Peerless: I Became Huo Yuhao's Dark Personality

Chapter 126 Evil Phoenix Ma Xiaotao (Two Chapters Combined)

"Given their strength and status, it's not impossible that they were allowed to enter Mingde Hall directly, which explains why we haven't been able to find them."

They were all obsessed with soul tools, and Mingde Hall happened to be the core of soul tool technology, enough to keep them there for a long time without eating or sleeping.

After Lin Huiqun finished speaking, Mu En remained silent for a long while. His already weathered face seemed to age even more, and his whole demeanor seemed somewhat aged.

"I understand. Don't tell the other elders about this for now, especially Old Song and the others."

"Yes," Lin Huiqun replied in a low voice, her figure disappearing instantly into the sunlight.

Moon lay on the wicker chair, looking at the azure sky. His cloudy eyes flashed with a complex mix of emotions: pain, entanglement, anger, and sorrow.

"Lin'er, how could you join the Sun Moon Empire..." Mu En's voice was low, his mind a jumble of thoughts, and a rare look of confusion appeared in his eyes.

When Xianlin'er left Shrek Academy in anger, Mu En's worst-case scenario was that she would establish her own independent entity and oppose Shrek Academy.

He thought that Xianlin'er would set up her own Soul Master Academy to prove the power of Soul Tools to the elders of Shrek Academy.

But he never expected that Xian Lin'er would do something so outrageous as to join the Sun Moon Empire. With her status as a Super Douluo, it would be easy for her to join and enjoy the resources, but it would be difficult for her to leave and shirk her responsibilities!
What kind of existence is a Super Douluo? There are only about thirty or forty of them in the entire continent, scattered across the entire Douluo Continent, making them extremely rare.

Any power would treat a Super Douluo as an honored guest, providing him with the best food and drink.

If Xian Lin'er becomes a level nine Soul Master with the help of the Sun Moon Empire, as long as she wants to maintain a clean reputation, she will be practically bound to the Sun Moon Empire for the rest of her life.

This was something Mu En could not accept no matter what. He had only taken on two disciples in his life, Yan Shaozhe and Xian Lin'er, but one of them had turned out to be a traitor.

If war breaks out in the future, and Xian Lin'er goes to war as a powerful force of the Sun Moon Empire, causing devastation to the Douluo Continent, not only will Xian Lin'er's reputation be damaged, but Mu En's reputation will also be damaged.

As a level nine soul master at the Super Douluo level, Mu En had witnessed the terror of soul tools and fully believed that Xian Lin'er could turn the Douluo Continent into a scene of devastation.

At that time, below the Limit Douluo level, there might really be no one who can defeat Xian Lin'er. Even Xuanzi Mu'en, whose bloodline has returned to its ancestral form, wouldn't dare to guarantee it.

The idea that someone personally nurtured a traitor who turned his blade against his own homeland is enough to pierce Moon's spine.

He couldn't tolerate this happening, so he had to bring Xianlin'er back before she became a level nine Soul Master.

As long as Xian Lin'er doesn't become a level nine Soul Master, there's still time. As for the resources spent by the Sun Moon Empire, we can just use some profits to shut people up.

Furthermore, bringing back Huo Yuhao, the possessor of the ultimate ice martial soul, could potentially bring Shrek Academy a pure-blooded, direct descendant of the ultimate fire martial soul, Ma Xiaotao.

Although Xuanzi is utterly useless, he still has a cultivation level of 98, plus other Super Douluo elders and Title Douluo guest elders.

Unless the Body Sect launches a desperate attack on Shrek Academy, or Di Tian leads all the ferocious beasts of the Star Dou Great Forest to launch a beast tide, or the three royal families join forces to besiege Shrek Academy, Shrek Academy can remain stable for a long time.

In ten years at most, Zhang Lexuan will be able to grow up and take over the position of the Sea God Pavilion Master. Once Ma Xiaotao grows up, Shrek Academy will be able to remain stable for several hundred years.

"Lin'er, I hope you can see the error of your ways and turn back..."

Poseidon Island, the arena.

"Phoenix Meteor Shower!"

As Ma Xiaotao's deep, ink-black sixth soul ring lit up, more than a dozen enormous fire meteors appeared in the sky.

Each meteor cluster was over three meters in diameter, crashing down upon Zhang Lexuan below.

Zhang Lexuan's fifth spirit ring shone brightly, and the crescent moon in the sky suddenly turned golden. In an instant, the crescent moon split into another crescent moon of the same size, which fell from the sky.

The golden crescent moon had now become a scythe of death, severing every fiery meteor in its path.

The flames were raging and spreading outwards, but the fire meteors that were cut by the golden crescent moon not only had smooth, mirror-like cuts, but the flames themselves were also cleanly sliced ​​apart and could not move an inch.

The golden crescent moon covered such a vast area that not a single fiery meteor landed; they all split in two and exploded in mid-air due to instability.

Seeing Zhang Lexuan resolve her sixth soul skill so effortlessly, a hint of savagery flashed in Ma Xiaotao's eyes for some reason, and an unnamed rage rose in her heart.

"Xiao Tao, how are you feeling?" Zhang Lexuan looked at Ma Xiao Tao in the distance with gentle eyes, unaware of the fleeting rage in the other's eyes.

After a week of recovery, Ma Xiaotao's injuries have been completely healed, and the corpse poison in her body has been completely eliminated, but she is still in a state of amnesia.

This battle was intended to help Ma Xiaotao quickly familiarize herself with the Evil Fire Phoenix's soul skills and fighting style, and also to help Ma Xiaotao recall some memories from the battle.

The battle had lasted for nearly ten minutes. Ma Xiaotao had used all her soul bones and soul rings, and tried both close-range and long-range attacks. In Zhang Lexuan's opinion, it was about time to end.

"Continue!" Ma Xiaotao shouted in a deep voice. Zhang Lexuan was slightly taken aback when she heard this, obviously not expecting Ma Xiaotao to continue fighting, but she didn't think much of it, assuming that Ma Xiaotao just wanted to familiarize herself with the soul skills.

As a Soul Douluo with a 100,000-year soul ring, Zhang Lexuan was naturally not someone who could fight Ma Xiaotao, a Soul Emperor who had just recovered from serious injuries, with her full strength.

Throughout the entire battle, Zhang Lexuan has not used her sixth soul skill, let alone her Martial Soul True Body or her 100,000-year soul skill. She has been feeding Ma Xiaotao her moves the whole time.

Ma Xiaotao's two lower legs simultaneously emitted a dazzling red light, and a large amount of scorching hot flames spewed out from the soles of her feet, while the surrounding air sizzled under the heat of the flames.

With the infusion of intense flames, Ma Xiaotao's speed increased several levels instantly, and she arrived in front of Zhang Lexuan in the blink of an eye.

The yellow, century-old soul ring lit up, and Ma Xiaotao's mouth opened slightly as a terrifyingly hot, orange-red flame hurtled straight at Zhang Lexuan.

Zhang Lexuan quickly made a gesture of spreading her hands outwards. Her jade-like hands were already covered by the silvery moonlight. As she moved, a layer of silvery barrier unfolded outwards, blocking the Phoenix Fire Lines.

The next second, Ma Xiaotao's right arm slammed into the silver-white light shield. Her right arm was somehow covered by a ball of golden-red flames. As the elbow struck, countless cracks instantly appeared on the silver-white light shield, but in a flash, they all turned into specks of light and dissipated.

Zhang Lexuan reacted hastily, her hands, covered in the power of moonlight, barely managing to block the attack. She felt a numbness in her palms and, at the same time, used Ma Xiaotao's attack to quickly widen the distance between them.

Zhang Lexuan's eyes narrowed, and her brows furrowed involuntarily. Was it her imagination? Ma Xiaotao's offensive suddenly changed.

At first, the two were just trying to familiarize themselves with their soul skills, so their fight was quite ordinary. Ma Xiaotao was mostly on the offensive while Zhang Lexuan was on the defensive, and they exchanged blows back and forth.

During this time, Ma Xiaotao did not use any combination attacks. She would release whichever soul skill she had not yet used, and the situation just now did not occur.

Zhang Lexuan and Ma Xiaotao have known each other for over ten years. They know everything about each other, including each other's spirit rings, spirit skills, spirit bones, spirit skills, and combat techniques.

In that attack, Ma Xiaotao swiftly used four soul skills simultaneously, including three soul bone skills and one soul ring skill.

The three soul bones are the left leg bone, the right leg bone, and the right arm bone, and the soul ring is the first soul ring. Zhang Lexuan's combat sense is extremely strong.

She once teamed up with members whose highest rank was no more than Soul Saint to fight against a 100,000-year-old Soul Beast during the Contra era, and finally obtained a 100,000-year-old Soul Ring.

In that instant, Zhang Lexuan noticed the change in Ma Xiaotao's offensive. Although she was puzzled, she reacted quickly and instinctively entered battle mode.

Meanwhile, Ma Xiaotao, seeing Zhang Lexuan somewhat disheveled by her sudden attack, felt a strange red light flash across her eyes, and a slight smile appeared on her lips. She felt an overwhelming sense of satisfaction.

Ma Xiaotao's attacks became even more ferocious. However, the reason why Zhang Lexuan was in such a sorry state was because she had been in a defensive posture, feeding Ma Xiaotao her moves.

After Ma Xiaotao displayed a fierce attack stance, Zhang Lexuan, who had entered battle mode, was no match for Ma Xiaotao at this point. She was quickly put under unilateral suppression by Zhang Lexuan.

Ma Xiaotao was once again filled with frustration, her eyes blazing with anger, and her reason gradually vanished. In this state, her attacks became increasingly chaotic, and she was suppressed even more severely by Zhang Lexuan.

Zhang Lexuan clearly sensed Ma Xiaotao's unusual behavior and seized the opportunity to strike Ma Xiaotao's chest with a palm, causing her to stagger back several steps with a furrowed brow.

"Xiao Tao, let's stop here for today. Your mind is in turmoil, and your attacks have become chaotic. Losing your mind in battle is a major taboo."

"Continue!" Ma Xiaotao, who had retreated, attacked again as if she hadn't heard Zhang Lexuan's words.

Zhang Lexuan's expression suddenly turned serious, and her eyes became solemn. It would be strange if she couldn't notice anything amiss with Ma Xiaotao in this state.

Could Xiao Tao have gone mad? A trace of worry flashed through Zhang Lexuan's mind, and she immediately decided to stop holding back and control Ma Xiao Tao first.

Zhang Lexuan's seventh spirit ring was like an abyss, making people afraid to look directly at it. Unlike the illusory appearance of other ten-thousand-year spirit rings, her seventh spirit ring was solid and seemed like a physical entity.

As is well known, the higher the age of the seventh spirit ring, the stronger the spirit beast's bloodline, and the greater the boost one can receive after entering the Martial Spirit True Body state.

Zhang Lexuan's seventh soul ring came from an 80,000-year-old sub-dragon soul beast. As a dragon-type soul beast, its bloodline is naturally exceptional. Although its cultivation is only 80,000 years, its strength is very close to that of a 100,000-year-old soul beast.

The seventh spirit ring emitted a dazzling black light. At the same time, the silver crescent moon in the sky disappeared, and a complete full moon phantom appeared behind Zhang Lexuan.

Though it may be called an illusion, this full moon is virtually indistinguishable from the real moon. If it weren't for the fact that it's noon, this full moon could easily pass for the real one.

Zhang Lexuan was surrounded by the light of the silver moon, and her whole being had become one with the silver moon. She was as majestic and holy as the moon goddess who ruled the night, making people dare not look directly at her.

This is Zhang Lexuan's seventh soul skill, Silver Moon True Body. In this state, her attack power will be greatly amplified, several times over. If it is nighttime, the amplification will be even greater.

Ma Xiaotao was not idle either. Behind her were dazzling huge fire wings, and a fiery red phoenix tail grew from her tailbone. When Zhang Lexuan unleashed her Martial Soul True Form, she had already flown into the sky.

Her second and fifth spirit rings simultaneously shone brightly, their light reflecting off the orange-red flames on her right arm.

In that instant, Ma Xiaotao used three soul skills at the same time. Ordinary soul masters cannot even release multiple soul skills in a short period of time, let alone use multiple soul skills at the same time.

Using soul skills is the result of injecting soul power into soul rings. To use multiple soul skills at once, soul power must be injected into multiple soul rings simultaneously.

This requires extremely high control from the Soul Master; that is, their mental strength must be strong enough to support the release of Soul Skills in this way.

Ma Xiaotao's eyes were filled with a bloodthirsty light, and at this moment she had only one thought in her mind: to tear Zhang Lexuan in front of her to pieces.

Under Zhang Lexuan's shocked gaze, black flames ignited around Ma Xiaotao, unlike the scorching orange-red flames that Ma Xiaotao had previously emitted.

These pitch-black flames not only looked terrifying, but under Zhang Lexuan's mental perception, they also exuded a chilling and sinister aura.

This aura was all too familiar to Zhang Lexuan, who had already graduated from the inner academy; it was clearly the aura unique to evil soul masters.

Ma Xiaotao raised and lowered her hands in a lifting motion, and countless black flames gathered in her palms, instantly forming a palm-sized black phoenix.

Ma Xiaotao pushed her hands forward, and the palm-sized black phoenix rushed towards Zhang Lexuan with lightning speed. Its body grew larger in the wind, and in an instant, it had transformed into a black phoenix with a body length of three meters and a wingspan of four meters.

Zhang Lexuan, lying on the ground, had already become solemn. She had seen what Ma Xiaotao was planning to do as soon as she released her soul skill.

Shrek Academy's unique combat skill, Soul Skill Compression, is something Zhang Lexuan, as the top genius of the inner academy, naturally possesses. However, this combat skill is not suitable for her; it is more suitable for Soul Masters like Ma Xiaotao who attack with pure energy.

As the saying goes, evil spirits are three times stronger. Evil spirit masters are often stronger than ordinary spirit masters. Faced with this attack that combined three of Ma Xiaotao's attack spirit skills, Zhang Lexuan dared not be careless and immediately used her most powerful trump card.

The crimson soul ring, symbolizing 100,000 years, shone with dazzling crimson light as soul power was injected into it, almost covering the entire arena.

An oppressive aura unique to 100,000-year-old soul beasts permeated the entire arena, causing even Ma Xiaotao, who was suspended in the air, and the rapidly descending black phoenix to pause slightly under this pressure.

A Soul Skill with a Hundred Thousand Years of History!

(End of this chapter)