The locket at Li Hao's chest glowed faintly.
The sprite emerged, her expression serious in a way rarely seen.
"Master… this is an Ice Flame Tiger," she said.
"A rare dual-element beast born with both ice and flame attributes. Extremely difficult to find… even harder to raise."
Li Hao's gaze deepened.
A dual-element creature.
A perfect match for his own evolving path.
But the cub's condition was critical.
Its energy fluctuated wildly, and the unstable flames around its body were slowly damaging it from within.
"It won't survive long like this," Su Ling said urgently as she began preparing a healing mixture.
Without hesitation, she activated her Life Flame, carefully stabilizing the cub's internal energy.
Li Hao placed his hand gently on the cub's head, channeling a controlled stream of qi into its body.
The cub flinched—but didn't resist.
"Live," Li Hao said quietly.
The flame around the cub flickered… and slowly began to calm.