[Fire Phoenix Avatar] and [Phoenix Domain]

Feng Baiyu shook his head and said, "I won't find a spirit beast with a more suitable age for me than this one, will I?"

Feng Baiyu watched the deep yellow spirit ring appear, his eyes filled with longing. "Besides, Grandpa is here to watch over me, so I won't be in any danger."

"What's more, I am the one chosen by the Phoenix God!" Feng Baiyu did not necessarily have to pursue the absolute limit for his spirit rings, but he understood that such limits provided him with the greatest benefits.

Since this spirit ring did not exceed his tolerance, why shouldn't he give it a try?

As for failure?

Feng Baiyu had never even considered it.

With a level 96 Titled Douluo guarding him while he absorbed a spirit ring within his own limits, how could there be any possibility of failure?

Seeing his grandson so insistent, Feng Qingluan stopped arguing.

He was just blinded by his own concern, unable to bear seeing his grandson suffer even the slightest bit.

But how could a spirit master's cultivation ever be easy?

If he couldn't even handle this small matter, how would his grandson ever become a god in the future?

"Grandpa will keep watch here for you." Feng Qingluan looked at Feng Baiyu and said, "Go ahead and absorb it with peace of mind. If you feel something is wrong, stop immediately!"

"Thank you, Grandpa." Feng Baiyu thanked his grandfather, sat cross-legged, and released his Big Rooster martial soul.

Feng Baiyu used his spirit power to guide the yellow spirit ring, and it flew before him.

As the spirit ring arrived, Feng Baiyu felt a powerful pressure. However, he did not hesitate and immediately began using his martial soul to absorb it.

"Cock-a-doodle-doo!" Little Black let out a cry, but there were no adverse reactions.

Feng Baiyu felt a surge of scorching energy pass from his martial soul into his body, but this energy had no intention of damaging him.

"Eh?" Feng Qingluan was surprised. "Could it be that this external martial soul can help share the pressure of absorbing the spirit ring?"

After all, his grandson's martial soul was the second recorded instance of an external martial soul, and its cultivation method had to be explored entirely on their own.

As for asking Yu Xiaogang for advice?

If that man could figure things out for himself, he wouldn't have raised his martial soul into a farting pig.

Besides serving as a negative example, what else was Yu Xiaogang good for? What even was he?

The scorching energy of the Blazing Spirit Kite was transmitted to Feng Baiyu through Little Black. By this time, the violence within the spirit ring had vanished, leaving only pure energy to temper his body.

As for the violent aura within the spirit ring, it was completely swallowed up by Little Black.

As the spirit ring's energy was absorbed, Little Black's body was dyed red. Aside from growing slightly larger, its form did not change significantly. However, its body now possessed a rich fire-attribute spirit power.

Even an experienced, veteran Titled Douluo like Feng Qingluan, upon seeing the changes in Little Black, simply assumed it had shifted from a non-attribute martial soul to a fire-attribute one.

As time passed, the eight-hundred-year spirit ring was completely absorbed by Feng Baiyu and Little Black. Just then, the fiery red on Little Black's body began to fade, returning once again to its original pitch-black state.

No!

It wasn't entirely pitch-black; Little Black's pair of chicken eyes remained red, and its originally black cockscomb now had a touch of red.

"Is this a martial soul mutation?" Feng Qingluan frowned. "However, it seems the energy wasn't enough; it only mutated a tiny bit."

Just then, Feng Baiyu slowly opened his eyes.

Little Black seemed to sense it too, turning its head to look at him. Man and chicken stared at each other, as if observing each other's changes.

Feng Baiyu blinked, and Little Black learned to blink as well.

Feng Baiyu stood up and took two steps forward, and Little Black trotted over to join him.

Little Black's movements were not controlled by Feng Baiyu; it possessed its own independent consciousness.

"Hmm?" Feng Baiyu felt that Little Black's intelligence seemed to have improved a little. If it had been like a clueless infant before, it now had the intelligence of a two- or three-year-old child.

"Baiyu." Feng Qingluan looked at Feng Baiyu and asked, "Did you have any trouble absorbing this spirit ring? You aren't hurt, are you?"

"Grandpa, I'm fine, better than ever!" Feng Baiyu laughed heartily. "Grandpa, after absorbing this spirit ring, my spirit power increased by two levels; I've reached level twelve! And you would never guess how strong my first spirit skill is!"

"Oh? How strong can it be?" Feng Qingluan had been prepared for his grandson to jump two levels.

After all, it was an eight-hundred-year spirit ring; it would be strange if it didn't raise a level ten spirit master by two levels!

As for how strong the spirit skill was... no matter how strong, wasn't it still just granted by a century-level spirit ring?

At best, it would be on par with his second spirit skill.

"Grandpa, my first spirit skill is called [Fire Phoenix Avatar]!" Feng Baiyu looked at his grandfather's expression and said with a smile, "That's right, it's the same kind of [Avatar of the Martial Soul] as a Spirit Saint's seventh spirit skill!"

"What!" Feng Qingluan heard his grandson's words and said in disbelief, "Your first spirit skill is an Avatar of the Martial Soul?"

"That's right!" Feng Baiyu laughed and shouted softly, "First spirit skill, [Fire Phoenix Avatar]!"

As Feng Baiyu spoke, Little Black's first spirit ring lit up.

It flew directly into Feng Baiyu's body, merging with him perfectly.

Feng Baiyu's Avatar of the Martial Soul was incredibly imposing. It was not the aesthetic-less beast form of a typical beast martial soul, but rather a clever enhancement of Feng Baiyu's human form with various elements related to the Fire Phoenix.

When Feng Baiyu's Avatar of the Martial Soul was activated, a mark of the Phoenix God appeared on his forehead. His entire body was covered in fiery red feathers, a pair of fiery red wings sprouted from his back, and even his black hair turned fiery red.

"Grandpa, this is my [Fire Phoenix Avatar]!" Feng Baiyu said. "This first spirit ring is only century-level, but it has brought me a 200% increase in attack, defense, speed, fire-attribute damage, and all-attribute resistance. Furthermore, in this state, I can immunize against and absorb fire-attribute attacks! If a fire-attribute spirit master attacks me, not only will I be unscathed, but I can also convert their attack into spirit power to replenish and heal myself."

"This, this is too powerful!" Feng Qingluan could hardly believe it; he never imagined a century-level spirit ring could grant such an ability!

Feng Qingluan was well aware that, aside from the immunity to and absorption of fire-attribute effects, this [Fire Phoenix Avatar] fell far short of a standard [Spirit Avatar]. But one had to consider that this was merely the effect brought about by a century-level spirit ring!

Who else could boast a century-level spirit ring that provided so many attribute enhancements?

"Is this already considered strong?" Hearing his grandfather's words, Feng Baiyu chuckled and said, "Grandfather, I haven't even finished yet!"

At that moment, Feng Baiyu gave a soft shout: "Phoenix Domain!"

As Feng Baiyu spoke, a domain halo expanded from his body, covering a radius of one hundred meters around him.

"Grandfather, this is my [Phoenix Domain]!" Feng Baiyu explained. "It increases the overall attributes of myself and my allies by 10%, while simultaneously reducing the enemies' overall attributes by 10%."

"Good! Good! Good!"

Feng Qingluan had not expected his grandson to possess a domain at such a stage, and he could not help but laugh heartily. "As expected of my grandson! To possess such formidable strength with only one ring! Aside from a lack of offensive means, you have already reached perfection."

"Offensive means, you say?" Feng Baiyu's expression turned peculiar as he suddenly said, "Grandfather, take this move of mine: [Eye of the Fire Phoenix]!"