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In fact, Hai Bodong had already packed everything that needed to be packed; he only took a few changes of clothes.

Hai Bodong didn't take anything from the small shop where he had lived for decades.

According to him, perhaps one day in the future, when he is tired of the conflicts, he may return here and spend the rest of his days in complete peace.

Xiao Ming and his group didn't have much to pack, so packing their luggage didn't take much time.

But by the time Zi Yan finished resting, it was already noon.

I had a quick lunch.

They left Hai Bodong's shop and arrived outside Desert City.

Standing atop a towering sand dune, Hai Bodong took one last look at the enormous city situated at the edge of the desert and the land, sighed softly, and looked slightly forlorn.

Decades of seclusion had also caused him, who was usually indifferent, to develop some affection for this place.

Slowly turning around, Hai Bodong looked at Xiao Ming beside him and asked, "Where to next?"

"I need to go back to my family first."

"Wu Tan City?" Hai Bodong already knew about Xiao Ming and that he was from the Xiao Family in Wu Tan City, so he immediately said that Xiao Ming's family was located there.

Xiao Ming wasn't surprised; he simply nodded calmly.

"Indeed, I wonder what His Majesty the Ice Emperor's plans are."

"I don't have anywhere to go these days, so I'll just follow you around for a bit. I owe you a huge favor, plus those rewards, I can't just leave like this. By staying with you, I can see where I can repay that favor, otherwise I'll just feel uneasy."

Hai Bodong frowned and pondered for a moment, then smiled and said.

"By the way, shouldn't Wu Tan City have Mitel's Auction House?"

"Yes," Xiao Ming nodded.

"That's good. I can also contact that guy Mitel Tengshan through the Mitel Auction House in Wu Tan City, and the remaining payment can be delivered to you then."

"Ice Emperor, whatever you like is fine," Xiao Ming said with a smile.

Xiao Ming didn't care whether Hai Bodong stayed by his side or not, as long as he brought over the promised rewards.

Having another henchman by my side isn't a bad thing; it won't get in the way.

"Let's go then. At our speed, we should be able to reach Wu Tan City in four days."

Hai Bodong smiled, and a faint mist emanated from his body, eventually condensing into a pair of crystal-clear Ice Wings on his back.

"Hmm." Xiao Ming nodded slightly, and with a slight tremor, a pair of silver wings, much larger than Hai Bodong's Ice Wings, appeared on his back.

With a slightly strange look in his eyes, Hai Bodong swept over the Silver Wings on Xiao Ming's back and couldn't help but ask, "This should be Flying Dou Technique, right?"

"That's right."

Upon hearing this, Hai Bodong clicked his tongue in amazement. He was no ignorant young man; he could clearly sense the extraordinary nature of the wings behind Xiao Ming. Obviously, these wings also had an amplifying effect on Dou Emperor, somewhat resembling the Heavenly Swan Nine Movement Wings of the Golden Swan Empire.

As expected of Alchemist, Xiao Ming is incredibly wealthy; he even possesses something like this. Hai Bodong thought enviously.

Xiao Ming waved to Xiao Yi Xian, one of the three people in the group not far away.

"Immortal, I will guide you this time."

"Zi Yan, take Qing Lin with you."

The Xiao Yi Xian's body surface contains toxins, so Xiao Ming made the above arrangements.

Zi Yan and the others naturally had no problems.

As Xiao Yi Xian took a few steps forward, she felt a warm hand pressing on her waist, and the Aura of Xiao Ming filled her ears and nose.

Before she could even feel shy, Xiao Ming's voice reached her ears.

Are you ready?

"Alright." That was Zi Yan's voice.

As soon as she finished speaking, she felt her foot slip and fall, which made Xiao Yi Xian instinctively grab Xiao Ming, who was standing next to her.

Noticing Xiao Yi Xian's movements, Xiao Ming used his Dou Qi to create a protective film for her in front of him, and then increased his speed.

In the blink of an eye, he transformed into a streak of silver light and vanished outside the Desert City.

Following him, Zi Yan and Hai Bodong also flapped their Dou Qi Wings and quickly caught up.

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Several whooshing sounds rang out above the Magical Beast Mountain Range, attracting the attention of many Magical Beasts that were foraging for food.

When they looked up at the sky, the figures had already disappeared.

The ones flying in the sky are Xiao Ming and his group.

The flight speed of Dou Wang Dou Emperor is naturally very fast, especially for Xiao Ming with Silver Wings, who can even travel from Desert City to Wu Tan City in two days.

However, because he had to wait for Hai Bodong and Zi Yan, Xiao Ming slowed down his pace.

Even so, after three days of flying, Xiao Ming and his group arrived above the Magical Beast Mountain Range. Once they passed through the Magical Beast Mountain Range, they would be able to see Xiao Ming Wu Tan City.

After flying at high speed in the air for a while, Xiao Ming suddenly stopped.

Upon seeing this, Zi Yan and Hai Bodong, who were behind him, also stopped beside him.

"What's wrong with Xiao Ming?" Zi Yan asked curiously, holding Qing Lin in her arms.

"There seem to be powerful figures fighting in the distance. I'm wondering if I should take a detour."

After pondering for a moment, Xiao Ming pointed ahead and said.

The horizon that Xiao Ming was pointing to had a subtle, abnormal purplish-blue hue.

You wouldn't notice it if you weren't looking closely.

"Oh? If you call someone a strong person, then they must be at least at the Dou Emperor level, right? Does the Jia Ma Empire have that many Dou Emperors?"

Beside him Hai Bodong, whose Ice Wings were flapping, asked with great interest. He knew that Xiao Ming, as Grade Six Alchemist, had strong Spiritual Power and should not be wrong in his judgment.

"Could it be that old guy Jia Xingtian besieging the overlord of the Magical Beast Vein? No, the color is purple and blue. Jia Xingtian is Earth Attribute Dou Emperor Misty Cloud Sect." Hai Bodong analyzed logically.

Xiao Ming merely glanced at him.

He had already ascertained who was ahead of him.

Xiao Ming encountered both Yun Yun and the Amethyst Winged Lion King before, and he had already memorized their Aura. Judging from their Aura, the two people blocking his way and fighting ahead were these two.

Therefore, Hai Bodong's analysis is correct.

Of course, there are only a few Dou Emperor in the Jia Ma Empire, so it's actually quite easy to guess.

After explaining his analysis, Hai Bodong continued.

"Let's not take the detour. Battles at the Dou Emperor level are extremely rare. If we pass by, we can watch the excitement. Anyway, we have two Dou Emperors and one Dou Wang here, so they probably won't dare to mess with us. Besides, taking the detour will waste a lot of time. Even if we don't want to join in the fun, we can just walk right through them, and they won't dare to do anything."

"Yeah, Xiao Ming, I remember that's where that little lion's house was last time. We can take advantage of their fight and then pet the little lion's house," Zi Yan said with a sly smile.

"Well... that's not impossible." Xiao Ming nodded.

"However, remember to conceal your Aura, otherwise, if those two discover you, you won't be able to steal the Amethyst Winged Lion King's lair."

After saying that, Xiao Ming lowered the flight altitude and flew along the Xiao Yi Xian towards the horizon, which was tinged with purple and blue.

Above the azure sky, violent energy fluctuations continuously produced sounds like muffled thunder.

The colors of blue and red almost filled half the sky, and even the lazy white clouds were tinged with these two colors.

Above the sky, a Magical Beast, seven or eight meters long, was covered with a layer of purple crystals. Under the sunlight, it shone brightly and was quite dazzling.

The enormous Magical Beast stood in the void, an invisible pressure descending from the sky, looking quite majestic.

However, the broken, fiery red spiral horn on the lion's head weakened its domineering aura by half.

This Magical Beast is the Amethyst Winged Lion King whose horn was severed by Xiao Ming.

Opposite the Amethyst Winged Lion King, Yun Yun stood tall and graceful, her voluptuous figure wrapped in a simple white dress.

She held a strangely shaped longsword that emitted a blue light, and her black hair was styled into an elegant Phoenix Hairpin. Her beautiful face was calm and serene.

The roar of the Amethyst Winged Lion King echoed throughout the mountains.

As the lion's roar resounded, the amethyst on its body shone brightly. In the blink of an eye, surging Purple Flame forth from its body, gradually swirling and churning before finally coalescing into a massive purple pillar of fire that shot straight into the sky.

With a flick of its head, the Amethyst Winged Lion King sent a massive pillar of purple fire hurtling directly toward Yun Yun.

Yun Yun gently raised her hand, and as she did so, a small blue tornado suddenly appeared in the sky.

The tornado was only two meters in size at first, but after a short while, the tornado storm swelled with the wind and became more than ten meters in the blink of an eye.

A massive azure tornado, accompanied by a violent howl, swept wildly towards the Amethyst Winged Lion King with a wave of her hand.

Where the storm passed, the forest below was torn into a patch of yellow earth, from which many Magical Beast scrambled to escape.

The two attacks collided like lightning in mid-air, and at the moment of impact, the space almost fell silent.

"Boom!" A thunderous roar suddenly exploded in the clear sky.

The storm and the pillar of fire collided fiercely, releasing terrifying energy at each other. At the point where the two met, the space itself seemed to ripple slightly.

"Boom!" After a few minutes of stalemate, the storm and the pillar of fire finally annihilated with a muffled thud that echoed through the mountains due to the exhaustion of their energy.

As the storm and pillars of fire dissipated, Yun Yun stood still in the sky, flapped her blue wings and her body transformed into a bolt of lightning, instantly traversing the area of turbulent energy and appearing behind the Amethyst Winged Lion King.

The strange longsword in his hand thrust out swiftly, and a ring of rapidly spinning wind blades formed at the tip of the sword, resembling a blue sphere covered with blades.

"Clang clang..." The longsword, carrying a wind blade, slashed at the surface of the Amethyst Winged Lion King's body, and a series of crisp sounds rang out in mid-air.

However, the lightning-fast thrust of the longsword only left white marks on the layer of purple crystal, and the white marks only existed for a moment before completely disappearing.

Ignoring the opponent's ordinary attack, the Amethyst Winged Lion King swung its massive head, and a huge Purple Flame, half a meter thick, shot out from the red spiral horn on its head.

The blazing Purple Flame caused Yun Yun's delicate brows to furrow slightly. She formed a strange hand seal in front of her, and a swirling vortex of cyan wind emerged before her, then roared out, blocking the enormous Purple Flame.

Above the sky, Yun Yun and the other person clashed fiercely, one azure and the other purple.

Not far from where the two were fighting, there was a mountain range. At the top of the mountain, a huge cave entrance was partially hidden by tree branches.

Xiao Ming and his group of men quietly appeared at the cave entrance.

"This is it." Zi Yan said with a grin, looking at the cave entrance in front of her. After saying that, she couldn't wait to walk into the cave.

As the overlord of the Magical Beast Mountain Range, the Amethyst Winged Lion King's lair is naturally guarded by his underlings.

However, these Magical Beasts, which were at most Fourth Tier, were no match for Zi Yan.

Even though Zi Yan is Ancient Void Dragon, she doesn't need to lift a finger; her mere Aura is enough to terrify her.

Therefore, Zi Yan successfully led Xiao Ming and the others into the cave.

Upon entering the cave, the light was not as dim as expected, and purple crystals were occasionally embedded in the surrounding mountain walls.

These crystals are natural products of the cave. In the human world, these amethyst crystals are quite rare decorative items, and are very valuable.

The interior of the deep and spacious cave is adorned with these amethyst crystals, making it extremely beautiful.

"Hehe, this lion certainly knows how to enjoy life," Hai Bodong remarked with a touch of admiration, gazing at the rather ornate Cave Mansion.

"That's normal. Once Magical Beast reaches the Fifth Tier, it's no different from a normal human," Xiao Ming replied casually.

After passing through a long cave passage, two forks in the road appeared before them after a while.

The right fork in the road was empty, while on the left fork, a smaller Amethyst Winged Lion King was looking around.

Suddenly, the Little Amethyst Winged Lion King spotted Xiao Ming and his group.

Upon seeing that humans dared to enter its territory, the Little Amethyst Winged Lion King's eyes flashed with ferocity. However, once it saw that Zi Yan was among the crowd, the ferocity in its eyes quickly turned into fear.

With a whimper, the Little Amethyst Winged Lion King tried to escape.

"Stop!"

At Zi Yan's command, the Little Amethyst Winged Lion King's steps came to an abrupt halt.

"What's going on? You can control Magical Beast too?" Xiao Yi Xian next to Zi Yan asked curiously.

Up to this point, Xiao Yi Xian still doesn't know that Zi Yan's true form is Magical Beast. She only thinks of Zi Yan as a human girl with exceptional talent, although it seems abnormal for a human girl to eat medicinal herbs raw.

"I only taught this little guy a lesson last time," Zi Yan said, then walked up to the Little Amethyst Winged Lion King and gave him a command.

"Take us to your treasure Treasure Vault."

Under Zi Yan's command, although the Little Amethyst Winged Lion King was very unwilling, he still led them to a cave filled with Amethyst Stone, with an Amethyst Stone in the center of the cave.

"Roar!"

After letting out two low growls at the ten machines, the Little Amethyst Winged Lion King looked somewhat dejected and walked into a corner, where it collapsed.

It simply ignored the humans who came to plunder its home.

Ignoring the withdrawn Little Amethyst Winged Lion King, Zi Yan placed her hands on the stone platform and lifted it up forcefully.

The seemingly heavy Amethyst Stone was instantly overturned.

Beneath the stone platform, several Magic Core of different colors, as well as a jade box, came into view of Xiao Ming and his companions.

Judging from the energy contained within the Magic Core, these Magic Core should be Fifth-Tier Magic Core.

What's inside those jade boxes is currently unknown.

He casually put the items into his Na Ring, sensed them for a moment, and confirmed that there were no treasures left.

Xiao Ming then led Zi Yan and the others out of the cave, leaving only the Little Amethyst Winged Lion King behind.

Following the amethyst-covered cave outside, one sees the battle in the sky has reached a fever pitch.

The entire land was utterly destroyed.

Bang!

Another collision sound rang out.

"Human woman, you have worn down my already dwindling patience!" The Amethyst Winged Lion King's low roar shook the mountains and forests.

"If the Amethyst Winged Lion King can exchange the Purple Spirit Crystal for me, I will never bother you again."

The fierce battle had raged for an unknown duration, yet Yun Yun remained composed and noble, a swirling cyan wind appearing and disappearing around her as she spoke softly.

"If you don't know what's good for you, then don't blame me!"

A lion's roar, faintly carrying a hint of anger, roared from the giant mouth. The purple light on the body of the Amethyst Winged Lion King grew stronger and stronger. After a moment, the intense light even seemed to have the potential to overpower the sun.

The intense purple light emanating from the Amethyst Winged Lion King's body caused some of the onlooking Magical Beast to retreat hastily in fear.

Yun Yun also noticed the strange phenomenon on the Amethyst Winged Lion King's body. Sensing the strange energy surging in the surrounding world, her expression gradually became serious, and a gale began to howl within a few feet around her.

Purple light enveloped the world, and after a long period of brewing, the light suddenly contracted. In the blink of an eye, the purple light all over the sky was compressed into a deep purple pillar of light that was only about half a foot long.

"It's a seal!"

Seeing the moves used by the Amethyst Winged Lion King, Hai Bodong was quite displeased, as it reminded him of the time he was sealed by Medusa, and his expression darkened considerably.

"Amethyst Seal!"

As purple light shimmered in the sky, the deep roar of the Amethyst Winged Lion King echoed continuously through the mountains.

As soon as the words fell, the deep purple beam of light in the sky flashed out like lightning. The beam of light was extremely fast, almost like a blink of an eye. In just two leaps, it appeared not far in front of Yun Yun.

"Splitting Wind Spiral Dance!"

With a shout, the space in front of Yun Yun rippled slightly, and countless deep blue wind blades, each over ten feet long, appeared out of thin air. They then intertwined with each other, spiraling out at high speed like cylinders covered with blades.

"Boom!"

Where the purple beam of light and the swirling blade passed, space slightly distorted, and in an instant, they collided heavily with the terrifying force of meteorites colliding.

The purple beam of light clashed briefly with the whirlwind blade, and the whirlwind was clearly at a disadvantage. In just a moment, the whirlwind exploded, while the purple beam of light only dimmed slightly.

After destroying the wind-swirling blade, the purple beam of light pierced through dozens of wind shields set up by Yun Yun with overwhelming force, and then shot into her body.

"The Extreme Wind, Meteor Kill!"

Just as the purple beam of light struck, the strange longsword in Yun Yun's hand trembled violently, and a thin, deep beam of light, almost the size of a thumb, shot out instantly.

The space trembled slightly as soon as the light appeared.

"Click!" The beam of light rushed toward the head of the Amethyst Winged Lion King. Caught off guard, the Amethyst Winged Lion King lowered its head slightly, and the beam of light passed directly through its right eye and exited from the lower right side of its brain.

Struck by this heavy blow, the Amethyst Winged Lion King felt intense pain. A furious lion's roar resounded, and a deep purple lion's roar sound wave, as solid as a physical object, suddenly spread out from its wide-open mouth.

Where the sound wave spread, the remaining azure Dou Qi around Yun Yun was directly blasted away, and as the actual target of the Sound Wave Attack, Yun Yun let out a muffled groan and was knocked to the ground from the sky.

After delivering this attack, the Amethyst Winged Lion King in the sky began to sway precariously.

After struggling for a while, its wings stopped flapping violently, and finally its massive body crashed into the forest on the ground.

"Uh, they both suffered heavy losses and perished together?" Hai Bodong stared blankly at the result, his old face full of surprise.

You have to understand that at the Dou Emperor level, if the strength difference is not significant, if one person wants to run away, the other simply cannot stop them.

At this point, unless there's some deep-seated grudge, people wouldn't fight so desperately.

The situation between Yun Yun and the Amethyst Winged Lion King is truly rare.

After all, the Magical Beast Mountain Range is fraught with danger. With the battle escalating like this, even if neither side dies, they are basically doomed under the covetous gaze of the Magical Beast.

"Neither of them is dead, but they're practically dead." Soul Power surged from between his brows, and after examining them, Xiao Ming slowly said.

In his perception, the Aura of the Amethyst Winged Lion King and Yun Yun were both extremely faint.

"So what do we do now?" Hai Bodong asked Xiao Ming.

Now that the two Dou Emperors are both severely injured in front of them, should they kill them, save them, or ignore them?

Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin also looked at Xiao Ming.

Zi Yan, on the other hand, seemed indifferent; she never cared about irrelevant people.

After glancing at Hai Bodong, Xiao Ming remained silent for a moment before saying, "That female Dou Emperor is Misty Cloud Sect Master the Yun Yun Sect. If we don't rescue her now, and the Yun Shan Dao finds out, we'll likely face a lot of trouble. If we save her, the Misty Cloud Sect will owe us a huge favor. Zi Yan, go and bring her back."

"Oh." Zi Yan nodded, and wings appeared behind her as she flew towards where Yun Yun had landed.

"As for the Amethyst Winged Lion King..." Xiao Ming glanced at Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian beside him and continued, "Hehe, I just happened to be missing a mount, so I troubled Mr. Hai Bodong to bring it back."

Hai Bodong's lips twitched upon hearing this. Was Xiao Ming treating him like a handyman? He should be the one to tame the mount!

Sighing, speechless as he was, Hai Bodong didn't refuse. He flapped his wings and flew directly towards the location of the Amethyst Winged Lion King.

Watching Hai Bodong leave, Xiao Ming's lips curled into a smile.

He was quite lucky this time; Yun Yun and the Amethyst Winged Lion King fought to a standstill, allowing him to get a free mount.

Now, even the Amethyst Winged Lion King at its peak cannot escape his grasp. The Amethyst Winged Lion King is dying, and he can do whatever he wants with it.