The dazzling, outrageously impressive Soul Rings surrounding Feng Ying left everyone on the Douluo Continent with their jaws on the floor.
Certain self-proclaimed grandmasters, in particular, completely lost their composure when they saw her Soul Rings.
[Douluo Continent · Yu Xiaogang: Two purple... five black... one red? This... this is impossible! No! It isn't real! Thousand-year first and second Soul Rings, five Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings, and her eighth is actually a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring! How could it be a hundred thousand years old!] [Douluo Continent · Yu Xiaogang: The age of the Soul Ring obtainable at each level cannot possibly change! My lifetime of research, the theory I was proudest of... Shattered... pfft!]
That was the last word Yu Xiaogang posted on the Sky Screen. It was not hard for everyone to realize that he had probably spat blood, unable to withstand the shock of seeing the knowledge he had believed in all his life overturned.
[Douluo Continent · Tang San: Teacher! Teacher! You mustn't let anything happen to you! Northern Underworld Continent! This is all your fault! If anything happens to my teacher, I'll never let you off!] [Northern Underworld Continent · Ying Xiao: ? Fine, fine, fine. The villain cries foul first, huh? I've never seen anyone so shameless. What does it have to do with us if that fellow can't take a blow?] [Douluo Continent · Tang San: Hmph! A hundred-thousand-year Eighth Soul Ring? I don't believe you have the physical strength or mental power for that! Even a genius like me, with twin martial souls, innate full soul power, and powerful mental strength, couldn't do it!] [Northern Underworld Douluo · Lu Hui: Just because you can't doesn't mean we can't. Besides, do you really think Feng Ying is some ordinary nobody? She didn't become the commanding general's deputy at such a young age through connections. She earned that position through actual battles!] [Northern Underworld Douluo · Ying Xiao: Heh, then let me ask you: how old are you now? Take a guess at how old Feng Ying is. Let me put it this way. Feng Ying reached level 90 at just twenty-three! She's only one Soul Ring away from ascending to the rank of Titled Douluo! What about you? Surely you're even stronger than her?]
"That's impossible!"
Beside the Waterfall, Tang Hao instinctively retorted, "Back then, my talent was extraordinary, and my strength made me unbeatable among my peers. Even so, I only became a Titled Douluo in my forties."
"How could a little girl like her reach that realm at just twenty-three!"
[Bibi Dong: A twenty-three-year-old Titled Douluo? With a hundred-thousand-year Eighth Soul Ring. Northern Underworld Continent, you...]
Bibi Dong did not post that final sentence. After all, this was simply too frightening.
Throughout the Douluo Continent's history, no one had ever reached the rank of Titled Douluo at twenty-three.
[Northern Underworld Continent · Zhou Ren: Look at how little of the world they've seen. A twenty-three-year-old Titled Douluo is certainly stunning, but she isn't the only one. Our Zhou Family's Zhou Yi is no less outstanding, standing neck and neck with the Li Family's Feng Ying!] [Northern Underworld Continent · Lu Hui: The same goes for our Lu Family.] [Northern Underworld Continent · Ying Xiao: Our Ying Family doesn't fall behind either!] [Northern Underworld Continent · Xia Yu: The same goes for our Xia Family. We have geniuses of that caliber too!]
As the five family heads appeared one after another, everyone on the Douluo Continent finally understood just how vast and imposing the Northern Underworld Empire was.
Above Sea God Island, the two combatants turned into streaks of light and collided in midair, sparks and lightning trailing their fiercely fought battle.
Feng Ying wore a suit of red armor. The wings on her back beat gently, and she gripped a bow wreathed in flames.
It was called the Fire Phoenix Bow. After Li Erfeng sought an audience with the Li Family Ancestor, Flame Dragon Douluo Xin Nan, the ancestor personally forged this treasure that guarded their family.
When Feng Ying awakened her martial soul at six, the bow resonated with her and became her bonded Soul Tool. More than a decade later, she could already wield it as naturally as her own arm, as though it were her martial soul.
"Your defeat was decided long ago!"
Feng Ying drew her bow and nocked an arrow, unleashing her strongest soul skill: "Sixth soul skill, Phoenix Cry to Heaven!"
With a phoenix's cry, a fire phoenix soared skyward and transformed into a crimson feathered arrow, which Feng Ying nocked on the Fire Phoenix Bow.
"Phantom Demon Heart-Devouring Thorn!"
"Phoenix Cry to Heaven!"
Their soul skills collided, sending violent shock waves rippling outward. Both combatants were sent flying without exception.
"How is this possible?"
Sea Ghost Douluo's face filled with disbelief. He was a level ninety-three Titled Douluo, and a Sea Soul Master whose abilities countered hers, yet their clash of soul skills had only ended in a draw.
"Not bad. You've got a little something."
Feng Ying spread her wings and looked down at Sea Ghost from above. "Unfortunately for you, I'm no pushover either. If I can't even take down trash like you, never mind General Long Wei-my grandfather won't let me off!"
The Li residence, Northern Underworld Empire.
Watching his daughter display her might on the Sky Screen, Li Er stroked his beard and scolded her with a laugh.
"That brat. Just you wait until you get home!"
"Still, seeing you combine the Fire Phoenix Bow and your martial soul so cleverly means all the effort your father put into teaching you wasn't wasted. Our Li Family has a chance to become the foremost family in the Northern Underworld!"
Li Er grinned from ear to ear. With Feng Ying's extraordinary talent and his careful guidance, the position of the Li Family's Limit Douluo would one day pass into her hands.
"Fifth soul skill: Phoenix Falling Feathers!"
Feng Ying drew her bow, nocked an arrow, and fired sharply into the sky. The arrow hovered in midair before transforming into a divine phoenix.
The divine phoenix spread its wings, shedding countless red feathers. A rain of feathers immediately filled the sky.
Beautiful though the sight was, it concealed deadly danger.
The fire phoenix's feathers burned anything they touched, leaving scorched earth wherever they passed.
Sea Ghost Douluo naturally recognized the danger. He hurriedly channeled his soul power, drawing up seawater from below and turning it into needles of water, hoping to scatter the fire phoenix.
"Heh, do you think these are ordinary flames?"
Feng Ying folded her arms and eyed him contemptuously. "Water can extinguish fire, but fire can also evaporate water completely!"
Sure enough, Sea Ghost Douluo failed. His water needles evaporated the instant they touched the phoenix feathers, accomplishing nothing at all.
"It's time to end this!"
While Sea Ghost Douluo dealt with the phoenix feathers, Feng Ying drew a deep breath, her expression turning solemn.
She was about to unleash her finishing move.
She slowly raised the Fire Phoenix Bow. Her eighth Soul Ring, that blood-red Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, rose slowly and gradually merged into the bow.
"Eighth soul skill: Phoenix Flame Formation!"
In an instant, countless copies of Feng Ying appeared around Sea Ghost Douluo, each holding a Fire Phoenix Bow.
"Goodbye!"
Feng Ying thrust out her hand. Several beams of light struck Sea Ghost Douluo, instantly pinning him in place.
"Goodbye!"
Feng Ying transformed into a beam of light and merged with the Fire Phoenix Bow. The next moment, a five-colored phoenix spread its wings and charged toward Sea Ghost Douluo.
Boom!
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