Shadow Walking
Leo rushed towards the location provided by Alice at top speed, each step covering a distance of 4800 meters.
If a higher life form were to look down from high above, upon seeing through the shadows, it would see a figure moving at an instantaneous speed over an equal distance, leaving afterimages with each step.
Leo's current speed is unmatched by any other flight speed, of course, this is without considering the consumption of mana.
Every action requires magical support, especially such a clearly exceptionally powerful ability, which consumes an even more terrifying amount of energy.
According to the principle of conservation of energy, you have to expend energy to gain what you want.
Each step teleports 4800 meters, which is nearly 5 kilometers. You can imagine how terrifying the expenditure of magical power is.
Therefore, it's understandable that Leo, despite possessing such formidable combat power, constantly worries about the depletion of his magical energy.
If it weren't for nuclear fission replenishing his energy, each of his battles would last no more than half a minute.
When the total amount of magic power in his body dropped to half, Leo arrived at the location provided by Alice.
The energy within the Godslaying Staff's body, but it could only maintain it at around 50% of the total. It was impossible to allow Leo to recover any more.
As Leo's level increased and his strength grew, his total mana also increased, leading to a gradual increase in its consumption, and the effectiveness of the Godslaying Staff began to diminish.
If Benji were to carry Leo across the same distance, Benji would consume less than one-tenth of the Leo Leo would, but it would take dozens of times longer. Not to mention a few hours, Benji would need to fly for several days.
This is why Leo never uses Shadow Walking for long-distance movement; it's fine for short distances, but long distances consume too much mana.
Why are there so Tiger Beastmen?
Upon arriving at the location provided by Alice, before even seeing Alice, they were greeted by a vast army of Tiger Beastmen wielding refined weapons, stretching across the mountains and fields.
This was a barren hilly area, devoid of any large life forms for hundreds of kilometers around. Yet now, it was teeming with at least hundreds of thousands of Tiger Beastmen, who were encircling a certain location in a siege formation.
Their weapons were all aimed at that spot, and many Tiger Beastmen of level one or higher flying in the sky were also advancing layer by layer into that area.
That location was exactly the hiding place Alice had provided for Leo, the location was spotless.
"Boom"
Just as Tiger Beastmen approached within thirty meters, a terrifying cold current suddenly erupted from the ground.
The cold frost, in the form of pure white ice crystals and mist, swept towards all the Tiger Beastmen, like the gentlest wife brushing the dust off her lover.
The seemingly slow-spreading ice crystal mist filled the entire space within two hundred meters in just a few breaths, with tiny ice crystals refracting the sunlight from the sky, transforming into beautiful, colorful halos.
Behind beauty often lies deadly danger, a deadly weapon; roses may be beautiful, but they are covered in thorns.
The advancing Tiger Beastmen army inhaled white ice crystals. Within a hundred meters Tiger Beastmen were instantly frozen into ice sculptures by the white ice crystal mist, their life force disappearing within a breath. Their last moments were frozen in the moment they took their first step in attack.
The only downside is that those on the ground are all low-level Tiger Beastmen; those above level one are flying in the sky.
As for the flying Tier 1 or higher Tiger Beastmen, apart from a few who were frozen into ice sculptures because they were too close to dodge, the rest all managed to avoid them.
The next instant, the white ice crystal mist churned and suddenly shot out a sky full of ice arrows, launching a frenzied and dense attack on the army of level one and above Tiger Beastmen in the sky in an indiscriminate manner.
The Tiger Beastmen parried with their weapons, shattering numerous ice arrows under their heavy weapons. The seemingly harmless ice arrows were completely ineffective.
But soon, Tiger Beastmen were pierced through the body by a barrage of ice arrows, and fell from the sky as the cold froze them.
As the first Tiger Beastmen fell, more and more Tiger Beastmen followed suit. By the time the ice arrows ended, dozens fewer Level 1 Tiger Beastmen were flying in the sky, managing to tear a gap in the dense attack formation.
Leo could see clearly that although the Tiger Beastmen initially blocked the ice arrows with their weapons, the cold aura contained in the ice arrows crept up their bodies through their weapons, causing them to suffer from the side effect of being frozen and slowed down.
This explains why these Tiger Beastmen were frequently hit by ice arrows during their later blocking maneuvers.
Alice's victory appeared brilliant; she eliminated over a hundred Tiger Beastmen in just two attacks, including dozens of Level 1 Tiger Beastmen. However, her attacks also meant that she had revealed her location.
"Roar, kill the evil wizard!"
A furious roar came from a level 2 Tiger Beastmen. These Tiger Beastmen actually raised their weapons and fired them like javelins towards Alice in the most violent way.
In an instant, the sky seemed to darken, and the terrifying whistling of javelins tearing through the air echoed like the grim laughter of death.
" Leo, hurry up and do it, or Alice..."
Seeing the javelins raining down, although most of them were thrown by low-level Tiger Beastmen with an attack power of no more than 200 points, the javelins from level one and level two Tiger Beastmen could definitely damage Alice.
Yaoyao couldn't help but remind Leo that if Alice got hurt right under their noses...
Leo nodded, ready to make his move.
But just as he was about to raise the Godslaying Staff, he immediately lowered it after sensing something. Within the range of the white ice crystal mist, he sensed that Alice had already left the attack range through some kind of witchcraft.
"Boom boom boom"
These javelins, like a barrage of high-explosive bombs, rained down on the spot where Alice had just been, flattening the low hills into flat land.
The gray smoke and dust filled the air, blending into the white ice crystal mist, turning the battlefield at the center of the battle into a sandstorm mixed with mud, where no one could see what was happening inside.
Leo's gaze wandered, finally settling on a spot unnoticed by Tiger Beastmen.
With a light step, he emerged from the shadows and his figure appeared in the real world.
This area is only a kilometer away from the hilly region we just left, and it is also surrounded by the Tiger Beastmen army. However, the Tiger Beastmen army here is all rushing towards the muddy sandstorm in the center of the battlefield and has not noticed this place.
The moment Leo emerged from the Shadow Walking, the Tiger Beastmen beside him immediately saw Leo.
"Roar"
"There is also an evil wizard here."
A level one Tiger Beastmen with extremely bad luck happened to be right behind Leo. During his charge, a gray-robed wizard suddenly appeared before him.
His first reaction was to shout loudly and then charge at the evil wizard.
At such close range, it seemed as if a single step would be enough to pierce the evil wizard's chest with the sharp spear in his hand.
He can gain the qualification to enter level two if he kills the wizard in front of him.
He wanted to capture the wizard before the other beastmen could react, and enjoy the spoils of victory for himself.
But as this Level 1 Tiger Beastmen remained lost in his dream of advancing to Level 2, he saw the evil wizard before him suddenly unleash a torrent of lightning, engulfing him and every Tiger Tribe he could see around him...
He knew nothing more after that.
Of course, he knew nothing, because he had been charred to death by Leo's thunder magic. Not only him, but thousands of Tiger Beastmen within a radius of three hundred meters were also instantly killed by Leo's wide-range thunder magic.
Leo was like a spherical lightning source, unleashing terrifying lightning. Each lightning chain, like a greedy silver serpent, absorbed the lives of all the beastmen within a three-hundred-meter radius.
" Leo, you've arrived."
Just as Leo unleashed his sorcery and killed thousands of Tiger Beastmen, Alice revealed herself from the void beside her, looking at the man before her with delight.
What she didn't expect was that, 20 years after she was caught up in the Tiger World rebellion, the first person to come to her rescue would be Leo!!!
Alice had just escaped from the center of the battlefield using the white ice crystal mist, and was quietly hiding here. None of the Tiger Beastmen who passed by her could spot her.
The fact that Leo was able to appear here so precisely means that her every move was within Leo's sight.
The moment Alice appeared, Yaoyao Yao jumped from Leo's shoulder into Alice's arms, sniffing the long-lost scent of frost, and said to Alice in a coquettish tone:
" Alice, I've missed you so much! You have no idea how many times I've cried my eyes out in front of the Ice Palace while you were gone. Next time you're going to do such a dangerous mission, you must tell me in advance. Don't do anything as foolish as leaving a will saying you'll leave all your assets to Leo."
Alice was initially excited and happy to see Leo and Yaoyao, was instantly transported back twenty years the moment she heard the last words...
All her joy and happiness froze on her face; she was probably so happy that she forgot what the last message she sent back said.
When Leo saw Alice's rare smile freeze on her face, and even a hint of blush appear on her cheeks, he knew that Alice was unusually embarrassed.
The fact that Yaoyao words could break down the defenses of a goddess who had always maintained an icy, beautiful persona shows just how devastating they were.