Chapter 19: Awakening

After subduing the frost lion pride, Chen Mo settled near the Great Snow Mountain Illusion.

To increase his strength, he once again began a frenzied hunt.

In just two days, he and the lion pride hunted down 13 supernatural creatures.

Chen Mo himself killed 10 of them! He often acted alone, relying on his extraordinary vision and speed; any supernatural creature that entered his sight could not escape.

It must be said that the number of supernatural creatures near and inside the Great Snow Mountain is far greater than in the surrounding areas.

Besides those that awakened on their own near the Great Snow Mountain, many supernatural creatures like Chen Mo, coming from more distant regions, also began to approach the Great Snow Mountain.

They might not be as numerous as Chen Mo imagined, but the instinct to grow stronger still drives them to come here.

Unfortunately, these self‑awakened supernatural creatures do not possess supernatural crystals within them.

Of Chen Mo's ten prey, only two "burst" crystals.

After consuming the flesh of these supernatural creatures and the ice‑system energy stored in their energy crystals, Chen Mo's body began to grow once again.

Its body length is nearly 5 meters, shoulder height 2.4 meters; other lionesses standing before it are as small as house cats.

Know that an ordinary adult male lion is only about 2 meters long! Moreover, the ice‑crystal armor fragments on Chen Mo's body have become increasingly hard, and the hardness and sharpness of his claws have increased even further.

More importantly, his ice pill now contains an additional 42 strands of ice spiritual power.

He now has a total of 68 strands of ice spiritual power.

Chen Mo has a premonition that when the number of ice spiritual power strands reaches 100, perhaps a qualitative transformation will occur!

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【Roaring Lion】Challenge Day 5.

Evening.

"Roar!" (Your Majesty, this is the food from the past two days.) The Frost Lion Overlord gently placed an ice‑horn antelope it had just hunted in front of Chen Mo.

To be honest, regarding this ice‑horn antelope, it is actually quite reluctant to part with it in its heart.

The flesh of supernatural creatures can make it stronger.

But in order to stay here, the Overlord still chose to hand it over.

At first, the Overlord indeed had the thought of fleeing and leaving this territory.

But it could not bear to leave its wife and children.

The new lion king not only did not seize its harem, but also did not make things difficult for its offspring.

Once it leaves this place, it will have nothing.

Besides that, the Overlord fears encountering, after leaving the territory, an existence as powerful as the ice‑frost cub.

After being defeated by Chen Mo, it completely changed from a "puffed‑up lion" to a "timid lion".

Being like this now seems pretty good as well.

Having to hand over a supernatural creature every two days is truly heartbreaking for the lion! Seeing the respectful expression of the Frost Lion Overlord, Chen Mo nodded calmly and let out a low roar: "Roar!" (Take it back! Share it with your wives and children; this time's supernatural creature is exempt.) This is a self‑awakened ice‑horn antelope that lacks a supernatural crystal, so it cannot give Chen Mo much spiritual power or improvement; it would be better used to help other lionesses awaken.

His past life as a human taught him that to earn the loyalty of newly allied followers, he must combine kindness and authority.

Hearing this, the Overlord lion's eyes widened in disbelief.

Such a huge supernatural creature, just to be given to me?

Know that the flesh of supernatural creatures is not only delicious but can also strengthen other supernatural creatures! Instantly, a nameless feeling of emotion welled up in the Overlord's heart.

As a newly awakened supernatural creature with nascent intelligence, its thoughts are actually quite simple.

"Roar!" (Thank you, benevolent king!) At this moment, it has already come to regard Chen Mo as the true lion king in its heart.

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【Roaring Lion】Challenge Day 6.

Early in the morning, after completing his daily Roaring Lion discipline, Chen Mo left the territory and began hunting.

After running across the snow plains for nearly 30 minutes, he arrived at the snowfield beneath the Great Snow Mountain Illusion.

The probability of encountering supernatural creatures here is high. Soon, he spotted a white giraffe with frost‑blue spots 7 li away.

This frost‑spotted giraffe's overall combat power reaches 105–110, slightly stronger than the Overlord.

Yet it is still no match for Chen Mo; it quickly collapsed under the howling ice storm and the claws of an ice lion, falling into eternal sleep.

Chen Mo gulped down the frost‑spotted giraffe's flesh, and his digestive organs, like a furnace, swiftly broke the meat into various nutrients and ice spiritual power.

However, this frost‑spotted giraffe is simply too large; after eating a small portion he felt full, and he immediately glanced at his current attribute panel——

【Ice Frost Cub (Male)】

【Rank: Low‑tier Supernatural】

【Constitution: 26】

【Agility: 26】

【Strength: 25】

【Soul: 18】

【Ability: Ice Storm】

【Overall Combat Power: 180~262】

"The basic attributes have almost stopped growing; it seems the Gluttony Lion effect has reached its limit again—unless he consumes the flesh of higher‑tier supernatural creatures, he cannot continue to grow!"

Chen Mo silently thought to himself.

But so far, the most evolved creature he has seen is himself.

To become stronger, he can only rely on self‑discipline challenges or breakthroughs in supernatural rank.

Chen Mo brought the leftover frost‑spotted giraffe meat back to the lion pride, gave half to Aisha and the Lion Mother, and then distributed portions to the other lionesses and cubs.

Seeing the lion king return laden with spoils, all the lionesses showed delight.

After the new lion king ascended, they not only avoided hunger, but actually ate more and better food than before.

The meat of supernatural creatures had previously been monopolized solely by their husbands, namely the Ice Lion Overlord.

This also caused their gazes toward the new lion king to contain, besides fear, respect, and gratitude, a hint of affection.

Admiring the strong is simply the nature of beings.

In the animal world, this is even more obvious.

15 minutes later.

Just as the lion pride was feasting happily, Lion Mother suddenly let out a mournful howl.

"Roar!"

After eating a piece of frost-spotted giraffe meat, it suddenly felt its whole body turn cold, a bone-chilling cold invading it, and the pain made it involuntarily let out a mournful howl.

Chen Mo glanced over, saw that Lion Mother was indeed also in an awakened state, and had the other few lionesses warm her up.

Afterwards, mournful howls came one after another from within the lion pride.

Within the lion pride, another two lionesses awakened! They were the two that had initially followed him.

Chen Mo felt greatly relieved about this.

This roughly proves his idea is correct; consuming the flesh and blood of supernatural creatures indeed increases the chance of becoming a supernatural being.

What surprised Chen Mo even more was——

The little black panther Luna that he had previously taken in out of soft-heartedness actually also entered the awakened state! At night, Lion Mother, the lionesses, and Luna woke up one after another.

Lion Mother also turned into a white lion, and additionally awakened the ability 【Ice Breath】.

This made it very excited.

Having watched its two offspring begin their 'metamorphic' development, Lion Mother almost doubted it had given birth to a lion.

How can my three-month-old offspring grow this big!! How can its strength be this strong!! And now, it too has finally set foot on this path of the supernatural! (End of chapter)