Bright Phoenix God Radiance! Extreme Yang Nirvana Body! Star Dou Great Forest, Tavern, Encountering Shrek?

In the center of the courtyard.

Huang Yan stood with his hands behind his back, his eyes closed.

"It is time to carefully sense these two soul skills condensed from fifty thousand years of origin power."

Hum--!

A brilliant golden phantom of the Bright Phoenix soared into the sky behind him, the extreme light and scorching heat instantly illuminating the entire courtyard as if it were broad daylight.

Immediately following, two deep, ink-black soul rings radiating terrifying pressure rose slowly from beneath his feet.

"First soul skill..."

Huang Yan shifted his focus, and the first ring at his feet suddenly flared.

"Bright Phoenix God Radiance!"

Boom!

In an instant, a beam of brilliant golden light, tangible as substance, descended from the sky and enveloped Huang Yan entirely.

The blood in his body surged wildly, and his muscles bulged.

His bones crackled like popping beans.

Feeling the terrifying power that seemed to be overflowing within him, Huang Yan opened his eyes, golden light erupting from them.

The amplification effect of this first soul skill was nothing short of monstrous!

Once activated, Huang Yan's strength, speed, defense, neural reaction time, and soul power recovery rate would instantly skyrocket by a full three hundred percent (three times)!

Not only that, but under the blessing of "Bright Phoenix God Radiance," his Extreme Light attribute would gain a passive "Holy Purification" effect.

Any negative status, toxin, or even suppression from evil attributes lower than his own mental power level would be instantly disintegrated.

For a level thirty soul master, a three-fold increase in all attributes from a twenty-thousand-year soul ring at the start of a fight was enough to punch through an ordinary soul king!

"Now, let us look at the second soul skill."

Huang Yan's lips curled upward, and the second black soul ring at his feet, possessing thirty thousand years of age, erupted with an even deeper radiance.

"Second soul skill, Extreme Yang Nirvana Body!"

Screech--!

Accompanied by a phoenix cry that pierced the clouds and shattered stone, the Bright Phoenix phantom behind Huang Yan suddenly contracted.

It transformed into a set of gorgeous, brilliant golden flame armor that adhered seamlessly to his body.

If the first soul skill was an all-around explosion of attributes, then this second soul skill was an extreme amplification born purely for slaughter and destruction!

After activating "Extreme Yang Nirvana Body," the destructive power of Huang Yan's Extreme Fire and Extreme Light would directly increase by a full five times!

A five-fold explosion of extreme attributes—what kind of concept was that?

Even a single spark landing on a soul king would be enough to instantly incinerate them, skin and bone, into ashes!

At the same time, this flame armor, condensed from thirty thousand years of origin power, granted Huang Yan an "Absolute Dominator Body" state.

Before the armor was shattered, he would be immune to all physical knockbacks, stuns, and mental control skills.

Furthermore, every one of his attacks would ignore fifty percent of the target's physical and soul power defense, dealing terrifying true burning damage.

"First soul skill: three hundred percent increase in all attributes; second soul skill: five-fold increase in extreme attribute destructive power, plus a Dominator Body state that ignores half of all defenses..."

Huang Yan slowly clenched his fist, which was covered in golden flame armor.

He smiled with extreme satisfaction.

Neither of these two soul skills was a flashy, decorative attack move.

They were all the most simple, crude, yet unreasonable self-amplifications!

Combined with the various Phoenix Secret Arts, dual extreme attributes, and dual domains he already mastered, Huang Yan possessed absolute confidence.

As he was now, even without using his trump card "Phoenix Nirvana," his level thirty physical body and these two ten-thousand-year soul skills were enough to pin a high-level soul emperor to the ground and crush them.

If he were to reveal all his trump cards, even someone like Flender, a level seventy-eight soul saint, would be a match for him—he might even be able to kill him in return!

"My body has completely adapted, and I have fully grasped the soul skills."

Huang Yan retracted his martial soul and soul rings, and the anomalies within the courtyard instantly dissipated.

"Next, it is time to hunt for a soul ring!"

"Dugu Bo has gone to find the Dragon Duke and Serpent Granny, so he is not in Heaven Dou."

"In that case, I shall head to the Star Dou Great Forest alone to hunt a high-level soul beast."

Huang Yan felt confident.

Given his current state.

Absorbing the soul ring of a fifty-thousand-year soul beast.

Would be a simple task!

Huang Yan set off immediately, rushing toward the Star Dou Great Forest at full speed.

That very night, Huang Yan arrived at a small town on the outskirts of the forest.

He settled into a somewhat noisy tavern.

Having just ordered a table full of sumptuous food and wine.

He prepared to satisfy his human appetite.

"Bang!"

The tavern door was suddenly pushed open forcefully from the outside, and a wave of chattering voices flooded in.

"Boss, put some tables together!

Bring us a few of your best signature dishes, and two jars of your finest wine!"

Huang Yan raised an eyebrow, his hand pausing as he held his wine cup, and he turned his head to look.

A flash of surprise crossed his eyes.

There were six people in total.

They were none other than Dai Mubai, Tang San, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Oscar.

Followed by Zhu Zhuqing, who walked at the very back.

"Boss Dai, where on earth do you think that fatty has been hiding these past few days?"

Oscar pulled out a chair and sat down, unable to help but complain.

"He went missing without even saying a word; he didn't even come to join the fun when I broke through to level thirty and came to the Star Dou Great Forest for my soul ring!"

Dai Mubai let out a cold snort and poured himself a glass of water:

"Who knows which brothel that damn fatty is fooling around in again?

Teacher Zhao was so angry about it that he nearly tore down that dilapidated wall at the academy."

"Alright, Mubai, Oscar."

Tang San advised from the side.

"From what you've said, although Ma Hongjun is usually a bit lazy, perhaps he had some urgent business.

By the time we help Oscar successfully obtain his third soul ring and return to the academy, he might already be back."

"Hmph, that lecherous fatty, he'd better never come back; just looking at him is nauseating."

Xiao Wu crossed her arms and curled her lip.

Ning Rongrong was wiping the table with a handkerchief in disgust, chiming in:

"Exactly, he always smells like that evil fire; it's disgusting.

And this table in such a dump of a tavern is so greasy..."

"Oh, my Lady Rongrong, just make do while we're out on the road."

Oscar hurriedly offered a conciliatory smile.

Zhu Zhuqing remained silent, sitting on the edge with a cold expression.

Listening to their conversation, Huang Yan, who was sitting in the corner, curled his lips into a playful, cold smile.

His current appearance, physique, and temperament.

Under the reshaping of the hundred-thousand-year Bright Phoenix origin, had long since undergone a heaven-defying transformation.

He was no longer the fat, lecherous Ma Hongjun.

Even if he were to sit right next to this group from Shrek, bold and unbothered.

They would never recognize that the powerful young man before them was the "damn fatty" they were talking about.

To be precise.

Ma Hongjun had become the raw material for Huang Yan's "human form."

Huang Yan had no intention of initiating contact with them; he withdrew his gaze and went back to picking up a piece of roasted meat to put into his mouth.

Ning Rongrong looked at Huang Yan's profile and was stunned.

This person had such a powerful aura, and he possessed an incredibly strong sense of attraction!