Yun Yun Injured, Ambiguity in the Cave

Atop the crown of a towering tree, Xiao Yan watched the great battle in the sky from up close under Yao Lao's protection.

The azure sky was filled with blue and red, the two colors occupying nearly half the heavens.

The enormous magical beast in the air was seven or eight meters long, its body covered in a layer of purple crystals. Its blood-red pupils glimmered with strange purple light. A fiery red spiral horn grew from its head, wreathed in purple flames. It also possessed a pair of purple wings, which spewed purple fire as they flapped, scorching the surrounding void. Its four sturdy beast hooves were likewise embedded with a layer of purple crystals.

What a formidable sixth-tier magical beast—the Amethyst Winged Lion King.

And on the other side, just as Xiao Yan had expected, was a woman.

The woman's curvaceous body was clad in a plain dress. She held a somewhat peculiar longsword that emitted a cyan glow, while her green hair was arranged in an elegant phoenix-shaped coiffure. Her beautiful, captivating face remained calm and serene even in the face of such a powerful magical beast.

Behind her were cyan wings formed from condensed Dou Qi.

At this time, in this place, and in this situation, Xiao Yan was certain that she was Yun Yun.

Yun Yun had come for the Amethyst Winged Lion King's Purple Spirit Crystal, so Gu He could refine pills that would increase Nalan Yanran's cultivation speed and allow her to defeat Xiao Yan during the Three-Year Agreement.

Thinking of this, Xiao Yan looked at the beautiful woman in the sky, whose bearing was so noble, with a complicated expression.

The two of them seemed destined to be enemies rather than friends.

Yet when Xiao Yan looked at Yun Yun, he felt not the slightest hatred.

In the sky, Yun Yun and the Amethyst Winged Lion King had already begun fighting.

Storms and pillars of fire collided in the air, releasing terrifying energy. At the instant of impact, even the void trembled.

The two forces were evenly matched and remained locked in a stalemate for several minutes. Finally, when their energy was exhausted, they vanished into thin air amid a muffled boom that resounded through heaven and earth.

The battle continued.

The wings behind Yun Yun fluttered continuously. Her graceful figure flashed and darted through the air as the strange longsword in her hand radiated cyan light.

With every swing of her sword, rapidly spinning wind blades formed and surged toward the Amethyst Winged Lion King to shred it apart.

The red spiral horn atop the Amethyst Winged Lion King's head flickered several times before firing a massive stream of Purple Flame half a meter thick.

The Purple Flame swallowed the wind blades and continued burning toward Yun Yun.

Yun Yun danced her longsword, creating a small tornado out of thin air that destroyed the thick Purple Flame.

Their battle was extraordinarily dazzling and shocking. The aftershocks alone were enough to kill a Da Dou Shi.

The blazing sun hung high overhead. As the battle continued, the Amethyst Winged Lion King became increasingly valiant, and the purple flames within its body grew ever more intense.

It could absorb the heat radiated by the sun and fuel the Purple Flame within its body.

The Purple Flame grew so intense that it overflowed from its body, forming a towering plume of purple smoke around the Amethyst Winged Lion King. It blotted out the sky and sun, obscuring even the daylight.

"Purple Crystal Seal!"

At last, the Amethyst Winged Lion King unleashed its strongest technique. The purple spiral horn atop its head flashed as a purple beam shot forth.

Yun Yun's expression changed slightly. Her longsword danced repeatedly as she set up dozens of wind shields before herself.

The purple beam smashed through those wind shields with overwhelming force, piercing them one after another before finally shooting into Yun Yun's body.

Seeing that the purple beam had struck its opponent, the Amethyst Winged Lion King flashed to Yun Yun's side. Its massive claw slashed toward her chest.

As the purple beam entered her body, Yun Yun felt the Dou Qi within her being suppressed and sealed.

Her expression shifted slightly. Looking at the suddenly appearing Amethyst Winged Lion King, she gave a cold laugh.

"Extreme Wind, Falling Kill!"

The strange longsword in her hand trembled faintly as a slender ray of light shot violently from its tip.

Though thin, the ray was incomparably dazzling. The instant it appeared, even the sun seemed to dim.

The ray shot toward the Amethyst Winged Lion King's enormous head. Sensing danger, it tried to evade, but how could it possibly dodge at such close range?

In its panic, the Amethyst Winged Lion King could only lower its head as much as possible to avoid the attack, yet the ray struck its spiral horn precisely.

The shattering of its horn caused the Amethyst Winged Lion King to let out an earth-shaking scream of agony, driving it into a frenzy.

Its giant claw, carrying incomparably ferocious force, slammed heavily into Yun Yun's chest.

After suffering the heavy blow, Yun Yun spat out a small mouthful of blood and was sent flying. Borrowing the force of the strike, she widened the distance between herself and the Lion King. Her cyan wings beat once, and her body flashed repeatedly through the air before vanishing beyond the horizon in an instant.

Watching the woman flee, the Amethyst Winged Lion King roared unwillingly. The roar carried violent energy as it spread in all directions.

The mountains below shook as though an earthquake had struck. Some lofty peaks even had their summits forcibly shattered.

"Search for her! You must find that human woman!"

The Amethyst Winged Lion King spoke in human speech. Its booming voice spread through the surroundings, and beast roars immediately shook the mountain range as magical beasts rushed in every direction.

"Yun Yun is in danger!"

Watching the agitated magical beasts racing across the ground, Xiao Yan frowned deeply as he hid in the tree crown.

This would make the central region extremely dangerous and affect his upcoming cultivation plans.

Xiao Yan shook his head helplessly and returned to the hidden cave under Yao Lao's protection.

The moment he entered the cave, his expression changed slightly.

In the cave, on the sleeping area he had arranged, lay a beautiful woman. Her eyes were tightly shut, her face was exceedingly pale, and the clothes over her chest were torn, revealing blue inner armor beneath.

It was Yun Yun, who had been injured while fighting the Amethyst Winged Lion King and had fled.

Xiao Yan looked at the woman with a complicated expression. He had never intended to become involved with her, yet fate had pushed the two of them together.

"Ah."

Xiao Yan sighed softly and walked over.

Seeing Yun Yun from such close range was breathtaking. Her features were picturesque, her skin smooth as jade, and she exuded an elegant, noble aura.

Because of her injuries, her delicate brows were tightly furrowed, and faint pain showed on her cheeks.

Xiao Yan looked toward her chest. Her outer clothing there had already been torn apart, exposing a piece of blue metal inner armor. Five deep claw marks were carved into it, with thin streams of blood seeping from them.

If not for the protection of this metal inner armor, Yun Yun might have suffered far more severe injuries and would not have been able to escape on the spot.

Xiao Yan took out some healing medicine from his Storage Ring and reached out to pull aside Yun Yun's outer clothing. At that moment, the woman's tightly closed eyes suddenly opened, filled with coldness and embarrassment as she stared fixedly at him.

"You're awake? Your injuries are serious and need treatment immediately."

Xiao Yan shook the healing medicine in his hand and said with a smile, "You're lucky you ran into me."

After saying that, he reached out again to pull aside the torn outer clothing stuck to her inner armor.

The woman shifted slightly to avoid him, but the movement tugged at her wound, and pain appeared on her face.

She slowly closed her eyes. After a moment, she opened them again, gritted her silver teeth, and said softly, "Damn it, I was actually struck by its sealing technique."

Her condition was extremely dire. All the Dou Qi within her body had been sealed, and she could not circulate it to heal her injuries.

After struggling for a long while, Yun Yun looked at Xiao Yan, the rather handsome young man before her, then said softly as though resigning herself to fate, "Go ahead."

Xiao Yan shrugged and pulled aside her bloodstained outer clothing. He said,

"The wound is beneath the inner armor. The armor has to be removed before I can apply the medicine."

Yun Yun's delicate body trembled slightly. Her beautiful eyes stared into the young man's dark eyes. Seeing the clarity in them, she took a deep breath and said,

"Don't look where you shouldn't, or I'll kill you."

Xiao Yan gave a cold laugh. "No good deed goes unpunished. Then wait here and die."

With that, Xiao Yan turned around and walked toward the cave entrance.

"You... come back here. Hiss~"

The woman grew anxious and tried to sit up, but this tugged at her wound. The intense pain made her suck in a sharp breath.

"Don't move."

Xiao Yan supported the woman. Seeing fresh blood seep from the inner armor, he spoke with a hint of reproach.

"The magical beasts outside are searching everywhere for you. Your injuries must be treated as soon as possible. Otherwise, when the magical beasts find you, they're too strong for me to protect you from."

"Mhm."

The pain from earlier had weakened Yun Yun. She was no longer the powerful Dou Emperor, merely a wounded woman with no Dou Qi.

Yun Yun in this state instead made Xiao Yan feel closer to her, and he found her even more beautiful.

Seeing that she no longer struggled, Xiao Yan carefully removed the inner armor. Part of it around the wound had pierced into her flesh, and when it came away from her body, it inevitably pulled at the wound. Yun Yun's delicate brows knitted tightly in pain, her pretty face turned even paler, and a pained moan escaped her tightly closed red lips.

Beneath the inner armor was an extremely thin white undergarment that clung tightly to the woman's curvaceous body.

The material was somewhat transparent, and he could almost see her snow-white jade-like skin beneath it.

Xiao Yan took out a black robe from his Storage Ring and draped it over the woman, covering her beautiful body.

Afterward, Xiao Yan laid her flat upon the bed. Their eyes met in the air, and Yun Yun seemed somewhat shy as she turned her head away.

Her face flushed faintly.