Lin Ming slowly withdrew his gaze. Emperor Flame circled him for a moment before slipping back into his body, but his brow remained faintly furrowed.
The figure had never shown himself, and he had deliberately concealed his aura so thoroughly that it was almost impossible to read. Even so, Lin Ming knew who he was.
After all, the man had followed them for so long while hiding himself by such strange means, yet Lin Ming had failed to detect him. In Dragon-Phoenix Haven, there was probably only one person capable of that: the Divine Pavilion's Young Pavilion Master, ranked first on the Dragon-Phoenix Record.
"Xuan Yuan of the Divine Pavilion..." Lin Ming murmured. A cold glint crossed his deep, fathomless eyes.
He let the chill fade from his face, then turned to Zi Yan with a faint smile. "All right. The annoying fly is gone. Now it's time to enjoy what we've won."
Zi Yan drew her purple-gold dragon eyes back from the distant sky. The frost on her lovely face melted away, replaced by undisguised eagerness and anticipation.
She looked toward the Super Dragon Phoenix Pool, brimming with golden water. The dense True Dragon and True Phoenix origin power within it was almost liquid, and her bloodline stirred at its presence.
Then her gaze shifted, hotter still, to the golden sapling beyond the pool. Two Dragon-Phoenix Fruits hung from its gnarled, twisting branches, still radiating dazzling golden light. Faint dragon roars and phoenix cries echoed around them.
Zi Yan and Lin Ming exchanged a glance. Without another word, they moved together and appeared before the golden sapling.
Only up close could they truly sense how extraordinary the two Dragon-Phoenix Fruits were.
Each fruit was formed from a tiny golden dragon entwined with a tiny golden phoenix. Every dragon scale