novelODS Chapter 570 War Begins
Chapter 570 War Begins
He finished.
He really did it.
He broke the seal on an 80-level boss.
Zhao Hao didn't know how strong this boss was, but he could feel the oppressive aura—ten times, a hundred times stronger than before. That aura was like a mountain pressing down on his chest, making it hard for him to breathe.
But he saw Lin Tian still standing there.
His back was straight, and he remained motionless.
In Zhao Hao's eyes, that figure was now taller than the ice wall.
Zhao Hao's lips moved as if he wanted to say something, but no sound came out.
He didn't know what to say.
In the end, he said nothing, but just stared intently in that direction.
On the altar, the black hole in the center of the ice crystal began to expand.
A huge, sharp claw emerged from within.
......
The entire altar trembled the moment the claws emerged from the black hole.
That claw was too big.
One of its front paws was larger than Lin Tian himself. Each of its five toes was like a curved blade, its sharp tips gleaming coldly in the grayish-white light. Dark red frost had condensed in the gaps between the toes—it was the accumulated energy that had been sealed away for countless years, its color as deep as dried blood.
The claws gripped the stone slab at the edge of the altar, causing it to crack under the weight. Cracks spread outwards from the point of contact with the claws, forming a dense spiderweb across the black stone surface.
The second claw also extended.
Then comes the head.
It was a massive head covered in ice-blue scales. The scales weren't smooth; they were covered in rough ridges and grooves, as if etched with countless scars by wind, frost, and battle. Each scale was the size of a washbasin, with edges as sharp as blades, layered upon each other on the skull, forming a natural armor that was almost impossible to penetrate.
Its eyes are bright white.
Not white, but blazing white—like two white flames compressed to their extreme, burning deep within the eye sockets. The flames were extremely hot, yet they emitted a bone-chilling cold; this contradictory combination created a sense of mental disorientation in those who gazed upon them.
There was a huge scar on his head, stretching from his brow to the back of his head. The scar wasn't a fresh wound, but an old one that had long since healed. However, it hadn't healed well; the scales hadn't grown back along that line, leaving only a strip of bare, grayish-white skin.
The giant beast crawled out of the black hole.
Every time a part of its body was exposed, Zhao Hao would shudder.
First, the shoulders—broad as a wall, with two thick bone spurs extending outwards from the scapulae. The tips of the spurs are translucent ice crystals that refract a ghostly blue light under the sun.
Then came the torso—covered in the same ice-blue scales as its head, the scales opening and closing slightly as it breathed, like a living suit of armor. The torso was over five meters wide and incredibly thick; just standing there, it resembled a small mountain.
Finally, there are the hind legs and tail—the hind legs are thicker than the forelegs, and the muscles on the thighs bulge beneath the scales, concealing explosive power. The tail is as thick as the trunk of an ancient tree, with several bony barbs arranged in a fan shape at the end.
When it stood completely on the ice field, Lin Tian finally saw its full appearance.
It is 10 meters tall and over 15 meters long.
It is not a dragon, but it is more robust and savage than a dragon. Its body structure is between that of a mammoth and a tyrannosaur, possessing both the mammoth's bulk and strength and the tyrannosaur's ferocity and speed.
There was nothing superfluous about it—no decorative bone plates, no exaggerated mane; every inch of its body was designed for battle.
【Icefield Behemoth - Frostbone】
Rating: 80
Type: Leader
Health Points: 922,800,000
Trait 1: Frost Scales - Reduces all physical damage taken by 40% and reflects frost damage back to melee attackers.
Feature 2: Extreme Cold Domain - Within a 30-meter radius around the user, all enemies have their movement speed reduced by 20% and their attack speed reduced by 15%.
Trait 3: Beastly Body - Immune to all stun, root, and knockback effects. Control skill duration reduced by 70%.
Trait 4: Frost Frenzy - When health drops below 30%, enters a frenzy state, increasing attack power by 50%, attack speed by 30%, and unlocks the skill "Ice Crystal Storm".
Trait 5: Ancient Will - Deals an additional 20% damage to enemies of a lower level than the user. This effect is reversed when dealing with enemies of a higher level than the user.
Zhao Hao hid behind the ice rock, curled up into a ball, his hands covering his head, only his eyes showing.
His teeth were chattering, not from the cold, but from the terrifying aura emanating from the behemoth. It wasn't the aura of a magical beast, but something more ancient and primal—the instinctive crushing of all the weak by a predator at the top of the food chain.
He didn't even dare to look into the beast's eyes; just one glance made his mind go blank, as if something had exploded inside him.
"No...don't come any closer..." Zhao Hao muttered to himself, his voice so soft that even he couldn't hear it.
Celia cut in from the side.
Her figure left a trail of afterimages in the shadows as she approached the giant beast from its right side, stopping abruptly when she was fifteen meters away.
Shadow Weaves Thorns
Shadow thorns emerged from beneath the ice, densely coiling around the behemoth's limbs. The sharp spikes pierced the gaps in its scales, and shadow energy exploded at the points of contact, attempting to corrode the hard scales.
But the behemoth merely lifted its foot slightly.
The thorns snapped one after another like dry, withered ropes. The broken thorns turned into black fragments, which drifted in the air and were frozen into ice shards by the extreme cold before they could even hit the ground.
Control effect on immunity.
It's not "resistance," it's "immunity."
Zhao Hao saw the small gray text that popped up in the system notification bar: "[Icefield Behemoth Frostbone is immune to the control effects of Shadow Thorns]".
He swallowed.
Even the succubus's control skills were ineffective; a level 35 player charging in wouldn't even be enough to fill the giant beast's teeth.
Little White swooped down from the sky.
The dragon's body traced an icy blue arc in the air as it unleashed its full power with [Ice Dragon Breath]. The pillar of extreme cold energy struck the behemoth squarely in the chest, and the icy blue light exploded on the surface of its scales, condensing into a thick layer of frost.
Damage numbers floated up above the behemoth's head.
As the Ice Lord, Xiaobai's ice-type skills deal double damage.
It looks like a lot.
But the behemoth's health bar only moved by a tiny, almost invisible amount.
For a total of 920 million HP, this is just a drop in the ocean.
The behemoth looked down at the layer of frost on its chest, as if it felt a little itchy, and shook its body, causing the frost to shatter and fall as powder from its scales.