Subduing

Just as the Amethyst Winged Lion King tried to roll over and stand up, it suddenly found its body falling uncontrollably again.

With a boom, it crashed back onto the ground.

"Damn it, what's going on?" the Amethyst Winged Lion King roared.

"Heh heh, what do you think, stupid lion?"

A clear young male voice suddenly came from behind it.

"It was you."

Turning around, the Amethyst Winged Lion King saw two people sitting not far behind it: a handsome boy of eleven or twelve, and a white-haired old man whose figure was somewhat illusory.

But judging from his aura, this illusory elderly figure was clearly the mysterious expert who had fought it not long ago.

"What are you doing? Let me go, you bastards!"

Looking down, the Amethyst Winged Lion King suddenly discovered that it was inside a massive Formation Diagram.

The boy and the old man sat at the edge of the enormous formation, while its body was bound by countless energy chains formed from the Formation Diagram. Those chains had obviously tripped it just now.

"Heh heh, it's too late to let you go."

Yao Lao chuckled, then suddenly struck a certain corner of the Formation Diagram.

The energy chains wrapped around the Amethyst Winged Lion King seemed to come alive, wildly flooding into its body.

"Whoosh, whoosh." "Whoosh, whoosh."

"Ahhh! It hurts, it hurts!"

As those strange energy chains entered its body, the Amethyst Winged Lion King felt excruciating pain throughout every corner of its body. Its head in particular felt as though it were about to explode.

After roaring in agony for a while, the Amethyst Winged Lion King finally passed out.

As the energy chains completely entered the Amethyst Winged Lion King's body, they transformed into wisps of dark light that completely enveloped it, eventually forming a small flame-shaped mark on its head.

Then, as though it possessed a will of its own, the flame leaped into the air and landed before Yao Lao.

Yao Lao smiled faintly but did not take the flame. Instead, he guided the little flame with his aura and flicked it toward Xiao Yan's body. The instant it touched Xiao Yan, it melted like water and merged into him.

As the little flame merged into Xiao Yan's body, he immediately felt that he had formed a mysterious yet close connection with the Amethyst Winged Lion King before him.

"Teacher, what was that?" Xiao Yan asked Yao Lao in confusion.

"This Formation Diagram was obtained by your teacher in an ancient ruin. Legend says it was a supreme method used by the Ancient Beast Taming Sect to control magical beasts. However, I was not sure whether this Formation Diagram, passed down to the present day, could still succeed. I never expected it to work by sheer luck today."

"Since it succeeded, I'll leave this Amethyst Winged Lion King to you. My strength is no longer of any use for it," Yao Lao said with a smile.

"Thank you, Teacher." Xiao Yan solemnly thanked Yao Lao.

"Hahaha, all right, all right, Yan, don't give me that."

Yao Lao laughed heartily.

"Then, Teacher, what about the Amethyst Winged Lion King?" Xiao Yan looked at Yao Lao.

"Let's wait until it wakes up," Yao Lao said after some thought.

"Mmm."

In its daze, the Amethyst Winged Lion King felt waves of coolness flowing through its body, along with a stream of pure energy that began repairing its wounds.

"All right, stupid lion, stop pretending to be asleep. I know you're already awake."

A boy's clear voice sounded beside its ear. Knowing it had been discovered, the Amethyst Winged Lion King finally decided to stand up.

Roar!

The moment it stood, the Amethyst Winged Lion King lunged at Xiao Yan.

"Kneel!" Xiao Yan ordered.

With a bang, the Amethyst Winged Lion King discovered in despair that its body had indeed begun to kneel uncontrollably.

Roar! "Damn human, what did you do to me?"

The Amethyst Winged Lion King demanded furiously.

"Heh heh, it's nothing. From now on, you'll be under his control."

Yao Lao said with a smiling face from the side.

"..."

After struggling for a long time, the Amethyst Winged Lion King finally accepted the fact dejectedly.

"Heh heh, Amethyst Winged Lion King, your aura seems to have reached the level of a Sixth-Tier Magical Beast. Do you want to break through and become a Rank Seven Magical Beast?"

As he spoke, Yao Lao took a jade bottle from his Storage Ring, opened it, and placed it before the Amethyst Winged Lion King.

"So what if you know? I have been at the level of a Sixth-Tier Magical Beast for a long time, but what can you do to help me? Do you know how few members of my race have ever crossed that threshold in our history?"

"I, uh—"

The Amethyst Winged Lion King turned around and spoke to Yao Lao disdainfully, but suddenly, as though someone had seized its throat, it could no longer speak.

"Uh, this scent... this scent is a Human-Shaping Pill! It's a Human-Shaping Pill, isn't it?! Give it to me, give me the Human-Shaping Pill! As long as you give me the Human-Shaping Pill, I'll do anything for you!"

The Amethyst Winged Lion King suddenly lunged fiercely at the jade bottle, but unfortunately, due to the contract seal, it could not move at all and could only stare eagerly at the Human-Shaping Pill inside.

"Heh heh."

Seeing this, master and disciple exchanged a glance and grinned wickedly together.

"Since that's the case, Amethyst Winged Lion King, as long as you agree to one condition, we'll give you this Human-Shaping Pill." Yao Lao stroked his beard with a sly grin.

"What condition?" Feeling that something was wrong, the Amethyst Winged Lion King cautiously backed away.

"We want the Purple Flame inside your body."

Yao Lao glanced at it before giving his answer.

"Purple Flame? You're insane! The Purple Flame is a companion flame produced by the Amethyst Source inside my race's bodies. If you extract it, I'll die. Besides, what do you even want the Purple Flame for? No, absolutely not."

Upon hearing that Yao Lao and Xiao Yan wanted the companion Purple Flame inside its body, the Amethyst Winged Lion King immediately shook its head frantically.

"We are Alchemists. The Purple Flame is a type of Beast Flame we need for refining pills."

Yao Lao said with a smile.

"Beast Flame? I know that Dead Snake living north of me is also a Sixth-Tier Magical Beast. It has Beast Flame in its body too, and its Beast Flame is even stronger than mine. Come on, I'll take you there. Let's extract the Beast Flame from its body."

After hearing this, the Amethyst Winged Lion King spoke cleverly.

"Sure. Then we'll give this Human-Shaping Pill to that snake as well."

Yao Lao immediately said with a smile.

"Uh..."

A colorful array of expressions appeared on the Amethyst Winged Lion King's enormous beastly face.

"I can add another Imperial Extreme Pill. Think carefully. This Human-Shaping Pill will allow you to completely shed your beast form and possess both the long lifespan of magical beasts and humanity's cultivation talent from then on."

"As for this Imperial Extreme Pill, it can raise the strength of a Dou Emperor who consumes it by one or two stars. A Dou Emperor can only consume one Imperial Extreme Pill in their lifetime!"

Seeing this, Yao Lao gave a cunning smile and raised the stakes again.

"As long as you consume this Human-Shaping Pill and Imperial Extreme Pill, you may be able to break through immediately, greatly shortening the time needed to become a Rank Seven Magical Beast. That is an existence equivalent to a human Dou Zong expert." Yao Lao chuckled.

"I agree." The Amethyst Winged Lion King finally closed its eyes and said painfully.