Ye Xiaojing groaned in Jiang Qian's arms and suddenly opened her eyes!
Jiang Qian saw a deadwood-colored gleam emanating from the depths of her pupils.
"When a License Holder enters the Fourth State: Perfect Form, an ordinary Identity Card upgrades into a Noble Card, and the License Holder gains their own Authority for that stage. Authority is a special power possessed by License Holders at the Noble stage. Some call it a miracle that transcends evolutionary ranks."
Lan Junxian had once described Authority this way in the Safe House.
Jiang Qian had once tried to probe Ye Xiaojing's limits. "Teacher Ye, you have a personal Authority too, don't you?"
Ye Xiaojing had stared at Jiang Qian for a long while before smiling with interest. "You'd better hope you never see it."
Later, Lan Junxian had cleared up Jiang Qian's confusion. "Xiaojing's Authority, Near-Death Recovery, can instantly unleash extraordinary potential and willpower to turn the tide, even after she has lost her ability to fight. But the more powerful an Authority is, the more severe its aftereffects. It may even cost one's lifespan. If you see her use her Authority anytime soon, it means the two of you have fallen into a serious crisis..."
Watching the energy shift within Ye Xiaojing's pupils, Jiang Qian was deeply shaken.
He guessed that Ye Xiaojing had already activated the Authority of Near-Death Recovery.
Ye Xiaojing gasped heavily. Fine beads of cold sweat covered her fair cheeks, yet she still raised a hand with utmost agility and caught Earth Dragon's devastating slash!
The rocks around Jiang Qian shattered. The Komodo dragon's claws were caught between Ye Xiaojing's mutated blades, unable to move an inch.
Ye Xiaojing raised her other mutated arm, and her two great blades pressed down at once. Earth Dragon finally