Chapter 27: Advancement, Medium Transcendent!

Chen Mo walked up to the small tree and noticed eight thumb‑sized fruits growing on it; the fruits were equally crystal‑clear, like works of art.

Moreover, tiny spiritual‑energy vortices formed around the fruits, seemingly rapidly absorbing nearby spiritual energy.

Strangely, the spiritual‑power fluctuations emitted by the tree and the fruits themselves were extremely weak, as if the fruits, after absorbing spiritual energy, locked it tightly inside.

Chen Mo observed them for a while, and more detailed information began to appear beside the fruits—

"Ice Slush Fruit (unripe)

Tier 1 Divine Medicine, 21 hours 12 minutes until fully ripe.

Consuming a ripe fruit can awaken Transcendent abilities in ordinary beings, or grant them spiritual power."

"Didn't expect you to be a treasure‑hunting mouse!"

Chen Mo had previously thought the Little White Mouse's ability "Transcendent Perception" mainly sensed the existence and strength of other Transcendent beings; he didn't expect it also probed Divine Medicines! He knew that this Ice Slush Fruit tree was not yet fully mature, its own ice‑type spiritual energy was extremely faint, and only by seeing it could one realize the tree's extraordinariness.

"Squeak!"

The Little White Mouse crossed its arms, looking like a very impressive mouse.

Chen Mo thought it over and decided to stay here and wait for the Ice Slush Fruit to mature.

He worried that pulling it out now would affect its ripening or even cause its death.

If he left midway, he feared other Transcendent beings would get there first and eat the unripe fruit.

He could wait 21 hours.

Besides, today's "Couch Potato Happy Lion" self‑discipline challenge was already completed.

So Chen Mo lay down to sleep, closing his eyes.

Reborn as a lion queen, he also inherited the lion's "sleep‑loving" trait and was always prone to drowsiness.

When he woke again it was already night.

He was awakened by the alternating howls of dogs.

In the darkness, the Ice Slush Fruit tree emitted a faint blue glow.

The eight Ice Slush Fruits had now grown to lychee size, more than twice as large as before!

"The growth speed of these Divine Medicines is astonishing, isn't it?"

Chen Mo was quite surprised inside.

Beside him, Aisha watched the distant darkness warily.

"Squeak!"

Seeing Chen Mo awake, the Little White Mouse let out an anxious sound, its tiny paws frantically pointing around.

It sensed the presence of other Transcendent beings, and not just one! "Roar!" (I know, don't be scared.) Chen Mo let out a low growl.

After waking, he immediately sensed a spying gaze from afar.

It was a pack of a dozen or so small jackals, entirely snow‑white in fur but with a tuft of black hair on their backs.

They should have been Black‑backed Jackals, famous African war correspondents plus the prairie's top "scoundrels", spending their lives "courting death".

They would kick a leopard's rear while it ate, watch hyenas mate up close and then kick, and even kick a lion's tail while the male lion napped at noon.

In short, any Black‑backed Jackal would kick anyone it deemed a "scoundrel"; if not for their astonishing speed, they'd have gone extinct long ago.

After awakening to Transcendent status, these Black‑backed Ice Wolves' appearance changed somewhat.

Their bodies grew slightly larger, their fur turned snow‑white, and ice spikes sprouted along their backs.

However, Chen Mo glanced at them and found their overall combat power was only around 30, which for him now was just a minor "Karami".

Chen Mo said nothing; he planned to feign weakness and wait for the pack to attack voluntarily.

As long as they dared to come forward, they would be delivering themselves as Transcendent prey!

Now the ice‑type spiritual power in his Ice Pill had reached 92 layers; eating these wolves might let him break through to Low‑level Transcendent! Yet things didn't go as hoped.

After becoming Transcendent, these Black‑backed Ice Wolves' spiritual intelligence awakened, making them much more cautious; at about 200 meters from Chen Mo they stopped approaching, only snarling at him continuously.

"Wang‑wu~"

"Wang‑wu~"

Black‑backed Ice Wolves not only look like dogs but also sound like dogs.

Chen Mo, fearing a "feint", didn't bother to chase them, merely letting out a roar.

The deafening lion's roar instantly drowned out the wolves' howls. The next second, the grassland fell silent.

The pack was uncertain of the great lion's strength, so they dared not act rashly.

Yet only half an hour passed.

One Black‑backed Ice Wolf could not resist its nature and prepared to "play the scoundrel".

It excitedly ran toward Chen Mo, intending to kick the lion king's rear and then run away.

And then… it died peacefully.

The Black‑backed Ice Wolf was slapped away the moment it reached Chen Mo, the violent force tearing its internal organs and killing it outright.

Chen Mo had originally planned to wait until the whole pack gathered before striking, but this one tried to kick his rear!

How could he tolerate that!?

The death of its companion seemed to shock the remaining wolves, and they finally dared not continue "playing the scoundrel".

Yet they also refused to retreat, circling Chen Mo and occasionally creating noise pollution.

Aisha grew annoyed by their antics, intervened twice, and the Ice‑backed Jackals fled instantly, running incredibly fast.

Aisha couldn't even catch up with them!

The "Gluttonous Lion" greatly enhanced his physique and strength, though his speed did not increase much.

After Aisha stopped the chase, the Black‑backed Ice Wolves returned, shamelessly launching a "grand chorus".

Truly, life never ceases, and the scoundrel acts never end.

This rather annoyed Elsa, but in the end she could not be bothered to chase them down anymore.

11 hours later.

The sun rose again.

At this moment, only half a minute remained until the Ice Sand Fruits ripened! Through Observer Lion's perspective, beside the Ice Sand Fruits there was a fruit ripening countdown—

【00:25】

【00:10】

【00:00】

The instant the countdown reached zero, 8 Ice Sand Fruits exuded an alluring fragrance and simultaneously erupted with incomparably rich ice-type spiritual power.

A powerful thought arose in Chen Mo's mind—

Eat them! This instinctive desire was even stronger than what he had felt for the Transcendent Crystal before! "Awooo!"

"Awooo!"

At the same time, the Black-Backed Ice Wolves that had been lurking in the surrounding grassland all howled in unison.

As for the Ice Sand Fruit tree, they had not known what it was before; they only subconsciously felt it might be very valuable.

And now, the instant the Ice Sand Fruits ripened, the alluring fragrance and powerful spiritual power they emitted made the wolves understand that this was a fruit that could make them stronger!

No wonder this astonishingly huge lion had kept watch here for a day and a night!

Soon, the Black-Backed Wolf pack surrounded Chen Mo.

"Awooo!"

Accompanied by the alpha wolf's howl, the entire wolf pack charged at Chen Mo and launched an attack!

Under the temptation of the Ice Sand Fruits, the wolf pack had gone completely mad! Chen Mo did not even glance at these Black-Backed Ice Wolves. He directly swallowed 6 of the Ice Sand Fruits, while tossing the other two to Elsa and Xiaobai respectively.

Elsa swallowed hers in one gulp, then actively charged toward the wolf pack.

The little rat likewise hesitated not at all and began frantically gnawing on the fruit.

After swallowing the Ice Sand Fruits, his furnace-like stomach rapidly digested them. A large amount of ice-type spiritual power immediately surged within Chen Mo's body, and then this ice-type spiritual power swiftly flowed toward his ice core.

In the blink of an eye, the ice-type spiritual power stored within the ice core began to increase at an astonishing rate!

The instant the ice-type spiritual power reached 100 strands, Chen Mo found that his ice core had actually grown a bit larger again!

He had broken through.

Mid-tier Transcendent!

(End of this chapter)