The Beast-Horned Tiger

 Ice Elemental Mastery: The ability to summon and control ice elements at will, causing all sorts of environmental effects.

Ice Elemental Body: Dual cultivation in both the physical and magical. Has both a natural talent for casting ice magic and very strong physical combat potential. Retains the extremely strong self-healing ability of the elemental water demon.

Water-Rock-Ice Sword: Freezes the enemy's wound when slashing, causing secondary damage and the death of nearby tissue.

Ice Leap: Teleports to target's vicinity and freezes their surroundings afterwards.

Storm Toss: Hurls the power of extreme ice out of one's hand, causing an explosion after touching the enemy. After destroying everything it freezes all things left behind.

Ice Spirit Shock: Frosts the enemy's mind after their impairment ends.

Ice Shield: Uses crystals to defend against the enemy's attacks, greatly increasing its strength.

Ice Colossus: A giant that creates ice and snow to assist in battle.

Icy Diancang Fist: Creates an area-of-effect freeze after damaging or killing enemies.

Jon looked at his current rank and raised it to the tier of advanced commander. He did not expect that his rank up this time would be such a small increase. It seemed that his progression would not be as fast as before.

"Alright, now that my rank up is complete, I can begin to explore this land. I need to understand what's going on here."

Jon strode towards the forest that towered into the clouds.

"Swoosh!"

Jon had just taken a step when an abrupt air-piercing sound rang in his ears. Then, he saw a crude wooden spear flying towards him.

He did not feel that the wooden spear was covered with battle aura or other similar matter, so Jon did not dodge. Instead, he used the ice armor that covered his body to meet the attack.

"Clang!"

The wooden spear broke its sharp tip and fell to the ground.

The attack did not stop. After having seen the result of the spear attack, a shadow appeared from the tree branch in front of him.

"Wooooo!"

A two-meter-long blue monster jumped down from the tree. Borrowing the massive amount of gravitational potential energy from the fall, it stomped its hideous feet on Jon.

Jon did a few backflips to dodge the attack. After evolving, his physical abilities had greatly improved. It was easy for him to do such an action.

When the blue monster landed and Jon stopped moving to stand up firmly, Jon finally saw the appearance of the attacking creature.

It was an ape creature covered in blue fur. It was two meters tall and had an arm span of more than three meters. It had a ferocious look and had four arms on its sides.

The virtual screen gave a prompt description:

Four-Armed Ape, Elite Level 13.

Description: A species that lives among giant trees. It has a bad temper and likes to play with its prey.

"Ding! Mission unlocked. Kill the four-armed ape."

Since a mission had popped up, Jon no longer had any reason to let the monster go. He immediately attacked.

"Icy Diancang Fist!"

Jon took a step forward and gathered the power of the ice element in his right hand. He threw it forward with all his strength.

"Roar!"

The four-armed ape bellowed and charged forward to meet Jon's fist.

"Crack."

The four-armed ape's right fist was broken by Jon's power. At the same time, the ice brought on by Jon's Icy Diancang Fist wantonly ended its life.

"Ding! Mission completed. Level 12 elite four-armed ape killed. Level fragment +500 obtained. Successfully extracted battle aura type advanced fragment +100 and water type advanced fragment +20 from the target's body."

After killing the enemy who had appeared out of nowhere, Jon continued to advance. The trees here were all more than 50 meters tall. When he reached a dense area of trees, he looked up and saw leaves and branches covering the sky and blocking the sun.

A breeze blew in front of him. The soft wind caressed his face, making him feel relaxed and pleased. At the same time, Jon was surprised to find that there was a fragrance in the wind.

"Wow, it smells so good. Better hurry up and go take a look."

Jon could not help but be filled with curiosity about what was in front of him. He pushed forward at an even hastier pace.

Pushing aside a gigantic leaf, Jon finally saw what was emitting the scent.

It was a 20-centimeter-tall orchid grass emitting a faint light. In the dark environment, its light added a hint of mystery to the other plants.

The virtual screen made a note for it:

Spirit Grass: A precious herb. It can be processed into a medicine that increases spiritual power.

The description of the spirit grass made Jon's eyes light up. Increase spiritual power? He happened to have a spiritual attack skill. If he refined this grass into medicine and consumed it, he wondered if it would increase the power of his Ice Spirit Shock. At the very least, even if he could not find someone who could refine this herb into medicine, just selling it to Iris would earn him a good profit.

However, Jon did not carelessly rush forward to pick up the treasure. After all, beside any treasure lies beasts protecting it. He had to first check out the situation around him.

"Roar!"

Sure enough, Jon quickly found a six-meter-long giant tiger nearby. Its entire body was covered in blue striped fur, and it had a single horn on its head. Its entire body was covered in blue scales that looked like those of a fish, and it was filled with a powerful aura.

The virtual screen gave a description:

Beast-Horned Tiger, Elite Level 19.

Description: A formidable creature that was born to use battle aura. Brutal, aggressive, and cruel by nature.

"Ding! Mission unlocked. Kill the Beast-Horned Tiger."

The system's mission popped up. At the same time, the monster also detected Jon's presence through the scent.

"Roar!"

The beast-horned tiger roared and jumped towards Jon.

"Ice Leap!"

As the saying went, strike first and gain the upper hand. Not wanting to lose initiative, Jon went to attack it.

Jon all of a sudden disappeared right there. While the beast-horned tiger was puzzled, it saw Jon abruptly appear in front of it again.

After Jon reappeared, an extremely strong chilly gust started to diffuse. A huge ice crystal all of a sudden spread out under Jon's feet and stabbed into the beast-horned tiger's body.

However, the huge ice crystal that was spread out by Ice Leap unexpectedly did not hurt the beast-horned tiger because a layer of blue battle aura had emerged from its body. It was like an armor, blocking the Ice Leap attack for it.

"Roar!"

The beast-horned tiger did not slow down. It raised its thick front claws and smacked towards Jon.

"Icy Diancang Fist!"

Jon used the Icy Diancang Fist to meet the beast-horned tiger's claws.

Within a split second, ice crystals and battle aura wreaked havoc on the surrounding environment. The Icy Diancang Fist, which was able to kill a four-armed ape with one punch, was only able to come even with the beast-horned tiger.

"Ice Leap!"

Jon teleported away from the front of the beast-horned tiger and landed on its back. After teleporting, four large ice thorns spread out and pierced into its back. However, there was still no progress; the ice crystals were blocked by its battle aura.

"Water-Rock-Ice Sword!"

The two-meter-long greatsword in Jon's hand was made up of elemental power. He raised it and slashed at the back of the beast-horned tiger.

"Clink!"

The front end of the water rock ice sword was destroyed, but it finally tore through the beast-horned tiger's battle aura defense. The greatsword cut into its flesh and immediately planted the rock inside of it. The greatsword also activated the cold air to freeze its wounds, causing all the nearby tissues to die.

"Roar!"

The beast-horned tiger cried out in pain. Its body did not move, and blue battle aura rushed out of its body like a giant hammer, crashing into Jon.