The starlight faded.
Huang Yu transformed into a golden-red beam and flashed out of the formation. Her hair was disheveled and her clothes were in disarray, leaving Huang Yu feeling that something was terribly wrong with the entire bird.
Impossible. The Young Clan Leader was pure and spotless, a good child. It had been a proper battle inside the formation.
She thought she had been overthinking things—then she saw Tai An hurrying over, one hand clutching his waistband.
Huang Yu: (_)
Half of human troubles came from thinking too much, while the other half came from not thinking enough at the time. Huang Yu was caught in a terrible quandary, not knowing whether she should overthink things.
The situation was urgent, and there was no time for her wild imaginings. Without offering a single explanation, she waved her hand and cleaved open the void.
Anyone who wasn't blind knew what they should be doing at a time like this.
The Phoenix Clan had six divine birds capable of manipulating the Heaven and Earth Gate. Huang Xiao and Huang Yu stood at the summit. If the Clan Leader could not be found, the Young Clan Leader would do just as well.
The formation was on the verge of collapse, and the vicious beasts might break out of their cage at any moment. Yet every demon present knew perfectly well that the true crisis lay beyond the Heaven and Earth Gate, not in those brainless vicious beasts.
Huang Yu stepped into the formation. The might of her top-tier Phoenix Bloodline was boundless; even vicious beasts thrown into a berserk state trembled before it. She ignored the cannon fodder and repeatedly tapped out illusory phoenix seals with both hands.
The towering gate trembled slightly, then fell silent.
How could this be?!
Huang Yu's