Chapter 56: Profound Ice Claw

The previous battle was too brutal for the Frost Wolf Clan; now the entire clan has less than a quarter of its members left.

Fearing the Lion King's retaliation, they didn't even "return home" and fled to some unknown place! As for other tribes, they didn't seize the Frost Wolf's territory either.

After escaping back to their original territories, they mustered all their strength and began frantically searching for the Regional Spirit.

They fear Chen Mo will invade their lands; the earlier fight between the Ice Lion King and the Frost Wolf Leader terrified them completely!

Now only by becoming the Regional Lord can they gain a sliver of security.

Chen Mo arrived at the summit of the Snow Mountain, where a 7–8 meter‑high cave, likely once the Frost Wolf Leader's dwelling, stands.

He stepped into the cave and found its interior vast—several thousand square meters—large enough for even his current self to barely fit.

"That Frost Wolf knew how to enjoy itself, but now it's mine."

Chen Mo intends to reside here temporarily.

It can finally be called a real "home" in the true sense.

Immediately, Chen Mo clawed out a small plot of farmland inside the cave, then opened the Lion's backpack and planted clods of soil.

Within the soil were countless Divine Medicine seeds, which Chen Mo had collected on the grassland earlier.

Among them was also a Magic Vine, not a Divine Medicine but a transcendent plant.

He had found it on the grassland before; when first picked, it was merely a low‑grade transcendent plant just gaining sentient intelligence, a little over a meter long.

Because it was non‑aggressive and rather cute, Chen Mo brought it back to the Ice Lion Territory to plant.

Now it has "moved" along with Chen Mo.

Chen Mo plans to treat this plot as his own little vegetable garden.

Farming—it's a gene etched deep in his bloodline!

After sowing the Divine Medicine seeds, Chen Mo glanced and saw their maturation time had nearly halved.

For example, Ice Shaved Fruit seeds shrank from 400 days to 201 days! As the spiritual energy density inside the Great Snow Mountain rises, their maturation should become even shorter!

After finishing, Chen Mo began to examine the cave closely. He then discovered a beast hide on the icy bed where the Frost Wolf slept in the center.

He opened the hide and found the white skin covered with strange, mysterious characters—or symbols.

Chen Mo couldn't help recalling the lethal move the Frost Wolf Leader used after employing Wolf King Blood on himself.

These symbols resembled the runes that lit up on the Frost Wolf when it enlarged.

That move, even with a mid‑tier lord and Fei Zhai Kuai Le Shi's boost, was barely blocked—truly terrifying.

"Bing Li, what is this?"

Chen Mo summoned the Snowstep Fox Leader and asked.

From their earlier conversation, Chen Mo already knew its name.

"Ying~" (this should be the hide that records the technique.) Bing Li Fox's eyes flickered as he replied.

"Technique? What is this?"

"It is a higher‑level application of spiritual energy; the abilities we normally release are merely the most superficial uses of spiritual power."

Bing Li replied.

"Is the Frost Wolf Leader's Heaven‑Falling Ice Spike also a technique?"

Chen Mo couldn't help recalling the previous battle.

"It should be, and it's a very powerful technique. However, it likely relied on a treasure left by the Frost Wolf King, not on its own release."

"Only a Lord‑Realm Great Demon can unleash a technique. Yet even a Lord‑Realm Great Demon needs a long time to master one; the Frost Wolf Leader used Wolf King Blood to break through the Lord Realm, so there was probably no time to learn it."

Hearing that, Chen Mo suddenly realized the Frost Wolf Leader was also a second‑generation beast.

He possessed not only Wolf King Blood, but also a technique recorded on the beast hide, and even a treasure capable of unleashing a super‑strong move.

"May I learn the technique recorded on this hide?"

Chen Mo asked.

The memory of the Frost Wolf Leader's Ice Prism Spike was still fresh, naturally sparking his desire to learn.

"Lord, as long as you infuse ice‑type spiritual energy into the scroll, you can obtain the learning method. You may give it a try."

Chen Mo nodded and immediately infused spiritual energy into the hide.

Soon, the three symbols on the white hide lit up one by one, emitting a faint blue glow. Only after Chen Mo consumed three‑quarters of the Ice Pill's spiritual energy did all the runes fully illuminate.

【Profound Ice Claw】

Those three words suddenly appeared in Chen Mo's mind.

It is the name of this technique.

Immediately, the spiritual energy within Chen Mo's Ice Pill surged under some guiding force, but soon settled back into calm.

The technique on the hide tried to "hand‑hold" teach Chen Mo, who is still only at the Transcendent Realm, as the Ice Pill's spiritual energy has not yet liquefied.

Thus it ended before it even began.

Nevertheless, Chen Mo roughly understood that he only needs to outline those three runes on the hide with liquid spiritual energy to successfully unleash the technique! "Wait until the Regional Spirit of this area is refined, then try again!"

With that thought, Chen Mo folded the hide away.

After the symbols on the hide "run" once, they dimmed a bit, but should still work another seven or eight times.

"Bing Li, did your great‑grandmother leave you any life‑saving item like Wolf King Blood?"

Chen Mo asked curiously.

Subduing the Snowstep Fox Clan… seemed rather easy.

The Snowstep Fox Leader fell silent for a moment, then replied:

"No, before departing it only instructed us, after awakening, to first seek the Regional Spirit. Only by refining the Regional Spirit can we later possess self‑preservation abilities."

If there had been a life‑saving item, it would have used it directly when the Ice Lion King led the lion herd to invade their territory.

Of course, that outcome might have been even worse.

It might be the same as the current Frost Wolf leader.

Upon hearing that, even Chen Mo felt that Bingli's great-grandmother was a bit too stingy, not leaving any life-saving means for her descendants.

If it weren't for us, the Snow-Treading Fox clan would definitely not be able to hold onto our territory! 'But our great-grandmother left us a piece of inheritance beast skin recording the law.'

The Snow-Treading Fox leader spoke.

It seems to be to prove that its great-grandmother still cares for them.

'King, if you need it, I can give you that inheritance beast skin at any time.'

'Not needed for now.'

After saying that, Chen Mo put away the spirit-taming silk and walked out of the cave.

'Roar!' (Lion Sister, Xiao Bai, you first search for the territorial spirit here.) Chen Mo had Lion Sister bring the ice crystal mouse and the lion group to search for the territorial spirit of this snow mountain, while he himself prepared to go to the territory of the Ice Scale Giant Python clan.

With the Ice Crystal Mouse's 【Supernatural Perception】, as long as we look around more, we will definitely find the territorial spirit.

'Roar!' (After finding it, don't immediately inject spiritual power, wait for me to return.) 'Squeak!'

'Roar~'

Lion Sister and the Ice Crystal Mouse both nodded.

Moreover, he also had Xiongba assign each lion its own cave.

Besides the giant ice cave where Chen Mo currently lives, the snow mountain originally inhabited by the Frost Wolf clan still has many ice caves, more than enough for the lion pride to settle here.

These Frost Wolves are pretty nice, even making room for their living quarters.

After finishing these, Chen Mo set out for the snow mountain where the Ice Scale Giant Python resides.

The result was as expected.

Here, too, it was empty and quiet.

'These species have a strong sense of crisis.'

Chen Mo sighed, then began searching for the territorial spirit here together with the Snow-Treading Fox clan.

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