Frost Dragon

The family chatted, losing track of time, and only realized how many hours had passed much later.

Arthur felt embarrassed and arranged a lavish family banquet.

Afterward, he arranged a luxurious mansion for Garen and his family.

Just like that, Garen's family settled down in Light-Extinguishing City.

Because news of a Saint Realm Magical Beast among the group had reached the imperial capital, Prince Arthur's status rose significantly; although the Luo'ao Empire had many Saint Realm experts, only one stood truly by Emperor Gafni's side.

Arthur was very attentive to Garen's family affairs. Upon learning that Garen was already a Level 9 Grand Magus but lacked wind-style magic incantations, he personally delivered all the wind-style magic spell books within a few days.

Knowing that Clark's tiger-stripe bloodline was insufficient, and that Garen wanted him to drink the blood of a Saint Realm tiger to attempt to trigger the bloodline, Arthur had people investigate. He discovered that a medicinal herb called "Green Essence" could neutralize the violent energy of Saint Realm tiger blood, and he had already ordered his men to collect it.

The whole family was deeply moved, and Garen also felt the warmth of being cared for.

Garen then reciprocated the gesture. Upon learning that his uncle possessed a Level 9 "Mammoth," he gifted him a Magic Crystal Core from a Saint Realm Sand Dragon. The Mammoth was a peak Level 9 earth-style magical beast, and with the Saint Realm Sand Dragon's core, it had a high probability of evolving into a Saint Realm magical beast.

As long as a magical beast has signed a master-servant contract, it cannot break free regardless of how much its power exceeds its master's, so Garen felt quite at ease.

In the following period, Garen collected some precious ores and hired the best blacksmith in Light-Extinguishing City to help him reforge the Purple Dragon Bow.

Crafted from countless precious ores, Mithril, and the tendons of a Saint Realm dragon, the new Purple Dragon Bow was fully capable of being used in battles between Saint Realm experts.

Garen fantasized about going to the Higher Plane of Hell in the future to get his hands on more God-Slaying Arrows. At that time, the God Realm Map Function would definitely have a much wider range than his current perception. Since even Highgods in the Higher Planes could only perceive a range of a thousand meters, cultivating the Purple Dragon Bow to the level of an artifact would definitely be a great tool for ambushing people. With so many bandits in Hell, they were endless; by then, his experience would surely skyrocket, heh heh.

During his time in Light-Extinguishing City, Garen lived very comfortably, but his strength had almost stagnated. Relying solely on his own cultivation, whether for magic or battle qi, would take at least ten years. This might be a short time for others, but for Garen, who possessed a system, it was unacceptable.

Thus, Garen gave Xiao Pa a new task: to go to the Sunset Mountain Range to find groups of Level 9 magical beasts or Saint Realm magical beasts.

Although the northern part of the Luo'ao Empire was closest to the Dark Forest, he didn't want to go there yet, fearing he might attract the attention of some old monster.

As for the Magical Beast Mountain Range, having previously witnessed that the grand trend of the laws of fate in this universe was irreversible, Garen estimated that Dilin had already been released by Linley. Dilin was a ruthless character who treated humans as food; he might be preparing to launch a magical beast siege right now. If he went there, he might get caught in the crossfire, so it was best to avoid it.

Now, he could only set his sights on the Sunset Mountain Range. In a word: stable.

Without realizing it, it was already October, and the ten-thousand-year Yulan Festival was approaching. Time was running out. Garen quickly took out paper and pen and wrote a letter to Yale. He found a reason to persuade him to transfer his important assets in the Light Alliance and the Dark Alliance as soon as possible, hoping to reduce the losses of the Dawson Chamber of Commerce.

After more than half a month, Xiao Pa returned, having already scouted the situation in the Sunset Mountain Range.

Because most of the Sunset Mountain Range was close to the South Sea, low-level magical beasts bred in large numbers, making it easy for high-level beasts to find food. Therefore, there were few large groups of high-level beasts. The only large Level 9 magical beast groups were the Lion-Su, the One-Horned Giant Rhino, and the Frost Dragon. The Frost Dragon tribe had a Saint Realm Frost Dragon King.

There were also many Saint Realm magical beasts in the Sunset Mountain Range, including the Tyrannosaurus, Thunder Dragon, Golden Dragon, Thunder-Charging Lightning Leopard, Thunder-Winged White Tiger...

In a large city like Light-Extinguishing City, especially with his uncle openly opposing the Radiant Church, the Radiant Church definitely had many spies planted there.

However, after his uncle's Mammoth absorbed the energy from the Saint Realm Magic Crystal Core a while ago, it had successfully entered the Saint Realm. Moreover, Garen had previously sensed other Saint Realm experts in Light-Extinguishing City. Garen was finally relieved enough to let his parents live there while he went off to roam.

After grinding monsters in the Sunset Mountain Range this time, he would go to complete the side quest of saving Doehring Cowart. He would be away for a long time, so Garen specifically told his parents and then bid farewell to his uncle.

Riding the Golden Sun Eagle, he quickly arrived at the Sunset Mountain Range.

The Golden Sun Eagle couldn't help him deal with Level 9 magical beasts, otherwise, the damn system wouldn't give him experience, so Garen began his grueling monster-grinding journey again.

The Magical Beast Mountain Range had various terrains. On a plain, a group of Lion-Su were lying lazily; some were licking their fur, others were sleeping. They had no sense of the impending danger.

Garen descended like a god-king, a celestial being. Dealing with Level 9 magical beasts now was effortless and easy for him.

In a few minutes, the masters of this plain, the Level 9 Lion-Su, were wiped out.

More than seventy Lion-Su brought Garen 90,000 experience points, dozens of Magic Crystal Cores, one Primary Enhancement Stone, one Moon Stone, and two Primary Experience Cards.

He had already saved up twenty Primary Experience Cards. Although one card only provided 500 experience, totaling 10,000 experience, it seemed useless.

But these were good items. Garen could use them to "level-gate" his grinding. Experience cards could be used at any time, and if he encountered an enemy he couldn't beat in the future, he could use them instantly to break through during battle, giving the enemy a huge surprise.

A day later, in a forest, nearly a hundred One-Horned Giant Rhinos lay on the ground. A young man stood on the head of the largest one, looking coldly at the distant high mountains.

The distant mountains were at least ten thousand meters high, and everything above the mountainside was covered in ice and snow.

The youth was Garen. Nearly a hundred One-Horned Giant Rhinos had provided him with another 120,000 experience points, over ninety Level 9 Magic Crystal Cores, one Primary Enhancement Stone, two Level 1 Gems, and one Primary Experience Card.

The distant mountain was his next target: the gathering place of the Frost Dragons. There were not only numerous Level 9 Frost Dragons there, but also a Saint Realm Frost Dragon King.

Frost Dragons were water-style flying magical beasts with strong defense and high speed. Furthermore, the snowy mountain was their home turf, where their ice-style magic power was greatly increased. Although Garen's fire-style profound mysteries were not magic, they would still be slightly affected, and their power would be weakened.

Moreover, at the peak of the snowy mountain, the temperature was extremely low, and the Frost Dragons' ice-style magic had a slowing effect. With the interference of the Saint Realm Frost Dragon and the numerous Level 9 Frost Dragons casting magic at him simultaneously, if he were hit, his speed would be severely hampered.

A tough battle!