Chapter 174

"Rice, has the blizzard stopped?" Panic was spreading in the underground cave. The five adventurers were huddled together. Caesar, who was so handsome that it was hard to tell if he was a man or a woman, asked this question for the umpteenth time.

The rest of them looked at Rice expectantly. This Drakonid, who was previously disliked by everyone because he was too cold, was now their only hope.

When they received the hunting mission and came to the icy plains with great ambitions, they never thought that they would encounter such a terrible environment. If Rice hadn't used his ice ability to create this cave at the critical moment, the best outcome for them would have been leaving their corpses intact in the terrifying ice elemental storm.

Rice's face was pale. Maintaining this cave consumed a lot of his energy. "Not yet." He felt very impatient and did not want to be distracted by answering questions. But in order to prevent these temporary companions from having a mental breakdown due to fear, he had to keep telling them about the changes in the blizzard, even if it was a lie. "But soon, I feel that the elemental riot is subsiding."

A glimmer of hope was injected into the hearts of the other four. They were not blind. They had already noticed Rice's body trembling. Obviously, he did not have much energy left in his body. Once Rice could not hold on, the outcome was obvious. Not even their bodies would be left behind.

Caesar shifted the uncomfortable longbow on his back and suggested softly, "After the blizzard stops, let's leave the Icefield. Our energy is almost exhausted. We can't replenish it here."

The other three nodded.

Rice was very annoyed. Once again, he felt that it was a huge mistake to search for comrades in such a hasty manner. These four people were completely useless except for being a burden to him. "Help yourselves. But I want to stay here."

Caesar kindly advised, "Rice, although you are very strong, you can't kill the snow worms alone. Why don't you leave with us and come back after some rest?"

Rice ignored him and focused on maintaining the cave. Caesar wanted to say something but was stopped by the other three.

After a short silence, the blizzard suddenly subsided. Rice pursed his lips and moved his hands away from the cave wall. "It's stopped. You can …"

Before he could finish, he was interrupted by a violent tremor from the depths of the ice. Caesar stood up abruptly and pulled his longbow into a full moon. An elemental arrow was ready to be shot. He screamed, "Something big is coming from underground! Damn it, it should be the snow worms! "

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Upon hearing Adam's warning, Canbi acted as though he was facing a great enemy. His body was enveloped by the remaining plant energies. Any creature that could survive in the cruel environment of the icy plains was bound to be exceedingly powerful. He had absolutely no hopes that Adam would protect him.

Bang!

A hundred meters away, a layer of ice exploded, as five figures rushed out. Canbi was slightly startled. "Ordinary races? Adventurers?"

"It's not them." Adam floated in the air, and the False Territory formed by the Draconic Aura protected his whole body. He had already noticed these five adventurers, but they were just like ants. He did not even have the interest to kill them. What attracted his attention was another kind of creature.

The five adventurers screamed as they rushed out from the surface. Their extreme panic caused them, who did not have much coordination, to be thrown into disarray. They frantically fled in all directions. Soon after, the layer of ice cracked apart inch by inch, emitting a horrifying creaking sound. In the next second, a gigantic worm creature rushed out from the icy plains.

This worm was entirely snow white without any impurities. It did not have limbs, and its body was composed of many segments. Its head was spike-shaped, and its organs were indistinct. It only had a gigantic mouth filled with fine sharp teeth. As its body squirmed, it continuously spat out white radiance and created a blizzard. Furthermore, it devoured all matter that obstructed its path.

"What's that?" Adam curiously asked. Just the part of this worm that was exposed outside the icy plains was already five meters long. He did not know how long its hidden body was. It should be a powerful magical beast.

Canbi's eyes revealed panic as he fearfully replied, "If I'm not wrong, that's a snow worm."

"Snow worm?"

"It's a magical beast unique to the icy plains. It's practically unkillable in places with ice and snow. It has no intelligence and is abnormally savage. It will relentlessly attack all life forms with energy fluctuations within its range until it devours them. However, everything it consumes will be excreted after digestion. Moreover, the excrement is extremely valuable. Therefore, there are often reckless adventurers who try their luck. "Canbi's complexion was pale. He didn't expect his luck to be so bad this time. They had just survived the blizzard, and now they had encountered the most terrifying monster of the icy plains." My lord, while it's distracted, shall we flee? "

Adam had no intention of fleeing. Though the snow worm appeared frightening, it had yet to reach the true extraordinary realm. It posed no threat to Adam. Seizing the opportunity when the snow worm chased after the adventurers, he landed on the ground and picked up a suspicious squarish object.

"An energy ore?"

Adam was very surprised. He didn't expect that there would be creatures in the Multidimensional Plane that could produce stable energy blocks from their bodies. These things were exactly the same as the energy stones in the Mage Plane. In fact, the quantity and quality of the energy contained in them were even greater and purer.

Canbi blindly followed beside Adam. Thinking that Adam was asking him a question, he hastily replied, "This is the excrement of the snow worm. The race alliance calls it ice elemental crystals. However, it's not bad to call it an energy ore."

In the wizard plane, mages could freely convert energy ores of different attributes. However, the dragon plane obviously didn't have such technology.

Adam felt that he understood the reason why the value of energy ores in the wizard plane wasn't high. This creature that could produce energy ores was probably extremely common in the various planes. In other words, every plane expedition would yield a massive amount of energy ores.

While pondering, the snow worm had already devoured three adventurers. The remaining two were silently fleeing towards the calmest area nearby. The aura emitted from its body could form an elemental storm. If one's level was too far from it, they wouldn't even be able to fly away. They could only obediently become its food.

At this moment, Adam felt the snow worm flip over on the ground. It brought along a huge bulge in the icy plains as it rushed towards him.

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"Rice, forget it. I'm dead meat." Kaiser had lost his longbow. His body was covered in frost and his legs had lost the ability to move. He could only rely on Rice to drag him away.

Rice didn't utter a word as he struggled to advance through the blizzard created by the snow worm.

"Put me down and run for your life. If possible, go to Leipu City and take care of my sister." Kaiser's upper body struggled to get up.

"Shut up." Rice fiercely sealed Kaiser's mouth. Dragging him with all his might, he leapt away from the snow worm's energy beam.