A surprise awaited them as well. Silver and blue light flared from the Ice Spring Mystic Turtle's corpse, and a crystal-clear Ice Spring Heart-Guard Mirror emerged from it. It was an External Soul Bone called the Ice Spring Heart. Once fused with the chest, it became a heart-guard mirror with formidable defensive power. It could also trigger Ice Spring Guard automatically when its bearer suffered a fatal attack.
Shui Yue'er fused the Ice Spring Heart with her chest. Silver-blue light flashed and vanished, leaving a faint ice-blue turtle pattern over her heart.
She opened her eyes. Ice-blue and silver-white light flickered through her pupils, and a contented, happy smile touched her lips. Her eyes shone as she looked at Fang Fan.
Ning Rongrong and Shui Yue'er exchanged smiles. The two girls had competed with each other ever since they met.
Now they had both obtained External Soul Bones on the same day. That strange stroke of fate turned their small rivalry into mutual admiration.
The three were about to leave the dense forest when a rush of air and anxious shouts sounded ahead. A Sunbird wreathed in golden flames shot from the trees like an arrow. Its wings spanned nearly two zhang, and every feather blazed like molten gold.
It flew fast, but in a panic, letting out shrill cries as though something terrifying were chasing it.
A girl in a fitted scarlet outfit pursued it. Her long hair streamed behind her like fire as she ran. A tall, square-faced young man with red hair and a middle-aged man in a crimson robe followed close behind.
"Hey, handsome! Stop it for us!"
Huo Wu spotted someone ahead and shouted before she could see who it was. She had been chasing the Sunbird for nearly half an hour, and her legs