Chapter 343: Chapter 343

After analyzing the map, Han Qiwu rushed towards a large iron ore quarry.

With the stack of multiple speed-boosting items, he was practically flying.

Suddenly, a bull-like creature made entirely of ice charged out from a side alley, quickly colliding with Han Qiwu.

Han Qiwu was sent flying by the impact, landing on the ice layer nearby, creating human-shaped cracks.

His health points also dropped by half.

Thankfully, he was wearing snow armor, or else he might have ended up back in town for free.

As a cost, the snow armor was now covered in cracks.

Fortunately, the snow armor had self-repair capabilities, slowly absorbing the surrounding ice and snow after the damage.

"Ambushing me?" Han Qiwu quickly popped a raspberry into his mouth and turned to look at the ice bull.

[Attack Methods: Collision, Broken Horn Attack]

[Note: The ice bull’s horns are valuable]

The ice bull was panting heavily as it watched Han Qiwu, its right hind hoof constantly scraping the ground, appearing to gather strength with powerful movements.

Han Qiwu seized the opportunity, raising his hand to shoot a fishbone arrow.

The reason he didn’t use an explosive snowball was that he doubted it would affect this big guy.

First, try the fishbone arrow to test its toughness.

The fishbone arrow hit the ice bull’s head, but only dealt a mere 15 points of damage.

Han Qiwu frowned. Thanks to his excellent eyesight, he noticed why the damage was so low.

It seemed the ice bull had a layer of ice and snow hide that easily deflected the arrow to the side.

"Looks like ranged attacks are ineffective." Han Qiwu switched to an ice baton, gripping it tightly with both hands.

At this point, the ice bull had already completed its charge, heading towards Han Qiwu with gleaming horns looking fierce.

Han Qiwu sidestepped swiftly, avoiding it while sending Xiao Lai and Xiao Dian to harass from the side.

The ice bull crashed heavily into the nearby ice layer, sending shards flying.

Perhaps because of the force, it couldn’t immediately pull its horns out of the ice layer.

"Strike while it’s down!"

Han Qiwu circled to the ice bull’s side, swinging his ice baton at its spine.

After five or six hits, a large white mark appeared on the ice bull’s spine, with four-digit damage numbers flashing above.

Seeing the ice bull about to break free from the ice wall, Han Qiwu stepped back, raising his right hand to throw a large fireball at the ice bull’s behind.

After several attacks, Han Qiwu noticed the ice bull’s size was slightly smaller than before.

Perhaps due to the pounding and roasting.

Evidently, the ice bull didn’t appreciate Han Qiwu’s barbecue combo, staring at him for a moment with icy eyes that gradually turned red.

Han Qiwu: "... Is it transforming into a red-eyed berserk bull now?"

Soon, Han Qiwu realized what it intended to do.

After the ice bull’s icy eyes turned red, its two icy horns suddenly lifted into the air, spinning like boomerangs as they flew towards Han Qiwu.

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh"

From a distance, they looked like icy wind wheels.

"Are you kidding me, it can attack ?" Han Qiwu was speechless, dodging the incoming horns before rushing towards the berserk bull’s main body with the ice baton.

After just two steps, he realized the ice bull’s horns seemed to have a slowing effect, significantly reducing his movement speed.

"Might as well strike them down," Han Qiwu turned and swung his baton at the ice bull’s horn.

To his surprise, the struck horn merely flew a few meters in the direction of his force, then circled back.

"Are these horns or sticky toffees?" Han Qiwu tried twice more, but couldn’t knock down the bull horn boomerang.

Best to deal with the ice bull first!

Throughout the ensuing battle, Han Qiwu dodged the bull horn boomerangs while jumping and smashing the ice bull with his ice baton.

Pausing occasionally to eat a dumpling for health recovery.

The bull horn boomerang was simply too unfair.

Once shot, it endlessly flew back and forth.

After grinding for over ten minutes, Han Qiwu’s hands began to feel numb.

Finally, the ice bull was eliminated.

"These horns must have great attributes," Han Qiwu rubbed his wrists, watching expectantly as the ice bull dissolved into white light.

A few seconds later, Han Qiwu confusedly bent down to pick up a piece of [Ice Essence] from where the ice bull vanished.

Where’s the horn I wanted??

Could the horn drop rate be really low?

With confusion, Han Qiwu continued heading towards the rich iron ore location.

On the way, he encountered another ice bull, arduously battling for half an hour once more, ending up with another piece of ice essence.

"That shouldn’t be the case," Han Qiwu recalled the information earlier, suddenly forming a hypothesis.

Since the ice bull’s attack method was called broken horn attack.

Perhaps it meant the horn broke off when the bull launched the bull horn boomerang? Or that the detached horn wouldn’t appear as loot?

The key to getting the horn was to prevent it from using the bull horn boomerang!

In other words, finish it before its eyes turn red!

After clearing his thoughts, Han Qiwu decided to try again.

When you don’t want to encounter ice bulls, two show up consecutively.

Yet when you do want them, none appear.

Despite reaching the prosperous iron mine, Han Qiwu found no new ice bulls.

Not wasting time, he bent down and began frantically mining.

"Mining in a rich mine sure is convenient," Han Qiwu thought happily, his mining efficiency was high now, mining two or three deposits with each step, much faster than before.

The Broken Compass was truly a great item!

Though he wondered how to enhance it.

If only it could refresh every second.

Even a thirty-minute refresh would be acceptable.

After mining for over half an hour, he finally heard the sound of an ice bull charging.

Instead of retreating, Han Qiwu advanced, tricking the ice bull into crashing into the ice layer, then bombarded it with a fireball and explosive snowball.

What followed was a violent pounding.

Strangely, the hornless ice bull seemed particularly resilient.

While consuming supplies and enduring its attacks, Han Qiwu prevented it from having any chance to launch its horns.

After about ten minutes, the ice bull let out a frustrated "moo," dissolving into white light.

In the glowing light, a crystal-clear ice bull horn finally appeared, meeting Han Qiwu’s expectations.

"So it was , gaming needs brains," Han Qiwu sighed, rushing over to collect it.

[Ice Bull Horn (Left)]

[Attack Mode: Sacrifice a portion of health to throw it, the boomerang time depends on the health sacrificed, the ice bull horn slows the enemy while attacking, and won’t be interrupted during the return]

[Note: A pair of ice bull horns wield more power]