[The Fire Phoenix was far more powerful than the Evil Fire Phoenix.]
[How was it powerful?]
[Its potential!]
[The owner of a Fire Phoenix martial soul only needed the inner core of a Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent to achieve Martial Soul Evolution in the future.]
[Not just once, but multiple evolutions!]
[Upon becoming a Seven-Ring Soul Saint?]
[The martial soul would evolve into a Seven-Headed Fire Phoenix!]
[Upon becoming an Eight-Ring Soul Douluo?]
[The martial soul would evolve into an Eight-Headed Fire Phoenix!]
[Upon becoming a Nine-Ring Titled Douluo?]
[The martial soul would evolve into a Nine-Headed Fire Phoenix!]
[Even without the inner core of a Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent, preventing the Fire Phoenix from evolving, it was already incredibly powerful. The Phoenix Flame it wielded could be called the strongest fire beneath Ultimate Fire!]
[It was precisely because of the sufficiently powerful and immensely promising Fire Phoenix that Ma Hongjun, who became a Four-Ring Soul Ancestor at fourteen, ranked above Shui Bing'er on the Douluo Continent Prodigy Ranking.]
[Seventh place on the Douluo Continent Prodigy Ranking, Ma Hongjun of Shrek Academy. Introduction complete!]
[The corresponding opportunity is being delivered.]
[Opportunity successfully delivered.]
[Opportunity Name: Green Lotus Core Flame!]
[Opportunity Description: The Green Lotus Core Flame was genuine Ultimate Fire. It could only possibly be born within extremely scorching magma after hundreds or thousands of years. Its power was astonishing. If driven with full force, it could even awaken dormant volcanoes. On Douluo Continent, no flame could stand against it. Water restrained fire? Before it, that was nothing but empty words.]
Once again, a red meteor flew toward Shrek Academy in the Heaven Dou Empire.
This was already the third red meteor to fly toward Shrek Academy.
The red meteor quickly arrived before Ma Hongjun and entered his body.
Boom!
The instant the red meteor entered his body, azure flames of incomparably scorching heat erupted from Ma Hongjun and blazed fiercely.
Without question, those azure flames were Ultimate Fire—the Green Lotus Core Flame.
After the Green Lotus Core Flame appeared, Four-Eyed Cat Eagle Flender and Immovable Bright King Zhao Wuji, who stood beside Ma Hongjun, immediately felt a wave of heat rush toward them.
The heat wave was no ordinary one. It was extremely hot. The moment they sensed it, Four-Eyed Cat Eagle Flender and Immovable Bright King Zhao Wuji retreated repeatedly in perfect unspoken agreement, without the slightest hesitation.
"What terrifying flames. We have not even touched them, yet merely standing a little close makes the temperature this high."
Flender spoke as he watched the flames on Ma Hongjun's body. His eyes held wariness, shock, and envy.
As soon as Flender finished speaking, Zhao Wuji followed up, "Zhu Zhuqing, Dai Mubai, and Ma Hongjun—three of Shrek Academy's seven students have now made it onto the Douluo Continent Prodigy Ranking. Ning Rongrong, Xiao Wu, Tang San, and Oscar have yet to make the list, while six spots remain. It likely will not be long before they make it on as well."
After hearing Zhao Wuji, Ning Rongrong, standing on the upstairs balcony, said, "I hope I am not the next person to make it onto the Douluo Continent Prodigy Ranking. The later I rank, the more outstanding I am!"
After saying that, Ning Rongrong looked to her side.
Ning Rongrong looked for Xiao Wu beside her.
Wanting to find Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong wanted to ask what Xiao Wu thought.
However, when Ning Rongrong shifted her gaze over, she discovered that Xiao Wu had somehow silently left her side.
Xiao Wu had already run off.
She had always acted the moment she made up her mind, never dragging things out.
Especially when it concerned her own life and death.
Ning Rongrong looked toward Zhu Zhuqing on the other side and asked, "Where is Xiao Wu? Zhu Qing, have you seen Xiao Wu?"
Faced with the question, Zhu Zhuqing thought for a moment before ultimately shaking her head. "I do not know. I did not see her."
Just as Zhu Zhuqing finished answering, a majestic and imposing voice rang out.
[Fifth place on the Douluo Continent Prodigy Ranking, Xiao Wu of Shrek Academy!]
The Douluo Continent Prodigy Ranking had revealed the sixth Soul Master to make the list.
Upon learning that Xiao Wu had ranked this time, Ning Rongrong hurried into the dormitory to look for her. As she searched, Ning Rongrong shouted, "Xiao Wu, Xiao Wu! You made it onto the Douluo Continent Prodigy Ranking! Where are you? Hurry up and come see! The Golden Ranking is about to introduce you! You are about to become famous across all of Douluo Continent and Sun Moon Continent! Do not miss this!"
Ning Rongrong searched again and again, yet she never found any trace of Xiao Wu in the dormitory.
Since she could not find her, Ning Rongrong simply stopped looking. She returned to the balcony, preparing to watch Xiao Wu's introduction.
Under the watchful eyes of countless people, the Golden Ranking soon began introducing Xiao Wu, who had made the list this time.
[Xiao Wu, female, came from the Star Dou Forest. Like Ning Rongrong, Zhu Zhuqing, and Dai Mubai, she was a student of Shrek Academy.]
The moment that majestic and imposing voice fell silent, countless people across Douluo Continent were completely bewildered.
"Star Dou Forest? Is that not the territory of Soul Beasts? How could Xiao Wu of Shrek Academy come from the Star Dou Forest?"
"Four of Shrek Academy's seven students have already made the list, while three have yet to rank. There are four spots remaining, so will all seven students end up on the list? Then Shrek Academy will become the number one Soul Master Academy on the continent!"
"Exactly! At that point, Heaven Dou Royal Academy, Spirit Academy, Star Luo Royal Academy, and the like will not be worth mentioning before Shrek Academy."
Spirit City, Papal Palace.
"Xiao Wu?"
"From the Star Dou Forest?"
Her beautiful eyes fixed on the Golden Light Curtain in the sky. Looking at its contents, Bibi Dong unconsciously murmured those two lines.
The next moment, Bibi Dong sank into her memories.
Bibi Dong had fallen into reminiscence because of the words Xiao Wu and Star Dou Forest.
It was something that had happened many years ago.
Bibi Dong had broken through to become a Titled Douluo and led people into the Star Dou Forest to obtain her ninth spirit ring.
After entering the core region of the Star Dou Forest, Bibi Dong encountered a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast that had taken human form.
She was a woman dressed in a pink palace gown.
She was also holding a small Soul Beast in her arms.
That small Soul Beast's cultivation was close to one hundred thousand years.
Even so, because its true form was a rabbit, that small Soul Beast possessed little combat ability.
Without hesitation, Bibi Dong attacked the woman directly. She desperately wanted a 100,000-Year Spirit Ring.
Facing Bibi Dong, the female Soul Beast who had taken human form did not choose to flee. After setting the small rabbit Soul Beast in her arms free, she fought Bibi Dong.
She did not flee for any other reason than to buy time for the small rabbit Soul Beast to escape.
That female Soul Beast who had taken human form was merely a Six-Ring Soul Emperor and was absolutely no match for Bibi Dong. Before dying, she said to the fleeing little rabbit.
"Xiao Wu, run! Go find Da Ming and Er Ming."
The instant her memories reached that point, excitement and exhilaration surged violently into Bibi Dong's beautiful eyes.
At first, Bibi Dong had planned to send Chrysanthemum Douluo Yue Guan and Ghost Douluo Gui Mei to Shrek Academy to bring Tang San back. But now, it seemed that she, Bibi Dong, ought to go personally.
After all, Xiao Wu of Shrek Academy was very likely the rabbit Soul Beast named Xiao Wu who had escaped from the Star Dou Forest all those years ago, whose cultivation had been close to one hundred thousand years.
Bibi Dong was not in a hurry.
Her gaze remained fixed on the Golden Light Curtain in the sky.
In no rush to travel, she wanted to see whether her judgment was correct.
[The five people who previously ranked on the Douluo Continent Prodigy Ranking, including Zhu Zhuqing and Shui Bing'er, shared one thing in common.]
[They were all human. Pure humans.]
[Xiao Wu was different.]
[Xiao Wu was not purely human.]
[Xiao Wu was a Soul Beast that had taken human form!]
[Xiao Wu's true form?]
[She was a Soft Bone Rabbit.]
[She lived in the heart of the Star Dou Forest's core region.]
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