Some of the younger phoenixes believes his words "Big sister Mei, do not worry, we have fought with him before and I assure you, his presence would definitely boost our battle prowess, he is technically a one man army."
The members of the branch families on the other hand was still doubtful, the leader of the Hell's Phoenix asks "Even though he is strong, wouldn't our flames affect him?"
She isn't looking down on him, she is just worried, all the phoenixes present saw Shadowslash as a friend, some of the naive ones even fallen in love with him, they don't want to harm him indirectly.
Shadowslash smiles and his entire being burns with phoenix flame, he then combined with his yang dragon Qi and his golden flames became reddish gold, it was both domineering and beautiful at the same time.
Those that were close to him sensed an unprecedented comfort on the warmth he is radiating, this shocked everyone, Fenghuang Mei was the only one that isn't surprised.