Inside the Magical Beast Mountain Range.
A figure was searching for something along the steep cliffs. At this moment he had pushed his spiritual sensory abilities to their absolute limit, completely shrouding this precipitous cliffside, yet ultimately, he still gained nothing.
"That shouldn't be right. There are only so many cliffs in the Magical Beast Mountain Range, and I've already investigated every single one of them. How can I still not find it?"
This figure was none other than Hun Changqing, and right now he was preparing to refine a Tier 7 medicinal pill suited for himself-the Mystic Yin Pill.
This medicinal pill was not originally meant for human consumption; rather, it was refined for magical beasts of the yin-cold attribute to enhance their Dou Qi. For instance, the Nine Serenities Netherworld Python of the Three Great Magical Beasts tribes often went to the Pill Tower to beg for this pill.
The energy contained within this medicinal pill was utterly terrifying. Only the formidable physical bodies of magical beasts could perfectly absorb it, as a human physique could completely fail to withstand the energy inside this pill.
When Yao Chen had told him about this pill back then, he had looked at him with a face full of worry, afraid that Hun Changqing wouldn't be able to bear it and urging him to swap for a different one.
Yet Hun Changqing had simply burst into loud laughter, declaring that no matter how berserk the yin energy might be, it would obediently behave inside his body, telling Yao Chen to set his mind at ease and proceed with the refining.
At this moment, around three days had passed since Yao Chen began opening his cauldron to refine the pill, and in another two days the medicinal pill would take form. The day the pill formed.
Would be the day Hun Changqing broke through to the Dou Zong. As for Hun Changqing, finding himself idle and bored, he had run over to the Magical Beast Mountain Range, intending to take all of Xiao Yan's fortuitous encounters.
Who could have imagined that Hun Changqing would search roughly through all these cliffs without finding even the shadow of a cave dwelling, leaving him extremely vexed.
Sigh, whatever. I originally came just to disrupt things, and since I didn't find it, it doesn't really matter. Although the items inside that cave dwelling are incomparably precious to Xiao Yan at this stage and can help his rapid rise, as long as I keep a tight watch on Xiao Yan, I don't fear him slipping out of the palm of my hand.
Hun Changqing thought with resignation, then stood up and flew toward the center of the Magical Beast Mountain Range.
After making another sweep through the center of the Magical Beast Mountain Range, a full circle later, Hun Changqing was left speechless and with no room left to complain.
"Could it be that I can't even find the Amethyst Winged Lion King? Are you kidding me?! Such a massive overlord of the Magical Beast Mountain Range, a Tier 6 magical beast, and I actually can't find it? If there isn't something fishy going on here, I'll eat my hat!"
Hun Changqing was growing somewhat irritated. He simply refused to believe it-forget about failing to find the cave dwelling on the cliff, could such a massive overlord of the Magical Beast Mountain Range just vanish into thin air?
Hun Changqing directly pushed his soul perception to the maximum, and the coercion belonging to a peak Dou Emperor powerhouse was also unleashed without the slightest reservation, carrying an intensely aggressive intent. Hun Changqing was provoking the entire Magical Beast Mountain Range!
Along the path Hun Changqing traveled, magical beasts below Tier 5 were all pressed flat to the ground by his coercion. Only Tier 5 magical beasts could barely manage to stand, yet even they were trembling all over, not daring to make a single move.
"Roar!"
Finally, a lion's roar akin to a thunderclap and deafening to the ears rang out not far from Hun Changqing!
Faced with a human provoking the entire Magical Beast Mountain Range, as the overlord of the mountain range, it was naturally impossible to keep enduring. Beyond forbearance, there was no need to forbear any longer.
As it turned out, earlier while Hun Changqing was searching for the cave dwelling, the Amethyst Winged Lion King had happened to be nearby and accidentally sensed Hun Changqing.
Sensing the profound and terrifying aura on Hun Changqing, it felt an inexplicable premonition that this terrifying human would soon come looking for trouble with it.
Considering its child, the Amethyst Winged Lion King decided to hide from this human. Never did it expect that after it went into hiding, this human would directly provoke the entire Magical Beast Mountain Range.
It was unbearable! The dignity of the overlord of the Magical Beast Mountain Range absolutely brook no tramping upon by a mere human!
Hearing the Amethyst Winged Lion King's voice, Hun Changqing finally hooked the corner of his mouth, instantly descending right in front of the Amethyst Winged Lion King.
Gazing at the human before it, the Amethyst Winged Lion King's fury soared to the heavens as it let out a low roar.
"Roar, human! You deserve to die..."
Before the Amethyst Winged Lion King could finish speaking, Hun Changqing had already made his move.
The number of Tier 6 magical beasts that had died at his hands was already countless; he truly had no interest in engaging in pleasantries with this kind of Tier 6 magical beast.
If every time he killed a person or a magical beast he had to exchange a couple of words with them, wouldn't he be worked to death?
A flash of blue light swept across the space between Hun Changqing's eyebrows, and a slender stream of water coiled around Hun Changqing's body as though it possessed a life of its own.
With a sweeping wave of Hun Changqing's large hand, the stream of water instantly split apart, forming several exquisitely shaped small swords that revolved slowly around his body before he lightly pointed a finger toward the Amethyst Winged Lion King.
"Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh..."
Several piercing sounds of wind-breaking arrived, and in a split second, the small swords thrust directly toward the Amethyst Winged Lion King.
"Wha- Despicable human! Purple Crystal Flame Cannon!"
Seeing that Hun Changqing didn't even want to deign to speak with him and directly launched an attack, as if he were nothing more than an ant that could be crushed to death at will, the Amethyst Winged Lion King felt incomparable humiliation and unleashed its strongest attack in bitter hatred.
It opened its gaping maw, and terrifying Fire Attribute Dou Qi converged within its mouth. In an instant, the entire ground began to tremble violently, and the air became saturated with a scorching high temperature.
The surrounding trees suffered moisture evaporation because of this terrifying high temperature, instantly withering away, and all the animals and magical beasts in the vicinity could no longer endure such heat, beginning to flee in all directions.
Finally, a terrifying purple energy sphere materialized within the Amethyst Winged Lion King's mouth, and it spat it out fiercely toward Hun Changqing's direction.
The small purple sphere transformed into a terrifying beam of energy, carrying the scorching Fire Attribute Dou Qi as it shot to meet the few small swords unleashed by Hun Changqing.
In the blink of an eye, the two attacks intersected.
"Swish!"
There was no violent explosion from the intersection of two energies as expected; there was merely the crisp ringing of a sword.
The moment Hun Changqing's small swords came into contact with the purple beam of light, they obliterated that beam of light, which then transformed back into the energy of heaven and earth and vanished into thin air.
The small swords that had obliterated the beam did not pause, thrusting straight toward the Amethyst Winged Lion King.
The Amethyst Winged Lion King's eyes widened in disbelief. This attack had been unleashed with the accumulation of nearly its entire body's Dou Qi, yet it had been so easily obliterated by the attack of the human before it.
Although it knew there was a vast gap between them, it never imagined the gap would be this immense! Expressions of unwillingness, fury, and bitter resentment welled up within its eyes.
"Roar~"
After uttering its final mournful roar, the Amethyst Winged Lion King collapsed beneath Hun Changqing's water swords, and a purple flame slowly rose from its corpse.
Seeing this, Hun Changqing stepped forward and fished a silvery-white stone out of his Storage Ring.
"Good thing Yao Chen gave me a Spirit-Receiving Stone when I came out, which can be used to harvest flames, otherwise this beast flame would truly have been wasted."
Hun Changqing cleanly and efficiently stowed the Amethyst Winged Lion King's beast flame into the Spirit-Receiving Stone, and then, after stuffing both the stone and the corpse into his Storage Ring, he walked toward the Amethyst Winged Lion King's cave dwelling.