"Human woman! You were lucky enough to escape with your life, so why are you still daring to provoke me?"
The Amethyst Winged Lion King's furious roar once again rang across this stretch of the Magical Beast Mountain Range.
In a mountain valley, Xiao Yan paused while picking medicinal herbs.
"Why is this happening again? That woman's still alive, and she's provoking the Amethyst Winged Lion King all over again!"
Xiao Yan stood up and looked toward the battlefield in the sky. At that moment, Yao Lao's figure emerged as well.
"Strange. With her strength, she'd only manage to draw with the Amethyst Winged Lion King again. What's the point?"
Then Yao Lao spotted Xiao Lei hovering beside Yun Yun in the sky.
Yao Lao's brows knitted tightly. He could no longer sense Xiao Lei's cultivation!
After all, Xiao Lei had already become a Dou Emperor, but he hadn't yet had the chance to show his Dou Qi.
Still, when Yao Lao saw the pair of purple wings on Xiao Lei's back, he had a guess. But—
"When did he become a Dou Wang?"
Yao Lao was aghast. Even talent had its limits! Even if Xiao Lei had broken through in the past few days, it would still have taken time!
And he'd only just broken through to Dou Wang, yet he was jumping into a battle between Dou Emperors? Was he tired of living?
The Amethyst Winged Lion King in the sky noticed Xiao Lei beside Yun Yun, too, but it paid him no mind. It still remembered how Xiao Lei had been sent reeling by one of its attacks a few days ago.
"Perfect! This king has been wanting to avenge that broken horn!"
The Amethyst Winged Lion King's voice boomed through the air, shaking the land. Its mouthful of terrifying fangs gleamed, and its mountain-sized body bore down with such force that ripples stirred faintly in the surrounding air.
Before such a ferocious beast, who would dare stand firm with a blade in hand?
Xiao Lei took a step forward and abruptly drew the long saber at his waist.
The Amethyst Winged Lion King wanted revenge for its broken horn, and Xiao Lei wanted revenge for that attack!
A gentleman might wait ten years to avenge a slight, but Xiao Lei would stab you that very night if he had the power!
"Let's end this quickly!"
Xiao Lei hadn't let becoming a Dou Emperor go to his head. Even now, his cultivation method was still the lowest Yellow Tier Low Grade, so he couldn't keep up a prolonged fight like Yun Yun and the Amethyst Winged Lion King had a few days ago.
"Insignificant insect, you're asking for death!"
The Amethyst Winged Lion King only glanced at Xiao Lei before swinging a pillar of purple flame toward him. Then it charged at Yun Yun.
Sensing the Amethyst Winged Lion King's disdain, Xiao Lei wasn't the least bit displeased. The corners of his mouth lifted slightly as he raised Xuan Yi high.
"Flame Extreme—Setting Sun Radiance!"
Xiao Lei hadn't been bluffing when he said he'd end this quickly. He was opening with his strongest move.
This was the very Dou Technique Nalan Yanran had used as her trump card during the Three Year Agreement. After Xiao Lei copied it from Yun Yun, the system had automatically converted it into a fire-attribute Dou Technique.
Unlike the contained, deadly strike of "Extreme Wind: Meteor Kill," Setting Sun Radiance was a sweeping, thunderous attack.
Xuan Yi blazed in Xiao Lei's hand, a dazzling light shooting toward the heavens as the air churned around him. The pillar of flame the Amethyst Winged Lion King had casually sent his way was torn to shreds before it could even reach him.
"What's that?"
The Amethyst Winged Lion King and Yun Yun, who had been locked in combat, clashed once more, still evenly matched. Both halted at the sight of the violent energy surging in Xiao Lei's hand.
"Why does this Dou Technique look so familiar?"
Yun Yun eyed him suspiciously. She knew the Extreme Wind line of Dou Techniques best, but those were all wind-attribute techniques. Besides, how could Xiao Lei possibly know a Dou Technique from the Misty Cloud Sect?
"Impossible! Just a few days ago, he could barely withstand one of my attacks!"
The Amethyst Winged Lion King was shaken to the core. But after a brief moment of shock, it reacted at once and roared as it charged toward Xiao Lei.
It absolutely couldn't let Xiao Lei unleash a Dou Technique like that in peace!
But how could Yun Yun let it have its way?
"Wind Push Style!"
With a sweep of her hand, seven or eight tornadoes appeared around Yun Yun. She pointed her long sword at the charging Amethyst Winged Lion King, and the tornadoes tore toward it.
After doing all that, Yun Yun's lips turned a shade paler.
Usually, she could summon no more than three tornadoes at a time. To call forth this many at once—
But the results were remarkable. Even the Amethyst Winged Lion King, bursting with all its strength, couldn't break through.
At that very moment, the blade light in Xiao Lei's hand finally reached its peak and burst forth.
Boom!
The blade light swept across the battlefield, explosive and wild. It struck the Amethyst Winged Lion King like ten thousand blades slicing across its body.
Blood flashed. The purple crystals covering the Amethyst Winged Lion King were stripped away like fish scales, flying in every direction as blood sprayed across the sky.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Blade light scattered everywhere. When it hit the ground, it sent boulders flying and felled towering trees.
Below, Xiao Yan stared at the scene in stunned disbelief. The battle between Yun Yun and the Amethyst Winged Lion King a few days ago hadn't been this frenzied!
What drove Xiao Yan even crazier was that just a few days ago, he'd seen Xiao Lei sent reeling by one casual strike from the Amethyst Winged Lion King. How could Xiao Lei unleash such a terrifying attack after only a few days?
"Watch out!"
Yao Lao murmured, raising a hand to summon Bone Spirit Cold Flame beside Xiao Yan. A pale beam shot out and struck the blade light that had drifted through the air.
"This place is too dangerous. We're calling off the viewing this time. Let's leave first!"
Yao Lao looked grave. He couldn't understand how Xiao Lei's cultivation had suddenly surged to such a terrifying level, either.
He was no longer as composed as he'd been while watching the battle a few days ago. Xiao Lei was an alchemist, and Yao Lao couldn't be sure whether someone who seemed to have reached Dou Emperor could detect him now.
Scooping Xiao Yan up, Yao Lao hurried away from the battlefield.
Xiao Yan was clearly still in shock. After a long while, he finally spoke. "Teacher, can you sense his cultivation? Did he use some kind of secret technique?"
Yao Lao fell silent. He'd brought Xiao Yan to watch the strong because he'd wanted him to stay humble, keep an open mind, and strive forward.
But now, it seemed he'd given him too much of a shock!
That unknown physique of Xiao Lei's seemed far too heaven-defying!
"Sigh. To be honest, even I can't sense his exact cultivation now. His soul power is strong enough to conceal it. But judging by his attacks just now, he's undoubtedly a Dou Emperor—and he shouldn't be using a secret technique!"
Yao Lao sighed helplessly. He knew he couldn't fool Xiao Yan, so he might as well tell him plainly.
After a long silence, Xiao Yan suddenly asked, "Teacher, do you think I have any hope of catching up to him?"
Yao Lao said nothing. Not only had he never heard of talent like this in the Northwest Continent, he'd never heard of anything like it even back when he was in the Yao Clan. A year ago, Xiao Lei had still been a Dou Zhe, yet in a single year he'd become a Dou Emperor—and just in the past few days, he'd leaped straight from Peak Dou Ling to Dou Emperor.
Unheard of! Yao Lao felt that this kind of talent had upended the very logic of cultivation!
No matter how heaven-defying someone's talent was, breakthroughs still took time. And Xiao Lei showed not the slightest sign of unstable Dou Qi. He used Dou Techniques with remarkable skill, and he even had no small talent for alchemy.
"How did he do it?"
The more Yao Lao thought about it, the closer he came to losing it himself!
Of course, the Amethyst Winged Lion King was in even worse shape. It was drenched in blood and utterly battered.
"Humans, take the Purple Spirit Crystal and leave this place."
With the situation against it, Xiao Lei had shown strength no weaker than Yun Yun's. Together, the two of them had filled the Amethyst Winged Lion King with an overwhelming sense of impending death.
At that moment, even the proud Amethyst Winged Lion King had no choice but to lower its head and yield.
Unfortunately, Xiao Lei was never going to stop!
What a fool!
Even if he killed the Amethyst Winged Lion King, he could still get its things!
Besides, he'd come here today to take revenge!
Ignoring the Amethyst Winged Lion King completely, Xiao Lei swallowed a handful of Qi Recovery Pills and charged at it again.
"Arrogant!"
Seeing that Xiao Lei refused to back down, the Amethyst Winged Lion King knew there was no way to reconcile things. It let out a roar and plunged into battle with Xiao Lei.
Yun Yun, meanwhile, withdrew her long sword and poured all her Dou Qi into it.
At the sight of this, the Amethyst Winged Lion King's eyes nearly bulged from their sockets. This was the very Extreme Wind: Meteor Kill that had almost cost it its life a few days ago.
"You dare take your eyes off me while fighting? Looks like you haven't taken enough punches!"
Xiao Lei had already put away his saber and switched to using his fists.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
A string of bodies colliding rang through the sky. The satisfying feel of fist meeting flesh made Xiao Lei let out a hearty roar, and the taste of revenge was even sweeter!
"Eight-Level Collapse! Eight-Level Collapse! Eight-Level Collapse!"
Xiao Lei didn't hold back his Dou Qi in the least. His fists howled through the air, making the Amethyst Winged Lion King suffer miserably.
Even more frustrating, Xiao Lei seemed to have taken pills that restored his injuries. The flesh blasted away by their collisions a moment earlier had grown back the next.
"Extreme Wind: Meteor Kill!"
Yun Yun's voice rang in the Amethyst Winged Lion King's ears like a demon's whisper.
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