The morning mist over the Ring Sea had yet to disperse when a crimson blaze suddenly shot into the sky—Ma Hongjun's Phoenix Piercing Cloud Strike collided with Xiao Bai's water arrow, erupting with energy ripples even stronger than usual. When he landed, his fists were clenched and his eyes brimmed with excitement. "I... I've reached Rank 70 Soul Power!"
His words were like a pebble tossed into a calm lake, and everyone immediately gathered around him. Dai Mubai laughed as he patted Ma Hongjun's shoulder. "Not bad, Fatty! You broke through the bottleneck after only half a month of sparring!" Oscar waved the Recovery Sausage in his hand. "Perfect. Let's find a suitable fire-attribute soul beast and help you obtain your seventh soul ring!"
But after everyone used Lin Zhixia's "Star Breath Perception" to search the surrounding waters, and even Xiao Bai mobilized the Demon Shark Clan to help look, they could only shake their heads in the end. "The soul beasts around the Ring Sea are mostly water- and lightning-attribute. The strongest fire-attribute ones are only five thousand years old, which isn't enough for your seventh soul ring." Ma Hongjun's face immediately fell. Scratching his head, he muttered, "I finally reached Rank 70, but there's no suitable soul beast..."
At that moment, Tang San suddenly spoke. He took a completely crimson inner core radiating scorching heat from his Soul Tool—it was the Ten-Headed Blazing Sun Snake Inner Core. "Fatty, this is for you." He handed it over, his tone calm. "Senior Xiao Bai said this inner core isn't suitable for reviving Xiao Wu. Rather than leaving it unused, it's better to let you use it for your breakthrough."
Ma Hongjun abruptly retreated half a step, shaking his head like a rattle drum. "No, no! You were saving this to