Chapter 88: Foodie Heavenly Curtain Ice Spider (3k)

Just three days.

Chen Mo then used iron-blooded methods, conquering one snow mountain after another.

Great Snow Mountain Secret Realm has 64 Regional Spirits; now only the last two remain.

The regions where these two Regional Spirits are located are inhabited by two Guardians.

Looking at the light sphere before him missing only two fragments, Chen Mo pondered how to obtain the last two Regional Spirits.

A forceful attack definitely won't work.

After advancing to Lord Realm, Chen Mo went to the territory occupied by the Heavenly Curtain Ice Spider and observed it from afar.

The Heavenly Curtain Ice Spider's information remained only its name; the Transcendent Grade column still had three questions, and other information was completely unknown.

Its strength is at least King Realm! Even stronger! Moreover, trying to sneak into its territory and covertly refine the Regional Spirit also won't work.

After observing the Heavenly Curtain Ice Spider, Chen Mo searched around this snow mountain, yet found no Regional Spirit.

Chen Mo guessed that although the Heavenly Curtain Ice Spider and the other Guardian had not refined the Regional Spirit, they had surely found it and kept it with them.

After some thought, Chen Mo suddenly recalled the method used to conquer the Guardian of the Green Forest Capital in Dongxia.

That is——Food Tactic! This move is simple and unadorned, but it might work wonders!

The Heavenly Curtain Ice Spider seems not to have been frozen, staying in the snow mountain all along, and its activity range appears limited to an area of a few hundred meters in radius.

Having starved for thousands, even tens of thousands of years, the Heavenly Curtain Ice Spider should be unable to resist the taste of food, right?

The more Chen Mo thought about it, the more feasible it seemed.

Worth a try! Anyway, even if he failed, he wouldn't lose anything.

Thus he immediately summoned chefs from among humans, having them prepare all kinds of feasts.

Since he didn't know what the Heavenly Curtain Ice Spider liked to eat, Chen Mo prepared both meat and vegetarian dishes, a bit of each.

After completing all this, Chen Mo, feeling slightly uneasy, brought his own food to the Heavenly Curtain Ice Spider's territory.

He stopped at a point 2 km away from the Heavenly Curtain Ice Spider.

Then he had several Frost Wolves carry various foods to the Heavenly Curtain Ice Spider.

These Frost Wolves were precisely the ones Chen Mo had captured earlier on Ice Sparrow Mountain.

They trembled as they carried the food, walking step by step toward the Heavenly Curtain Ice Spider.

Roast suckling pig, chilled rabbit meat, spicy rabbit head, various salads made from spiritual plants, and even a portion of Divine Elixir.

Just when the Frost Wolves were 100 meters away from the Heavenly Curtain Ice Spider.

The Heavenly Curtain Ice Spider's eight ice-blue compound eyes suddenly opened simultaneously; its massive body, like glazed glass, slowly rose, and a sense of oppression swept over.

The Frost Wolves all prostrated themselves on the ground, their hearts filled with fear.

Just the Heavenly Curtain Ice Spider's aura made them dare not move at all.

The Heavenly Curtain Ice Spider completely ignored the Frost Wolves, its gaze turning to the food.

Immediately, strands of ice-blue spider silk shot out, and all the food entered its mouth one after another.

Starting with the spiritual plant salad, the Heavenly Curtain Ice Spider began to taste each item in turn.

Seeing the Heavenly Curtain Ice Spider begin to enjoy the food not far away, Chen Mo let out a slight sigh of relief.

As long as it can eat, that's good!

The Heavenly Curtain Ice Spider's eating motion was elegant and swift: two bites for a whole roast suckling pig, one bite for a portion of spicy rabbit head.

In less than ten minutes, it had swallowed all the food Chen Mo had carefully prepared.

It basically doesn't discriminate between meat and vegetables.

After tasting all the food, the Heavenly Curtain Ice Spider's gaze suddenly turned toward Chen Mo's position!

Chen Mo, who was observing from 2 km away, felt the ice spider's gaze and became slightly nervous.

He knew the Heavenly Curtain Ice Spider was looking at him! The next second, an ice-blue stone flew from beneath the spider, pulled by its silk, swiftly shooting toward Chen Mo's direction.

Chen Mo jumped, thinking the Heavenly Curtain Ice Spider was about to attack him.

But soon he realized this 'stone' was actually the Regional Spirit fragment he had been longing for! 'Ah?'

Chen Mo felt somewhat surprised and delighted inside.

He had originally planned to use the Food Tactic, first establish good relations with this Heavenly Curtain Ice Spider, then gradually plan.

He had not prepared for a one-time success.

As it turned out, he hadn't expected this Heavenly Curtain Ice Spider to understand him so well! 'Little Lion, your food is not bad.'

At that moment, a clear, cold voice suddenly sounded in Chen Mo's heart.

This was the Heavenly Curtain Ice Spider conversing with it! Without needing to rely on spirit-ice silkworm silk, they could communicate spiritually across 2 km! 'Thank you, senior, for the gift.'

Chen Mo politely replied in return.

'No need to be polite; giving you this Regional Spirit fragment is not because of your food, but because you have great potential.'

'You still lack the last Regional Spirit fragment, right? That old turtle is an elemental lifeform and won't fall for your tricks. Take this! Show it to that turtle, and it will give you the last Regional Spirit fragment.'

As soon as the words fell, Chen Mo saw a blue pearl emanating a chilling aura appear before the Heavenly Curtain Ice Spider, swiftly flying toward him and finally hovering before him.

Chen Mo looked at it for a few seconds.

Next to the blue pearl appeared related information——

"Ice Silk Pearl Ball

Formed by highly condensing the Heavenly Curtain Ice Spider's spider silk into an ice pearl, after refinement it can shoot extremely tough ice spider silk."

"Thank you, senior!"

Chen Mo discovered this Heavenly Curtain Ice Spider was astonishingly generous! The old turtle it mentioned was naturally the other Guardian; the spider's meaning was that if he took the Ice Silk Pearl Ball to it, he could obtain the last Regional Spirit fragment? 'Keep growing! When you reach the limit of Lord Realm, come find me again, and I will grant you an opportunity and help you open the gate to the Inner World.'

The Heavenly Curtain Ice Spider's voice came again: 'What is inside the Inner World?'

Chen Mo asked curiously.

As for what exactly exists inside the inner world, he had previously asked the Snow Mastiff.

The Snow Mastiff said the inner world is actually a complete small world.

Although called a small world, its area is even vaster than the entire Blue Star.

Formerly, the inner world of the Great Snow Mountains consisted of tens of thousands of miles of snowy plains and frozen tundra, a truly frigid land where even transcendent beings could possibly freeze to death! Moreover, the spiritual energy concentration inside the inner world was greater than that of the current Blue Star, and beings of Lord level and above lived there.

Of course, this was the inner world of ancient times.

Now, after an unknown number of years have passed, even the divine spirit Ice Phoenix may have perished, and the inner world may no longer be what it once was.

The Snow Mastiff said its last memory was that, under the summons of the Ice Phoenix, it was to engage in a large-scale war.

It sensed its chances of survival were slim, so it left its will and a fragment of its soul on the king's blood, leaving itself a backup plan.

"You'll know when the time comes."

The Heavenly Canopy Ice Spider did not answer directly.

"Damn riddling spider."

Chen Mo muttered a complaint in his heart.

He didn't dwell on it, though.

He was simply curious about the inner world; without absolute strength, he could never possibly go there.

"I'm going to sleep. Little Lion, your food is not bad; you can come often from now on."

Chen Mo's heart once again heard the cold, aloof voice of the Heavenly Canopy Ice Spider.

Immediately, a fist-sized transcendent crystal was thrown before it.

【Large Spiritual Power Crystal】

Chen Mo glanced at the Heavenly Canopy Ice Spider and saw its eight compound eyes slowly closing, as if it had fallen back into sleep.

"So... this is payment for the meal?"

Chen Mo couldn't help but feel a bit amused in his heart.

Earlier, the Heavenly Canopy Ice Spider had spoken so seriously.

He actually thought it had no interest in gourmet food and was helping him because he saw his potential.

As a result, that parting line "You can come often from now on" directly revealed its gluttonous nature!!! The Heavenly Canopy Ice Spider indeed still cared about food!

Moreover, this guy is oddly tsundere—clearly loves to eat but won't admit it! ——————————

【Gluttony Lion+】 Day 14.

Chen Mo arrived at another snow mountain occupied by Boundary Guardians.

At the center of this snow mountain lay an unfrozen lake, where another Boundary Guardian of the Great Snow Mountains secret realm, the Heaven-Reaching Turtle, lay asleep.

Most of the Heaven-Reaching Turtle's body was submerged in the lake, with only its carapace breaking the surface. The exposed carapace spanned hundreds of meters, far larger than the Heavenly Canopy Ice Spider, and from afar resembled a small hill.

Its true body size is even harder to imagine.

【Heaven-Reaching Turtle】

【Transcendent Rank:???】

Still a panel so strong it only shows question marks, likely an existence at the Sovereign realm or above.

Although the Heavenly Canopy Ice Spider said food would be ineffective on the Heaven-Reaching Turtle, Chen Mo still prepared to try.

Once again, the Frost Wolf Daredevil Squad was in charge of feeding! The Frost Wolves, having survived great disaster, naturally felt very 'resistant' about this feeding task.

Last time feeding the Heavenly Canopy Ice Spider was pure luck; who knows if this Boundary Guardian might treat them as a pre-meal dessert and swallow them whole?

But they had no choice.

Moreover, the Ice Lion King gave them far too much!

Chen Mo promised that if they fed just one more wave, he would restore their free beast status and they wouldn't need to mine every day; the Frost Wolves decided to give it their all.

When the Frost Wolves, trembling with fear, placed various foods by the lake, however the water surface remained calm, not a ripple stirred.

"Roar!"

Chen Mo thought it over and had the Frost Wolves throw the food into the lake.

After roasted suckling pig, chilled ice grass salad, roasted chicken, and various spiritual plants were thrown onto the lake surface, the lake suddenly exploded, and various spiritual fish, vying for the food, broke into fierce combat.

Chen Mo hadn't expected there to be fish in this lake.

But the central "small island" showed no movement at all.

Obviously, as the ice spider said, this Heaven-Reaching Turtle has no interest in food.

Thus Chen Mo took out the 【Ice Silk Spider Ball】.

The next second, the lake suddenly surged with huge waves, and the spiritual fish that had been fighting over food all dove into the water.

The "small hill" at the lake's center rose upward.

A gigantic turtle nearly a kilometer in length surfaced, its shell covered in moss like a green mountain.

The Heaven-Reaching Turtle slowly opened its frost-blue eyes, gazing straight at the Ice Lion King a kilometer away.

"Who are you? Why do you possess the ice spider's silk ball?"

The Heaven-Reaching Turtle proactively engaged in spiritual communication with Chen Mo.

The Heaven-Reaching Turtle's voice was hoarse and ancient, carrying the unique aura of the primordial desolate era.

(End of chapter)