When Ma Xiaotao, who was at level seventy-four and possessed an ultimate fire martial soul, unleashed her second soul skill, Blazing Phoenix, at full power, the flames reached a terrifying temperature. The wall of air pressure created by her soul skill and the air collided with the seemingly weightless, blazing Bronze Coffin, which also shimmered with searing divine fire, and a dreadful explosion rang out.
Zhu Tianfang's expression changed. Just as he was about to unleash his martial soul to block Ma Xiaotao's attack, Jiang Hai and his martial soul transformed entirely into a streak of azure light, passing through the flames and Ma Xiaotao's body to appear behind her.
A ten-thousand-year soul ring skill: Azure Light Flight.
Ma Xiaotao gave a low shout. All the flames surging from her body vanished, merging back into her, but the heat on the Soul Fighting platform lingered.
Jiang Hai's face was pale. Azure Light Flight could not completely negate damage on the level of Ma Xiaotao's ultimate fire. Fortunately, besides Azure Light Flight, he also had Divine Fire Protection. His divine fire was likewise ultimate fire, giving him extraordinary resistance against Ma Xiaotao's phoenix divine fire.
Ma Xiaotao skipped over to Jiang Hai and said with a grin, "Not bad, little junior brother. Your strength has already reached the threshold for Inner Court disciples. If you catch them off guard, even an Inner Court disciple might crash and burn!"
At level thirty-three, Jiang Hai might still have fallen somewhat short of Inner Court disciples in soul power, but he possessed ultimate fire and innate divine strength. He had also exceeded the limits by absorbing a thousand-year soul ring and a ten thousand year soul ring. In terms of his actual soul rings, the gap between him and Inner Court disciples was not