Evil Fire Succubus Ma Xiaotao

Chapter 10: Evil Fire Succubus Ma Xiaotao

The moment he saw Ma Xiaotao, Huo Yuhao instantly understood Zhongli Wu's arrangement.

To Zhongli Wu, the Eye Technique: Amaterasu Huo Yuhao had used before was the highest form of evil fire, the only ability that could allow Ma Xiaotao's evil fire to advance to the Ultimate level.

The Evil Fire Phoenix differed from the pure Ultimate Fire Ten-Headed Fire Phoenix, and also from the Dark Phoenix, which possessed both Ultimate Fire and Ultimate Darkness. Evil fire was an energy belonging to one of the Seven Deadly Sins, the sin known as lust.

In the original work, Ma Xiaotao's ancestor—the one among the First Generation Shrek Seven Devils—had consumed an immortal herb called the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower to remove the impurities from his evil fire. His martial soul then evolved into the top-tier Ten-Headed Fire Phoenix, an Ultimate Fire martial soul.

Yet judging from the original series, that did not mean the Evil Fire Phoenix was weaker than the Ten-Headed Fire Phoenix or the Dark Phoenix. On the contrary, uncontrollable power was the strongest kind of power. Didn't the God Realm also have the Seven Great Sin Gods, including the God of Lust?

In modern terms, if you couldn't control it, then just go with the flow.

Ma Xiaotao had previously been affected by the negative Spiritual Power of Huo Yuhao, who had just devoured countless souls, causing her evil fire to erupt. Zhongli Wu had then controlled her and brought her back to the Holy Spirit Cult.

Just as in the original work, the Holy Spirit Cult intended to use Ma Xiaotao, this Holy Maiden, purely as a weapon. Wherever war broke out, they would send Ma Xiaotao there and let her vent her evil fire to her heart's content, allowing evil thoughts to gradually consume her mind until she became a war machine that knew nothing but slaughter.

"Huh? An Evil Fire Phoenix martial soul?" After the two attendants placed the unconscious Ma Xiaotao on Huo Yuhao's bed and left, Bibi Dong's surprised voice rang out in Huo Yuhao's mind.

"Mm. She's pitiful." Huo Yuhao nodded. Before returning, he had mentioned to Zhongli Wu that he had a way to evolve Ma Xiaotao's Evil Fire Phoenix martial soul once more, and had asked for her to be sent over.

"If Tang San's immortal herbs aren't available to purify her evil fire, this girl will eventually perish in it." Bibi Dong sighed softly. Her knowledge of this martial soul was limited to ten thousand years ago. In that era, aside from the member of the First Generation Shrek Seven Devils, every Evil Fire Phoenix martial soul wielder throughout history had failed to find a solution to their own problem.

Without immortal herbs, Huo Yuhao had no absolute confidence that he could evolve Ma Xiaotao's martial soul. But he did not want to simply watch her become a thug for the Holy Spirit Cult. No matter the outcome, he had to give it a try.

Though the original text had never described it clearly, connecting it to Ma Hongjun's introduction in the early stages of Soul Land I, Huo Yuhao could guess just how much pain Ma Xiaotao had suffered during the early eruptions of her evil fire, when she had no way to vent it.

The personal disciple of Shrek's Martial Soul Department dean, the academy's greatest genius in centuries, had been forced to use those strange methods to deal with the problem of her own martial soul...

Just when Huo Yuhao's second martial soul, Ultimate Ice, had brought a turning point to Ma Xiaotao's martial soul problem, she had been forced by her opponent's Soul Tool during the competition to become a Dark Phoenix. In the end, she fled Shrek Academy, lost her sanity, and was taken away by the Holy Spirit Cult.

There had been no description, no narration. No one could have imagined how a girl who had lost her reason and needed to constantly vent her evil fire would be exploited after falling into the hands of the Holy Spirit Cult.

When they met again, Ma Xiaotao's strength had skyrocketed, and she had been taken over by a new personality. Perhaps completely forgetting those experiences had instead been a kind of relief for her.

At the end of the story, Huo Yuhao completely purged Ma Xiaotao's evil fire. Carrying those unbearably painful memories, she returned to the Shrek that had raised her and took on the responsibility that should originally have belonged to Huo Yuhao.

Perhaps this was merely overinterpretation, but anyone who carefully examined how Ma Hongjun dealt with his evil fire in the early stages of Soul Land I, as well as Ma Xiaotao's first appearance while fully conscious and her conversation with Xu Sanshi when she met Huo Yuhao, could read something different between the lines.

"You want to save her?" Bibi Dong asked.

"Mm. The transformation of a martial soul comes from stimulation of the mind and body. With Tsukuyomi, it won't be difficult. The rest depends on her own state of mind." Huo Yuhao smiled, then pressed his palms together and shamelessly pleaded with Bibi Dong. "Your Majesty, with my current strength, I'm afraid I can't use Tsukuyomi for long. I'll have to ask you to lend a hand."

"You've already learned to drag these old bones of mine out to do hard labor." Bibi Dong rolled her eyes at Huo Yuhao, looking utterly enchanting.

"Not at all, not at all. Your Majesty is in the prime of her youth, exalted beyond mortal reach..." Huo Yuhao continued laying on the flattery as though it cost him nothing, only to be kicked out of the Sea of Spirit.

Huo Yuhao walked over to Ma Xiaotao. Zhongli Wu had long since completely sealed her Soul Power, so even if he woke her directly, she would pose no threat to him.

"Ma Xiaotao, in this life, I hope you won't suffer any more pain."

Huo Yuhao murmured softly, then gathered Soul Power at his fingertips. He placed them against his brow to draw out a portion of his Spiritual Power before pointing at Ma Xiaotao.

"Wake up!"

Ma Xiaotao had been forcibly suppressed and knocked unconscious by Zhongli Wu and the others. The instant Huo Yuhao released her from that unconscious state, her fiery temper flared up, and she immediately flipped herself upright.

Ma Xiaotao, already a Soul Emperor, naturally possessed abundant combat experience. The moment she realized there was not a trace of Soul Power within her body, she kicked at Huo Yuhao while turning her body toward the door.

No matter what cultivation Huo Yuhao possessed, as long as he instinctively counterattacked Ma Xiaotao's kick in self-defense, Ma Xiaotao could use the force of the collision to rush out of the room and escape the demon's grasp.

From waking up, to formulating an escape plan, to striking like lightning, Ma Xiaotao took less than a few breaths. This showed that Shrek truly had a knack for cultivating most talents.

Even Huo Yuhao had not had time to figure out Ma Xiaotao's intentions. However, he did not move to block the kick. Instead, he opened his right eye wide and activated Martial Soul Possession.

"Tsukuyomi!"

Ma Xiaotao had placed all her hopes on Huo Yuhao counterattacking, yet he had directly activated his martial soul instead. Her weak kick swept past Huo Yuhao's small shoulder, exposing her in an instant.

Huo Yuhao had no mind to admire the view. As Tsukuyomi activated, Ma Xiaotao happened to meet his gaze. Peak Spirit Abyss Spiritual Power mixed with Rakshasa Divine Power surged forth, instantly invading Ma Xiaotao's consciousness.

This is bad... an Illusion Technique! Alarm bells blared in Ma Xiaotao's heart, but without Soul Power to resist, she could only allow her consciousness to fall into the enemy's illusion.

"Welcome to my world."

The moment Ma Xiaotao looked up, she saw Huo Yuhao's hateful face. Through her senses, she could clearly identify Huo Yuhao's pitifully weak Soul Power, yet she was powerless against his methods.

"You... what do you want?" Ma Xiaotao forcibly suppressed her fear of the unknown, feigning calm as she coldly demanded an answer from Huo Yuhao.

"Ma Xiaotao, personal disciple of Yan Shaozhe, dean of Shrek's Martial Soul Department. Martial soul: Evil Fire Phoenix. Nickname: Flame Fiend. Known as one of the Inner Court's two living volcanoes..." Huo Yuhao rattled off Ma Xiaotao's identity and background as though reciting a family treasure.

"You investigated me?" Ma Xiaotao asked coldly, her expression growing uglier and uglier. The details Huo Yuhao had given were far too thorough.

"Hehehe, that's hard to say. As for my purpose this time, it's to turn you into... Evil Fire Succubus Ma Xiaotao!"

Are there any readers who like Xiaotao? While writing this, I was thinking that Xiaotao should be around eighteen at this point. Should I leave Xiaotao for Little Yuhao after all? If everyone thinks it's inappropriate, then I'll give her to Sanshi.

Feel free to leave a comment. In the next chapter, I'll respect everyone's opinions!