High in the sky, the enormous azure tornado Yun Yun had conjured collided with the towering purple pillar of flame unleashed by the Amethyst Winged Lion King, a full twenty to thirty feet high!
Boom!
A thunderous roar exploded out of nowhere in the dark sky.
The storm and pillar of flame clashed fiercely, both madly releasing terrifying energy. Where they met, even space seemed to ripple faintly.
Finally, their energy exhausted, both vanished into thin air with a muffled boom that echoed throughout the mountain range.
The instant the collision dissipated, the azure wings behind Yun Yun, who had stood motionless in the sky for so long, fluttered. Her body became a streak of lightning, appearing behind the Amethyst Winged Lion King in the blink of an eye!
The strange longsword in her hand thrust out swiftly. A ring of rapidly spinning wind blades formed around its tip, resembling an azure sphere covered in blades.
Clang!
The longsword, wreathed in wind blades, struck the Amethyst Winged Lion King's hard skin, filling the air with a succession of crisp clangs.
Yet those lightning-fast thrusts left only white marks on the layer of amethyst, and even those faded moments later.
"Human woman, your attacks... are too weak!"
The Amethyst Winged Lion King laughed savagely, and the amethyst light around him blazed.
He suddenly opened his mouth, spewing an Amethyst Color beam straight at Yun Yun's chest!
Yun Yun hurriedly raised her sword to block, but the tremendous force hurled her dozens of meters backward. A trickle of blood escaped the corner of her mouth.
She looked down at her trembling arm, her eyes filled with disbelief.
The Amethyst Winged Lion King's strength was nothing like the rumors... he far surpassed an ordinary sixth-rank magical beast!
His physical strength and the density of his Dou Qi had even faintly brushed the threshold of the seventh rank!
"I will give you one more chance."
The Amethyst Winged Lion King slowly approached, his Amethyst Color wings spreading across the night sky like a moving mountain gate.
"Get lost! Or... die!"
Yun Yun gritted her teeth. After a moment's deliberation, determination flashed in her eyes.
"Wind Push!"
Steeling herself, Yun Yun formed a strange hand seal before her with her delicate hands. As her soft, clear cry fell, a violent azure whirlwind surged into existence before her and hurtled toward the Lion King's face!
"You court death!"
At the sight, the purple light in the Amethyst Winged Lion King's beastly eyes suddenly blazed!
His enormous claw swept up a brilliant purple radiance and smashed furiously down at Yun Yun.
The claw easily shattered the raging tornado in its path and continued toward her! It tore through the resistance of the air, leaving a series of explosive cracks in its wake.
"Wind Spirit Shield!"
Facing the Amethyst Winged Lion King's physical assault, Yun Yun's expression grew solemn. The azure wings behind her fluttered, and an enormous azure wind shield, two to three meters across, abruptly materialized before her.
Crack...
The massive claw slammed into the azure wind shield. Amid a blaze of purple light and a crisp crack, the shield shattered into fragments that filled the sky before dispersing on the wind. The Amethyst Winged Lion King's physical strength was truly formidable!
Having broken through her defense, the Amethyst Winged Lion King let out a low roar. His enormous body twisted slightly, his terrifyingly violent attack speed utterly at odds with his massive frame.
In a battle of this level, even a stray wisp of the shock waves would be impossible for an ordinary Dou Ling to withstand, let alone a Dou Shi.
Thus, although Xiao Yan watched from afar with his blood surging, his body could not help trembling slightly.
"The Amethyst Winged Lion King's defenses and body are actually this powerful, while all the Dou Techniques that woman uses are Wind Attribute techniques focused on speed and agility..."
"If this keeps up, that human Dou Emperor probably won't gain much of an advantage."
After watching several exchanges, Xiao Yan had begun to discern a few things.
"Heh, little fellow, you've been watching closely. You're right. And there's one more thing-"
"The Amethyst Winged Lion King has a fire attribute. The amethyst covering his body can absorb energy from the blazing daytime sun, increasing his combat strength under sunlight."
"And this night seems about to end..."
The battle in the sky had continued from midnight until a pale, fish-belly white appeared in the east.
By now, Yun Yun's heart had gradually sunk to rock bottom.
I can't drag this out any longer...
"Extreme Wind: Meteor Kill!"
She abruptly raised her longsword overhead. Azure Dou Qi gathered madly, condensing at the sword's tip into a deep beam of light barely the width of a thumb, which shot out in an instant!
Its brilliance illuminated the entire mountain peak as brightly as daylight. Even the Amethyst Winged Lion King could not help narrowing his beastly eyes.
Yun Yun's strike swept in, the deep beam at her sword's tip cleaving through the sky. Wherever it passed, even space rippled faintly, as though it would split heaven and earth in two!
The Amethyst Winged Lion King's scarlet eyes suddenly contracted. He keenly sensed the traces of sharpness and danger within that beam.
He was about to lower his head to evade its cutting edge when his enormous body abruptly froze-
Dawn broke over the eastern horizon, and purple qi came from the east!
Wisps of barely perceptible purple light emerged with the rising sun!
The light was not dazzling, yet it carried a mysterious aura.
At that moment, the amethyst scales covering the Amethyst Winged Lion King's body suddenly lit up. The Primordial Purple Qi Seed within him, dormant for years, began to hum-an exceedingly rare occurrence!
An inexplicable sense of comfort spread throughout his body, faintly resonating with that mysterious presence within him.
Bang-!!
Yun Yun's Extreme Wind: Meteor Kill struck the Amethyst Winged Lion King squarely in the forehead!
Yet, to Yun Yun's horror, the fierce beam of wind, powerful enough to slay an ordinary Dou Emperor, was completely neutralized by a faint purple-gold halo the instant it touched his amethyst scales!
"What?!"
Her pupils contracted sharply, and the longsword nearly slipped from her hand. "He's completely unharmed..."
"Hahahaha... exhilarating!"
The Amethyst Winged Lion King threw back his head and roared. Wisps of purple qi streamed from his eyes, and his voice held unprecedented excitement and fervor.
He could feel the wondrous seed within him slowly stirring. Although he still had not truly fused with it, that resonance, that response, allowed him to see hope!
His aura climbed steadily. Amethyst Color flames erupted from his body, denser and fiercer than before.
Faint threads of golden radiance could be seen flowing through those flames, as though they were slowly transforming into some higher form of energy.
Yun Yun's brows knitted tightly, her beautiful face filled with gravity.
She could sense that this Amethyst Winged Lion King seemed to be undergoing a transformation, some kind of... evolution that made her heart tremble faintly!
I can't keep fighting...
She lightly bit her red lip, weighing her options for a moment. Then the azure wings behind her fluttered, and she shot backward like lightning.
At that moment, however, the Amethyst Winged Lion King came back to his senses.
His scarlet eyes, suffused with purple light, locked onto the fleeing white figure. He had no intention of letting her leave so easily.
"Human woman, since you've come, stay!"
He suddenly opened his mouth, and purple radiance enveloped heaven and earth.
After a brief buildup, the light abruptly contracted. In the blink of an eye, the purple radiance filling the sky compressed into a deep purple beam only half a foot across!
"Amethyst Seal!"
The deep purple beam shot out like lightning. In just two leaps, it appeared a short distance in front of Yun Yun.
Yun Yun's pupils contracted sharply as she sensed the terrifying sealing power.
If it struck her, all the Dou Qi in her body would likely be sealed completely, leaving her a fish on the magical beast's chopping block!
With disaster hanging by a thread, azure light blazed around her, and the Dou Qi within her seemed to burn fiercely.
In an instant, the Wind Attribute Dou Qi around Yun Yun surged wildly. Violent winds erupted, and heaven and earth changed color!
"Wind Summoning Technique!"
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