Because of that blue beam, the black hawk's body seemed to have turned into an ice sculpture. System even found a thin layer of ice crystals on its feathers.
Yet this layer of ice crystals had no effect whatsoever on the tentacles wrapped around by System.
System released the tentacles coiled around the black hawk's body and carefully examined the icy-blue orb in the sky.
The blue orb hovered motionlessly two meters above System's head. The frigid wind in the forest had no effect on it at all.
System cautiously remained on guard against the blue orb for over ten seconds, but found that it made no movement.
And when System moved, the orb moved with him as well, always maintaining a distance of exactly two meters directly above him—not a centimeter more, not a centimeter less.
"What is this thing?"
System tried communicating with the orb through Mind Transfer, but the orb showed no reaction whatsoever.
System tried rolling several snowballs with his tentacles and throwing them at the blue ball of light in the sky. The snowballs passed straight through the blue glow without affecting the orb in any way.
System vaguely felt that the orb seemed to be watching him, yet there was nothing he could do about it.
After watching the blue orb above his head for a while longer and seeing that it still had no reaction, System gave up on it. He moved beside the black hawk's corpse and prepared to eat. He was simply too hungry...
The ice crystals covering the black hawk's corpse were very hard. System had to use all his strength with his mandibles to chew through them.
But System soon discovered a new method. Because of [Frost Breath], not only did his blood possess the power to resist frost,