Chapter 306 : Power of Extreme Cold
Chapter 306: Power of Extreme Cold
"Crackle—"
Electric light flickered, and under the assault of the Lightning Accumulation Cloud, the ice-blue giant snail collapsed to the ground.
"Truly a troublesome beast."
As the two joined forces to slay the giant creature, the mission completion prompt sounded in Janna's ears.
[Today's Quest: Complete one Icefield Hunt:
Quest Reward: 200 Talent Experience, 800 Skill Experience, Perception +0.1;]
"Janna, when did you contract this lightning-elemental summoned creature?"
Watching the Lightning Accumulation Cloud revert from its "Dark Cloud Form" back to "White Cloud Form," Vivian, who had approached Janna, couldn't help but show a conflicted expression.
"Just a few weeks ago, while you were in the Closed Cultivation Chamber."
"Really?"
After this battle, Vivian deeply realized the prowess of Janna's new Contracted Creature. She began to suspect that during their apprentice combat class in Black Magic Defense, Janna might have deliberately held back.
"Of course it's true."
Dispelling the contract's power and sending the Lightning Accumulation Cloud back to the Spirit Realm, Janna responded to Vivian's doubts with an unchanged expression.
Having known Vivian for so long, Janna naturally understood what concerned her.
Although Janna's original intention was indeed to go easy to make Vivian's loss less painful, when faced with her questioning, Janna could only continue to tell a white lie. Otherwise, with Vivian's tendency to overthink, she would surely dwell on it for a long time.
"Let's hurry, or Mr. Herman will grow impatient."
During their battle, Herman-Rose had remained above the frost and snow, overseeing the two's actions.
"Hiss—"
A hissing sound arose as Vivian flicked her snake tail again, slithering toward Herman-Rose. Seeing this, Janna once more cast the Beginner Transfiguration, transforming into a dead leaf butterfly and landing on Vivian's hair, continuing to "hitch a ride."
"It's just below."
After traveling for about an hour under Herman-Rose's guidance, Vivian and Janna stopped at the edge of a snowy canyon.
"The boundary between the Extreme Cold Secret Realm and the Realm of the Dead lies at the bottom of this canyon."
Hearing this, Janna reverted to her human form and looked down into the seemingly bottomless chasm.
"We must return to the canyon's top within an hour."
Upon hearing Herman-Rose's words, Janna nodded.
Because the Sun Medallion needed to recharge every three hours, and so far, it could only sustain for two hours.
In other words, if Janna didn't leave the Extreme Cold Secret Realm within two hours, she risked being frozen into an ice sculpture.
"Let's go. If you can't endure it, I'll bring you back up."
With that, Herman-Rose leaped into the depths of the canyon without any intention of assisting the two.
"Is Mr. Herman always like this?"
Despite having only an hour, Herman-Rose still showed no intention of helping them descend to save time.
"Our family members are all like this. Unless you specifically ask for help, everyone handles their own matters. It's fine; I can climb down this height, though it will take some time."
As she spoke, Vivian prepared to have Janna jump onto her back, intending to carry her down directly.
"I wasn't aware that the Cochin Viper was adept at climbing."
Seeing Vivian genuinely preparing to carry her down, Janna's expression turned a bit odd.
"Of course, it's all forced out of necessity. What else can I do?"
Taking a deep breath and glancing down the canyon again, Janna silently took out the rarely used Greenfield Wand.
"This time, I'll carry you."
With that, she waved the wand, and two gray-white vines grew from the canyon's edge under Janna's control, tying around their waists.
"Janna, you're not thinking of swinging down with these, are you?"
Seeing Vivian's uneasy expression, Janna calmly smiled in response.
"Don't worry. These two vines are cold-resistant varieties I specifically chose. They won't freeze easily in a short time."
"No, I mean—"
Before Vivian could finish her sentence, the two vines rapidly grew, lifting them and hurling them down into the canyon.
"Whoosh—"
As the vines extended, during their rapid descent, two more vines grew steadily from the cliff walls, catching them and then, like throwing a shot put, flung them down again, repeating the cycle.
"Janna, isn't this method a bit too thrilling?"
The howling wind constantly brushed past their ears. To reduce the vines' burden, Vivian reverted from her half-human, half-snake form back to human form and cast several layers of defensive witchcraft on herself.
"The real thrill is yet to come!"
As their acceleration increased, the wind noise during the fall had already shredded their voices, scattering them throughout the canyon.
"Grow—"
Just as their faces were about to touch the ground, two giant white lotus-shaped flowers suddenly bloomed at the canyon's bottom, catching the rapidly falling duo.
"Crack—"
However, due to their immense acceleration, the stems of the giant lotus flowers broke under the weight after catching them, causing them to fall straight to the ground.
"You two descended even faster than I expected."
At the canyon's bottom, seeing the somewhat disheveled pair, Herman-Rose's tone carried a hint of surprise.
"Indeed, very fast—almost fell to our deaths."
After tidying her slightly messy hair, Vivian looked at Janna with a hint of grievance in her eyes.
"Don't worry. Even if you jumped directly from the canyon's top, I could catch you steadily."
Also brushing her slightly disheveled long hair, Janna maintained her calm expression while answering Vivian. However, seeing the frost continuously forming on her body, Janna couldn't help but shiver as she tightly gripped the Sun Medallion.
"Father, is this the coldest place in the Extreme Cold Secret Realm you mentioned?"
"That's right."
Also feeling the extreme cold, Vivian immediately reverted to her Cochin Viper bloodline form upon landing.
However, even so, Vivian's body gradually became sluggish, and even her entire snake tail began to be covered with a thick layer of frost.