Chapter 142: Combat Exam (4)

Crunch... Crunch...

Step by step, I crept through the snowy spruce forest, the white powder crunching beneath my boots.

The branches reached out to me like skeletal fingers, their surfaces covered in a delicate layer of frost.

Whoosh...

A gust of wind swept through the trees, causing the snow to swirl around me and making me shiver.

Despite the protection offered by my [ Coldness Band ], the relentless chill of the Ice Dungeon still managed to breach its defenses, sending a penetrating cold deep into my bones.

"I should've bought a more expensive Artifact..."

Mumbling to myself, I wiped the frost off my brow and trudged on, following the single trail of blood that led me deeper into the forest.

I was following this crimson path for more than an hour now and there was still no sign of it ending.

'How much did that wounded wolf have to bleed to leave such a long trail?'