Chapter 425 A New Marke (1/2)
At that moment, the only thing the Yellow-Browed Emperor Monster Penguin could feel was a sharp biting cold penetrating its entire body. As an Ice-type monster, it had never known what 'cold' felt like for as long as it had lived, the first time it came into this world as a baby penguin notwithstanding.
So this is what 'cold' feels like… The Yellow-Browed Emperor Monster Penguin's eyes were glazed. Its consciousness was slowly fading away...
Suddenly, dazzling light flashed out from the icy blue crown on its head.
In the next instant, its eyes regained focus, then it let out a roar. A rush of energy surged through its body. Cracks began snaking across the layer of frost that was holding it in place.
”Icy Hell!” The enraged Yellow-Browed Emperor Monster Penguin activated its monster ability, causing both earth and sky to tremble around it. A cold wind howled across the land. Ice spikes surged out from the ground at a frightening speed.
In the span of a mere second, more ice spikes exploded from the ground before converging into a single icy pillar that pierced both heaven and earth. Fog spread through the gaps between the ice spikes. With a resounding crack, the fog solidified around the spikes into an icy chain that wrapped the whole thing up like a bow.
”What a cool ability,” exclaimed Gao Peng as he marveled at the scene before him.
”Nothing I haven't seen before; this is the North Pole, after all. I would be quite impressed if the penguin was able to pull this off in Yuzhou.” The Desolate Frost Lion's voice echoed in Gao Peng's head.
After saying this, it began glancing warily at its surroundings. Even though its tone implied that it didn't think much of this Lord-tier emperor penguin, the lion still had its eyes fixed on the penguin's every move, in case the latter had any more tricks up its sleeve.
The Desolate Frost Lion grimaced at the icy hellscape that had formed around the penguin. A savage look appeared on its face.
The lion opened its mouth wide. Copious amounts of icy blue fog began issuing from the ice pillar before rushing into the lion's maw. As it swallowed more of the icy fog, the icy hellscape around it began crumbling. It was gradually losing its ethereal luster...
With one last deep breath, the Desolate Frost Lion brought the whole thing down. The ice pillar too had collapsed, along with the ice chain around it. Upon seeing this, the Yellow-Browed Emperor Monster Penguin immediately turned around and fled the place.
Not one to show mercy, the Desolate Frost Lion lunged forth with a roar, striking the back of the penguin's head with a claw. Bang—
The penguin's body shook for a moment. Then it fell to the ground, devoid of all life.
When the deed was finally done, the Desolate Frost Lion licked its claws clean of the penguin's blood. Narrowing its eyes, it shook its mane free of dust and frost and walked back to Gao Peng, its gait pompous. Its body began shrinking with each step until finally, it returned to the smallest size possible.
This was the new ability that the Desolate Frost Lion had gained after returning to King-tier. This ability had only appeared to Gao Peng as a bunch of question marks when he first met the lion, implying that it had yet to be awakened.
[Monster Traits]: Frost Consumption (Born by the frost, die by the frost. The Desolate Frost Lion is capable of absorbing and converting external ice energy into its own power.
Active Effect 1: All the ice energy that the Desolate Frost Lion has absorbed will be stored in its abdomen. Caution: absorbing too much ice energy from its environment could have a negative effect on its body.
Active Effect 2: It can release all the ice energy that it has absorbed as its own attack.)
This was an extremely situational ability. However, its effect served to counter Ice-type monsters in particular. This was one of the reasons why Gao Peng wasn't worried at all about Desolion's confrontation with the Yellow-Browed Emperor Monster Penguin.