"Master!"
With a single rise and fall, Ikaros and Astrea arrived at Wu Yan's side. Seeing him kneeling on one knee in midair, gasping heavily, the two angel girls could not help showing concern.
"Master..." Ripples of worry stirred in Ikaros's indigo eyes as she called softly. The concern in her voice was impossible to hide, and Astrea hurriedly helped Wu Yan up.
"Master, are you alright?..."
Hearing the undisguised concern in Astrea's voice, Wu Yan took a deep breath and forcibly suppressed the exhaustion in his body, allowing his True Ancestor body to recover at high speed on its own. He shook his head at the two girls.
"Don't worry, I'm fine. I just used up a bit too much energy..."
Only then did Ikaros and Astrea relax. The three of them looked down together, turning their eyes toward the ground below...
The crater-riddled ground was covered in thick dust and smoke. As the wind swept through, one unsightly, battered pit after another was exposed to view, entering everyone's sight. A massive trench could faintly be seen stretching outward, only stopping as if abruptly severed more than a hundred meters away. Those were the scars left on the ground when Dragon King's Sigh had swept across it. Gazing at the smoke-shrouded earth, Wu Yan narrowed his eyes and lightly waved a hand. A gust of wind rolled in from afar, swiftly carrying away the billowing dust and blowing it into the distance, fully revealing what lay within.
There, in one corner, stood a scale-armored figure. Its body swayed crookedly, as though it might collapse at any moment. Wu Yan, Ikaros, and Astrea stared intently at that figure, their expressions each changing differently...
Wu Yan's golden eyes flickered slightly as he examined the scale-armored figure. He shook his head, seeming