The light in the canyon remained bright. The two black Soul Rings had just fully merged into the two women's bodies, and the residual fluctuations of Soul Power in the air had yet to completely dissipate.
After confirming that both women were stable, Li Long took several steps back to give them enough room. "Try out your fifth Soul Skills first. Confirm their effects and duration, familiarize yourselves with how they function and their rate of consumption before actual combat, and get a clear sense of them. We can deal with the corpses once you're familiar with them."
"I'll go first."
Qian Yao was the first to rise.
She walked to the center of a relatively open clearing and stopped, taking a deep breath as Soul Power accelerated through her body.
Golden-red light lit up behind her, extending outward from her shoulder blades and condensing into a pair of translucent flaming wings.
The framework of the wings was formed from pure Angel Light, while the membranes were filled with flowing Phoenix Fire. As they unfolded, fine fragments of radiant flame continuously scattered downward, landing on the golden sand and leaving fleeting scorch marks before naturally extinguishing.
Once the wings had fully spread, they spanned roughly twenty feet from tip to root. Each slight flap stirred up a warm current, rippling the surrounding air in small waves.
Qian Yao tried retracting and spreading the wings several times, confirming their response speed and flexibility. Then, with a slight beat of her wings, she lifted herself about half a person's height off the ground, hovered briefly, and landed again, folding the wings away.
"The flight speed is a little faster than I expected. It's more stable than directly using Soul Power to rise into the air, and it turns more flexibly too."
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