Chapter 84: Amethyst Lion Birth Essence, 5 Star Dou Master
As the sun sets, Yun Tianming felt as though he had just taken a refreshing nap, his body's fatigue completely swept away.
"It seems like there's no pain at all."
After carefully examining his body, there were no external or internal injuries.
Yun Tianming remembered that before losing consciousness, he was crushed by the Dou Emperor's power from Yun Yun, causing varying degrees of damage to his muscles, bones, and internal organs.
He reached out and lightly touched his forehead, forming a soul hand seal with one hand.
This was the soul imprint he had preset. When his body lost consciousness, it maintained external perception. Once it sensed an impending life-threatening danger, the soul imprint would automatically activate, forcibly taking over the body and taking emergency evasive action.
Now that the soul imprint hadn't activated, it indicated that Yun Yun had never intended to kill him from beginning to end.
Not only that, Yun Tianming also saw from the records of Soul Perception that Yun Yun returned and stuffed a pill into his mouth.
"Fifth Grade Pill: Golden Fragrance Jade, with strong recovery effects for internal and external injuries."
"First she threatens, then she's afraid I might really die. Such a tangled appearance, truly adorable～～ My Sister Yun'er."
Yun Tianming grinned, his face revealing an incredibly pleased expression.
He knew he had bet correctly this time.
Knowing full well that Yun Yun would go berserk after regaining her strength, he resolutely chose to strike while she was vulnerable, successfully taking the first blood from her.
Even at the risk of getting his throat slit, Yun Tianming has no regrets!
In this regard, the original Xiao Yan appeared to be a gentleman. However, precisely because of this, the two of them couldn't make it to the end.
Yun Tianming didn't consider himself a gentleman at all; a little despicable, bringing the beauty home, a surefire profit.
Yun Yun's solitary departure carried a hint of escaping reality. To avoid excessively stimulating the other party, Yun Tianming decided not to return to the Misty Cloud Sect for the time being, giving the other party enough time to digest this extraordinary life experience.
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"Is this the cave of the Amethyst Winged Lion King?"
Yun Tianming returned to the place where he fought the Amethyst Winged Lion King that day, a huge cave located on the mountaintop.
Around the cave, there lay the bodies of four Fifth Rank Magic Beasts in various positions, evidently dead from some powerful Wind Attribute Dou Technique.
"It seems Sister Yun'er has already been here, taking the Purple Spirit Crystal she needed."
With a sweep of his Soul Perception, Yun Tianming discovered that there was still a Third Rank Magic Beast left in the cave, a young Amethyst Winged Lion Beast.
"Tsk tsk, she even left one specifically for me to train with. Isn't that too thoughtful?"
Yun Tianming's heart warmed at this gesture. Just from this, it was evident that Yun Yun still had him in her heart, hoping for his strength to grow, looking forward to the day he would rightfully marry the Sect Master without any resistance.
With this in mind, Yun Tianming naturally wouldn't disappoint Yun Yun's good intentions. He released his aura proactively and swaggered towards the cave of the Amethyst Winged Lion King.
"Roar!"
Accompanied by a sharp lion roar, a small-sized version of the Amethyst Winged Lion Beast stood menacingly at the entrance of the cave. However, with one ear missing and most of its teeth broken, it looked somewhat comical.
"Damn bipeds, haven't you had enough?"
Not long ago, a terrifying human woman, unreasonable as she was, snatched away its most precious Purple Spirit Crystal from its nest, and after cutting off one of its ears, she left in triumph.
Now, another biped has come, simply too audacious, challenging the lion too much. I'll fight you to the end!
"Your old man's already dead, should I fear a little lion like you?"
Yun Tianming's face was full of determination, swinging his Mountain-crushing Staff, confronting the Amethyst Winged Lion Beast head-on.
There's not much to say about the battle.
With the robust Dou Qi from the Earth Rank Qi Method, Yun Tianming's actual combat power was comparable to that of a Dou Grandmaster. Facing a Third Rank Magic Beast head-on was nothing to him.
After a fierce battle, Yun Tianming successfully killed the Amethyst Winged Lion Beast.
He sat down in place, recuperating, circulating the Nourishing Divine Wood's Qi Method to heal the injuries from the battle.
"Phew~ Finally got it done, now it's time to harvest the spoils."
Yun Tianming entered the cave and quickly found a huge purple crystal platform. The top-level Purple Spirit Crystal had been dug out, leaving only an empty pedestal. Yun Yun took away the Purple Spirit Crystal, unaware that the real treasure lay beneath the crystal platform.
With a sweep of his Soul Perception, he could clearly sense a very pure energy liquid hidden beneath the crystal pedestal.
"Indeed, it's the Amethyst Lion Birth Essence!"
A flicker of joy crossed Yun Tianming's face.
The Amethyst Winged Lion King is an inherently talented exotic beast; otherwise, it would be difficult for it to become a Sixth Rank Magic Beast. These Magic Beasts have a very small chance of producing this Amethyst Lion Birth Essence alongside their offspring during reproduction.
Due to the extremely long time spent inside the lion king's belly, the Birth Essence contains highly concentrated pure energy. When the young Amethyst Winged Lion Beast grows to become a Fourth Rank Magic Beast, as long as it swallows the Amethyst Lion Birth Essence, it can directly become a Fifth Rank Magic Beast, and its internal Beast Flame will be further strengthened!
"Hoo~"
Yun Tianming invoked the Extreme Purple Beast Flame. Since they originated from the same source, it easily ignited the purple crystal pedestal, revealing the steaming purple liquid inside.
Using six porcelain bottles, he collected all the Amethyst Lion Birth Essences inside.
Yun Tianming directly poured one bottle into his mouth. It tasted extremely spicy, somewhat like vodka, and his body quickly became scorching hot. He drove his internal Beast Flame to refine and absorb the immense fire attribute energy brought by the Amethyst Lion Birth Essence.
After the refining of the Beast Flame, only a drop of concentrated liquid the size of a thumb remained from the Amethyst Lion Birth Essence, eventually falling into the sea of Dou Qi in his dantian.
"Sizzle~"
The red Dou Qi representing the fire attribute immediately boiled, forming a blazing purplish-black flame!
This meant that the fire attribute Dou Qi within his body had completely merged with the Extreme Purple Beast Flame, enabling him to directly absorb the energy of the Amethyst Lion Birth Essence.
"Swoosh!"
The Dou Qi within Yun Tianming's body surged wildly!
4-Star Dou Master!
5-Star Dou Master!
6-Star Dou Master!
7-Star Dou Master!
8-Star Dou Master!
9-Star Dou Master!
Just one step away from breaking through to the realm of Dou Grandmaster!
Such a dramatic increase in levels is truly exhilarating. For someone with a less firm mind, they might have already been inflated with excitement and impulsively attempted to break through to Dou Grandmaster!
However, Yun Tianming deeply understands that relying on external forces for rapid progress is equivalent to pulling up seedlings to help them grow, which would lead to the superficiality of his own Dou Qi, severely damaging his foundation.
Therefore, Yun Tianming restrained the temptation to break through to Dou Grandmaster in one step, and actively compressed the expanding Dou Qi within his body.
9-Star, 8-Star, 7-Star, 6-Star. Unable to contain it any longer, the remaining coalesced amethyst source energy has completely merged into his body, invisibly tempering his flesh and bones.
"5-Star Dou Master. Rising two levels in a row, the physical tempering reaching the strength of a Magic Beast, is still acceptable."
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