Devouring Dragon Heir-Chapter 36: Ch Eating Frost Fang dungeon - 2

Their organized formation disintegrated into a panicked, screaming mob.

They stumbled, fell, and tried to flee, but the crystals were everywhere.

By the time the full realization of the massive, devastating attack struck their collective minds, the ice crystals had already surged quite a bit resulting in a deadly harvest.

Like this, almost more than half of the three-thousand-strong Yeti army died within seconds, their bodies pierced and pinned by the new, terrifying landscape.

the other half consisted of the injured ones or the ones who had been just out of the skill’s 500-meter range by almost a hair’s breadth,

were left reeling in utter panic, their formations shattered, their morale destroyed.

The S-rank boss, the Tribe Leader, who had earlier been confidently anticipating the hunt of the powerful human, witnessed the instantaneous decimation of its army.

Its rage escalated to an unimaginable degree, like there was no limit to its fury.

Its guttural roars vibrated the air.

It spotted Klaus from a distance, a small, dark figure standing calmly behind its decimated forces, and instantly comprehended the source of the devastation.

Without wasting any more time, blinded by vengeance, the boss roared, calling forth a devastating Blizzard (S) skill, summoning a localized snowstorm of immense cold and low visibility.

Then, its massive form lowered, and it charged directly toward Klaus like there was no tomorrow, an unstoppable force of pure, focused rage.

The ground trembled with its thunderous advance.

Klaus looked at the approaching S-rank Yeti boss, his expression calm and unperturbed despite the creature’s immense size and obvious fury.

The beast was charging with a singular, destructive purpose.

"Why so angry, buddy?" Klaus chuckled, a low, dry sound that was entirely out of place amidst the desolation. "I was just making meat skewers for my meal."

As he spoke, he activated the second effect of his newly acquired skill, Crystal Garden (S): Targeted Impalement.

This time, as the massive boss ran, a singular, colossal, pillar-sized ice crystal shot from the ground with explosive force, aiming directly to impale the beast.

The boss, despite its rage, was an S-rank monster with sharp instincts. It veered sharply to its left, dodging the impaling strike by a hair’s breadth.

The massive crystal erupted harmlessly where its body had been a moment before, shattering the icy ground. This sequence repeated several times.

Klaus would activate Targeted Impalement, and a massive crystal would erupt, only for the boss to narrowly evade it.

This cat-and-mouse game, with the boss’s frustrated dodges and Klaus’s precise, repeated activations, began to irritate Klaus slightly, though it clearly infuriated the boss far more.

The S-rank Yeti’s roars grew louder, more guttural, as it continued its charge, its frustration mounting with each near miss.

The boss finally approached Klaus, closing the distance to about fifty meters.

Klaus could have easily ended the engagement.

He possessed Apex Velocity, which would allow him to instantly close the distance or evade any attack, and his potent sword skills, combined with his raw physical strength, could dispatch the S-rank Yeti quickly.

However, he had given himself a specific challenge: to rely solely on his Ice Affinity and ice-based skills. He would not allow himself to deviate from this self-imposed restriction.

Thus, a brutal game of cat and mouse truly began.

The S-rank boss, now boiling with an uncontrolled rage, chased Klaus like there was no tomorrow, its massive body thundering across the frozen landscape.

The sheer fury was entirely reasonable, after all. Klaus had, in a matter of moments, decimated its entire tribe, turning its brethren into frozen meat skewers of shattered crystal.

Klaus ran at his usual pace, maintaining a consistent distance from the charging boss.

He specifically avoided using Apex Velocity for rapid bursts of speed, upholding his self-imposed restraint. To be honest, he was enjoying the tactical challenge quite a bit.

it forced him to think creatively within the limitations he had set.

As he ran, leading the enraged Yeti on a specific path, Klaus began to utilize the Terrain Transformation effect of his Crystal Garden skill.

He subtly molded the ground beneath their path into an increasingly treacherous landscape.

Small, shimmering, razor-sharp bladed icicles, designed to be barely visible against the reflective ice, began to protrude from the surface.

These were not the massive impaling crystals, but insidious, ground-level hazards.

Their density increased the further they ran, turning the ice plain into a minefield of hidden blades.

Suddenly, with precise timing, Klaus reached a pre-planned location.0

He used a naturally protruded ice elevation, enhanced by a quick, subtle pulse of his Ice Manipulation to create a stable launch point, and jumped into the air.

His agile body executed a perfect arc, and he landed squarely on the head of the charging Yeti boss, directly between its large, furious eyes.

From his vantage point atop the S-rank Yeti’s head, Klaus swiftly summoned his thousand-strong Ice Golem army.

The golems materialized in clusters of hundreds, cold and silent, their forms a chilling grey-blue.

He gave them a simple, direct instruction: "Engage and eliminate the remaining injured Yetis."

"Quantity has a quality of its own,"

Klaus stated, his voice a low murmur, as he watched his legion of D ranked golems charge into the scattered, panicking remnants of the Yeti horde.

The golems, though individually weaker than A-rank Yetis, possessed sheer overwhelming numbers and were relentless. The crystal shards from his earlier Crystal Garden activation, which had devastated the army, began to subtly disappear as he mentally deactivated the skill’s active terrain effect.

The ground slowly returned to a more manageable, though still ice-covered, state, making it easier for his golems to traverse.

He then looked down at the Yeti boss below him.

The massive creature, disoriented and bewildered by Klaus’s sudden appearance on its head, had almost yielded.

Its movements were sluggish, a consequence of the new, insidious hazards on the ground.

The flesh of its feet, previously thick and armored, had been torn and lacerated by the nearly invisible ice blades Klaus had manifested.

Its face and shaggy fur were covered in numerous grazes and superficial cuts, indicating how many times it had closely dodged the smaller, ground-level ice shards Klaus had meticulously engineered into the terrain. The beast was suffering.

"Well then, goodbye, I guess,"

Klaus said to the confused boss. The creature’s sensations had already begun to go numb due to the seeping, pervasive cold entering its bloodstream through the countless small crystalline blades embedded in its feet and fur.

It was being subtly frozen from the inside out, its movements becoming stiffer, its mind clouding. It did not even register the impending doom.

It didn’t know when, but an ice spike, manifested with focused intent and alarming speed, had been launched directly towards its head from Klaus’s position atop its skull.

The boss’s vision went blank. The S-rank Yeti, Tribe Leader of the Frost Fang Dungeon, died instantly. Its massive body slumped forward,

collapsing onto the ice with a thunderous impact that reverberated through the very ground.

Only the silent battlefield remained. The sounds of combat quickly faded as Klaus’s golems efficiently dispatched the last of the injured Yetis.

In the center of the carnage was Klaus, standing calmly amidst the fallen, as he observed his golems salvaging the remains of the defeated creatures.

He issued another instruction to his loyal constructs:

"Collect the bodies of every monster I have killed and make a single, consolidated pile."

The golems, tireless and obedient, immediately began their work, systematically gathering the shattered remains of Yetis, both large and small, into one central location.

Meanwhile, Klaus went back and sat on his newly claimed throne, the immense ice formation that had served as his perch during the initial battle.

He closed his eyes, taking a few deep breaths to calm his nerves and alleviate the residual mental strain from creating Crystal Garden.

He felt the mana inside him, replenished and surging.

Soon, the golems completed their task.

A massive stockpile of Yeti bodies, hundreds upon hundreds of them, was meticulously piled high, forming a grotesque mountain of flesh and fur.

Klaus lazily extended his hand in the air, a gesture of command.

He activated Origin Absorption, focusing its power on the colossal pile.

Instantly, the entire stockpile began to disintegrate.

The process was swift and efficient, consuming the remains entirely.

The System diligently processed the immense influx of data and energy, awarding him numerous rewards.

[The system has organized the loot that the host has gained:]

[Skill Acquired: Blizzard (S)]

[Trait Acquired: Tribe Leader (A)]

[Ice Affinity +0.1% (1.8% --> 1.9%)]

[7700 Draw Points Gained]

Klaus looked at the rewards panel, which appeared directly in his mental vision.

He casually swiped the interface to the side, already accustomed to acquiring rewards at such a significant scale.

His rapid growth since transmigration had made such gains a regular occurrence.

"Let’s search for the dungeon core, I guess," Klaus muttered to himself.

He had spent considerable time in the Frost Fang Dungeon.

Till now, he had covered almost half of its known territory, exploring hundreds of kilometers from the initial gate.

He now had to delve deeper into the dungeon’s unexplored sections to find its core, the central nexus of its power.

He also considered a practical need. As he explored, he found himself wishing for a better way to track his movements and the areas he had already traversed.

He needed a reliable tracking skill, something to keep a detailed record of the areas he had already explored, ensuring he wouldn’t work inefficiently by backtracking or missing sections.

"System, initiate a supreme draw" Klaus commanded, feeling confident with his accumulated Draw Points.

[Command accepted] the System replied instantly.

"Keep the parameters [tracking] [mapping]," Klaus specified, narrowing the pool of potential skills to ensure he got what he truly needed.

[DING!! Do you want to deduct 610 DP for the draw??] the System asked for confirmation.

"Yes," Klaus confirmed without hesitation. 610 DP was a fair price for a guaranteed high-tier utility skill.

[DING!! The host has gained SSS-ranked skill Omniscient Tracking (SSS)] the System announced, a surprising and immensely valuable outcome.

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