ATPnovel Chapter 16 Choices
Chapter 16 Choices
"This is a snow golem! But it's not the snow demon guarding outside the ruins..."
He exclaimed in surprise, then seemed to realize something.
I couldn't help but look into the depths of the mountains and forests.
So, it left that place beforehand and came here instead?
This makes perfect sense when combined with the sudden blizzard that occurred earlier.
But why is it here?
This question then arose in Wu Ou's mind.
Before I could think it through, the snow golem launched another attack.
What had originally looked like a snow sculpture's tail suddenly stretched out as if it were elastic, and used its barbs to stab at Wu Ou's position.
The ice needles on its barbs will quickly release cold air once they are pierced, turning the target into an ice sculpture from the inside out.
A direct collision can also release cold air.
Before his rebirth, these snow golems had given the teams that wanted to eliminate them a lot of headaches.
However, for Wu Ou now, it's as if he already knows the weaknesses of the "mechanic monster" and is in a situation where he can use the strategy guide to fight the mini-boss.
"Although the snow golem does not have such pure source crystals inside its body."
Wu Ou pushed off with his right foot, dodging the attack.
"However, it also powers the 'ice beads' within the body!"
He landed on the snow golem, and with another burst of power from his legs, he shot up like a cannonball, instantly appearing in front of the snow golem's 'upper body'.
With a powerful punch, he shattered the center of the upper body's chest.
This fixed weakness, which Leng Yue discovered using her mental power before her rebirth, was struck by Wu Ou's attack this time!
Feeling the speed at which the two icy stone arms were smashing down on him, Wu Ou instantly pulled them out!
The ice stone arm that was about to fall on him suddenly froze in place, turning into a real 'ice sculpture'.
He smashed it with his backhand, and with a forceful kick, shattered the entire snow sculpture.
Having jumped onto a tree branch, Wu Ou glanced towards the depths of the forest and the direction of the valley.
"We can't wait any longer."
The image of that snow demon, whose strength was at the mid-level of level one, controlling countless snow puppets to block thousands of people is still vivid in my memory.
This further solidified his resolve to find a way to eliminate this threat ahead of time.
Perhaps, there is still a chance to get clues about the location of the entrance to the ruins from it.
Although the initial remains were not very complete and the technology was not advanced, they were definitely ahead of their time in terms of the current technological environment of Earth.
With those technologies, one gains merit and the opportunity to establish one's own power base.
Turning around, they quickly moved towards the outer area and, unsurprisingly, saw more and more Source Beasts that had come out to move due to the drop in temperature.
A gigantic bear-like energy beast swung its paws left and right, snapping the surrounding trees in half, and letting out low growls.
Wu Ou leaped towards it, and a metallic sheen appeared on his hands and forearms, especially between his fingers where metal claws extended out, making him look like a metal wolf.
Sensing a hint of danger, the energy beast giant bear turned around and slapped Wu Ou, who was charging towards it.
Using his waist to generate power, Wu Ou shifted sideways in the air, his fingers pointing out like bullets fired from gun barrels.
"roar!"
The bullet accurately hit the bear's eye, and the intense pain drove the bear almost mad.
Blood splattered on the giant bear's face made it look even more ferocious and menacing.
Then, he stood up abruptly, his enormous figure resembling a small mountain.
"hehe."
Wu Ou merely sneered at the giant bear before leaping upwards.
The sharp claws on his hands pierced precisely into his neck.
With a kick of its feet, the barbs on its claws tore off a chunk of flesh, and then blood gushed out like a fountain.
He opened his mouth wide, desperately trying to breathe in more air.
The giant bear began to frantically wave its arms toward Wu Ou's location.
But how could Wu Ou possibly give it a chance to fight back desperately?
Its body moved swiftly behind it, and the claws opened another slit, exactly symmetrical to the previous one.
With another wound, the giant bear found it even harder to breathe, staggered, and collapsed to the ground with a thud.
The commotion immediately attracted the attention of many other source energy beasts.
With a swift movement, Wu Ou pounced on the nearest energy beast with the ferocity of a hungry wolf.
This action finally frightened the other source energy beasts, who scattered and fled.
As for those targeted by Wu Ou, they naturally died within seconds.
Dragging the corpse of the source energy beast he had just killed back to the giant bear's corpse, Wu Ou glanced at it and saw that the giant bear was already lifeless.
At the camp, Boss Qi and the others watched with awe as Leng Yue transformed pieces of scrap metal into different shapes, as if kneading clay.
"Phew! You guys take these first, I need to rest for a bit." Leng Yue wiped the sweat from her forehead.
Under Wu Ou's guidance, she had previously completed a demonstration of using the Source Energy Shaping Hand, and had gained a basic understanding of how to use this ability.
It was only after producing a large quantity this time that it was discovered that the consumption of mental energy, as well as the source energy consumption mentioned by Wu Ou, was also considerable.
It's like running ten kilometers in one go before a disaster strikes—a feeling of exhaustion throughout the body and mind.
"Then we won't bother you any longer. Would you like some meat?" Boss Qi asked tentatively.
He now held Leng Yue in even greater respect.
After all, Leng Yue was only strong in terms of martial arts before, but now that she has more special abilities, he is even more in awe of her.
"That will be troublesome." Leng Yue assessed her current state and nodded.
Just then, Wu Ou walked in.
Leng Yue stood up and quickly asked, "Have you discovered anything?"
"There's good news and bad news. The good news is that the mutated beasts that escaped are not very strong and have not yet formed a beast tide."
Upon hearing Wu Ou's words, Boss Qi couldn't help but shudder. "And the bad news?"
"The bad news is that deep in the mountains, there is probably a very powerful mutated beast that is the source of this blizzard."
Right now, it's just accumulating strength, dormant and transforming.
Wu Ou glanced at him, surprised that this Boss Qi would actually pay attention to this point.
"Will this affect our departure? We can leave earlier!" Boss Qi said quickly upon hearing this.
Wu Ou glanced at him, then looked at Leng Yue and said, "We can leave ahead of time. We should be able to reach the Northern Base before it transforms."
But once it completes its transformation, judging by this ability, this path will be completely transformed into an iceberg and snowfield.
Wu Ou can understand the escapist mentality of Boss Qi, an ordinary person.
But he also knew about Leng Yue's sense of responsibility.
As expected, Leng Yue spoke without hesitation.
How confident are you that we can successfully resolve this?
"We don't have absolute certainty, but now is the best opportunity to resolve this quickly. At least even if he temporarily regains consciousness, we can deal with it head-on!"
Wu Ou said firmly.
At least we can take action now without having to face hordes of snow golems!