A quarter of an hour later, Mo Yu and Yun Yun arrived at their destination.
His gaze swept over the massive mountain not far away. At the peak of the mountain, a colossal cave entrance was faintly visible, obscured by tree branches.
"That is the Amethyst Winged Lion King's Immortal Cave. I will try my best to kill or injure them later, and you, choose the best time to sneak into the Immortal Cave," Yun Yun turned her head and instructed, pointing at the distant mountain cave.
"Alright," Mo Yu nodded.
Seeing that everything was properly arranged, Yun Yun stopped wasting words. With a flap of the wings on her back, her graceful figure lightly leaped into the sky, then shot like lightning towards the massive cave entrance.
Yun Yun's figure was not hidden, so when she approached within a hundred meters of the cave, roars of beasts echoed throughout the mountain.
"Human woman! How dare you show your face again?! Today, I will take your life to avenge my broken horn!"
Inside the massive Immortal Cave, the Amethyst Winged Lion King's enraged roar suddenly boomed across the sky.
As the roar resounded, a purple light figure shot out of the cave like lightning, then plunged into the dense forest, and a great battle erupted once more.
Glancing at the battle high in the sky, Mo Yu also began to act. His figure transformed into a shadow, swiftly darting into the dense forest, then stealthily making his way towards the Immortal Cave on the mountaintop.
Emerging from the dense forest, the massive cave entrance appeared clearly within his sight.
Circling around the dense forest, Mo Yu climbed up to the cave entrance. Using the rocks for cover, he quietly arrived directly above the entrance, then his body slightly arched, and he suddenly shot into the cave.
Inside the cave, it was not as dim as imagined. Occasionally, some purple crystal chunks embedded in the surrounding cave walls provided illumination.
After passing through the long cave passage, two forks in the road appeared before him a while later.
After walking for a full quarter of an hour, Mo Yu only reached the exit after feeling the increasing heat.
Walking out of the exit and into the cave, Mo Yu looked around, finally settling his gaze on the central part of the cave's interior.
There, purple crystal stones, over a meter high, were piled up to form a square platform. On this purple crystal stone platform, a purple spherical object, about the size of a human head, was quietly placed.
His gaze swept over the purple sphere, and Mo Yu's eyebrows instantly shot up. A hint of surprise flashed in his eyes as he said, "accompanying purple crystal source!"
This was one of his most important objectives for this trip. Seeing this purple sphere, Mo Yu couldn't help but feel a weight lifted from his heart.
As soon as his palm touched the accompanying purple crystal source, Mo Yu gasped, quickly retracting his hands. He looked at his burning palm, and only after he absorbed the heat with his Profound Thunder did the scalding sensation disappear.
It seemed he needed to break the sphere's outer shell. Thinking of this, Mo Yu's heart stirred, and the Vermillion Bird Sky-Burning Lightning was immediately summoned forth.
With his mind controlling the Vermillion Bird Sky-Burning Lightning, the next moment, this crimson lightning immediately spread towards the outer shell of the accompanying purple crystal source.
"Crack…"
Dozens of breaths later, as the lightning spread over the sphere, a crack appeared on its surface. In an instant, the crack gradually expanded, then with a bang, it shattered.
As soon as the accompanying purple crystal source shattered, purple liquid flowed out from it.
Seeing this, Mo Yu quickly took out jade bottles from his storage ring, then desperately poured the purple liquid into them.
Although the accompanying purple crystal source was scorching hot on the outside, the liquid within was surprisingly cool.
Although the sphere appeared quite large, the purple liquid contained within only filled six small jade bottles for Mo Yu.
"The accompanying purple crystal source has been found. Next, I need to find the purple spirit crystal and subdue that third-order magical beast, the Little Purple Crystal Winged Lion King," Mo Yu said in a good mood, carefully putting away the six bottles of accompanying purple crystal source.
Running smoothly out of the passage, Mo Yu turned and darted into another passage.
After walking along the passage for a moment, the view ahead widened once more.
Pressing his body tightly against the cave entrance, Mo Yu peered out with one eye, slowly scanning the cave, which was almost entirely filled with purple crystal stones.
His scanning gaze slowly came to a halt after moving to the central position. There, a smaller Amethyst Winged Lion King was quietly sleeping, sprawled on the ground.
Looking at the sleeping small Amethyst Winged Lion King, Mo Yu's eyes lit up. He had to admit that the Little Purple Crystal Winged Lion King at this moment was far less imposing than the sixth-order one outside, but it still subtly possessed an extraordinary Aura.
"Perfect, you're the one!"
He thought about contracting such a Demonic Beast; it would be quite impressive to ride it out in the future.
As Mo Yu approached, the third-order Little Purple Crystal Winged Lion King seemed to sense something. It slowly opened its beast eyes, propped up its large body, and warily surveyed its surroundings.
"Hey, over here."
As a voice sounded, the Little Purple Crystal Winged Lion King turned its majestic body, suddenly realizing there was a human standing behind it.
Upon seeing Mo Yu, an angry lion's roar came from its mouth. Immediately after, the Little Purple Crystal Winged Lion King glared furiously with its beast eyes, staring fixedly at the human before it.
"I say, treating your future master like this isn't good."
Seeing the irritable Little Lion King, Mo Yu quickly formed hand seals. Immediately, a vast Soul Power surged out, pressing down on the small beast.
Although this small beast was still in its growth phase, as a third-order magical beast, its strength was even greater than Mo Yin's. Fortunately, Mo Yu's Soul Power had also been greatly enhanced before, and Demonic Beasts mostly had strong physical bodies but weak Souls. Otherwise, it would truly not be easy to forcibly subdue this small beast.
Feeling Mo Yu's powerful Soul pressure, the small beast became agitated and restless. As the son of the Amethyst Winged Lion King, it was much more intelligent than average third-order magical beasts. It even subconsciously began to retreat, planning to find its father first.
Seeing this, Mo Yu would not allow it to escape. His vast Soul Power continuously pressed towards the small beast. Under Mo Yu's control, this immense Soul Power even condensed into a needle shape, fiercely drilling into the small beast's mind.
Compared to a Demonic Beast's hard outer shell, its beast Soul protection in its mind was extremely fragile. Thus, under Mo Yu's exquisite control of his Soul Power, it was like a continuous drill, constantly attacking its beast Soul.
Dozens of breaths later, a loophole was broken in a weak spot of the beast Soul protection. Mo Yu's face lit up with joy, and he immediately controlled a continuous stream of Soul Power to pour into the loophole.
"Roar!"
With its beast Soul Sea of Consciousness infiltrated, the small beast roared in pain, charging at Mo Yu as if insane.
Seeing this, Mo Yu dodged the small beast's attacks with quick flashes while simultaneously controlling his Soul Power to suppress the small beast's autonomous consciousness.
Dozens of breaths later, Mo Yu felt the time was right. He then formed an incredibly complex hand seal with both hands. Accompanying this hand seal, an inexplicable Aura emanated.
"Divine Soul Seal!"
The Divine Soul Seal was a secret contracting Demonic Beast technique Mo Yu had mastered in his previous life, capable of planting a brand in a Demonic Beast's mind, thereby making him the master of the contracted Demonic Beast.
This secret technique was something Mo Yu had secretly learned in a major beast-taming sect, for which he had been hunted down many times.
As the Divine Soul brand gradually formed within the small beast's mind, its resistance became increasingly fierce. Along with the small beast's intense resistance, the brand's condensation actually slowed down. At this rate, even without any unforeseen circumstances, it would likely take half an hour.
Seeing this, Mo Yu slightly frowned. Indeed, with his current strength, contracting a third-order magical beast was still too difficult. Half an hour, Yun Yun couldn't wait that long.
Thinking of this, Mo Yu steeled his heart. He took out one of the six bottles of accompanying purple crystal source he had just collected. After summoning the Vermillion Bird Sky-Burning Lightning again, he directly poured this bottle of accompanying purple crystal source onto the Profound Thunder.
As a bottle of accompanying purple crystal source was poured in, the crimson lightning, like flames, instantly surged by three-tenths. At the same time, a powerful Aura emanated, and one could vaguely sense the might of the Vermilion Bird permeating the lightning.
Seeing this, Mo Yu smiled at the corner of his mouth, quickly separating a wisp of Soul Power. He drew out the might of the Vermilion Bird contained within the Profound Thunder and fiercely pressed it towards the small beast's mind!
"Chirp!"
As a sky-shattering roar of the Vermilion Bird suddenly erupted in the small beast's mind, exploding like a bomb, the might of a high-level Demonic Beast, the Vermilion Bird, appeared within the small beast's mind.
The latter immediately became like a mouse seeing a cat. Its originally staunchly resisting will weakened considerably. Seeing this opportunity, Mo Yu's heart rejoiced. He quickly controlled his Soul Power, planting his own Soul brand in its mind.
"Thump!"
Twenty breaths later, with a simple thump of the small beast's heart, the brand was finally planted in the Little Purple Crystal Winged Lion King's mind. At this moment, the ferocity and anger in the small beast's beast eyes disappeared, replaced by peace and confusion, as if it had become a different beast.
A while later, the Little Purple Crystal Winged Lion King seemed to awaken considerably. It shook its large beast head, then its beast eyes stared intently at Mo Yu, a hint of awe appearing in the depths of its gaze.
Under the gaze of Mo Yu's dark eyes, the Little Purple Crystal Winged Lion King gradually lowered its beast head, then knelt on its right foreleg, expressing its loyalty in a remarkably human-like manner.
From then on, this Little Purple Crystal Winged Lion King welcomed its master, Mo Yu.