The highly condensed golden streak was like a spear of judgment piercing through time and space, carrying the unwillingness and hatred of the Ancient Heavenly Phoenix before its fall as it shot straight at Xiao Yan's brow! It was so fast and so powerful that Xiao Yan, who had only just broken through and whose aura had yet to settle, had no time to react effectively!
A fatal sense of danger rose from the depths of his soul. The golden gleam drew closer and closer in Xiao Yan's pupils, and a chill shot from the soles of his feet to the crown of his head!
"Kid!" Yao Lao's alarmed cry exploded in his mind. Soul Power surged out frantically as he tried to form a defense, but how could he possibly block this hate-filled strike from the remnant soul of the Heavenly Phoenix in such haste?
At that critical moment—
"Roar—!"
A dragon's roar, as though it had come from the primordial ancient age, suddenly burst through the lava cavern! It was not loud, yet it carried a supreme authority that stood above all beasts, like the arrival of a monarch that forced all living things to submit!
It was Zi Yan!
Zi Yan, standing guard at the edge of the blood pool, suddenly erupted with dazzling purple radiance! Behind her petite body, the indistinct yet incomparably majestic phantom of a giant dragon flashed into existence before vanishing! Her large golden eyes brimmed with fury and protectiveness. She threw her tiny fist through the air, punching fiercely at the golden streak flying toward Xiao Yan!
There was no vast surge of Dou Qi, yet an overbearing, ancient, terrifying power capable of shaking space itself arrived after it was unleashed but struck first, like an invisible raging tide crashing heavily into