Martial Soul Fusion Skill

Suddenly, a fierce gale tore through the area, making it hard for Jia Youcai to keep his eyes open. The surrounding trees rustled violently, and leaves fluttered down in droves.

Amid the gale was a sinister, eerie black mist.

Jia Youcai struggled with all his might to steady himself in midair and shouted himself hoarse, "Senior Sister, run!"

Huo Wu barely managed to keep her footing in the violent wind and shouted back, "What happened?"

Knowing he could not delay any longer, Jia Youcai made a split-second decision. He descended to the ground, wrapped his arms tightly around Huo Wu's slender waist like iron clamps, then charged toward the sky with all his strength.

However, Jia Youcai had only flown halfway up when an aura barrier blocked his path. Like a solid transparent wall, it violently bounced him back.

Jia Youcai and Huo Wu instantly lost their balance in midair and crashed heavily to the ground.

At that moment, a hooded man in black slowly stepped out from the bushes. His hood was enormous, concealing nearly his entire face and revealing only a vicious, terrifying scar on his chin.

His skin was paper-white, utterly bloodless, while his lips were an unnaturally seductive red. He was tall and thin, dressed in an excessively loose black robe that snapped loudly in the wind.

His hands were hidden within his broad sleeves. His footsteps were light, and with every step he took, the dead leaves on the ground moved without wind, spinning merrily around his feet.

"Trying to leave?" The man in black let out a deep, raspy laugh. "It won't be that easy."

Jia Youcai turned around and saw the man in black before him. Two yellow, three purple, and two black spirit rings surrounded his body from top to bottom like brilliant ribbons, radiating an overwhelming pressure that chilled the bone.

"Looks like this guy is the thief." Jia Youcai scrambled up from the ground in a sorry state, muttering to himself as his Evil Fire Phoenix Martial Soul blazed brightly once more.

With the system's help, Jia Youcai could clearly see that the man was actually a level seventy-eight Spirit Sage. His Soul Power level was more than twice Jia Youcai's. Jia Youcai had no chance of facing him head-on.

Damn it, why aren't those people from the academy here yet?! Jia Youcai cursed inwardly. Yet his hands did not stop moving. He swiftly gathered Soul Power, and the Evil Fire Phoenix Martial Soul released an incomparably piercing cry. Dark-red flames surged forth like an enraged fire dragon, blasting toward the man in black.

The man in black sneered and slowly extended both hands from his sleeves. A black barrier instantly appeared before him, effortlessly blocking Jia Youcai's flames. The flames struck the black barrier with sizzling sounds, yet could not break through it in the slightest.

"Is that all you can do?" the man in black mocked. Then he abruptly swept his hands out, and the black barrier instantly transformed into countless black blades that shot toward Jia Youcai and Huo Wu like a torrential downpour.

Seeing this, Huo Wu's Flame Shadow Martial Soul shone brilliantly. Her Third Spirit Skill, Resisting Fire Ring, appeared once more, protecting them both within it. Yet it lasted only a few seconds before being shattered by an even stronger force, and the remaining blades continued flying toward them.

"Senior Sister, watch out!" Jia Youcai shouted. His figure flashed as he moved in front of Huo Wu. The Evil Fire Phoenix Martial Soul erupted with all its power as he tightly embraced her body. The enormous flaming wings behind his back folded around them like a blooming flower of blazing fire.

"Aah!!!" Wounds appeared across Jia Youcai's body one after another, blood pouring out like a spring and staining his clothes red. Fortunately, he had lowered his pain sensation to one-tenth beforehand. Otherwise, he would likely have passed out from the pain already.

"Jia Youcai!" Huo Wu cried out, tears welling uncontrollably in her eyes. "Don't do this. Go, hurry!"

Time froze once again, and Jia Youcai returned to that separate "money-grabbing" space.

A pop-up window appeared in the void. It displayed that Huo Wu's favorability had met the requirement and asked whether he wished to unlock the Martial Soul Fusion Skill of Evil Fire Phoenix and Flame Shadow.

"Let me guess. Once I click confirm, there's a ninety percent chance the next screen will be a purchase page. And the price... at least three digits." Jia Youcai muttered to himself.

Then he clicked confirm. Sure enough, a purchase page appeared next, except the price was even more outrageous than he had imagined.

"Fuck you! You want to charge me two thousand for one lousy Martial Soul Fusion Skill? Are you even human?" Jia Youcai could not help swearing loudly, his voice echoing through the space.

Without a second thought, Jia Youcai clicked cancel. He simply could not accept that price. You dogshit planners, can you act like human beings for once?

After he clicked cancel, a trial-use screen popped up in the void. It meant that he could obtain one chance to try the Martial Soul Fusion Skill. At the same time, a button to purchase Spirit Fusion appeared in the upper-right corner.

Holy shit, that was smooth.

If it's free, I might as well try it.

"Wait... when I pulled the Clear Sky Hammer and got Evil Fire Phoenix instead, was that something you calculated? Was it all so you could sell me this Martial Soul Fusion Skill afterward?" Jia Youcai kept shouting.

He received no response whatsoever.

"Ugh!" Jia Youcai could not help sighing, then helplessly clicked confirm.

At that moment, time resumed. A pillar of fire burst into the sky from Jia Youcai and Huo Wu at the same time, illuminating the entire heavens. Then Huo Wu's body became indistinct, almost transparent, as she silently drifted toward Jia Youcai.

Before long, the two figures quietly merged into one.

Accompanied by a world-shaking, incomparably terrifying phoenix cry, a fire phoenix standing three meters tall with a wingspan of over ten meters rose proudly into the sky.

Flames blazed all over its body. Its eyes were like two burning gems, radiating a soul-stirring light. Thunderous phoenix cries echoed through the clouds. This was—Spirit Fusion: True Fire Phoenix!

The fire phoenix spread its wings and soared high. With every beat of its wings, flames scattered wildly through the air like meteors.

"This Martial Soul Fusion Skill is rather impressive." The man in black raised his head to stare at the sky as he released his own Martial Soul. Just like that Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Beast, it was also an Evil Scaled Poisonous Snake.