What animals live in mountains? There are quite a few but the ones in front of Rowan and Jayden belonged to only one animal. The mountain lion. Looking at the mountain lions in front of them, Rowan couldn't help feeling happy for still wearing the pink suit of armour.
Rowan began counting the lions and found that there were around twenty of them. They were all female as he expected. A male lion would only lead a hunt to teach the lion cubs otherwise it would laze around for hours like a house cat.
The lions closed in on Rowan and Jayden slowly and kept fainting as if they will attack but they draw back before rushing. Rowan couldn't help but feel intimidated but he knew that handling these lions wouldn't be a problem but then he looked at the actual problem.
Behind the group of female lions were a huge male lion and it's eyes were red. Rowan knew that fighting drawn out fights were always a bad thing so he took the initiative. He threw the Kusanagi Sword, with three paper bombs attached to it, in front of the lions.
The paper bombs exploded view clouded the lions' views and rang in their ears. Rowan rushed forward and grabbed the Kusanagi Sword. He body flickered towards the male lion at the back. He got closer to the lion and got ready to stab it in the head.
The lion looked at the human that was approaching him and opened it's mouth. A roar erupted from the throat of the lion which stopped Rowan in his tracks. A sound wave was produced which crashed into him and sent him into the group of female lions.
Jayden ran forward and used half moon slash to slice off one of the lions' neck. The lions lost it and rushed at the two in the middle of them. Rowan quickly made a clone before grabbing Jayden and body flickering away from the clone.
The lions attacked the clone but the clone only formed a hand seal and the chakra in it's body went rampant. An explosion rang through the air which caught six lions at it's centre. The six lions were badly injured and bled to death in just a few seconds time.
The male lion rushed to Rowan and Jayden. Jayden ran to the front and used her best attack. "New Moon Slash!" she slashed at the male lion but it dodged the attack. The female lions following behind it wasn't so lucky though and seven of them became corpses.
The male lion roared again which sent Rowan and Jayden flying backwards. It rammed into Jayden who was the person that killed the most female lions. The six remaining lions attacked Rowan. Rowan poured chakra into the Kusanagi Sword.
Although it was unstable, the chakra still managed to sharpen the sword a little. Rowan body flickered past the six female lions and they all collapsed. Seeing this scene, the male lion attacked Rowan. It jumped into the air and smashed down with it's paw.
Rowan held up the Kusanagi Sword to intercept the paw but the power behind the behind the paw caused him to slide backwards a few metres before falling over a rock. The male lion was still not done as it jumped towards Rowan with it's claws extended from it's paws.
Rowan rolled out of the way, got up and body flickered a good distance away from the male lion. The lion looked at Rowan and then Jayden that finally managed to get up. Jayden looked at the lion with hateful eyes.
Rowan was tired of this lion and created a shadowclone. He held out his hand to the clone as a small swirling ball of chakra appeared. Sensing the power in the small ball, the lion opened it's mouth and sent out a majesty roar that echoed through the mountain range.
A shockwave caused by the roar flew through the air and caused the clone to disappear and the chakra, with which the small ball was being created, dissipated. The lion then rushed at Rowan again. A half moon projectile suddenly came from the lion's side and it dodged out of the way.
Jayden went to stand next to Rowan. They looked at the mighty foe in front of them. "If only I had the same eyes as you. Then I could distract it so that you could finish preparing your technique," Jayden said which gave Rowan an idea and some inspiration.
Rowan made four shadowclones. Two clones ran around the male lion before running towards it. Demon Illusion Shackling Stakes. Demon Illusion Mirage Crow. Two genjutsu was used to trap the lion. It was bound by stakes and lots of crows were surrounding it.
Rowan held out his hands to the two clones. Each clone started creating a small swirling ball of chakra. The balls got bigger and stronger. The clones turned into puffs of smoke and Rowan body flickered to the lion's front.
"Double Rasengan!" Rowan screamed before smashing the two Rasengan balls into the lion's face. The face of the lion disappeared and it fell over. Rowan looked at the yellow crystal that was on the ground right next to the lion and couldn't help but laugh.
'Crystals make these battles worth it,' Rowan thought as he collected the crystal. After gathering the crystals, Rowan and Jayden managed to find the stairs to the fourteenth floor next to the lion's den. Rowan looked in the lion's den but couldn't find anything so he and Jayden climbed to the fourteenth floor.
The fourteenth floor had the same naked mountain range as the thirteenth floor without any trees. Rowan was still excited though since they were so close to finishing the dungeon. Jayden looked at the far side of a particular mountain.
She could swore she saw something orange but it was gone now. There was only one small problem. The compass was pointing straight at the mountain that she saw the orange colour at. The worst of all was that Rowan seemed really excited. She could only sigh.