Battle

"Stop!"

The Amethyst Winged Lion King roared and came before the five.

"Hmm? A little girl, and a Sixth Tier Magical Beast? There should be two other people too."

"It should be in that cave..."

Seeing Zi Yan and the Amethyst Winged Lion King blocking their way, the Lizardmen exchanged a glance and began communicating in Zi Yan's language.

A moment later, the leader of the Lizardmen stepped forward and said in fluent common continental language, "Humans, hand over the Heavenly Poison Fruit you obtained, then leave the depths of the Netherworld Poison Marsh, and we may spare your lives."

Upon hearing this, Zi Yan pursed her lips, finding the other person's behavior quite inexplicable.

"What Heavenly Poison Fruit? I have no idea. I've eaten all the medicinal herbs I could find. Even if I had any, I wouldn't give them to you. You should leave now."

"You ate it? How is that possible!" Upon hearing Zi Yan's words, the Lizardmen's eyes widened. The Heavenly Poison Fruit contained an extremely large amount of energy; how could it be eaten so easily?

"That Heavenly Poison Fruit was something our tribe carefully cultivated; it's not appropriate for you to just take it like that."

That's a bit shameless. The Heavenly Poison Fruit that Xiao Ming discovered was actually naturally formed. The first person to discover it was a Green Scaled Python that could survive in highly poisonous fog.

After the Azure- Green Scaled Python was killed by them, the Heavenly Poison Fruit it guarded fell into their hands. Because the Heavenly Poison Fruit grew in a special environment, ordinary people couldn't stay there for long, and the canyon was also particularly safe, so they didn't send anyone to guard it.

In other words, they did not actually possess this Heavenly Poison Fruit.

This old lizard keeps talking about their stuff; he's utterly shameless.

Of course, Zi Yan didn't care whether they were shameless or not. Even if she knew what the Heavenly Poison Fruit was, once the medicinal herbs were in her hands, no one else could take them away, except for Xiao Ming, of course.

She immediately retorted impatiently, "Ugly lizard, I've already said there's nothing left, why are you still talking so much!"

Zi Yan's words made the faces of the Lizardmen darken.

Lizardmen are indeed not good-looking. They have bodies similar to humans, but their skin is light green and dry and wrinkled, and their heads are like lizard heads, without hair.

The Lizardmen know they might not be the most attractive among other races, but to call them ugly outright is a bit much, isn't it?

Furthermore, because Zi Yan kept saying there was no Heavenly Poison Fruit, this also wore down their patience.

At that moment, the Lizardmen issued an ultimatum.

"Hand over the Heavenly Poison Fruit now, or don't blame us for being impolite!"

Boom!

After he finished speaking, five powerful auras shot straight into the sky, even seeming to disperse some of the dark clouds above.

"Hmph! You just want to fight, don't you? Let's fight then, who's afraid of who!" Although she said this, Zi Yan's expression couldn't help but become serious.

Because she could sense from their auras that the ugly lizards in front of her were actually Dou Huang Peak beings, which was troublesome.

The Amethyst Winged Lion King's expression also began to turn serious.

He was merely a Magical Beast comparable to Five Star Dou Huang (originally comparable to Three Star Dou Huang, but Xiao Ming had fed it pills). Now he was actually going to fight five Dou Huang Peak, and his companion was a Dou Wang. Wasn't this a bit too far beyond the limits?

The Amethyst Winged Lion King, unwilling to die, began to consider retreating.

But then it remembered that ever since Xiao Ming took it in as his little brother, aside from using it as a mount, he hadn't treated it badly at all. On the contrary, he had helped it improve its strength quite a bit. It couldn't just run away like that; its conscience wouldn't allow it to get away with it.

Gritting his teeth, the Amethyst Winged Lion King thought to himself, "Let's do this. I hope my brother comes out to rescue me soon!"

Seeing that Zi Yan and the Amethyst Winged Lion King had unleashed their full power yet showed no sign of backing down, the Lizardmen's faces darkened.

"Heh, you asked for this, get your hands on them!"

At the command of the Lizardmen, four figures pounced on Zi Yan and the Amethyst Winged Lion King. Since the Amethyst Winged Lion King was Dou Emperor, three of the four figures were targeting him.

This made him secretly groan and curse inwardly.

"Damn it, have you no shame? They're all Dou Huang Peak experts, and three of them are ganging up on me. They have no dignity whatsoever."

Fortunately, the Lizardmen seemed to have some sense of propriety and didn't use their ultimate attack on the Amethyst Winged Lion King right away. This allowed the Amethyst Winged Lion King to hold out for a while thanks to the tough hide of Magical Beasts.

The situation is less optimistic for Zi Yan. Although she is about to advance, Zi Yan is still only Dou Wang and is somewhat inferior to Dou Huang Peak level.

Seeing this, Zi Yan gritted her teeth, and faint spatial ripples appeared beneath her feet. Instantly, Zi Yan's speed increased several times, and her movements became unpredictable.

They could withstand the attacks of the Lizardmen.

Only four people attacked Zi Yan and the Amethyst Winged Lion King. The Lizardmen in the lead, mindful of his status, did not join the attack.

Seeing his companions struggling so much against a Dou Emperor and a Dou Wang, he immediately showed his dissatisfaction.

"We don't have that much time to waste; let's finish this quickly."

Upon hearing this, the four Lizardmen's expressions immediately hardened.

The movements became increasingly fierce, and as the target of the three Lizardmen's attack, large areas of amethyst fell off the Amethyst Winged Lion King's body, causing blood to splatter everywhere.

"Bang!"

Suddenly, a powerful, energy-filled blow slammed into the Amethyst Winged Lion King's head, slamming him to the ground.

"Cough cough cough." Crimson blood flowed from the corner of his mouth. The Amethyst Winged Lion King tried to struggle to get up, but a foot with a jade-like shape stepped on him. Compared to the Amethyst Winged Lion King's body, this foot was pitifully small, but the Amethyst Winged Lion King felt that this foot was as heavy as a mountain.

"Sigh, wouldn't it have been better to just hand over the Heavenly Poison Fruit obediently? Now look what's happened, you've lost your life too."

As he spoke, the Lizardmen began to gather his strength.

Upon hearing this, the Amethyst Winged Lion King snorted coldly. "Just hand over the Heavenly Poison Fruit?"

What nonsense! In the Dou Qi Continent, it's a dog-eat-dog world. Do you really think they'd let a powerful person they'd offended leave just because they handed over some Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures? Take that with a grain of salt.

"Die."

The Lizardmen next to the Amethyst Winged Lion King roared and then suddenly launched himself forward.

Zi Yan, entangled with a Lizardmen by her mysterious identity, becomes anxious upon seeing the current predicament of the Amethyst Winged Lion King.

Ripples appeared beneath his feet as he tried to provide support, but after only a few steps, he was blocked by two Lizardmen who had freed their hands.

"Ah, it's been so long since I've seen my son. If I die, Xiao Ming will surely raise him well, right? After all, I promised to serve him, and I've already done my best." The Amethyst Winged Lion King thought of the Little Amethyst Winged Lion King that Xiao Ming had placed in the Xiao Family, and the thought of his son being fatherless filled him with sadness.

The sadness lasted for a moment, then it realized something was wrong.

Weren't you going to kill me? Why doesn't it hurt?

Suddenly, a familiar voice rang in his ears.

"Take the pill, step aside, and leave these people to me."

A Jade Bottle was thrown in front of him, and the Amethyst Winged Lion King suddenly raised his head.

At that moment, Xiao Ming, with a gloomy expression, held up a Lizardmen, blocking his way.