Absorbing a Hundred Fire-Element Soul Beasts! The Polar Star's True Characteristics!

"Teacher, Xiaotao, move aside. I'm making my move."

After Snow Empress and Scarlet King explained the Polar Star's effects to him, Su Qingfeng waved his hand and stepped forward, looking at the fire-element Soul Beasts trapped amid the magma and flames.

Ma Xiaotao was somewhat bewildered, unable to understand what her Little Martial Uncle intended to do.

Mu En also raised a brow, unsure of Su Qingfeng's intentions. Had his beloved disciple grown conceited after breaking through to Soul Grandmaster and receiving Scarlet King's sacrifice, thinking his newfound strength made him invincible?

Or had Hellfire's temperature been so high that it had fried his brain?

Faced with the terrifying rivers of magma and erupting volcanoes, even Mu En himself would struggle to rescue all those Soul Beasts through brute force alone.

Rumble—

Starlight spread across the cosmos, and twin stars shone within it.

After Su Qingfeng broke through to Soul Grandmaster, the age of the First Soul Ring on both stars had increased dramatically. Not only had they become denser, but they had also grown much larger.

Under Su Qingfeng's control, the Hellfire Star slowly descended. Its entire body glowed with a dark crimson radiance, like a star of netherfire.

Yet the appearance of the Hellfire Star immediately rekindled hope in those Soul Beasts on the verge of death.

Perhaps driven by their instinct to survive, they began swimming toward where the Hellfire Star was descending.

"In the name of this Star Lord, I declare: any beast that can climb onto this star shall live!"

As Su Qingfeng's words fell, the Hellfire Star descended, flying slowly forward just above the surface of the Red Flame River.

The thousand-year Soul Beasts seemed to go mad, exhausting the last of their strength to climb onto the Hellfire Star.

Fortunately, most of the stranded Soul Beasts were hundred-year and thousand-year ones. Ten-thousand-year fire-element Soul Beasts possessed extremely high resistance and greater strength, so most of them were capable of protecting themselves even in such a disaster.

What made Ma Xiaotao feel somewhat familiar was that the five-thousand-year Earth Core Dragon Su Qingfeng had initially chosen was also among the stranded Soul Beasts.

But clearly, this Earth Core Dragon was exceptionally tenacious. Its Earth Core Fire had originally been absorbed from deep within a volcano. Seeing that its dream of following Su Qingfeng, which had once been shattered, had regained hope, it became wildly excited. Even as the scales on its body began to scorch and melt, nothing could stop its advance.

Finally! It climbed onto the Hellfire Star, offering up its Earth Core Fire and gaining the chance to enjoy the rich Fire Element above!

In less than ten minutes, thirty fire-element Soul Beasts had gathered on the Hellfire Star, and the number continued to rise. Forty... fifty... sixty...

Only after the number reached seventy did the frequency of Soul Beasts climbing aboard from the Red Flame River begin to slow. Some had already been burned to death by the magma.

Some had already reached safety, yet upon seeing the Soul Beasts gathering on the Hellfire Star, they actually came racing over as well. They wanted to risk crossing the Red Flame River and board the Polar Star!

This scene deeply shocked Ma Xiaotao, and even Mu En was stunned as he looked at Su Qingfeng in amazement.

It seemed that even after holding the Sea God Pavilion Meeting to establish Su Qingfeng's status and the strength of his martial soul, they had still overlooked something. Even the elders of Sea God Pavilion could never have imagined that a martial soul could hold more than one Soul Beast.

This was simply a legendary moment.

However, no matter how formidable the Polar Star's effects were, they ultimately had a limit. After an hour, the Hellfire Star had taken in a full hundred fire-element Soul Beasts, and Scarlet King finally spoke.

"Star Lord, recall the star. The Fire Star is nearly at its limit. If you wish to house more and stronger Soul Beasts, you'll need to wait until you break through to Rank 31, allowing the Polar Star to evolve and its Soul Ring age to increase."

"Alright."

Su Qingfeng nodded. He could feel it as well. The Hellfire Star had become extremely heavy, and controlling it was becoming strenuous. Perhaps that was a warning.

"Go!"

As Su Qingfeng clenched his hand and pointed toward the starry sky, the Fire Star flew back to its original position at incredible speed.

Now, amid the vast starry sky behind Su Qingfeng, one white star and one red star shone brightly. The two great Polar Stars led the host of stars.

Moreover, the Hellfire Star had become extremely lively. Since its age was only six thousand years and Su Qingfeng was only in his twenties in level, the Polar Star was not especially large. Its maximum diameter was merely around one hundred meters, with a surface area of roughly thirty-one thousand four hundred square meters.

Although that space could accommodate one hundred Soul Beasts, it could not provide them with a vast area to move around in. Still, merely being able to enter the Polar Star was already a blessing for them.

By contrast, on the neighboring Ice Star, only Snow Empress stood alone amid the ice and snow.

The arrival of those hundred fire-element Soul Beasts was not without benefit to Su Qingfeng. They soon made the Hellfire's elemental aura extremely rich. Given enough time, they might truly evolve Hellfire until it approached Ultimate Fire.

Furthermore, Su Qingfeng discovered that he seemed able to summon them to assist him. Their strength generally was not high, however, because their power was restricted by the Polar Star's Soul Ring Beast. Naturally, their strength could not exceed Su Qingfeng's Soul Skill.

But there was also an advantage: they were independent individuals capable of obeying orders and fighting on their own. This was crucial, equivalent to gaining many little helpers.

Could you imagine it? Behind a Soul Master, there would be an army made up of thousands upon thousands of Soul Beasts lending their aid.

What a terrifying sight that would be.

After leaving the Scorching Zone, three figures appeared in the outer region of the Star Dou Great Forest.

At that moment, Su Qingfeng had put his mask back on. What was strange was that an exceptionally beautiful Three-Eyed Golden Lion was obediently following at his side.

The Lucky Beast had come out with him!

Yet Mu En and Ma Xiaotao had still not recovered from their shock, as though their minds remained fixed on the terrifying Polar Stars Su Qingfeng had awakened.

That power was naturally not especially formidable to Mu En and Ma Xiaotao, but one had to remember that Su Qingfeng had only just become a Soul Grandmaster. His Soul Power was only Rank 24.

Scarlet King had granted Su Qingfeng an additional three ranks, which was not much, but all that power had accumulated within the Fire Star.

Mu En was certain that although Su Qingfeng was only Rank 24, his true combat strength was already no weaker than that of a Rank 41 Soul Ancestor.

"Xiaotao, how old are you this year?"

"Nineteen. I'll be twenty soon. What is it, Grandmaster?"

"This old man once thought your talent was already top-tier. In the Inner Court, only Lexuan could barely suppress you. I also thought Qingfeng had started too late. Even with his extraordinary talent, it would take him at least ten years to catch up to all of you, and he would need to be nurtured slowly.

"But now, it seems that if you don't work hard, forget catching up to Lexuan—even in another three or four years, whether you'll be able to defeat Qingfeng will be anyone's guess."

In three or four years, a Soul Scholar at Rank 10 catching up to a Soul Emperor above Rank 60—who would believe that?

"Isn't that a bit exaggerated?"

"I'll work hard. But if he catches up, then he catches up. It's not embarrassing to be surpassed by my Little Martial Uncle. If Little Martial Uncle becomes stronger than me, that might even be a good thing. He'll be able to protect himself, and he can protect me too."

Ma Xiaotao muttered, looking somewhat shy.

Mu En was rendered speechless. He felt that this girl had changed far too much. This was not the Ma Xiaotao he used to know!

Weren't you supposed to refuse to yield to anyone your age, beat up anyone you disliked, and devote yourself wholeheartedly to cultivation?!

What was with the blushing?!

And she was actually hoping to be protected!!!