"Everyone, might there be some misunderstanding here? I have never had any dealings with your Dao Sect. How could I have taken its relics?"
The Amethyst Winged Lion King wanted to explain. After all, there were far too many powerful opponents. Even though he was now a Dou Zong, the sight made his scalp prickle.
Unless absolutely necessary, he truly did not want to provoke these people.
"There is no misunderstanding!"
"You've already been to the cave beneath that cliff, haven't you?"
"Everything inside was left by a predecessor of our Dao Sect, including that fragment of the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame map!"
"Hand over everything you took from the cave right now, or we will raze your Magical Beast Mountain Range!"
The Shadow Clone Ye Fan was utterly overbearing, giving him no chance to explain.
He even threatened to raze the Magical Beast Mountain Range.
"..." The Amethyst Winged Lion King was speechless.
Well, damn!
He was beginning to understand why these people had suddenly appeared.
It was most likely the legendary will of the world at work.
He had stolen an opportunity that originally belonged to Xiao Yan, and Xiao Yan was this world's favored son of fortune.
So the will of the world could no longer stand by. It had conjured up this crowd of experts to help Xiao Yan reclaim his opportunity.
After imagining this entire scenario, the Amethyst Winged Lion King weighed the disparity in their strength and ultimately chose to compromise.
It really was not that he, the Amethyst Winged Lion King, was a coward!
There were simply far too many opponents.
He only had three Sixth-Rank Magical Beasts and fifteen Fifth-Rank Magical Beasts under his command.
How was he supposed to fight over a thousand Dou Wangs and Dou Emperors?
"I knew nothing of this, but since you have come to demand them, I shall return the items to you."
As he spoke, the Amethyst Winged Lion King tossed a Storage Ring to the Shadow Clone Ye Fan.
"Good. Since you are being so cooperative, Lion King, we naturally won't make things difficult for you."
"However, we heard that you also captured a human woman and brought her back. Please release her so we can take her with us!"
After catching the Storage Ring, the Shadow Clone Ye Fan looked at the Amethyst Winged Lion King again and spoke.
"Roar!"
"Don't push your luck!"
"I have returned your Dao Sect's relics. I will never hand that woman over to you!"
Giving up the things he had found in that cave was no great loss. After all, he could count the useful ones on his fingers, and he had already received the earlier reward.
But if he even handed over a woman already in his grasp, he would be disgracing all Otherworlders.
"Fellow disciples, heed my command! Prepare to raze the Magical Beast Mountain Range!"
The instant the Amethyst Winged Lion King finished speaking, a flash of killing intent appeared in the Shadow Clone Ye Fan's eyes, and he gave the order with a wave of his hand.
"Yes, Senior Brother Ye Fan!"
Upon hearing the order, the other Shadow Clones naturally answered in unison.
"Wait!"
The Amethyst Winged Lion King roared, and the purple crystals covering his body suddenly blazed with purple light.
"True Amethyst Seal!"
The next instant, hundreds upon thousands of purple beams shot outward in every direction, with the Amethyst Winged Lion King at their center.
After advancing to Dou Zong, not only had the Amethyst Winged Lion King grown stronger, but his innate ability, the Amethyst Seal, had also been enhanced.
It could now seal multiple targets at once and no longer required time to charge. With the additional support of his king's domain, he did not have to worry about running out of Dou Qi.
Thus, he could unleash the Amethyst Seal without restraint.
In just a few breaths, Xiao Yan's thousand-plus Shadow Clones were almost entirely wiped out.
Only the Shadow Clone Ye Fan was quick-witted enough to escape disaster.
"Amethyst Winged Lion King, just you wait!"
"Our Dao Sect will never let this matter rest! When I return, it will be the day your Magical Beast Mountain Range is razed!"
The wings on Ye Fan's back beat rapidly, and he vanished beyond the horizon in the blink of an eye.
The Amethyst Winged Lion King wanted to pursue him, but although the Amethyst Seal no longer had a windup, it now had a recovery period that prevented him from moving immediately.
"Chase him! He must not leave the Magical Beast Mountain Range alive!"
As the Amethyst Winged Lion King drew back the power of his Amethyst Seal, he issued the order to the three Sixth-Rank Magical Beasts below.
"As you command, our king!"
The three Sixth-Rank Magical Beasts answered and prepared to chase Ye Fan.
Unfortunately, they had only just taken to the air when an attack struck from nowhere.
Space rippled slightly, and countless wind blades, each over a dozen zhang long, materialized out of thin air. Intertwining like a cylinder covered in blades, they spun at high speed and spiraled toward the three Sixth-Rank Magical Beasts.
Wind-Splitting Whirlwind Dance!
An advanced Dou Technique of the Misty Cloud Sect!
It was Yun Yun, who had been hiding nearby, stepping in to help.
However, Yun Yun also knew she could not defeat these three Sixth-Rank Magical Beasts. After briefly holding them back, she immediately fled as well.
"Roar!"
"Bastards!"
"Those damned things weren't human at all!"
"There are other Otherworlders in this world!"
The Amethyst Winged Lion King's recovery period finally ended. He let out a roar that shook the entire Magical Beast Mountain Range.
At the same time, he seemed to realize something.
Those people had not been created by the will of the world.
Rather, there were other Otherworlders in this world besides him.
Those people had not been real humans. If he was not mistaken, they must have been Shadow Clones from the world of Naruto.
Almost everyone struck by his purple light had vanished in a puff of white smoke. With such an obvious tell, how could he fail to recognize them?
"It seems the upheaval in Qingshan Town a while ago was another Otherworlder's doing too."
"Ye Fan of the Dao Sect? That was probably just a lie to fool me, wasn't it?"
The Amethyst Winged Lion King sneered. He knew all the tricks Otherworlders played.
They hoisted a tiger's skin as their banner, bluffed their way through everything, and paired those tricks with the cheat that was their system. Then they trampled the protagonist all the way to the pinnacle of the world.
"But you could never have imagined that this time, not only did you fail to cause me any loss, you actually raised my strength to Peak Dou Zong!"
"In this Northwest Region, I can already swagger wherever I please! Hahaha!"
The Amethyst Winged Lion King returned to his cave, laughing. But when he discovered that Xiao Yi Xian was nowhere to be found, he immediately flew into a towering rage.
"You bastard with the Shadow Clones!"
"You and I cannot coexist!"
"Pass down my command! Seal off the Magical Beast Mountain Range and conduct a sweeping search! Kill every human without exception!"
As the Amethyst Winged Lion King's command spread, the magical beasts throughout the entire Magical Beast Mountain Range began to move.
Never in his wildest dreams had the Amethyst Winged Lion King imagined that while he was confronting that bastard called Ye Fan, someone would raid his home.
No, this must have been the work of that bastard's Shadow Clones too!
Roar!
At that thought, the Amethyst Winged Lion King once again roared in impotent fury.
The woman who had already been right at his lips had actually been stolen away!
He could not stomach such humiliation!
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