Myriad Appearances Town Inner Court (2)

"What can dispel sorrow? Only drinking..." Xuan Zi habitually circulated his Soul Power, which sobered him up. The dispelled alcohol fumes caused Old Song, Xian Lin'er, Cai Meier, Qian Duoduo, and Yan Shaozhe, the titled Douluo, to frown. "Sorry, be more careful next time..."

"Next time, next time, and the time after that!" Old Song rolled her eyes. Yan Shaozhe and the others were juniors and dared not speak, but she, an old woman, was not afraid of them. "Xuan Zi, you yourself promised me, how many 'next times' have you made?"

"Next time for sure, definitely next time..." Xuan Zi scratched his head, forcibly changing the subject. "I arrived late, quickly tell me, what's going on next?"

"What else could it be?" Old Song rubbed his forehead. "All the Learning of the Mind from the Spirit Department and the Soul Tool Department went in, but they couldn't even force them to unleash their Martial Soul. Just now, a kid named Ye Qingcang from the Fan Yu Soul Tool Department came up with a terrible idea to gang up on them, but Ye Qingcang easily suppressed hundreds of students with a flick of his palm. If you hadn't come, the Outer Court might have collapsed!"

"Huh?" Xuan Zi's eyes widened as he leaned against the railing, peering down. "So that's why my uncle gave out such an incredible reward..."

"What reward?"

The four deans, Yan Shaozhe, Qian Duoduo, Xian Lin'er, and Cai Meier, asked questions in confusion.

They did not go to the Poseidon Pavilion.

I only received a message from Mu En.

Let them come and take a look.

Do not stop it, and do not interfere.

Therefore, they had no idea what the Poseidon Pavilion meant.

However, Old Song quickly brushed this question off with a vague answer, "It's not important; whatever the reward is, it's all for these Little Monster. You guys shouldn't be envious. Let's see how the Little Monster perform first. We're arguing here about who gets the prize while these Little Monster haven't even picked it yet..."

"Ma Xiaotao?" Seeing Ma Xiaotao's unstable breathing, Ye Qingcang shook his head in disappointment. "The Evil Fire Phoenix after ten thousand years is still the Evil Fire Phoenix, but compared to the chicken I knew, you little phoenix still have some phoenix characteristics. It's a pity, your temperament is still lacking!"

Are you talking about me?

"Who gives you the right to talk to me like that?"

"Am I bad-tempered?"

"If you were to suffer even a fraction of my pain, you might not have a fraction of my good temper!"

Ma Xiaotao was so angry she laughed.

We're all the same age, what are you pretending for?

Zhang Lexuan, Dai Yueheng, Ling Luochen, and others also looked at Ye Qingcang with shocked expressions.

However, Ye Qingcang rarely made outrageous remarks.

He dared to say this because he had the confidence to do so.

"If you had a good heart, you wouldn't get angry. Humility is the key to going further. I don't believe you, little phoenix, don't understand this..."

Ye Qingcang clenched his fist.

As everyone's pupils constricted sharply, a high-pitched and passionate phoenix cry, accompanied by pure golden flames, rippled outwards from Ye Qingcang's core!

Sacred phoenix feathers unfurled behind Ye Qingcang!

That extreme arrogance contains a tolerance that embraces the lower realms, a compassion that subconsciously makes one feel ashamed. "The true phoenix is never violent; remember, for the phoenix, violence is used to describe its power, not its mindset; precisely because the phoenix's power is violent enough, its heart must possess a higher level of tranquility, using its heart to control its power, using tranquility to control its violence; this is the true phoenix!"

Ma Xiaotao stared intently at Ye Qingcang.

Their pupils trembled, and even their Martial Soul submitted.

This is the true phoenix!

No proof is needed, because her Martial Soul is in awe!

No, it should be said that her Martial Soul is expressing submission!

"I can't fight..." After a five or six-second silence, Ma Xiaotao finally snapped out of the suffocating feeling of holding her breath. Looking at her trembling hands, she dejectedly admitted the truth. "The Evil Fire Phoenix has absolutely no place in front of a true phoenix..."

"So, you want to admit defeat?" Ye Qingcang roared at Ma Xiaotao, who was questioning him, "Ma Xiaotao, answer me: Between the Evil Fire Phoenix and you, are you the master of the Evil Fire Phoenix Evil Fire Phoenix, or its slave?"

"I am the Evil Fire Phoenix..." Ma Xiaotao subconsciously wanted to say that answer, after all, the Evil Fire Phoenix was her Martial Soul, and would always be her power. But after carefully considering the meaning behind Ye Qingcang's words, she suddenly realized. "Could it be that I have become the slave of the Evil Fire Phoenix?"

"It tells you you can't defeat the phoenix, so you believe you can't defeat the phoenix..." Ye Qingcang pointed at Ma Xiaotao and cursed, each word like a knife piercing her Ma Xiaotao and also waking Ma Xiaotao up:

"And what about you?"

"What are you good for?"

"It tells you this, it tells you that... Did it tell you that you are its master, that it should obey you and follow your commands? Even if it can't fight, as long as you want to fight, as long as you insist on fighting, it will obey your commands and fight with you even if it kills itself?"

"Distinguish between primary and secondary tasks!"

"If you only have this kind of mentality, you'll never become a phoenix!"

As he spoke, Ye Qingcang folded his wings.

The golden flames instantly turned into scarlet flames.

The phoenix also shed its true form and transformed into Evil Fire Phoenix.

One sentence shattered Ma Xiaotao's defenses. "The phoenix's perfection is another form of the imperfect, Evil Fire Phoenix in its pursuit of perfection. Without approaching death, one cannot Bai Feng's pride in facing death; everyone has come from the Evil Fire Phoenix stage. I can be reborn from the ashes, I have verified the feasibility of this path for you. Now, the choice is in your hands... Answer me, what do you want to do?"

"I want..." Watching Ye Qingcang's phoenix feathers unfurl once more, feeling the overwhelming aura, Ma Xiaotao's voice trembled. Her nails pierced her palms, her bloodline rebelled, her intuition twisted, but only her heart could overcome everything. "Defeat you!"

"Then bring it on!" Ye Qingcang his hand, and a vast sea of golden fire swept towards Ma Xiaotao: "Let me see your resolve, let me see... your resolve to risk your Goddess of Life to defeat me!"

"Third Soul Skill - Phoenix Wings Soaring!"

"Sixth Soul Skill - Phoenix Meteor Shower!"

Ma Xiaotao activated her only amplification-type Soul Skill without hesitation, Phoenix Wings Soaring, which provided her with a 100% increase in fire temperature and a 50% increase in attack range. However, due to the resistance of her Martial Soul, her third Soul Skill only provided her with one-tenth of the effect, namely a 10% increase in fire temperature and a 5% increase in attack range!

The same goes for the sixth Soul Skill!

Double the consumption, half the destructive power!

As a result, after Ma Xiaotao, a level 65 Battle Soul Emperor, used her only ultimate move, she was knocked to the ground by the golden sea of fire that Ye Qingcang stirred up with a flick of his hand. The two flames were locked in a stalemate for less than a second before Ma Xiaotao's Ma Xiaotao suffered a complete defeat, and she was suppressed under the waves!

"Damn it!" Ma Xiaotao's eyes were bloodshot. She didn't know if Ye Qingcang had stopped, but she was sure that if she didn't fight back now, this attack would definitely kill her. "If you don't want to die with me, then obediently obey my orders. Whether I can win or not is my problem. You just need to follow my commands. Maximize your amplification and Soul Skill. I'll fight desperately in front of you, and if you keep being a coward, believe me, I'll stew you!"

"Phoenix Meteor Shower!"

"Phoenix Meteor Shower!"

"Phoenix Meteor Shower!"

"..."

Ma Xiaotao had no idea how many times she had unleashed her sixth Soul Skill, Phoenix Meteor Shower.

All I know is that the increase I'm getting is getting bigger and bigger.

The flame temperature boost gradually increased from 10% to 15%, 20%, 25%, and slowly returned to its peak, even reaching 105%!

The golden flames that had burned the phoenix feathers behind her into a skeleton gradually stopped burning hot!

Perhaps his nerves were damaged by the burns...

Perhaps they lost the ability to feel pain due to the burns...

but...

"If you don't want to die, submit to me!" Ma Xiaotao threw one last punch with all her might. She had no more Soul Power left and could no longer unleash the Phoenix Meteor Shower. She just swung her fists meaninglessly until she lost consciousness. "Believe me... we can definitely survive!"

The golden sea of fire engulfed Ma Xiaotao's body, but in the next moment, a loud phoenix cry shattered the golden sea of fire!

The tattered phoenix was screaming wildly behind the unconscious Ma Xiaotao. This sudden scene stunned all the audience members present, including Yan Shaozhe was on the roof of the freshman dormitory building!

"Not bad..." Ye Qingcang withdrew his flames, watching as the tattered phoenix enveloped Ma Xiaotao, gradually forming a translucent golden egg. He nodded in satisfaction. "Her aptitude is acceptable, better than that chicken. Any phoenix that transforms through other means is a false phoenix. A true phoenix is one that can create Immortal Herb with a drop of blood, not one created by an immortal Immortal Herb!"