How dares he?
Watching the pale, haggard smile on his face, Tang Xiaoli felt an inexplicable pang of sadness. She turned her head to look elsewhere, hiding the slight moisture in her eyes.
"Big brother, are you all right?" Seeing that his breathing was still terribly weak, Jin Shanshan couldn't help asking worriedly.
"Don't worry. I won't die." He smiled faintly and said in a barely audible voice, "Just give me some time to recover."
Only then did everyone feel somewhat reassured. Xi Jing smiled and said, "We have Xiao Xiao to thank. Otherwise, I'm afraid we'd all have met with disaster."
"Just who is Xiao Xiao? How come even the famous Candle Sky Divine Sha Formation can't do anything to her, and she still has enough strength to protect us?" Hong Liuyun asked in astonishment.
Feng Xuanzhi gave a faint smile and explained, "Her identity has always been a mystery. We only know that she has quite a remarkable background. Probably very few people know the specifics."
Hu Suye smiled and nodded too. "That's right. For us, it's enough that this mysterious big shot is our companion. There's no need to be too curious about anything else."
Everyone exchanged smiles and nodded. With Bi Fan awake, the worry weighing on their hearts had finally lifted.
What they still didn't know was that the area outside the valley was already in an uproar.
The main force of the Wild Spirit Beast horde, led by the Three-eyed Fire Toad Beast, had long since formed a ring-shaped encirclement several miles across, centered on the formation beneath the Lightning-Struck Wood.
Their intentions were perfectly clear: they were betting that the person bearing the power of Dragon Clan Essence Blood and the phoenix after its nirvana wouldn't die so easily, even against a formation