If the guardian beast struck Han Yu physically before he even had the chance to swallow the pill, he would die.
If the beast realized that its ice based attacks were being nullified and shifted to pure physical violence, he could still die. This was after all, a beast and not a human expert. Their bodies were still strong enough to crush boulders.
If the battle dragged on long enough for the pill's effect to weaken, he would die.
Han Yu did not delude himself with heroic fantasies. Charging in and relying on a single trump card was a foolish gamble, not a strategy.
"Avoiding the beast entirely would be the best outcome," he muttered softly.
To do that, he needed information.
Right now, the flickering light was still too far away. His spirit sense, despite having expanded to an impressive thousand meters, could not reach it from his current position. The mountain's curvature, the dense natural Ice Qi, and the uneven terrain further interfered with long range sensing.
