Phoenix Flame

"Brother Sheng's talent is poor?"

Mei Hu's mouth fell open as she stared blankly at Xue Yue, muttering, "Level 20 at six years old, and his talent is still poor? Then what am I?"

"Giggle, giggle, giggle!"

Xue Yue had been watching Mei Hu's adorably stunned expression and could not help laughing.

But when she clearly heard Mei Hu's words, the smile on her face froze.

Her eyes widened as she stammered, "You said your brother is how old and what level?"

"Six years old, Level 20!" Mei Hu said as though it were only natural.

"Gulp."

Xue Yue swallowed, looking at Wang Sheng, who was absorbing his Soul Ring nearby, with utter disbelief. "So this guy is the real greatest genius!"

Level 20 at six years old—Xue Yue had not merely never seen such a thing; she had never even heard of it.

Wu Xiao'ai was the same. "How did he cultivate? He's even stronger than my brother! My brother only reached Level 20 at eight!"

Before this, Wu Xiao'ai had always believed her brother was the most gifted genius in the world. Now, her entire worldview had been shattered.

At that moment, another student who had been absorbing a Soul Ring successfully refined it.

He stood up. "Teacher Xue Yue, I succeeded! Haha!"

"Hm?"

But he found the atmosphere strangely quiet and could not help looking around.

"Huh? Why is someone else absorbing a Soul Ring? Who is that? A student who came later? But I don't think I've seen him before."

Apparently, Wang Sheng, who was closest to him, was the first person he noticed. Then he looked at everyone else.

When he saw Mei Hu, his eyes lit up. "Wow, what a cute little miss!"

But what was with Teacher Xue Yue and Xiao'ai? Why did they look so stunned?

He walked over. As he passed a rock, he said in surprise, "Where did this human-shaped statue come from?"

As he spoke, he casually slapped it.

Crack, crack, crack!

The statue shattered, revealing Dan Cheng inside.

"Holy shit!"

He was so frightened that he dropped onto the ground.

This was way too creepy. Who could handle a person suddenly emerging from a rock?

"Dan, Dan, Dan Cheng?"

Looking closely, he realized it was actually his classmate.

"Damn it, how did you end up inside a rock?"

Only then did Xue Yue and Wu Xiao'ai finally snap out of it. They looked at Wu Xiaodong on the ground and the recovered Dan Cheng.

"Giggle, giggle!"

Wu Xiao'ai laughed with complete disregard for his plight.

Dan Cheng, meanwhile, wore a bitter smile. "Bro, do you think I wanted to turn into a rock?"

When he looked at Mei Hu again, there was a trace of fear in his eyes. This Soul Skill was simply too bizarre.

If Wu Xiaodong had not hit him, he had no idea when he would have awakened from Wu Xiao'ai's charming smile. Now, he understood that he had been hit by her skill.

Soon, after Wu Xiao'ai introduced them, the two of them understood as well. When they looked at Wang Sheng, who was still absorbing his Soul Ring, their gazes became completely different.

Level 20 at six years old—what a monstrously gifted genius!

At that moment, the Soul Power around Wang Sheng began to grow unstable, surging wildly.

Mei Hu's expression darkened. After observing carefully, she cried out, "This is bad! This Blood Phoenix Bird is over a thousand years old. It isn't the one I saw before."

Blood Phoenix Birds were extremely rare. She had never expected there to be two of them here.

So when she saw this Blood Phoenix Bird, she naturally assumed it was the hundred-year-old one from before.

Now that Wang Sheng's Soul Power was running wild, she checked more closely and discovered that this Blood Phoenix Bird was a thousand-year Soul Beast, though it had only just passed the thousand-year mark. But a thousand-year Soul Beast was still a thousand-year Soul Beast. It was not something a Soul Master could absorb and refine at all.

Mei Hu immediately panicked and began blaming herself. "It's my fault, it's all my fault. It's all my fault... Sob..."

By the end, she was crying bitterly. Though she had known Wang Sheng only briefly, from the moment he rescued her from the Earth Soul Ape King—

Wang Sheng's figure had already been deeply carved into her heart. He had become an inseparable part of her!

The others' expressions also turned grim, especially Xue Yue's. It would be such a pity for an unparalleled genius like this to perish before her eyes.

But no one else could help with absorbing and refining a Soul Ring. Wang Sheng could only rely on himself.

For a moment, they did not know how to comfort Mei Hu.

Meanwhile, Wang Sheng only felt that the energy entering his body was far too powerful. It was so powerful that it was nearly bursting him apart. If his body had not been strengthened far beyond that of ordinary people by the Marrow Cleansing Sutra, he probably would not have been able to hold on.

Damn, seriously? This life has only just begun, and it's already going to end like this?

I refuse! I won't accept this!

In his previous life, he had wanted to shatter the void and become a god. He had failed then, but in this life, he had seen hope. After all, this world had real gods.

He absolutely would not allow himself to fall here.

Perhaps because of the unwillingness in his heart, the Nine Suns Divine Skill's power to refine the Soul Ring increased considerably.

But it was still nowhere near enough! He felt as though his meridians were about to burst.

Just as Wang Sheng was about to give out, his second Martial Soul forcibly suppressed the Soul Ring within his body! This gave him a brief chance to catch his breath!

At the same time, it made refining the Soul Ring much easier. Now he finally understood how Tang San had managed to refine a ten-thousand-year fourth Soul Ring beyond his level.

It was also thanks to the divine Marrow Cleansing Sutra that he understood his own body as clearly as the palm of his hand. Otherwise, he would not have sensed it.

"It's stabilized! It's stabilized! Hahahaha!"

Mei Hu, Xue Yue, and the others guarding Wang Sheng also noticed the changes in him.

Their faces were filled with delight. In their hearts, they had already assumed Wang Sheng would not survive this ordeal. If the refinement failed, even if he did not die, he would be crippled!

"This is bad!"

Suddenly, Xue Yue's expression changed dramatically. Her Soul Power erupted instantly, blasting Mei Hu, Wu Xiao'ai, Wu Xiaodong, and Dan Cheng away. However, she controlled her strength perfectly and did not injure the four children.

At the same time, she flashed back ten meters.

Boom!

Blood-red flames erupted from Wang Sheng's body, engulfing him.

Xue Yue's expression changed drastically. The instant the flames appeared, she felt a wave of heat from three meters away that scorched her skin painfully. She hurriedly retreated another ten meters before stopping.

Wu Xiao'ai, Wu Xiaodong, and Dan Cheng were in an even worse state. They ran more than twenty meters away before stopping, staring at Wang Sheng within the flames in terror.

Mei Hu, however, was overjoyed. "Phoenix Flame! Hahaha, he actually got Phoenix Flame! Brother Sheng's luck is unbelievably good!"

(End of this chapter)

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