Companion Purple Crystal Source Obtained, the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King Panicked

Meng Chen crouched among the rubble and slipped toward the cave. Seeing the scene before him, he could not help stopping to click his tongue in amazement.

"As expected of a Battle Emperor-level battle. It really is spectacular."

Inside the Small Pagoda, Qing Yanjing was puzzled.

"If I acted, why would we need to go to such trouble?"

Behind the rubble, Meng Chen kept his eyes fixed on the battle of ice and fire in the valley as he quietly answered Qing Yanjing inside the Small Pagoda.

"Aunt Qing, I know that if you acted, suppressing this Purple Crystal Winged Lion King would be easy."

While watching the situation on the battlefield, Meng Chen did not stop moving, slowly edging toward the Lion King's cave.

"But every time you act, you consume quite a bit of spiritual energy. It is better to conserve as much as possible."

"Hai Bodong has only just joined the Divine Court. He was originally a Battle Emperor who had always been pampered. If he keeps relying on you to act, he may develop a lazy mindset. Since this battle with the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King can temper his character, why not?"

Qing Yanjing fell silent for a moment inside the tower before calmly saying,

"You child, you do know a thing or two about managing subordinates."

That counted as approval of Meng Chen's idea.

The valley thundered without end as Hai Bodong and the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King fought fiercely, neither able to gain the upper hand. Frost and blazing flames collided again and again, heat waves mixed with bone-chilling cold spreading in every direction as shattered stones and broken trees flew through the air.

The Purple Crystal Winged Lion King's attention was completely tied up by Hai Bodong. It had not noticed in the slightest that humans were robbing its home!

Meng Chen lowered his body and passed through the mess on the ground. With Qing Yanjing concealing his aura, he flashed forward and slipped into the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King's pitch-black cave.

The cave's interior was not oppressive. Its walls were embedded with gleaming purple crystals, faint fire-element energy flowing slowly through them and casting a hazy purple glow across the cavern. Even the air was filled with a scorching sulfurous scent.

Meng Chen clicked his tongue in wonder. It really was a blessed place suitable for ordinary fire-element cultivation.

He took several more steps inside.

"Roar!"

A small figure suddenly sprang out from the darkness.

Meng Chen had been prepared and lightly dodged backward.

Before him stood a third-tier magical beast. It bared its fangs at Meng Chen, emitting a low growl from its throat and spitting out a wisp of weak purple fire in warning.

Calling it an adorable beast would not have been an exaggeration.

"Here it is."

Meng Chen's eyes held a smile. He had been wondering why he had not seen the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King's cub from the original story after traveling for half the day. So it had been hiding here.

The little Purple Crystal Winged Lion was about the size of a Tibetan Mastiff. The fine, soft light-purple crystal scales covering its body had yet to fully harden, while its golden beast eyes were filled with vigilance.

Relying on the fact that it was in its own den, the little fellow put on a fierce, ready-to-fight posture, trying to scare Meng Chen away.

After all, Meng Chen was only at the level of a Battle Master in its eyes. A human of such strength was simply no threat to it.

"Aunt Qing."

He had told little Qing Lin that he would return early, and Meng Chen did not want to waste any time.

"Roar!"

The young lion had just assumed an attacking stance.

Qing Yanjing's spiritual energy within the Small Pagoda swept lightly over it, and an invisible pressure gently descended.

The little Lion King suddenly froze, every soft scale on its body standing on end. The oppressive force originating from a higher-level being made all four of its limbs tremble slightly, and the purple fire it had just spat out weakly shrank back.

It clearly wanted to pounce, but its limbs would not obey it. It did not dare take even half a step forward, only crouching where it was and whining miserably.

Seeing its fierce appearance masking its inner weakness, Meng Chen became somewhat interested. Like teasing a puppy, he flicked the little fellow on the forehead.

"Little thing, with only this much ability, you still want to guard your home?"

The little Lion King winced in pain and flung its head to the side, but it did not dare retaliate. It could only retreat again and again, grunting in grievance and anger as it stared fixedly at Meng Chen, with no intention of attacking left at all.

Meng Chen ignored the young beast and turned to search the cave.

It did not take him long to find his target on a stone platform at the deepest part of the cavern.

A pile of Purple Spirit Stones lay together, intense fire-element radiance flowing within their crystals. At the very center of the Purple Spirit Stone platform, a violet-jade-like sphere flickered with a faint purple glow, and waves of heat continuously radiated from the liquid mass within.

The Companion Purple Crystal Source.

"So that's why you came in here, kid. The Companion Purple Crystal Source is here."

Meng Chen chuckled and dug the Purple Spirit Crystal out from among the stones before moving toward the Companion Purple Crystal Source.

"Awoo!"

The little Lion King's legs trembled in fear, yet it still stood in front of Meng Chen.

Instinct told it that this little sphere was extremely important to it.

"Go play somewhere else."

With a wave of Meng Chen's hand, the young beast was sent tumbling across the ground several times.

Bang!

The instant the Purple Spirit Crystal touched the Companion Purple Crystal Source, Qing Yanjing immediately enveloped all the liquid that poured out, then stored it all inside the Small Pagoda.

Meng Chen licked his lips.

"Such a heavenly treasure cannot be wasted. Aunt Qing, please help me look after it."

Watching its possessions being taken away, the little Lion King could only stare helplessly from the side.

In the original story, Xiao Yan had relied on these two treasures to cultivate purple fire and achieve a breakthrough in his cultivation.

Meng Chen took out his Storage Ring again and swept it with battle qi, storing away the Purple Spirit Crystal.

Both treasures were in hand.

The instant the treasures were stored away, an incomparably violent lion's roar came from outside the cave.

The Purple Crystal Winged Lion King, still entangled in battle outside, sensed that the mark it had placed on the Companion Purple Crystal Source had been erased.

How could it still care about fighting? Its enormous lion body violently shook off Hai Bodong's ice-element battle technique. With a flap of its crystal wings, it turned to rush back toward the cave.

"Trying to leave? Stay!"

How could Hai Bodong give it the chance? He immediately blocked it with all his strength, ice chains filling the sky and crisscrossing through the air, forcibly binding the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King in place.

"Roar!!"

The Purple Crystal Winged Lion King struggled madly, purple-red flames burning the ice chains. The icy chains melted again and again before forming anew, keeping it trapped on the valley battlefield. It could not leave by even half a step, and its rage nearly burned away all reason.

"Get out of my way!"

Hai Bodong watched as the Lion King, which he had originally been able to contend against, now showed signs of overpowering him due to its fury.

Hai Bodong was startled and rapidly retreated a hundred meters.

Boom!

A burst of water mist erupted around the Lion King. Once the mist dispersed, the ferocious beast shot toward the cave entrance at a speed too fast for the naked eye to follow.

Inside the cave, Meng Chen put away the treasures, then turned to look at the little Lion King trembling in the corner. Raising his hand, he gently pushed with battle qi and directly blasted the young lion out of the cave.

The little Lion King howled as it tumbled out of the cave entrance.

The Purple Crystal Winged Lion King waiting outside saw its cub being thrown out at a glance. Its eyes instantly turned bloodshot, and its roar shook loose stones from the valley's rock walls.

"Humans!! Let go of my child!!"

When it smelled that there was no trace of the Purple Crystal Source on its cub, the Lion King's eyes turned even redder.

"You bunch of thieves! You actually stole my child's Companion Purple Crystal Source!"

Meng Chen shrugged.

"Heavenly treasures belong to those capable of claiming them. Since you cultivated to this level, you should understand that principle."