Chapter 77: Competitors for the Divine Medicine!

"Roar!" (Follow me!)

Hearing this, Chen Mo immediately rose and led the lion pride galloping toward this snow mountain that temporarily had no lord.

Soon, Chen Mo arrived at Snow Mountain No. 8.

This was originally the territory of the Ice Claw Lynxes, but their leader and elites died while battling the Snow Mastiff for the Regional Spirit.

The remaining Ice Claw Lynxes could not hold their original territory, so they had no choice but to yield it.

This place then became unclaimed land.

At this moment, many extraordinary creatures had already gathered at the foot of the mountain, but upon seeing the Lion King, they all involuntarily shrank back.

Chen Mo reached the halfway point up the mountain and, his gaze piercing through the vast blizzard, saw the situation at the summit.

At this moment, many powerful extraordinary creatures had already gathered at the summit.

The snow had been dyed red with blood, and enormous corpses lay scattered across the white snow.

It seemed a battle had already broken out.

Some relatively weak creatures that nonetheless wanted to fish in troubled waters were killed outright.

The Winter Sabertooth Tiger, the Ice Tusk Mammoth, and a Snow Mastiff stood in a triangular formation around a fruit tree over three meters tall.

This fruit tree's leaves were crystalline like glazed glass, and its branches twisted and coiled like an ice dragon.

Clearly, this ice plant was a Tier-Two Divine Medicine.

However, it had not yet ripened.

【Ice Dragon Fruit Tree】

【Tier-Two Divine Medicine. Consuming it can help an extraordinary peak creature break through the Lord Barrier.】

【14 hours and 12 minutes until ripening】

Perhaps because it was a Tier-Two spiritual medicine, Chen Mo observed this Ice Dragon Fruit for three minutes before obtaining its relevant information.

Chen Mo said a few words to Aisha, Xiongba, and the Little White Mouse beside him, then walked alone toward the summit of the snow mountain.

Seeing the Lion King's appearance, the three giant beasts that had been in a standoff all turned their gazes toward him.

The delicate triangular relationship was broken.

The most powerful one had arrived.

In the eyes of the Winter Sabertooth Tiger and the Snow Mastiff, the Ice Lion King was a Lord-tier existence, and they were ready at any moment to use their trump cards.

The three beasts unanimously regarded Chen Mo as their greatest competitor.

The Winter Sabertooth Tiger flicked Spirit Silk to the other two beasts.

"Roar!?" (You two, how about we join forces first?) the Winter Sabertooth Tiger spoke.

"Howl!" (Fine!) "Moo—" (You go first, we'll follow behind you.) The three beasts instantly went from enemies to comrades, but none of them made the first move—after all, none wanted to be cannon fodder.

Seeing this, Chen Mo flicked Spirit Ice Silkworm Silk to each of the three beasts, joining the group chat as well.

"Roar!" (Don't panic, I'm just here to look.) The three extraordinary peak creatures clearly did not believe Chen Mo's excuse.

"Roar!?" (You want to reap the fisherman's gains?) The Winter Sabertooth Tiger did not believe Chen Mo.

Chen Mo could not be bothered to respond to it.

But right now the Divine Medicine had not ripened, so it was indeed not suitable to start a war—otherwise it would only benefit the other beasts for nothing.

As time passed, more and more extraordinary creatures learned of this news and brought their beast groups to Ice Dragon Snow Mountain.

Among them, those that had touched the "Lord Barrier" numbered no fewer than nine! If they could seize this Tier-Two Divine Medicine, they could become one of only two Lord-tier beings! But the Ice Dragon Fruit had not yet ripened, and starting a slaughter now would only benefit other beasts for nothing.

Thus all the beasts remained in a standoff before this Ice Dragon Fruit.

Chen Mo looked completely unbothered, observing the information of the other fierce beasts.

The comprehensive combat power of these leaders was basically all above 800; the highest, the Winter Sabertooth Tiger, even reached 1100, already nearly on par with him.

After this Winter Sabertooth Tiger escaped from his hands last time, its combat power had actually increased again during this period! Time flew by; the sun set and stars hung in the sky.

Soon it was already evening.

The Ice Dragon Fruit was growing rapidly, and had now grown to half a meter tall! Less than five hours remained until ripening! All the beasts were resting and building their strength, adjusting their conditions to prepare for the coming slaughter.

Under the cover of night, an Ice Crystal Mouse quietly scurried to the Ice Lion King's side and squeaked twice at him.

"Squeak!!"

Chen Mo nodded, then suddenly stood up.

The Lion King's rising attracted the attention of the other leaders, and they looked warily toward the Frost Lion King.

Did he want to start the blood battle early?

Every move of this strongest one on the surface tugged at the nerves of the other beasts.

Yet just when they thought the Ice Lion King was about to act early, the Ice Lion King turned away without any hesitation and slowly walked down toward the foot of the mountain.

???

Instantly, these extraordinary leaders all found the Ice Lion King's bizarre behavior rather incomprehensible.

But regardless, having one fewer strongest competitor was a good thing after all! The Winter Sabertooth Tiger watched the Ice Lion King's departing figure, pondering his motive.

Did he want to temporarily leave the "meat grinder" at the summit and charge back at the critical moment?

As the strongest being of the Great Snow Mountain, the Ice Lion King would absolutely not suddenly give up the Tier-Two Divine Medicine.

This departure must have its purpose!

"Roar!"

So the Winter Sabertooth Tiger leader let out a low growl at two high-level extraordinary Winter Sabertooth Tigers beside it, telling them to follow and track the Ice Lion King and see what he was really up to!

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After Chen Mo left, two more small-scale battles broke out among the extraordinary creatures at the summit.

Some weak extraordinary creatures had even become meals in the bellies of other extraordinary ones.

However, existences that had reached the limit of the Transcendent Realm, such as the Ice Fang Sabertooth Tiger and the Snow Mastiff, had not yet unleashed their full strength.

The divine medicine was not yet ripe; it was not yet time to fight with everything they had! After an unknown amount of time had passed.

The Ice Dragon fruit tree had grown to five meters tall, and four peach-sized fruits had sprouted on its branches.

The fruits were crystal clear and translucent, with what looked like ice dragons coiling within.

The divine medicine was about to ripen! The snow around the Ice Dragon fruit tree had already been soaked in blood, and the atmosphere was tense to the point of drawn swords. Several powerful Transcendent beings were all determined to claim this Ice Dragon fruit tree! Yet just as they were locked in a stalemate, a blue pillar of light suddenly shot into the sky from the foot of the mountain! "A Transcendent being is refining this snow mountain's regional spirit!!"

The Transcendent beings beside the Ice Dragon fruit tree instantly realized.

They all simultaneously thought of the Ice Lion King that had suddenly departed earlier!

So its departure was to find and refine the regional spirit! It was truly too cunning! "This is bad!!!"

If they did not stop the Ice Lion King from refining the regional spirit now, once it became the regional lord of this snow mountain, they would not have even the slightest chance!

But the Ice Dragon fruit was on the verge of ripening; if they went to stop the Ice Lion King's refinement and happened to miss it, they would be entirely making a wedding dress for other beasts!

In an instant, all the Transcendent beings fell into a dilemma.

Only the eyes of the few strongest Transcendent beings remained calm.

"Roar!"

The Winter Swordtooth Tiger, the White Ape, and the Snow Mastiff — three beasts — let out a low growl toward their respective "kin," seemingly instructing them to stop the Ice Lion King and slow down its speed of refining the regional spirit.

They themselves still stood firmly beside the Ice Dragon fruit, waiting for the divine medicine to ripen.

Seeing this, the vast majority of Transcendent creatures did not leave!

Obtaining the divine medicine was the most important thing right now! (End of this chapter)