In the far north of the Moonshine Forest, the forest started to dyed white, and greenery became distant the more someone ventured deeper into this region. Strong icy winds rage, and the snowfall is like common rain in this place.
This was the Ice Lion Region of the Moonshine Forest and the only place which was covered in white snow, and the temperature of this place was absolutely deadly for any mortal or weak cultivator.
Moreover, no one in the moonshine forest dares to enter this place as long as they are intelligent, not without an invitation or summoning. The reason for it was quite simple, the Ice Lion King, the uncrowned King of the Moonshine Forest!
Although the Ice Lion King had long proven to be fully capable of single-handedly dealing with all the leaders of the Moonshine Forest Regions, he never showed any interest in conquering it, nor his tribesmen seemed to be interested in such an invader.
On the contrary, they never invaded the other regions and appeared as hermits in their own homes.
However, this didn't mean that they were afraid or peace-loving kind. On the contrary, if someone dared to invade their lands, they would all be met with a fate far worse than death, and those Ice Lions would go as far as to drag their families right from their region to punish them with the invaders.
That's why no one dared even to come closer to this region anymore, not if they were crazy and wanted to take their loved ones to the grave with them.
However, today, a man in white clothes, wearing a silver mask, entered the snowy region of the Moonshine Forest while holding a pitch-black sword blade in his hand. Not only did he not seem afraid, but he also appeared on casual strolling.
"After a week of tireless traveling, we are finally here," Cyrus muttered as he enjoyed the cold wind bushing past him.
"It's quite beautiful. I have never seen snow before!" Eve was also quite excited for someone who was born in the slum districts, where even rain was considered to be a blessing, and the winter was nothing but dry torture; these snowy lands were a novel experience for her.
Cyrus was also happy for her as she could enjoy these little things, unlike him. He was paying attention to something completely different, the ice element in the air!
His eyes instantly narrowed when he sensed the density of ice elements was quickly thin, unlike the fiery energy in the Fire Leopard Region. This means there wasn't another universal crystal source present in this, much less that this environment could never give birth to a natural treasure.
In simple words, this place was quite ordinary in Cyrus's eyes, and in comparison, the fire leopard region was far more extraordinary.
'If it's to heaven and earth treasure, then this is a very unexpected situation. Heh, I expect nothing less from an evolving world…' Cyrus's eyes shone with a hint of anticipation as this venture was taking a unique and interesting turn.
Cyrus walked into the depth of snowy lands without hiding his presence, as he wanted to see what sort of forces the Ice Lions had or how much they had evolved from the Fire Leopards.
However, his footsteps suddenly came to a halt, and he looked down. His eyes shimmered with a dark golden hue, and a flash of surprise appeared.
The next moment, his sword shimmered in azure light, and he slashed it toward the snowy surface, and a massive wind blew out, blasting apart the thick snow, and it was a dark symbol appeared right below it!
"A rune?" Eve exclaimed in surprise as she had seen Cyrus using these runes multiple times, and the runes he used were far more profound than this crude one.
"It's an alarm-type rune, probably created by a Student Rune Artist who is still in the early phase of learning about the runes. Now is quite unexpected, I was under the impression that his forest was primitive, but now, the appearance of this rune changed everything." His lips curled in a wily smile, "Let's see what will happen if we trigger this rune!"
Without hesitation, he performed another slash, and the rune on the ground suddenly lit up, and an invisible undulation stirred in the air.
However, instead of hiding away, Cyrus sat down before his figure merged into the white snow.
Thereupon, powerful steps were suddenly heard in the snowy vicinity, and the next moment, four massive figures appeared above the hill over hundred feet away from the rune's location.
With white color, they were 4 to 5 meters in size, with muscular, broad-chested bodies; rounded heads and ears; and a silver hairy tuft at the end of their tails which seemed to flames and have a prominent silver mane, and gave of feeling like ghastly chillness and ferocity from their icy blue predator eyes. They were the adult Ice Lions!
However, at this moment, another two-meter-tall humanoid figure walked out in the middle of those four ferocious beats, it was a white man with a silver mane, and his ears were also round like the ice lions, not to mention his ice blue eyes were clearly of a beast's. Standing between the four ice lions, he almost gave off the same feeling as them, like he was one of them, and he wore blue armor and held a strange mirror in his hand.
Suddenly, the man standing among them let loose a low growl like a beast, but in Cyrus's ears, it was a clear command.
"Search for invader!"
Cyrus's eyes shimmered with momently surprise when he saw that man before he almost laughed out loud.
ραΠdαsΝοvel.cοm The thing was, the four ice was equivalent to at least tier-60 power rank, which was nothing but unusual for an Ice Lion who could only grow up to tier-60 once in a blue moon. Their potential was almost the same as the fire leopard.
Yet now, four Ice Lions have appeared, and all of them could be proclaimed as rare among Ice Lion species.
But that man among them made everything clear because he was also an Ice Lion, with the only difference being that he had achieved a Beast Transmutation and evolved into a higher class in the magic beast evolution path. Thereby raising his potential to the ascension grade!
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