"Little Na! Are you alright, Little Na?" An Lin inquired in a panicked voice.
Tina didn't reply. She was clutching her chest as it rose and fell with her violent panting.
Cassidy, Merlin, and Xue Zhantian all gathered around her with different expressions on their faces.
"Fragments of the realm core can be fused into one's body? Why have I never heard of this?"
Merlin's eyes widened with incredulity.
"My thirty milliliters of blood, gone…" Cassidy looked like she was at the brink of tears.
"Is she finally taking her first step toward crushing the sky?" Xue Zhantian muttered to himself with a solemn expression.
The white light gradually subsided as Tina's breathing settled into a slower rhythm, indicating that she was no longer blighted by pain.
She opened her teary emerald eyes as she curled herself up into a ball in An Lin's arms before sobbing into her hands. "Giant An Lin… did… did I screw something up?"