"Ah!!!"
Before Vermilion Bird could finish speaking, she let out a shrill scream.
Under the intense pain, the crimson flames on Vermilion Bird's body flared up with a whoosh and began shifting toward blood-red again.
This time, however, the aura around Vermilion Bird did not become especially chaotic. Instead, it remained extremely stable.
The reason for this change was Vermilion Bird's agitation.
Looking at Vermilion Bird's "pained" appearance, Qin Yuan looked helpless. "When I said it'd hurt a teeny bit, I didn't mean a little teeny bit. I meant a hundred-billion teeny bits."
The moment he said that—
Vermilion Bird was so furious she wanted to curse Qin Yuan out, but the severe pain wracking her body forced her to be unable to speak.
It hurt. It hurt too much!
"You're one of the Four Great Sacred Beasts, at any rate. A teeny bit of pain shouldn't be that bad, right?"
"If it were me, I'd definitely be able to endure it."
Qin Yuan's expression was odd, his face carrying a hint of provocation.
Seeing Qin Yuan's provocative look, Vermilion Bird instantly exploded with anger.
Enduring the terrible pain in her body, she said hatefully, "Qin Yuan, don't you think you'll have it easy either!"
After saying that, Vermilion Bird pounced forward and clamped her beak hard onto Qin Yuan's shoulder.
"I..."
The corner of Qin Yuan's mouth twitched, and he tried to pry open Vermilion Bird's beak.
However, Vermilion Bird was biting down too tightly, as if she had been nailed onto him.
"Creak..."
Vermilion Bird's strength was so great that Qin Yuan's shoulder bone was already making strange noises, and the tip of her beak had pierced into his flesh.
For a moment, blood spilled out, staining the tip of Vermilion Bird's beak and turning it blood-red.
"Let