bookbashuk Chapter 36 The First Appearance of Divine Runes
Chapter 36 The First Appearance of Divine Runes
Using exhaustive search is obviously impractical, but Xiao Yan has a solution. The Purple Crystal Winged Lion King is a fire-attribute magical beast, so it naturally prefers to live in hot and warm places.
Among the seven or eight branching paths, the temperature varies on each one.
The divine markings on Xiao Yan's forehead flickered slightly, discerning the subtle temperature differences between each fork in the road.
"This way!"
Without hesitation, Xiao Yan chose one of the paths and sped off.
There are many such branching paths throughout the cave, forming an extremely complex maze.
If Xiao Yan didn't have special perception abilities, it would probably have taken him an hour just to find the right path.
After traversing countless forks in the road, when Xiao Yan could clearly feel the intense heat rushing towards him, he knew he had come to the right place.
After passing through the last fork in the road, a spacious cavern came into view.
This place is filled with a large number of purple crystals, which have been deliberately cut and polished, forming a unique decorative style.
"I didn't expect these magical beasts to know how to enjoy themselves. This cave is built like a palace."
But thinking about it, it makes sense. The higher the level of a magical beast, the higher its intelligence, and naturally, the higher its requirements for the environment.
Furthermore, the cave was very clean, with no monster excrement present, indicating that the Amethyst Winged Lion King was a germaphobe.
Without a second thought, Xiao Yan quickly removed the pendant from his neck and began to sense the presence of the Purple Spirit Crystal.
The amethyst blocks that have been affected and changed here are still essentially minerals, while the amethyst spirit crystals are not.
It was a crystal that fell from the body of the Amethyst Winged Lion King, containing the bloodline and pure fire power of the Amethyst Winged Lion King itself.
It is food specifically used to nourish offspring. In addition to eating various kinds of meat, the little amethyst winged lions need to grow by gnawing on this amethyst crystal.
This allows them to accumulate more of that unique bloodline power.
Normally, the Purple Spirit Crystal would be deliberately hidden away by the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King, and Xiao Yan couldn't find a single one in the vast cave.
Fortunately, these grottoes are connected to other grottoes, and each grotto contains different things.
"This is... the treasure chamber of the Amethyst Winged Lion King?"
After many twists and turns, Xiao Yan stumbled into another cave.
Inside, there were piles of various herbs, but most of them were dry and shriveled, having lost their medicinal properties. Among them were many materials that could be used to refine high-level pills.
"Oh dear, these magical beasts are really wasting their time! How could they just pile up so many medicinal herbs like that? At least 70-80% of their potency has been lost!"
Although Xiao Yan was just starting out, he felt a pang of heartache looking at the medicinal herbs laid out here. If it were a proper alchemist, they would probably be cursing.
Beside these medicinal herbs, there were piles of magic cores like small mountains. Most of these magic cores were second or third tier, with a small number of fourth tier and a few scattered fifth tier magic cores, totaling two or three hundred.
They were mostly left behind by the magical beasts that the Amethyst Winged Lion King had devoured.
Aside from the fire-type magic core, the other magic cores were of no help to the Amethyst Winged Lion King and were simply left here. Occasionally, a small Amethyst Winged Lion would come here to use these magic cores to sharpen its teeth.
This thing is quite valuable. Xiao Yan grabbed a handful and planned to put it all into his storage ring.
Just then, accompanied by light footsteps, a magical beast only half a meter tall suddenly rushed in.
Xiao Yan and the other person locked eyes, and for a moment both of them froze on the spot.
It's a small amethyst winged lion!
The other party reacted quickly and immediately pounced on Xiao Yan.
Don't underestimate the little amethyst winged lion just because it's a cub; it already possesses the strength of a third-tier beast, comparable to a human Grand Master.
Furthermore, its power was immense, far exceeding that of a Great Dou Master. Xiao Yan immediately retaliated with a punch, colliding with the opponent's fist and palm.
I felt as if I had crashed into steel, and my arm went numb.
"Holy crap, no wonder it's a magical beast! Its strength is incredible!"
After this clash, Xiao Yan concluded that his opponent possessed at least the strength of a seven- or eight-star Great Dou Master.
Xiao Yan dared not hold back and directly awakened his divine runes, intending to fight the little purple crystal winged lion to the bitter end.
After awakening his divine runes, Xiao Yan felt his Dou Qi rapidly increase in a short period of time, and his strength directly increased by two stars, reaching the level of a five-star Great Dou Master!
The divine markings on Xiao Yan's forehead made the little purple crystal winged lion feel threatened. It no longer dared to approach Xiao Yan, but instead opened its mouth and spat out a small ball of purple fire.
The purple beast fire is the natal flame of the Amethyst Winged Lion King, and even a Dou Huang-level expert dares not directly touch it.
The beast fire within the young beast was clearly insufficient, so it could not spew out continuous flames, but only a single fireball.
Even so, the high temperature contained in this purple beast fire is something that ordinary Grand Masters cannot withstand.
Xiao Yan could normally dodge it, but in this narrow encounter, there was very little room for him to maneuver.
He could only gather his fighting spirit to forcefully resist the purple fireball.
The beast fireball quickly struck Xiao Yan, and a sharp burning pain spread throughout his body.
However, at this moment, the divine patterns on Xiao Yan's forehead flashed, and the Dou Qi in his body circulated rapidly. The burning pain disappeared quickly, and the beast fire on his body was extinguished in an instant.
"This is... the power of divine runes?"
Xiao Yan felt a small portion of his Dou Qi evaporate, completely dissolving the opponent's beast fire.
Recalling the words of his ancestor Xiao Xuan, he realized that the Xiao family's founder, the Dou Di, had proven his Dao through fire, and that the bloodline of the Xiao family contained the power to tame flames.
Its beast fire was instantly shattered, and the little amethyst winged lion was startled. Its intelligence was not high, and it mistakenly thought that Xiao Yan's strength far exceeded its own, so it turned around and ran away.
Xiao Yan hesitated for a moment, then chased after it. He didn't actually want to kill the little purple crystal winged lion. Such magical beasts were extremely rare, and they could only give birth once every few decades. It would be a real pity to kill it like that.
Xiao Yan followed it because it was the little master of this cave, and it was much more familiar with this place than Xiao Yan himself. If it encountered danger, it would definitely choose to escape to a safe place.
Since the purple spirit crystal is its food, it will naturally store it in a safe place. If you follow it, you will soon be able to find the purple spirit crystal.
Xiao Yan kept a distance from the little purple crystal winged lion as he followed it through the cave.
They soon arrived at a gate burning with purple flames. Xiao Yan hesitated for a moment, then unleashed his full divine runes and rushed inside.
As they passed through the door, the purple flames suddenly erupted and directly attached themselves to Xiao Yan.
However, he was quickly suppressed by his own divine runes and passed through without any real danger.
Upon entering the Purple Flame Gate, Xiao Yan was stunned by what he saw: the room contained a mountain of Purple Spirit Crystals!