6 - Han Bing Xue Field (1)

Translated by rabbitrisu

As suggested by the name ‘Han Bing Xue Field,’ the sky and earth that Xiao Ran and the others looked across was entirely white. A cold, windy blizzard raged throughout the snowy field, and their vision was impeded.

This was a blizzard unique to Han Bing Xue Field. It was automatically triggered every 15 minutes and lasted 10 seconds. During that time, players could do almost nothing and their vision would be greatly impeded, but the monsters in the snow field were accustomed to it and were unaffected.

The current blizzard may feel unimportant right now, but the main issue was that that they had to stand in place for 10 seconds before moving forward. When fighting the boss, the blizzard became a great hidden move! 10 seconds was enough to determine the team’s life or death in a fast-paced boss battle!

10 seconds passed and the blizzard gradually calmed, revealing the normal appearance of the snow.

“Go.” Naozhong Ni Bie Nao pointed in one direction.

They were surrounded by endless white hillsides. If it weren’t for the instance map in the upper right corner, they may not be able to leave even after searching there for an entire day.

Spirit Fox was the only one of the eight major careers in Shenzhou that were skilled in investigation. With their high vision and agility, they were the most reliable guardians for the team. Naozhong Ni Bie Nao traded the bow and arrow on his back for a dagger and walked cautiously at the forefront of the group.

Naozhong Ni Bie Nao cut a rope that was buried in the snow. He made sure that the mechanisms on both sides weren’t triggered before beckoning everyone over.

Xiao Ran nodded. Naozhong Ni Bie Nao seemed mediocre; he didn’t expect his professional skills to be okay. A trap detection rate of 70% was quite good as a Spirit Fox player.

“There’s a pit ahead. Be careful.” Seeing Naozhong Ni Bie Nao almost trip, Xiao Ran couldn’t help but remind him.

Naozhong Ni Bie Nao stepped back half a foot. He analyzed the layer of snow in front of himself carefully and found that it really was more fluffy than the other places, then walked around it cautiously and spoke in surprise: “How did you know there was a trap there?”

The others watched him curiously. Spirit Foxes started out with a 30% trap detection rate. With Naozhong Ni Bie Nao, the players’ operation and awareness were pretty good. He didn’t find any traps there, so how did Xiao Ran, a Shen Bi player, discover it?

Xiao Ran touched his nose awkwardly. He couldn’t say that the data filled his jmind when he came in. He knew exactly where there were traps, where there were strange things, and where there were treasure chests, ba?

He could only say this: “My eyes are okay.”

Was that okay? That was too great, ba!

Everyone looked at Xiao Ran’s eyes with respect.

They continued going forward.

After climbing the first steep slope, they saw six or seven One-Eyed Wolves gathered 10 meters away.

The One-Eyed Wolves didn’t have very good vision, but their hearing was excellent, so the blizzard that gave the players headaches was very beneficial for them.

Naozhong Ni Bie Nao: “There’s around 10 minutes until the next blizzard. We could try to deal with these mobs in a single wave. What do you think, Captain?”

Xigua Jingling already saw and understood: “En? En, of course. Gaosu Gonglu can just drive straight up to these mobs. Whatever skills you have, just toss them out. These are just small mobs, don’t be too nervous.”

This simple yet crude combat command…

Xigua Jingling patted down his bangs to make himself appear more in control. “Why are you all looking at me like that? Do you have any questions?

Gaosu Gonglu withdrew his questioning gaze: “No, Captain is right. They’re just small mobs. It shouldn’t be an issue for us to deal with them. Come with me!”

With that, the tall and powerful Dragon Power Knight swung the giant axe in his hand and rushed into the pack of One-Eyed Wolves.

Naozhong Ni Bie Nao brought out his bow and arrows and drew back the string. Arrows with magic runes shot out, and the One-Eyed Wolves’ damage values burst.

The rest of the spellcasters also began to deal damage at full power.

Although this was a random team, apart from Xiao Ran and Xigua Jingling, the other four were actually good friends in real life and often played instances together. Their tacit understanding didn’t need to be spoken aloud. Xiao Ran saw that and felt hopeful in his heart. At the same time, he didn’t forget to exchange his sharp damage skills to more mild team support, which integrated well with the team’s attack rhythm.

The only person on the team that didn’t mesh well yet was Xigua Jingling.

“Captain, you used the wrong brush style. The mobs in Han Bing Xue Field have 30% resistance to water attributes.”

“Captain, you’re crispy, ah. 1 You wretched thing, don’t overdo it.”

“Captain, Gonglu has Wind Slash. Those are the bloody remains of the ones that have been killed by Wind Slash. Don’t beat the ones that are already gone.”

“Captain captain captain…”

……

Finally, the team’s Holy Monk Dafeng proposed a question.

“Have you really done an instance with this guy…”

Naozhong Ni Bie Nao and the other three began to think.

When they formed a random team with Xigua Jingling, there were two other members of Juyi Court’s elites in the team. They only remembered that they had crushed everything at that time. Thinking about it now, Xigua Jingling seemed to be making soy sauce the entire time. The auras of the other two elites were too great, so they even considered him a master…

Xigua Jingling felt that his carefully procured reputation as a master was suffering an unprecedented crisis, so he raised his chin and spoke enthusiastically: “You guys don’t know how difficult it is to play a Shen Bi. Don’t speak nonsense. Awareness, reaction time, thinking speed, control of drawn items, and the development of imagination. The Shen Bi doesn’t start to exert its power until the Level 40 Shen Bi talents are active. Am I not at Level 42?”

Gaosu Gonglu thought for a while, then said: “Yes. Shen Bi must be the most difficult career in Shenzhou, ne?”

The starting control was high, the output was weak, and the balance of parties was also bad. Although the Shen Bi was considered the strongest career in Shenzhou, the polarization was very dire. The ones who could play well were omnipotent across heaven and earth, and the ones who couldn’t were merely giving up their heads a thousand miles away with gentle and affectionate courtesy. 2

Xigua Jingling: “That is, it’s already good to play this way. Which Shen Bi player have you seen at Level 40 with spell damage as high as mine?”

Xigua Jingling was right. Xiao Ran was also a Shen Bi, but his spell damage was only half of his.

Liang Xia: “Forget it Dafeng, Naozhong, Don’t worry. Xigua is just a Xiao Ma-ge 3 , don’t be too harsh with him.”

Naozhong Ni Bie Nao sighed. Wasn’t he worried about more than Xigua Jingling?

It must have been too long since he had teamed up with a Shen Bi that he would forget their career was such a big scam. Otherwise, why would he have picked up two?

When he thought of Xiao Ran’s low level and how he was a Shen Bi who hadn’t even activated his talents, Naozhong Ni Bie Nao felt that the road ahead was dark.

Footnotes

Crispy (Lit. Brittle Skin) is like a glass cannon: high damage, low defense and HP. AKA squishy. They were offering themselves up to die easily. Referring to Ma Liang of the fairy tale