143 Deepblue Frostsoul, Advancement, and Honor (1/2)
The battle had come to an end. After looking at the two oddly-shaped ice ”sculptures” up at the shore, Qin Ruo subsequently lowered his head and looked at his pair of hands in disbelief. He shook his head since he still felt that what had happened just now was a little bit absurd.
Who would have thought that the majestic Level 45 Water-type monster Snow Giant's weakness was actually the weak Aquabullet? If he was the one to spread this news, most pros who roamed the Snow Domain would most probably laugh out loud!
Even Qin Ruo was doubtful that perhaps the genetic structure of the Snow Giants encountered here on this Frostsnow Island was different from that of the Snow Giants found in Snow Domain…
The battle that ended not long ago demonstrated that, although an Aquabullet did not severely damage the Snow Giant as it only melted away a small portion of its huge body, the fact that it could reduce 100 HP from the Snow Giant per single attack was pretty astonishing. A Tier 3 Frostlance cast by Qin Ruo could hardly drain three digits' damage from the Snow Giant.
However, Qin Ruo did not waste a lot of time to linger on this mysterious occurrence. This was because he was distracted by something that happened in the lake which was more unexplainable.
The Wintry Vajra had maintained its walking posture since stepping into this lake and stood towering in the water like a fixated ”water statue”. As compared to the insignificant Snow Giant, Qin Ruo was more eager to figure out why such drastic changes were happening to the Wintry Vajra. He wondered whether this had something to do with his final quest.
Was this because certain conditions had been met or something else?
He walked to the shore and stuffed the two Violet Equipment and two Mana Cores that dropped from the Snow Giants into his backpack. After that, he carefully activated Barrier and Aquashield before taking himself to the back of the Wintry Vajra.
He stretched out his hand slowly and touched the Wintry Vajra 'body' lightly from the back…
Water!
It was really made out of water. The Wintry Vajra's body had completely transformed into the Water Element. But this was different from Qin Ruo's Water Elemental State. It seemed like the Wintry Vajra soul was stripped and lost its mobility entirely. Now, its existence was to serve one last purpose—a vessel!
A vessel to hold the Deepblue Frostsoul.
Following this revelation, Qin Ruo was no longer hesitant and used his hand to explore further into the Wintry Vajra's thoracic cavity—where the heart was. He then grabbed the Deepblue Frostsoul and pulled it out.
At that instance, the Wintry Vajra's body immediately collapsed as if the Water Element had lost its mental support and dispersed into the lake with a swoosh, which frightened Qin Ruo a little.
At the same time, system notification began to ring successively near his ear.
Deepblue Frostsoul obtained, fifth part of quest completed!
All five Advancement Quests accomplished!
Congratulations, Tier upgraded! Promoted to Tier 4!
A blinding white light spilled down, which was similar to the Radiant Priest's skill Ultimate Holy Prayer. It instantly removed all Qin Ruo's debuffs and rejuvenated his spirit.
Acquired Intermediate Water Elementalism Technique—Sting!
Acquired Intermediate Water Elementalism Technique—Break!
Acquired Intermediate Water Elementalism Technique—Transfigure!
Acquired Intermediate Water Spell—Raging Snow Roar!
Acquired… Frost Barrier! … Darkfrost Shield! … Snow Eagle Dive! … Darkfrost Sting! … Million Arrow Sleet!
The system notification on the acquisition of Tier 4 Water spells finally came to an end after popping up for one whole minute. Qin Ruo opened the Skill Interface to view them and realized there were a total of twenty-four extra spells added at the end of the list.
Among them, two were Defensive Spells, two were Supporting Spells, while others encompassed Single, Multiple, as well as AoE Offensive Spells.
Qin Ruo frowned while studying the numerous spells. The number of Tier 4 Spells was more than all Tier 1 to Tier 3 spells combined. Besides, there were also huge gaps in strength in terms of their attribute. For example, one Novice Tier 4 Offensive Spell ”Snow Eagle Dive” already surpassed the Grandmaster Tier 3 Frostlance's Magic Attack by 2 points. Once it reached the Grandmaster level at a later stage, its Magic Attack would exceed 20 points.
Twenty points Magic Attack was equivalent to 100 HP damage. Although it cost roughly one to two more MP points and has its charging time increased by one to two seconds, it still possessed a huge advantage in terms of its damage efficiency against the target! No wonder most Elementalist would usually focus on Tier 4 Spells in their routine leveling.
However, in Qin Ruo's opinion, over- reliance on Tier 4 spells might become troublesome and disadvantageous in emergency situations. Taking what happened in Devil's Swamp as an example, if the Elementalists from the Eight Gods Troop's Hunters were willing to summon the Tier 2 Barrier instead of the Tier 4 one when they were ambushed, the Citadel party would definitely be unable to rival them. He himself might also be unable to find any opening to overwhelm all Elementalists at one go… Even if they managed to win in the end, it would be a narrow victory.
After reading through all the techniques, he closed the Skill Interface and only came to realize that there was a person in front of him. The NPC Elder who had given the Advancement Quest to Qin Ruo suddenly appeared before his eyes and was smiling at him.
Right after he recognized his presence, the NPC Elder stretched out his hand and said, ”Please pass the Deepblue Frostsoul to me.”
”Eh?”
The words of the NPC Elder made Qin Ruo tense up. He subconsciously grabbed his pocket.
No matter how the Tier 4 Mana Core was attained by Qin Ruo, he spent so much effort to obtain it… It would probably be worth 5000 gold coins if put on sale. This sum could be used to compensate his depleted stock of Movement Speed Potion and HP Potion (L). If he surrendered it to the Elder, he would suffer a huge loss here since the Boss had dropped nothing else!