Yun Yun

Deep within the Monster Mountain Range.

Beneath a waterfall, a bare-chested youth stood under the cascading torrent, enduring its powerful impact as he relentlessly tempered his body.

Standing beneath the waterfall, a faint golden glow shimmered across his body. With a single palm strike, he actually split the waterfall apart, cutting off its flow. Only after a moment did it resume.

Lin Feng leaped onto the bank. Dou Qi surged over his body, instantly evaporating the moisture. After getting dressed, he sensed the power within him. Ever since breaking through to the Dou Master realm last time, his recent cultivation had steadily stabilized his strength.

These days, he had been cultivating deep within the Monster Mountain Range, constantly seeking out magical beasts to fight and strengthen his body. He could feel that he had vaguely touched upon the third gate of the Eight Inner Gates. Perhaps it would not be long before he could open it.

What puzzled him was that he had already been in the Monster Mountain Range for nearly a month, yet the check-in had still not succeeded. He had begun to wonder whether he needed to complete some hidden tasks before he could check in successfully.

That was why he had not been in a hurry to leave. First, he had yet to successfully check in; second, he could use the magical beasts here to train himself; third, the area was rich in medicinal herbs, which could help him refine pills.

As for Xiao Yan, he was not too worried.

With Yao Lao around, even if Yao Lao was currently in poor condition, a Dou Wang would still be incapable of killing him.

So, for Lin Feng, this was the time to rapidly improve his strength. When he had faced Ge Ye and the other two last time, he had already found it difficult. Especially against a Dou Wang, before absolute power, Lin Feng truly had no way to fight back.

If not for his powerful body, the Undying Scripture, and the Meteor Tear, Yun Leng's strike would likely have killed him then.

"Ge Ye, Yun Leng, Misty Cloud Sect... Heh. When we meet again, I'll make you repay this tenfold."

Somewhere in the Monster Mountain Range, Xiao Yan had just finished battling a magical beast. After taking its Magic Core, he wiped away his sweat and leaned against the beast's corpse to rest, gasping heavily.

"I wonder how Feng Ge is doing."

Yao Lao's voice sounded. "Don't worry. Lin Feng isn't someone who will so easily come to harm. You, on the other hand, need to raise your strength as soon as possible."

"Stay a few more days. Once your strength is sufficient, we'll set out from here for the Tagor Desert."

Xiao Yan nodded. Thinking of what had happened that day, if he had not been so useless, not only would Feng Ge not have been injured with his life unknown, but his teacher would not have had to expend so much soul power to protect him, nearly falling asleep once more.

"Misty Cloud Sect, I, Xiao Yan, will remember every one of these debts. If anything happens to Feng Ge, I'll make you bury yourselves with him."

After some more time passed, Lin Feng relied on the accumulation and battles of recent days to break through consecutively, reaching the three-star Dou Master realm.

He glanced at the corpse of the third-tier magical beast on the ground. It had truly been formidable; even he had needed to put in some effort to take it down.

After harvesting its Magic Core, he nodded in satisfaction. This thing was an excellent ingredient for pill refinement, and even outside, it could fetch a decent price.

Just then, a violent energy fluctuation and a savage lion's roar rang out like muffled thunder, echoing across the sky.

Hearing that furious roar, Lin Feng's expression changed slightly.

He looked up and saw an enormous magical beast. Its seven- or eight-meter body was covered in a layer of purple crystalline armor, which shone brilliantly beneath the sunlight, dazzling to the eye.

The beast had a rather ferocious lion's head, blood-red beast pupils, and a huge maw lined with fangs. A fiery red spiral horn protruded from its head, with clusters of purple flames rising from it. A pair of purple wings grew from its back; with each flap, purple fire swept forth, covering the heavens and earth.

At the sight, something immediately came to Lin Feng's mind, and he abruptly looked toward the other side.

A woman stood suspended in the air. A plain dress wrapped around her full, delicate figure, while she held an oddly shaped longsword that emitted an azure glow. Her dark hair was gathered into a noble phoenix-style coiffure, and her beautiful face was calm and composed. Behind her, a pair of azure wings looked somewhat illusory, yet radiated a powerful aura.

Though dressed in plain robes, the woman's graceful and noble bearing was impossible to conceal.

Lin Feng narrowed his eyes as he looked at the figure in the sky and murmured, "Yun Yun."

Though he knew his arrival had brought some changes to this world, he had not expected to encounter Yun Yun himself.

He wondered where Xiao Yan had gone now. If things had changed, had he encountered some other opportunity instead?

"Human woman, why have you come to disturb this king's rest?" the massive Amethyst Winged Lion King roared in human speech from the sky.

"I wish to borrow the Lion King's Purple Spirit Crystal," Yun Yun said softly, her beautiful eyes fixed on the Amethyst Winged Lion King. Her voice was calm, yet as crisp and pleasant as pearls falling onto a jade plate.

Looking at that captivating figure and peerless face, even Lin Feng could not help but praise her as a beauty without equal.

But that was all. Such a beauty certainly amazed Lin Feng, yet he was not a lust-addled fool like Liu Xi. Especially after what Ge Ye and the others had done, he was thoroughly disgusted with the Misty Cloud Sect.

Though he knew something of Yun Yun's character, he could not truly say he had any favorable feelings toward her.

Hearing their conversation, Lin Feng knew that a Great Battle would soon break out between them. Suddenly thinking of something, his eyes lit up. He immediately concealed himself and ran in a certain direction.

"I hope you can hold her off a little longer and give me enough time."

Boom!

Powerful energy fluctuations ravaged the heavens. One azure and one purple figure clashed continuously, shattering the trees and ground below beyond recognition.

Purple flames burned while hurricanes raged in the sky. A battle at the Dou Emperor level was truly terrifying. Yet Lin Feng hoped they would fight for as long as possible, because he was almost there.

Following his senses, he emerged from the dense forest, and a massive cave entrance appeared before him.

This was the Amethyst Winged Lion King's lair. Lin Feng knew that there were good things inside. With Yun Yun and the Lion King fighting, the defenses here were weak, making this the perfect chance to try his luck.

He looked at the third-tier magical beasts standing guard, took out some medicinal powder, and sprinkled it over himself. Then he took out another bottle and threw it into the distance. The magical beasts seemed to sense something and ran toward the bottle.

"That should do it."

Lin Feng took the chance to enter the cave. Purple crystals were embedded throughout its interior, illuminating the cavern. In the human world, such things were quite valuable.

However, these were not Lin Feng's target. He continued deeper into the cave, concealing his aura and avoiding the magical beasts left behind to guard the place.

Before long, Lin Feng saw a round platform over a meter tall, piled entirely from amethyst crystals at the center of the cave.

"I'm here."

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