Evil Fire swallowed Ma Xiaotao's reason whole. The last glimmer of clarity crumbled from her eyes, and her crimson pupils filled with violent, deathly stillness.
The Sixth Soul Ring blazed to life!
Sixth Soul Skill: Phoenix Meteor Shower!
Unlike the blazing bombardment of flames she usually unleashed, every meteor falling from the sky was now pitch-black and wreathed in Evil Fire!
Dark fire rained over the entire arena. A flood of destruction blotted out the sky and locked onto Huo Yuhao ahead. Its force was unstoppable, and the shockwaves had already begun spreading toward the stands, threatening to injure spectators at any moment.
At the edge of the arena, Xian Lin'er's expression changed sharply. She understood everything at once.
Her belated realization finally made clear why Huo Yuhao had abandoned the match and forced a surrender—Ma Xiaotao had fallen completely into evil!!
Ordinary phoenix fire was scorching and filled with pure yang energy. But the Dark Phoenix Flame spilling from Ma Xiaotao had surpassed the limits of the Evil Fire Phoenix Martial Soul and entered the realm of Ultimate Fire.
That power was terrifying beyond measure: difficult to counter, difficult to purify, and all too easy to sink into completely. If she lost control, not only would her Martial Soul fall into evil, but Evil Fire would ravage the entire arena!
At the critical instant, Xian Lin'er stepped through the air and appeared beside Huo Yuhao. Pure Blue-Green Flame erupted from her body.
The moment the black meteors struck the blue-green flames, they melted like lingering snow beneath a blazing sun, swallowed in an instant until nothing remained.
With the crisis temporarily contained, Xian Lin'er turned to Huo Yuhao. His appearance had changed drastically: snow-white hair, dark star patterns across his face, and the chilling pressure of starry tracks circling