He wanted to discard the Heart-Protecting Fire, to terminate this damned fusion, but his mind refused to obey at that moment.
The panel flickered violently before his eyes, and in the originally blank Skill Bar, the words "Heart-Protecting Fire" were being repeatedly washed by flames. With each flicker, new and more complex patterns emerged between the words.
He didn't know how much time had passed, long enough for Cheng Ye to think he would completely lose consciousness in the pain, long enough for him to almost be unable to distinguish whether he was an eagle or a human.
The eagle in his left eye suddenly spread its wings, even though there were few feathers left, the exposed wing bones glinted with a metallic sheen.
Facing the volcanic heat wave, it let out a soul-piercing screech, devoid of fear, only filled with desperate resolve, and surprisingly pounced towards the fiercest cluster of flames at the center of the Fire Lotus.
