Chapter 50: Refining the Region Spirit (Seeking Followers)

Great Snow Mountain Secret Realm Area 3.

Wang Long led the awakener squad swiftly through the snow mountains.

"According to the knowledge we obtained from the ruins, securing the area's core is extremely important! This is the key to whether a race can survive going forward!"

Wang Long said to the Flame Dragon squad and the Cheetah squad: "Therefore, this operation is a must-win for us!"

Not long after ascending the mountain, a frost cyclops discovered them.

This frost cyclops's procrastination is truly severe; when the main force was moving, it had just gotten up, and then it saw several reptiles appear in its territory.

Without further words, the battle had already begun.

Wang Long said nothing, running straight toward the frost cyclops, while the flame hound beside him, with flames burning between its claws, also charged forward.

The flame hound was very fast; in the blink of an eye it reached the front of the frost cyclops, spewing scorching deep-red flame from its mouth.

The frost cyclops couldn't dodge in time; its ice armor began to visibly melt under the fire's baptism, and feeling extreme discomfort, it swung both fists at the flame hound, but the hound nimbly avoided them.

At this moment, Wang Long had already gotten behind the frost cyclops, using its back as a ladder, and after two steps he jumped onto its shoulder.

Subsequently, Wang Long fiercely swung the long blade on his back, chopping toward the frost cyclops's hind neck.

Gather power! Cleave! As the long blade swung, its surface actually burst forth with surging flames.

The frost cyclops's skin, which even bullets could hardly pierce, was actually sliced open like tofu under the flame blade.

This cleave directly severed half of the frost cyclops's neck! Blazing flames burned its wound and blood, causing it to emit an agonized howl.

Fire spiritual power possesses strong lethality against ice-type supernatural beings.

Currently, within the Dongxia region, two ancient secret realms have descended: one dominated by fire-type supernatural beings, the other by wood-type supernatural beings.

Upon learning that the Great Snow Mountain Secret Realm is dominated by ice-type supernatural beings, those dispatched to support Tanzania this time are all fire-type awakeners and fire-type supernatural beings.

Swish! Swish! Two more blades sliced down.

Crimson flames burned in the frost cyclops's neck; finally its entire head fell to the ground, and its strong vitality let its body struggle for a dozen seconds before it collapsed with a boom.

This medium-tier supernatural frost cyclops was no match for Wang Long.

"According to the previous plan, everyone split into two teams to search!"

After killing this frost cyclops, Wang Long said to the others.

They brought a total of two spiritual energy concentration testers this time.

The region spirit could be any creature or non-living thing on the Great Snow Mountain, but its location will have markedly higher spiritual energy concentration than elsewhere.

The spiritual energy concentration tester is practically a divine tool for seeking region spirits; after being inserted into the snow for one minute, it can measure the spiritual energy concentration within a 300-meter radius.

If there is any deviation in the spiritual energy concentration within the area, a region spirit is very likely to exist.

Now time is pressing; splitting into two teams may be a bit more dangerous, but search efficiency doubles! With the aid of black technology, Wang Long believes they will definitely be the first to find the region spirit! ———————

Chen Mo entered frenzied mode, sprinting across the snow at over 170 m/s while scouting, and his gaze continually observed the surrounding objects.

He was awaiting the appearance of the attribute frame.

The region spirit should also count as an extraordinary object, able to be observed by him.

And the white mouse on his back, with blue light flickering in its eyes, exerted 【Supernatural Perception】 to the extreme.

"Squeak squeak squeak!"

As he was about to reach the snow mountain peak, the ice crystal mouse suddenly let out an excited squeak toward Chen Mo.

"Squeak!"

The white mouse kept gesturing with its paws; unable to speak lion language, it desperately pointed Chen Mo toward a snow‑ridge cloud spruce over thirty meters tall ahead.

Lying atop the spruce was a snow‑white furred snow treading fox, nearly blending into the surroundings. "Roar!" (Found you.) The region spirit can transform into any creature or non‑living thing.

Now the other snow treading foxes are under his control in the cave; this suddenly appearing snow treading fox is strikingly out of place! Indeed.

After merely observing it for two seconds, this "snow treading fox" revealed its true form.

【Snow Mountain Region Spirit】

【Formed from gathered regional spiritual energy, lacking true consciousness but able to assume various shapes】

Chen Mo lunged straight at it.

In the next second, that "snow treading fox" was pressed beneath his foot.

And at the moment he grasped the snow treading fox, its shape gradually changed, turning into a piece of ice‑blue jade fragment.

"Is this the region spirit?"

Chen Mo observed it a while longer, confirmed it was correct, then poured ice spiritual power into it.

This is the method Wang Long told him for refining the region spirit.

Ice spiritual power surged swiftly; when Chen Mo injected half of the spiritual power from the ice pill into this region spirit, it only lit up 1/8.

To fully refine it, one must perform four charges while in the full "blue" state!

However, what Chen Mo did not expect was——

When the illumination progress reached 1/4, the region spirit beneath his claws suddenly burst forth with an incomparably brilliant, dazzling light.

A pale blue light pillar shot straight through the heavens! Just as when the secret realm first descended, the light pillar emitted by the region spirit was exactly the same! Chen Mo never imagined that after injecting a certain amount of ice spiritual power into the region spirit, it would emit such dazzling radiance!

Wang Long's side didn't tell him this, and he doesn't know whether it was intentional or simply forgotten.

Chen Mo let out a breath, his stern gaze holding no fear.

On the contrary, he was quite excited.

Then let me see the strength of the natives of this secret realm!

At the moment the sky‑rushing light pillar lit up, beings across a radius of several hundred li, and most of the supernatural creatures on the Great Snow Mountain Secret Realm, witnessed this scene.

Several clans on nearby snow mountains, originally searching for their own territorial region spirits, swiftly gathered and then hurried toward the snow mountain where Chen Mo was.

Searching for it oneself is nowhere near as fast as snatching it! Of course, some small factions chose to continue seeking region spirits in their own territories.

Or some groups too far away, unwilling to contend, did not come.

In Area 3, the awakener squad that had not yet finished searching also naturally saw the soaring pillar of light.

Wang Long was stunned.

"How could living beings have found the regional spirit so quickly!? Wait, that direction seems to be the snow mountain nearest to the Lion King's territory!"

A vague guess arose in his mind.

But he dared not believe it.

"In that case, the third step of the plan has been disrupted."

Wang Long sighed.

He had originally planned to first find the regional spirit, but not refine it, wait for the extraordinary beings in the neighboring areas to start refining it, then have other races go seize it, and only then would he refine it.

But now they haven't even found the regional spirit, yet living beings have already begun refining it!

"Ah, we can only wait for the next wave."

(End of chapter)