"Hah… Hah… Hah…" Shen had been running away from the Wrath Troll for an hour. He was thankful that the Wrath Troll was not as fast as the King of Guardian Fish. He turned his head around and found that the number of the Wrath Troll that chased after him increased. There were three Wrath Trolls at first, but now there were dozens of them.

The distance between him and the trolls was around twelve meters away. The distance was slowly getting further each time he activated [Void Step]. It consumed his stamina faster but it worked to get away from the Wrath Troll.

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"UWOOOO!!!" He suddenly heard a scream from the front and when he looked forward, there was a Wrath Troll in front of him. The Wrath Troll's mouth opened wide, showing the big tusks and big chunks of green teeth. It raised his club and was about to smash him.

Shen was running at his full speed. There was no way he could stop in time. He threw his body to the side. Thanks to his quick reaction, the club smashed the empty ground where he just stood now. He rolled on the ground quickly with his momentum. He could not stop the roll until his body hit the tree.

-7

Maybe it was too quick that his body hit the tree hard, and he suffered damage. He did not sit on the ground too long and quickly stood up again. The Wrath Troll caught up after it missed the first hit. It swung the club horizontally around his chest level, forcing him to throw his body to the side.

This time he was not as lucky as before as the club grazed against his back. He felt the slight pain in his back.

-57

It just grazed against his back yet it dealt 57 damage. He might lose half of his health if the club hit him. He immediately stood up and activated [Void Step]. His feet burst out with an explosive movement as he dashed away from the Wrath Troll.

Shen managed to escape from the danger. He did not dare to look back again as he focused entirely on running away this time. Using the tree to his advantage he managed to make some distance from the troll.

Five minutes later, Shen breathed out in relief at the sight of the frozen area. The land and the trees were covered in white snow as the temperature drastically decreased. He did a quick scan of the new territory, and he did not find any monsters around. He did not stop and entered the snowy territory.

[You have entered the frozen area!]

[The low temperature affects your movement by 25]

Shen then felt the slight vibration on the ground. The Wrath Trolls were still chasing after him even though he had entered into the Ice Vulture's territory. He immediately looked for a tree and hid behind it. The lady luck was on his side as there was a tree near him. He quickly hid= behind the tree.

Shen waited there for a few seconds until the Wrath Troll's steps stopped and peeked back. Dozens of Wrath Trolls were still in their territory as there was a fine line that separated the snowy area and the troll's territory. They stopped there and looked around, looking for him. He breathed out in relief that the trolls did not dare to enter the Frozen Hill or else he would get screwed for sure.

Shen's shoulders slumped down in relief as his gaze returned to the snowy land. Everything was white, the land, the trees, the boulders, and the bird? He looked up at the tree that was seven meters ahead of him and there were three white-feathered hanging on the tree. The three birds tilted their heads to the side, and Shen followed their movement as well. He tilted his side to the right as well.

The bird was similar to the vulture on the animal documentary he watched years ago. The bald head and neck had no feathers but the skin was white in color.

Caw! Caw! Caw! Caw! Caw!

After a staring contest for a while, the three Ice Vultures let out cries. There was no way for Shen to understand what they said but he knew for sure that this was bad. Sure enough, not long after the bird cawed at him, more vultures came toward this direction. He saw dozens of Ice Vultures in the sky.

Badump! Badump! Badump! Badump!

His heartbeat was spiked. A group of cold Ice Vultures was ahead of him, and a group of raging Wrath Trolls behind him. This was a dead-end for him. He could run to the side but he did not know if he could outrun the flying creature. Different from the troll who chased him on the ground. The sky did not have obstacles such as trees and boulders. On top of that, his movement was slowed down in Frozen Hill.

'I am dead! I am dead! I am dead for sure this time!' Shen could not think of a way to survive this situation. His mind was blank for a moment until he thought of something crazy. He looked at the group of the Ice Vultures and then he peeked at the group of the Wrath Trolls. The trolls seemed to notice the Ice Vultures as well. Instead of backing out, the trolls were screaming at the Ice Vultures in the sky.

There was no hesitation as he came out of his hiding place. He then dashed back toward the group of Wrath Trolls. Yes, his plan was to make the Wrath Troll and the Ice Vulture clash. He would take the advantage of the chaos to sneak into Frozen Hill. That was a solid plan, and hopefully, the two would clash as he expected.

As he dashed back toward the troll territory, the Ice Vultures chased after him. The troll glanced at him but then they ignored him as the trolls focused on the Ice Vultures. Shen's eyes brightened. His plan worked if the Wrath Troll focused on the Ice Trolls instead of him.

He dashed into the group of the Wrath Trolls. A few of them tried to attack him but he managed to escape from the hit. He ran around and escaped the group of trolls. He hid behind the tree as heaved out and in. It was a nerve-wracking situation for him, and he somehow managed to escape.

Shen let out a long relieved sigh and took a peek. The trolls' scream and the vultures' caw rang in the atmosphere as the Ice Vultures dived into the group of the Wrath Trolls. Things went well as the two creatures clashed. A big smile formed on his lips, 'This is my chance,' He looked around, trying to find a way to sneak into the Frozen Hill.

He took a detour and avoided the spot where the two creatures clashed and entered the Frozen Hill. This time Shen carefully checked the trees. The Ice Vulture was white, and he failed to detect it because they were white-feathered. Who would expect that the vulture would have a white feather? When the Blizzard Tiger mentioned the Ice Vulture, he thought that the vulture would have a black-feather instead of white.