in Grimm's hand. With a low shout, he slashed at the cross-section of the ice.

A moment later, a fifteen-meter-long icicle was completely cut off by Green and stored in the dimensional gap.

There are about thirty blood-red layers clearly visible on the icicle.

"Uh, young master, this can't really be blood, can it?"

Nodding, Green said, "It is indeed blood. It should be caused by a conflict between certain biological groups in this nest world. Let the Ming Wizards at the combat command analyze it."

Having said that, Green controlled the Shadow Starfall, and once again steadily and slowly descended to the bottom of the canyon.

The cliff face beneath the ice layer is a rock layer rich in various minerals. Compared to the Fire Crystal World, which is full of fire crystals, the Nest World is far too impoverished.

There are many traces of snow worm activity on the cliff face, but most of them are just extremely narrow little holes, making it impossible to determine whether they connect to the World Nest or serve as mission objectives.

"Um?"

Suddenly, as Green got closer and closer to the bottom of the canyon, a strong aura of energy leaning towards death began to permeate the air.

This feeling is somewhat similar to that of the Sea of ​​Bones of the Human Race's Will!

At the same time, Green keenly noticed that the surrounding temperature seemed to have risen slightly, the traces of ice and snow had disappeared, and even the plants on the cliff had lost the protective layer of ice crystals common in this world, growing bare and thriving on the cliff.

This……

The white mist floating at the bottom of the canyon was not the ice and snow that Green had imagined, but rather real fog that defied all logic!

This proves that the temperature at the bottom of this canyon is higher than the general temperature in the world, which is why fog, rather than ice and snow, is produced.

His expression was extremely solemn.

Instead of immediately diving into the valley, Green suddenly had a flash of inspiration and flew toward a strange flower on the cliff face not far away.

Standing atop the Shadow Starfall, beneath the Face of Truth, Grimm gazed in astonishment at this wondrous flower.

It has six gray petals, each about the size of a palm, and a thick gray aura of death constantly emanates from the center of the flower.

However, this gray death aura was a melodious fragrance, not the kind of ferocious and resentful traditional death aura.

"Strange, this plant clearly goes against the rules and rhythms of this world, and does not conform to the overall biological evolutionary laws of this world. Could it be a special plant born in this special geological environment?"

Guessing what it might be, Green decided to pick it and preserve it as a plant specimen.

However, the moment Green's hand approached the gray flower, with incredible speed, the gray flower shrank into a bud with a "poof," and then instantly disappeared into the crevice of the rock, leaving no trace.

"Gah? Young master, it's gone, it's gone!" The myna bird stared wide-eyed, pointing with its wing at the crack in the rock, and cried out in surprise.

"Well?"

After a surprised exclamation, Green slammed his fist down along the crack in the rock, searching for the trace of the gray flower.

However, this strange flower was clearly hidden deeper, and Green did not find it at all.

Because the rock layer was frozen solid by the world's main ice and snow rules, after Green felt a slight pain from the punch, he changed his method and took out the Ram Horn Nightmare, transforming it into the Ram Horn Skull Hammer.

The ram's skull itself is a great level four creature, the skull of the world's master, and is connected to an unimaginable source of magic power in Blacksota. Furthermore, it is supported by the mysterious sealing technique of a level six holy mark archmage of Blacksota.

Such material is truly an unimaginably luxurious material for a first-level wizard's weapon hammerhead, like Green's.

boom!

The ram's horn skull struck the rock layer, as if a highly concentrated shockwave was impacting the interior of the rock, producing a dull rumble.

Retrieve the Ram's Horned Skull.

Under Green's watchful gaze, the once incredibly hard rock began to crack at a visible speed, with countless fissures spreading one after another.

Immediately afterwards, with a whoosh, densely packed pebbles scattered.

Each piece of gravel was the same size, about the size of a thumbnail, and they were all neatly arranged.

With a glint in his eyes, Green picked up one of the pebbles. The normally hard stone seemed to have become incredibly loose after being bombarded by the high-concentration shockwaves from the transformation of the Ram Horned Nightmare into the Ram Horned Skull Hammer.

With a gentle squeeze, it crumbled like a clod of earth.

"Huh? Young master, is this the Rock Disintegration Technique?" The myna bird looked at Green in surprise.

This was the first time Green had ever discovered that the Ram's Horned Skull Magic Wand, after being transformed into the Ram's Horned Skull Hammer melee weapon, actually possessed such a highly concentrated shockwave attack effect, and the effect was quite astonishing.

After happily putting away the ram-horned skull, Green carefully excavated all the rubble using his repulsive and attraction powers.

A funnel-shaped cave appeared, initially thirty centimeters in diameter and nearly three meters deep, but as it continued to deepen, its diameter approached two meters.

At the very bottom of the cave, within the white ribcage, a black energy crystal emitted a fragrant aura of death.

(End of this chapter)