"Damn it! Damn it!"
Bu Gu was drenched in sweat, his eyes flickering with silver light. The Dagger in his right hand moved so fast it blurred into afterimages, and he finally managed to chip away the ice at his feet.
Without time to deal with the ice on his feet, he quickly shuffled two steps forward, then picked up a few starfall crystals from the ground and put them into his storage ring.
After putting away the starfall crystals, Bu Gu instinctively felt a strange agitation for some reason. His mind was in turmoil.
Forcing down the irritation in his heart, he looked at the stone pile he had discovered earlier. The branches and leaves on the pile were already encased in ice shards. Seven of the eight monster eggs had completely shattered. Through the broken eggshells, Bu Gu saw bright red blood and black mist intertwined, and the unborn Crocodile Turtle corpses were submerged in the rapidly freezing blood.
Cracks had already begun to appear on the surface of the eighth egg, and it would likely soon follow the fate of its siblings.
Bu Gu looked at the huge pit behind him. Water was still gushing out continuously, and a layer of water quickly accumulated on the ice surface below his feet. A faint black mist lingered on the water's surface, resembling the black mist emerging from the cracks on the monster eggs.
However, Bu Gu had no time to ponder these things. With the starfall crystals in hand, he no longer wanted the eggs. An Ice Armor Crocodile Turtle was already less than 20 meters away from him, and he had to escape.
Bu Gu entered "Bullet Time" again, but after only a few steps, he discovered a serious problem.
Looking down, his ankle was already frozen purple, and his right foot was completely numb, devoid of any sensation.
Bu Gu decisively used "Recall"!
The power of time once again enveloped him. Bu Gu's entire body emitted faint silver light particles. He felt the changes in himself: the blood color and sensation in his right ankle began to return, his aching right arm also started to recover, and his mental power rapidly returned to the state before Bu Gu had chopped the starfall crystals.
At the same time, the Ice Armor Crocodile Turtle had already seen the tragic sight of shattered shells all over the stone pile. It actually froze for a moment, quite human-like. Bu Gu saw this and suddenly had a bad hunch—were these eggs still intact before this Ice Armor Crocodile Turtle left?
"Roar!"
Sure enough, after the Ice Armor Crocodile Turtle reacted, it roared up to the sky. The ice spikes on its back seemed to come alive, growing longer and sharper, and then it charged towards Bu Gu again.
On the other side, Lin Xiaoxiao also joined the battle. Four Cold Iron Darts continuously attacked the Ice Armor Crocodile Turtle, but unfortunately, they couldn't break through its defense.
Lin Xiaoxiao remembered Bu Gu saying that the monster's weakness was the exposed turtle shell in the center of its belly, but controlling the Cold Iron Darts to fly under the Ice Armor Crocodile Turtle and accurately hit that small exposed shell was not easy.
The bottom of the Ice Armor Crocodile Turtle was also covered in ice shards. Several times, Lin Xiaoxiao's Cold Iron Darts were repelled by the ice shards before they even reached the center of its belly. Lin Xiaoxiao had tried many times, but without success.
Bai Ting and Yan Kuan's attacks also had no effect on the Ice Armor Crocodile Turtle. They also felt it was like an iron plate, impossible to "chew" through.
At this moment, Old Liu and Lin Ye were still some distance from Bu Gu.
Although the Ice Armor Crocodile Turtle was not a speed-type monster, its Black Iron Five-Star strength meant it was still faster than them.
Bu Gu, using "Recall" for the first time, felt great. Except for the skill cooldown not being reset, his physical condition had basically returned to how it was 10 seconds ago.
What amazed him most was that his mental state also seemed to Recall. The most obvious change was in his emotions; that inexplicable feeling of anxiety disappeared, and Bu Gu calmed down again.
He looked at the aggressively charging Ice Armor Crocodile Turtle in front of him, calmly entered Bullet Time, and skillfully dodged sideways the moment the Ice Armor Crocodile Turtle charged, then raised his Rapid Wind Dagger and swung it with all his might at the Crocodile Turtle's right hind leg.
"Clang~"
Bu Gu's Dagger only managed to chip off a ring-shaped ice shard, unable to penetrate any further.
Unable to break its defense! He simply put away his Dagger and retreated several steps.
The Ice Armor Crocodile Turtle, failing to land a hit, was clearly even more enraged. It turned around, its ice spikes bristling, and the next second, they all shot out.
There were more than a dozen ice spikes, half the size of a person, and countless smaller ones, raining down on Bu Gu.
Bu Gu entered "Bullet Time," and after clearly seeing the trajectory of all the ice spikes, he naturally found a safe zone.
However, just as he was about to complete his dodge, he suddenly discovered that one of the ice spikes was going to land on the stone pile, and at this moment, the last Crocodile Turtle egg began to tremble slightly.
Is this Ice Armor Crocodile Turtle crazy? That egg isn't dead yet!
Bu Gu simply rushed directly to the stone pile, reached out and embraced the last Crocodile Turtle egg, holding it close, then quickly rolled forward.
The next instant, a huge ice spike landed on the original stone pile, and the shattered eggshells were scattered by the impact of the ice spike.
Bu Gu looked back, and none of the previously broken monster eggs remained, only some solidified blood shards and ice rolled to Bu Gu's feet.
Bu Gu inexplicably felt another wave of anxiety. He looked at the Ice Armor Crocodile Turtle, and for a moment, he had an impulse to go and fight this monster to the death.
"Bu Gu!"
Old Liu's shout interrupted Bu Gu's thoughts. He turned his head and saw Old Liu hovering not far above, having now stopped his movement.
"I'm fine, let's go!"
Bu Gu shouted. Seeing that he was alright, Old Liu turned and retreated.
Taking advantage of the ice spikes on the Ice Armor Crocodile Turtle's back regrowing, Bu Gu forcefully suppressed the agitation in his heart, hugged the Crocodile Turtle egg, and activated "Bullet Time" to run back.
Lin Ye saw Old Liu flying back, and Bu Gu also turned into an afterimage, rapidly approaching him.
"Teacher Lin, let's go!"
Bu Gu's voice arrived before he did.
He didn't know what was wrong with him. Ever since that Ice Armor Crocodile Turtle released that large-scale skill, he had felt some inner irritation. Now, seeing Old Liu and Lin Ye coming to rescue him, he didn't feel happy at all; instead, he felt burdened.
The ice spikes on the Ice Armor Crocodile Turtle behind them had regrown, and it roared, charging towards the three of them again.
The Snow Mystic Antelope's level was too low, and its speed was too slow. Even with "Snow Tread" activated, the distance between it and the Ice Armor Crocodile Turtle was constantly closing.
Lin Ye originally wanted to summon another Animal Taming skill to block the Ice Armor Crocodile Turtle, but he was unexpectedly stopped by Bu Gu.
"Have the Snow Mystic Antelope run to the side, I'll take you!"
Lin Ye immediately jumped off the Snow Mystic Antelope's back and gave it the command.
Then, he felt something being shoved into his arms. Immediately after, a hand pressed on his cervical spine, and the other hand pressed on his back, pushing him diagonally upwards.
The wind whistled in his ears. Lin Ye only felt his feet leave the ground, and the scenery before his eyes changed rapidly. Three or four seconds later, he was back among the others.
"Xu Lu, we got the item! Let's go!"
Bu Gu shouted, then realized that the stream had completely frozen over. Two or three soldiers' feet were still trapped in the ice, and Wang Bin was using fireballs to melt the ice, but it didn't seem to be very effective.
Bai Ting, Yan Kuan, Lin Xiaoxiao, and Li You, along with other soldiers, were holding back another Ice Armor Crocodile Turtle.
"What did you do? Why is that monster still chasing?"
Xu Lu looked at Bu Gu and Lin Ye, or rather, she looked at the egg Lin Ye was holding.
They had tested the Ice Armor Crocodile Turtle before; as long as they stayed away from the starfall crystals, the two monsters wouldn't chase further.
But what about now?
The starfall crystals had been shattered by Bu Gu's Dagger, and the two Ice Armor Crocodile Turtles looked relentless, clearly not intending to let them go easily.
"Shut your damn mouth! That wasn't me!"
Bu Gu coldly glared at Xu Lu, then snapped.
Xu Lu was startled by the man's reaction. She didn't know why Bu Gu was so angry.
Lin Lin on the side was also a bit worried. She had never seen Bu Gu like this.
After Bu Gu finished speaking, he seemed to realize that he was acting strangely. He forcefully suppressed the agitation in his heart and quickly walked over to Lin Lin.
"Lin Lin, use Holy Light! I'm not feeling right!"
