"Cough, cough, cough, cough, cough..."
A weak coughing sound came from Xia Simeng's throat. A strained smile tugged at her pale lips. "I'm fine... I'm the captain of Phoenix Squad... Phoenixes... aren't that easy to kill, are they?"
"No matter how strong the Phoenix Bloodline is, it can't withstand them torturing you every day!" A young girl with reddened eyes carefully examined Xia Simeng's wounds, growing more alarmed the more she looked.
"Ah... it's fine. Let me rest for an hour... and I'll be up and running again."
"Those beasts... I'll fight them!" Another burly young girl abruptly rose to her feet and was about to slam herself into the birdcage gate!
Just then, a hand pressed down on her shoulder.
"Ling Lin, calm down." Vice-captain Cao Sha's eyes were bloodshot, but he still spoke steadily. "This door cannot be opened by anyone below the divine realm... If you make too much noise now, not only will you die, but those ordinary people will suffer because of you too."
Ling Lin clenched her fists tightly, her chest heaving violently. In the end, she leaned against the birdcage and sat on the ground in a daze.
"Cao Sha is right. At first, you hid among the ordinary people and weren't discovered. In their eyes, I'm the only Night Watchman now... If you're exposed too, they'll torture our entire squad.
"The Phoenix Bloodline in your bodies is thinner than mine. You won't be able to survive their torture... No matter what you see or hear, you must never expose yourselves."
Xia Simeng's tone was more serious than ever.
The members of Phoenix Squad fell silent.
After a long while, Xia Simeng's injuries recovered somewhat. The Phoenix Bloodline gave her terrifying blood-producing and regenerative abilities. Though it was not as absurd as An