The Crucial Rescue

"Human Dou Emperor! Why have you disturbed this king's slumber?!"

The Amethyst Winged Lion King's roar carried a powerful presence, but the woman before him didn't so much as change expression. She remained exceptionally calm.

A three-foot green blade in her hand, paired with her spotless white robe, lent her an almost ethereal air.

Beneath the veil covering her face was a beauty beyond compare.

"I've come to borrow the Purple Spirit Crystal from you, Lion King."

Yun Yun's cool voice appeared out of nowhere. Though soft, it carried no less force, clearly backed by formidable strength.

After all, strength wasn't something you could talk your way into having.

"Hahaha! What a ridiculous joke! My Amethyst Winged Lion clan sheds just one Purple Spirit Crystal every twenty years. How could you expect to borrow one just because you asked?"

"Fortunately for you, this king is in the middle of transforming. If you can offer a Humanoid Transformation Pill in exchange, I might consider it."

As expected of the Amethyst Winged Lion King, he immediately demonstrated what it meant to ask for the moon.

"I don't have a Humanoid Transformation Pill, but I can give you two scrolls of Mystic Tier Dou Techniques that magical beasts can use as well."

Yun Yun wanted the Purple Spirit Crystal for Nalan Yanran, not herself. She knew her disciple's temperament well—Nalan Yanran was far too competitive. Yun Yun could only give her full support for the Three Year Agreement.

"If that's the case, then get lost! Don't disturb this king again!"

"Then I have no choice but to fight you!"

Yun Yun wasted no words either. She had never been good at negotiations; she was long accustomed to using force instead.

The two figures collided in the sky. Their powerful Dou Qi surged wildly, enveloping the entire area.

On a mountainside, Xiao Lei quietly took a Breath Concealment Pill, then hid nearby to watch the situation.

To avoid being discovered, he didn't even dare use his soul power. He observed the fight with his naked eye alone.

High above, the woman and lion clashed dozens of times in the blink of an eye. Relying on his formidable body, the Amethyst Winged Lion King gained a slight advantage in their close-quarters exchanges.

Yun Yun, however, showed no sign of anxiety. She kept dodging, seemingly trying to stall for time.

"Human woman, why do you keep dodging? Fight me!"

After chasing Yun Yun for ages without catching her, thanks to her movement Dou Technique, the Amethyst Winged Lion King felt as if he were punching cotton. He could only shout in frustration.

Xiao Lei's gaze fixed on the purple crystals covering the Amethyst Winged Lion King. They were what allowed him to keep Yun Yun at bay, despite his cultivation being somewhat weaker than hers.

In the sky, Yun Yun called out, "Wind Push Style!" Her hands shifted through a seal, conjuring several tornadoes.

"If the Lion King is willing to trade the Purple Spirit Crystal, I'll leave you in peace. Otherwise—"

The tornadoes carried such tremendous force that even Xiao Lei, hiding below, could feel their fury in the gale sweeping past his cheek.

"However many years pass, humans are always the same. Enough talk! If you've got the guts, come and take it!"

With that, the purple crystals covering the Amethyst Winged Lion King suddenly blazed with dazzling light, filling the sky and earth. Several thick pillars of purple fire shot out.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

A succession of collisions rang through the heavens. They fought from noon until the sun slanted toward the horizon, neither able to overcome the other.

"The crucial moment's here!"

Xiao Lei murmured to himself, gripping the Mystic Flame Longblade tightly.

According to his memories, the Amethyst Winged Lion King's strength would gradually wane at dusk, forcing him to clash with Yun Yun using his trump card. Yun Yun would lose by a hair and be sealed.

The original story only recorded that Xiao Yan found Yun Yun beneath a waterfall. It never said what had happened in between.

Xiao Lei had waited here for so long, not even sneaking off to take the Born Amethyst Source, precisely to prevent anything from going wrong.

After all, he didn't know if everything would unfold as it had in the original story. If Yun Yun died midway, all his effort would be wasted, and he would lose his best chance to become a Dou Emperor.

Sure enough, the Amethyst Winged Lion King's attacks in the sky grew increasingly frantic as he risked everything to defeat Yun Yun quickly.

Purple flames filled the sky, trying to restrict Yun Yun's movements. But she wasn't a fool; she simply kept dodging. Since she'd dared to challenge the Amethyst Winged Lion King, she had clearly done her research. She knew that after sunset, he would no longer be able to draw strength from the sun, and would then fall into a disadvantage.

Another tornado shot out, shredding the purple flames around it. Yun Yun seized the opening to escape their range.

By then, the sun had already sunk to the horizon!

"Teacher, from the looks of it, is the Amethyst Winged Lion King about to lose? It had only been able to hold its own against that mysterious Dou Emperor because of the sun."

Xiao Yan pointed at the Amethyst Winged Lion King in the sky. With Yao Lao concealing them, he was bold enough to speak without fear of being discovered.

Today's battle had been a feast for his eyes. After witnessing a Dou Emperor-level fight with his own eyes, Xiao Yan felt that all his earlier battles had been child's play.

Yao Lao was quite pleased to see Xiao Yan's reaction. It was one of the important reasons he had brought him here.

He wanted Xiao Yan to recognize his own shortcomings, lest he grow complacent over a few small achievements.

Thinking this, Yao Lao patted Xiao Yan on the shoulder and said meaningfully,

"You have to learn to respect the strong. That's how you can become strong yourself!"

"But the outcome's still uncertain. This Amethyst Winged Lion King has an extraordinary bloodline called the Purple Sun Bloodline, and its concentration is very high. It might have some kind of secret technique."

Just as Yao Lao finished speaking, the Amethyst Winged Lion King suddenly charged at Yun Yun like a mad beast, ignoring the several sword beams she fired at him.

Yun Yun sensed trouble. She hadn't expected the Amethyst Winged Lion King to suddenly launch such a frenzied attack.

But she didn't back down in the slightest. Her expression turned solemn as she drew back her sword, brought the index and middle fingers of her left hand together, and slowly ran them along the blade.

In an instant, Yun Yun's aura nearly vanished—yet she seemed like a volcano on the verge of eruption.

"Extreme Wind—Meteor Kill!"

A soft shout drifted through the air. Then a flash of green light suddenly appeared at the tip of the sword in Yun Yun's hand.

The light was as fast as lightning, shooting straight toward the Amethyst Winged Lion King's head. In the blink of an eye, it was almost upon him.

At the critical moment, the Amethyst Winged Lion King abruptly lowered his head. The light struck the horn atop his head.

After only a brief struggle, the Amethyst Winged Lion King's horn snapped off and flew past his body.

The severed horn sent the Amethyst Winged Lion King into a rage. He didn't care if he would suffer a backlash, and resolutely activated a secret technique innate to his bloodline.

"Amethyst Seal!"

His low roar shot straight toward Yun Yun's face. Having just unleashed a powerful attack, she was in a period of depleted Dou Qi.

The purple light rapidly swelled in her eyes. A moment later, the attack struck her.

A purple mark quickly formed on her chest. Yun Yun felt her Dou Qi rapidly draining away, and, terrified, hurriedly poured everything into her movement technique.

The Amethyst Winged Lion King still refused to let up. But he had just taken one of Yun Yun's attacks and had forced himself to activate his secret technique at full strength. He, too, was at the end of his tether.

With a roar, the Amethyst Winged Lion King sent one last enormous pillar of fire surging toward Yun Yun.

Yun Yun's pupils contracted as she watched the approaching pillar and felt her Dou Qi fading away. She could only think that she was doomed.

Watching this, Xiao Yan could only marvel at how unpredictable battle was. One moment, you held the advantage and were about to secure victory; the next, you were about to be killed.

"Let's go!"

Yao Lao called to him, then quickly led Xiao Yan away. His condition wasn't good at the moment, so the less he had to intervene, the better.

Xiao Yan took one last look, lamented that such a powerful cultivator was about to perish, then turned and followed Yao Lao. After all, he was still far too weak.

But at that moment, an aura suddenly erupted from beside a mountainside.

Yao Lao, who had been about to flee, abruptly stopped. Even the Amethyst Winged Lion King in the sky turned to look.

A figure leaped out from the mountainside. A pair of purple wings spread against the setting sun, slicing through the air as they carried Xiao Lei swiftly toward Yun Yun.

Gripping the Mystic Flame Longblade tightly, Xiao Lei charged head-on at the Amethyst Winged Lion King's pillar of fire.

You had to respect the strong—but you also had to dare to raise your blade against them. Otherwise, how could you become strong?

Xiao Lei felt every muscle in his body trembling, but he was overcome with the most intense excitement!

"Thirteen Consecutive Light Wing Slashes!"