Douluo Jueshi: Picking up Firefly at the Beginning

Chapter 141: Dark Fire
Although Ma Xiaotao's attack from the Black Fire Phoenix was extremely terrifying, even if a Soul Sage took it head-on, he would be seriously injured if he didn't die, but Ma Xiaotao was not feeling well either.

This attack of the Black Fire Phoenix was a combination of her soul skills, stimulating the Phoenix Evil Fire in her body. Combined with the two major soul skills of Phoenix Bathing in Fire and Phoenix Piercing Clouds, and assisted by her right arm soul bone skill, Phoenix Burst, it exerted such terrifying power.

But such a terrifying soul skill could not decide the outcome of the battle. Xiao Hongchen used up all his soul power after activating the Wall of Toughness and was out of the game. But Ma Rulong was still there, and the teleportation ring he used did not consume much energy.

And even if she eliminates Ma Rulong next, can she fight again given her condition?
Ma Xiaotao glanced at Dai Yueheng, who was covered in scars but still gritted his teeth and unleashed the Tyrant Tiger Soul Refining Knife's innate soul skill, Tyrant Blade Slash, to clash head-on with Liuying. She then looked at Xu Sanshi, whose Mysterious Nether Tortoise Shell Shield was covered in cracks and whose body was covered in frostbite and burns. Then she looked at Huo Yuhao, who had exhausted his soul power after releasing the Ice Emperor's wrath and collapsed on the ground. He had lost his ultimate ice attribute and had his ice cage broken by Meng Hongchen. He was then poisoned by the cold and his face was pale.

Beibei, who was seriously injured and unconscious, looked disheveled, but he was carrying a giant hammer wrapped in lightning and rushed towards Wang Dong who was on the meteor.

Originally, Wang Dong still had his martial soul fusion skill with Huo Yuhao as a trump card, but because Huo Yuhao wanted to help Ling Luochen change his attributes, and later because Beibei was seriously injured, he impulsively used the soul bone skill, Ice Emperor's Wrath, which exhausted his soul power, and he no longer had the opportunity to use the martial soul fusion skill with Wang Dong.

Ma Xiaotao took a deep breath, with a hint of determination in her eyes. As the captain of the main team, she had been extremely frustrated along the way. Team members died, were disabled, and were injured. As the captain, she had no choice but to take responsibility. However, it was the competition they should be participating in, but she needed her younger classmates to desperately buy time for them.

"Now, it's my turn."

Ma Xiaotao's eyes burned with black and red flames. She no longer wanted to suppress the power of the Phoenix Evil Fire in her body. She no longer wanted to care about the consequences. She also threw her teacher Yan Shaozhe's warning behind her. She only wanted to defend the glory of Shrek Academy and did not want everyone's efforts to go to waste. She wanted to win.

In the eyes of the audience outside, the situation on the field was already very clear. Shrek Academy was just struggling in its death throes.

Although Ma Xiaotao eliminated Xiao Hongchen, Ma Rulong is still there. Ling Luochen, Huo Yuhao, and Beibei have lost their combat effectiveness. Wang Dong is just a mantis trying to stop a chariot when facing Meteor even if he takes out the Clear Sky Hammer. Xu Sanshi is at the end of his strength. Although Dai Yueheng is still very strong, he has been in a state of being beaten.

Facing Liuying who was using three amplifying soul skills and firing at full power, Dai Yuheng could only barely maintain the stalemate and hold back Liuying's combat power.

"Shrek Academy lost!"

After losing the team battle, Shrek Academy was unable to recover and this competition came to an end.

Just when everyone was pessimistic about Shrek Academy, a loud phoenix cry resounded throughout the venue. Black and red flames ignited around Ma Xiaotao, and a terrifying phoenix shadow appeared behind her. The air was distorted by the terrifying high temperature.

Ma Xiaotao's figure turned into an afterimage, leaving a trail of shadows in the air, and headed straight towards Ma Rulong.

Ma Rulong's face darkened. He also had a temper. As the original captain of the starting team, he lost his starting position after losing to Liuying. Of course, he was unwilling to accept it. In this competition, he did not have any outstanding performance.

As an elite disciple of Mingde Hall and a genius who reached the level of sixth-level soul mentor before the age of twenty, he is also proud.

"You forced me to do it. I didn't want to use it."

Ma Rulong gritted his teeth, clasped his hands in front of him, and a strong golden light flashed. His soul rings flashed one after another, and his aura increased rapidly. At the same time, a golden-red giant sword appeared in his hand.

Ma Rulong held the hilt of the golden sword with both hands and slowly raised the sword.

Intense golden light emanates from the sword, and it can be seen that there are nine core formations extending from the bottom of the sword tip to the hilt.

A strong golden light flashed, and golden rays of light continued to burst out in the air. Ma Rulong raised the giant sword above his head, and his eyes gradually turned golden.

"Wake up, Sword of Judgment." Ma Rulong shouted.

His own soul power was injected into the giant sword at an astonishing speed.

Because he poured his soul power in too intensely, one could even see circles of white light rising from under his feet, passing through his body, and finally converging at his hands and being injected into the giant sword.

And the giant sword shining with golden light also began to change. Starting from the hilt, the golden light quickly converged and gradually turned into two colors.

One side of the sword spine turned white, while the other side turned black. The two contrasting colors gave it a somewhat strange and awe-inspiring feeling amidst the golden light it emitted.

"That is darkness, which condemns heresy." Ma Rulong held the giant sword in both hands, pointed it in the direction of Ma Xiaotao, and at the same time pointed the black side of the blade towards Ma Xiaotao.

Suddenly, a black light flashed in the air and disappeared.

Ma Xiaotao's whole body was burning with flames, but when the black light arrived, the black and red flames burning on her body had no effect at all. The black light just flashed and merged into her body.

Suddenly, Ma Xiaotao felt something strange in her body. The black flame that had already appeared because she no longer suppressed the evil fire turned as black as ink in an instant. A dark and cold feeling spread throughout her body.

She felt as if she had fallen into an abyss. The evil fire that had been suppressed within her for over a decade seemed to have found its home, rushing into the darkness. As the evil fire and darkness merged, Ma Xiaotao felt the flames within her body spiral out of control, yet they grew stronger and stronger. At a certain moment, as if breaking free of some shackle, the evil fire and darkness merged completely, becoming indistinguishable from one another. The phoenix silhouette behind her also turned completely black, emitting an aura of evil and darkness.

At this moment, the giant sword in Ma Rulong's hand turned over, and the white side burst out with a strong incandescent color. The golden sword light also shone to the extreme in an instant, and the surging breath of light instantly swept the entire venue.

Ma Xiaotao screamed miserably, and the black flames on her body began to mist up in large patches. At the same time, she felt as if she was being disintegrated by the power of light. The phoenix flames in her body completely dissipated and seemed to escape from her body.

A hint of pride appeared on Ma Rulong's face. He originally didn't want to use this soul guide, but Ma Xiaotao treated him as a soft persimmon. In his anger, he didn't care about the sequelae of using this eighth-level soul guide beyond his level.

The eighth-level soul guide, the Sword of Judgment, is the eighth-level peak soul guide that is closest to the ninth-level soul guide. Its power far exceeds that of the Tyrant Tiger Soul Refining Sword in Dai Yueheng's hand.

The Sword of Judgment is a combination of darkness and light. It can instantly integrate the power of darkness into the enemy's soul power, turning the enemy into an uncontrollable dark attribute, while at the same time judging the opponent with its own powerful light attribute.

When encountering a weak enemy, the opponent's soul power can be destroyed in an instant, or even completely destroyed under the bright aura of the Sword of Judgment.

This means adding a weakness to the opponent, and then using the force to restrain this weakness to suppress and attack.

Ma Rulong is only a sixth-level soul engineer, and using this eighth-level Sword of Judgment comes at a huge price.

At this moment, behind him, a blood-red core magic circle was flashing on his vest, and a rich blood flame was burning.

It was the power of a seventh-level soul tool, called the Chapter of Sacrifice, which used Ma Rulong's own vitality and potential as a sacrifice to instantly increase his physical strength and soul power to support the needs of the Sword of Judgment.

Although the consumed vitality and potential can be compensated by rare treasures, it will definitely affect his cultivation speed in the next few years and delay his promotion to Soul Saint.

If Ma Xiaotao wasn't so strong, he would never use it.

He also knew that even if he was defeated by Ma Xiaotao, Liuxing and Liuying could still defeat Ma Xiaotao and win, but he was unwilling to put all the pressure on his younger classmates. As a senior, he also had his own persistence.

How could he enjoy the fruits of victory with peace of mind without making any contribution?

That would be too embarrassing.

At least, he wanted to take away Shrek Academy's strongest fighter, Ma Xiaotao.

Therefore, he was willing to pay the price of no progress in his cultivation and serious damage to his vitality in the next year, and used this eighth-level soul guide made by Jing Hongchen, the master of Mingde Hall.

The only opponents against whom this Sword of Judgment is ineffective are those with light or dark attributes, but Ma Xiaotao's attribute is fire.

Listening to Ma Xiaotao's screams, Ma Rulong felt that everything he had paid was worth it, and an indescribable pleasure instantly spread throughout his body.

So what if he was the strongest in Shrek Academy? He was still defeated by Ma Rulong. In this way, no one could say that Ma Rulong was just sitting back and enjoying the success.

The confidence in his heart swelled to the limit. Ma Rulong suddenly took a step forward and slashed towards Ma Xiaotao with the Sword of Judgment in his hand.

Meteor held Wang Dong's Clear Sky Hammer with one hand, and no matter how hard Wang Dong tried, he couldn't shake him at all.

As if sensing something unexpected, he turned around and looked behind him, just in time to see the black flames burning on Ma Xiaotao's body, and Ma Rulong rushing towards Ma Xiaotao with a sword in hand. His face changed.

Although no one knew what happened in the previous moment, the black flame on Ma Xiaotao's body was no longer an ordinary flame. It was the ultimate fire, the fire of darkness.

Liuying threw a punch, and the explosive punch hit the Tyrant Tiger Soul Refining Sword that was held in front of Dai Yueheng.

"Boom!"

The air exploded, and Dai Yueheng flew up. One could clearly see a shallow fist mark on the blade of the Tyrant Tiger Soul Refining Sword.

Instead of chasing Dai Yuheng, Liuying looked at Ma Xiaotao with a frown. She felt that Ma Xiaotao's aura was rapidly rising.

(End of this chapter)