Holy Flame Phoenix, Invulnerable to Blades and Spears

Ma Hongjun came to Su Yu's bedside and called out softly, "Yu Ge, Yu Ge, wake up, Yu Ge."

Su Yu showed no reaction at all. Ma Hongjun scratched his head, a grin spreading across his face, then pinched Su Yu's nose with one hand.

Still no reaction from Su Yu—he just switched from nose breathing to mouth breathing. Ma Hongjun froze, then quickly covered Su Yu's mouth with his other hand.

After a moment, Ma Hongjun was stunned and blurted out in shock, "Holy crap, both nose and mouth are blocked, and you're still sleeping, Yu Ge?"

Su Yu remained unresponsive. Ma Hongjun shouted directly, "Yu Ge! Yu Ge! Yu Ge!"

By the time Ma Hongjun had shouted himself hoarse, Su Yu still hadn't budged an inch.

"Good heavens, Yu Ge, are you some kind of immortal?" Ma Hongjun plopped down on the ground, exhausted.

After resting a bit, Ma Hongjun started shaking Su Yu. This time, Su Yu finally reacted. He yawned, looked at Ma Hongjun beside him, and asked in confusion, "Fatty, when did you get here?"

"Yu Ge, you're finally awake! Didn't you say you'd help me fix my Martial Soul problem?" Ma Hongjun said excitedly.

At that moment, he wasn't excited about his Martial Soul problem being solved—he was excited that Su Yu had finally woken up.

Su Yu mumbled drowsily, "That's all? Small matter." With that, he slapped Ma Hongjun, sending him flying straight into the wall. Just as Ma Hongjun was about to ask why Su Yu had hit him, he suddenly felt a burning pain inside his body, as if he were on fire.

Ma Hongjun released his Martial Soul in agony, and to his shock, he saw his Evil Fire Phoenix being set ablaze...

Purple flames scorched the Evil Fire Phoenix, making it cry out in pain. At that moment, Ma Hongjun felt as if he and the Evil Fire Phoenix had become one—he too felt like he was being consumed by fire.

Clang!

Ahhh!

The Evil Fire Phoenix and Ma Hongjun screamed in agony together.

On the training field of Shrek Academy, everyone heard Ma Hongjun's pained cries and couldn't help but feel a bit sorry for him.

Ma Hongjun's clothes were completely soaked with sweat, but as time passed, he began to feel better and better. Strangely, all his excess fat disappeared, and his abdomen now clearly showed eight-pack abs.

Gradually, the Evil Fire Phoenix let out a long cry and shot straight up Beyond the Nine Heavens. Everyone at Shrek Academy watched in shock, feeling that the Evil Fire Phoenix had somehow changed.

After soaring through the sky for a while, the phoenix returned. Ma Hongjun stood up, looked at his transformed body, and turned to Su Yu with gratitude. "Yu Ge, say no more. From now on, you're my real brother—closer than a real brother."

Su Yu waved his hand. "Go on out first. I'll come out after I wash up."

Ma Hongjun nodded and rushed out. He couldn't wait to show off his newfound gains to everyone else.

On the training field, Tang San's group of seven and Flender were standing there. When they saw Ma Hongjun approaching, they all blurted out two words: "No way."

Flender's eyes went wide as he looked at Ma Hongjun. "Hongjun, how did you get so thin?"

"Fatty, you've completely transformed!" Dai Mubai exclaimed in surprise.

Ma Hongjun slicked back his hair with maximum swagger and said, "From now on, please don't call me Fatty. I'm a handsome guy now."

Everyone stared at him speechlessly. Oscar remarked, "Fatty, sure, you've lost weight, but your loser attitude hasn't changed one bit."

Ma Hongjun didn't care. "Anyway, little master here is now handsome and stronger. Oscar, let me tell you, little master has already reached level thirty."

"What? Hongjun, you're at level thirty too? Perfect timing. You and Oscar can go get your Soul Rings together." Flender was slightly surprised, then said.

Ma Hongjun looked at Oscar. "You're at level thirty too? No big deal. Little master's Martial Soul is way better than yours."

"Tch." Oscar scoffed dismissively.

Flender adjusted his glasses. "By the way, Hongjun, Xiao Yu said he'd fix your Martial Soul problem. Did he?"

Ma Hongjun said excitedly, "Of course! When my Yu Ge makes a move, it's always a done deal! Let me show you my reborn Martial Soul."

With that, Ma Hongjun crossed his arms and shouted, "Martial Soul Possession, Holy Flame Phoenix!"

Clang!

A phoenix cry rang out as the completely renewed Holy Flame Phoenix possessed Ma Hongjun. He said smugly, "Dean, I'm not the same as before. My flame power has more than doubled!"

"What! Doubled!" Everyone was stunned.

The flames of Ma Hongjun's original Evil Fire Phoenix were already incredibly powerful—a top-tier Beast Martial Soul. Now that it had become the Holy Flame Phoenix, with more than double the power, its status among Beast Martial Souls could even surpass the Thunder Tyrannosaurus Rex!

Seeing everyone's shocked faces, Ma Hongjun laughed triumphantly.

Just then, Su Yu arrived. Seeing Ma Hongjun laughing like that, he asked in confusion, "Fatty, why are you laughing so smugly?"

Hearing Su Yu's voice, Ma Hongjun immediately rushed over. "Yu Ge, you're here! Look, they're all blown away by my Martial Soul."

"Isn't it just a little bird? What's so impressive about that?" Su Yu said dismissively.

Oscar suddenly zipped over to Su Yu's side and said with a fawning smile, "Yu Ge, do me too, okay? Let me be reborn too."

Su Yu shook his head. "What do you need rebirth for? Fatty had a problem with his Evil Fire, so I helped him out. Your Martial Soul has no issues."

"Yu Ge, just help me out. I can't stand seeing Fatty's smug face." Oscar's eyes sparkled as he looked at Su Yu.

Su Yu was speechless. "Uh... I really don't know how to rebirth your Martial Soul, but I can give your body a makeover." Without warning, he slapped Oscar too.

A thread of Dominion Power seeped into Oscar's skin. After a moment, Su Yu withdrew his hand. Oscar looked baffled. "Yu Ge, that's it?"

"What else?"

"I mean, I don't feel any different?" Oscar examined his body.

Su Yu patted Oscar on the shoulder. "Your body is now impervious to blades and immune to all poisons. You can test it yourself."