Chapter 78: The Little Life Essence Pill
Boom—!
At that moment, the Icestorm Bear let out a furious roar, its massive paw smashing down toward the Snowstorm Tiger.
“Roar—!”
The Snowstorm Tiger, realizing escape was impossible, responded with two deafening roars of its own and leapt at the Icestorm Bear.
In an instant, enormous blades of wind, razor-sharp snow daggers, and thick walls of ice collided in a cacophony of violence.
Lin Fan, caught at the heart of this battle, found himself in grave peril. So close to the fray, he was at the very center; even the slightest stray attack would spell certain death.
The Dragon Cang Tree he clung to had already been slashed to tatters by wind and snow blades. Though the branch beneath him remained untouched for now, with the escalating intensity of the beasts’ struggle, it was only a matter of time before his refuge was obliterated.
Without hesitation, Lin Fan stuffed every healing potion from his storage ring into his mouth.
At the same time, he frantically shouted at the system in his mind, “Start the lottery draw!”
He originally had two hundred thousand negative emotion points, but after these past days and all the enemies and jealous onlookers, his total had swelled to over five hundred thousand.
To be precise: five hundred and fourteen thousand, one hundred and eleven!
“Use all of it on the lottery—quickly! Unless it’s a Life Essence Pill, don’t stop!”
Facing imminent death, Lin Fan could no longer concern himself with conserving negative emotion points or anything else. He shouted at the system’s AI with all his might.
Ding!
“Congratulations, host, you did not win!”
Ding!
“Congratulations, host, you did not win!”
Ding!
“Congratulations, host, you did not win!”
He paid no attention to the notifications in his mind, his eyes fixed on the raging battle between the Icestorm Bear and the Snowstorm Tiger.
Now, the Icestorm Bear had shifted some twenty meters ahead, locked in ferocious combat with the Snowstorm Tiger.
Claws slashed, fangs tore, and blows landed with thunderous force.
This was a bloodier and more brutal struggle than any between humans. Not only did they use their bodies, but both fierce beasts unleashed their powers of ice and snow, bombarding each other relentlessly.
All around, the ground erupted in craters, trenches stretched over a dozen meters long, and Dragon Cang Trees snapped and fell.
Some trees were smashed by bear paws, others sliced by snow blades or shredded by wind.
Lin Fan’s entire body tensed with fear, struggling to remain calm. If any attack came his way, he would have no choice but to leap from the Dragon Cang Tree.
Even if the Icestorm Bear or Snowstorm Tiger spotted him, it no longer mattered. To jump and risk being discovered was a near-certain death; but to stay was certain death.
Fortunately, though he was at the heart of the battle, ill fortune had not yet struck. The Dragon Cang Tree he clung to had only lost its upper half and some branches; his own perch remained untouched.
Ding!
“Congratulations, host, you have won a Vitality Fruit!”
Ding!
“Congratulations, host, you did not win!”
Ding!
“Congratulations, host, you did not win!”
Ding!
“Congratulations, host, you have won a Body-Tempering Fruit!”
The lottery continued. Since Lin Fan had instructed the system not to stop unless he won a Life Essence Pill, in just a short while, he had drawn over a hundred times.
He obtained eight Body-Tempering Fruits, two Vitality Fruits, a Godbreaker Crossbow, three bowls of spicy hotpot, a piece of stinky tofu, and a Thunder Essence Crystal!
“Roar—!”
Once more, the Snowstorm Tiger was swatted into the air by the Icestorm Bear. Its snowy white fur was now stained with blood, and its howls were full of agony.
Suddenly, the horn atop its head flared with a deep blue light, dazzling to behold.
Seeing this, the previously berserk Icestorm Bear froze mid-attack, its blood-red eyes flashing with caution. It sensed great danger.
Zzzt—!
Blue arcs of electricity danced around the Snowstorm Tiger’s horn, crackling fiercely. With a piercing sound, a deep blue bolt of lightning shot forth, lancing toward the Icestorm Bear.
The Icestorm Bear roared, conjuring a towering ice wall dozens of meters high to block the blue lightning.
This was its favored defense against the Snowstorm Tiger’s wind blades and snow daggers—always effective, with formidable resilience.
But in the face of the Snowstorm Tiger’s deep blue lightning, the ice wall was utterly useless. Instantly, the lightning punched a small hole through it, striking the Icestorm Bear squarely on the chest.
Boom!
The blue lightning exploded with a deafening roar, blasting open a three- to four-meter gash in the bear’s chest, blood spraying everywhere.
The Icestorm Bear bellowed in pain, its eyes now so red they blotted out all other colors. With a furious charge, it brought down a massive paw upon the Snowstorm Tiger.
In the air, its immense paw, already over a meter long, saw its claw blades suddenly extend to two meters—like five sharpened longswords descending in unison.
If the Snowstorm Tiger took that blow directly, it would be cleaved in two on the spot—death was certain!
The Snowstorm Tiger, having just unleashed its blue lightning, was sluggish for a split second. Despite desperately dodging, it was still grazed.
Three deep gashes ran from its back to hind legs, white bone exposed and blood streaming freely.
In its evasive leap, the Snowstorm Tiger landed right by Lin Fan’s tree, sending his heart racing to his throat.
Ding!
“Congratulations, host, you did not win!”
Ding!
“Congratulations, host, you have won the King Yue Bow!”
Ding!
“Congratulations, host, you have won Golden Lotus Plum!”
Lin Fan’s nerves were stretched to the breaking point. The Snowstorm Tiger was right beside him, and the Icestorm Bear’s next strike might very well end his life.
When he heard the system’s notifications, he nearly coughed up blood in frustration.
What sort of joke was this? At the brink of life and death, the system offered him trinkets instead of salvation.
Why not something from an island nation’s adult collection? And Golden Lotus Plum—curse you!
But now wasn’t the time for complaints—the Icestorm Bear’s massive form was already crashing down upon him!
Without a moment’s delay, Lin Fan leapt from the Dragon Cang Tree. Given the bear’s immense size, whether or not it struck the Snowstorm Tiger, the tree would be smashed to splinters.
Had he stayed, he would have been crushed without a doubt.
Ding!
“Congratulations, host, you did not win!”
Ding!
“Congratulations, host, you have won a Small Life Essence Pill!”
Ding!
“Congratulations, host, you have won Thousand-Poison Ice Silk!”
As Lin Fan jumped from the tree, he listened to the system’s ongoing lottery—by now, it had drawn two hundred and thirty-eight times.
He had acquired all sorts of items—some useful, some not, some edible, some otherwise.
But when he heard “Small Life Essence Pill,” he wasted no time summoning it forth.
It condensed swiftly; before he even hit the ground after leaping from the tree, the pill had materialized. He tossed it straight into his mouth.
Rolling to the ground, he whipped out a crystal and hurled it toward the Icestorm Bear, then turned to flee.
Though badly wounded, his meridians nearly severed and his energy depleted, his body was still that of an ordinary untrained person, so he could at least manage to throw something.
However, because of his weakened state, his throw was slow—at least, by the standards of a cultivator.
As the crystal tumbled toward the Icestorm Bear, the great beast was already crashing down atop the Dragon Cang Tree, while the Snowstorm Tiger began to retreat in another direction.
Once the Icestorm Bear landed, regardless of whether it struck the Snowstorm Tiger, Lin Fan would have no way to escape the impact zone.
For the bear did not merely strike—its entire thirty-meter form leapt down horizontally, making Lin Fan’s heart nearly stop in terror.
In this desperate moment, a surge of energy suddenly flooded through his body—not much, just enough to match the entry level of Qi Gathering.
But at this moment, for him, it was a lifesaving miracle, a blessing from the heavens!
Boom!
Lin Fan slammed his foot into the ground, unleashing the power of Wind and Thunder, and activated his unnamed movement technique. In a split second, he covered more than twenty meters, narrowly escaping the Icestorm Bear’s falling shadow.
Without hesitation, he slammed his foot into the ground again—bang!—and his whole body shot out like a cannonball.
At that very instant, the charging Icestorm Bear collided with the object Lin Fan had thrown, while the Snowstorm Tiger had not yet fully escaped.
Boom!
The Thunder Essence Crystal, carrying the power of a Pulse-Opening Realm strike, exploded against the wound the Snowstorm Tiger had torn in the Icestorm Bear’s chest...
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