Cyrus looked at those four ice lions scattering in different directions to search for him while the Ice Lion who had achieved Beast Transmutation remained in his place while looking at the antique mirror in his hand with a frown.
"Is he a human or some other species like the goblins?" Eve questioned at this moment with curiosity after seeing the human-like man with beastly features appearing out of nowhere.
"He's a beast who has achieved a Beast Transmutation. Didn't I once tell you that the magic beast can evolve into being like humans if they meet certain conditions? That Ice Lion is such a case.
"There are Initial, Half, Quasi, and Complete Stages of Beast Transmutation, and that Ice Lion is still in Initial Stage because he still has his racial features, and his beastly nature is only slightly changed.
"A Complete Stage Beast Transmutation, Magic Beast appeared just like a human and completely left its beastly nature behind and covert into a higher being and changed back into beast form on a whim. Like the beasts in the Initial, Half, and Quasi stages can maintain their human form for a limited time. But this entire process is too painful, and death can come at any time during these transmutations." Cyrus explained.
Eve was pleasantly surprised, "But what do they want to change into human form if they can turn back into beasts any time? I mean, why go through all that trouble?"
Cyrus smiled as he answered, "It simply, the humanoid form is the universal form. In this form, your cultivation speed and comprehension will be increased by many folds. Furthermore, you can mate with other races this way and even create hybrids. But this practice is quite rare since a hybrid potential can never surpass its ancestors, and to break that limiter, it is a very long and maddening process."
"How obscene!" Eve snorted disdainfully at Cyrus's last revelation.
Cyrus could understand Eve's mindset. Any mortal would be disgusted by the fact of having children or mating with a magic beast. Even if they are changed into human form, it won't change the fact that they are still beasts.
In fact, the magic beast had the same mentality. They are also disgusted by this same thing and only seek the transmutation to grow stronger and increase their connate potential, not to seek pleasure.
But Cyrus knew better than anyone that this mentality would last only until they crossed the threshold of a deity. At that time, Racism mattered little in front of absolute power and potential, not to mention everyone had a common goal.
Nevertheless, Cyrus won't be going to explain or force his mentality on Eve, she is fully capable of individual judgment, and she will come to understand his logic eventually.
"It seems the Ice Lion Region is hiding far more than they had shown to the public. Do you see that mirror? It's a formation medium that could show different points of a formation, like a monitoring device. The rune symbol I just triggered also seemed to be part of this formation connected with that mirror.
"Just this alone proved that these guys are not primitive at all like the other regions; instead, they are extremely advanced, even more than the Regal World, since they have started learning the use of runes.
"No wonder no one had ever been able to go past them and leave this forest. These guys seemed to be the main reason. How interesting." Cyrus gave his evaluation and finally moved while still in stealth and headed directly toward the Transmutated Ice lion!
The Ice Lion was still busy looking at the formation mirror with a deep frown because it was the first time that the alarm had been triggered, but there were no clues of the invader anymore.
'Even the Ink Wolf Alpha can't escape the detection of Ghost Eye Formation. Could it be it was an error because the maintenance team has neglected their duties?' The Ice Lion thought with a cold look in his eyes.
Right at this moment, the fine hair on his body suddenly stood in alarm, and an extremely ominous feeling crept from his back. He instinctively wanted to black whatever was coming, but alas, it was too late.
A powerful strike struck his head like a sledgehammer filled with electricity, and his eyes turned dimmed as he fell down.
Suddenly, Cyrus appeared out of thin air, standing right behind the unconscious Ice Lion.
Without hesitation, Cyrus squatted down and put his hand on the ice lion's head, 'Mind Devour!'
Memories of the ice lion suddenly started to flood his head, and the more he processed them, the more his eyes shone with surprise and then ecstasy!
But the unconscious Ice Lion's condition was vastly different. As Cyrus was devouring more and more memories, the Ice Lion's body started to shake uncontrollably before dark blood gushed from his orifices.
The stronger the target of Mind Devour was, the more it would suffer during the process.
Cyrus didn't put his hand back and let the Ice Lion suffer since all that mattered to him were those astonishing memories. After five minutes, Cyrus finally put his hand away, and the Ice Lion was now lying lump there while bloody foam was streaming out of his mouth.
Then Cyrus stabbed Ice Lion's head with his sword and put him out of his misery.
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[You have killed a Mortal (Tier-48)]
-Reward(s):
-SP: 4,480
[Spirit Points (SP): 6,070/450,000]
-LXP: 155
[Lust Experience Point (LXP): 1,000/450,000]
-XP: 480
[Experience Points (XP): 5,080/10,000]
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[Invincible Sword Meter]
-Kill Streak: 12,311
-Power Increase: 1% (2,311)
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As the body of the Ice Lion was vanishing, Cyrus picked up the formation mirror and collected the armor worn by the ice lion as well because it was a Silver Grade Armor.
"What do you find?" Eve eagerly asked.
Cyrus activated the mirror while he pulled a very cold smile as he replied, "I found the reason behind the Ice Lion transmutation. I think we have a Platinum Rank Dimension to explore!"
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