Looting the Cave, Swallowing the Companion Amethyst Source, Cultivation Soars

The Amethyst Winged Lion King had only just died, so things were still fine for the moment.

But given a little more time, his cave would inevitably be divided up by magical beasts.

That was why Xiao Yan had set off immediately after briefly taking care of Yun Yun's matters.

Although he had already obtained the greatest prize—the Amethyst Winged Lion King's corpse—

his second target, the Beast Flame,

depended on the Companion Amethyst Source. If that thing was gone, he would really curse up a storm.

Before long, Xiao Yan, flying at high speed, had arrived at the Amethyst Winged Lion King's cave.

The moment he reached the cave entrance, he frowned.

At least a dozen magical beast corpses lay outside the Amethyst Winged Lion King's cave, and they appeared to have been its guards.

Judging from their wounds, Xiao Yan determined that they had all been killed by the same magical beast.

So...

"A magical beast with at least Fifth Rank strength broke into the cave."

Upon realizing this, Xiao Yan was not angered. Instead, he grinned and strode into the cave.

As for the Rank Three Magical Beast corpses, he did not waste them either, storing every one of them in his Storage Ring.

These Rank Three Magical Beasts would not improve him much now that his body was already comparable to a Tier Four Magical Beast's in strength, but even a mosquito was still meat. They might come in handy when he was just a tiny bit short of improving his physical body.

The cave's interior was not dim.

Purple gemstones embedded in the surrounding walls emitted a violet glow, brightly illuminating the place.

Xiao Yan quickened his pace and soon arrived at a fork in the road.

Based on his memories of the original work, he knew that the path on the left led to where the Companion Amethyst Source was stored, while the one on the right led to the cave where the Amethyst Winged Lion King's child lived.

Xiao Yan did not rush to decide. He released his Soul Perception, and when he sensed a powerful aura coming from the cave at the end of the right-hand path, he smiled.

"Teacher, help me!" Xiao Yan called as he rushed toward the cave on the right.

Knowing that his disciple had his own ideas, Yao Lao did not waste words and directly possessed him.

In an instant, Xiao Yan's aura surged several times over, granting him strength comparable to a High-Tier Dou Wang once more.

Xiao Yan entered the cave on the right.

A Fifth Rank Magical Beast was rummaging through the cave, seemingly searching for Purple Spirit Crystal.

One look told Xiao Yan that it was indeed the Fifth Rank Magical Beast that had escaped before.

It had come straight here to loot the place.

Seeing the already dead corpse of the Amethyst Winged Lion King's cub within the cave, Xiao Yan grinned. "I promised the old lion king that I would send his child to reunite with him."

"But you went and did this job for me. Wouldn't that make me go back on my word?"

"So, you can compensate me with your life."

After casually finding an excuse, Xiao Yan swung his fist and smashed it fiercely toward the Fifth Rank Magical Beast.

Bang!

Following a deafening boom, the entire cave shook, and the Fifth Rank Magical Beast immediately lost all signs of life.

Xiao Yan stored both it and the Amethyst Winged Lion King cub's corpse in his Storage Ring. Then, following his memories of the original work, he found the Purple Spirit Crystal—a sharp, irregularly shaped stone.

Holding it, Xiao Yan quickly returned to the fork and chose the path on the left.

As he went deeper inside, he immediately spotted a purple stone sphere in the center, thick liquid flowing within it.

Xiao Yan knew that it was the Companion Amethyst Source, a treasure even more precious than Purple Spirit Crystal.

Using the Purple Spirit Crystal, he cracked open the stone sphere. Unhurriedly, he drained the Companion Amethyst Source within and filled six jade bottles to the brim.

Once they were filled, he did not put all the jade bottles back into his Storage Ring. Instead, he stored only one and kept the rest outside.

Compared to the Xiao Yan of the original work, his physical constitution was now far stronger. Absorbing these would not take him nearly as long.

The Amethyst Winged Lion King's cave was rich in fire energy, making it the perfect place to absorb the Companion Amethyst Source.

"Teacher, stand guard for me," Xiao Yan said to Yao Lao.

Yao Lao nodded helplessly. "You brat, you really treat your teacher like free labor."

Xiao Yan opened his mouth and poured all five bottles of Companion Amethyst Source into it in one gulp.

The Companion Amethyst Source was cool, smooth, and slick. Once it entered his mouth, it shot down his throat and into his abdomen.

What followed was the immense energy contained within the Companion Amethyst Source.

The Xiao Yan of the original work had merely licked some that had spilled out, yet his cultivation had improved considerably.

Now, Xiao Yan had swallowed five-sixths of it. Even with his terrifying Tier Four Magical Beast physique, he felt a distinct swelling sensation from that dreadful energy.

His cultivation, which had only been at Eight-Star Dou Master, rapidly increased under the nourishment of the Companion Amethyst Source's powerful energy.

In just a few breaths, it reached Nine-Star Dou Master.

The bottleneck between Nine-Star Dou Master and One-Star Da Dou Shi seemed nonexistent as he broke through it smoothly.

Then, his cultivation seemed unable to stop.

Two-Star Da Dou Shi

Three-Star Da Dou Shi

Four-Star Da Dou Shi... Five-Star Da Dou Shi... Six-Star Da Dou Shi

Xiao Yan's cultivation soared as rapidly as a rocket launching into the sky.

He broke through from Eight-Star Dou Master all the way to Six-Star Da Dou Shi before finally coming to a halt.

At that point, all the energy had been exhausted.

Xiao Yan opened his eyes, and Yao Lao's Soul Body immediately moved close, his face filled with anger. "Brat Yan, are you kidding me?"

"Although the Companion Amethyst Source contained enough energy for you to break through from Nine-Star Dou Master to Six-Star Da Dou Shi, do you know how unstable that would make your Dou Qi?"

"I thought you were a prudent person who thought things through and looked ahead, which was why I did not warn you. How could you make such a huge mistake?"

Listening to Yao Lao's words, which sounded like reproach but were truly born of concern, Xiao Yan did not argue. Instead, he chose to reveal the truth.

He released the pale yellow Burning Mantra Dou Qi within his body.

The moment that condensed Dou Qi appeared, Yao Lao was dumbfounded.

"How is it so condensed? There's no instability at all!"

Xiao Yan naturally knew it was because of his Fire Spirit Body.

His physique had not shown much effect before. It had merely increased his cultivation speed when practicing the Burning Mantra, giving the Lower Yellow Rank Burning Mantra the cultivation speed of an Upper Yellow Rank technique.

But this time was when the Fire Spirit Body's primary effect truly revealed itself.

It possessed an exceptionally high rate of absorption and conversion for flames—or, more precisely, fire-attributed energy.

In Yao Lao's view, that much Companion Amethyst Source was enough for someone to reach Six-Star Da Dou Shi, but it would also make their Dou Qi unstable. Thus, it would be about right to compress their Dou Qi and break through to around Three-Star or Four-Star Da Dou Shi.

So when Xiao Yan reached Six-Star Da Dou Shi, Yao Lao naturally assumed that he had failed to solidify his Dou Qi.

But in truth, Xiao Yan had already solidified it. Otherwise, with the Fire Spirit Body's absorption and conversion rate for the Companion Amethyst Source, it would have been enough for him to break through to Nine-Star Da Dou Shi.

That was the power of the Fire Spirit Body. How could something mentioned alongside the Woe Poison Body possibly be ordinary?

It was worth mentioning that because he had swallowed too much Companion Amethyst Source, the Purple Flame in Xiao Yan's body naturally formed and directly reached maturity.

This also meant that he could immediately absorb Beast Flame and raise the grade of the Burning Mantra.

At the same time, once the Fire Spirit Body absorbed the Purple Flame, his cultivation would certainly rise once again.

And there were still so many magical beast corpses in his Storage Ring, which could help strengthen his physical body.

Xiao Yan grew ever more impatient.