After escaping from the stone chamber, Lu Lei confirmed that Mo Kai was not pursuing him, and he finally let out a sigh of relief. He leaned against a thick tree trunk, his chest heaving violently, his scorching breath condensing into white mist in the frigid air.
"Haa..."
He lowered his head to look at his hands. Beneath the skin of his palms, patterns of red-gold scales faintly emerged, pulsing with the rhythm of his breathing. The blood inside his body felt like boiling magma; every heartbeat brought a surging sense of power.
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