"Phoenix Possession!" Ma Hongjun shouted in a low voice.
Purplish-red light surged from his body, and a yellow Soul Ring rose from beneath his feet. Feathers sprouted from his thick arms, and his hands turned into claws.
"A phoenix-" Long Yue laughed rudely. Compared to a phoenix, Ma Hongjun looked more like a fat hen.
It seemed that Ma Xiaotao's evil fire phoenix, along with Cha Weiwei's evil fire violet luan, were phoenix-type Martial Souls whose genes had been optimized over ten thousand years.
Their ancestor's Martial Soul, however, really was just a flame grass chicken.
To attain his legendary strength, Ma Hongjun's evil fire phoenix would have to evolve at least twice: once by consuming a cockscomb phoenix sunflower, and a second time by using the ancient exotic beast, the Ten Headed Fierce Yang Serpent, as his seventh Soul Ring.
If he failed to do so, Ma Hongjun would probably be nothing more than a Soul Master with a cuckoo fat chicken Martial Soul that possessed strange flames.
"What are you laughing at?!" Ma Hongjun flew into a rage. He raised both hands and unleashed his first Soul Skill, spitting a thin stream of purplish-red flames at Long Yue.
Oscar hurried farther away and shouted to Long Yue, "Watch out for his flames!"
Long Yue's great skill gave him great courage, but Oscar only had one Soul Ring. A Food-System Soul Master could not afford to gamble.
"So these flames are evil fire?" Long Yue raised his hand and caught the purple flames. Their temperature was extremely high, and even he had to manifest a layer of dragon scales to avoid being burned.
"You-" Ma Hongjun's eyes widened, his mouth hanging open so far it nearly hit the ground. "You... you're actually unharmed?"
Due to a Martial Soul mutation,