Miao Xin and Xiao Xiao were both puzzled by Yuwen Tuo's words.
Xiao Xiao's theoretical scores had never been very good. As for Miao Xin, her focus had always been entirely on cultivating spirit power. In fact, for someone with her extraordinary talent, this was the correct approach.
If Yuwen Tuo hadn't been crippled for six years, he wouldn't have been bored enough to research various spirit beasts.
He would certainly have been desperately training his spirit power during the golden cultivation period.
"A rainbow has appeared!" Yuwen Tuo murmured.
The two women looked up, and in the sky after the rain, a seven-colored rainbow adorned the blue sky like a garland, beautiful enough to captivate the heart.
"Second Spirit Ability, Starfire Across the Sky!" Yuwen Tuo spread his flaming wings and soared into the sky, circling the rainbow.
His pure and unblemished Fire Elephant Power seemed to cling to the rainbow, making the seven-colored arc shine even more brilliantly and vibrantly.
"Ah, I know what spirit beast Tuo Tuo is looking for!" Xiao Xiao exclaimed.
"Seven-Colored Fire Phoenix!" Miao Xin immediately chimed in. Although she hadn't learned much theory, she was, after all, a Titled Douluo, and her extensive knowledge was not to be underestimated.
Legend had it that it was a phoenix-type spirit beast. While its combat power couldn't compare to the Ultimate Fire Phoenix, and was even inferior to the Evil Fire Phoenix, its flame power was absolutely not weak.
Most importantly, its seven-colored flames possessed seven different effects:
Red Flame: Fierce and powerful, indestructible.
Orange Flame: Agile and elusive, hard to grasp.
Yellow Flame: Expansive and imposing, magnificent in aura.
Green Flame: Fire mixed with poison, corroding all.
Azure Flame: Flame of life, healing all things.
Blue Flame: Light and swift, speed is supreme.
Purple Flame: Ethereal and strange, capable of sealing heaven and earth.
This was an absolutely top-tier fire spirit beast. The Purple Fire Golden-Eyed Beast, for instance, could only utilize one of the purple flame abilities possessed by the Seven-Colored Fire Phoenix.
Moreover, like the Purple Fire Golden-Eyed Beast, it carried toxic fire, so it wasn't afraid of the poisonous miasma of Sunset Forest. In fact, this place might be even more suitable for its survival than the Star Dou Great Forest.
Because here, they had no natural predators, unlike in Star Dou, where powerful spirit beasts were countless.
"Tuo Tuo is smart. It's rumored that this spirit beast has two favorite things. One is rainbows. After heavy rain, when the sun is bright, they will fly towards the rainbow. The other is flames. This is a spirit beast that feeds on flames. Aren't Tuo Tuo's pure flames their favorite delicacy?" Xiao Xiao explained.
Miao Xin chuckled, "Oh, you remember quite well this time, don't you?"
Xiao Xiao scratched her head awkwardly, "Hehe, I'm a girl, after all, and I love pretty things, so I listened carefully during the class about this spirit beast."
Miao Xin nodded, "Now that the Seven-Colored Fire Phoenix's two favorite things are present, if such a spirit beast truly exists in Sunset Forest, it will definitely be lured here."
"Ching! Ching!!!"
Just then, bird calls indeed came from afar.
And this sound unmistakably belonged to a phoenix-type spirit beast. As the saying goes, "phoenixes fly together, harmonizing in song." Only phoenix-type spirit beasts could emit such crisp, melodious, and pleasant calls.
Miao Xin was delighted, "They're here! And by the sound, there are three of them! Probably an entire clan."
Having three made things much easier. If there was only one, even if it came, its cultivation year might not be suitable.
If it were just a hundred-year spirit beast, no matter how strong its species, it would be useless. They couldn't possibly let Yuwen Tuo's fifth spirit ring be yellow.
Three, after all, offered more options.
The three flew from the same direction, indicating they were a gregarious type of spirit beast.
Their sizes varied, and Yuwen Tuo quickly distinguished the cultivation years of the three spirit beasts based on the records.
"The smallest one is only five thousand years old, and the middle one is roughly twenty thousand years old—neither will do," Yuwen Tuo dismissed the first two, looking at the last one. "This one is quite good, its cultivation year is around fifty-five thousand. Sister Miao Xin, please assist me."
A fifty-five-thousand-year-old spirit beast, even the weakest, was stronger than a Spirit Saint among human spirit masters.
The Seven-Colored Fire Phoenix was a high-tier spirit beast. With over fifty-five thousand years of cultivation, it wouldn't even be weaker than a Spirit Douluo.
Even with some confidence in his own strength, Yuwen Tuo, at Level 50 and not yet truly advanced to Spirit King, didn't believe he could defeat a Spirit Douluo.
So, he could only rely on Miao Xin for help.
"No problem!" Miao Xin chuckled. "Xiao Xiao, you block that five-thousand-year Seven-Colored Fire Phoenix. You don't need to kill it, just keep it from interfering with the battle or drive it away."
"Leave it to me!" Xiao Xiao responded. After all, she had already advanced to the Four-Ring Spirit Grandmaster realm, and possessed four spirit bones. Dealing with a five-thousand-year spirit beast was no problem.
"Three Lives Soul Suppressing Cauldron, First Spirit Ability, Cauldron's Quake!"
A large cauldron flew towards the sky, and a powerful shockwave immediately blocked the five-thousand-year Fire Phoenix's path.
Miao Xin, meanwhile, flew into the sky and appeared before the twenty-thousand-year Seven-Colored Fire Phoenix. "Let me find a helper first. Spirit Bone Skill—Mind Control!"
On Miao Xin's forehead, a pink spirit bone shimmered. This was the 100,000-year spirit bone granted to her by the sect elders, who recognized her exceptional talent.
This was not unexpected. For a genius like her, the Body Sect would not be stingy with a 100,000-year spirit bone.
Such a high-tier spirit bone naturally possessed extraordinary spirit bone abilities, a powerful spirit skill capable of controlling others.
With Miao Xin's strength as a Titled Douluo, controlling a fifty-five-thousand-year-old spirit beast wouldn't ordinarily be difficult. However, the Seven-Colored Fire Phoenix was a special species. While not as exaggerated as a ten-thousand-year Titan Giant Ape fighting a hundred-thousand-year one, a fifty-five-thousand-year Seven-Colored Fire Phoenix would be no weaker than a high-tier Spirit Douluo among humans. Therefore, controlling it was somewhat difficult. But for a mere twenty-thousand-year-old one, it posed no problem.
The twenty-thousand-year Seven-Colored Fire Phoenix was struck by the light and immediately came under Miao Xin's control.
At this time, Yuwen Tuo had already engaged the fifty-five-thousand-year-old Fire Phoenix. However, the difference in their strength was immense. After just one clash, Yuwen Tuo was sent flying a hundred meters away by a single wing flap.
This was still the opponent holding back, because it had no intention of killing Yuwen Tuo, but rather intended to devour him.
The pure fire on Yuwen Tuo, to it, was like a fire attribute immortal herb to humans. Once consumed, it would greatly benefit its future.
This creature was indeed inferior to the Crimson King. The Crimson King could discern that Yuwen Tuo's pure fire had been refined to the point where not a single trace would leak out. Unless Yuwen Tuo himself willed it, even if it devoured Yuwen Tuo whole, it would gain no benefit whatsoever.
This was also why the Crimson King could only shamelessly plead with Yuwen Tuo in the past. Otherwise, that big dog would never have been so cooperative before becoming friends with Yuwen Tuo.
"Tuo'er, use this. Sister got you a mount!" Miao Xin said, flying over with the twenty-thousand-year Fire Phoenix.
Yuwen Tuo chuckled, "Thank you, Sister."
He flew above the twenty-thousand-year Fire Phoenix, retracted his Starfire Across the Sky wings, and also recalled his Fire Elephant Martial Soul.
There was no other way. Before reaching Level 70, Yuwen Tuo couldn't fly relying solely on spirit power. Only in his Second Spirit Ability's Starfire Across the Sky state could he soar through the sky.
But this meant that if he wanted to fly, he could only use his Fire Elephant Martial Soul. A martial soul of too high a quality had its drawbacks. Currently, he didn't even have a single spirit core, making him unable to use two martial souls simultaneously.
If he used Fire Elephant, he couldn't use Xuanyuan Sword Soul.
Now that Miao Xin had given him such an excellent flying mount, the Xuanyuan Sword Soul was naturally unleashed.
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