Before the young woman, the Three-Life Soul-Suppressing Cauldron hovered. Its body had expanded to five feet tall, the golden patterns across it fully blooming as the power of the five elements within formed a seven-colored pillar of light that shot into the sky.
Xiao Xiao.
Xiao Xiao in her twenties, Xiao Xiao fully grown.
Her phantom radiated the sharpness of metal and the warmth of light—the majesty of the evolved Three-Life Soul-Suppressing Cauldron. Yet her eyes carried a trace of a young girl's endearing innocence, and the corners of her lips curled slightly, as though she were smiling.
On the Sun Moon Team's side stood two phantoms.
On the left was a young man.
He stood around 1.8 meters tall, clad in a dark-gold fitted outfit covered in black patterns. His hair was gold, but its roots had already turned black, as though contaminated by something. His eyes were blood-red, and the phantom of the Three-Legged Golden Toad was reflected in his pupils.
His features should originally have been handsome, but they were severely twisted at this moment. Black patterns writhed beneath his skin like little snakes crawling around. Black blood seeped from the corner of his mouth and dripped down his chin.
A dark-gold Metal Storm swirled around him. Countless metal fragments spun within it, each carrying the corrosive power of the Dark Badge.
Xiao Hongchen.
His phantom had been riddled with holes by the Dark Badge's power, yet he still stood straight, his hands clasping empty air before him as he crazily poured out Soul Power. His body trembled, growing more violent by the second, but his gaze was frighteningly resolute.
On the right was a young woman.
She stood about 1.65 meters tall, wearing a crimson-gold gown embroidered along its hem with patterns of the Vermilion Clear