Farming Games are All About Grinding-Chapter 144 - 138: New Creatures in the Snowy Environment
Chapter 144: Chapter 138: New Creatures in the Snowy Environment
Taking advantage of the fact that no mine cave creatures had appeared yet, Han Qiwu picked up his bronze crosspick and swung it at the frost-covered mining spot nearby.
"Crack crack!"
After a few strikes, Han Qiwu finally managed to smash it apart.
"These rocks are frozen so solid," Han Qiwu said, shaking his hand. To be honest, his hand was feeling a bit numb now.
No wonder it was numb.
This was frozen stone—its hardness was far greater than what he’d encountered before.
He bent down and picked up the fragment of ore that had fallen out.
[Iron Ore] ×1.
Han Qiwu: "???"
Finally, iron ore!
Heaven has eyes!
Forty levels, half a month, and finally iron ore was mined.
Grind, grind, grind!
Han Qiwu memorized the appearance of the iron ore vein and began mining at the nearby deposits with his bronze crosspick.
Two minutes later.
[Iron Ore] ×1.
"Bo-bo-bo-bo!"
After adapting to the surroundings, Xiao Lai wriggled out from Han Qiwu’s embrace, hopped onto an iron ore deposit, and began quietly gnawing at it.
"Eating such cold stuff, aren’t you afraid of getting an upset stomach?"
Xiao Lai: "???"
Half an hour later, Han Qiwu’s arms felt almost numb from the reverberations of his mining focus.
[You have discovered a staircase]
"Gu-gu-gu!"
"Gu-gu-gu!"
"Wai-bi-wai-bi!"
"Wai-bi-wai-bi!"
At that moment, two distinctly different sounds started echoing from other mine tunnels.
Judging by the sounds, the creatures seemed to be approaching Han Qiwu’s location.
"See you later!"
Without hesitation, Han Qiwu grabbed Xiao Lai, who was innocently chewing on ore, and darted down the stairs to the next level.
The goal of this trip was mining—if he could avoid fighting, he would.
The focus of work must not shift!
[You have reached the 42nd floor of the mine cave]
Just like the previous level, Han Qiwu spent a good few seconds adapting before opening his eyes.
The light reflected from the snow was blinding.
"Gu-gu-gu!"
"Wai-bi-wai-bi!"
Even before opening his eyes, Han Qiwu heard the same creature sounds from the previous level once again.
When he opened his eyes, Han Qiwu quickly hid behind a medium-sized rock and began observing the situation.
Five meters away, at the intersection of two mine tunnel entrances, two cave creatures were already heading toward him.
The creature on the left looked remarkably like a snowman from "Snow Bros." Its movements while running were minimal, making it appear as though it was gliding smoothly over the ground.
As for the creature on the right, Han Qiwu found it quite familiar. It was a Frost Slime with an entirely ice-blue body, much larger than Xiao Lai. Unlike the hopping movements of the Green Slimes he’d encountered before, this Frost Slime glided across the snow-covered surface like the snowman, though it was significantly slower.
"Xiao Lai, hold off that Slime! Do you have confidence?" Han Qiwu tossed Xiao Lai toward the nearby rock wall while grabbing the mysterious light crossbow and bolt pouch to begin equipping himself.
Sliding down the rock wall, Xiao Lai’s mind was full of question marks.
????
If I say I don’t have confidence, will you take me back?
After equipping the mysterious crossbow, Han Qiwu immediately fired an arrow at the snowman’s head from point-blank range.
"Whoosh!"
Because of the close distance, the arrow pierced directly through the snowman’s head, and through the hole, Han Qiwu could even see the scenery behind it.
Armor Break!
-105!
Along with dealing damage, Han Qiwu caught a glimpse of its attributes.
[Mine Cave Snowman]
[Level: 41]
[Attack Methods: Heavy Strike, Snowball]
[Description: The Mine Cave Snowman has weak defensive power but very high health]
High HP, low defense?
This is the perfect counter for the armor-breaking attributes of the mysterious crossbow!
The best way to deal with armor break is by stacking health.
This might be tough to handle.
"Whoosh!"
Despite being wounded, the snowman acted as if it felt nothing, swinging its snow-filled fists toward Han Qiwu’s shoulder.
The snow-covered punch landed squarely on Han Qiwu’s shoulder, sending a cascade of snow from its fists down into his collar.
"Cold, cold, cold!"
Instinctively, Han Qiwu kicked the snowman away, trying to dig out the snow that had fallen inside his shirt.
This stuff is way too chilly.
Especially the snow that got near the Eye of Xingtian—it was icy cold, bone-chillingly cold.
Too stimulating.
After a couple of futile attempts, Han Qiwu gave up.
It all melted into water! How was he supposed to dig it out now?
The culprit, seemingly unbothered, raised its other fist and swung it toward Han Qiwu again.
Han Qiwu drew his refined longsword and slashed at the creature.
"Play with snow if you want, but why do you have to stuff it into my clothes? What if I catch a cold?"
With the knockback effect of the refined longsword destabilizing the snowman, it was finally unable to land another hit on Han Qiwu.
Taking advantage of the moment, Han Qiwu forced it into a corner, methodically whittling down its health.
While Han Qiwu battled intensely, Xiao Lai, on the other hand, cautiously spat a mouthful of thick green poison at the ice-blue Frost Slime that had just arrived.
The poison sped through the air, quickly splashing onto the Frost Slime’s head.
The moment the poison spread over the Frost Slime’s head, its movement slowed down noticeably, and the word [Poisoned] appeared above it in green text.
No matter what, spitting a bit of poison first is never a bad move.
[Frost Slime]
[Level: 40]
[Attack Methods: Charge, Ice Breath, Freeze!]
[Description: Frost Slimes are incredibly tough!]
After forcing the snowman into a corner, Han Qiwu worried about Xiao Lai and glanced back to check the other situation. What he saw made his feelings complex.
Who could’ve thought?
Xiao Lai, Xiao Lai, it’s fine to fight, but how could you slap a hat onto the enemy?
Just look at the color of your poison.
Isn’t it a bit too mean?
Before Han Qiwu could scold Xiao Lai, the snowman suddenly lifted both of its fists and smashed them toward Han Qiwu’s Eye of Xingtian.
"Nooo!"
The snowman’s powerful strike sent Han Qiwu flying two to three meters, knocking off 13 points of his health in one hit.
As Han Qiwu worked to stabilize himself, the snowman used its left hand to grab snow from the rock wall and its right hand to scoop snow from its stomach.
Mashing the snow between its hands, it quickly molded a pile of pitch-black snowballs.
"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"
As soon as Han Qiwu got to his feet, he saw ten or so dark snowballs flying directly at his face.
In a flash, Han Qiwu realized it was too late to dodge.
Iron-plank bridge!
"Bang, bang, bang, bang!"
Most of the dark snowballs smacked into the rock wall behind Han Qiwu.
Thanks to his mastery of "The Rising Sun," Han Qiwu executed the iron-plank bridge maneuver swiftly and steadily, minimizing most of the incoming damage.
"Now it’s my turn to shoot!"
After stalling for so long, the mysterious crossbow’s second bolt was fully loaded.
Switching back to the crossbow, Han Qiwu aimed this time at the snowman’s right hand.
That’s the hand! The hand that scooped snow from its belly to make snowballs and throw at people.
Disgusting!
This is straight-up disgusting to the max!
I shall represent the universe and eliminate you!
"Bang!"
The trigger clicked, and a black bolt flew at an intricate angle, scraping past the snowman’s left hand and knocking it off.
"Clap, clap, clap!"
Perched on the rock wall, Xiao Lai enthusiastically applauded, slapping the rock while stockpiling more poison.
Master is amazing!
Looking at his handiwork, Han Qiwu couldn’t help but feel a little annoyed.
Han Qiwu: "...Why was it the left hand???"
I clearly aimed for the right hand!
