Evolving by devouring from a young dragon

Leon's expression changed drastically.

"Your Excellency Wolf King, I..."

"I know about the seal," the Wolf King interrupted him. "The seal on the Ancient Void Dragon does exist, and it is indeed loosening."

"But the guardian of that seal is not your Lion Clan."

He took a step forward.

With just this one step, countless ice crystals condensed in the air, and immense pressure rushed in, making it hard for the lion to breathe.

Even Alduin, who was hiding in the shadows, felt a chill run down his spine.

Leon instinctively took a step back, his legs trembling uncontrollably, and he fell to his knees with a thud.

"The guardians of the seal are long dead; now a hybrid black dragon lives there." The Wolf King's voice was devoid of any emotion.

"The Rock Emblem in your hand was originally meant to reinforce the seal; you snatched it from him."

Leon's expression changed.

"You think this news won't reach the Ice Plains?" The Wolf King tilted his head slightly, a hint of contempt appearing in his icy blue pupils. "I knew about the Lion Clan's raid on the southern territory and the theatrical insignia half a month ago."

He took another step forward.

Leon's kneeling body trembled uncontrollably, and his head involuntarily lowered.

"You came to my icy plains, stood on my land, and fabricated a flimsy lie, trying to trick me into handing over the Crystal Emblem?" The Wolf King's voice grew colder and colder.

"Do you think I'm your dying king, someone you can fool with a few words?"

The wolf king raised its right paw and gently swung it.

Pure legendary power overflowed from the Wolf King's body, and a cold, icy blue light burst forth from its claws, so fast that even Alduin's vertical pupils only caught a fleeting afterimage.

Leon didn't even have time to react.

The light struck his chest, and he felt as if he had crashed into an iceberg. He was sent flying backward and crashed heavily onto the ice hundreds of meters away, rolling more than a dozen times before coming to a stop.

He wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and, supporting his twisted and fractured right arm, managed to turn over.

one strike.

When Legendary at its peak faces Epic, it's a complete and utter crushing defeat.

……

Auduin saw all of this clearly from a distance.

His vertical pupils contracted slightly, but his body remained motionless. His dragon wings were tightly folded, and his aura was suppressed to the lowest level. He concealed himself in the shadow of the ice hill, not daring to reveal himself in the slightest.

The wolf king glanced casually in the direction where he was hiding, said nothing, and simply walked to Leon's side, coldly looking down at him.

"You can't get the Crystal Rock Emblem," the Wolf King said in a calm tone. "But I can spare your life. Tell me your true purpose, and you can leave the Ice Plains alive."

Leon coughed up blood, lowered his head, and remained silent, lost in thought.

Seeing this, the wolf king stopped arguing with him and gently waved its paw.

The ice wolf guarding the gate immediately understood, stepped forward, picked up Leon, and turned to walk into the ice cave.

But the wolf king did not leave. He stood there, his icy blue eyes piercing through the wind and snow, landing on the shadow of the ice mound not far away, looking towards the place where Alduin was hiding.

"come out."

Auduin did not hesitate.

His body emerged from the shadows on the ice hill, his dragon wings folded, and the magical fluctuations on his body subsided as he walked up to the Wolf King.

"Young dragon," the Wolf King's voice remained calm, "you're here to trick me into giving you the Crystal Rock Emblem too?"

"No," Alduin stared directly at the wolf king with his dark gold vertical pupils, "I'm here to chase after him."

He was referring to the lion, Leon.

"He stole my things, that stone emblem. I chased him for half a month, all the way from the South to the North. I need that stone emblem to go back and reinforce the seal."

The wolf king did not speak, but simply looked at him quietly with deep eyes.

"You're telling the truth." He withdrew his gaze, but the oppressive aura pressing down on Alduin lessened somewhat.

"I won't stop you from retrieving your things, but this is my icy plain, not your hunting ground."

"Besides, the Rock Emblem is now mine, and I only believe in equal exchange."

Alduin fell silent; he understood the wolf king's attitude.

The wolf king nodded, turned and left, raising his right paw and pointing to the southern border of the ice plains:

"Now, leave, take your servants, and depart from the permafrost plains, never to return. Otherwise—"

Before he could finish speaking, his figure had already disappeared into the wind and snow.

Alduin remained silent for a moment, then spread his dragon wings and flew off in a certain direction.

Not far away, Bru emerged from behind the ice cliff. He scratched his head, looked at Alduin, chuckled sheepishly, and then silently followed behind him.

One in black, one in gray, two figures gradually disappeared into the distance in the wind and snow.

……

Auduin stepped out of the ice field's edge.

The wind and snow gradually subsided behind him, and the chill in the air eased.

He stood on the frozen plain, looking back at the silvery-white world, his vertical pupils devoid of any emotion.

Blue crouched beside him, silent as a stone... even though he himself was a stone.

"Boss," Blue couldn't help but ask, "Are we really leaving?"

"Otherwise what?" Alduin glanced at him. "A legendary Ice Marrow Wolf, you're going to go and fight it?"

Blue chuckled sheepishly, scratched his head, and said nothing more.

Auduin withdrew his gaze, stood at the edge of the tundra plain, his vertical pupils looking towards the glacier, and remained silent for a long time.

The Wolf King's attitude was clear: if he wanted to take back the Rock Emblem, he had to pay with an equivalent legendary artifact.

He has no shortage of power or territory; what he lacks are treasures of the same caliber.

Alduin is just a seventh-tier epic dragon, not even an adult yet, how could he possibly produce a legendary treasure?

The moon soul in his soul sea is qualified, but he would never hand it over even if his life depended on it.

Therefore, he only had one choice: to exchange the other stone emblem for the rock emblem.

But Lion King's side couldn't fight head-on. The opponent looked exhausted, but who knew what tricks they had up their sleeves or how long they would have to drag this out?

After much deliberation, his only option was to find the last remaining stone emblem, the Desolate Mound Emblem.

This was an obvious predicament, but he had no choice.

When he was secretly observing earlier, he confirmed that Leon had no other aura fluctuations besides the Rock Emblem.

So, Huang Longhui probably hasn't been found yet, and I still have a chance.

But Alduin still didn't move.

This journey to the icy plains was completely unexpected, and it was all Leon's fault.

Why?

Leon offered himself up, fabricating a lie full of holes. The wolf king saw through it, and Leon was severely injured and imprisoned.

Throughout the entire process, he did not put up any resistance, nor did he even attempt to escape.

Alduin didn't believe that someone capable of plotting against him would be so stupid.

That's an epic-level lion with extremely high mastery of spatial magic. If it really wanted to escape, even if it couldn't defeat the wolf king, it could at least tear open a rift and get away.

But he didn't.

What does this tell us?

This shows that being imprisoned was his purpose.