"So that's how it is. Don't worry, Fellow Daoist. Leave this to me!"
The Fire Essence followed Su Shi'er's gaze. Its crimson wings beat, and a wave of heat swept out.
Su Shi'er's eyes flashed, and he reminded it again, "Fellow Daoist Ling's move froze her vitality with the power of ice. To resolve it, you'll need to let your source fire intent seep in slowly.
"This matter cannot be rushed. Otherwise, if cold and heat clash, it will only extinguish all her vitality."
"Little Fire understands. I won't fail what you've entrusted to me."
The Fire Essence nodded hard. As its voice fell, the heat waves around it rolled back instead, vanishing into nothing.
Looking at the Fire Essence now, if not for its half-illusory, half-solid form, it would probably have been no different from an ordinary sparrow of the mortal world.
After restraining its aura, the Fire Essence spread its wings and flew again, turning into a stream of light and swiftly plunging into the ice sculpture.
In the blink of an eye, the Fire Essence sank through the surface of the ice sculpture and appeared above Ling Yue Shang's physical body.
Once its form settled, the Fire Essence opened its mouth and spat out a wisp of crimson flame, incomparably pure yet as fine as a strand of hair.
The flame looked faint, yet it contained astonishing heat, constantly seeping outward and spreading.
Amid sizzling sounds, cold air and heat waves intertwined. The ice sculpture sealing Ling Yue Shang began to melt slowly from the inside out at a speed visible to the naked eye.
The Fire Essence had received Su Shi'er's instructions, and on top of that, its control over the power of flame was as easy as moving its own arm and fingers. Throughout the