Even within the Earth's Core Fire Vein, even with Shark Ji's bubble shielding him, Su Ping still felt a wave of heat sweep toward him the instant that figure appeared.
Clearly, this Prairie Fire Phoenix was the Half-step Legend Tier creature Shark Ji had chased in here back then.
Even more clearly, this Prairie Fire Phoenix had probably been here for some time.
However, the extraordinarily rich environment of the underground vein and the powerful obstruction of fire elements had kept both Shark Ji and Lord Bai, whose attributes countered them, from immediately detecting its presence.
That alone showed just how powerful its concealment had become.
With concealment of that caliber, if Little Flame had not advanced, even these two Legend Tier beings would have been unable to detect it immediately.
But what exactly was this Fire Phoenix's condition?
If it had confidence in itself, wouldn't it have attacked the moment it discovered them?
Ultimately, it had simply noticed Shark Ji was here too and felt somewhat wary.
So, had it advanced to the Legend Tier or not?
Within the Earth's Core Fire Vein, Su Ping's Mental Strength perception also suffered tremendous interference and disruption.
Through Little Flame's senses, however, he had already detected it. It had advanced?!
This Prairie Fire Phoenix had actually advanced to the Legend Tier.
Its aura, however, was extremely unstable.
Its Legend Tier rules were still relatively insubstantial. Clearly, just like Little Flame at this moment, even though it had advanced and grasped some of the rules of fire, it had only just made its breakthrough.
Its grasp of those rules was incomplete.
Still, Su Ping's heart rose into his throat.
If Little Flame were at the Emperor Tier and facing a Saint Spirit Tier opponent, he would not have worried at all.
For the