Evolving by devouring from a young dragon

The lion king's roar echoed in the sea of ​​souls.

The giant lion's soul, which had been lying on the ground, suddenly raised its head, and the yellow light flowing on its mane ignited violently, turning into raging flames.

Its body sprang up from its slump, opened its massive maw, and roared silently, its legendary soul pressure sweeping across all directions.

But Alduin was no longer in the Sea of ​​Souls; that wisp of his soul had been destroyed when it was forcibly merged with the other party.

The price was the complete annihilation of that wisp of his soul, which could never be retrieved, but that was insignificant.

Unfortunately, the fusion of memories is a two-way street.

Alduin stole Leon's whereabouts and the location of the two emblems from the Lion King's mind, and in that instant, the Lion King also saw a part of Alduin's memories.

Alduin opened his eyes, and in his vertical pupils was the image of the old lion on the stone throne, recovering from its shock.

The Lion King reacted faster than he had anticipated.

The Lion King suddenly opened his cloudy right eye, his pupil filled only with furious killing intent.

"you--!"

The lion king's roar was like rocks shattering, and terrifying legendary magic shook the altar, causing rubble to fall from the dome.

The Lion King stood up from his stone throne.

Auduin felt a chill run down his spine and quickly retreated, sensing something was amiss.

The decaying, half-petrified body, long considered incapable of rising, slowly detached itself from the stone seat.

The rocks crumbled and peeled away, like a thousand-year-old stone statue awakening, its body hunched over, covered in scars, most of its body already turned to stone, but when it stood up, the entire altar prostrated itself at its feet.

The rock-cracked emblem shone brightly in his palm.

"You can't leave!"

The Lion King raised his right arm and clenched his fist tightly.

The space around the altar was distorted and torn apart.

The power of the Rock Rift Emblem spread outwards from the Lion King, creating gray-white patterns in the air, like a dense spiderweb, sealing off the entire altar space.

Alduin's dragon wings had just unfolded, and shadows appeared beneath his feet, but his body remained rooted to the spot.

His heart sank, and he cursed under his breath.

This is not a spatial seal, but a spatial distortion and misalignment. He can manipulate spatial magic and tear open rifts in the Shadow Realm, but the other side of the rift is not where he wants to go.

Each jump was bounced back to the original position by the distorted space, like a headless fly, unable to find the right exit no matter what.

If it were just a spatial blockade, he could still escape, but a warped space is different. It doesn't prevent you from using magic, but rather renders your magic meaningless.

Jumping in the wrong direction will result in a random landing point, and you might even end up in the rock face.

I didn't expect the other party to have this trick up their sleeve... no, I should say that the power of the Rock Crack Emblem can be used in this way.

He had learned from the Lion King's memories about the power of the Rock Crack Emblem, which represented mountains collapsing, earthquakes, shattering, and extreme violence. Their Lion Clan's magic also originated from this.

Alduin was somewhat moved; a legendary artifact, and not even a complete one, had actually nurtured a legendary race…

But now is not the time for sentimentality; the key is how to escape.

He tried to spread his dragon wings, attempting to force his way into the crack in the dome.

But just as the dragon's wings unfurled, an invisible force twisted it to the side, causing its body to involuntarily spin half a circle before crashing heavily to the ground.

The distorted space caused his every move to deviate completely from its original intention... no, the space was completely disordered, causing him to misjudge even the trajectory of his own movements.

He glanced down, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes, and remained silent for a moment.

Then, his gaze returned to calm.

"That's interesting."

The Lion King did not rush to attack, but simply stared coldly at Alduin.

He stood there, the light from the Cracked Rock Emblem steadily emanating, maintaining the distortion of space.

But his breathing became increasingly heavy, his body trembled slightly, and the magical energy fluctuations around him became increasingly chaotic.

Compared to directly killing an epic young dragon, trapping it is clearly much simpler.

Given his current damaged state, facing an epic-level young dragon head-on would be extremely costly for him, even if he managed to kill it. It would be a losing proposition.

In comparison, trapping Alduin is much easier than killing him directly.

The Lion King's eyes grew even colder as he fixed his gaze on the mixed-blood black dragon before him.

Alduin got up from the ground and scanned his surroundings with his vertical pupils.

A direct assault won't work, dragonfire won't work—the flames will deviate from their target in distorted space, making it impossible to hit the Lion King. Spatial magic won't work, and physical movement won't work either…

His gaze fell to his side, to the northeast corner of the altar, then he looked at the Lion King, but there was no fear in his eyes, only a hint of amusement.

"Old man, do you really think I was forced here by accident?"

The Lion King's pupils contracted, his heart sank, and he sensed something was wrong.

Just now, when he was fully activating the Rock Rift Emblem spell, Alduin retreated all the way and happened to stop here. He took it as an unintentional move by the other party in his haste to avoid danger. But now that he thought about it, given Alduin's ability to steal memories with the power of his soul, he must have already learned about it from the clues in the royal city...

Alduin sneered, and black and red flame magic surged around him, erupting instantly. The space around him trembled violently, and in the blurry light and shadow, his figure began to penetrate the chaotic spatial patterns.

Alduin looked at the Lion King and said with a mocking smile, "This is my escape route!"

Immediately afterwards, Alduin's figure vanished, disappearing completely into the distorted space!

The Lion King raised his hand, his fingertips flashing with magic, as if he was about to make a move. However, a hint of hesitation flashed in his eyes, and he eventually lowered his arm. In the end, he could only let out a cold snort, sit back down on the stone seat, close his eyes and remain silent, but his face was terribly gloomy.

……

Alduin looked out at the azure sky, remained silent for a moment, and then let out a long sigh of relief.

Just now, he used the spatial magic that Leon had used before leaving to create a spatial tunnel.

That node was already stable. Although the Lion King could distort space, he dared not touch it lightly, otherwise, if the passage was damaged, Leon's return would be delayed indefinitely, which would be extremely disadvantageous to him.

Hmph, little lion king. Once he's completely turned to stone, I'll come back and take the Cracked Rock Emblem.

Auduin snorted inwardly.

He was merely temporarily avoiding the limelight. Once the old lion's life force was exhausted and it was completely petrified, this legendary artifact would eventually fall into his hands.

With that thought in mind, he turned his gaze back to the depths of the North, the exact location he knew from the old lion's memories.

The frozen ice plains stretch for thousands of miles, and the Crystal Rock Emblem is held by the Ice Marrow Wolf Clan, the race that lives there.

Leon will definitely go to this frozen ice field.

He will definitely do everything in his power to seize the Crystal Rock Emblem from the Ice Marrow Wolf Clan before making any further plans.

Auduin hesitated for a moment, calculating the time; Blue should have reached the North by now…

Without further hesitation, he flapped his dragon wings, his figure flashed, and he disappeared from the spot, rushing towards the direction of the perpetually frozen ice field at full speed.

He wanted to personally watch Leon fall into a desperate situation, reclaim his own Rock Emblem, and, if possible, take the rest of the Stone Emblems as well.