Purple Cloud Wings

Besides raising his own level, Xiao Han also planned to try his luck with the Amethyst Winged Lion King.

If Xiao Han could obtain the Amethyst Spirit Crystal and give it to Yun Yun, then Yun Yun presumably would not battle the Amethyst Winged Lion King a year later. If that happened, Xiao Yan naturally would not meet Yun Yun either. That way, he would gain another personal achievement.

How many Experience Points and Energy Points would it reward then?

Xiao Han was immensely curious.

Gaining Little Fairy Doctor's approval had rewarded him with one thousand Experience Points and one hundred Energy Points, enough to raise him by an entire star level.

Of course, Xiao Han also knew that the Amethyst Spirit Crystal was guarded by the Amethyst Winged Lion King and would be extremely difficult to obtain. Still, he wanted to give it a try.

Now that his Energy Points had surpassed one hundred, even if the Amethyst Winged Lion King discovered him, he could use his traversal divine ability to immediately travel to another plane.

"Xiao Han, do you have a death wish?" Little Fairy Doctor's expression darkened as she scolded him worriedly. "Even around the outskirts of the Demon Beast Forest, high-level demon beasts occasionally come out to roam. Staying alone in the Demon Beast Forest is far too dangerous."

"Don't worry. I have a trump card to protect myself." Xiao Han smiled confidently and took out several daily necessities he had prepared in advance from his Storage Ring. After a pause, he suddenly asked, "Little Fairy Doctor, do you have some kind of poison that will make an animal lose its fighting ability as soon as it smells it? Ideally, something effective even against a sixth-tier demon beast."

"Uh..."

Little Fairy Doctor secretly clicked her tongue and stared at Xiao Han in astonishment. A sixth-tier demon beast was comparable to a human Dou Emperor.

"Do you?" Xiao Han pressed eagerly.

"Well... there might not have been a way before, but now I can try." For some reason, Little Fairy Doctor's cheeks flushed.

"Really?" Xiao Han looked at Little Fairy Doctor in delight.

"Mm." Little Fairy Doctor did not dare meet Xiao Han's gaze and nodded faintly.

"Great. Before we leave, help me concoct it. Haha, this is fantastic! Little Fairy Doctor, you've helped me out immensely." Xiao Han was so happy that his hands unconsciously patted Little Fairy Doctor lightly on the shoulders. He added, "Little Fairy Doctor, to reward you, you can sleep on the bed tonight. I'll make do here for the night."

Xiao Han chuckled and walked over to sit cross-legged beneath the stone wall. With a flick of his empty hand, he took out the stone box he had obtained in the cave during the day.

"This guy actually used this to repay one favor he owed me. Even without this, shouldn't I, as a girl, be the one sleeping on the bed tonight?"

Little Fairy Doctor pursed her lips. All she could do was smile helplessly at Xiao Han's slyness.

Inside the stone box was a black scroll. It was the rare Flight Combat Skill—Eagle's Wings.

To possess wings, break free of restraints, soar through the nine heavens, and fly freely.

How tempting those words were.

Xiao Han could not help feeling a surge of excitement. He licked his lips and spread open the black scroll.

As the scroll unfurled, two pitch-black eagle wings that sent chills down one's spine appeared before Xiao Han's eyes.

The eagle wings were not real wings, but painted onto the scroll. They were not large, only palm-sized. Yet when he touched them, he could feel a warmth beneath his fingers.

Clearly, this was no ordinary painting.

Not only that, but touching the eagle wings also gave him a metallic sensation.

Whoosh.

Suddenly, a mountain breeze blew into the cave through the crack in the wooden door. At once, the feathers on the scroll mysteriously fluttered, creating the illusion that they were real.

"If this thing were auctioned on Earth, it would probably be worth at least a hundred million, wouldn't it?"

Xiao Han could not help thinking so.

By the light of the Moonlight Stone in the cave, Xiao Han noticed a line of small words on the scroll.

"Black Flame Purple Cloud Eagle, a fifth-tier flying demon beast. Legend says it possesses a thin trace of the ancient phoenix's bloodline. Its flying speed ranks among the best of all demon beasts. However, it is naturally cunning and savage, making it extremely difficult to capture. It lives only in the Cloudy Mist region in the southern part of the continent."

Xiao Han showed no surprise at these words. Familiar with the story of Battle Through the Heavens, he had long known all of this.

Besides that line, there was another line of small words:

"This Combat Skill is called Eagle's Wings, also known as Purple Cloud Wings. Several friends and I spent three years before successfully capturing a Black Flame Purple Cloud Eagle. We then used a secret technique to remove its pair of wings, ultimately creating this Flight Combat Skill for cultivation. This Combat Skill was drawn with my douqi before my death and can only be cultivated by one person. Remember this well!"

Beyond this, Xiao Han also knew that Purple Cloud Wings concealed a soul. However, it was merely a mindless soul, a consequence of the secret technique used to create a Flight Combat Skill.

To create a Flight Combat Skill, one needed to strip the soul and wings from a flying demon beast, then fuse them together. Naturally, such fusion required a unique secret technique. This was also an important reason why Flight Combat Skills had nearly been lost on the Douqi Continent.

At present, the soul within Purple Cloud Wings naturally belonged to the Black Flame Purple Cloud Eagle. However, after the passage of countless years, its intelligence had deteriorated into nothing more than a beast's instinct. It would not affect anyone using this Flight Combat Skill.

Having obtained this Flight Combat Skill, there was still one issue if he wished to cultivate it.

There was another line of small writing on the scroll, stating that only those capable of resisting the attack of Purple Cloud Wings' residual soul could continue cultivating it. Otherwise, they could only give up. If their soul strength was insufficient, they would suffer backlash from the Black Flame Purple Cloud Eagle's soul.

As a transmigrator, Xiao Yan possessed astonishing soul strength. Xiao Han was also a transmigrator, and his soul strength was no weaker. Since Xiao Yan could cultivate it, Xiao Han was confident that his luck would not be so poor.

Xiao Han placed both hands on the scroll and slowly closed his eyes. In the next instant, the savage eagle soul within the scroll let out a piercing cry that made even souls tremble.

"Relax. Focus your mind. Let it attack!"

Xiao Han drew a deep breath, calmed himself, and allowed that piercing cry to batter his soul.

At the same time, Xiao Han's soul perception formed several layers of protection outside his mind. One layer, then another, until the shrill cry was finally blocked completely.

But do not think that was the end of it.

When the soul's screech proved ineffective, a savage emotion suddenly surged from within the scroll and rushed into the depths of Xiao Han's heart. His chest heaved violently as he gasped for air. At that moment, a bloodthirsty urge to kill rose within him.

"It's trying to control my emotions. Damn it. A wisp of a remnant soul thinks it can control my emotions!"

Xiao Han took another deep breath and guarded his mind firmly. No matter how much effort that savage emotion exerted, it could not break through in the slightest.

This continued for more than ten minutes. Eroded by countless years, the Black Flame Purple Cloud Eagle was now no different from a crippled beast. In the end, Purple Cloud Wings was defeated.

"Do you qualify to cultivate it now?" Little Fairy Doctor watched Xiao Han's every movement. What had just happened had left her frightened for him as well. Sweat had soaked through the clothes on Xiao Han's back. Little Fairy Doctor could imagine how perilous it must have been.

"Mm!"

Xiao Han smiled in satisfaction and nodded slightly.