Imperial Capital's First Military District Hospital.
The woman lying in the sickbed gradually regained her normal complexion, while Shao Zifeng at her bedside also slowly opened his eyes.
He moved his arms, which were sore from practicing with a knife.
His pupils contracted, revealing a golden-red vertical pupil in the flickering flames' illusion, while a few phantom dark-red scales faintly appeared at the corners of his eyes.
Hiss—
A fist-sized flame emerged in his palm, the intense high temperature warping the air around it.
He watched the flame as the golden-red vertical pupil slowly tinged with purple-red.
In the next moment, blackish-purple elemental particles spilled out from between his fingers, devouring and merging with the elemental particles within the flame, turning the originally fierce fire into a purple-red color amidst its violent flickering.
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