Huang Jin staggered back, his face twisting in a snarl. "You think you can kill me?" His voice was venomous, a hiss that cut through the air. "You can’t. I am the Phoenix, and I rise from the ashes."
But as he spoke, something in the air shifted. The shadows around him seemed to recoil, the very essence of his power beginning to falter. The Dragon Crown on the pedestal pulsed with an unearthly energy, reacting to the tension in the room, as though it were waiting for the right moment to act.
The room shook once more, but this time, it wasn’t just Huang Jin’s power causing the disturbance. The energy from the Dragon Crown flared, filling the space with a brilliant light. For a moment, time itself seemed to slow, and the world outside the compound faded into the background.
“Now!” Felix shouted, his voice cutting through the momentary stillness. He had found something—an anomaly in the system.