C733 The Battle for Resources

Dawn broke, and a soft breeze swept across the land, scattering the ashes of the thatched hut—reduced to cinders by Yang Xuan—across the plains behind the Black Panther.

Red Lotus collapsed onto the ground, her face etched with despair. The two short daggers slipped from her grasp and clattered to the earth.

She wasn't entirely sure what the Black Panther meant by phoenix blood. Yet