"Caw!"
The piercingly shrill cry plunged the countless flocks circling above the Heart of the Phoenix into unease.
Whether wild or already mostly domesticated, the birds circled anxiously above Little Crow Yaya.
But the terrifying protective barrier of flames kept them from coming any closer, however anxious they were. They could only express their concern for their temporary king through their irritating chirping.
After all, these birds were far too weak.
Most were ordinary, low-level wild birds that were difficult to capture and contract, low-level pet beasts such as Gray Sparrows and Southern Patrol Swallows.
Even the few Elite Tier birds had little meaning or value to their cultivation.
At most, the two Blue-Feathered Flame Sparrows brought back by those two Flame Venerable’s Divine Soul Fragments counted as fellow Commander Rank beings. Because Little Flame had devoured the Flame Venerable’s Divine Soul Fragment, they had also stayed in the Heart of Myriad Spirits.
That was the Heart of the Phoenix's top fighting force within the Heart of Myriad Spirits.
In a sense, the Heart of the Phoenix was the biggest makeshift outfit in the Heart of Myriad Spirits.
Avian pet beasts were difficult to restrain. If raised free-range, the losses would be too great once they flew away. It really was not worth it.
The current arrangement was about as good as it could get. The Heart of Myriad Spirits only had to provide some inexpensive birdseed, barely feeding these fellows, while the Hundred-Bird Parasol Tree in the Heart of the Phoenix offered an attractive place to roost. That was enough.
Su Ping paid no attention to these little followers of Yaya's. His attention was entirely on Yaya's condition after that shrill cry.
Unfortunately, he had no Soul Connection with Yaya and could only observe its condition through the Spirit