allendalepharm Chapter 56 has one more sequence.
Chapter 56 has one more sequence.
A very fruitful harvest!
He picked up the eerie, icy-blue gemstone that emanated a chilling aura, and information flooded his mind:
[Mysterious Drop Found: Ice Heart]
[Item Characteristics: Extreme Cold, Energy Storage, Ice Crystal Manipulation]
[Compatible Upgrade Option 1: Enhanced Vehicle (Power System)]
[Description: Install a cold "heart" in your car]
[Estimated Purification Points Consumption: 2000]
[Upgradeable Option 2: Wonder - Ice Heart]
[Description: In my domain, ice is the core.]
[Estimated Purification Points Consumption: 2500]
power!
What he lacks now is motivation!
However, he could upgrade the power by scavenging, which wouldn't cost too many purification points. 2000 purification points were really painful for him.
And he can't stop and wait for the vehicle to upgrade!
He has fallen behind and needs to find a way to catch up with the team. In this situation, the second option is clearly more suitable for him.
This artifact is clearly one that can control the field, and what the team is currently lacking is a sequence that can control the field.
Although Ronaldinho can control the game, he only has a brief window of opportunity, and his margin for error is too low.
Moreover, if the ice field becomes their home ground, hunting monsters will be much easier, and catching up with the caravan will certainly be much easier.
Having made his decision, Xu Si no longer hesitated. Holding the [Ice Heart] in his hand, he silently chanted: 'Upgrade to the rare item Ice Heart!'
[Mysterious Drop Found: Ice Heart]
[Upgrade to the rare item Ice Heart? Estimated Purification Points Required: 2500]
"yes!"
[Purification Points -2500, Remaining Purification Points: 3800]
Estimated time: 30 minutes
An extreme chill instantly spread from the icy blue gem in his hand, and Xu Si even felt his blood freezing.
He had to place Bingxin in the passenger seat, rubbing his almost numb hands and exhaling puffs of white breath.
The temperature inside the car plummeted, and even the heat emanating from the "Messenger of Molten Wax" could not withstand the extreme cold that originated from the source.
Fine ice flowers even began to condense on the inside of the passenger-side window.
Xu Si's teeth started chattering from the cold again. He hadn't expected that leveling up would have such a debuff, but fortunately it didn't last long, and he could barely bear it.
He drove in the direction indicated by the guide flag to catch up with the convoy while keeping an eye on the upgrade progress.
The snowfield was deathly silent, save for the crunching sound of the "Wax Messenger" grinding through the snow.
The blood-red sun's rays pierced through the clouds, casting dappled patterns of light on the boundless snowfield, creating an eerie and desolate scene.
Xu Si trembled as he watched the countdown, afraid that he would freeze to death if he didn't do it.
Xu Si spent those half hours counting down the seconds.
[Item upgrade complete!]
The prompt sounded precisely on time, and the cockpit slowly warmed up.
Meanwhile, the Ice Heart in the passenger seat had undergone a complete transformation. The originally irregular ice-blue gem had now become a perfectly round pearl the size of a pigeon's egg, with what appeared to be a slowly rotating storm of ice crystals inside.
It lay there quietly, radiating a soft yet undeniable azure halo. The surrounding air seemed to distort slightly because of its presence, and the extreme cold subsided considerably, becoming more restrained and profound.
[Current Item: Rare Artifact - Ice Heart]
[Ranking of Oddities: 1321]
[Current holder: Xu Si]
Feature 1: Extreme Cold Region
Description: Upon activation, an extremely cold domain expands to a certain area centered on the holder. The temperature within the domain drops drastically, slowing enemy movement and continuously inflicting freezing damage. (Area and effect are positively correlated with energy infusion)
Feature 2: Ice Crystal Manipulation
Description: Can condense and manipulate ice crystals to form ice shields, ice spears, ice cones and other creations, or change local terrain.
Feature 3: Ice Shelter
Description: Passive trait. The wielder's resistance to cold environments is greatly increased, and they can channel cold energy to a certain extent, forming close-fitting protection.
[Price: A pure heart remains unperturbed even when the sky falls. Holders must maintain a clear mind; drastic emotional fluctuations may result in a backlash from the cold energy.]
[Comment: A cold heart can withstand not only the bitter cold but also the scorching heat. (Note: Keep warm and avoid frostbite.)]
Holy crap, this is the highest-ranking artifact Xu Si has ever encountered, and its power is indeed worth the 2500 purification points he spent.
However, he was thinking about something else, and then he took out his sword of punishment.
[A strange object has been detected—the Sword of Punishment]
[Ranking of Oddities: 1558]
I haven't checked for a few days, and Big Sword's ranking has dropped several places again.
Last time I upgraded using the [Earthshaking Bull Horn], and my ranking finally improved to 1550. But it hasn't been long, and my ranking for rare items has dropped back down.
[A strange object detected—the Wax Messenger]
[Ranking of Oddities: 2907]
Okay! The ranking of vehicles has also dropped quite a bit.
Xu Si stopped paying attention and instead held the [Ice Heart] in his hand. A chilling cold, though no longer unbearable, spread from his palm, subtly resonating with the stellar energy within him.
Then, it turned into a pool of icy spring water and disappeared right before his eyes.
Xu Si braked suddenly and brought the car to a complete stop on the spot.
Then he started searching everywhere. He had just spent 2500 purification points and they were gone just like that. Who could accept this?
Xu Si frantically searched the driver's cab, looking in the seat gaps, under the floor mats, and even lying down to check the chassis, but there was no trace of [Bing Xin].
"Holy crap! Two thousand five hundred! Two thousand five hundred purification points!"
He gasped for breath, feeling even worse than if he had been struck by a strange force.
Then he felt a chill rising from the bottom of his heart. This cold was far from the harsh cold of the snowfield, but the kind of cold that could freeze his entire sequence.
Xu Si had a bad feeling, and as his emotions calmed down, the chill also receded.
He then realized that the strange object had directly merged into his body.
Or rather, it became a part of him.
"Bing Xin?"
There was no response.
Xu Si opened the car window and stuck his arm out, and indeed he couldn't feel any cold.
Ice pick
As he silently chanted, a long, spear-like ice spike appeared directly in his palm.
Is that really such an exaggeration? Doesn't that mean...?
Extreme Cold Domain
In an instant, the air temperature within a ten-meter radius of the "Messenger of Molten Wax" plummeted!
The falling snowflakes froze into ice crystals in the air, and the snow covering the ground hardened like iron at a visible speed. A thin layer of ice spread out, even freezing a small part of the car wheels.
The cold wind within the area seemed to have taken on a physical form, howling and whipping up ice shards, producing a faint cutting sound.
Xu Si could clearly feel that in this area, he seemed to have become the master of ice and snow, able to control the direction and intensity of the cold current with the slightest thought.
"That's enough, that's enough."
His already diminished extraordinary power was rapidly depleted by this experiment.
The good news is that he can control the ice and snow; the bad news is that it consumes his supernatural power.
This is equivalent to having an extra sequence!