Ultimate Fire

"Go on, Yuhao."

The simply dressed, beautiful woman gave the black-haired little boy, Dai Yuhao, a gentle push, her eyes full of encouragement.

Dai Yuhao turned back to look at his mother. At last, determination filled his eyes as he walked toward the Awakening Array. He knew this was their mother-and-son pair's only chance to change their circumstances.

Under everyone's watchful eyes, the Awakening Array took effect. Dai Yuhao's eyes lit up with white light, and profound patterns emerged around his eye sockets.

"This is? A Body Spirit?"

The Soul Saint Awakener was startled. It might not have awakened the White Tiger Spirit, but a Body Spirit was even stronger! He was no ignorant Wild Soul Master; he knew full well how powerful Body Spirits could be.

The Duchess suddenly clenched her right hand, a trace of killing intent flashing through her eyes as her expression darkened.

Only Dai Huabin maintained his arrogant expression. In his eyes, the White Tiger Spirit was the strongest. What Body Spirit? He had never even heard of it.

"Innate Soul Power, Rank One!"

The Soul Saint Awakener shook his head regretfully, looking at Dai Yuhao with pity in his eyes.

Never mind that it was not the White Tiger Spirit—his Innate Soul Power was only Rank One. With talent like this, Soul Elder was his limit. That Grandmaster with half-rank Innate Soul Power would likely remain a Soul Grandmaster for life without the aid of Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures.

Rank One Innate Soul Power was only half a rank higher than half-rank Innate Soul Power, but what use was that? In the White Tiger Duke's Mansion, he was not even as valuable as a guard.

"Hahaha, just as expected, a little piece of trash."

Dai Huabin burst into laughter, his face full of disdain.

The killing intent in the Duchess's eyes vanished completely, and a smile appeared at the corner of her lips.

Hearing Dai Huabin's mockery and the whispers of the surrounding servants, Dai Yuhao felt as though he had been struck by lightning. He stood frozen where he was.

"It's all right, Yuhao. It's all right."

Dai Yuhao's mother, Huo Yun'er, pulled her stunned son into her arms, her face full of heartache. She gave the Duchess a slight bow and hurried away with Dai Yuhao.

She knew that if they stayed any longer, they would only suffer more humiliation.

Liu Xing knew nothing of what had happened at the White Tiger Duke's Mansion, but the gears of fate had already begun to turn, and the chess player had begun to place their pieces.

On the Spirit Tool War Chariot, Luan Yu looked at the Fire Phoenix Douluo in confusion. "Elder Sister, what happened? Why are you in such a hurry to leave?"

She could tell that the Unbreaking Douluo was very interested in Liu Xing and Firefly. This was the perfect chance to forge a connection between the two little ones and the Unbreaking Douluo. The Unbreaking Douluo was famously upright and meticulous in whatever he was responsible for. If they could build a good relationship with him, Liu Xing and Firefly would never lack defensive soul tools in the future, perhaps even Invincible Shields.

The Fire Phoenix Douluo shook her head and looked at Liu Xing and Firefly. "You two, let me see your spirits again. Partial possession will do. Liu Xing, you should be able to do that too, right?"

Liu Xing and Firefly exchanged a look, then extended their hands at the same time. After spending a year together, they trusted that Aunt Feng truly cared for them and would not harm them.

Crimson firelight flared inside the Spirit Tool War Chariot. Liu Xing's and Firefly's right hands were wrapped in Silver White Mechs, while Crimson Flame burned at their fingertips.

"This!?"

Observing them from up close, Luan Yu also noticed something wrong. The temperature of these flames was far too high, and they carried a savage aura of destruction that seemed intent on annihilating everything. The feeling they gave her was like facing the Purple Emperor Heaven Destroying Dragon spirit of the Sun Moon Imperial Family.

The Fire Phoenix Douluo's gaze also sharpened. She had initially only noticed that their flames were unexpectedly hot, never imagining they would carry such intense destructive aura as well.

"Could this be? A Destruction Attribute?"

Luan Yu was startled. Fire was already known for its destructive and offensive power. Adding the Destruction Attribute on top of that, she could not even imagine how terrifying the two little ones' attack power would be in the future. The thought made her click her tongue in amazement.

"It is indeed a fire attribute and a Destruction Attribute, and it is Ultimate Fire. You two little ones are truly extraordinary!"

After observing carefully for several minutes, the Fire Phoenix Douluo finally raised her head to look at them. Her expression was solemn, but she could not stop a smile from appearing on her lips.

She had long regarded the two of them as her own children. The better their talent, the happier she was.

"Ultimate Fire?"

Luan Yu was dumbfounded. She had an ice attribute, and while she had also felt that their flames were surprisingly hot, she had not considered Ultimate Fire. But the Fire Phoenix Douluo was different. Although the flames of their spirit souls were hot, the two had only just awakened, and their flames were still within the range that she and Luan Yu could withstand. Yet the Fire Phoenix Sword's reaction could not be faked. Only an Ultimate Fire spirit could suppress the Fire Phoenix Sword to that extent.

After all, those mech spirits of theirs did not look like they possessed the Divine Beast Bloodline of a fire attribute at all.

Luan Yu clicked her tongue lightly. On this Douluo Continent, aside from Shrek Academy, the ones who understood Ultimate Attributes best were probably the Sun Moon Empire.

Shrek Academy understood Ultimate Attributes because it had produced several Sea God Pavilion Masters with Ultimate Attributes. In particular, several thousand years ago, there had been that Sea God Pavilion Master with an Ultimate Fire attribute, who led Shrek Academy and gathered over a hundred Titled Douluos to crush the Sun Moon Empire. Historical records described him as monstrously powerful. While he was alive, even the current Ten Great Ferocious Beasts did not dare show themselves. Although Beast God Di Tian did not fear him, he did not dare casually fight that Sea God Pavilion Master either.

That had been Shrek Academy's most glorious era, and the Sun Moon Empire's most humiliating one. That Ultimate Fire Sea God Pavilion Master had beaten them into ceding territory and paying reparations, forcing them to rename the Sun Moon Continent as the Douluo Continent. The Sun Moon Empire hated him to the bone.

"Elder Sister, an Ultimate Spirit Soul may not necessarily be a good thing!"

As though recalling something, Luan Yu spoke with a worried expression. As far as she knew, between Rank Thirty and Rank Seventy, the soul power of Ultimate Spirit Souls became highly condensed, causing their cultivation speed to crawl like a turtle. It was very possible that their peers would have already reached Rank Forty or Rank Fifty while an Ultimate Spirit Soul was still struggling in the thirties.

Although Ultimate Spirit Souls possessed formidable combat power and could fight above their rank, even delivering a crushing blow against non-Ultimate Spirit Souls of the same attribute, and though their cultivation speed could far surpass that of other soul masters after Rank Seventy, their slow cultivation from Rank Thirty to Rank Seventy was a fatal flaw.

Soul masters had what was known as a golden age. During that golden age, their cultivation improved rapidly; it was the peak period of a soul master's growth. Once they passed it, their cultivation speed dropped drastically. This was also why the higher a soul master's rank, the slower their soul power increased, sometimes requiring several years to rise a single rank—because they had grown older and passed their golden age.

For soul masters, Rank Thirty to Rank Seventy was precisely the golden period for cultivation growth. Ultimate Spirit Souls were hindered at exactly this stage. If they failed to break through to Soul Saint during their golden years, then even with an Ultimate Spirit Soul, it would be difficult for them to grow into a Titled Douluo.