"You brat, even if you're trying to save someone, you can't treat your own life like a joke." Cang Yuan's expression became unusually stern.
He approved of Xiao Jin's willingness to stand up for his friends, but as a father, he still hoped Xiao Jin would take care of his own life while saving others.
Xiao Jin scratched his head awkwardly. "I didn't think that much at the time. I just felt that I couldn't stand by and watch Zi Yan get hurt. Besides, I never expected the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit you left behind to be so terrifying. It should have been born after two Ninth-Rank Magical Beasts perished together, right?"
"Indeed. The Ancient Void Dragon and Ancient Heaven Phoenix that gave birth to this fruit had both reached the Late Eight-Star Dou Sheng Stage, only a hair's breadth away from the Nine-Star Dou Sheng Stage."
Xiao Jin still felt a lingering fear. He had underestimated the energy within the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit and nearly gotten Zi Yan killed.
Within the Void Space, an aura filled with a primordial wildness rose into the air.
The two energies that had originally been rampaging through Zi Yan's body were now being organized in perfect order. Like scattered soldiers gathered into a disciplined army, they were drawn by a vortex toward her dantian.
The unruly energies gradually shed their viciousness. A sacred and haughty power arose, containing a majestic vitality akin to rebirth through nirvana.
Within Zi Yan's body, there was not only the energy of the Ancient Void Dragon and Ancient Heaven Phoenix. There was also another energy that, despite being faint, possessed an aura so mighty that it could crush the other two. Like a king, it ruled over them both.
It was only under the command of this power