Sword and Sorcery and Martial Arts

Chapter 362 Strengthening
In the tavern before, Rhodes learned that he is now in Starlight Province, which is Hammer's hometown.

Starlight Province is located to the east of Snowwind and Mountain Provinces, and to the north of Winterfell Province.

But no matter where Rhodes is now, if he wants to go to the Extreme North Province, he only needs to go all the way north.

More than a week later, Rhodes arrived in the southern part of the Extreme North Province. Except for riding a horse on the first day, he rode a hired carriage for the rest of the days.

I don't know if it's his luck or the security of the Nord Kingdom has improved, but he didn't encounter any robbers along the way.

"Young man, the best I can do is send you here. The road ahead is not safe, so be careful." The white-haired coachman stopped the carriage and turned to Rhodes.

There was no road in front of the carriage, only a vast expanse of whiteness, and the snow in front of him was half a meter deep.

The Extreme North Province seemed to be shrouded by a huge magic circle. The Xinghui Province in the south of the Extreme North Province was still summer, and the temperature was at least [-] degrees. After the carriage entered the Extreme North Province, the surrounding temperature dropped sharply.

As if there was an enchantment between the two provinces, after crossing the street sign marking the Extreme North Province, the temperature dropped by at least ten degrees instantly.

And the temperature gets lower the further north you go, and it is now estimated to be more than minus 20 degrees.

Rhode nodded, "Thank you."

He turned over and jumped out of the carriage, and gave the old coachman who was shivering in the cold wind a little more money.

Rhodes asked a lot of coachmen in the city north of the small town, but only he was willing to send himself to the Far North Province, and the other coachmen in the city did not want to step into the northernmost province of the Nord Kingdom.

But also, because of the Dragon Legion, the civilians in the Extreme North Province are fleeing to the south, and only a few people who they think are completely out of their minds will go to the Extreme North Province at this time.

"Good boy, be careful, this place is weirder than other places in Nord, and the weather is simply unbearable, but it's the first year in so many years that it's as cold as it is now." The old coachman said again reminded.

"I'll be careful." Rhodes nodded, he wrapped his thick animal skin coat tightly and walked forward against the wind and snow.

Although Rhodes has the internal force in his body to operate independently, he is not very afraid of the cold, but if there is a leak in the clothes, it will still make him feel uncomfortable.

The temperature in the Extreme North Province is too low, so that only a few rare horse breeds can survive here normally, and these types of horses are not sold in other places. After all, the nobles in the Extreme North Province themselves lack this kind of horse. A horse that can run freely in the snow.

After Rhodes saw the elderly coachman leaving here in a carriage, he put Treading Wuhen in the system skill column, and then started to run it actively.

This lightness skill has been strengthened to a certain extent on the snow, and Rhodes can practice this lightness skill while on the road.

Although he can't completely walk on the snow without a trace now, at least he won't sink his whole leg into the icy snow like before, and he has to pull his leg out every step forward.

When Rhodes actively operated this lightness skill, stepping on the soft snow would only leave a shallow footprint. He trotted all the way, and his forward speed was not too slow.

For some reason, Rhodes felt that the magic power in the environment of the Extreme North Province was much more abundant than the places he had been to before.

Looking at the endless snow field in front of him, feeling the raging cold wind around him, Rhodes felt as if he was integrated with the heaven and the earth with every breath.

Thinking of this, he took out the goggles he bought at the grocery store and put them on his face.

Looking at such a snowfield for a long time is prone to snow blindness. Although he doesn't know if he can be immune to it with his physical fitness, it is always better to be careful.

While Rhodes was walking on the road without a trace, he felt the feeling of being one with the world now.

He has a feeling that if he stops now and cultivates his inner strength in such an environment for a period of time, he will get unexpected benefits.

Looking at the gradually setting sun, Rhodes felt that he could give it a try.

He found a higher position and took out a shovel from the space ring.

Under the control of the mage ball, all the surrounding snow was shoveled aside and piled up.

Rhodes sat cross-legged on the frozen ground, closed his eyes and began to run the marrow washing scripture.

A layer of ice crystals quickly formed on the surface of his body, and the cold wind entered his body along with his breathing, making him feel like he was part of the heaven and earth.

The cold permeated the animal skin jacket on his body, and a layer of ice crystals formed on the surface of the skin under his clothes, but he didn't feel the cold, nor did he feel the heat before death like a person who was frozen to death.

Rhodes now feels like entering an air-conditioned room in summer, very comfortable.

The cold seeped into his body, becoming one with him.

There was heavy snow in the sky, and it didn't take long for him to be buried in the snow.

By the time Rhodes opened his eyes again, it was already the morning two days later.

He crawled out from the snow, and tore off the animal skin jacket that had been frozen into hard lumps.

In the past two days, driven by the internal force in the body, the pure frost elements in the environment transformed Rhodes' body.

Rhodes looked down at his white, crystal-clear and delicate arms that were more delicate than a woman's. Now he can be described as icy muscles and jade bones.

In addition to becoming much better-looking, Rhodes' ability to resist blows has been further enhanced, and he can feel that his bones are now several times harder than steel.

The biggest change is that he is no longer afraid of the cold. Even if he takes off a few more clothes and lives in the snow naked, he will not feel the cold. This should be the specific manifestation of his increased resistance to frost magic .

Rhodes felt that his understanding of Yin martial arts had also improved a lot. Tianshuang Fist, which he had only briefly learned before, had now automatically reached the realm of "First Glimpse".

If he learns a martial art like Frost Palm, he will definitely get twice the result with half the effort.

Rhodes took out a few buns from the space ring. After filling his stomach, he changed into a set of clean single clothes and continued to run forward.

This time, it was the frost element in the surrounding environment that transformed his body, instead of expelling the impurities in his body like before.

According to what Rhodes had learned before, heat should be transferred from objects with high temperature to objects with low temperature, but now he felt that the temperature on his body would no longer be lost to the cold environment around him.

Rhodes felt that the changes in him were related to the special environment of the Extreme North Province, where the magic power was much stronger than all the places he had been to before.

The intensity of magic power in the environment will change from quantitative to qualitative. Animals living in this environment must be several times stronger than the same kind of creatures living in a low-magic environment.

A few hours later, Rhodes came to a village built with stones.

The village was half buried in the snow, and it seemed to be empty, but thinking about it, the weather in the extreme north province was too bad to grow food, and Rhodes didn't even see a forest after walking for so long.

I don't know whether it is special here or it is the case in the extreme north province.

Even people living in the Arctic Circle can still make a living by catching creatures like seals, but Rhodes hasn't seen any creatures after walking for so long after parting with the coachman.

Rhodes walked into the village in front of him, ready to see the situation inside.

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(End of this chapter)