41: Chapter 41 Snow Crystal Silver Lion, Evolution!

Hearing Chu Xiu's words, the attendant immediately nodded and said, "Beasts of the Silver Grade are inherently powerful, and hunting Silver Grade beasts is definitely not an easy task."

"Furthermore, even the number of Silver-Rank Beastmasters in the entire Linjiang City doesn't exceed a hundred. Our Zhang Beast Taming Shop can only trade for a few Silver Grade beast corpses a month."

"Taking out 100 Silver Grade beast hearts all at once is extremely difficult for us, let alone fresh Silver Grade beast hearts."

After saying that, a trace of apology appeared on his face, and he bowed slightly toward Chu Xiu.

"So that's how it is."

Hearing his explanation, Chu Xiu finally nodded in sudden realization.

"Respected guest, although we cannot fulfill your demand for Silver Grade beast hearts, our shop does have five blood essence stones."

At this moment, the attendant beside him spoke with a smile again.

"Then give me five blood essence stones. Right, besides that, I also need five portions each of two types of evolutionary resources: the ice soul core and the cold marrow jade dew, and another 10 stalks of snow shadow flowers."

Seeing this, Chu Xiu no longer dwelled on the 100 Silver Grade beast hearts, instead presenting new demands to the attendant.

The beast evolutionary resources he requested afterward were the materials needed for the Snow Crystal Silver Lion to evolve into the Snow Shadow Battle Lion.

To think they are all Silver Grade beast resources; he's run into a big client today!

Upon learning about the beast resources Chu Xiu needed, the attendant beside him was overjoyed, the smile on his face becoming three parts more enthusiastic, and he quickly reached out and said to Chu Xiu, "We have all of these in our shop. Esteemed guest, please follow me!"

Having said that, he led Chu Xiu up to the second floor.

Three minutes later, Chu Xiu obtained the beast resources he needed. After walking out of the Zhang Beast Taming Shop, he directly took a taxi to the City Defense Research Institute.

Unlike the Dark Blade Mantis, the Snow Crystal Silver Lion was huge in size. His home couldn't accommodate a Snow Crystal Silver Lion with a shoulder height of 2 meters, nor did his home have the various instruments needed to mix evolutionary resources.

That oversized laboratory of his at the City Defense Research Institute was the most suitable place for the Snow Crystal Silver Lion to evolve.

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"Master Chu, you're back. I'll go notify the director right away!"

When Chu Xiu appeared at the City Defense Research Institute, a staff member of the institute immediately said with pleasant surprise upon seeing him.

"Wait a moment. I need to go into seclusion now to evolve my beast. There's no rush for you to tell Master Gong. It won't be too late to notify Master Gong after I complete the beast's evolution."

Seeing this, Chu Xiu quickly reached out to stop him.

"O-Okay!"

Hearing this, the staff member immediately agreed.

Just like that, Chu Xiu quickly arrived at his own independent laboratory. Closing the door, he summoned the Snow Crystal Silver Lion out from his Beast Taming Space, and simultaneously took out all the ice-attribute evolutionary resources such as snow shadow flowers, cold marrow jade dew, and the ice soul core.

"Roar——"

Upon seeing these evolutionary resources, the Snow Crystal Silver Lion was immediately attracted by the rich ice-attribute magic power on them, letting out a low roar filled with incomparable desire.

It could sense that as long as it devoured these ice-attribute beast resources, its strength would definitely gain a significant boost.

"Dabai, wait a moment. I need to refine these evolutionary resources first before they can unleash their maximum effect."

Seeing the desire and brilliance in the Snow Crystal Silver Lion's eyes, Chu Xiu said to it with a smile.

Dabai was the nickname he gave to the Snow Crystal Silver Lion.

"Roar, roar."

Hearing this, the Snow Crystal Silver Lion immediately let out two low roars and obediently lay down on the ground to wait.

Chu Xiu did not hesitate either, quickly organizing all the evolutionary resources like the snow shadow flowers and placing them on the laboratory bench.

He first placed the ice soul core to soak in the cold marrow jade dew, then mashed the snow shadow flowers to extract a pile of milky-white juice, and then slowly poured it into the cold marrow jade dew.

While pouring, he continuously stirred with a glass rod.

Under the stirring, the ice soul core within the cold marrow jade dew constantly collided, making clinking sounds.

And as Chu Xiu continuously added the snow shadow flower juice to stir and fuse with the cold marrow jade dew, the ice soul core also began to melt slowly, eventually completely dissolving into the cold marrow jade dew.

"Dabai, drink this bucket of medicinal liquid, and you can complete your evolution!"

Half an hour later, a large bucket of pure white medicinal liquid exuding a chilling aura was refined by Chu Xiu and placed in front of the Snow Crystal Silver Lion.

"Roar!"

The Snow Crystal Silver Lion had long been salivating over the medicinal liquid Chu Xiu made. After receiving Chu Xiu's command, it immediately let out a joyful low roar and gulped down the entire large bucket of medicinal liquid in one go.

The evolution steps of the Snow Crystal Silver Lion were much simpler than those of the Dark Blade Mantis.

As this bucket of pure white medicinal liquid was consumed by the Snow Crystal Silver Lion, a wave of chilling air suddenly erupted from within its body. The water vapor in the surrounding air quickly condensed into snowflakes and drifted down, and the temperature of the entire laboratory began to drop rapidly.

At the same time, a layer of ice crystals covered the Snow Crystal Silver Lion. In less than two breaths of time, it turned into a massive ice sculpture, completely frozen.

Looking at the frozen Snow Crystal Silver Lion, not a trace of worry could be seen on Chu Xiu's face.

He simply silently moved away from the Snow Crystal Silver Lion, came to another laboratory bench, turned on a stove, and stood next to it to warm himself.

Hum!!!

Crack... crack!

About two and a half hours later, a milky-white light of evolution suddenly flashed on the Snow Crystal Silver Lion, which had been frozen in solid ice. At the same time, the sound of the ice layer shattering rang out alongside the flashing light of evolution.

"It's about to succeed!"

Boom!!!

Just as Chu Xiu was thinking this in his heart, the solid ice sealing the Snow Crystal Silver Lion shattered with a bang, turning into broken ice fragments all over the floor, revealing the figure of the Snow Crystal Silver Lion after its evolution.

"Ding, the host has successfully evolved the Snow Crystal Silver Lion, Achievement Points +100!"

Chu Xiu also hurriedly raised his eyes to look, only to see that the Snow Crystal Silver Lion's body size hadn't undergone obvious changes after its evolution, except that its originally silver-white fur had completely disappeared, replaced by a layer of translucent ice armor.

The claws under its four limbs were half longer than before its evolution, and its pair of lion pupils had also turned ice-blue. With every breath, ice shards fell from the surrounding air.

At first glance, the whole thing looked like a walking male lion ice sculpture, majestic and extraordinary.

[Snow Shadow Battle Lion]

[Attribute]: Ice

[Quality]: Excellent

[Level]: Bronze 1-Star

[Innate Skills]: Ice Crystal Armor, Frost Impact, Ice Storm Combo, Snow Shadow Flash

[Status]: Perfect

[Evolution Chain]: Snow Crystal Silver Lion - Snow Shadow Battle Lion - Winter Sacrificial Lion - Ice Soul Lion Emperor - Extreme Cold Holy Lion

[Snow Shadow Battle Lion - Winter Sacrificial Lion (Extreme Cold Evolution): Absorb the extreme cold energy of 10 polar ice crystals, then take 3 winter sacrifice soul fruits, each having frozen the souls of 10 ice-attribute beasts of Silver Grade or above, and swallow them to complete the evolution.]

[Description]: Evolved from the mutant beast Snow Crystal Silver Lion, wielding powerful ice-type magic power, with even swifter speed and immense potential.