As Ma Hongjun's third spirit ring lit up, the flames on his body gradually changed from red to purple. After covering his entire body, a wisp of black flame emerged, eventually enveloping him completely. The flames continued to whirl and condense, forming the shape of a phoenix made of black fire.
Only then did Ma Hongjun somewhat resemble a phoenix.
Yet the black flames around him carried a savage aura, as though they could devour everything and burn all things to ashes.
This soul skill was called:
Phoenix Fire Nirvana.
However, it did not truly allow Ma Hongjun to undergo nirvana and become a phoenix. Instead, it further refined fire-element energy before combining it with the aura of his martial soul to form the state of a fire phoenix.
Zhou Qing examined Ma Hongjun in his black fire phoenix form, then inconspicuously glanced at Yu Xiaogang. He immediately understood that Yu Xiaogang had arranged and designed Ma Hongjun's spirit rings according to Dai Mubai's martial soul development pattern.
First Soul Skill: Flame Surge, which enhanced flames, was a boosting skill. Although this third soul skill looked exaggerated, it was essentially still a boosting skill, likewise enhancing fire-element energy.
In the original story, Yu Xiaogang had not put much thought into arranging Ma Hongjun's spirit rings. Now, he had likely gone to Shrek early and, after consulting with Flender, planned these first three soul skills for Ma Hongjun.
Honestly, if Ma Hongjun did not have the problem of Evil Fire, the arrangement of these three skills would have been considered exceptionally good even among the large Beast Martial Soul families of the Soul Master World.
But unfortunately, before Ma Hongjun truly resolved his Evil Fire and transformed into a phoenix, skills that enhanced fire attributes would only make his problem worse.