Su You vs. the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King!

Su You followed close behind like a phantom. The two figures, one ahead and one behind, swiftly vanished into the dense forest shrouded in dusk.

Before long, the two arrived before the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King's lair.

The cave entrance lay beneath a cliff and stood several zhang high. Its edges were covered in a layer of dark violet crystals that gleamed with a cold, eerie light beneath the setting sun.

Even from dozens of zhang away, they could feel a scorching wave of heat pouring out from the depths. The air was thick with the mingled scent of sulfur and some strange fragrance.

A flash of light appeared behind Su Zhao, and a pair of purple wings unfolded from behind his shoulders. They were the Purple Cloud Wings, the high-grade Profound-tier flight Dou Technique he had obtained from the cave.

After a month of training, he had mastered them proficiently. Though their speed was far inferior to Su You's Dou Qi wings, they were more than sufficient for short-distance movement through the air.

With a stretch of his body, he flew onto a massive boulder in the distance and stood firmly upon it, giving Su You a slight nod.

Su You understood. The next instant, the terrifying pressure unique to a peak nine-star Dou Emperor erupted from his body!

The pressure descended like something tangible, blanketing the heavens and earth. In that instant, the entire mountain forest seemed to fall silent, even the chirping of insects and calls of birds abruptly ceasing.

The air became incomparably heavy, making even breathing several degrees more difficult.

Boom!!

The moment the pressure descended, an equally powerful pressure suddenly erupted from deep within the lair!

The next instant, a massive purple figure shot out of the cave, its spread wings nearly blotting out half the sky!

It was an incomparably enormous lion-type Magic Beast. Its entire body was covered in dense purple fur, over which had formed a layer of crystalline purple armor that reflected dazzling light beneath the setting sun.

A spiral horn grew from its head, broad purple wings spread from its back, and its eyes were blood-red. Sharp fangs protruded from its mouth. It was none other than the ruler of this region of the Magic Beast Mountain Range—the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King!

"Roar!!"

The Purple Crystal Winged Lion King let out a furious roar the moment it appeared, its sound waves spreading like something solid and flattening all the shrubs within several zhang.

"Human! Why have you disturbed this king!"

It spoke human language, its gaze locked tightly onto the figure standing in the air in the distance.

Yet when its senses truly touched the restrained yet profound fluctuations of Dou Qi around Su You, the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King's pupils suddenly contracted, and its previously arrogant bearing turned markedly grave.

A Dou Emperor.

And not an ordinary Dou Emperor—a peak Dou Emperor!

It was merely an early sixth-rank Magic Beast itself, equivalent to a human three- or four-star Dou Emperor. Yet the man before it was at least an eight-star, perhaps even a nine-star Dou Emperor!

There was a considerable gap between every star in the Dou Emperor realm. A difference of three stars was equivalent to an entire realm apart.

I'm no match for him!

Those four words flashed rapidly through the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King's mind, making it suppress the urge to attack at once.

"Human, what have you come here for?"

Its tone deepened, carrying a trace of wariness.

Su You stood high in the air and spoke indifferently. "Nothing else. I came today for the Lion King's Companion Purple Crystal Source. If the Lion King is willing to hand over the Companion Purple Crystal Source, I will turn around and leave."

"What? Impossible!"

The Purple Crystal Winged Lion King's pupils shook violently, and a hint of alarm and fury entered its voice.

"How do you know this king possesses the Companion Purple Crystal Source?"

Su You did not answer. He merely repeated expressionlessly, "Will you hand it over or not? Refuse, and die."

"Human, do not push this king too far!"

The Purple Crystal Winged Lion King's fur stood on end as its aura surged. Endless purple flames gushed from its body, dyeing half the sky with a faint violet hue.

It fiercely flapped its wings, and the purple fire swept toward Su You like a tidal wave, filling the sky.

"You may be powerful, but this king is not so easily bullied!"

Su You's expression remained calm as he slowly raised one hand.

The next instant, endless gales gathered from every direction, converging in his palm into a visible azure vortex that confronted the overwhelming purple flames in the sky.

"Stubborn fool."

Su You uttered those four words, and the gale in his palm suddenly exploded.

The next instant, wind and fire collided!

The Purple Crystal Winged Lion King attacked with all its strength. It knew Su You was far stronger than itself. If it did not drive him back before he used his full strength, it would have no further chance!

Endless purple fire howled toward Su You. Yet the moment it reached him, it was swept up by the gales circling his body. As the wind shifted, the purple flames seemed to be drawn by an invisible force and were forcibly rolled back, turning on the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King itself!

The Purple Crystal Winged Lion King was shocked and enraged. It beat its wings violently and dodged at high speed, barely avoiding the purple flames sweeping back at it.

"Ten Thousand Winds Binding!"

Su You shouted low. As his hands formed seals, boundless gales transformed into dozens of solid azure chains that wound around the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King from all directions like living creatures. In the blink of an eye, they tightly bound its massive body!

"Roar!!!"

The Purple Crystal Winged Lion King struggled wildly as purple flames continuously erupted from its body, attempting to burn through the chains of wind.

Yet those chains were as unbreakable as solid matter. No matter how it struggled, it could not break free in the slightest!

"Human! You go too far—Amethyst Seal!"

The Purple Crystal Winged Lion King roared toward the sky. A dazzling purple sphere of light suddenly condensed atop its spiral horn, containing an extremely terrifying sealing power.

If struck by this move, even an opponent of the same rank would have their Dou Qi temporarily sealed and be left at another's mercy.

However—

As though he had expected it, Su You flashed away the instant the purple sphere was about to be released, swiftly retreating from his original position like a phantom.

Having spent so much time with Su Zhao, Su You had long learned of the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King's trump card from him. Though the Amethyst Seal was formidable, its charge time was too long and its signs too obvious. As long as one knew the intelligence beforehand, it was not difficult to deal with.

Sure enough, the purple sphere shot out the instant Su You evaded, but it only struck empty air, exploding against a distant mountainside in ripples of purple light.

"Wind-Howling Mountain-Splitting Palm!"

Seizing this opportunity, Su You swung out his palm. Countless gales gathered and compressed beneath it, transforming into a hundred-zhang azure wind palm. Carrying the terrifying force to crush mountains, it smashed ruthlessly down upon the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King!

Rumble!!

The hundred-zhang giant palm crashed down upon the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King's head, smashing its enormous body out of the sky like a purple meteor plunging into the ground.

The earth shook violently as dust soared into the sky. A massive pit several zhang deep was blasted into the entire valley.

"Roar!!"

The Purple Crystal Winged Lion King lay at the bottom of the pit and let out a miserable howl, its aura instantly weakening.

It struggled to rise, but its limbs had gone weak, and it failed to support its body after several attempts!

The azure chains struck again and bound it.