Chapter 295: The Powerful Frost Moose, Under Siege! (6200)

The moment he saw the system prompt, Cao Xing's eyes suddenly lit up.

"Good grief! It really is a Frost Moose!"

"I didn't expect Renice to actually find it!"

The Frost Moose was not in his plans, but it was still a powerful magical creature.

And most importantly, its value was extremely high, far exceeding that of the Cloud Yak and Light Feather Chicken by countless times!

If possible, Cao Xing naturally wanted to tame this Frost Moose, but if it couldn't be tamed, he would just kill it directly.

At the same time, the commotion of battle came from ahead.

"Boom! Rumble!"

"Crack! Crack!"

The momentum of the battle was quite astonishing, sounding like giant trees collapsing one after another and crystals constantly shattering.

From the combat information, it could be seen that this Frost Moose was a Tier 5 creature!

Although its specific grade was unknown, as a magical creature, it certainly had its own unique traits.

Cao Xing immediately ordered, "Jonard, Josent, Locke Ridge, you guys stay behind and guard our cattle and Light Feather Chickens."

"Everyone else, come with me to help Renice!"

"Chu Chu, switch to flight mode, and bring Volibear with us too!"

As soon as he finished speaking, more than a dozen figures rushed out directly.

Even Tong Chuchu directly entered low-altitude flight mode.

Everyone moved with wind at their feet, running extremely fast!

"Click! Rumble!"

The momentum of the battle ahead was extremely astonishing!

This also made Cao Xing quicken his pace.

They quickly crossed this dense forest and then advanced another kilometer or two.

They finally arrived at the place where Renice was fighting.

From afar, Cao Xing and the others saw two figures fighting ahead.

A white shadow continuously flashed, drawing a bowstring and attacking a blue figure ahead.

However, because the distance was too far, the specific appearance of that blue figure could not be clearly seen.

The commotion of the battle between Renice and that blue shadow was simply too intense, shaking all the accumulated snow and ice crystals off the trees.

The entire forest was a hazy white, making it impossible to see what was happening ahead at all.

At this moment, that blue shadow seemed to notice Cao Xing and the others.

"Moo—"

It immediately let out a deep cry and sprinted straight back.

It was like a blue lightning bolt.

By the time they arrived, they could only watch helplessly as that blue figure disappeared at the end of their line of sight.

Renice held her bow and arrow, her chest heaving violently, and half of her shoulder was frozen by frost.

It seemed that the recent battle had also consumed a lot of her stamina and even left her injured.

But thinking about it, that was normal.

After all, Renice was currently a Tier 4 boss, while this moose was a Tier 5 existence and a magical creature at that.

She was essentially fighting an opponent more than a dozen levels higher than her.

After her breathing calmed down,

Renice let out a long breath and then said, "Lord, I am truly sorry for letting this moose run away."

Cao Xing waved his hand. "It's fine. Such magical creatures naturally possess miraculous powers, so it's normal for it to run away."

"How is the injury on your shoulder?"

Hearing this, Renice replied, "Thank you for your concern, My Lord. This is a deep-seated frostbite; that Frost Moose contains an extremely strong aura of ice on its body."

"However, it doesn't affect much. It will recover in about ten minutes or so."

Cao Xing nodded. Of course he wouldn't let Renice wait for over ten minutes.

"Muxue, cast a few Purification spells on her."

Hearing this, the nearby Aurora Knight immediately raised its longsword, and a series of [Purification] spells fell down.

The [Deep Frostbite] status on Renice's arm quickly recovered, and green recovery numbers popped up above her head one after another.

She cast a grateful glance at Liu Muxue, then continued to report the information she had just gathered.

"Lord, this Frost Moose appears to be a Tier 5 Boss-level creature."

"Furthermore, it contains extremely strong ice power in its body. As long as one gets within 20 meters of this moose's body, they will feel their movements become somewhat sluggish."

"In addition, it has a very powerful breath skill that can freeze the hit target on the spot, and the cold air will also invade the body, inflicting a deep frostbite effect."

"I was hit by this move of its and was almost completely frozen in place."

Cao Xing pondered for a moment.

A Tier 5 Boss-level magical creature was indeed quite outrageous.

And according to Renice's description, this Frost Moose's combat ability was also quite formidable.

"Can you sense its location?"

Renice closed her eyes and then gently nodded.

"I can faintly sense it."

"However, this guy's movement speed is so fast; it's already two or three kilometers away from us."

"However, under the [Hunter's Mark] state, I can sense this moose's location within an hour."

Hearing this, a smile also curved across the corners of Cao Xing's mouth.

He found that this [Forest Hunting Longbow (Gold)] dropped from that Ogre was truly useful.

Whether used to track enemies or beasts, it was an artifact-like existence.

Although [Hunter's Mark] only had a duration of one hour, it was completely enough.

"Not bad, Renice. Lead us and let's move forward."

Although this Frost Moose was powerful, after all, it was only a Tier 5 Boss.

It might be somewhat difficult for Renice to deal with it alone, but with Cao Xing and so many people going together, it was completely nothing to worry about.

"Understood!"

With that, Renice followed her senses and led everyone to chase after that moose.

They quickly passed through this forest and advanced two or three kilometers.

Along the way, the moose's footprints, which resembled two split leaves, were interrupted several times.

It wasn't until Renice led everyone forward for hundreds of meters that they saw its tracks again.

This guy seemed to have some special ability to erase its own tracks.

Without the [Hunter's Mark], even the most experienced hunter would have lost the trail.

During the tracking process, Cao Xing dialed the communication device on his ear.

"Jonard, Josent, you guys remember the route back, right?"

Jonard's voice sounded, "I remember, My Lord."

"Good, you guys now take the cattle, Dabai, and the Light Feather Chicken to return along the original path, and then wait for us outside the mountains."

"If there are any unexpected situations, remember to contact me at the first instance."

"Right, remember to keep a close eye on that goblin craftsman."

Hearing this, the two immediately replied, "Understood, My Lord."

And Cao Xing also hung up the call.

There was no need to worry about the cattle side.

After all, with two Dragon Blood Warriors and a powerful giant beast like Dabai around, basically no accidents would happen.

And Cao Xing also peaceably followed Renice to continue shuttling through the large mountains all the way.

Just as said before, this Frost Moose's speed was simply too fast.

And it was also very vigilant.

Knowing it was exposed, it started fleeing all the way without resting for even a moment.

Everyone followed behind and chased it for half an hour straight.

During this period, they penetrated another five or six kilometers deep into the mountains, but the opponent still showed no signs of stopping.

Cao Xing couldn't help complaining, "This moose can really run."

"It's not going to just run like this for an hour, is it?"

Although Cao Xing and the others had movement speed bonuses on them.

But this was deep in the mountains, and the terrain was far too complex.

In terms of movement speed, they simply couldn't compare to this moose.

After chasing for another few minutes,

Renice suddenly said, "Lord, that moose seems to have stopped, at a location about two kilometers away from us."

Hearing this, Cao Xing was instantly delighted and said, "Good, let's all slow our pace and slowly approach this moose."

Hearing this, everyone slowed down their pace and began to slowly approach the target.

Even Tong Chuchu entered the low-altitude flight mode once again.

"Hum! Hmmm!"

The mecha's energy core rotated, but compared to walking on the ground, the commotion was indeed much smaller.

And Volibear on the other side also appeared to be walking on tiptoe cautiously.

Volibear had a large-scale AOE crowd control skill, which was still very useful.

Two minutes later.

Renice's voice sounded again.

"Another five hundred meters."

This distance could be said to be very close.

Even if Cao Xing directly used [Frozen Thousand Miles], he could attack this moose.

But he still didn't act rashly and impulsively, instead saying in a low voice, "Alright, just like before, we will approach from several directions and surround this moose."

"Then wait for my command, and everyone move out together to deal with this moose."

"Understood!"

Hearing this, everyone successively began to take action.

They made a large detour, approaching this Frost Moose from all directions.

After waiting for 5 minutes, Cao Xing pressed the communication device on his ear and asked, "How are things on your side?"

A moment later, several reply voices came from his ear.

"No problem!"

"Captain Elisa is in position!"

"Tch!"

Cao Xing quickly replied, "Alright, everyone put on the Shadow Cloaks now, and then start approaching."

The Shadow Cloak and the Snow Sparrow Light Feather Garment belonged to the same equipment slot.

Therefore, Cao Xing could only take off the feather garment first.

After everything was ready, everyone moved forward even more cautiously.

"Rustle… Rustle…"

Footsteps stepping on the frozen fallen leaves on the ground continuously made subtle sounds.

Cao Xing also tried his best to slow down his footsteps.

Then, parting a patch of bushes, he suddenly saw a blue shadow appear on the hillside.

At this moment, Cao Xing finally saw its figure clearly.

This was a creature with silver-white skin, but its entire body was covered in dark blue fur.

It looked like an elk, but it had a huge difference from ordinary deer.

Its body length was nearly three and a half meters, and its shoulder height was visually estimated to be nearly two meters—extremely tall and large!

On its head was a pair of antlers. Ordinary deer only had three antler prongs, but it had a full twelve antler prongs, appearing unusually beautiful.

Looking at it now, this Frost Moose simply looked like a creature that had walked out of a painting, filled with an artistic sense of beauty.

The opponent didn't seem to notice Cao Xing and the others, still raising its head and chewing on the winter berries on a tree halfway up the mountain.

Under this distance, Cao Xing was already able to see its attributes.

[Magical Creature: Frost Moose]

[Race: Beast]

[Level: Level 47 (Tier 5 Boss-level Creature)]

[Health: 677341 / 677341]

[Attack Power: 6025 ~ 6173]

[Armor: 1123 ~ 1178]

[Skills: Antler Charge (The Frost Moose accelerates, knocking away all enemies along the way and dealing 158% impact damage to them. Cooldown: 60 seconds)]

Airborne Leap (Condenses the magical power within its body to make itself lightweight, capable of making four consecutive jumps in the air. Cooldown: 5 minutes)

Frost Halo (Reduces the movement speed of enemies within 20 meters of itself by 20%. If staying within the halo's range for more than 3 seconds, 1 layer of frostbite effect will be applied)

Extreme Frost Breath (The Frost Moose absorbs a large amount of ice elements, then erupts a cold breath towards a wide range of enemies in front. The breath lasts for 5 to 10 seconds, dealing continuous freeze damage to the hit enemies and causing them to enter a frostbite state. Cooldown: 10 minutes)

[Talent ①: Natural Shelter (Health Points +30%)]

[Talent ②: Frost Body (Immune to freezing effects below Expert rank, all attacks come with 1 stack of frostbite effect. When the frostbite effect reaches 10 stacks, it reduces the enemy's all attributes by 20% and maximum health by 20%, taking effect at most once)]

(Description: An extremely rare magical creature, its body contains an extremely strong ice aura,)

…

Seeing the stats of this Frost Moose, Cao Xing's pupils constricted.

The rest was fine.

The strongest thing about this Frost Moose was its [Extreme Frost Breath] skill.

It could actually breathe continuously for 5 to 10 seconds.

Combined with the talent [Frost Body], a single wave of this thing's breath could take away a massive amount of health.

Even for living beings, their attributes would be drastically reduced, and they would be frozen in place for a few seconds while suffering severe frostbite effects.

No wonder those hunters said that a Frost Moose played a tremendous role on the battlefield.

With a single breath, this thing could freeze enemies within a range of at least several hundred meters, harvesting countless soldiers' lives.

Although Cao Xing's [Freezing Thousand Miles] had a larger range, it only had a slow effect and no freezing effect.

As for Renice, she was also hit by this move, which resulted in half of her shoulder getting frostbitten.

It required Liu Muxue's Purification spell to return to normal.

"This Frost Moose is quite strong; it would be a bit of a pity to kill it directly."

At this time, he glanced at his backpack.

Inside were 8 [Advanced Pet Contracts] looted from the Snowfield Marauder camp.

This gave Cao Xing, who originally wanted to slaughter it directly for meat, a different idea.

Could he perhaps try to tame this Frost Moose?

Cao Xing decided to give it a try.

After all, if he could capture it, the harvest from this trip into the mountains would be massive!

Thinking of this, Cao Xing pressed the communication device on his ear.

"Listen to my command later and start moving. First, control this Frost Moose."

"Then start taking turns to control it; remember not to kill it."

Hearing this, everyone in the voice channel replied one after another.

After confirming the tactics, Cao Xing directly gave the order.

"Now, begin the operation."

As the words fell, everyone began to slowly approach again.

500 meters…

400 meters…

300 meters…

When reaching 200 meters, the Frost Moose seemed to sense something.

It quickly raised its antlers and vigilantly observed its surroundings.

Then, at a glance, it saw Assam, Braum, and the others surrounding it from the hillside!

Instantly, the Frost Moose's turquoise-deep pupils suddenly shrank!

"Moo——"

It let out a low roar and instantly set its four hooves running, wanting to escape from here.

Braum quickly pressed the communication device on his ear and shouted: "Lord, we've been discovered!"

"This moose is running away!"

Hearing this, Cao Xing did not panic.

He directly raised his staff.

A hexagram array breathing out cold air appeared.

It was exactly Cao Xing's slowing skill—Extreme Ice Bloom!

This was also Cao Xing's skill with the longest attack range, aside from [Freezing Thousand Miles].

However, Freezing Thousand Miles had already been used once in the cave before, and its three-hour cooldown had not yet expired.

At this moment, with its movement speed suddenly drastically reduced, a look of panic appeared in the Frost Moose's eyes.

Although the Frost Moose could be immune to the frozen state, it didn't say it was immune to the slowed state.

Furthermore, it saw that Braum and the others, upon seeing themselves exposed, had already sprinted over and surrounded it tightly!

"Moo! Moo!"

The Frost Moose violently rushed out of the coverage range of [Extreme Ice Bloom], attempting to escape the encirclement of the crowd.

It locked its eyes on Isabelle, who looked somewhat frail, wanting to use her as a breakthrough point!

However, which of the people Cao Xing brought was not an incomparably powerful existence?

Just as it rushed over, it saw this Holy Light Priest raise her staff, and a [Holy Light Cinder Shield] appeared.

"Bang!"

Carrying a terrifying immense force, the Holy Light Cinder Shield directly pushed the Frost Moose violently back.

Seeing this scene, Cao Xing quickly ordered: "DPS, beat it half to death first."

Upon hearing this, everyone used various damage skills.

Storm Arrow Rain!

Ice Burst Arrow!

Spark Spell!

"Bang! Bang bang!"

One powerful attack after another exploded on the Frost Moose.

[-6714!]

[-5013]

[-4723]

[-4423]

[-4102]

…

Instantly, the Frost Moose's 670,000 health dropped by over 40,000.

Before it could even react,

Cao Xing gave the order again.

"Isabelle, Holy Locking Ring."

This beautiful Holy Light Priest executed it without hesitation.

The next moment, a halo containing holy light aura was slipped onto the Frost Moose, and it instantly shrank.

Then, this Frost Moose suffered another round of concentrated fire from everyone.

Its health dropped directly below 600,000!

This Frost Moose was also getting anxious.

It jumped in place directly, like a moose leaping high into the air, wanting to escape from above everyone's heads.

However, Cao Xing had long guarded against this move of its.

"Chu Chu, blast it down with the magic energy cannon!"

At this moment, the [Earth Dragon Mecha] flying in mid-air directly raised its left hand.

The muzzle in the center of the palm instantly condensed a large amount of magic energy!

"Boom!"

A terrifying energy shell fell down.

It landed directly on the Frost Moose, triggering a violent explosion.

[-7796]

"Bang!"

Struck heavily, this moose fell down again, smashing fiercely onto the ground!

Seeing this, Cao Xing ordered: "DPS, continue DPSing!"

Bang! Bang bang!

Everyone's attacks were like a storm, and this moose's health poured down like flowing water once more.

Including Volibear also lunged to its side and waved his claws twice.

However, the frost aura on this Frost Moose was simply too strong.

Under the effect of the [Frost Aura],

although Volibear dealt damage to it, a layer of frost also covered his own claws, inflicting the [Frostbite] effect.

Seeing this, that Frost Moose thrust its antlers fiercely.

It directly sent the bulky Volibear crashing flying away.

Volibear crashed to the ground, and a damage number of over 4,000 appeared above his head.

"Roar!!!"

It let out an angry cry, appearing very unconvinced.

Tong Chuchu in flight mode hurriedly said: "Volibear, don't get close to it. It has very strong cold air on its body; remember to listen to Big Brother's command."

Hearing this, Volibear also put away his fierce look and obediently stood in place.

At the same time,

following Cao Xing's command, crowd control skills landed one after another.

Root Entanglement.

Catching Net.

Sun Chasing.

As well as Volibear's Sky-Shaking Crash.

Although this time, he didn't bring many people,

but this combo also hard-cc'd the Frost Moose in place for a full 12 seconds.

Its health consequently dropped by nearly 200,000!

At this moment, the Frost Moose's health had reached 350,000.

Facing the collective siege of everyone,

this moose knew full well that it was no match.

Thus, it quickly raised its antlers and then breathed in fiercely.

"Hoo——"

Intense cold air appeared.

The Frost Moose's mouth seemed to turn into the eye of a storm.

Cao Xing felt that the cold air within several hundred meters around was all absorbed by this guy!

He quickly ordered: "Everyone be careful, it's this moose's Frost Breath."

Hearing this, everyone also raised their vigilance.

After all, Renice had just reminded them that this breath skill was extremely powerful.

The next moment, this moose directly opened its mouth.

From its mouth, a massive amount of cold air instantly spewed out!

"Whoosh!!!"

On the ground that was already frozen, a thick layer of frost directly appeared!

Furthermore, this frost continued to move towards the surroundings as the moose's head shifted.

Everything along the way, whether it was the dry grass on the ground, stones, or even the large trees nearby,

as long as it came into contact with this cold air, was covered with a thick layer of frost in an instant.

The terrifying cold air soaked into the bone marrow, and the trunks of those large trees shattered at a single touch!

Even including the several melee fighters nearby, Assam, Braum, and others, all of them were frozen in place, and frostbite damage numbers kept popping up above their heads.

[-4374]

[-4764]

[-4691]

[-4852]

…

The Frost Moose was inherently an ice-attribute magical creature. In this frigid world, its combat power was brought to its maximum.

Volibear just wanted to escape, but because his volume was too large, he was directly hit by this breath and frozen in place on the spot.

"Crack! Crack!"

[-4873]

[-4932]

[-4623]

Damage numbers likewise appeared above Volibear's head.

In the blink of an eye, his health dropped by 20,000.

This guy seemed to have locked onto Volibear, continuously spraying the Extreme Frost Breath at him.

His health plummeted rapidly!

If it kept spraying him like this, probably by the end of the ten seconds, even a blood tank like Volibear wouldn't be able to hold on.

Therefore, Cao Xing raised his staff, and an [Ice Wall] blocked in front of Volibear.

However, in less than a second, this ice wall was blasted apart.

Cao Xing exclaimed in shock: "Good fellow, this skill is truly perverted; as expected of a magical creature!"

"Braum, Muxue, go help Volibear block it!"

Hearing the command, the two shield guards in the team instantly rushed out.

They directly raised their shields, blocking in front of Volibear, confronting this terrifying Extreme Frost Breath head-on.

"Crack! Crack!"

The Holy Shields on their bodies shattered layer by layer.

Even the shields in their hands were directly frozen!

At this moment, the Frost Moose shifted its gaze again, crazily spewing towards the surroundings.

Bo Jie, Sun Chaser, Andrew, and Isabelle failed to dodge in time and were frozen in place one after another.

Moreover, all of them entered a frostbite state.

Seeing this scenario, Cao Xing praised once more.

"Truly fucking fierce!"

"However, the stronger you are, the happier I am."

"This moose, I've got my eyes on it!"

At this moment, the Frost Moose's ten-second breath duration had ended.

Now, it was time for Cao Xing's counterattack.

"Sarah."

Following Cao Xing's voice,

instantly, a shadow emerged!

…

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