Amethyst Winged Lion King, Die!

The Amethyst Winged Lion King roared in pain.

Clearly, he had not expected the hardest part of his body to be utterly incapable of withstanding this blade.

Yet before the Amethyst Winged Lion King could even move, the sword edge swiftly sliced through his body.

In an instant, the Amethyst Winged Lion King froze in place.

The purple flames filling the sky scattered at the same moment.

The Amethyst Winged Lion King's roar also came to an abrupt halt.

A thin line appeared across the Amethyst Winged Lion King's body.

Beside him, Yun Yun's face was pale as she watched the scene in utter shock.

She had never expected this from the very beginning.

The Amethyst Winged Lion King, who had even put her at a disadvantage, had actually died at Xiao Tianci's hands?

More importantly, the Amethyst Winged Lion King had died so hastily!

He had not even left behind any final words or uttered a single threat before dying beneath a slash from who knew where.

In midair, the Amethyst Winged Lion King's body had already split into two.

Huge amounts of purple blood sprayed through the air.

The expression on the Amethyst Winged Lion King's face was still one of pain. Though frozen in place, it looked exceptionally vivid.

"Rumble!"

The corpse crashed to the ground, kicking up a massive cloud of dust.

Yet the sword light did not stop.

After cleaving through the Amethyst Winged Lion King's body, it flew onward.

It sank into the mountain behind the Amethyst Winged Lion King.

A massive crack appeared across the mountain. After swaying precariously for a moment, the mountain collapsed with a deafening crash.

Massive boulders tumbled down as dust filled the air, creating an imposing spectacle.

The Amethyst Winged Lion King was not the strongest creature in the Magical Beast Mountain Range, but within this area, he was unquestionably its overlord.

But now, this overlord had fallen.

Two shocked gazes shifted away from the Amethyst Winged Lion King's corpse and turned toward Xiao Tianci in the sky.

"You... you killed him." Yun Yun's voice carried a trace of disbelief.

Honestly, when she had come to the Magical Beast Mountain Range this time, she had thought the best possible outcome would be fighting the Amethyst Winged Lion King before negotiating terms with him.

Yet she had never imagined that the Amethyst Winged Lion King would simply die...

"Yeah. This guy was a little too easy to beat, wasn't he?" Xiao Tianci let out a rough breath.

That strike had nearly drained all the Dou Qi within him.

Although the Green Emperor Longevity Art's Dou Qi recovery speed was extraordinarily fast after reaching the Heaven Tier.

The feeling of emptiness in his body was very real.

One of those shocked gazes belonged to Yun Yun, while the other naturally belonged to Xiao Yan.

After his shock faded, a fierce heat suddenly erupted in his eyes.

"Teacher, I want to become this powerful someday too, able to kill such terrifying magical beasts as the Amethyst Winged Lion King with a single strike!"

Xiao Yan spoke resolutely. "Please double my special training!"

"Killing one with a single sword strike can be done." Yao Lao slowly nodded, his eyes filled with an unyielding solemnity.

Yet inwardly, he understood perfectly well.

Killing a Sixth-Rank Magical Beast with one sword strike was something Xiao Yan might be able to do once he reached the Dou Zong realm, or perhaps even the Dou Emperor realm.

But the man before them had relied entirely on his understanding of swordsmanship, not his cultivation.

Such a thing was beyond human capability.

"The Purple Spirit Crystal you need should be inside the Amethyst Winged Lion King's cave. Take it, then leave."

Xiao Tianci looked at Yun Yun as he spoke.

After a brief period of recovery, Xiao Tianci's Dou Qi had recovered to around seventy or eighty percent.

The black-and-white wings on his back spread, and he took the lead in flying toward the cave behind the Amethyst Winged Lion King.

The cave had originally been enormous, like a natural cavern. More than a dozen people could enter and exit without feeling crowded.

But Xiao Tianci's previous strike had caused more than half the mountain to collapse.

As a result, the cave entrance was no longer spacious. At most, two people could pass through side by side.

Some sections were even buried beneath rocks, forcing Xiao Tianci and Yun Yun to clear away stones as they made their way inside.

"Teacher, they've gone." Xiao Yan could not help speaking as he watched Xiao Tianci and Yun Yun disappear into the cave entrance.

"After watching a battle between Dou Emperors, it's time for us to continue your special training."

Yao Lao, beside him, nodded. He was quite satisfied with Xiao Yan's reaction.

"Teacher, if I could control the Amethyst Winged Lion King's purple flames, would they help with pill refining?" Xiao Yan suddenly asked as though he had thought of something.

"How could that be? Those purple flames may be fairly powerful, but they are beast flames. Do you think they can be absorbed like Heavenly Flames? At most, they can only be borrowed for a time." Yao Lao rolled his eyes at Xiao Yan's wild fantasy.

"Those two are so powerful that they probably won't care much for most of the Amethyst Winged Lion King's things in this cave. Once they leave, we can go in and take a look, right?" Xiao Yan continued.

"Mm, that should be possible." Yao Lao nodded slowly.

Afterward, Xiao Yan patiently lay in the cave where he had been watching the battle.

Xiao Tianci and Yun Yun walked through the cave.

Feeling the sharp sword intent still lingering within, Yun Yun could not help drawing in a cold breath.

Even the Amethyst Winged Lion King's freakishly strong defense had been unable to withstand such sword intent. If it had struck her body, her fate would likely not have been much better.

Xiao Tianci stood within the cave, slowly walking through its interior, which was covered with purple crystal stones.

Then, after closing his eyes to sense his surroundings, he arrived before a stone wall.

The smooth purple stone wall, originally covered in purple crystals, had several orchid-like plants growing from it.

However, unlike ordinary orchids, these plants had pale purple leaves, with purple flames occasionally flickering across them.

And this was Xiao Tianci's target on this journey: the Purple Flame Orchid!

After carefully storing all the Purple Flame Orchids from the wall in the jade box he had prepared in advance, Xiao Tianci turned to Yun Yun.

"Do you know where your Purple Spirit Crystal is kept?"

However, the moment he looked at her, Xiao Tianci froze.

Because Yun Yun's face was even paler than before, and her beautiful brows were tightly furrowed.

The originally powerful aura around her had become extremely weak, making it clear that she was seriously injured.

"What happened?" Seeing Yun Yun swaying unsteadily, Xiao Tianci did not dare hesitate. He hurried over and pulled Yun Yun into his arms.

In an instant, Yun Yun's body stiffened instinctively.

At the same time, Xiao Tianci's palm felt an astonishing softness. Yun Yun's waist was supple and boneless, and the sensation was exquisite.