27: Chapter 27 Snow Crystal Silver Lion

"Xiaodao, process this Blood-tusked Wild Boar, chop off one of its thighs, and we'll have roast meat tonight!"

Inside Qingshan Town, Chu Xiu looked at the Dark Blade Mantis that had just killed the grayish-white 9-star Blood-tusked Wild Boar and said.

Hearing this, the Dark Blade Mantis immediately followed his instructions, its blade flashing as it severed one of the Blood-tusked Wild Boar's hind legs.

The Blood-tusked Wild Boar was a grayish-white 9-star elite-quality demonic beast weighing over a thousand catties, and a single thigh alone exceeded two hundred catties.

Chu Xiu glanced at the wild boar leg removed by the Dark Blade Mantis and continued to instruct it on how to process the wild boar thigh.

"First, split the wild boar leg like this, then remove the skin of the wild boar leg, take this large piece of meat, and score it with a knife. This will make it easier to roast thoroughly."

"Right, just like that. Job well done!"

"The wild boar meat is prepped, but we still need some firewood to start a fire. Go chop a few pieces of wood first..."

Under Chu Xiu's guidance, the Dark Blade Mantis quickly cut off a piece of thigh meat weighing over twenty catties, carefully using its blade-arms to slice open scoring cuts on the leg meat.

After finishing all this, under Chu Xiu's direction, the Dark Blade Mantis chopped a pile of wood nearby and, following Chu Xiu's instructions, whittled a few sharp wooden sticks to skewer the meat.

The Dark Blade Mantis's pair of blades were incomparably sharp, and in just a moment, all the preparation work was completed.

Next, Chu Xiu started the fire himself, strung the processed wild boar thigh meat onto a large wooden skewer, and set it over the fire to roast.

"It is so convenient to have a beast helping out. If I had to handle this all by myself, it would take at least twice as much time."

Sitting aside and roasting the wild boar meat over the fire, Chu Xiu glanced at the time, a smile appearing on his rosy face illuminated by the firelight.

As the high temperature of the flames baked the meat, a unique aroma of roast meat began to gradually drift out, growing richer as time passed.

Beside Chu Xiu, the Dark Blade Mantis, which had originally been just curiously staring at Chu Xiu barbecue, instantly flashed a bright look in its large eyes upon smelling this aroma, its saliva secreting uncontrollably in large quantities.

Before being contracted by Chu Xiu, within the Weimang Secret Realm of Linjiang No. 1 High School, it used to kill demonic beasts and eat their flesh raw to fill its stomach, never having eaten cooked meat before.

Even during the days after being contracted by Chu Xiu, because Chu Xiu was always busy improving his strength, it stayed inside Chu Xiu's Beast Taming Space, taking mana nutrient solutions to cultivate diligently, and still hadn't eaten much.

This was still the first time it had ever smelled the aroma of roast meat.

At this moment, the Dark Blade Mantis sniffed these wisps of never-before-smelled roast meat aroma, drooling continuously from temptation.

"Little glutton, wait a bit longer. Roast meat is only delicious when it's roasted crispy on the outside and tender on the inside."

Chu Xiu, standing to the side, felt the Dark Blade Mantis's current thoughts, his mouth curving up slightly as he reached out to pat the Dark Blade Mantis's head.

"Roar!"

Not long after Chu Xiu withdrew his hand, a low roar came from the darkness not far away.

Chu Xiu looked in the direction of the sound and saw a pair of glowing green eyes flashing in the distant darkness, approaching his side.

Soon, the figure of the owner of these eyes appeared within the illumination of the firelight, revealing its full appearance.

It turned out to be a demonic beast two meters tall, covered in long silver-white fur with a layer of silver scales beneath the fur, and a silver-white diamond-shaped crystal on its forehead.

[Snow Crystal Silver Lion]

[Attribute]: Ice

[Quality]: Rare

[Grade]: Black Iron 3-Star

[Innate Skills]: Ice Crystal Armor, Frost Impact

[Status]: Hungry

[Evolution Chains]: 3

[First Evolution Chain: Snow Crystal Silver Lion - Ice Dome Winged Lion (Excellence); Evolution Resources...]

[Second Evolution Chain: Snow Crystal Silver Lion - Three-Eyed Ice Lion - Frost Lion King (Perfect); Evolution Resources...]

[Third Evolution Chain: Snow Crystal Silver Lion - Snow Shadow Battle Lion - Winter Sacrificial Lion - Ice Soul Lion Emperor - Extreme Cold Holy Lion (Epic); Evolution Resources...]

[Introduction]: A lion-type demonic beast evolved from a Silver-Armored Lion devouring the Silver Grade ore 'Ice and Snow Crystal Stone', possessing extremely high ice-attribute affinity, formidable combat strength, and decent potential.

"It actually is a rare-grade demonic beast capable of evolving to Epic quality!"

Seeing the information above the head of this two-meter-tall big guy, Chu Xiu felt slightly surprised.

Throughout the day, he had killed dozens of demonic beasts in Qingshan Town, but most of them were ordinary quality demonic beasts, and elite quality demonic beasts made up less than one-tenth.

Furthermore, the demonic beasts he had encountered previously could at most only evolve to Excellence quality.

The Snow Crystal Silver Lion in front of him was the first rare quality demonic beast he had seen in Qingshan Town, and it even possessed three evolution routes.

Such potential was already one in ten thousand among demonic beasts, and Chu Xiu instantly generated the idea of contracting this Snow Crystal Silver Lion as his beast.

Even if this Snow Crystal Silver Lion ultimately evolved into the Extreme Cold Holy Lion, its quality would only be Epic grade, which was slightly inferior to Xiaodao's ultimate evolution as the Void Ripper, but it already met Chu Xiu's expectations.

After all, as far as he knew, across the entire Shenxia Empire, or even the entire Blue Star, Beastmasters capable of possessing Legendary quality beasts could be counted on one's fingers. Every single one of these Beastmasters was a powerhouse standing at the apex of Blue Star's pyramid.

How could Legendary quality beasts be encountered so easily?

At the same time, the Dark Blade Mantis beside Chu Xiu also noticed the Snow Crystal Silver Lion that had arrived under the firelight, immediately wiping the drool from the corner of its mouth and standing up with its arms crossed horizontally in front, striking an attacking posture.

"Xiaodao, just beat it flat, don't kill it. I'm still waiting for it to be my second beast."

Feeling the killing intent emanating from the Dark Blade Mantis, Chu Xiu hurriedly reminded it.

Hearing this, the Dark Blade Mantis nodded, withdrawing all the killing intent on its body, and with a fierce flap of its wings, it instantly rushed toward the Snow Crystal Silver Lion.

"Roar!"

The sudden burst of the Dark Blade Mantis immediately made the Snow Crystal Silver Lion feel a tremendous threat. Not daring to hesitate in the slightest, it immediately cast the Ice Crystal Armor skill.

The surrounding temperature plummeted instantly, and a layer of ice-blue armor enveloped the entire body of the Snow Crystal Silver Lion in a flash.

Almost the moment the Snow Crystal Silver Lion's Ice Crystal Armor had formed, the Dark Blade Mantis's blade slashed through space and struck the Snow Crystal Silver Lion's waist.

A crisp "ding" sound rang out, immediately followed by a dense series of "crack" sounds.

In just a single exchange, the Ice Crystal Armor on the Snow Crystal Silver Lion's body was shattered by the Dark Blade Mantis, turning into broken ice that fell to the ground.

The Dark Blade Mantis's slash not only shattered the Snow Crystal Silver Lion's Ice Crystal Armor, but also cut through the silver scales on the surface of the Snow Crystal Silver Lion like splitting bamboo, carving a two-foot-long bloody gash across its waist. Blood overflowed, instantly dyeing the surrounding silver-white fur red.

Had Chu Xiu not intentionally wanted to take in the Snow Crystal Silver Lion as a beast, the Dark Blade Mantis wouldn't have even used one-tenth of its strength; this strike could have easily cut the Snow Crystal Silver Lion in half at the waist.

Even so, the Snow Crystal Silver Lion was not lightly injured, letting out a painful wail.

After this clash, the Snow Crystal Silver Lion knew it was no match for the Dark Blade Mantis. Disregarding the pain coming from its wound, it didn't dare to linger at all and lacked any courage to compete with the Dark Blade Mantis.

The next moment, its figure rapidly fled into the distance.

However, the Dark Blade Mantis's speed was even faster. With a flash of its figure, it had already arrived in front of the Snow Crystal Silver Lion a step ahead, sweeping its bent arm and heavily striking the Snow Crystal Silver Lion's chin with its joint.

The Dark Blade Mantis, whose weight was less than one-tenth of the Snow Crystal Silver Lion's, struck the opponent with a blow that directly sent it flying more than ten meters, heavily smashing it back to its original spot.

The Dark Blade Mantis followed closely by leaping up, landing on the Snow Crystal Silver Lion, and continuously launching elbow strikes at it.