Ma Xiaotao walked out, instantly drawing everyone's gaze. The reason Mu En and the elders hadn't refused to let other students observe was because Ma Xiaotao herself was the Shrek Academy's designated future Martial Soul Department head. Her strength was also a symbol to the outside world.
Oh, you're asking about Zhang Lexuan?
She's different. The senior sister is directly entering the Seagod Pavilion to study. The future Seagod Pavilion Master or the Vice-Captain of the Supervisory Group position is hers.
Raging flames erupted from Ma Xiaotao's body. The scorching airflow rolled outwards. After reaching the Element Circle, which even ordinary Soul Saints and Soul Douluo didn't dare to directly face, Ma Xiaotao took a deep breath. She resolutely used her hands to clear the path and then stepped inside.
"Clang!"
Instantly, under the gaze of everyone in the Inner Court, a massive Fire Phoenix silhouette directly condensed. The golden-red flames were like a volcanic eruption, soaring from the ground to the sky.
The night was illuminated by countless flames, leaving only the Fire Phoenix perched in the sky, leaving behind a trail of ethereal light. The crystal-like flame wings gently waved, causing the raging fire waves within the Element Circle to spread outwards again and again.
Mu En waved his hand, and a golden shield enveloped the Element Circle, preventing the flames from consuming the surrounding trees.
But even so, strands of terrifying fiery pressure clearly fell into everyone's perception. The weaker students immediately felt like a small boat, swaying in a sea of fire, and would be swallowed at any moment.
Too terrifying…
Countless Inner Court students and slightly weaker Inner Court teachers felt a chill in their hearts.
Within the Element Circle, all the fire-attributed treasures were glowing with intense firelight. Ma Xiaotao immediately sat cross-legged, and at the same time, reached out and ate the Burning Glue that Huo Yuhao had given her.
As the Burning Glue entered her abdomen, an extremely hot warm current began to impact her entire body. Ma Xiaotao immediately felt her soul power colliding with and merging with a certain energy.
But at the same time, with the collision of the medicine's effect and her own soul power, Ma Xiaotao's originally snow-white skin immediately turned red, like a cooked lobster. A look of pain also appeared on her face.
But it was also this change that, visibly, the intensity of the flames dancing on Ma Xiaotao's body began to rise sharply.
The ground within a few meters of her was directly burned to a golden-red color, with a sheen like crystal glass.
In the sky, the Fire Phoenix light and shadow that had been circling suddenly shattered, turning into thousands of existences like a meteor shower, which then crashed into different locations of the Element Circle.
After the Element Circle came into contact with the fragments of the Fire Phoenix light and shadow, it was as if some switch had been triggered. It immediately began to compress the fire element heaven and earth yuan power from the outside in. The fire element heaven and earth yuan power inside the entire Element Circle quickly became viscous, like a land of magma. Moreover, the entire cultivation ground immediately turned red, and it was impossible to see the scene inside from the outside.
Ma Xiaotao's figure also disappeared from everyone's sight.
"It has begun," Mu En said with a solemn tone.
Huo Yuhao frowned, his eyes shining with golden light. His terrifying mental power turned into spikes, directly piercing the Element Circle, creating an extremely tiny opening, and looked at Ma Xiaotao from the clearest angle.
Mu En's expression slightly changed. He glanced at Huo Yuhao without any expression, but didn't say anything.
Inside the Element Circle, Ma Xiaotao not only had to endure the collision and fusion of the medicine and soul power, causing her meridians to swell and burn, her limbs and bones seemed to be burned, and the pain was imaginable. In addition, she also needed to release her original bloodline to attract the compressed fire element heaven and earth yuan power of the Element Circle for fusion.
Behind her head, a rather delicate and petite Fire Phoenix was suspended, a direct manifestation of her bloodline. The dense fire element heaven and earth yuan force was continuously pouring into this little Fire Phoenix. Immediately, Ma Xiaotao could feel her bloodline surging again, another pain that went straight to her soul.
Controlling in two directions was astonishingly taxing on her mental power. This was also why Ma Xiaotao needed to take so long to settle before beginning the transformation.
Not everyone was as fortunate as Huo Yuhao, who had the help of the Ice Emperor and the Skydream Iceworm, and directly obtained an Extreme Martial Soul.
Her delicate body began to tremble violently. Numerous burn marks from flames appeared on Ma Xiaotao's skin. For a soul master so close to Extreme Fire, she was actually burned by flames and injured her body.
But the two pains also ignited Ma Xiaotao's anger. Don't look at how, in the eyes of outsiders, her personality had become much gentler these days, especially when she was with Huo Yuhao, she was even more gentle. But deep down, Ma Xiaotao, once hailed as one of the two volcanoes of the Inner Court, was not a weak woman.
Her eyes, already golden-red, suddenly opened wide. She made a bold decision: reduce the mental power control over the bloodline's fusion with the fire element heaven and earth yuan force, and instead, focus it on the fusion of the medicinal power and soul power.
She wanted to make the most of this opportunity and directly complete this step, then fully devote herself to the fusion of her bloodline and the heaven and earth yuan force, instead of trying to do both at once and failing to take care of either.
"Sister, I'll help you control the speed of the fire element heaven and earth yuan force merging with your bloodline."
Suddenly, just as Ma Xiaotao was about to madly channel her soul power to combine with the medicine's effects, a clear voice sounded.
Ma Xiaotao's beautiful eyes widened. Yuhao?
After a moment of surprise, a subtle smile played on Ma Xiaotao's lips. Without any hesitation, she released the mental power from her bloodline. This was her unconditional trust in Huo Yuhao.
At the same time that Ma Xiaotao's mental control retreated entirely, the elemental energy of the world, which had been entering the Fire Phoenix bloodline in an orderly fashion, suddenly lost its restraints and wanted to surge in wildly. This would inevitably exceed the bloodline's tolerance, causing irreparable damage. But suddenly, an even more terrifying and powerful mental force appeared, replacing Ma Xiaotao's original mental power.
In an instant, the constraints on the elemental energy of the world became even more solid and impossible to disrupt.
But what Ma Xiaotao didn't know was that outside, the mental power within Huo Yuhao was also burning furiously. His eyes were flickering with flames. The elemental energy within the Element Circle could burn mental power, and because of Huo Yuhao's foreign-attribute mental power, the consumption was even greater.
On the other side, with one less point to focus on, Ma Xiaotao mustered all her soul power and fiercely attacked the medicine's effects in the opposite direction, forcibly merging them. Strange fire patterns even appeared on her skin, like a big fish eating a small fish, helping Ma Xiaotao complete the fusion.
Ma Xiaotao's heart stirred slightly. This was the excess medicinal power from the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower she had previously consumed being drawn out.
Five minutes later, the Fire Phoenix's soul power, which was already filled with purity, grandeur, richness, and endless continuity, slowly turned from golden-red to crimson-gold. The burns on Ma Xiaotao's body also healed rapidly, and her skin regained its snow-white color.
The golden-red flames rising from her body turned crimson-gold, with strands of crimson-gold flowing out. But soon, the crimson-gold flames began to converge, and Ma Xiaotao's aura also retracted infinitely.
It was as if she had returned to her original state.
This was because Ma Xiaotao's soul power intensity had completed the transformation from ordinary to Extreme.
Logically, she should have succeeded at this point. Ma Xiaotao had already become an Extreme fire attribute soul master. But this was only on the surface; she still needed to enhance her bloodline.
The reason why none of the descendants of the few Extreme attribute soul masters from Shrek Academy thousands of years ago were of the Extreme level, and even experienced Martial Soul degradation, was because they didn't raise their bloodline intensity to the same level as their soul power during their breakthrough.
If soul power and bloodline weren't at the same level, it was easy for disturbances to occur.
Looking back, Ma Xiaotao saw a large amount of tangible white-gold mental power surrounding the Fire Phoenix. A faint, glowing white light pulsed, controlling the amount of all the elemental energy of heaven and earth that poured into her bloodline.
Just then, Ma Xiaotao's pupils suddenly contracted. Having her soul power upgraded to the Extreme Fire attribute, she saw the scene of the mental power being burned.
"Yuhao..." Ma Xiaotao took a deep breath. "Leave it to me."
"Okay."
Huo Yuhao didn't delay. It wasn't that he didn't want to help, but the final step of the fusion needed to be done by the person themselves.
However, Huo Yuhao's mental power didn't retreat. Instead, it stayed to guard the side. If any accidents happened when Ma Xiaotao's bloodline was being upgraded, he could help.
In the next moment, the mental power was transferred, and Ma Xiaotao's mental power took control once more.
"Let me see just how difficult this process is."
Ma Xiaotao's tone was icy. She directly used her mental power to madly draw in the elemental energy of the world and inject it into her bloodline.
Inside the originally viscous Element Circle, the elemental energy of heaven and earth seemed to have found a breakthrough, madly surging into the bloodline.
In an instant, within the bloodline world, the bloodline sea, which resembled an ocean, directly boiled. Endless elemental energy of heaven and earth poured into it, smashing into the bloodline sea, splashing up huge blood flowers.
Visibly, the originally flowing bloodline power, after combining with the elemental energy of heaven and earth, gradually began to turn into solid rock. Bloodline activity began to rapidly decrease.
Watching this scene, Ma Xiaotao instantly understood something. No wonder those few Extreme Attribute seniors who had appeared in Shrek Academy hadn't completed the bloodline upgrade. It wasn't that they didn't want to, but that they simply couldn't do it.
If the bloodline wants to break through, it must be broken before it can be established. They had to go through the current stage, but it was obvious that they hadn't found the right opportunity, so they gave up.
But... a trace of determination flashed in Ma Xiaotao's beautiful eyes. The bloodline upgrade, for her, held a glimmer of opportunity.
Her Martial Soul was the Fire Phoenix!
The Fire Phoenix possessed a special ability, called Phoenix Nirvana!
Thinking of this, Ma Xiaotao condensed her mental power, forming a mental body, and directly charged into the bloodline, crashing into the gradually solidifying blood sea. She was triggering the bloodline power to erupt.
At the instant the blood splattered, a series of resounding phoenix cries echoed out. Outside, a strong beam of light shot up from the Element Circle, piercing the clouds.
"What is that?"
This scene instantly piqued everyone's curiosity.
The beam of light that shot up from the Inner Court was incredibly eye-catching in the night, its rich glow drawing the attention of Outer Court students, and even many Shrek City residents who had woken up in the middle of the night to use the restroom.
"Clang!"
The next moment, a clear phoenix cry rang out. Soon after, crimson Fire Phoenixes flew out from the Element Circle, spiraling upwards along the beam of light.
Finally, these phoenixes arrived at the point where the beam of light originated, let out a long cry towards the sky, and then transformed into endless Phoenix Nirvana power. Like lightning, this power splashed down, entering the small phoenix formed by bloodline power in front of Ma Xiaotao.
Within the already solidified sea of bloodline, it was like a thunderclap. The myriad strands of Phoenix Nirvana power struck down, beginning to tear apart the bloodline power that had solidified due to the attachment of the world's elemental power.
Outside, Ma Xiaotao was enveloped in a strange glow. Her body would dissipate momentarily, only to reappear as the light flickered.
Each flicker represented a rebirth. Each rebirth also took a great toll on Ma Xiaotao, and her face quickly became pale.
But it was effective. Within her sea of blood, the previously solidified bloodlines were visibly melting under the impact of the Phoenix Nirvana power, constantly fusing with the elemental energy of the world. The original blood-red luster began to turn crimson gold, matching the color of Ma Xiaotao's own soul power.
Time ticked by, second after second.
A sliver of dawn appeared on the horizon. The morning clouds resembled layers of golden fish scales, a beautiful sight. Soft rays of sunlight streamed down from the sky, reaching the earth and also entering the long-dormant Element Circle.
Crack!
An entire night had passed. The Element Circle, which had been completely still, suddenly emitted a clear, crisp cracking sound.
As soul masters, everyone present naturally wouldn't doze off. They were all focused. The meditating students were also awakened by their companions.
All eyes followed the ray of sunlight descending from the sky, landing on the Element Circle.
Slowly, the Element Circle began to shatter, but the expected scene of flames erupting didn't happen. Instead, only a brilliant, reddish-gold light sprayed outward.
"What's going on?" Most people were confused.
Inside the Seagod Pavilion, Huo Yuhao's pale face revealed strong joy. As expected, at a moment when everyone was surprised and nervous.
"Clang." Once again, a clear phoenix cry rang out. Endless reddish-gold phoenix flames soared up, transforming into a massive Fire Phoenix. It charged towards the sky, and with the sunlight shining upon it, it freely roamed the sky.
However, what no one noticed was that a peculiar power swept through. After wriggling for a moment, it vanished silently, even Mu En didn't detect it.
In the morning, the Outer Court students also woke up early, preparing to wash up and eat. However, when the phoenix cry sounded, the peaceful morning was broken.
In the dormitory area, countless gazes instinctively looked towards the sky, only to see an incredibly dazzling phoenix circling the Inner Court.
Instantly, countless people widened their eyes, some with toothbrushes in their mouths, white foam dripping from the corners of their mouths. Others rubbed their eyes, thinking they had seen wrong. Those eating in the cafeteria rushed out in droves, carrying their trays and standing outside.
"It worked!"
Inside the Seagod Pavilion, all the elders, as well as the four deans, Zhang Lexuan, and others, were visibly moved, their eyes quickly filling with intense joy.
But at this moment, when the Fire Phoenix spread its wings, it left behind countless scarlet-gold light spots. These light spots merged with the sunlight, transforming into pure Nirvana crystals, like raindrops, beginning to fall.
As the Nirvana crystals fell into the grass, leaves, and lake water, they slowly dissipated under the curious gazes of everyone. However, those who could subtly perceive it noticed that the heaven and earth elemental energy of the Inner Court seemed to become more active.
Mu En's eyes flickered slightly, and a gentle voice followed, "The Fire Phoenix is a symbol of auspiciousness. This time, when Ma Xiaotao broke through, she also summoned a wisp of auspicious energy. This child left the auspicious energy for the academy instead of using it herself."
Hearing this, a group of elders and the four deans all showed a hint of relief.
And the rest of the Inner Court students also noticed a change in the heaven and earth elemental energy within the Inner Court, and it was a positive one. They were immediately delighted. The Inner Court was their place of cultivation; having an increase here, the benefits to them were naturally undeniable.
...
Dense flames constantly rolled. This was a region surrounded by flames. Within that world of flames, which contained a divine aura, huge mountain ranges stood like sword peaks in the sea of fire. Each mountain had a palace on top, with the palace on the central mountain being the largest.
Flaming bridges connected each mountain, allowing them to communicate with each other. Below were the constantly erupting sparks. If someone fell, they would likely be instantly devoured by the flames.
The outer walls of the largest palace seemed to be made of flames, rippling and surging as if burning, containing the power of the laws of fire.
This was the God Realm, and this sea of fire was the realm of…
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