New Soul Beast Flame

"Changge, you need to be careful. Although its flames do little damage—or rather, practically no damage—its combat strength is genuinely formidable."

"The Natural Azureflame Bird's physical attacks are extremely powerful, and it can easily destroy a fourth-tier defensive Soul Tool."

"Still, I don't know whether the legends about this bird are true."

"Legend has it that the Emerald Swan is the world's strongest healing-type Soul Beast race, possessing extraordinarily powerful healing abilities. Even Soul Masters with top-tier divine Martial Souls might not heal as well as an Emerald Swan."

"It is said that this Soul Beast is a distant relative of the Emerald Swan, or perhaps carries Emerald Swan blood."

"That is why the Natural Azureflame Bird's flames have almost no offensive power."

After hearing this, Xiao Changge had learned something new, and the information was soon stored in his mind.

The battle began shortly afterward.

This Soul Douluo from the Sun Moon Empire quickly began fighting the Natural Azureflame Bird. He immediately took out an eighth-tier Soul Tool and fired Soul Engineer rays at it.

After being attacked, the Natural Azureflame Bird naturally let out a roar.

"Roar, roar, roar!" The Natural Azureflame Bird cried out furiously, but its injuries were swiftly healed by its own flames. Then it charged forward to attack the eighth-tier Soul Engineer and Soul Douluo.

Although the Soul Engineers and Soul Masters of the Sun Moon Empire often took medicine, that did not mean they were weak. After all, he was a Soul Douluo, undoubtedly far stronger than a Soul Beast that was only over sixty thousand years old.

Soon, the battle erupted once more.

The Sun Moon Empire's eighth-tier Soul Engineer and Soul Douluo immediately took out one of his treasures: a dart-shaped Soul Tool.

The Natural Azureflame Bird knew that this Soul Tool was no ordinary item and immediately flew high into the sky. However, its opponent promptly pursued it with a flying Soul Tool, then unleashed his move and threw the Soul Tool.

The Natural Azureflame Bird tried to evade it, only to discover that the thing seemed to have a tracking device installed.

No matter how quickly the Natural Azureflame Bird flew, the thing would not stop tracking it. It swiftly closed in, and the eighth-tier Soul Engineer followed as well, attacking with Soul Engineer rays. The battle soon came to an end.

The Natural Azureflame Bird quickly lost its ability to fight. The Sun Moon Empire's eighth-tier Soul Engineer and Soul Douluo had also suffered a few injuries, but they were soon healed again.

Xiao Changge followed them on a flying Soul Tool.

"These medicinal powders and medicines are truly excellent. I really wonder which genius invented them."

"These..." After seeing the medicines this man used, Xiao Changge realized that he had made them himself.

They were all medicines recorded in the Pharmacopoeia, which was why he could produce them. He had not expected that restaurant owner to be so capable, selling them all the way to the Sun Moon Empire and even getting Soul Douluos who were also eighth-tier Soul Engineers to use them.

It seemed that the restaurant owner truly had extensive connections. After all, the Sun Moon Empire and the Douluo Three Kingdoms had a terrible relationship.

However, this was not a time of war. Many people were willing to pay heavily for medicines with strong healing effects, so selling effective healing medicine at a time like this was not a problem, so long as it was not wartime.

To put it bluntly, Xiao Changge had seen people from many different countries in his previous life. Although relations between nations could be poor, they would still privately sell plenty of medicine to one another.

As long as it was not wartime and they were not selling anything too important, everyone simply turned a blind eye.

The medical supplies Xiao Changge had created were indeed excellent, but they were not something that could not be sold to the Sun Moon Empire. It was simply that their production was limited by pharmaceutical capabilities, though they were highly effective for the body.

"Now, you can absorb this Soul Beast's Soul Ring."

"Thank you very much... Um... could you take me to a cave, then stand guard outside for me? I'm afraid someone might suddenly barge in and disrupt my absorption of the Soul Ring."

"Of course. No problem."

The Natural Azureflame Bird was soon brought into a cave by the eighth-tier Soul Engineer and Soul Douluo together with Xiao Changge. There were no Soul Beasts in this cave, and the Soul Engineer waited outside. Xiao Changge then began making preparations within.

"Teacher, begin extracting the Beast Flame. This Soul Beast's flames are quite good. Being able to heal injuries is already impressive, and they will be very useful to us."

"When you absorb the Soul Ring, leave the matter of the spiritual shock to me, all right?"

"Then I'll leave it to you, Teacher."

Soon, another formation was set up. Compared to the previous formation, this one was much weaker in helping Xiao Changge absorb the flames, but it was much faster. The previous Purple Flame had been the flame of a sixth-tier beast, so a powerful formation had been necessary.

However, the Natural Azureflame Bird's flames were at most the flames of a third-tier magical beast. Moreover, it was a Soul Beast, and its flames had almost no offensive power, making them much easier to absorb. Absorbing the Soul Ring afterward would also be easy. With Electrolux here, there was nothing to worry about.

Before long, Xiao Changge had absorbed the Natural Azureflame Bird's flames.

"Success." Xiao Changge released the flames from both hands. They indeed had warmth, but they were not particularly hot and could not burn or scald anyone. They also possessed the ability to heal injuries.

"It's time to absorb this Soul Ring."

"Alright." Xiao Changge immediately absorbed the Soul Ring of this sixty-five-thousand-year Natural Azureflame Bird. He soon absorbed it into his body and obtained his third Soul Ring. Before long, Xiao Changge's Soul Power Level reached rank 36.

(Note: I actually wanted to write that he reached rank 39 directly, but I felt that would be too outrageous, so I made it rank 36.)

"My Soul Power Level is now rank 36."

"Not bad, but it is still not enough to deal with Ma Xiaotao. Ma Xiaotao absorbed your Martial Soul's power, along with your Soul Power. By the time the Soul Master tournament begins, she may already have become a Soul Saint."

Electrolux had also seen, within Xiao Changge's body, the suffering Xiao Changge had endured—his past of being tormented and mocked. Thus, he understood his disciple's thoughts very well. Defeating Ma Xiaotao and overthrowing Shrek had become Xiao Changge's obsession.

This was his hatred. No matter what, he had to succeed in taking revenge before he could erase the hatred in his heart. The past of abuse and injury could not be easily forgotten, and most of Shrek's people were hypocrites.

That was Xiao Changge's view, so he had to take revenge.