Screee!
A sharp cry rang out, and a gigantic eagle, its entire body a deep blue, swiftly flew toward Xiao Yi Xian.
"Let's go." Xiao Yi Xian waved at the Blue Eagle and said to Xiao Yu without expression.
She jumped onto its back first.
Seeing this, Xiao Yu followed her lead and landed steadily on the eagle's back.
The Blue Eagle was enormous, so the two of them didn't feel cramped on its back.
Xiao Yi Xian sat down and gently stroked the Blue Eagle's feathers. "Xiao Lan, take us to Soul-Severing Ravine."
Screeee!
The Blue Eagle beat its wings hard, rose into the sky, then turned and sped toward a part of the Magical Beast Mountain Range.
"Are you angry?" Xiao Yu sat beside Xiao Yi Xian.
The wind rushed past them with a whoosh, whipping their hair about.
When Xiao Yi Xian didn't respond, Xiao Yu asked again, louder this time. "Are you angry with me?"
Xiao Yi Xian gazed ahead. "How could I possibly dare be angry with you, sir? I still want to live a couple more years."
"The Seven-Colored Poison Scripture really isn't right for you. You're so beautiful. It'd be such a shame if you practiced it and turned into something neither human nor ghost."
"Who said I wanted to practice it? I only wanted to take a look." Xiao Yi Xian was flustered inside, but forced herself to sound calm.
Only she knew about the seven-colored lines on her lower abdomen. She couldn't understand how Xiao Yu had guessed that she'd considered practicing the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture.
Had she made it too obvious in the cave just now?
"Did you know your earlobes get hot when you lie?" Xiao Yu suddenly said.
How could that be?!
Xiao Yi Xian didn't believe him and instinctively reached up to touch her earlobes, only to find Xiao Yu watching her with a mischievous grin.
He'd tricked her again!
Realizing this, Xiao Yi Xian huffed and turned her back to Xiao Yu.
The trees below rushed past. From time to time, the roar of a magical beast rang out from within them.
A moment later, a ravine dozens of meters wide came into view.
They had reached Soul-Severing Ravine.
Xiao Yi Xian asked, "Where should we land?"
"Don't go down yet. Keep flying forward, in that direction," Xiao Yu said.
Following his pointing finger, Xiao Yi Xian spotted a small peak jutting out.
She told the Blue Eagle what he wanted.
The Blue Eagle cried out in panic. It took quite a bit of soothing from Xiao Yi Xian before it calmed down.
"What's going on?" Xiao Yu asked, puzzled.
"Xiao Lan is scared. It doesn't want to fly over there," Xiao Yi Xian said.
Scared?
Xiao Yu remembered that the stronger a magical beast was, the more imposing its aura tended to be.
For a Tier 6 Magical Beast like the Amethyst Winged Lion King, that aura was terrifyingly powerful.
It was only natural for a Tier 1 Blue Eagle to fear it.
There was no other choice.
Xiao Yu could only have the Blue Eagle set him down first.
As soon as he landed, a thunderous roar suddenly rang out, echoing through the mountains and forests.
The Blue Eagle immediately flattened itself against the ground, trembling all over.
"Xiao Lan, Xiao Lan!" Frightened by the sight, Xiao Yi Xian clung to the Blue Eagle and kept calling to it.
Xiao Yu seemed to understand. He patted Xiao Yi Xian's shoulder. "Don't worry. It was just startled. It'll be fine."
Xiao Yi Xian's eyes were rimmed with red, and confusion showed in her gaze.
"If I'm not mistaken, that sound just now came from the Amethyst Winged Lion King," Xiao Yu explained.
"The Lion King? A Tier 6 Magical Beast! Did it find us?"
Xiao Yi Xian's expression was startled, and her jade-like fingers resting on the Blue Eagle trembled.
A Tier 6 Magical Beast was equivalent to a human Dou Huang expert. If a beast like that found them, they'd be doomed!
"Don't be afraid. I came here for it." Xiao Yu gently patted Xiao Yi Xian's shoulder again, then stood up. "Stay here and don't wander off. After that roar, there shouldn't be any high-tier magical beasts nearby."
With that, Xiao Yu dashed into the forest ahead and quickly disappeared from Xiao Yi Xian's sight.
Voices drifted down from the sky one after another.
As he ran, Xiao Yu looked up several times and saw a pale green figure with a pair of wings confronting a magical beast more than ten meters long in the air.
The beast was entirely purple, with a pair of wings on its back and purple flames beneath all four feet.
"I can't believe I ran into Yun Yun. Well, don't blame me, then." Xiao Yu's lips curled up.
If he could practice the Supreme Dual Cultivation Technique with Yun Yun, his strength ought to break through to Dou Ling.
With a leap, Xiao Yu landed in a tree and continued racing toward the person and beast.
Yun Yun and the Amethyst Winged Lion King were talking, but negotiations soon broke down, and the two began fighting.
Blue and purple Dou Qi filled the sky in equal measure, surging with tremendous force.
Every magical beast nearby had been scared into crouching on the ground, trembling.
Apart from the trees swaying in the mountain forest, the only sound was the clash of surging Dou Qi.
On a treetop nearby, a figure lay sprawled.
Even though any passing shockwave could kill him, his expression remained calm and utterly unruffled.
Yun Yun in the sky noticed the young man below and was a little surprised.
He looked like a Dou Master, yet he was bold enough to stay here. Not bad. She could ask whether he belonged to a sect later. If he didn't, she could take him to the Misty Cloud Sect.
Yun Yun didn't let herself get distracted for long. She focused her attention on the fight with the Amethyst Winged Lion King.
Her opponent was a Tier 6 Magical Beast, and its strength was no weaker than her own.
Magical beasts also had the advantage when it came to physical strength.
The battle went on for a long time.
Xiao Yu looked at the sun sinking toward the horizon and couldn't help yawning.
"They've been fighting from noon until evening. If this doesn't end soon, I'm going to lose patience waiting." Xiao Yu muttered.
Just then, the Amethyst Winged Lion King roared.
Xiao Yu froze, then looked delighted. "Is it finally going to get serious?"
Amethyst Crystal Seal!
A deep purple light flashed across the sky. Accompanied by the Amethyst Winged Lion King's roar, it shot out like lightning, enveloping Yun Yun.
Feeling the aura of that purple light, Yun Yun's pretty face changed slightly.
She didn't dare underestimate it. As Dou Qi surged through her, an aura no weaker than the Amethyst Winged Lion King's burst from her body.
Rending Wind Whirl Dance!
Ripples appeared in the space before Yun Yun. Countless enormous wind blades, each more than ten zhang long, materialized and spun toward the purple pillar of light.
The purple pillar struck the wind blades. Its light dimmed only slightly, while the blades were all shattered.
The pillar of light continued without slowing and struck Yun Yun, sinking into her body.
In an instant, her Dou Qi began circulating sluggishly.
"Sealing!"
Realizing what had happened, Yun Yun was shocked. She narrowly evaded the Amethyst Winged Lion King's incoming claw, then angled the blade in her hand toward the ground.
Extreme Wind, Meteor Kill!
A tiny attack, thin as a ray of light, shot from Yun Yun's sword.
The instant the light appeared, the surrounding space trembled, and faint cracks began to show.
The Amethyst Winged Lion King didn't dare rely on its powerful defenses to take the hit. It lowered its head to dodge.
The next second, a wave of intense pain struck.
The horn on its head had been severed!
Roar!
Enraged, the Amethyst Winged Lion King struck the woman in the chest with one paw.
"Pfft—"
A mouthful of blood burst from Yun Yun's lips as she fell toward the ground.
No, I have to get away while I still have a little strength left!
Yun Yun knew all too well what would happen to her in the Magical Beast Mountain Range once her strength was sealed.
But just as she gathered the strength she had left and shot away, she crashed into a figure.
The slight impact was the last straw. Yun Yun's mind gave way completely, and her vision went black as she fainted.
Xiao Yu caught her.
"You little brat, are you crazy? You picked a fight with the Amethyst Winged Lion King for a woman? I'm no match for it!"
Yao Chen's furious voice rang out in Xiao Yu's mind.
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